Advertiser* Will tfiail Our Colnmna a Latch fcey to ISM of Martin County's Home* VOLUME 23—NUMBER 51 What Your Government at Washington is Doing Congressman Voigt of Wisconsin en livened proceedings in the House of Representatives last week by starting a filibuster against any further legis lative action by "that body prior to the adoption of a plan of three-day recesses. Mr. Voigt expressed by his filibuster the determination of a good many numbers that the House should stop functioning, on the belief that nothing new which the House now un dertakes will get any consideration by the Seate. The House leaders had planned to quit wprk about July 1 and do nothing fourther until tie Senate finished with the tariff. Later on it is understood that the ship subsidy will come up in the house, but meanwhile the House would hold merely a form al meeting every three days and re cess after a few minutes for another three days. The three-day recess plan is made necessary by the constitutional provi sion that neither House of Congress shall recess for more than three days while the other is in session. In effect, however, the House would adjourn, as its meeting, by "gentlemen'* agree ment," would not act on anything im portant and many of the members would proceed to their "homes, where the campaigners are getting under way. Congressman Voigt decided that too much was being put through in the closing days to suit him and decided to barricade further action in the House on matters he thought better left alone. His filibuster consisted on making points of "no quorum" every lew minutes, demanding calls of tin House and roll calls. It takes more than half an hour to call the roll of the House, with its 435 members, and as there have been so many memliers absent that a quorum has seldom been on hand unless a hurry call was sent out, the filibustering member could keep the House busy merely calling rolls and checking up on the number present. Such a filibuster might have been checked more quickly had not a good many members been in sympathy with it, but it seemed evident early this week that very little more work' will be done by the House prior to begin ning the three-day recess scheme. There is no use passing new bills which the Senate will never by any chance give consideration at this ses sion. Proceed With Tariff. The Senate has made some progress with the tariff bill, although more than half of the 2,000 amendments remain to be debate*! or acted on. Neither party lias shown any disposi tion to give up the heavy task of figthing out each item to the last. The Democrats und the lower tariff Republicans occasionally gain some little concession from the higher rates of the Fordney-McCumb«jr bill, but the opposition is interested both in gaining concessions and in mak ing a record for future fighting, both is the Senate and before the country. Senators on both sides have enliven- J ed the debate by bringing to their desks articles of manufacture on which tariff rates are proposed. They illustrate their remarks with the ob ject in hand.. It is an effective method of debate. Horrible Examples That the reader can grai.p the idea consider a debate something, but not quite, like this: Senator McCimiber, in charge of the Republican tariff bill, holds up a little red doll. "See this toy," he exclaims, "manufactured in Germany by child labor at a cost of less than 50 pfen nig. Now that is half a mark, and marks are tdoay worth exactly four . for 1 cent So this little toy costs one eight of 1 cent, American money, to pioduce. "How much does it cost an Ameri can manufacturer, employing Ameri can labor and investing American capi tal i American machinery to produce such a toy in the United States? 1 have here a sample," and he presents another little doll# "which I am ad vised can be produced by the greatest economy at not less than 4 cents, wholesale. Now I understand that the x gentlemen on the other side of this chamber object to a duty of 100 per cent on these toys. And yet, gentle men, you can see for yourself that it costs American Industry and Amer ican labor 8,200 per cent more to pro duce the same article at present rates of exchange, and I want to say ts you that the Republican Party is not going to stand for any lowering of the stan dard of American living and A pel ican wages," etc., etc. Works Both Ways On the other hand, we hav* Senator Robinson, for example, showing with similar demonstrations that the tariff bill. In the guise of protecting Indus THE ENTERPRISE trusts of this country and permitting them to rob and exploit the humble citizenry of this land of the free. "Look