MUfBavOUUBVOKBIB
rLA(ZTO SELL TOVBTOBAOOOI
TBY OXE OF THE HOUSES DUE
ÜBCES liXl'U) STATES
TO EXTER THE LEAGUE
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Either Eater it Or Propose AaTkf- I
rtrtm Srixtitalc. Says CWi I
" COU.HBU Olm. Dec. 14.—Th.
tmaiw nKJutltr of the f«krJ |
n—ij «f dodM irjed that'
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the Caked Staves cither enter the.
kaiae of utMK «r piupuec "tot
awe effective (
The vecam—mddtMMi was made in'
"dKhnlioc of ideals and priori pics" 1
adopt rn fc> the romir itee at K* rji '
■sal auto., after a da:- of Ji «a '
nor of irts- ational afii s 0."
iiwlly tl» (itriaikuM had urged . y
tftat the Un»*ed Statee. fcmw a meai
ber of the «w» court adcr the ,
t- * u s*aw by t»* kit President ;
ai.- ,*m'e in an Hsr> *
o inlenution'' oituiiutioa to "esa'
luh «mM >a lire." hat the league
of eatior was Ki'en >p«iSt men-ion
■a an amemiaie >i Mihmitted fraa the
flaar by i Dr. William Adams Piaaw
of the Union Theological mninan.
Kc* Yak. The aanemtoert «m ar
ia a resolution adopted previously
the cammittee had ejLpiemed Ha
thank* to Pruilu* Ceolidge far his
Wmaci of entrance into the world
writ hi ka mum to w|imu The
MaahtiH aba erged that the senate
.take speedy and favorable action on
. An appeal that church pucple eon
iitoH to the relief of the papula! inai
of the Near East, reatnl Euiept aad
WIUO9SCTDX PLANS TO
RRIDCE THE CAPE PEAR
the »toa|tm Side M
Third aad Dark
--aft— ■ • e
WILHIXCTON, Dec. lfc—Wilauag
ton's keen desire to affoid easy ac
«esa through a modern bridge spaa
aiag the Cape Fear river for thottr
ands af aatoaaebile towirta, who da
it the local beaches every rammer,
haa haen fcrthered through the a*-
aiennwul of a definite date hjr the
Uaitod Stoles engineers' deporteaiiil
far caaadenua a plae* already pre
pared for aaad bridge.
. Rdfium Better. chairman af the
New Hano\er county beard of com
■ I I'M in. has Hed with ihe war de
part—tat. through MaJ. O. O. Kmati.
"•tor ill i ity to spaa the Cape FW
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mrer at Dock tmt with a saspea
toidge aad January haa haaa ad
as the dde for haldmg af the heaw-
The toidge. as proposed. is of steel
tide; the Wilmington art will termi
aato at Third aad Dock streets aaad
WP ie the eae rßramwmlii to toe
T- Neariag is to he told to toe
IN" Kimiti. to fhe mara
ar aft M e'daek aad the aataeaa that
xtos. tonte al parties 1i nl Ito
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THE ENTERPRISE
j AUCTION TOBACCO
: MARKET CLOSES
HERE WENESDAY
1 Most Probably Will Op
en Again After the
Holidays
i The Wdtia. ana tehccce aactisa
jiba.ket wiC etoae far the Chiwtmai
* holiday t tamain 1 -. * edarrdey. Der
jeaaher 19th. after one af the mart
. .-access fa! seas an of any market m
I the State, aad by tor exceeding aay
season experienceed by the local mr
ket
; It has -at been defini ely decided
whether he market wiD open egam j
• after the caristanea holiday* or art.'
| hag it is tli ought mart probable. A
mains to be aaarketed. it is thought by
[ the wareheasemea. aad they are in
vestigate. g 'he advisability of reepen
mg of the market in Janwary. aad aa
nouarement will deuUlej* be marie the
latter part of the week.
The WUliaanatou market has enjoy
ed a large patronage this year, dne
to the haid work done by the ware
market peaces for every load of to
bacco placed aa their floors far safe
The average price obtained by the
faiauia marketing their tabarea have
ie all the evideame necessary to certi
fy that the warehousemen have been
alert and active on every sale; aaad
the fact that tests have been made
with tobncco said bete oa o'her larger
markets has prwvad that Willieawtoa
has had jart aa goad market as aay
town in this irctiea The larger mar
kets hare occasionally hed totter sales
bat this was aa acrouat of a bettor
gtade mf tobacco being sold.
