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Historical Sketches
Of Martin County
ItOBKKT DANIEL, Jr.
Editor of tla- Enterprise;
I am glml to see the interest you
are taking in trying to gather ma
terial for u history' of Martin County,
1 regret that our people have been
negligent so long on this subject. 1
iear we do not care enough lor the
past nor think enough of the future.
1 am venturing a short urticU
which touches an event long foigot
ten, yet of lmpoctancy in its day, uiui
the spirit of which will go down thru
thu ages.
The subject of the story is ltobert I
Daniel, jr„ a young man of r sturdy
habits, honest, ami rugged; and who
knew well the duty to be a man.
He lived on the banks of old Smith
wicks Creek, now called Sweeten Wa
ter Creek, oil a small latin, where the
neighbors were scarce and scattered.
It was a day. when wolves were howl
ing in the forests of this good old
county, then li yearb old.
News traveled slowly—a few stage
coaches passed' the main highway lead
ing north and south. Information
would be given out at the inns along
the wayside, and from there it would
radiate by the spoken word from out 1
settler to another, by horseback or
walking messenger, until the news o7
important events at last reached ull
the people.
There were no newspapers, 'and
while they hail as much elecricity as
wi have now, they hud 110 .electrical
devices and had no way of using it.
They could not listen in iind hear
the voices of others thousands of
miles away.
It was not the custom to go away
K'oni home often, and was unusuul
to see pepple outside of your own
family oftener than once a week when
visits were generally mafle..
The towns then were only tur and
shingle landings on the Koanoke river
and Gardner* 1 Creek. Free schools
were unknown and education was hurd
to get. Vet with all the loneliness,
all the difficulties that lay in the
{pathway of the people of that age
we find a young man that measures
the equal with the munhood of any
age.
The burial place of Kobert Daniel,'
jr., is now unknown; nor is it known |
where nor how he died, whether of
, hardship and disease or whether his
brave heart was pierciKl by a British
bullet. But -ove do know that the
Statue of Liberty wluch guards New
York harbor stands upon the ground
that he helped make free; we know
that the base of the Washington mon
ument rests upon he and his com
rades, who held up the hands of the
immortal Washington until the con
flict was over. We know that our
own freedom and the democracy of
the world was bought by such Ameri
cans us Kohett Daniel, jr., who was
willing and had no time to lose in
going, not to defend that which he
already had but to earn for us arid
for others a freedom that we all cher
ish and enjoy.
I am attaching a copy of the will
of Robert Daniel, jr., which is now
recorded in will book No. 1, of Mar
tin County, at page 78, and is per
haps the only nuncupative will record
fed in our county.
A. READER.
t Williams ton, N. C., July 1, 1926.
The attached will follows,
"State of North Carolina,
"Martin County.
"Personally appeared before me,
Samuel Smithwick, one pf the justices
assigned to keep the peace in the
said county, Robert Daniel, sen., Wil
liam Daniel, and Mary Daniel; and
after being sworn on the Holy Evan
gelist of God, depose th and sayeth
that on or about the 27th day of No
vember, in the year 1780, at the time
when Robert Daniel, Junr., was go
ing into the service; that he, pie said
Bobert Daniel, Junr. called on them
to take notice, he not having time
tmd opportunity to make his will in
wntHfHtf that his will and desire was,
' Irn mm he should die before he re
tamed, |bet Us estate should be dis
% f*** *** following Manner and!
to his beloved fath-
, in the Kitchen
\ Famous Cooks /
DOLLING UP THE HUMBLE
POTATO
four Unusual Ktcipet by Four
i Famous Cooks
Don't think that utter you've
served potatoes mashed,
creamed, and fried you've put
them through all their paces.
You don't have to begin re
peating the old
st o ry. There
are many de
lightful ways
of preparing
the humble
spud,as several
famous cooks
have diacov-
M " s ® KLL " ered. They ac
* RAr tually glorify
this homely American vege
table!
Tamalpah Potato et
Tamalpala Potatoes. Doesn't the
very name make your mouth water?
