VOL. if. NO. 48
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MURDERER !
CAUGHT
Rob. Roberson, Murderer
of Chas, Whichard ar
rested Tuesday
morning.
IS NOW IN JAIL HERE
Arrested by operator Al
britton while sitting
on N. & C. R. R.
near Tunis.
The murderer of Chas. Whichard
for whom the authorities had been
looking night and day for a week,
was brought to Williamston Wed
nesday and placed in jail. % Tues
day about 10 o'clock a. m., opera
tor Albritton, at Coffields, 011 the
Norfolk & Carolina R. R., was
walking along the track and seeing
a negro sitting down, began talk
• ing to him and decided that he
was Robert Robtrson, placed him
under arrest and wired to Rober
sonville. Chief of Police Joe Bul
lock, of Robersonville, bad left for
Winton to identify a man, who
had been arrested by Sheriff Gar
rett, of Hertford county, he was
instructed by wire to go to Tunis,
where the negro had been carried
He went and found him to be the
man wanted. Taking an after
noon train, he lodged him in the
Edgecombe jail for the night.
Sheriff Crawford and Chief of
Police Page met the prisontr at
Parmele on Wednesday morning to
protect him, if necessary, from any
violence. The people of Rober
sonville and vicinity are very quiet
and while crowds were at every
station in the county, not one
word proclaiming unlawful inten
tion was heard. Our citizens are
ever law-abiding, and while the
murder was one of the most cold
blooded in our history, they will
let the law take its course. Sheriff
Crawford feels confident that good
feeling is prevailing, and antici
pates no trouble.
In the hunt for Roberson last
week Mr. Thomas Carson shot at
him with a rifle, and claimed to
have seen him fall. The claim is
correct, he had been shot in the
thigh,but only a flesh wound.
A reward of one hundred dollars
was offered by the town of Rober
sonville and others, for the capture
of the negro, and this will be paid
to operator Albritton at Tunis.
Good Roads
Why not the people of Martin
County agree upon some good road
law that would cause the highway
of Martin County to be improved,
such as the following, or something
better.
Have a road commissioner with
proper qiachinery with a regular
road crew to build bridges and
work on the roads as the County
Commissioners may direct, work*
ing all our convicts, and if it is
necessary to have more hands than
. we have convicts, send to other
counties for convicts, or hire free
labor. There are portions of the
roads of this county so burden
some that the road Bands oannot
keep them in good condition. In
such cases let the road commissioner
with his force take charge of such
(daces and put theto ffi good condi
tion
There appears to be some of our
people who favor the old. , or pres
ent, road system, I do not like the
present road system. That is for
THE ENTERPRISE
one class of men to do service for
the public without pay, and another
class be exempt, and most all the
wealthy men are exempt. Bnt, if
the people wish to continue the oid
system. I say make it compulsory
on all the overseers to make not
less than six days work on their
section each year, grading and
ditching, and in case of storms
work more. With this amount of
work with the assistance of the
road commissioner and his force our
roads would equal if.not excel any
road in Eastern Carolina.
Our overseers have not been do
ing their duty, and the Supervisors
have not been doing their duty,
uor has the County done its duty
inasmuch as not having such l£ws
passed that would furnish the poor
road hands some help in some way
to keep the roads as they should
be, so the people will not have to
furnish four horses to puU a one
horse load.
Wake up to good roads, and let
us get together so our next repre
senative may know what to do.
P. PEEL.
Jamesville, N. C."
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Cost of Campaigns
OCASSIONAI.LV one sees an esti
mate of the cost of a great political
campaign, like unto the one before
the American people from now un
til the next November. Of esti
mates, for it is practically impos
sible for anyone to get a true and
' correct account of the expenses of
such a campaign. It ; s all right
to spend money in a legitimate
I way for such campaign purposes,
and it is but natur.l that many
should interest themselves about
the amount of money thus spent;
but we think that wrong conclu
sions are sometimes reached con
concerning such expenditures of
money. Many speak and write of
the expenditure of such campaign
funds as if they were altogether
useless and the money entirely lost.
