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Daniels
*' Makesfuood Record
In Conducting Court
&gf3iorkd Was Disposed of in (;««
Time. Many Con*ictton»
Were Secured
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The following cases were dispose*
of at the December term of the super
ior court:
State vs Joe Hardison and Wil
Modlin. Pleaded not guilty. Verdic.
of the jury was that Modlin was noi
guilty and that Hardison was guilt;
of a simple assault. Hardison wat
fined fit) and the costs.
Sate vs Robert O'Mary. Assaul
with a deadly weapon. Pleads guilt,
and was fined SSO and the costs o
the action.
State VK. Julius T. Wallace. Cliarg
"ed with temporary larceny of an au
tomobile. Pleads guilty of forcibl
trespass and judgement was suspend
ed upon the payment of the costs.
State vs llufus Barnes. Plead
guilty of attempted forgery. Praye
for judgement continued upon the pay
meait of the costs, capias to issue a
any time in two years.
State vs Biscoe Biggs and G. R
Silverthorn and Durard Mobley. Plead
ed guilty of an affray. Judgemen
suspended to Silverthorn and pudge
ment suspended as to Biggs and Mob
ley upon the payment of one hal
of the colts each.
State vs Jesse Little. Plead guilt;
of Manslaughter. Sentenced to woil
on the roads of Edgecombe count,
the term of six months.
State vs Tolti Horner. Pleaded no
guilty. Verdict of the jury that de
■fendant was guilty and sentenced t>
work on roads of Edgefombe count;
for the term of four months.
State vs. Joe Godard. Found guil
ty of selling liquor and pleaded guil
yt of assault upon a female. Sen
tenced to work roads of Edgecomlx
county for the term of one year.
State vs Norman Jone. Found guil
ty of selling liquor. Sentenced t.
work the road* of Edgecombe coun
ty for the term of eight months.
State vs Ephraim Williams an
John Williams. Indicted for fals
pretense. Verdict of the jury thu
defendants were not guilty.
State vs Sam Gaynor. Pleade*
guilty of selling liquor. Sentenced U
work on the roads of Edgecombe coun
ty ior the term of 7 months.
Farmers Are Getting
Christmas Money
Chris 1 mas Checks On Cotton Bein(
Mailed Out Today To Farmers
Of the State
Raleigh, Dec. 14.—The first bate'
of "Christmas checks" from the Norti
Carolina Cotton' Growers' Cooperative
nsnoristiftTi are due to fro out £at
uiilay. These, checks will represen
a second advance of $25 on each ball
of cotton delivered to the associatioi
up to December Ist.
The last two weeks has beeji the bu
aieet that the headquarters of th*
Heel cotton cooperative has hai
Inaddit ion to having to prepare fo
sending out thousands of checks ti
growers, the association has been re
ceiving cotton right along at the rati
of nearly a thousand bales a day
There has been a considerable l«t ui
indelivsries since £Re clos£ of Nov
ember, it is stated, but receipts an
still heavy. »
The association headquarters rew>r
receipts to date of more than 121>,004
l ales on which advances totaling more
t>ian six million dollars have already
.fcen made And on which more thar.
nee million dollars wHI be advance,
within the next few days, r
The physical task of handling thou
sands of accounts with members wil
prevent all checks going out on Dec
•mbeS 16th, but they will begin mov
ing then and the various batches wil
each other in quick succes
It is safe to say that there will b
no Christmas presents this year thai
will be more gladly welcomed thar
these advanced checks.
FINE CAE LOAD OF MULES .
RECEIVED LAST NIGHT
BY L. T. FOWDS^
What looked like on? of the fines.'
ear loads of mules ever brought to
Martin county was received by L. T.
Fowdea on last night's late freight
train. '
This makes the second shipment of
mfles received by Mr. Fowden In the
past week. He s«Qt four handsome
opes ef the last load down to puK
chftMßß at Roper and Mackeys.

