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Columns a Latch Key to 1500
of Martin County's Homer.
VOLUME XXm—NUMBER 2"
Judge Bingham's Speech
Sent to 70,000 Growers
Tne iobacco Growers Cooperative
Association nas printed 70,000 copies
01 tne opeeui 01 uobcit il. Bingham,
the iioiUi Carolinian who has lead the
hintuiiij tuile/ urowers Association
to success ana recently addiessed en
.nus«j, *-.ueji.es of business men
a. u -ar.-e... a. Kaleign and Goids
'wro.
Juige Buighf.m's will be
mailed tins week to every member of
iiie /association 1 rom the northern lim
it ol 1.1 ei.oij-j.cc) ar-ea ai Virginia tt.
:.hsi j g.a iiu in the Tri-State iV
tj w'« 11', he oli.c.ai oigan of
i ;e c,t A. i2cd tobacco farmers.
grow rs who may fee ball ed
' >) lae .ki.'jte >creen of misleading
aU.u. utio'.'u out by the specu
lative i.,i • ; u need . only to reat!
dte > jpeecL to learn «•
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t.. >ao.o i.y oo.erativc tale.
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j.l Titiitils. Growers also teds
"j .he of the Tri-.itaie 1 «•
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ot eight; e uor selling it at auc
tion.
•■'tatuig tKat n any growers ieci j
r.J moi'rf ti tl* ir ftr. t advances :n
t.pj yta '■»! c: >p than ihey received
- 1' am Vmia iuup iaat year, tue.
1; i te. ot tile Kei '.ucky puol uaid that
t'>e apiic- paid to the organ-1
i/ed grower for their vqbacco wou'Ul
Le cltse to tv.eht ■ f»ve cents a pour.d
e voJ to 1 price uround sc ■-1
e,:tv.en cer.is .1 poami for ,ne unorgun
i:- .1 (.rower.
% uther Liate.ial of interest reaching?
tn.j g. ov wis ol tl run stau.ii this week
v ii l e i> essages from Mr. Oliver J.
i a.ds, ('*L ICI ..1 n. mager of the Asso
c.. .io,» i.:.u ki. lv. it. latwerson, gen
man. gwi of -he leaf depart met.
OF THANKS
~ e *i.a iw th&nk all tno?e neig'i
bots and friends who so kindly ada
i ere.; (o 01 1 mother, tUu late M
i-j,,.0 .1 > ,ii ; n hei .ast sickra s
and at her death. We feel that nn
, greater service could have been len
dered her and none that v.e coul'
have appreciated more.
„ THE CHILDREN.
NOTICE
North Hol-na, Martin county.
1 R. H. Hi 'l,.du) and all interest* s ',
pii-ties:'' You wiil take notia; that •
P'lidiat'Xi 6'i aCifs of Davis land list
e i to 11. B Holliday for taxes in
j lesvi! towns' ip, «t a sheriffs' sale
i» taxef at tne court house door of
M-rtin count; on the 6th day of Jun.i,
li M ui.fl rnjfss redemption is made
? provided by law, I will demand a
a d. d ;'r-m th.j dn rift for the raid lard
a; er one year from tlie .'■aid 3ale.
This tne 18th day of April, 191.2
' ELBERT S. PEEL.
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NOTICE OF SALB
Under and by virtue of the powc
of sale contained In a certain deed
tmst executed to the undersigned ti •
te« by (1 eorg Outterbridge and wii
Maggie Outtrrbridge on the 7th d
oi April, 1921, ana of record ir.
co .i' • "'■ registry In hook C
rase 21'' t curing certain bonds of
?« on r.nu fsror therewith, aid
default 1-nv, ip b- en made in the pay
ment th- rwf, and the stipulation;
therein nof h. vin - been complied witl
end at tlie recjuest of the holder of
Mid bonds, ' 'vi'! on the 20th day 0'
May, 1922, at 12 o'clock M., in fro >
of the court hcust. door in Williamston
North Carolina expose to public *ur
1* tUm the fallowing described retl es
tate!
