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VOL XVI. NO. 16
Mrs. Liawtoid Smitkwick Dead
After mdnths of ill health,
Mrs. Linwood Smithwick died at
her home in Morehead City, on
January 15th, 1913. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ash
ley Martin, and was born No
vember 25th., 1874. She mar
ried Mr. Linwood Smithwick.
To *them was born one child,
which lived only a short while.
She was a true Christian and a
faithful friend. She leaves
a husband father, mother, and
several brothers and sisters to
mourn their loss.
O the home is so lonely without
her;
Her sweet bmiles we can see
no more,
We can only trust in the blessed
• « Saviour
That her soul is with the An
gels above.
Lizzie Wiggins,
Robersonville, N. C.
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X Ray To Be Installed
Dr. Hugh B. York lias pur
chased an X-Ray equipment,
costing $2,000, which will be in
stalled in his office on Smith
wick Street. Dr. York has had
a small machine for years, but
decided to perfectly equip his of
fiice for this class of work in
which he is much interested. The
placing of this equipment in
Williamston means a long step
in the advancement of medical
practice in this section, as it will
be the only modem machine this
aide of Norfolk. Many patients,
who have to go to some city for
examination, can have the same
work done right hefe without
the cost of travel, etc. / The in
stallation of this machine will
add largely to the complete
equipment of the office of Dr.
Y rk, who is one of the success
ful physicians in this part of the
State.
To Locate at Robersonville
Beryl Duke Critcher, who pas
sed the examination before the
Supreme Court last week, and
was given license to practice
law, ha-' located at Robersonville,
he has office in the
handsome building of the Bank
of Robersonville. Mr. Critcher
is a young man of fine mind, and
it is predicted that he will win
success in his chosen profession.
J. Calvin Smith is the only at
torney Robersonville had before
the'location of Mr. Critcher.
Called Pastor
Rev. R. B. Duke, of Raleigh,
* has preached for the last two Sun
days in the Baptist Church here.
He is an earnest and interest
ing speaker and pleased his con
gregation at every service. Rev.
Mr. Burrell, of Richmond, has
been called to the pastorate of
the Williamston Church, hut has
not signified ihis intentions yet.
Mr. Burrell made a very pleasing
impression on those who met and
heard him here, and hopes are en
tertained that he will accept the
eall. He is an , Englishman of
broad education and liberal views,
and a Royal Arch Mason.
The actual price of real estate
is the price it will bring at auc
tion. * When you buy at auction,
you get the benefit of your neigh
bor's judgment You don't buy
a pig in a bag. Come out to the
sale of high class Williamston
business and residence property
next Wednesday, Feb. 17th, 1Q&0
A. M.
TME ENTERPRISE
LOCAL
New Moon tomorrow.
Sunday is St. Valentine's Day.
An excellent opportunity for
investment of your savings will
be offered you next Wednes
day at 10:30 A. M., when the
Ellington Property will be sold.
STRAYED. One gray horse,
partly blind Please return or
inform the Williamston Cooper
age Co., City.
v.
Something for nothing is worth
while-SB.OO worth of ware for
nothing is worth your time to
investigate. See our big ad. in
this paper. Hoyt Hdw. Co.
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FOR SALE 100 tons good hay
300 barrels corn, two good Milk
cows, all farming utensils includ
ing four Studebaker wagons, all
on time. ~J. W. Watts.
Boys and girls don't forget
your day at Majestic Exhibit.
Get a free souvenir and special
prizes. Read our ad. in this pa
per. Hoyt Hdw. Co.
Rev. Morrison Betheawas call
ed to Kelford Tuesday to hold
services at the funeral of Mr.
Richard Norfieet who died in
Alabama.
Now is the time to buy real
estate-while bargains are the or
der of the day. Think it over
and attend the sale of the Elling
ton property next Wednesday,
Feb. 17th, at 10:30 A. M. The
best business and residence prop
erty in Williamston.
The Toadies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church announces that
a "Whit Sale" will be held in
April, and thgt there will be sev
eral attractive features to make
the evening pleasant.
Education consists in knowing
things know how a range is
made inside and ontside. Call
at our store during our special
Majestic Range Demonstration.
