FARMERS, WILLIAMSTON IS THE
PLACE TO BtU. TOUR TORACCO.
TRT ONE OP THE HOUSES HERE
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VOLUME 24—Nl'MHER ML
» GIANT DRiRiGIRLE DIAM L t»E
BELONGING TO THE FRENCH
OTILL MISSING WITH CREW
Fo r ty Eight Men Aboard; Last WorJ
Frooi Her Was X A. *. Dee. 21
In Mediterranean Vicinity
P PARIS, Dec. 26.—N0 word yet fcs?
| been received fro m;he missing dirigi-
I Me Dixmnde. which may still be in
F the air after many days up or
have affected a landing in some out
mf the wy place in the pro
tectorate of Tunis in northern Afri
ca or in the Sahara desert- For «v-.
eral days now the airship's wireless
has been silenced, and the craft her
self has vanished.
The minister of marine received
messages today from the port admir
al at Diaerta declaring that the Dnc
mude was not seen over Tura-ia or
December 23 or 24, ar«l that she at
no time had asked for help. It is es
tablished that the list nnmiinkitian
from the airship was on Deceniher
21st at 3:00 a_ m. when she ackiw.w
ledged receipt of a tekyimi fron?
S*li Abdullah, Sahara. The intensity
rf message at that time justified
th»4fcr»rre that she then was not
two hundred males from
• K-tta. #
m His caleulntci that the Dixniwle's j
•tat of gasoline might have be* n ex
baosted by Sunday. December 23.
f Consequent'.. the only thing left to
do is to explore the ngions whe-e
the airship might have rane down,
•fther voluntarily or by force of cir-
LOCAL NEWS OF ,
BEAVER DAM j
Hra. W. H. Rogers spent Sunday J
with Mrs. S. C. Ray in Williamston. I
Mr. A. L Raynor motored to Rorky '
Meant Satuniay.
Mr. ami Mrs. Keel mst«r«l
to William- tor Saturday ihopfunr.
Messrs Lester Ror« r>. Ira Feede;
ami Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rogers iiX i
toted to Washinrton Satardar.
Measrs. Sylvester Raynor and A L
Raynor went to Williamston Friday
on bo* ires.
Mr. H. A. Cullipher ard «|i, Hu
bert, Jr., motored to Willaautwi Sun
day morninr.
Memrs. Henry Wkie, Daie TV.mp
aon and Dewej Copeland of Uiulet
City spent the week end with Mr. G-
B. Simpson. ft
Messr Sam Medu, G. B. Sbnpvor.
and D. M. Simptson motoied to Wash
ington Friday.
Messrs Dave Ma'thew and D. M
Simpson and Misses Leauvina Simp
aon and Lin.be McClaran motored to
wilhamstou Saturday.
Mr. F. L. Rogers motored to Ev
eretts Sunday afternoon,
f Hesar Lonnie W»ra and Thomas
Roberoon motored to Washington en
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCbvte were
the guests of Mr. an>! Mrs. G. B.
Simpson Saturday night
nfii • tit" J. I
Mr. and Mr*. Kcd «prrt Sun
day in Everett*.
Messrs. G. R SuapMA. Her«r;.'
White. Dave Tboapsmi and D. M I
Slmpoon were the una its of Mr L*»r.
nie Wynn Sunday aAtrann.
me'
Messar. J. H. Rogers Lester Rogers
ami Sylvester Raynor BMtoted to Wil
' Ha mat on Monday afternoon
Did yon know that a gallon of me
ter oil lubricates IJMQ/KB nqanre feet
mt cylinder area, in an atnmatale be
te* R is timphltlj boned?