This delicious (llsh, prepared from
left-over potatoes, Is a favorite with
Mrs. lielie De Qraf, San Francisco
home eoonomlos counsellor and
writer.
Chop fine S cups oold boiled pota
toes. Add H cap of cream, and salt
and pepper to taste. Pack very sol
idly In buttered custard cups, or
muffin pans. Set In a pan In a very
hot oven. Bake to minutes, or until
golden brown orust has formed
whloh will hold the potatoes to
gether. Turn out In Individual
molds.
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Baked Potato "Tip*"
Mrs Barali T. Rorer, Philadelphia
cooking expert, adds two or three
artful touches to baked potatoes
which make them taste unusually
good.
"After scrubbing; large, perfeat po
tatoes, I soak them an hour In oold
water.'* she says,
"1 bake them on the upper grate
•f a medium oven, and turn them
after 20 minutes. 1 let them bake
another half hour, or until they feel
soft when pressed In a napkin.
"Never try them with a fork, for
this allows the steam to escape and
makes them heavy. Servo In a nap
kin at onoe. ~y~*
"The secret of good baked pota
toes !» a slow oven; for a hot' oven
hardens the skin at ohoe and makes
the potatoes soggy."
Stuffed and Browned
Miss Margaret Allen Hall, nutri
tion expert at the Battle Creek Col
lege of Home Economlos, has a de
cided preference for stuffed potatoea.
■he Axes them like tlit£:
6 medium-slsed potatoea
ft cup milk or cream
I tableepoonfula butter
1 teaapt*>n salt
Seleot well-shaped potatoes about
euual alee. Bake until soft, then out
or break each potato at about the
middle. Remove the contents, mash,
add salt, butter, and sufficient areata
or milk, to cause the potato to beat
up light. When very light, fill skins
with the aeaaoned potato, piling it
up In Irregular ahapea. Set the
potatoes In oven a few min
ute* to brown.
a Im Pitttburgh
Mr*. Kate Brew Vaughn, home
•oonomlca director, of Los Angeles,
teaches cooking to
•very year. Her Pittsburgh Pota
toea are rich enough to eervo as the
only cooked luncheon dlah, she aaya.
if served with a good salad they
"Item: He gave to his beloved
brother, James Daniel, the land and
plantation whereon he dwells. '
"Item: He desired that all the rest
and residue of hiß estate should be
equally divided amongst all his broth
ers and siaters.
"Sworn before me the eighteenth
Uay of August, to the year of our
family oftener than one a week when
"ROBERT DANIEL.
"WILLIAM DANIEL.
"MARY DANIEL—X.
{Her mark.)
* "SAML. SMITHWICK, I. 9."
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
I'nder and by virtue of the power
( f sale contained in that certain deed
of trust dated Ist day of January,
191&, to the undersigned trustee, exe-
Printing
Enough
THE ENTERPRISE
provide a delicious meal. Her* la
bar recipe:
1 lb. potutoea
1 oup grated cheese
1 diced pimento
V* oup bread crumbs
4 tablespoons butter
I tablespoon* flour
I oup milk
Salt and pepper '
Dice potutoea and boll until aoft.
Put a layer'of potatoea In baking
dlah. Sprinkle with grated etieeae,
aalt, pepper, butter and chopped pl
inent»a Add another layer of pota
toes and repeat with oheeae and pi
mento. Pour over thla one oup white
etiuco. Cover with buttfrred bread
crumb*. Bake In oven until well
browned on top.
Trepare the white aauoe by melt
ing two tabloßpoonfula butter, and
atlrrtng In flour until amooth (I
tableapoonfula), then add one cupful
milk and aalt and pepper.
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There you are I Four tempting
pututo reolpea, all easy to prepare,
favorltos of four famous cooking
aprolHllHts, Try thera on your fam
ily. They will weloome these unique
variation* of the potato theme.
( Wmtch nut iHt for mnothmr intaresMnf
9—king mriivU.j
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For Oil Statu (Jitrt
Women who oook with oil Will
appreoiate one of the newer oil
■tove model* with a reveralble,
easily tilled gla** reservoir. The
hands do not oome In contact with
the kerosene at all.
