North Carolina Newspapers

Devoted to the Interest oi Mart*n County in General & W :ii«!nston in Particular Volume 10. Nnnibtv CORPORAL MACK JONES WOUNDED IN ACTION dartin County Boy and Former Em ployee of this Office In a letter dated June 2>th, and received last week by Mr. kude B. Clark. Corporal Mack .! nes. a Martin County boy >! the front in France, tells something of his experience "over there" and stated that he was wounded in one kidney and had •'••en in the army hospital for >me time, but was able to sit up ui !.ed and write He enthusias tically stated that the Allies had * l ie Germans on the run. and that the Amencans were doing the best fighting that has ever *>een done. He says that on .lune 14th, he and a comrade took fight prisoners The fighting was in the Bois de Belleau, where the Americans made an attack on the north fringe of tin* woods, killing a fair number of Germans, capturing five machine guns and suffering only trilling casualities. A clipping from a I'aris paper, which was enclosed in the letter, luld of the capture by five Amer icans of a machine gun which was arranged on a pulley-rope among the trees, so it could be hauled quickly from tree to tree These five Sammies chased the gun until they caused the two ierman operators to drop to the ■earth and flee; the gun was cap tured Corporal Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones, who live on the Hamilton Road, about three miles from town. He vol unteered and was sent to Camp Jackson; later he went to ('amp •Greene and volunteered to go to France. He won a sharpshooter's medal before, going Qveraeaa. It will be remembered that ■Corporal Jones worked in the Enterprise office for some time before enlisting, and attended school in Williamston. He is the first Martin County boy to have been wounded so far as is known and it is hoped that he will soon recover and go at the Germans •igain with his trusty rille. The War Department accord ing to the rules of the same, sent a message on Tuesday to the parents of Corporal Jones stating that he had been serious ly wounded. The River is Treacherous It is just becoming the popular thing to go in bathing in the river now Just a word of cau tion: The Roanoke Iliver is a treacherous stream; numbers of men have from time to time been drowned in it. and men who have worked on and near it will tell you that it is dangerous. Then the water is very muddy and this alone un fits it for bathing purposes One .of the best and the safest places for bathing is at the creek bridge here the water is clear, (he shf?de dense and there is a sandy bottom. Every summer has its toll of victims, for oftentimes the most expert swimmers go to their death in the water; it is well to be cautious, and to those who do not know how to swim it is advisable to say: Don't go near the river. Gene Into Training Relatives havereceived a letter from Maurice L). Watts, who has been living at Sun. W. Va., for several years, in which he stated that he left this week for Rich mond to go into training at the Radio stationed near there. He left Montgomery, W. V., with a squad of twenty-eight men over whom he was given command until the training camp was reached. Mr. Watts js the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Watts and the youngest brother of Lieutentant J. W- Watts, who is in the aviation service of the United States at the front in France. >- , .. THE ENTERPRISE- FARMERS ARE URGED TO GRADE TOBACCO Good Prices on Floors of Williams ton Market Assured With the prospects for higher prices for tobacco this season than ever l>efore, it behooves the farmers to be extra careful in curing and handling the weed before it is placed on the sales floors. Often a crop is made, and then the value is reduced by improper curirg, or grading Then again, many farmers sell their crops in the rough; this is so often accompanied with great loss, which could have Lteen avoided if the same weed had been placed on the floors for sale. Many farmers, however, are compelled to sell because they have not the grading facili ties at home. This season there will he no necessity for handling crops in thin way, for the ware houses in Williamston have an in crease in their grading room and the farmers are urged to act wisely and bring the leaf here for grading and then place it on the floors, so that every cent of profit may go in the pockets of the men who have worked in dustriously to produce the to bacco. Why make a crop and let some one else reap the profit out of it? If