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PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE PMUtaM Wmoy ToMday and Friday by Tba ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. yyi-i.iAMgTQN, NOBTH CAROLINA. W. C Manning Bdltw SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) , IN MARTIN COUNTY . On* yaar * l "'® Six month* —___ *•——- •'* OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year tMJ jti» month* , No Sobecription Received lor Lew Than 6 Month* Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, N. C as second-class matter under the act of Congreas of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not to the individual members of the firm. Friday, July 31, 1931 Tobacco Should Sell Better Why shouldn't tobacco sell higher this season than last? We ex|>orted 40 jter cent more bright tobacco the first haif of this year than we did last. The acreage of flue-cured tobacco is 9.3 per cent less than last year. The condition of the crop of the en tire flue-cured belt as of July Ist lower than last year, which would indicate about 17 to 18 per cent less |*>unds than in 1930. With the shortage from last year, coupled with the statement of the American Tobacco Company that the use of bright flue-cured tobacco is increasing, there should be an increase in the price this fall. Political Spell-Binding The habit has been for many years that no school could close, no legion could meet, no reunion could be celebrated in North Carolina without some office holder to thunder at the people, men, women, and children, lor that reason the office-holding few have dominated the thought on public questions, rather than the taxpaying multitudes. Naturally, the emphasis that an office holder places on his subject tends to tell the |>eople what is best for them, and at the same time time try to capture their votes that they themselves may continue in office. W hat is most needed to insure good government is an electorate capable of laying out the principles upon which their servants must operate, rather than to have to wait for office holders to make their platforms and principles and then carry them out. A Bad State of Affairs We pay more for fertilizer for crops than we pay for education in North Carolina, which is a bad state "of affairs. But the worst part of it is that most of the money North Carolinians pay for fertilizers goes into money crops. Out of the average North Carolina dollar that comes from the sale of money crops, about 20 cents, or one fifth, goes for fertilizer. • ; Np wonder more money-crop farmers are under mortgages than any other kind. In fact, few live at-home farms are l>eing sold under mortgage, except in a few cases where extravagant automobiling has been practiced, A farmer who pays a- lot of money for a lot of fer tilizer to raise a lot of peanuts, cotton, and tobacco, to run the prices of such crops down because the yield • is-too great, will never rightfully be called wise. Legionnaires and Politicians If there is any one thing that should disgust the American legion, it is the flock of politicians who hover around their meetings. The politicans seem to think the legionnaires are seeking to build up a sel fish political organization for the purpose of obtain ing undue favors in legislative matters. When, indeed, their purpose should be—and doubtless is—to find op portunities to do good in the world, and their meet ings are to the end that the world may be made bet ter. But as to the politician, he will stoop to anything for votes, because it will take votes to give him what he wants. The politicians, mind you, do not take a stand for or against the tariff, or for any particular form of taxation, but are small enough to try to make each legionnaire think that they are special friends of theirs, and ever ready to grant them special favors for the mere asking. m ■* . ■ Should Receive No Special Favors Judge Barnhill seems to be holding ex-Senator Luke Lea's feet to the fire in the Buncombe County court this week. This is only a continuation of the series of trials arising out of the Asheville bank failures and various ' and sundry other type* and kinds of robberies prac ticed in the Asheville area by certain North Carolina and Tennessee looters, who were trying the get-rich quick scheme and failed to make the grade. They Mriy did sot mean to steal, but when their schemes failed were unable to pay back that which they had msd illegally. Judge Barnhill is right in trying to get all these old cases off the docket, and because