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VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 100
METHODISTS TO
OBSERVE 100 TH
ANNIVERSARY
Centennial Celebration Is
Planned by Members of
Local Church
IS OLDEST IN SECTION
Expect Large Congregation to Attend
Service Next Wednesday; Unusual
Program Is Prepared
The First Methodiet Church of
Wilkamston will observe its hundreth
anniversary next Wednesday, Febru
ary 22, in a service to be held at
7:30 o'clock. The First Church here
is the oldest existing Methodist in
this section of the State. It was or
ganized in 1828. That year it erected
its first church building on the same
lot now occupied. For seventy-two
years that building housed the con
gregations for worship. In 1900 the
building was torn down ani the pres
ent edifice was erected Just to the
side, on the comer of the lot.
The pastor and members are look
ing forward to playing host to tpi
unusually large congregation. All
former living pastors have been in
vited to be present. All the pastors
and members of the local churches
have also been invited to join the
Methodist in the observance of their
hundreth church birthday.
A very unusual service has been
prepared. There will be a historical
address by Dr. O. P. Fitzgyald, the
pastor. A love-feast will be adminis
tered to the Amgregation with M«.:srs.
C. D. Carstarphen, W. T. Meadows,
G. W. Blount and L. B. Harrison aa
sirting. Brief testimonies always form
a part of this service, and many
spiritual gems are expected to be ex
pressed by the men and women, giv
ing voice to their Christian experience.
A love-offering will be received at
the close of the service. This offering
is for a means of each member testi
fying to his or her love of God and
loyalty to the Church. After ad
journment, the ladies at the church
will serve refreshments during the
half-hour social period.
The public is invited, and the larg
est rongregation ever to have assem- j
bled in the First Church is expected
"TO help "make the hundreth birthday |
of Methodism in Williamston one of
the greatest religious events of her |
history.
Two Games To Be
Played Here Tonight
Local and county backetbqll fans
have a, treat for tonight when Pete |
Fowden's Security Boys meet the
Rocky Mount Y and when Jamesville
plays Red Oak.
Pete says his boys are improving
daily, and that they are sure to re
cord a win over the strong Y team
tonight.
Red Oak always puts out a good
team, but their standing will be
slightly altered tonight by the James
villa lads.
Fire Company Having
Oyster Roast Tonight
Members of the local fire company
are giving an oyster roast at the
Murray-McCabe mill this evening at
7:30 as a farewell party to Mr. J. R.
Stanley, an able member of the flre-
Aghting organization here for several
months.
Immediately after the roast, Mr.
Stanley will leave for Washington,
going from there in the morning to
Chase City, Va., where he will con
tinue in the employ of the Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Friends of Mr. Eli Gurganus were
sorry to learn that it was necessary
for doctors to amputate one of his
legs yesterday. He is getting along
as well as could be expected at this
time.
S^Tranh
THEATRE | J
SATURDAY
Buddy Roosevelt in
"THUNDERING I
THROUGH"
BEN TURPIN in
"Hollywood Heroes"
And Serial
"ISLE ,OF SUNKEN
GOLD"
Theatre Well Heated
THE ENTERPRISE
CARL SALSBURY
DIES SUDDENLY
Hamilton Boy Drops
On Campus At Wake
1 y Forest Yesterday
Carl J. Salsbury, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Salsbury, of Hamilton,
died from an attack of acute indiges
tion about one o'clock yestAday
morning on the campus at Wake
Forest college, Wake Forest.
5 With several of his fellow-students,
the young man had been tj a drug
store an hour or two before and ate
a package of parched peanuts And
drank a cold drink. Returning to his
room, he resumed his work while his
roommate finished his studies and re
tired, Salsbury stating that he was
not quite through with his lessons.
A few minutes later he was found
dead on the campus in front of his
dormitory by other students.
Carl was considered one of the
most promising young men of his
section. He had always been popular
with those who knew him. He was
graduated at the Hamilton school, go
ing from that school to Scotland Neck
where he studied a year. In 1925, he
attended Mars Hill college. This was
his second year at Wake Forest and
he was doing excellent work there.
His mother before her marriage to
P. L. Salsbury was Miss Estelle
Johnson, of Scotland Neck.