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THE DIXIE WAREHOUSE IS
THR PLACE TO GET THE HIGH
EST PRICE FOR TOUR SCRAP T«
HACXXL MB- FARMER. MA NCI "V
ft TATLOR. FROTSL, WILLIAMS '
TH E ENTERPRISE
j ESTEEMED LADY
PASSES AWAY
AT JAMESVILLE
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Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Bunas Siiceom**s Af
. ter Lorisr Illness _
Mrs. Saitih Elizabeth Burra>, after
• a Ions; illness pased .- way, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. L Smith
wick of Jamesville, on December 21.
and wr.s buried at the o!«i Moore fam
ily grave yard, December 22. Eller
W. B. Harrington and Rev. W. G. Love
i pastor of the Methodist church, con
l ducted the funeral. »
Mrs. P-H.-as was horn in Currituck
count;., October Ist, 1£48» the daugh
ter of Captain White and wife. Mrs.,
Ft he ridge White. Durir.g the Civil
'*v the White family move! from
j Currituck coming t6 to Wil'ismston.
for a while, and while living i«i this
| section .Mrs. i!ui i ;LS married to
j the la'e George M. Punas, wl*> die-l
several years ; «j».
She leaves two children, Hutrfi U
Hurra.- of Willinmston arid Mr*. J.
E Smith wick of aJmesville.
llrs. Burns wan stricken with
rheumat sm about four yearn ago and
; has been unable to walk pnctirallv
all the time since.
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THREE PAY VAUDEVILLE
PROGRAM AT THE NEW
THEATRE NEXT WEEK
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The Harry shr niHvn Havers, who
made such a hi' v.ith the tlwatr*. ew
er.- cf iTtw Ir*r year f-.ive' a
return eng.,~emrr>- at the New The»
t.e for three right* rent wek begin- '
I "i'-C Xjuirsdav.
•pC'Tr.g jduy Thur-day * igbt I
will he "A Keeeipt in Full." a reai '
I comedy drrma. T.ey have 'heir cwn j
feature ochest»a an.l mu.-ie lovers will
hear something new when they attend
*h? prrmentations. A cha-ge of pro- I
rrtun will I* male each nirht. and
the shows for each ard every ri»rbt j
ate pronounced by previous audiences
to surpa-- aii> t hii g this eompan) ha*
ever presented before.
CHRISTIAN CHIRCH
A. J. Manning, Paster
Sunday school 9:45 a. m., W. C !
lljniui.g, supt Morning services 11 I
a. m., second and fourth Sunday k '
Evening services 7:20 p. m., Christ lai
Endeavor 6:45 p. m
All are cordially invited to attend)
all these services.
Clutch troubV can he avoided if ol !
|administered to the threw out collar '
on the clutch at least once a week J
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NOTICE OF SALE
V«*der and by virtue of the auth
ority and power contained in
deed of tn*t exeruted by !
»- K. Modi in and wife, Anna Belie,'
and C. S. Modita and wife, Bettie, u •
the undersigned trustee on March fedi i
MM. which said deed of tnU is oi
record in the public registry of Mai- I
tin county in book 9-2, at page afti. *
said deed of trutt securing certain Bote {
of even date and tenor therewith, aud
default hat ing been made in the fay
nx-nt of the an dthe j
contained in the said deed of trust not
having been complied with and at the
reuest of the holder of .Aid note.-, the .
undersigned trustee will, on the 19th
day of January, 1924, in front of the
post office in the town of Jauetville,.
No-th Carolina, offer for .mle to the I
highest bidder for cash, the following
described real estate, to writ:
Three fifths undivided interest m eke '
Harmon Modlin and Filmore Modi.; |
tracts of land, bounded on the noctl I
by Cooper swamp, the ran of «ac he
ing the line; on the east by the la»ds I
of the late Clayton Modlin, Sr.. mm ,
the south by the lands of - A.I
Brown and the Lightfaot Hill romd
and on the west by the lands of J.
J. F. Modlin, the sane being the tieets
of land as war owned hr Harmon
Modlin and Filmore Modlin, both of
the tracts said to contain 85 anw,
mot* or less.
