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VOLUME XXVIII—NUMBER 101
fi. R. REYNOLDS TO
UUN FOR SENATE •
Asheville Maa Announces Caadidacy
For Saat Now Oecapied by
Senator Overman
The Enterprise is in receipt of the
following letter, which is self - explan
atory :
"1 am a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator for North Carolina. If you
intend to participate in the Democratic
Primary next June, you will please
consider this an earnest personal re-
Quest to vote for me for United States
Senator. This plain blunt announce
ment of my candidacy and personal
appeal for your aupport may or may
not tickle the ears of the groundlings
end may cause the judicious and dig
nified in and around Waahington City
to grieve. However this may be, 'My
bat ia ia the ring,' and 1 shall carry
on a vigorous campaign throughout
the State till the election is over.
"I am writing to a great many of
my friends tod and
hope to meet and get acquainted with
ovary voter personally during the cam
paign. Remember, any good word or
Und act in my behalf between now
end the primary will be appreciated
•ad never forgotten.
"Having solicited your vote and
aupport, it may not be amiss to tell
you something of my prospects and
purposes: Wliile no one in particular
urged me to offer for this high and
honorable post, yet since 1 have made
known to my friends my ardent am
bition to serve my State in the United
Statea Senate I have had assurances
of strong support from thousands of
voters who have heard I wanted to
make the race. lam much pleased
aad encouraged by the favorable con
sideration my candidacy has received
so far.
"While not, perhaps, so great an
honor as when Nathaniel Macon and
Zeb Vance held that exalted position,
the Senatorship is yet regarded highly
as a position of dignity and some de
gree of usefulness both to State and
nation. There doubtless be among
you, those who feel that I am not s
big enough man for it- I will say
there have been timee when I myself
am none too sure of my fitness, but
I have the will to grow and serve.
We know our political history records
the slaughter of many ambitious
statesmen, not to mention politicians.
For that Caeaar waa ambitious Brutus
slew him. The democracy of North
Carolina, if it sees fit, msy take my
measure; I can take a licking if 1
have to.
"The rank and file of Democrats of
North Carolina never have favored
conferring office for life, or commit
ting to inner circles the award of hon
ors without limit of time in perpetui
ty. Tha democracy of my State does
not owe me or any other man the
Senatorship. am frankly asking you
to vote for me for this office, hoping
if successful in my laudable ambition,
that I may be given wider opportunity
to fight for the thinga my party be
lieves in and my friends and neigh
bors want done.
"I believe in friendahip aqd party
loyalty. When a friend of mine asks
bm for anything that I am free to
grant him he gets it I am not ex
pecting the aupport of those who are
bound by ties of political affection or
obligation to the incumbent Senator
who seat I wish to occupy.
"There is a new day dawning, a
new order arising in North Carolina.
I want to rise with it, and assure one
aad all, each and every voter, that in
■o doing I will never forget my rais
ing.
ROBERT R. (BOB) REYNOLDS.
"Asheville, N. C., Feb. 22, 1926."
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Misses Louallie Tsylor and Ruth
Bailey, of Everetta, and Susie Bailey,
ff Greenville, were visitors here Mon
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COWS MEAN $11,640
EXTRA FOR COUNTY
Each Cow Worth S2O Year For Fer
tilisation Alone, Says Larrowe
Institute
An added income of 11,640 a year is
enjoyed by Martin County farmer.) in
directly as s result of keeping cows,
according to the Larrowe Institute of
Animal Economics. This income is in
the for:u of a more fertile soil due to
the manure of the dairy cows in this
county. On the basis of practically a
S2O fertiliser valuation per animal per
year, this means a total of $11,640
tdded to the richness of the soil in
this county every twelve month.
Manure is a source of the most val
uable plant food obtainable, says the
institute, but to preserve it at its
highest value or efficiency it should
either be put directly to the fields each
day or conserved until such time as
the opportunity offers itself to spread
it Feeding trials have proven that
an ordinary cow, while putting from
lb to 18 per cent of the total energy
of the feed ahe consumes into milk,
actually returns to the aoil 80 per
cent of the elements of soil fertility
in her feed in the form of manure.
This had led many dairymen to dis
cover that the purchase of good con
centrate feed for their cows not only
more than pays for itself in increased
milk production but that it also sup
plies necessary food to farm crops
that are expensive when bought in the
form of commercial fertilizer.
Sandy Ridge Local
And Personal Nev»
Messrs. Allen Peed and Bruce Whit
ley, of Williamston, spent Saturday
night at the home of Mr. Feed's moth
er, Mrs. T. A. Peed.