O. H. Osterman, attorney for U. S.
Fidelity and 'Guaranty company, of
Washington, D. C. has been in town
this week attending to business for
the company.
THE ENTERPRISE
MRS. A. ANDERSON |
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS
Mrs. Arthur Anderson was ho#te3»
on Tuesday evening to a few friendi
ii. honor qf her house guests, Mrs
J. A Cheatham and Mrs. Basket
villc.
Afiet a delightful hour it 'in
plajing bridge, Mrs. Anderson servo,
an ice course.
H.Gfc playing weee; Mr. an 1 jMi?
J. A. Cheatham, Mr. and Mrs. Ba>.k
■ rville, Mrs. Jno. A. Manning, W. J
H rip.w and Mrs. B. W. Har3y.
NON-CO-OPS ARE
HITHARD BY MR
J. L. HOLLII)A\
COOPERATION AND PROG RE S>
ARE LINKED TOGETHER
AND MAKES SUCCESS
Cooperative selling in eastern Nortl
Carolina is not the success that i.
should be, according to the statement;
of those who are better informed ii
ill lines of cooperative selling in th
United States. A» for our county, i
has fallen short even of the stride
»f our neighboring counties. One o
„he reasons for this is that the bus
;ness men who are not farming havi
liscou raged cooperation and therebj
caused members ofthe association t
disregard their obligations, thinkini
that hteir advisors were right.
would like to say right here that then
in not a big business in ttve Uni.e'
State* that does not owe all its sue
•en it to cooperation. As to coo pern
.ion among farmers, who can affon'
to go into any business without co
■peration ? *
Fruit, berries, potatoes, hogs, or an;
ike business without farmers cooper
iting with farmers and the wholi
ooperating with railroads in orde
o get car lots of farm produce ou
hrouffh shipments in refrigeratoi
jars or others, as the case may be
t is just as impossible to sell yout
)reduce at a profit as it ha* been foi
hose Elizabeth City fish dealers wh
lave striven for success for the la."
tundred years with all the fine fisl
if the. sounds and rivers of easteri
Carolina at their disposal. Today, th«'
Ish men of North Carolina are co
)perating with each and tin
■vhole association cooperating with
the railroads and a plan is perfect
id whereby fish are being packed ir
refrigerator 'tars at Elizabeth City
md routed through without a stoj
,o. Philadelphia, New York or an>
>f the east central markets with lay
ivers and are received at their de*ti
tation in perfect order.
Think of a hundred years taken t
>erfect a singlefplan and think how
;ut.y it is to accomplish anything wit)
earn work. There is also another in
tance where we find cooperative sell
ug in |>lay in the fruit business. No,
t is not California that we are re
erring to but our own Duplin coun
i,y and around Mt Olive. They an
cooperating In growing strawberriet
:nl shipping them in refrigerated can
md by cooperation they are realizing
n the neighborhood of one thousand
lollars an acre for their berries. Th«
'otato Growers association at Auro
tm, in Beaufort county are working
:ooperatievly and are realizing from
>ne dollar to a dollar and ah alf more
'or their potatoes than other pota
to growers in the same county.
If others succeed,w hy can't we?
An old school teachero nee told me
that Yankee* fall out and fight, but
will never think of breaking up the
nusiness which they are cooperating
with. Maybe this is a part of the
trouble with we southern folk*; we
nake up our minds to kick out
hen the n«ft thing, we try to break
he institution; let's think these thinge
>ver seriously and see where We are
I heard Editor Clarence goer's peak
>n the subject of cooperative market
ng December 6th in Williamston. Ed
tor Poe made a fine pointed talk. One
thing he said 1 am sure all who
heard him, that was, that all crops
hat the farmers were cooperating in
the marketing of were irnbging fair
ly renumerative prices. I thought too
while he talked, that maybe the moon
hadn't changed or no big snows had
blocked the shipping"on the earth
since the new snow plows had been
installed, and that Wall street had
been playing a pretty steady hand,
and the aide tracks at mills were not!
overrun since we quit dumping; hence
no great changes in the market from
day to day.
