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Advertisers Will Find Our Columns a Latch Key to 1500 of Martin County's Homes VOLUME XXII—NUMBER 88 The Cause oit Present Low ~ 1 Prices On Farm Products I ! (By Bion H. But'er) Two or three years ago Robert N. Page said to nio thajgiuiless wo want to see our fureigu K to Hin ders aftei the v\ HMHHI' to en courage the nations ope in ev-| er> way we know how, and that if we do not collect our debt.-) over there in tlx' form of goods we will have mighty slow payments. His prediction is last being verified, and the farmer is feel ing the results for the farmer of the United States is a producei for ex port. Half of lilt- cotton crop must go abroad or we must make a small - er crop. A large amount ol our to bacco must g| abroad or we must make a smaller crop, l'ut Europe has no money to pay with, if we exact payment in gold and certainly no one will take depreciated European eur lency. So our foreign trade slumps olf, and our factories are shut down. (.'o-optuulivt^h'i'aiketiiig, and all the other schemes to relieve the situation of the farmer are wasted tune if we mail up our foreign market, either by refusing to deal with them or by re tubing their money. But look at what we are doing. In September of this' year, accoriiing.t'i the monthly bulle tin from the I nited State.' treasury our import.-? of good totaled slßi>. ot'tt.obft r] which i-, not, ij 11 ill- half 11.' total for the same month a year ago. Our expoi-ts fell from $801,000,000 to for tlie similar month* For the nine months ending with Sep tember t.hi-i >ear our imports were sl,-1 872,755,0U0, against s4,3&K,o'>tu>oo foi the same nine months of last year ami our exports were $3,5b2,000„000 for the nine months of this year as- a gainst $,079,000,000' for the same per iod last year. Now if we look at this we find that our foreign trade ha fallen oir by more than/a half. What is worse, in the last months the ex cess of exports over imports is almost ax great a it was in the same perai.i foi the year preceding, j Eurpoe Drained of GoSd This is simply to say that we are allowin gthe old world to go dee pel into debt each year and with no pros pect-of paying what it alreailv 'owns. Our imports of gold in the first nine months of the year exceeded a half billion 'dollars sent to us because Eu rope had nothing else that it could pay with. But we have drained Europe of her gold, and now it Tias"come to" the point where if we are to trado with the world we must take world products. In the face of all this we have nl.ed up a new tariff to keep foreign good* out of tin* United States and Compost wanU to .create-a ju f tariif wall thai will do something worse probacy in that line. But it appears tliat.evei. Republican adoration of the tarlfT is meeting a limit, for some of tin? ben eficiaries- of the protected indu-tries are lieginiung to doubt the .sense ol trying to do business with |>eop|e vvt refutte 'o take anything from in |>a>'- ,1-ent vt" out account, fta-ioany anil all of tie old world would he glad t take Is r«?c amounts of cotl m ion, the United States tomorrow if 0111 country woulo take something 'h pig ment that Eeiope can offer But >.f have aim iff wall to prcvei.it E> , opt-an stuff from coming this way, -o in ports have dropped from $4,.'!5K,1MH1,- I)(i0 for the first nine months of last year to sl,h72,7t>.'i,'MK) for the first nine months of this year or much less than half as much. Our importswill be over three billions short this >eai us compaml with last year, which moans that wo will sell over three bil lions less abroad this year than las' year. In that big total is much cot ton that we would like to sell and much tobacco, and much other farm stuff, and in that contracted market '-S . ' • I —STRAND— —THEATRE— \g||tT>V HAWLF.Y in / "FOOn FOR SCANDAL" —TI'ESDAY A THOMAS MEIC.HAN in H( | ( "THE EASY ROAD" Adapted from the Novel "Easy Street" , -WEDNESDAY VIOLA DANA in "THE OFF-SHOBE