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WHY NOT USE THE BEST
WHEN The BEST IS CHEAPER MR. FARMER
MARKETING PROGRAM NEEDED
TO PREVENT OVERPRODUCTION
OF IRISH POTATOES THIS YEAR
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Present Outlook Indicates c,i. ' Analysis showing farmers* Ye
Larger Crop Probable «° d,an « e «' ,l,e I |,rice ' evel
TVi' V their product clearly indicate t hat th
1 niS Year good prices of last season will initiati
* ianoth'r period of acreage expansion
WANT PROGRAM j ilie full effect of which may not b
- apparent until 1935."
Believe Fair PricePossiU*
I{ Suitable Agreement danger t> the industry, lies in the
Can Be Reached
I improvement of yields whi.'li may oc
i c|jr ,Ui r j„g the coining season," sail
An excessively large potato crop is r Dean. "Average yields on ai
expected to be produced this year un- a ,reage of the same extent as in 193.
less steps are taken to bring market nulv oasijy produce u crop of suffic
supplied- more nearly into line with volume to result in serious prici
effective demand, preliminary sttr-| recession*." 
veys indicate Looking toward mi-i | n ,| ustr j a | revival cannot he count
proving prospects id potato growers,l d  n as a factor su tTicicnt to offscl
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin- , mr ,. a>t .(| production, as consumptior
iStration is tentaively developing mar- ; . (l|ore ()f | cgs sta |,j e w j t |, a long
keting agreements with shippers |j||le j ownvvar ,| trend evident, Mr
firing about orderly marketing and to, Bt-aiw said. The higher of IM3J
prevent the anticipated large crop] w| , ( U>|K | to stimulate production ol
from having its usual depressing ef- ~,,tatots in home gardens, aYul this
feet on prices received by producers , Mll l,,, )tM i M uh the prevalent jjlivc-at-
Must Get Agreement home" tendency of fu.
The relatively high prices brought 'her dcrease demand for potatoes,
by the small 1933 crops, and the rea- One-Fifth Increase
sonahlc prospects for better yields per Intentions to plSnt potatoes, at
acre ill 1934, the principal factors of shown by a January report of tlie
which will cause serious marketing I rop Reporting Hoard, indicate thai
conditions and will tend to diminish the commercial acreage in the 12 early
the amount of money returned to po* and second early states is likely to bt
tato growers-during the next two sea- one-fifth larger than the 1933 acre
sons, a. cording lo Louis II Dean, eco- age The-October report from grow
nontic advisor in tl| Agricultural At°l- ( els in the Intermediate states gave
justment Administration. I evidnce that a 16 per cent increase o!
"Cnless some acreage and market- acreage was anticipated iu that area
nig agreements are adopted, producers \ . K, Mercker, marketing specialist
are apparently headed right into an- in. the Department of Agriculture
otlwr downward price cycle," he slat- stated that the actual increase in tin
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 ' daily. Come in and make an early se
lection while prices are low.
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i HwULi $i value. First quality Ut/l
Spring Coats $9.95
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Fashioned on new ideas
''' Spring Slippers $2.98 _
i t For the Miss and Mrs. All new advance shoe
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LADIES SPRING DRESSES '
.. $4.49 and $5.95 '
! ( New fashions and different, with colors gay i
* and charming. They new dresses will flatter
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J ' MEN'S SPRING SUITS $17.95 '
 t All Dresses, Coats, and Suits Can Be Bought on i J
4 INSTALLMENT PLAN
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IFARMERS PLAN
TO PLANT MORE
J GRAIN IN 1934
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i- Land Taken Out of Cotton
,f i And Tobacco To Be Used i
For Small Grains
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J All kinds of grain crops are expect
|ed to receive emphasis by the farmers
lof the Robersonville territory with the
°! reduction in the staple money crops—
" | tobacco and cotton.
| Farmers who in the past' have not j
J raised corn, oats, rye, wheat, etc., to (
( | supply their own needs are expected (
" I to plant much of the land taken out of
I cotton and tobacco cultivation into
I the grain and hay "crops suitable to
C | this section
t Already winter oats, rye, and oc-|
l " kasionally a little wheat may be seen |
i green and growing in the various com
| niuntics in this section.
[- 1
| Dry weather of the past summer
and fall prevented many farmers from
planting as much of the small grain^
s as they wished to, but the rains of the |
past few weeks, though light, have |
..Ihelped the crops already planted; and
j now some farmers are turning their
attention to mtking preparation for
1 spring planting of small grain crops.
