North Carolina Newspapers

I Advertisers Will find Our Columns s Latch ftey to 1500 of Martin Ceuuty's Homes VOLUME 23—NUMBER 59 RESIDENT OF COTTON WttllEßS ASSOCIATION RECEIVES NO SALARY (Smith field Observer) Coming to this city twenty-two years ago with but fifteen hundred cotton bale receipts to his credit and sitting back today in his office, which is located in one of the finest buildings in the Carolinas, with over credit, having been purchased off the streets on the local market this year, is a part of tiie wonderful success of Mr. W. H. Austin, of this-, city. The other part of the life and suc cess of this man, wiio, In his early days, taught school for a livelihood, is that he is president of the Nori.ii Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-opt rativi Association, which has :ecently been organized in this State. That part of his, on better still, that part of hit. work, remains to be seen. It will, ol course prove a success, for he attained a reputation early in his career as a man who gets results. He 1&S never entered upon anything with as much interest as he has this nowly organ ized association. He is like a young athlete anxious to get into the f''ay. Few men have done what W. H. Austin has for the town in which they live. He has built up the 1 ( cal mar ket uniil it has become one of the best in the cotton belt. Thee is some thing else about Willis Auttin which many pien lack and that is that he has more pep anil is a tireless work er for the building of the town" and county. He has civic prid« and i what caused the bringing forth of this article. It is not an easy matter to Rain access to the office of W. H| Austin .unless it i sto discuss fanning or pro blems of that nature. If you want to talk cotton, com or tobacco, then he is ready to and waiting to tidk to any person, white or black. That never makes any difference with this man. "There is a rumor that the rotten growers' association is paying you the handsome salary of $60,000 per year and there is also another rumor that this salary is just $15,000, but what ever it is the people of this county went to know it," we told him in, opening our interview. Hitting at his desk as though he hed never heard a word, Mr.' Austin' moved slowly and reached for an ad-" vertisemenl which he hao on his desk. "My friond, I have been here this afternoon studying over this paper," -vhe said; turning back to us, "It was clipped from one of the newspapers in this state and has caused ine to give it much consideration and I am glad of this opportunity to answer the question you have just asked me. "First, I do not draw one penny from the North Carolina Cotton Grow ers' Association. I have already spent over SI,OOO of my own money on trips for the association and what is more I have just made arrangements with my banker to finance the clerical forces on my own credit. That is how much I think of the organization. "I know that there has been a preat deal of just such prooganda put out about in rejjard to high salary, but I know well who is spreading these reports and so do you. 1 want the people to decide which of us to —believe in a—nmttor of this kind. I am working for the masses of the farmers and these people who are putting out this propoganda are work ing for themselves." FAIRVIEW NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Robtrt Moore ami Mr. and Mrh. Robert Edwards were the guest of Mrs. John Moore Sun • d&y. • » * Miss Gladys Parrisher, Mr. Teddy Jackson and Mr. Raymond Bailey were the guests of Misseh Emma Bell and Mary J. Moore Saturday night. The people, in and around Fair view had a pleasant trip to the Un ion Saturday and Sunday. Miss Annie Moyre, Misses Bertha Gardner were the guests of Misses Emma Bell and Mary J. Moore Sun day Mr. Floyd Moore and Mr. Charles Martin were the guests of Miss Pearl Wells Sunday. The prime thing that every man who takes an interest in politics should remember is that he must act, and not merely criticize the actions of others. It is not the man who site by his fire side reading his paper, and saying how bad our poli tics and politicians are who will ever do anything to aave us; it is the man "goes out into the rough hurly burly of the caucus, the primary ,and the political meeting ,and shere faces his fellows on equal terms.