Situate in Williamston township
adjoining the lands of Qalvin Sladr
Saandere A Fowden and Others, con
taining 80 acres more or less and fully
described in deed from S. R. Biggs
and wife to George and Maggie Out
terbridge recorded in public legiafry
of Martin county in book FFF-page
87«.
This tOth day of April. 1922.
L. C. BENNETT, Trustee.
TH?E ENTERPRISE
FERTILIZE GARDENS
WITH WOOD ASHES
"The town families of North Caro
lina art throwing aVty thousands c
dollars a ye..r through Choir failure
to utilize p.s fertilizer for ihur gar
dens the wood ashes from their fire
places and kitchen stoves," remarked
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer, in speaking of the
Live-at-home Campaign ari the eco
nomic necessity for increased food
production in North Carolina. "\
ashes contain valuable elements nec
essary for plant giowth, being par
ticularly strong in potash. 1 began
suiting my ashes on my garden a few
years ago a id the results hi.vo been
remarkable. Town families which
have no garden should offer their
ashes to neighbors who do have gar
dens.
"Another valuable asset for tht
town gardener ia louna in leaves
Wiuch toa often aie raked up and
burned after they fall in early winter.
They should never be burned but piled
up to rot for use in the garden. They
not only add valuable humus to the
soil but rre worth practically as much
a.: an equal weight of manure for fer
t lizer. The destruction of leaves and
tlie failure to utilibe wood ashes foi
manure constitute an economic waste
of no smal lproportions. The utili
zation of these things woald add thouh
amis of dollars a year to the value of
our town gardens." -
MRS. A. V. JOYNKR HOSTESS TO
CLASS OF 11)22
Last Friday evening from oight un
til eleven at the Baptist Pastorium,
Mrs. A. V. Joyner entertained the
High School faculty and pupils in hon
or of the Class of 1922, the member,
being Misses Mary Clyde Leggett,
E.h-il Harris and Ituby Bamhill. Num
erous contests were engaged in and
those successful were awarded di
plomas from the school of Amusement
Fruit punch was served during the
evening by little Miss Margaret Joy
ner and refreshments consisting o)
civam and cake, mints and peanut
were served at the end of the even
ing.
Mrs. Joyner is always a charminj
hostess but among boyi and girls she
is very hapyy for she is a giftei
teacher and greatly loved by all he
pupils and she made of the eveuing ti
great success. The other teachers pre.
ent were Mrs. W. H. Harrell, Messrs
M. J. Davis and Steffy and about fifty
students. 1
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the powci
of sale contained in that certain dec
of trust executed by Leslie Fowuei
and J. H. Saunders to the undersigne
trutsee and bearing date of Deven
ber 22, 1916; and of record in bool
O-l at page 93 of the Martin count}
public registry said ded of trust hav
ing been given to secure the paymci'
"oT cerlain notes of even date there
with, and thterms and condtiom
therein contained not having been con
plied with, and at Che request of tb
holder of said notes, the undersigned
trjstee will on Monday the 22nd da:
of May, 1922, at 12 o'clock M., at th
court house door cf Martin county
Williamston N. C., ocer for sale i
the highes tbidedr for cash the fo
losing aescribed property to wit:
One tract of land in the county of
Martin, state aforesaid, and bounded
and described as follows,-to wit:
Bounded on the south by tbe Wil
liamstonand Hamitlon roaJ; on the
east by the lands of J. B. and Jo
Cherry; on the northwest by the land
of W. J. Whitaker and on the south
west by the lands of J. B. and Jo«
Cherry. Containing 125 acres more
or less, and being the same land wa
conveyed to Eliza Keith and Emma
L. Godwin by deed from Neon ra Co
Tin*; dated the 20th day of November,
1901, apd recorded in book FFF
page 29 in the public registry of Ma.
tin county. Reference to said ! >
is hereby made for more definite dt
icription. Being the same lands tha
was this day conveyed to Leslie Fow
den and J. H. Saunders by C. W.
