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Advertisers Will Find Oar Co'iimns a Latch Key to 1500 of Mnrtin County's Home* VOLUME XXIII —NUMBER 21 Local Tobacco Mail Oilers Good Advice to Farmers hi Ed: or: ioi Hie to j;o. my i ame in the . i ut 1 bc • i- vcilm,. e ~it*.tiial u ji t vU 1 of .jiulUU afld adjoin 1 j couiiUto uic lo piuce thenistivea ii ~nd beioie doing- Uic*' things tliu# t. i't down unu seriously coi •>-e si »e tiling . wiiiih .nay be 'of • ~ in jort.ince to tiuiu jelore an oi .. " t ja niuuo uid s nil in this «e on. .avii 0 been in tobacco all my lile, >i h.SI take Up g. Cat staple. a . a a. tiiC inioiniation * cun gain ei iiioit is lo Lit a c Jiiaiueiubli* ii.k euac j:i ine acica 6 e ol looacco Hi ..h i ji.Ji.aa, buuui Cnuiina and \ niiu thij year unci these are the v'li tin e i a tea I ant grow our type A ,jlju> u. 1 doi. t tliiok, according ij . e I. .v o) ktjana uimfciiti, tiiat / .inn u c ill line acreage ol tobacco . i..—id I J ..utile tiiu it.lnttii> this 1 bciieVc* Luc luOUeCO iiltlC'.it. ..e >i»u coalu lata, care of a crop ol tobai-o aouui the acie-j 'b as a: a i..at ii. liie three bU. J,a ll.elli .Olieu, U.m at a ,jOod prilX', Dli 1 Ul.i dl.-llu tut It >'i;u go IliUCil o> . at: . . c-ti a a..icage .11 ju A" 111 lo so at u iOaa —it makes no U.i cut il you put it 111 u pool 01 lat 1 oigai.iz..ti ii Oi stay out • *.ll .t jii tlie open floor, i urn iny. advo u..ng as to .lie cooperative .." men. 0,1 oper .10* r Saies, thai 1. a , I.titer tor you u decide, but the in., easio.i has gone that it tin... poc,. Uity pel cent o. it Ine other fif'l> t p i ent ol obatto wilt sea high on tile open Hours. N uoii t you be lieve this. i'or U you laise a b olt. protlucLie a 111 aii).iiing you an go.i.g to it sell low—it makes lit uii.cieiice hem' it is marketed. Vvh 1 . ~ve auui about tobacco will ho gooM in t.a; cotton acreage' la our *e tion. to 4 >e. »uto ( 1 don't know muti. v ih 11, ot i bent Ye thj at reag e. eit: aliould ue lat 1 oil lust yea at 1.1 cWciity-hic jer ci.it if ne e i'l; ik-t ovt., timthei l- urmer g. r. 1 i.ean. iool ou lor h. .■aim aom a;, nrst u.M plenty of stt. to i ~ t'l your toums With, 'liiiu . i . c . ion.i »eil 111 your iiiomey crops. W. T. MKAUOW6. NO ! ILK . Ith :aioiina Siatili. ' ounty. ' uder .d by vuiu" v! ai. order ii> Ihe oar oi' conm.oner: of Mar tin ' unt. entered 1 I tlieil' l- gular se: "Sii'- u: i' >H.' a y the tiuy of April, not e- 11 hi. • y vei that un 1 \ ,e iieitl tt t.ie suul vot .l ~lact. "n Popiai i'u..it township, - il.. . .11 county, on the til. day of May for the purpose ol taking the sense of the ijualifaed voters of said township on the question of whether the board of commissioners of Mar tin ount> shall lev> a special tax foi ~7* ~lu npii/ving ami maititaining the pur« .«1m of .-a.d toA - n.ihip, said tax levy not to exceed thirty cents on tne cue hum'ied dollars worth of prop : according to tne tax list of said township. At sai l election those jualifiedvot eis v. hoaie in favor of the propOSitiOif « shad vote a tiallot on which shall bt priiiU'd or written the words "For bptciil Roatl Fax," arid those opposed ti) the piojH sition ahall vote a ballot on which snail be printed or written the words "against special roq#l tax Saul elections wil Ibe conducted at the time anil plate aforesaid by M. 1 'Aijlor r«yisttar; and C. b. liuvall and Joe Harris judges of Election, and under the rules and regulations at are provided for the election of mem bers of the general as.embly under the general election law of the state. By order of the Board of Commis sioners on Monday the 3rd day of April, 1922. S. S. BROWN, Clerk to the Board. D RATES TO DItAINAGE CONVENTION The Secretary of the North Caro lina Drainage Convention which is to be held at Goldsboro, N. C. f April 28-29 has juslpreqeived from the outheastem Passenger Association no tice of special excursion rates that will be allowed on the certificate plan for this convention if a sufficient num . • ber attend. Senator W. E. Borah and Congress man Wm. M. Bankhead have been in vited to attend the convention and to . 