VOL. XI. NO. a 2
' robersoNVille
NEWS ITEMS
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Local Happenings and
People who are Coming
and Going, Here, There
A and Yonder as Gathered j
by our Regular Corres- i
pondent.
\
J. T. Tavlor went to Everetts
w ,
1 uesday.
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Dr. Ward, of Bethel, speit Tues- i
day here.
Cecil Everett spent Sunday hi
Greenville.
J. C Smith spent Tuesday at
Whichards.
Miss Susie Ross, of S'okes, spent
Sunday here.
C. M Jones, of Greenville, was in
town Tuesday.
Arthur Johnson, of Gold Point,
was here Sunday.
Miss Isabelle Morton visited in
Hassell last week.
Miss Maud Peel returned from
Baltimore Friday.
Walter Which,ml, of Bethel,
spent Sunday here.
Prof, Allen rode horseback to!
Franklin ton Friday
Miss Louise Salsbury, of Hassell,
speut last week her^.
Miss Lessie Overton, of Stokes,
visited here last week.
Edwin Tripp and son visited rel-1
atives here last week.
Lector Griffin, of Washington, is I
visiting relatives here.
Miss Bertha Thompson visited
near Pannele last week.
Mr. and Mrs, Tbouns Roberson
spent Sunday in Hamilton.
Guy Tripp, of Kinston was in l
town Tuesday on business.
Miss Nina Roberson and W. L.
James spent Sunday in Bethel.
T
Mrs. J V. Gray, of Jamesville, i
is visiting Mrs 1.. T. Roberson.
* Miss Rosa Biker, of Hamilton,
is visiting Miss Bettie Roberson.
R L Smith and J. R. Jenkins
returned from Baltimore Friday.
A. R Dunning and wife spent
Sunday with Mrs. R. E. Grimes.
,N. C. Everest and Miss Vivian
Robersou spent Sunday in Bethel.
Mrs. Robert Nelson spent sever- j
al days last week with her mother. '
Misses Bessie and Myrtle Rober-.
son, of Hassell, were in town Sun-!
day. . j
Miss Fannie Bazemore, of Suf-1
folk, is visiting Mrs. J. H. Rober-i
son, Jr.
.
Rev. Mr. Autrji, of Bethel , filled
hts regular appointment here!
4siinday.
Miss Lizzie Roberson is at home
again after a visit to friends in
Hassell.
Mr. and Mrs. Hi. T. Pet kins ]
spent Wednesday with Mrs. L. T. j
Roberson.
Elder Tom Lawrence, of Hamil-I
ton, filled his regular appointment
here Sunday.
Lester Gainor, of Williamston,
and John Gardner, of Bethel, were
here Sunday,
Misses Leta Taylor and Addie
Coburn, of Gold Point, were in
town Monday.
Miss Allie G. Little, accompani
ed by Harvey Roberson, spent Sun
day in Bethel.
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Mr. Vaughan, of Norlina, has
accepted a position with A. S.
Roberson & Co.
W. W. Keel attended a meeting
of the Junior Order held in Green
ville Wednesday.
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THE -ENTERPRISE;
| R. L. Smith &Co are iuiprov- !
jitig their store by having a new
| coat of paint put on.
Miss Lizzie Roberson was a' 1
: home to a number of young friends''
! on Tuesday evening.
J Miss Fefie Riddick, of Williams- ,
| ton, spent Sundav with Misses j
! Nina and Blanche Roberson.
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I Miss Hester Mooring entertain
ed Friday evening in honor of her!,
cousin. Miss Overton Delightful
I relrtshfiH uts weie served in the I*
j dinning room, and each guest left |,
declaring Miss Mooring a "cleliglit
| fnl hostess.
I
Miss Clyde Tripp was hostess toj
a few friends last Tuesday evening. 1
A contest was arranged which give;
much pleasure. The prize wasi
drawn for and Harvey Roberson
wort. The guests were: Misses
I Hester and Lizzie Mooring, Lena
Parker, Blanche and Nitia Rober
sonyMessrs. W. A. Jim Tay
lor, Staton Everett, Cecil Everett, J
Harvey Roberson, Si lias-House andr
Lafayette James. The evening was|
a most pleasant one and tlie guests
departed with reluctant feet. • I
Fully nine ont of every ten cases
of rheumatism is simply rheuma
tism of the muscles due to cold or
| damp, or chronic rheumatism, 1
| neither of which require any inter-1
I nal treatment. All that is needed
to afford relief is the free applica |
tion of Chamberlain's Liniment.
Give it a trial. You are certain to
be pleased with the quick relief
! which it affords. Sold by Saunders
! & Fowden and All Dealers.
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Ganderbone's Forecast
For
HARCH
(Copyright 1910, by C. H. Kieth.)
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10, have you heard about the hog
' * Since it is worth it* weight in
gold?
Tbey keep a heater in its pen
And give it quiniue for a cold. !