Men( it is all because of the wak
ing up among southern farmers, and
if everlagtiny-stick-to-it-iv onees pre-
vailß we shall not see theee trouble
some times with marketing any more.
A« this time w«t -»ave not hca -f
whether the re.will be Christmas tree;
st all the Sunday schools in own, but
there will be one at the Episcopal
Parish house on Thursday evening ef
next week sad one at the Christian
church on Friday evening.
WILLIAMSTON, MARTIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, I IMDW, DECEMBER 15, 1922. J
HARDING FAILS TO
SHOW NATION WAY
OUT *OF TROUBLLfc
Is Right There On Picturing Condi
lions, But Falls Short On
■ the Remttifi
Washington, Dec. 14.—'"Tha presi
dent picture# things pretty well ie
gartting the state of atfuirs :n tills
country, but he offers no re.nedies
as usual," said Senator Simmons this
afternoon when asked m • view of
the address by President Hatoing to
congress.
Entirely different i* in? vi>w tak
afternoon when asked his view of
ocrats are of the opinion that Presi
dent Harding is quite a good recit
er of things that are evident on all
aides, they agree with him that the
en by the republicans, but the dem
in many matters as the result of re
publican mismanagement and failure,
but they fail to find where the presi
dent offers any remedies for the ills
which he admits beset the people of
the United States.
It was a recitation of problems that
President Harding gave congress this
afternoon .and it showed that he hail
had in mir.d the fact his remarks
might have something to do with the
balloting in 1924, for he talked on
i very large number of the important
luestions which are affecting the
country.
There were many expressions in
his address which sounded extreme
ly pleasing to the ear, but which,
when carefully examined, are but P
iappy arrangement of. words without
showing the way out of the distress
ing conditions, which are reporfe-'.
Certainly the picture he drew of the
condition of the country and lis af
fairs was a gloomy one, ,but at no
time did he have anything to ssy
which would lead to show that the
republican party in power in this
country has gone from bad to worse
1 W" inn uo Jfuuq o) w« SJIBJ
conditions.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MET ON TUESDAY NIGHT
AT COUNTY COURT HOUSE
At the second meeting of the lo
cal Chamber of Commerce which was
,iel dat the courthouse qn Tuesday
svening, there were about fifty 01
iixty members present, and ttonif bus
iness of importance was attended to.
The constitution and by-lawsae pre
pared by the committee appointed,
were read and discussed by the mem
bers of the Chamber and were adopt
ed after a few corrections. A copy
Ridge Items
of Local Interest
Misses Rowland Godard, Kiltie Mae
Cherry and Mrs. J. H. Riddick spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. N.
Hopkins.
Mr. Irvin Coltrain was the guest of.
Miss, Gladys Roberson Sunday.
Mrs. H. C. Roberson and Miss Row
land Godard went to Williamston on
ashopping trip Thursday.
Mr. Clyde Williams was the guest
of Miss Fannie Roberson Sunday. v
Miss Beatrice Cherry spent Satur
day with Miss Marie Riddick.
Mr. Irvin Coltrain went to Oak
City Tuesday on business.
Miss Katie Mae Cherry spent Sat
urday nigfit with Miss Fannie Rob
erson.
Mrs. J. N. Hopkins and Mrs. J. H
Riddick and Miss Louallie Riddick
spent Tuesday with Mrs. S. E. Har
dison. , x
friends of little Miss Helen Col
train will be glad to learn that she
is improving fast.
Mr. W. A. Perry has returned from
Rocky Mountt o spend the week with
his family.
Messrs. W. H. Daniel, Lanier
and J. H. Riddick went to Williamston
Tuesday.
Sentimental girls "Oh, professor
what would that oak. tree say if it
could talk?".
Professor: "I am an elm tree."—
Its Angeles Times. ,
' '"-Oil I t -
Rib-Mr-Tlis, An Antiseptic.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES FROM
FARM LIFE SCHOOI
Short Course of Farm Instruction To
Be Given Beginning in January.
