THE ENTERPRISE
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Williamston, North Carolina
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W. C. Manning * Editor
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We Should Have a Consolidated School
Williamston township should con- It is high time that this township
solidate its schools, having a uniform should establish one strong central
township tax to support the one and wort l,-while school with high
central school. This problem is one of enouJfh juslify proper
the greatest facing this community
/ equip IIOBL for a first grade high
and it is deserving of immediate at
- „ \ school,
tcnion of all.
The Williamston school at present | Not only should the small outlying
taxes itself 35 cents on the one J school he interested in coming in, but
hundred dollar valuation for a stand- j tin Williamston school
HTII_ to get in.
and Burroujihs schools ull run along Lr. This w one of the bost important
oil the same old one-teacher system | tasks for the people of this township
with no local tax to lengthen the ! today, and they should not delay tHe
terms. j task hut meet the duty promptly.
Fire First in Violent Death List in State
The January violent death list in of fire to working women who are ex-
North Carolina places the automobile posed to out-door fires is not half
in second place as the cause of thr , great as it was when the long skirt
-—second gr atest number " of deaths, j was in style. Yet, there are still tooi
Fire ionwjs first. many deaths brought about by fire.
It is just a little hard to believe Fire drills at school and frequent J
that more than 40 people came to safety lectures will reduce this hor- j
their death in this state in the month rible death list.
rf January by fire. Most of these Like the automobile death roll, thei
cases were from the .careless use of fire list cannot be entirely wiped out, j
high explosives. because there are a few unavoidable
Fortunately the short dress offers accidents yet, many of them can be'
safety as well as scenery. The danger prevented by simple precaution.
Semi-Vulgarity Gaining Ground
Semi-vulgarity seems to be gaining 'it seems to be nothing more than
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ground in the common every-day walk iin expression of daring impudence and
and talk of people. utter neglect of the finer traits of
It is quite common to hear a woman, , ~ . ,
i l)le to hear the many expressions of
well dressed, face highly painted, . . ...
; the day among the women at the
blurt out some brazen curse word , . ... . , - ,
drug stores, the play grounds, the
publicly these days, just as if the so-: . , ■"..
; street, and other places.
ciety of today demands roughness
... ~ .. , , . Perhaps they do not know that
rather than gentleness and modesty. j
~ , . , ~, even as rough and careless an animal
Such expressions as kiss my foot
~ , , , ~ las man can see such things and that
l-.s well as hundreds#of others are
„ , , , - . , ! they have abouft the same effect on his
often heard coming from fine girls, '
, , . . . ideas of wfomanhood as a smear of
who, from all appearances, seem to \ iv
.... i lampblack/on white paint.'
know no better. I T
The cursing habit as well as the Wesjfould remember that modes»y
use of fffhii-vulgar expressions shoukl is -n fjme virtue, an expression of the
be discouraged. While the best people j higher qualities while the vulgarity
-r do not do it, yet their'children and and "rough stuff" is nothing more
grand children are fast learning the j than' an outhgrowth of the baser
degrading habit. ~ ! qualities in us.
Quantity, Not Quality
There seems to be too many candi- niilk. Yet, everybody knows all the
dates for the presidency. talk about Coolidge's third term is
Of course, the Republicans are not only an empty compliment His party
saying much because they want many if oh the sharp look out for a man of
good favors Mr. Coolidge and the popular type. Though they are
cannot afford not to keep on the good not saying a word they seem to think
side of him as long as he gives good it wiser to spring something new.
I AM HANDLING
FERTILIZER
this season from Griffin Bros. Warehouse,
Room No. 2
Keep a fiill supply on hand at all times
and a man to deliver it
[ JC. B. Hassell
Flat Iron Building
When it comes to the Democrats, it
k quite another „ .situation. The A 1
Smith adherents and the W. G. Me-
Adoo followers are still talking and
are almost quarreling. Apparently
the quarrel is over two impossibilities,
[ for each one is trying to grab a big
life preserver with which to swim to
shore with, each claiming to be what
the other isn't. They are both big
men, no doubt, but they stand in the
line of the impossibles.
