In lock; Mount Sunday
Mrs. W. E. Old, Mrs. K. D. Wor
rell and Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Thorpe accompanied the latters'
guest. Mrs. John J. Reinhardt, to
Rocky Mount Sunday where she
caught a train for Richmond.
Visits at Morehead
Mrs. Harry Thompson spent last
week-end with her husband at
Morehead Mr. Thompson is with the
Civilian Coastal Patrol.
In Norfolk Last Week-end
Mrs. Billy Culltpher spent the
week-end in Norfolk with her hus
band who is employed there.
Visit Here Saturday
Mr Vernon Phelps and Mr. Dolly
Hardison, of Norfolk, visited friends
here Saturday.
In Jamesville Sunday
Mrs. N. H. Lockhart and daughter,
Vivian, of Grifton, visited Mrs. Ben
Perry in Jamesville Sunday.
Visit in Jamesville
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown, of
Norfolk, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ferd
Holliday in Jamesville last week
end.
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Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Coltrain. of
Williamston, announce the birth of
a son on Friday, September 18th.
Leave for Chapel Hill
Billy Mercer, S. C. Griffin and
Jack Saunders left Monday to re
sume their studies at the Univer
sity of North Carolina.
Visit Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Wingutc Jenkins and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Early, of Norfolk,
visited Mr. and Mrs G. P. Hall here
Sunday.
Miss America 1942
Judges at the Atlantic City, N.
beauty pageant chose Jo-Carroll
I)ennison, "Miss Texas," as Miss
America of 1942. She comes from
Tyler, Texas, is 18 years old, B ft,
F> in. tall, and weighs 118 pounds.
She is shown standing beside the
trophy she was awarded for win
ning first place in the contest.
(Central l'rest)
Spends Week-end Here
Mr Mayo Rieves, of Graham,
visited his sister, Mrs. M. D. Wilson,
here last week-end.
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Visits in Benson
Miss Mary Benson spent the
week-end at her home in Benson.
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Give Hime A Practical Gilt
JEWELRY Is Just the Thing
WATCHES . . KINGS
FOUNTAIN PENS
PEN ami PENCIL Sets
Vk e have a lar^e variety in atoek
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A Large Photograph
To Cheer Up Ilia Dull Momenta
Christmas Parcel* To Soldier* Oversea* Must Be
Mailed Before November 1. See about it right away
J. L. PEELE
WASHINGTON ST. WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
I Am My
Family's
Purchasing
Agent
Come in today and
learn how easy it is
lo open a cheeking ac
count. It's the thrifty
smart way to pay for
ail your purchases!
Run your household like a business . . . pay for all
your purchases by check. There are no twice-paid
bills or danger of theft or loss when you pay this
economical way! The cancelled check acts as
your receipt and gives a complete record of all
household transactions.
Branch Banking & Trust Co.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
THE SAFE EXECUTOR"
Spends Week-end Here
Mrs. Sarah Copeland, of Edenton,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Gurganus, here last week-end.
In Kinston This Week
Mr N. R. Manning is a business
visitor in Kinston this week.
Were Here Saturday
Mr and Mrs. Marvin Baker, of
Washington, visited Mr. and Mrs.
frank Weston here Saturday night
Returns from Florida
Mr. J. B. Barnhill. Jr.. of Everetts,
returned from Florida Sunday.
Was Here Last Week-end
Bernard Hurley, of Duke Univer
sity, visited Rev. and Mrs. B T. Hur
ley here last week-end.
Confined to Her Home
Mrs. Alexander Lilley is confined
to her home with blood poison.
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Spends Week-end Here
Miss Evelyn Harrison, of Durham,
visited her mother, Mrs. L. B. Har
rison, here last week-end.
Visit Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ray, of New
River, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. R Ev
erett Sunday.
Laeve for Charlotte
Mrs. Dick Taylor and Mrs. C. T.
Bowers left Sunday for Charlotte
where they will buy fall merchan
dise for Belk-Tyler's.
Were Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Summrell and
daughter, Mickey, and Mrs. Maude
Summrell, of Greenville, visited Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. McLawhorn here on
Sunday.
