Advertisers Will Find Our
Columns a Latch Key to 1500
0( Martin County's Homes
VOI UP XXII NIMISER
General Review of Business
Condition L'p To October Ist
By Georpe E. Kober*.
The end of .September di close-,
sign? of improvement in the busiin
situation, and wlule for the inast pan
the) relate to se;u.'onal condition ,
some f the changes are ind'cal.V®
of a (iiadnai restoration of tie m.u,
trial equilibrium which i ie%e- n\
to pel manent prosperity.
The slioe -Oidustry and tb • -otton
and w oideil good:! industries are MO*
generally active. Kaw cotton has in
\anced in a little over a inoatu ii no
about 1) ci nts per pound lo aboi:! LU
cent-, anil tlii - has put tieiivlb into
the goods market and encour.e'ed !u>)
ing.
Cotton goods, however, have not
advanced ti correspond with raw cot
ton, and i lthough the mills lu.\
stocks of l 1 and 12 ten', raw unit ii d
on hand ai" able lo work Jhem up ..ml
Pell the gilds, the pinch )\ill conic \ lien
they ha\e to buy cotton at the new •
quotations and advance the price ol
goods accnrdinglv.'
Retail merchants arc . igon usl) op
posing advances in ud textiles and in
sititing that lower prices-are neces-urj
to create a good volum" of trade. Tin
situation is unsettled, with opinion
MU'endinff.tbnt costs must be reduced
both in the manufacture ol cloth ami
in the gurmcnt tiailes
In many lines there is a stir of in
cieasft!' activftyy attributable to fal
trade. Crop moving is not, ho\'vi ver
acording the normal ,-tiniulus,.owing
in part to the low prices of farm pro
ducts and in part to the fact that tie
proceeds are going largely ot pax oh'
debts. Hawi'ver, there is a niore cheei
ful feeling as debts are paid ot re
dueed. There is not enough husines:
lo go around, which makes competi
tion sharp, with profits at the mini
ilium. v
The wheat crop of the I nited State
and Canada stands at letn-t estimate
about the same as a year ago, ano
the woid's ciop is about the same a
for la t yi\ar. About l-if> million
bushels were exported, either as w hob
grain or flour) between J 1 and
(litober I. . f
It has been recognized in well-in
formed quarters throughout the las
two months that the price of when
between now a'nd the next hsirvest de
pi nds largely upon the crops in Ai
gentina and AnstralTa, "twXii
which have their harvests in our win
tor season. Neith e i of these count rie.-
ship wheat to the Clilted States, hut
their surplus, competes with ours i
F.urope and the price of the surplus
makes the prices everywhere. In viev.
of the* prospect for- light sowings ii
Russia this fall and no surplus then
il«.\t year, it Would seem to be j
pohey to sow n larger acreage o
w heat in the I 'nited States this fal
H does not appear that the position
agriculture oi any of the priniar)
industries has generally iniproved dur
ing recent months. The cottoli pro
ducers have gained by the increased
value of then carryover; tobacco and
dairy products are bringing bcttei
prices, and Wheat i.s on a remunera
tive ba.-is, but hogs have suffered a
IIMIV) 'slump and are now with cattle
and sheep down to about pre wai
prices. Taken as a whole the price.-
of farm products are so far out of
line With 'lll- prces of manufactures
-nnd cbaiees for ti alt. pollution that
the usual exchange.s cannot be made.
Hence tin 1 state of 1 unemploymei t in
the industrial toxens
The xvhole bu ine. - situation i.-
I obstru ted not only bv the
high co-t of rail.oad "jierations but
high industrial costs, iilacing goo i?
beyond the purchasing power of con
sumers. .This Is the principal iea on
xx by million- of men am nut tif work
and it will have to be squar"lv face.'.
