PAGE FOUR
A. D. MACLEAN
MAKES SPEECH
AT PLYMOUTH
No Washington or Wilson
To Lead in Conduct of
National Affairs
"Resolve through this year that you
will learn and unlearn and send repre
sentatives to the North Carolina Gen
eral Assembly in 1933 who will know
■what they have been sent for and who
will stay hotched. and it will not be
many years before this State will
emerge from this winter of discontent,"
Angus Dhu Mac Lean, of Washington,
told delegations from four counties at
a meeting in Plymouth last 'I uesday
night, when a farm program for 1932
was discussed.
"This country must unlearn the fal
lacious theory that has been taught for
the last 10 years that the more you
spend the more you have. More goods
sold, more jobs, more volume of busi
ness has been so impressed upon peo-1
pie that they will mortgage anything j
they have to buy. This theory might
work if wealth was evenly distributed,
but the tendency has been fof money
to be concentrated among a few.
"This nation must unlearn the the- j
ory that it can loan I money on large j
scale to foreign countries for public
and private purposes and at the same
time revise the tariff so that products,
could not be sold here in competition.
It is like loaning money to the farmer
and refusing to buy what he has to
sell. Reciprocity, as with Brazil, where
money is loaned in exchange for cof-.
fee and rubber, is a good method. j
"This country must learn to prop-!
erly distribute taxes. A. J. Maxwell, j
candidate for governor, asserts that
he 'stands for more economy and less
taxes than I do.' I never heard that
before. There is no economy in not
levying enough taxes for government
expenses. Failure to do this creates j
a deficit. Borrowing money for a defi
cit means issuing bonds to repay loans.
In a short time taxes must be levied I
to pay for bonds.
"The tax rate of Beaufort County
$1.24. More than half of this i> for
debt service. Due largely to • failure
to levy enough taxes. So they went
out and borrowed. 1 am as strong
for economy as any one. But there j
is no ultimate economy in farl\ire tiPj
levy enough taxes. This does not re- j
fer to levying tax on land. A better ,
distribution of taxes by higher in- I
come or tuxuries may be needed.
"There is no Washington or Wilson :
today., This people is meeting the test
without a national leader adequate' for
the job. Gather yourselves together
like men. Let moral courage that i
springs from the will and spirit to do
things spur you on. The man or com-
munity that can measure up to the
quality needed will be stronger than
before." ,
Five resolutions asking the
men and senators of North ( arolina to
aid in bringing about a reduction in
government expenses; to endorse H.
B. No. 218, which requires cleaners,
shellers, and packers of peanuts to re
pork their holdings annually; to ask
farthers to reduce to 25 per cent acre
age of peanuts, corn and tobacco; tu
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to acknowledge our sin
cere thanks and appreciation for the
expressions of sympathy and deeds of
kindness shown to us during the re
cent death of our husband anw father;
also for the many beautiful floral tok
ens.
Mrs. DELLA ASKEW
AND CHILDREN.
666
666 Liquid or Tablets used internally
and 666 Salve externally, make a com
plete and effective treatment for Colds.
$5,000 in Cash Prizes
' Aak Your Druggist for Particulars
PAPAINS
I QUIT COMING
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I ta*d periodically with ter
l rfble pains la my back and
| ddM. Often Z would band
i almost double with the ln
-1 tenee pain. This would
I last tor hour* and Z oould
I gal no relief.
1 1 triad almost every
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nothing that would help a
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Young Negro Couple Claim
They Were "Gypped" of $9
In Fake Wedding
(Robemonville Herald)
! Nine dollars were held up as the
necessary requirements to a mar-
Iriage here recently when J. C. Clem
mons, a young colored man of Cross
Roads Township, swore he had spent
enough on his "gal" already and that
he was not going to spend another
cent, even though it was explained to
him that he Tiad been illegally maf
ried by an imposter in the office of
Drs. Vernon and Jesse Ward here.
An anxious mother-in-law, doubly bent
lon upholding the honor and reputa
tion of her children, is still investigat
ing the case, and it is reported that
the affair will probably be carried to
the courts in an effort to determine
if there is a son-in-law in the family.