Such is not the case. While there
is no doubt that much of the mon
ey spent in campaigns is rut to im
proper uses, it is not all spent iii
that way. The money spent in
campaigns does good in at lest two
particulars: In enlightening the
people throtigh the literature that
is sent out'and putting in circula
tion th&t which otherwise might lie
idle. In both the great political par
ties in this country—indeed in all
the parties—there are certain good
principles which are worthy to lie
impressed upon the minds of the
people. Ho party has al! the'good;
and so in the distribution of litera
ture which sets forth the best prin
ciples of a party the people recifive
proper information that prehaps
otherwise they might not. This is
done through the expenditure of
campaign funds. Then, every dol
lar that is put into active circula
tion helps swell the volume of
money which may be utilized by
the people in supylying the necess
ities of life. Rich men oftep con
tribute liberally to the campaign
fund for the party of their choice;
and thus they are helping in a two
fold capacity—they are helping
spread needed information and are
also helping supply money to swell
the volume of circulation. So, af
ter all, big campaign funds may
not be altogether a bad thing. Of
course we have no reference to cor
ruption funds. But there can be
no just objection to the distribution
of literature that states facts of in
formation, and many a man learns
much about his own political par
ty and opposing parties by,read
ing such literature. We dq well
to bear in mind that all money ex
pended in political campaigns is
not altogether lost. Scotland
Neck Commonwealth.
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WILLI AMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, igoS.
ROBERSONVILLE NEWS ITEMS
Visitors Coming and Going—Rob. Roberson Caught
near Tunis—Services at Christian Church-
Good on the Tobacco Market.
By JOHN D. EVERETT
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1908.
Dr! Ward is back from Harrells
ville.
Mrs. R. L. Smith spent Tuesday
in Bethel.
Mr. J. H. Grimes has returned
from Nash County.
Mr. J. R. Mannirtg went to
Greenville Tuesday.
The murderer is reported caught
in South Tunis, Ya.
Miss Marjorie Barnhill is visiting
in Rocky Mount.
\
Mr. John Edmondson went to
Norfolk Monday.
Mr. Harvey Roberson went to
Heartsease -Sunday.
Quite a crowd went from here to'
; Bear Grass Sunday.
I. Mr. L. P. Lane, of Rocky Mount
I is here on a vac ation.
Dr. Hargrove has just returned
from* Washington City.
Miss Marie Robertson is in
Bethel for a week.
Miss Fay Everett is spending the
week in Rocky Mount.
Misses I .ois and Sallie Parker
spent Sunday in Gold Point.
Mrs. Bettie Roberson and Miss
I.ydie were in town Sunday. '
Messrs. W. I,'. Ferrell and Jeff
! ress went to Ayden Tuesday.
Darrell Baker, of Hamilton spent
■ last week with Nathan Roberson
Mrs. Fannie Brown and daughter
j Miss Callie were in town Friday.
Messrs. W. W. Salsbury' and
Cleve Taylor visited in town Sun
dav.
1
I * Mrs. Bessie Smith and little
Opal returned from Tarboro, Mon
I day.
NEWS FKOM THE COUNTY _
The Coming and Going of People in Everetts and
Darden —and Social News from Hamilton.
DARDENS ITEMS
Miss Mattie Fagan spent Sun
day with Miss Annie Riddick.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tetterton
spent Sunday 011 Long Acre.
Miss I.essie McCaskey, of Nor
folk, is a guest of relatives hefe.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Osborn,
of Plymouth, attended church here
Monday night. '
Rev. Mr. Tyndall, of Kinston,
held services at the Disciple church
Sunday night.
Mrs. Pattie Peel is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Swinson, after spend
ing last, week in Plymouth.
Mrs, Courtney Marrow and
brothers and Messrs. Sam and
Lonnie Coburn are visiting in Nor
folk this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrison,
of Plymouth, attended church here
Monday. Also the Misses Avers
and Mary Belle Carter.
The series of meetings held by
Rev. M«". Singleton at the Metho
j dist Church closed Monday night
with one addition. The services
were largely attended as Mr. Sin
gleton is very popular in our midst.
Quite a crowd of people from
here attended services at Morattoch
church Sunday. Among them !
wera: Misses Ruth Coburn, Ber
niae M. Fagan, Minnie Riddick,
M essrs. A. R. Dunnirig and J.
R Coffield went to Rocky Mount
Sunday.
Misses Noami Everett and Var
itma Ross are visiting in Winter
ville this week.
Mr. J. M. Purvis of St. Augus
tine, Fla , is here visiting his bro
ther R. T. Purvis.
