VOL. x: NO. 33
ROBERSONVILLE
NEWS ITEMS
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People Coming and Going
Ws Gathered By Our Re
gular Correspondent - -
John D. Everet.
Mrs. Bessie Warren left Tuesday'
for Oak.City.
Mr. M. P. Smith went to Will
iamston Monday.,
Miss Kiider left Friday for her
home in Salisbury.
Mr. Theo. Cox of Winterville
was here Tuesday.
Mr. T. W. Ferrtll, of Greenville
was here Sat inlay.
Mr. George Daniel, of Oak City,
was in town Tuesday.
Rapid progress is being made 011
the two biick stores.
Mr. W. A. James, of Williams
ton was here Monday.
Mi's Leyta Taylor of Gold Point
was in town Tuesday.
Dr. Ward's mot lief left Monday
for her home in Wilton.
Miss Emma Robertson is spend
ing this week in Bethel.
Mr. C. T. Roebuck of Everetts
was in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Lester Everett, of Gold
Point, was in tow n Monday.
I)r. Ward and Mr. J. C. Smith
went to Greenville Tuesday.
Miss listelle House left Tuesday
for her home in Scotland Neck.
Mr. and Mrs'. W. L Riddick of
Williainston were in town this week.
Mrs. G. M. Roberson and George
Morton went to Williamston Tues
day-
Heavy rains and cold weather
have done much damage to the
crops.
Mr. Cecil Everett received an in
jury to his arm last week by a run
away horse.
Miss Lula Sauls left Thursday
for Rocky Mount en route to her
home in Norfolk.
Mr. and his bride, of
Greenville, came over Monday to
visit their mother.
Mr. Thomas Roberson
Norfolk Monday, where he has
secured a position.
Mr. Lester Roberson bad the
misfortune to shoot a rifle ball
through his foot Wednesday.
Misses Meads and Maree Robert
son,spent some days in the country
guests of Miss Lillian Smith.
Mesdames W. H. Adkins, A S.
Everett, M. R. l'eel, and Bessie
Warren went to Smith's School
House Sunday with the superinten
dent, W A Ross. .
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Last Tuesday was election day
in Robersonville. All the town
officers and five school trustees
were re-elected without a dissenting
vote. This is the strongest possi
ble ratification of the efficient ser
vices of these officers.
One of the strangest objects seen
in this section for some time was
a hen egg exhibited by Mr. D. F.
Roberson. On the small end of the
egg was a perfect'capital "J." I'
looks just like the rest of the shell,
except it is raised about the thick
ness of the shell. Who wilt inter
pret the meaning of thm miracle?
Evidently it is the- writing of God
on the wall of an egg.
When you take Kodol, the food
you have eattn will be digested
naturally, regularly and promptly,
and in this way Koiol gives the
stomach a chance to regain its lost
strength and heal h. and after a
little while you need not take
Kodol longer, but take it while
you do need it and if it fails to
benefit you your money will be
refunded to you. It is sold by
Biggs' Ding Store.
THE ENTERPRISE"
I.- of the I
CIRCUS J
Is COMING to TOWN 1
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i AFTER ALL OLDTHINGS)
| ARE BEST AND WHO IS i |
NOT THRILLED IN THE 1
STRANGEST WAY BY A IJ
I TALE OF. THE COOD OLD
I CIRCUS DAYS •
H | She's the prettiestdaintiest most , s i
j| I appealing little circus girl that iJ |
IkJ you haw ever seen. I 1
1 |V| She is so attractive and she has PJI
ml 1 ( had such an interesting life Hp
I \ that we have arranged for her i 1
'M to appear only for us ! I
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I I BREAD THE STORY OF POLLY M]
I 1 AND IN A. LITTLE TIME YOU 1 1\
I WILL THINK AS MUCH OF I \\\\\
I I POLLY or THE CIRCUS I .\V|
/>» WE DO J \\\
intresting and thrilling story will be published in "The Enterprise"
ning in the issue of May 21, 1909. It's not too long nor too short to -
become monotonous, and wili prove to be interesting.
