PAGE FOUR
Maxwell Tells Views
In Recent Interview
DECLARES HE IS
OPPOSED TO ANY
FORM SALES TAX'
*
Favors Spending Less In
stead of Finding New
Revenue Sources
(Note. —This is' the second of a
series of stories that will deal with
the views and competency of can
didates for offices that concern the
readers of The F.nterprise.)
" I
Readjustment of public burdens is
-jb -absolutely necessary if agriculture,
'.Business, and industn arc to survive
these times: if the social order is to
"""Be preserved, and the homes of the
people A.* J. Maxwell, of Ra
leigh, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of North
Carolina, told a representative of The
Enterprise this week.
"The value ot corn, cotton, at.yl to
bacco crops in North Carolina in
was $214,000,000. and today it is le->s
than $109,000,000, It is not the |ue*--
- tion of-method ami ,-ftirm «f~ta**titM»j-
New and ingenious methods of pump
ing -water oat-of dry- holes, or adding
pennies to purchases will not do.
North Carolina's tax bill is a third
greater than Virginia, which has more
actual wealth than this state.
"It is a confession of bankruptcy in
statesmanship to say that there can
not be a readjustment in cost of pub
lic service that has multiplied four
times in 10 years. This dots Jl«t mean
reduction in pay for honest labor, nor
of crippling any form of service worth
its cost. 'lt simply meansitliat the -cost
of government should be so organized
that it would be administered in a bus
inesslike way with non-political con
• trol o| the public debt.
"A schedule must be worked out
that will reduce debt and maintain
faith and credit This must include the
spending of local- governments as well
as tlie state and nation And this could
be done by transferring to the state
functions that are inherently theirs and
by making a dollar perform its worth
of service as measured by present e{o- ;
nomic standards.
"New tax levies, and particularly the
genera! salej taxes as advocated b\
spokesmen for big business, will not
be tolerated bv the people any longer
to support the most extravagant and
impotent Federal government in the
liistory of thi,* country. 1 am in full
accord with the acts of the General
Assembly thai includes the public
school, public road, local government,
and the purchase and contract laws.
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Branch Banking 1
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Sound Banking and Trust Service for Eastern
Carolina
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
—I
A. J. MAXWELL
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Raleigh man, who is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination as
Governor of NortiT Carolina. (Mr.
Maxwell at the present time is
J . revenue commissioner.
"L pkdge. -Ui-XAJOpe-rate iu help the
schools render their best services;
however. I would at every step apply
the test of practicability pnd ability
Jto pay every' phase of public school
costs. School operation costs will be
lowered !? 3,4 MM 1,000 without lowering
existing standards. Teachers have 4c-
Vcpted these cuts without complaint
{ "A* the original sponsor -of- the pro-,
gram to eliminate all slate tax -on
propery, accomplished in 1931, I would
undertake to remove the 15-eents tax
lrvv as soon as consistent.
| "Taxes now iinposed"on business and
iiklu- try have reached the danger point
(The whole range of tax possibilities—
(income, interi-tance, corporate-, fran
chise, privilege and license—have been
exhausted. It is my opinion that em
phasis should be given to an adjust
in- nt of spending rather >tiiau' further
search for new forms of taxation.
"Mv opposite n to any form of sales
taxation that definitely adds to the
'prices'of article* of common purchase
and general li e is well kijiwn. It
put an unreasonable burilen on busi
tie s that is already overtaxed, and puts
a-new tax on c-xery citizen., {jovern
me it that does not concern itself with
problems of the underprivileged is un
worthy of support. But without a re
adjustment of expenditures a sales tax
is inevitable.
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"I, believe to* self-government that
gives bruadest powers to the people
themselves in every county. I believe
in close contact with communities in
the Stale handling of schools and
roads. I also believe in protection a
gainst -the abuse of power by all pub
lic officials. There niuM be a restraint
upon local government -contracting
debt or issuing bonds without a ref
erendum.
""Th e mrcriTT"(Tf-(| tiUTtrcn rrrat- va I na
tion of property should be maintained.
Reassessment itself is no relief. If
valuations are reduced, rates will be
increased.
