VOL XVI. NO. 3o
REVENUE OFFICERS
CAPTURE BIG STILL
OFFICERS ARE FIRED ON
A 121 Gallon Still And 200 Gallon*
of Molasses Be«r Taken-Tke
Offenders Arretted and
Placed Under Bond
Revenue officer, Edward James
of Robersonville, hadC4n exciting
experience early Sunday morn
ing about four miles from town
on the Geo. L. Robereon farm,
when he located a still with a ca
pacity of 120 gallons and 2(H) gal
lons of molasses beer. He in
company with Joe Moye and
Neil James went out to the spot
ted place, and prepared every
thing in readiness for moving-
Then went off to secure a team
leaving his two companions to
wait for him- While waiting,
they discovered two men ap
proaching across an adjoining
field and moving cautiously out to
warn officer James, were fired
upon. Deciding to secure more
help the men returned and phon
ed for Sheriff Crawford, wha
left quickly accompanied by the
Chief of Police. Arriving at
Robersonville they made a party
of seven and sallied forth to catch
the still, and if possible, the ow
ners and operators.
Going out to the original loca
tion they found that the kettle
had been carried off, and follow-,
ingapath, proceededto tmecit.
Soon three guns were fired at
them, being, it appeared, in op
posite directions. The Sheriff and
his posse began shooting, and no
more was heard, so they went
forward and found the still with
tvw coats and a hat lying near,
as if the owners had taken a has
ty depnrture. This could be ac
counted for by the fact that the
posse had pointed a -Winchester
their way and the Whistling of
the bullets was anything save
music to them.
In the pocket of one coat was
found a letter addressed to John
Farmer, a white man living in
that section. This was the clue
necessary and so Farmer with
Jake Dawson was arrested and
taken to Tarboro before a United
States Commissioner, who bound
them over to court in the sums
of SSOO and S2OO.
Officer James has been doing
some excellent work for the gov
ernment for the past several
months, and is ever alert to his
duties as sleuth in huntiug illicit
distillers.
Higp Roanoke Seminary
The commencement exercises
of Higgs Seminary at Parmele,
- commenced Sunday night with
the baccalaureate sermon by Rev
Dentis, pastor of-the Methodist
church at Parmele. Monday at
2:30 a book reception was given
by the Invincible Literary Socie
ty, and on Monday night the ex
ercises consisted of songs, recita
tions, dialogues and drills. Prof.
H. E. Hagans, of Goldsboro„ de
livered an address to the Liter
ary Society at 2:30 on Tuesday.
Tuesday night there were Songs,
anthems and an operetta.
Wednesday was Class day, and
a banquet was tendered by the
President, Rev. 1. S. Riddick,anci
an address was delivered by B.
J. Burnett, Phg., of Rooky Mt.
Graduation exercises on Wednes
day evening and music by the
Seminary band.
THE ENTERPRiSc
Tn Manage tke Roanoke
The Roanoke Warehouse,
which was run by Messrs. Tay
lor, Mobley & Co.. last year has
been leased to N. D. Young for
this season. Mr. Young is not
a stranger to the people of Mar
tin county, having been on the
Robersonville market for several
years. For the past three years
he has been engaged in ware
house business at Washington.
He is a man of ripe experience
in the handling of tobacco, and
his coming here will add renew
ed strength to the market,
which last year was the best
in its history.
Oak City Items
C. A. Askew, of Jamesville,
was here Monday.
Miss Annie M. Dautridge has
returned from school.
W. T. Hurst, of Robersonville,
was in town Monday.
Mrs. Everett left for her home
in Robersonville Monday.
Mrs. C- M. Hurst returned
from a visit to Bethel Monday.
Bate Council is spending a few
days with friends near Bethel.
Claud Roebuck, of Greenville,
was the guest of J. L. Hines Sun
day.
, Mrs Albert...Brown was, the
guest of H. S. Everett and wife
Sunday-
Theodore Johnson, of Rober
sonville, spent Sunday with
Lewis Johnson.
John Whichard, of Bethel, and
his son and daughter were guests
of Bate Council Sunday.