This 12th day of December. 1923 L >
JOHN D. ULLET,
M-IS-tt Trustee. J
WILLIAMSTON, MAUI IN CO I NTT, NORTH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28. IT2X
WASHINGTON MAN LOSES
HIS LIFE IN CELEBRATING
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John B. Woolard. Evplodes a Pipe
Filled With I'owder With
Fatal Results
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—A fatal,
' accident took place on Monday night
■ near Aligood station, a short distance
5 from the city when John B. Woolard.
ja weil known farmer of that place
' wus faSally injured while celebrating
, Christmas e'*"
It appears that he took an old iron
pipe, filled it with powder and stat
irg to his wife and family that he
was going to make the loudest noise
| he could devise, went away from the
i house in the darknesx and set it off.
| The family heard the report all right
f and so dkl some of the neighbors. Not
. seturnirg to the house Mr. Woolard
| went to see what had happened and
found her husband lyiiyr some yards
away slowly bleeding to death. The
iron pipe had burst, a portion of it
j sinking him in the left thigh, almost
se\ermg the leg and cutting open a
l»r»e artery.
Mrs. Woolard at once rushed to the
I
rieighbors for help and Sir. Woolara!
was brought in to the Washington hos
pital late the satno night, where ev
erything possible was done for him.
hue he died last nii»ht ol 8:;l0 from
loss of blood. He was only 'iS years
of are and leaves to mourn his Jo--
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a sorrowir.g wife, four children, fa
i ther and two brothers, Joe and Claude
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LOCAL NEWS OF ,
BEAR GRASS
j Mr- Robert T. Arnold of Chricod.
land Mr H. W. Daniel of Greenville,
J uere t»>e guests of Mr. Lester Rogers
Wednesday.
Mr. M. G. Peel and suns, Rnsem a*».l
William, and Miss Elixalieth Peel, al
| ten»ie«l the Christmas tree in Everett*
I i'uexlay night.
j Apparently the Christm:is holidays
I have lieei, en ioye>l by e\ery one in
«ctMn. Social gallu:rir.g>. were
enjoyed by- many to date an dothers
are on I lie program for the remaind
er of the holdiays.
s>t BSCRIRE "IO ENTERPRISE
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NOTICE OF SALE
I L uder and by virtue of the authority
• contained in a certain deed of trust
j executed by A. F. Harrison and wife,
j Lillian Harrison, said deed of trust
of record in the public registry
• of Martin county in book A-2, at page
Ml, and beaung date 241h day of
■ January, 1920, said deed of trust hav
ing been given to secure the payment
of a certain note of even date and
i tenor therewith, and the conditions
, tlntiin contained not having been
. complied with and at the raquest of
i the parties interested, the Hbdersign
ed trustee will on Monday, the 21st
•lay of January, 1924, at 12 o'rlock,
ia, in front of tin- court hunse door
of Martii! county', Williamston, K. C.,
; offer for tale, at public auction, to
ttoe highest, bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described real estate:
First tract: Beginning at a s'ob,
:W. M. llairison's line, thence along
' W. M. Harrison's line to a ditch, Bea
try branch; thence down the center
of said ditch along Cintha Garganus'
lice to a bridge over canal, Redmond
Harrison's line; tbence along Redmond
Harrison's line to the beginning, con
taining ten (10i acres, more or less,
and being the : ame tract of land con
veyed to A. F.-Harrinoa by Redmond
Harrison, said deed being of record
m the puolic registry of Martin
county.
Second tract; A tract of laryl in
Bear Grass township, Martin county,
North Carolina, adjoining the lands
of Hyman Cowan on the north; the
lands of Samuel Rogers on the east;
the lands of D.C Cowan on the south;
an dthe lurid* of John Cowan on the
•ta, containing twenty five (25) ac
res more or lean and being the same
land conveyed to said A. F. Hani
*«• by Mrs. Jennie Dorenport.
This, the 20th day of December,
1923.
WHEELER MARTIN.
M-2S~4t - j Trtati
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GEN. WOOD'S
IS BIG WINNEwON
WALL ST&EET
Admits His Speculations
Netted Him SBOO,OOO
Before Father Acted
NEW YORK, Dec 27.—Lieutenant
O-borne C. Wood, son of Governor-
General Leonard Wood of Ae Philip-
I t t E»M I
pines, who is reported to have ac
cumulated a fortune of between |708,-
000 and SBOO,OOO in Wall street re
ceived the information oft which he
acted through a Wall stn 4t "tipster" j
service, whic hsent him nlfcty cable- I
grams and for which he iff reported
to have paid SI,OOO a mouflt, Includ
ing cable charges.
