North Carolina Newspapers

ypL. XV. NO. II | Gave Himself Up Monday night Sheriff Crawford ind Deputy Manning went to Hamilton to secure Bill Boyle, the negro who several weeks ago Hied his wife there. Boyle had ,een in hiding and defied the jfficers, but finally concluded to surrender to the Sheriff. Havi ng no sympathizers among his pwn race, he could not get food and was afraid to try to leave the vicinity. He will be tried at the March term of court and Without doubt will go to the elec tric chair. Miss Lamb Hostess ' - ' I Miss Mayo Lamb was hostess lat a very delightful supper party at her residence after the dance . ,d reception at the Lotus Club , • yt week when she entertained I for her house guests who were \\u esent in Williamston for the social functions just after Christ -1 \as. Miss Lamb who posseses uch remarkable charm as a hos -38, delighted all who were so .fortunate as to be present, and ithe hours passed quickly into the tirly dawn before the guests ere aware of the time. Those present were: ifeiss May Bell Small, of Washington and (Harry Biggs; Miss Christine*Mc intosh, of Chapel Hill and Dr. James S. Rhodes; Miss Catherine femall, of Washington and Luke Lamb; Miss Isabel Parker, of fine Town and Charles H. God- Win; Miss Fannie Lamb Haugh jton, of Blowing Rock and Wilson fc. Lamb. Jr. Howard—EweD fF tiss Rena Ewell and Mr. Fer- K". Howard were married at the irr'o" in Tor born on Dee lember 23rd. 1913. They left here Jon the early train, but failing to jcarry the written permission of ;*he bride's mother, Mrs. J. C. well, a delay occurred until par ses here communicated with Register Brown. They spent the night in Rocky Mount ( tfith the mother of the groom, Hid arrived home the next day. If ey are making their home with bride's mother in East Will iamston. A "Beverly" is Coining Beverly of Graustark! The very name stirs the imagination 'to flights of fancy. It is sugges itive of romance, indicative of scenes and situations far removed l'rom the everyday world. A ."elving into a land of promise. When you see the dramatiza tion of the famous story from the pen of George Barr McCutcheon fit Williamston, January 21st., jdo not repudiate the child in you. [The play is free from impossible jmagic, yet it is a fairy tale for jchildren of a larger growth* It las no faries tho' it possesses a witch in the person of Beverly Calhoun of Washington, D. C., in American girl of the- highest type, the kind of girl who makes fou glad of iCmerica'and Ameri can women. She is a -brave girl and a witty girl, and she dares to stand alone with a courage born of her confidence in herself and the comforting knowledge that the has an energetic champion in ler colored mammy. This mam- Sy will do "much to put you in |P humor. Rarely hasachai- K ±en written with greater amities for funmaking. *ue company has attended to its local color. .JEhe scenery is excellent as i£ the acting of a rarefully selected company. rEs >edally satisfying iS Miss Dorothy Vf i cer ag Beverly. u 9 Jeft I ■* tHE ENTERPRISE '.V ; :mi . • , State PERSONAL 1 , m ~s - Jack Biggs went to Weldon Monday. A. C. Jones and son spent sev eral days hereduring the holidays. Miss Daisy Jones visited Miss Martha Ward at Christmas. Miss Hattie Lou Ward spent the holidays at home. Rev. and Mrs. Standford spent, the holidays at Rich Square. W. H. Biggs spent several days in Norfolk last week. B. T. Cowper, of Raleigh, spent Christmas here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baker left Sunday for New York City. Gideon Lamb spent Sunday night here with relatives. Dr. J. A. White has been in town this week. ' P. P. Apfel spent the holidays his home in Buffalo, N. Y. Duke Critcher left' for Wake Forest on Monday. W. E. Davenport, of Hamilton, was here Monday on business. \ John H. Martin and son, of Hamilton, spent Sunday in town. Dr. Reed Boyd, of Petersburg, visited friends here last week. G. C. Godwin returned to school in Richmond on Monday.