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GET THE NEWS OF MARTIN COUNTY TWICE A WEEK BY TAKING THE ENTKItPRIiiE. VOLUME 21,—Nl'MHEK EVIL NEVER HAS AND NEVER WIUL RESULT IN GOOD (|l At K REMEIHES HIK IMYORIL EVtL IS t GIVEN A THOK OCGH AIRING A certain asciriit writer was rous ed to much indignation by the the ories of some selfstj letl moral ists o! his day whose standards were com pletely inverted. He cried out. ag ai&st them: "Woe to thctn I hut call evil ptou ami good evil; that pal darkaes for,. light and light for lark ness; that put sweet lor bitter an. bitter for sweet." Lwidci.tly that breed of philosophers has not become extinct. Some of tfce.r quack reme dies-for the divorce evil are review, ed in the June- number of The Watch man Magazine, of Nashville, Ten*., by I. H. King, Jr., in answer to *h question, "Is Mariiape a Failuie!' We quote from Mr. King: "Mrs. C. Gasquoiue Haitley, Lo: •lon author and educator, is the pix ponent of this remedy for the reitc of the modern man and woman wh are unable to stand the strain of cr ibury and who look upon marriage t a boe; *1 would let those who «' not desire marriage be perm>tu.-d 1 live together in hynorai y leinjiir;: unions. Surely this is the wisest a. rai.sfement for the man and wotna worker who do not want ehihtre and who. not wishinsr foi the bo «* • of continuous companionship, ami v r U» pass their lives in liberty.' Iu he book, "Women's Wild OaU,' delaii-i« a plan to sanction temporary uni'>: by means of properly I gal forms termed "friendship coi tracrts* are jriven "There was a time when the wor'. was to be saved from war bV'tmluat ism, but militarism proved its wv injr—Last Noveml>er in New loi t city an international cobgttM of » ciologisU* ami moden savant* po posed to sat* Uie worhi from m»rt ami material disa ter by «MV rt "birth control;* now it is rceogai/ that much of the Worlii's ia.k i wbolesotneses can be aUfihi.t ! « > • licit "birth cor.tre!.' It hs* t for the talented English m'ua.tisr i " ."t«ciiht UK wni hiect of •». -* save the world from wholesale a!&i my. "That the proposal is no» console r>l visionary ' fe evidence! by re*. i* v in the metropolitan pre.-i-, which »uj P«Jf «>* information that The Engtist •"woman's pa'i of "friend hip co 11 is a;trac*i"»g th» thoag'itful atte.ie of sociologists ard (tvfhologiStfc i this country It is not tlie ti si tin - , men have been led intr believing th® evil might result in good. The pro posal to ri dthe world of sexual in purity" by legalizing roDrubmag. i as grot*--que in the 1 pl.t of scui morally as was the effo.t of th French government in 1T1»1 to sob-i tu*e Madame Millar*!, an operatic st famous both for her beauty ami he licentiousness. for the Deity. The French revo'utioni *s de:isfx| Co nsuexitcft, be Jehovah s" .11 ab de eternal in tie heavvens. Nations ma o'act hn revising universal col:..! ij t alien to the p-a*>e of i»firtitiilit> . but the eommamimet•.i of the In in (M, *Thou thai* m>i ci ;nmit adultery lowers above men's subterfuge t raxVr inal judgment. More thin three and a half million divorcer " a little more than a half ee itury te? the sa-l tale of America's 1e»al ir Panic wilh the seventh commar.Jn ei * of the ilecalogie. What a contrTm tsoa to the destruction I 'of the mul o." the nation! "The marriage rite, w th the sev enth day Sabbath, is on Witutlor bequeathed to humanity when tl e ri.ee wa* a its. nanty. It is h i>)Mt seered encaeerre t which hu man beings can form, ttie pt-n'omt anc* of which leads most strongly