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VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 24
SCHOOL ENDS MOST
SUCCESSFUL TERM
Cleeing Exercises Held at City Hall
Last Friday Night; Judge Win
atan Makea Addreas
▲t the city hall laat Friday night
the closing exercises for the 1926 term
of the WiUiamston high school were
held. Prof. J. S. Seymour was mas
ter of ceremonies, and Judge Francis
D. Winston, of W anarip the
address to the graduating class and
their friends.
Cecil Taylor was valedictorian for
the claaa of 1926 and he made a few
appropriate remarks closing the chap
ter of their high-school days. Lucile
Haasell, the youngest member of her
claaa and probably the youngest grad
uate from the WiUiamston High School
salutatorian for her class, made an
address of welcome to their friends.
The fifth grade B went the cup for
having made the most points in a
.contest for taking care of school room
and school grounds. Miss Mary Grady
Gorki? made a little speech of accept
ance Which attracted the admiration of
all who heard her.
The seventh gra]e was presented a
cup by the athletic associaton for
having the most pupils out to all ath
letic practices. V «
Professor Seymour presented cer
-tificates of entrance to high school to
19 young people who have finished the
elementary work. Certificates of at
tendance and attainment were given to
a number of pupils. The number of
children who received these certificates
indicate in a measure the high morale
of the school which Professor Seymour
assisted by Mrs. Harrell and his abl«
corps of teachers have been able to
maintain. Two pupils from the sec
ond grade, Grace Manning and Billy
Gtfflln, received honorable mention
fb* having been on the honor roll for
two years, the length of their school
days. To make the honor roll these
little folks had to have perfect at
tendance, do creditable work, and
maintain • high standard of behavior.
Another noteworthy instance was
three certificates going into one home;
every child in school from the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Holloman received
a certificate, two for attendance and
oao for attainment.
Mr. Bsr—or introduced Judge Win
ston in a few appropriate words.
Judge Winston's subject might have
boon called "Proper Mixture." He
said there is nothing new in the
world. We have the same earth and.
skies that Adam saw in the first
dawn of the age; the same wind and
water; yet they have undergone many
changes and gone through man>
forms of development.
The mixture of materials changes
mountains into monuments. The mix
tare of mind and matter transforms
man from the helpless stage to the
helpful stage in life. That as the
bringing together the materials of the
sarth and making proper mixtures
form atatues of liberty, so when flesh,
blood, and brain are developed then
wa have the duly proportioned man
or woman.
The speech was perhaps not quite
up to the judge's old-time standard
for entertainment and fun, but it jvas
loaded down with good advice and
great truths and was much enjoyed.
John W. Green To Go In
Grocery Business Here
John W. Green, one of the most
prominent young farmers of this coun
ty, has bought the grocery business
formerly run by John A. Manning, and
Is now enlarging his stock and pre
paring to give the public of William-
Ston another up-to-date grocery. Mr.
Green is very popular here and
throughout the county and will give
the people the service that they ex
pect of him.
Mr. Green is a capable business man
and thoroughly courteous gentleman,
and Williamston welcomes him.
STRAND
THEATRE
TUESDAY
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Mr. J. C. Coston, of Hendersonville,
whose photograph appears above, will
be the song leader at the Methodist
church in a special evangelistic meet
ing, beginning Sunday, May 23, and
running through the first Sunday in
June.
Mr. Coston is well known in thi.
section of North Carolina, having led
BEGIN IMPROVING
TELEPHONE LINES
Carolina Telephone Co. Has Built
Doable Circuit to Tsrboro; I'lan
Rebuilding of Switchboard
The Carolina Telephone & Tele
graph Co., which bought the switch
boards and toll lines of the Willam
ston Telephone Co., and has operated
them since March 1, are rebuilding
the toll lines.
