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VOL XVIII. NO. 7.
THOMAS W. BICKEH, GOVERNOR
ELECT, TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
AT NOON YESTERDAY IN THE AUDITORIUM AT RALEIGH.
HON. T. W. RICKETT WAS MADE GOVERNOR-CHIEF
JUSTICE WALTER CURK ADMINISTERED OATH
HON. 0. MAX GARDNER
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Thousands iiae the Streets and
Cheer Carolina's So— Mrs.
Bickett Honored By Ike Women
et Raleifh—Other State Officers
Assune Duties.
The inauguration of Hon. Thom
as Walter Bickett and Hon. 0.
Max Gardner as Governor and
Lieut-Governor of North Caroli
na took place at noon yesterday
in the city of Raleigh, where
thousands of loyal sons and
daughters of Carolina assembled
to [witness the features of the
day. Wednesday the inaugural
committee went to Louisburg to
form an escort to the governor
elect. The Chamber of Com
merce of Raleigh chose a commit
tee to meet him upon the arrival
of his train from Louisburg, and
a committee of ladies, with Mrs.
Chas. M. Busbee as chairman,
met Mrs. Bickett and escorted her
to the Yarboro House.
At noon in the City Audito
rium. Chief Justice Wfttter Clark
administered the oath of office to
the governor-elect, who immedi
ately thereafter delivered his in
augural address. The other offi
cers sworn in were Lieut.Gov. O.
Max Gardner, Secretary of State
J. Bryan Grimes. State Treasurer
B R. State Auditer W. P.
Wood, Attorney General J. S.
Manning, State Supt. of Public
Instruction J Y. Joyner. Insu
rance Commissioner James R.
Young, Commissioner of Labor
and Printing M. L. Shipman,
Corporation Commissioner W. T.
Lee.
Body Of Infant Found
Last Friday while some men
were walking over the Penny
Slade farm near Williamston on
the Hamilton Road, they looked
down an oid well and saw what
they supposed to be some large
fowl, probably a turkey. Upon
further investigation, they found
that the object was the body of a
white infant, that had evidently
been thrown there to hide evi
dences of birth. There is no
clue to the perpetrators of the
crime. j
Mr. John L. Hines Dead
After a illness from pneu
monia, John L. Hines died at hit
home in Oak City, Saturday morn
ing, January 6th, 1917. He was
a native of Martin County and
one Of the most substantial cit
izens of that section of the coun
ty, being an extensive farmer
and having other business, which
proved lucrative. He had mar
ried twice and fe Survived by his
second wife and several children,
among whom are J. W., S. E.
and N. C. Hines and Mis 9 Mary
Hines, of Oak City.
Supt. Jerome has purchased - a
novel swing or merry-go-round
for the larger children and a
slide for the younger grades at
the school here. This will give'
the pupils healthful and pleasant
enjoyment at the'play hours.
THE ENTERPRISE
LIEUTENANT OOVEROOR
Harrison Wholesale Co.
The firm of C. A. Harrison &
Co.. has been changed to that of
the Harrison Wholesale Company
and Mr. George H. Harrison, a
member of the firm since its
foundation, has moved here from
Battleboro to assist in carrying
on the business. The volume of
business grows larger with each
month, and the present building
on Washington Street in the
Leggett block is not adequate
for the stock carried. As soon
as possible, a large brick struc
ture will be erected on the vacant
lot between the Farmers Ware
house and the A C. L. station,
and the business will be conduct
ed there. This business of
wholesale grocers and distribu
tors is one of the big assets of
the town and section, and the
men behind it state its sound
ness. Messrs. C. A. and G. H.
Harrison are actively engaged in
the business and Mr. Robert E.
Roberson is the third member oT
the firm. Miss Gunter, of San
ford. has been employed as sten
ographer, and the methods of
the business are modern in all
respects. Firms dealing with
them, find that they meet every
requirement of the twentieth
century business man, and the
smallest customer receives the
same courtesy and consideration
| that is given the larger purchas
| ers.
Oak City Items
The funeral services of J L.