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This information was disclosed to
day when Alfred T. Moore, head of the
service, which sent him nljrWly cable-1
, men, copies of hundreds df messages
! sent to Lieutenant Wood, nrging him
| to buy or sell stocks and) giving an
h
; alyses of stocks on whi«;?i informa
, tion was requested. The cablegrams
ranged from three to seven] hundred
/ 4 T
words and were written irt plain Eng
lish and not in code, the daily cable
I .
charges running from a .few dollars
to nearly $1(10.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. JR.
TO SI CCEEI) HIS FATHER
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RALEIGH. Dec 26 —Goyemor Mor
rison tonight announced (he appoint
-1 ment of William Alexander Graham,
member of the sta'e senate from the
Lincoln district, to succeed his fath
er, Maj. W. A Graliatn, as commis
sioner of agriculture.
Mr. Graham, who. If t JftOivfoy his
father toilay, will come to his duties
as soon as he teaches here.
GERMAN NEEDLE IS
OFF TO HIGH COURT
KEIL, Germ.my, |iec. 27.—A darn
ing needle is the basis for a law suit
which has been carried from the Hol
stein district court to a higher tribu
nal because of the law providing that
a district judge cannot pass on cases
involving articles worth more than a
half million marks.
As a darning needle now costs u
billion paper marks, the woman who
loxt her suit for possession of the
nee.Me in the lower court is carrying
the litigation farther in an effort to
the better of her neighbor with
whom she is disputing the ownership
of the needie.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Sundy school at it:4s, a. in., J. E.
Pope, superintendent. I-et every teach
er make a special effort to be on
time. i
Preaching by the pastor at 11 a.
m_, and at 7:30 p. m.
Let every Methodist in Williamston
make a real effort to attend his church
next Sunday.
E. D. Dodil, Pastor.
NOTICE OF SALE .
On the first day of January, 1924,
1 will sell all my household and kitch
en furniture on the J. C. Clark farm,
near Everett b, N. C. Time of sale,
10 a. m. Martin Whitaker, Everett.-,
N. C. 12-28-ltp
NOTICE OF SALE
I, the undersigned executor of the
late N. T. Coburn, deceased, will at
LI 4)0 o'clock a. m., at the home place,
on Monday, January 7th, 1924, offer
for sale to the highest bidder for rash
all the personal property belonging to
the said N". T. Coburn estate.
k| G. R. COBURN,
[it Exeeutot.
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WILUAMSTON DEFECTS
EDENTON IN WELL PLAYED
BASKET HALL GAME
Teems Were fcrenly Matched and the
Gaaie Is Classed As the Best
Here This Season
The local town team defeated Ed
enton here Wednesday night 35 to 3-T
i> 1 \
The game was slow and niKi-red by
there being too many fouls made by
both teams. The aeore was close all
throughout the game and the outcome
was in doubt up to the final whistle.
The out&tanding stars for the home
team were the all round playing or
Britt, Massed ami Orleans, and the
guarding of Tuylor and Margolin wa
ve ry good. For Edenton the stellar
work of Bowen, Leary, I* and Good
man featured.
The lineup a>ul summary follows:
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Williamston Edenton
Britt r. f. 1-earv, L.
Has sell I. f. Ho wen
Orleans c. Cates
Margolin r. g. Goodman
Taylor I. g. ' Leary, W
Substitutions: Booker for Taylor at
last on second quarter; Taylor for
Booker at beginning of third quarter.
Williamston scoring: field goals,
Orleans S, Margolis 2, Britt 5, Has sell
3. Foul goals: Orleans 1 out of 4,
Britt 2 oat of 3, Margolis 3 out of
4, Hansel 1 3 out of 4.
Edenton scoring: field goals. Good
man 3, L. Leary 4, Cates I. Bowen 5.
Foul goals: Goodman 3 out of 4, L.
Leary 4 out of 6, Bowen none out of
2.
Time of qua iters, 10 minutes. Scor
er, Htrrell. Timekeeper, Edwards.