at this gingham apron," says the Arkansas Senator, as he holus it up.' "It is a plain piece of American cotton goods, manufacture! in a oot-* ton mill in New England and sold to the farmer's wife in Arkansas for 87 ctnts. Now, I challenge anybody in the world to prove, or even insinuate, that cotton aprons for American housewives ever have been or ever can be made as cheaply or efficiently in eny other place in the world as in there United States. But what does this overbearing, monopoly breeding try and labor, is merely protecting the majority want to do? It wants to place a protective tariff of suci cnor nuut perecqntage on this gingham a- I ion that the cotton gi/Ols trust of New England will be able to sell it to the' Arkansas housewife for $1.23 and compel her to pay that price for it, although the very cotton from which it is made is raised in the same country in which she lives. "That is the sort of outrage which this unheard of, outrageous, and un- American tariff schedule is seeking to perpetuate on the American farmer and the American worker and the American consumer generally, and I, for one, cannot remain supinely silent' etc., etc. Coal Strike Plans .Some .months ago it was announced that President Harding and his ad visors were working on plans to im prove conditions in the coal industry and terminate the coal strike, and last week it was reported that President Lewis, ol' the Lnit'.'d Mine Workers, was coming to Washington to confer with federal officials. The situation remains one of hopefulness, with no definite plans yet announced. Secre taries Hoover and Davis are reported to have been watching the coal situ-'' ation and working out plans. The kill ings which occurred in the Illinois fields revived curiosity ts to the ad ministration program, but it has not yet been revealed. The Cabinet is said to hesitate about using any coer cive measures, such as a court injunc tion, but to have hopes for a more amicabb settlement The Department of Commerce is keeping close track of the coal production, supply on hand, and consumption, and its statistics indicate that a serious crisis by reason of coal shortage is highly probable by early autumn. Stocks of coal are being consumed much faster than they are re pie tec, although production has been on the increase in the nonunion fields. Gen. Dawes Completes Job Director of the budget Charles G. Dawes, former purchasing agent for the A. E. F., leaves Washington July 1 to resume his private business in Chicago. He will be succeeded by Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, hitherto chief flnafice officer of the Army, who has been ap pointed by President Harding as Di rector of the Budget. Director Dawes accepted the position on the agree ment that he should stay but one year and sti.rt the macincry of economy working under the budget law, which was then row. The law is so elastic, or rather subject to such elatic ac tion by Congress on what the budget recominands, that the exactamount of saving affected under the Dawes regime will always be a matter for political debate. He recommended ap propriations which represented sav ings running into hundreds of mil lions of dollars. Some of this has ac tually been saved in the final decisions of and the general opinion is that the budget law, in the energe tic hands of Dawes, has been a help ful step. On the "feeble effort" by those who claim the savings in one spot are- promptly spent In another This condition, in so far as it may ex ist, is not blamed to Dawes, however. He is credited with h.-.ving done a good job, using some of his famous "Hell and Maria" methods of battl ing for economy. Army Strength at 137,000 The House and Senate agreed last week to the conferees report on the an nual Army bill, fixing the Army strength at 125,000 men and 12,000 officers. The result was a compromise between the higher total sought by the Senate and the smaller Army re commended by the house. The long drawn-out fightover the sixe of the land forces has lasted since Congress assembled last December and has "caused mnch bitter debate, but th" final agreement was reach C witn very little discussion in either body, the compromise figure being the obv-i ous way out of the problem. It was necessary to get the appropriation bill enacted by July 1, when the new fiscal year begins. Cutting down the Forces To meet the new figures in enlisted ft'illiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 4, *922. £3IS f: ußCOtira'SHnß WHOSE NAME IS ROBERT I memorial day there, was a little reunion between Uncle Joe Cannon and Robert Tad Lincoln when happy recollections were