PIRATE" . THE ENTERPRISE Sheriff Gets Another Still j Tuesday afternoon Sheriff Kolierson and chief l'age took a trp into Beat I I Grass township ami instinct lud them from their car across a large savannah and by keeping an open eye they soon saw in the distance a smoke. Going forward in the same cour>e they soon saw the plant and a man at work. The) noticed the man walking toward them and when he had almost readied the spot where they were the officers made themselves known and In straightway confessed to tin- surprise of the officers. The man proved to be Henry Rogers, who hud not l>een sus pected, and he claimed that while lie was prc.veut to do thp work and was responsible for tin- running, that he was not the_pwner of the plant, that he neither drank himself nor had IH'CII guilty of running before. But stated that he was ijuietly making sdhvo foi hog-killing and Christmas use. .The outfit consisted of about three gallons of liquor, a small copper still and ten barrels of beer of grape and sugar mixture all of which were de-' strayed. \l i 1.i10.n before a .In.-. tico of the Peace where he gave bona for his appearance at the next term of the Recorder's Court. « is the whole tale of the farmers' flat tened market. TurilT Kills Foreign Crop It is absurd to think that a cotton crop of seven million bales is enough, for the. needs of the world when we have made and sold for years in sue cession a crop that exceeded twelve million bales and reached as high a. sixteen million bales. The whole truth about the collapse of th ecotton mar ket is that we have allowed our for eign market to he killed by our ab surd tariff policy and our attitude UK ward the Industrie sof the old world. We can never get a satisfactory pria for a cotton crop of any magnitudi unless the world is able to buy thi cotton, and if we are to make a cot ton crop of seven million hales instem of one of fourteen .million bales ou, great industry in the outh is a mock ery of what it was and what it shouh be. With oil and seed an dmeal am lint the cotton crop of the South i. l throwing away about seven hundrti | million dollars a year if we are to lost the seven million bales that makes tin difference between the crop of tin. year and the average of recent nor lif a i years. Yet the wise men who talk oi the virtues of tariff tell us that Wf need a tariff on cotton that share in the Sotilu with those othei protected sections that think they get a profit from barring ou foreign trade But killing the foreign trade is not a crime ogainst the South alone. Wliei the cotton states lose their hundred) of millions they lark' that amount t pay for things the protected factories of the North would make and sell am business is disorganized everywhere We lose as a nation all the benefit from the big foreign business and i we keep on pouring our,.goods int markets that cannot paj it is not ban to tell what is to happen to us. V\ will find a bankrupt Europe owing u money that cannot IK- collected, an we will soe our money tied up ie debts that will leave us the bag ti hold for the amount"of billions, and we cannot find much satisfaction ii that sort of prospect. Tariff's Deadly Work The tariff that was to protect the fanner along with tine Northern inan ufacturer'has protected wheat down to a few cenfs above a dollar ab ushe! j. ami has protected cattle: until we have a smaller number in proportion to tV population than probably at any l.iinT in our national history. Our cotton crop at 50 per cent production is sell ing just atrifle higher than normal croßs sold for in previous years. The crop of 1910, almost twelve million bales, sold Mr over 14 cents 77 on the Ist of December that year. The crop of apparentyl seven million bales under protection looks as though it would sell for maybe a cent high er in December of thin year. Th-* trot of 1910 was w:orth -about half more i than the crop of 1912 according to Mtese figures, whihe are from govern- I went reports. This is what shutting us out from the markets of Europe is doing to the American farmer. This is not a polit ical matter. It is the most serious danger that American industry has ever faced. It invites disaster to this country and to all we do business with and unless it is relieved no man is prophet enough to tell where the whole world will .land. i IVillinmston, Martin County North Carolina, Friday, November 25th, 1!