Mrs. Hattie Johnson is spend
ing the week with her sister,
Mrs. Jesse Everett at Hamilton.
H. K. Harrell, Ernest and
Annie Harrell and Mrs. S. E.
Hines spent Tuesday in Tarboro.
B. M. Worsley and wife, Miss
es Malissa Worsley and Pearl
House spent Sunday with rela
tives at Stokes.
Died Thursday Morning.
Friends and relatives of Mrs.
Ida T" Peel were shocked to learn
of her death at 4 o'clock Thurs
, day morning at her homo in Grif
fins township. Several hours be
fore, Mrs Peel was cheerfully
conversing with her family, but
soon death came to lay the brave
spirit low.
She was a Miss Corey before
her marriage to Mr. Pleny Peel,
and sadness had come into her
1 life on Sunday when her brother
Alonzo Corey died. Thus two
1 have gone into the great beyond
' out of the family in a few days.
' A husband and seven children
: survive her besides other near
1 relatives. She was forty-one
years old.
For some years she had been
" a consistent christian and a mem
ber of Smithwick Creek church,
" where she loved to go and join in
" the worship of Him, who in His
wisdom, has called her home to
- be with Him throughout eterni
ty. •
I The funeral services will be
s held at the home today, and the
I interment will be in the Tice
■ cemetery.
Rub-My-Tism-Antiseptic, An
s odyne—Kills pain, stops putre
faction.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 21. 1915
And The "Puritans"
Failed To Land
The wrong shore presented it
self to th£ "Puritans' from Plym- "
outh. when they attempted to
land here Tuesday in a ball game
with the local highs. They came 1
in all right but could not make
fast, as the locals kept them too
busy for safety. Two games had
been scheduled but the "Puri
tans" decided to come up by auto
and so arrived late, hence only |
the afternoon game was played. (
A good crowd of fans witnessed
it and gave unstinted cheering.
If there is one thing Williamston ,
enjoys, it must be a good game ,
of the national sport—even tho'
the home team loses, for the fans
are genuine American sports.
The attractive features of the
game were the pitching of Throw- (
er and the holding of first base
by Cone. Thrower was fast,
pumping the ball with a rapidity (
which kept the batters'head swim ,
ming. He struck out twelve ,
men and allowed four hits. (
Critcher was the stone wall (
behind the bat, and stopped
everything. Brown for the "Pu
ritans" was easily found by the
locals and they soon piled up nine
runs on him and Midgett. He
passed nine hits around, and
stored seven errors for his team,
the locals making three less.
The runs for the locals were
distributed as follows: Biggs, 2:
Smith, 2; Critcher, 2; Cone, 1:
Perry, 1; Anderson, 1.
For the "Puritans/' one each
for Gaylord and Dupree.
Local Line-Up:-Thrower, p;
Critctner, crOone Ist b; Robert
son, s. s.; Anderson, c. f.; Biggs,
3rd b.; Melson, r. f.; Perry, 2. b;
Smith, 1. f.
| Visitors: Brown and Gaylord,
Midyett, Phelps, Wilford, Lucas,
Spruill, Hollis, Dupree.
Umpire: Clayton Moore.
A Running Game.
The ball team known as "Bri
er Patch," pulled off a game
here Saturday with mixed local
team. The game was played on
the school campus, and was spir
ited througout. Tom Gurganus
for the visitors threw the sphere
with the velocity of a 14-inch
gun, but it was not effective
against the batting of the locals,
who piled up 20 ninß to 4 for
Gurganus' aggregation. Ji m
Nicholson caught for the visitors
The battery for Williamston was
Wetherington and Critcher. An
other game will probably be play
ed tomorrow and much interest
is manifested in its outcome.
In The Toils. At Oak Gity.
A colored man arrested for
drunkenness and carrying a pistol
Saturday evening, caused some
excitement here, as he resisted
the officers. He was put in the
lock-up, and later that night when
they called to take him to trial,
the lock-up had been broken into,
but there had not been time for
him to get away. After the hear
ing, it was decided to take him
to Williamston to jail. Columbus
Jones' car was secured for the
purpose, and Luther Davenport,
B. L. Hines and Constable Ed
Johnson left with the prisoner.