The funeral was held in the Ham
ilton Baptist church at two o'clock to
day by Rev. E. P. West, his pastoV,
assisted by Rev. J. P. Gulley, of
Virginia, a former pastor of the
Hamilton church.
The funeral was attended by
members of the college student body,
literary and educational societies at
Wake Forest.
After the funeral, the body was
carried to Scotland Neck where a
brief service was conducted by Dr.
Gaines, president of the college and
others. Interment took place in the
Scotland Neck cemetery in the plot
of the young man's grandfather, l)r.
R. M. Johnson.
The large floral offering was an ex
pression of the great love and es
teem held for the young man.
HICKMAN TO BE
HANGED APRIL 27
j Now Being Tried for Mur
der of Druggist Over
Year Ago
N , .
"A criminal career, starting with
petty robberies a/tet graduation
I from high school, brought William Ed
ward Hickman into the shadow of the
gallows last Tuesday for the kid
napping and slaying of Marian Par
ker, Los Angeles school firl when he
was sentenced in superior court by
Judge J. J. Trabucco to be hanged
Friday, April 27."
Hickman is now bleng tried for an
other murder, the slaying of C. Ivy.
Thorns, druggist. A conviction in this
case will make doubly sure his death
on the scaffold.
An appeal which is expected to be
filed to delay carrying out the death
sentence pronounced last Tuesday. It
might be six months, defense at
torneys stated, before a decision is
handed down by the State Supreme
Court and it might be that the case
will reach the United States Supreme
Court.
OAK CITY SCHOOL
AND TOWN NEWS
Home Economics Class Is
Taking Care of Little
Girl
Oak City, Feb. 16.—(Special to the
Enterprise).—The Scotland Neck boys
basketball team met Oak City's team
Monday in a close game, Scotland
Neck winning in the last quarter, 16
to 11.
The senior high school teat was
given February 14.
The home economics class project
is going smoothly. The project is
looking after a little girl. The child
ii gaining n weight and is easier
controlled. Four girls have charge
each week. .
The home economics class, graup A,
entertained the seniors and high
school teachres at a luncheon Febru
ary 14th. A delicious course was serv
ed and enjoyed by all.
Town New*
Mrs. Emily Bell spent the week end
with her parents in Scotland Neck.
Miss Syble Ross entertained sev
eral of the teachers at her home on
Thursday night.
Rev. Mashbum preached at the
Christian church Sunday afternoon.
A large crowd was present and en-'
Joyed the sermon.
The Y. W. A. met at the home of
Miss Naomi Et he ridge Friday even
ing. The program was led by Miss
Ethel Bunting. After the meeting,
home-made candy was served.
Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, February 17, 1928
DR. BOSHART TO
SPEAK HERE AT
TEACHERS'MEET
x ________
Is Head of Vocational Guid
ance Department, of
Raleigh
MEETING TOMORROW
Public Invited to Hear Speaker; Meet
ing Tomorrow Is Last of Term
For Teachers
Dr. E. W. Hoshart, of the Voca
tional Guidance Department, Raleigh,
will address the county teachers in
their regular meeting here tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the graded
school auditorium. Dr. Boshart will
tdlk along the line of vocational
guidance in the State, during the
regular one-hour program.
Mr. J. L. Jones, president of the
county association, states that Dr.
Roshart's talk will be of the highest
type, and that every teacher in the
county should make especial efforts
to attend and hear him. He is not
only an interesting .speaker, stated
Mr. Jones, but he is a leader in his
field and can give valuable sugges
tions to teachers and young boys and
girls. The value of Dr. Boshart's talk
is not to be appraised by the individ
ual fee of twenty-five cents voted
upon the teachers by the association;
for, in those terms, Mr. Jones says
Dr. Boshart' stalk will be worth many
dollars to anyone. The public is in
vited to attend and hear this able
speaker.
The meeting tomorow is the last
one scheduled for the county teachers
this term, and the officers of the as
sociation are urging a large attend
ance.
FREMONT NOSES
OUT JAMESVILLE
County Boys Eliminated in
State Tourney Game at
Goldsboro, 25-23
lly a very close score, 25 to 23,
Jamesville lost to Fremont in a
hard-fought game at Goldsboro last
Wednesday night, at the same time
losing its position in the State
Championship series.
