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VOLUME 29—NUMBER 34 South Norfolk » Man in Wreck Here Thursday Too Much liquor Only Explanation Offered For Bad Smash Too much liquor was the only ex planation that a Mr. Lawrence, from South Norfolk, Va„ could give as the cause for hia automobile accident yes terday, when he dashed through the fence at the James Everett farm, on the Hamilton road, and landed in a ditch. —■="- - -?=- It was thought at first that he waa dead, but the strong smell of liqaor and the faint pulse beat gave hopes to the possere-by that the shock com bined with hia drunken stupor was the only trouble. Mr. W. A. Cherry, of the State Highway Department, brought him here to Dr. York for examination, where it was found that he had re ceived a pretty hard blow on the side of the head which had stunned him, and that he was well under the in fluence of liquor. The greatest need of the patient was a long nap, which he was allowed to take. Mr. LawVence is about 30 years old, a native of Bertie County. He Car ried in Martin, but now lives in South Norfolk* and is a man of ftne reputation. It itt understood that he ia not a drinking man ordinarily, and this time he fell, through foolish friendship. Everett-Norton A marriage which came as a sur prise to their friends here and Ply mouth, where the bride made her home until a few months ago, occur red Wednesday evening in Greenville, when Miss Kite Norton and Mr. James Robert Everett were married in the Methodist Parsonage by Rev. Jones, of the Greenville M. E. Church, South. They were accom panied to Greenville by Miaa Prances Gurganua and Mr. Carroll White, of Washington, who witnessed the aim pie ceremony. Mrs. Everett ia the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Norton, and ia a very popular young lady of the younger set here. Mr. Everett, who is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Everett, ia very popular with a hosl of friends in thia section. He is a farmer and also operator of a mill located a short dis tance from Williamaton. They left yesterday for Norfolk and Virginia Beach, where they will spend some time. Upon their return home, they will be at home at Mr. Everett's country home on the Ham ilton-Williamston highway, TO INCREASE STOCK WITHIN THE NEXT SRVfifUL DAYS The Norfolk Undersellers, who qre selling the Anderson Crawford stock »f merchandise, announce that they have Just bought the bankrupt atock of John A. Rose and company of Henderaon, N. C. The atock of gooda inventoried SIOO,OOO and the fixtures are valued at 118,000. They state that they ex pect to bring the merchandise to Wil liamatpn in a few days where it will be sold at attractive figures, Charleston Contest To Be Put On Here There will be a Charleston contest in the old town very aoon It will take place at the Strand Theatre and four of the beat "Charieatonera" will perform. They are all locale, too. M watch for the date. STRAHrv TIMTMI J Do Not Forget— SATURDAY 26th The Radio Will Be GIVEN AWAY Between Shows Ansther chance will ha give* yea until • o'clock. Winner Mast Re Preaent Program includes Western, Comedy, and Serial. THE ENTERPRISE Woman's Club to Amend i By-Laws to Conform to Federated Club Program Potato Growers Have Good Year Eastern Carolina growers of potatoes are having a good sea son, in spite of the late frost and very dry weather. Thia ap plies to most of the potato belt, only a few exceptions being found. Aurora, the leading center, has already shipped nearly 900 carloads and will make it a thousand cars before the aeason ends, which means about 20ft,MO barrels, and will bring to the farmers in the Aurora section almost a million dollars. The prices for this week around Aurora have ran from $5.75 to 6.25 per harrell for the best stock; off grades being from 50 cents to II lower. North Carolina shipped 294 etrs Wednesday, being exceed ed by only one State, Virginia, which shipped 311 cars. Okla homa waa third with 93 cars. S. S. Meet At Robersonville Was Held Wednesday and Thursday; Big: Attendance The annual aeaaion of the Martin County Sunday Schol aaaociation waa held Wednesday and Thursdayjat Rob ersonville. The program consisted of lectures by Mr. D. W. Simma and Mi»B Daiay McGee, of Raleigh. They were full of good thought and to the point on Sunday school needs and Sunday school work. Mr. Slmma happen* to know so much about life itself that he can hook his audience up to the heart of a proposition, giving them the close personal touch that is so essential for leadership, especially in the Sunday school, where officers and teachers come before children, the best judges of human nature, of right and wrong, and of deception in the world. Miss McGee is equally good in hei line of specialty. The sessions of the