VOLUME 29—NUMBER 42
Announce Names
Full Corps Buyers
for Local Market
Many Buyers Who Were
Here Last Year to
Return
With the large number of uuyers
lo be on the Williamston tobacco mar
ket this year, everything points to a
fanner year for this market. In the
list we see the names of old buyers
have been here for years, and
who are well known to most all the
farmers in eastern Carolina. Practi
cally all the old ones wil be here again
year. In addition, there wilf be
several new ones who will be here and
*rho will add greatly to our market.
The Imperial Tobacco Co. will have
p.s its buyer Mr. B. A. Townsend, of
&eysville, Va. Mr. Townsend has been
lie re for the past several years, is, a
#ood judge of tobacco, and one who
Jakes an interest in behalf of the
farmer. Vie are especially glad to
Jitve him back with us this year, for
,we look upon him as a citizen of our
town, and it would not seem just
fight to not have him back.
The Export Leaf Tobacco Co. sends
a new man this year. Though he
comes here as a new man, he is an
pld and experienced buyer. Mr.
Johnnie McAdden will represent this
fompany.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. will
fee represented by Mr. John Stokes,
another excellent buyer.
The old reliable, H. T. Warren, will
pgain be here for the Liggett &
Alyers Tobacco Co., and he is a reg
ular fixture in our town every tobacco
season. We will be glad to see him
foil in within the next few weeks.
Mr. J. S. Early will again represent
(the American Tobacco Co. Mr. Early
is remembered here as a very earnest
and attentive buyer. Last year was
,his first year here.
J Mr. J. W. Hight will be on hand
for tHe Washington Tobacco Co. Mr.
Hight is known by every farmer in
this section, we believe, and he needs
fio introduction.
F. W. Graves, representing the
Carolina Bright Leaf Tobacco Co.,
comes here as an experienced tobacco
/nan. Mr. Graves was on the mar
ket here some time ago. : i.
Mr. John Thomas, who was here
last year, will again represent
the W. C. Thomas Tobacco Co.
Mr. W. I. Skinner, one of the out
standing tobacco men in the country,
(has three companies to buy for, and
Jhese, with other contracts, will de
mand practically every class of to
bacco to be found. Mr. Skinner's his
tory in the, tobacco business is ex
tremely interesting, and we would like
jto give it to our readers, but this we
jcan't do. He will represent the W. I.
r Skinner Co., J. P. Taylor Co., and the
Gallagher, Ltd.
I Mr. J. G. Staton will buy for the
f. G. Staton Tobacco Company. Be
sides these there will be strong buy
ing on the part of the warehousemen,
making for the Williamston mar
ket one of the best groups of buyers
Po be found anywhere.*,
, There were one or two of the above
whose coming here could not be as
certained, because their companies
.were considering changes. The list,
pa it now stands, is practically cor
,rect and can be taken with almost
sorety.
Miss Elizabeth Burras will conduct
the story-telling exercises at the reg
ular meeting of the children Thurs
day afternoon at the Woman's Club.
Marvin Everett, of Robersonville, wa»
in town for a while Sunday afternoon.
STRANrv
IHEATKEI J
FRIDAY
" CLASSIFIED "
with Corinne Griffith
A First National
Attraction
and
PACEMAKERS
in
*What Price Gloria"
THE ENTERPRISE
Mr. and Mrs.
Hornthal in
Auto Wreck
Mrs. Hornthal Painfully
Injured; Drunken
, Negroes Cause
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. L.
I'. Hornthal were driving on the high
way in the edge of Plymouth, when
they were met by a car driven by a
colored woman, accompanied by a col
ored man. Just before the colored
people met the Hornthal car, the wo
man became excited and loosed the
wheel.  The man attempted to catch
it but before he succeeded It had
crashed into the Hornthal car, tearing
both cars up» badly. Mrs. Hornthal
was thrown through the windshield
and was severely cut about the face
and head and suffered other bruises.
Twenty-two stitches had to be taken
i in the wound on her head.
