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Watch the Label On Your Paper; It Carries the Date Your Subscript ion Expires. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 22 License Plates To Go On Sale i - Here June Ist J. D. Woolard and N. C. Green to Handle Plates License plates to go on sale June 1 J. D. Woolard and N. C. Green have been named managers of the Carolina Motor Club branch office here to handle license plates during the months of June and July, it is announced by C. T. Matthews, assist ant manager of the club, who is here making arrangements for the distri bution of State automobile tags. The office is located at the Williamston Motor Co. Plates will be available June 1, and Motor Club officials join in urging mo torists to procure licenses as early as pofsible after this date. "This will be the fourth year the Carolina Motor Club, which inaugur ated the idea in the South, has han dled plates," Mr. Matthews said. "The last three years we have handled more than 2,000,000 plates and titles valued at between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. It has been our experi ence that car owners prolong pur chase of plates until the last min ute. We will maintain an adequate force at this and all other branch of fices, but we can not force the plates upon the car owners. If it appears that the motorists do not want to come after the plates the saff will be cut, and the office closed, if neces I ..ft'dUg "R. A. Doughton, commissioner of revenue, has informed the Carolina Motor Club that there will be no change in the system of issuing the plates. The applicant will be mailed a white registration card from Ra leigh. Plates will be issued for only six months at this time, in order that the issuance date may be changed from a fiscal to a calendar year ba sis. The State has levied a service charge of 25 cents in addtion to the license fee, in order to absorb the cost of changing issuance date. Effective January 1, 1928, plates will be issued for 12 months and the special fee will not apply." Baptist Church Announcements Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock, the commencement sermon will be preach ed in this church for the class of '27. Rev. A. J. Manning is special preach er for the occasion. This being a community service, the entire public is invited to be present. The seat ing capacity is ample, and many hun dreds can easily be cared for at the service. The pastor of this church has been given a leave of absence for some lime, through the generosity and thoughtfulness of the church. He re grets that he will be unable to be present at the services Sunday morn ing. The graduating class are more than welcome in our church; every one be happy to have them. And not only the church but the entire community will be glad to hear Bro. Manning on this occasion. The pastor being away, no service has been announced for Sunday night. Gold Point School Closed Tuesday Commencement exercises last Tues day brought to a close a most suc cesful term for the Gold Point school. On Monday evening the primary grades had charge of the program. Tuesday the school presented a play and a May Day festival. Professor L. B. Wynne presented certificates of graduation and attendance. With the hearty cooperation of the school committee of which Mr. J. L. Croom is chairman, the school has had a most successful year. STRANpv THEATRE | J SATURDAY * BUCK JONES • in "Whispering Sage" t Fists, fights, riding, and everything that makes a West ern a Western. Serial and Comedy 5 | Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Nat Reiss Shows Ar For Roanoke F One of the Largest Shows to Come South This Year; Will Play Roanoke Fair September 27-30 The Nat Reiss Shows, one of the largest to come South for the 1927 fairs, lias been booked by the Roan oke Fair Association to play here September 27 to 30th. Editorially In dorsed by the press, personally praised by the clergy, and well pat ronized in past years, the Nat Reiss Shows will carry the amusement fea ture of the Roanoke Fair here this year to its highest peak. Fair offic ials, when asked their opinion of the shows for this year'spfair, stated they felt as if the people in this entire section would be pleased with the amusement features. The Nat Reiss Shows are beginning their 28th annual tour this year, and are better prepared than ever befon to carry out its aim of "providing clean amusements in every communi ty played." The 27 years completed last season have been most success ful ones for the, Nat Reiss people, Ten Cases in County Court Fines Total $625; Half of Cases Appealed to Superior Court Recorder's court Tuesday attracted a large number of people. Though not very many cases were tried, sev eral of them were hotly contested. Most of those tried were not satis fied with Judge Bailey's decision. Of the 10 cases finally