association were all well attended by the Sunday schools in Robersonville aa well as by other Sunday schools of the county. The attendance pennant was won by the Williamston Christian Sunday school. The ladies of Roberaonville served an elegant dinner on the grounds Thursday, The next meeting "*>f the Associa tion will be held at Everetta, in the Christian Church, Sermon Subjects at Memorial Baptist "Chief obstructions to Kingdom Progress" will be the theme at the Memorial Baptist Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, the sermon subject will be, "The Sins We Have Never Committed." In the morning sermon, the pastor will make an honest effort to catalog the outstanding obstrucions which stand in the way of the "going on" of the Kingdom work. There are many such; but if you were choosing the outstanding ones, and condensing tor a short sermon, which would you choose T At the evening hour, instead of talking about the sine which have bean committed, the pastor will talk about thoee we haven't committed. All of us can say with great rejoic ing, "Thank God for those sins we have never done." An effort is being made to give to the people who attend these services matter of mfllitv Substantial thought on live themes, presented in a mini-* mum of time —this is our aim. Out-of-town visitors, aa well as those from other churches, are espec ially welcome. Everetts Baptist Church Sunday Services at the Sunday school, 10:00 a, m. Preaching services, 11:00 a. m. B. Y- P U. meeting, 7:80 p. m. At this time we will have report of the happenings at the State Convention held at Balaigh. Preaching services, 8:19 .p. m. The public is oortHhily invited to at tend all these services. Your presence will be appreciated. ten •' Ml Williamston, Martin Count} 'forth CMha, Friday, June 25,1926 New Program Will Be Voted On at Septem ber Meeting The Woman'a Club in its last meet ing of the summer reviewed several phaaes of work for the future. There waa a good repreaentatin present and no program waa given becauae of the amount of business to be attended to. The reports of the standing com mitees were given. First, Mrs. Dun ning, chairman of the charity com mittee, asked that those who need help and want the club's aid in any charity cases should come to her home every Tuesday from 10 to 11 a. m. instead of the club rooms during the next two montha. This request waa granted. The special committee appointed toi investigate the town sand pit a 8 a suitable place for a swimming pool reported. The city commissioners were seen and they were favorably impressed with the proposition, and though they would not make any def inite answer will probably favor do nating the pit with a reservation of enough apace to have sufficient dirt to fill in the atreeta as needed. The same committee will meet a commit tee from the town to go further into the matter to And out the amount of water tha would be required and oth er details. The committee appointed to change the by-laws to conform to those of the federated clahs made the report below. The only change that was of importance waa the addition of de partments for the study and advance ment of its members. There are 8 departments in the fed eration organisation, but the commit tee selected the following as ones that would best suit our community: Departments and Aims I. American citisenship. A. Make every woman an intelli gent citisen, training through (a) club programs dealing with citlien ship and government; (b) citisenship inatitutea for the whole community; (c) individual atudy and reading; (d) study the adminiatration of law and juatice in the community in order to understand the courae of lawleaaneiia; (e) theatricals and motion picturea. B. Make every woman a voting cit isen : (1) Organise vote compaigna at election timea. (2) Establish headquarters. (8) Uae alogana and atickera for cara, "Vote aa you please, but vote," "Bad men and women are elected by good men and women who do not vote." 11. The American Home. A. Work for the ideal home: (1) Plan home to meet the needs of the family and to At the limitations of the family income. (2) Furnish the home with objects that auit the houae in color, aiie, and atyle. (8) Organise the home ao that the family may have bodily comforta, personal free dom, joy in each other, and in their friend*. "•' * B. Work for a home economica course in the local achool. " C. Education, night schools (infor mation under Smith-Hughes bill): (1) Cooperate with buaineaa and educa tional agenciea in providing oppor tunity for home making training for girls over 14 years of age. 111. Fine arte. A. Muaic. America has the op porunity to become the great musical center of the world if music becomes a part of our lives, not the possession of the high-brow few: (1) Feature community singing in all community activities. (2) Conduct a musk mem ory contest. (3) Observe national music week. (4(Collect folk music of the State. (6) Ask for better mu sic in Sunday school and church. B. Art: (1) In the home. (2) In the achool and community; (a) have exhibits of industrial arte; (b) plan to beautify the town; (c) remove aignboards from highwaya; (d) lec tures on art. C. Literature: (1) Study groupa. IV. Public Welfare. A. Child welfare: (1) Study your community with*respect to the rights of childhood. (2) Promote child health centers, weighing and measur ing children. B. Public health: (1) Familiarise yourself with the ordinances and ac tual activities of your health officers. C. Charity. Standing committees: (1) House; (2) Membership; (8) Social; (4) Fi nance; (K) Press; (6) Program; (7) Legislative. These changes wil be voted on at the September meeting. The election of officers will al«e take place at the ante time. A rersolution was passed, aa fol lows: "Realising that many tourists and 4 The Enterprise Sunday School Lesson in Brief Jane 27.— "What we haw learned from tha BMk of Genesis." V ■ By C. H. DICKEY For three months wa haw studied the Book of Genesis. Had we studied it three years, still we should not have mastered it. But it is a rare privilege to spend so much time on thia book, especially so if the helps studied have been valuable and the teachers good. Thia is review Sunday, and we are to glance over the book to notice the high points we have covered. First, in God in the act of creating the world. These opening assertions in the Book of Genesis constitute a grand poem, the sweep of which ia aa wide as the earth. Here "we look into the mighty workahop of the Cre ator, and aee sun and aysteins flying from anvil of creation Ilk* a parka of fire. And how aublime are {£e state ments. No explanation is offered, aclentiflcally or otherwise. Ged ia cre ating; all thinga had their beginning in Him. Noah cornea in for consideration, as he ia chief in a great event. The world, ao newly created, was soon filled with aln. Every imagination of man waa evil continually. The flood waa sent to destroy the world, leav ing only a few righteoua tfies to re people the world and to start all over once more. But it did not Seem to succeed very well. For it takes some thing more than oceans ef water to wash away the guilt of sin. So God atarta with a family, and Abraham at ita head. Down in the far country where was Urr, there was Abraham in hia environment of sin and idolatry. God chose him and set up a family, and from this time on events concern thema elves largely with thia family which ia, eventually, to give the world ita Redeemer. The flood could not waah «tv*y sin*; neither could the blood of bulla and goata, but "the blood of Jeaus Christ cleanses from all sin." laaac succeeds his noted father. He seemed not to have been an extraor dinary man, but moat of us are not And there was a function for him to, perform. He was a man of peace— He refused trouble with the Philia tinea, and digged again the wells of his father. It ia the old wella of life which atill have the finest currents of life! Next is Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; how familiar theae names. How much they have meant to the religi oua history of the world! Thia Ja cob was a aupplanter, and secured the birthright which wait not his. And in after years, he himself lived to lie deceived. - Our chief intereat in Jacob Ilea in the aona which were hia. There were a dosen of them. But of these twelve as we think of them—Joseph soon i steps to the front in our imaginationa and thoughts, and the future history of the Jewish people ia closely involv ed with him. Despised of his brethren, he wa3 sold into alavery, from which place he rapidly rose to the Prime Minia tership of Egypt. Famine drove the rest of his family to him, and they were settled in Egypt. They both grew, and after a time were a slave nation in that land. But they were atill God'a people; and one day they would be delivered. One day Moaea will go down, under God, and bring them up again, and mighty and atir ring events will take piaee with thia chosen family of the Lord. Methodist Program For The Next Week Sunday school, MS a. m.—E. P. Cunningham, auperintendent. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Junior Epworth League, 2.30 p. m. Services at Vernon, 3.80 p. m. Senior Epworth League Monday at 8 p. m.