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TEST ATTRACTIVE AND
SUGGESTIVE SHOW WINDOW
Christmas is atom* here and the
spirit ie m the air; pcocplc are busy
doiag their ihi ppiag. aad the ataeea
a# Williamstaa are offering a larger,
more eichasive line to their patrau
thaa ever before. The window db
plays are more attractive thaa they
Haia street aad gets a peep iata the
snow decorated wiadows af Margalis
Bros, aad Breaks, he feels the Chrirt
mas spirit that they radiate. A pret
ty haad painted Christmas tree ad arm
one aad now aceaes the ether. Love
ly gifts far hath mea and wuaaea. al
so cfOdrea are aheaa that will bght
eai the harden of Chrbeaaae toppe«-
There are gifU tor the most practical
aad mast fastxfcow* la anther ie the
gifts advertised.
H D PEEL HA KING AN
EXCELLENT XHAS SHOW
The Jiaetlij ataaa of H. D. iw
haa ea the Chriatmas air to fall aaw.
their aeleetieaa this year.
Mr. Peel has been i daaejaaej;
toasy this year prepmiag tor the aeada
tma to hie line, aad daatnia a big
share of the bammem af tie peaple
mt ttos —Haa.
li mt artidee to
which to iilut, which aria It eas
•heee are m aaCi«al farta wheat
hHf mißiaa
,
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WILLIAMSroX, MARTIN COI'NTT. NORTH CABOtLNA, TUESDAY. DEL'EXBEK IS. 192 A
SHOULD HIGHWAY
TRAFTTC HATE ANT
FEDKHAL SUPERVISION T
aweea -Tea."
federal saperaien. IHe rafl and wa
ter carriers. Highways absnld be de
veloped aa iwpoMe to aeeda. so says
nuatee to the Uaitod States Cham
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The peiawad of the committee in
|of faint and labor organisations rep
i resentatrves- of the aaaiar industry.
mrtsr caaapaawm, water car-
I
ncn, and the shrpr ag public,
lie rimmrtee believes Hut-
TV best interests of the pahlie
nrd the catren lie ia cooperation be
tween the rariows agaactos of trana
poitrtian.
The gnalial app» itaaity for coop
eration ia at the psinta where the
capacity mt the railroads is most lim
ited; that is, to the taaaal aieas
af ear great dtm.
"Store door tohnij by motor track
ia aa larttiCy the greatest contriha
tion which can he made to the solution
af the teeaaiaal peoblem
-Oataade af the termmnl areas, mo
tor tracks aad hasaaa should be and
iag eomanon carriers.
"P is to the pahlie ietrrast, as wefi
aa to the iatntrt af the naptUiit
carriers, that the fPiaiwii- limitations
of each type of carrier he reeogaiaed;
that the railroads be permitted to db
niwtiam unprofitable service, to which
the motor ia better anted, aad that
CROSS ROADS '
NEWSY DOTS
NiMH bnU May IMk
amißHfc lAf >vnt Mm
day aight with Hra. A. L. Eaeback.
Mas Harie Eiberaia spent Friday
and Saturday eights with Hies Hamie
IC^leT
There erH be a Christanaa tree at
he latait The pahlie ia cordially
mrilad to come.
eight aith Him Oaaie Hobley.
eight with Him Harie Peberaen.
Him Rath naih j waa oa the ekk
brt hat week.
day aight arith Hiea Elnm Biggs.
Ik. aad Hra. Oscar Ayera, Htoei
_ 4
1 la ialia to the ttoeeaaf a acheol
twenty five per eart mt the «
W Jewish papda to UJW7 ilhwa 1
IJto M petotoa af DHk 1
"• » *me eerh aaa carried by » 4
FORD MOTOR CO.
BUILDS FACTORY !
IN DENMARK;
Will Be One of the Most
Modern Now In
Europe
DETROIT, MidL, Dae. IC—By mt
spring f l* Ford Motor CMpny will
have completed aa immease tow far ;
h»ry at Qftap n. Drnui which ;
will be one of the finest m Europe,
nit replacing ■ ;hat put of the worl.l
nrw in desp and tperatior-
Tbe growth of 'he Copeahagen as
semWy plant si ce Is in June (
Ul», has bee- •inaifctMo ai..l it i. ,
now ilw second ir -jfri fottjjpi ipn ? 1
the iarrifrn companies, first place b~-1
in* held by tlf pla-V. at litochefter. I
Knglaad.