They have already built a new pole
line from Tarboro to Williamston and
installed two copper circuits and have
so built it that they can transpose it
into a phantom group at any time,
forming another circuit, which will
make three first-class long distance
lines from Williamston to all points
to the north, south and west.
They are now building a new pole
line to Plymouth, which will be equip
ped with a good copper line. They
are also building two copper circuits
to Windsor, Aulander, Ahoskie, Win
ton, Koduca, and Gatesville.
The company is using the best ma
terials known. Mountain locust poles,
creosoted pine cross arms, and hard
drawn copper wire. No one can tell
the life of such a line, yet there is
no doubt but that it will be in perfect
order a quarter of a century from
now, with a probability that it will be
standing and doing good service 60
years hence, unless the traffic grows
to such an extent that it will have to
be rebuilt to stand an increased wire
load.
The Norfolk & Carolina Co., will run
a line from Edenton to Windsor, ovei
the new bridjfe, where they will con
nect with the Carolina company;
The local company is also planning
to rebuild the Williamston exchange
immediately.
The new Carolina company grew
out of the old Carolina company and
the Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
which was partly owned by the Sou
thern Bell Co. which is a subsidiary of
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., which owns the Southern Bell
stock and while the new Carolina com
pany is a (2,000,000 corporation, own
ing some 40 exchanges in eastern Car
olina, extending from Fayetteville to
Winton, and from Oxford to More
head City, it is a part of the great
American company, which owns one
fourth of the Carolina stock, and is
one of the world's greatest corpora
tions, with property assets of more
than a billion and a half dollars.-
With the lines known
to the telephone world and the out
side affiliation with the American com
pany this section of the State Will
have telephone service second to no
place on earth.
Greenville Girl I*
Jefferson Election
Miss Hernia E. 'Long, of Greenville,
has bean nominated a candidate in the
Thomas Jefferson Centennial Election.
She is the only candidate nominated
up to date in this immediate section,
and as there is no local candidate tho
people of Martin County who donate
to the memorial fund will probably
want* to give their support to Miss
I**.
To do this the contributions should
fee deposited in the National Bank of
Greenville on or before June 18th.
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WiUiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 21,1926
the song service for special protract
ed services at Williamston, h imilton,
Robersonville, and Plymouth. Martin
County has been blessed in a .special
way by the services of this gif.ed gos
pel singer. Those who know him are
glad to see him return to the county,
and everybody is invited to hear him
at the Methodist Church.
Woman's Club To
' Meet Wednesday
The regular meeting of of (he
Woman's Club wil be held ext
Wednesday. The president, s.
Biggs, and Mrs. Wheeler Ma. r,
jr., have recently returned fi it
the State convention and will h. t
reportsnthat will be of interest to
all the membera and a good at
tendance is expected.
Vacation Bible School
Is Doing a Great Work
The vacation liible school now going
on in our town closes its first week
today. Those who have ofJserved the
working of the school are delighted.
There are more than a dozen wo
men and a few men of the town who
have laid aside their own work for
the time and are putting their very
best efforts to promote the good of
the town—not the streets, trees,
houses, and churches, but better, the
children of the town—that upon which
all other things are based.
We will have a good town or a bud
town, according to the . training we
give the children. More than 100 are
attending this Bible School.
The question of cost, so far as *>ll
work goes, is nothing. All the work
ers give their time free. Some email
items of equipment and a number of
books necessary are the only cost, an.l
will be provided for by free-will con
tributions.
If every citizen in town—with or
without children—could And time to
aUent and nee Ujg-gaod, work, thera
woulrf be no trouble to get "a small
contribution from every person in
town.
2,790 Pounds Poultry
Loaded Yesterday
2,790 pounds of chickens were load
ed and sent away from Williamston
yesterday. The amount paid for them
was |691, so County Agent T. B.
Brandon reported to us today. There
were few young chickens sold, most
of them being old ones, and were sold
by people who are culling their flocks.
