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RECOLLECTIONS OF A FORMER RESIDENT OF
WILLIAMSTON.
Editor of The Enterprise.
Dear Sir—and through you
mv old friends and neighbors:
My niece, tyrs Lucy Mizell sole
surviving representative of mi
family in Williamston, has jubt
sent me three copies of your paper,
"The Enterprise," which is the
l>est edited, best printed, and seem
ingly the best patronized paper
ever published in Williamston, ex
cept, perhaps, the "Mercury,"
which was published there about,
1857 or 1858, founded and edited
by the talented, though somewhat
errattic, young lawyer, A S.
Williams, the smallest man in
tawn. perhaps in the county, but
IKS man of my acquaintance at that
time had more good brains or kind
ness of heart than he had. The
"Mercury" was printed on a new
press from new type, and presented
the clearest and most readable page
of any paper published in Martin
County before or since* But "The
Enterprise" is a good second, and
that no scant praise of its typo
graphical appearance.
But It is not of the paper itself
that I am moved to write, but of
the contents of the copies before me:
Williamston, or its vicinity, was
my birthplace, the home of my
childhood, and I find in your col
umns names familiar to me as
household words from the time of
my earliest recollection, and they
take me back to a day which seems
bat yesterday.
But it requires some mental
effort to make myself realize that
tbe persons whose names appear
in the local columns of "The En
terprise" are not, with a tew ex-,
ceptions, the persons I knew, but j
their descendants, some of tliem
liorn vears after I left Williamston.
Some, however, are the veritable
friends of my childhood and youth,
and of some of these I wish to say
a few words, to show that old ac
quaiutances have not been forgot
ten.
As there will not l>e room in
your paper for an extended review
of the list, I will refer very briefly
to such names as B'ggs, Hassell,
j Lanier, Carstarplieii, Harrell, Rob
insou or Rolwrtson, Staton, Craw
ford, Varrell, Fagan, Peelc, Stubbs,
Lamb and others.
No doubt those referred to in
your paper by these names are
descendant* of people I knew, and
that most of them are as entirely
unknown to me as you are, Mr.
Editor. I have seen and known a
few of them, I knew Mrs. T. C.
Crawford when she was Miss Hat
tie Biggs, I also knew her father
and her brothers and sisters, wad
have seen her mother, and remem
ber well just bow Miss Hattie look
ed when she was a young lady, a
few years before }he married Mr.
Crawford, whom I also knew and
remember, even his features.
The Carstarphens are doubtless
all descendants of my 6ld friends
Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Mary Carstar
phen, why I knew her when she
was Miss' Mary King, no older,
perhaps, than her youngest daugh
ter now is. Bat hold, if I go on
at this rate people will be asking
"how old you be?" and I would
not like to say.
Then -there's Harry Stnbbs be is
another whom I have &en. He
was a little boy in knee breaches
j when I saw him last. His mother
®|)T (Mtrymt
WILLIAMSTON, N. C„ FRIDAY, MAY 3 1907
was my Sunday School teacher
once. I was quite at home in her
father's house in those days when
lawyer Jesse Stubbs was paying
cotirt there, and I saw goodly por
tions of her bridal trousseau long
before her fiance saw tliem. Oh;
but there were stunning creations
among them. Two gowns particu
larly. One was—but space wont al
low description.
And so I might say something of
scwml other familiar names if
-puce allowed, but this must suffice
for the living.
j One of the papers. It was an «M
copy, mentioned the death of two
*hohad been soldiers in the Con
federate Army, 61st regiment,
Biggs' company William Anderson
and Aaron Koberson, Bill Ander
son aud myself were boys togeth
er, aliout the same age, perhaps he
was three or four years older than
I was. Aaron Roberson was our
nearest neighbor at the time I
knew him, a quiet, hard working
■nan, and father of two daughter,
one of them as old as myself I be
lieve she is now Mrs. Clifford
Bland. I do not renunenber that
Mr Roberson was in the army,
though I have no doubt he was. 1
had forgotten it.
I do not remember that either of
these men were in Biggs' company;
and Wm. Biggs, sou of Judge Asa
Biggs, of Williamstou was captain
of Company A. C. regi
meut not the 6ist. It is well to
correct little mistakes like this
now before they get into written
history if it is a mistake. It is just
possible that there was a captain
Biggs of the 61 it, and that these
men were members of his company
but I suspect the facts as reported
in "The Enterprise" are some
what mixed.
[Mrs. Aaron Rolierson and Wm.