Hines, who died Saturday, Jan
uary 6th at 10:15 p. m, at his
home, took place at 1 o'clock
Monday in the Baptist church, ,
and was largely attended. Rev. i
T. J. Crisp conducted the servi
ces- The burial was in theifam-!
ily cemetery at the J. L. Hines ;
farm. During the service, i
'Abide With Me," "Nearer My
God To Thee" and "Rock of
Age" were sung by a selected
choir. R. W. Salsbury, Baker
Council, Lewis Johnson J.T. Sav
age, John Bennett. John Daniel
were honorary pall bearers. Ac
tive pall bearers, L. T. Chesson
B. M. Worsley, J. C. Ross, John
York, Tom Johnson, Nat Brown.
There were many handsome flo
ral tokens of esteem and respect,
Mr. Hines was taken ill with
pneumonia Thursday, Dec. 28th,
from which he practically re
covered. Complications of an
other nature set in and caused
his deatty'
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Haskett,
of Port Norfolk, have been with
Mrs. J. L, Hines the past twoj
weeks >. " > .
| Mrs. Annie Rue, of Washington,
| was in town Monday. .
N. C. Hines and son, of Cary
returned to their home Wednes
day.',
Mr. Templeton, of Cary, was
here a few days this week.
Frank Cartwright, .of Cart
wright's Wharf, is spending a
few days with Mrs. J. L. Hines.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, JAN. u. 1917.
For Tick Eradication
For several months, the Board
of County Commissioners has
been petitioned to appropriate a
sufficient sum to install vats in |
different sections of the County
for the purpose of eradicating
cattle ticks, and thus place Mar
tin County in the list of free
counties. The matter hsd been
laid over from time to time, un
til the first Monday in this month
when it was decided to appro
priate S6OO-00 to assist in this
work. The county will pay for
half the cement used in the vats,
and the State is to furnish the
solution for dipping the animals.
Those neighborhoods desiring to
have vats are requseted to apply
to Dr J. W. William
ston, who has charge of the work
in Martin County. The farmers
should act quickly in the matter,
and assist in ridding the county
of ticks which cause the loss of
thousands of dollars each year.
Martin County is especially fav
ored for the raising of cattle,
and a stock-raising section is the
prosperous one, and the people
gain largely in independence.
Mrs. J. M. Jenkins Dead.
Ttfe death o/ Mrs Sarah Jenkins
• wife of the late J. M. Jenkins,
occurred at the home of her
> daughter, Mrs. George Gorham
( near Tarboro, Friday, January
' sth, 1917. For more than a year
she had been a sufferer from
( cancer in her head, and often
prayed that death would come to
relieve her of the excruciating
pain. She was a native of Mar
j tin County, having been born
inear Everetts seventy-five years
ago, and married J. M. Jenkins,
!of Edgecombe County, in early
I womanhood. Her life UAK been
one of devotion to loved ones and
, I friends, and in her everyday
, ! walk, she shed forth sweetness
and light to t.heer and bid t'hose
around her. She loaves three
children, Mrs. H. M. Hurras
of Williamston; Mrs. George
Gorham, of Tarboro, Herbert M.
Jenkins, of Washington, and a
number of grandchildren.
Saturday afternoon, her body
' \yas taken to the Jenkins home
i in Edgecombe County and inter
i red beside the loved ones who
1 had "crossed the bar, an(t met
I their Pilot face to face." Thus
lanother beautiful life has ended,
and another soul gone to Godi
! who gave it
The Market Matter
of J. H. Ward in
purchasing the brick building be
tween the postoffice and the Cafe,
and opening therein a market
house for the sale of fresh meats
has caused considerable comment
and the decision of the Board of
Commissioners is awaited with
interest. There is an existing
ordinance prohibiting the sale of
meats and fish outside the pub
lic stalls beneath the City Hall,
and the action of Mr. Ward is in
violation of this ordinance. If
the Commissioners cannot en
force such an ordinance, or if it
is in conflict, as some claim, with
the State laws, how can any
j other law framed, for sanitary
purposes be enforced in William
ston? Aside from the fact that
; the city stalls are for the purpose
of bringing in revenue to help
liquidate the debt on the City
Hall, there is the problem of hav
ing fresh meat houses all over
town where the control will be
more difficult than under the
present ordinance. What citizen ,
is that wants such a condition?