—Theodore Roosevelt. —— THE ENTERPRISE Illinois Woman May Succeed Father in Congress g**-. - i mm 1 ■ .■ ■ ■i i i ■ i 1 ■ ' H ■ ■ K fl B HmRqR yl Ifl I 9« TiSf JM W* I ''"SX&W ' 9H jadokgEr " Mrs. Winn if red M. Huck is the Republican nominee to succeed her father in Congress, the late William £. Mason. Phot# shows Mr* Muck anU her children at breakfast. UNIONS HELD AT CONOHO AND MAPLE GROVE Tjbe Skeewaikee Union of tho P.-inii tive Bapt'st Church Has held I ij- Saturday and Sunday at Conoh» wear Oak City with-n targe attei • ance. The-e »e e seven minisi •.•» present. Several i.4-:iti lis wer« pre sented i'o rti.e next Uu, n, October 5£9 h. lie I • en ecacpte I »ne invitation of the Sprniß Green Ciuicii The visitiis i fpendidly cut" - tained by' the good people in that section. The Roanoke Union of the Chris tian Church was held at Maple Grove Church in Griffins Township, Satur day and Sunday. A large number of people were in attendance. The com munity served dinner on the grounds both Saturday and Sunday. All the people in the entire section had an abundance of food of all kinds and it is seldom htat a finer spread is to be seen. There was fool enough left to have fed another thousand. This folks of that section arc hard to beat when it comes to kindness and care to strangers and friends. A large nuinber of ministers wfre present and there were more invita tions made to the Union than aC un; previous time) an Indication that peo file )«jre giving themselves more to Community interests than formerly. The invitation til the Church nt Stokes in Pitt county was accepted and the enxt union will be held there the fifth Sunday in October. The visitors were warm in expressions of gratitude for the splendid entertain ment of the good people of that sec tion. As soon as the coal and railroa' strikes are settled there will undoubl edly be a return of prosperity. I is hardly likely that there will be any sort of wild times like those of 1919, but there will be plenty of good times for everybody who is of any account* Will the average person reap benefit from Kie hard lesAoiis so many nave had to learn and lay by instead of in festing their surplus in riotous living" 1 Of course there be thoui who will nev er learn rnything, but tlw reasonably sane c'tizen will not ha\c learned his lesson in v; in. SIX PER CENT WITH SAFETY THE MARTIN COUNTY BUILDIVG AND LOAN ASSOCIATION STOCK PAYS APPROXIMATELY SIX PER CENT—ON INVESTMENT BACKED JiY REAL ESTATE FIRST MORTGAGES THAT IS AS SAFE AS INVESTMENT CAN BE MADE. AND THE RETURN IS FREE OF TAXES WHICH v - MAKES THE INVESTMENT EQUAL TO MORE THAN EIGHT PER CENT STOCK. DO YOU KNOW A BETTER METHOD BY WHICH TO INVEST YOUR SAVIGNS? r SUBSCRIPTION BOOKB FOR THE ELEVENTH SERIES ARE OPEN NOW GIVE YOUR NAME AND NUMBER OF SHARES WANTED TO ASA T. CRAWFORD. MARTIN COUNTY BUILDING A LOAN ASS'N ASSETS MORE THAN SIOO,OOO. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 1, 1922. REPORT OF QUARANTINE OFFICER FOR JULY The following cases were reported; Diptneria V l '; aTston Township Jam«'«v ; !le Towi slii» I "'ear C rass Tow-!.! ';■ I. Sc ii i 't Fever \\. an s Township 4. tirif'i.H Town*' ; (' I ( THALM *k r C'JM li' i i ton Tow i !''| i TYPII » i i\ .'P '•'ill's mston T wi. 5 Cr >f i Roads 3 Robersonville Township 3. Jamesville Township 1. Bear Grass Township 2. CHICKEN POX Williamston Township 2. WHOOPING COUGH Cross Roads 4. Jamesville 1. INFANTILE PARALYSIS Williams Township i. The above cases tnakin ua total of 39. Report of Dr. Saunders, 8. Report of Dr. Rhodes, 4. Report of Dr. York I. Report of Dr. Smithwick 3. Report of Dr. E. M. Long; 1. Report of Dr. V. W. 2. Report of Dr. R. J. Nelson, 8. Report of Dr-- V. A. Ward, 1.. Report of D;\ Chas. Roebuck, 3 Report of Dr. Win. E. Warren, 7. Report of Househouderrs, 1. WM. E. WARREN, Quarantine Officer 500 MEN RETURN TO WORK Newcastle, I'a., July 31. Approxi mately 600 men who have been on strike at the Shelby Steel Tube plant at El I wood City, near here, returned to work today. The men demanded a return to the 1920 wage scale. The company ofTered them new working conditions and they accepted. It IF said the men will returrn to work on tonnage