you cannot grade your weed and take good care of it, bring it to Williamston where every facility can be had for grading and storing until day of sale. Mrs. Mary Ann Revels Dead Mary Ann Revels, the daugh ter of Humphrey and Bettie Webb, at the age of twenty years wh married to BM Revel® in year of our Lord IS(W, and lived a married life until July 10th, I!US, when death parted them During her married life, she was the mother of seven children, all of whom living except one, Some number of years she put herself before the Disciple Church at Macedonia and was received in full fellowship, and she lived up to that fuith untill death. On July 10th, the good I>ord saw fit to take her to him self, as we hope and trust. Her son, Kli S. Revels chose Klder Asa J. Manning to preach her funeral the next day follow ing. Klder Manning appeared at the old homestead, and preached a long, Christain funeral, and then followed by the bereaved husband and a large congrega tion, her body was carried to the family plot and nicely buried to await the morning of the resur rection - Written by her dear beloved Thomas W Revels In Memoriae After several months of illness Mrs George T Gardner died on Friday afternoon, June Kith, 1918, at her home near William ston. She was born in Martin County about 2:» years ago, and was the daughter of W. T. and Cornelia Wiggins. A hus band, two children, three sisters, one brother, father, mother and many friends are left to mourn for her. In 1915, she joined the Church at Riddicks Grove and was a faithful member of the same. As often as she could, she attend ed services but sickness aud home duties kept her from enjoying the blessed privilege as she wished We miss her from the home circle; but her sufferings were so intense, that we feel that God has taken her home with him to be at rest forever-fHome where no sorrow or sickness ever en ters, there to dwell with tbe angels, throughout the eternal ages. ■' The funeral services were con ducted on Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. R. Burrell, and inter ment was in the family ceme tery. —. Williainston, Martin Comity, K. C. July 10, 1018 SHORT LOCAL ITEMS ' OF COMMUNITY INTEREST Dr. and Mrs Grover C. God win will begin housekeeping to morrow in the house of Miss Anna Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Moore having decided to occupy a part of the residence of Mrs. Bettie Harrell. Some very fine Rlherta peaches are being sold this week bv A J. Manning at $2 (Mk the bushel. The demand, however, was greater than the supply, as there are very few peaches in the country districts. Quarterly meeting for the Will iamston Hamilton Circuit was held at Hamilton Sunday, ftlder K. N Snipes being present and preaching at both services. Several loads of home grown watermelons were brought to town last week, and evidently the grower thought that money had recovered from its' "tight ness" as prices went above the clouds. The quality of the melons was not in keeping with the money asked for them Dr (irover C Godwin s pro fessional card appears in these columns this week, and his ser vices may oe secured by calling phone 161. Grading rooms are being added to the Brick Warehouse, and a large addition to the re-drying plant, all of which indicates that the Williamston market is gett ing in readiness for business at the opening in August There will be a special meet ing of the Red Cross at the rooms in the Masonic Hull this after noon at 5. It is hoped that the meeting will be well attend ed. John A. Plylpot, WilliamsLon'a young artigt, has made a pen sketch of the proposed bridge across the Roanoke at Williams ton, and the scene on the bridge and about it gives one an idea of what it will mean to the people here and to the resorts around Norfolk and the city itself. The sketch has been sent to engra vers to see if a cut can he made of it, so that it can appear in these columns. Over There And Over Here You say that it is something every day a subscription, a con tribution or a prohibition, but have you thought that they who tight over there don't stop after they fight one battle, and take their own time to fight the next one? You say that it is a call for money or service or sacrifice every day over here, but have you thought that it is life and blood and wounds over there? Take your choice. It may be taxes one month, Red Cross the next, Liberty Bonds the next, Y. M. 0. A. funds the next and War-Savings the next, over here; but over there, it is gas today, shrapnel tomorrow, machine