disposed, half of them were appealed to the superior court. Fines for the day totaled 1625.00. The following cases were disposed of: State vs. Moses Hopkins; carrying concealed weapons. Judgment sus pended upon payment of the costs. Samuel Bo:"ton was found guilty of distilling and fined $260 and the costs r.nd sentenced to nine months on the Edgecoih.be County roads. He ap pealed to the superior court. Jesse Whitehurst appealed to the superior court after he had been found guilty of reckless driving and fined $25.00. A nol proa was entered in the case charging Jesse Whitehurst with transporting liquor, Dave Rogers and John Little were found guilty of violating tin liquor lew. Each was fined SSO and half the costs. \ Abner Green was adjudged guilty of larceny and fined SSO. He also ap pealed to the superior court. Warren Cotanch, haled before the recorder OH a charge of larceny, was found to be under 16 years of age,! and was remanded to tho juvenile court. J. H. Whitfield plead guilty to vio lating the liquor law and was fined $l5O and the costs and sentenced to six months cn the Edgecombe County roads. He appealed to the! superior court. J. B. Whitfield was found guilty on two counts, assault with deadly weapon and carrying concealed weap on. He was sentenced to six months on, the Edgecombe road.: on the first charge. On the second,count he was i;lven a 12-months suspended sentence conditioned upon his good behavior while serving the first term. Cases against Dan Moore and John Yates for hunting, without a license were continued for one week. Brown Will Case Now Being Tried in Beaufort The Beaufort County court is now going full swing in the Geo. H. Brown will case. Involving title to property valued at $560,000 it required from early Monday morning until noon Wednesday to select a jury. It is thought now that it will certainly take all of next week to finish the trial. Several of the Martin County atomeys have been over to observe the trial, which is attracting Stater wide interest. , Buy Roberson Milling Co. at Robersonville The Taylor Mill 4 Gin Co., Inc., of Robersonville, recently bought the cotton gins, saw mill, planing mill, and other machinery from the Rober son Milling Co., also of Robersonville. The new Arm, with Mr. W. W. Taylor as its president, and Mr. Eli Rodgers, its secretary and treasurer, has al ready started operation. Mr. Rodgers will have charge of the department making tobacco fluea, and Mr. Taylor will have charge of tha mills, gins, and lumber. SoHle of Robersonville'a most prominent citizens are stockholders in the new firm. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 13, 1927. ■ and they anonunce this yenr will find 1 them with the greatest show yet of j fered. With a train of 30 double j langth railroad cars I loaded to the | brim with modern wholesome amuse ! ments, the Nat Reiss company brings ! to the Roanoke Fair its largest car- I nival. Not less than eight modern j riding devices; not less than 20 high ! class meritorious shows will be seen I at the fair grounds here September 27-30. Two brass bands accompany the shows, besides the regular one contracted for by the fair association. With more than 360 people handling the affairs of the show, it has been classed as "The show with a worth while reputation." John L. Rodgerson, the fair's new manager, is considering the booking of the best free acts ever seen at an eastern Carolina fair. These an nouncements will be made within the next few days. Firemen Meet At Greenville Number Local Firemen Attend; Next Meet Here in July A large number of the Williunr i-ton firemen attended the regular meeting of the Eastern Carolina Fire men's Association at Greenville Tues day night. The Greenville fire company enter tuined the association with an elegant rock stew and other things to match, including the Sheriff Tucker brand of Pitt County ham. The meeting was held in the Greenville Rotary Club building, which, by the way, is the only Rotary Club in the world that owns its own building. Haywood bail is the present president of the club, und he expressed his delight when he, ennouneed that the statement waii made in the recent world conference of Kotary in Edinburgh, Scotland, ttfat the GreenviltS, N. C., duty was the only one in the vWSrld that owned its own building. After the dinner, Mr. J. 11. Waldrop, of Greenville, made the welcome ad dress to the firemen. Mr. Waldrop made a more practical talk than the customary fancy feather and bouquet throwing on such occasions. He sug gested many helpful things to the or fyrnized firemen. The Beaufort fire company made application for membership and was received by a unanimous vote. Kvery town in the association was repre sented by large except Snow Hill. The resolutions committee submit ted resolutions of respect for Captain James .D. McNeill, who was North Carolina's