Bad Reads
The rocent wet weather has
almost put travelling to the end
in the immediate vicinity of Wil
liamston. The good roads, which i
are costing the taxpayerp large
sums of monep, have sunk too
low beneath the mud to be rec
ognised, Last week, an auto
containing a number of ladies be
come stalled at the cemetery,
and their destination was the
home of Mr. G. L. Whitley, not
a mile beyond. People have
been unable to get out of town
with any degree of certainty,
and the farmers have been great
ly hampered in reaching town.
There Is much complaint, and
justly so, for never have the
roads been so bad not even when
work was first being done on
them. "There'sa reason." The
trouble lies, perhaps, in poor re
pai rsto the same, No one doubts
the energy of tKose whose duty
it is to keep the roads up, but
grave mistakes are made in re
constructing in the winter, when
the wet soil freezes. At great
cost, the township is paying for
better highways and there
should be some concerted action
to secure what the L people are
paying for. Very few people
object to paying for a good thing
, but no one wants to expend
money for a bad piece of property
. whether it be public or private.
, A man with an aerial jitney at
, this time would bull the market
. in the passenger lines.
Notice
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J WIiCHfiAS, Martin County is
infested with epidemics of small
pox, whooping cough, and meas
-1 les, and conducive to the inter
-1 est of the Public Health, it is in
cumbent upon us to take proper
action to stamp out said epidem
| ics, and
WHEREAS, by virtue of au
j thorityvcocuvl in us, by the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina
' J under Chapter 62, Section 23.
| Public Laws of North Carolina
' relative to Public Health,
'| IT IS ORDERED by this
Board; effective at once, that
Ivaccinationagainst smallpox be
made compulsory in all sections
lof Martin County, where a case
lof smallpox exists. All persons
refusing to comply with, this re
quirement will be dealt with ac
cording to law, that ail children
attending the Public Schools of
i Martin County must present aj
certificate of immunity from
smallpox either through recent
vaccination or previous attack of
the disease.
i IT IS FURTHER ORDERED,
Effective at once, that if a ny
householder in Martin County
knows that a person within his
family is sick with smallpox,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, meas
les or whooping cough, he or she
shall imediately give notice there
of to the quarantine officer of said
county. And for any violation
of this requirement he or she
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined not less than ten dol
lars or more than fifty dollars.
Vaccination are free. /■
By order of the Martin County
Board of Health, this Bth day of
January, 1917.
W. E. WARREN,
Supt. of Health.
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Ready Response
We are pleased at the ready
response to our appeal for the
payment of subjeribtions, for
many have come in and paid up. i
But there are dozens of others
who will pay also- the time is
flyning, and they should come 11
quickly. We appreciate the!
small as the large sum. ! i
Death Of Heraoo Waters
A great shock was cast over
the community last Tuesday af
ternoon when it was learned that
Hermon, the eleven-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. L N. Waters,
accidently shot and kill ;d himself
with his little rifle. In what
manner he allowed the rifle to
discharge the fatal shot has been
vaguely explained. He was in
the froht yard at home sitting on
the fence, and probably slipped
and in falling the shot was dis
charged. The bullet entered his
right jaw, and ranged upward
entering his brain causing death,
after two hours of unconscious.
Dr. Smithwick was hurried to
the scene, but conld do nothing
to save the boy. •,'
The burial was conducted from
the home of the parents in James
ville to Oriental, where, on
Thursday, very impressive ser
vice was held at the Baptist
Church by Rev. C. M. Mumford,
pastor of the church. The re
mains were placed in the family
plot in the cemetery in the pres
ence of many sorrowing friends
and amid a profusion of white
flowers, emblems of young
life, where he sleeps with loved
ones to await the Resurrection
Morn
Let us fervently pray to God
to cojnfort his father and mother
and sister, who will be so lonely
without him, and all who mouru
his loss with the blessed assur
ance that though he cannot come
back to us, we shall go to him.
May the, hearts of the parents
feel glad and find consolation in
the fact that the young boy had
been nurtured well and was
obedient to the finer virtues of
life. That this younglifeamong
us was an example of Christian
refinement and training. That,
too, he had been so trained in
his rearing that his life speaks
of his sure reward in the City of
Gold, where we shall meet each
other when the prated ships in
the haven tne"t, u..d 11: - * answer
comes to our sad prayer.«
A Frieiv).
