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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 60 Dennis Griffin Must Serve 30 Years For Connection .In Needleman Mutilation Supreme Court Finds No Error in Sinclairs Decision The North Carolina Supreme Court handed down several decisions Wed nesday, among them was the appealed case of H. D. Griffin, of Martin Coun ty, who was sentenced by Judge Sin clair to serve 30 years in the State prison for his connection with the Needleman case. i-rThe lower court exercised great care during the trial, and only four exceptions were taken to the court's rulings, and the Supreme Court found no error in the four. One point of exception was the ex cessive penalty of 30 years as com pared with the other members of the mob, none of whom got more than 10 years. On this point the Supreme Court held that the trial judge was in his rights of discretion in the 30- year sentence, since the legislature ha* provided the penalty as high as 60 years, in the court's discretion. Sheriff Koberson accompanied Griffin to Kaleigh Thursday. Griffin had ask ed the sheriff to call for him at once, upon the announcement of the court's decision, as he did not want to wait .1 minute to enter upon the service of his term when the court' had an nounced his findings. Apart from the crime and without discussing the guilt or innocence of anyone, it can be said of Griffin that he has acted the part of a man all the way through. He has fought for his liberty at every angle of the case or through the court of last resort. Hut when the court had made its final decision he entered into his long term like a man. Few men have had to give a higher bond that he. When $50,000 was de manded, he put up SIOO,OOO. Many who did not know him predicted that he would flee, but those who knew hi"« were willing to trust him. It is rumored that a large majority of the people would be willing to sign a petition to the governor asking that his sentence be commuted to corre spond with the others, none of whom were sentenced to more than 10 years. Duplicate of Stolen Ring To Be^cured The beauty contest editor was in formed of.the robbery of the Clark- Bennett Drug Store, where the dia mond ring to be given away to the winner of the Koanoke Beauty Con test was on display. He was informed that in addition to the several hun dred dollars' worth of merchandise stolen from Clark-Bennetts the dia mond ring was stolen also. This was a serious and severe loss, not only because of the money value involved, but because it represented so much hard work and effort on the part of the young people who were putting on the contest. But those entered and nominated in the contest have no cause to worry as the beauty contest editor has made arrangements to se cure an exact duplicate of the ring the thieves so much admired and stole. It is a beautiful ring and we are not surprised that anyone should want it. We are sorry, however, that it proved a temptation to anyone to secure it by theft. Mr. Selby Jones, of the Bell Jewel ry Co., of. Washington, was in town Monday. - , Strand Theatre FRIDAY and SATURDAY Bill Bailey in , "Top HAND" Hal Roach Comedy "WAGES OF TIN" Episode No. 6 "Fighting Ranger" v'k vii,. THE ENTERPRISE • -•* Mew Champion " ii * Kfr - ■&' x % "> . | jd . 'JV* Q . This nineteen year old school bey, Fedel La Bsrba of Los An geles, startled the fistic wwld by winning the flyweight champion ship from Franlcle Genaro of New York, in a decision bout. BROWN ANI) DYER ATTRACTIVE SHOW Shows Which Will Play Koanoke Fair Have Big Reputation in Cities They Have Played • -That the Brown & Dyer Shows have a good reputation in the cities they have played is shown in the follWing clipping from a recent issue of the Amsterdam (N. Y.) Courier: The Brown & Dyer Shows and Traveling Exposition, with their con gress of shows and riding devices, features, novelties, and free attrac tions, will arrive in Amsterdam Sun day from Syracuse, where they have been holding forth all week, and will present their diversified entertainment at Ross Flats, circus grounds for a full week's engagement, commencing Mon day, August 10. This is the largest amusement en terprise of its kind touring the east. There are almsot 300 people connect ed with tjie aggregation, with a gi gantic gathering of well-known fea tures from the circus firmament. Nev er before has such an array of talent p.nd conglomerate assortment of a musements graced the midway of Ross Flats circus grounds. This glittering exposition of shows, riding devices and concessions is a distinctive entertain ment of quality and refinement and is replete with features and novelties nev er before seen locally. Thre ar fifteen separate and distinct shows, ten riding devices, of which there are kiddle rides, and a long string of 50 high-grade concessions, a large midway restaurant, many free attractions and three uniformed hand.