Keith and wife Eliza Keith.
This the BOth day of April, 1922. j
WHEELER MARTIN, Trustee
NATICE
To the Democrat* voters: i
1 hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination to the office
of County Treasurer, subject to the
action of the eDmocratic primary.
I desire to thank the people, for
their past favors, and if nominated
and elected I will serve tliem to the
best of my ability. •
C. D. CAHSTABPHEN.
(ViUiamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Tuesday; afril 25>h, 1922
PEOPLE SHOULD GET
TOGETHER ON THIS
Raleigh, April 24.—Many countieiJ
in North Carolina will And food fofj
thought in an analysis of the survey
recently made in Craven county of
which New Bern is the county seat,
of the food and feed products Import
ed into that county in 1921. A total
of nearly $3,000,000 was sent out of
this county for food and food products.
Of that amount $1,116,000 was repre
sented by purchases of feed stuffs in
cluding- hay, corn oats meal und
chops produced by farmers of other
states, shipped hundreds of miles, and
sold at a profit through two or three
dealers.
A total of 11,100,000 was spent for
ham; bacon; beef; lard; poultry and
eggs. Another slo.',ooo went for but
ter and cheese ar.d canned milk.
While a similar sum was spent for
canned vegetables and fruits and tin
ned meats. Fifty thousand was spent
for Imported syrup.
There is not an agricultural leader
in North Carolina who will agree that
hay and other feed-stuffs con be im
ported into North Carolina at any
thing like the cost of production at
home. Most of them agree that hay
particularly can bt grown in most
sections of the state at half the re
tail price of the imported product—
and yet North Carolina is wending to
other sections, and putting into the
pockets of dealers and railroads, be
tween 60 and 76 million dollars u
year for these products.
DIES FROM WOUND RECEIVEI.
58 YEARS AGO
Mr. William li. Standi, one of Beau
fort county's leading citizens died at
his home on his farm near Washing
ton Saturday from a minnic ball shot
in him near Richn ond about fifty
eight years ago whin the Confeder
ate Capital was tinder aeige from th
northern army. The ball was shot in
from the front and lodged ; n his back
near the kidney. Complexly curing
up and giving him no trouble, he paid
no attention to it an f worked
ly on his farm. A few weeks ago
the ball seemed to woik loos-) from
its lodgment and pressed aguh st 1
nerw, giving him great pair. Hi
had an X-Ray taken which proved to
him what he had suspected; that it
wus the old bullet causing the troubli
and he insisted on an operation but
his condition seemtd too feeble to
justify same in the opinion of his phy
sicians on account of his advance
age,' he being nearly seventy-eight
years of age.
This proves again that it is hari:
to measure the effects of the acts thai
we do. The man who fired this fata
hsot has doubtless passed to his re
ward years ago.
Mr. Stancil was noted among thost
who knew him for his uprightness an
always coming square with his fellow
man. He was always kind and gentU
to al (creatures high and low.
He was buried r.t Oakdale ceme
tery, Washington, Sunday aftcrnoo
by Kev. Richard Bagby, pastor of th
Christian church at Washington.
He wai active for all improvement,
had served his county as commission
"er and was for many years a leade,
in his church in state meetings a:
well as in his local church.
Mr. Stancil was the uncle of Mrs
A. J. Manning and the father of Misi
Miriam Stancil who was for sorrn
time bookkeeper of the Wiliiamstor
Telephone Company.