1 discuss a national policy in regard to reclamation work and settlement of our unused lands. This is a subjuct of very great interest to the whole contry and_ particularly so to North Carolina where there is so much re clamation work to be done and the need is so gftat for the settlement of our unused lands. 3f —t-~ THE ENTERPRISE ! NEWS FROM IN AND y AKOtIND OAK CITY y We are glad to report that some of the "flu" patients are better and that school starlet. Mommy after a week's holiday. All Joseph Early hail a slight stroke of paralysis bat his condition is much improved. Mrs. J. J. l'iland is still on the sit k hst. l)r. E. E. I'ittmau spent sovieral days of the past week in Richmond where his brother was in the hospital. Dr. Pittnmn was accompanied by Mi R E Early. Mis JiltVrson 11 u use spent Sunday night in llas.seil. ■ .. , Mrs. S. G. Housts of Hohgood spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W House. Miss Adeliu llyman is spending I some time with relatives in town Mr. Julm.- Smith of Earmville ac coMpanieii by his parents and sister spent . atuinay nad Sunday here with his brother. Mr. E. K. Harrell spent a few hours in Robersonville Tuesday. ' Rev. Wildinan"s Bible Class met at the Tearherage Monday afternoon. The I,ailies Aid Society was enter tained by the teachers. After the bus iness session was over a salad course was served to the members. Those who enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Harrell Sun 1 ay were Misses -Harah Pollard, Louise Ruth Hudson; Estelle Wayne; Essie Daggette; Nannie Harwell,-Jef ferson House; Mary Ruth Smith ami Mrs. Humphries, Mr. Hillary ltowen •in.l Rev. Von Miller. THE Ell A Ol' IHr QUESTION The nos; signilicant tl ing in Amer ica too ay is ti pru'oind unrj>r a uiong tlio peopl" The gi'dat paaic of 1020-22 seems 10 have lilted in considerable degree. Tillies are evidently going to get bet ter from now on. Nevertheless, hun dreds of thousands of people have been financially ruined by the recent "panic"—or whatever one may choose to call lU-und niilions of others have sutfered so seriously that it wil Itake I them >ears to recover. I Theae people not forgetting what las happened to them. Tluey are ask'ng why it happened at all, and ihey. will not rest till they have found an aii.>ve.' that they beliewj is sound. It is tiia era of Ihe question mark. America is in an inelleclua! and pol itical lerment. A gent-ration ago Tom Watson gave fame to the befud dled Congressman's inquiry, "Mr. Speaker, where am I at?" That is what the people are asking today— asking about an almost interminable 11 t of subjects; and here are some oi the inquiries that are now per pH xmg America.—l'rogiessive Ear mer. t NOTICE, MEMBERS OPTRtSTATE TOBACCO ASSOCIATION All members of the Martin county organization of the Tri-State Tobacco Association t>e requested to meet at the court house Saurday, Apr'i £h at 2P. M It is proposed to make a further campaign for the purpose of trying to get a full 100 per cent to sign up in the Association. EOR SALE: NICE HAMPSHIRE pigs, entitled to registration. Both male and female from two to four, months old. W. W. Griffin, R E D 4. Advertisement Advertisement ASKS EOR KENOMINATION TO THE STATE SENATE To the voter sof the Second Senatorial District: I hereby apnonce my candidacy for renomination to the office of State Stnator from this" district subject to the Democratic primary. It has always been the custom of this district that each Seantor be e leced to two errns, and I no wask hat I be allowed this same honor and I confidtntly believe that it will be shown to me. I shall do my beat to serve all the people aa I have always done. My record statnds for itaelf. I am not ashamed of it Thanking you foY your past favors and the honor sohwn me and hoping to have the opportunity of serving you once more, I am. Your obedient servant, H. L. SWAIN, Columbia, N. C. i Advertisement Advertisement 1 GOOD MILK COWS AND POLAND china pure bred pigs for aale|. Any age. J S Rhodes, tf Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina! Friday, April 7th, 1922 REVIEW AND PROS PECTS FOR COTTON Cotton is abot where it was at begming of March. The Journal Commerce calculates that about nine million bales have been