Misses Vida May Roberson and Be
atrice Cherry were the guests of the
Misses Eva and Louallie Pate Satur
day evening.
Miss Eva Pate spent Saturday night
with Miss Beatrice Cherry.
Messrs. Allen Peed and Lester
Briiey were the guests of the Misses
Capps and Fannie May Roberson Sat
urday.
Mias Mamie Lanier visited Mrs. T.
A. Peed Friday evening.
Mr. Colon and Miss Bettie Martin
were the guests of Miss Bettie Tyre
Sunday. -
Mr. O. S. Green and Misses Eliza
Coltrain and Luvenia Hopkins were
in Williamston Sunday morning.
News was received here Sunday
evening of the illness of Mrs. M. J-
Bennett, and Mrs. J. H. Riddick and
Mrs. R. T. Roberson left at once for
Williamston to be at her bedside.
Mr. A. W. Hardison and Miss Her
nice Riddkk visited Sandy Ridge
School Friday.
Miss Luvenia Hopkins left Sunday
morning for Richmond, Va., where she
will enter a business school.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hopkins and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Godard.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Andrews spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Grover
GodanL
Messrs. W. L. Manning and W. J
Cherry went to WiUiamston Satur
day on business.
Mr. Joseph Knight, of Scotland
Neck, was the guest of Miss Coralie
Peed Sunday evening.
Miss Gerald ine Peed vjsited her
mother, Mra. T. A. Peed Sunday even
ing.
Mra. G. H. Little, of Pactolus, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Wm. E. War
ren. * (
Mr. Howard Taylor, bookkeeper for
the Raleigh Savings A Trust Co., of
Raleigh, spent the weak end here with
his par«nta,'Mr. and Mm. H. 0. Tay
lor.
Williamston, Martin County, North Caroiiita, Tuesday, February 28,1926
James Herbert Ward
Recovers Stolen Car
James Herfbert Ward was notified
by the State auto license department
last week that his car had been found
at Princeton, a little town near Golds
boro, and was stored in a garage at
that place. On Sunday the young
man went up to get the car but found
it had been handled so badly by those
who had stolen it about two weeks
ago that he could not bring it home
but had to have a new carburetor and
switch installed.
It is supposed, or practically cer
tain, that Dennis Roberson and an
other boy who ran away from the
State Farm at Caledonia came here,
took the car after breaking into Cul
pepper Hardware Co., and getting
several guns, etc., and left, going to
Kinston, where young Roberson's
mother Uvea.
Searches have been made for the
boys, but it is thought that they have
left the State.
Roberson had been in the peniten
tiary for only a short time, this be
ing his second sentence, when he got
away. His friend and accomplice is
a young boy about 22 years old,
weighing about 136 pounds. They had
known each other before they met at
Caledonia, having trapped on the Ro
anoke River together.
Jamesville Local
News and Personals
Friends of Mr. H. L. Davis will be
glad to know that he is improving af
ter suffering from a broken arm.
Mrs. J. F. Jordan nd Miss Mary
Fagan arrived Saturday night after
a tour through Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Collins Peel, of
Williamston, visited Mrs. Peel's moth
el, Mrs. Tetterton, here Friday after
noon.
Friends of Miss Irene Tetterton are
glad to see her back in school after
being out for over a week on account
of sickness. ,
Miss Ollie Ruth Gardner spent Sat
urday night with friends in Hardens.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sexton motor
ed to Plymouth Thursday.
The Girls society of the Jamesville
High School entertained the high
school with a delightful program Fri
day afternoon.
Fats-Leans Game May _
Be Played Thursday
The game between the fats and the
le&ns, for the benefit of the chamber
of commerce, has been postponed un
til the latter part of the week. It
was to have been played tonight, but
owing to the inclement weather it
will be postponed until, possibly,
Thursday night.
Play At Gold Point
School Tomorrow
"Farm Folks," a play in four acts,
will be presented at the Gold Point
School Wednesday, February 24, 1926.
Admittance will be 20c and 36c, and
the proceeds will be used for increas
ing the school library."
Mrs. Pardo Undergoes
Minor Operation Today
Rev. and Mrs. C. O. Pardo left this
morning for Washington, where Mrs.
Pardo underwent an operation. She
had her tonsils and adenoids ismoved
by Dr. D. T. Tayloe, jr., at the. Wash
ington Hospital. She will return to
morrow or Thursday.
