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VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER I
County Commissioners Vote
Appropriation of S9OO For
Home Demonstration Agent
Woman's Clubs Delega
tions Entitled Credit
For Action
BENEFIT EXPLAINED
Robersonville and Wil
liamston Clubs Well .
Represented
A delegation from the Roberson
ville Woman's Club and several rep
resentative women from other sections
of the county met a committee from
the Williamston Woman's Club and
appeared yesterday morning before
the board of county commissioners,
which was in regular session here, to
ask for a home demonstration agent
fer Martin County.
The clubs of the county had boon
acquainted of the fact that it was
possible for a few counties o'i the
State to get agents at this time by
appropriating S9OO, the balance of fl,-
800 toe salary and equipment to be
furnished by the Federal and State
departments, by Miss Pauline Smith,
supervisor of the agents of the Tide
water section.
Committees were appointed and the
sqbject was presented at the commis
sioMrrs' meeting by Mrs. Vernon Ward
president of the Robersonville Club.
Mrs. Ward outlined very clearly the
needs of an agent, but stressed the
special neceaaity for one to teach our
housekeepers how to balance their
meals that our children might be
spared the diseases resulting from im
properly cooked foods and unbalanced
meals. She mentioned rickets, so prev
alent among children, dyspepsia, dia
betes, and many fatal diseases that
are so prevalent among our people. i
Among other things Mrs. Ward not-!
Ed was that in view ef our high tax!
rate we should have a home agent,
because she could teach our people to
utilise their surplus products and de
velop their natural resources, thereby
making us more sble to pay our taxes.
She gave some very forceful figures
in support of this assertion, and they
were cases near home, in this section
and many in adjoining counties.
Mrs. Ward was ably supported in
her remarks by several other women,
among whom was Mrs. John D. Biggs,
Jr., president of the local club. Then
Miss Smith mads an unanswerable
plea to the commissioners to give the
women a leader who had had special
training in their work.
After a short discussion a motion
was made by Bog Slade, jr., seconded
by H. M. Burras, that Martin County
accept this gederous offer and appro
priate SOOO for the work. The mo
tion was carried, Mr. John Hopkins
voting affirmatively end no one vot
ing negatively.
The commissioners and the visitors,
who were Mesdames R. L. Smith,
Vernon Ward, Bettie Barnhill, Williaip
Gray, J. T. Ross, David Grimes, C. R.
Wilson, W. R. Jenkins, of Roberson
ville, Mrs. N. O. Van Noitwick, of
Parmele, and Mrs. W. H. Lilley, of
Jamesville, were invited to the club
rooms, where a delectable luncheon
was served by the social committee,
Mrs. C. R. Ftemming, chairman.-
Plans Suggested far New Work
Miss Pauline Smith led a discussion
concerning the work that the new
agent will start in the county. She
promise to do utmost to get a
woman suitable to the county and its
problems and then asked the women
to support the woman when she comes
She also said that she was going to
personally see to the work, and that
!««■» much will be accomplished, for
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GOOD PROGRAM
Two Shows—7 and 9
TOMORROW *
NIGHT
THE ENTERPRISE
Annual Fats-Leans
Game To Be Pla
Benefit Chamber
Don't fail to see the game be
tween the fats and leans tonight
at 8 o'clock at the warehouse. En
joy yourself and help your cham
ber of commerce, Wiliiamston's
only community boosting organi
zation.
Players will be picked from the
following:
Leans: Cortes Green, W. C.
Manning, jr., R. L. Coburn, Si
mon Lilley, Harry James. C. D.
Carstarphen, jr., Dick Smith, S.
B. Sessoms, P. H. Brown, Latham
Thrower, O. S. Anderson, Luther
Peel, Charlie James, Henry Har
rison, J. L. Williams, E. P. Cun
ningham, John Philpot, Julius S.
Peel, T. W. Lee, Jack Biggs.
Earl Wynne,
Fats: Gus Harrison, Rev.
Dickey, Joe Godard, Harry Mead
or, Elbert Peel, Z. H. Rose, K. B.
Commissioners Look
Over Plans For Jail
The Board of County Commission
ers have been in session all day today
for the purpose of examining tenta
tive plans for the building of a new
jail and enlargement of the court
house. ,
Benton & Benton, of Wilson, sub
mitted pencil sketches of a three
story annex with basement, to be 39
by 68 feet, the entire structure to be
fireproof throughout. The basement
would be used for a heating plant
and for storage; the first floor would
be used as offices for the register of
deeds and clerk of the court, both of
which are very badly needed. The
second floor is proposed to be used as
a home for a jailor; while the third
floor will be the jail, equipped with
cells to hold about three dosen pris
oners, with separate apartments for
white and colored and male and fe
male.