There is a third fellow who covets
the democratic nomination, Jim Reed,
of Missouri. He Is' strong, a man of
ability, with much experience, yet
totally unfit in spirit. He is always
against the other folks, right or
wrong. He thinks every animal in the
pasture bas longer ears than he; yet,
he brays the loudest of all. He may
well enter the swim with many stones
»
around his neck.
I Uu to now nothing pfeenfinent and
j outstanding has been presented by
! any party.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
! of sale contained in that certain deed
i of trust executed to the undersigned
on the 22nd day of March, 1922 re
corded in Martin County registry in
! Book N 2 page 321, &yciuiug- wto/to
> bthid^f and the
1 stipulations not having been complied
i with, and at the request of the holder
I of said bonds, the undersigned will on
| the 27th day of March, 1927 at 12
o'clock noon offer at public sale, in
front of the court house door in the
town of Williamston, N. C. to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
One certain tract or parcel of land
adjoining the lands of Burt Mayo, W.
*l. Thomas and others, and contain
ing 25 acres, more or less, and being
the same lands where John A. Ben
r.ett now lives.
This the 4th day of February, 1927.
T. B. SLADE, JR.,
2-JB-4t Trustee.
DONT FORGET TQ STOP AT JOHN A's
Orange Front
Grocery Store
~~~ QUICK SERVICE WITH A gMiTg
All Cereals such as oatmeal, cornflakes, Post Toasties, Grit* 10c
All 5c candies 4 l-2c Klim, lb. size 75c
All Penny candy, 6 for 5c Klim, 2 1-2 lb size $1.65
Cracker Jacks, 2 for 9c Klim, 5 lb. size $3.15
Tub Butter, Meadow Gold, 59c Karo Syrup, 11-2 lb size ... 13c
Old Hardison Mill Water Karo Syrup, 5 lb. size 35c
Ground Meal lb 3c Kaor Syrup, 10 lb. size 65c
Bread, loaf 9c
Lux .> 11c
Red Bond toilet paper, 3 for 25c gtar md Red Devi , , ye 2 2g) ,
Velvet Crepe toilet paper, 6 28c p and G Soapi 6 for 2 5c
Campbells Tomato soup, 3c 25c Guest Ivory soap, 2 for 9c
Campbells Pork and Beans 3 25c Laundry Med. Ivory, 2 for 15c
Chum Salmon . 15c All 10c Toilet soap, 3 for - 25c
PEANUT BUTTER, Beechnut Wesson Oil, pts. 27c
Small Size 12c r Wesson Oil, qts 49c
Medium Size 18c
„ . Z~~. T Snowdrift Lard, 2lb : 41c
, e MM, small size 6c Snowdrift Lard, 4 lb. 80c
Pet Milk, large size 12c Snowdrift 8 , b . a6O
Eagle Brand Milk 20c : -
BAKING POWDER FLOUR, (Self-Rising)
Horsfords . 15c ® unse '" 1 * '5?
1A Sunset, 24 lb 99
Rumfordi, 1-4 lb 10c Sunget alb L 95
p 'li £ Jersey 12 lb. 60
Rumfords, lb 29c Jergey , b Lls
VINEGAR Jersey, 48 lb 2.25
White House, pint 12c Ballards Plain & Self-Rising:
White House, quart 21c 12 lb. 73c; 24 lb. $1.39; 481b. $2,75
White House, 1-2 gaL 39c Ballard* Middling $2.35
White House, gal 75c (^ ld Meda j Middling $2.10
Maxwell House Coffee 50c Ballards Best scratch feed $2.90
J. A. Manning & Co.
J. A. MANNING and W. O GRIFFIN, Proprietors.
THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Big Returns in |
Liming Lands
For Tobacco
Kaeigh, February 10.—Liming land
tc be set in tobacco has brought an
average increased yield for five years
of 190.41 pounds of leaf and an in
creased value of $68.8# per acre.
