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Sell Your Tobacco in Williamston; Four Independent Warehouses, Run by Experienced Men Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date • Subscription Expires VOLUME XXVII—NUMBER 59 Big Break on Local Market Yesterday and Today; Much Weed From Other Sections Tobacco From 10 Coun ties On Floors Here This Week Following Thursday and Friday, when there was more tobacco than had ever been seen on local floors, on Monday Williamston had more visi tors on the tobacco market than at any time in its history as a market. The weed was brought here from more than ten surrounding counties, among them being Beaufort, Pitt, Edgecombe, Halifax, Bertie, Hertford, Craven, Chowan, Washington, Nash, and Wilson. Prices are advertising our market. Satisfied with the sales they get here, farmers go home and tell their neighbors, and tobacco has been brought here from territory near markets where once our farmers got more money for their product. Our warehousemen, who have re ceived the backing of the citisens of the town and county as never before are tireless in their efforts to take care of the situation and keep the floors from being blocked. Sales are running as fast as pos sible with only one corps of buyers on the market. It is really remark able how quickly they go through four warehouses and end the day's sales. The warehousemen are playing no fa voritea, but qre pushing every basket as efficiently as they can. This brings the greatest satisfaction and the best cooperation which seems to be the goal of our warehousemen, as" well as our buyers. JAMES—UPTON A wedding which occasioned much surprise to a large circle of friends in this section occurred Friday evening at 9.80 at the home of Rev. Cotten, presiding elder of the Methodist church, in Washington, when Miss Nina Samuels Upton and Mr. Harry Clinton James were married. They were accompanied to Washington by Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson, who wit nessed the simple and impressive ceremony which united two of our town's most popular young people. Mrs. James is the youngest daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Samuels Upton, and a niece of Mr. James R. Roberson, with whom she made her home. A lovely young wo man of a sweet and gentle disposi tion, she is universally loved and re spected. Mr. James, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. James, is very popular here and throughout Martin County. He is employed by Timber lake's Warehouse for this season. •They left on the midnight train for Norfolk, where they spent the week end. They arrived here Sunday and are at home with Mr. and Mrs. Os car Anderson. Free Clinic for Crippled Children At Kinston Notice given in these columns a few days ago that a free elinic for crippled children would be held Oc-; tober Ist in Kinston failed to name any place. Confirmation of the date was received today by Superintendent H. A. Pope, and the Lenoir County Health rooms in the center of the city was the place selected. Any parents interested in taking children will find no difficulty in locating the place. Mr. W. H. Gurkin spent Sunday in Rocky Mount, visiting his friend, Miss Ava Crawford. Strand Theatre TONIGHT Viola Dana and Glenn Hunter in Merton of the Movies WEDNESDAY and THURSpAY "FRIVOLOUS SAL" Eugene O'Brien, Mae Bush, Ben Alex ander THE ENTERPRISE Local Market Has Advanced a Notch t (Contributed) It will be remembered that one issue of the Washington Daily News at some date in August announced that all the big tobacco markets, including Wilaon, Rocky Mount, Green ville, Washington, and others, would open on September Ist, and that the small markets, Williamston, Robersonville, and others, would open on the 2nd. Whether the statement was true at that time or not is not interesting, but it is interesting as well as instructive to an nounce that Williamston has ad vanced a notch or two in the sale of tobacco, and become in a jiffy not only the leader in prices but one of the bigger markets. It is earnestly requested that the Daily News jot this down on its desk pad. JOHN H. LEGGETT DIED YESTERDAY Suffered Several Years From Brights Disease; Lived All His Life ' On Same Farm John H. Leggett passed away Mon day at 12 o'clock, after suffering sev eral years with brights. He was 721 years old and had lived all his life on the farm on which he was born, the youngest son of a large family of children, only one of which, Mrs. John M. Green, survives. He first married Miss Malinda Griffin. By this marri age he leaves three children, Joho M. I/eggett, of Suffolk, Mrs. Joseph L. Holliday, and Mrs. of Williamston. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Arwilda Wynn, of Robersonville. She died just a week before he did. They leave seven chil dren, Mrs. A. E. Manning, Jamesville; Mrs. J. O. Manning, MrR. H. U. Peel, and Miss Maud Leggett, of William ston; Redding, Marvin, and Dewey Leggett, of Williamston He will be buried today at the fam ily plot on the home farm. The fu neral will be conducted by A. J. Man ning, his pastor. Feto men have performed more man ual labor than did John A. Leggett, who was always willing to perform any job connected with the clearing and cultivation of land. He was of the old type of good citizens, willing to do what he could for others. Night-Blooming Cereas A Marvel of Beauty Very few people, perhaps, have seen the night-blooming cereas, an import ant member of the cactus family, in flower. The flowers of this plant open about 10 o'clock it night, when the time for expanding comes. Only a few flower lovers cultivate them, tho the plant itself is attractive. Sunday night Mrs. Roy T. Griffin, who is one of the most successful growers of flowers ii. the community, exhibited an immense bloom to a numbers of friends and neighbors. The bloom was the largest ever seen by those who know the species, and nature has produced nothing more beautiful and purer in its whiteness, as stamens and petals are as pure as the driven snow. It emits a delight ful fragrance, and in its form resem bles the pond lily. The wonder is that there are not more plants culti vated in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Lilley Entertain For Guest Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lilley enter tained a number of guests Friday evening at Ray's Camp, at 7.30, with ■ * picniq supper, honoring their house guest, Mrs. Charles C. Walton, oTDe troit, Mich. A delicious lunch was served. Fried chicken, country ham, sandwiches, dev iled eggs, olives, pickles, etc. were spread on a beautifully decorated table. Those invited included Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dunning Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Brown, Mr and Mrs. Tom Timberlake, Mr. and Mrs Elbert Peel, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Smithwick, Dr. and Mrs. J. 8. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson, and Messrs. Hubert Warren and Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September 22,1925 NEED MONEY TO EQUIP TEAM Promising Outlook for Football Team; Ask For Aid in Buying Perma nent Equipment Williamston's high school football team for 1925 has a very promising outlook, according to Coach S. A. Bowden. For the past week he has been putting the boys through a stiff drill in the fundamentals of the game in spite of the extremely hot weather. A bout' twenty boys are out every af ternoon for practice. The work at present consists of passing, punting, going down after punts, drop kicking, place kicking, etc. The following boys are among those fighting for a place on the first high school football team: George Harris, Pat Baker, Biscoe Rogerson, Edward Cox, Tommie Teel, William Gurganus, Eli Barnhill, Sam Brown, John Wads worth, Thomas Crawford, William leggett, John Booker, Darrell Price, Gabe Robertson. The one problem now is the secur ing of uniforms. It will be impossible for the gang now going out to scrim mage before they get uniforms. These boys have but one way to get the 'wherewith" for the purchase of these uniforms—ask the men of the town for assistance. This material, i fter being bought, could be made a ' part of the school's permanent equip ment, therefore would not have to bt t.cught every year. It will require ap proximately at the closest fig ures to equip ifi men. We believe we car raise mnn*y enough to equip the other seven n-er—mough to no ke two teams for scrinm.age. FORGET-ME-NOT * DAY OCTOBER 3 Plans l'nderway for Disabled Veterans Campaign in Williamston; Field Manager Her# Saturday, October 8, has been fixed upon as Forget-Me-Not Day for the State of North Carolina, und plans an already well under way towurd get ting lined up for the disabled veter ' ans' campaign in this city. This year a departure has been made in holding the forget-me-not drive, in that instead of having the drive on the same day throughout the country,' as decided at the last na tional convention of the Disabled A merican Veterajis of the World War. each chapter and State department throughout the country is to be al lowed to select its own date. This was done so as to hold the drive on the date which would be most favor able and best suited to the various par ticular localities and different sections of the country. Anchell I. Gold, a member of Oteen chapter of the Disabled American Vet crans of the World War, and field manager for the drive for North Car olina, was here September 10 making arrangements for opening the local of fens ire. Mr. Gold is a disabled veteran who but recently left the Government hos pital at Oteen after being a patient there for approximately fosr years. He is said to be exceptionally well qualified to manage the forget-me-not campaign by virtue of his past exper ience in the work. He holds the