" i his policy is based on knowledge
gained over a period of years in the
State's service. And I have confidence
win or lose—North Carolina will be
a safer state for the farmer, laborer,
home owner, renter, business man, and
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UtIPAY AND FRIDA
, IMPROVE SOILS
1 BY THE USE OF
. PLANT MANURE
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Cardwell Says It Is Mystery
To Him Why Matter Is
Neglected
By G. A. CARDWELL
| It has been a mystery to me why.
soil improvement has not been stress
ed far more than this lias been done in
opr day and- time. No farmers meet
ing should be held without some ref
erence being made to the importance
of soil improvement with animal and
iplant manures.
j Since mules and horses have been
supplanted by motors in city, town
and country until these animals have
become as much of a rarity to the
younger generation as elephants and
lions were in the time of our child- '
hood; and further since neither Henry
Ford nor General Motors have de
signed an attachment for their cars
to turn- out the good old humus and
plant food that we had in abundance ;
in the.heyday (hay and grain day) of;
real mule and horse power, we have,
learned to depend too largely uiwn
chemical fertilizers for crop yields,
i Chemical fertilizers are all right and
we are for them—we cannot get a- 1
long without them in our gardening j
and- farming 'c>t>ei;atbu.s and get any- j
where; but they would produce so|
much, better results if we would help
them by putting ample humus in the!
soil.
The following helpful information |
is from an article fiy (J. A. Hale, 1
Georgia Experiment Station, publish-1
ed in Southern Cultivator, January I,|
1932:
! "The value of the annual crop of
cotton stalk-, hi Georgia exceeds by j
about S2,HM).(HKI the value of all com-1
-mercial fertilizers used on cotton in
this state during 1931. A conservative ,
estimate of the money value and the
equivalent in common commercial fer
tilizer materials carrying nitrogen,
phosphorus and potassium of the plant
food contained in an average crop of
cotton, stalks in. Georgia, is about 436,-
719 tons, valued at approximately $lO,
(MM),000, while the estimated consump
tion of commercial fertilizers for. cot
ton in 1931 was about 353,464 tons,
valued at about $8,000,000. A ton of
air-dry cotton stalks with leaves at
tached contains about as much plant
food as 500 pounds of 7-2-6 (N-l'-K)
fertilizer. Much of the waste ill using
plant residues, such as cotton and
corn stalks and grain straw; can be
eliminated by first learning the value
of these materials and then adopting I
farm practices designed to 'get the full !
benefit from this much-need td orga/lic
matter. , • "
i Some cotton consider cot
ton stalks worthless and spend time
-and energy burning anil raking them i
off the • land. Cotton plants contain | |
a high percentage of nitfogen, phos- >
phorie acid and potash, or the very! |
elements bought to grow the stalks, j c
Dry cotton stalks with the leaves and'
burs analyze about 2 per cent ititro- j
gen, one-half of 1 per cent phosphoric j
acid and 1 1-2 per cent potash, while'
'cotton seed, which are , considered,
|good fertilizer, carrr v Shfout 3 per cent ,
'nitrogen and 1 pyr cent each of the j
lother two elements.
The pounds of nitrogen per 100
pounds of material determine largely
I the rapidity of its.decay and benefit to
I plants when plowed under. The high
i amount of nitrogen in cotton stalks
1 cause them to rot rapidly when plow
ed under and 1o give up much plant
| food to the growing crop. Much of
'the plant food in stalks is water sol
! üble and for this reason fall turning
of green plahts may result in con
, sidcrable loss from leaching unless
fall crops ate planted to take up this
available fertilizer.
| Cofu..stalk* have a lower percent
\ aije of tlie plant food elements, but
the larger acre tonnage offsets this
difference, so that in pounds per acre
corn compares favorably with cotton
in value of 'vegetable matter left on
the land. An average acre of corn
will produce about otic ton of stover,
but where the leaves are pulled for
fodder about 20(1 to 4tM> pounds less
material is left on the land.
I Since corn stalks carry only about
one-half as much nitrogen pound for
j pound as cotton stalks' they are con
sidered rather poor, fertilizer and
often when plowed under on soil low
in organic matter and nitrogen the
following crop will show effects of
nitrogen stsrvaiinn witlr yettow
leaves and poor growth. This is ex
plained by the fact that vegetable
matter containing less than I per cent
of nitrogen takes nitrogen from the
soil for its decay and leaves very lit
tle for use of the growing crop.
For this reason, corn stalks can be
made of immediate benefit to the fol
lowing crop only when strengthened
manufacturer because, as a candidate,
I have brought these issues to the peo
ple," concluded Mr. Maxwell.
Mr. Maxwell is 58 years old and be
gan his career as mayor of a small
town and editor of a weekly newspa
per. For 12 years he was secretary of
the North Carolina senate, and for
seven years secretary of the North
Carolina Corporation Commission.
Since 1927 he has been chairman of
the North Carolina Tax Commission.
Alio he has served as commissioner
of revenue.
As an advisor of the joint finance
committee* of the General Assembly,
Mr. Maxwell has written the larger
part of the laws he is now ailministet
ing.