ex changed. Uncle Joe knew Pres*. dent Lincoln, iatlfcr ol the .nbject of this picture, who was greeted with the greatest cordiality by President Harding. men v/ill not be difficult, 1 at the re duction from the present 14,000 offi fers to the new allotment of 12,000 promises to be a rcul problem. No very great number of Army Officer;: are anxious to resign thoir com mi a-' sions, despite the many compaints about the hardships of Army life, and and the new pay bill, which is a step to making permanent, the pay in creases of 1919, rather adds t the at tractivenss of an Army career. But the Army must remove before Jan. 1 some 160 colonels, 94 lieutenant colo nels. 636 majors, 1,5280 captains, and 71 first lieutenants. Also, some 300 officers will have to bo demoted or else carried as extras for a time, .thereby slowing up promotion. The Army bill provides that a spec ial Army board shall recommend the methods for trimming down the com missioned personnel. Presumably this board will follow out Gen. Pershing's recommendation for ictiring or dis missing the "less efficient." Probably they Will "not receive full retirement or complete retired pay, but may re ceive some form of compensation for their untimely separation from a mili tary career. Retirements however, are likely to be speeded up, with more strict physical requirements. Farm and Lumber Harmony The Farm Bureuu Federation and the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association are reported In harmony on the position that the U. S. F l,r e* try Bureau should remain a part of thej Department of Agriculture an not to be transferred to the Depart ment of the Interior. This is the most recent development in the discussion which at one time was carried on in Cabinet circles, with Secretary Fall advocating the transfer, while Sec retary Wallace wanted the Forestry Burau left in hi sdepartment. No new t'teps toward the suggested change have been made for some time and the farmer-lumbermen's al liance adds to the strength of the con servationists, who want to maintair the policies inaugurated some years ago by Gifford Pinchot. Civil War Dispute The United Confederate Veteran.! in annual encampment at Richmond last week, ; dopted a resolution indondng a Kf'ioni history wich .-.omewhat re flected the Confederate viewpoint of the Civil War, and immediately a storm of protest was raised around the country. It was first alleged that this textbook says that Abraham Lin coln was to blame for the war of the States. This was then twisted arouno into a report that the Confederate veterans had said in a resolution that Lincoln caused the war. The result of the incident lias lieen both to repudiate any such suggestion by the Southern Veterans and also to bring to Hght new facts rbout Lin coln's life and deeds and attitude on vital questions. Scores of Southern leaders have hastened to speak, and -|,oke with ii'iC'*'" y rls p. V•» 'I he Richmond episode is blamed by Mrs. Longstvoet, widow of the Confederate general, onto the efforts of some school-book publishers t put over ad vertising for themselves. Ship Subsidy Wsits President Haiding, following his vlgorour, insistence that the ship sub sidy bill must pass at this session of Congres.i held several conferences with msjor ty leaders of the House of Representatives and it was agreed that the shipping bill shall be taken up about August 1, after the Congress men have finished their period of va cation under the three-day recess plan It is not expected that the House will spend more than a day or two with the bill, as it will probably be brought onto the floor under a special rule. It will, if passed, be ready for the Senate by the time the tariff is out of the way. PREPARE FOR THE BIGGEST FAIR YET Mr. Joseph L Holliday was a caller at our office Monday and when asked how much progress he was making towards the County Fair, he stated that the outlook was better than ever before for a great fair this fall. Mr. Holliday wil be in charge of the agri cultual and live stock department and He is sparing no effort in making thorougu piopiratiue. I no preuiium.