Luke Lsa hat been a United States Senator is no reason why he abowld receive favors in any court. • > tUILItNKD KVBIV Tti-DAY ra.PAY A Comforting Reflection With the increased kililng of wives by husbands and husbands by wives going on these days, it really seems unwise to sleep with both eyes shot at the same time. It is an ugly thing to see life partners killing each other. In nearly every instance the feel ing seems to be that almost every one who has been shot deserved to be. Not many truly good folks are being killed. The Senatorial Contest .Cameron Morrison, Frank Grist, and Robert R. Reynolds are all asking the voters for their suffrage for the United States, Senate in the 1932 campaign. They all have the right to run, under our constitu tion. On the other hand, we can hardly understand how some men can get up courage enough to ask peo ple for such important honors. In other words, do they not overestimate themselves? It is true that Mr. Grist has been extremely lucky at the polls, which doubtless gives him an inspira tion to call on the voters again. On the other hand, Bob Reynolds has already been repudiate by the peo ple, and so far as we know, he has done nothing to elevate himself in the estimation of his constituents since his defeat. As he has not been able to rise up to the level, he must think the peoj>le have lowered themselves down to him since Overman licked him about 5 years ago. It will be to the advantage of the »oters to give a careful study to the man who says, "Vote for me," next year. Necessity of Cooperation Stressed In a recent address before the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association, Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, stressed the vital need of American farmers for cooperation in producing and marketing their products. As he pointed out, industry, finding that the in dividual business can not blindly go its own way, has set up organizations for collective thinking. Agri culture, which in volume and value of produution, is greater than any other business, must do the same. The dairymen of the nation have made great strides in promoting efficiency. Where, in 1850 we maintain ed 278 cows per 1,000 persons, in 1927 we needed but 186, in spite of the fact that consumption of dairy products has been increasing at a rapid rate. And the dairy farmer is now making further progress thru cooperative organizations which provide him with a |x>werful selling agency for his milk'in addition to aiding him in increasing his efficiency and raising the standard of his products. Only by adjustment of sup ply and demand —which, in turn, can only come thru "cooperative"—is the farmer able to receive a rea sonable profit for what he sells. , The Dairymen's League Cooperative Association is a fine example of the type of organization of which Secretary Hyde has spoken. It has 48,000 members, 238 shipping plants, 24 distributing plants, and fa- valued at $10,000,000. In the last ten years it has returned to its members over $100,000,000 more than fchey would have received except for the exist ence of the league. Here, in a nutshell, is the prime reason for the existence of the cooperative.— The Manufacturer and Industrial News Service. A City Disgraced Once more America's most disgraceful and most disgusting element of citizenship has shown its teeth and displayed its true caliber to the rest of the world. And once more the seeming impotence or inactivity of the arm of the law in the larger cities of the coun try is placed on exhibition to be viewed by those who look to that law for protection. We learned of the shooting down of five children in New York by an execution squad of gangsters bent on the demise of a rival "rat," with mingled feelings of horror and something else that welled up within us unbidden and made us literally "see red." Innocent children, totally unaware of the depths to which man can sink, are playing on a,crowded street of a teeming tenement district. A flashily dressed stranger walks past them on the sidewalk—and then, without warning, a deadly spray of lead and steel crashed out from a machine gun mounted in a touring car which cruised slowly by. There is little doubt but that the bullets were meant for the stranger. But they did not reach their in tended mark. Instead, five small children were shot down, all seriously wounded, and two probably fa tally. The execution squad, of course, escaped, as did their intended victim. We learn that swarms of detectives are sent out to apprehend a gangster named