—Martha Leggett, Supt. Intermediate Epworth League on Thursday at 8 p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at H p. m. visitors come to our town or pass through it to other points and helng conscious of many unsightly spots s long the highways and along other streets: Therefore be it Resolved, the mempera of the Woman'a Club cooperate with the town authorities in building a town beautiful. Mr. A. L. Roebuck, candidate for the office of sheriff, made a short speech to the women of the club. He told them some of the thiaga that he stood for and made a veiy attractive spaeeh from every standpoint FAMOUS ARTIST INSTRUCTS JIL■ '■& flftJ B . JVI JJBnufl Ikteki livKflr William de Leftwich Dodge, famous mural artist, In bin studio" at the the 150 th anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence will be ee ebrated from June, to December, of this year, giving Instruction* to a group »r young artists who are creating the "Rainbow City." Mr. Dodge in the eolor expert for the exposition, and ewjr bit of color work dan* must b« approved by him. N. C. Farmers to Meet in July Many Expected to At tend Conference at State College The annual farmers and farm wo men's convention will, be held at State College at ltaleigh July 27, 28, and 25). Thousands attended from all over the State last year, and a much larg er gathering la expected thia year, ac cording to Secretary J. M. Gay, who ia arranging the program and plans for the meeting. Itwduced railroad rates may be pro cured by writing to the secretary. State College will furnish rooms free, and meals may be had in the college dining hall at 25 cents. It will be a busy convention, where all kinds of information will be giv i en. There will also be time for a | little fun and plenty of recreation. Fifty dollars will be paid in prizes to the beat hog caller in attendance. Firat place will get $25; and second and third -15 and $lO. Smith-Whitley On Wednesday morning at 10.30 at the home of J. L. Haaaell Miss Alice Whitley, of Washington, N. C., was married to Mr. Arthur H. Smith, of Virginia, by Elder Sylvester Hasaell. There were quite a number of peo ple from Washington to witness the ceremony, i Mian Whitley is the youngest datjgh ter of Mrs. Hettie Z. Whitley and the late Benjamin Whitley, of Washing ton, N. C., and the young man is a very promiaing business man of our neighbor State oT Virginia. After the ceremony, amid shower*, of rice and happy felicitations, the bridal party left by motor for Rich mond and other northern poins. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson Died Tuesday Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 the lit tle 4-year-old Bon of Mr. and Mrs. Will Nicholson died following a week's illness of colitis and menin gitia. Everything was done to save the , child that was possible, but nothing availed. He waa buried at the old Nichol son homestead Wednesday afternoon, with Elder Will Grimes conducting the service. QUINN FIIRNITI'RE CO. HAVING A BIG SALE Quinn's Furniture Store In Wash ington ia having one of the biggeat aalea in its history. Great reductions are being made and furniture is being sold positively at a loss. For fur ther information turn to the inside, of this paper, where you will find their ad. Christian Church Sunday Services Sunday school, 9.45 a. m. Morning service, 11 a. m. Evening aervice, 8 p. m. The pastor announces that on ac count of his recent Illness the serv ices will be short, but he hopes to have a good attendance. Drunken Negro Walks Into Car A colored man walked into ■ cur driven by Wiley Sander*, who liven about half way be tween here and Windsor, a» Mr. Sanders wan en route to Wind* Mir yesterday. The man watt MI intoxicated that he K«t into the trouble, but he wan also MO in toxicated that he did not suffer any serious injuries. At iirst it was thought he wax dead, hut when he rallied it w«n found he was practically t). K., except for a bad headache, which the col lision did not give him. Cold Weather Hurts Weevil County Agent Says Sea son Has Been Against 801 l Weevils We passed by the county agent to day and asked for news. He said there was none, exceju he thought everything was safe; that crops were a tittle late but were apparently all right. We made special inquiry about the boll weevil. He said he had seen none, that owing to the long cold spell and late spring he hardly thought they would be this year. ( . Asked about tobacco \worms, he said they were worse than evtrr, both the bud worm aVul horn worm. Speaking of hog cholera he said there was less than at any time since he had been in the county, yet he was treating more hogx than he had treat ed during any 'other season. He thinks the farmers have learned that it is safer to guard against cholera before it strikes than it is to wait and try to cure it after the hogs begin to die. Everetts Woodmen To Meet Monday The regular meeting of the M. W. of A. will be held in the hall at Everetts, Monday night June 28. All members are urged to be present as there is some important business to come up at this meeting. The new semi annual