Miss Selma Carson, of Bethel, is in
town today. Miss Carson is solicit
ing subscriptions to the RobersonviUe
Times, aad is one of the leadinr can-
THE GREAT NEED OF
8 MONTHS SCHOOLS
374,826 Children of SciuL Age In
North Carolina Who Are Denied
Privilege of Education
The editorial below, taken from the
Raleigh News and Observer, is writ
ten so fully on a matter of such im
portance that we are giving it front
page space. Only those who know
what illiteracy exists and those chil
dren who live ia the country and waifr
an education know the handicaps of
a six month's school. It takes the chil
dren nearly twice as long to receive a
high-school education. The article
follows:
"There are 374,826 children of
school age who are denied the privi
lege und inalienable right of securing
an education in North Carolina. None
of them live in cities or large towns.
In the larger centers children go to
school nine months, and can, there
fore, complete their education in much
less time than children who live in the
country. The State of North Caro
lina, therefore, imposes a penalty of
less advantage to its children who
happen to be born on a farm or in
u farm village. If that penalty is un
duly prolonged, it will stain the State.
Steady and marked progress has
been made in lengthening the school
term in both country and town dis
tricts. The wealth is mainly found
,in the cities and there the schools go
' as high as 180 days in Asheville while
some rural districts have only 120
days. The average length is 145
uays. Uut the hour has come when
the State must take the next logical
step and insure an eight-months pub
lic school term in a good schoolhouse
to every child of school age in North
Carolina.
We must do this, and do it next
year, or we must quit boasting of
progress and prosperity. The high
est duty of the State is not to build
good roads or factories. It is to edu
cate all the children in town und
country alike. The increase in ten
ant farming, the relative lack of pros
perity between town people and farm
ers, and the trend from country life
to town life are the things that must
give thoughtful people pause. Always
the life of the city has been enriched
by the sturdy youth from the coun
try. Are they to be penalized because
they are born on a farm?
There is but one paramount duty in
North Carolina: That s to treat all its
children alike. .The only way to per
form that duty is to open school doors
alike for the same length of term to
the boys and girls in Sandy Mush and
Asheville, in Raleigh and New Light.
Nothing less becomes a State that has
truly found itself. It can not be said
to be progressive as long as this in
justice is done to children living in
the rural districts.
To Have White Way
Length of Five Miles
New Bern, Feb. 18.—Morehead
Bluffs, Inc., yesterday awarded con
tracts to the Westinghouse Electric
& Manufacturing Co., of Pittsburgh,
for equipment for five miles of white
ways on their development at More
head Bluffs near Morehead City. The
lights will be rushed direct from the
factory and should arrive within three
or four weeks.
Three main boulevards of the tract
will be bordered with the lights, Mans
field Boulevard, Morehead Boulevard,
and the Sound Shore Drive. The same
equipment has been ordered that the
Coral Gables, Fla., and many other
places have.
Merchants Association
Meeting Last Night
A meeting of the merchants asso
ciation was held last night at its reg
ular place of meeting.
There were only 10 present and it
was decided by those in attendance
that they would make a great effort
to have all or a majority of the mer
chants present at the next meeting,
which will be held Tuesday night,
March tod.
Several things of importance to the
members of the association were dis
cussed but owing to there being such
a few present, nothing was passed on.
Sheriff Has Close Call
Dynamiting: Stumps
Sheriff H. T. Roberson suffered a
severe cut on his face near hi> eyes
yesterday morning while having some
stumps dynamited on his* farm near
here.
The fuse was bad, but the charge
was small and no serious injury re
sulted. Had the charge been a large
one it would probably have killed the
Bheriff and the colored man helping
him. Glasses that he was wearing at
the time probably saved his eyesight, j
WRECK ON FILL
SUNDAY NIGHT
Negro Girl Has Arm Crushed When
Car-Goes Through Railing; De
tective Steering Gear Cause
Sunday night Ida James and her
brother-in-law, William James, both
of Bertie County, who had been vis
iting friends in were
driving home about ten-thirty, when
the steering gear of their Ford car
went to pieces about 100 yards on the
other side of Conine Creek bridge and
the car dashed through the railing
on the side of the fill and off the em
bankment, ocmpletely turning over
once. The girl was thrown several
yards from the car into the swamp
and was almost covered with water.
She was painfully hurt, but with the
help of her brother, who was only
slightly bruised, she was able to
scramble out of the mud and water
and get back on the fill. They went
on down to Oscar Speller's, and pro
cured dry clothing, after which the
obtained another car and came back
to Williamston. Dr. Rhodes was call
ed to his office, where he made an
examination of the girl's injuries. He
foumf v her arm badly crushed and
broken in several places and one of
her eyes was almost jabbed out by
the underbrush.