dis tinction of having successfuly directed two previous forget-me-not drives in this State, and as chairman of the drive in 1923 and 1924 Is said to have been in no small way responsible for the fortunate results of both cam paigns. Last year, in connection wi»h his duties as chairman, Mr. Gold vis ited Williamston, as he did practically all of the larger towns and cities in the State. While it is not known as to the en tire personnel of the forget-me-not committee here, Mr. Gold stated that a working organization was- rapidly being perfected and that the local fea tures of the drive would be in thor oughly capable and competent hands. Mr. Gold also said that, as repre senting the opinion of Mr. Anderson, State chairman, and himself and the ' entire State committee, there was be ing entertained no doubt but that the people of Martin County will respond to the needs of the disabled ex-service me, this year with the same generous 1 fpirit which theyhave always demon strated before. 1 Holiness Church Will Meeting Saturday Rev. J. H. Marshorn, of Rocky Mt., • will begin a meeting at the William . ston Pentecostial Holiness Church , Saturday night, September 26. The . public is cordially invited to attend ■ these meetings. . , Miss Sally Harris and Mr. Paul I Jones motored to Scotland Neck Sun /(an aftaWMWWI . r~o■■ "Skipper" Matt Greon, 104 >eaii. old, who attended the 69th G.A.R. encampment at Grand Rapids, Mich. He has taken part in nine wars—but never in the "war of matrimony." DR. K. LEGGETT OF HOBGOOl) DEAD Died Sunday Afternoon After Illness Of Several Weeks; Had Large Practice in This County Dr. K. Leggett, of Hobgood, died Sunday afternoon at his home at 5.45 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. Dr. Leggett was 74 years of age. He had not been conscious for several days before his death. ■ • Besides his wife, Dr. Leggett leaves •four sons, Messrs. L. W. Leggett, C. H. leggett, D. W. and J. K. Leggett, all of Hobgood. Until recent years, when prevented by ill health, Dr. Leggett had quite a large practice in the upper* end of Martin County, where he was well and favorably known as a citizen aud a physician. The funeral service was held at the Hobgood Cemetery yesterday after noon at 4.00 o'clock. Sandy Ridge Local And Personal News Mrs. Roy Andrews spent Sunday af ternoon with Mrs. W. H. Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Taylor spent I last week end with relatives in Rocky Mount. * Quite a large number of our peo ple have been attending the meeting 1 at Cedar Branch the past week. Mrs. J. H. Reddick spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. S. E. Hardison. Mrs. G. Hollingsworth spent Mon day afternoon with Mrs. T. A. Peed. Allen Peed spent the week end at home with his mother. Messrs. Jim Clyde Roberson and J. E. Pate motored to Everetts Sunday. Mrs. T. A. Peed and children spent Monday morning in Williamston at tending to business. Quite a large * crowd" attended the baptizing at Tar Landing Sunday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Daniel, Miss Hilda Cherry and Mrs. T. A. Peed vis ited Mrs. Kader Perry Friday after noon. " Mr. Sam Perry died Thursday night at 8.15 of a congested chill. He leaves besides his wife, his mother, several sisters and brothers. He was married about three months ago. Messrs. Thad Hopkins and Hansley Hardison were the guests of Miss Ma rie Riddick Monday night. Mr. J. N. Hopkins was the guest of ■ Misses Marie Riddick and Coralie fc Peed Monday night, tf Mrs. Herbert Taylor and Mrs. T. A. Peed were the guests of M ri. John Hopewell Tuesday afternoon. Chautauqua to Begin Friday ■ The Radcliffe Chautaqua will begin a three-day program here Friday and will haveperformances daily on Friday Saturday, anil Monday. A regular Sunday program, which will be an - nounced in Friday's paper will be car* - ri"d OMt- ■ Attractive program have been ar ranged for this year, and many lovers of chautauqua are looking forward r with great interest for the coming of the Radcliffe entertainers who were • with us last year. All performances will be under a » tent which the eorrn*ny will have ! erected Thursday. I Ice cream and cake will be served at the Masonic Hall Wednesday night 1 by the ladies of the guild of the Epis • copal church. You are cordially invit ed to attend. WILL OPEN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK HERE U. S. Government Conducts Savings Bank Through Post Office; Pay 2 Per Cent on Savins The United States Government will open a Postal Savings Bank in Wil liamston October ' Ist. Postmaster j Jesse T. Price has received all the; necessary material and instructions for > the- ope ni ng. Deposits can l>e made at any hour that the post office is open for money order and registration business. Any amount in even denominations of sl, $2, $5, $lO, S2O, SSO, 100 and SSOO may be deposited. All deposits draw 2 per cent interest