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In Hamilton Sunday
Miss Lucille Davis visited in Ham
ilton Sunday.
Visits in Hamilton
Miss Melba Everett, of Ports
mouth, visited her parents, Mr and
Mrs Jesse Everett, in Hamilotn last
week-end.
Spend Sunday Here
Edgar Gurganus and Eddie Kis
lin, of New Jersey, now enrolled at
Wake Forest College, Visited Mrs.
Mary Bonner Gurganus here Sun
day.
Visit at Blounts Creek
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Carrow visit
ed at Blounts Creek Sunday.
At Virginia Beach Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. David Hix and
daughter, Nancy, visited at Virginia
Beach Sunday.
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Continues III at Home
Mr. R S. Critcher continues ill
at his home on Watts Street.
In Washington Hospital
Miss Penina Roberson is ill in a
Washington hospital with a broken
hip.
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Spends Week-end Here
Mrs. Robert Harrell, who recent
ly moved to Edenton, visited here
last week-end.
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Visits Here Sunday
Miss Eloise Andrews, of Ports
mouth, visited Miss Annie Mae Bai
ley here Sunday.
Confined to Her Home
Mrs. Hugh Horton is confined to
her home on Main Street with a
broken wrist.
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Was Here Sunday
Jack Hansen, U. S. engineer, of
Camp Battle, visited here Sunday.
10 Greensboro Saturday
Mrs. Roger Critcher and daugh
ter, Mrs. Dan Sharpe, accompanied <
Ensign Dan Sharpe to Greensboro
Saturday where he left for New
York.
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Enters Richmond Hospital
Entering a Richmond hospital for
treatment last Saturday, Mr. Asa
Crawford was reported greatly im
proved yesterday. He was accompan
ied by Mrs. Crawford, his mother,
Mrs. K. B. Crawford, and Mr. Henry
Griffin.
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Will Give Supper
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian Chapel Church, Cross
Roads, will give a cold plate supper
at the church Friday night, Septem
ber 25th, from 7 o'clock to 9 p. m.
The public is cordially invited.
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Returns To Ayden
Miss Martha Baldree has returned
to her home in Ayden after spend
ing last week here with Mr. and
Mrs. Jule Barnhill.
Visit Here Sunday
Mrs. P. F. Pollard and sons, Jule
and Fred, of Bethel, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jule Barnhill here Sunday.
In Clayton Last Week-end
Misses Mary Whitley and Grace
Talton spent the week-end in Clay
ton.
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Masons Will Meet
The Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, will
meet here tonight at 8 o'clock. Work
in the second degree will be held.
All Master Masons are urged to at
tend.
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Spends Week-end Near Here
Mr. Bruce Edwards, of Jackson
ville, spent last week-end near here
with Mrs. Edwards and children.
Is Visiting Here
Private O. S. Winborne, stationed
at Camp Grant, 111., is visiting friends
here this week.
In Robersonville Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Britton and
children visited in Robersonville on
Sunday afternoon.
Returns to Portsmouth
Mrs. F. C. Gluck returns to her
home in Portsmouth tomorrow fol
lowing a short visit here with rela
tives and friends.
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Attend Court Here
Chief William Gray, Officer Wade
Griffin and Attorneys J. C. Smith
and Paul D. Roberson, and Mr J.
R. Winslow, of Robersonville, at
tended court here yesterday.
Visit in Robersonville
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Edwards
and son, Jack, visited relatives in
Robersonville Sunday.
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Prosecutes Docket
Solicitor Donnell Gilliam, of Tar
boro, prosecuted the criminal docket
in the current term of the Martin
County Superior court here this
week.
Spends Week-end Here
Mr. Joel Muse, buyer on the Kins
ton tobacco market, spent the week-1
end here with his family.
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In Tarboro Sunday
Mrs. Anna Harrison visited rela-1
tives in Tarboro Sunday.
Marriage License Issued
A marriage license was issued in
this county last Saturday to James
Garland Rogers, of Williamston, and
Mildred Peele, of Robersonville.
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Enters State College
J. B. Taylor left Monday to en
ter State College, Raleigh, for the
coming semester.
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Visits in Whitakers I
Miss Catherine Bradley visited in
Whitakers last week-end.
