THE ENTERPRISE
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Williamston, North Carolina*"*^
W. C. Manning Editor
Subscription Price
(Strictly cash in advance)
1 year-I-.. ..- -
6 months •••••
3 months - —— -
Entered at the post office at Williamston, N. C..
as second-class matter under the act oi March 3,
1879. "™> • ,
Address all communications to The Enterprise
Tobacco \
Tobacco seems to hove gripped the
people of tlus Miction oi Carotina,
V'Ht'tt' ittti't- ; iii-utidt produced
annually. , • ,
The low prices and pool erfff? loi
the past few years have worked a
great hardship 011 tlie farmer.-, which
has reuched out nikil practically
every business interest .in the country
has suffered thereby.
The apparent good crop just har
vested has built up a spirit of opti
mism 111 the business circles, and tot
more than a month' tlie business nerve
of the farmer, banker, merchant, and
most of the other fellow has stood
on keen h'pp'ng for good prices
this year,-most,of them to struggle.
Income Tax Returns Interesting
Publishing the list of Federal in
come tux payers mukt*> pretty inter
esting reading. i'lie figure.-- for
North Carolina show tliiit a very large
jiercelltajfe of the to*-is paid 'half
(tozi'ii tobacco and cotton manitfact
"tnrers. - '— V'
W. M. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem,
ieads with* just a fraction less than a
quarter of a million dollars. The next
i: C. A. Cannon, a cotton manufact
urer of Concord, who paid $112,349.38.
So fur as we could gather from the
report, there is not a single cotton norj
School Days Again
■Next week marks the most import
unt event ir out activiUtc. Die open
ing of our public schools. After all
is said and done, nothing coint's as
muc has general, uniform training,
which puts all people of all classes l on
t; common level. It is the anfy way
to lift up the weak. Uuild the brain,
and the body will take care of it.;elf.
Several schools of the county open
OI.DHICKOm CHIPS
The air-plane really runs over more
people than the automobile.
As the Antisaloon league figures,
the Virginia primaries Virginia's Byrd
is a swallow.
Ned Hawkins says there's nothing
some people enjoy reading so much
as something that makes them highly
indignant. v. I
NOW OPENTV
«The 17th Series of the. Building and Loan Association Is Now Open
Buy Your Stock and Begin Saving Today—Don't Put It Off
v It Is the Safest of All Investments.- 4 per cent interest
FOR PARTICULARS -- SEE A. T. CRAWFORD
Martin County Building and Loan Association
f,-/..i-*. • ■ v. - ■ ■ ■■
1 ut of the debt grip which has pressed
aown and almost crushed the brow of
every industry'ojterating in our com-1
m unity.
Thousands rushed to the markets
which opened September Ist, and the
general low prices prevailing on the
leading markets cast a damper over
the people generally. Price* were
something like 20 per cent under the
■1924 opening,- estimated on the gen
eral sayings- The gloom was lifted
to some extent on the second, when
prices seemed to climb some.
With the opening prices as a basis
for the season, the profit to the far-
I mer for his 1i»25 tobacco crop will not
j be large. 1
tobacco farmer on the entire list. On
ly a few merchants appear in the list,
some few who operate on a big scale
' paying small sums.
By far the greatest amount of
taxes came from manufacturers
-,1 .
of the following products':
First: Tobacco; second, cotton; and
. third, furniture.
The profits in manufacturing ac
counts for the strengthening of the
r"
, Piedmont, while the cotton and to
-1 bacco Coastal Plain section grows
• poorer.
•f
Monday, while others open on
ither days through the week. The
Williamston school opens Monday, the
10th.
Parents should make every possible
effort to have their children on hand
promptly the first day, with the prop
er books, and keep them on the job
every school day, which is the only
way to build a school snd a child.
Rolling stones may not gather any
moss, but you can't sit on one.
"What is the value of a naval base
harbor which our battleships can not
get into?" a,sks Senator Hale. Well,
the enemy can't get in either, if that
helps any.
Mr. Doheny is talking a good deal.
Hut the $ 100,000 he lent to Secretary
Fall talks the loudest.
THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON, N. C
Have We Stood the Te£?
_— _ ' , x
The capital stock of a bank is some protection to its depositors.
BUT... c A bank's capital stock may become impaired. y -~
' > ' ;
A large surplus is a protection to a bank's depositors, ~. . f
BLJ'l 1 ••• A large surplus may be LOST.
The double liability of the stock-holders of a bank is a protection to the depositors,
111 The stockholders may go broke or they may go into bankruptcy or put their property in
I M I their wife's name and thereby dodge their obligations. > .
Nar rowed down to language we can all understand the willingness and financial abil
ity of the officers and directors of a bank to stand by in stormy times, under all and any cir
"** '■ :** • - ' . \ . . j, • 0 ' ■' : F 1.. -
cumstances IS THE REAL guarantee of the depositors.
1
It is necessary that they have both these attributes. They might be willing and not be able.
They might be able and not willing. It is absolutely necessary that they have both.
THE DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK HAVE NOT ONLY WILLING MINDS BUT READY
POCKET BOOKS AND HAVE SHOWN BY THEIR ACTIONS THAT THEY WILL
STAND BY THIS BANK AND COMMUNITY IN ANY AND ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
1 -- "'' ' 4 . J'~ v - *. •' * i*,
We Especially invite you to sell your tobacco in Williamston, the highest market in the State
: =T ; f- - .
and we will be glad to cash your checks.
MONEY DEPOSITED IN THIS BANK IS SAFE.
WE INVITE THE FULLEST INVESTIGATION. COME IN TO SEE US.
\ ' * .■»?
« &
0 -4 0 *
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Williamston. N. C.