This
Service at Christian Church
Rew John W. Tjndall will
begin a series of services at the
Chistian Church en M>"day night
May 17th. He will be accompa
nied by Prof. Perry, who will lead
the singing. Everybody is cordi
ally invited to attend these services.
New Phone Management
The Williamston Telephone
Company has sold its stock to Mr.
W. C. Manning, who will have
personal supervision of same. The
storm of la"st week did considerable
damage to wires, but repairs were
soon made and everything put in
good working oraer. Phones are
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 7. igot).
indispensable now, and business
houses are out of date without
goo 1 connection with the world.
State Normal
The fallowing card has been re
ceived:
Tne Faculty and Senior Clas»
of
The Nortii Carolina
State Normal and Industrial College
invite you to be present
at the *
Seventeenth Annual Commence
ment
May the twenty - second to the
twenty-fifth
nineteen hundred and nine
Greensboro.
Be Sunny
A gloomy day is a chalenge to
cheerfulness. It is easy—and weak
—to be gloomy when the weather
is gloomy- It is hard—and takes
character—to be sunny when the
sun isn't visible. A cloudy day
calls for a bit of brightness about
the clothing, a little extravagance
in smiles and cheering wards, out
off set the gloom. If ever there is
need of joyousuess and good cheer
in our words and looks and de
meanor, it is when we feel least
like it and when others about us
are most likely to be helped by it.
—Sunday school Times.
AFTERMATH OF
'THE STORM
Thousands of Dollars in
Damage--Crops Wilted
in Fields--Land Washed
' Almost Free of Fertili
zers
; The path of the storm of list
! week is stiewn with uprooted trets,
boughs, water - soike l
fields and blackened crops. Fii
day night all the battery of the
| heavens opened on the defenceless
I earth— the winds blew and water
fell in. sheets. A'l through the
night the storm lasted, and the day
dawn told of the damage. Perhaps,
the >lflt st inhabitant has not seen
I anything hke it so early in the
year. Hut the wind did not end
I with the n'ght, but increased in
[Velocity until Saturday afternoon
I it was blowing great guns.
To see the force of thestorm, one
Khns only to go out to "Kelvin
(Vtove," the country honie of Mr.
I James G. Staton, two utiles South
of \\ illianjston. Magnificent oaks
I are prostrate ar.d Iri-h potatoes,
corn and tobacco .seem to have been
in the ttack of a sirocco. This is
J but a picture of other places in the
county. Great clouds of sand beat
the "life aid strei gtli out of the
I tender plants, leaving them bl.uk
] etvedand wilted.
It is impossible t> estimate the.
damage in dollars and cents. But
litis greater than the people who
have siffTered can tell. Much fruit
'was destroyed also. Shade trees
| have been robbed of much of their
beauty by having the tender leaves
whipped to shreds.
Still tlure was no los-» of life as
in other States. North Carolina
was reached after the storm had
spent a great dial of its force. It
swept into the ocean and was lost
in the waters of the deep.
Roberson to be Executed
Gov. Kitchin lias named June
i ith. as the date upon which Robt.
Roberson is to be banged. Rober-
Json shot and killed Charles Which
ard at RobtrMmvifle last fall. He
was found guilty of murder in the
j first degree and sentenced to be
hanged November 12th, 1 90S.
I Judge brown in a lengthy opinion
affirmed the degree of tile lower
j court.
Extracts From Commissioners'
Meeting
The Board of County Commissi
oners met prrtnply with Chairman
Hurras ptesiding. All niembeis
were present except A. S. Rober
son. It was a very important meet
| inn for several weighty matter were
j before the Board. There were sev
ieral orders allowing people $2.00
for each month and one applicant
for a room at the County Home
twas heard favorably.
The petition for a bridge across
Hear Trap Swamp was granted.
This is a needed improvement, and
will be beneficial to the public. .Mr.