Rao, whom police are "confident? was the man at whom the other gang sters were shooting. Instead of directing their search for the ones who were doing the shooting, they seek the man who was shot at. In the meanwhile, those children lay suffering or dy ing. ' It does not seem logical to us that aa comparatively small an element of vicious criminality as these beer and dope gangs have shown themselves to be could continue their depredations and killing if real deter mined efforts were made to wipe them out. It ap pears to us that there must be a lot of "niggers" in the official woodpiles in the metropolitan areas which harbor the modern gangsters. We have no sympathy for mob rule. We do not believe in the lay citizenship of a community taking the law into its own hands, as a rale. But, in sever al of the larger cities of the country we do not fed that the dtiaens would be much to blame if. they created a police force of their own.— Bdemton Newt. >.- - - * THE ENTERPRISE SHIPMENT FLAGS RECEIVED FOR COFFIN PRAPtNO Available To All Ex-Serv ice Men atad Nurses' Under Contract • A shipment of American Flag* have been received in this coutity for usej in the bifrial service of all. all ex-i service men and whose relative*' wish them. The purpose of the | flag is to drape the casket before in- 1 terment. After tljis use it becomes the' property of the deceased soldier's fam-j fly. Application for flags, if they are desired by the families of ex-servifce men at death, should be made to Postmaster Jesse T. Price, at William ston, as they are only sent to the county seats of each county. In order to secure the flag, it will, of course, be necessary that the prop er discharge papers be presented to Mr. Price, according to specific in structions issued by the Veterans Bu- ! reau at Washington. The flags are to be secured at county seat post offices ( or front government regional offices. No other post offices in the county, will be permitted to supply them. Should there be no flag available at | the post office in Williamston upon the ( death of a veteran, the family, by filing j necessary papers with Mr. Price, mayj proceed to purchase a flag suitable for draping the casket and receive a refund in an amount not to exceed $7. Thej necessary application blanks will t*' furnished by Mr. Price. The following clause in the law tie-' fine the classes that are entitled to the flags: ** "Where a veteran of any war, in-• eluding those women who served as Army nurses under coutracts between | April 21, 1898' and February 2 ,1901, who was no} dishonorably discharged, 'dies after discharge or resignation from I the service, the director shall furnish I I a flag to drape the casket of such vet eran and afterwards to be given to | his next kin, regardless of the cause of death of such veteran. Regular bur ial flags are five feet by nine feet and six inches. EASY TO'HANDLE BEE STING IF YOU KNOW YOUR BEES —• — lr 9 The sting of the honey bee is pain ful, but interesting. If the victim un derstands, structure and operation of the bee's defense weapon, he can prevent much of the pain and swell ing. J. I. Hamhleton, in charge of the bee culture laboratory of the United States Department of Agricul ture, gives this cheering information. When a bee prods its victim, it tear.« itself from its sting, a sacrifice which costs the insect its life. But the sting left in the skin has just started on its way, for it and the poison sacks at tached are equipped with muscles that tend to drive it deeper and deeper. The sting is composed of two lan cets, each provided with a series of sharp barbs pointing backward simi lar to a harpoon. The reflex action of the muscles attached to the sting mechanism is such that first one lan cet is driven into the flesh, where it anchors, then the other, and so on, each lancet going a little deeper and becoming more firmly lodged. During 1 this time the muscles are also squcez-' ing the poison sacks in such a man ner that poison is constantly being' pumped into the wound. Most persons make the mistake of trying to pull out the sting. When this is done, the pressure of the fingers empties the poison sacks into the flesh. sting should be immediately scrap ed or scratched out, and since no time is to be lost looking for a knife or even in opening one, the fingernail is the' best thing to use in the emergency,! says Mr. Hambleton, who has fre-l quently made tlie demonstration before interested visitors at the bee culture I laboratory. With the brief explanation given by Mr. Hambleton any