Mr. Benton also included in his rec
ommendations changes in the front of
the present courthouse to make it coo
form more gracefully to the lines of
symmetry and beauty. Mr. Benton
estimates the entire cost at around
160,000.
Mr. Deidl, of the firm of Rudolph
Cook, Van Lee Uwin, Inc., architects,
of Wilson, N. C., and Norfolk, Va.,
was selected as architect, and will
prepare definite plans for the con
struction upon a similar building as
presented by Mr. Benton.
Appoint Local Agent for
Citizens Training: Camp
The War Department has announced
the appointment of Mr. Hugh G. Hor
ton, Williamston, N. C., as a county
representative for the Citiien'a Mili
tary Training Camps, for the coming
summer.
Mr. Horton states that he will re
ceive a supply of application blanks
for the training camps shortly and
will be ready to pass these out to
young men between the ages of 17
and 24 who might want to take a
month's encampment in July at gov
ernment expense.
Congress appropriates nearly |3,-
000,000 annually to enable young men
to develop their physical powers un
der propery supervision.
Bailroad fare, meals en route and
at camp, unforms, laundry, athletic
equipment and medical and dental |
treatment are furnished.
Only two vacancies have been allot
ted Martin County, and it is expect
ed that these will all be taken by
April Ist Others may apply and if
vacancies occur later they will be tak
en care of.
Miss Smith is a leader of unusual ex
ecutive ability.
Members of the board intimated
that a new room would have to be
provided in the courthouse (or the
farm agent and that possibly quar
ters could be made at the same time
for the home agent Just when Miss
Smith will be able to get • w» tan to
take this work she could Kit say, but
she hopes to get her before this ses
sion of school is over.
Another thing .that was suggested
was that the women from all sections
of tiie county have a general meet
ing at some central point when the
agent arrives. The president of the
WilUanttton woman's club invited the
women to meet at any time in the
club rooms.
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Williamston, Martin County, North C-Soiina, Tuesday, March 2,1926.
Crawford, Joe Taylor, Sam Har
rell, Pete Hall, Whit Purvis, Sher
iff Roberson, rfenry Crawford,
Julian Anderson, Theo. Roberson,
J. O. Manning, Dr. Cone, Wheel
er Martin, Jesse Price, Myrt
Stubbs.
New players will be sent in for
each team in each of the first
tfcree quarters, and in the fourth
the best players will be selected
for the championship. This will
be a chance for our folks to see
some of our fattest and some of
our leanest in action, and they
really should not miss it
All the line up have not been
seen but they are askM to be on
hand in their basketball attire at
7.45 promptly, in ordrr to give
them 15 minutes to "warm up."
The price of admission will be
16 and 25 cents.
NEW COUNTY HOME
BEING CONSIDERER
Commissionerb Investigate Types Of
Homes in Neighboring Counties
To Obtain Information
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The Board of County Commission
crs are considering the building of a
county home. They have not reached
any l«Apit conclusions as to where
they w® build nor what type of home
they will erect.
The County owns land on both Bides
of the highway to Everetts, just be
yond the fork of the Greenville road,
and it seems to be the opinion that
they will first consider their own land
as the location seems convenient.
The board has examined the Nash,
Halifax, and Northampton county
homes with a view to the selection of
a useful and convenient building. The
old home will be used as a tenant
house for the use of the county farm.
Mr. Woolard Returns
From Ford Fastory Trip
Mr. 1 J. D. Woolard, of the firm of
the Williamston Motor Co., returned
from Detroit Sunday, where he had
spent several days in the Ford plant
All dealers operating from the Nor
folk division, numbering 150, were
taken to Detroit in a special party.
They went from Norfolk by the Nor
folk and Western Railroad to 1 ronton,
W. Va., where they typk the Ford
road to Detroit.
They were taken through the entire
plant, which consumed several days.
One thing of interest was to Bee 66,000.
people all working under one roof,
where everything is done to a Ford
except putting on the rattles—they
are put on by the rough drivers.
In the repair department of the fac
tory they run 24 hours dally. The
shift of labor is done almost auto
matically; a small crew of workmen
are admitted every 10" fhinutes. This
causes a constant stream of workers
coming and going almost all the time,
but there is never enough to congest
or block gangways and cause machines
to stop.
Of the Norfolk branch dealers, the
Williamston Motor Co., was in the
"special 25' list. That is, they were
one of the 25 highest salesmen in the
division. This entitled this class of
dealers to some extras on the trip.