MARTIN COUNTY BANKERS AT
PINEHURST THIS WEEK
Martin county ia represented at th(
Banker's Convention this week bj
Marion C. Jackson of Jamesville; J
E. Pope, R. G. Harrison, J. A. Mizelle
and Dr. and Mrs. Jno. D. Biggs o
Williamston; Van G Taylor of Ever
etts; D. E. Everett and Jesse Coburi
of Robarsonville; R. W. Salsbury, F
L. Hsislip, and W. F. Haislip of Ham
ilton.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF MARTIN COUNTY
We believe that no Democrat in tht
County can mak ea mistake in support
ing Mr. T. H. Joauson of Oak Citj
for Regis'xr of Deeds ir» the June
Primary. He ia a safe and conserva
tive business man and one of the besl
farmers in Goose Nest township. H(
is well trained for business, a hard
worker and a most accurate man io
| all of his transactions, be they little
or big. In my opinion, Mr. Johnson
is as worthy of public trust as any
man in Martin couhty and mill make
a capable and efficient officer. He h
quiet, modest and aspires to this of
fice because he has been urged to by
his friends from every section of the
county who are lofally supporting him
As a man of merit, he ia so highly
esteemed that the voters of his home
township are supporting him almost
to a —- —--
J. A. EVERETT.
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Local News
Personal
' Mr J. A. Mizelle left this morning
for Robersonville where he joined a
party of friends who were motoring
to Pinehurst to attend the Bankers
Convention.
• « » •
Mrs. Mollie Peel', Mr. und Mrs. G.
W. Hardison and children went to
Robersonville Sunday.
• • • •
Mr. B. A. Critchor an l duughter,
M is* Alta, spent the wvek-snd in Lex-1
ington with Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Critchcr.
• » •
Mr. and Mrs J. L. llogerson motor
ed to Washington Monduy afternoon.
• • • •
Mrs. W. E. Maniiing and son, J. N.
Manning, of Griffins township, were
in town Saturday.
• • • •
Mr. J. W. Hines of Oak City is her*
on business today.
• • * •
Judge Smith of Robersonville i.s
here holding Recorder's Court today.
• • • •
Late planting cf cotton will be
waste of tim eond money this yeai
because of unusually heavy boll wee
vil infestation.
• • • ■
A small acreage well cultivated will
yield more cotton than a large acre
age cultivated in the ordinary way.
Do not plant too much cotton to the
plow. Six acres is enough to culti
vate properly.
• • • •
Mr. Jim Roberson left Monday morn
ing for Richmond.
• • • •
Mr. Jno. W. Martin of Hamilton
was in town Sunday
« if- »
Mrs. Mark Ruffln and littlo son,
Mark, Jr., of Tarboro, are here visit
ing Mrs. Ruffin's parents Mr. and Mrs.
Britt at the Hotel.
• • • •
Mr. Julius Slade Peel spent the
week-end in Wilson visiting friends.
• • * •
Mr. W. G. Lamb, Jr., spent the
week-end in town with his family.
> • • •
Mrs. Robert Bogart has returned to
her home in Washington.""""
♦ • • •
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. D. Simpson; Mrs.
Erah Cobb and Mr. Boyd Might mo
tored to Louisburg lust week to spend
some time. Mr. Hight returned Sun
day evening.
* • • »
Mr and Mrs. W. K. Parker return
ed yesterday from a trip to northern
cities and Canada.
« • » •
Mr. Beverly G. Moss of Washington
was a business visitor here today.
• • • •
Mr. L. T .Chesson of Oak City is
here today. Mr. Henry Rob*»rson
in town shopping today.
• » • ♦
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian church met with Mrs. Chas.
Mobley at her new home near here.
This was their first meeting with Mrs.
Mobley and after J.ho business was
dispensed with,_a_very pleasant oooial
hour was enjoyed.
« • * •
Mr. and Mrs. It. G. Harrison left
this morning for Fayetteville to visit
Mrsc Harrison's mother, Mrs. Jessup.
While away Mr. Harrison will attend
the State Bankers meeting at Pine
hurst.
• • • •
Mr. J. G. Godard haß been in Nor
folk for a few days this week.
• • ' • »
Mr. Frank Gladstone of Hamilton
is in town today.
• • • •
Mr. J. F. Shugar of Plymouth wa*
a business visitor here Monday.
• • • •
Mr. Heckler ha
been in town on busniess for the pas'
few days.