General recover) can take
-STRAN I)
—THEA T R E
—;i'Hl RSDAY—
Cecil 15. peMille's Production—
' "KOItRIDDEN FRITT"
With Ayres," Theodore
Roberts, Julia Kayo, Kath
lyn Williams
2 oo and 50c ]
-vFI^rDAY
Sen net t and Big "V" Comedies
'Double. Adventure' —F.|»i»ode 12
•jri, and |6g
—KATCRD.AiY—
MAE MI'RRAY in
"TIIE GILDED LILY"
•VanishiiiK Trails'— Epiwxle .1
2)■ and 40c
THE ENTERPRISE
rERS MEETING
HEREJATURDAY
There will be :i big fanners mei '
mi' Saturday afternoon al n' h> k 1
Al»» McMillan, win is reprefitting H"
Cooperative Marketing Associ'atioi
will hold a street meeting Sutunn
afternoon on Alain street',""to -• ii.• I I
eve (J 1 one i in\ ited.
The quetsion of Cooperati-. ■
keting is so import ait that every ■ •■) '
should gixe t • oirie thought. Flxerx
farmer that you talk 10, will uler
llitlt the fanners should be oiv.im.
as are all oth"r clns.es of poiip'p -.th.it
are following 'he same pursuit in lib
hut when you try to effect an on.mi
izatiou among them, some of.the - ei >
ones that helieve this "truth -.trongei
will not listen to your proposit'uji n.
seriousls consider whether it i>
worthy one or not. b-t'- -ei
if this Cooperative .Marketing -A--"
ciation i- the kind of organization we
want and if so, let's Rive it our uo
i
dvided support. It not, then we Wi
have to work out some other plan o
organizing.
The need for a storage waivltou
will also he dii cu> ■■f'li. Kverx fainici _
in this section should attend this na-ei
ing Saturday at three o*
clock whether ho is u meinher of ll i
association or not makes no diffcienci
The Association is not an institutioi
to destrop but to construct and i
need? the jHtpfioiVof ever farmer.
(let your neighboi to come with yoe
to the meeting.
place.
The sunshine cure is no rente Ix fot
this situation Prosperity will it«.. lie
created by cheerful talk xx'l-.ile Hit.-,
unbalanced state of industr. i>..ts.
It w ill not be created by uneiiipbiy ■
inent unles, tltey bring aboi i an ini
dcistanding of the necessilv fur re
ducing industrial costs. Such p-sake
liifts as -tireriding what er pin;, inent
there is to include the uneiupioc I and
crating employment upon pubdc
works are at sost effective only as a
means of tiding over a temporal - )
situation, and are chiefly objC'tioh
able because-they nitually pn-dpoii'i
the readjustments that are neca-sii, .
(tr 1 In* I'exU.iaL!on. of a normal -tat«
of industry The natural ruur'-e fin
an employer Jo pursue >x hen -red ic --.
tion.s of force nipst be inn !• is re
tain the oldest and piost wn. tli. em
ployes, and it is not lik el\ that man
will he persuaded' to do nt'-cn i e.
There is no way to have prospei itx
except by self ■ tpporting, balanced n/
dustry by tin free and natural e\
change of products and mm , ice • and
this re(|iiil'es tjiat the eompensnti.u
of the people in the val ines iit'u le
shall be on such a ha i that the)
twill absorb each othe's pi -duet*-.
When a general state ol collfi-101l
I exists in which the excii; ' cr can,
not lie made, as usual production . I.j'..v t .