tr. the of society. To re dace it to the £ta'e of a cnil co tract of transitory characler, *sh ; «- twj persona nvgh" engage in a-d cas loose a pleasure when tl.eir ta- s t; w~- citiqM or the~r arpet:te g'atifted. i a moot effectual mode of de tro.f' f whatever is respectable or penna ten in domestic life. Vi"hiie enntrar,— o this sort may suit the extravacan ideaes of lh« age. M it he remen.h-i ed by tho-e who sp.r>por soch an off spriag of the devil's hatching tSS* "God is not mocked: for wlutffw THE ENTERPRISE LARGE CROWDS CONTINUING TO ATTEND REVIVAL LARGEST CUIIHIIS IN Of IHllttH ATTENt*Mi METHOiikST i;L\ l\ tL Sunday morning )iahc. Day w&: oln-erxoa very y th Method's! ciiuicn aith appoialol IUII sic Uj liev. ana Alls. Uoatuil, an, a sermou by i Kev. Btr«ar. who is cor.Uiicaag t.«e interest Jig revual e-.er conduced >•> \«; aa.-ton delivered a sermon t?iat m be remembered' bj jews l« Cviiw. • til* terpkass-- on t_ , part mooter* play in liie lives o 1 men alio women of our Cvi 'j.. ga\ I the congregation an ll.tcn .eLit O:: o niothet's laoors that few ha>r ntiue le' en the mothers wno have cqainei. !ced tlie trying days oi rearing the | sons and daughters. ' Suiuiay af'C'i i.oon Rev. SUwur; .k . I livcretl an aip*4tlirg ennon lo me of \\ iliiamstoj!, tuciitßg o ! the in|.vrtaiK.e of rv>uier « 'each persor.% development, .usin i leriais that trregiit teats to a us»r | ber of the CM iiriegat-os's EYES were remir-de t of the try :: g esper I lences our mi "hers have go. .e thiuue in our behail In hts st-nwrn foi th: feivice he d* e!lcl «,n the p..rt Mr can b»I S;:ou d pby in controlling inoials of ou- town, an t viben he -a-I ed for a -tan • f-»r momiity a «i Chris tianity hi V llllamsf jfi tfit mamrit of the C(.itgn gation stooil. Sunday Eev. Mr Stewart «k livered one *f hi« most f>xtefjl -e mon® on tie subjee"., " The Secor Corning of 'lirist" At this ser» c lae corgit -a: on »v if .i*ni the church, sotr.e havinr t» 'e lur- r away n accour.' of no-' »>»vi..r -sr" ciert room in the churcii. .ill* won. at this serv ice r>a«e poii* p'a-«i t people who have Uen in ski l!iC se--onl coming- el our Savior, as he i>. -e»re-l his view.- in such :* r-a ner that his audience c--u;« rua he"; •ml agiee with him. btWfl .ii mcrea-inr 'Ltiljr >n »• MrJVjrf welfare of tit ..f V Stewart *r,d h s ro-workers, M-- »■ Mrs. * Cfcri*tian* people, e' V.'illlamfton sire prayirir . for th rrratest revival in the town's b>.-* Serv ices will n>nlmu>' thr"«,»'.K«! th week at S:vO ard T:SO p n>. "V* tage prayer i:-ee? ?ng.- at II a. ir O V «-«l >ios.!ay, the. prajer mee" i-r » be held at the home ef Mrs. C I Carstarphen. IN FANT PASSED AW A V IN BEAK GK.\>S IklliAi Mr. and Alia. ti. A. Hart .-0.. o. LIIC Lear OIASS MCU« nave use oeep est sympathy o! their many 'i esids it. '.iie loss of their little child, whet de |Kutei tiiis life iasi Krula.. . Ire funeral set vices were coaduct ed Saluruay b> Ll ler Hen Cowing ar.d inteiintriit in the 'aciih burying groun't in the lkar Cms* section. a man sowetii, thai »:.ail lie als>- icap.' lo Sow u> 1..t fit.-h BMSCS' i. naivest of vorrupuon. Taii' U an age wWi are bom w iih las* in iheir heaiU, old men die with its lurid fire? e«l. It fits the moid of Bibie pr,>ph» cy as no other —"Lvea thus >Ku, i, be in the day.wiiicn u>e Sofc of mai is revealed.'—Luke I' JM. kt-ienm is made here to the .