A few week's ago the young negro
and his girl eloped. Returning to the
home of her parents, she told that, a
doctor had married them in Rober
sonville, that a visit to Williamston
lor license" was declared unnecessary.
The story appearing unfounded, the
mother learned frotn the register of
deeds' office that no license had been
issued for J. C. Clemmons, 18, and
liculah Latham, 15 'years old. The
girl's father and his supposed son-in
law came to Robcrsonville and learn
ed that it wasn't Dr. Jesse Ward nor
Dr. Vernon Ward nor Dr. K. J. Nel-
LARGE INCREASE
IN ACREAGE TO
FOOD AND FEEDS
Since 1929 Increase in State
Has Totaled More Than
695,000 Acres
Since 1929, North Carolina farmers
have increased the acreage to food and
feed crops by the remarkable, total of
695,000 acres. During the same per
iod. the acreage to cotton and tobacco'
has been decreased by 576,000 acres,
and allowing for an increase of 19,000
acres in the peanut crop, the total de
crease 'in the State's so-called cash
crops amounts to 557,000 acres.
'l'lit- only loss in. acreage to food
and feed crops has been a slight de
crease with wheat because of low
prices. Since .1929, there has been
2,000 less acres of w.heat planted, finds
Charles A. Sheffield, assistant exten
sion director at State College, who has
ibeen studying North Carolina's con
dition since the live-at-home program
has .been under way.
1 I The dry figures on the situation are
Jfls follows: Corn has been increased
by 334,000 acres, or 14.5 per cent;
wheat decreased by 2,000 acres, or less
than 1 per cent; oats increased by
•&.000 acres, or 15 per cent; rye in
creased by 10,000 acres, or 10 per cent;
barley increased by 12,000 acres, or
30 per cent; cowpeas increased by
18,000 acres, or 20 per cent; soy beans
increased by 83,000 acres, or 47.5 per
cent; hay' increased by' 105,000 acres,
or. 11.8 per cent; irish potatoes by
29,000 acres, or 39 7 per cent; sweet
potatoes by 41,000 acres, or 55 per
cent; sorphum increased by 15,000
acres, or 75 per cent..
During this same period since 1929,
Mr. Sheffield says the cotton crop
planted has been decreased by 534,000
apes, or 28.5 per cent, and the to
bucco crop by 42,000 acres', or 5,5 per
cent.
Further decreases in the acreage to
both cotton and tobacco arc expected
for 1932, with more legumes planted,
and more land seeded to grain and
other feed crops, Mr. Sheffield says.
SUMMARY OF
BAPTIST GIFTS
Total of $139,489.40 Raised
For Church Work By
Roanoke Association
Baptists in the Roanoke Associa
tion. which includes churches in Wash
ington, Martin, Nash, Edgeeombe,
Halifax, Beaufort, and other counties,
contributed $29,972.70 to denomina-.
tional causes in 1931, it has been
learned from figures compiled by H.
Perry Morgan, statistical secretary.
This association has 13,822 members.
The money that went for foreign
missions, home fissions, state mis
sions, hospitals, orphanages, educa
i '.ion, old ministers' relief, building and
I other local expenses raised in the Ro
| anoke Association that includes the a
bove and all gifts totaled $139,489.40.
Deputy Sheriff S. H. Grimes is in
Norfolk today attending to business.
sponsor optimist campaign about sol
vent banking institutions; to request
delegates from this State to aslc for
financial aid from government for,
farmers this year, were passed.
The meeting was presided over by
A. L. Alexander, N. G. Bartlett, of
Kinston, secretary of the Eastern Car
olina Chamber of Commerce, explained
the purpose of the meeting. Mayor
A. L. Owens made the welcome ad
dress. Judge J. Paul Friielle, of
I Snow Hill, made a short talk. Rep
resentative Z. V. Norman introduced
I Mr. Mac Lean. The meeting was well
• attended.
PUBLISHED Bvnrr
TUCTPAY Awe rwiPAT
tson who had issued the necessary med
ical certificates and performed the il
legal ceremony for the sum oI $9,
leaving one to conclude that Clem-j
mons and his girl misrepresented the
facts or that an imposter took advan- 1
' tage of the couple's ignorance in the
I absence of the doctors frotn their of
fices.
