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THE ENTERPRISE Published * Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY Williamston, North Carolina W. C. Maiming - Editor 1 """ • * ' ~~ f Subscription Price (Strictly cash in advance) 1 year - - - * 51.50 ti months - 80 B months - -45 Entered at the post oriiee at VV iliiamston, N. C. as second-class matter under the act of March 3. 1879. • Address ail communications to The Enterprise * Put Children in School—Not in Cotton Field The best way 10 solve the price of, \otton is to put the children who are ~ producing the oversupply or cotton | in school. I . .... The South works her children in the cotton field 100 much and keeps them in school too little. Those children who are entitled toj go to school and who are kepi out tOj raise more cotton evidently swell the crop 2() per cent every Vear, in o -her j words, the South ii> producing three, and a halt million bales ofcotton this j year by sacrificing the oppoi tunnies j of its school children, and the big j ctop we have will not sell 101 as much as- the smaller crop would have j brought. . _ ~T 1 in our own county, according to' tnej best figures and esimates obtainable, our 10, OUt) bales of cotton will actu ally cost SB7o,OUU for production; unci 11 will not sell Xoi ...ore than SOOO,OOO, a net loss of $275,000—a sum than our entire county taxes. Ex perts, and everybody else, tell us the' trouble is too much cotton. . When the Southern boys and girls are taken out of the cotton field, and j thereby reduced the production, we! will get more money for our crop and be able to pay the difference. The solutioit of the question can come in no other way iiian through education. We may .-ay that we must i,ave -the children -ttT-*vt>rk, but it is net true; it is only a system of slav ery fr6ni which they ran never emerge —ignorance will keep any mun on his knees as long as he,lives. . • U is a harsh statement to 'make— yet' it is true—that the rank and file ( of cotton farmers in the South are losing for want of intelligence. NOTICE OF SALE OF KEAL ES TATE Under and by virtue of the power iuid authority contained in a certain «'eed of trust executed to the under signed trustee by A. O. Brown and wife, Agnes Brown, on the 21st day tif June, 1924, and of record in the public registry of Martin County in; book Q-2, at page 143, said deed of J trust having been given to secure cer tain notes of even date and tenor therewith, and default having been J made in the payment of the said notes and the stipulations contained in the said deed of trust not having been f complied with, and at the request of the holders of the said notis the under -signed trustee will 011 Saturday, the 6th day of November, 1926, at 12 o'- clock m., in front of the, courthouse door in the town of Williamston, | North Carolina, offer lor sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described leal estate, to wit: First tract: A one half undivided interest in the following described land, lying, and being in the town of 1 Williamston 011 Washington Street, bounded on the north by S. S. Had ley and the colored Masonic Lodge, 011 the West by Elm Street, and on the south and southeast by Washing-! ton Street, and containing 1-2 acre 1 more or less and being he same land I deeded to J. I), blade and A l . O.! JJrown by Ellis William and others ' by deed dated January 26th, 1919, , and of record in the public registry of Martin County in book B-2, at page 113. Saving and excepting from the operation of this deed that part of said land heretofore deeded to W. &. Faulk, B. S. Courtney, and the Williamston Realty & Improvement Co. Said deeds being of record in the public registry of Martin County in book D-2, at page 167, book E-2, at page 274, book D-2, at page 159, and book E-2, at page 6a Second tract: Being the house and lot and vacant lot on Pearl Street in titt town of Williamston, N. C., where Ida Slide formerly resided and being The negro i.s the only man making a clear penny out of cotton today. | irr is organized and'gets a good price j lor picking. He is operating under U:a: fundamental law—self-preserva tion being the fir.st law of nature. He i getting as much for picking 12- cent cotton this year as he got for I picking 20-cent cotton last year. He 1 not to blame, because he would vir j tcally • starve if he had to tuke any I price handed him, as the white farm jer does for his cotton. "So the pro ducer is making 110 profit but actually I losing about yd per cent, while the I cotton pickers arc making a living v. age lor picking the cotton. -v- ] When the Southern cotton farmer I 1,, to exercise a:; much sense as llie cotton picker does, by organizing lib bu iness and working in harmony v.ith his farming brethren, he will get 11 profit, too. But the greatest of all needs is for 1 she cotton farmer to take his chil riien out of the cotton patch and put ! ihem in school for at least eight months in the year. This will auto matically raise the price of cotton and prepare his children to face the bat | tic lines of life. This generation and the next and the next will all be much better off. tht same land willed to Julius S. Peel in the last will and testament of N. S Peel of record in will book No. 5, at pap;e 411. Saving and excepting from ERe operation of this deed of trust, that part of said land hereto fore deeded by . aid A. O. Brown to Virginia Sherrod by deed of record ii book E-2, at page 2fi9. This the 6th day 0' October, 1926. -""ELUEIiT S. PEKL, 012 Trustee. 