Mr. Woolard reports a very enjoy
able trip.
Negro Robbed, Murdered And
Body Burned At Oak City
FHday night about 11 o'clock
young Aaron Smith, of Oak City,
who was returning home from
Kobersonville found the htfuse of
John Staton, about a quarter of a
mile from the town, burning
down.
There wa* no one stirring a
round at that hour, so he and his
brother began to investigate. They
looked in the front room and saw
Staton lying stretched out across
the floor about 10 feet from the
bed with his skull crushed in.
The lire had gained such head
way that nothing could bo dose,
and the body could not be re
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WHAT A VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL IS
Contributor Explains The Daily Vara
tion Bible School; What It Is
And What It Dees
(Contributed)
What is a daily vacation Bible
school ? This is the question one hears
in Williamston these days by both
parents and children.
In short, a daily vacation Bible
school is a most worthy attempt to
utilise a little of thq spare vacation
time of the children to "provide them
with supervised play; a clean, con
structive, delightful social life; an ex
hilerating mental . a help
ful environment for pvercomirtg bud
and forming good habits; an oppor
tunity for them to how to sing,
pray, worship, to study the Bible and
to put into practice the spiritual mes
sages daily imparted to them. There
are Bible stories, mission stories, hab
it and patriotic stories; music, mem
ory work, notebook work; expression
ul activities and possibly hopd work."
In 1924 there were 10,000 such
schools held in this country. The fig
ures are not yet available for 1925,
but the probabilities are that the to
tal will near 15,000. In the year 1924
1.500,000 children enrolled in such
schools, and 150,000 teachers taught
them.
Williamston should join this mighty
host of children in their schools of re
ligious education.
Indeed, preparation is already under
way for such a school to be held here
this spring.
A director has been choßen, a prin
cipal, and the curriculum is being
chosen.
The people approached on the sub
ject have responded after a noble
fashion. Nothing, it is thought, would
be a greater thing fer us than just
this united effort of the citizens of the
town and community in bringing to
its large number of clftldren this hap
py vacation experience.
This kind of schoolsworks no hard
ship on the pupils; lor they do not
haxe textbooks. In this school the
order is changed—the teachers have to
use the textbooks while the pupils
have a school withoW books and en
joy lessons without working for their
pieparation.
It costs absolutely nothing to en
roll and send children.
All together for a great time with
and for our children.
Barn of J. W. Watts
Destroyed by Fire
The fire bell called the Williamston
department out at 4:30 Sunday morn
ing. The fire was found to be in the
barn of Mr. J. W. Watts, and it was
practically burned down when the fire
company reached it.
Mr. Watts lost several barrels of
shelled com. Mr. Sam Jones had a
bout 40 barrels pt corn in the shuck
which was about half saved by flood
ing it with water. He also lost con
siderable peanut hay. Mr. A. J. Man
ning lost between 200 and 300 bales
of hay.
Everything was u total loss ex
cept the corn in the shuck. The total
value of all the property reach over
SI,OOO.
Lenten Speakers At
Episcopal Church
The Lenten speaker for the Friday
afternoon service at the Church of the
Advent will be the Rev. T. W. Lee,
pastor of the Methodist Church.
Rev. C. 11. Dickey, pastor of the
Baptist Church, has- been the speak
er for the past two Friday services.
Mr. Lee will deliver the address on
Friday, March 5, and Friday, March
12, at 4.80 p. m.
The public is invited to attend these
services.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Collin Barnes and
little son, Collin, jr., of Murfreesboro,
visited Mrs. Irene Smith Sunday.
covered without going through the
flames. When it was possible to
get to it, the legs haul been
burned off from above the knees,
the arms from the elbows, and the
top part of the head gone, so no
examination could be made.
At 10 o'clock Staton and Colum
bus Hyman had left a colored
store in Oak City and gone off
toward Staton's home. No one
saw the victim after that. When
he left the store it was known
that he had about $25 or S3O in
cash on his person and part of
that was in silver. So a search
for melted silver was made near
the body and the ashes were even
| Utah Avalanche Buries Village / ' r
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A huge enow slide claimed forty lhrea wbeo It swept down upon
Sap Gulch, a email mlalng Tillage near Bingham, Utah.' * Two board
ing houaea and terenteen other dwellings war* burled beneath tona of
•now. Fire added to the honor at the wtaetrnph* wfaai «NrtmM
etovae Ignited the wnnbnie
Board of Commissioners Met
Here Yesterday; Important
Matters Are Disposed Of
COUNTY POLITICS
ARE WARMING UP
Several Announcements of Candidates
Being Made In This Issue Of
The Enterprise
With two announcements of candi
dacies for offices in the county gov
ernment in this issue of the Enter
prise and one made in a Washington
pupcr last week, county politics will
scon be warming up considerably.