pass word is to be given at this meeting and alt members should be present to get this in order to attend any meeting they have op portunity to attend in some other camp. CARRIES HAMMER IN A PAPER SACK "What you got In your sack" was the question asked "Sallie" Gurkin an he ambled from lunck back to his work. "A hammer" was the reply. A hammer was right, but the answer had to be affirmed, before it could be taken at face value. A thing with a handle and not so troublesome to carry needs not to be wrapped up. In our estimation. No explanation was to be had for peculiarity; so we thought of the lady who was so baahful that ah« put stockiifg on the table lege when her fella came to aee her, and it wai af ter thinking of this that we chanc ed the conversation. ESTABLISHED 1898 2 Killed Over Garage Dispute Near Greenville Two Stancill Brothers Shot to Death Last Night Leland and Wilfred Stancil, broth ers, aged 31 and 23, respectively, sons of I'. T. Stancil, prominent Pitt county farmer, are dead as the re sylt of a shooting atfair which' occur red on the former's farm, four miles from Greenville, about 8 o'clock last night. Edward Evans, 23, and Francis Johnson, 12, half-brothers, -are held in the county jail without bond on the charge of murder. According to reports reaching here the double tragedy was the result of a dispute over the parking rights in a garage located on the farm of Le land Stancil, and where Evans and Johnson also live. The dispute is alleged to have start ed when Evans and Leland Stancil both ttfied to obtain parking room under the .shed simultaneously. Words followed, and a list tight resulted: Evans and Johnson are reported to have gone to their home, located not a great distance from the scene of the shooting, procured their firearms, •a-shot gun and rifle, and then proceed ed to open tire on the two Stancils. Both Stancils were hit by the first volley. They were rushed to a hos pital, but the doctor pronounced both of them dead upon arrival. The arrest of Evans and Johnson followed, and both are held pending an investigation by District Attorn ey Davis ami "Coroner Wilkerson. Otis Briley, a youth in company with the Stancils, was also slightly wounded in the shooting. ' All of the parties are well connect ed and prominent in I'itt county. Leland Stancil leaves a wife and children. Edward Evans was a traveling salesman, representing the Greenville Produce company. He has been com ing to Willianiston on Wednesday of 1 each week for some time and was here last Wednesday. The coroner's inquest will not be completed before tomorrow, Wynne-Andrews » A marriage which came as a sur prise to their friends and one of in terest to friends here and in the sur rounding: counties was that of Miss Vella Andrews and Mr. Frank Karl Wynne, which took place Thursday morning, June 24, at 8 o'clock at the Church ,of the Advent. Rev. Stephen Gardner, rector of St. Peters Church, Washington, officiated in the absence of the bride's pastor, Kev. Panto. Only the immediate families of. the bride and groom were present. Mrs. W. 11. Watts rendered the wedding music, usinj; the bridal chorus from lohengrin as a processional and Men- wedding march as a reces sional. Mrs. Titus Critcher, twin sister of the bride, was her only -attendant. Mr. Bruce Wynne was his brother's best man. , The bride wore a beocmijtg gown of Kfey crepe - ElizabethVith a black picture hat and carried pink roses. „ Mrs. Wynne, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Andrews, is a very fine young woman, and her many friends welcome her home a gain, she having spent the past 18 months in Norfolk, Ya. She gradu ated from the Willianiston High School with honors. Mr. Wynne is the son of Mrs. Lamb B. Wynne and the late Mr. Wynne. He is chief clerk in the lo cal post office and one of the town's most promising young men, being held in high esteem by all those whom he serves in his public office. They are both descendants of old families of this section. They left By motor immediately af ter the ceremony for Asheville and other western North Carolina points. They will return about July first. Carolina Telephone Co. Meeting at Morehead Misses Mary Clyde Leggett and Geneva Cook, operators, John W. Manning, resident manager, Mr. 1. H. Miller, engineer, of Rocky Mount, and Knox Porter, of Tarboro, left this morning for Morehead City, where the Carolina Telephone A Tel egraph Co., is havinit a three- day conference. The company has chartered the Ocean Beach Hotel, and the em ployees will be entertained there. Leaders in all phases of telephone work will lecture and lead the con ferences. Various entertainments have been planned for the gueats and a great time ia looked forward to by them.
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