Hoyt Hdw. Co. "
Mrs. Joseph H. Saunders was
hostess to the Embroidery Club
on Tuesday afternoon at her home
on Church Street. This is the old
est Club in the town, and fur
nishes delightful hours for the
members.
Mrs. C. B. Hassell entertained
the D. A. R. at her residence on
Main Street on Thursday of last
week. The programme was in
structive and the hostess was
most happy in her arrangements
for the pleasure of the guests.
Stocks may be watered, Gold
mines "salted" National banks
robbed. Any business may be
wrecked by dishonesty or poor
judgment Ifutreal estate won't
spoil or get lost. Make the only
absolutely safe investment for
yoursavingß at the auction sale
of the Ellington Property next
Wednesday. Feb, 17th, at 10:30
A. M.
Mr. Roy Beachler, of the Ford
Auto Company, was in town Fri
day conferring with Mr. John W.
Green, Martin County Agent In
the course of a conversation with
Mr. Green, he made the state
ment that he (Green) had sold
more cars than any agent
in North Carolina, considering
the time of the year and the
length of time Green had been
in business.
Do you believe in Williamston?
If you don't you should move. If
you do, you should invest in Will
iamston Property. Yoa will have
an opportunity to purchase some
of the best real estate obtainable
•in this growing town, when the,
Ellington property is sold atauc- j
tion next Wednesday Feb. 17th,
at 10:30 A. M,
WILLIAMSTON. N. C., FRIDAY, FEB., 12,1015
Vital Statistics
Dr. W. E. Warren was re
elected Health Office of Martin
County in January at the meet
ing of the County Board of
Healthy which is composed of Drs.
Edgar Long, J. E. Smith
wick, B. L. Long; Messrs.
B. F. Godwin and Asa J. Man
ning. Dr. Warren has submitted
the following report of Vital
Statistics for the County:
Williamston Township,
141 births and 69 deaths;
Bear Grass Township,
33 births and 13 deaths;
Hamilton Township,
72 births and 51 deaths;
Robersonville Township,
136 births and 04 deaths:
Goose Nest Township,
110 births and 64 deaths:
Griffins Township,
40 births and 12 deaths;
1 Cross Roads Township,
34 births and 14 deaths;
Williams Township,
21* births and 11 deaths;
Poplar Point Township,
42 birtfcs and 18 deaths;
Jamesville Township,
61 births and 28 deaths.
Total for County,
698 births and 344 deaths.
Engagement of Mr. Rhodes and
Mi» Randall
"Mr. and Mrg. Henry Pettus
Randall announce the engage
ment of their sister. Miss Ethel
May Randall to Mr. Frank Alex
ander Rhodes, the marriage to
take place on the afternoon of
Thursday, February, 25, at their
home, 315 Church Street, Selma,
Alabama. This announcement
will be received with sincere in
terest not only in Montgomery
but in Selma and Marion Junc
tion, where Miss Randall has
spent most of her life, she being
the youngest of the well known
Randall family of that section.
She has made her home for the
past several years in Montgom
ery with her sister, Mrs. J. R.
Thomas, and her charming per
sonality and lovable disposition
have endeared her to a large cir
cle of friends, who are delighted
that Montgomery will be her
permanent home. She is a beau
tiful girl of blonde type and pos-,
sessess a rich contralto voice,
which hat been heard on many
social occasions, as well as in
several of the choirs of the city.
Mr. Rhodes came to Montgom
ery several years ago from North
Carolina, his former home. He
is one of Montgomery's most
successful business men, is a
member of the Country Club,,
and has a host of friends who
extend to him hearty congratu
lations. A number of friends
from Montgomery will go to Sel
ma to attend the wedding."
The above will be read writh in
terest by people in Williamston,
where Mr. Rhodes was reared,
and where he has many warm
personal friends who have watch
ed his career in Montgomery,
Ala., with pleasure.
He is the son of Mrs. Helen
Rhodes, and the brother of Tr.
James S. and W. S. Rhodes. He
is another son of Martin County
making good in a far off state.
Homeseekers will ' travel far
before discovering any better op
portunity than is offereA them
in the residence property of Mrs.
C. L. Ellington, which will be
■old at. auction by Burton Bros.
Realty Co., on Wednesday, Feb.'
17th, at 10:30 A. M.