taken from American stocks since August Ist, in cluding exports. The carry-over was about eight and a half million and the crop a little schort of eightmil hon; say a total of sixteen and a half million bales; this leaves about seven and a half million on hand, froi 1 which consumption to July 31 will take from four to four and a half millions, leav ing fftm hrete to three and a half million bales for the carry over. It is plain that if the crop this season is no larger than last, the amount a vailable will be two million" bales 01 more short of the requirements, oven though these are no greater taan for the current year. As the world has been living on reduced consumption for several years it very much needs to use more cotton, and the situation is disquieting. If the season should lie bad for the growing crop we may have very high prices for cotton. Such an outcome is very undesirable, for it will mean high prices to consumers with little compensating benefit to growers. THE TARIPP The old saying that Protective Tar iff is the mother of trusts was nevei true rthan today. The Republican tti ill' makers are shouting to prtect lu bor but thai is not their purpose. It used to be that 9U per cent of most products was labor, now about 20 pet cent of most products is' labor, one man handling fifteen or twenty auto matic mac nines is now making more than five hundred men used to make by ham and yet the protection i.i foul timei higher than Alexander Hamil ton gave us in 17M9 in our infancy. One woman can now make about 1,- 800 pairs of socks per day and it' took her grandmother a week to make ten pairs. All this proves that it is ma chinery they want protected and not labor. The Pordney Tariff is a relic of the past century and the exact op posite of wliat the country needs. It closes the door o foreign trade. By its American valuation clauses it dou bles the present duty and let every .price fixing group in America det-n --mine the basis of duties on imports of competing products. RAILROAD SITUATION Railroad traffiic, as indicated by the ivports of car-loadings sinct the first of the year, have been running ahead of last year although January gross earnings were about 16 per cent be low those of tht same month 0.l 1921. On the other hand the net earnings of 199 roads were $57,412,606 in Jan uary against $28,331,966 in January 1921 which reflects the reduction in ojierating expenses. Increased load ings are not refltcted in increased rev enues until several weeks laterfl be cause freight chargss are collected up-i on tht delivery of goods. The pro gressive jjaiii i nloadings is shown by the' increase of 8 per cent in Febru ary and approximately double that in March in each cites over the cor responding months of lost year.-i NOTICE OP SALE uiiuei and by virtue of the author ity conferred in me by a certain deed of trust executed by W A Modlin on the lbth day of December, 1917, and of record in the public registry of Martin county in book O-l at page 186, to secure the payment of cer tain bonds of even date therewith; and the stipulations >n said deed of trust not having been complied w.th and at the request of the parties in terested, the undersigned trustee will on Monday, the 3rd day of April 1922 at 12 o'clock M., at the court house dor of Martin county, Williamston N C., offer at public sale to the highest bidder for cash the fololwing describ ed real esiato: Known as the Rhodes Reddick land, adjoining W L Williams, William Boyd and others, containing 43 acres mere or less : nd being the same land this day deeded to W A Modlin by the Dennis Simmons Lumber Co. This the Ist day of March, 1922. WHEELER MARTIN, Trustee. NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County To W J Griffin and others: You will take notice that we pur chased fifty five acres of Briley land, listed to W Griffin, Hamilton town ship, at a sheriffs sale for taxes at the court house door in Martin coun ty on Monday June 6th, 1921. You will further take notice that unless redemption is made I will demand a deed for said land at the expiration of one year from June 6th, 1921. This Brd day of March, 1922. F. L. HA IS LIP, and