( A tofal of thiftoen ia—faim are,
•enwl by Cqpe- hagen. These inci«'ij
I ten mark, Icelan-I, Faroe liUul>, Swe- j
den, Norway. Finland. Free Sbtf oi ,
Danzig. Esthonia. Latiria, lithunia.;
Poland. Ukraine and Germany.
The demand for Ford cats during
the prascat year has bees paiticylai
Ijr fowl in the three Sotodanvian
countries. IVmmark, Norway and Swe
den and the Fonima Trod or has come
mto extensive agricultural (at
Construction work on tbo aaw plant
at Copenhagen is well under way, The
sate, covering foor and a half acres,
is admirably situated on the south
harbor of Coper hngen. The buildings
are being erected so that mm frei*h
tor* coming sp the North Saa can
deck on two sides of it, perrni'ting
direct delivery of Mtolly material
from the Mmhi loi plag and from
Detroit, via New Yorit set
rice ale© will be direct || pnp
arty.
RUBBER INDUSTRY NOW
STEADILY PROGRESSING
SATS FIRESTONE
AKRON'. 0_ Doc IK.—A steady up
ward trend la business generally and
considerably more stable prosperity
the robber industry particularly dur
ing the r inion pear were predictions
■■ill by Mr. Harvey S. Firestone in
a speech here today before SJDOO em
ployee sad other stockholders at the
annual meeting of the Firestone Tire
aad Rubber company, of which he is
'•awier aad president
la swpport of his statement A
Firestone pointed to the irmarkable
prepress male luring the-past year
by his own company, which shown!
sales of 577JM3.150. an increase of
tO per cent rrrr *he previous pear,
letaraiag a net profit of 5C.104.992,
after providing far depreciation, taxes,
"hiwt aad other charges. After
peyfeff preferred dividends aad all
other charges the common stock equi
ty hn mal sl3 per share.
1- R. CIVIL SEX TICK
EXAMINATION HERE
Aa opao competitive examination
under the rales of the I' S. Cirfl Ser
rice na aiinni for the pasitaia of
peat sAce clerk hi the
N. C, past odke. will be held on Jan
auy 12th. 1924. commencing at aloe
o'clock a. sl
AB paraaas wiahis). to take this ex
aafeatha should aecwre blanks tmd
file their application* at once in order
to aßaw tiaae for aay necessary car
raitinu* and to at ranee for riaaiiaa
TMK DIXIE WAREHOUSE IS
TMB PLACX TO GET THE IKB
EBT riKX POM TOUR SCRAP TO
BAOOOI MR. FARMER MAKGUV
* TATLOR, PROPS.. WILLIAMS
TON. M- C
' - ii .. £ ■ v . -
iLAEKIX GAHKEI IS GIVEN
A TEKM OF POIK YEARS.
Convicted at Cumbirlmd Conn Hou-e.
Va. of Faniripauua la Mur
der of Rev. Mr. Pierce
CUMBERLAND (W ET HOUSE.'
i
Va.. Dee. IS.—With Ae conviction to
day of LJLHBK C- Garret. «5 a charge
|of voluntary ir»fbwli'rr and a sen- ,
tence of four year- imprisonment, the
i »
next development ia the now fc.mous
tlarret-Pierce murder esse, will come
from Judge B. D. White. The court
now has lef«e it a s*4*o *o set
a»ide Ihererfir ir the trill ending 1
' today T& well a» ;br »«xiirt in the-,
I case o'" R»-hcrt O. Garret, Lnrkin's
I brother, who was eeeriroi la-l montl j
of second decree rsu Jrr and sentenc- '
, e»l to five ,«ir imprifor n«i' TVe
• hrcther.-. bxth of" vV m rn> prntrti'ent
. business a*-» of Cwe!*Ha!»l and hoi I
j sieve""*' oft-rl pitkiaas. w-if charg
el jointly w'tk fi.*.-t munlo'
|in connection wi'h e kj'l-.n last Jun-
! 3th of En Eidwaml S. Price. Bap'ist
lm*nt-«Ur. Each has had two trials ■
a mistrial retultitg iu the first trial
of each
Williamston
School Loses In a
Well flayed (iame
The Wrihaa&rlou htgh chool team
went down iu defeat before Nash
vn'le here at the Dixie Warehouse Fri
day The local p!arf.l a
good g.-me rt*>le'i«r the size of
, their ip|imrwt-s. aid that this Imnr
I r~
! their first game. Na bville hi. a good
teem ard showbl go a ling way to
wards the State championship if they
continiie playing as they did Friday
right. Altogether the- was the best
high school team thai has brew here.