down. The individual ■i.iph \ei or
not go on making goods in le;-. l e c-.i
sell them. When his outlet is ,'l.i-wl
he shuts down, and when he .slop
buying materials and paying
an outlet for other prducts is closed
Employers and employes at • ;»lik• at
fee ted; it is not a sit .alioit t.i mif
rel over, but to investigate r.ieliigent
ly, to find the original •am,;
The existing situation | ile-ei.t •
test of the quality of la' it leader
ship. Has it the foresisl.t, the 'i
dom and coutnge to ait for the' lie
interests of th* whole bod' of H - .ILI- {
earners and" of society as a xvhd«>*
Undoubtedly the re*po:uit>ie labm,
leaders are in a trying poiitii.i-. Cm,
of them is quhted as sayii / that "la
hor unions are not organized to n>
duce wages," but are ex'psc'ed !; -r
--■cure twi-Viincej Xi^tfeel'tlisiri_ reilii t'on- -
leaders, however, deoen I f» tiieii
lasting influenc eupon their ah lity ti
\lead wisely' and to rfne the tea' m
terests of their followers, which mean?
that they must serve the best inter
ests of the public as web. Tuere i.-
no achievement worth while for un>
class unless it promote.* the welfare
of the entire - community, ('here
a flit adjustment of relations wli'o!
esrves every interest best, because it
-produces the greatest aggiegnle re
suit. Anything short of that yij Id
less, to evei;y participant. That is not
mere altruism, but econon. : c law I.a
bor has the highest return rt'hen then
is a full demand for all of it, and •vheti
all the production forces of society an
in full action,
DID YOU EVE RNTOP TO THINK.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
That you school children of the
Williamston Graded Schools could b
j carrying 1,000 shares of Building am'
Loan Stock with your wasted munc y
Why not s*ve 25c each week in
• I itead of buying sweets ?
lYiUiamston, Martin County North Carolina, Tuesday, October 25th, 1921
THE FARMERS WIN
ANOTHER VICTORY
The following good news \va.- puJ
h lie din the Octiilier issue of the I'ea
nut t'lomoter: "In a recent fneetuu,
i utl..lk, the I'eaiiut tiioweis" L*x
change, inc., with a membership ot
about fi.titiO growels estimated that
tlie pi anut ciop had been reduced .
I. a l an p. i cent tin i'Xcliam;e Will
• i\e t.i be reckoned Willi tin tall in
il,e making of price:!. Tin
gafod a peanut man ot loin - , e\per
("lire as General Manage. , l ite tiiiMli
"ship ni.nu'-i about one hall of tin
Vnginia-t'arulina ciop. I be) have
arrangement> with the War I - iiianci
Corporal ton to help in bnanciug tin
iiiarkcting of the ltt'2l crop aod 1.1 out
opinion low prices of |ast yeai will
be seen at an\ tune this coming sea
Mill."
The organization oftlte I'l anut li\
change has increased the niiinhci ot
liars in North Carolina and \ irgiuia
to a marked degree, and we hope tjtt
Kxchange will lie forgiven for making
-o many liars. .
In other words, it has proved tliat
a lot of croakers speculator aint othei"
were not half as wise as they imagutei
they were Where is the man win
said farmers could not be oigani/.ei
and that they "would not stick'.' Wren
is the man who said ju-t a few i oi-th.
ago that farmers would not igti .■
sin en- ) eai —cunt I act V —Wliei —-—l-lui
guv who said that iT could not be li
named ? Where are the bo\ s wnoihan
the secretary of the Kxcliani'e" ai -
rested for selling .Mock without li
cense? Where-are the buyoi win
advisi'd farmers to go slow and not
to sign their rights away? Have, the;,
gone into winter quarters? No Hie)
have been hibernating all the trine
and they are afraid to o|ren then
mouths now, for people are tiled o
hearing them bray. They are dear
and do ndt/ kliow it, but the) v. il
piobiihly fimt'it nut soon. The* hav
played tjieir last, card and lost.