WAfteni Hands >
Before using rubber glove* aprtnkle
baking soda lnelde. Tou'U find them
easy to remove, and yoar bands
will be whitened.
WKui to Vm Stilt
Underground vegetables, the rootv
or items of plant*, ahoultl be oo*>ked
In boiling unsalted water. They
contain a certain amount of weedy
fiber which I* hardened by aalt.
Salt them when ready to aervs,
"Top ground" vegetablea. suoh aa
peas, beana, oabbage. and oalons,
are much better cooked In bolilcrg,
aalted water. Cooked thie way they
retain their oolor, and their flavor la
Intenslfle*.
Store Closed
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MONDAY
July sth
Harrison Bros.
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THE ENTERPRISE—WIIriJ-AMSTON. N. C.
LEGAL NOTICES
cuted by Joseph G. Godurd, said deed
of trust being of record in the public
registry of Martin County in book
H-l, at page It>t>, said deed of trust
iiaving been given to secure a note
of even date and tenor therewith, and
the stipulations therein contained not
liaving been complied with, and at the
request of the parties interested, the
undersigned trustee will on the 29th
day of July, 1926, at 12 . o'clock m.,
in front of the courthouse door of
Martin County, in Williamslon, N. C.,
otrer at public auction, to the highest
bidder fur cash, the following de
scribed property: Beginning on Smith
wick Street in the town of Willlain
ston, N. C., at tne corner of the land
herein conveyed, and the lands of S.
K. Biggs heirs on the eastern side of
said street, thence along Smithwick
Street in a northerly direction to
wards Muin Street 55 feet, thence a
straight Iwr at right angles with
Smithwic%H Street to Mrs. J. B. H.
Knight's line, thence along her line
to the line of the S- K. Biggs heirs
line, thence along their line to the
beginning, so as to include a lot fac
ing Smithwick Street 56 feet wide,
end running back to the line of Mrs.
J. B. H. Knight.
This the 28th day of June, 1926
WHEELER MARTIN, jr.,
j.v2 4tw Trustee.
GET COOL ONE
TIME
Enjoy a sane fourth by fixing
cool drinks and ice cream or oth
er rt'freshing cold dishes.
These will be more especially
enjoyed if after having taken a
hot dusty ride, they are await
ing you on your return.
Our ice it especially adapted
to this, and our service will as
sure it.
JUST CALL 99
Lindsley - Lilley Ice Co.
CRUSHED BARLEY MALT
T)ue Hundred Pounds .... $3.50
Hop Flavored 'Malt Syrup, per
duz.cn cans $5.7.
AMERICAN MALT CO.
Albemarle, North Carolina, j l3-20
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Peaches Canning and Preserving
for Sale $2 per Bushel
Call 182 JAMES MANNING
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Tornado insurance is cheap... You can afford to burden your
self to the extent of spending - a few dollars for the insurance, but
you can't afford to suffer a total loss in case of wind or tornado. Do
you remember the tornado that swept Martin County in 1924?
That is past history, but occasionally history repeats itself.
LESLIE FOWDEN, Agent
Day Phone 78 Williamston r N. C. Night Phone 133
On and After July 3rd, We
Will Have Telephone Service
and FREE Delivery
FOR OUR CITY TRADE AT OUR LOW CASH PRICES
With the free delivery system we will offer coupon books for
$5.00 and up per book, which gives you a discount, of 2 per cent for
the cash. We will give one price to all and make two deliveries each
day—one at 9.45 a. m., and the other at 4.45 p. m.
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Don't Forget Our Prices on
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Hay, No. 1 Timothy(jj "| /J /V Best Scratch fIJO QA
100 lbs... tp J_«OU feed, bag • t/U
s3l $2.90
Standard 1 QA
151-2 p. c., bag ...pX««FU Cotton seed 6*l
Star Middling, 17 (ft f\ meal, bag -
percent, bag
Cotton aeaif - f\£\
"»■& $2.20 hulls, bag U
Sugar,loo (g/J Chick Feed £Q AK
pounds - »ApO«Vrtl|
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GROCERY IKS) STORE
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