IS | Care is taken in the reduction catn
ie paign for cotton and tobacco that the
11 land is not planted to "money" crops
y to compete' with real money crops of
,c other sections; but the many farmers
~. who have not in the past raised enough
grain and hay for home consumption
e are more and more growing what they
'' need at home. That means that this
year there should be more corn, oats,
'I rye, wheat, peas, beans, hay, and the
L *i like raised in this se'tion than for a
c long, long while.
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Attorney Wheeler Martin is con
fined to his home with a cold, but lie,
is expected to be out soon.
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country as a whole would be between (
2 and 5 per cent, unless adjusted. Even .
if the acreage should be held stable at
the 1933 t>tal ol 3,200,000 a.res, he
said, it would still be much too large,
to insure fair farm prices, whereas a
total of 3,(100,000 acres with average
yields per acre would resfllf in a crop
that could be marketed at a fair I
price. "The national average yield of
i j9B bushels per acre in 1933," said Mr. I
' I Mercker, "was the lowest since 1919.1
I | We cannot expect' nature to step in
t j every year to hold production down
to a point where producers can realize
| ja (air profit."
How To Get Fair Price
"With a suitable marketing agree-,
nient we believe it may be possible to
attain fair prices for producers," de-!
dared W. (I. Meal, of the special crops
► section of the Agricultural Adjust- i
I inent Administration. "Perishable
crop prices are always sensitive to
' the volume of shipments and to the
. I total available for shipment, and thus
| the prevention ui unwieldy surpluses
biing thrown upon the market should
► jbe beneficial to the price level.
I j The tendency of li'igli prices to set
|in motion forces that bring about a
f , subsequent lowering of the potato
i price level, have been well demons! rat
) ed in the past. In 1925 there was a
situation similar to the present one.
1 The short crop, due to reduced acre
age and low yields, raised the price
i lof potatoes to SI.BO per bushel at the
I farm, and this favorable situation was
I followed by improved yields and ex
► I panded acreage for the three follow-,
ing years, culminating iu the record
crop of 192H, which brought the far-'
I nier the low farm price of 52 cents j
► per bushel. In 1929 acreage was re-!
duced to less than 3,(100,000 acres for
; the first time since 1924, and returns
J j were again better than for any crop
since the .;!» of 1926. The down
ward cycle them again set in, with
, prices falling rapidly, and farm re-'
1 | turns diminished as acreage expand
|* |
I Also, the depression caused a coil- '
f traction of consumers' incomes, and (
J 'his factor added its weight toward'
, depressing the price level. At the bot-' !
i I torn of this downward trend the farm- t
j rrs sold their 1932 .rop for only 38.6
j cents per bushel, receiving a total in- ,
( (Come from potatoes of only $136,000,-',
' 1 000, as again.! the $438,000,000 return- ]
|ed to them by the 1929 crop. In j
j 1933 an unfavorable season curtailed
1 | what would otherwise have l)0*n a. I
Lrge crop, and pricey again role to a
I pe#k - ' . 1
THE ENTERPRISE
CROP VALUES OF STATE SHOW BIG 1
INCREASE DURING 1933 OVER 1932 ;
I Total of $192,595,000 in 1933 Represents Gain of More| (
Than $88,428,000 Over Previous Year; No*fch * jt
Carolina Now Ranks Fourth in Nation
Raleigh.—Nor.th Carolina crop val
ues totalled $192,595,000 in 1933, a
jump of $88,428,000 over the preced
, ing year, and the state shot up to
, fourth place among states of the un
■ ion, Commissioner of Agriculture W.
| A. Graham announced last week.
| Only Texas, California, and lowa
, outranked this state in 1933. From
( 1919 to 1921 North Carolina ranked
fourth and fifth, but later slipped back
wards. In 1931 it was ninth in the
value of crops and was sixth in the
value of crops and was sixth in 1932.
| Tobacco and cotton led this state's
big gain, the value of the tobacco
1 crop last year being placed at $83,-
i 553,000, an increase of $48,280,000 over
1932. The value of the cotton crop
increased by $13,335,000, totaling $33,-
465.000 year.
| Governor Khringhaus, apprised of
I the figures, declared he was "infinite
ly satisfied' and singled out the huge
increase in the value of the tobacco
ciop, North Carolina's greatest farm
revenue raiser.
