Trade and Pay-CJp Cam
paign Cor.tinu s Unt>
'iuesday, February 15th
VOLUME S3—NUMBER 98.
TOBACCO CO-OP
ONE VEMt OLD
TO CELEBRATE ' BIRTHD A I OF
LARGEST COOPERATIVE JN
AMERICA FEB. 9Tta.
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The thousands of tobacco groweis
in three states vho are members of
the Tet-acco Grower* Cooperative as
sociation are asked to celebrate t?e
birthday of their association next Fri
t ;day, February fth, just one year af
ter ity ineorporitioa.
. The Cairo llni aas and Virginian* wfc«
formed their marketing association foi
tobacco ene year ago have stfn It
forfre to the front As the largest ol
all cooperative marketing associations
, in America. •
Next Friday they will oeleqrate ii>
growth within a year from 65.000., to
over 86,000 tobaceo farmers; the ec
quisition of the majority of warehous
es in three- states, the mark taint ol
close to 140,000,000 pounds of tobac
co, cash payment to its members of
close to 120,000,000 and the assurance
of future cash payment, which
this month in South Carolina.
Organized tobacco growers of the
South Carolina belt, who are now er.-.
gaged in a successful campaign ;or
new memebrs, are being urgel to
make a special birthday present to me
association, which many chum ha
doubled their receipts within a year, in
the form of a new member.
George A. Norwood, president of
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative as
sociation, in,a special birthday n.e:
sage to its members this week, says:
j "Millions of dollars added to the in
comes of farmers this past year I:
your work. Let there be some ques f
tion as to who gets the moi t of
benefits. I believe tl.e e i no »n«
who questions the fact llut t..e p. f .
of to bar is higher and that you nu
it high«/. Business may in the main
be done for gain to the doer, but We
must take a broador view and r
that the gain is tlie gti of ti
the gain of all is the gain ol eu«a>
. "Your directors feel tl:at the ac
quhement of the warehouse for yo
on easy terms, the finarcing and r
_ of a large 'part of t:e crop
is a success. More uniform and pro
i table prices are now sure. Nearly e
erybody will get more food ,out o
their income if it is! ia installment,
lather than all at oncev .
"Cocpenatiee marketing makes for
thrift."
HAYSf CRITICIZED
BV SCREEN STAK
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS SAYS
HAYS NOT "I'PLIFTER"; O.N- '
LY "FIXER" OF FILMS
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27. W ill 11.
Hay s, titular head of the niotloa pic
ture industry, is the "official fixer of
the films" anl draws his yearly sal
ary of $160,000 in that capacity and
is nH the "uplifter of the movies,"
Douglas Fairbanks, motio > Y'c«uie
star, declared, the Los Ange.o"* TOncs,
stated today. . '. /
Mr. Fairbanks made the deelar.«.kin
the Times said, in an interview in
whv hhe commented upon his hop*! '
bonding together the stars of fi!m iom j
unriei a "gentleman's agreement*" that I
"would give the photopLi,- patrons
art" instead of what the "prsrasffe..
of the industry," as he teu-ed them,
"think is art"
He made public sever.il weeks ago
hi* plans for grouping the leadii.g
actors and actresses of the screen in
a combination designed to assure tiiem
A free hand in makim? .uid distrib
uting their products.
, The group inculdes himself, his nil.;
Mary Pickford; Ourlie Chaplin. Pi le
Negri, to whom Cliar'.is Chap'iin i»-
*aid to be engaged to marryy, and
Fa»old Lloyd. It plans to ileal with
no huge cinema corporation in the
production of distribution of its filfns,
but to transact Its affairs
rectiy with the exhibitors throughout
the country. ■ ► 4
. A dffect and Hotfooted defiance of
Mr. Hays and the motion picture pro
ducer* and distributers was said by
the Times to be Mr. Fairbanks' plan.
There am a ,'*w things in and ar
ound William r, >n that shoci'i i e in
vestigated by the "town * ..jR.-ers. It
is currant news that there air
gambling den; and liquor (fives i.f t't»
community. 2 SmK of tba u».\y be
found in aud>ldt'P«n •« three rf t'.»