C. Smith was appointed list taker
tor Jamtsville Township.
orders were placed in the hands of
the Sheriff one for l'o;>l»ir Point,
the otlu-T for Cross Roads.
i The County Board of Health was
chosen for the ensuing too years.
It is composed of Dfs; Warren ,
T,ong, aid Saunders; Or War feu
was re-elected • Superintendent of
Health. This Board together with
the B >ard of Commissioners form
the Sanitary Committee of the
County.
An innovation in the manage
ment of County affairs was that of
appointing Harry W. Stubbs
County Attor ey, with a salary of
SIOO to be paid quarterly.
DeWitt's Little early Risers, gen
tle. easy, pleasant, small little liver
pills. Sold by Biggs Drug Store.
sr.oo a Year in Advance
WILLIAMSTON IN
SAFE HANDS
Election Quietest in his
tory -• Board Composed
of Sound Business Men.
The town election Tuesday was
noted for extreme quietness. A
vote whs catu, there being hut
one ticket in the field Mayor
Godwin, who was re elected, has
served for a number of years and is
a favorite of the people. He is fair
and just in the abministration of
t lie laws—is conservative and the:e
fore very little ciiticiMn
The Ityard of Aide men tin unh
untried, gives promise of a strong
administration. livery man ps~
sessess splendid business qualities.
They aie full »f the t-pint of pro
gress, but will not waste the money
of the people. Their nominatjctt
and election were made by the citi-.
Zens and the interest i>f the town
will be protected by them.
The Hoard is composed of James
R. Roberson, Charles 11. Goc'wm,
James G. St a ton, Alon/.o Haskell
and \V. llenry Crawford.
Annual Commcncemeut
The-Sixth Annual Com met ce
ment of the Wil'i.unston Graded
School wi I ben in Thursday even
ing, May 13th. at .S o'clock in the
City Opera House. The pupils
under the Faculty have h lie good
work in arranging nn attractive
progrtun for each hour. Ttiennv-ic
cl-i-s under Miss Martha Taylor
h is labortd to present the best so
lections ever listened to by a Wil
lia'imtou uudeince. Friday mo* rt
i-ig 11 o'clock the 'Graduating
Exercises will be held. The liter
ary address will l>e deliveied by
I'iof. M. 11. Stacy, of the Univer
sity of North Carolina
Friday evening at 8 o'clock the
final concert will be given. The
program for each evening is wt I!
selected. Operettas "Cindeiilla"
and "Snow White' with an ag
gregate number 6f one hundred arid
fifteen actors are charming mi ru
bers. Other features will be 1 layes,
"drifts, pantemines awl chernsesi ~
Marshals: Ida Jenkins, Chief, J. f
I). Lilly, J. II Thrower, LUa \V>a
and Fm ma Roberson
HASSELL ITEMS
Mr. Jim Randolph of House was
here Thursday.
Miss Maggie Salsbury went 'o
Oak City Mpnd iy.
Mr. R. 11. Salsbury spent Mon
day at Williamston.
Mr and Mrs. W. I) Jord;n
sj)ent Sunday at Home.
Mr. W. D. Hyman of Richmond .
is spending sometime here.
Miss Alma Fleming spent We l
nesday night at Greenville.
Mr. Herbert Johnson from Scot
land Neck was here monday.
Miss. Laura S dslviry . has been
sick this week but is now conval
i escent.
Messrs. J. 11. Eubauks and G.
F. Roberson went to Williamston
Monday.
The Christian preacher from
Gold Point held services here Fri
day 11 i lit. ___
Miss Roland Jenkins of Grteu
ville spent Sunday with MisS
' Hilda Knight.
Mr. W. J. Rollins went to
Bethel Wednesday to attend the
commencement Thursday and rrt
day.
Sick headache, constipation an*
biliou-ness are relieved by Ring*
Little Liver Pillfi. They cleanse the
system. Do not not gripe. Price
25c. Soldby Chase's Drug Store*