Group 1 Bankers Met
In Ahoskie Yesterday
Group 1 of the North Carolina
Bankers Association held its annual
meeting in Ahoskie yesterday. Messrs.
C. 1). Carstarphen, jr., and Herman
Bowen, of the Farmers & Merchants
Hank, V. G. Taylor and Paul llailey,
of the Planters and Merchants, of
Everetts, and D. R. Everett, of the
Bank of Robersonville represented
Martin County.
Mr. Thomas Avery, one of the lead
ing bankers of Rocky Mount, made
the annual address, and the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
G. W. Prescott, Cashier of the First
National Bank of Ayden, president;
V. D. Strickland, vice president of the
Atlantic Bank of Ahoskie, vice presi
dent; J. H. Waldrop, cashier of the
Greenville Banking & Trust Co., sec
retary and treasurer.
The delegation from this county de
clared the hpspitalty of the people of
Ahoskie could not be surpassed, and
they said they had never enjoyed any
meeting more than the one held in
Ahoskie yesterday.
Delegations of Sunday
Schools Meet Tonight
A delegation of four or five mem
bers of each of the four Sunday
schools of the town will meet tonight
in the law offices of Dunning and
Moore. The purpose of the meeting
primarily is to consider the advisa
bility of a community daily vacation
Bible School for Williamston immedi
ately after the close of the public
schools.
Several of the pastors of the town
had been thinking of having these
schools in their churches, but they
have conferred and decided to call a
meeting and discuss a community
school.
There were 6,000 of the schools held
in the country last year and great re
sults followed. The one held nearest
Williamston was in the l'resbytcrian
Church in Tarboro and it was very
successful and thoroughly enjoyed by
the children who attended. ,
High School Beat
W. C. I. Saturday
(Washington Daily News)
Saturday night W. C. 1. journeyed
to Williamston to return a game of
basketball. She did. 15-6 in favor of
Williaraeton Only Ave days - previous
W. C. I. had won 36-3, letting her
neighbors down without a field goal.
What a different story Saturday
night. Williamston played a fast and
hard game. W. C. I. played hard but
to little effect. The game was a rough
and tumble affair in which the lighter
man won.
Ward was the Williamston star,
while Arthur and Ho per were v the
steadiest of the W. C J. teaip.
Firemen To Meet Here
Next Tuesday Night
t The East Carolina Firemen's ASBO
s ciation will meet in Williamston
e March 9th,' as the guests of the Wil
r liamston Are department. The asso
ciation meets bi-monthly at some
e point in the district. This will be the
- first time that the association has
e visited Williamston. It is expected
e that about 100 firemen from Rober
l sonville, Washington, Greenville, Kin
t ston, Farmville, Ayden, and New
- Bern will attend.
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F Death
lister P. Barlow of Stamford,
Conn., is in Washington demon
strating his amazing inventions.
He is shown here with his manna
and aerial torpedoes, the latter coo
fly 1000 miles automatically.
iNegro Boy Stabbed by
Another In {School
Last Friday excitement ran high in
the l'iney Grove colored school. Lit
tle Dailey jr., and Turner
Spruill, jr., both about 12 years old,
became engaged in an awlul "rucas"
over a piece of paper. Law and or
der was forgotten; nothing held sway
in the little wooden schoolhouse but
the tempers of the two little boys. Fi
nally in a fit of desperation because
he was losing the game, the little
liodges boy stabbed young Spruill in
his breast. A knife was the deadly
weapon. The fact that the knife
pierced the right side instead of the
left saved the life of his adversary.
The frantic teacher grabbed her
long fur coat, threw it around the
bleeding child, sent for a car, and
rushed him to town. When he caine
walking into the Itiggs Drug Store
all that could be seen of the little fel
low wus the tips of his shoes, the
whites of his eyes and a little patch
of hair that could hardly be disting
uished from the fur on the coat. He
was treated by Dr. lihodes and is
getting along fine.
Royal Arch Masons
To Meet Thursdaf
A meeting of the Conoho Chapter,
No. 12, Hoyal Arch Masons, will be
held at the Masonic Hall Thursday af
ternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The chapter
has not been very active for the past
two years, and this is in a manner a
meeting for reorganization. There
are 65 members, representing all the
lodges of Masons of Martin County.