Confirmation Class
Meeting Thursday
Members of the confirmation clans
of the Church of the Advent met on
Thursday night in the rectory for the
instruction period. Mr. Pardo wishes
to announce that the class will
each Tuesday and Thursday night, at
7.45 until further notice.
Sunday Services
At Riddicks Grove
Therfe will be services at Riddick*
Grove Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend.
Christian Church
Services Sunday
Sunday school, 9.45 a. m.
Morning service, 11 a. m.
There will be no evening service, but
the pastor asks that members unite
in the service at the Methodist church,
where a revival begins.
WEEKLY SUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON
May 23.— "Iaaacind His Wells."
—Gen. 26:12-25.
By C. H. DICKKY
The scene opens with Isaac, Abra
ham's son, moving about over the ter
ritory which his celebrated father once
occupied.
Isaac is rich and prosperous. So
many of the men of God are Wealthy
in the Scriptures: Abraham, Isaac,
David, Solomon, and Others. There is
nothing wrong with this. In the old
en days it was looked upon as being
a special token of God's favor to one
who was blessed with earthly goods.
And to be sure, if on* faithfully prac
tices the precepts of the' Scriptures,
it does tend to plenty. Frugality,
economy, truthfulness, integrity, hon
esty, and consideration for others
does not bring evil In its train, but
rather good.
There can be no inherent wrong in
wealth. It may begotten wrongly,
it may be hoarded oA«ccount of wrong
motives; it may be spent unwisely;
but in the having of wealth there is
no dishonor, although Andrew Car
negie said it was a wime to die rich
and proceed od-to give away the bulk
of his fortune before he died. And
there never was a time when rich meh
were giving so liberally. They ah'
feel that while the world about them
is suffering in ignorance, sickness and
pain that it is not human to hoard
eternally. So, they aft giving in large
terms for humaaiUli}n and religious
purposes. Think of what Carnegie,
Rockefeller, Welch, Hershe.y, Duke,
and others have been doing in recent
years.
Then Isaac appears as a peaceful
man. The Philistine# pressed him for
the flrat wells he dug and for the sec
ond. He gave way tc them and went
on to dig other well*. To some, thir.
may seem cowardly 1* Isaac. But he
seems to have imbibed a good deal
from the great old man who was hi.*
father. Abraham one time said, "We
be brethren," and "Let there be no
strife between thee and me." And,
after all, isn't this better? It is not
cowardly to honoraWy avoid a fuss
and probable trouble. Rather than
contend with hia opponents, he went
on to other wuUn. Attl he found other
wells. God does not leave a man by
himself when he is trying to do right.
The wells which Isaac finally found
and kept were the old wells which
Abraham had used. Years before
Abraham had dug and used them. But
after hia death, enemies had filled
them up with stones and earth. Now,
Isaac finds them and opens them ano
drinks from them and waters his flock
and lives by them.
"6ld wells," how much that sug
gests to us. Isaac found that the old
wells were better. Perhaps-it is true
that what iB old is generally better.
The preacher suggested that there was
nothing new, anyway, under the sun
Science has flooded the world with its
hosts of new inventions and discover
ies, and we have been blessed greatly.
But if we had to make a choice be
tween what is new in the world and
what is old possibly we would all
chooso the old.
Water was the first drink and is
still the best. Prayer has always
been employed in religion, and we
could not discard It. Hope, faith, and
charity are as old as the hills. Old
friends, old books, these we would not
yeTTnqulSK.''
It iB a rare gift to be able to sift
the world and to take from it what
is good and to leave alone what isfoss
worth while.
Isaac stood by the old wells of his
father. We shall always And, I think,
that the old verities in religion are
the best —faith, hope, love, prayer—
these can never be superseded. This
is not discountenancing whatever of
good may be found among the new.
But it is calling attention to the fact
that some things are as old as the
sun; and that when the stars turn
pale and die out in the sky these
qualities and virtues will shine as the
stars for ever and ever.