(iromhtnt high vj/j leading in town.
, some are black and so.se are while,
and some are mixed, so it is told
by those who seen them.
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: £ W 1 '%! |m p
, Mrs. A.*. Heymond spent-ar fee
' '"ys ■'«, Rocky Mount last week
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THE ENTERPRISE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE -
HAS M ORGANIZATION
By-Laws and Coirmittecs of Organization Made
Public Showing: Business-Like Organiza
tion oi Local Association ,
ARTICLE 1
Name and Object
Section 1. This organization shall
be called the Williamston Chamber
of Commerce.
Section 2. The object of this organ
isation shall be the promotion of the
Jtieteraj welfare of Williamston and
tributary teijitory.
ARTICLE 2
Menbership and Dues
Section 1. Any white person, firm
; or corportation or association interest
| ed in the general advancement of Wil
liamston and Martin county may be
come a member of this Chamber of
Commerce.
Section 2. Election to menibershiji
shall be by majority vote of the di
j rwetors present at any regular or call
ed meeting. Application must be made
, in writing..
j Section 3. The membership of the
Chamber of Commerce shall be: min
imum |5.00; maximum SSO 00, and are
to be graduated according to the bus
iness of the firm or iiydivilual, and the
board of directors are authorized to fix
the sum the individual or business
shall pay for membership. The dues
are to be paid semi-annually in ad
vance. The membership is entitled to
one vote for each $5.00 paid.
Section 4. No person shall have
• the right to tfote, tc serve on any
division, or to enjoy any rights an
privileges of membership if he .■!
be in arrears In his dues.
Section 5. Every and any men ber
desiring to resign his -membership in
the Chamber of Commerce, Bhall ad
dress a letter of resignation to th
board, which resignation s'iall be «
cepted, provided lues are baid to t
end of the term. x
ARTICLE 3
Section 1. The anneal Meeting shell
be held on the first Tuesday in Dr
cehiber. Special may be c'l
ed by the directors when they de
necessary; and shall lie called ||W
the request of ten members made
writing. All mom hers shall be no"
fied of meetings through the mat's «»
through the papers.
ARTICLE 4
Section 1. The work of this Cham
ber of Commerce shall be organ'"' "
and conducted on the commission
with five departments and two d:ro
tors id charge of each department *'
majority vote of the directors ard a'
i ter ten days notice has been given * r
all members of the Chamber of Com
merce, more new depart r>, k ert
inay be created.
DEPARTMENTS.
Section 2. For present purposes lh»
departments shall lie ae follows
Department A—Organization af
fairs. : " - r
Department B—Public affairs.
Departtment C—Publicity.
Department D—Kusiness develop
ment.
Department E—Agriculture.
, nrvisiONS >
I Section 3. For immediate purposes
the following divisions are created:
DEPARTMF.NT A
Organization Affairs
Division 1.%-Ways and means. 12
directors.
Division 2. Membership, P. B. Cone,
chairman.
Division 3. Hou;e and permanent
LAST ISSUE OP THF ( HAMBER
OF COMMERCE ' SECTION,
In December The Enterprise con
tracted with the Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants association of,
Williamston to publish four page sec
tions In three issue.- >f the paper be
fore February 16, in yrtdch the mer
chants of Williamston would leha'e -
to the PuMls.t)i*.wiseness of purehas
ine their goods afd wares in Willi->'i
«=tdn, and give publicity to the Pav t'»
and Trade campaign wh'ch tlese 'i " .
•"id wide awake me»*hents have p->*
on giving the people of Martin and ad-
Joittfn| counties prater indu-emen»
to get the habit of conrfWtg to William
ston for their mercharfilise. We haw
aDeady published two of these sec
tions, and the one in this issue com
pletes the aeries
The merchants have been well'pleas
the response to thir efforts'
shown to the present late by the re w
|de of this section, amj are- In
of having a large crowd here or. Feb
ruary 15th, to participate in the o»W
drawing contest All the prises
awpy will be worth the exreiMe of
traeellnf miles to get, and thev
to deliver the prises, -fn i bulk as
drawn on that day if possible.