A few miles on the road, the
lights wentout and the car stopp
ed. The negro tried to escape
but was discovered under the rear
of the machine. They came back
and secured another car and
started again, They had been
gone only a short time, when it
was found that the locK-up was
on fire; it was entirely destroyed,
being the second time in the past
few years.
TO HAVE PEA
NUT FACTORY
TO HANDLE THIS CROP
Tke Ground Has Been Broken For
WUHamston's Large 4-Story
Peanut Factory-Will be
Pushed Rapidly.
With the expectation of hand
ling a large part of the peanut
crop of this season, ground has
been broken for the erection of a
peanut factory on the ginning
mill lot near the depot. Much of
the lumber is on the ground, and
is being put in shape for erection
as quickly as possible.
Messrs. Leslie Fowden and
Herbert Cowin are selecting ma
chinery and every equipment for
installation as building goes up.
The building will be four
stories high and 70 by 90 feet
and will be admirably
situated for shipping, as the A.
C. L. will put a side tract for
cars right in front of the fac
tory. The output will be greatly
increased over the factory which
was burned several years ago,,
and the number of employees
will be larger.
This industry carries with it
great possibilities both for the
town and owners. The farmer
will also profit, as there will be
another and larger local buyer
for his crop.
From reports the acreage in
the succulent nut is increased in
this section, and at the present
time the crop looks well, though
soAie farmers were a little late
jn planting.
Williamston is the largest mar
ket in the world for the large
nuts direct from the farmer. This
fact gives the town the pre-emi
nence over all others in the pea
nut belt. Some of the largest
growers in the belt are residents
here, and combine expert knowl
edge in producing with extensive
planting. With a large factory
to take the crop, the production
will be more carefully looked af
ter both for quality and quanti
ty.
Leslie Fowden, Herbert Cow
in and Dr. J. H. Saunders are
proprietors of the industry. Mr.
Cowin has had much personal ex
perience in the business, having
been associated with the Virgin
ia-Carolina Peanut Co., whose
plant burned after several years
of successful business. It is con
fidently expected that the new
factory will add greatly to the
business life of the town and
community.
Mr. Alonzo Corey Dead
After an illness of two weeks,
the spirit of Alonzo Corey took
its eternal flight. For months
his health had been precarious
caused by Bright's Disease, and
death came as a relief to the suf
fering body. He was the son of
the late Harry Corey, and marri-
Miss Frances Lilley, who with
three children survive him. 1
He was about thirty-five years
old, and had lived a useful life
among the people of Griffins Dis
trict, where he was born. He was
a member of the Charitable Bro
therhood and exemplified its
teachings in his ever day life.
His fatherly care will be missed
in the home, and friends and
neighbors will also miss him
throiigh the days.
Monday afternoon, in the pres
ence of a large crowd of friends
and relatives, Elder Harrington
conducted the funeral services,
and his body was laid to rest in
the faftiily cemeterv.
Severe Rain and
Hail Storm Here
Monday afternoon, the clouds
dropped heavy rain and abund
ance of hail, the pieces being as
large as marbles. Lightning and
thunder accompanied the storm.
At night another storm came up
and the electricity played havoc
with the lights in the houses on a
portion of Haughton Street, and
Simmons Avenue. Dr. H. B.
York was rendered unconcious
for several minutes, and every
lamp in his house was shattered.
In the home of Dr W» E. War
ren the damage was as great,
one wire even falling on the floor
and a ball of fire was seen rush
ing through. Othgr portions of
the town were left untouched.
A slight shower of hail and plen
ty rain fell that night also.
y The same storm seems
to have passed through Plymouth
doing great damage,
Hamilton News.
Mrs. Lou Laurence is visiting
her son here..
Miss Clara Ewell is visiting her
sister in Williamston.
Mr. Myers visited his son, B.
F. Myers, last week.
M. H. Nobles sj>ent Sunday at
his home in Greenville.
Mrs. J. B. Cloman returned
from Tarboro Saturday.
Miss Delia Purvis is the guest
of her sister at Robersonville.