Fremont started the game off with
a rush, registering ten points in the
first few minu'.Jß of play to two
points for Jamesville. Both sides
played their best, according to those
who witnessed the game, but as the
periods passed, Jamesville began to
gain. Before the last period was hard
ly half over, Jamesville was, leading
22 to 20. Fremont made a last dash,
gaining its extra points and allow
ing Jamesville another lone point from
the free-throw line. It was a splendid
game, and Principal Jones seems to
think that the outcome would have
been different if his team could have
had just one more rrjnute of play.
When Jamesville played WoHVid
last week, Fremont had a representa-
there. He posted the Fremont
players, and they did not fail to tide
Jimmie Brown during the Wednes.ltiy
night game.
A few less than a hundred fans at
tended the game from Jamesville and
community.
V, '
Sunday Services at
Baptist Church
"If any would not work, neither
should he eat" is the Scripture from
which Sunday morning's sermon will
be taken. This is found in 11. Thess.
3:10.
At the evening service, the pastor
will have for his sermon subject, "In
the hands of God."
Mrs. Harper Holliday will be in
the choir at both services.
Next Wednesday night at 7:30 o'-
clock, some of the children of the
Sunday school classes are going to
put on a George Washington program
' at the church.
This will be the beginning of a
series of Wednesday evening serv
ics to be conductd by the clr.sses,
group*, and laymen and laywome.'i of
the church.
There will be a Sunday School con
vention held in the Memorial Bap
tist Church at Greenville Sunday af
ternoon »t 3 o'clock. Those putting on
the exercises are anxious to have a
goodly number attend from this
church.
Everetts and Durham Meet
Here Tomorrow Night
Erwin Auditorium, Durham, will
send its all-star basketball teafo here
tomorrow night to do battle with the
Everetts cagers in a second game of
the season between the two teams.
The up-country boys lost to Everetts
during the Christmas holidays by a
small margin, and while Everetts fans
know their team will win, the Erwin
boys don't think that way. -
Tonight Everett« is playing a re
turn game with Maysville at Mays
vills.
P. T. A. OBSERVES
FOUNDERS' V DAY
Exercises Held in School
Auditorium Here
Yesterday
The local parent-teaehff- association
held the fifth meeting of the school
term in the graded school auditorium
yesterday afternoon.
The thirty-first birthday of the As
sociation was celebrated by a very
appropriate Founders' Day program,
of which Principal L H. Davis was in
charge. A cake with thirty-one candles
on it was presented in commemora
tion of the event. Around this stood
five girls who paid a very fitting
tribute to Misses Birney and Hearst,
founders of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers of America, and
while Mr. Davis read the principles
for which the organization stands,
the candles were lighted. After this
the girls recited in unison a wish and
prayer for the succeoj of the National
Congress of Parent-Teachers.
At the close of th* program, the
regular business meeting was held.
The minutes were read and the roll
was called by grades. Miss Wilkins*
grade won the candy, a second time,
for the grade having the largest per
cent of parents in attendance.'
In the absence of the treasurer, the
president read her report. She re
ported |88,92; enough money to com
plete the work on the school grounds,
the task which the association had
undertaken as its year's work.
There were no reports from any of
the other committees, except the
Library Committee. Miss Allen re
ported that the money to buy books
for the library was in Mr. Pope's
office, and she had been instructed to
make out a list for $l6O worth of
books for the school library.
The officers for the 1928-29 term
will be elected the next meeting.
The following ladies were appointed
as a nominating committee, Mrs. R.
A. Pope, Mrs. C. B. Clark and Mrs.
O. S. Anderson.
BUSY WEEK FOR
MISS SLEEPER
Met With Number
and Women's Clubs
In County
By LORA E. SLEEPER
(County Home Demonstration Agent)
By the, end of Ihis week, all wom
en's clubs will have been met to be
gin the year's work in food selection
and meal planning.
Tuesday, the women of Holly
Springs met at the home of Mrs.
Charlie Daniels. The meeting was
opened with the annual election of
officers —afr ftri-hrtrs; Mrs. Fannie
Hardison, president, Mrs. J. L Col
train, vice president and Mrs. O. S.
Green, secretary.