>21 I NEWS FROM IN AND AROUND OAK CITY Mr. Marion Everett-, a stuilent of .1 he State University spent the week j end with his parents. Missos Louise Scott, Vera llarrell and Myrtle Bow en ami Messrs. .lack Move, Thai! Cox and Frank Jolly went to Tarhoiv Friday evening t>» heat I "('jdone Mack." Messrs. Julian Smith and Edmund Eearly spent the week-end at Farm \ llle. Mr. R E McNeeley drove over from Wilson and spent the week-end it tow n with friends. Miss II > man of Willi.'imston is unrs ing the little, son of Mr. and Mrs. .1 II Crisp. Miss Hives of Robersonville is spenti ing the week with her cousin Mis; Melissa Worsley. Mr. Walter Banett aud daughter, Miss I/>la, of Suffolk, Ya., spent the last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Wil bur Worsley. The Christian Endeav or Society wa organized last Wednesday evening. The first meeting was conducted h\ Miss Louis** Scott Sunday evening at the Christian church. Mr. Timothy Bowen of A. Col lege supplied for Mr. Hillary Bowen at the Chi'isitna church at both tin tnofning and evening services Sunday Mr. and Mrs. 11 S Eveiett motored to Rocky Mount Friday 'evening to meet their son Mr. Marvin Everett They were accompanied In Misses Es sie Baggette, Jefferson House and (iladys Everett. The Graded School will close Tues day afternoon for the Thanksgiving holidays. Funeral services were held Surd:i\ morning at the home of Mr. W 1 Tyson for his wife, who died ver\ suddenly Saturday morning. The in terment was held at the family come tery near Greenville Sunday aftei noon. She is survived by hw huh.rid and four children. . SERVICES AT BAPTIST ( 111 RCII A. V. Joyner, Pastor Sunday school 9:45 A. M■■ J )i. I' It Cone, Sup L "wi "wi iWn •- • Sermon by the pastor, ll:00»A': M At 3:30 F. M. the pastor will preacl at Bigg's School house. Sermon by the pastor 7:30 I'. M Braver Meeting Wednesday even ing, 7:30. You are cordially invited to attend all these servees. , AI T >' 'ACCIDENT IN'"ROHER -iON VILLE V ESTER I) \ V A traveling man whose name w do not know at this time and a col ored man both drivig cars and turn ing a corner came so near togethei that the whit' man in order not t run into the other man's cais-ian inU u telephone pole, cutting it in fwo Onl> - slight damages were sustalne from the accident. LEG BROKEN BY FAI L FROM HORSE Mr. Amelick (iurganus, son of Mrs Ida Ciurgiinus was fox hunting Thank; giving and the horse he was tiding stumbled and threw the young man breaking his leg. l>r. Saunders wa called and rendered medical aid. NOTICE OF REC I.IN EE'S SALE 1 I'rsuant to :tii order entered o > lln i'Al\ day of'No'•'-iber IS2I, bv ilnn '!e ». W. Conn i,' juilge of the Sapmioi • i.rt, in that certain cause nendmt. n the Superior t'ourt of Marti.i eoun ty entitled: 'C M Cm oti, Ni.ila l( • .. on, et'' . v l »in.ele Man , i . i g ami Mot.>r Company. the nn dersigned' receivers will on Thuisda> the 22nd day of December 1:12!, at 12 o'clock M., in the town >t I'ai mele N C., sell at public auction t the highest bidder for cash the foi lowing rea land personal property That certain lot and stole building situate in the town of I'armele, N. (' now occupied by the I'armele Mfg and Motor Company and purchase* by saitl company in 1919 Geo' James and being the identical proper ty whereon the said company ha* 'on iluctoJl a general automobile, garagi and repair business. Also all the stoi'k. in said building, consisting prtT cipally of automobiles, machinery, ac cessories -and-- usual carried in a general automobile and