•• ♦ •
Mr. W. T. Burton of Wilson is reg
istered at the Atlantic Hotel today,
ie • •
Mr. J.'E. Pope left this morning
for Hamilton to join Mr. R. W. Sals
bury and a party of others who will
motor to Pinehuj-st to the Bankers'
Convention.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
'PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
Unless your telephone bill is paid
by the tenth of e«ch month, in the
future, service will be discontinued
and a charge of SI.OO will be made to
re-connect.
WILLIAMSTON TELEPHONE CJ.
FOR SALE: ONE ENTIRELY NEW
Lalley Light plant. Reasonable
price and very easy terms. Set W. £■
Manning.. tf
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BE KIND TO DUMD
ANIMALS WEEK
Have you ewr tried to be real
friendly and kind to a horse or a
dog, or a cat?
Perhaps you've Lever taken time to
do so, or maybe it never occurred to
you that the horse you pass shivering
in ihe rain, or the bedraggled cur who
whimpers at you as youp ass has u
heart, and is wishing deep down in
that heart for a friendly put or u kind
word.
The American Humane Association
has set aside this week, April 24 to 21
as "Be Kind to Animals Week," ami
is askng every man, woman and child
n the Unted States to observe this
week according to its intents and pur
poses. All thati s required is kind
ness and if nothing better, to refrain
from unkindness to dumb animals.
President Harding has given his in
dorsement to this movement in the
following words:
"1 am very glad to record by in
dorsement and sympathy with the
movement to secure more humane
treatment to defenseless animal life."
Mayor Albert L. Roper has issued
a proclamation calling on all Norfolk
people to fall in with the movement
here, and think und act more kindly
toward animals for at leaHtone week.
This observance is un annoal affair,
and has come to be more and more a
regular part of the program of hu
mane societies everywhere. The pur
pose of such a movement is to con
centrate attention on animals for one
week,, and thereby get betttr results
than if sporadic effors towards incul
cating kindness toward dumb beasts
were made.
The basis for "lie Kind to Animals
Week" is sound, the Humane Associa
tion feels. 1) ecause a lesson of kind
ness towards animals i. a lesson which
bears its fruit in all the walks of lite.
And humanity is the hope of the world
for prosperity and peace, the officials
of the association declare.
"The bravtst are the tonderest," is
an old maxim tried and proven true,
atid the association gives opportunity
next week for u practcal application
of this motto.
Old Dobbin, slaving faithfully in
front of a delivery cart, knows little
of pleasune in this world, and has not
the reward of another world to look
forward to. Old Bruno, faithful to
the last, has the power of keen re
sentment to a kick or a cuff, or to
a harsh word, for a dog his senses
in some respects as keen as nature
has given man. And even old Tabby
cat, patient and kind by instinct, clear
ly distinguishes the kind from the
harsh word, knows how to bear
antipathy.
If all the animal kingdom had the
reasoning powers that were given to
the human kind, it is likely that thru
out America horses, dogs, cats and
other beasts would be tingling with
anticipation this week, looking for
ward to "Bo Kind Week" as children
look forward to Christmas or to the
closing of school. And the humane
association asks that people regard
beasts in this light—lok upon them
as capable of reasoning for this one
week, if no longer, and give them the
kindness and consideration that is due
from a higher life to a lower.
REVIVAL AT BAPTIST CHURCH
A revival is being held at the Bap
tist church this week with Dr E. D.
Poe, pastor of Temple Baptist church,
Durham, preaching and Mr. Lamb ol
Wake Forest leading in the singing.
The meeting is being well attended
and Dr. Poe is preaching stcong ser
mons. Mr. Lamb backed by a strong
choir is having very good music.
MEETING OF BAPTIST MISSION
ARY SOCIETY
Hamilton, April 24.—0n Tuesday,,
April 4 1922 the Ladies Missionary
Society met with Miss Helen Daven
port. The meeting was caled to order
by the president and opened with the
singing of song number 624. Then
the following program was given:
!« 1. Scripture lesson, Psalm 24; Mis*
Helen Davenport
2. Prayer; Mrs. Henderson.
4 3. Song.
1 4. Subject for program: "The Bfcp
list 76 Million Campaign." Shall the
Fail? Mrs. P H. Davenport.