The Farm Life school met Wednes
day morning at 10:30. There are girls
in this group to make two clubs, but
four schools have eight clubs and
with so many more, work would be
impossible without the volunteer
leadership of interested women.
The Hamilton wohien met Wednes
day for their first meeting. Many of
the club members were away but
with seven present, the meeting wag
held successfully. i
The women of Williams Chapel met
with the agent in the Methodist
church yesterday afternoon at 2 o'-
clck. The women decided at this
meeting to postpone the annual elec
tion of officers until more meetings
had been held to get back the mem
bership lost by not having an agent in
the county.
The girls of Jamesville Junior and
Senior clubs had their second meeting
this moming at 10 o'clock in the
school building. This is the largest
girls' club in the county and has a
membership of fifty-four girls. The
Agent has, of necessity, divided the
group into two cjubs.
The Jamesville'women are holding
their second meeting this afternoon.
The demonstration of cooking cereals,
comparing results of short time and
long time cooking of the cereal foods
! will be given by the Agent,
i Tomorrow morning will be the
regular office day. Anyone desiring
help relative to the home should take
advantage of this time the Agent has
to give.
Washington Man Has
Close Call in Wreck
Mr. S. F. Freeman, of Washington,
had a narrow escape yesterday morn
ing when his car skidded and turn
ed over on the Jamesville road, near
Gardner's creek. Mr. Freeman struck
one of those mud slews, common on
the Jamesville road, and his car skid
ded and before he could get it under
control, it flopped bottom aide up.
People travelling the road, helped
Mr. Freeman out and found that he
had suffered only slight cuts and
bruises about the head. The top of
the tear was crushed and the doors
were broken.
To Let Contract in March to
Pave Highway To Plymouth
BOARD OPPOSES
CREEK AND GUT
IMPROVEMENTS
U. S. Engineers Make Ad
verse Report on Two
County Projects
HAVE APPEAL RIGHT
Base Report on Fact That Expenditure
Would Be Out of Proportion
To Possible Benefits
An unfavorable report was re
turned in the preliminary examination
of Gardner's creek and Devil's Gut by
the District Engineer, the report
declaring that the improvement of
the two streams would require an ex
penditure out of proportion to any
benefits that might be expected to
accrue. Other grounds upon which
the adverse conclusions are based in
clude the existence of adequate rail
and water transportation facilities
within a reasonable distance of the
locality and that the improvement
would, to a great extent, be local in
its effects.
At a public hearing held here the |
latter part of last year, facts con
cerning the two streams were given
engineers. At that time certain lum
ber interests were pressing for the
improvements, but regular commer
cial shippers expressed themselves as
being opposed to the suggested im
provement, stating then just what the
District Kngi.ieer reported.
And while the report is expected to
hold, all interested parties have the
privilege of an appeal from this con
clusion, to the Board of Engineers
for Rivers and Harbors, a permanent
body sitting at Washington, D. C., to
which all examination and survey re
ports of this charecti r are r ferred,
Parties desiring to do so mav be
heard on appeal by the Hoard, s:cher
orally or in writing. Written com
munications should be addressed to
the Board of Engin ers for Rivers and
Harbors, Munitions Building, vVash
ington, D. C., and should be mailed in
time to be in possession of the Board
within four Weeks from the date of
this report.
Any other information needed may
be obtained by application t" l ! . S.
Engineers office, but attention in in
vited to the following regulations as
to the manner in which such informa
tion may be. furnished. ■.
"Where interested parties desire
data necessary for the preparation of
their appeal to the -Board, of Engi
neers for Rivera and Harbors, it.
will be given them verbally by the
District Engineer, or, in his absence,
by the senior assistant engineer con
nected with the improvement. They
will not be permitted to have access
to the report without authority from
the Chief of Engineers."
Checking Up On Alleged
Frauds by Oak City Firm
H. IS. Hatem, truding as Oak City
Supply and Trading Company, of Oak
City, faced a civil suit before J. W.
Ulnes, J. P., of Oak City, totiuy. The
suit was brought by a number of
Northern and Western creditors.