And Still They Coaie
Thai equal suffrage is coming
and coming with a swing, is- evi
denced on eVery hand. Cham
pion after champion is joining
the ranks, and soon Sir Knight
Walter Clark, whose ipse, dixit
has settled the question of the
constitutionality of the matter,
will have a battalion of other
brave Knights to follow him into
the midst of the fray. And so
as the days pass, the whdle
movement gets rather interest
ing as well as retaining its uni
queness.
But while we are prepared for
the enlistments in other parts of
the Commonwealth, the sudden
and bold jump into the ranks
made by the Williamston corres
pondent- to the Robersonville
Herald, sets us by its dash
and pungency, which should
characterize the brave Knights
in waiting on the fair Dames led
by Mrs. Archibald Henderson.
But to return to the new recruit.
He saw a vision of the stupidity
of the North Carolina legislators,
and knew that they would deny
liberty to tho women Hear him:
"The time is not far distant,
when woman shall have her pro-,
per position." And this from u
confirmed bachelor, too!
We will ask him if he will not
agree that Solomon was not the
wisest man that ever lived. And
this man with 700 wives around
his magnificent palace takes for
his ideal woman, a WIFE and A
MOTHER. No mention of the
fabr is made that Solomon gave
anyone of these women a part in j
the management of his kingdom. I
And now comes this bachelor
correspondent prating of "wo
man's proper position", when he
has done nothing to put The One
Woman in Her "proper position".
No doubt wistful glances have
j been cast his way, and hearts
have been filled with desires un
spoken, because man must cap
ture and woman be the willing
captive. He would give woman
the second place in a man's life, I
before he grants to her the God
given right to walk hand in hand
with him toward the sunset of
life.
"Two shall be born the wide
world apart"-and some day,
somewhere, meet, though " not
knowing why, and by that inde
finable magnet, be drawn one to
the other till two souls are knit
together forever. Until this
champion has done his whole
duty, his words are of none ef
fect Some woman is waiting, j
perhaps, to be placed in her!
"proper position" by him, and
if not, "it is better to have loved;
and lost, than never to have'
loved at all."
Every prominent champion of
equal suffrage is a married man
—Bryan, Roosevelt, Hobson,
Daniels, Clark and others. "A
word to the wise is sufficient"
An Anti.
Williamston, N. C.
Selling New Series
r
Secretary Martin reports splen
did activity in Building and Loan
circles. The 434 shares have been
augmented by 300, which will
make a sound basis. The As
sociation is not a year old, and
has already loaned over $4,000.
It forms a splendid avenue for
investment, and the small wage
earner can take one or two or
more shares, and lay up some
thing for later use. The Associa
tion can not only help Williams
ton, but the county at large, and
people are asked to investigate
its methods and take stock.
PERSONAL
Dr. J. A. White spent Sunday
in town.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Watts
spent Sunday here with their
parent**.
Miss Mary Hassell, of James
ville, is visiting Mrs. J. C. Craw
ford.
S. Atwood Newell, of Jvouis
burg, was her*- last week.
Mrs. S. A. Newell and children
have returned to Louisburg.
Mrs Vernon A. Ward was here
from Robersonville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. McNaugh
ton have returned from a visit to
Tarboto.
Mrs. K. B. Crawford and Mas
ter Asa are at home after a visit
to Seaford, Del.
Miss Delia Lanier spent the
week-end at Washington with
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Biggs.
Mrs. J. S. Rhodes spent the
week-end with relatives at Scot
land Neck.
Misses Isabel ie Morton and Mil
dred Purvis were here to see
"Alma" Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hassell
went to Kinston Nonday* to visit
Mrs. C. A. Jeffress, who is very
ill at her home there. From Kins
ton they went to Raleigh.
Harry A. Biggs, Mrs. Carrie
Williams and daughter, Francis,
accompained by Miss Emma Grif
fin, who has been away for treat
ment, returned from Norfolk
Tuesday. -
Farmers Institute
Last Thursday, A. L. French
with a corps of assistants held an
Institute hrre a°: scheduled.
Ground hog weather was prevail
ing, however, and the farmers
remained at home to begin work
in the fields. So. it was that an
small number .of farmers
came to town. There was the
best representation from Griffins,
which shows heat when it com* s
to education along any line, those
people are in the front rank.