gun fire day after tomorrow, and hell every night. Yet our boys over there do not get four per cent com pound interest on the investment they make of their life or limb. Which will you choose? Storm Slight Here The hail storm which did much damage in some portions of Washington Count and in a small section of M n Lin did po damage in this \ - inity. storm was very \ :olent, and some hail fell, but L.ie hail went in a small steak and had ex hausted itself before striking in this immediate section. It is re ported that on Long Acre below Dardens that the storm destroy-j ed crops, and at Pine Town the hail was terrific, cutting the tobacco and corn crops into shreds. There was much thunder and rain accompanying the -hail, and farmers were much alarmed [about their crops. "Ye Serpent Generation Vipers.." Manufactupmrt fftrW All our business and domestic life has been upset; all ojir fond anticipations for tha future of loved ones must now be supplant ed by the everpreaent realisation of their danger, their certain sufferings and their possible death; sorrow and anguish are everywhere the nation ia in tur moil. a land of peace has been sud denly transformed Into a war machine; the daily toll of death grows steadily longer and Boon will he doubled and quadrupled; sorrow and breaking hearts are everywhere And why all this suffering and sorrow, why these breaking hearts, why this awful toll of death and disease? Because Cerjnany for the ag grandisement cjf its autocratic, despotic rulers, and for the wealth to come frMii looting the world, for years definitely plann ed to turn this peacejful world into a hell of woe. Cold-blooded ly tlu'se murderers set about their plans for a war upon their neigh bors, intending when they had been destroyed to push across the sea and conquer America. They even planned the terms for exploiting Canada, which was to be one of the indemnities to be paid by Kngland. The whole world has thus been turned into a mighty armed camp; millions have been killed and millions have been maimed; the blind, the armless, the legless will soon be in evidence all over our land as they are in England and France and Italy. Millions have died of hunger and hundred* of mWiota bavo felt the pinching power of an ever-decreasing food supply"; hundreds of millions have for nearly four years lived in agony [of heart as by day and by night their ears are ever strained fer 1 the dreaded word of the death lof some of their loved ones For years our Allies endured horrors surpassing the wildest ! flight of Dante's imagination as he pictured the Inferno, and day after day, month titer month, from their bleeding hearts went forth the neverceasing cry: "Mow long, () liord, how long will America sleep on in fancied security?" And why htfve our Allies thus suffered and why must we now give our millions, the very (low er of our civilization, to endure these sufferings and death in all its fearful battlefield forms? Because William, the accursed, ami all Germany not the mili tary leaders only, but all Ger many set out 011 a pre-arranged campaign to murder millions in order to enrich themselves by touting the world. These murderer*), these looters these outragers destroyed wom anhood, slew hostages, shot down innocent oiviliana, to pro tect themselves from the soldiers of the Allies placed women and children in advance of their fighting line, poisoned wells, spread disease germs, all for the purpose of making their pre-de termined plan of "frightfulness" their weapon to make nations tremble before the very thought of arousing German hostility. And all this for their own personal enrichment and planned out for many years. At last, thank God, America is awake, and never again will iti ""slumber until those who have created this hell on earth have' paid the full penalty qf their crimes. And Jesus said; "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell." Another Red Cross Contributor In the list of those who contri buted to the Second War Fund of the American Ify'd Cross, the names of several were inadver tently left out, and among them was that of Mr. Fred J. Roe buck, who generously contribut ed 125 00 tq the Fund. BRIEF PERSONAL MENTION WILLIAMSTON AND VICINITY Lyman Britt is visting in Tar boro this week. John Tyndall spent a few days at St. Paul this week Arthur Woolen, of lloherspn ville, was a visitor in town Tues day. Miss Lessie Wells, of Rocky Mount, is the guesf, of Miss Martha Simmons Mizell. Mrs. John A. Ward is at home from Camp Sevier, where she has been with her husband. Or and Mrs ,1 ft. Smith wick with Mrs I'. 