D. Q. MATTHEWS. , 1 * Local News and I Personal Mention " Clyde Cahoon, one of Plymouth's i leading merchants, died Monday from 6 j I'neumonia. He leaver a wife'and » three children and had a tarjie num ber of relatives in Martin County. a •• • • i Mr. J. W. Anderson who has been - in the oJhnson-Willis Hospital in liich f motid for several weeks has returned. While there Mr. Anderson hud his tonsils removed. Friends will be glud to know that he is much improved by the operation. ••V • • The Swarthmore Chautauqua comes again on the 27th of May and stays until June Ist. If the people avuil themselves of tlie opportunity offered and enter into the real Chautauqua from this ftveshixileutaoinevmfwypet spirit they will derive much good from this five days of fun and whole some information; good music, lec tures, etc. Keep the dates in mind. • • • • Those attending the Harrison Mu rill wedding ut Kichlamls wore Mr. and Mrs. C A Harrison; Mri,. Anna Harrison; Miss Carrie Dell White; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Manning; Messrs. L. H. Harrison; S. C Peel; J I) Wool aixl und Asa J.. Manning. • • • • Dr. Charles T. Roebuck has locat ed at Hear Grass for the general prac tice of medicine. Dr. Roebuck has had three years' hospital experience. The Hear Grass township is a tine fanning section and a physician should have a very good practice there. • • • * The three weeks of fine weather has , been used by the farmers to grat ad , vantage. They have done much work in that short time and a luige pef centage of corn is already planted. The general indication is that the acreage in peanuts will be cut, cotton will )>e increased and also tobacco, it is quite possible that the tobacco a creage will be increased tv tho extent that prices will be exceedingly low. • • • « Misses Enunu Hello Harris and Mary Cylde 1-eggett and Bryant Car .starphen and Frederick Hoy t .left Wed nesdajf morning for Chapel Hill to enter the Stale debating contest They were accompanied by Mrs. A. V. Joyuer and Mr. Martin J. Davis of the school faculty and rMs F. W lloyt. • • » • The high water has kept the seines and ti.shing machines out much later ihun usual; the netters however, are | catching some few each day. If the : old *a>ing that Faster Sunday is the uest herring fishing day, then the sea mi will be short as Foster is almost here. • • • • Miss Minnie Orleans will arrive Sun duy from New York to visit her par ents, Mr. anil Mrs. Nathan Orleans * • • * Miss Anna Crawford and Mr. ami Mrs. Asa T. Crawford returned Thurs day from New Jeisey where they at tended the funeral of their aunt Mrs. Van Cleve. . • ' • »\ • - S1 Feel of Fveretts were in town yester day shopping. «- • * • Mrs. Anderson of Leggetts is vis itinHg her daughter, Mrs. C A Har ' rison at her home on llaughton street. 1 •» • • | Mr. William Battle of Fdenton Is a business visitor in town this week. ®•• • » Mrs. Sallie A. Biggs went to Wash | ington yesterday to visit her daughter Mrs. Robert Bogart. 1 »• • e The Enterprise force has secured ' the services of Mr. J. W. Watts, Sr. - as reporter and we are sure that he ! will be able to furnish you with some ' good live copy in every issue t•• • * Mr. J. R. Bunn of Henderson sub scription agent for The News and Ob > server is in town today. i B Mr. J. B. Lawley of Raleigh ar i rived today to speak at the Tri-State 1 Tobacco Association meeting tomor row. j ***** FAITH IIEALEK AT WILLIAMS CHAPEL ON NEXT SUNDAY The public is cordially invited to 1 hear Dr. Wm. F. Edwards, P. E., preach at the Williams Chapel A.M.E. • Zion Church Sunday afternoon at 8 I, P. M. Dr. Edwards is also a great - healer; at this service he will heal 26 t people in 26 minutes without touch - ing them. Bring your sick and crip u pie; old and young nad get a fnee s treatment. There will be ■ pedal ar ■ rangements made for our white n friends, ladies and gentlemen all are invited. Remember the date and place—col ored Methodist church, Sunday April 9th at 8 P. M. • ~ - • • •'.» ' 1 BARACA - PHILATHEA ■ STATE CONVENTION 1 Remember Jne 16-18 "Land of the 1 Sky" Baraca Philathea 12th Annual i Convention, Hendersonville. Bible Slogan, Numbers 13 