"These results are for the five years •
of 1920, 1921, 1922,
says E. G. MOBS, tobac* specialist
and superintendent of the Touacco
Branch Station near Oxford in Gran
ville county. "The tobacco harvested 1
in 1926 was loet by fire and the crop,,
of 1926 has not yet been graded. \»
order that those interested may have'
the results of our work for the com
ing season, we are releasing our |
figures for the five years given. These j
results were obtained by comparing j
the -yields and value from the limed
end of 86 plats with the unlimed
end. Magnesium Limestone was ap
plied at the rate of one toll per acre
broadcast about sixty days before .the
tobacco was transplanted.
"Thin aeries runs in a throe-year
rotation with tobacco, oats and rye.
The oats are harvested for hay, after
which soy beans are broadcasted on
tlic land and the resulting crop plow
' ed under. The rye is cut for seed and
the land left to grow to weeds which
I are plowed under and followed by to
bacco the next spring."
The tests by Mr. Moss fhow that u
;i total^
with a value of $545.41 was harvest
j ed from each acre of the unlimed half
during the five years. From the limed
part of the field a total yield per
Here of 4,423.52 pounds of leaf was
harvested during the five years with
a value of SBB9 83. This makes a
yearly average of 694.29 pounds with
a value of $109.08 from the unlimed
portion of 'the field and a yearly
average of 884.70 pounds with a
value of $177.96 per acre from the
limed porttoi.. The average increase
due to liming was 190.41 pound., with
a value oil $68.88 per acre.
. The combined circulation of A
nerica's 18,400 newspapers is forty
five million copies.
LEGAL NOTICES
! NOTICE
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LANDS
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in that certain deed of
trust executed and delivered unto J.
C. Smith, trustee, by B. H. Boberson
and wife, on the first day of Jan.,
1923, to secure a certain bond of even
date, and of record in the office of
the register of deeds, for Martin
County, in book H, 2, page 201; and
! the stipulations therein contained not
' having been complied with and the
sakl bond being past due and unpaid
and upon demand of the owner of
suid bond, the undersigned, will, on
the 6th. day of March, 1927,
at ten o'clock a. m., in front of Bank
• w Robersonville, in town of Roberson
ville, said county and state, expose to
public sale, for cash, the following
: described lands, to-wit:
t Situate in Robersonville Township,
! Martin County, North Carolina, and
better described as follows, to-wit: >
First Tract: Being the house and
lot where the said B. H. Roberson
and wife now live, and on the comer
of Green and Main Streets in the town
lof Robersonville, and bound on the,
- North by Green Street, on East by
Alain street, on South by lands of J
Heeta Koberson and on the West by j
the larvds of J. C. Smith.
Second Tract. Being a one-fourth
undivided interest in and to the Tom
Juiinson gin-house lot, situate on the
North side of the Railroad (A. C. L.
R. II.), in said town, adjoining the
lands of J. H. Koberson, Jr„ Spier
R. Jen
kin" and others, and being known as
the Tom Johnson gin lot.
Third Tract. Situate on the East
side of Main street in the town of
(.old j?£>int. and bound on N. by lands
of J. H. Bell, on South by lands of
Susan Edmondson, on West by said
street and on the East by, lands of
! Jack Covurn.
Fourth Tract. Being the Thomas L.
Johnson, Ben Whitfirled and others,
and being a one-fourth undivided in
telfst therein.
Fifth tract: Being a one-half undi- (
vided interest in and to the old W. A.
Roberson & Co., store lot, situate on
the west side of Main Street in the
town of Robersonville, bounded on E.
by center of said street, on north by j
LEGAL NOTICES
Kn of Lida Parker, on south by
s of J no. Highs mith, and known
a« old W. A. Roberson ft Co. store
lot
Sixth tract: Being a one-half undi
vided interest in that certain tract of
land, situate on north side of road
leading from Gold Point to William
bton, N. C., bounded on north by lands
of Jack Co burn, on east by lands of
J. J. Weaver on south by lands of
others and said road, on west by the
lands of John Williams, containing 25
acres, more or less.