- It will be a radical departure from a custom of former years of having a Midway full of fraud and fake shows. This exposition made an invasion in the east last season, coming from the largest cities of the south and middle west, where the name is a by-word, and so popular has become this attrac tion that as soon as the advance ad vertising is seen the amusement-lov ing public awaits expectantly for the shows* arrival. Of the many shows are the circus, side show and museum, the trained flea circus from Europe, trained mon key circus, Sahara, the Show Beauti- Jui, the minstrel show, society circus, Worm-wood, Sand Cave mystery, mo tordome with male and female riders, and a wild west show with a congress of rough riders. Among the various riding devices is a recent foreign importation—namely, the dangler—the merry raix-up, or chair-o-plane, and the caterpillar, the riding with a lasting thrill, is also carried, besides the usual popular rid ing devices." THe Rocty Road to Dub lin, a combination ride and show, new and novel, brings joy to the children. Thess *re only a few of the attrac tions offered. I Special Meeting Masons Tuesday There will be a special communica tion of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A. F, A A. M., on Tuesday night, Sep tember 29, at 8 o'clock. Work in the second degree. Alt Masons in good standing are cordially Invited to be present. 4M \ .„i . i£L .. :'*i Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, September 25,1925 GIRL RUN DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE 9-Year-Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallory Badly Hurt Wed nesday Afternoon Sudief the 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mallory was run down Wednesday evening by Samuel Tillery, ;i young man from Aulander, driving u Fold coupe. The little girl was on her way home from school, and got out of a car a bout a- mile from Everetts, went be hind the car and started to cross the road to her home when Tillery came up from the opposite direction, at a bout 20 miles an hour—from his esti mate—some thought he might have been going 30 miles. The girl ran off the pavement and Tillery turned in the same direction, striking the child on the right thgh, breaking it and knock ing her about 18 feet, bruising the side of her head and face. She fell so far away that the car missed her when it passed, going forty or fifty feet before it was stopped. Mr. Tillery did-311 he could in pro-, curing relief for the child and was not considered as much to blame for the Occident as the child. Announce Engagement Koborsonville, .Sept. 23.—0n Friday, d/ternoon, September 18, Mrs. Mayo Little was the charming hostess to the McDowell Music Club, at her spacious home on Main Stieet. The reception hall and parlors were pro fusely decorated with pot teds plants and garden flowers, carrying out a color scheme of pink atid white. After the regular program the guests were ushered by the hostess lu ihe dining room where a happy sur prise awaited them. In the center of the wedding table stood a miniature 1 ride and' groom under a small bridal iirch, from which hung suspended tiny wedding bells. From beneath the cen terpiece streamed numerous ribbons at the ends of which were tied pink show er favors which hung below the edge o( the table all around. The hostess bid each guest pull a ribbon, and when the favors were opened, each was found to contain rice and a card bearing the inscription, "Helen Rober son and George Madre, jr., October 15." The happy hride-to-be was show, cred with congratulations and rice by all and presented a beautiful corsage of red roses from her fiance-and a bride's book by the hostess in which hll the guests wrote their names. Miss Roberson is the charming and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Roberson, of this «ity, and was educated at St. Marys College, Kaleigh. Mr. Madre is the son of Mr. G. L. Madre, sr., of Windsor, and is engaged in fhe mercantile and broker age business. He received his educa tion at Bingham and the University of North Carolina. WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER Congress Will Take ITp Air Inrwrfigs tidn When It Convene* in December Washington, D. C., Sepf. 2-1.- The aviation service will be fully, aired in the session of Congress to convene in December. It is now apparent that the investigation now being held will satisfy the country. Then, too, Con gressmen have to work an.l talk. France »«••• inade an offer of debt settlement. '' re debt commission has not ;riven out the details of the pro posal. If i generally believed that the $4,000,006,000 loaned to France durii g the war will be paid or satis factory arrangements m ide for ths payment in a f(w days. The Treasury Department has an nounced the fending f othe $6,000, -00 war debt ije the United States oy Latvia, one of the smallest of the warring nations. Macedonia Local And Personal News Mr. and Mrs. Dave Griffin spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. ami Mrs. H. C. Greene. The many friends of Mr. A. D. Had 4«y are. g ia«i » him home again. Mr. A. D. Hadley wishes to thank his friends for the many kindnesses they extended to him during his re cerit illiiefes. —; Friends of Mr. Sidney Beacham will regret to learn of his illness with the "flu." Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Peel and lit tle girl, Marie, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Perry. The meeting at Macedonia Church will begin Sunday night and continue through the week. We all hope that there will be good crowds. You are invited to come. ,* - tc At ■ \ / THE ENTERPRISE „ WEEKLY SERMON "Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for tojA; hear him."—St. Luke 15:1. By Rev. C. O. PA It DO One of the greatest compliments i ever paid the Lord was the fact that no one hesitated to go to Him under any condition that might exist. A few yea.s ago I met a man in Philadelphia who was an outcast from H ; s family. Because of the awful life he had lived thry had turned from him. In despair he had about deter mined to commit suicide when he came in contac'.*with a man who believed the purpose of his life was to serve Jesus Christ, especially to serve Him to the unfortunate ones. Tin's good man went to the unfortunate and err ing .one, and in the name and for the sake of Christ ministered tp him and to his needs. Because of the kijjjlness, •he sympathy, the understanding, the unfortunate man was won to the bet ter life. He found through this ser vant of Christ, who was practicing, his Master's love and "sympathy, the Master Himself. The result was « re stored life and new ami hopeful pur pose in living; a saved soul and a hap py one. Today there are men and women in this community who are members of some of the chuilthes who are passing e;ich other on the streets and high ways and not speaking to each other. Tl&re..-alc men and women out of the churches who are doing the same thing.- Sometimes a person in the church will pass by one out of the church and disdain to speak. Some times the situation is reversed Bui "the result is the same, The result is lack of sympathy and understanding. Ana where misunderstanding exists— when there is 110 sympathy for others —unhappiness follows. , There are a great many unhuppy people in Martin County. Last week 1 was talking to a business man who 1 old me that what he desired most was happiness. 1 talked with a young man who has not made a success of his life, and he 1 old me that he wanted to feel a sense of peace in his heart. I talked with a young woman who hi s been unfortunate, und her desire is for friendship and for a chance to live down her mistakes and circum stances in life. All about us, amidst the gayety of I'fe, stalks the shadows of unhappi- Me' s 1 .* Now, if Jesus Christ was here in person these people could go to Ilim. Yes; they would go to Him., The successful business .man-who craves happiness would'find in Jesus a sympathetic listener and one who would help him to find happiness. The young man .would ko to Jesus and find peace in doing His will and wot k. , * The young woman would find for giveness and a chance to lift her eyes to the future. ' But Jesus is not here in person. To whom may they go? Thie church of Jesus Christ is here, supposed to be doing for the world ",'ifid fttftnfchlTy Wh.nt Jrsus Christ Him self would do if He was her^. You are the church. Every man and every woman who has been baptized in the name of the Father arid of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, and name Hi.) name; you are the church. Are the publicans and sinners drawing ne.ir to you. Are you trying to make the unhappy and the unfortunate ones a nappier and life. Are you | making your life count in the sense of bringing cheer and-joy into the lives of others, or are they afraid to draw near to you for fear of your sharp criticism anil unsympathetic at titude. All the publicans and sinners drew near to Christ. If no one is drawing near to you for friendship and help, it would be wise to »examine our selves. —Let. tw try to live lives that. will help others. Let us try to be kind ant! rvmpathetic to all people. Let us earnestly j>ray God send into our hearts His holy spirit to fhe ehd that we may be mor9 like Christ in our dealings with men end women. Then this will be a better community—a happier community—a helpful and a hopeful community. * The Atlantic Coast Line train which has been running on a 7:40 morning schedule will, be changed beginning Hnnl l ay f September the 26th, to ft; 19, which is 39 minutes later than the present schedule. Passengers and mail going north will miss the present Fayetteville- Richmond local train at Weldon and lay over 2 hours for the northbound "Everglades Limited," a through train reaching Richmond 40 minutes later than the present schedule. This change will be advantageous to travelers from this section. Williamston Tobacco Market Shows More Strength Today; Better Grades of Weed Now Being Sold and Bringing Good^rices A visit to the local tobacco mar ket this morning convini ed The Knte r prise news editor that the prices being paid on the William ston market are continuing to be highly satisfactory to the farm ers. Tobacco was on the floors this morning from Suffolk and several points