5. Life's Visitors; Mrs. H. S. John
son.
6. A Call to our Colors. Mrs E. B.
Inseoe.
7. Reading "A Story of a Dime"
Miss Blanche Bellamy.
8. Business. Minutes and - roll call.
Collection. Week of Prayer. Envel
opes. Place of Meeting.
9. Song.
The program and business then dis
posed of, Miss Davenport served a
delicious iwlad course.
GOOD TENANT WANTED: WHO
can handle tero-horst crop. Addna
"W- Care Entepriaa.
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Road Building Has Been
Commenced In Earnest
NEWS LETTER FROM '
THE STATE CAPITAL
(By Maxwell Gorman)
Raleigh, April 24.—1t is pertinent
to refer to the Democratic State Con
vention of last week hh having been
one thing more particularly than any
thing else—it wan emphatically a Wil
son crowd.
Applause had len of a mild charnc
ter and not of a contagious variety
until the temporary president launch
ed out into the broader field of na
tional affairs and uttered the name oJ
Woodrow Wilson, who he declared in
his closing peroation to have been "di
vniely appointed" to meet the gneut
crisis which our people wore called
upon to master during the period oi
the world war.
Every succeeding speaker got the
cue, and when the audience seemed
listless or unresponsive, he had only
to refer in some way to Woodrow Wil
son to get the convention's lung-pew
er again into the running—and u
all took advantage of that early recog
nixed fact
Governor Morrison talked some big
facts and bigger promises an >r.t what
the present state administration is ac
complishing (and there's no doubt a
bout it, either).
Would-be (and may-yet-be) gover
nor Max Gardner talked and told 'em
he wouldn't run tliia time, not being
an easterner—and got a welcome and
glad hand.
Josephus Daniels talked and spread
it on the women (as usual) and gave
'em all the brains man had (if it wat>
a boy's innocent conception of the cre
ation of Eve out of Adam's brain, in
stead of his rib) and would have giv
en the mother parts of man's anat
omy, no doubt, if he had thought it
would have improved their appear
ance and clinched their votes for the
Democratic candidates.
But it was when each of them
brought "the crippled solder at Wash
ington" into the discourse that they
received loudest and most nutcral and
heartfelt applause.
Had that convention been u. kod to
"name the next president" there would
have been but one man thought of—
and who may say that his health may
not be restored ere the next national
convention shall bg called to name
"the next president."
Don't Overproduce This Year
Warning of the danger of an over
production of tobacco, ltichard R. Pat-
I'attersoti, general manager of the leaf
department of the Tobacco Growers'
Cooperative Association, points out
some errors to be avoided by the sev
enty thousand organized growers of
Virginia Carolinas.
"The fundamental means of success
as individuals and an association at
present is to make good tobcco," said
Mr. Patterson.
"This is especially important with
the present small demand for low
grades and the continued world de
mand for medium and higher grade
tobaccos suitable for cigaretts~ pur
pOM*
"The world consumption of bright
flue-cured tobaccos is approximately
400,000,000 pounds a year. You can
seadily se that it is to the advantage
of the association to avoid as fai
as possible n over-production which
would mean that we might have t
carry over the surplus.
"There was produced in 1920 around
600,000,000 pounds of bright bue-eureil
tobaccos in Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina and Virginia. The
1921 crop, which we have just finished
selling, in round figures, was 426,000,-
000 pounds which brought an aperage
price of $21.40.
"Eastern Carolina produced 126,-
000,000 pounds and the Virginia-Car
olina old belt 186,000,000 pounds.
There waa a great quantity of the
old belt types which sold at a vsrj
low figure, due to the fact that there
was no market for it
"If we hare favorable aeaaons and
the proper care ia taken of the grow
ing crop*, we will not; be placed in
the position of having to disposf of
a large percentage of low-grade typtb
for which there ia acarcely any de
mand." /\
State Ferglag Ahead
North Carolina*! rank among the
forty-aight states of the Union ia em
phasisedstrongyl in the leaflet by the
state ia adrertiesmsot for bids on
sl6ftooftoo highway serial bonds to be
received until noon, April 27th, by the
state treasurer.