For Sheriff, W. Joe Taylor has an
nounced his candidacy. Mr. Taylor Is
well known in this section, having
been a member of the Dixie Ware
house proprietors for several years.
Mr. W. H. Crawford, a member of
the firm of Anderson, Crawford & Co.
has not publicly announced himself a
candidate for the office of clerk of
the superior court, but friends gave it
out through the Washington Daily
News of February 24th. Mr. Craw
ford is a life-long resident of William
ston, a son of the late Judge W. T.
Crawford, who was clerk of court foi
many years.
Hugh G. Morton, attorney, has an
ncunced himself, at the morning ses
sion of the recorder's court and thru
the columns of the Enterprise for the
office of solicitor of the county re
corders court. Mr. Horton has been
practicing law here for several years,
having come here from Hertford
County.
Everetts Woodmen
Have Good Meeting
The Everetts Camp, M. W. A., No.
15,642, held a special meeting Mon
day night, March 1, with a good num
ber in attendance. A very good and
interesting meeting was enjoyed by
all.
After the meeting those present,
which numbered between 35 and 40
enjoyed a delightful oyster supper,
sandwiches being served to those who
did not care for oysters. Every «ne
declared he had thorough enjoyed the
ynpa«t- ——i
Next Monday night is the regular
meeting night, and it is hoped there
will be a good number to attend
Every member of the camp is urged
to be present, as those who missed
the meeting last night mTssed n treat.
Mr. L. J. Chapman and children,
Miss Marie and Loyd Chapman, of
Grifton, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Williams Sunday.
Mesdames S. S. and Walter Bailey,
of Everetts, were in town Saturday.
sifted, but no trace of anything of
that nature could be found. This,
coupled with the crushed head,
raised suspicion and Hyman was
arraigned before Magistrate John
Hines, but nothing of material
evidence could be gathered. Cor
oner Edwards reports the case as
one of murder.
Staton was a hard-working
man, making his living by ditch
ing and cutting wood, making as
high as $lO and sl6 per day, and
it is believed that he had quite a
sum of money in his home, as he
did no business with tanks. He
was never married but lived alone
in his own home.
Rescind Action Freeing
Fair Grounds From
County Tax
The Hoard of County Commissioners
met yesterday with all members pres
ent. Shortly after the meeting was
called .1 delegation of women was re
ceived. The womtri were heard con
cerning an appropriation for a home
demonstration u nit; and then a vote
was taken Upon the motion of T. Bog
Slade. jr.,, seconded by H. M. Hurras,
that Martin County appropriate S9OO
for the salary and expenses of a home
deJvon.sUatioii sikoni, the Federal and
State department.- to double that a
mount, giving us t.uproximately sl,-
800, the agent to begin work immedi
ately, The motion carried and th« ap
propriation was oi Jtred.
Reubin t-pollar asked to be reim
bursed £1 for dou tax, listed through
error in 1925, and this was done.
' W. A, Stocks and Harmon Coffield,
by order of the board, were admitted
to the cure of the county home.
J. G. Hurnhill' Jljwved that C. L). Car
stnrphen, co\u)ty treasurer, be author
ised to lend Mrs. C. B. Hassell the
turn of $6,500 upon the execution of
a mortgage on real estate in William
son, the iounty attorney to oass on
the title. It was passed to make this
loan, the money to come from the
sinking fund of Martin County.
Tho order which was passed at a
1 rev ous session to release the Roan
oke I'aii Association from the pay
ment of taxes on the ground that it
was fen agricultural fair and as such
benefited the county, was rescinded
until a later date upon motion of Mr.
tmnhill and seconded by Mr. Hop
kins.
Nail In Child's Throat
For Seven Weeks
About seven weeks ago the 3-year
okl girl of Mr. I'. L>. Manning, of R.
}\ l>., No 2, Williamston, while play
ing with a hand full of No. 4 wire
nails fell backwards and swallowed
omToTTKeWn The parents, however,
did not know that she had swallowed
it and in a few days the child had a
case of pneumonia and was treated
by l)r. Vernon Ward. While it re
covered somewhat, it did not recuper
ate as expected. Yesterday Mrs. Man
ning told the doctor about the child
playing with the nails and he at once
suspected that it might be the trouble
with th! child. He sent the little girl
to Dr. H. 11. York here for examina
tion and the X-ray showed the nail
lodged bead down in her right bron
chial tube.