| Miss Annie Lamb, accompanied by Mac and Betsy Lamb, left for Wilson Monday. Mrs. C. M. Lanier with Rich ard Smith and Charles Biggs left Monday for Christ School Arden. W. J. Francis, of Emporia, Va., spent Christmas here with his family. Dr. and Mrs. P. B. Cone spent the holidays at Middlesex with relatives. Misses Fannie Myrt Manning and Sal lie Had ley returned to Wilson on Monday. Dr. W. E. Robertson,, of Suf folk, spent the holidays here with his parents. John W. Hassell, who spent the holidays here with his mother, left Monday for Memphis, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hoyt and children spent Sunday in Wash ington with relatives. Miss Delzelle Woodard spent Christmas with Mrs. C. B. Has sell. Misses Irma Woodhouse and juouise B. Upton left Monday for Carolina College at Maxton. Misses Emma Robertson and Mary Brown returned to Green ville Monday afternoon.. Robert Biggs left Monday for Warrenton where he will enter school. Misses Lettie and Emma Crit cher were in Norfolk several days last week. ■ "" ~ X Mrs. M. E. and children are visiting relatives in South Carolina. Mrs. J. G. Staton spent Satur day in Tarboro as the guest of Miss Kate Cheshire. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Carper and little daughter, of Greenville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dunning last .week. F. S. Hassell, of Wilson, came !own Saturday to see his father, who has been suffering with erysipelas in the ear and face. Mrs. Walter Hassell and little Miss Frances Hoyt spent the holi days with Mrs. C. A. Jefjress in Kinston. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert son and little daughter, of Kel ford, spent Christmas here with I their patents. -s WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FJRIDAY, JANUARY 9, IQI 4 MARTIN COUNTY IN YEAR OF 1913 I . . ' ■ 1 ' / » Robersonville The Greatest Builder—Farm Values Largely Increased—Splendid Tobacco Sales—Bank Deposits —r—T- —— —~ * •- -if— r '■ .. ,j ■ ; 1 •- . r» r-r * Over Three Qyuarters Of A Million GENERAL PROSPERITY REIGNED A retrospective view of the material progress of Martin County during year of 1918, will bring jto mind first of all crops and farm lands, the raising of the former and the greatly increased value of the latter. The seed was planted for a splendid harvest and prior to the storm of Septem ber 3rd., the fields were running riot with corn, cotton, peanuts and other crops. The devasta tion was so great that only about one-half of tRe cotton crop ma tured and everything else save peanuts was damaged greatly. The tobacco crop had been har vested and many thousands of pounds had already been sold at high prices when the storm came. Notwithstanding the destructive winds, farmers have realized goodly sums and those who plant ed tobacco have builded for great er things for the year of 1914. The increase in land values is unprecedented. The for farms on which to cultivate the crops which are making Martin County a Mecca for many, has put acres far above any price heretofore dreamed of. Better and bigger farming was under taken in 1913 than ever before in the history of this people, and the desire for land is growing mightily. Timber lands have reached a high margin during the | year, and the . industry in the I county received an impetus that has made for profit and progress in that line. ~ While, the rural districts have been on v the upward tendency, the towns have caught the spirit of progress - for the country must build the towns—and a steady growth has made wondrous changes in every corner * of the county. Perhaps, Robersonville has built more than any town in the county. During the- year it built a bank building to cost SIO,OOO, foiir brick stores, one j tobacco warehouse, a ginnery, : fifteen residences, Christian Church to cost SIO,OOO, opened two streets, erected one/-church for the colored population, sold 1,750,000 pounds of tobacco, pop ulation 200 and real 1 estate advanced seventy-five cent in value. The town is esti mating for an electric light plant to be run by private rr " j Bank of made | twenty-six per cent in nine months 1 and the deposits at the close of business on January 3rd., 1914, amounted to $173,613.13. The township voted for good roads and is building them. Hamilton, Oak City and Has sell situated in the upper end of the county are in the midst of a magnificent section for ttye culti vation of any crop to be grown in the East. Each of these towns has had an increase of business, as can be shown by the banks in that section. Some of the lar gest and most modernly equipped farms in the county are situated around those towns thus furnish ing farm products to stimulate to a larger activity, the local markets. The Bank of Hamilton had at the close of the year over $50,000 in deposits and made thirty-two per cent, or j . J ■ $1,620. The earnings of the I Bahk of Oak City were' twenty per cent with deposits of $52,251. - Cross Roads Township with Everetts as she central trading point caught the spirit of the county, voted bonds for road im provement, built better and big ger farm houses and mills and raised its financial standing. The business in ite town made a sat isfactory increase, and a larger market for tile sale of farm prc ducts has created. Bear Graw and Griffins Town ships have Jtept pace easily with the progress qf the whole county, the recently incorporated village of Bear Grass having built much during the year in the mercantile and other departments of busi ness. „ ' % Thejower end of the county Containing the town of Jamesville and the station of Dardens is not behind in the general improve ment for the year just closed. Much of tht development is noted in the farm lands and the in creased value of same. Several new buildings have been erected and business reached a larger per cent. The immense plant df the Dennis Simmons Lumber Com pany is situated "just one mile from tow npat landing and the greater number of people in and around the town are employed there. There are other timber industries, which were operated successfully. The fishery is one of the most important of indus -1 tries, and for years has brought ! in a handsome income. jof Jamesville founded two years I ago, made a splendid gain last year, the deposits amounting to $43,300,03. The year of 1913 gave to Will ..iamston, the county seat of Mar tin, handsome returns in every avenue of business in the town and community. Taking the banks as the mercury which in dicates the temperature of the financial growth of any commun ity, it can be readily seen that Williamston's growth has been great without being boom-like. Just the steady move forward, planting the fertile seeds of sound business to forth more fruit in *\c, ' -e. The Farmers 1•« •- 1 Merchants bank earned thirty per- „ ;ist, year over all expan ses, and the deposits at the close of business on Dec. 31st. were, $307,846.32. The Bank of Mar tin County shows deposits to be $240,000 and an earning of over thirty percent over expenses. So 1913 brought greater prosperity than ever to these institutions, and they handled the money of the farmers and business men of this community. The year was no building year for the town, but several handsome residences were erected and many improved and enlarged. The Cooperage Company completed its immense plant putting in larger and more improved machinery. 1 It'lfrought many new residents to this town and is one of the big assets of the community. The Hamilton Pants Mfg. Co., had the most sucpess ful year in its history. The sales took the entire output .wi£h de mands for more. A report of the Died in Raleigh • Mrs. Lillian Askew, who has been an inmate of the State Hos pital for several years, died there on the morning of Dec. 29th. after several weeks of sickness. She WHS bom in Martin County fifty-one years ago, being the youngest daughter of the late Robert and Henrietta llogers, and the grandchild of Elder C. B. Hassell. She married Sylvester AskcW, who died several years ago, and she is survived only by one brother and sister, W. H. Rogers and Mrs. Mary E. Peel. The body was brought here on Tuesday of last week and inter red in the family cemetery after the last sad rites of the church had been said, there to await the Resurrection Morn. Mrs. Barnes Entertains One of the most delightful so cial alfairs of the Christmas sea son, was the reception tendered Mrs. Gilbert Chase by Mrs. Fran cis U. Barnes at her residence on Smithwick Street on the after noon of December 26th. Miss Vir ginia Herrick received the guests at the door and they were pre sented to the honoree by Miss Mary Hassell, who with the hos tess received in the parlor. From there the guests were ushered into the dining room and were served delicious refreshments. The house was prettily decorated and the pleasure of the guests was manifest throughout the time spent with the hostess, who is always happy in her manner of entertaining. merchants and other business men of the town showed a large percent of increase in returns, some reporting seteiHy-five per cent gain. TheS. R. Biggs Mo tor and Iron Company with au thorized capital of $25,000 and $12,000 paid in was incorporated to build the Woolard harrows and other iron work, sell