- will be liberal and the people should compete for them. The p* jnvicu li»t will be issued in » few weeks. Those who wish to prepare exhibits will follow the rules of 1921 which ari ,»r %-t> m'» the ,>s i t the ones this year. Mr. Holliday will be very glad to advise and i-ssist any and all who wish to prepare exhibits and desire any information. OSEPH L. LONG OF OAK CITY PASSES AWAY On Saturday, after a ten days ill ess, Mr. Joseph J. l-ong died at his omc. Mr. Long was born in Goose est township where ho lived tho life f an honest fanner. During the try »g days of the four years of the ivil War he was a member of Comp ny A., 17th North Carolina Regiment nd in this Company he fought the ght of a good soldier. He was seven ty- eight years old last March. Mr. Long married Miss Dora House nd to t'lem were born six sons and vo daughters, all of whom are .nar ied and with his wife survive him. i politics no stionger Democrat ever lived in Martin County than ho, al uys took deep interest in every cam aip"j Muny years ago ho joined the riimtive Baptist Church at Spring rcen where ho was buried Sunday. The funeral service was conducted by Elder Strikland of llobgood, and a largo crowd of relatives and friends was present,attesting the eßteem in which he was held by his neighbors. CHAMPION CUCUMBER RAISER Mrs. T. A. Peod of Williams town ship is the chompion cucumber raiser up to date. She brought in one Mon day measuring eighteen inches long, and ono last week which was twenty inches long. STORIES OF QREAT INDIANS By Elmo Soon Walton Copyright, mat, Wuurn N«wapa.p*r Union | CAPTAIN GEORGE SWORD DE FIES HIS TRIBESMEN ODDS of 120 to 1 are not usually considered a good sporting chance, yet Cspt. George Bword (Mt wakflii Yuha—"Man Who Carries a Sword") one* took them—and won| At the time he was captain of the In dian police on the Pine Ridge reser vation, recently organized •y Agent ~McOllllcuddy In face of the bitterest opposition from Ited Cloud's Ogallalaa The lust great Sun Dance of the Sioux, held at Ited Cloud's cainp tn 1881, was attended by 10,000 Ogallalaa and 2,000 Hrules from the Rosebud reservation. One morning a Brule chief called on McQllllcuddy and In a most offensive manner demanded food. The agent ended the Interview by kicking him out of tlie door. Wild with anger the Indian rode away threatening to kill every white man en the reservation. McUllllcuddy had only nine white men with him at the time, and al though Sword and bis 100 policemen were near at hand, they were an un known quantity when It should come to fighting their own people. But the agent was not long left In doubt. Sud denly a band of Indians, stripped to war bonnet, breech clout and mocca sins, dushed op to tho agency. It was Sword and his policemen. They bad discarded their uniforms and tn the costume of Sioux warriors were ready to come to desth gripe with their own people in defense of their white chief. Within an hour the Brule chief was back with 400 warriors, and although they made a most threatening demon stration before the agency, they were so Impressed by the determined front presented by Sword and bis men that they did not attack. The next day McQllllcnddy'a party, escorted by Sword'a policemen, went to tlie Sun Dance. Juat before they reached the Indlnn camp, SWord put bis company through a mounted drill, then suddenly breaking his cavalry for mation, he led them In a wild charge straight at the big camp. Hound and round village his young daredevils circled, shouting their war cries and shooting over the heads of their people ■o fast that the bullets were dropping on the lodges like hall. It was his challenge to ths tribe —100 defying 12,100! Ills bluff was not called. For years Captain Bword was captain of police and judge of the Indian court. He bellied turn his peo ple from the pursuits of war Into the paths of peace. His reward? In his old age he begged the government for a pension bnt his plea was never grant ed. He died In poverty October IT, 1»1». Lady Astor Warmly Received or wmmm "" and t*dy VfeJd oxf *AsW* AUTOCASTCR. > Y Lady A»tof was warmly greeted as ■ true Amerlcaa-V>ci» mernhe/ 'of ths British nobility on her arrival at New York. Lady Astor kaej 'taken a lively interest In political activities and is ho* as MtciU » the Pan-American conference of the National Utfx of Women Vot«r« at Baltimore, Md. Photo shows Lord and Lady A»tor_ ntppc4 in i happy mood on tfielr arrival in New York. ' NASTY POLITICS BEING PLAYED IN RALEIGH When it comes to dirty politics Kaleigh has us all skinned. For many weeks (fliere has been maged a bitter fight with W. F. Evans and John W. Hinsdale a:; the principals. It seems to have been the delight of the two factions of the city to exploit tho sins of each other. Perahpc it would not been so bad had tho two young men been left alone but thoir friends being old euemies fastened on them and begun to sling mud. Wo liavo it on good authority that what was told on these two candidates would spoil clean lips. This fight is apparently the outgrowth of an old grudgo between J. W. liuiley und the Jonas'. All be cause Bi.iley was brought to too books