Referne, Mtubbs. -
STATON GINNERY TO
OPERATE ON FRIDAYS
Beginning with today, the J. G*\Sta
ton ginnery will operate only on Fri
days of each week during the remain
der of the cotton season, and tim e
still having cotton to gin will get the
same prompt and efficient sen-ice on
these days they have enjoyed during
the curlier part of the season from
this modern and up to date ginnery.
NOTICE OF I'l BLIt SALE
I will sell all the personal proper
ty on the Itryant, Best and Forest
farms in Poplar Point, consisting of
mules, hogs, fnn> implements, corn
and hay, and all other personal prop
erty.
Time of sale Thursday, January
1924, at 10:30 a. in. Place of sale:
A.
on the Bryant farm, near Don John-
Son's residence.
J. G. STATON,
12-28-2t Receiver.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the authority confer
red in me by a deed of trust executed
to me by W. B. Daniel anil wife. f>n
ma Daniel, on the 2!»th day of No
vember, 1916, and duly recorded in
the register of deed's office in Mai tin
county, in book 0-1. at page 42a, to
secure the payment of a certain bond
bearing even date therewith, and the
stipulations in sit id deed of trxis nol
having been complied with. I shall ex
pose at public auction for cash, on
Monday ,the 21st lay of January,
1924, at 12-m., at the court house door
in Martin county, the following prop
erty!
Being farm number 6 according to
plat of land formerly owned by W.
D. Jenkins and commonly known as
the Pennie Slade farm, which plot is
of record in the office of the register
of deeds of Martin county, land divis
ion book 2, at page 20, to which ref
erence is made for a be'ter descrip
tion of said farm number 6, contain
ing 112 1-2 acres, more or less, ex
cepting 1-2 acre grave yard and out
let to same.
This lie ing the same land deeded to
W. B. Daniel by A. R Dunning, trus
tee, September 10, 191 G.
This, December 21, 1923.
W. C MANNING,
12-28-4t Trustee.
POPULAR .
COUPLE ANNOUNCE
THEIR MARRIAGE
Were Married In Octob
er and Kept Secret
Until This Week
The following announcement proves
that secrets crn lie kept, even in Wfl
liamston:
Mr. Henry Marriott Britt
and
Miss Martha Slade Hassell
a 'nounce their marriage
on Friday, the fifth day of October
nine*een hundred and twenty three
Washington, North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Britt left Wedneefey
on th ir bridal trip nearly three
months after their marriage.
Mr. Britt ia in the insurance busi
ness, representing the Jefferson Stand
ard Life Insurance company of
Greensboro. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Britt, of the Britt ho
tel here,
Mrs. Britt is the oldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hassell and has
until recently been stenographer for
the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
She is one of Williamston's most pop
ular young ladies and has a host of
friends here.
Both, Mr. and Mrs. Britt are wide
ly known and have many friends in
eastern Carolina, who wish them a
long, happy and prosperous married
life.
"HE'S COMING", SAYS
GREEK MEETING GREEK
Athens .Is Talking Little Eke Than
the Decision el Vmkm-
I«s to Itrtnrn
At heps, Dec. 27.-—Athens is talking
of little else than the •lecision of Klip
therious Const an tine Venizelos, Greece
war time premier, to re»urn to his
home land and give the country the
benefit of his trenius as a statesman
juid conciliator in an r.;t, pt to re
adjust the problems which hve aris
jen from 'Greece's bitter political
strife.
(■reek meet.- (.ink with the salu
tutoins, "He's coming," which is rein
litical enemies have been seen shaking
■ C-oiistantine was recalled from exile
1 in Switzerland, and already, sworn po
i litical enemies have bee nseen shaking
hands.
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In the United States today there
are about 38,000 passenger car deal
! ers, and 25,000 who sell motor trucks
according to the Firestone News ser
vice.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in an order of the Su
perior court, signed by His Honor Geo.