The parents expect to carry the
child to Dr. Chevlain Jackson, of
Philadelphia, at once for an opera
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Mrs. Gladys Charles and daughters,
Alene and Gladys and son, Harry, of
Grifton, spent Suhday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Williams.
Mrs. C. H. Dickey, who was expect
ed home from Tennessee last Friday,
was delayed on account of a minor
illness. She is expected some time
this week.
Entertaining Church Officials
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Anderson are
entertaining the board of deacons of
the Memorial Baptist Church, as well
as Rev. C. H. Dickey, pastor, Dr. Jno.
D. Biggs, treasurer of the church, and
Mr. J. S. Seymour, superintendent of
the Sunday school, at dinner tonight
at their home in New Town.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
FEBRUARY POOR
MONTH FOR CUPID
Only Fourteen ,Couple*—Six White
And Eight Colored—Apply for
Marriage License*
February was a very poor wedding
month in Martin County; only half a
marriage a day was the record. Six
white and eight colored couples se
were 18, perhaps 18 represents all
between 15 to 18. Eighteen and
twenty-five seem to be the most pop
ular ages • for women, as nearly all
under 18 raise their age up to that
figure, and all those between 25 and
40 come down to 26.
Licenses were issued during Febru
ary to the following:
White
Raymond H. Harrison, 20; Eloim
I Stella, 18.— ■■ m
Gussie Kogerson, 24; Vida Rogers,
18.
Willie Wynn, 21; Crissie B. Cratt,
26.
-.Willie Thompson, 21; Gertrude Lil
ley, 18.
Daniel R, Barber, 21; Essie Perry,
18.
Lonnie Wynn, 40; Virginia 0. Wynn.
21.
Colored
Wesley Shields, 22; Annie G. Thomp
son, 18.
James Dolberry, 21; Lengree Brown
18.
George Fell, Beaufort County, 22,
Lenora Whitfield, 17.
I Herbert Spruill, 21; Sarah L. Bur
nett, 18.
George Purvis, 20; Lillie Williams,
20.
Uriah Rhodes, 26; Munza Wiggins,
21.
John Best, 30; Lila Council, 22.
Paul Harrell, 21; Gatsy Williams,
18.
Local Man Associated
With Ashville Realtors
111 our issue of today we are car
rying a letter from Mr. B. R. Barn
j hill, who has recently associated him
self with the real estate firm of Pat
terson and DeVebree, of A.sheville.
Air. liarnluU ha* been in Florida and
Virginia Beach—both places where
real estate is on the boom —but there
is no place like "The Land of the
Sky,' so he says, and the fact that
the peak of high prices has not been
reached in that section makes him
feel sure that there are many good
"buys" that can be found. Florida is
a place for the dead of winter, but
Asheville—in fact, all western Caro
lina —is a place for spring, summer,
tnd fall, giving it a 3 to 1 advantage
over Florida. And in all season the
| mountains are so lovely that they
make ideal locations for homes.
Mr. Barnhill's company is selling
, "Montford Hills," one 'f the
tiest and most progressive suburbs of
Asheville.
He was accompanied by Asheville
by Messrs. Hubert Morton and Theo
dore Hassell. Mr. Morton, who ha«
returned to spend a few days at home,
prior to taking up his residence in
Asheville, says it's just beyond his
power of description to toll of the
wonderful activity there.
New Telephone Co.
Assumes Management
Yesterday, March Ist, the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Co. assumed
the management of the local and
Plymouth telephone exchanges, which
they purchased about two weeks ago
Mr. Carter Darrow, of the traffic
department, is in town each day, work
ing out changes for,that department.
Mr. Hines, general manager of the
Tarboro district—the Carolina com
' pany now having five districts— is
1 also here making examination and
1 plans for the improvements which will
' be started on at once. They will also
make a change in the billing depart
1 ment, the bill being payable one
' month in advance.
! Town Team Wins
Ahoskie Series
) What has really been a champion
ship series between Williamston and
j Ahoskie was completed last Friday
I night, Williamston winning the last
of a five game series by the score of
30 to 24, giving her only a six point
lead in the five games.
The teams are very nearly evenly
> matched, and they have played some
r very interesting games.
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Dr. L. R. Mobley and mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Mobley, of New York City,
and Mrs. Ida L. Froehlick, of Califor
nia, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mobley
e last week. Dr. Mobley's grandparents
f went from Cross Roads Township to
1 Michigan. This is his first visit to
»• the home of his father's.
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t Mrs T. A. Peed visited Mrs. O. B.
t Holllngsworth in Wftliamsten Satur
day afternoon. Jfc#"