and repair etc. One of the host reports for the year was that of the Martin County Buggy Co., which employed a small number of workers and the * business amounted to $25,000. J. P. Simp son, Agent, sold a number of car loads of farm .machinery and automobiles, which added great ly to the .business in the town. It, was a rihosr, profitable year for stock dealers, who carry the finest mules in the JCast. lical estate advanced ard houses were-in de mand. Perhaps, the tobacco market sounded more clearly the stability of the community. For the year marked the highest, prices and the strongest in its history. The number of- pounds sold was 1,672,875. These figures renresont that sold at first hand, no resales being taken into the amount. Freight receipts at the A. C. L. station increased thirty three and one-third percent, and the river lines did a profitable business. Po3toffice receipts amounted to $5,177.10, a &ain of $518.63. The Telephone Com pany Oiiiit largely, Making a big uici cas>c hi i!»t} number of sub scribers and putting in copper lines to several points. The force of operators and linesmen was doubled and business gained a big percent: The Electric Co., made splendid gains also and makes for greater brightness. This summary is just a part of the great advancement in Mar-t tin County for 1913, but will serve to 'show that the county is in line with the progress of the State of North Carolina, which always Sits at the head of the table. ~7'_ r- • — " SI.OO a Year in Advance Gare Tokeas " Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Taylor, whe for seventeen years have Hved oa the Speight Farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. AsaT. Crawford, are moving this year to their own farm near Hamilton. Before they left Mr. and Mrs. Taylor presented to Mr. Crawford a signet ring marked "T. to —. and to Mrs. Crawford a pair of * gold cuff buttons, as emblems of of the many kindnesses tendered to themdur~ ing their long stay at the Speight Farm. Such evidences of esteem between landlord and tenant are very admirable. A Splendid Report * ' The fiscal year of the Farmers and Merchants Hank closed De cember 31st, 1013. In this issue appears the report of the year's work, which place-; the bank oa a high plane of activity and ! soundness in the financial world. The bank declared a dividend of ten per eent and earned thirty per cent over all expenses. On January the first, statements of the condition of the' bank with dividend checks were matted t» the stockholders, showing quick and careful work of Cashier Fagan and Assistant Cashier Rodgerson. The statement of this bank is another evidence of the material advancement of the town, community and county. Persistent advertising and sound business principles have madfe the Farmers and Merchants Bank one of the institutions of which Martin County should be prouL Biggs-Critcber The following invitation hat been issued: . Mr and Mrs. Roger Samuel Critcher v requestthe honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Lettie to Mr. Warren Biggs on the morning of Wednesday* January the fourteenth at half after seven o'clock Baptist Church Williantston, North Carolina A Family Re-Union Mr. Wheeler Martin was made unusually happy at the Christ mas season by the presence of every living member of the Mar tin f&rnily at his home on Dec ember 27th. 11)13. He and Mrs* Martin kept open house, and a dinner prepared and served ia Southern style was eaten amuia& joy and gladness. It is rare witness a more pleasant occasion and Mr. Martin'was most happy in the midst of his kinfolka. Later in the afternoon, the en tire party posed for which will be treasured souvenirs of the occasion. Those preseot were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mar* tin and little child, of Norfolk; Mrs. Frank Martin and children of Tarboro; Mr. Watts Martin, of Norfolk; iVlrs. J. K. Carstarphea and children, of Williamston; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Carstar phen, of Tarboro: Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr., of William ston; Miss Fannie Biggs Martiii Mi. and Mis. Wheeler Martin Sr. There were eighteen in the, pjwly and they made a most in teresting group. 1 Dr.Jv S. Rhodes left Tuesday for Atlanta where he weddei; Miss Carrie Alexander on thin*- day. They will return here aaf reside at the Rhodes home at tte. West end of Smithwick Street. -