garage bus iness. Also II other stock, real un personal property belonging to sail corporation. *' This sale will lie made on the ~iem isen of the Parmele Mfg. and Moloi Company and the said sale will be made subject to confirmation by Ihe court. . W. A. DARDEN, E. S. PEELE, Rece-v er Attorney: M. K. Blount. If your children arc going away t' school or college this year, be sure t send the Enterprise to them, no they can keep with the new* at frome. I - . vi Local News and [ Personal Mention & ■ I" Mr. and Mrs. J 1. Williams left on Wednesday for (irifton to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Mrs. Wil li limns' parents, Mr. aud Mrs. L J Chap k man. t•• • » i Mr. \\ II Watts arrived yesterday to spend Thanksgiving with his fam il ily and his parents, Mr and Mrs. J W Watts, lie with Mrs. Watts and Miss Gwendolyn and Master Billy will re n turn to Norfolk today ,•♦ • % Alls. D. Collins Rallies has return ed to her home ill Muvfreesboru after I visiting her mother for some time and taking part n the Bogprt- Biggs wed li ding. • • • • Miss Mary Smith S|>eiit Thursday it her home in Plymouth. • » • • p Mrs. C I) Carstarphen, Mis. A Mas sell, Mrs. W J Hodges and Messrs. L . C Bennett and C 1) Catatarphen, Jr., lett Sunday lor Heuditrscou to t Mrs. J A White who is ill in..a hos I pital there. When tliey got to Rocky Mount they encountered a severe rain strom and they had to return home, , not making the trip. • • « » Mr. and Mrs. F K Bodges, and Mrs. I W II Crawford, Mrs. Eugene (iordv ( and Mrs. Maurice S MQOIV attended _ the funeral of Dr. Il«iiui'.y)>v. >-.| W..M of Plymouth Thanksgiving afternoon. 'Dr. Wolf was a hrotjer of Mrs. Hodges. \i • • • • }.■ Messrs. Thos. 11. ,lohmi>n and J. J Davenport of Oak City were in town Wednesday. • • • > Mr. and Mrs. Staton J l'eel of Bel haven were here Wednesday and spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. G A l'eel near Bear Grass. • • • » ' Kathleen Lilley of Jamesville .was in town Wednesday shopping. • • • • I Mr. Lawrence Moye is spending a few days with his parents Mr. and I Mrs. M oses Move of Farmyille, Mr. and Mrs. J.—'C. Amlerson and little daughters spe.nt Wediiesilay and Thursilay in Robersonville as guests of Mr. and Mrs. 11. 11. Pope. • • • • Miss Hilda Harrell is heie visiting I Miss M-H'.v Belle Harrell. «*• . • Mrs. .1 i Elmoie ami children ol Norfolk are visiting' Mrs. "Elmore's sister, Mrs. .1 I) Biggs, Jr., and Mr. Bigg's. • • • • Mr. and "Mrs. Harold W ( lark ol Belhaven spent 'Thanksgiving with Mrs. Clark's parents Mr and Mrs, I (Craw ford. , • • • • Miss Louise Harrison is here spend ing the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T S F Harrison. • • • » Mis A l( Dunning and Mis. E peel spent Thursday morning in Rob ersnnpille atti'lidin gthe Christian ba zaar « • ♦ • Mrs. Anna Harrison spent 'Thanks giving in Tarltoro with lx-r sister, Mrs A 1> Mizelle anl Mr. Mizelle. • • • * Mr. Lawrence Peel of Griffins town ship is a business visitor here today. I • » • • Messrs. Francis Loth and W Mor timer Harrison left Thursday by au tnmobile for Chapel Hill and Danville Va., for a few days. * + * « Elder Sylvester Massed and Mr. and Mrs. J I. Massed visited ix-latives ii Hamilton yesterday. • • • • « Mrs. VV L Poteat of Wake Foiost is here, the gtiest of her daughter, Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr., and Mr. Mai tin. ,— 0 —» -»■ ■« —: Mrs. Fred Gardner of Franklin, Va is expected today to visit Mrs. C F Page for several days. • • • • . _ Mrs. Albert Wadsworth and M >• Howard, Albert, Jr., and John of New Hem ale the guests of Mrs. Wads worth's daughter, Mrs. J W Watts, Jr„ and Mr. Watts. • • • • Mr. and Mrs. It 0 Cone and chil dren motored here from Richmorfd on Wednesday to spend tlv> holidays with Dr. and Mrs. P IJ Cone at their home on Church street. Mrs. W. T Hunter spent a few days in Greenville this woek visiting rela tives. •• t • Mrs. Walter Orleans, Mr. N Orleans and Solomon