You wouldn't know the lucky brute j
Since pork went up to thirty
cents,
Tbey pet it so and keep it in
Such unheard of magnificence.
!
! The farmer always tastes the food I
j To see if it will make him ill, j
And rich and appetizing soups
Are given it instead of swi 1.
The best and most expensive foods-j
Are set before it without stint,
j And indigestion is forestalled
Hy capping them with cretne de
mint.
I
| You wouldn't know it for a stye
The hog is quartered in today. |
'it lias a ventilating fan, . !
A roof, A skylight ami a spray; j
I And how it sleep-), eats, drinks and I
feels,
And how to safeguard it from:
harm.
; Is all they think and talk abuUt
These piping days upon the farm.
j The farmers lie awake o ' nights
Devising-prophylactic troughs. ,
; The doctors fly from farm to farm j
t Etfamitii ng hiccups and cotrghsr|
And nowadays when farmers meet j
Each other out upon a jog
j Their first and most solicitous.
Inquiry is, How is your hog?"
March was the favorite month of j
the old Romans and the beginning j
of their year. It was named forf
Mars, their god of war, and cou-
tinued to rank the other tnonthsl
until 44 B. C , when the peace 1
party in the Senate allied witJi the;
insurgents and reduced it to third
place on the calendar. Brutus and ;
some of the others thought the em-1
pire ought to make less of war and
more of business, so tbey made*
Tanuary, named for the Two Faced
Janus, the beginning of the year,
and the month of Februus, who
typified the dark and evil ways of 1
business, to immediately follow.
Caesar, who was speaker of the j
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WILUAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 4. 1910.
Senate* stood pat on the old caleil-,
dar upon the ground that while
war. as someone bad said, is hell,
business, when it reaches the trust
stage, is a good deal heller. A few
regulars of the war party supported
him, but the allies were irresistible,'
and he was finally stabbed.
Revising the calendar was as
great an issue in Roman politics as
revising the tariff has become in
our own, and more than one brave
leader laid down his life' for the
division of time as he thought it
ought to be or his party had pledged
The Romans discovered very eirly
111 their history that it is in the
nature of man to revise something,
and they finally agreed upon the
calendar as the tiling over which
politicians could tight with the least
damage to the peace and prosperity
of the people as a whole.
The melancholy days will pass,
and spring will to fresh
en tip the faded grass and wake
the hearts of men. The ground
rtiog will "awake again, borne out
upon the whole, and the geese will
march across the sky to see abcut
the pole. The thrill of spring will
run along the backbone of the calf.
He'll buck and dance upon the
mead and hoist his hinder half
I He'll dream of blooming clovtft
[ fields and waving curly dock, and
gambol with his ligid tail stuck up
I at 6 o'clock,
The blithesome nieadowlark will
sing the glories of the dawn, and
the robin will turn somersets upon
the greening lawn. The spring
intoxicated colt will do sirdo about,
the festive frog will wake to help
the Weather bureau out, the poor
consumer will rejoice and hope for
better luck, and the trusts will sit
around and dam tbeooming garden
truck.
On the 4th Mr. Taft will cele
brate his first anniversary in the
White House with a masquerade.
| There has never been a masquerade
I there, but Mr. Taft is very anxious
\ J,
ito have everybody come, and in
j view of the unsettled political con-
I ditions, the Ballinger- Pinchot con
! troversy and some other things, he
i feels that as long as nobody can
' determine positively who else is
1 present, there will he no occasion
I for anyone staying away. Pink
j tea will be served, and there will
I be a pictureof Mr. Roosevelt under
i the coal pile in the basement. Take
| offs 011 the consumer, allusions to
| June 1.5, costume caricatures of
J Speaker Cannon and other cmsed
[nessthat insurgents or
! Pinchot men may be up te>, will be
I censored at the door.
; And then the ides will come around
In sorrowful progre^siob,
I And all the peanut carts will form
111 annual procession.
They'll wdiistle up and down the
street
Their shrilly adaionition,
And bid us think upon the price
. Of temporal ambition.
It's terrible the way we are dis
-1 heartened by example. It matters'
1 hot which way we turn, we always
!see ;i simple of '.someone like -u
--i who aspired at unaccustomed ang
| les, and always got it in the end
where Cora wore the bangles. You
know'the Romans understood our
metes and limitations, and what
fools are we that aspire above our
lowly stations. They used to have
a man to meet the victor home from
battle and mount behind liischariot,
am d the din and rattle, and while
his vanity was roused with great
acclaim to chortle and keep repeat
ing in his ear, "Remeipber, you
are mortal!"
They kept lot of Romans straight
That otherwise Ijad strayed;
But, anyway, the seventeenth
The Irish will, parade
In memory of him who did
For Irish snakes the same
As Roosevelt is doing now
To Rpwenzori game.
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Kfr. Moigaii will continue his
flight from Halley's Comet, passing,
through Paris about the sth. Mr.
