North Carolina Newspapers

Advertiaere Will Fuml Oar Col UM a Latchkey ta Over IM|) Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 76 Aid Asked for Orphanages of North Carolina Call is Urgent One; A Generous Response Is Hoped For The North Carolina Orphanage As sociation is reminding the people at this Thanksgiving season of a golden opportunity. Tiie association, through it* publicity commit ee ha* addressed the following letter *o North Caro linians everywhere: "In order that more adequate equip ment and support might be provided for the latheriess and motherless chil dren of the State, the 'One Day for the Orphans' movement was started, calling upon all the people of the State for special contributions at Thanks giving. In this Commonwealth of ours there ai¥ thousands of orphan children dependent, and deserving, who must be handicapped for life unless, in their tender years, the sheltering care and culture offered in our orphan homes are provided. The talk about the needs of the institutions may become tiresome to, some, but not to those who are will-; iug to cheerfully join in this beauti ful cooperation for the support of a needed civic and Christian philan- j thropy. While it deposits a hand some aggregate in the orphanage treasuries, it also deepens and en-, riches the lives of those who respond to this request for cooperation. Those favorably inclined, and in a position to do so, are respectfully re quested to make their contribution on, or near, Thanksgiving Day. Make it on the basis of earning capacity lor a single day more if conscience di recta; less if a day's wage seems too much. Make it through your chui«h or your lodge or send it direct to the orphanage of your choice. The pub licity committee handles no funds. "The call is urgent and it is the hope of the committee that thousands of big-hearted North Carolinians may respond cheerfully and generously at the time appointed. Mrs. Harriet E. Ward Died Early Saturday Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Ward passed away at her home on Wash ington highway early Saturday morn ing. While she had been in a very feeble condition for some months, she was in her usual health until Friday afternoon. She suffered from a heart attack and died about 12 hours later. Her adopted son, Mr. Ben Ward, and his wife were away attending the fu neral of her brother, Mr. Asa Congle ton when she was taken sick. Mra. Ward, before her marriage to the late Simon D. Ward, was Miss Congleton, of Pitt County. t.. She was 78 years old in October, nnd was married to Simon D..Ward 57 yean ago. She never had any chil dren, but leaves an adopted son, Ben jamin Ward, Mra. Ward joined the Christian Church in her girlhood; in later years she became a member of the Primi tive Baptist Church at Smithwicks Creek. She was buried Sunday at the family plot The funeral was con ducted by Elders John N. Rogerson snd W. B. Harrington. Capt. John G. Bragaw, of Washington, Dead Captain John G. Bragaw, one of Washington's oldest and most promi nent citizens died Monday morning. Captain Bragaw was born on Long Island, New York in 1888, making him 88 years old. He was the father of Judge Stephen C. Bragaw, Messrs. Wm., H. C., and John G. Bragaw, jr., all of Washington. STRANG THEATRE I J BE SURE AND SEE 808 BOGGARD'S 'BLACK AND WHITE REVUE" THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE STARND THEATRE. Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Woman's Club To Meet Tomorrow The regular meeting of the Woman's Club, which has been delayed for some weeks while the ciub building was undergo ing repairs, will be held Wed nesday afternoon at 3:SO. Every member of the club ia especial!) urged to attend. The feature of the program will he the tax question. Mayor R. L. Coburn will addreM the meeting on the subject. Union Services on Wednesday Mr. Pardo Will Preach at the Christian Church at 7:30 The four cooperating churchi* of Williamston will hold a joint Thanks giving service at the Christian church Wednesday night of this week at 7.30 o'clock, with Rev. C. O. Pardo preach ing the sermon. As will be observed, this is the evening before Thanksgiving, and is being conducted at this time because the ministers feel that the people will want their holiday to employ in any way they wish. It is expected that the church will be crowded Wednesday night—it should be a great service. It is the custom of all the churches to use the Thanksgiving service as a' time to make special offerings to the orphans homes of the various denom inations. An offering will be taken for benev olence. Contributions may be dealg-1 nated by the donor to any orphanage or other benevolence they may desiie, or they may donate for general distri bution. Smallpox Prevents Junior Ball Game , * j .I. Smallpox prevented the game sche duled between the Juniors of this place and the small boys of Wind sor here last night. Two boys of the Windsor team were reported suddenly to have attracted the disease, and it was with much regret that managei George Harrison, jr. called the game off. The Juniors, composed of boys rang ing in age from 10 to 12 years, are attracting