The Willi—Sin H.rh school will
play Wmdsr here toaught. and Ihls
should be aa totorestißg game for
the tww tram- are about evenly match
e»l. with the *>M) favoring Williams
-1 The local "own team etao-hrdlu-h
Aler the sehcdided rme Friday
night. the local towa team «h-fe; 'e>l
o
the Wmdnr-NashwHe ccmNna'-ir-n
team. This was a much f .-t cr frame
than the fir-t; the Urjlf simply h»l
their ip;m nt orcb&ied The play
ing of Wolfe. Ilasea xi»l Orleans
feat ureal for Willmm^toß.
RUSS BROTHERS ARE
TOY HEADQUARTERS
In this Mar of The Enterpns*-.
Rass Brother-, of Wi-kartun, have
a very attractive ax - i mini merit o f
Santa Class heskpiitetx. aad as they
annn. —r ia their advertisement, you
caa have aaly vague ideas of what
they realy have in *t««h 'o tefcrt
from ssh N TOW gne their store •
rML
In their loag yerrs of husi' r ess. Res -»
a ,
Brat be rx have always ea'eie-! V- g v
mg good value at a little less em
when it came* ta gills whkh ever>
merchaat has ta charge a lit'le high
expense uaui lnii the business done,
they always hold their prices tu th>
rack bsttaaa.
Whether purchasing for the
tots, school rbJdna or the glow a sjv
paa will be aaaased at the large srlec'
taoa offered at Ran Brother* Theii
stock wiR rival aay ■ Warfalk. Rich
■mad, Rilrigh. or aay of the larger
cities of the country; aad the peoplr
iag such a tamri in laracad oo do e
to theaa.
Mr. aa Mrs. G. W. Haidicsm aad
in u r' Mam Gsthenre Ma
rj Davis arfll leave Thursday for IV
tonhucg. abut They aril spend the
holidays with Mr aad Mrs F. U
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BAILEY BROTHERS
VOLUNTARILY GO
, IN BANKRUPTCY
i
Liabilities  iiven at s7ll,
000 aiul Assets at
$2,600,000
;
V I \ STON -SA I.KM , Dec. IC—One
of *he b'rve-t -mashes in the tobac j
1 C" m&nufrc urn; industry of North
j Can : beraftw ' novrn definitely jes-
IfiiL.) whea. Uuiley Brothers, of *'»
sto» -5" a voluntary petition
ir. ' ...ki-jp.- in the United States
di-'tro c..-rt u '.■een.-boro.
L>ahiltt i > lite pet:tiou ace listevl
"*:it !v ntoie tin fTIIXW and as
s-et • a; a) proximsJely f J.Cot>.««o
N.> h-ftn..e wtwn was taken oi tho
« S
petit! n y«—tenfciy as Judge James E
lfcj«!'s illness ha? made it necessary
for him not to handle any busiar»»
at present The paper according to J
K 1- Blaylock, clerk of the court.;
will lie sent immediately to Ju-lge E.
\ates Webb of Shelby, and it is ex-
I pectcl thar he will appoint a receiv
| er or receivers in the next few days.
Gwsip about the affairs of Bailey
It r> there has hern bandied about North
Carolina for months and news of the
bankruptcy will not come as a sur
prise to many A large stock
-filing campaign was started by the
company about two years ago anil a
vast amount of the stock has been
sold since thro throughout central
North Carolina ami parts of other
states
F. R_ Bailey, rice prmdrnt of the
company. ma>le the statement yester
la> that the amount of stork mid
in this manner was Ac
conlinir to coi»n*»n report, most of
this has Um sold in small fat* tu
farmers and working people.
The tobacco manufacturing
oonipany in Wuistoa-Salem. Bailey
Brothers, ha- leen a familiar namr
■n North Carolina f.. r half a century.
The company started business in
Sta'fsville but nv.vrd to Winston-Sa-
I'-m in lsT2. where it has heen ever
'inc. Fartona in State-ville were
ahai-loned at the time of the move
Zta? little manufacturing wan duae in
tho e day ■ n>l lUib-v BrotHerv at
tai'.«l a on n- trade.
M. D. Bailey, one of the original bro
thers. is S'III at the bead of the com
Many.