beginning the first of the month following the deposit, provided it remains in the postal sav ings bank as long as one year. Deposits may be drawn out of the bank at any time, but if drawn in less than a year, the depositor forfeits the] interest. No person can deposit more than 1 $2,500 in one postal savings bank at any one time, though he can exchange it into two and one-half per cent treas ury certificates at any time. Washington and Rocky Mount are the two nearest post offices operating a banking business, each are said to be doing considerable business. STILL RECEIVING NOMINATIONS Voting Tickets Distributed Yesterday and Today; (Jet Your Votes When You Make a Purchase Much interest is being shown in the beauty contest, judging from the number of t new entrants. Since Fri day's issue of The Enterprise, nomina tions have been received from as far as Hendersonville.W. C., and Cordelia, \ " The votes have just been, printed and were distributed yesterday and today. When you purchase an urticle, ask the merchant for your votes, fill in your favorite's name, and send it in to the Beauty Contest Editor, Wil liamston, N. C. Watch the list of contestants grow. If you wish to nominate anyone, send it in before September 28th, as that ir the closing day for nominations. Those nominated to date follow: Williams! on Tiulah Ward Page 10,000 Norton —, — 10,000 Geneva Cook lO,OOO Elizabeth Burrus 10,000 Marguerite Cook 1 10,000 Frances Gurganus r 10,000 Carrie Dell White 10,000 Lyda Cook 10,000 Rita Norton 10,000 Ruth Manning .'.l - 10,000 Frances Hoyt 10,00(1 Carrie I,ee Peel ' 10,00(1 Robersonville Helen Roberson lo,ool Ruth Whitfield " 10,00(1 Carrie Louise Grimes 10,000 Aileen Everett _ 1— 10,00(1 Bethel Frances Smith - 10,00(1 Christine Bunting 10,000 "" * 1 11 ——— Ruth Modlin 1 ; 10,00(1 Hamilton Ethel Davenport -_l 10,00(1 Helen Davenport 10,000 Gertrude Lilley----- 10,000 Lucy Palmer : I 0,00( Carrie Dell Roebuck 10,0(X. Mary Stokes 10,00(1 Windsor Mary Etheridge Rhea -- 10,00(] Virginia Spivey - 10,000 Flora Mitchell 10,00(1 Little Preston Edwards Recovering From Injury Preston, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Edwards, is rap idly recovering and is now able to be out, after narrowly escaping a fatal accident last week, when the little fellow attempted to run across Wash ing Street between Rays Cafe and the undertaking establishment of hu father. Mr. Elmer Chesson was pass ing with a car, going some 8 or 1(1 miles an hour and did not See the child until he was so near him thai his fender struck the boy near the eye knocking him down on the pavement and bruising him in a number ol places. The ~e~ye" WHfl swollen —an« closed for-several days, but is now rapidly improving. Special Program At Baptist Church 1 • There will be a special missionar) program at the prayer meeting hou at 7.30, at the Baptist Church Wed , nesday evening. " About 26 persons will take a par in the program, which has for it subject, "State Missions." September Term Superior Court Convened Yesterday; Judge Cranmer Presiding Williamston Market Reputation Spreads Mr. J. W. Brickell, of Balh, K. F. I)., who lives and farms in , what is called the Bay side dis ~ trict of lower Beaufort County, was in town yesterday selling tobacco. This was his first visit to Williamston, and he said he came because Williamston had a better reputation than the other markets. Mr. Thomas Wood, of Eden ton, was on the Williamston market Monday. He has always sold on 4he Ahoskie and Green ville markets until this time. He has heard the good reputation of the Williumston market. Mr.'W. J. Manning, of Bethel, #as also in town this week sell ing tobacco. / FIRST OF IMPROVED FORDS ARRIVE HERE Cars More Attractive, With Longer, Lower Bodies—'Many Other Ke. finements—Better Brakes -/ First of the improved Ford cars to arrive in Williamston went on display last week in the show rooms of the Williamston Motor Co., authorized Ford dealer, and immediately attract ed the attention of everyone. To say that people who saw the cars were surprised at their appearance would be putting it rather mildly. The new types exceed all expectations in improved appearance and more com fort anj convenience. For the most part the bodies have been completely redesigned and conform in every re spect to the most advanced features of body construction.^ Not only have bodies been built lower, but they are set on a lower I chassis frame and with Inrger, low- I hanging fenders, impart to the com ! plete car a striking suggestion of rid ing and driving ease. While the Williamston Motor Co. | lias been able so far to shofy the tour ing car, other will be shown as ; quickly SS they xan he obtained from j the Ford Motor Co. branch at Nor- I folk, Va. were because of their pop ularity demands on production are ' somewhat delaying immediate delivery j of all types of cars. Miss Bessie Combs Visils Williamston At the Bertie-Martin group meeting of the Womans Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church South on September 12, 1925, it was a rare privilege to have Miss Bessie Combs liri'ig us her own experience as a nw- I siof.ary. j Mtfm Combs is a former i»w>.