one may become a good demonstrator, but he should not expect the process to be entirely; painless. ADDS To'INCOME BY MAKING RUGS * An income of about S4OO a year in addition to the returns from her small farm of 20 acres is secured by Mrs. Minnie Tyson, of Carthage, Moore County, from the sale of rag rugs made afhome during spare time. "M*. Tyson begin making Mugs I when she was but a child," says Mrs. Walter Ryals, home agent of Moore County. "She has made a number with very beautiful designs from time to time in past years. The only rugs in her home were those which she had made. Last year, she began to make thetp for sale. One rng that she made about 2) year 4ago was sold to jt win ter' resident of te Sandhills lot $175. Aa > usual thing, Mrs. Tyson gets from $» to $25 each tor her ruga. ll J Mrs. this energetic farm woman gets woolen, cotton, and «lik garments which havcf been east , dyea theae in an iron pot in her yard, cats them into strips and then weaves the design* that are much in demand. The, rugs have a base of sound tow HCks and are hemmed lo prevent any ravel ing. The dyes used are the best ob tainable and are mixed at home. Mrs. Tyson lives alone in a .small home back of her regular farm home. WIU-IAMSTON rerr flwvtftft , kl ■' ' *. * ! Boun? to Hab |I .. a> _ "' (Roanoke Beacon) | An aged colored man appeared be-, fore the Washington County Commis-| sioners here Monday morning to ask for a little relief, the same as a lotj of good folks are doing nowaclaya. | He stood holding his hat in his hand, I shifting from one foot to the btber.' i A perturbed look registered upon his, ( ebony countenance. When asked what ; the board could do for him, the old darky stutteringly replied that he was ( . up here to "axe" the board for some i kind of relief on his taxes, j Said he: "Mr. Commissioners, J jest bound to hab someth'n done. Jes" j j whut does you think an acre ob old no | 'count swamp lan' is wuth?" LIME-LEGUMES IMPROVES LAND ♦ . ' From yields of 6 to 15 bushels of wheat to an acre, 10 to 15 bushels of corn, and about one-half bale of cot -1 ton to 30 and 40 bushels of wheat, 50 ' bushels of corne and 500 to 700 pounds of lint cotton, is the interesting rec ord of M. L. Adedrholdt, of Route 4, ' Lexington, in Davidson County. I This setady climb In soil fertility , and resulting acre yields has been made , during the last 13 years by the intelli gent use of soil building practices, in | eluding the generous use of limestone! and legumes, say agricultural exten | sion workers at State College. When | Mr. Adderholdt bought his present farm 13 years ago, the x neighbors, as i they do everywhere, prophesied that lie would starve on fhe poor, sandy 1 soil. He did have low crop yields for 1 the first three years, but he began the practice of using ground limestone and acid phosphate and turning under j ' crops of red clover and vetch until he | has one of the most fertile farms in Davidson County. j Thsi past season, he averaged 30 bushels of wheat an acre on 16 acres, i all of which was cotton or cprnstalk l land. On three acres, where a corn j crop was grown last surtittier, he ■aver aged 40 bushels of wheat. This three acres was planted to sweet clover turned under prior to the corn crop. | Mr. Adderholdt usually applies one I ton of limestone an ai re to begin With , and then kepes up his lime require ments by adding a small amount in his fertilizer mix for a period of five years, when be makes anohter appli cation of one ton of the limestone an acre. In this way, he grows clover and other legumes in a successful way. Ity turning under that' part of the clover not needed for hay, he builds up the nitrogen and organic matter content of his soil. Then with a little judicious fertilizing to balance the plant food supply, he is able to make profitable crop yields. Yellowstone National Park has '2OO active geysers. She found it necessary to give up her home for the use of a tenant who could handle her farm. This small home however, is brightened with rugs of beautiful patterns, is well screened and made cheerful with many flowers. She I does no advertising but orders for her | rugs come from friends of those who | have bought from her perviously. She | 'shows an artistic temperament in thej designs which she draws upon the old | j tow sacks and into which she works the colorful rags. The rag supply is j somewhat limited at home, and so she depends on acquaintances sending her a supply from time to time. When- ( ever she gets enough ahead for a rug she gets to work. If