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WILLIAMSTON. MARTIN Ull NTY, NORTH CAjSELN \TI g JAY, JANUARY 3D, 1923.
exhibit, H. C. Green, chairman.
Division 4. Entertainment, K. B
I Crawford, chairman.
, . . DEPARTMENT U
I'ublic Affaire f |
Division A. City and county beau
»j tification, Henry Gurkin, chairman.
I Division B. legislation, Clayton
Moore, chairman.
Division C. Health and sanitation.
Dr. Wm. E. Warren, chairman.
DEPARTMENTC
Publicity
Division 1. Statistics and education,'
A. J. Maiming, chairman.
, Division 2. Community Advertis
ing, Warren H. Biggs, chairman. I
3. Special events, O. S.
' Anderson, chairman.
DEPARTMENT D
, Business Development
Division 1. New Industries, Dr. Jno
Biggs, chairman.
Division 2. Taxes and insurance,
G, W. Blount, chairman.
' Division 3. Trade extension, Geo-
Harrlson, chairman,
' Division 4. Transportation, W. C.
1 Manning, chairman. •
» DEPARTMENT E
5 Division 1 Farm development, J.
L. llolliday, chairman.
> Division 2. Markets and prices, J.
G. Stat on, chairman. ,
' Division 3. Highways and drain
age, A. K. Haxton, chairman.
Division 4. Home seekers, R. t.
. .irri .on, chairman
liach division shall be presided o
r er l»y a chairman who may select a' l
add as many members as will pro -
erly constitute a working division.
Section 4. A member may serve
' on more than one division, nivl in iner
than one department, but all membe
I .hail be given a place, as
i on some division.
( 1 ARTICLE B
Section 1. "hie authority and ijei.
eral policy of the associate shall bo
vested in n board of director# and of
ficers w>io shall h .ve full authm t\
in all alii .- . 1 tl.c association.
Sect or. J. T'lf l oard of direetor
shall be twelve (12) in number. The
.director, shall elect one of their tium
ber as ihe chairman, or president, who
shall also be chairman of the Wa>s
and Means division.
The board of directors shall formu
I late and adopt such rules, tegulari>
or by laws as majibe needful.
Section 3. The Ways and Mean
division of the department of organi
zation affairs, shall be composed of
twelve (12) directors. This body shall
act as advisory board, on the import
ant problems com!iig before ihc board. ,
Sectioh 4. The chairman of the!
membership division shall bt .he :
treasurer of this associai.on, a-i.l the!
membership division shaii be
with the usual duties of a finance
"mittee.
# Section 5. Tlie direclo * may »r.- ,
ploy a salaried secretary-ininager f orr'
the Chamber of Commerce, \ 1.., s'-i.il
give his entire tome to toe work 01
tie association, and wlu sha'l work
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u («> the direction of tba board of di
re tors. He shall, in fa>.. ue ir. gen
ciai charge of the work of the Chdin- ,
•er of Commerce and shud al 1
r 1 the duties usually iisi'gneii to
si 1 retary-manager. The li i -,rs inav- j
sum other salar>: I l.el|. -1
rv.; he dee ned necessary;
Action 6. Thi dire tors s!-ii i >„• . 1
at least twi e each mon h in :he >f
fi f cf the CI i.r ber 01 Co i '
a ''.te nio.-t c> 1 venient ro al'..
The Ways nn I Mean) dlvit ic'i .-hall '
it ee' once 'ach month 1 Ton the da a?"
decided upon.
Each division shall meet at lean*
once each month for consultation o«- i
concernin gtha affairs of the dieisipiv
?'.ie members of the Chamber ol
Con,trerce shall meet on-e ea..h •i.oidT
antii f the fiscal year.
Ai' i ectings of the direfioH,
-o..s, ei ys and means di/'ii >n, ». 11 . .
i- 1 pea tc all membe -h jf tl;e Chi.tr.
bti -if Commerce.