Roberson ville Pastor
At Baptist Church
Sunday morning Kev. Mason, of
Robersonville, will exchange pulpits
with Rev. C. H. Dickey, pastor of
the local Baptist church.
The people will be please with this
opportunity of hearing Mr. Mason
for he has spoken here before and
has many friends.
It is hoped that the people will give
Mr. Mason a splendid audience Sun
day morning.
There will be no service at the Bap
tist Church Sunday night, on account
of the revival which begins at the
Methodiat Church. It is the desire of
the pastor that the people of his
church give loyal support and
ation to the Methodists as they begin
their evangelistic campaign. When
our own meeting was in progress, a
very great number of them were with
us. We want to do as much for them.
Preparing for Children's
Clinic Here Next Week
Misa Genevieve Sykes is busy
putting the upper rooms of the old
Peoples Bank Building in order
for a hospital to be used next*
week when hundreds of children
will be operated on, principally
for removal of tonsils and ade
noids.
Dr. Carter, of Washington, will
be surgeon in charge, and sever
al doctors and nurses from the
■* State Board of Health will be in
attendance.
The building will be converted
into a fully equipped hospital for
treating the diseases mentioned.
Miss Sykes says she has receiv
ed many applications.
RED CROSS HOLDS
DISTRICT MEETING
Kepresentatives From All Over Kast
Carolina at Windsor Meeting
Wednesday
The regional meeting of the Red
Cross Society, which was held in
Windsor Wednesday, was a great suc
cess. There were representatives from
chapters all over eastern Carolina.
Dr. J. D. Biggs, chairman of the
Martin County chapter, and Mrs.
Biggs represented the chapter at the
meeting Wednesday.
The Kobersonville chapter was one
of the best-represented societies pres
ent and made one of the best re
ports heard.'-
Hon. Francis D. Winston presided
over the morning session, at which
time Mr. Pepper, from Red Cross
headquarters at Washington, D. C.,
made an interesting and instructive
speech.
v Dr. John D. Biggs presided over the
afternoon session. The reports were
heard. Miss Marion Crawford, of
Greensboro, talked on the children's
work, and Miss Perry told of the work
done by a junior Ked Cross chapter
in Northampton County.
The meeting was enjoyable from
start to finish. The visitors especi
ally enjoyed the whole-souled hospi-
their hosts and hostesses. A
delicious lunch was served at the nooui
hour.
Editor Not Candidate
For Coroner of Halifax
We gladly accept the apology and
freely forgive our neighboring friend
and contemporary, the Scotland Neck
Commonwealth for its error in an
nouncing the name of the editor of
this paper as a candidate for the office
of coroner of Halifax County.
No, thank you, we are not a can
didate for coroner of Halifax nor any
other county at this writing. We
don't crave the job; and, being a news
paper man, of course we do not need"
the money. T
Of course, a few of our subscribers
are almost as slow as death, yet we
have no desire to force them into an
inquest.
We thank you, Brother .Smith, for
pulling our name from the masthead
of the coroner's column.
Intermediate Epworth
League Is Organized
"" TKelnte'iWedlaEe Epworth " league
was organised Wednesday night, May
19. The following officers were elect
ed:
President: Mary Carstarphen.
Vice president: Julia Ward.
Secretary: Johnnie Edmondsipi.
Treasurer: Margaret Brit ton.
Epworthian agent: Mary Alice Dun
ning.
Departmental superintendents:
No. 1. Margaret Rogerson.
No. 2: Grace Whitley.
No. 3. Hibbl# Liverman.
No. 4. Dillon Col}b.
Meetings will be held every Wed
nesday night from 7:26 to 7:50
Head-On Collision Near
Jamesville Wednesday
Rev. Wicker,, of Tarboro, while driv
ing to Plymouth Wednesday afternoon,
ran head-on into the Chevrolet road
ster of Mr, W. H. Hines, alno of Tar
boro, district manager of the Carolina
Telephone & Telegraph Co., damaging
both earn considerably, although neith
er of the drivers were hurt.