Mr. Hornthal was pretty badly
(Shaken up, and for a moment was
thought to be dead. The news spread
rapidly around Williamston after
some one came for Mrs. Willie Watts,
,Mr. and Mrs. Hornthal's daughter.
(Their friends here feel greatly re
lieved that their unfortunate accident
was not as serious as it first ap
peared.
( The colored man and woman were
caught in their overturned car
and the man was very seriously and
perhaps fatallyhurt.
It is reported that both of the col
ored drunk, which was
the cause of the wreck.
Negro Runs Amuck
With Gun and Knife
Will Staton, a rather troublesome
fifjro of'the Oak City section, at
tempted to cut, slash, and shoot up
members of his race with knives and
guns Sunday.
Staton proceeded to cut one negro
with a knife and gashed him up
pretty badly, so th#t he had to be
patched up at several places with
needle, thread, and plaster. His con
dition is not serious, however, as the
cuts were generally not very deep.
After cutting up the first man, he
look his gun in hand and routed gath
erings of other colored people, al
though he did not shoot them,
i Local police forces made an effort
to find him but failed. Deputy Sheriff
(Luther Peel was called, but Staton
fled before his arrival and is still at
large.
The only reason given for the oc»
turrence seems to have been the gen
eral bull-dozing nature of Staton to
run over other people.
Rain Saturday Did Lot
Damage West of Here
The rain Saturday night was very
heavy in Franklin and Vance Coun
ties. Many highway bridges were
swept away j>y the torrents of water
which flooded the streams.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad
could not operate on its lines between
.Henderson and the Tar River on ac
count of the high water and the de
struction of some of its bridges.
The Southern Railway could not
fun its trains from Oxford to Dur
ham on account of the hign waters
softening the road bed. Much dam
age was done to crops and stock
throughout a large section.
The weather had been extremely
dry in most of that section for some
i time, causing much washing of the
| land by the excessive rain.
Tropical Storm Is
Headed up Coast
The heavy tropical storm which is
/iow raging around the Bahama Is
lands, is apparently headed north
west and will strike Florida and may
the entire Atlantic Coast as far
pb the Middle Atlantic States.
A real tropical storm of the old
coming this early in the season
tvrould .play havoc with the crops of
the country, especially
Misses Dorothy Wooten and Flor
ence Ellington, of Kinston, spent last
.night with Miss Geneva Cook, and at
tended the dance.
Miss Mary King Ellison, of Bel
toven, visited relatives here yester
fday.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, July 27,1926
Drunk Breaks
Water Pipe and
Floods Bastile
Inmates of Jail Put Out
, Loudest Yells Ever
Heard Here
Fear of going to a watery grave
brought from the mouths of three col
ored prisoners in the county jail last
Sunday night the loudest yells ever
heard or even to be imagined.
A fellow by Mie name of Liggett
was caught in Robersonville and put
in the jail Sunday night. He was on
a "crazy drunk," and as one of his
stunts he tore loose a water pipe.
No alarm was made until the water
reached a depth of several inches, and
then it was that the colored prisoners
began their frightful yells. The drunk
en man WHS very much pleased with
his deed and took it as a good joke,
laughing alraost as loud as the yells
uttered by the other prisoners.
The yells continued "for a few min
utes when about half the citizens of
the town began down to the
courthouse and jail anxious to kr.ow
the cause of so much noise. The ne
groes were greatly relieved when the
water was cut olf at the main in front
of the jail.
Many people stated that they had
heard drunks yell and scream in jail,
but never had they heard such loud
and frightful cries as those of. Sun
day night.
Bridge at Washington
Stuck; Holds Up Cars
Mr. D. Thomas, highway mechanic
for this division, left town early Mon
day on a rush call to the Pamlico
.River bridge at Washington, which
was being opened in the early morn
ing when some portion of the struc
ture holding the bridge on the foun
dation gave way, and it could not be
moved.
No traffic could pass for the entire
day and up to early this morning,
when Mr. Thomas and his helpers
succeeded In completing the repair l
work and putting the bridge in oper-1
ation.