• ARTICLEI - J
Section 1. All elections shall be '
held in accordance with the ballot
system, or some other form which ha 1
received unanimous consent at a reg
ular meeting of the Chamber.
ARTICLE 7. *
f Section 1. This constitution may b>
amended at any regular taeetlng o" '
the association by a two thirds mr 1
jority of all the voters present, and '
at any special meeting, by a similar
provided that such i-i;ir« of pro
posed amendment has been given to 1
evtory member of the Chamber of Com- |
merce at least one week prior to such 1
special meeting. |
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AGC-OLI) TAX
KICK IS MADE BY
LOCAL CITIZEN
Taxes Are Low In Com
parison to Benefits
Now Derived
We have read with unusual care the
article of our townsmi®, Mr. H. M.!
Burras, in Monday's I. iws and Obser-j
, ver .entitled, "Whither Are We Drift
; ing." We admit we ale not capable
of looking through the thought ex
pressed by the article. We are" una-'
ble to keep up with the Dr. Jekyll I
and Mr. Hyyde in the article. No,
■ -Hughsey, we cannot tell whither you
are cohl or hot nftr can we tell "whi
| th?r" you are comhig or going. You I
• admit, some things we know are so,
you prophesy some things that we are
I: ure are not so. Wi admit we are
jnt a doctor, anl dont claim to be
.Jile to diagnose your ease. We be
! 1 however,' from the symptoms
jou suffering frem a chronic case
01 i>olitical bellyache
You talk very "wisely" about taxes,
roads, boat lines; alao democratic
bonds and radical bonds, and you also
know enough about human nature to
appeal to the partisan. But if you
are going to curse taxes, then don't
praise roads they build. Don't curse
taxes and praise the schools they built
and dont curse taxes and praise the
, improvements they are making possi
' ble. Just be man enough to curse
them and hush or generous enough to
praise the benefits anl blessings that"
we are deriving from tiiem and also'
praise the' government that give" j
them. You only have to look at the
great educational institutions that'
have been made possible and put in
the reach of our own childrer We
of middle ages were well-grown be |
i. re the state ever spent a cent for \
the higher schooling that our daugh
t s are receiving, with tuition free.
Again in your tirade against the
money powers in North Carolina and
in your appeal to those wtfom you
must think oaa not understand
take in your "poligcal Greek," you are
only voicing the Mgtiment and wishes
of the grmteit HntmcTu powers in I
North Carolina, the railroads. And I
if you have not already been, you will
sodb be visited by o selected commit
tee who will pat you on the back and
say, "Well done, good and faithful
servant," and say step into the plush
seated car.
And may we avk you how you got
so much imiMtrtaiit information about j
the cOst of boats, the kinds of boat
and the water ways, etc. You must j
have figure! in Gardner's creeks
in your cost of establishment of the !
steamboat lines on the waters of
NoVth Carolina, but you must remem- 1
ber that the I nited States is spend
ing millions on the water ways of our
state anl they have been greatly im
proved and somebody should use them.
Would you have the big shipping com
panies and the railroads or the people
enjoy them ?
If your predictions had been in son>{
or poetry, no doubt they would have
wet more eyes with democratic tear-.
In one statenicnt of your strong at
tide you state that you were order
ed to lie. Why did you not resist !t
more strongly? It was certainly nn
unfair thing for them to do anl you
should expose them publicly. Reveal
their names.
You also mention the "rawest deal."
The public mu t; not think that it was
a raw deal as they sent a great ma 1
jority of the legislators back tot che
legislature this year. If our diagno
sis is correct, you must have had a
night mare.
Condng down to the real facts yrt
the case, we must admit that we see
no superlative democracy in your ar" '
gument, nor do we see any dry 1
or tombstones in the pathway you are
so solemnly Wrrning us against.