NEW FERTILIZER
|FIRM IS FORMED
| Reliance Corporation Plans
To Do Business in This
Section This Year
A charter lias recently been grant
ed to Reliance Fertilizer & Lime Cor
poration, with offices in Hoard of
Trade Building, Norfolk, Va., to man
ufacture-fertilizers, fertilizer materials
and agricultural liincs, and to do a
general fertilizer and lime business in
i ibis state.
i
l The officers of this company are
| VV. B. Mann, president; E. J. Brough
ilon, vice president .and treasurer; and
J J. Joyce, secretary.
Mr. Mann, a native of Elizabeth
. City, was formerly vice president ami
sales manager of the Eastern Cotton
Oil Co. Mr. Broughton formerly was
'secretary and treasurer of the Eastern
■ Cotton Oil Co. and manager of their
j Hertford plant for several years and
lis a native of Hertford. Mr. Joyce
, was formerly manager of Premier
Fertilizer Co., of Dunn.
All of the men have had several
years experienc in the fertilizer and
i lime business, particularly in the
| trucking, •cotton, tobacco, and peanut
i sections of North Carolina.
! Ihe plant which they have acquired
and will operate is that formerly
owned by A. S. Lee & Sons Co., and
l is situated on the water in South
i Norfolk, Va.' This plant was built
new in 1929 and is of about 20,000
tons fertilizer capacity and in addi
tion contains 14 lime kilns which are
I now in uperation for the manufacture
'of burnt-oyster shell lime.
1 hey have established agencies and
expect to do a general fertilizer and
lime business in North Carolina and
Virginia.
A. Edison Davenport, of Mackys,
has been named traveling represen
tative in this section, and J, C. Smith,
of Plymouth; W. Barton Swain, of
Koper; and J. E. Davenport, of
Mackeys, are representatives in Wash
ington county for the firm.
WANTS
IF YOU ARE NOT USING THE
New Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline
, and the New Texaco Crack-Proof
| Motor Oil, it will pay you to change
jto thqni today.,- Harrison CMI Co.'
"Geo. and Gus Know Oil." It
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MORE MILK—MORE BOGS—USE
Milk-Flo Dtiry Feed and Sunshine!
'Laying Mash. C. L. Wilson, Rober-j
sonville, N. C. » j!9 lOt
ADOPT CASH BASIS: TO OUR'
| customers; Beginning February 10,1
we will go on cash basis to
all. We regpet this action, but we are
forced toyC. Cowen and Rogers Mill,
Bear Grass, N. C. • f9 Jt
FOR RKNT: HOUSE OR ROOMS
located on Main Street. See or call
R. S. Critcher. fl3 2t
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lie recalled the struggle which, with'
i Federal aid. increased the price of,;
• tobacco from around sll per hundred
> pounds to around sl7. A greatly in
- creased production of weed also ac
. counted for some of the gain.
Crop values in Texas, which led the
» states in the union, totaled $353,378,- (
l 000 last year, according to official fig-11
1 ures in the hands of the statistical]'
- division of the North Carolina agri- ■
t culture department.
e California was second with values
aggregating $277,077,000, while lowa
 with $214,492,000 was third, and
> North Carolina next with its $192,-1
- 595,000, followed by Illinois, report- j
r ing a total of $158,563,000.
The 1933 total for North Carolina
-'was divided as follows:
Tobacco, $83,553,000; cotton, $31,-
f'963,000; truck and vegetables, sll,-,
- 841,000; fruits, $5,941,000; hay and |
e forage, $8,480,(MM); annual legumes,
) $7,712,000; cash grains, including rye,,
i wheat, etc., $4,2>0,000; miscellaneous,
$5,376,000.
iSCHOOL NEWS
• AT OAK CITY
> New School Truck Is Put
j In Operation; P.-T. A. !
Holds Meeting
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■j One of our old trucks finally be
came of so little benefit that it hail
f' to be done away with or re-overhaul-j
-j ed; therefore, a new truck was given,
s j in its place. The pupils who were ac-|
» 1 customed to riding the old bus say
• ( they now feel as though they are rid-1
j ing in luxury—just a comparison to'
e show iu what had condition the old
-| bus was. For a fact, some of them 1
1 rode seated on the springs that had
I broken through the cushions; others
,! rode on the flat board where the re-
I! mains, uf the cushions had been torn
, j up. You know, the teachers would
s j appreciate an exchange of all old
, j busses for new and larger ones so
r that the loading problem wouldn't
j 1 -he so much of a problem. It is un
e 1 derstood that several more changes
r ' in busses here are heing considered by
the authorities.*
1 Attendance
' Despite adverse weather conditions
' { the daily attendance of pupils is hold-'
'l ing up. Even during the coldest days
I the records show excellent attend
' I ance. .