Hundreds of cars were lined up on
both sides of the bridge, and they
had to back out and go around by'
'Pactolus to cross the river.
Mr. John Cherry, formerly of Maf
tin County, for several years
•keeper of our co'unty home, is the
ikeeper of the Washington bridge, and
iWhile the traffic was blocked he trans
ferred pedestrians by a small boat
iferry.
Milton Moye Now With
Harrison Bros. & Co.
Mr. Milton Moye, stfn of Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Moye, of Farmville, has
accepted a position with Harrison
mediately increase the space to a
Moye is a graduate of Atlantic Chris
tian College, of the class of 1924.
Since his graduation he has been sec
retary to President H. S. Hilley of
that institution. He comes well quali
fied and from a prominont Pitt Coun
ty family. Williamston wjll receive
into her midst one fine young man,
but will lose another, for we under
stand Norman Harrison will leave
soon. His plans are not yet made.
He has been with Harrison Bros. &
Co. as bookkeeper for several years
and during that time has acquired a
reputation as being a young man of
the highest integrity and ideals.
Farmers Convention
At State College
The 24th annual convention of the
Farmers and Farm Womens Associa
tion, beKan at State College today,
where more than 2,000 of North Car
olina's choicest men and women gath
ered for the purpose of learning more
about the care and breeding of stock,
(fruits, vegetables, poultry; in fact,
Ithe many things that we like to do
and the things we like to have around
the home and never have time to
learn them all from our own experi
ence. Many speakers will be on hand
and will speak at some of the ses
sions during the three days of the
convention. ;
It will be a real vacation for most
of the men and women; not only will
they gain much information but will
find it a real joy to meet others and
{learn from them some of the ways
that others find good.
Kader Roger son, Jr.,
Undergoes Operation
Kader Rogerson, jr., was carried to
fl.e Park View Hospital Saturday
night, where he was operated on Mon
day for a serious case of appendicitis.
The" little fellow is getting along vejry
.well at the present.
Chamber of Commerce Offers
sls Prize to Farmer-Ad Writer
In this issue of The Enterprise
the Williamston Chamber of Com
merce is offering $»o in gold for
the best advertisement advertis
ing the Williamston Tobacco mar
ket. The offer is limited to farm
ers only, for it is the desire of
the Chamber of Commerce to get
the farmers' viewpoint in regard
to the Williamston tobacco mar
ket. Surely it is the farmer who
can give the details regarding a
tobacco market, for he is the one
most affected.
Sunday a Day
of Excitement
in This Section
Several Auto Wrecks;
Crime and Other
Happenings
Last Sunday was a day of crowded
excitement, crime, and automobile ac
cident in this section. The affair at
the jail was a most comical one after
it was all over; but while under way,
it was the most frightful ones ever,
and excitement sufficient for many
weeks was given.
Heber, one of Mr. Slade Peel's boys,
who lives near here, related in a very
peasant way his unfortunate luck of
last Sunday. He was.coming through
Robersonville, driving carefully and
taking the law into consideration,
when a high-powered car rushed by,
taking two wheels, fenders, and run
ning board of his car. The big car
was going at a high rate of speed arid,
according to Mr. Peel, it did not even
slacken its pace.
Roy Leggett was in a wreck with
a Chevrolet car in Roberson-ville, the
particulars of which could not be
learned early this morning.
A car driven by colored people was
run head-on into a ditch on the Wash
ington Road and had its nose buried.
No one was hurt there.
A Chevrolet car from Scotland
Neck with two young boys and girls
was wrecked near Hath. They made
their way to this place and borrowed
tt car, continuing their trip home.
Then there was the Hornthal wreck
at Plymouth.
This was all that we heard from,
but there is a great possibility that
there were several more,
Alleged Store Breaker
Brought Here for Trial
Sheriff H. T. Roberson and Chief
of Police W. B. Daniel went to New
Bern Sunday for John Lee Hadley, the
negro caught a few weeks ago with
goods that had recently been stolen
from the store of Mr. B. F. Perry
here.