11. Brown have been visiting ('amp Jackson this week Miss Clyde Gurganus, who has been visiting her sister, for more than three months in ftlizabe'!. town has returned home aecou panied by her sister, Mrs. W. I!. Humble, of the N C. Conference Methodist Church. who will spend the summer visiting rel atives in the County, Miss Laurie ftllison, of li»ber sonville, is visiting relatives in town. Bruce Whitley, who is station ed at Waco, Texas, is at home for several months Mrs Thomas .larvis has re turned from ('amp Jackson, where she has been with her hus band for the past two months. Dr. John 1). Biggs has been in Norfolk in the interest ««f the bridge-building at. Williamston Mrs. John D Biggs is visiting in Scotland Neck this week Mrs. J A White and little son have returned to their home near I lohgood Uev. C. 11. Jordan has been i" Washington this week. Miss Minnie Orleans, of New 'York City, is visiting her parents on Church Street Mrs. A A Shute, iVlr. and Mrs J. W. Allsbrook and children, of Scotland Neck, visited Mr. and Mrs. I l '. M. Shute Sunday after nnon. Thev were accompanied by Mr Suminerell. Friends are glad to sec Dr. I'. 15. (lone at home again after an operation for appendicitis in Richmond. Thomas Whitley, of I'annele. was in town today on business. Mrs k'annif Bicgs, Mrs. Asa T. Crawford with Harry A. Bigg-; and Joe David Thrower went t.) Washington Monday. Iv P. Cunningham spent Sun day in I'antego. Senator Harry W. Stubbs went to Norfolk Monday in the inter est of the Bonner-Bank head High- way, Lieutenant ElbertS I Vol si 11' Sunday here with hi parents. Dr .1 II Saunders I-■ ft Mori day for Ft. Oglethorpe, wlier- he was assigned by the War He partment Julius Purvis returned from Kittrell Sunday accompanied l»y .John 15. Crudup. (iarland I lodges and Miss Es ther Hodges spent Saturday evening and Sunday here with friends. Mr and Mrs ,1. I'. Boyle and John Martin were here from Hamilton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Mark liullin, &ere here from Tarhoro Sunday. Private Ernest Hurrell, (J S Navy, has been here this week visiting his "parents on Church Street. Mrs. John Moore and children, of Norfolk, are visiting relatives on Main St. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Boone and little child arrived here Sunday. Mr. Boone will be with the Urick Warehouse Company as auc tioneer. Mrs. I\ li Brown, Mrs. B. York, Mrs W. 11. Biggs, and Miss Daisy Wynn with S. C. Peel and E. P. Cunningham went to Washington yesterday to meet Miss Carrie Dell Blount who was returning from Pantego. Misses Vutla and of Everett*., were in town yes • terdav with their house guest, I Miss Southall, of Magnolia. MARTIN COUNTY BANKS DOING BIG BUSINESS Farmers & Merchants Bank Pushing Million Dollar Mark If the readers of the Enter prise carefully noted the state ments of the six hank? which published the condition of same on the 2!) th day of June, they found that the resources of these six hanks amounted to $1,911), .'{77. N(5, and the deposits aggre gated #1.155.12« I>S. Of this amount, the resources of the banks in Williamston were sl, Mi,'!, 171 f» 1 and deposits. $'.120, 51!) 7(>. The call for the state ments came at a time, too, when the farmers were needing great sums of money to pay for ferti lizers, etc The statements of three other hanks in the county are to be added to the above— the Bank of Robersonville, the Farmers Bank and Trust Co., and the Hank of 'auiesville, which did not appear in these columns last, week. It. is evident that Martin Coun tv has plenty (if money to meet the needs of the people, and it, is also established that the farmers and others, too. are depositing their earnings in the banks. The banks of the county are the Iriends. of the people, and the prosperity of those institu tions is the thermometer which indicates the progressiveness of the citizens within its borders. Both the banks and the people lare allied to make for a (Jreater j Martin 'ounty IJear (irass hems Miss Motie Hell liailey and Johnnie 15. Wynn were happily married Saturday. Stewart Jackson and mother spent the week-end in Washing ton with relatives. Miss Kssie IVrry was the guest of Annie White Saturday night and Sunday. Albert White, of Danville, Va., was the guest of his father thib. week before leaving for camp. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. i. liullock fell down Fri day evening and broke her arm, which is the third time it. has been broken. Miss Myrtle (iurgamis was tin- Iguest ol llio Misses l.ullock Sat urday night and Sunday. The crops of the Hear Crass section are beautiful especially corn, which is the most impor tant thing at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Ayers and mother visited relatives in Bethel Sunday. Miss Kb tell i! liullock lias re c«'ivcd letters lrom two Martin County iioys, Private Sinton P. Harrison, who is in Kngland and 1 Private Lanier 11, Matthews, in France. Thev wrote that they were enjoying I lie best of health I allll would like to come hack to old Martin County, hu, were not coining until the war is won. We hope that they will be fortunate and return in the near future. St. Switliin's Day Tradition'has it that on .Inly 15th, St.. Siwthirfi an Knglish man, died and that a heavy rain fell during the funeral services, and continued for forty days therafter. So it is that the super stitious have looked upon every .July 15th with some degree of concern. It is true that many times, the rain comes along as predicted, but more often it fails. Monday was the 15th. and the sun shone in splendor all through the hours} and while a few clouds joined themselves together in the sky, no rain fell This then wan an indication that the earth is to he spared a downpour for forty days right in tobaceo-cur ing time. No doubt, rain will fall ;as it usually does at this season [of the year, but no one will be [able to blame the saint of olden times for its coming. * imruaLatcklCey to 1100 Established 1899 BRIDGE HERE OF GREAT MILITARY VALUE TO NATION Shortest Norfolk-Wilmington Over land Route The importance of the propos ed bridge at Williamston is be coming still further evident when it is realized that it is practically certain that the proposed mili tary highway provided for in the Chamberlain bill, in which two hundred and fifty million dollars is provided for the construction of a border highway for military purposes that will skirt along the Atlantic seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican border, the Pacific coast and the Cana dian border. This highway will also present a wonderful advantage over the present route from north tosouth. When the highway is completed, il will enable tourists desiring to go south in automobiles to ship their ears to Norfolk and then drive them south along the sea board. This would be the only route open in the winter season, when the roads of northern Vir ginia and central North Carolina are frozen over. IMPORTANT MEETING Special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to night ut 9 o'clock. Every member requested to at tend. Important business. W. C. Manning, Secy. Instructions To Merchants And People All merchants are request ed to call for sugar certifica tes in order that every family in Martin County, who needs sugar for canning, preserving or pickling, may get what they may need up to 25 pounds for the season by signing said certificates, and leaving the same with the merchant. All families needing more than 25 pounds during the season will be able to get all of their legti mate need by applying to the County Food Administrator for same. Write or phone and same will have prompt attention. The government wishes to help all; only asks that the people pull fair and assist it. Don't ask for more than you need for a reasonable time. Get as you need so the supply will last. Respectfully, W. G. Manning, County Food Administrator A Former Williamstonian A Rich mond Banker Th news that Mr. Frank F. Fagan has accepted the position of active Vice President of the First National Hank, of Rich mond, will interest a large num ber of friends and acquaintances in Williamston and Martin Coun ty. Mr Fagan was with the Far mers & Merchants Bank here for severaly ears, and by unceasing ac tivity and a keen business sense, helped to place that institution on the upward plane to success. He left here and went to Rocky Mount, where he was mahier of the National Bank there, and the resources of the bank fully at test Mr. Fagan's ability. Though Richmond is a great banking center with numbers of the South's best bankers, it is pre dicted that Mr. Fagan will meet every requirement of the bank ing circles there. The Telegram of Rocky Mount among other things it had to say of Mr. Fagan, adds this: "In the going of Mr. Fagan the city is losing a valuable citi zen, and a man who did many things for its business and com mercial advancement. He Is a man whom any municipality would be proud to boast"