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PAGE SIX Might Hard Surface No. 90 in the Near Future Rumor haw it that Martin county may get a few more miles of hard r surface road some time in the near j future. It is said that it will be laid on Highway Route No. 90 between the Washington County line and Wil [ liamnton According 1 to the rumor not all of the stretch from here to the Washing ton county line and it now appears that it will be a long time before the j entire gap of about 18 miles will be , completed. > There has already been suggestion j made that the new type of road which , the State is now building in many , places be substituted thereby com j pleting the whole gap rather than waiting a long time, perhaps many years, before getting the hard sur- [ face. 4 ' Few Accidents Reported During Thanksgiving Day * Thanksgiving Day was quietly ob served here by the few people remain ing away from the ball parks and cities. Few accident* were reported in this section even though hundreds of automobile* passed through here ! en route to the ball games. :— 4 Robersonville Red Cross Has Many New Members During the Red Cross Campaign, the Robersonville chapter added mor- than one hundred new members pi its roll. The people there'responded 'in a most splendid manner to the call, and those in charge are geratly pleas ed with the outcome. A report here on the work here was nut available this morn in, butjt-ia almost certain that the report will not ! even compare with that turned* in by ; the Kobersonville chapter. I M I.K SAM WILL IIA VI-: lilt, FAMILY in IH.'tO. IS ItUI'ORI # Washington, Nov. 24—The tinted States will have a population of, a bout 124,tM)0,000 about 1 it'il), Census J Director Nteurat predicted in his .an nual report to Sec rotary Hoover. He outlined detailed preparations : that his organization is now making for the next count, remarking inci- r dentally that wince the first census in 1790 the country's inhabitant: had increased thirty times. ■» NOTICE " Having this day qualified as execu tor of ChirlStK Sladi. ilen-a-cd, all persons holding claims against said estate will present same to me as pay ment before October 22. IV2K. or this notice will l>e phad in liar ■>f their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please come forward and make immediate settlement of same This the 22nd day of October, 1M27. John F). si.a nr., ■5 6tw .Executor. Decentralization of Industry ; ' r —— l : --— : * —• — r * — * : . _1 * 1 i • _____ ._T ' •• ' 4%' - * ♦ • ;I " ■ . At the third meeting of the Southern Appalachian Power in theretofore rural localities to a extent relieves the farm- Con ce ' ,n Chattan °oga last month, a resolution dealing with ing industry of that instability occasioned by sole dependence the centralization of industry was passed. The membership of on distant markets. Likewise,, home sources of supply for food this conference was decidedly cosmopolitan, being made up of " products for the industrial population have their large advan i epresentatives of industrial and agricultural associations, engi- tages over distant sources. Many other phases, economic, social, neering associations and societies, chambers of commerce, uni- educational, and hygienic, may readily be visualized. Industrial . j . versities manufacturing plants, Federal and State officials, pro- locations are fixed upon according to many factors, the most im' lessional men. tannery. Members of Congress, and members of portant of which are raw materials, labor, transportation, and t e press. power. In the South we have the raw materials suitable for a Knowing that the people of Williamston are interested along wide diversity of industry. We also have the labor, or can read these lines, we present the resolution passed by the country's Uy procure it in any given instance. Our highways, rails, and leading men. as follows: « navigable water courses fi:rnish a ready solution of the trans portation problem. There remains the power, which it lies with- U'We regard it as self evident that the widest and moat uni- in u * to bring to our doors, merely by the adoption of public poli form industrial progress is being, and will in the future be at- « cies and rational concepts that will encourage the investment, tained, through continued development and decentralization of Consequently, we believe that the water powers of the South industry; that the lack of economic balance as between the great should, in addition to being developed to the utmost, be dis areas of rural and semi-rural population in the South largely de- tribUted in the public service in the widest possible measure so voted to agricultural industry on the one hand, and rapidly grow- that they will ultimately