Despite the small number, the
lectures were full and instructive
The best farming that Martin
has ever done, has been put in
operation since the Agricultural
Department commenced these
Institutes.lt is always regretted
that a large number do not take
advantage of the splendid oppor
tunity to add to their knowledge
of soil cnltivation.
Announcement
A man couies into this world
withouthis consent and leaves
it against his will. During his
stay on earth, his time is spent
in one continuous round of con
trairies and misunderstandings.
In his infancy he is an "angel;"
in his boyhood he is a "devil;"
in his manhood he is everything
from a lizard up; in his duties he
is a fool. If he is a poor 'man,
he is a poor manager, and if he
is rich, he is dishonest, but smart.
If he goes to Church he is a hypo
crite; if he stays away from
Church, he is a sinner. When "he
comes into the world everybody
wants to kiss him; before he goes
out they want to kick him, un
less he is the otvner of a Ford
Automobile.
J. W. Green,
Martin Co. Agent.
Burton Bros., the famous real
estate auctioneers will conduct a
sale of high class bnsiness and
residence property in Williams
ton, on Wednesday, Feb. 17th.
beginning at 10:30 A. M.
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Twentieth Century Bouk Club
Mrs. Rome Biggs at her at
tractive bungalow war a charm
ing hostess to the Twentieth
Century Book Club, Wednesday
afternoon, February, 3rd. A
large number of member? and
.special friends of the hostess
gathered at the appointed hour,
and the meeting proved to he of
unusual interest. The program
for the afternoon consisted of *
j sketch of Philip Sidney, by Mm.
Staton, a paper describing Sid
ney's Political Career, by Miss
Penelope Biggs, and an Extract
from Arcadia by Mrs Rome
Biggs Delicious fruit salad w«w
served by th«» hostess, assisted td
[serving by Mise Julia Bond, of
Edenton, N. C., and Mm J. R.
Rhodes. The club adjourned to
I meet with Mrs-. Hoyt, Wednes
day, Feb., 10th.
Footlig&t Flashes
It' you want to see a show
town, come right in on the A. G.
L.. and stop at the ho> ear de
pot, register at one of the hotels
and look Williamston over Bill
boards to the right of you, hilt
boards to the left of you- incfc.
ers, heralds, etc., are everywhere
and the small boy holding to the
hand of his father or mother a
seen smiling because he »h winy:
to the Gaiety Theatre. And he
sees something worth while, tou
It may be movies, musical • ott>
edies-or a drama.
Friday evening kutt "Tlve
Shepherd of the Hill?" was jire
sented and though it wa» tihr
second appearance within two
yeara, it drew many people w ho
love the story, and enjoy it. The
presentation of the company gave
satisfaction Tuesday "Abn.%,
Where Do You Live?" vave on
bounded pleasure to a good
house, and ihose who should
know say that it wan a real show fc
the best in years
Yesterday, the Booster Festival
and will end tomorrow
night. Those who have not se
cured tickets for the neri*>, irti
pay at the box office. This inur
ticular entertainment ihould
have and must have the support
of the people here, ftw the
Boosters about it.
[7 Monday night, "Seven Bourp.
in New York" will be presented
here. This is one ol the" U?;t
right from the Metropolis. :u»d
Managers Walker and (Jreen are
booking shows that pleas*. 9o
turn loose a few of your perfect
ly good "sam.>leons'' and enjoy
yourself.
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Hamilton hems
Mrs. R. VV. Salsbury spent Fri
day in H&sscil.
F. L. Gladstone and C. D Pc*»
kins went to Williamston Tues
day.
Mrs. and Mrs. Dan Taylor have
returned from Scotland Meek.
B. B. Sherrod spent Sunday
with his parents here.
Mrs. Lucy Council »e visiting
friends in Oak City.
Miss Flyth, who ha? been the
guest of Mrs. B. F. Myers, left
Friday for her home in Ahoskie.
Honor Roll for Hamilton
School: Alton Thomas, Helen 1
Davenport. Lillian Thomas, Min
nie Shaw, Jesse Everett.
The two brick stores on Main
St., which will be sold at auction
next Wednesday by Burton 8r0q...
of Wilson, N. C. f represent the'
best that Williamston has to offer
in business property.