These men present a sad spectacli
The fanners who have refu.-ed to o.
ganize are in ' the same class, n.i
worse. The speculators w ill have oid
half the crop to get out of the lai
iners hands this fall, and lie will bav.
less every year because farmers ar
goiiig to join the organization rieh
on. Mr. Farmer, don't stand in urn
own light att) longer, tiet a eon'
aixl sign it, The demand fm peanid
can lie increased one hnudred per c.-i,
Ivy advi-rt i-me, bid---rt-Ji mi m«• mi }||
you w ill have to ifo as i m
have always done, take any priie tli
buyers offer. Vou owe it to youi il.
your I'amiyl and your count i y to . ii
in this great movement,
a Very truly yours,
t). r Met 'ItAltV, I list iii l AIM Id
.. _ . ./ *
Mlt. IK 11.1.l l> \ V WINS I'll/l \
Till-: STATK I AIK
Al the Haleigh State l aii Mr. '■
si-pli I . Ilolliday of Mill tin Count
so far a.-L_vve know, made tin liis
single farm crop exhibit ever ins
b\ a Mailin County citizen at Ili
Statu a Kir. Mr. Ilolliilax won ll>
fir t prize in foiiith iTass TIF- pnz
was $7f».1»0.
Mr, II oil II la)' owns the Ka I i
Kami, seven amj one half mile- fror
Williamston. Our county is to- '-
congratulated and should appne at
the efforts of one/ of its. citizen ' w
takes the trouble and goes to the i
pense of takingafarm exhibit lo tb
.State Fair. The advertising is won!
much to our county.
HI Ni l St. CM H RKTURNS SAT
UKDAY EVKNINCi
The Roanoke Hunting Club came i
Saturday after a two weeks outnig
Members of the club report the lies
hunt they efer had, they killed fou
deer, many duck and about six bun
died squirrels. They also caught
few fish but not as many as usual o.
account of thi' water being too loxx am
muddy. 1
The members oftheelub who x'oc i
the party were Dr. J. Si Rhode-, Mi
J. ». Staton, Mr A. R Dunning, M
K. I!. Crawford, Mr W. H. Craw-fiu - '
Mr J S. Cook and Mr T. S. Cw»k. M
Joe Gurkin was an invited guest i
the members. Mr. Eli Roberson als
accompanied them as "official" pa'
dler."
"VIRGINIA WOMAN IS CAM/ID M l
FOR GOVKKNOK •
Portsmouth, Va., Oct. '_'t.—Mi
George Custi*, of Keller, Virginia, tin
announced her candidacy r'oi j'o* 1 no
of Virginia on an independent wi:il
ist ticket. Sjlje is, as far a? -.:•> i>
ascertained, * woman ever t'
aspire to the governorshTt) .it tiie ol
•Dominion. -J
Adopting the slogan, "Hot I us puri
' fy politics," Mrs, Custi-s deer it"l
"Many of us feel that the t'fW- i - u'
hand when our conception, of ,r iveni
ment must be broadening U, nicei th»-
crisis that changing economic r' lttlT
tiona are precipitating."
Local News and
/Personal Mention
Elder Sylvester Hassell retumed yes
tenia) after filling his regular. appoint
ment at Great Swamp Sunday.
» • • V
Mi J li ti'odard .pent a le > days
ot last week in Norfolk on business.
' Mi . T It. liet lligei .mixed • Sat
iirda) nig ht I rolii Kateih aiid ..retin
ed lo I'lymouth xx ifch Ml - ets'iinet
"Sunday.-
* » • •
Mr. Hulllda) and sou attend
ed the State Kail last Week.
• • • •
Mr. wr Wilson of Norfolk w i u
toxxn Moiula).
Mi. and Mrs. .1. A. Mizelle of Rub
cisfTtix ilb* xv ere in town Suitday.
* » # •
Messrs. I ynion Cox and Roy Ward
of Rock) Mount spent the weekend II
toxvu visiting friends. >^l
• • • *
Miss- Ev:i Wynne of Norfolk in lien
visiting her parents Mr. and Mr-. I. I.
Wynne for a few days.
\•• • •
Mr. liotiert liogart of W'ashnigtor
xv as in town Sunday.
• • * «
I'r. Itiggs left Sunday morning; fo>
Suffolk to attend a meeting - of lie
Peanut firowers' Association.