by Joiws while llu:iey edited the Bi blical Recorder. Bailey was charged with gross immoral conduct und forc ed to give up liiu position on thu Re corder. Since then there has been a life and dcutli fight between the two factious. So the fight ij tuw i.leaner than ever, it .iuj dragged in other In nocent people. The sins of 6110 man may destioy thousands. As to why italeigh knows moio political under currents in locul politics than other sections is not kiiotvii unless it u. the fruit of the Legislature which as sembles there biannuully. It may set inul examples in political trading, i'eihaps tile vi.tory of Miss Lewis over one o. the oi l line pt lilies will help to purify things in the good old county of Wuk.'. It will relieve it at least of some ol the loud of political bossism. J AFTER THE HONEYMOON COMES THE REALITIES Gone are good old days wl.e.i John end ftluiy w> st bravely to too altar and plit'hted their troth in llio face of the fact that their sole capital consisted ol' a few silver dollars, two strong i odie., four willing hands ar~. iwo hearts tli.it le;»t as one. 'ln th little cottage by iiie siiU / e load v.'ert a rude titiile, two chairs, a Klove, a bed ami a few s'.one china dishes. That was all except the abounding joy of their young hearts, which made the cottage a palace and John _ard Mary king and queen of their sacred domain They expected to share each oth ers burdens, and they did. They expected success and it came. And witi. success came the looking back to tho old days of mutual toll and sacrifice as the happiest days f their lives. * Now all this is changed. John must hava a car and Mary must wear a solitaire. The cottago by the side of the road must bo j mod ern "bungalow with rugs and period furniture to match father's. Then, too, the strain of keeping up with the procession often robs life of its simple joys; Mary's demands Ir ritate John, and John's inability ir ritates Mary. Clashes become more and more frequent until by and by their love dream becomes a painful tragedy. In thii complete age it would be difficult tc go back to the; old v/aya of simplicity and -honest content. But an emulation of the spirit of sim plicity that characterized the old days would work wonders toward restor ing life to a more normal plsne.— Shreveport Times. Hill, "When is is your daughter thinking of getting married?" DUI: "Constantly."—Answers. VALUATION DROPS A MILLION IN MARTIN Tax list returns came in from several townships, among them Bear Grasa which lost in valuation, $6,000. Williamaton township lost $48,'(,000.00, other abstracts have! not yet been made but tho county will likely lose in value $ 1,000,000.00;' NO RECORDERS COURT TODAY No Recorder's Court today on ac count of legal holiday. Post office closed today because America whipped England a long time ago. Yesterday was the first Dog day. According to the old rule of counting the Dog Star rises and sets with th« sun beginning July 3rd and goes for a period of forty days, ending tho eleventh of August. We have been told that this is tho cause of the hot, sul try weather we usually have during this season and most boys have been taught not to go In swimming after dog days begin as the water poisons them and that their sores will not heal. It is generally agreed that It is certainly hot duiing Dog Days. MEM HERS OF NATIONAL GUARD TO MEET All members of tho Williamston platoon of Company I National Guard are required to meet at the store of Watts brothers en Thursday night at 8 p.-in. FIRST COTTON BLOSSOM Mr. Van R. Taylor of Poplar Point was tho first planter to send us a cot ton /Woanom this season. A red one wlirch bloomed on June 29th reached us June 80th. Mr. Taylor is one of Martin'; best farmers. MAN CAUGHT PROVES NOT TO BE TONY GIBBS Saturday, information came to Sheriff Roberson that a strange man with peculiar actions was in the Pop lar Point neighborhood, and that h« filled the description of Toney Gibbs. The sheri ff rushed after him; and af ter capturing him notified (Che Wash ington police authorities. They came Sunday morning, but found that the negro was not Gibbs. However, the captured man was an ex-convict and was wanted. Sheriff Roberson turned the prisoner over to the Washington authorities. FOR SALE Oldsmobile Economy Truck, 3-4 ton copacity. In good shape, with ex press body and curtains. Price cheap. Also a Vcilli with a Red Seal Conti nental not or in first class shape, cheap. They may be seen at any time at Ben Weavers on Staton Farm. Phone 1628. F E HARRISON. 