instead of a flat scale basis. It costs less to tell your customer, what bargains you have in an adver tisement in the Enterprise than H does by word of mouth. Try it. FARMERS CONTROL TRI-STATE ASSO. All directors of the Tobacco Grow ers Cooperative Association met in Raleigh a few days before the open ing of the South Carolina tobacco markets took final measures to in sure the orderly marketing of the crop of the members from that State. They predict that the organized growers of Sou|h Carolina will en joy far better prices this year be cause of Cooperative Marketing. "The demands for tobacco of the old belt and the unfavorable crop conditions in Eastern North Carolina this year create a situation very favorable to our Association," said R. R. Patterson,, General Manager of the Leaf Department, who states that members of the Association who enjoy the advantages of orderly mar keting will profit by larely increased prices for their product. Oliver J. Sands, Executive Manager of the Association reported that $4,- 000,000 has been assured to the As sociation already, in loans from the banks of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and that other strong lines of credit in addition to the $30,000,000 loan of the War Fi nance Corporation have been offered to the Association. John W. King of Greensboro was elected Director to fill the place of the late John M. Gallawa.v, and E. G. Moss, Director for Granville and Per son Counties N. C., was appointed to fill the place of the world's largest tobacco grower on tho Executive Com mittee of the Board. Mr. King and Mr. Moss arc practical Tobacco Farmers and men of affairs, Mr. King being president of the ware house corporation for western North Carolina and Mr. Moss direct r of the Experiment Station at Oxford. Members of the Ahsociation ex press satisfaction in the continued appointment of experiqpeed farmers and tobacco growers to positions of high responsibility upon the Board of Directors. Vice-President Joseph M. Hurt of the Association, himself n large to bacco farmer .of Southsido Virginia, referring to the policy of the Associ ation- jn an interview at Raleigh headquarters, said, "The successful continuance of large scale cooperation withhuman and financial elements combined, requires more skilful man agement than a big corporation which is chiefly financial. In the corpor ation you lose sight of the human side, for yot» are dealing with coin, and not with personality; in successful 'cooperation we must take the man as well as the product in to tlve Co operaaive and here the human element cannot be lost. C Comparing the growth of the co operatives to the natural growth of big corporations, President Hurt of the Association prophesied that an ef fective combination of human and business organization in successful cooperatives will be the great de velopment of the future to make life in the country worth living. Hundreds of contracts from South Carolina reached Raleigh head quarters the last days of July and organized growers of that State will go to the Cooperative Markets with the majority of tobaco from South Carolina In the Tri-State Pool. CLARK—WOO LARD Announcements of the marriage of Miss Essie Woolard and Mr. Andrew Clark of Everett were received by I friends in town, Monday July 81st. They left Everett at six o'clock Mon day morning and with Mr. Garland Bamhill drve to Robersonville where they were married at the Christian parsonage, by Rev. J. M. Perry. Mrs. Clark is the youngest daughter of the late Robert D. Woolard and Mrs. Wo lard who now resides in Everett. She is a fihe type of woman, and she has made many friends thru out this section of the State,, where she taught school for several years. She is a sister of Mr. J. D. Woolard, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of thia city. Mr. Clark is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Clark and is a very promising young business man in his community. He is a member of the firm of the Champion Auto Company ui.d is also manager of the firm. They left by motor for a trip thru the mountains of Western Carolina. Mr. Bamhill accompanied them ad far as Rocky Mount. After August the tenth they wil lbe at home In Everett at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. R. D. Woolsrd. 