"I* - * — w
Mr. John Muitin of Hamilton pent
a few hours here Sunday.
• • • ♦
( onlyilerate Veterans t'ushliig IV
Harrison and .las. I!. Waters left Sun
day for Chattanooga, Tenn., to attem
the .'l2nd 1 nited Confederate'Re-nnion
fur \ eterans of the Civil War.
* • * *
lb. and Mrs. .1. I'. Thigpeu ain
Rev, and Mrs 1,. C bark in and Mis
Louise Hunt, house guest of Mr
Latkin, motored to Creenville ye
terdav morning
* • • •
Hi. and Mis. Julian Mussel I of l.exx
iston were in tow it for a short w liib
yesterday. n
• '• »- •
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Rhodes, Mr. am
Mrs. Wheeler Martin and Mr. C, I
Caistarpheu went to Wushington ti
iftelnl the dance given by the IJal'vc
Club
• • ♦ # ""x
A few pennies invested each da
in Martin County Itqilding and l,"o":i
■stuck wtll-l-rtiy yni- a- new' -huiui: ill j_
few years.
• » • •
Mr I. II: t 'berry of Kverctts i II
town today.
Mi and Mi .1 l. (iodard, .11, Ml
.1 W, Watts, Jr., Miss Dais) Wynni
and Mrs. Oscar Anderson motoied ti
Wa bington Ibis afteinoon.
• • * •
Ml 1/ .lone Taylor of Kober or
villi- xva in town on business—lhi
morning.' ■«,«.
• » • •
Mr, blank I . (ilailstone of Hani
1111 •i ■ i.s iII ling the day in town
i » • • •
Mr 1 111 hi ■ll T, Warren -pent I!I
week end in Duihuin xxith hi-- famixl
•
Mr--. Ivlw iu Hampton of Kttuwy
Tenn., xx ill return to her home to
iitorrow aft ei visiting Iter sistid - , Mrs
'l.. I! Harrison and Mr. Ilatri-nit a
then home oil llaughton street loi
several weeks.
• « • •
Messrs. W. 11. i i'lr'iin und S (' I'ee
spent the day in*the country witr M
and Mrs. Sylvester I'eel:
« • * •
Miss Louise Hunt returned fi he
home in Greensboro today after i
iting Rev. and Mrs. 1.. C Larkin Jo
two weeks.
• • • •
Mrs. Arthur White mis returwi
from a visit to her pai.nts, Mr. HI
Mf" 'J' -it- tit WiiKhiniftnn.
• • ♦ •
h.. ,
Mr. R. K. Roberson i spending t.i
day in Rocky Mount on busine
# * ♦ •
Mr; and Mrs. W. W Griffin i t
shoppers seen in town yesterday.
,♦♦ * •
Mrs. P. 11 BroWn, Mrs. Miniie lla
lance, Mrs L. H. Wynne, Mr. ami Mi
J. I. Rogerson went to- Washingto
this afternoon to see aii oculist.
An evening if, rare plea- ur" is
promised those who see— .
"HOME TIES"
OI'KRA HOUSE
Friday Evening
!—G-0—!
"1 AM THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER"
By BRISTOW ADAMS.
I am the Country Newspaper.
I am the friend of the family, the, of tiding from
oilier friends; I speak to the home in the evening light of sum
mer's vine-clad porch or the glow of winter's lamp.
1 help to make this evening houi; i record the great and
tho small, the varied acts of the doys and wek that g>> t.i
make up life.
I am for and of the home; I follow thine who leave humble
beginnings; whether they go to greatness or to the gutter, I
take tii them the thrill of pld days, with messages
1 speak the languoge of the common lifraii; m\ words are
lil [til to liis understanding. My congregation is larger than
that of ;)ny church in my town; my readers are more than those
in the school. Young and old alike find in me stimulation, in
struct ion, entertainment, inspiration, solace, comfort. I am the
chctoicler of birth, and love and doth the three great facts
ol' rnfln's existence.