Anderson enlisted Novemlwr 4, '6l
in Compauy 11. 6tst, N. C. Cap-
John R. Lanier was the first cap
tain, he was succeeded by Captain
Win B. Lanier in May '62 and
Captain John Dawson Biggs suc
ceeded to the command of the com
pany in May '64.
Company A. 17th, N. C. had for
Company A. 17th, N. C. had
for its first captain John C. Lamb,
who was promoted in May '62 to
Lieutenant Colonel. He was suc
ceeded by Lieutenant Wm. Biggs.
-Ed.]
And then I would like to refer
to the great changes and improve
ments in the town: banks, rail
roads, telephones, electric lights,
concrete sidewalks, brick build
ings, up-to-date postoffice, lawn
tenuis, schools, churches amuse
ment, all very modern and so diff
erent from the Williatnston of my
boyhood that I dare say I would
not know it, and would find my
self a stranger in a strange place,
among people familiar only in
names, should I visit you. So I
think I will remain here, among
friendly and well known, and well
liked strangers, where there are
enough tnosquitos in summer to
make one teel 'M home, and where
chills and fevers bane *of the Roa
noke valley are unknown.
With assurance of kind remem
brance of old friends and liest
wishes for their descendants, also
for much success of "The Enter
prise," lam your friend
Wm. H. Wyatt.
ill Prospect Place.
Rutherford, N. J.
a ~ .
Good Words fir Clialirlali't Coi|k
Riaidy
People everywhere take pleasure
in testifying to the good qualities
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
Mrs. Edward Phillips of Barclay,
Md., writes: "I wish to tell you
that I can recommend Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. My little
girl, Catherine, who is two years
old, has taken this remedy when
ever she has had a cold since she
was two months old. About a
month ago 1 contracted a dreadful
cold myself, .but I took Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and was
soon as well as ever." This remedy
is for sale by S. R. Biggs.
Two Kentuckians fought a duel
over a dollar and both were killed.
Had they invested the dollar in
true Kentucky style, neither would
! have been more than half shot.
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Women who suffer from unnecessary, disagreeable,
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Also relieves headache, backache, dizziness,
cramps, dragging pains, nervousness, irritability, etc.
If you need advice, write us a letter, telling us all
your symptoms. We will send free advice (in plain
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The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
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I "■"■"■jy- OF UMIIIIUI
East Carolina a Great Country 1
(Scotland Neck Commonwealth)
"This must be a great country!
to be able to pay for nil the hay,
grain, meat, meal and other things
Shipped here," remarked nuohserv
ing citizen some days And
truly it is so. Few people have
any true conception ot the money
that is sent from this region for the
articles named by the citizen ((not
ed and other tilings that ought to
.lie produced here at home. Many
people will argue that farmers can
do lietter by raising liionev crops j
almost altogether and buy western >
corn and hay for their stock; and
perhaps one may find a farmer here
and there who seems to do well on
tUat system, but where one farmer
succeeds on that plan fifty will fail.
Tun CoMMONWKAi.ru holds that
two barrels ot corn in a farmer's
own crib are worth three that have
to come from some other man's
crib; and it seems almost safe to
say that two barrels at home are
worth four l*arrels anywhere else.
Home supplies an.l home inde|>etid
euce are the only safe and sure
5 Per g\ Cent
ifi o
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fk We Pay You 6 Per Cent on
X Your Money 3?
jr And Give The Earth as Security.
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4Mb We issue SIOO.OO bonds secured by first mortgage £fu
oil tlie earth —real estate. We use your money to ini
prove this real estate ami increase its value. We pay * "
interest each ist of March on all IHHHIS. YOU subscribe E
now for 5 IKHUIS. YOU can pay for these bonds as fast 0
JjjL or as slow as you please, just so you have paid SIOO,OO £pj
each by March mt, and we pay you 6 per cent 011 the r!
whole amount for an entire year. The Bank pays "you
jJA 3 percent and only pays you for the average time. No
bank in the country can offer you better security than _
real estate —It wont burn, it can't run away and it in- wjf
£*9 creases in value every day. There is not a man, woman
djfk or child in Martin county that can not. save at least W9J
* SIOO.OO in Bor 10 months if they will. ~ JXL
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a ] t is jnst as convenient for you to take advantage
II o( this Saving Department as if it was at yonr door,
Send One Dollar, Five, Ten, or any other amount, we
fay
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cent on the whole sloo.oo, if you liave paid it in by tl3f
March ist. Write us about this right away as this
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- Washington, N. C.