1 T J ' - NOTICE I have at my home a male hog, sandy color with a white slit across bis fore shoulder. Owner please call for him and pay expense of adv and upkeep. 9. L. ARRINGTON CAR DEMOLISHED BY DRUNKEN DRIVER Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. James A. Leggett motored out to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mobley on tlio new hard surfaced road and were in the house visiting with them when they heard a crash out on the front. Mr. Mohley remarked that some one had run into Mr. car. They hurried out to investigate and found the car and another one out in the road completely smashed. They also found the road full of drunken negroes three men and one woman. They were drunk and scattered in every direc tion. In the midst of the collision a bottle of monkey rum met its water loo, for it was producing a high odor. The moon was shining so that it was almost as bright as day, but the ga> party thought the world belonged to it and was ont looking for anything to loom up in its way. Tho young negros stole the cai which belonged to Lon Brown, Satur day and had been skylarking all Satui day night and Sunday. The son of llrown was the chauffeur at the tinlf of the accident. BEAR GRASS ITEMS Messrs. Noiih Rogers, Herbert Har ris, m.kl Opbi.n's Bailey motored to t!«e River Site Park Sunday niter noon. Mr. Nathan Rogers and family motorec to hue's Beach 5" i.i •*;. Misses Louise Taylor and Mildred Waters an 4 Messrs. Lloyd Cowen and Seth Bailey motored to Camp Leach Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gilbert Rawls was the guest of Miss Mandy Cowen Sunday after % noon. Mr. Tom Roberson was the guest of Miss Ola Harris Sunday evening. Mehsrs. Bennett Rogers, Francis Roebuck, Elmre Rogers and Miss Nell Roebuck motored to Rae's Beach Sun day. Misses Myrtle Biggs, Mary Harris and Mr. Jesse Bailey, motored to the Big Mill Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Harris and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs near Bear Grass. Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Harrison, Mr. and Leamon Hopkins motored to the Big Mill Sunday. Mr. T. L. Roberson, 11. O. Cowen, and Mr. W. A. Bailey went fishing last week. Mr. Leonard Mobley was in town Thursday. Dr: Roebuck motored to see his father, Mr. F. J. Roebuck, near Hamil ton Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Dennis Bailey was the guest of Miss Elsie Haris Sunday night. Miss Helen Crotton of Roberosnville returned to her home Monday after noon. Mrs. Alonzo Cowen ttnd Messrs. Church Cowen, and James Cowen motored to Williamston Thursday. Elder B. S. Cowen was in town Thursday attending to businehs. Mr. Javin Rogers motored to Wil liamston Thursday on business. Mr. George R. Taylor motoivd to Washington Thursday on business. SHERIFF ANI) REVENUE OFFICERS VISIT GAWK Sheriff Roberson and revenUe officers Thos. Snell end Elmer Jackson visit ed the Gawk section of Martin county last Friday and made a nunt, captur ing two copper 'stills, ~oTO~ of sixty and the other of eighty gallon t ca pacity. They also found about 1,000 gallons of meal and sugar beer and one hundred pounds of sugar and one ami a half gallons of whiskf y. The deadly poison makers wero not in operation and no one was reen near them. The neighborhood seems to have an agency that sends the news ahead of the officers, generally by fir ing a gun. COL. MARVIN TO SPEAK AT SANDY RIDGK TUESDAY Col. C. E. Marvin will speak at Sandy Ridge, Tuesday night, August Ist.; Jamesville, Wednesday night, August 2nd.; and at Robersonville, I Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p. m., August 3rd. Mr. R. J. Marks at Williamston, at the Court House at 4:00 p. m. August 9th. We understand that the speculators are going through the country blow ing like propoises about the cost ol organizing the Farmers' Coop erative Marketing Association. If it costs them half as much to organize as it does not to organize they are in a had fix. ■X m Mr. N. Orleans of Norfolk was here this week visiting his brother, Mr. Nathan Orleans and Mrs. Orleans at their home on Church Street. • • • • Mr. Thrower Taylor of Gold Point was in town today. FAIR PREMIUM LIST TO