ANOTHER WiIISKEY STILL
WAS CAPTURED TODAY
Tuesday morning Sheriff Roberson
answered a call to the RobersonWe
section and in company with Officer '
C. James and a deputy succeeded in
finding seevral barrels of beer. Goine !
to another place on the Hassell-Par J
mele railroad they found a large sf'll
Then were about ten barrels of beer
and a large plant The still was hid i'
den • Rood distance away from the 1 1
beer. There were found grape hulls.! '
orange peelings, meal mash, and in ]
fact .anything that would sour an' l
produo* drunkenness. No arrests were
made and no one waa seen at any of
the places.
Mr. Edgar Honey left this afternoon
for A she vf He whsre he will be em- |
ployed by the State Highway commis- ,
sion as resident engineer- for a dls-i'i
trict containing twenty counties. j:
THE LEGISLATIVE WORKS AT I,
RALEIGH IS STILL ACTIVE
Governor's Water Trainportattoti Bill Is Still In
the Limelight; Other Legislation of Impor
tance Passed By the Legislature
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RALEIGH, Jan. 29.—The fli'th week
i of the legislature is in full swing with
most of the more interesting subjects
of legislative action as yet undispos
ed of and sofne of them not yet 1
broached.
The governor's plan looking to the
creation of a system of water traris
portation in North Carolina as the one I
available means of affording relief
to our people from the high and dis
criminatory rail freight rates, after
receiving an unanimously favorable '
report from the senate special com
mittee to which it was referred, has
been turned over to the senate com
mittee on appropriations and there
are suggestions that the committee
make certain changes in the provision
of the measure. It is understood that
Senator Giles, a new man from Mc-
Dowell county, "is opposed to the
governor's bill." The statement ts
made by a Raleigh newspaper. But
even if true, that does not mean that j
STILL IS CAPTURED
, .IN CROSS ROADS
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Sheriff Roberson and Revenue Of
ficer E. R. Jackson went out into the
Cross Roads section Mondav and found
. a still but it was not running. They
j destroyed about ten barrels of beer
J and several other things thereabout,'
' and a mile away they found another
batch of seven barrels of beer, but no
still.
| The beer was on the land of Dud
I ley Edwards, a negro, but no conclu- j
sive evidence could be gotten against I
him.
The reason that the officers were I
called to this section wa sthat they
had information that the schools, the 1
churches, homes and in fact, the whole '
neighborhood were all being ridned by
the rum making and drinking. The
] should t»y taJgeak-ii up.
Organized (jJanjf of
Automobile Thieves
KINSTON AVniOIUTIES BELIEVE
j 'I HEY HAVE HEADQUARTERS I
IN TIDEWATER DISTRRT
|' KINSTON, Jan. 27.-—AifY rgati.ized ,
I gang of automobile thieves is operat
ing in this part of North Carolina, in |
the opinion of local authorities, and
a "receiving station" for stolen
is maintained at some point in the j
tidewater country, according to their
lielief. The police today hail no evi
deuce to connect any person with the
Ti'(|uent disappearance of small cars
froirt local parking ansjis and garages,
hut admitted that,- they had Mi.-pi
cions. -»•
Cars ha\e*tti»«ppeared with system
atic regularity in recent weeks. Half
a dozen have been stolen since the
holidays, including one owned by a
county department. One was recover
ed several miles from the city, (than
doned for some reason by the theieves.
Many automobiles disap?>eared last'
year. The thieves maintain no estab
lished headquarters in the opinion
of the police.
NOTICE OF RE SALE
Under and by virtue of an order of
the clerk of the simerior court ot
Martin county, N. C., orOering « re
sale of the Fred Cox tract of Jaix.
the former bid having been rais-d v
a manner prescribed by law, the tin
undersigned trustee will again sell the
property hereinafter described at the
court bouse door of Martin county,
at Williamston, N. C., on the Mil,
day of February, 192fi, between file
hours of 12 m., and 2 p. m., to the
highest bidder for cash:
Said , tract of land lying, being ano 1
situate in the County of Martin, stat" I
aforesaid, and near the town of Ev 1
eretts, anl being trad; number seven
teen (17, formerl yowned by Wynn 1
and Barnhill- and known as "The llai 1
lard Farm"..ga survayeil and platted -J
"By C. Ml Credle, C. E., plat of which i
is of record in the office of the regis- I
ter of deeds in and for Martin county j
in book one at page 487, to which said
plat reference is hereby made for a
more perfect description -of said land. 1
Ssiid tract containing 95-62 acre*. I
This, the 29th day of Jar.uarv, I I
A. R. DUNNING, I
l-J9-4t tt—' Trustee.