much attention here as basket ball players, and the making cf a wonder team can easily be seen in them. The team ia owned and man aged by George Jr. Harrison, and he takes much interest in its success. Trying To Build Up Library at School The library of the Williamston High School has been arranged that the students may secure books any time during the day. Several magazines are benig taken for the benefit of the high school students, but as yet the number is very small; by no means what it should be. The library now is under the supervision ( of a student committee composed of Susie James, Dorothy Thrower, i Sophie Little, Ruth Peele, Daisy Whitley, Mary Cars arphen, Virginia Harrison, Jo ephine Harrison, and Johnnie Edmondson. The patrons and friends of the school are cordially invited to visit our library and borrow books at all times. Practically All Business Houses Close Thursday Thursday will be a geneial holiday when the post office, all business houses and professional offices will close for the day. No mail deliveries will be made that day, and the dis patching of mail will be the only duty of the postal employees. The tele phone exchange will not close, but holiday hours will be arranged for the day operators. Many of ur people are planning trips for the week end, some are to see the foot ball games at Raleigh and Durham, while others will visit their homes in various parts of the state. Huss Brothers Have Music Store Here Since its establishment hert several days ago, the Russ Bros, office and music store has been doing a credi table business. The new concent is located in the building formerly oc cupied by Julius S. Peel on Washing ton Street. This is the third store, the other two being located at Wash ington and Plymouth. The main store is located in Washington. • Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 28,1926 New Vessel on First Trip Up Roanoke Kiver Arrived Here Last Sun day Morning At Two O'clock The Dorothy Lee, a steamer, owned by the Norfolk, Baltimore A Caro lina line, made its maiden voyage when it pi wod its way up the Ro anoke to the local wharf, arriving here Sunday morning about 2 o'clock. Captain Wise turned over the Albe marle to that boat's first mate, and established himself in the pilot house of the Dorothy Lee. Leaving Norfolk about 10 o'clock Saturday morning, the outfit arrived here about 16 hours later. Twenty Ford cars with a gen eral cargo were unloaded early Sun day morning, and 60 bales of cotton and 500 bags of peanuts were placed aboard for shipment to Norfolk. The steamer, which is of 300 tons regis. ry, has storage space for 32 as sembled' automobiles in her freight hold. She will ply regularly between this port, Hertford, Edenton, and Nor folk. It is 135 feot long, but has a very shallow draft, enabling hsr to nuvigate practically all the rjveita of this part of the State. While it is expected she can make 12 knots an hour when loaded, no speed trial has been made since it left the plant of Dunn's Marine Railway in Port Nor folk last Friday. The Dorothy Lee, while not so large in tonnage capacity, is one of the most modern steamers plying in' the waters of this Siaie. Equipped with Diesel engines and other modern con \eniences not found on much larger steamers, it is even more up to date than many ocean-going steamers. With the addition of this boat, the Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina Steam ship Co., is now operating four ships, the other three being the New Bern, Chelsea, an Albemarle. The New Bern operates between Norfolk, Bal timore, and North Carolina points. Since this boat line started opera tions in this section of the State, it has built up a large freight business.. and the addition To the fleet of the Dorothy Lee is in keeping with this rapid increase in trade to and from this and other eastern Carolina points. Standard Oil Co. To Pay Extra Dividend News come from the New York of fice of the Standard Oil Co. that the company is paying ex.ra dividends with the regular quarterly dividends now due. The company Is also going to pay off $200,000,000 preferred stock in March. Of course, the oil business must be good. Every person is a cus tomer. Another of the big companies to announce extra dividends is the Du Poni Company. Like the Standard Oil Co., they are the masters of their line and have amassed great fortunes, v Two Towns Suffer Heavy Loss by Fire Two North Carolina towns suffered heavy loss from fire within the past few days. Lumberton had a fire Sat urday that destroyed houses and mer chandise valued at $260,000. A num ber of tank* of linseed oil and tur pentine exploded and caused the fire tf spread rapidly. Sunday night Hendersonville had a fire which consumed a quarter of a million dollars worth of property. A big department store there was the heaviest loser, their stock alone be ing valued at $130,000. I Many Changes Made in 1 Enforcement Districts Secretary Andrews, who is cha'rged : with the enforcement of the national ; liquor laws, has made many changes ! in the administration in this section of the country. North Carolina, which was formerly a part of the dis