7-4 pdq4 In the Superior Court. F. W. Hoyt -v»- The Peoples Bank To the stockholders, depositors, directors, creditors and all other par-| ties interested in the Peoples Bank. Take notice that on the Ist day of July 1922, ft temporary receiver was named for said bank by George W. Connor, Judge, and that motion to make said temporary receiver-ship permanent will be heard before George W. Connor, Judge, at Wilson, North Carolina on Saturday, July 8, 1922. . This notice is given pursuant to and in accordance with the teitfis of tho order signed on July 1, 1922. ELBERT a PEEL i Attorney for Plaintiff. tr row qnittr| RESULTS ma A WAM T AD DV TO KNTDRISI ESTABLISHED 1898 - COMMBSIONERS « REGULAR SESSION ■ Ordered that Matt Mfc Taylor be al lowed .3.00 per mouth. Ordered that Jarrett Skjrlw month ly allowance be increased fnm SB.OO to 16.00. Ordeiod that Daniel Latham'* al lowance be increased $ 1.00 per A Ordered that the Sheriff proceed® lay out road from John Taylors to Carry Kespasa' residence. Ordered that Eugene Hyde's al lowance be increased |I.OO per month. Ordered that Mscey Lilley be al lowed |3.00 per month. STOKE IN OAK CITY ROBBED Tuesday night a burglar entered the store of Hines and Hurrell in City, knocked off the combination of the iron safe within, opened It and took one hundred dollars in caah and one thousand dollars in War Saving* Stamps. The stamps belonged to the children of Mrs. S. A. Harrell, and the postal authorities all orar the stata were notified to look out for tluiiii. ojveral days later at a Creek attempted to sell the stamps, bearing the llarrell name, and upon invstigntion by the postmaster Uiere the foreigner wus arrested. Messrs. J. VV. and S. E. llines of Oak City went after him yesterday and a hear ing will be given him in Wiiliamston W eiinetcay. On the same night of the llines liar *ll robbery someone broke in Daven ort's store in Oak City and attempt dthe same appliance to the safe lere, but faild to open it. There has iso been a big steal in Speed recently nd indications are that the same par y did all the work. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN It is itaid that if iver a double CTOM befell a Wiiliamston citizen it was laM week when one of the boys dropped a quart of red liquor on tb> The whole affair was an accident of course so far as the breaking was con cerned, but bystanderu say that the mingled Borrow and fright was some thing to behold. In fact it seems that the person who dropped t.ie bottle was so frightened and so hurt that he pass ed identification and no one seams tf know whether he was one of the city's many bootlegers or jus* one of the desert camels that hod nut had a sip for a long time. BASE BALL GAMES AND KAE'S BEACH VISITED FREQUENTLY Everybody who is able and a great many who aren't are attending the baseball games in Washington and " Greenville or spending thiday at Raea Reach. It has become a c institutional habit with Williamstonians to satisfy every desire whether they are able to enjoy said pleasure or not. If the question "Who is going to pay for this?" was answered honestly some of us might blush to think how base our self pride and honejty had be- MISS EVERETT ENTERTAINS Miss Margaret Everett delightfully entertained a number of her friends Friday night at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Everett on West Main Street in honor of her house guests, Misses Mat Perkins of Greenville and Virginia l''oxworth of Marion, South Carolina. Dancing, music and automobiling were enjoy ed until the hostesszfishrdushdrlcmf od until 12 o'clock when the hostess served an ice course. NOTICE **' In the Unteid States District Court, for the Eastern District of North Carolina. "In the matter of W. A. Firry, bank tUifw. 0 Pursuant to an order made and en tered n thie above mattr, th undrslgn ed wil, on the 6th day of May, 1922, at 10:30 A. 11. at said bankrupts' home offer for sals to the highest bidder the followng described person al property. % 2 mules; 8 hogs; X wabon. 1 Stewart truck; 1 Studebaker car; 1 Willey's Knight car; 1 cultivator; 1 cotton painter; 1 peanut planter; 1 leveling harrow; 1 corn planter; 2 guano sow* ers; 2 two-horse plows; 2 one-horse plows; 2 coton plows; 1 Willard bar* row; X tobacco truck; X-4 Interest hi mowing machine and rake; \ trans planter (Cole); X pea weedtr; • weed ing hoes; X shovel; S pitchforks; I hole digger; X dirt seraper; 800 lbs. meat; 160 lbs. lard; X 0 bushels cot ton seed; 6 bags peanuts; X 0 barrels corn, also other personal property. This 25th day of April, 1922. WHEELER MARTIN, Trustee. FOUND: ONE BLACK MALE YEAS ling with swallow fork under sack •nr. Call at T 8 Hadkyt and pan

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