BE OUT SOON The premium list for t lie Roanoke Fair is not yet off the press hut wiJ! be out in the next week or ten days. The lists of premiums will he practical ly aa they were for the year IH2I with very few exceptions, so most of the people of the county know what to prepare as they have certainly made fine exhibits at the two previous fairs. Remember it enhances the val ue of our property to make worthy exhibits at our County *Fui r' fo, * people from more than one state at- I I tend these fairs. They come to see I the products of the section and when we have one of th'e best sections ol farm land and do not make a worthy showing we are not using the talents I that God gave us. The' visitors that attend fairs go home and tell thier people about the land of certain sec tions and what it will produce aril thereby make a market for our pro perty. - The Premium List for the Roanoke Fair will be delivered in person and in case there is anyone who fails li* teceive a copy, through error, th'\ can call at The Enterprise office in about ten days or two weeks and-get one. PREPARE FOR FAI L I AIRS NONA NOW is the time to prepare some thing for the fall fairs. It is a rutliei difficult thing to go out into the frelds in the fall and find something tin? is worthy of being exhibited at a fail But if attention is directed towards the crops and stock now with that thought in mind, a more worthy show ing can be made. It will have a favorable effect ypoe your crops if you begin now to car" for them; us if '.he were already en tered in competition at the fair. And if a fair is wrth having at all, it is justified only as it is an inducement to improve agricultural practices. It you did not earn anything from the fair last fall, even though you took a first prize, the fair has not justified itself. The necessity of giving attention now to the fair, however, is especially important for the live stock exhibit. The herds, and especially tlnnealvc should be chosen now as far as po. sible, and given attention with the exhibit idea in mind. You cannot fit uii animal for a fair in two or three weeks time, Jjt —ia a long process and von should liegin early- COLONEL MARVIN TO HOLD MEETING ATSANIdV UIIKII Colonel C. E. Marvin, a Kentucky Toliafcco farmer will hold a meeting »•! the Handy Kidg.; School-house, Tues day night, August 2nd at Kp. m. He will also hold one at Juincsvjllc Wednesday night, August 2nd a't 8:.'!() and another at Robersonville at :"ti» p. ni. .August 3rd. Colon.•! Mmvin is a gentleman who knows about Co operative marketing, ;nd i*~f ma who can till you all about il. The speculators were knocking am' kicking the farmers, organization. It they succeed they will have no il:« ■ for the farmers. The farmers can market then i rim better than the speerl; tors. If you want to throw off the load and learn how to manage your own business as other business men come out to hear Col. Marvin, hut i you want all the s pec tdato is to* sk i m all the cream from your -busilies' then you need not take the tint. (• hear him. "How are Things?" Is a question that generally draWs but one answer that is m regard to the financial situ ation of oui lives. This is a c.eur in dication that our minds are centered on the material things of existence The answer very -seldom embraces the moral condition, the intellectual con dition or any otlitr condition that per tains to iht civic side of life. Hut ere there sii;ns of a change? Are the people still thinking as the.v du when we were on tno great ocean of prosperity which so recently flood ed us? W-; believe there is a rluing taking piece. We think the peo| h arc becoming more thoroughly unitef in one purpose for the eomuon gooe than they have heretofore. This ap plies to what we have seen rtnd fell locally. People of idl classes seem to have kinder fe dings for thei- neigl bors and sem to sympathize with then more, and to a large extent fulfill the command, "Thou shalt 10/e thy neighbor as thyself." . Who has the greatest joy 'n life? Those who appreciate wealth only, o those who appreciate friends, neigh bors and a love of truth ; , honesty and sympathy in their fellow mf n. ii i ■ i i ■ i Mr. Walter Orleans left Mnday for New York to buy fall goods for his store. He