Special Instructors.
The farmers short course or part
time classes in agriculture will begin
January 5h and will be held on Tues
day and Friday nighs of each week
for five weeks. The subjecs to be
be taught will be farm crops an"
fertilisers. In addition to the regular
agricultural instructor who has charge
of the work, there will be severa
prominent men in agriculture fron
other parts of the state to take an
active part.
Miss Josephine Davis, oift of oui
teachers, is sick in the hospital suf
fering with rheumatism and will bt
unable to return. Her classes regre:
verym uch to learn that no!
be able to return.
in the absence of Mr. Lucas, wh
was to speak to us last Friday even
ing, Mr. W. C. Manuing gave a verj
interesting and instructive talk oi
the subject of cooperative marketing
There is to be an oyster supper am'
house on Friday night, December 15
The public is cordially ,invited to at
tend.
Mr. Adelsherger of Virginia gavt
an instructive talk last Wednesday
evening to/some of the patrons and
students 6f the school, his subject
being lime and its beneficial effects
on the soils.
Miss Hadges and Miss Peel spent
the week end with Miss Ida llihierson
and report a goodtime.
It would be just as. well to paus«
before turning the U. S. over to Le
nine, Trotsky and the other Soviets
Unlike Russia, we would have lie
crown jewels to hock when the con
cern went broke.—-Judge.
of these will be printed, in The En
terprisc. next week. The constitution
T>roviiieß for committees for ever)
phase of uctivity that will come undei
the direction of the Chamber and i
committee suggested the chairmen ol
these departments %nd they were vol
ed upon by the .Chamber and dnf\
elected anl their names will be pub
lished also.
Mr. G. 11. Harrison was electe.
vice president, this office not having
been filled at the previous meeting.
This was e very encouraging meet
ing for all thflSe who are interestei
in Williamston's progress. The Sec
retary and Treasurer, Dr. I'. 11. Cone
reported one hundred anil thirty twt
members on roll and $982 in the treas
ury which speaksf or itself of thf
strength which is being put behin
this organization.
\ -"—7
tyORE COTTON RAISED IN
MAItTIN COUNTY THIS
YEAH THAN IN 1921
Government Report Shows an Increast
of Nearly Five Hundred
Hale* of Cotton
We are today in receipt of the fol
lowing report on the production o
cotton in Martin county this year
which shows a comparative increasi
over that of last year.
Williamston, C.
Dec. 14, 1922
The Enterprise:
There were 8,498 bales of, cottoi
ginned in Martin county from the cro]
of 1922, prior to December 1, 1922
as compared with 7,861 bales ginnei
to December 1, 1921.
R&spectfull yours,
Mc. G. TAYLOR.
MRS. P. H. BKOWN ANI> MRS,
MINIK BALLANCE HOSTESSES
From eight tljiny" until twelve or
Tuesday even trig, Mrs. P. H. Browr.
and Mrs. Minnie Ballance were joint
hostesses to a few friends, at their,
home on Smithwick street.
Tables were arranged fof bridge
and that popular game was enjoyed
throughout the evening. Mints were
served while the guests were, play
ing 4nd then delicious ambrosia arid
Christmas cake were served
ward. " . ' ♦
The guests were: ' tylr. and Mrs.
K. B. Crawford; Mr. and Mrs. Wheel
er Martiri, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar An
derson, Miss Daisy Wynne and Memm.
Bob Heyenrlch arid Hubert Warren.
t .
NiGROES ARE
GOING NORTH.
TO GET WORK
weaving- Atlanta for tffcc
North By Carload,
Is Reported
Cleveland, Dec»l4.—Another migra
tion of negroes from the south to tlu
industrial cities of the north is be
lieved to be under way. During tht
last few weeks uiany negroes fron
Georgia and Alabama have gone U
work, in Youngs town and Pittsburg)
.steel mills, according to advices le
cfcived here, while hundreds have ob
taiiied employment in Cleveland.