Mara Ik North Carolina's standing
among the states aa there listed:
First in. annual value of manufact
ured tobacco.
First ia rnaaber of eottea mill*.
First la annual value psr acre, of
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RESULTS ÜBS A WANT
AD IN THK ENTEKPRISE
ESTABLISHED 1898
Contractors are cutting and grading
the Washington road preparing for
the hard surfacing. The contractors at
this time hope to complete this road
by January first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-three. Wnen it ia finish
ed it will be one of the beat roads
east of Raleigh. It will bo eighteen
feet wide and of first claaa material.
The entire cost will about $360,-
000 for eleven and one quarter miles
of road.
The Raleigh-Norfolk Bankhead
highway in this county is now being
graded and Governor Morrison said
in the convention at Ralegh it
would be hard-surfaced as soon as
it settles in proper ihape for con
creting.
The Martin-Halifax road ia being
surveyed and grading will aooo com
mence o nthat line and the road from
Williamston to Plymoith will bo com
menced at an early dtte.
DUMB ANIMAL WEEK.
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This wek has been designated "Be
Kind to Animals Wcuk." It'a pur
pose is to teach children and older
people, too, how important it ia to be
kind to dumb animals, anlm«i«
can't talk for themselves. We should
remember that they can see and fast
just as well as human boings. Ws
often over-drive, over-load, under-feed
and under-water our work team. It
is a frequent sight to sea mules with
bleeding shoulders and marks of the
lash with blood oocing from the
streaks.
This treatment of teams is too com
mon In our own county. On public
roads mules are worked that are not
able to work on sccount of bruises and
other causes. Perhaps if the Statute
agaisst cruelty to animals was put in
operation, teams would fare better
and their owners would get more ser
vice. Cruelty always ct.uaea stubborn
ness and when a mule or a horse is
beaten down and becomes stubborn
little work may be expected, which
causes more beating, loss work, and
so on, and soon a worthless hoise or
mule is the result
The Humane Society should have a
traveling representative to go through
the country and se that the peopl
give work teams fair play, just as
automobile inspectors g>> about to look
for license dodgers.
Bo kind to dumb animals sad get
maximum efficiency.
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF MARTIN
COUNTY:
I hereby announce my candidacy for
representative from Mirtin county in
the General Assembly, subject to the
Democratic primary on June Brd, 1922.
Having served as representative
from Martin county in the asaembly
of 1921, I have to a certain extent
become familiar with tie duties of a
representative, and fieol that I can
be of more aervice in 1988.
Respectfully yours,
CLAYTCN MOORE.
NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of the estate of John D. Ward, de
ceased, late of Martin county, North
Carolina thia la to notify all peraoas
having claima against the said estate
of said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Williamston or to
Wheeler Martin, atton.ye, on or be
fore the 24th day of April 1928, or
this notice will be pleided ia bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make im
mediate payment
This the 24th dy of April, 1922.
SABRINA WARD,
Administratrix of John D. Ward,
deceased. ,
BRIDGE WORK MAY BE OOMPLET
ED BY JULY FOURTH *
The work on the great Martin-Ber
tie bridge ia rapidly moving on dace
the high water in the Roanoke went
down and it is now hoped that the
opening celebration will be held July
Fourth. It it can be completed by
that time Martin and Uertia oountiee
should have a big barbecue, celebrat
ing the greatest industrial improve
ment that over came to either of these
counties.
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Second ia annual value of cotton
farm crop*,
textiles manufactured.
Fifth ia annual value of all Ims
crops.
Serventk ia aaaaal amouat of feder
al internal rerttho* paid by i mites
Fourteenth la population.
Fifteenth ia aaaual value ef all
nuumfactaree.
The water power develepassot hi
the slate Is of gnat vtJse; aad trbaa
MDy de—loped It ia estimated that
2,000,000 hone power will ha graft*
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