will spend some time, visit ing relatives and friends there. IF YOxj nmH 1 QUICK RESULTS USE A WANT AD IN THE ENTERPtLSE ESTABLISHED 1898 SECOND LIEUTENANTS TO b£ APPOINTED Tim W.ar I>. p ..tm- it has announc ed that a iinal. exa.o ination for ap pointment a. .serumi ! eutouant in ;ha Kegulai A rnry will ln : held beginning September 1, .here uro soma vacancies in the gjade-of second ■ icutenunt in ad bramaies. THi sexami nation will he competitive and for stated number of appointments in each branch. I lie I'ri'ss and Reserve Officers of the 81.1 Division me requested to give this announcei'. cut all publicity' pos sible and to -. . i( f War Depart ment in ol*t i ni n g t!- - !i:;Vli type ,-f yn.ng men t h it w ill !.i a-di: to ncr Army. ;,n appti ~i. . i; . t .ci mi. ,el t,> at)pear Cur linai-Cxu->u;'ii.tt...n_ luj mUr-6 b> passed l»y |»>-e' n,i».nry Inard. '•"tisi: boards .1!,. -onvci e I : ,t all A *ll> post' and st i:i u where thero is .- sufficient i nin I ■ ,r 'lualilied of t»iis on dills . (V-- j .-ni !.as I.can : x-.u:aencd_ilf.akiUiUd.-.Ts, f l it I \ iion, Ai n• 11- ' i ' I 11It!.i-1»- hr ox » Me, Ten lies; >, wiUi M ,101 l IF. Sh un, F. A. , pi - : lent, Major S i .in will be i;ia i t > ca-- li oin pros .live appli'-a i ; -t inci- | par. t es, to supply an le-uniaCm do u' and the access blanks, in genetul the i--i;ol7i, «t- a;- vointment are: "" t. Ihe candidal ;mo 1.'..; i ! ctii>,j ul appoi ntnn 1 . iJ. A inale-cii,.-. ,;i i I , It. ,i State ib) Hetwj-.-n the a--c, ol' ;,,„l '.-| J tars (cl Kit her ill a w-iiraut ni'icer or i nil ted man of th,« |; ■ula • Vmy of nunc than two year- rve •.H -ucii; or (2) a llesctve; t» . an otlieor, warrant otlicet, or n . i t - { rt-an of tho 'National Cuard; or :i ;i i.l-iatir of a technical ijistduiiur., =.p|».-y-i |,y tin) Secretary of War. • 2. Tile candidate inn. 1 pa (a) \ prcliiiunal - e>."imination- ti> determine whether m not h,. i. ; .nulli fied to appear bd'oi'i- •,fiual .'vanii ning board. (b) A basic mental, moral, physical and professional- examination and re t|uiremeiits as may he nett's-ary to determine 'fitness I'oi ,n pojntinont to special bnuiches or t-i\ ce :. A libi-ial system of e\enu tions has. been provided in . a ~p V. e nuntal examiliat ions. ' r. j. NICHOL Acting ( 'hief of .Staff.• E\ I R \ Ml \ll >1; \ll KFCI. \|{ED New S'ork, July' Pirertois 6T t lie .St inlchakei ('oi pili.jn ( ,f Ameri ca, liioi'ting *at" S'*lilii ll,'ink, In I , t.l - . d.dared an e\t a' il:. i.l-'ii*: of sl.f>o iii addition to il .• reuular divi dend ul ,-f..'.QO on coiianon >4ock,..ac cording to a,hires received at the eor poiaiion's office lien. The regular ilivident ot $1.7/1 on (referred stock also was declared. Mi s \ eliua liar ion returned Saturday night tioiu Camp As Vou lake It'at Little .Sw tzerland, N C. where she spent the m uiUi of July. » ♦ • « Mrs. Louis lieiinelt, Mi s Carrie |>. White and Mr. \\ . T. Meadows left this illum ing for Kn Innoiul. Mr. Mea dows. will n-C' ive tie itmeTft af Tuc ker's Saniioiiurn, and Mrs. Bennett and Mi s While will Ik? jues's of th'J K uii 111 o 1111 J Intel. All ainl Mi .1. \ ft-i'n-eUe mill 'Mrs. S. (' lia\ left tin morning foe l'l> mouth where Mis. Ray will tuke the train for Mrs. Minnie Halanci left this mm-. Jug for Norfolk. * * » « Mr. F. 11, Wynne leaves Friday . morning for Africa. Dr. and Mrs. .1. S. I.hodes and son, Jim, Jr. left this moiuing fflr Rich mond, Va. • • • * Mr. W, C. Manning has been in Windsor on business today. If * * * Chief llaxstun and Mr. Mareo, supervisor of the grading on the Wash ington road motoved to Windsor on husiness this morning. Mr. Marec will go on to Murfreesboio and spend u few days. *•« ' ♦ Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Hall and li'ttla son have returned from Aulander, where they visited friends ami rela- * tives for.- several days. , -- t * * **• .J"* w Misses Mary Wattii and Nannie Cawthonie returned today at noon from Scotland Neck where they at tended a house party. ♦ ♦ • « . ' Mrs. Irene' Smith and Father Clark went to Plymouth today to. attend the funeral* of Mrs. Frank tloyie, » ♦ » * Our friend Mr. L. R. Wynne, Jr. in hard at work on his father's farm just out of town. We trust that he will not over work himself.