Seventh tract: Situate in said Town
ship, and on canal in picture swamp,
bounded on north by lands of Henry
Roberson, on east by J. R. Roebuck
lands, on south by lands of S. L.
Grimes, on west by lands of J. E.
Roberson and known as the pasture
lands.
This January 81, 1927.
J. C. SMITH,
fl 4tw Trustee.
SALE OP VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred upon us in a deed of trust
executed by Jesse A. Leggett and
wife, Katie Alen Leggett, on the
26th day of May, 1923, and recorded
in book 0-2, page 857, we will on Sat
urday the 26th day of February, 1927,
at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse
door in Williamston, N. C., aefl at
public auction for cash to the highest
bidder the fojlowiaj feed, wit*:'
-AtfUart. certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Poplar Point
Township, Martin County, North Car
MASCOT
LIME IN THE SOIL IS NECESSARY FOR
BIG ACRE YIELDS AJID MAKES
MANURE AND FERTILIZER
WORTH MORE
Lime Makes More
Corn and Soy Beans
At the Ohio Experiment Station there is
a series of 30 test plots, one end of each plot
having been sweetened by ground.. Lime
stone and the other getting no Limestone.
Every imaginable fertilizer combination
has been used down this line of plots. In no
case has as much corn been grown on the
unlimed half of a plot, as grew the half re
ceiving Limestone.
The Limestone has in all cases increased
the yield by five bushels per acre, and on
some plots as much as fifteen bushels to the
acre.
Every year thousands of tons of commer
cial fertilizer fail to bring full returns be
cause the fertilizer is used on fields that are
too sour for any kind of fertilizer to do its
best. --
What millions of acres need is lime; then
fertilizer has a full chance to make a profit.
MASCOT
High Grade Uniform Magnesia-Calcium
Agricultural Lime Kiln Dried
is
(MASCOT)
TRADE MARK REGISTERED
Best for All Crops
If Your Dealer Can't Furnish MASCOT—
Write Us
American
Limestone Co.
Knoxville - Tennessee
| LEGAL NOTICES
olina, containing 96 and 1-4 acres,
more or leas, bonded on the north by
the lands of Taylor and Leggett, on
the east by the lands of J. L. Wynn,
on the south by the lands of Griffin
and Harris, and on the west by the
lands of Joseph Harris, and being the
same land deeded to Jesse A. Leggett
by J. W. Allen and wife, by deed dat
ed December 10,1906, and of record in
the public registry of Martin County,
in book SSS, at page 15, and more
particularly described as follows, to
wit:
Beginning at a pine stomp, the cor- v
ner between Joseph Harris and the
land herein described; thence S. 82
S-4 E. 119 poles to Moon Spring
Branch, thence N. 8 1-2 E. 40 poles,
thence N. 61 E. 48 poles, thenee S.
81 1-2 E. 86 poles, thenee S. 28 E. 16
poles, thence N. 60 W. 10 poles, thenee
N. 16 W. 40 poles, thence N. 68 W. 88
poles, thence S. 46 1-2 W. 56 poles,
thence N. 88 W. 40 poles, thence N.
64 W. 64 poles, thence N. 81 8-4 W.
24 poles, thence N. 76 1-2 W. 84 poles,
thence S. 46 1-2 W. 28 pol*s to the
beginning.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of Jeaae A. Leggett and wife,
Katie Allen Leggett, to pay off and
discharge the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust to the North Caro
lina Joint Stock Lan Bank of Durham.
This the 12th day of January, I*°7.
FIRST NAT'GNAL ts£,
' INC., OF DURHAM,
J2B 4tw Trustee.
Formerly First National Trust Co.,
Durham, N. C.
Elbert S. Peel, attorney.