1 1 Solid Car Load Wilson Heaters Cook Stoves, Ranges Heady for Immediate Delivery Car Load Wire • Unlimited Supply of Nails, Guns, Shells Ivor Johnson 12, 16, and 410 gauge Guns, Single and Double Barrel Western and Winchester Shot Gun Shells All Cheap for Cash . Culpepper Hardware Co. Stores in Elizabeth City, Edenton, and WILLIAMSTON, N. C. . * Another Great Prison Reform The greatest of all reforms, as well as the most striking piece of economy, e\er invented or introduced in North Carolina has just been set in motion at our State penitentiary! To Gover nor Angus W. McLean and the Hon. '•n George Ross Pugh go the honors for this splendid piece of economy. It seems that there happens to be two printers in the -penitentiary. Of course the crime charged against them was foi speaking the truth—so far as we know, that is the only law violation ever committed by either editor or printer in this State. So our officials conceived the idea that the State should go into the printing business, and the penitentiary is the spot from whence this work comes. Of course, the whole State is very proud of its printing plant But perhaps the governor and the superintendent of the prison forgot to study the statistics before they made a big investment for expensive printing machinery; for if they had, [ they would have found that there is not a printer sent to the penitentiary on an average of but one each 90 years, and they would have seen at once that as soon as the two now there are pardoned there will not be a soul there who can set type «/r lock up a form. Then we will have a bunch of machinery on our hands to rust out. But it is all right. Perhaps the gentlemen in their anxiety to make the prisoners happy have decided to put everybody to work. It is expected that the next step " ill be to discharge the attorney gen f .al, the State solicitors, and other le employees, and let the lawyers in the penitentiary do the State's prac f Ve. You see there are a goodly i. umber of lawyers there. They could save heavy legal fees, which the State is called upon annually pay out fc.i legal advice. The corporation commission, the University, and the State College at Raleigh all have tangles, requiring lawyers to unravel them. When this reform is put into motion, all that saving will help the State prison pay its expenses. Another reform can easily be made, just let some of the doctors in the ' pen" roll the pills and discharge the prison physicians. What a saving that would bal 1 They may also be able to do away with the prison chaplain. Doubtless THE fcNTEBPBI&fc—WLLLLAMBTOM, N. C they have some preaching material that might be Worked up to take the job. Then it may be that the prison will boon organize a line of chain stores for the purpose of furnishing gro ceries, etc., to itself and the public. That would probably save the State a few dimes and not interfere with private business very much. The State has heretofore adhered to a policy of non-competitive operations in the prison, but now it seems that it proposes to enter all fields where a penny can be saved. But will it pay in the end ? FOR SALE: SECOND-HAND IRON safe for sale cheap. $50.00 See J. Rogers & Bro., Bear Grass. 019 4t N-OT-I-GE OF TAXES The tax books of the Town of William ston are now open. A discount of one per cent will be given on all taxes paid in the months of October and November. On all ■ taxes paid during the month of January, ' after the first day of that month, a penalty of one per cent per month shall be charged. On all taxes paid during the month of Feb- I'uary, after the first day of that month, a penalty of two per cent shall be added. On all taxes paid after the month of February, an additional penalty of one per cent for •each additional month of delay in settle ment shall be charged. * . This the Bth day of October, 1926. W. B. DANIEL, Tax Collector, For Town of Williamston. THE GREATEST OF ALL EXPOSITIONS—THE Coastal Plain Fair Tarboro, North Carolina Odtober 26, 27, 28, 29 4 Joyous Days and Nights The Greatest Agricultural Exposition in Eastern North Carolina HORSE RACING, MUSIC, FUN, FROLIC AND FIREWORKS Big Free Attractions (DOUBLE ANY EVER SHOWN IN PAST) EDGECOMBE COUNT Y RUNNING RACES Hog Calling Contest Wednesday, 3 o'clock, in front of the Grand Stand. SIO.OO First Prtie; $5. 00 Second "Apples for Health, Inc." Apples for Health, Inc., is aa or ganization formed and incorporated at a recent meeting of American ap ple grower* held in Chicago. It has been said for ages that most people need to eat fruit for health. The old adage, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is doubtless true. The apple growers believe in adver tising; they believe that to make peo ple eat more apples, in order that they may have a better market for their product, they must make the general public see the need to eat apples. For that reason, they are making a real campaign in advertising apples for health. Our country's apple growers are putting about 350,000 barrels of ap pIM on the market each day now. They see the need to teach people the importance of using thli.i to tvc d rlutting the market. The power to suggest and make the people think to cat appless will make a much larg er demand. The grower pays a half a c:n. r.«. bushel ict & fund to be used in an advertising' campaign. This scheme | will insure a stronger market for ap-; pies for years to come. Unforturtately, the cotton farr..er Democratic Meetings The candidates of I.to Democratic par ty will hold meetings lv. Martin County at the following: places a 1 0 o'clock p. m., on dates mentioned below. All citizens are cordially iavited to at tend the meetings. Tuesday Night, Oct. 19th—Sandy Ridge Schoolhouse and Hasaells Wednesday Night, Oct. 20th— Cross Roads and Farm Life School Thurtday Night, October 2i«>. —Oak City Friday Night, October 22nd—Hardens and Gold Point Monday Night, October 25th—Lilleys Hall and Parmele Tuesday Night, October 26th —Robersonville Wednesday Nigiit, October 27th —Jumesville Thursday Night, October 28th —Hamilton Friday Night, Oc.ober 29th—Bear Grass Saturday Night, October 30tJi— Mills Schoolhouse and Fairview Monday Night, November Ist—Everetts Clayton Moore Chairman Executive Committee makes r.c effort to increase the de mand for cotton. If he would convince the women the women of the world that their legs look as pretty with cotton as v.ith silk hose, it would absorb a good por tion of our big surplus crop, yet, so far as we know, the cotton farmer has mai'e no effort along this or any ether line. FOn J gA.LE: ONE BREAKFAST j Fet; one 4-burner stover (Florence ! aii oinatic); one coal stove | 3i.e kitchen cabinet, one refrigerator, ■;vrral other articles. Cheap for q .ick sale. K. P. Lindsley.
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