Misses Lydie Roberson and Lucy
Manning, of Gold Point, were in
town Saturday.
Mr. Hnrdge, the fa tier of Mrs.
C. II Whichard arrived from
Highland, N. J. Thursday.
Mr. Simon I). Everett went to
Raleigh Thursday to attend the
Convention for the Deaf and Dumb
of the State.
Mrs. Hen«r Crawford of Wil
liamston was the guest of Mrs. G.
Mi Roberson Wednesday.
Mr. M. P Smith spent Tuesday
in Greenville purchasing nuVrials!
for the big brick store that he is to
!ere t fot Mr. A R. Dunning.
M*. Benj. Griffin arrived from
Georgetown, Delaware, Saturday,
to visit friends and relatives
Mrs. W. H. Adkins, little Misses
Mar/.and Helen, were the guests
of Miss Lillian Smith Sunday.
Mr. A. E. Smith has just pur
chased a new system cotton ginu.
!He is not satisfied with anything
less than the best.
Mrs. Jule Outterbridge returned
from Greenville Thursday? She
his been with relatives there
several weeks nursing the sick.
Rev. Mr. I .illie, of Georgia, was
lu re last week visiting his sister
Mrs. R. B Brown. He preached
in the Chfri stian Church Saturday.
u:ght.
land Messrs. Alex a ruled Getsinger,
jl'rof. E. L Hu l- .n and Z. V.
! 1 igan. j.
Work on our iinv school build
ii n is progressing rapidly. We
j vull have a very nice building here
jt' correspond with our teacher.
We have hard working teachers
|and if the pupils do not vastly im
prove, it will not be the teachers
i fault. Prot. Hudson can "only
teach a few week> longer, as he
expects to return to Guilford Col
lege in September. It will be a
very sad parting, and we thing the
children would like to select a gar
den of sweet violets and erect a
beautiful monument in his memory,
bearing the inscription, "Gone out
not not forgottoen. '
HAMILTON ITEMS
Miss Maggie Salsbury was in
town Sunday. ,
Mr. Edward I)ardeA went to
Kdenton Sunday.
Mr. W. t,. Sherrod left for Rocky
Mount Thursday.
Mr. Oscar Council, of Oak City,
was in town Thursday.
"Mr. fc'aiter "SaTsbury and wife
left for Williamston Monday.
» Mrs. Long left Monday for
Franklin to visit her daughter.
(Continued on page four)
The Merchants Association, of
Martin and Pitt counties, convened
in Robersonville Wednesday. They
were entertained by the merchants
of Robersonville by a barbecue.
' Almost the whole town and
more were at the train Wednesday
to see Rob. Rober>on the murderer
of C. H Whichard, as he was tak
en to jail by Sheriff Crawford. »
Mr A. R. Dunning is preparing
the foundation for a large brick
store beside I)rs. Hargrove and
Nelson's big bri :k building. The
location is a good one, and the
store fai'l be second to none.
The warehousemen report good
sales of tobacco during last week
Theie was a good break on the
market last Friday. Prices have
averaged well when the tobacco
was in good order. The prospect
is for good prices on the better
grades.
Rev. \V. (1. Hall and wife, of
Rocky Mount, were the guests of
Mrs. \V. 11. Adkins last Thursday
night. After the arrivial of the
train Mr. Hall was pressed into
service, and preached at the llap
tist church to the great pleasure
snd profit of his many friends here.
Rev. Mr. Howard filled his reg
ular appointment at the Chiistiati
church Sunday. His congrega
tions were larger than ever before,
and he delivered two discourses of
gTeat power The church going
people of the community will be
delighted to learn that Mr. Howard
will serve the church here another
vear. Not only the church, but
the community, is to be congrat
ulated that they have an oppor
tunity to listen to such able ser
mons fri m so consecrated christian.
Word was received here Saturday
that Hob Robertson, tlie escaped
muiderer had been arretted by the
Chief of Police, of Henderson.
Mr. Joe Mullock went to Hender
son and found that the wrong man
had been arretted. The murderer
has been seen of late not far away
He is re; oiled to have a flesh wound
in one thigh and to be quite lame
The town has offered sioo reward
for his delivery to the sheriff of the
county. Th-re i,s little doubt that
the negrft win sboirbe'in the luiiclS
of the proper authorities, as every
effort possible is being made to
apprehend him.