trict embracing the Carolinas and Georgia, under Commissioner Sharpe, with headquar ers at Charlotte, and Virginia now const! ute a district un der the direction of R. Q. Merrick. Richmond will be headquarters for the new administrator. Norfolk was Arat announced as district headquarters, but it was found that Richmond would be the most convenient point. Mr. Merrick is regarded as one of the most efficient enforcement officers in the service. Miss Orpah Steed and Mrs. G. H. Harrison will spend the holidays in Rkhlands. They will return Sunday. Miss Annie Kate Ramsey, of Mar shall, N. C., is visiting her sister. Miss Norma Ramsey at the home of Mrs. J. B. H. Knight, on Main street BI mmmm |H m lied Cross Roll Call Workers Busy Here The Red Cross roil call workers are already at work canvassing the town, if one lias not called on you, she will do so in a day or tW9, for the town has been divided and efficient worker* have been appointed to see every per son in town. Those who h&y« Jjfccn out have found the people vW' responsive to the work and are wßing to help the Red Cross with their dollars once a year. When disaster comes, the Red Cross is the only organicaton that is able to take care of (Che situation and is something that eu be depended on. As a result the American people are becoming more ready to support it each year. Those who are working this year arc Mcsdumes C. R Fleming and A. j R. Dunning, chairmen; Mrs. Z. H. ■ Rose, Mra. B. W. Hardy, Miss Mar garet Everett, Mrs. W. B. Walts, Mrs.; W. H. Booker, Mra. C. JL Clark, and Misses Susie James, Fiances Hoyt, and Mary Melissa And^ws. Isa B. Gongleton Died Last Thursday Asa B. Congleton died Thursday night at his home in Pitt County near the Oak Grove Church. He was 71 years old and had lived in (hot iWtiK# «m» sbm be i had |>een a .valuable citisen and an upright Christian gentleman. His death was perhaps one of the causes of the death of his sis'er, Mrs. Harriett E. Ward, jut one day later, the news of his death proving such a shock to her that K seemed to affect her heart. Mr. Congleton had been a member of the Christian Church for more than 50 years. The funeral was conducted 'jy Rev. C. W, Howard, his pastor, and he was buried at the family burying ground near his home. Bursted Water Pipe Floods Haughton Street Haughton Street, near the Harrison Whole ale Co., was flooded this morn ing when a water pipe bursted and hundreds of gallons of water poured out. The leak started when a *eak Joint in the pipe line running to the Harrison Wholesale building and to the Farmers Warehouse gave way. The superin'endent of lighls and fil ter ansWercd his second 'emergency call of the day when he went there and cut Ihe line loose from the wa'er main. Several hours were required to locate and repair the broken pipe. No damage resulted other than the IOSS of several hundred gallons of water. infant Dies Near Here Saturday John 8., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs Helma Hardison, died at the home of his parents on the William s'ton James vi lie highway Sa'urdav riight. Funeral services W"*e held Sunday afternoon wi h Rev. A. J. Manning of the local Christian Church officiating. Interment took place in the family cemetery near Fairvlew Church. Two Wedding-s at Baptist Parsonage The Christmas seaagn is upon us, for an infallible indication la the sales of marriage licenses. Saturday morning at 11 o'clock Miss E sie Perry was married to Mr. David Keel, Rev. C. H. Dickey officiat ing. , " That same afternoon Misa Susie Hall, of Tarboro, was married to Mr. Lester Reynolds of the same city, Mr. Dickey officiating again. DUNN PLUMBING SHOP MOVES ITS HEADQUARTERS The, Dunning Plumbing company moved this week when work was started on the building formerly oc cupied by it. It is now located in the building adjoining the one housing the post office. i • Kinston Man Is Hurt When Car Hits Tree Here Broken Jug Arouses the Suspicion of Those Seeing Wreck Mr. R. L Blalock, of Kinston, was slightly hurt this morning when his, a Star coupe, hit a large tree on Main Street in front of the home of Mrs.! Wheeler Martin. Mr. Blalock was en route with a Mr. Wooten to Elizabeth City, when he turned to look at Mar tin County's courtho.use and at the same time allowing* his little car to jump over the street curb and at tack the tree. The car took true aim end hit the stately elm with all squareness, causing a bent axle, dam aged hood, and other defects. The breath was knocked from Mr. Blafock and Mr. Wooten received several bruises on the knee and facei Dam age to the car is estimated at about S2OO. Eye witnesses to the accident | state that the car was going not more j than 12 miles per hour at the most, i Suspicion on the part of those ar- j riving at the scene immediately after \ the accident was brought about w.hen j a broken jug was detected in the real | ol the car. Closer investigation re-1 vealed, however, that the contents of the jug was gasoline. Mr. Blalock stated he was not very familiar with the Star car and that the ones he usually drove warned him when the gas was about to run out. ' Reubin Speller Run Down by