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In New York This Week
Mrs. B. A. Critcher is in New York
this week buying fall goods.
Your Last Chance
To
Pay Your Taxes
FOR THE YEAR 1941
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All Delinquent Taxpayeri
Will Be Advertised.
October 1st
Luther M. Peel
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COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR
| Things To Watch
For In The Future
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More and more wooden articles
you always thought had to be made
I of metal. For instance, radiator cov
ers made of fiber board and hard
I wood . . . Almost all-plywood air
planes?Beech Aircraft Corporation
of Wichita is turning out twin-en
gine bomber pilot trainers of this
type in increasing numbers. Even
the leak-proof fuel tanks are of ply-1
I wood . . . Fiber containers, by Am
erican Can Company, lithographed
I to look just like the vanishing tin
lean; they can be packed on existing
canning machinery, but are recom
mended primarily for drugs, cos
I metics, foods and tobaccos ...
Various devices for making it easy
to hold your car speed down to the
rubber-saving 35 m.p.h. ... A non
I metal garbage pailr made of plasti
I cized plywood, is one of the new
war-substitute items shown at Chi
I cage's Merchandise Mart . . . Dehy
Idrated apple granules to be market
ed in cellophane bags for use in pas
I tries or for a quick applesauce
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(.of/tut Ginning Prices
Have Been Fixed This Year
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Cotton ginning services have been
placed untjer a special maximum
I price regulation by the Office of
IPrice Administration. Fees which
more than 11,000 cotton gins may
I charge are covered. Generally speak
I ing, the ginner may charge either
1105 per cent of last season's fee for
.the same or substantially similar
services, or specified dollars-and
| cents prices fixed by the regulation.
TAYLOR-DANIELS
Miss Mary Virginia Daniels
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal'
I Oscar Daniels, became the bride
lof Ralph Elliott Taylor in the Ever
letts Christian Church'on Friday af
ternoon, September 18th. The Rev.
J. M perry officiated.
The vows were spoken before an
I altar of ferns, pine and white ae
Ipheus.
Prior to the vows a program of
nuptial music was rendered by Mrs
Norward Martin. Mrs. Buck James,
lof Robersonville, sang The Sweet -
I est Story Ever Told.
The bride entered with her broth
Icr, James Oscar Daniels, by whom
she was given in marriage. Mr. Tay
lor had as his best man, Mr. Hewitt
I Edwards.
The bride wore an ensemble of
brown and gold flannel with ac
I cessories of brown Her shoulder cor
I sage was of red roses.
Mr. Taylor is the son of Mrs Ma
mie Taylor and the late Mr. Joe
Taylor. After a wedding trip to an
unannounced destination Mr. and
I Mrs. Taylor will be at home with the
groom's mother, Mrs. Mamie Tav
| lor.
Was Here Saturday
T. F. Harrison, of the U. S. Coast
Guard, Norfolk, was home for a
short while Saturday.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank our
friends and our neighbors who so
kindly administered unto our daugh
ter duing her illness. We also wish
to express our appreciation for the
many acts of kindness and expres
sions of sympathy after her death.
Mr and Mrs. Daniel Lilley
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Latent Addition* To The
Enterprise Mailing List
Listed among the recent additioni
to the Enterprise mailing list are tha
following:
Marion Leggett, Williamston; Sal
lie Williams, Hamilton; Handy
Slade, Williamston; N. G. Ellis,
Jamesville; St. Sgt. D. T. Lilley, New
Orleans, La.; Mary Slade, Greens
boro; John A. Hardison, Williams
ton; Mrs. P. I. Harrison, Rocky
Mount: Mrs. Cora Ward, Williams
ton; Mrs. Percy Walker, Topeka,
Kansas; J. R. Wynne, Goldsboro; H.