Ch. SOv. Make plans now to have your class r««pre sented with several delegates. Hen 1 dersonvill© is making great prepara -1 tioiis for our entertainment. Roum| trip railroad rate of one and a hall ■ tares on all roads. Highways in fine I condition ofr motor parties, with park ing space with watchman and cum; sites pffjVided free by the good peo pie of Hendersonville. Room and i board to till registered delegate* in private homes and boarding houses $1.60 and $2.00; Carolina Terrace, I big tourist hotel is headquarters, . with room, bath and board at $4; first come first served. Special features are a mountain drive an dtrip to the. famous Laurel Park; big pageant and .reception Thursday evening; Erlangei Baraca Bond and Mammoth Parade Sunday fternoon. Speakers of national reputation are being secured. Sunday Bchool work 1 ers of wide experience will be present . to answr your questions and to bring you new plans and methods. Among the speakers are Dr. Honry Clay MOl rison of Kentucky; Dr. R. J. Bateman of Asheville; and others of cote. The Baiaca Philatheas Pageant on Thursday evening will graphically i show the origin and growth of thi movement and will be the first B I pageant ever giveu at a convention The mammoth Parade Sunday uftei noon with Baraca Saleeby as chiet marshal and lead by the Erlangei Baraca Hand will be a great inspira tion. Classes will carry class ban ners, arranged in county groups, each county With banner. Pennants will be awarded to largest delegations. Registration fee, $1 for oach dele gate; the classes not limited as to number of delegates snt. Registra tion fee gives reduced rats on rail roads, bourd and room, teat in autos for drive and other convention privi leges. Write for registration blanks and information at once to B P State Office, Asheville, N. C. ( June is the ideal season for visit ing the mountains. Hendersonville is expecting 1,000 delegates. Plan to enjoy this feast of good things. Reg- I istration blanks and certificates for warded on request to delegates.—By Mrs. N. Buckner, (sen. Sec. SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH A. V. Joyner, Pastor Sunday school, 9:46 A. M.—J. C. Anderson, Supt. If you are not a member of any other Sunday School we give you u sjiecial invitation to unite with one of our classes. You will enjoy it. Sermon by the pastor 11:00 A. M. At 8;00 o'clock in the afternoon, the pastor will preach at Biggs' School House. B. Y. P. U. 7:16 P. M Sermon bytliepastor 8:00 P. M.— Subject: "These Vital Questions." We extend to you a cordial invita tion to worship with us in all these services. NOTICE OP MALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed to me the under signed trustee by E G. Hodges and wife Mollie L. Hodges on the Ist day of January, 1920, and of record in Martin county public registry in book A-2 page 410, said deed of trust se curing certain bonds of even date and tenor therewith and the stipulations therein not having been complied with and at the request of the hodler and I owner of said obnds 1 wil expose to public auction on Priday, April 7th, , 1922 at 12:00 ocloc M, in front of the , court house door in Williamston North Carolina, to the highest bidder for cash the following described land: Those certain tarcts or paraels of land in Poplar Point towmship Martin count, North Caroina, Aid being tracts number 8, 4 6 and 6 in the sub-dlvis - ion of the land that was formerly ; .owned by J M Moseley said plat ■ 1 - Rnap being of record in the public reg t istry of Martin county and being the same pnemises this day conveyed to me by the said Leslie Powden and r Wheeler Martin. > This 7th day of March, 1922. B. A. CRITCHER. Trustee. } NOTICE t North Carolina, Martin County. 5 To Leroy Coffield and others: You are heneby notified that I pur - chased one town lot n Robersonville, » listed by Leroy Coffield at a sherffs - sale for taxes at the court houae*dooi b in Martin county on oMn«lay, June 1 6th, 192 L I shall demantl a deed for same one year from tha tdate nuless - sooner redeemed. 