greatest fire fighter for 40 years, continuing in the service' until his recent death at Fayetteville. A voluntary collection was taken for the flood sufferers, which amount ed to $34.06, which was turned over to the Greenville chapter of the Red Cross. The meeting was one of the best held by the association. The next meeting will be held in Williamston on the second Tuesday In July. Pushing Wheelbarrow 100,000 Miles ] ' f K ■ 1 llli I lili iii i ' % - A WKm£/L xj * ;. *> ■ «" j tli v 1 "Happy Jack" Caves, globe trotter extraordinary, has many thrilling stories gathered from the "four cor ners". He has worn out 85 pain of shoes and his wheelbarrow has had 80 wheels, 28 axles and 286 roller bearngs. Noted Walker- Lecturer Here For Few Days "Happy Jack" Caves on Last Lap of 100,000- Mile Walk That Williamston is on the wheel barrow route around the world was made certain - this morning when "Happy Jack" Caves, globe trotter extraordinary, pushed His wheelbar row and 230 pounds of equipment down Main street. Cavei is nearing his goal, Boston, this being his last lap of the 100,000 mile wheelbarrow trip. Caves was born in Lapland 60 years ago. He came to America when he was 20 years old and applied Icr naturalization papers under President Garfield which were compelted and issued by President Cleveland. His father, 114 years old and his mother, 113 yeals old are living in t|ie home land. He has a family; his wife, five children, several grand children, ami a few great-grandchildren are living in Boston. "Happy expects to reach Boston in the early fall and receive J3P.OOQ of a $90,000 prize offered l.y a medicjd association at Johns Hop kins university. He left his home in Boston in April, 1J) 11» with his wheel barrow, frying pan and a little tent. The outfit has served as his he ii room, office, library parlor, kitchen and dining room for the more than fix years on tho road, lie has worn out 85 pairs of shoes, the style an.! dn ss regulated bj%9+ie association. The purpose of tho trip is to further study man's endurance anil reliability. Thirty wheels huve be n worn off i.nder the load of 230 pounds, twenty eight axles und 28(5 roller bearings are among the other repairs made to the' wheelbarrow. His walk has carried him over paved highways, mud roads, alorg the shady lanes, yet orach of the time he has been walking and push ing his wheelbarrow across the sand/ of Africa, the rough reads of Jerieo, .he vide plains of Ausuulia, up tho steep slopes of the Alps. He has been cn ever sea traveled by. shins. * When he left home he was penniless, and could not beg, borrow, sell or steal anything. He is permittid to aslc tbi use of a telephone, and may also ask for u drink of water. 11 is only means of existence comes thru lectures, for which he is generally compensated. The rules of the contest requires him to procure proper credentials from the ruler of every country he visits also from every governor of evfery state in the In ion,. He gets certain papers signed by some officer of,every county he travels in. Fifteen of those entering the eontest have al ready fallen out, ami while "Happy Jack" is wearying of his walk, but hopes to complete it. He is about 0 feet 3 inches, musclar with a No. 12 or 14 foot and a powerfully large anil honest heart. He speaks more than 20 languages. In all the wars the United States have fought dur ing the past fortyeyi ars, he has hail n part. He is a member of tho Episco pal church and goes to Sunday .school f rcquently. "Truth Stranger than Fiction" is the title of the hook he is now writ ing describing his journey as ho goes along, CLOSING EXERCISES A T LOCAL SCHOOL START SUNDA Y WITH SERMON Rev. A* J. Manning io Deliver Sermon at Baptist Church The first of the local school's com mencement exercises will take place Sunday morning when Rev. A. J. Manning delivers the annual sermon to the seniors and their friends in the Memorial Baptist church. "The Three fold Secret of a Great Life" will be the topic'for the Sunday morning ser vice, and as there will be no services at the other churches, a large at tendance is expected to hear the ser mon. - The commencement exercises were to have started with an operetta, "The Brownie's Band" tonight, but conflicting dates with the Kiwanis minstrel caused- school officials to render the date to the Iviwanians and have the operetta Monday night at 8 o'clock. Tuesday -And Tuesday night will be turned over to the student body as a time for preparation for the session's last ordeal, examinations. "Club Night" was scheduled for Tuesday, but it will be carried over until Wednesday at 8 -o'clock. Members of the several clubs, dramatic, literary, and Athletic, will have the program in charge. Friday morning will see the parting of the seniors when they are given certificates of graduation at the con elusion t|f the commencement ad dress to