-oh inn Lour be fore tr.e aiiveat of Curat when earth teeming muiutiuies aie being Jiaugev. in the heavenly e*>urt room. A clui* of ju>iicial wTaU. k&g* over the- wori, containing the ele.nents that dwtiwye* Soiljni. Very RX.II 'r.e iles'.tny of e* ery human b«i.g will have t " ciue«l. The thai! ami the waeit arr low h-fng w pan ted. Jesin soon wi.. vome with burring fre, fatal to th. imiemtent sincere. He is o-miisjr t> pve to every man a> cording a> hi' Work shall be. This is the most m iaeitous hour ever lived bjr hwau beings. The wor'a will sooc mer Gcd over His broken law. and in *hl ilay it will not be the purveyors of 'psrtnersKip." outnde of narriare. hut the pore in heart that will e GofL" ' CHAUTAUQUA X!Quality'froqrams "".I.IAMSTON, N.C. I for&veniboip\ G/ c/ I May 23rd to 28lh \ J CV 1/ % 'f-' J . : fc " - ' ' . • - iqJt-y M WILLI.4IISTO.N. MAKTIN U»l\lV. NOKTU I IIIULIN V. 1I g50.%1. MAY U. t,y. CHILI) BAIH.V Bt K\i:i) SINTVAY AFTERNOON Barm. Here Very Painful, Bu" Are Nat Considered to Be Fatal Gahiiili, the 12 year oi«! daughter of Mr, and Mis. G. S. Lilley, was -enously burned Sunday afternoer. The family was vas away fixim home except Mr. Lilley and the little girl, wh a is t>liltd. in some nav she via jritini; around in the house aiul p uAI of a box »f matches, and in hand iiig them, she struck thou, whk ■ *t fire to M>me nearby paper. Site heinjt blind was unaide to ire •way and wtu; badly burned, but th •cms are not thought to be fata* ■wcver. Much sympathy for the un .rtunate cßfkt is felt for all wh. Wt l;er. SUPREME COURT MAY BE ASKED 10 DECIDE TAX COTTON ASSOCIATION DIKKIT OBS ADA ISK MEMBERS TO LIST CO ITON KQt lf V j UALEICiH, Ala.. 14.—The state su I ftviae court w ill probat l\ be callet. I un to decide how the tuax is paiu on j.ui.iu tu tlie hai.ils ol' the Notih tat I o>ina Cotton Growers Cooperative as- I oCiation or. May Ist. The directors of the association af ter lonieinng with their attorney.-. >u\e decided to advise members «, ;in association lo list their interest Jin the cotton on hami as per-on. > I property, as they have been doing. J Advances totalintr nineteen cents » IMumi have been made on all cot to" 'in the hamis of the association, an the interest of each member in tlx 'villaining cotton ran b** computed, ii i- .-lat*d, by figur ,r ig the value of c..t ! lon as of May Ist delivered by Inn t-« the a,*social ion, and deducing th amoui't rereivel ft mil the association ' as ailvances. While not discounting the oplftfbr 'if Uhers :s to hm the tax shoul> Nse? rt" reef We* tt*4 that »h« mJler ir impo tant enough to ha\ , :i»e-h : ghta*. Ec urt pass on it, and r | friendly uit Will likely '■ starte iat at early d;ile to iteterinine th, ! proper pneulurc in listing cotter It'ie of th.* association for taxe It is announced thai the a-***v [tion is taking this position n»'t fo I 'he purpose of evading ta>e-, bin ! [ -ssure a> far as possible th'- sam tresitment for members as win nteir ber- have urali r the law. The stat« statute pmviiles for the listing e outton under the head of -olvr-nt crei' it> and for deductions ttjerefrom o •Jet-* s due cre>litnrs. Swine of the c>ltoii growing cow •ici ha - e alnsr.dy instructel their, !a K-*m to :e«|uiie members of the rot '«i a viation to list t'eir eqi-if inij.n (leli-eie.! to the ass«ia ■tW!!». MARIfN COI Ni l STANDS Mill IN PROPERTY VALUA TION I'ER INHABITANT Ikftir as« liraulort on Each Side ol Matin Uilh Bertie Holding the Lower Bound l>a«ed on Oie 1'.i21 repoit of the State Oeiattment of revenue, and toe 15 rJu cvn. us of population, coveruii; the v_ltic ol personal property listen for tajcatioii by irtdividuals in e«rh count; , diM.ied by the population, the report place- Martin county in tin JWth place among the lyO counties oi ihe state. Durham leads all othei .oun'. es with Macon tailing the list. The average wealth of Martin coun iy per inhabitant is $219 Ou, which puis Martin county only a few tiol lan beiow tlie state average which i per inaabitanL This does not include the |3oO>i lifted bj- bank.; and cotporalioi.s Perioral propeny includes all iteni.