1 This March 6th, 1922. t J. B. H. KNIGHT. . Exchange Has Started Clean , ing Peanuts For Its Members JAMESVILLE NEWS AND PERSONALS h Messrs. crbert Lilley mill A. J. Wnt f son mot Ho red in th ecountry to Mr. W W Griffin's yesterday. Kev. anil Mrs. Sawyer were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C A Askew Saturday night and Sunday. Messrs. Tommy Whitley, W K. Par ker and W G Hardison wur* busineoa \isitois here this week. Messrs. Peril* Getsinger, J L Col tiaili. anfl Oeurjfe Kohereon were bare Saturday. Mr. Dick Harisoa of Plymouth was here Wednesday attending to legal matters. Mr. and Mrs. O G Carson and Mia* Effle Brown and Rhoda I "eel motored in the country Sunday afternoon. Mr. Herbert Jonktns of Washington was a business visitor here Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Plenny Peel and chil dren weretheguests of Mr. and Mrs J M Lilley Sunday. Messrs. Grover Hardison, Kader D. (.'raw ford and Jack Biggs of William ston visited the Fishery Monday. Misses Carrie Sexton and Sudie Mar tin were in town Saturday afternoon. Miss Myrtle Griffln spent the week end at her home in the ccnntry. Mr. and rMs. Herbert Lit by; Mrs. C C Walton; Mr. C C Fleming and children attended the funeral of Mrs. J K Manning Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Brown; R G Sex ton and Robert Mi»lle were business visitors in town Tuesday. Mr. oJo Mcl«an of Ayden spent A few days here this week. Mr. W H Miielle of Robersonvilln was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C W Miielle Monday night and Tuesday. Mrs. Jack Stalling* of Wilson and Miss Josephine Pate of Norfolk are tho guests of Msr. Herbort Lilley this week. Miss Annie Glaacow was in town Wednesday. Mian Myrtle Aibell of Wilson was the guest of Mrs. W H lJlley Thurs day night. Mr, W G Ballard was n town Wed nesday. , Miss Martha Lilley is the guest of Mrs. C A Askew this week. Mr. P li Brown of Wllliamgton Was a business visitor In town yesterday. Mr. Jas. W. Griffin and son Marion were in town Tuesday. y PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES Rev. J. T. Wildman will preach at the home of Mr. J. 11. llolliday near Bear Grass on Friday night. Preaching in the Methodist church in Williamston on next Sunday morn ing; at Peel School house In the after nK n and at Everetts at night. Bible Class In Oak City each Mon day night and at Parmele on Tuesday nights. SERVICE MEMORIAL WILL PRO VIDE SCHOLARSHIPS Raleigh, April T—Scholarships within the erUch of all North Caro linians as a practical living memprial to the American Forces who partici pated n the World War, is the aim of the American Educational Society now commencing active work Carolina. Offices have already been secured at Raleigh at 809 Masonic Building. Hon. Joseph M. Privette a well known atorney, whose activities while asso ciated with the Building commission several years ago created much favor able comment has been chosen State Director. State Superintendent of Public instruction E. C. Brookes heads the oommlttee of representative Car olinians. The Student Loan Fund will become available to all needy boys and girls 1 in this State who are unable to eom -1 plete theix education and will enable them to enter any college or business school. All applications for scholar ships wil lbe passed upon by this rep resentative State Committee and the' 1 amount loaned each student will be 1 repaid into the fund after they have 1 completed tehlr college education. Aftr establishing a small founda tion fund, the American Educational Society plant through their depart ment of play production to place at least one hundred boys and girls in schools next fill. Lowell Ames Nor ris, well known playwright and pro ducer of Boston and New York has , been secured to head this department i whiqji will supply worthwhile and r wholesome plays t odvic organisations i Parent-Teachers Associations ae well r as to school and communities. i i SEE HARRISON BROa FOR SEED peanuts, field peas and yellow mam moth soy b»1«. It I IP TOVJ QUICK RESULTS UU A WANT AD IN THE ENTERPRISE ESTABLISHED 1898 The Peanut Growers Exchange, Inc. is now having peanuts rbnerverl by the Suffolk Peanut Company, with whom Manager Birdaong recently made a contract for cleaning a large portion of peanuts held by the