I bring together buyer and seller, In the benefit ot both; I
oni part of the market-place of the world. Into the home 1 car
i v wind of the goods which feed and'*clothe and sheltoir, arii'l
which minister to comfort, ease, health, and happiness.
I am the word of the week, the history of the year, the
lecnnl of my cninnnmity in the archives nf .state and nation.
lam the exponent of the lives of my leader-., , _
I iin the t'ountrx Newspaper:
TIME TO BEGIN ON /
OUR GOOD ROADS
Tlii' httU* county .of ( how on
IIJO on its roll
I lint county is only about half tin
j si/r of Martin. /Still our ctnintv
fwrtrtitc to build roads, wait
ing for the state ami nation. That
may he an easy way to get them, but
it is a very sloxv way.
It makes no drtfere»ce which way
yi'iu start —east, west, south or north,
xvlien you cross the county lines '.ln
roads are better. If Martin County
xvill bend everyecort possible xx e cm
get good roads to Washington, Ply
iiioutli, Hobgond and Tarboro, coir ect
ing up with the adjoining counties.
Are xve waiting for fcMgecomhe,
I lean fo it and llertie to lay down fine
hard surfaced roads and we still pull
in the sand. The loss in time, horse,
\ve:tt, gasoline, wear and tear would
pay the cost of the road litany times
If those in authority expect load .
to come in any other way than to pin
i cell to ~ build them then tin-.): - hoillil
put the anxious waiting no
to their secret. We know ol no othei
way than to go ahead
The Hoard of County Commission
er* may expect sinne cussing and fuss ,
ing. What does that amount to il
they are getting .something xvortti
mote than the cost and are huihlln*
up the interests of the people?
' II IC Alt 111 NTING TI.Mi:
Last Kriihiy inoryiiig a bunch of
hunters went out on the load ni-ai
Smithxvick's I'reek church and tiieii
dugs soon brought a bear out to .le, -
_K»»: Untliii and Herbert Taylor who
killed 111 in. Oil Sunday another lie u
was the road near the ami
place aiiihihunl was arranged fm Moil
dy morning. Many of the neighbor
came out. and had the jM-ar
(fietty soon. He was shot at bv -e.
era I people but was not killed enti|.
be passed Jesse I,ill) - , the last inuiij
on the line. Lilly's ncn-e xxas te idy
enough to take good aim and In- i.r
ceeiled in bringing the bear lo the
ground. .
A real bear hunt is worth gong t i
The excitement and thrill is great.
S V\ 11.LI A MSTON'S NKW II KI.
THICK CHKISTKNKD
Mrs. Vanderbilt, President of thi
State Fair and her daughter ,
Cornelia, christened the nexv fire trurk
.f yvilliiii"sto" Fire Department
The truck was at the State Fair'ott'
exhibition and on Friday morning,
"Mrs. Vanderbilt'left her silver-blue
Packard, mounted our- fiery red lire
fighter with Deputy State. Kite Mar
shall Sherwood Brock Well ,at tin
■"wheel, and rode twice around the race
track at the Fair Grounds, taking the
tums on two wheels .without a trem
■JX...',
This was ijuite an foi"
our town and Fire department and wi
| hope that the department will put a
worthy successor to the President of
the State Fair on the Truck and ihut
they will not be afraid to ride a lit
tle faster than they have pushed 'hi
hose cart to the previous fires. A
OWN YOU ROWN HOMK
Do you want a home of your own'
If so, put every dollar you can span
in the Martin County Building and
Loan Association,
Yiw money is safe and it grows in
there, and you will soon be able In
* own a nice comfortable home.