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• j motto for the southern farmer.
|We believe the time is not far dis
tant when Eastern Carolina will l>e
one of the most prosperous and
independent sectious in North
Carolina. When one speaks of
the rapid strides in the State's de
velopment he K el,e r a "y refers to
Piedmont Carolina; but it only
remains for the farmers of this part
of the Slate to learn the posslbili
' ties that lie about them and this
section will measure up with any
other part of the State. Indeed in
I some tilings Kastern Carolina leads
[already.' The ease with which our
lauds can be cultivated is pne of
the great advantages over trther
parts of the State. To be a pro
gressive farmer 111 Kastern North
Carolina means a great deal now,
and we believe ten years from liow
it will mean still more.
For stomach troubbs, bilious
ness and constipation try Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
I. ts Mmy it-1 urk.ible cures haye
been effected by them. Prices 15
cents* Samples free. For sale by
S. R. Biggs.
NAN WAS RIGHT
They were very much lu love, Ethel
wynue uiul Farcy—at least Kthetwyune
was, aud li> the secret rec?*aea of her
mind and heart she felt pretty sure
that Percy was too.
Percy waa buahful. There was no
doubt of that. Times without number
bad she given him the best cbancea In
the world to tell her that he loved bar.
and he had told her. She had lured
hlui into the moat dimly lit eoruera at
the "propoaal parties," which nil the
girls were having. Bhe had half pre
tended to take hla play proitoaul seri
ously, but that hadu't been succesaful.
Hhe remembered, with a sting of
wounded vanity, had actually
aeeiued relieved When his Ave minutes
were up and he had goue on to propose
to the next girl.
She waa pretty sure that be loved
her, but she wanted to be surer. She
based her belief upon solid facta. Per
cy had a good deal of sense, she reflect
ed. although not as bright as some. If
ntteutlon weut for anything, be cer
tainly must be aerlous. He wus good
for the theater at least one night a
week, had eaten expensive luncheons
with her as often as she would con
sent to meet hltn downtown and make
his midday meal happy; he had sent
her Innumerable boxes of candy aud
dozens of flowers. Indeed he had al
ways "glveu her a good time" In every
way he could.
"What do all these things mean,"
argued Ethelwynne silently to herself,
"except that be Is really In earnest?"
Aud as yet he had not proposed!
What could she dot
Her best friend, Dorothy, had Just
become engaged and wus receiving the
"best wishes" of a few of her most In
timate friends, the public announce
ment not having yet been made.
"It Is to be formally announced at
my dinner tomorrow night," said Kthel
wyune's cousin, Mrs. .lack Mather, a
dashing young matron, who had mar
ried a lot of property, with a brainless
youth attached, and now wanted every
one olso married too.
"I'll have the favors heart shaped, I
think," she said. "Wouldn't you?"
Just at that moment Ethelwynne hat
ed Dorothy.
' "By the way, honey," contluued Mrs.
.lack, "when are you and young Chip
pendale going to get. serious? Heemn
to me you're going aloug at an aw
fully slow pace. Just like this lust
wluter this time. What's the matter?
I believe I'll Just take a hand at tblfi
myself imil hurry things along. Don't
you want me to announce your engage
ineut tomorrow night, too, aud see
what will come of It?"
Ethelwynne was stunned for u mo
ment, but she rallied and, with
flushed cheeks and shilling eyes, said,
"Nan, I'll dare you to!"
The dinner was a groat success. The
announcement of Dorothy's engage
ment to her clever young doctor had
been received with great applause and
some consternation among two or thrcu
girls who had secretly udored the doc
tor themselves aud whose eloquent
glances at each other meant lu tbo
feminine cipher code: "The sly thing!
Hotv did she do It?"
They druiik the health of the newly
engaged couple and showered theui
with congratulations, and then—then
Mrs. Jack rose, held high her glass e il
said, "I'm sure you will all Join mo u
wishing the best of success ulso to l.iy
cousin, Miss Allyn, and Mr. (.'hlppen
dule."
Everybudv looked a trifle queer, Per
cy noticeably so. Ethelwynne was
demurely confused. It had hardly been
an announcement—and yet It bad. Aft
er it moment of dazed surprise the
guests came to the rescue, repeated the
congratulations and drank to the health
of Ethi»lWynne and Percy even lu uioro
cheerful fashion thon before. They
even rose from the tuble aud, with
laughter anil Jests, returned to the
drawing room.