A. Pierce, Williamston; Elbert Jones,
Oak City; Wheeler Martin, William
ston; Wm. D. Harrison, Buies Creek,
N. C.; Ernest Lawrence, Oak City;
D. B. Mobley, Robersonville; Cpl.
Wm. M. Cherry, Fort McClellan, Ala.;
Mrs. J. V. Champion, Williamston;
E. S. Peel, Jr., Chapel Hill; R. C.
Shields, Scotland Neck; G. D. Ward,
Robersonville; E. M. Mendenhall,
Williamston; Edward F. Peel, Wil
liamston; Mrs. J. L. Davenport,
Jamesville; W. D. Gurganus, Wil
liamston; Sgt. R. H. Gurganus, Fort
Myer, Va ; H. O. Gurganus, William
ston; S. T. Wynne, Williamston; J.
C. Mobley, Jamesville; Mrs. G. H.
Gurganus, Norfolk; W. C. Bryant,
Robersonville; Cadet Clayton Crof
ton, Maxwell Field, Ala.; L. C. Gard
ner, Jamesville; S. A. Martin, Wil
liamston; Mrs. E. W. Davis, Norfolk;
T. C. Griffin, Williamston; W. S.
Swinson, Jamesville; M. A. Price,
Williamston; J. D. Woolard, William
Is In Grandy Sanatorium
Friends and relatives will regret
to learn that Mr. Mayo Bailey, a for
mer resident of this county, is con
fined to the Grandy Sanatorium in
Norfolk.
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Enjoying Work
Miss Pattie Battle, who recently
went to Baltimore as an employee
of the Glenn Martin Aircraft Fac
tory, is reported to be enjoying her
work. Mrs. Garland Coltrain, sis
ter of Miss Battle, stated that she
was operating a drill motor in the
huge aircraft factory.
ston; H. B. Griffin, Williamston; Wil
lie Long, Williamston; W. O. White,
Williamston; Je6se Gardner, Wil
liamston; ;Katherine Manning, Wins
ton-Salem; Joe Ayers, Williamston.
NOTICE OF RE SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order
of re-sale of the Superior Court in
a special proceedings entitled "W.
V. Daniel et al, ex-partee," the un
dersigned Commissioner will, on
Monday, October 5, 1942, at 12 o'clock
Noon, in front of the Courthouse
door Martin County offer for re
sale to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described property:
Being a brick store and lot in the
Town of Oak City, N. C., bounded on
the North by Commerce Street, on
the East by Mrs. Leitha Harrell, on
the South by a garage and on the
West by Railroad Street.
This 18th day of September, 1942.
B. A. CRITCHER,
s22-2t Commissioner.
j 1 SPECIALS
Men's All Wool
SWEATERS
$2.49 $2.98
Men's Winter
UNION SUITS
97c $1.25
MEN'S HEAVY SWEATERS $1.25
Men's Heavy Horsehide
LEATHER COATS
All Sizes
$12.95
Men's Fur Felt
HATS .... $2.98
Children's Poll Parrot
SHOES
Sizes 8 Yi to 3
$2.98 $3.49
Only a Little More
TOBACCO CANVAS
I>eft! 28x24, 4 yds wide
MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS, Only _ $1.25
MEN'S SUITS _ _ $14.50 to $29.95
Children's Star Brand
SHOES
$1.98 $2.49
Children's Cheap
SCHOOL SHOES
$1.19 $1.69
Boys' Blue Melton
ZIPPER COATS
Sizes 6 to 18
$2.69
Extra Special?One
Week Only ? 9x12
FELT BASE RUGS
$2.98
Just Received ? A Large Shipment of
CAROLE KING DRESSES
Sizes 9 to 15
$6.50 to $12.95
CHILDREN'S SWEATERS ___ $1.49 and $1.98
Ladies' New Fall
Buy Your BLANKETS
COATS and SUITS
Now. Prices range from
$12.95
89c $7.50
Ladies' New
Ladies' All Wool
FALL HATS
COAT SWEATERS
$2.98
$2.49 it
Darden's Dept. Store
Closingat 10:00 P. M.
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Owing to the Shortage of Waitresses and com
petent Cooks, We Are, Through Necessity,
Closing Our Care Each Night at 10:00 o'clock.
Cafe Will. Open at 6:30 A. M.
We regret that we must shorten oar hours, but to efficiently serve our cus
tomers we ere compelled to take this action. To our customers and our friends
we wish to express our gratitude and appreciation for the patronage accorded
us since we began business here.
CENTRAL CAFE