Orleans spent Thangs giving in Washington. •• • * Mrs. Ashby Dunn and children of Scotland Neck are hare visiting and Mrs. J D Bigg*. » {f' WEDDING OF UNUSUAL INTEREST ON TUESDAY A wedding of much interest to- the people of Williaiuston and W: l.ing" ton was soelninized at the Church of the Advent, Tuesday afternoon at four-thirty o'clock, November 22 when Miss Penelope Biggs became the bride of Mr. Robert B. Bogurt. of Washing toll. Rev. Walter B. Clark olllciated, using the ring ceremony. Tlio church was beautifully decor ated with yellow and white chrysan themums with a background of long loaf pine and myrtle. The shadows cast from candles in gold candlesticks burning on th» altar made a very ef fective background for this mari iage which was lovely in its simplicity. Mrs. Warren 11. Biggs played sever al selections while the guests vveiv.* ai ming and Mrs. J. S. Rhodes* sweetly sang "O Promise Me," and "Because." • As the organist began the wedding march by Mendelssohn, the ushers, Messrs Herman Carrow and Frontis llurbank of Washington came up the aisle. Then camo the Matron of Hon or, Mrs. D. Collins Barnes of Mur freosboro gowned in electric silk with black georgette ovx-r satin and carry ing yellow chrysanthemums. Preced ing the bride came the-two little flow er girls, Misses Eugenia lloyt and Alice Seawright of Dashington, neice of llu> groom. They wore organdy dresses with blue ribbon* and hats trimmed with dainty flower*. Next came the bride with her brothers, Mr. Jno. W. Biggs, who gave , her away. They were n**t tit the .a'- tar steps by the bridegroom and his brother, Mr. Walter Ilogart of Nor folk who acted as best man. The bride wa smost becomingly gowned in a brown suit of pollvanna cloth with accessories to match. After the ceremony they took the Atlantic Coast Line train for Daytona, . Florida, where they will spend sev eral weeks. They will also visit Jack sonville while away. Mrs. Bogurt is one of the most be loved young women ever reared in Williamston. By her gentle manner and lovable disposition site has endear ed herself to th* town and community and it is with great rcgjvt that the jk'ople see her leave.' She is the daughter of Mrs. S. I!. Bigg and the late S. R. Biggs. Mr. Ilogart is the son of Mrs. Dav Bngart and the late Col. Dave Bogurt of Washington and is a young busi uess man of high standing. The pop ularity of both contracting parties was attested by the many beautiful presents received by them. The col lection of silver was very large anil in the collection was a finit basket that belonged to the bride's great* great-grandmother and a present n the bride's mother. 'The out of town guests were Mr and Mrs. Walter Bogurt, Miss Vivis Bogart of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. FrimV Rollins aud sou, Prang Rollins, Mrs Henry B. Seawright, Miss Alice Sea wright, Mr. Herman Carrow, Mr Frontis Burbank of Washington; Mr. J. J. Rollins of Rocky Mount; Mrs. I). C. liurnes of Murfreesboro, Mr. Joe Biggs, Mr. Arthur Wiljiams and Miss I ouise Williams of Washington I / - f MisS Sadie Harris ami Mr. Rogers s|ient yesterday in Washington. Miss Eva l'eel is here visiting hei parents for a few days. Ml and Mrs, Louis Hornthal, Mis. Uirry Hornthal and Miss Martha Hornthal of Plymouth motored lien 1 Thursday to visit Mr and Mrs. J \\ Watts. Rev. A V Joyner preached in Rob ersonville last evening. i Messrs. Simon Lilley, Walter Or i leans, Irving Margolis, Boyd lllght , and Jim Cook attended the Virginia- , Carolina game in Chapel Mill yester- i day. Mrs. Emiyl Plack of Norfolk spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J W f Watts. zA The Board of Commissioners of Martin county will meet in the court house at Wlliamston, N C. on Wed neday November 30th at 10 o'clock a. m,, to determine whether or not the county of Martin will accept the fol lowing propositons: I. To pay one-half (1-2) tin 1 , cost of constructing a hard -surface road from the county soa tto the Beaufort ' county) line, where it will join the hard surface road now being built from the county seat" of Beau foil to the Martin county line. . 