Mrs. J. F. Cromer and little ilnugh
ters, Catherine, Margaret, and Eliza
beth of Wilmington arrived S'uulay
night to join Mr. Cromer, who is fore
man of The Enterprise composing 1
room. v 1
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a majority »f the appropriations com- '
mittee is "opposed" to it ami that 1
the measure will be materially chang- '
ed..
j The garnishment amendment to the
I State Constitution, asked for by the
j secretary of the State Merchants' as
sociation, is already dead as a salt
mackerel—but it doesn't know it. The
last sad rites will be formally ad- ]
ministered the last of this week or
, early next
The druggists' measure to prohibit
the sale of drugs, medicines and pat
ent, medicines, etc., in general stores
or by merchants of any class, except
druggists, where there are drug stores i
will be materially amended and then I
passed. (
Representative Parker has present- •
ed two local measures for Alamance ]
county that will probably b« amended
almost to the point of becoming; state
| wide laws. The first provides that
Ino board of cocunty commissioners
| may go beyond the county's income in
the expenditure of public money, and
that all financial transactions of the
! board must be published in such form
as to be easily intelligible.
Hearing on the substitute for the
Giles $2,500,000 farm loan fund bill,
prepared by a group of fifteen agri
j cultural experts, resulted in the sen
i ate committee ordering the substitute
reported favorably for the purpose of
having it printed, with the understand
ing that the bill will be referred for
j another hearing before the committee
with the house committee sitting in
i jointly. "
The bill was repeatedly described
by the experts who appeared before
I the committee as the most important
1 legislation that will be to
this general assembly, and one, the
enactment of which wil lraise thin
Pension above the level attained for
that of 1921 *by the |50,000,000 road
bill and the large appropriations for
educational and charitable institutions.
! All of the speakers, however, di.-cuss- ' |
ed the neejKktul effect of the bill ra
tlier thai/the provisions of the meas
j ure itsel/. •
All iJl' the speakers stressed the
' /act of 22, 000,000 acres of idle farm
j land and that 45 per, cent of those
j living on farm lands are tenants. The
I state aid was declared to be necessary
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j to relieve the situation, and the s|>eak
, ere described theij- measure as desir-
I able in form because it seeks to take
advantage of settlement plans that
have worked out in California, ('ana
da, Australia and New Zealand.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of '.lie ]>"ftr I
. > T sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed by John 1). Lilley
and win-, Lucy Lilley, To tlie under- j
signed trustee, and bearing date of ,
February 6th, 1017, anl of record in
the public registry of Martin county
in book O-l at page 162, said deed of
trust having been given to secure the
payment of certai nnotes of even date '
therewith, and the terms and condi
tions therein contained not having! 1
been complied with and at the request 8
of the holder of the said notes, the |
undersigned trustee wil. lon the 28th |
day of February, 1823, the
hours of 12 m. ami 2 p. ni., in front
iof the court house door of Martin
county in Williamston, N. C., otfer foi
sale to the*highest bilder for cash,'
the following described property to
wit:
That certain tract or parcel of land ,
in Martin county bounded on the north-'
by the Walton road;, ,qn the east by
the Jamesville and Washington Rail "
road company; on the south by the A |
Fisher land and on the weet by the
said Fisher .land and the 11. F. liar j
her land, containing one hundred and
twenty five (126) acres, more or less,!
the same being the Thomas fisher.!
tract of lanl with the following ex- [
ceptions of fifty three (63) acre.i, i il,
bounded as follows: Beginning at an , a
iron state, 11. F. Barber's corner; and
thence along said B. F Barber's line to f
C. I), and It. L, Stallings' s the A.
Fisher line; thence a southeasterly
course along said Stallings* line to J.