According to Wiliam R. Connors
executive secretary ol" the negro wel
I are association, 1..HK7 negro men fron
outside the city have registered I'oi
employment during the last fou.
months. Some of these, he said, re
turned to their old homes during tht
recent depression, but most of- the.n
liud left the south for the first time
"They are leaving' Atlanta for tht
north by the carload," Connors said.
,Between 600 and A,OOO obta nci
employment at the Carnegie Stee
company at Youngstown and a small
er number ut the Youngstown Shoe
and Tube company, advices stat«r
Hundreds have »gOne into the Con
nellsville cmtl—field since the middU
of the summer.
Lured By lli>;h I'rices
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 14, —Thousand,
if southern negroes, discouraged
the failure of the cotton crops undei
boll weeviT conditions uiul attracte'
by the comparatively high wages ii
the industrial districts, are leaving
ihe farms in the south for northeri
cities, according to railroad officials
who have c"irt| - nie' ddispatches fron
Cleveland saying that another' negr
migration was in progress. Man>
also are reported going from stato
farther south to North Carolina, wheu
an extensive road building progran
is under way.
Most of the negroes of this sec
lion are going to Detroit, with mam
buying' tickets for New York, Chica
jo it was said.
Althtfagh the exodus is wide spread
it is not of the organized variety
these officials said. It is more o
itn individual nature, many of those
traveling north being negroes win
worke din industrial Centers Vuriiu
the world war and others beiiiK hire*
men of negroes who have remainet
in the north and who are now send
ing money to bring their relative
to new homes.
The movement has been under; wa;
since early in the summer* when ii
became apparent that crops wouh
tie short and that conditions in induij
rial centers were improving, accord
in* to S. H. McLean, district passen
?er agent for the Southern railroad
The majority, he saidf ate farm hand
discouraged through inability t
make money from their cotton cropß
lue to the boll weevil conditions. Hi
said that there was no indication thii 1
the northern employers were solic
itiiiK labor in this section of the south
at least.
WILLIAMSTON'S
CHURCH SERVICES
F/)R NEXT WEEK
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
A. J. Manning, pastor. Sunday
school 9:45 a. m., W. C. Manning, sup
erintendent. The pastor will preacl
at Maple Grove at 11 a. m. Every
body cordially invited to attend.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Church, school J):4f> a. in., H. M
Stubbs, superintendent. Dr. A. C. Te
l.eaus pf Alexandria, Va., will preacl
at the Church of the Advent at 11
m. He will preach at St. Martin'*
hurch at Hamilton that evening. *
PRESHYTERIAN
J. T. Wildman, pastor. Services
will be held at Parmele both morn
ing and evening.
BAPTIST CHURCH
A. V. Jloyner, pastor. Sunday school
9:46 a. m. J. C. Andrews, superin
temient. If. you are not contented
with any other school we Rive fou »
hearty invitation to come and join
one of our well organized classes
Sermon by the pastor 11 a. m. Ju
nior B. Y. P. U. at 8j46 p. m., Miss
Sallie Harris in charge. Sermon by
the pastor 7:30 p. m. The Junior
B. Y. P. U. will have churge of the
music st this lervic*. This is younx
.people's night, proyer meeting Wed
"hesday evening at 7:80. Senior B.
Y, P. U. Wednesday evening at 8:16.
You are cordially invited to attend
ail these services.
6M Cures LsGripp*
IvMHKOIhKKY CLUB IS
K.VI KKT VINKI) BY >
MKS. jt. S. ( OI'RTNEY
The doors of the attractive honu
of Mrs. 11. S. Courtney were thrown
open to the members of the Lmbroid
cry club of which Mrs. Courtney i:
a very popular member.
The whole lower part of the housi
was decorated and mistletoe aiul th
Christmas spirit prevailed through
out the afternoon. , The members wen
very busy making Christmas present:
uul plans, so the time passed ver>
happily.