«uina.rjt to China, who is now field organizer of the young people from the Wo mans Missionary Council. She is a most magnetic, forceful, and interest ing Jtalketj...and our group was very fortunate to be able to hear her soul .inspiring, God-given message. It will live long in our memory, and we feel thai our lives have been enriched by l.er coming. In a brief way she told o/ her evanT gelistic work in Sunkiang district, of Chinese language, customs, and hard ships. Tho she emphasized more than either of these her love for her work. In closing she said, "Don't you peo ple think I'm having a hard time in China; I tell you I would not exchange places with anybody on earth, because of the pure joy I receive for bringing I the gospel to these people." She it is who is showing them the remedy, and in so doing brings life into her own soul.—Mrs. John F. Thigpen, Secretary. The ladies of the guild of the Epis copal church will serve home-made ice cream and cake Wednesday night at the Masonic Hall. The public Ts In vited. Beauty Contest —Nomination Coupon 10,000 VOTES I nominate for the Beauty Contest P. 0. Address Nomihations must be mailed to The Enterprise, care of Beau ty Content Editor not later than September 21, 1925. Uae Thia Coupon To Secure 10,000 Votes For Your Favorite Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED 1898 Only Two Cases Were Disposed of at Mon day Session Superior court convened Monday morning with Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport, presiding, and Don Gil liam, solicitor, prosecuting. Judge Cranmer, who is regarded as one of the very best judges in the Slate, has held court here before, and is well known to the t>eople of our county. Apparently the only people who dislike him are the few fellows who do not want justice done. The charge to the grand jury was simple and easy ,t> understand, deal ing with the common breaches of the law. Joseph E. Manning was sworn as foreman of the grand jury, composed ,o,f. the following persons:' 1 H. J. Etheridge, Jasper Johnson, P. L. Salsbury, M. E. Smith, L. M. Itrown, J. W. Martin, J. David Griffin, O. S. Green, Claude ltoberson, G. H. Forbes, W. D. Daniel, R. B, Gardner, Daniel, L. 11. Brown, B. O. Cowing, R. L. Stallings, and D." O. Moore. ! B. Fleming, Luther Hardison, J. \ Anderson, J. A. Getsinger, J. P. House, J. A. Manning. 1,. C. Benilett, C. I). Perkins, and J. S. Ayers were exeu ;ed for the term. he following petit ..jurors., . were .sworn for the term: H. D. Harrison, W. H. Crawford, J. S. Williams, D. 1.. James,'W. R Harrison. W. A. Hardi son, ,T. E. Hardison, sr., J. A, Ati--'" ban, Eli "Gurgnnus, Asa J. Hardison, Haywood Rogerson, Calvin Ayers, F. C. Bennett, Louis Taylor, Jos. S. Grif fin, and Joshua L.Coltrain. The afternoon session began at 1.30, the first case called being .against John McKeel, charged with seduction. He waw»4axed with the costs and re quired to pa) $l5O to the prosecuting witness and required to enter into bond of SIiOO for appearance at the December term of this court. In the case of State vs. Leroy Lilley, charged with larceny, Lilley plead guilty. Judgment was suspended up on payment of the costs and the de j fondant was required to appear in court for two years and show that he has properly behaved. These two' cases were the only ones disposed of during the afternoon. Roanoke Supply Co. Makes Improvements The Roanoke .S'upply Co., which be gan- business here this spring, has made numerous improvements and ad ' ditions to their plant, and are expand ing considerably in order to take care of theft, trade. Additional machinery has been in stalled and renovations have taken place, including the enlargement of 4he building to twice its original size. They are well.eouinned to do all classes of work, fancy, rougff, small or large. Th,ey are contemplating building several homes in Williamston and leas ihg them to the individual to be paid for through the Building and Loan As sociation. This affords the small-sal pried man a wonderful opportunity to own his home and pay for it in small payments. This concern saved the county sev eral hundred dollars in the building of schoolhouses this year and deserves the patronage and boosting, of the lo cal people. Opportunity Sale At Nassefs Is Now On The opportunity sale of Nassefs De partment Store is attracting customers in great crowds. This store runs very successful sales, and this is one meet ing and even surpassing all previous records. Many bargains are to be found and a visit to this store before the sale ends is all that is needed to convince one that prices are just as they have been advertised in the Enterprise.