nearby. These Vir ginia farmers when interviewed BEGIN VOTING FOR QUEEN OF BEAUTY Conies! Officially Starts Today; Nomi nations Will Be Received Until 5 O'Clock Monday Voting the great Koanoke beauty contest starts today in the various districts. That the beauty contest is exciting much interest is evidenced by the way the nominations continue to pour into this office. From each oT Lih# districts there has been a decided increase, with Jamesvjlle heading the list. There is still time for you to nomi nate your favorite, as the nominations do not close until five o'clock Monday, September 28 h. So hurry and send in-the name of your friend* whom you wish to see win the prize. In Windsor you receive the votes from the Wind sor Pharmacy, where with every cash purchase of drugs, toilet articles, and fountain drinks you receive votes which you can cast for your favorite. In JarhesvlTTe the Kzzelle Service Sta Lion has the votes to give with every cash sale. Robersonville headquarters is the Grimes Drug Co., while in Ham ilton Davenport Brothers, general met chants, and Perkins' Service Station are headquarters arid will give Un votes with every sale. In Williamston the votes'may be obtained from Clark Bennett Drug Co., Margolin Bros, ii Brooks, dealers in men's ami women's clothing, and from Octavius Manning, the popular grocer. The Enterprise will give with each new subscription 1,600 votes, and with every renewal will give 1,000 votes for every dollar paid on account. Now we ar,e all set for the great contest. Get your votes in early and work for your friend. Who will win the first prize? Who will he the queen of beauty? Nominations To Date The following is the list of nominees to date: Jamesville Mary Clement Pagan Hi,ooo Sadie L. Pagan 10,000 Pearlie Jones -J 10,000 Ollie Ruth Gardner' lO,OOO Beatrice White . ~ ~t - . 10,000 Vera Hair 1 10,000 Gladys Martin --1 10,000 Lillie Mae Roberson - - 10,00(1 Mary Gurkin 10,000 Hazel Koberson _.. 10,000 Betty Martin , 10,000 Fannie Mae Kiddick __ 10,000 -Liliia+i Jones' 10,000 Beatrice Stallings 10,000 Annie Mae (iray 10,000 Marie Heddrick 10,000 Ruby Ourkin 10,000 Mary Fa gun v _ TO,OOO Irene Tetterton _! 1 0,000 Ruth Modlin. v — 10,000 : Williamaton Trulah Ward Page 10,000 Laura Norton 10,000 Geneva Cook lO,OOO Elizabeth Burras 10,000 Marguerite Cook 10,000 Prances Gurganus _£ 10,00(1 Annie Louise Crawford 10,000 Carrie Dell White 10,000 Lyda Cook I .10,000! Rita Norton 10,000 j Mary Clyde Ruth Manning 10,000 Frances Hoyt 10,000 Mattie Ixju Andersen 10,000 Carrie Lee Peel - 10,000 Emma Robertson ' 10,000 Robersonville 11 ." I Helen'Roberson 10,000 Ruth Whitfield 10,000 Carrie Louise Grimes 10,000 Aileen Everett —— 10,000 Lucy Stokes lOJOOO Hilda Ross .... 10,000 Ernestine Taylor 10,000 Helen Gurganus lO,OOO , Hamilton Grace Starling —1 10,000 Julia Salsbury X ; —. 10,000 Norma HineiT-, ! 10,000 Martha Roebuck - 10,000 Anna Lee Anthoriy —■- 10,000 Pauline Johnson 10,000 Blanche Poe 10,000 Myrtle Dixon 10,000 Mafy Johnson 10,000 Helen Johnson 10,000 Ethel Davenport 10,000 Helen Davenport -sir—_ 10,000 Gertrude Lilley 10,000 ' said that it was worth the differ ence to b r ing tobacco to our mar ket, notwithstanding the distance. At the Brick this morning Mr. Nat Cherry folrf us that he had received a 45-cent average on his sale. Mr. Thomas Lilley sold two grades for 3t> and 45 cents each. Some very pretty tobacco is be ing sold today, and it is bringing i a gooil price. ! * Home Sc;vin 2 * U - i > ■ p., •'y * _ I m ■ IMF >.J Beginning this week, Ruth Wyetlr- Spears will contribute a regular illustrated feature on home dressmaking. She outlines all the season's new style, and tells haw the handy woman can be *«.» - dressed at little cost. Read these articK", evei> week ,in this news paper. MR. TIMBERLAKE MAKES GOOD TALK Speaks at Christian Church Wcdncn day Night on Parents Love For Children * '* -. id r . 11. A. T'mberlake made a vprv impic-rive lecture at the Christine Chu'ch Wednesday night. His sul jee, v/iis" Pi'renti, Do Yc 1 I ■; /e Your ( hil iivn Mr. Tiinberlake emphasized the fact that parents love the natural bodies of their children. They were always willing to sacrifice to the limit for their children. No labor is spared to feed and clothe them, help them in «.ny and every way to enjoy tlte world ly pleasures; Will risk' their lives to keep their bodies from harm and dang er. Yet all this means no more than the wild animals. The beasts of the Ileitis and the forests will also fight to the death for their young—-Jhis is the love that nature has fixed in the hearts of people and thiugii that they will succor and care for their kind. But that is not the type of love that the Master so often mentions, whicFi uu;s furth.iT limit the earthh'' bodie and applies to our spiritual beings— that which is unseen, und which God Himself will receive at the last day when presented to the courts above by-His Son and by angeis." Tlie JJUestlon of tOVirrjf the spiritual bodies of our children is not so cer „tain., Many people never seem to teach their children the nobler and