- iistcd for taxatiou except I amis ami buitdings. Mi* Ma; o Lamb and Mrs. F. A) Duns'*an are attending the Council i Wilmington this week. GOVIRNORTO HDD INVESTIGATIONS OF STATES PRISONS MAKES STATEMENT l« |Ht. n dLIC KEGABI»I\„ I Hi; SITIATION KALEIGH, May W ben tii.vcni or Morrison notified Mr-. K It. John son, Staate Commufioia ! «»i welfare, that he withdrew his re M oe i to th.x department to tak« (barge , f itte u. vesligation into |-riaon coiiddii n- in N'oith Curoliiia (s.a Lt 1 pli>*M au-tt caiiipe and county Chain gang.- .JWI Jan.-1 he was actoaied L.ge> oe caibe it had becony apparent .c -,i. telligent obsei vera here u..., Hi •'strained relation*" e\.»t.n 6 growing were betwnen - J. n s-.t. .- Krpautulent and the state - pttsoo. tioaid, and authooUes oi the {>esi .eoliary, had benape so i'ra.s.a.s»- ng" mat the invaAiga-Mi oiiou.u be dnerted iliffrienllyu— if it sired to have a lea! ihat would be atle lo «\'Ure Co operation ami obtain the tact- that are desired. So the governof ti-ok ci arvre, as he is aletermined that the i«-. estiga tion shall be thotoUKh and ti.ipre judiced, and the of the truth is mnterially. enl-.anced by tiovemor Morrison's "Uid" stroke, which the .two Kaleigh anti tmtion daily nesrsgn|ie!- -til.'v'o iSih liergasted" tliens. Governor's Statement to the Public "The sentiment if the public upov this matter lias arrest, d my :nt.i> lion, anil I am ready to pp-eed i i»r orously to consiilefation of t'.e v. i.oie .(ueslion, and to take ai-lmii Th responsibility is upon me. and I tlnnk my power Is ample un.ier th* presenl law, and 1 have divriol to withdraw my request to the Board o I'harities and INiblic welfare for a.- -istance in the matter. Since I have been g»>verncr s» many- large questions have exacted |my thought and effort that 1 p --si b'vh ave not jfiven the att''ntio;i to reforms in the penal institution which its importance required, ard ■ I was BMrfer tWTU|iiK«|c* n.« th> legislation enactel during th" s 'mir intralion of the late Governor Itiek ett, when the entire subject was op for consideration, as satisfactory t the people. «, "If, when I have finished what I contemplate doii ir nhout the mattei the public is not satisfied with re suits, then other ajrei cies may tak» the situation in hind. "I have derid.il thr.t until 'he nev' general as-semhly nve's, the Sihility is ultimately mine, and I pro pose to discharge my duty the lie f can. 1 a'k t*>e public to await re '.Tilt* before indutj'Htr in criticism "I am thorourhlv in aceonl wit modern ami progre-sive thought u on the *ubjert of prison reform, under the law, as it is now *H" I am sati'fieil t'-e whole system car he put in modern ami up-to-dafte shape. if it is now not in ach shape ' ROBBERS MAKE SMALL HAUL OF DRY GOODS GET SEVERAL SLITS, DKLSSKn ETC, FROM W. R. ORLEANS* STORK HKItE Saturday monuntr when Mr. W. F. ' Orleans openeo his store he foun I the back door standing wide open. | The outside door had been opene 1 by prizing the catch loose and the' the glass pane of tlie inner door was removed. Mr. Orleans missed three suits o clothes, three lailie-' ireses and sev eral smaller items. I'p to now Uter is no clue connc-c'inx any one with the rolhery. Tiiere seems to lx- an organize' band of thieves in tois section ar they are hard to apprehend. If ai friends of justice will br on the leek out, it may lie 'that -something w> _ show up to give a ciue to the guilt j parties. Mr. Hoffman of Ita'timore spent tt» week end here wit! Mr. Walter Or leans. - 3 r " MKS. SAM «.CISIN«.»