be made by Dr. Robert 11. Wright, president of the East Caro lina Teachers College. Hamilton School's Finals Begin Sunday The Hamilton school finals will be gin on Sunday, May 15, and end on Wednesday., May 18. At 8 o'clock Sunday night, the commencement sermon will be "proachcd by the Kev. E. P. Wei.t, pastor of the local Bap tist, Church. Monday evening, at 8.30 o'clock, the elementary school will present "The Brownies' Whispers," a floral coutata. The commencement address will be delivered Tuesday evening at 8:16, by Dr. M. C. S. Noble, jr., director of the division of information and Sta tistics, State department of public in struction. The exercises of the even ing will also include'the senior class program, presentation of certificates, Wednesday evening, at 8:15 o'clock, the high school will stage 'The Wren,' i\ comedy in four acts. The charges for admission to this play will be 25 and 35-cents. All other exercises of the commencement are without charge Elaborate costumes are being pre pared for the floral cantata to be giv en Monday evening. It is a musical dramatization beautiful in its charm and mysticism. "The Wren" is a drama full of in terest, action, and the heart beats of humanity. Appropriate costumes and •stage settings will contribute towards a good presentatin of this play. An excellent religious program Sunday night and a very fine literary pro grum Tuesday evening are being an ticipated. Everybody in the school district and in the neighboring communities is cordially invited to attend all the exercises of the commencement. Offer Plants to Hail Sufferers Hail in several sections of the county late last Wednesday af ternoon has caused a shortage in tobacco plants in those tac tions, according to reports reaching here. Mr. J. T. Barn hill stated yesterday that the farmers in the had an unlimited quantity ot plants, and that they would be very glad to give them free of charge to uny farmer needing them. Negro Makes Chilly Journey (iocs From North Caro lina to Boston in a Refrigerator Car Appearing under a Boston, Mass., date line, the cold article below tells how one David Green went all the way from this State to Boston, Mass. No one at Ham ilton knows a negro by that name, and, since no trains run through Hamilton, it is thought the place referred to might be Hamlet, N. ('. The article follows: Boston, Mass., May 11.—Luckily for David Given, colored, of Hamil ton, N. C., when he came before Judge John Duff in Central Municipal court this morning charged with trespass lib, imposing white teeth where clat tering like a set of sacements in the hands of an andalusian dnnseu.se. If it hadn't been for that, Judge Duir would not have inquired what made David's teeth chatter, and the story of his chilly ride from Carolina in a refrigerator car wouldn't have lien revcule-J. • Mereover, ha would probably have got a jail term instead of probation. Dances for His Life As it now stuJtds, Duvid is the only living person who ever Charlestoned and Blackbottouied the whole route from Hamilton, N. to lioston; *nd David only did it because he was dancing for his life. . It was a nice balmy day when Da vid bade his mother good-by, wrap ped two doughnuts in a bandana handkerchief and started out to see the world through the icing port of a refrigerator car. He intended to fare | into Vlrglhtn and see whether work on the Virginia farms was as hard as it is in North Carolina. Once in his sub polar parlor car. David couldn't get out. After the ; first hour in involuntary confinement, David cleared himself a space among the ice caken and started to work rp perspiration. The first hour of that _V/an by no means the hardest. Train Doesn't Hesitate The train did not even stop in Vir ginia, but kept right on to Boston. From then on the program was all work a,wl no sleep. Once in a while Duvid sat down for a rest, but the | penertating chill started him going aguiilij "Never saw ice melt so slow in all my life," suid David. Finally the train t'ame to a stop in the Bos ton yards, hut oven then David's ex ertions were not at an end.. Nobody came to open the dooj. He danced from daylight till dark and was just beginning to think that the scientists Were wrong in saying that freezing to death was a pleasing way to end it, when a car inspector came along. He opened the door and there was David with his tee'.h Hying, up j and down like a" trap drummer doing ' a roll. So David was taken to court j fcr trespassing. He couldn't stop his teeth chattering long enough to tell his story to the police. Only when- Judge Duff asked him what he was fihiverintf about could David tell his .•itory and thut won him probation v/ith orders to the probation officer to set that David got back to sunny Humilton, North Carolina, free. Kiwanis Minstrel Revue Tonight Mr. Henry Mclver is very opti mistic over the Black and White Mins trel revue here tonight. Almost every seat is reported sold. 