"The Fall of the Nation."
It was a wonderful revelation,
a staggering realization of the
.nation,s peril, its actual passing
into the control of allied foreign
powers, a cold-blooded awaken
ing the sequel to "The Birth of
a Nation," written by the same
author, Thomas Dixon, who gave
it the title, "The Fall of the Na
tion."
Mr Dixon has scored another
dramatic triumph, which is large
ly enhanced by the entrancing
orchestral score written especial
ly for the biff drama by Victor
Herbert, the eminent composer.
Woman's place in war is de
fined as a result of her place in
national affairs.
War is shown io all of its terr
ible toll and, while others have
used the expression indescribin g
other attractions, truly this new
Dixon masterpiece exemplifies
beUer than any the historic say
ing of General Sherman:
"War is hell."
"The Fall of involves
the hypothetical landing on Long
Island of 120,000 picked Imperial
troops, backed by a moderu fleet
and equipped with all the terrible
armory of liquid fire, poisonous
gases, and 42-centimetre guns
outranging our best American
cannon. Against such odds the
tiny detachments of our regular
army and the hastily improvised
citizen soldiery break as tiny
waves against the rock-bound
shore. After the first frenzied
onset of T>ur patriots, they are
simply overwhelmed, crumpled
up, wiped The 'thick Ber
sr.oo a Year in .-A v a . ce
Robbed And Beaten
Saturday morning, while Mr.
Keel, who lives near Everett*,
was walking down > the railroad
track toward that town, he was
accosted by two negroes who de
manded his money. The sum of
$*6.04 was taken from him, and
then the negroes severely Leat
him. As soon as|Mr. Keel could,
he save the alarm and a posse
started after the robbers. They
were first seen near Hardisor.'s
Crossing on the Plymouth Branch
of the railroad, and one of the
men was captured and brought
here and placed in jail. Tie
other man ran and bullets flying
around him failed to stop his
flight. Officers have been on
the watch for him, but he evident
ly has taken to the swamps to
evade the searchers.
To Build Hotel
George W. Blount is planning
to erect a brick building on the
spot where now stands a wooden
structure on Smithwick Street
| next to the Ewell lot. The build
ing will be three storiee and mod
ernly equipped with steam heat,
water and every convenience of
the present-day hotel. The
building of this hotel will add
greatly to Williamston as the ac
commodations for the traveling
public are inadequate, then it
will be conveniently located in.
the heart of the business section.
The tovvn has needed such a
building for many years.
Hamilton Items
\
Mrs. Williams, of I.eens, spent
last week with Mrs. J. L. Mines.
Mrs. Martha Purvis and daugh
ters have returned from a visit
to VV. T. Purvis at Durham.
! F. L. and W. H.
Sunday near Hassell. N -
Miss Nellie May Briley has re
turned to her home alter visit
ing Miss Annie Lee Anthony.
Mrs. Charlie Gardner and Miss
Worthington, of Grit ion, spent
Wednesday with Mrs. S. D.
Matthews.
Mrs. Pattie Johnson lias re
turned to her home in Scotland
Neck after a visit here.
Mrs. I). C. Jones was hostess
to the Book Club on Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Fannie Gladstone has re
turned from a visit 'to Scotland
Neck.
Mrs. F. L. Gladstone entertain
ed the Bridge Club on Saturday
afternoon.
F. L. Gladstoue, Will Davis
and B. B. Sherrod, Jr., 3pent a
few hours in Williamston Tues
day.
thas' sing their fierce song of
destruction. Along a panorama
like that created by a Mackenson
or a Von Hindenberg the foreign
legions swarm over the trenches
filled with our dead and wounded
and each day the Imperial flag is
planted over the cocpsas of Amer
ican positions that had been
thought impregnable. Death
hurtles out of the air above,
from the solid ground beneath,
creeps as suffocating gas or
flashes as sheets of flame over
the land. War in its ultimate
magnificence, fiendish ingenuity
and awfulness is evidenced.
The streets whose name was
mud for a week or more,, have
dried off considerably, and walk-_
ing is pleasant again. Why not
pave Main Street in the business
section? ■*