!K TO PHII.ATHE.VS IWe*ate» Urct-d for Annual I'hila thea C«sfert« at hin,|«n Newt il^ih of '-e •« t tn}. >yab!e event o? tte w.4 ,« Friday Jla. ;,t... »:.,n Mis Sain Gelsitwr was a csainiii«; •«« less, at hosne, to iLe bap.i t Iti.i^Tl.eas. tre to ihe 11* n««st ■•opi-rtaM ti ines - to o«r before tLe cla ~s. «|( ;1 . . l«>e #f *sr-i-caie- who w ill i>e r« pre ser,tat«\-.s of ear da.-* at the Annual I'hiiaiaea mcfemxt, wh.«. c« nv,-ne aoree tsae i-cst iao®th at kinston. ■ iii*. Wai-rt H. rfgjr- ai «1 Mrs II- I.Ose were Biarii».ii h ekctoi as deiegale^. i After the basi'- K»jr, the hostess presented aa "obsenaton cont> si whieli cnau>i s*i. am -- i-ent. ThoV cuttir.v for pi.:e> tVr o-rTret an-wer •err- Mt- U auen 11. logir-, Mrs. lee I'-mf.r af 5 Mrs V. fierier Mar tin, J'_ the ai;, r lo»iinc the !nck\ Hfilir'. Is. It.ir_ t. e booby was |»r>. I ;o» '•» 1! il H K -e. 1 si-ted i Mrs John A. Wani ~Br! Mis. the ho te- - de liiciilljil; . rfiie-i delicious ice course. The re\t wwUTif w: 'I be he!«i «» Jane I>t. wit*» Mi- Air.a IlirriSon: H: > lieui!« i Ha-i as her riivt Jg iliW ' the lltilalhia . Mf-. I". I■ W A Cheirj aiul \i * B. W. Haniy. Vi» Cam* JViW ttlute.. Kfp'rter CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BO G MADE READY IN WILLIAMS! ON NOW PARENTS Of Oil Ml COROIAI. 1.1 INVITED in Mthl l\- MWHIN >1 NDAI FV- State ysje'a. here i*i now-lie »g pv. ia w>*r u, ' L care of the U* c*—'*wm will i.-* oil next a«xk by tie .la e etinn cwa ptool oi ;hnte «wctoi« ami twelve muses. Visitors are »,-.i>ed to Uk over the. e ikipweSl Mil Mis-a} »i.eie ina. l sees ik fi.e-'l la-» hu-;»:• .ti equi} - if>t It is .Wol tiiat Dr. I aite: «rf "Va- will br toe opoaii c O.e of tar 'otu'e- this «>ni is lltaE jnn pa.} »12.i4i fov t!>e ei e;vw if )t« aurf a'ae. If not, tiiei .•>« w,I! be -*»-jed js-l the ..me. . TVr. are *aT.»r. of caj-« .- »:*i» final- are cot itle pa. for niuc nce.ti'd «f*ral»* •,>. This opporlamt\ wiil be a fess, e t« such families an tfcey rtssJd Ml fail to etnUaie thi -j»t«>«t.. *«ty ■ Mii't, «elv Laie to stay in tl.« l«"i>tii.! •* M/h ard all are r» q : i e*t ttr stay a? bsij a- «| |„ u r af e ofer-IM-a.-. NEW I KIMIN I.RA l\ NOITH SEEN iii n.\i:"» WHITE PLAINS. N*. Y May k predwtiiv- of a srw era in wl.itii ti.- sMUhfa states w«jd leal tie cr-or, try n tftnlnr't of pimen wa- aaoe loaj by lla-t:ii'- ll.»-1 I-re-i*' n: »f !•* La -ei! Sa*»- f -uni a?ion aarf former pn silent of the Praswe s iiimi inliot.. in an ie*a»T T that be r-irH acojit an in * ilath-t to iuMTate pri-on condi tur -i in N«i. ' i oiiui ar,.; Se at Carolina. MR ALBERT It. KNOX MI7« HITII ACt t|»E\T Mr. Albert ll.' kt«\ who wa« in a fc-'.iPr trip «t fi«c l !kio>. U Va.. suet ai accuses* in whiro ie re reived a »| :»sei ankV. lie weni t." J the Dav a Xesim,l birpul at, Kikni "rhere be rece.\e«f treatment, aid isj repotted as I" tittfr st well as. coul.'' be exported. His iajwries aie not -e . , noa tfe-wwb »w} painful, ard r- 1 being a hie to cer medoal j alteatMS «ba tbe arr deat ocvurre. will nreesj*state ban remaiiiinr an tl : . hospital a Ir» dnys. EVERETTS' SCHOOL MAS GOOD SHOWING ON CLOSING DA* NEW lil II.DIM. HILL BE KKECI Kl> l\ THE NEAR IrJCURE, ACCOKIHNG TO t'LANS ... Das (trakii KhixH dusti, last week. it.