MUCH OITTON USED IN
MONTH OF NOVEMBER
S3I.CSU Running Bale» of Lam. mmd
Bales of Lnlerv I'ncd
lb.nag lad Moath
WASHINGTON. Dec 17 -GotKm
consume"l during November inniusli il
to W1 .#>3l running hair a of liat «~l
l>ales of lia'ers compared with
M 1,125 cf lint and £7.17* of lintors
in October this year aad &79.1 M of
'i--"t ar.d B.IS of linters ia Novcm
er la " ye- r, the cer.-a» bureau au
rwu mj bday.
Cotton on hand November 30 was
is 'ollows:
In rwisvming establishmtuta .1,438.-
bI.S pales of Uat and of liat.
ers compared with 1 of b-*
>ad of lintera on October 31,
this year and 1.724,468 a# fat aad
f6.21l of I inters a year ago.
L.i public storage aad at eoaapram- 4
es bales at line «d 43jMB 1
of lintera compared with M«M» of 1
lint and 35>10 *f lintera oa October 1
31. ♦hi* ye-r and 4.197.MS of Imt md '
("S of liatorti a year 1
Imports during November totalled '
•Wl brie*, crmparud with 7JSI6 m *
'"tder 'his year aad «JUI m No- '
i rmbr Hat year.
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Whea you take a bautoeaa or plaao- «
are trip phaae 41 Tour fHaadfa wuat
THIS mmmt ■ CATAU OF
smife ama mixed with
AHOUTK OOUBTEST—TBT IT
ESTABLISHED ISM.
BETTEM SEKVKE FBOM
I NIVKKSfTT EXTENSION
DIVISION NEXT YEAR
Director C. D. Snell It the City Ta
dny Ammgmg for Bmiw»
To Br Rendered
IVarr D. Saell, diicctor oL tb«
luwrnty of North Cirnli..* Exien
sion divuiw spe-t today u> the city
nafrmaf with official- of local organ
isations aril anaigiiiK for certain ser
vices to br mulcnil them by the
Uuversity next jwr. While in the
city Mr. Snell stated that be was deep
ly impressed with the progressive way
in wturh community problem* are be
in* handled locally
"In its effort U> render «ome odu
ratMul xn ire to every citizen of
the Suite." said Mr. SnHI. "the Ex
• tension division is constantly enlarg
' ing aad wv letting its field of Work
; Kegnfcar fla>*s of college subject* are
■>« held in over two score cities of
the State front Waynesville to Wash
ington. TVw classes which are taught
by the pm''--Jors from Chapel Hill
meet once or twice a week and col
lege credr. may be secured by tho-«
«b> meet all the I'niversity rnjuire
■Mta.
"livlntdual* who cannot attend col
lege or thee extension classes may
take correspondence courses and de
rive the same kind of benefit. A larre
number of new rorrespomtrnce cours
es,- aid Mr Snell. "hare been added
this year hi the lrpartment* of edu
cation. hist-ry. commence, Kngtoh,
reolovy. German. latm. mathematics
psychology. Preach, public welfare, ec
om«lki an «T n rishny.**
mm Lrrrmncs o*f
BECOBD n« THE YEAB
Mwhn Are Thai There Will Be
(My Ahnri Half Aa Man
(
Aa Lart Year
COU'HBUS. 0.. Dee. 18. "The
last 12 months have nuute a golden
> far m the lynching record of tlie
MBitn." it was declared in a state
ment presented tat the afternoon «*-
siaa of the executive committee of
The federal council of churrhea today
br its CMnnifKW on race relations.
Imhratiens are that 192J will have
only half as many lynching* as 1922.
according to the report J. J. Eagan.
of Atlanta, is chairman of the com
mittee. aad W. U. Alexander, of At
lanta. anl Dr. 00/ge K. llaynes of
New York are secretaries.
The -Catrmei.l of the cnrnmisMoii
presented by I»r. II j nee told of the
campaign of education against lynch
ing carried on by the churches, of the
remarkable cooperation given by the
presi. mf the eoanl rv, not only in the
«>ath. bnt al-o in the north, but said
in the first six months of 1923 there
were or-lfr 14 lynching* in the l~lifted
Steles. 13 of them being negro rir
tiaas. In the Int ax month* of 1922
there were 3$ lynching* and in the
int six aiuntlia of 1921 there were
33 lynching*.
TH E I HORSES BASKED
FBOM ASPHALT BOAD
m—m—«
Not an aaay years ago, "tunekss
were called, were ordered off the
streets of at least one la Bm city.
Now the order hat keen iim nd, far
in Tern Hair, ham drawn übicias
are prahaitrl from nang certain
streoLs ha the dona town *iatiii t Ex
uptian is aih. hoaana. far horm
A