' Amusing was the scenes when the
' doctors, facing the .outlandish charge,|
were eyed for identification by the
' young negro. Dr. Vernon Ward was
' la- bit too little and short, and DrJ
' Jesse was too big and too short, the
boy declared. Clemmons' description j
' directed suspicion upon Dr. NelsonJ
' but one glance at him proved his in- j
: ;noccnce,
| Clemmons is now in the Martin
'.County jail, will be held
' | until next Tuesday, when he will be,
'tried for the alleged theft of a mule
■Jfrom Mr. Henry Peel in Cross Roads
1 . Township. Last Tuesday afternoon
• in "jail. Clemmons said, "We is part
• j ed, as far as I am concerned," when
II questioned about his girl and the re
i! ported marriage. ...As long as Clem
-11 mons is in jail, it is agreed that he
:'atid the girl are parted, but just how
• long the separation will continue after
| he is released and when his parents
■ I in-law, illegally proclaimed, get hold
of hint is a matter for speculation.
POOR FEEDING
CUTS PROFITS
FROM POULTRY
Subtraction Rather Than
Substitution Is Causing
Loss of Income
Instead of substituting, there has
been considerable subtracting done in
feeding poultry during the present per
iod of low farm income, and as a con
sequence, some poultrymen are failing
to get the income they should get from
heir flocks.
Roy S. Dparstyne, head of the poul
try department at State College, says,
considering its great importance, feeds
and feeding for poultry is generally
less understood than any other phase
of the industry. This laiik of informa
tion is shown especially at this period
when an attempt is being made to sub
stitute certain feeds on hand at home
for those which should be purchased
or exchanged.
Mr. Dearstyne declares that poultry
requires a balanced ration containing
protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals,
and vitamins in an available form.
These should be given in the quantity
and of the quality to maintain the bod
ily vigor of the fowls and permit them
to lay according to their highest abil
ity. It is important to give the birds
plenty of water because the fowl's
body is 55 per cent water," and the egg
is over 65 per cent water.
Animal proteins as supplied by fish
nieal, meat meal, or milk products are*
also necessary. It is not enough to
rely on the vegetable proteins supplied
in certain of the grain feeds. The
cereal crops of North Carolina will
supply all the carbohydrate feed need
ed, but a little more yellow corn in
place of white corn would help.
The fats supplied by grain feed are
usually enough for poultry, but min
erals should be supplied bjTßfcne meal,
oyster shell, limestone, rock phosphate
and salt. Mineral deficiencies in the
ration are common. Mr. Dearstyne
says all birds must have a sufficient a
mount of vitamins as supplied by sun
light, green feed and cod liver oil.
Where these are not present serious
troubles have arisen in the flock*.
[NOTICE
[Store Peanuts
• I have space in a bonded warehouse
at Williamston, where I will store and
iH
insure peanuts for 3 cents per bag per
month, provided they are left in storage
as long as four months; otherwise, the
I , minimum charge will be 10 cent* per bag.
Certificates issued against Peanuts
stored are negotiable and can be borrow
ed on at banks the same as any other se
[jl curity.
Ift W. SALSBURY
i H
THB ENTERPRISE
RETURNS HOME
AFTER ABSENCE
THIRTY YEARS
Farmer Martin Man Recog
nizes Son At Glance After
Long Absence
Leaving his wife and a three-weeks
old son in this county 33 years ago,
Charles Padgett returned to his fam
ily, now living in Edgecombe County,
a few days ago, according to a story
appearing in the Tarboro Southern
er recently. No one in this county,
as far as it could be learned this week,
knows the family, and it must have
been that the wife and son moved away
years ago.
Anyway, the Tarboro paper carries
an interesting account of the father's
return. George son, mar
ried and a proud father himself, had
established a home of his own, ap
parently. Recently he decided to vis
it his molber, and as he walked the
higway toward his mother's, his father
rode by in a wagon. The elder Pad
gett glimpsed the young man in pass
ing, and a short distance down the
road he jumped from the wagon and
went to meet the boy.
"Where arc you -going," Charles
Padgett asked of the young man.