Mr. Hines was on his way to Vvil
liamston from Plymouth. Rev. Wick
er was about 3 miles below Jamesville
when he met a car. As he passed by
he swung too far to thǤ left and ran
head-on into the Hein's car, which wa#
following, and turned it over.
From the appearances of the wreck
each of the drivers owe much to good
fortune that they were not seriously
injured as well as damaging their
cars.
Cutting across a road when the dust
is so thick that you can not see is a
very langerous thing.
County's Candidate
For Representative
We present the above picture of Mr.
Alphonso Everett, of Palmyra, who is
a candidate for representative to the
General Assembly of North Carolina
from Martin County.
Mr. Kverett is not a politician. He
is a farmer, fefth by nature an.l u
doption, and has proven himself one
of Martin County's most successful
farmers. He both lives on the frrm
and works on the farm.
He is a Democrat by preference and
also by inheritance, being the son ot
the late Justis Everett, who was a
Democrat of the old school.
Mr. Everett is a graduate of the
State University and while he ha> not
been engaged in political affairs Iv
has kept in close touch with the af
fairs of the State and knows the need
of the country. He stands for the
State's progress in education, good
roads and other kindred movements,
administtyed on lines of rigid econo-.
my.
Mr. Everett is the only candidate
for this office so far to file for the
position with the county board of
elections.
New Officers Elected
For Epworth League
The Epworth League held its regu
lar meeting Monday night. Officers
for the coming year were elected as
follows.
President: Martha l,eggett.
Vice president: Mrs. W 11. Booker
Secretary: Martha L. Rogerson.
Corresponding secretary: Hazel Ed
mondson.
Treasurer: Alpha Webb. "H
Era Agent: Sue Leggett.
Departmental superintendent, as
follows:
No. 1: Mary Harrison.
No. 2. Daisy Whitley.
No. 3. Mrs. J. W. Watts, jr.
No. 4. James H. Ward.
Junior superintendent: Mis.- Emma
Robertson
Press agent: Marvin Hritton
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Closing Exercises
Program at A. C. C.
The program for the commencement
exercises of Atlantic Christian Col
lege was received yesterday. There
are quite a number of alumni of this
institution in this county who usually
attend these exercises.
The program follows:
Saturday, May 22, 8.16 p. m.—Lit
erary society program.
Sunday, May 28, 11 a. m.-—liaccii
laureate sermon, President Howard S.
Hilley.
Sunday, May 23, 6 p. m.—Y. W. C.
A. vesper service.
Monday, May 24, 10.3(1 a. m.—Class
day exercises.
Monday, May 24, 3 p. m.—'General
meeting of alumni.
Monday,' May 24, 8.15 p. m.—Pro
gram department of music.
Tuesday, May 26, 10.30 a. m.—Col
lege commencement.
Address by Dr. E. D; Soper, Duke
University, Durham, N. C.
Tuesday, May 26, 1 p. m.—Alumni
I banquet.
Tobacco Growers
Face The Facts
At the annual meeting of the mem
bers of the Tobacco Growers Cooper
ative Association in Raleigh on May
18, the election of all but two direc
tors of the Tri-State association were
confirmed by the membership.
President Norwood of th«t associa
tion reported that the association had
not had a successful year, that it had
been obliged to release all of its field
service workers, district and local
graders and all local warehouses and
was selling and leasing some of Its
properties.
Neither the board of director? nor
the members in session at Raleigh
this week took any active step for or
against the receiving of tobacco by the
association during the season of 1926,
but it was stated that this will be re
ferred to the new board for their de
cision at their first official meeting on
June 1.