constitute a great reservoir of energy, ing and highly diversified industrial cities on the other, is in large under sovereign control and regulation, available to as degree responsive for many of our economic ills. Only one well as to the large user, wherever located, and at a regulated phase of the situation need be mentioned to visualize the princi- price that will afford a return on the invested money merely lar^e pie that dominates the whole. The creation of home markets enough to justify the ready investment of money in the develop for farm products by tiwfestablishment of labor-using industries ment of these properties. ... "*• * * • v'; : V. - v." ' ;V . vf • 1' - : : * - N -1 - • . ■ 4 p ■ S ' r CAROLINA DIVISION ' Virginia Electric and Power Company W. E. WOOD. PRESIDENT J.T.CHASE, MANAGER ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. ]SI ITS FOR $227,H00 AHg FILED ! AGAINST CAROLINA COACH CO. 1 I Durham, Nov. 23.—A collision be j, tween a bus operated by the Caro- 1 j Coach company and a touring car was i the cause for filing yesterday of dam- y j age suits aggregating $227,800. As the outcome of the accident | ; which resulted in the death of Rich ' ard Lambert, of Durham, formerly ot j ! Cincinnati, five persons have started : )itigution.-,.R. C. Finley, administratoi of Lamberty estate is seeking SIOO,- ! I p(H)! Miss (J race Cox and Miss Max i ine Wilkerson, who were injured in the collision, arc seeking $75,0(10, and i i $25,000 respectively. M. V. Lawrem-e ' I is asking $2,800 for the destruction of ' his car in which the girls were rid- j I ing with. Lambert. A. Tuckerman, pas senger'in the bus, has named the bus i company and Miss Wilkerson as joint ; j defendants in a suit for S2£,OOP. The Employers Indemnity Com par y of Kansas City also is named defend j ant in a five thousand dollar action by the administrator for the amount , i of larnbert's policy. Messrs. W. 1). and B. It. Manning, of Smithwick's creek are business "visitors here today. NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. Under and by virtue of the power of salt- contained in a certain collater- I •il note executed to the undersigned by 4 J. T* James on the .list day of Aug ust, 1'»25, default having been made ' in the payment of the same, the under-"! ■ignril will one-Wednesday, the 7th day liK Decemhpr, 1')27. at 12 p'clock .in., in front itl the. courthouse door in the , town lif Williamston, N. C., offer for sate to the highest biddef for cash the following property, fo wit: One. note, dated July 10, I*> 24. from I \V, He II flow rr and wife to J T. i .lame, fSi>r $1,154.24. being secured by i a deed of trust of evon dale therewith This 15th dav of November, IM?7 ~ THE TIN VI ERS AND MI-.Rt BANK. By: \\ i. Taylor. President. n22 St NOTICE OF SALE is herein given that under and In virtue of a certain collateral | note and under the terms thereof, i which note was executed to the uti ! iler igiu-d bv 11 l Marnliill and,others, i tin same being Ioi«k past due'. Mini oh | 'account of default in the* payment thereof, the undersigned will, on Wed-! : nesdiy, the 7th (la v ol Decniebcr, 1927.1 at .12 o'clock in . in front of the court-| 'house door fii Martin t omitv attWil . liainstou, X t offer for sale, at pub-1 In auction, in the highest bidder, for' cash, the followinjf collateral, to wit One certificate. No. .11. for four I sliarts ol stock in the Roanoke To bacco Warehouse t ompanv. William stoft, N. This 12th d.n of N'oycmbi-r.' JV27. • I-. U. BARNES, ()»ner of. note collaterally scoured by above stock. tils 4tw . 11ugh i. Horton, attoine> 666 is a prescription for COI.DS, GRIPPE. KLU, DENGUE, BILIOUS KEVEH AND MALARIA It Kills the Germs Wants t FOIJ SALE: H AND-PAI AR-I tide* at the Ilritt Hotel,, * ltp i i I HAVE A DOG THAT CAME TO my home and took up. He is a -yel , How dog with white toes on all ,feet and white breat. Has collar but no j initial is orj it.—Johnnie Holliday, R. F. D. 3, Williamston. LIME MAKES THE LAND WORK better, the fertilizer act better, the manures and organic matter rot betr , ter, and the legumes grow better." i See your local dealer for "MASCOT,"; the Standard Agricultural Limestone,' or write American Limestone Co., | Knoxville, Tenn. ' o 25 lit) * ' * j* j EARLY' J F.RSKV WAKEFIELD I cabbage plants; 20c hundred-. $1.501 thousand; 5 to 10 thousand $1.25 thou-j salid. prices on large lots. Very best seed sown right, grown right. 