The Oak City Supply Company, of
Oak City, is a mercantile establish-,
ment with a splendid commercial rat
ing. TT»e Oak City Supply and Trad
ing Company is allegfM to be
nothing more than . a "sucker
catching" establishment, organized
for the purpose of procuring
goods on the reputation of the Oak
City Supply Company.
it is understood that around $15,-
000 dollars worth of goods have
been shipped to the establishment dur
' ing the past few months, all of which
with the exception of about J6OO
•worth have disappeared and none of
them have been paid for.
It id* understood that there are
government agents chacking up on the
case to ascertain if any fraud has
been committed against the postal
laws.
Williamston Divides
With Woodland Here
•
Williamston divided a double-header
basketball game here, last night, its
girls losing to the Woodland girls 16
to 14 and its boys winning over
Woodland 16 t« 14. Both games were
exceptionally good ones, and that of
the boys was by far their best this
season.
Severpf" regulars were missing in
the positions in the girls' game, but
even then the locals held the visitors
to a small and close score. Coach
Hood has met with many difficulties
throughout the season in coaching the
girls' team, and only this week Jose
phine Harrison was fnrced from the
! squad by an attack of appendicits.
RECORDER HAD
DOZEN CASES
Two Weeks' Vacation Piles
Up Work on Recorder
And Solicitor
After a two weeks' rest from their
duties as Recorder and Solicitor of
the recorder's court, Messrs. J. W.
Bailey and Hugh G. Hotron held their
court here last Tuesday for the first
time this month. And it was a busy
day for the judge and solicitor, for
the docket required work in the af
ternoon. There were one dozen cases
on the day's schedule.
Peter Spruill admitted his guilt in
a simple assault charge but was re
leased after he paid ',ne cost and
pledged good behavior for a year to
avoid IySO-day jail sentence.
The court, after hearing the evi
dence, agreed with Euley Speller
when he plead not guilty to an assart
wKli a deadly weapon and carrying a
concealed weapon charge.
The case, charging Mack Gilmort
with assault with a deadly weapon,
'was continued until the second Tues
day in March.
The assault case against James j
Brown was nol prossed with leave.
'The case, charging Kennie Powell
with an assault and carrying a con
cealed weapon, was nol prossed with j
leave.
I'pon the promise of good behavior |
for a year, a 60-day jail sentence, iim
posed upon Wright Smith was sus- i
pended. .Smith plead not guilty an I
attempted assault charge, but after
hearing the evidence, the court, found
him guilty.
n one instance, John Williams was
given a 30-day jail sentence upon a
larceny and receiving charge, and in
aonther similar charge, he was given
:t i'O-day jail .ent"i tv with leave to
louuty lommi ioji en to hire him out
for the payment of the costs of the
tkfi *' ' - i |
Hubert Davis pleaji guilty to an as
sault with a deadly weapon and
was fined $;». and i hiirged with the cost
of the action.
The case of Levi Huff was nol
prossed with leave. He was charged
with carrying a conceded weapon.
J. S. Whiteman plead guilty -of
violating the liquor laws, and prayci
for judgment was continued for two
weeks.
Harvey Gardner's case, in which
he was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, was nol prossed with
leave.
FEDERALAGENTS
CAPTURE STILLS
Get One in Bear Grass and
Two in Williamston
Townships
' C. F. Alexandre, Federal Prohibi
tion agent, assisted by Deputy J. R.
Manning, captured a cupper still,
übuut 800 gallons of beer, several tubs
and buckets and other equipment last
Tuesday in a woods, two miles west
of Corey's store in Bear Grass town
ship.
Wednesday, the officers located q
still, two bare Is of beer and sundry
equipment in Williams toWnship.
At this place, they came very near
catelling the owner's boys splitting l
wood for the still. After the boys es
caped, the officers set fire to the out
fit, the supposed owner came running
with hat off and tongue out, not
knowing the officers were present.
From this point, the officers went
down beside the Daniel-Ktaton mill
pond where, they found a still site
and twelve barrels of beer, a few
| buckets and other equipment. The still
! had been removed from the regular
site but the officers found the still,
worm and doubler in the pond. The
equipment had just been thrown in
the water, indicating that this had
been done upon the approach of the
officers.
National Salvage Company
Moves to Apartment Store
The National Salvage Company, of
Norfolk, buyer of the bankrupt stock
pf Sol Orleans, has moved the ptock
from the Gurganus building to the
store in the apartment building
formerly occupied by the Norfolk
Undersellers.