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ESTABLISHED 1898
LOCAL BOY 12th IN
FRENCH CONTEST
Gives High Rating to French Depart
ment of Williamston School;
1,412 Contestants
Under'the direction of the extension
-division of the University, on April 2t* i>
a State-wide examination was given
to 1,412 high-school pupils, represent
ing 68. schools. From the examina
tion papers submitted the three best
in each school were selected and sent
to the judges.at Chapel Hill for rat
ing, Cecil Taylor, of the Williamston
High School, had the twelfth best pa
per in the State.
Cecil graduated from the high
| school this year and was valedictorian
of his class. He has not only made
first honors in his class work but in
deportment and every phase of school
life. He has been a fine all-round
student.
Among the highest 25 papers only
two came from towns smaller than
Williamston, which proves the effic
iency of our French department un
der Mrs. W. H. Harrell.
Pupils from the Williamston school
have also stood high in French in
entering some of our State colleges
recently.
The towns which produced the 25
best papers, in order, were Kaleigh,
Chapel Hill, Wilmington, Asheville
Greenville, Statesville, Graham, Green
ville, Wilmington, Kaleigh, Lumber
ton, Williamston, Winston-Salem, Is
lington, Charlotte, Statesville, Ashe
ville, - Kockingham, Henderson, Wil
mington, Fast Durham, Charlotte,
Greenville, Rockingham, und Reids
ville.
It will be noted that both Green
ville and Wilmington schools had
three papers- in the 25 best, while
Rockingham, Asheville, Statesville,
and Raleigh each furnished two, which
reflects the good work of the -French
departments in these schools.
One thing which at some time in
the distant past would have been a
surprise, hut which is now the usual
thing, was the fact that among the
25 leaders !i of them were by boys,
while 20 were by girls, a ratio of 20
per cent honors to boy students to
80 per cent honors to girl students.
The test especially involved mem
ory, concentration, and ability to pay
| very ctose Htu-mUtfi to detail, al
though it gave evidence of inteili
| gence of a very superior grade.
Distinguished Visitors
~ To Be Here June 6th
The Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D.
D., Bishop of Fast Carolina,- who is
making a tonr of the greater part of
the United States in the interest of
evangelism in the Fpiscopal Church,
is expected to return to the' State
about June I. The first Sunday in
June Hishop Darst will visit the
Church of the. Advent, Williamston,
and St. Martins Fpiscopal Church, at
Hamilton, the rector, Rev. C. O. I'ardo.
announces. _
9 Another interesting visitor to Wil
liamston on that date will be the
Rev. J. W. I,oaring Clark, D. 1)., of
New York City, who is the general
evangelist of the Fpiscopal Church in
the United States. Dr. Clark is na
tionally known as a preacher of un
usual force. For years he was the
rector of St. I'au{s Fpiscopal Church.
Chattanooga, Tenn., where his force
ful preaching was recognised. For
tKte m'traiic'm'wir"
a member of the national commission
on evangelism and is today the only
general missioner of the Fpiscopal
Church. Dr. Clark will preach here in
the Episcopal church Sunday night,
June 6.
Baits Trap for Mouse;
Catches 5-Foot Snake
Last Sunday afternoon Mrs. J. S.
Rhodes, while reading in her boudoir,
heard a mousetrap click that she had
set that morning.
She expected a poor little innocent
mouse to squeak his4ast refrain, and
did not make any move to get away,
for a mouse in a trap is nothing to -
be feared. Hut soon an awful flap
ping was heard, and she loked under
the bed where the trap- had been set.
There was a chicken-eater snake, 5
feet long. Theodore Roberson, wfio
was passing by, was called in and as
sisted in the last rites for the snake,
whose head was caught in the
mouse trap.
Methodist Program
For The Next Week
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.—E. P.
Cunningham, superintendent.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Junior Epworth League at 2,80 p.
m.
Preaching at Vemon 3.30 p. nt.
Senior Epworth League Monday at
7.30 p. m.
Intermediate League Wednesday at
7.26 p. m.
Special services through the week at
8 p. o.