It is to be hoped that the talk of
lynching has been engaged in by
very few, and by those without
serious thought. There is nothing
to be gained from such disregard
for law. There is mncli to be lost.
It would set a bad example for in
dividuals who feel themselves in
sulted, pialtreated, or outraged.
Any person has as much right to be
a law unto himself, in case of seri
ous offence or injury, as has an
enraged multitude.
Among savage and uncivilized
people there may be no other resort
than force to avenge a crime. But
in are public where the people have
established courts and have made
provision for the orderly and pro
per punishment of every crime, it
behooves every law-abiding citizen,
in behalf of his fellow men, to up
hold the law and discourage mob
law. If intelligent, and responsi
ble persons disregard the funda
mental principles cf trial and
punishment by due process of law,
how long before we may expect
the ignornant and irresponsible to
take the law in their own hands
and commit acts of violence against
not only the guilty, but the inno
cent as well.
It is my pleasure to report that
I have heard no one here advocate
lynching, 'though everyone feels
outraged at a murder so cold-blood-
Ed and cruel, and wishes to see
jwift and just punishment meted ;
>ut to a criminal so richly deserv- i
ng of deSth. i
sr.oo a Year in Advance
THE RACES
TUESDAY
Were the 1 Fastest that
Have Been Held Here
This Season-Good
Crowd Out.
BRIGADIER BREAKS
TRACK RECORD
Races Discontinued After
Second Heat of Each
Race on Account
of Rain.
/
On Tuesday afternoon a crowd
of about three hundred people, not
counting a goodly number perch d '
in the tops of accomodating trees
surrounding the race track, wit
nessed the most interesting race of
the season, in which brigadier,
owned by Mr. J. Paul Simpson,
won the first and only two heats
of the first race. Mr. Simpson
taile 1 to draw the pole for the first
heat and his driver Mr. Mizell was
unable to diive for him, so that he
himself had to drive, but not
withstanding the fact that Briga
dier entered the race with these
two handicaps he won the race
hands down. In the second heat
| when Brigadier had the pole he
-j kept a neat half length ahead of
' Nigger boy until they were some
{ hundred yards from the finish,
when Nigger boy broke, giving
brigadier a clean two lengths at
r the close. The-time of the first
I heat was 2:04, which breiks the
; track record Tins time of the
. 1 second heat was 2:07.
; The second race, which was a
, two-thirty limit, was won by
J Cash, owned by Mr. Sewtll of
Windsor, Only two heats out of
! five were run, but Spot Cash csr-
I ' ried off lK)th by a good margin.
The first heat was run in 2:23'4.
I In the second heat Midgett passed
the line ahead of S|>ot Cash, but
the Starter ruled a fowl and the
1 • heat was declared won by Spot
'pCfisTi itT'2:
' I The third race, which was A
> three minute limit, was won hy
j Princess Thelma, owned by Mr.
t johnson of Gold Point. Only two
j heats out of five were run in this
J race also, Princess Thelma carrying
; 1 off the ribbons in the first heat at
; j 2:15 y'l and in the second heat at
i 2:15.
A big thunder storm came up
| after only two heats had been run
lin each race, making it necessary
to call it off.
First race, Free for-all; Briga
dier, Nigger boy, Windsor Maid.
Limber Twig, Ist heat 2:04, second
heat 2:07.
Second race, "2:30 limit, Spot
Cash Midgett, Ist heat
second heat 2.16,
Third race 3:00 minute limit,
j Princess Thelma, Lillian Miller,
Ist heat second heat 2:15.-
Judges: Messrs. Ben Whitley,
John Jenkins and J. K. Caistar
pheu. Starter: Mr. Hayood Dial.
Time Keepei: Mr. K. B. Crawford.
Robbery at Oak City
Tuesday night the store of Har*
rell & Ross at Oak City was enter
ed by parties unknown and about
two hundred and fifty dollars worth
of goods stolen. A hole was bored
around the lock of the back iloor
with an augor, thereby, gaining
entrance. Mr. Hines, of Green- *
ville went to the scene with his
b'ood hounds find tracked the
parties from the door to a tree, but
could not follow th'e trail any
farther. From this it is surmised
that a team was used to carry the
goods away. No farther clue has,
as yet, been found and the robbers,
still remain undiscovered.