C. Sexton's line; thence along said
Sexton's line to an iron stake In Wil- 61
ber Barber's line; thence along Wil- *
ber leather's line to the begirning ''
Containing fifty three (63) acres.
This, the 29th day of January, 1V23. *
A. R. DUNNING,
l-29-4t Trustee. Ii
Mr. C. F. Vandeberry of Oak CitJ
spent the week end In town with
friends, 11
Trade In Williamston
Be One of the Lackj
Ones. SSOO Given Free!
ESTABLISHSO MOT
A. C. L PAYS
ITS BACK TAX
MAIITIN COUNTY RECEIVES A
CHECK FOR $20,665.81 FROM
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
company s#nt a check to Martin coun
ty today for $20,666.81, which is back
taxes for the years 192 C and 1922, and
which they refused to pay and were
forced to pay by the United States
supreme court. This money goes to
several road and special school
districts as well aa the cocunty.
Mrs. W. H. Biggs Will 1
Entertain Philatheas
On Friday Night
The Philathea class will be en tar -
i tamed by Mrrs. W. H. Biggs on Fri
day evening at eight o'clock at her
home on Smithwick street. This is
the regular monthly social meeting,
and all members are invited to be
present.
AHOSKIE COUPLE WERE
MARRIED HERE TODAY .
The office of the register of deeda
was the scene of an interesting wed
ding today. Mr. Walter F. Thomas
of Ahoakie came in and asked for li
cense to marry Miss Vera Lee Alex
ander, also of Ahoakie.
Some suspicion as to ages caused
Mr. Sam. Getsinger, deputy register,
to make diligent inquiries and it look
ed for a while that they would have
to go further before they could enter
the happy door of matrimony. But
a number of friends of the couple
vouched for their ages, and the li
cense was issued.
Mr. A. T. Crawford, J. P., was tel
ephoned for and he went down im
mediately and passed the job off like
an old veteran. The happy cocuple
by this tthne were beginning to show
signs of a more steady nerve and af
ter receiving congratulations from the
witnessing - company went back to
Ahoskie to greet and surprise their
'pas and 'was. Ttwjrwere fine look
ing people; the young man good look
in gand the young lady handsome.
A WORD OF APPRECIATION
. FROM A MARTIN COUNTY
BOY IN WEST VIRGINIA
We are always glad to hear from
old friends and especially so when
send us a word of appreciation.
We have just received an expres
sion of his appreciation of his home
paper, from Mr. A. H. Knox, of El- -
kins, W. Va., saying: "1 appreciate
receiving The Enterprise; it gives the
current news and keeps me posted as
to what is going on in and around
my old home,'^
Mr. Knox is a Poplar Point boy,
who went ty West Virginia a f ew
years ago and is now president of a
brokerage concern. in Elkins, West
Virginia. &
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It is a real pleasure to find that
our boys are f'Joing well, and it was
also a pleasure to receive a note of
Kratitude from one of them.
If you have a friend who has gone
away, send him The Enterprise for
a year; he will, appreciate it,
REPRESENTATIVE MOORE
HOME FOR THE WEEK END
Clayton Moore was home for the
week end to visit his family. Clay
ton's many friends are glad to note
the prominent part he is taking in
legislative matters. He is chairman
of the,., committee on public roads,
which is one of the most important
cornmitttees in the legiviature.
His picture appeared in Ujn Sun- ~
day edition of the News and Observer
as the man who introduced the bi|l
for issuing more bonds for the con
struction and maintenance of public
highways in our state. The bill has
been passed in the house with a big
majority and will come up in the sen
ata ss—, - - - •
PASSENGERS SAVED
A§ TUG GOES DOWN
WILMINGTON, Jan. 26.—The pas
senger tug Kinstan,«. owned by the
Navassa Guano company, sank in 90
feet of water here this morning, with
40 persons on board. All on board
were rescued.
The Kinston fouled a submerged pil
ing when the pilot lost his wfcy in
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Mr. Ray Coburn of Dardens and
Norfolk, yaa hers yesterday,
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