Automobile Reubin Speller was struck by an automobile driven by Mr. Fabrian Barnhill on Washing Street Saturday. Speller, who is a colored man 84 years old was coming out on the narrow street and saw a car coming and Jumped to escape it when he was hit by the Bai till -ar, which was coming from I. pposite direction. , The bumper st} 4 ''. i his right leg and crushed it i r. ii . ticie traitl to be within j the speed limit prescribed by law. | Dr. York set the limb and though Uncle Reubin 's past his four score he is doing well and expects to get well. , This accident again brings to mind the dangers In Washington Street j traffic. The street is narrow and ! nearly always congested and has no sidwalkn for pedestrians. Church Notes of the Episcopal Church On Thanksgiving Day morning at 10 o'clock the annunl Thanksgiving ncrvice will be held in the Church of the Advent. All members are re quested to phone Mrs. Emmu Moyt, chairman of the Altar Guild, and no tify her of any vegeables, or canned goods they wish to furnish for he Thanksgiving Day decorations. One of the interesting features of the Thanksgiving Day service is to see the chancel well filled with the products of the field anu fruits. Af tci the services these articles are dis tributed to any needy families in the i ( oiiimuni ty. I * St. Andrews Day at Church of the Advent I ——— St. Andrews Day Is November 30. This is also the date on which begins ihe season of preparation throughout i the Episcopal Church for the Bishops Crusade. The date will be observed jn the local parish as follows,: 8:00—Holy Communion. 9:00 until 6:00 as a day of prayer. 7.3o—Evening prayer and sermon. The church will be open all day Tuesday and all are urged to spend a short season some time during the day in prayer and meditation. Annual Parish Meeting , Next Monday Night On Monday night, November 29th, at 7.30, the annual parish meeting of the Church of the Advent will be ; held in the Episcopal Church. At , this meeting the report of the past year's work will be read, and the con gregation will elect the vestry for the coming year. It is earnestly request ed that all members of the church be present Monday night. OLD MILL INN-GO 18 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT The Old Mill Inn, near here, under went a change in management this week when Messrs. John A. Griffin of the Holly Springs section and Mar vin Leggett of Old Ford leased the business. They are opening up this week with a special turkey dinner for Thursday. Kiwanis Club To Meet Tomorrow The Kiwanis club will have its regular weekly meeting and luncheon at the Woman's club rooms tomorrow at the usual hour. This is the first meeting to be held in the past several weeks, other meetings having been postponed while the club rooms were undergoing re pairs. All members of the club are urged to be present. Chevrolet Men Hold Meet Here Have Euncheon At The Britt Hotel After Business Meet Celebrating the extreme good busi-: ness Eastern Carolina Chevorlet deal ers met here yesterday in the first meeting of its kind held in this sec- i tion. Mr. Charlie McGee, factory rep resentative of the Chevrolet Motor | Co., had charge of the meeting, and he took up those topics concerning! the dealer. In his reports*it was stat-1 ed that the Chevrolet company had i made a new record in the sale of its cars this month. Following the business meeting the several dealers with Mr. McGee at- j tended a luncheon in their honor at the Britt Hotel. Among the dealers present were Messrs. Tadlock, Windsor; Harris, Bobersonville; lloone, Rich Square; Anderson, Tarboro; Woodley, Ply mouth; Shearin, Weldon; Edwards, Greenville; Bowers, Ahoskie; and Armstrong, Elizabeth City. Firemen Stop Blaze on Spur Track Trestle The fire department made a slow call this morning when it went to a trestle fire on tho Atlantic Coast Line liver. The fire had been burning i-ince yesterday, but no reports were turned in until early this morning when the fire truck pulled out. Sev eral people had seen the fire, but know ing that the trestle was not in uw,! they' paid but little attention to it. j INo chances were taken by the fire : ! chief when ho learned of the fire, and he immediately turned in the alarm. People flocked to the section of the fire, but their attention was drawn to a wrecked automobile and a broken light pole near by. Only a few shots of water were re quired to extinguish the trestle's fire, und little damage was done by the slow blaze to the timbers. Every-Member Canvass By Memorial Baptists t mmm Sunday afternoon the M-emorial Baptist Church put on its yearly can vass of its members to support its > early budget. Mr. Julian Anderson was the chair man of the committee, and had his wcrkers out at 1,80 o'clock. Some ' of them were out until night making j an effort to see the entire membe'r ' ship. At the time of this writing, a complete tabulation hasgv not been ' made; but the reports of trie workers j coming in indicate that the church | will subscribe its budget, which is a i bout $5,000. I —— Board Commissioners Met Here Yesterday The board of county commissioners | met in special session