- best y«ars work will, |ciass exercises. The plays ana ie> ita -tioß* showed good training. Tb> K> udual ion exorcises were held Fndax at 11 o clock. The high school grad uatts consisted of three joung ia- ue i I here were seven graninut -choi . girls anl two bo)s. i lie address was made by I'ro/. Per Case, >f Wilson and wa- •«, o: the liest e\« r delivered in the -chool. jlt touched on the vital problem- o i liie. an«i how iMucalion -eta in m tton in K r >at forces for good, or for bud. that the cl»s, or kiml of edilca tioii is quite as important a.- trie ed uatmn itself, ami for tlmt ri» on, we should tiase oui educational system on the linn foundation of truth, jus t u-e and reason. The high school diplomas were de bvereii by W. C. Manning and the grammar school certificate.-, by A. J Manning, county superinten«le::t of public instruction. After the morning- exercise* the large crowd were bidden to the !oa»r table and all ate and ate, and some ate too much. The dinner consisted of i every good things, and UaiLiorue. too. Ihe afternoon was given over U' games of various kinds, mcludin runnitijr, ball games, etc. The citizens of Kveretts are ran (•tanning to build a .p'endid new school building and expect t«» begin in the near future. Tbey appreciate tire benefits of a good school and seem pract«sall> unanimous for some thing better. Everett* is one of th«- be t sections of Martin county. HAMILTON SCHOOL TO CLOSE THE LAST OF THIS WEEK ,ti \ K i'ltt >C.KA>I MAS 8K1..N (K KAM.hD KOK THISDAY AMI FRIDAY i i | ihe closing exetcise* of trt« Ham j ilton mliwl will be Itrld lnursdav i uim t riday of this- week, in atuci. Ili;e pupils ami (acuity liave done theii • utmost to nuke an exliibitioii iliat Ail! entertain the community, u wet. |a. prove to the patrons of the cm*. that Uie.r children aie rrttitmr th. iraiiiiiiK nece.>.-ar) to make of then: .Citizens uno w.lI he able arid willing to tarry Uieir |>ait of tiie bu nlen o. j llie World's affairs. 1 On Thursday evening at h o'Hw -,-a-, "Mis» Topsy Tuny," mil be I i l>y tlie pupil.-, of the lut;bn j grades of the .school, i On Fuday afternoon the primarx {grades wiil piouure a creditable pi© j gram consisting of numerous oral I iflus, dialogues, etc., which will be- up jeuoi by devotional exercises conduct led b> kev. J. I', tiulley. 1 i iday evening exercises will con • MSI of xings, duets, solos, etc, by th« | pupils, followed by an addles.-, by Sir It. li. Carter, on the subject: Th* t Value «»f Higher Kducation." The e* ! erases will lie closed Friday evening with a humorous play. "How I lie Sto ' ry* Hi** " As lot.- always been the ru«tom. th* citizens, faculty and the pupils o , Hamilton cordially invite every un •ho can to attend all their exercises : with, the promise to do their best t> I entertain them whiie in thctr nn-l l J ;«nd fiom the program, which will be off the press Wednesday, they wil I accomplish their desire will be ful filled. If you have been in the habit t, •' u.'ing the same oil in summer as i> I winter, better change the habit a well as the oil. It is estimated that the rai!ro»l --iMrrii-d 1,612,251,000 tons of freight in IWI, while motor tracks haule* I 430.1*10,000 tons. THE BEST ADVERTISING ME mil rot THIS SECTION WILL BE FOUND IN THE ENTERPRISE. established WHERE DID THEY GET THIS ABOUT 01 R YOUNG FOLK? GREENVILLE Ml ST HAVE BEEN KErREstCNIED AND WILLIAM STUN MISREPRESENTED La* lMr»lij s Daily Keriecior of •jiWii uk carried the (oilvviag sto ry on Um.