"I am going to see my mother, Mrs.
Margaret Padgett," was the reply.
"Well," said the father, "I suspect
ed you were my son as soon as I laid
my eyes on you back down the road
and I am your daddy."
As these two men walked along the
road the father told of hifc! wander
ings all over the United States and
Europe, working on railroads and in
the log woods and whereyer he could
get a job of any kind.
Charles - Padgett said that on the
Saturday night before he had come
to see his wife, and she did not at first
recognize him. When the father left
home his son, George Padgett, was
only three weeks old.
Charles Padgett seemed to be in
good health when he returned home,
and his son said that his father would
stay at home and help in making a
crop.
NEGRO YOUTH IS
KILLED BY AUTO
Sam Frank Is Fatally Hurt
Near Parmele By Car
Of Henderson Man
Robersonville," N. C., January 14.
Sam Frank, colored youth, was run
down and fatally hurt early last week
by an automobile driven by R. F.
Smith, of Henderson. Frank, a stu
dent in the Parmele Training School,
was walking to his home and about
one-half of a mile this side of Par
mele he dashed into the road and right
in front of the approaching car. Mr.
Smith, accompanied by J. M. Moss, al
so of Henderaon, stopped and picked
up the boy and brought him to a doc
tor's office here. He died the follow
ing day at 3 o'clock.
A warrant was issued for the driver
of the car, and a hearing has been
scheduled before Mayor C. M. Hurst
here tomorrow. Acording to re
ports, no carelessness was displayed
on the part of the car driver.
Cow and Poultry Pay
Farmer Near Wendell
Mrs. D. I. Massey, of Wendell,
Route 1, reports selling $98.15 worth
of poultry and eggs from a flock of
20 hens this year. Mr. Massey sold
$l3B worth of milk from four cows
since May IS.
In recognition of his 52"years of
continuous service as member of the
Board of Education of Mexico, Mo.,
84-year-old S. P. Emmons has been
elected president emeritus of the board
for life.
WII^IAIjMPTON
MODIFY TRAILER
LICENSE RULING
Fee« For Light Trailers To
Be Fixed by Weight
And Capacity
The reuling of the motor vehicle bu
reau, based upon an opinion of the at
torney general,. that the minimum li
cense for trailers, regardless of weight
and capacity, is sls, has been reversed
and trailers drawn by motor vehicles
will be subject to a license fee based
upon actual weight of trailer minus
body, plus weight of load to be car
ried, according to advice received
from the supervisor of the motor ve
hicle bureau.
The new ruling will make the license
for one-half ton trailers cost from
$6.50 to SB.OO, instead of sls, as would
have been collected under the first
ruling, it was stated, representing a
considerable saving for the many farm
ers who use light trailers.
The rates given above, it is pointed
out, apply only to trailers with pneu
matic tires. Trailers with solid tires
tarry a license fee of S3O, regardless
of weight or capacity, solid tires be
ing considered more destructive to the
highways, to which the proceeds from
the license fee# -go. —*-
Complete information concerning the
cost of license plates for trailers, may
he secured from the nearest automo
bile license bureau, or from the auto
mobile license division, State Depart
ment of Revenue.
Robersonville Christian
Church Special Service
The pastor, the choir and others are
preparing a special program for next
Sunday at the Robersonville Christian
church, the service to be known as
"Loyalty Service." Every member is
asked to be present for communion
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Special
music has been arranged, and the pas
tor will preach on, "Defying the Gates
of Hell." At 7 o'clock, a mixed quar
tet will furnish a number of inspira
tional hymns, and the pastor will
preach on, "On Both Sides of the
llHf"
About 200 special invitations are
being sent out to families and mem
bers through the mail, urging them to
attend. The public is cordially invit
ed to both services.
Attend Hog Killing
Mr. C. D. Carstarphen is attending
a hog killing at the home of Mr. N. T.
Tice in Griffins Township today.