DON'T FORGET "HOME
TIES" FRIDAY NIGHT
t AST OK CHARACTERS
Martin Winn 1 M. J. Davi
lieoium! Everett K. S. Peel
Harold Vincent W. K. Orleam-
Josiah 'Hz/an! Leslie Fowden
Hiith Winn Miss Sallie Harri-
Alma Wayne—Miss Carrie I>ell W'hitt
Aunt Melissa—Miss Mary O. Smith
Mrs. Poplin Mrs A. V. Joynei
l.ind.v Jane—Miss Mary Clyde Leggett
L—» - >
Act l.—The Homecoming.
Act. 11.--Visitors From the City.
Act. 111. The Party.
Act IV.—Six Months Later; The
Wedding Announcement and'"Home
\Sweet Home."
The above, is the cast and synopsis
of the play "Home Ties" to he g : ven
ut the Opera House next Friday even
ing at eight o'clock under the aii
spices of the Ladies' Aid Surety,
the liaptist church and under the di
rection id' Mrs. John D. Itiggs, .Ii
ltjs nee«lles_-._to to the pei.pl •
of Williamston that it will be a great
success after telling them that Mrs.
Higgs will be the diiector for every
one knows that Mrs. Itiggs i wry
capable in this capacity and ha • on
siderahle talent and training in thi>
line of work.
Some id' the characteis lime i.rvei
appeared before a W illiamsto'i m
i4*nce hut we are sun* that they an
suitably ada*pted to their pails and
tile name of Miss Mary Clyde
in a cast always assurer one that hi
Will get hi-* money's win/ Waltei
Orleans will appear as a "rich New'
Yorker," and we all that "Hud
die" can till the hill. Miss Mary >
Smith and Mr. Leslie I'owden are
also popular rolnedians on the local
stage and will add much to the fun
of the piny.
g UIKTHDA V PARTY
| Mi. and Mrs. I!. J. Peel entertaine
at their home on Haughton street Sat
afternoon in honor of the sev
enth birthday of their daughter, Mis'
Kdith Peel. About seventy-five lit
tie folks were invited and most o
them were them ami spent a mo
happy hour playing games directed b>
Miss Hva Peel The little hostess wa*
tlw; recipient of many lieautiful «iftf
from her friends.
Later in the afternoon ice cream
and cake and candy and fruit were
served by Mrs. I'eel and Misses Velma
Harrison, Pattie Harrison, Margaret
Manning, 1 .aunt Orleans anil Carrie
I/ee Pud. t ■
"Tin: LOW KMT I'KICK" IS Ol K
MOTTO"
"Satisfaction," is our guarantee.
"The best steaks, roasts, pork chops
lamb, veal and farm produce" is oui
line.
"Yours to serve"
NEWTON & MANNING.
HALLOWE'EN NIGHT AT OAK
CITY
Plenty of Fun for All. In the Cit>
flail, Friday, Octol*r 28th, 8:00 P M.
f Admission, 16c and 25c.
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WANTED: MEN OK WOMEN TO
take osiers smong friends and neigh
bors for the genuine guaranteed hos
iery, full line for men, women an 1
children. Eliminates darning. We
pay 75c anliour spare time, er $3f1.00
a week for full time. Experience un
necessary. Writo International Stock
ing Mills, Norristown, Pa. lOtw
IF YOU
RESULTS
AD IN THE
ESTABLISHED 1898
COUNTY LOSES $7,605
ON RAILROAD'S TAXES
The loss in railroad taxes by our
County on the A. C. L. Railroad ia
$7,605.60. The A. C. L. assessed for
42,687(510.00 heretofore, but by thtix
suit they agree to pay on $1,771,186.00
worth of property which is a reduc
tion in value of $918,325.00.
The A C L. runs through thrirty
counties and the total loss to these
counties will amount to about $160,000
which odes not include amounts that
will be lost by speaial tax districts,
cities and towns.