- lront page, with a double column ,-cw* box head, which gives us the ■ mpredion that GreenviUe had a hamt io the dance here last Weil ' ..ifM, for no correspondent Iki* a"Ki ii nave ma>l« as bad i bui »* o« the facts as are tipicjj»i m t-w u. **% i«r Iks at VN a ..awe ~i-t i_ gfct, with a i umber tn '-e I.- that waa not schpLka "Ji-l '» tote the strains of ths xa >scal fox-trot and waltz beckoned the 1 --ancer-, a member of the clergy, re inforced with sevevtal of his flock, according to report, took up a posi tion in front of the place in which the la nee was held. "An important open-air revival was started. Dancers gave respectful and { reverent attention to the words of ! caution uttered by the ministers and ' others. The protest had effect upon a few of the dancing party. They I reflected and went home, "The majwnly failed to see any ' harm m the nnoeent gathering. On With im l*-»nee." was pas-ed and it ' immediate* > proceeded and continued untii an cany hour this morning." We repeat the statement made in last Fnday's Enterprise that the dance was not participated in by any of \ViUnn>toU'> toung people, and in their defense pronounce the story pub lished by our Greenville neighbors as utterly incorrect, and that the only way the tahie was connected with Willianbiuii was that it was held here in one of the tobacco warehouses, and that the d »nce was promoted by out of-town parties altogether—even' the advertising matter was printed by a foreign concern. This fact alone is etiough evidence that it was not a lo cal affair as Williamson people do iwt spend their money out of town when they can get the same price and a better quality of work here at home. In milwr to Use yooqg people of WiUnndm we are sending a copy of this isMae to the Keflector, and re ■fuct them to repudiate their state ment in last Thursday's issue with the fact* as they really were. IMREITUKS EXPRESS APPRECIATION OF LONG. IMLUGEVT SERVICE After Use Itart ol EScient Service Banker Resigns I'mlim •( Assistant Cashier Mr. W. J. Hunter ha.- resigned his po-itMMi as assistant cashier of Mar tin loontj Strings and Trust com pany for the purpose of going incn business for himself in l.reensbora, N. C. Mr Hunter ha> been a most faith ful and efhrienl ofltrer, ami the bank has prospered under his management. His many friends regret to see him leave the ci-mmui.it> and wish for him in abundant nieces.- in his hew held of work in appreciation of the splendid ser \ ices n»l« red the Martin County Sav ings and Trust company, the directors adopted the following resolutions: Whetea». W. J. Hunter, assistant cashier of the Martin County Savings ami Trust company has decided to -ngnge in other business and whereas Mr. Hunter has served this commun ity as assistant cashier, in a most lo\al and efficient manner, and has riven his best efforts to the upbuild ing of this hank and community, be it re-solved First: That we. the directors of the Martin County Storings and Trust rosapany extend to Mr. Hunter our sincere thanks for his untiring ef forts and assure kim our good wishes ta his new field of work. Second: That a e*4»y of this reso lution he spread npsa the Minutes of the bank, and a copy he given The Enterpri«e for publication. C. D. Carstarphra W. H. Biggs B. A. Critrber J. G Godard, Tiwitlmi
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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May 15, 1923, edition 1
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