Mr. Nelson, manager of the Salvage
Company recently bought a bankrupt
stock from Speed, and will dispose of
the combined stock within the next
few weeks at the new location.
. Friends of Mr. John A. Manning
are glad to see him out again. He re
turned last night from Philadelphia
where he spen the past two weeks In
a hospital. ->
Advertisers Will Find Our Col
umns a Latchkey to Over 1,600
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
PROJECT CALLS
FOR 17.413 MILES
HARD SURFACE
Road Has "Already Been
Completed From County
Line To Plymouth
LETTING ON MARCH 13
Improved Road Will Mean Much To
People of Lower Martin, Wash
ington and Tyrrell Counties
According to a public announce- ■>
ment made yesterday, bids for paving
Highway Koute' No. 90 from' this
point to the Washigton County line
will be received at the next road let
ting March 13, by the Stave Highway
Commission in Raleigh. The bids for
the Martin County project will
received along with fifteen others, all
calling for 115 miles of concrete and
dirt roads in various sections of the
State, and one bridge in Jones coun
ty. The sixteen projects, It is esti
mated, will cost "around one and
three-quarter million dollars.
The Martin County project, i 7.413
miles in 'ength, is one of the longest
to be lei by the commission at its
meeting the 13th of next month.
The people in Washington and Tyr
rell counties have waited patiently
fo rthe improvement of the road, they
dating that the present road in wet
weather is (jangerous and elmost im
passable. The citizens in Jam*«ville
and hardens have gone on record
rhore than a hundred times as favor
ing the hard-surfacing of the- road,
and the purposed action will be well
received by them.
On March 15. the commission - will
meet and discuss the bids and attend
to other business matters.' «
When thi link is paved,/tllere will
be a hard-surfaced road from Raleigh
to a point a few miles below Roper,
leaving a ~Uetr,h of about 20 miles
dirt road between Columbia and Rop
er on Route 5)0.
MISSION CLOSED
SUNDAY NIGHT
Rev. John Gilbert Ends Ser
ries Services at Local
Episcopal Church
The series of services conducted at
the Episcopal church last week by
.J lev, John Gilbert, of Sharon, Conn.,
closed off SundifJ' night; At this serv
ice Wer* representatives from all the
other churches in the town, as the
pastors had announced that their own
church doors woul close in coopera
tion with Mr. Gilbert. On Sunday
morning, Bikhop l)ar»l preached and
administered the Rite uf Confirma
tion to three candidates. At night, he
preached at Hamilton, returning here
for the night.
The congregation realize that in
having Mr. Gilbert in' their midst, they
enjoyed a blessed privilege, for his
earnest application of the Scriptures
to the individual was in an unusual
manner. At once the hearer was
struck with the feeling that the words
were spoken by u man full of the
Spirit, and whose zeal in the cause of
Christ would do much HI the Crusade
launched by the Church in America
more than a year ago. The clotting
sermon of Mr. Gilbert was delivered
with great force and made a dpep
impression on his hearejs. He pleaded
earnestly for acceptance of the Cruci
fied Christ, using Pilate's boast of
authority for the basis of his words.
In this sermon, perhaps, Mr. Gilbert
gave a stronger evidence of his pow
er as a Misßioncr, who wns selected
by Rishop Darst for his splendid
preparation, £or the work.
Mr. Gilbert left early Monday
morning for Norfolk and from thence
to his home in Connecticut! While
I here, he was a guest at the Britt
' Hotel, and was a pleasant visitor to
j homes of the sick and afflicted.
Business School Will
Open Here Monday
The Georgia-Carolina School of
Commerce will open its school here
next Monday in the rooms over the
Farmers and Merchants bank.
Miss R. Lindsay, of Virginia, who
will be the. chief instructor in the
school, arrived last night Mrs. A. Mc-
Clane, of Brunswick, Ga,, will arrive
tomorrow to be present at the open
ing and assist in the organiiation of
the work.
Morning Service A t
Episcopal Church
Morning service will be held at the
Episcopal church Sunday at 11
clock by the Rector, C. 0. Pardo.
There will be no evening service.