Hadley was in the hands of the
authorities of Craven County and
completed his 30 days term, which
end Sunday, when he was turned over
to the Martin County officers, where
he will go on trial in September on
a charge of housebreaking and the
larceny of about $750 worth of goods,
something like one-third of which
were found in Hadley's possession, or
was in the hands of people who had
purchased from him.
Hadley is said to be an extraordi
nary road hand; that he can do about
twice as much as the average man
and is always in a good humor, but
he seems to have a special weakness
for stealing.
Boy Painfully Hurt in
Fall on Pavement
Little Kiiael Sumara, the youngest
son of Mrs. Joe Mflce, fell down back
wards on the pavement in front of
the Tar Heel Building yesterday af
ternoon and was very sick for several
hours. He lost right much blood and
it was thought for some little time
that serious results would follow.
This morning he is feeling Ane,
however, and would have been about
his playing if his mother had not kept
him in.
Widow of Captain Rhem
Died Sunday in Weldon
Mrs. Julia H. Rhem, widow of the
late Captain C. J. Rhem, died early
Sunday morning at her home in Wel
done. Mrs. Rhem was well known in
Williamston, where she lived for two
yeara while Captain Rhem was in
charge of the convict camp during the
building of the Roanoke River bridge.
Mrs. Rhem made many friends
while here. She leaves four children,
three daughters and one son. She
was buried at Weldon Monday after
noon.
Thesis nothing hurd about the
offer; it is very easy and we only
,wish that it was unlimited, ftir
the gold shekels would look ter
ribly good, and they are needed
just heaps by us. Of course, we
might not win it, even though we
were eligible, but to be able to
hope that we were would be
worth a great deal.
We would like to see very farm
er who knows anything at a11..a
--bout the local tobacco market to
write some type of ad, giving his
views and ideas.
Peanut Show
to be Staged
in December
Exposition to be Backed
By Eastern Carolina
Chamber Commerce
At the meeting of the directors of
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce in Ahoskie Friday after
noon, July 23, suggestive plans for
the peanut exposition to be held in the
peanut section some time in December
were gone over ami approved by., the
directors. It was decided, inasmuch as-
Eastern Carolina and Tidewater Vir
ginia are so closely allied in the. pea
nut interest and in view of the fact
that Tidewater Virginia approves t,he
idea of holding u peanut exposition,
that the directors call it the Eastern
Carolina-Tidewater Virginia Peunut
Exposition. It is also the intention of
the directors of the Ahoskie branch of
the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce to hold this exposition one
year in Tidewater Virginia and the
next year in eastern Carolina. How
ever, this plan may not work out or
may be changed in the meantime.
A five-day program may be carried
out, beginning Monday afternoon and
lasting through Friday night, which
will be some time in December. The
program will, include basketball tour
naments with the teams from the high
schools of Virginia and North Caro
lina participating. Certain prizes will
be offered for. the winning teams.
There will be, also, a queen's contest
with prizes offered for the winner
from tjie Virginia towns and for the
winner from the Carolina towns. Just
what these prizes will be has not been
announced yet. A celebrity or two, of
national reputation, will probably ap
pear on the program during the week.
Both the governori; of North Carolina
and of Virginia will be invited to take,
part on the program. -The details of
the program will be worked out and
announced later.
Various letters of encouragement
have been received from the peanut
manufacturers stating that they aro
willing to help make this peanut ex
position the biggest and most attract
ive of its kind ever staged in the pea
nut section. A peanut pageant will
be worked out to be staged during the
week, which will show the history and
progress of the jjeanut industry a
long various lines of development.
This week promises to be a big week
for the peanut section of North Car
olina.
First Issue of 'Market
Briefs' Ready for Press
The first issue of "Market Briefs"
a little pamphlet issued by the local
Chamber of commerce is ready for
the press and will be out tomorrow
afternoon.
The issue gives, in a brief way, the
market's advantages, extends an ap
preciation for pant patronage and
/cordially invites every one to come
Again Xfiis year and watch tin* work
ings of our. market.