W. Connor, in the action entitled the
North Carolina Corporation Commis
sion vs. I'armele Banking ami Trust
Company, on the 13th day of IXecem
l-er, 1923, the umlersigned. receiver
of the Parmele Blinking anil Trust
"Company, will in front of the prem
ises hereinafter described, which was
formerly occupied by said I'armele
I tanking and Trust Company, in the
town of I'armele, N. C-, at 12 oelock
m., offer for sale, on the 25th day of
January, 1924, at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described real estate:
Lying on the north side of the Tar-
Itoro and If ymouth railroad, joining S.
Bane on the east, K. C. Speight on the
north, Stalls' store building on the
west, railroad street on the south, and
bein gthe same premises formerly oc
cupied by Parmele Bankin gand Trust
Company. ..
Also one half (1-2) undivided h
terest in all adjoining walls. ,
This, the 22nd day of December,
1923.
MARTIN COUNTY
SAVINGS * TRUST CO..
Receiver for Parmele Bank
ing and Trust Company. >.
Wheeler Viartin,
12-28-41 Attorney.
ram market is rnnwi or
GIVING SERVICE HOD WITH
ABSOLUTE COURTESY—TRY IT
ESTABLISHED ISM.
conip OSCAR HAYWOOD
SEEKS A DEBATE WITH
EDITOR A. W. PLYLER
W«U to Argaa the Ku Khu Klu I"
Jaitl Discussion; Calls Ike
Editor to Task
RALEIGH, Dec. 26.—North Caroli
na can have a Stratton-Potter debate
between two clergymen if the Rev
A W. Plyler of Greeuboro will ac
cept the challenge of Rev. Dr. Oscar
Haywood of Mt. Gilead, to discuss,
jointly, the Ku Klux Klan.
Dr. Haywood has sent Mr. Plyler
a letter asking the Greensboro editor
to name the way the issue should be
postulated. The baron of the Hay
wood plantation in Montgomery coun
ty read recently Mr. Plyler's assault
on the Ku Klux klan in Washington.
Dr. Haywood is one of the few Muck
ers who will admit that he is one.
Ha is lecturer for the order and he
Hunks he believes passionately in it.
He is a wheel horse of an orator.
On the platform he would meet any
body who (hose the Mti-klan aid*.
When Tom Dixon attacked the klan.
Dr. Haywood challenged Dixon. There
was no balk at the bigness of a one
time klan novelist. The Montgomery
county man has advocated the klun in
the heart of the Roman Catholic north
He intimates that he is a man of
courage, even as is Mr. Plyleri
COST OF GOVERNMENT
IN STATE $9.58 IN 1922
AGAINST *2.19 IN 1918
Total Cast of Business In 1*22. In
cluding Road Caaatractiea
Was *25.364112
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WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.-The de
partment of commerce today released
some figures relating to the financial
condition of the state government of
North Carolina.
The department finds that the c.»st
( of government for the state for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, am
ounted to $25,364,112, which was a
j per capita cost of *9.58. In 1918 the
per capita cost was *2.19 and in 191*
*2.12, the totals for these years be
ing *5,407,381 and *5,003,902,
lively.
The per capita costs for 1922 con
sisted of expense of general depart
ments, *5.43; payments for interast,
*0.28; and for outlays-*.XB7. Of the**
the largest were nearly *6,000,000, for
the highways, and *2,500,000 for the
schools.
MRS. CHRISTINE COREY
DIES AT HOME OF SON
WASHINGTON, I)*. 26. Mrs.
Christine Corey of this city, passed
away Monday night at eight o'clock
after an illtfess of several days. The
deceased, who wan seventy eight years
old, hal been in ill health for many
years. She leaves to mourn her losk
two sons, Lloyd Corey and W. G.
Corey; two grand daghters, six grand
sons and one sister, Mrs. J. R. Wool
anl. f
The funeral was held from the home
of her son, I.loyd Corey yesterday af
ternoon at one o'clock and was coo
ducted by Rev. W. A. Davis. The in
ter men took place in the family bury
ing ground.
CAR LOAD OF MULES
J. H. Purvis and son have just re
ceived a car load of line mules which
they have placed on sale at their
stables on Main street. These are
all nice mules and anyone In tl»f mar
ket for mules at this time will do
well to give them a look.
COME To WitiamstaD!