Jordan Hines and sister spent
the week-end with relatives at
Leens.
Mrs. B. B. Sherrod was called
to Tarboro Saturday to see her
sister, who is very ill there.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Salsbury,
W. N. Worsley and Miss Fannie
Mathews spent Sunday in Tar
boro.
Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Long, Mrs.
J. P. Boyle and Miss Effie Waldo
attended the Council at New
Bern.
Some Cow.
An old friend, visiting the city
tells us that he went into his cow
stable the other night and by
mistake mixed her up a nice
mash of sawdust instead of bran.
The cow, merely supposing that
the hard times had come and
they were all going to economize,
meekly ate her supper and the
man never discovered his mis
take until the next morning,
when he milked the cow and she
let down a gallon of turpentine,
a peck of shoe pegs, four bun
dles of shingles and a quantity
of lightwood knots.
Harris-Jernigan.
Sunday evening, Rev. J. T.
Stand ford performed the cere
mony at the marriage of Mrs.
Ruth Jernigan to Mr. Thomas
Harris in the presence of a num
ber of friends. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wynn and had been previously
married. Mr. Harris is employed
at the Cooperage Mill, where he
has worked for the past two
years. They are residing at the
home of Capt. T. W. Thomas on
Railroad Street.
The Baptist convention atHous
ton, Texas, in a committee report
opposed the Baraca-Philathea
movement, which is doing such
a wonderful work throughout the
country. However, there was no
final action in the matter.
SLOO a Year in Advance
STRONG AND
ABLE ADDRESS
BY HON. JOHN H. SMALL
At Jamearille Commencement-The
Speaker Was at Best aid De
livered a Very Strong
and Able Address
Jameßville, N. C.,—The beat
and most successful sessions of
our school came to a close last
night with the second night's pro
gram by the school.
The commencement exercises
began Tuesday night at eight
o'clock and excellent programs
were enjoyed both Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. On Wednes
day morning at eleven o'clock, ,
after the singing of a beautiful
commencement song by the
school and the invocation by Rev.
S. F. Bristow, pastor of the
Baptist church, Prof. K. T. Fut
rell made a few statements and
introduced Mr. Corey, one of the
members of the school board, who
in a few well chosen sentences of
welcome introduced Prof. A. J.
Manning, County Superintendent
of Schools, who, after a few re
marks of comment, introduced
the speaker of the occasion, Hon.
John H. Small, member of Con
gress from the First District,
who was at his best. Mr. Small
did not entertain his audience
with flowing streams of rhetoric
nor did he make etherial flights
of oratory, but dealt in practical
things, and every one present
was delighted with his address
which Will live and be felt for
many years. 1
This session of our school was
the best in the history of our
town. Only three years ago we
voted the special tax and began
the graded school work, and have
been blest with splendid teachers
each season. We feel that we
owe a great deal to our beloved
and faithful teacher, Prof. K. T.
Futrell, of Greensboro, N. C.,
and his co-workers, Miss Mantie
Whitehurst, of Bethel, and Miss
Annie C. Glasgow, of Jamesville,
the last who had charge of the
music department. Prof. Futrell
is a teacher of rare virtues, and
excellent and proficient qualifica
tions which prepare him for the
most splendid work, but space
will not permit, therefore in sum
ming up the many things I would
like to say I will conclude by say
ing that he is man in the ful
est meaning. Also Miss White
hurstpossesses virtues andqualifi
cations that are hard to duplicate;
terefore with the assistance of
Miss Glasgow in the music de
partment we feel that we have
theachers equal to the need and
that our school will continue to
prosper.
The co-operation of the pat
rons and friends during the school
and especially in the commence
ment bespeak for the .teachers
and school the good wishes of
the entire community.
'At a meeting of the Trustees
the teachers were unanimously
elected for another year.
Children's Day
Rev. J. T. Standford announ
ces that there will be Children's r
Day exercises at Holly Spring
church Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. These annual events are
important ones in the life of the .•
School there, and are always in
teresting to the participants and
audience. There will be songs
and recitations with address.
The public is cordially invited to.
attend.