17 years : experience in plant growing East i j Side farm quality plants are known j everywhere. Orders filled fronts now ' till March 1. IV2H J. L. Holliday. Williamston, N. C. 1 tls Btpd I 3 CAR LOADS | American Wire Fencing x li I . * —' i I The Best Made | 5 V.Galvanized Roof | ing and Hay Wire ARRIVED THIS WEEK We Have The Best Prices and Always Cheap for the Cash , I] . ' • - ; Culpepper Hardware Co. WILLIAMSTON EDENTON ELIZABETH CITY j! i THE ENTERPRISE NOTICE: I HAVE 180 ACRES OF land, 10 is cleared, with a houde and outbuildings, for sale. The land is located in Griffins Township on the Williamston Road. Mrs. Connie G. Williams, Jamesville, N. C. . nls 3t MAN WITH CAR Wanted by old-established company selling and tractor olis, paints, and roof coating to farming trade, i Exclusive territory. Week ly drawing account.- Real proposition. The Lennox Oil & Paint Co., Cleveland, Ohio. n22 3t j WANTED: A CROPPER experienced in growing tobacco and peanuts, in splendid agricultural sec tion of Bertie County. Call j T. Gillam, jr., Bank of Windsor, or call in person at once. \ n25 4t j PECANS, PEARS. FLU MS. j peaches, Japan Persimmons, orna | mentals. All well grown. Prices right. Ask for information and prices. J. B. Wight, Cairo, Ga. 118 8t BY USING HIGH GRADE MAG nesium limestone containing 36 to 38 per cent magnesium carbonate the j tobacco station at Oxofrd got an av- [ erage annual increase in tobacco of S6B 1 per acre for S consecutive years. You I can get it, too, by using MASCOT 1 Agricultural Lime. See your local J MASCOT dealer or write - AMERI CAN' LIMESTONE CO., Knoxville, Tenn. ' . ■mo dec NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power of j sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed to the undersigned trus- 1 tee on the sth day of February, 1925, j by J. G. Godard, and said deed of trust being of record in the public reg istry of Martin County, in book Q-2, at page 292, said deed of trust hav ing been given to secure certain bonds of even date therewith, and the stipu lations therein contained not having ' been complied with, and at the request j of the holder of said bonds, the under signed trustee will, 011 the 2nd day of December, 1927, at 12 o'clock noon, at | the courthouse door, in the town of ' Williamston. Martin County, North {Carolina, offer for'sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described j real estate and the improvements there : on, to wit: ' All that certain parcle or tract of | land lying and being in WiHiamston I Township. Martin County, North Car ! olina. bounded on the northeast by L. B. Harrison and James D. Bowen, fin the southeast by the run of Sweeten Water Creek and the lands of Harri son Brothers & Co. and S. L. An drews; on the »outhwe»t by the lands of the W. J. Riddick heir*, and on the northwest by the public road from I Williamston to Washington and the j lands of J. G. Staton, B. F. Godwin, 'and the Church property; containing 656 acres, exclusive of the right of wt\? of the Atlantic Coast I-i»e Railroad; and being the land commonly known and designated as the Biggs iarm. and more particularly described as follow*: Beginning at L. B. Harrison's cor ner on the Williamston and Washing ton Road; thence south 63 E. 90 poles; South 61 1-4 E. 129 poles; south 71 1-4 E. 100 poles; south 57 1-2 E. 93 j poles to the run of Sweeten Water ; Creek; thence along the run of Sweet en Water Creek, its various courses, i to the mouth of Bear Grass t Island Swamp; tlience south 78 3-4 W. 21 "Edmund Breese is right. Luckies give complete enjoyment,": says DeForest J3 The uWI-knouit trainer and boring aUjQ! expert expiuiiu hit preference to Evelyn f Hoey, Musical Comedy Star, as they '' "*^ di^wi You, too, wif! find that f ' LUCKYSTRIKESgive / \ " the grea *zzi pleasure — \ Mild and Mellow, the \ finest cigarettes you ever smoked. Mad? of Edmund Breese, .i i i Well-known Actor, the choicest tobaccos, writes: properly aged and "We who act owe our aw . . 1* . . . . ... dicnces perfect voices—we blended with great s*cill, miut u*ep our throat* in and there is an extra Like J have solved the problem of ■ process- "IT'S TOAST- smoking by adopting Lucky . , Strikes because they protect EL/ —nOnarshneS«,nOt the throat and give complete a bit of bite. v "It's toasted" No Throat Irritation-No Cough. » Friday, November 22,1927 noA 61 3-4 W. 25 1-2 poles; north 62 3*4 W. 31 poles; thence north 60 1-2 W. 212 poles to another small branch; thence the various course# of said small branch north 21 W. 7.12 poles; north 33 W. 8.2 poles; north 60 1-4 W. 13.84 poles; north 56 3-4 W. 17.8 poles; north 39 1-4 W. 8.2 poles; north 51 1-2 W. 9.12 poles; north 52 3-4 W. 10.4 poles; north 35 3-4 W. 6.6 poles; north 83 J-4 W. 6.24 poles to the Williamston and Wash ington Road; thence along the said | road north 4 1-2 W. 31.66 poles; north 3 3-4 E. 8 poles; north 20 E. 30.8 poles; north 24 1-4 E. 80 poles; thence north 20 decrees and 25 minutes east 104 poles to the beginning. TTiis 31st day. of October. 1927. WHEELER MARTIN. n4 4tw Trustee.