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1 Chapel Program
>1 At the general assembly of high' I
'l school students on Monday, a very
interesting program was rendered by
"| the group of pupils who had been
: | pointed to conduct the chapel pro
■ gram for the week.
The main topic concerned Abra-'
bam Lincoln. Many interesting as
well as new, facts were offered to ex-'
I, plain the immortality of Lincoln as
I a president and man. It was evident
• that the committee on securing ma-'
"j terials for a program on Abraham
> Lincoln had done some valuable re
| search in preparation of their talks. ;
P. T. A. Meets
I The parent-teacher association
Oak City school held its regular meet
ing last Tuesday.
100 PER CENT SERVICE IS AL
ways given you by Henry and A.
, jat Central Service Station. Texa
ico's New Fire Chief Gasoline and
j Crack-Proof Motor Oils are worth 1
| every cent you pay for them. Cen-!
,tral Service Station. It I
PROGRAM FOR WUI BEGINNING MONDAY, FEB.
> i
I Turnage Theatre Washington, N. C. I
I ■ WITHOUT A " I
"ALL OF ME," with M. CHURCHILL «nd C. FARRBLL
FREDERIC MABCH and MIRIAM HOPKINS ThurwUy ~ with*™* 17
I Tuesday • / P>iwi.»r y 20 NATIVE CABT
■ BLONDR BOIfBSHELL" Jk
BLONDE BOMBSHELL with "HELL AND HIGH WATER" with
JUDITH ALLEN U
IF YOU WANT THE BEST GAS- ,
oline and motor oils that money:
■can buy, come to see us. We handle i
the New Texaco Fire Chief Gasoline',
and New Texaco Crack-Proof Motor
Oils .exclusively. Texas Service St»- L
tion. K-i-
FOR SALE: GOOD GRADE COW
ready for milking. See F. L. Sav-,
age, Williamston, N. C., R. F. D. No. 1
1. fl3 2t
DAVENPORT AND HAMILTON,
Jamesville, N. C., invite you to vis
it their station, where they will give .
you the best service and the finest
gasoline and motor oils made—Tex- j
'aco. It!
i
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DRAFT BEER NEW EQUlP
nlent just installed. Schlitz beer on
tap. Other brands sold in bottles.'
Come to see us. P. P. Peel, Wash-!
1 ington Street, Williamston, N. C. '
1 Dls-Bt-f
[MANY^T
OF OUR CUSTOMERS
'Yawr nt * Oaadyaar,
PatMndar u tfca baat
kwy MI MM MHm!"
• Wi'vt mada ■ lot of
■ frianda bjr tixlnt up
■ their drlrlnl mmU mad
MfomaMnoliU thi naw
Improved Goodyear
PathAndara. In many
caaaa they provide all
tha tlra eerrice a driver
IftM VH can ua* and If that'e
■IV our opinion (or your car,
« wa'U honeetly mi ao.
Come In and talk It
no obUtntkm.
IIImL flu ■Bill al
raM mvwii vi
Med Him Price
MSnf 4.40-21 $5.70
■Bf 4.50-21 $6.50
5.00-19 97.40
C#QP#IrEAR grigs
nim mh|«t 1 a T"*- •* •—r •"•—— *
CENTRAL SERVICE STATION™
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
I SEED IRISH POTATOES I
I Lespedeza Seed and Smith I
I Douglas Fertilizers I
Before Buying Any of the Above
Items, Call, See or Write Me »
IE. G. Anderson!
ROBERSONVILLE, NORTH CARdLINA
Thursday. February IS, 1934
mFOR SALE: VALUABLE HOUSE
and lot. Prke right. For particu
: lars see W. C. Manning. tf
- LOST IN WILLI AMSTOH TUES
- [ day. Small purse containing two
and a one dollar bill, a small
i amount of change, and a few memor
\ andunu on a small piece of paper.
.'Owner requests finder to leave at En
i Ifcrprise office.
t
NOTICE
Having this day qualifijkl as ad
'! ministrators of the estate! of J. F.
"Jackson, deceased, late «f Martin
E iC*ounty, North Carolina, tnis to no
t tify all persons holding claims against
. i the estate of said deceased to prestnt
. same for payment to the undersigned
on or before the 17th day of January,
11 *#3s, or this notice will be pleaded in
* | bar of any recovery thereon. All per
il sons indebted to said estate will please
i I make immediate payment.
I This 17th day of January, 1V34.
Mrs. Martha F. Jackson
And J. S. Jackson,