THE ENTERPRISE
j with nitrogen. Where the corn is l
| cut and the whole plant fed, the un
eaten part should be mixed with the
manure to 1 as to increase its nitrogen
content and hasten decay. Where the
j entire plant is removed from the land
' there is danger of rapid depletion of
| soil fertility, as the stalk* and leaves
' alone carry away about 18 pounds of
'nitrogen, 3 pounds of phosphoric acid
' and -'* pounds of potash per ton."
(To be continued)
Get Regular Income From
Sweet Potato Curing Barn
W. H, Helm*, of Waxhaw, Union
County, sells about s4# worth of cured
sweet potatoes from his storage house
each month a::d has a good income
from his poultry flocks.
Durham Farmers Will
Reduce Tobacco Crop
' . Indications are that Durham farm
ers wilt plant a smaller acreage of to
bacco this Reason. Forty-four persons
sold $268.87 worth of produce on the
local curb market last Saturday,
Mr. W. Amos Perry, of William
stos, K. F. I:>. One, was a business
j visitor here today.
WANTS
FOR SALE: 8 OR 10 WHITE
giant cockerels. $1.50 each. Will
weigh Bor 9 pounds. Mrs. L. J. Har
dison, Williamston, N. C., R. F. I).
No. 4. f
WITH NEW COMPANY
I wish to advise my friends and
customers that I am now connected
with the Wilson Marble and Granite
Company. With this new connection
1 am better prepared to serve you
than ever. Our prices are very reas
onable. " f-16-4t
R SHERROD COREY
Williamston, N. C„ R. F. D. 4
WANTED: TO DO GARDEN
work, general garden plowing and
sawing wood. Prices reasonable. See |
Harry Jones, near Bunch's store on!
Hamilton road. Also have quantity of
good hard and pine wood for sale'
cheap. ltp |
FOR RENT: 3 BRIGHT HOUSE
keeping rooms, private bath, second
floor. Mrs. T. S. Hadley, Main Street,!
Williamston, N. C. £l9 2t
FARMERS)
Wanted: 500 hogs and pigs, to sell i
Wednesday, February 24, and Satur
day, February 27. Be there. Green- |
ville Auction Exchange, Forbes and,
Morton Warehouse, Greenville, N. C.I
fl9 2\
CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE:'
Karly Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Plants. Obtained from the very bestj
s«'ed. 15 cents per 100. H. C. Green, [
Pecan Grove Farm, Williamston, N.
C. f-5-12-19-26
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ADVERTISING) I
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I BANKRUPTCY |
A trade publication points out that, according to Brad
street's report for 1930, 95 per cent of all business failures were
non-advertisers. One does not hesitate a minute about insuring
his home or of business, but how about the business itself?
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I® The successful business man is the one who goes after bus
iness, the failure is the one who sits around and waits for busi-
nCM t0 come *° him. Bradstreet's percentage shows that the I
going business man is an advertiser.
I There Is No Substitute for I
I ADVERTISING I
I . IN ' I
I The Enterprise I
" WILLIAMSTON
HUH 111 CAJtOIINA
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by J. L. Hardison and wife,
Lula Hardison, dated 27th day of De
cember, 1922, of record in the regis
ter of deeds office of Martin County
in book G-2, page 416, to secure notes
of even date therewith, and the stip
ulations not hav.ng been complied
with, and at the request of the holder
of said bond, the undersigned trustee
30th SERIES
I
OF THE
Martin County Building and
Loan Association
Will Open
Saturday, March sth
IT IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT YOU
TAKE STOCK, IF ONLY A FEW SHARES. IT
WILL HELP YOU IN A DOZEN DIFFERENT
WAYS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES IT HAS
"SAVED THE FACE" OF MANY WHEN UN
EXPECTED CONDITIONS DEMANDED IM
MEDIATE PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.
COME IN TO SEE US
Martin County Building &
Loan Association
will, on the 18th day of March, 15>32, :
at 12 o'clock noon, in front of the I
courthouse door of Martin Coanty, of j
fer for sale to the highest bidder, (or
cash, the following described tracts of,
land:
First tract: Bunded on the south by,
J. L. Brown, on the north by T. H.
Davis, on the west by W. H. HarJS-,
son land, and on the east by Sylves-;
ter Gray, and Tom Lilley. Contain
ing 50 acres, more or less, and being a
Friday, February 19,1932
part of J. H. Hardison land.
Second tract: Bounded on the north
by Roanoke River, on the south by
Tom Coburn, on the west by Rosie
Creek, and on the east by H. Daven
port and Fagan place. Containing 100
acres, more or less, and being same
land bought of H. W. Allen and wife,
Bettie Gray Alnel, by M. D. Wilson
and A. T. Perry.
This 18th day of February, 1932.
B. DUKE CRITCHER,
fl9 4tw Trustee.