she has an un filled order and no rags, then she buys some wherever they can be ob tained, says Mrs. Ryals. Nothing Satisfies Like Ice Cream During These Hot, Thing Summer Months. And No Ice Cream Can Take the Place of Maola ' „ x - » « Made in Washington and New Bern, North Carolina, from pore, rich. w*t ueani, ■och aa only EASTERN CAROLINA can produce. Flavored with freah Irate and flavor* purchased for their known quality. Carefully hleanded hy expert* under the moat modern and unitary condition*. . • - We Invite You To Visit Our Plant So That You May See This Superior Ice Cream in the Coarse of Manufacture > ■ . . Maola Ice Cream Company Washington, N. C. New Bern, N. C. = —— == —— == — = ——— ====== ——A I He was asked how much he paid , for the land, to which he replied: "Wetl, suh, I paid sls fa it, and I habs three acres, and right next to it, I'*e : got three mo' acres ob o!e worn-out lan' dat is jes' 'bout at bad." He also j stated that he had a no 'count house 'on the three no 'count acres. One oi the commissioners told the old ne ' gro that there was nothing they could 'do for him unless some disaster had ( befallen him, such as his house being burned or his land being washed a j way. The portly old darky promptly replied, "Well, boss, dat's done an' 1 gone an' happened; my lan'* all done an' washed away already. I'se bound I to hab some relief." 1 INVENTS DEVICE FOR STRINGING LEAF TOBACCO m . Another mechanical device has been patented which may take some of the labor for the farmer out of tobacco raising and take its place with the transplanter as one of the ffcw mechan ical aids against the man-killing hand labor of the tobacco farmer, j The new device Is called a "One- I Man Tobacco Stringer," and has been I patented by W. F. Dickerson, a tobac- I co grower of Hamptonville, in Yadkin j County. Th- inventor, who already I lias made arrangements for marketing i his invention, 'claims it will effect a 1 large saving in labor and cost of han-. j dling either flue or air-cured weed in ! preparation for the curing process. It | does away with the necessity for a j"hander" and eliminates the use of Plllllllllllllilllllllllllll! Condensed State of Condition I Branch Banking I I & Trust Company I WILLIAMSTON, N. C. || THE SAFE EXECUTOR;; I I June 30, 1931 ASSETS Loans and discounts Banking houses, fur. and fix. 110,366.95 Other stocks and bonds 112,600.00 ■ U. S. and N. C. Bonds - 1,479,234.38 Marketable municipal bonds -. 126,000.00 Cash and due from Banks 1,360,256.66 $6,036,499.08 LIABILITIES Capital stock - $ 400,000.00 H ; Surplus - —200,000.00 Undivided profits - - 94,332.36 ■ Reserve for Interest and Dividends... 13,500.00 Reserve for purchase of Elm City Branch ....>. - 50,110.93 ■ Deposits - 5J78J55.79 ■ I $6,036,499.08 Total Cash and Marketable Bonds Total Deposits 5£78£55.79 ■ 56 Per Cent of Deposits Is In Cash and Bonds SOUND BANKING AND TRUST SERVICE FOR EASTERN CAROLINA Friday, July 31,1931 string entirely in hanging the leaves .on sticks. . , . In the housing of tobacco, under the old system, one or two person* were usually employed to "hand ui" the leaves to the stringer in buncte* of two or three. The stringer was re quired to catch the string at the end of a stick, then loop each bunch, ty ing the itring at the end with a quick loop. The invention of Dickerson « a sim ple wire of spring construction bent to a curve to allow the green tobacco leaves to hang straight. The wire ii placed so as to give an opening at the top sufficiently large for the butt stems of the tobacco. It may be used » over and over, and requires ohly one person, the stringer, to place the to bacco on the sticks. Tobacco manu facturers and dealers in leaf who have seen the working model are enthusias tic in estimation of its value as a time and labor saver. To one continuous wire are fastened 22 separate hangers, upon each of which may be placed three or four leaves, giving a total of 66 or 88 leaves to a stick. Adaptable to use upon all sticks for any tobacco barn, the de vice may be used upon the old sticks as readily as the new ones. Attached by wire placed around and tacked se curely to the sticks, it is ready for im mediate use. The wire will be furnish ed in rolls containing hundreds of feet, the grower himself determining the number of hangers to be placed on the stick. Relieve* a Headache or Neuralgia in 30 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, and checks Malaria hi three dam. 666 BALVB FOR BABY'S COLD
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