Ol the counties through which the
Coast Line runs, Halifax has the high
est rate, $1.36. Other counties hav
ing .1 rate above SI.OO me North
Hampton, $1.20; Lenoir, $1.04 and
Hoaufort; SI.OO. .Scotland has the
lowest rate, 48c; Bertie has a rate
of 80c, Pitt 75c and Edgecombe, soc.
Thu average rate for all the cour
ties being Stic, Martin county h«-> a
rat# of H3i} which is- 3c below the
average. ■
IIIC STUIKH II \S ABOUT STRI CK
The railroad folks are still quarrel
ing. The public has interest in enly
two phases of the fight. They want
freight and passengers hauled anj
hauled cheaper. if the strike
threat does that, if it does no further
good it has* accomplished its purpose
far as the public is concerned. It
has enured nuy hft sweeping reduction
in heavy freights, especially in the
West whvre they were highest, that
the people of the United States will
save many million* of dollars.
Of course the business of the coun
try is not groin*; to be tied up by a
strike. There is already enough un
employment. People need more work
and not leas. The outside folks thiak
th erailroads are getting 100 much jnd
that many class of railroads are also
Jetting too much, With this idea in
Tnind, i fthe strike should come, it
would be the proper thing for the
government to take the railroads frem
the owners and the jobs from the em
ployes, That would be just ah' lit the
proper thing to do with that chins of
people who are id ready n oiv
tii i,i their .share of what is K ,, ' n (r a
r.uii ,1.
CO\FEUERAT VETERANS MEET
TOMORROW
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24. "TT7-.
city, where tho first reunion of the
United ('on f pile rate Veterans associa
tion was held on July 4, 1890, again
will receive the veterans in their an
nu'ul encampment tomorrow. The cam
paign for the 1921 reunion is ready
ami the city presents a gala appear
ance. Many of the veterans have al
ivadj arrived hut the reunion will of
ficially begin tomorrow. This is the
thirty-second resunion and aach pear
it is predicted (hat "this will bethe
la t gathering of the Confederate
Army." -
Although time hdealt kindly with
tliet'onfederate veteran, each reunion
has made it apparent that his vitality
Is .surrendering and efforts are being
made in many cities anil towns to sent*
as many of them to this year's reun
ion as possible. Atlanta, Ceorgie, has
undertaken the task of raising a fund
of $r»,(MK> with which to defray the re
union expenses of every dependent vet
eran in the Atlanta district. Many
other communities have adopted simi
lar methods to swell the ranks when
the gray army parades the streets of
Chattanooga tomorrow.
The social program will l>e an out
standing feature. Commanders of de
partments, divisions, brigades and
camps have appointed their sponsors
and maids of honor and all of them
will be present at the encampments
tomorrow. Among those
are Miss Martha Dulaney Bachman,
of Chattanooga, daughter of Judge
Nathan 1.. Bachman of the Tennessee
Supreme court and grand daughter of
Or. J. W. Bachman, chaplain of the
ketcniHH_.&.s chief sponsor for the re
union, which carries with it tho high
est social honors of the week. M
of honor include Miss Alice Riohard,
of l.nke Charles, I-a., Mis Eva Tall,-of
Macon, Ga., Miss Selene Rountrae of
Hirmingham, Ala., and Miss Elisabeth
Winston Creeey of Elisabeth City, N.
C., who is the granddaughter of the
late Colonel H. B. Creecy.
The veterans always is the patriarch y
of the assemblages and the hoaored
guest of all occasions. Dancing the
Virginia Reel is one of his delights,
and many still are able to go threvgh
the steps of the more modem dams.
The modern dances will give way t*
the polka, the two step aad the rowul
wajtit and the younger aet will take
a back seat to permit the old soldier* ,
an dtheir wives to 'dance Um eld t
dances.
» ~ j, l
Ca" load wire fendag and
also carload No. I Timothy *«y» 1
just leceived. Cheap fer each. ]
C. 1). CARSTARPHEN Mi CO, j