"Oh, Mr. Bennett!" said Ethelwynne
a few minutes later. "Oil, do you think
It will get Into the patters? Whatever
would I do?"
(Mr. Bennett was connected with one
of the city dallies.)
"Why not?" he said, with a meunlug
look aud a smile. "Isn't It all right?
Thy are always put there, you know,
tfou mustn't be so modest."
"Oh, well, you see, yes, of course, It's
—but theu, don't you know, It's so very
—dear me, here comes Mr. ('hippendalo
now. Ob, please, Mr. Bennett"
"Miss Allyn," said Percy In a solemn
tone, "can you give me u few minutes?
There's something I "Want to say to
you."
A half hour later they emerged from
the music room looking a hundred
times more confused and conscious
than tbey hail at the table, but withal
very happy. As they passed an alcove
where John Bennett was flirting des
perately with a pretty dark eyed girl
in a blue gown Kthelwynne leaned
over, touched him 011 the shoulder and
said, "Do you know, Mr. Bennett, I
don't believe I should mlnil so much,
after all."
The next morning Mrs. Jack Mather
received a letter which contained only
a clipping from the morning paper. It
reed:
"The engagement Is announced of
Miss Ethelwynne Allyn, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Allyn, to Mr. Per
cy Chippendale. The wedding Is set for
an early date."
And across the marglu was written
In Ethel Wynne's scrawling band:
"Nan, you are all right."—Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune. I
I
A Similarity.
"Did you ever try the stock market T"
asked the eastern man.
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WHOLE NO. 374
Professional Cards.
HUGH B. YORK,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office: Jeffress Drug Store.
OPFICK HOURS: 8 to 10 A. M.;7to 9 r. M.
Williamston, N. 0.
Office Phone No. 53
Night Phone No. 63
DR. J. A. WHITE.
FLSR DKNTIST
OPFICK—MAIN STRICT
PHONS Q
1 will lie in Plymouth the first week la
every other month.
W. IS. Warren. J, S. Rhodes.
[)RS. WARREN & RHODES,
PHYSICIANS
AND SURGEONS.
OFFLCK IN
BIGGS' DRUG STORK
'Phone No. 20
BURROUS A. CRITCHER,
ATTORNKY AT LAW
Office: Wheeler Martin's office.
'Phone, »3.
WILUAMSTON. N. C.
S. AT WOOD NEWELL
LAWYER
Office formerly occupied by J. D. Rigga.
Phone No. 77.
WILLI AMBTON, N C.
wherever aervicea are deaired
S|>ecial Attention given to examining and mak
ng title fur purchAMcta of timber and timber
landa.
Socclal attention will l>e given to real eatate
exchange*. If you winh to buy or sell land I
can helpyou- m PHONI4/
H. I). WINSTON S. J. EVKRRTT
WINSTON & EVERETT
AWORNKYS-AT-LAW
N. C.
'Phone 31 -
Money to loan.
A. R. DUNNING
ATTORNFA'-AT LAW
ROHKRSONVII.LK, N. C.
HOTEL BEULAh
I). C. MOORING, Proprietor
ROBKRSONVII.LK, N. C.
Kates'fi.oo per day
Special Rates By the Week
A Firat-Closs Hotel in Kvery Partic
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a most convenient place to stop.
In Gase of Tire
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111 case of death you want
to leave your family some- _
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accident you want some
thing to live on besides
liorrowing.
Let Us Come to Your RIKUI
We can insure youjagainst
loss from
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We can insure your Boiler,
Plate Glass, Burg
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None But Best Commies Rurisiititf
K- B. GRAWfOGD
INSURANCE AGENT,
Godard Building
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Williamston Telephone Co.
Office over Batik of Martin County.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Phone Charges:
Messages limited to 5 minute*; extra
charge will positively be made for longer
time.
To Washington .3 eta.
V Greenville t5 '«
" Plymouth 25 "
" Tarboro "
" Rocky Mount 35 "
• " Scotland Neck aj •'
" Jamesville 13
" Kader Lilley's 13 "
" 1. G. Staton 13 "
" J.L. Woolard , 15 »
" O. K. Cowing &Co 15 '•
" Parmele 15 "
" Robersouville 15 "
" Everetts 15 '•
" Gold Point 13 »
" Geo. P. McNaughton 15 "
" Hamilton ao "
For other polnta in Baatern Carolina
see "Central " where a 'phone will be
found for tue of non- subacribm.