bet ter side of life. They seem more in terested in the approval by man than they do the approval of God. Pew fathers and mothers are teach ing the simple things of life, said the speukcr, and fail to teach them to observe the time called judgment. Mr, Timberlake gave, numerous cases in which the earliest impressions on many great and useful men and j women were grafted in them by Chris-1 tian parents and expressed regret that the present' generation of people are not getting as much of the. sound teaching in the home about the bles sings over the Jordan as they did In' " I days Sunday Services At Reddicks(irove The regular services will be held at lit., Sundny~at lieddicks Grove by the pastor, Rev. R. L. Shirley. A cordial invitation is extended to all the people to worship with us. Come and find a warm welcome. Lucy Palmer 10,000 Carrie Dell Roebuck 10,000 Mary Stokes 10,000 Windsor Mary Etheridge Rhea lO,OOO Virginia Spivey 10,000 Flora Mitchell 10,000 Lois Spruill ... 10,000 Mamie Stokes lO,OOO Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 Martin County Homes v ESTABLISHED 1898 CLARK-BENNETT STOREISROBBED Over S2OO Worth of MrrrhandM Stolen; No Clue To Guilty Parties Found Robbers have invaded the town a gain. Wednesday night the drug store of Clark-Bennett was broken open by prizing open a window in the rear of the store. The robbers came to the extreme front of the store, where a small show case cabinet stood and opened it by prizing the door until Hie lock catch was Toosenedr Three dozen fountain pens, worth an aver age of $4 each, several cheaper pens, two watches .valued at $9.50 each, two or more cheaper watches, and a dia mond* ring, worth about $75, were • taken. The thief or thieves also went to the prescription case, where considerable pillaging was done; from appearances in a hunt for morphine',, but none was • found, and so far as known no dings were stolen. i Ihe value of the ijoods taken was •'.bout S4OO. No clue as to the guilty parties has been found. Circus Men Are Busy in Winter A big organization of the caliber of the Walter I*. Main Show .doesn't run its season, dissolve and disperse. In the \\'iliter the entire establishment is maintained. Only the performers and the workingmen are dropped, and with the former this is generally a mere suspension of service, for con tracts are frequently made for several jars. Owners, managers, contracting agents, treasurer and bookkeepers and others iiiui no idle moments.. Railroad cars, suffering from the hard effects of a season's campaign, need painters and carpenters; new acts and novelties must be secured to keep abreast of the tirrmsr »- new route must be law! out and considered and to this the management must know the population and character of every town, have information of the' business conditions, vicissitudes of the year, etc. The question of transportation is the most careful one involved. For instance, up in agricultural Vermont, in Windsor County, nestles the village of White River Junction. It boasts of a weekly newspaper a public school ami a national hank. Its population does not exceed J ,500. Yet the Wal ter L. Main Shows, and a few other of the big tented organizations make un annual pilgrimage thither because it is a local traile center, three rail roads converging upon it, in addition to two rivers. Ordinarily the town would afford enough patrons to pay for the feed of the horses and elephants, but the throngs conveyed there by train and boat always fill the tents. [ Not in any way does the Walter L Main show of the present season re semble the show of other years. Men, women, and horses with the great in stitution number almost 700, Ten ._ acres jf ground is utilized, for the tents.-—At night the big show is trans ported from town to town aboard two special trains. The Walter L. Muin Shows will give performance at 2 and H p. in Williamston, Saturday, I September 26. Sandy Rid&e Local And Personal News Mr. Lawrence Trevathan visited Mr. Joe Saturday. Miss Mamie Lanier and Mrs. T. A., Feed visited Mrs. S. K, Hardison Mon day afternoon. Mrs. R. J. Jones is reported to be improving. .• Mrk. J. FT Riildick is on the sick list this .wuek. Mr. Frank Sexton returned to Flor ida Tuesday morning. ' Rev. E. D. Dodd is conducting a very interesting meeting at Holly Springs this week. - Mr- awl Mr-*, C. L. Daniel .and chil- r dren have returned from a very pleas ant trip in the western part of the State. Messrs. R. J. Peele and Robert Rrown attended services at Holly Springs Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Jones, sr., vis- Mrs. J. H. Riddick Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. T. A. Peed spent Monday morning with Mrs C. V. Lanier. Mrs. Charlie Bate and children spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Grover Godard. Mr. Haulsey Hardison, of William ston, attended services at Holly Springs Tuesday night Mr. Harold Jiopkins and Miss Lil lian Capp attended services at Holly Springs Tuesday night. Miss Loualiie Riddick returned to Williaraston Monday morning. hi *i - 1: ' )"■