WANTS
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD
cabbage plants for sale. IS cents
per hundred. Obtained from the best
seed. H. C. Green, Pecan Grove Farm
Williamston, N. C. j8 4t
*
Report of the Condition of the
PLANTERS & MERCHANTS BANK
•»
At Everetts, North Carolina, to the Commissioner of Banks, at
the close of business on the 31st day of December, 1931
RESOURCES (Current)
* Cash in vault and amounts due from approved depository banks $ 6,524.87
Total —. - I 6,524.87
LIABILITIES (Current)
' Other deposits subject o check .'. : v $ 5,575.51
Cashier's checks outstanding 724.36
Time certificates of deposit (due on or after 30 days) - 225.00
Total - I 6,524.87
RESOURCES (Deferred)
Loans and discounts - - 75,368.36
County and municipal bonds 3,500.00
All other stocks and bonds 6,850.00
Banking House 3,500.00
furniture and fixtures - 2,885.00
Cash in vault and amounts due from approved depository banks 1,095.68
Cash value Building and Loan Stock 680.00
Expense account 159.79
Total JL i I 94,038.83
LIABILITIES (Deferred)
Capital stock paid in 1 15,000.00
Surplus fund ..1 12,401.85
Reserved for depreciation 2,539.00
Other deposits subject to check 19,451.48
Deposits due State of North Carolina and any official thereof, secured,
$11,301.66; unsecured, $11,226.98 22,528.64
Time certificates of deposit (due on or after 30 days) 14,083.16
Bills payable . 7,641.47
Deposits unsigned 393,23
t _____
Total . : | 94,038.83
STATK o# NORTH CAROLINA, X
COUNTY or MARTIN, M:
Paul Bailey, cashier, J. S. Ayers, director, and V. G. Taylor, director, of the . ,
Planters and Merchants Bu>k, each personally appeared before me this day, and,
being duly sworn, each for himself, says the foregoing report is true to the best of
his knowledge and belief.
/ PAUL BAILEY, Cat/tier.
J. S. AYERS, Director.
V. G. TAYLOR, Director.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of January, 1932.
My commission expires January 14, 1933.
DOROTHY TAYLOR,
# i ±4 & ? ■ Notary Putjk.
' , , | |
BEEF CATTLE
MOVE TO EAST
Approximately 3,000 head of cattle
moved from western North Carolina
into the eastern part of the State dur
ing the fall of 1930 where crop far
mers fed the animals and saved some
of the best for breeding purposes.
"*'We believe that equally as many
animals from the western part of the
State and from southwestern Virginia
will be purchased by eastern Carolina
growers this fall and winter," says L.
I, Case, animal husbandman at State
College. "A number of carloads have
already been shipped and indications
are that many others will move into
this territory in the next few weeks.
The east has a good crop of forage
and hay this year and this rough feed
may be used in the production of beef
in addition to adding valuable fertility
to the soil."
Mr. Case says nine of the best
Herefords shown at the recent North
Carolina State fair were purchased
by eastern Carolina farmers. The
'animals went into Johnston, Pasquo
' tank and Wayne counties and will be
; used for developing foundation herds.
Most of the growers in that area will
' simply get in cars of beef animals to
|be finished for the market, thus util
izing the surplus roughage and for
age at fair prices and building up the
{ organic content of the soils. Some
INOTICEII
» _ y
TO ALL POLICYHOLDERS IN THE FARM
ERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA
TION, MARTIN COUNTY BRANCH
At the annual meeting held on January 9, an
order was passed fixing the basis of all liabilities
on policies at 3-4 of the present value, and not at
the amount specified in the policies.
You are further notified that all property it
to be revalued and such changes made as will be
fair to both the policyholder and the association.
The secretary and a supervisor will visit you
in the near future.
By order Of the Association, this 9th day of
January, 1932.
W. C. MANNING,
President.
J. L. COLTRAIN,
Secretary.
Friday, January 15,1932
growers who fed out beef cattle lut
winter report that the manure secur
ed WES worth the coM and trouble of
feeding the animals.
In the Great Smoky Mountain Na
tional Park, Tennessee, is a spring
which discharges water for 7 minutes
and then remains inactive for 7 min
utes—thus alternating continuously
from an active to inactive state with
GENERAL
PLUMBING
and
HEATING
SPECIALIST
Call
W. E. Dunn
Phone 151
Williamston, N. C.
Estimates Cheerfully
Given for 1932 Work