'The local com edians and solists promise a world of fun when {he curtain rises at 8:30. Practice has been going on for jthe past ten days, and the latest dope on the rehearsals indicates a rip-roaring production. Some of Williamston's best talent in in the show, and it is !>afe to say the minstrel will be easily worth twice the admission. . Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1600 Homes of Martin County. ESTABLISHED 1898 Oak City High School Closes Its Best Year Ten Graduate at Closing Exercises Friday; Award Prizes ( The commencement address made | by Hon. V. B. Martin, of Plymouth, ai the Oak City school last Friday marked the close of one of that school's best years-. To the ten young graduates, Mr. Martin stressed chat acter training, staling that it was to be desired over all wealth. At the conclusion of the address, Supt. K. A. Pope delivered certificates of gradua tion to the ten seniors. The commencement, which is al way.-s a splendid feature of the suc cess! ul Oak City school, was under way Sunday, May 1, when Kev. Theo dore Partrick, of Scotland Neck, preached the annual sertnon to the ■ school and its graduates. Mr. Par j trick's text, "Freely you have receiv ■ ed, freely give," was well received by J a large audience. The Wednesday evening program, deemed to be the feature of the entire commencement, I was more than enjoyed by a packed he use. Appearing in three classical j number*, the Ouk City orchestra that i.ight brought praise from the audi ence and clearly showed that markej progress had been made in the music department of the school this year. Showing appreciation for the work of its director, Miss Jones, the orchestra presented her with a S2O gold piece, j Miss Jones' work in the school's mu sic department has been most effect | ive, and few towns can boast of such I a splendid orchestra as has been tli | ret ted by her this year. i Class exercises, held Wednesday night, were well aranged and very | successful. Seventh-grade certificates | were presented 2f> young and promis ' ing students. Kach your' the school has a number of pupils making splen !id individual records. These plana, it may be said, lire the result of plans carefully worked out by Princi pal 11. M. Ainsley. Miss Velma Mines was awarded. $5 for being I neither absent nor tardyduring the past five years. Miss Dorothy Hines j followed with a very close record of four years and was given fl. TVonty , five attendance certificates were pre | seated, along with 10 spelling certifi j cntes. h'rnest Etheridgc won $5 when I he operated a school truck at less I cost and kept it in better shape than | other drivers. The second grade won I 'i prize for the best order in march ing. Mr, Ainsley gave the sixth grade a cup when it showed the best | progress in citizenship during the I year. The Wilsonian Literary Soci ety won over the Kstherian when it furnished the'best programs through out the year. Winners of certificates nnd prizes were determined over a period of a year or more, and are due cpecial credit, along with the school and its faculty. Hail and Wind Storm Does Much Damage A strong wind storm accompanied by hail did heavy damage in this, i I'itt and Washington counties Wed j nesday afternoon. The storm, cover- I ing oidy a few miles in width, ap | parently gathered in Pitt county, I west of Greenville and started in a northeastwardly direction striking the Martin county line near the Mount Zion section, taking a course from that point to the Washington county line near Plymouth. Timber, shade and fruit trees were uprooted end twisted otr along the path of the storm. Several house were torn I down and others unroofed. Near Macedonia church, the wind seemed to reach its greatest power wherv it blew down Mr. J. L. Holliday's stock barn and puekhouse, a tobacco bam and blew a large tree across the old t home place, damaging it badly. Other | houses were blown otf their blocks in seevral sections, j Hail accompanying the storm cov ered a streak about a mile in width and 40 miles or more in length. It so heavy that tobacco, cotton, cirn and other crops were riddled, j mojjt of the fanners finding it neces sary to reset their tobacco. Oats and Irish potatoes were destroyed by the small hail stones. Lightning struck the feed bam of Mr. W. T. Hadlcy on the Washington road and burned it down. The contents were burned with the exception of a little, corn which Mr. Hadley managed to save. Baptist Philatheas In Regular Meet The Philathea Class of the Baptist Church met with Mrs. Joe Pender last Friday night. After the business of the class was discussed, centering a rcund the unnual convention to be held in Mount Aliy in June, the hos tess served strawberry shortcake with whipped cream. Mrs. J. P. Hall Invited the cUus to meet with her next month.