A delicious ice course was serv
is I by the hostess and each guest wu
triveii a pink carnation favor.
llesides -the members, Mrs. Court
tiey hal us her guest, Mrs. Jno. F
Thigpen.
IHK IDEA FOR
CENTRALIZATION
' NOW SU(i(iESTKn
rilK WILLIAMSTON CITY (JOV
KKNMKNT SHOI l.l) UK X
IMPROVED V
(By JAVELYN.)
Once upon u time Williamston col
'ected a few hundred dollars each yeai
"Rom its poor hut honest citizens, nn
A'ithout favoritism, divided the spoil'
•ctwcen the town constable for light
I ' 'u s on mo «" M, hit»j
jij£htsmi?'%£ two teachers at th«
free scnftbl, and repairs to a few o
the worst mud holes in New Town
'""Hut today, dear readers, our mun
icipality owns and operates a largt
half million dollar water and electrii
plant, a large public high school, up
keeps several miles of streets an
■;id« walks, collects several thousam
dollars in tuxes from poor citizens
und made the "sign of the red light''
noticeable on Maih street. Then, too
we have in our own name, a i?reu'
big family residence, known to a few
is the-City Hail—rbut alas—ther'h no
K«ly home.
The four winds of" Heaven coul«
nit have improved in scattering oil'
public offices. The botird of ab!ci
hjoii ' feel like strangers around tie
City Hall; the niayor c ,o»Jy cmnv
forth out of seclusion u"d K cafes
ifflcial abode when some
'ooks one Of the town's' ten roniniaii'
nandmerits of t •
lyjh myiful of the elect iicjlepjtrtfflen
'iir the of meter dues fin J
■safety and refuse TTI" fltrfrTe cloisterer
ifflce, farf rom the clamoring crowd
a rewa v d is offered if one can locaU
the superintendent's lair; the assess
ment expert dwells mostly in the tin
igination; the city tax collector c.i
alwaytf be found, except in his of
Ice. v
The Chamber of Commecre suys
will soon have a flourishing, yoimi
•ity. Every tia.v we are getting bet
er and better; but to be at our lies
vh.v not make some changes in ou
•ity government. We havt\ a Vec
Vautiful town hall, with yrreat, nice
'y furnished, luxuriant offices, al
ready and waiing fo* our public of
flcials, rent and lights free, anil a toi
if coal iluring the winter months, an'
electric breezes during the mosquil
weather. Now, what could l»e 11104.
tempting than such. Evidently, thei'
s "a nigger in the wood pile" some
where—for to date these offering:
have remained u"
sought.
Whj'j Oh why, can' we appoint i
mayor ami let him be strictly His Hon
»r? The mayor, togehter with otlie
municipal duties, just enough to kee
him out of mischief, and allow hii
a living salary. He could great I,
more thah pay his salary in the adde
iervice > /''convenience, and savings t
'he people and the town. ( Why no'
keep open house down at the C*it>
all. Let. the mayor also be an im
iginary city manager under guidaan
>f the aldermen, anil incidentally sup
>rvise the clerical of our revenue de
Uirtmeht, look after the purchasing
■nd, upkeep of the streets, and listei
occasionally to the plea of, some pool
might get something done by seeing
'.he mayor.
Can you imagine how nice it would
be, how you would feel to show
your out of town friends what a fine
system of city government we have'
ind how convenient for you who have
husinetti along municipal lines to
know just exactly where to «o to
flnif the fountain head. If this great
improvement you think, would not be
too great a shock, then locate the
alderman in your part of town and
ask him to read this article. This Is
orre of the improvements which will
help us "in every way to K«*t better
and better each day."
Girl He Won By Mail Elopes at
Wedding Hour.—Headline. Another
of the inefltetowy ot
our postal department. Must we al
ways suffer?— Froth.
THE ENTEI'RLSE COVERS MAR
TIN COUNTY AND VICINITY
LIKE A MANTLE.