yesterday to j take up some unfinished tax matters \nd other things unsettled before the expiration of their term of office. The board passed an order direct ing that .capiases be issued against all persons who owe fines and court costs to county. The amount due is about $1,500. Frequently convict ed persona ask for time to pay such items and get off and never pay them. The present board's last meeting will be held the first Monday of next month. At that time the county's problems will be turned over to the new board. No Mid-week Service At Baptist Church Because of the Union Thanksgiving service at the Christian Church Wed nesday night at 7.80 o'clock, there will be no Wednesday evening service at the Baptist Church at the usual Wednesday evening hour. It is hof>ed that the people of this church will come out in large nnm bers for the Thanksgiving service, and give Mr. Pardo a splendid hear ing. _ „ jXjjl W»Uh the Label Oa Year Paper; It Carrtea the Date Your Subscription Expire*. ) ESTABUSHED 1898 Self-Governing Plan Is Adopted by Local School liy-laws Are litarliiy Approved by tiie biuutiu Jb\>uy I'or tho tirst t.me ui.tM iong his tory of the V* iti.uiiL.lon 1114,11 0c..00i a system of, sell-government hua been inaugurated. Ai tno ox I'loieasor l>uv.s the -stuuvnia. ea u plan outlined by L.eir mcui.y. Tho governing boay is tue com.c.i, the membership 01 wnicli is composed ol' three represemat.vis lroni tnt .eleventh graue, two from' the .eiuh and one each from the eigh.n aiu ninth grades. Liich cia*,-. member* ol their own to on the council. ironi these noi.i..~ lions the faculty -elec.s lue likiiittLi.: 111 proportion a» siu\ea above. ihe council then elects its chairman. The constitu.ion rules govern ing the student body aie irui.ieu an drawn up by the council with the lat ulty sitting in an advisory capuci y. ' Under tills plan the as.soeia.iun organized last week. John - \*orth was elected chairman oi Un council,, which is composed of lieiuy Manning and Let ie Jones, iron-* the eleventh grade; Eugenia lloyt and Hazel Edniojid.son irom the tenth glade; Asa Crawiord from the ninib I and buck Saunders from the eighih Chairman VVadsworih in a Uuk a! Chapel last Thursday explained lully to the students the meaning 01 *tl«» association and ti>e constitution aii' by-laws as adopted by the council an> faculty. These laiter met wrth the hearty approval of. the s udent oouy, 1 and they have already shown an active interest and cooperation in their,'en forcement. The adoption of this self-govern ing plan is felt-to-be a very forward step in the high school and will prove aii advantage to both the siuuents and faculty in many ways. Especi ally will it- permit of close attention to each class by its teacher, by al j the study hail while the Other class lis reciting.. This will permit of bet [ ter work both by teacher and pupils, j and will allow the other clashes to study in quiet in the study hall. ! It is- hoped that the greatest good j to bo derived from, such an organiza • tion will be in training the stUuents in taking the responsibility of their I actions on themselves. This i i a les son people should learn early and no better way to teach it in high school can be found. Mrs. Fannie E. Griffin Dies After illness Mrs. Fannie E. Grillin, wife of Jo seph T. Grillin, died early tnis morn ing after an illness of several years with diabetes. She had taken treat ment at John Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore an.l had been treated by a number of doctors in this section, but the best they could do was to allevi ate her suffering, and she gradually grew worse until the end came. Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of Jeel and l.ouisa Hopkins. She was j3B years old in September. She was married in IDOti. Besides her hu>- band, she leaves, seven children, Jas per," Darrell, Viola, Elmer, Bettie Louise, Russell, and Claude S. She also leaves threefor_\V.taoinu She also leaves four brothers, W.llj i John, and Sam Hopkins, of William ! ston; George Hopkins, of Ohio; and I one sister, Mrs. J. Dawson Lilley. She had been a member of the Rid dicks Grove Baptist Church since she was 18 years old. She will be buried i at the Hopkins Grave Yard at John Hopkins' home this afternoon. The funeral will be conducted by Elder Vv. I 11. Harrington. liocul Team Loses to Washington 34-10 In a game fea.ured by a strong | determination to win, the local high school girls lost their first basket j ball game of the sean to the strong Washington high school sex et by a score of 34 to 10 here last night, in the [trick warehouse. Up until the last quarter the score of the two teams was about even, but it was in that period that the vis itors showed excellent forin and add ed about 20 points to their score. The WiUiamston girls, while they played well, were at a decided dis advantage since this was their first game and they had had no experience in match games before. Many substi tutes were used by the Washington team and they, too, played a splendid game. Our girls nieet those of the Rober iionville high school tonight in that town and a good game is expected.