2. To kfuild a sand-clay or gravel road from the county seat to the Hal ifax county line, terminating, near Hobgood, N C. All citizens of the county,are itv vited fco present their views upon the propositions at the j time and place above designated. J. HASSELL, Chairman, i Attest: S. S. BROWN, Cl*rk. I North Carolina Second in the - Number Of Debt-Free Homes Regular Session Recorders Court > . _____ l li** Recorder's Court convened on Not ember with Judge J. C. Smith pre iding and attorney H. 1). Critcber prosecuting. Th»' following ousts were State vs. W. A. Mobley. Manufact disposed of: uring Liquor I'lead guilly. Prajer for"judgment continued for the term of one year upon payment of cost.* and entering into a bond for S2M~).OO for his appearance at this.court ewrj three months to show good behavior. State vs. W. A. Mobley. Carrying concealed-weapon. Plead guilty. Fined $!>(!.IH) und costs. Stnte vs., J. H. Edward* ;uid Wil liam Stoke.-,. Affray. Itoth plead guilty.- Judgment that each pay a tine of SMMM> and half tli»> cost.*. State vs. Ueo. S. Silverthome. Af fray. Plead not guilty. After hear ing testimony the court adjudged hiin Kiiilty. Judgment that the defendant shall be sentenced to tho county jail for. thirty days and pay the cost ol the action. Defendant appeals fix>m this judgment to the Superior court State vs. • Lteaman Silverthome. Driving Auto while Intoxicated. N'ot icui fHDRSK KII.LKD HY AI'TO TRUCK Wednesday night about dark Will Staton, while on his way to Jumes vilk» from hi o htneonsetaoi nunusnu ville from his home on the William ston-Jamesville road was run over by a truck driven by,a negro, Carl Boston, from Dardens. The-track was full of colored men and they were runmling at a fast gait without light*. Staton drove just as far to his side of the road as possible. The horse was killed instantly and Staton thought he was hurt for a time but it wa smostly fright. The negro driv ing the truck was hurt pretty badly and he was taken out in the woods by his comrades, apparently in an ef fort to hide him. The true kaws the property of Mr. Getsinger and was practically demol ished. The chairs in which the people were sitting were torn rp also. There is no blame against Mr. (!et singer as the drhvr was drunk urid running too fast, without lights. .. KKKIOI'M ACC IDKNT Aaron Knwls, the ele\>>n year old son of Herbert Rawls fell , from a tree at Hear Brass yesterday and broke Ins right arm, his left elbow, hsoulder und nose. Dr. Saunders dressed his wounds and brought him to town whore he had an X-ltay picture mode, which showed the breaks to be very danger ous. The boy with (thers was up n tree picking berries an dsome other boy pushed him and caused him to ■{all.. NOTICE OF XAI.K I'nder and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certai ndeeil of trust executed to the undersigned trustee Ify I, L Reddick on the lHth doy of Decern I x>r 1919, and of record in Martin County Public Registry in book A-2, page said deed of trust securing )-tain bonds of even date and tenor therewith und the stiprla tions therein not complied with and at the request of the 1 old er of said bonds the undersigned will [expose at public auction on the 29th day of November, 1921, at 12:'#i o clock M., in front of the court house door in Williamston the following tie scribed real property: Beginning ut the corner of Main 'an dthe side street, thence up Main street 00 feet to a stob; thence a line parallel with the (tide street 160 fee' to a stocb; thence a line parallel wltt Main atreefc 55 feet to Jones' line; thence long Jones' line 00-fcet to Ap fel line; thence along Apfel's line 10' feet to the side street; thence alonj' the side street about 210 feet to tin beginning. ' * This 28th day of October, ivil. - B. DUKE CRITCHER, Trustee. NOTICE