At this meeting there will be sever
al degrees conferred. For this cere
mony Archdeacon Morrison liethea, of
Italeigh, to whom goes much of the
credit for the organization of the
Martin County chapter, and Messrs.
Claude Chamberlain and H. 10. Austin
of the Grand Chapter, are expected
to be present.
Visitors from Windsor, Washington,
and other neighboring towns hate
been Invited to attend this meeting.
A luncheon will be served under the
auspices of the Guild of the Episco
pal Church.
County Championship
Game Here Tomorrow
The first* county championship game
of basketball will be played on the
Williamston court Wednesday night,
between the Williamston High School
and the qtrong Jamesville team.
Teams from the following schools
are entered in the championship se
ries: Robersonville, Everetts, Gold
Point, Hamilton, Farm Life, Oak City,
Jamesville and Williamston.
Much Interest is being shown by the
friends of the various teams and
every team is striving hard for the
cup. ,
Only Otoe Case In
Recorder's Court
State vs. Robbins was the only case
called in the recorder's court this
morning. Robbins was charged with
being drunk and disorderly and
found guilty. He was sentenced to
Ave days in jail and required to pay
the costs of the action.
On Saturday, Robbins, while drunk,
proceeded to give the sheriff the ben
efit of his thoughts in a very dis
courteous manner, and the sheriff put
him in jail until he came around.
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BLINDED IN SAW
MILL ACCIDENT
Mr. E. Hoyt Manning Made Totally
Blind by Second Accident to Hia
Eyes in Two Years
Mr. E. Hoyt Manning was struck in
Jhe left eye by a belt at his saw mill
near here Friday, the blow completely
destroying the eye. About two years
ago Mr. Manning was running the
same mill when the saw struck a head
block and threw a small piece of iron
into his right eye, putting it out en
tirely. 1
The second accident occured Friday
while he was engaged in putting a
small belt on a moving pulley. The
belt caught on a set screw, causing it
tt swing out of place and hit Mr.
Manning in his left eye. He was im
mediately taken to the Washington
Hospital, where he was treated by an
eye specialist, who found that his eye
was entirely destroyed, making him
totally blind. »
Mr. Manning iff. a farmer 30
years old and runs a mill occasionally
to do neighborhood sawing.
It is rather singular that he should
lose both eyes in different accidents
and receive no injury whatever ex
cept in the eyes.
Experts Praise N. C.
National Park Site
Asheville, Feb. 22.—The Great
Smoky Mountain National l'ark Site
Commission is now getting busy at
its headquarters here in the interest
ol raising the necessary funds to es
tablish a national park in the Great
Smoky Mountains, covering a portion
of the mountains of North Carolina
and a portion of the Tennessee moun
tains.
The commission has succeeded in
bringing national landscape experts
to view this section. Some of the
experts admitted that they had been
skeptical of the claims of the com
mission, but after examining them in
comparison with the Yellowstone Park
the Yosemite or Grand Canyon parts
.of the west that he loses his skeptic
ism and says there is something in
the charm of the Smokies that de
ties analysis.
Another of the experts said, "No
where else in all the world is nature
f,o much my mother as in the Great
Smokies. There 1 rest in her bosom
and am satisfied."
Willie Winkle Shoppe
Spring Opening Friday
* The Willie Winkle Shoppe will have
its spring opening Friday, February
20th. Lntil this time the shop has
been a place where only babies and
childrens (hand-made clothes were sold
but the proprietors, Mesdamcs W. H.
iJigg.s, li. A. Critcher, and L. T. Fow
den have added an exclusive line of
hats. They, will specialize in ladies',
young misses' and little misses' hats.
They will also enlarge their line 6f
hand-made children's clothes which
have become so popular here since the
shop was opened in the fall.
They have moved their place of
business from the offices formerly oc
cupied by the L. T. Fowden Insurance
Co., into the Peel Building, formerly
occupied by R. A. Critcher, attorney.
The time of opening will be 10 o'-
clock, Friday morning.
Increase in Traffic
Deaths Last Week
A sharp increuse in the number of
traiiic deaths in the Southern States
in the week just closed over the pre
ceding week was noted today in a
turvey conducted by the Associated
I'ress. The survey schowed that 4iS
persons had been killed, against 3d
in the weeST~wiiich ended February
14th. There were 228 persons in
jured.
Florida leaped way into the lead
with 1.6 deaths, North Carolina bsing
her nearest competitor with ten killed.
South Carolfiiu, Mississippi, and Ar
kansas tied at the bottom of the list
with one each dead. Florida also
lead in the number of injured with
60.
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