Dr. York Abandons
Trip to Saluda
Owing to unforseen circumstances,
,Dr. York was not able to leave Satur
day for Saluda where more than 75
,I'hysicians from all parts of the South
are attending the Southern Pediatriif
seminar. The seminar is being helr
,for the purpose of studying children's
/diseases. ;
Since he was not able to get off
.Saturday, Dr. York will riot go at
all, and his office will not be closed
,as was previously announced in this
paper.
Number Local People to
Attend Masonic Picnic
Quite a number of people from this
section are planning to attend the
Northeastern District Masonic Picnic,
which will be held at Murfreesboro
Thursday, July 29. Judge John H.
Kerr will nuke the principal address.
AMERICAN YOUTH
CANCHDATE
* m
I . s .
Miss Helen P. Dodge of Pennsylva
nia. holder of a Carnegie medal for
heroism, has "been nominated aa a
candidate for the American Youth
Award established by the directors of
the ' Seaaul-Gentennlal International
Exposition, which is to bo held In
Philadelphia from Juno 1 to Decem
ber 1 in celebration of 150 years of
American Independence. Miss Dodge,
the daughter of George It. Dodge of
6944 Walton avenue, Philadelphia,
jumped into the Toms River at Oceati
Gate, N'. J., fully dressed, and, while
having use of only one arm, saved the
III* of a drowning girl.
State Has. Lot
Money in Cars
and Education
Three and Half Times as
Much Money in Autos
As in Schools
Automobiles ami schools in .North
Carolina are two of the big; items of
 xpense. Keccnt figures showing the.
value of the automobiles place their
total value at $331,222,(100, while the
report mi schools place the-school in
vestment at $70,705,K3& which is con
siderably fess than one-third of tho
automobile investment. The figures
are not a fair comparison, either,
when we consider that the automo
bile investment has to totally re
newed at least once in five years,
v, hile the school investment in most
cases will be good for a quarter of a
century.
Guilford County leads in both auto
ami school values, at $17,000,W0 and
$3,fe2tf,320, respectively-
There "lire five counties, Guilford,
Mecklenburg) Wake, Forsytho, and
lluticombe, with automobile values a
hove $10,000,000.
There are six counties with a
valuation of schools of more than $2,-
-000,000. Tfiey are Guilford, Mecklen
1 urg, Wake, Forsythe, Uudcoiphe, and
'Gaston.
(irahain County is the lowest in
cars, with only $160,000 invested; and
s'iH,;i(io in schools. Tlie poor little
 ounty of Clay saved it from being
lowest for schools, Clay only having
SOI,OOO school values.
There are two other counties with
less than SIOO,OOO school investment:
Carmlen with $83,000; and Dan with
$1)1,400. Camden shows about eight
times as much invested in cars as in
schools. Jackson is the only county
in the State that is investing more in
the education of her children than in
riding in automobiles. It can be said
to her honor that she'is spending only
$212,100 on automobiles, while her edu
rational investment is $269,500.
Figures for Murtin County
In Martin County'wo have $2,000,-
£>oo in automobiles' and $3H2,800 in
schools, a ratio of about' 6 1-2 to 1.
Of our neighboring counties the autos
lead in Edgecombe and Hetties About
7 to 1; in lieuufort 5 to 1; Pitt 5 1-2
to I; iniTlfwM t'o 1; and Washington
2 1-2 to } * —
Our "fine" automobile record ac
counts for otir State's lead in the num
ber of persons killed in traffic acci
dents from JUne 28 to July 25. We
.succeeded in killing 22 people and in
juring 44. In the other Southern
States the killed and injured were as
fellows: Virginia, 10 and 110; South
Carolina, 13 asd 32; Georgia, 20 and
183; Florida, 21 and. 146;' Alabama,
15 and 57; Miss., 6 and 81; Louisi
ana, 14 and 74; Arkansas, 15 and 93;
Tennessee, 10 and 118; Kentucky, 11
and 84.
Willing Workers Class
Picnic and Hay Ride
The Willing Workers Class, of the
Christian Sunday school, composed of
a number of young girls, had a hay
ride and picnic last night.