J. (J. Staton's gin wlil gin on Mon days and Thursdays, starting Novem ber 14th, 1921. N. P. DANIEI S, Mgr. WANTED TO TRADE: FORD TOUR ing car body in good condition for racer body. Address M E. D." core Enterprise It | Carload of grounds-alum salts just Cheap for cash. C. D. Car st&rphen & Co. Ml INSCRIBE TO THE ENTERPRISE IF YOU WANT QUICK RESULTS USE A WANT AD IN THE ENTEBPRI3B ESTABLISHED 1898 Based on a Census Bureau Bulle tin, Oct., 1921. Dwellings in North Carolina, 813,- 377; occupied by renters, 261,303, w f>2.6 per cent; occupied by owners, 2.1fi,A42, or 47.6 per cent; owned Imomb free of incumbrance, 186,440 or 82.9 por cent of all owned homes. Old/ . three states increased in the nttio of ilebt-free home in 1910-26—North Cm olma, Vermont and Mississippi. I Rank State Pet, Debt-fi«* Homes I Nevada ga.g i -11 North Carolina . ... 82.9 •'I New Mexico _.4&G •I Wist Virginia _ .. M.6 :• Virginia . ... 79.4 "» • I.olii.iianna ... 79.4 7 Tonnasse* . 78.$ K South Carolina 79.6 l» n (Jeorgia I" Kentucky ... . 7TA 11 Florida 77.i 1- Mississippi 76.8 13 Arizona 7so 14 Main*: 76. 6 15 Alabama . 74.0 1C Arkansas _ ... 71.8 17 Texas .11.4 IK New Ham|Mlilre . . 70.4 19 I tu.li . 2d Kansas . tffi 9 21 Indiana _ 68 J "22 lowa 63.1 23 Oregon ... 4 24 Wyoming (IK 26 26 Ohio .614 27 Vermont 61.0 28 Nebraska 60.1 28 Maryland „ 90.9 30 Washington - _ M».i 31 Minnesota . WS.4 31 Oklahoma _. . 60.4 33 Pennsylvania 69.7 34 California 58.0 3. r > Missouri 58.3 36 'lllinois 66.9 37 South Dakota 57.3 38 Dnlawarn (6.1 39 Montana 16.2 40 Michigan ... _. v .. 54.0 41 Wisconsin 59.6 41 Idaho 53.6 43 Rhod> Island 49.8 44 New York 47.8 35 North Dakota 46.2 46 Dlst. of Columbia . 44€ 47 Massachusetts . . . 42.4 4K Connecticut 36.7 iS New, Jersey 69.0 /Much gratification should com*.from th« above figures to all oNrth Caro linians- because fewer people in our state owff money on their home than any other state in the union except Nevada. The whole South can als* Tind grmind for joy from the same table. Every Southern state shows that, there is no encumbrance on a bove 71 per cent of the homes, whilu in tli/ New England states the high est is lower than the lowe.it In the .South and in three, Rhod* Island. Massachusetts and Connecticut mu«* than half of the homes are encum bered by mortgages. , The great trust ridden state of New Jei>*>y show* only 38 per cent 0/ the homes clear of mortgages, Whon the South takes couragn and pulls for it self it will come into its own and will stand well in front of any other part of the world. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the poster of sale contained in that certain d**d of trust executed by James A. Roig*r son and wife. Eva Rodgerson, bearing date of October 31 1919, and recorded in tl*» public registry wf Martin ceuu ty in book A-2 at pag* 569, said J**d of trust having been given to secure tlie payment of a certain bond of even date theerwith, and the terms and stipulations therein contained not hav ing been complied with and at the re quest of the holder of said bond.", the undersigned trustee will on the 23rd day of December at 1Z o'clock M. at the court house door of Martin coun ty nt Williamston, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the . folowing described property, to wit: That certain tract of land 1/iiif and .being in Rear Grass towashlp. Martin county, North Carolina aad bounded on the north by the land* of Will Knox; on the east by the lands of Claud* Lee; on the south by The Ashley Martin Plac*' and on th* west by the lands of Jo* Rod gen, contain ing one hundred thlrtyf (I*s) acres more or less and being the same prem ises now occupied by James A. Rod g«:osn and wlfa Eva Kodg*n>oa. 1 his the 23rd day of Nov«nb«r 19K A. »:. OUNNINXi, Trustee NOTICE TAXPAYSJtS A discount of 1 per eMdk.will b* given to all who pay tb*ir taxes be fore December first. All wishing tp avail themselves of this opportunity must pay during Novaipberj . H. T. BOBERSON, .