ESTABLISHED 1898
Government Sues
A. C. I-Railroad
Hauling Bad Cars
SUIT FOR $l,lOO FILED IN FED
KRAL COURT UPON SUGGES
TION ATTORNEY GENERAL
The United States has filed suit in
federal court at Wilmington against
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com-
oany, for $l,lOO, alleging that the
-ailroad violated the safety appliance
u't in hauling 11 had order cars over
a part of an interstate commerce
highway. This action was brought
upon suggestion of Attorney General
fclaugherty, at the reiiuest of the In
terstate Commerce commission.
The government, through United
States Ui»trict Attorney , Irvin B.
Tucker, contends thut the Coast Line
operated these defective freight cars
while devices on said cars were in
bad condition.
The suit us regarded of an unusual
nature inf ederal court circles, and
is one of the natural results of the
company's inability to keep its roll
ing stck up to .standard conditions
of excellence during he strike, which
so far us the A. C. L. is concerned,
still remains unsettled.
Jptiinism Prevails In
* The Textile Industry
CAROLINA MILL MEN LOOKING
FOKWAItI) TO PERIOD
OF "NORMALCYVv.
Charlotte, Dec. 13. A distinctly
nopeful and optimistic tone prevails
in the textile industry of North Caro
lina and mill men are looking^forwartf
to a period of "normalcy" and rea
sonable profits, according to Hunter
Marshall, Jr., secretary and treasurer
>f the Cotton Manufacturer'* associa
tion of North Carolina, who was dis
cussing impressions gained at the
mid winter convention of the asso
ciation which was held a few days
igo at I'inehurst.
Asked for a resyme of the year In
he industry of the state, Mr. Mar
shall declared that tlie present-situa
ion is very different from that which
.existed, at the beginning of the year
.vlfttji the financial and business .de
gression was still being acutely felt.-
'During-the early part of the yeai,'*
he declared, "the process of liquida
tion was still going on and market
conditions Were anything but favor
able. It was the exceptional mill
luring that period which was able, to
■ihow any profit at all, and inariy
operated more from the necessity of
iiroviding employment for their opei
itives than from* any hope of profit
Even then, however, manufacturers
vere hopeful of better conditions and
'.xcept in rare instances, wages were
naintained, the present level being
,'rom 50 to 70 per cent abov'e the pre
>var level. Many manufacturers cur
tailed operations to some extent ra
ther than lower their scjiejlule of
wages."
Mrs. It. T. Nobles anil sister, Miss
'Sura Hobbs unii Iter brother, Mr.
Oglwrt Hobbs of Clinton arrived this
veek to join , Mr. Nobles who is a
nember ofthe force of the Enterprise
'ublishinK company. They are mak
llX their home with Mrs. Krah Cobb
in New Town.
First Hum: "Dis coal strike am
(onna make it a hanl winter for us."
Second Same: "Why so, Sawdust?"
First Hum: " 'Cause therein be so
mo' wood that we'll hafta refuse to
cut."—Judge.
SCOUT ACTIVITIES
Williamston Troop No. Two held its
regular weekly meeting at the scout
itall Thursday, December 14, with
.Scoutmaster Lilly, presiding
Scoutmaster Lilly made a short talk
on "A Scout's Daily Good Turn," af
ter which we--had a short drill. We
then adjourned to meet again Decem
ber 21st.
THE SCKIBE.
Mi. ind Mrs. B. C. H i/nei and
little son of Washington spei t W?l*
te'diy here with Mr. and Mr*. Ar
thur White. M" Hoi y* i* very
nti"i't(iitly remembered here a; Mi«
'-the' Hodges w •). she jiUcvie'' the
V. 'Umaton High rihoo!
The man who said school days were
happy was right, but he forgot to
mention the night*.—Exchange.
Ad in Manufacturer's Record; "No
machinery used. We tan your Md*
the old fashioned way."—Atlanta Con
stitution,
To Prevent a Cold. Take Hi