Miss Vplma Harrison and Mrs. A.
R. Dunning were in charge of the
party, and they all had a very pleas
ant time.
ESTABLISHED 1898
Negro Killed in
Gawk Section
Sunday Night
-
May Have Been Murder,
Foolish Prank, or
Accident
free Union, sometimes called Gawk,
was- the scene of a killing Sunday
night, the appearance of which hinges
between cold-blooded murder, a fool
ish prank,.or killing by accident.
Perlie .Rogfers, a-young negro—who
bad been married but hie and hi* wife
finding it unmeasant to live together
had sepa»;iVwi-*-sTiot and killed Miller
Moore, a yotyhf negro about 18 years
old.
The circumstances Were somewhat
unusual, as Rogers, who had just
came out of the Free Union Church
and was standing on the ad
dressed several boys standing on the
ground below him and said, "You boys
don't believe a damn thing, do you?"
Some one of the bunch said that they
did not until they saw- it; at which
Rogers drew a .38 caliber Smith and
Wesson pistol and fired. The bullet
pierced the heart of .Moore, passed en
tirely through his body and through
the arm of James Moore, another
>oung fellow who was standing in
range just behind Miller Moore. The
bullet lodged against the skin on the
I wek of his arm.
Witnesses of the tragedy say that
Rogers jumped and caught Moore be
fore he fell and asked him to "excuse
me, I didn't intend to hurt you." He
soon vanished froni the crowds how
»;ver, and has not been seen by anyone
since, so far as Sheriff Roberson can
find after inquiring fully all around
that section of tho county.
' Rogers, it is claimed, was not drink
ing at the time; according to the opin
ion of several colored people; but a
white man who had seen him about
noon Sunday says ho was almost
drunk then.
The church service was with
the exception of the raising of a fund
lor some special purpose. Rogers had
I just made his contribution and did the
I shooting immediately upon reaching
the church steps. The general feel
ing among the colored people of the
section is that the killing was a fool
i. h accident rather than a premedi
tated killing, as all the parties were
supposed to bo good friends.
J. E. Harrison Loses
Tobacco Barn Monday
J. K. Harrisons lost a tobacco barn
_yi sterday filled with fine tobacco. It
had been only Id minutes before the
Miioke was ftcfcu emerging from both
■ sides of the roof that some of the
I'oys had visited the barn. They were
building a- new barn just a little dis
tance away and there was another
barn between them and the burning
barn, which kept them from seeing it
before it was too late.
It is very hard on a farmer to house
I is crop; and when he has to build a
new barn to do so, it is exceedingly
lifird, hoT mentioning the. financial
loss.
Dance Last Nitfht Was
Quiet and Enjoyable
The script dance given in the Roa
noke warehouse last night very
quiet and enjoyable. There was a spec
ial permit granted some of the-.boys
of the town to have the dance with
.specified requests that would tend to
keep order. The boys kept their
promises and there was no disturb
ance before, during or after the
dance.
The+e were visitors here from Wash
ington, Greenville, Tarbojjs>r Rocky
Mount, Wilson, Kinston, Windsor,
A lioskie, Hertford, Robersonvilie and
other places.
Music was furnished by Bud Gw&l-
Iney's orchestra and it was very good.
Mrs. John Pope To
Conduct Story Hour
Htory hour at the Woman's Glub
Thursday will be held by Mrs. John
jl'ope at the usual hour, 4,30 p. m.,
Thursday.
Mrs. Pope will make the hour very
attractive and beneficial to the chil
dren. The number of children on
jiand for the story hour last week
was much larger than the week be
fore, Those kids who went the first
time advertised well.
Miss Esther Harrison was the lead
er last week.
Mrs. Harold Clark and Miss Estelle
Crawford returned Saturday from
Clarksburg, W. Va., where they visit
ed Roland Crawford for three weeks
then joined a party in which Roland
and his friends were included and
toured several northern States, visit'
ing the exposition and Washington, D.
P., while they were goat.