Exchngo. This rrangument ou the part of the Ex change to have the peanuts oi its members cleaned of a milling jaaia is generally Interprted as the inoci mgmutkant event u» the hUtor/ of the peanut industry of America, it mark* the beglung of a new day for the peanut growers and will prove a treinenduaa boost to cooperative mar keting. The announcement that the Ex change would dean the •no nil la of Its members has not been favorably re ceived by the cleaners who for the most pari have either withdrawn from the market for fanners stock or have cut the price on cleaned gooda. Ac cording to Manager Birdsong there la not only no occasion for the peanut market to be depressed st this time, but all circumstances point to better prices in the uear fuure. While Uls true that the total movement of pea nuts from the Virginia-North Caro lina section for the first four months is severe! millions pounds lees khau it was lat year for the ame period, the total movement oi peanuts foi the whole country is 08 i-U more than it was last year up to this time. A marked feature of this heavier move ment of peanuts is that already tkree tunes as many peanuts have gone ia to oil this year as last. On account of the recent advance in the price of oil Uie crushing* have been much heavier the pant month and a La/gee , portion of te Southern crop will go into oil. Thia will leave far leas pea nuts for oil than last year. In view of these favorable condi tions the Exchange will continue to hold its peanuts and will at the stuns i time perfect its plans for selling di rectly to the trade. The appeal re cently sent out by the apodal ctxa , mittee oa cleaners from the Board of Directors for subscriptions to pre i ferred stock is being received moat favorably by the growers, who are responding in a way that indicates . their determination to put thie propo sition across. > The Peanut Growers Exchange kas tecently acquired the Bell Farm, a i tract of ltt 1-H acres adjoining the , property of the Machine Co. i and almost whojlyf within the corj>or-: f ate limits of Suffolk. This la onn of the most valuable undeveloped pl-tcea of properly around Sugolk, ant. (a most suitably located for factories and warehouses. The Seaboard Air line runs alongside of it for oner 600 yi.rd* the Norfolk Southern Belt Line has a right of way through It the entire length, and the Southern Railway is only a short distance from it. This most valuable alts was acquired ntore than two years ago by the directors of the Old Exchange, who for ned themselves into a holding corpora don known as the Peanut Growan Land Corporation and purchased tt in or der that It might be available to the i Exchange for its future development* Notwithstanding the fact that the nan forming tills holding corporation had opportunity to sell this land st a handsome prolt they,continued to hold on to it, and their faralghttifcieei la making it possible for the E*chaage to acquire this property will pros n bag asset to the growers la Working out their plana. At no time since the organlsattoa at the Exchange was begun twe yaure ago has the outlook for its wire—■ been brighter. NOTICE OP STOCKHOLDERS' '*» MEETING The anndU meeting of thd atocfe holdera of the Peoples Bank will ha held at the Bank of Friday, April 14 at two-thirty o'clock P M. JOSEPH A. MIZELLE, Cashfer ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. C B Jonea of Greenville an nounces that he will preach at the Court Houee Monday night ft eight o'clock, unleaa Providentially hindered. Everybody la Invited. Mr. eJnae is of the Free Will Baptist Faiths— Spicer Ipocfc. F. * M. BANK HOLDS ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING The annual stockholders' meeting of The Farmer* and Merchants Bank was held en Wedneeday, April ML t The President made his annMl report 1 reviewing at length the On—rlnl dif ■ Acuities in the year IWI. Aim the I dear aigna of taqn nunaawt that are now apparent The BaaM net earn* ings for the yerfr was T per eeaA fw > n complete etateaimt of the beak's • condition aa submitted ta stoekheldera t sea statement published ft Wi ton* i >
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