Rockefeller, emboldened by his
escape from Judge Landis, will u t j
run. It is likely, however his ]
benefactions will discreetly increase
a* the comet continues to approach. (
Mr. Carnegie will also give away"
money on a larger scale now.
The moon will be on the celestial
equator on the rath. This will be
a fortunate couibinat : on for l'in
chot, ahd he may be able to" make
a point that some of the rest of us
can see. The Spiing Equinox will
come on the 21st The storm will
be central around Hallinger's job,
and will continue until the 25th,
when the moon will be full. 11 the
the shy is clear we will be able to
see if he is still on the job, and, il
so, whit is probably holding him
up.
And then the April wind will blow
From Araby atar,
And on the i->t we shall recall"
What fools we mortal are.
An Awtul Eruption
of a volcano excites brief inter- M,
anil \otir interest in 4kin eruptions
will be as short, if you use Buck
len's Arnica Salve, their quickest
cure. Kven the worst boils, ulcers,
or fever sores ore soon lit aled bv it
Best b>r Hums, Cuts, bruises, Sore
is Chapped Hands, Chilblains
and l'.les'. It gives instant relitf'.
25;. at All Druggists.
Delightful Evening
(Rej.orteil) '
The V P. C. composed of Misses
> Margaret and Annie Jones, Martha
Council, f.elia Pippin, Susie John
son Helen and Rachel Kdmombon,
; jFutmie Higgs Matthews and l.illie
1 Waye Maker entertaine 1 a small
i,timber of their friends on last
Tuesday evening at a George W'ash
. ngton party at the home of Fan
nie li.* Mat thews on Main Street,
HamiltiOti, X, C. Dainty and at
, tractive invitations stating the
hours to be from X to 11 o'clock,
and that the guests 11111 st dressed in
red, white and blue, were issued.
The residence was brilliantly
illuminated and the interior decora
, tons were 'll perfect keeping with
the occasion. The night was an
ideal one with a brilliant moon
shedding its soft rays on the happy
scene. The young ladies were
clad in national colors and the men
iti conventional evening dress. The
hojirs were spent in games, contests
atifl tnusic. Mrs. K. \V. Salsbury
presented the prize to John W.
K(|t)k alt. r a very appropriate
speech. At ten o'clock the guests
were prsented with parts of a
hajchet and in matching then found
a jiirtner lor the deliccious lurich
eotj which was serve 1 in the dining
rooln. I fere each one w; s present
ed kith a miniature hatchet/ by
Mesdmaes Matthews and Salsbnry
►Thpse prtsent "Tie ides the Club
.meinbers were: Messrs Iv A. Conn
cilJl-;. 15 Darken, I'. R I'eel, D.I
~CL Matthews, tj. \V.AuUu>uy, Jr
W. Rook, R A. Kdmondson, J. I,
i';i chard and T i> Slale, Jr."
- > edicines that aid nature art; al
ways most successful. Chamber
lain s Cough R-medy acts on this
plai . It loosens the cough, re- ,
liev s the JUlJigs, opens secre
tion and aids nature in restoring ,
the system tp a healthy condition,. (
Sole by Saunders & Fowcten and (
All Dealers.
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| PridajH night Services
A the service to be held "in the;
Kpi copal Church to-nigh,(Friday)
at 7 30 o'clock, Mr. S. S. Nash, of
Tar oro, w ill
Misiions." Mr. Nash is one of the 1
mos prominent lajmen in the
Stat ', and was delegate to the Lay- -1
mens Convention held at Greens-
bore The public is cordially in- ]
vitei to hear him. r | 1
Matilda Laniti Morton
Died February 2 vd. iuio.
,
"Strange, strange fur thee and mej
Sally afar ;
Thou safe, beyond, above,
I 'neuth the star;
Thou where flowers deathless spring !
1 where they fade;
Thou in God's paradise,
I 'mid tile*Mi ult*.
Thou wdiereeach gale breathes balm j
I tempest-tossed;
Thou where true joy is found,
1 where 'tis lost.
Thou counting ages thine,
I not the morrow;- *
;
1 lion learning more of bliss,
I more of sorraw.
Thou in eternal peace,
I mid earth's strife,
Thou where care hath no-name,
I where 'tis life
Hum without need of hope,
I where 'tis vain;
Tluni \vith wings dropping lit^ht,
I with time's chain.''
Carnejflt's t»itt
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Rev. M !'. Phler, pastor of the I
rust Metholist Church, Washing
ton, Nr. C , announced last Sunday
that A ndrew Carnegie had agreed
to give Si ,250 to the church for the
purpose of installing a pipe organ,
provided the church raises $2 250
The money is already in hand with
the exception of £2OO, which will
lie raised--soon and the amount
placed /in the bank. Then Mr.
Carnegie will be notified, and bis
check will be for thcorning.
Notice to Telephone Subscribers
Subscribers of the Williamston
Telephone Company will please
make the following changes in
Telephone Directory of July Ist,
Change Brown Bros, from
number 17 to 102-1 Daniel iV
Staton from 102 to It 4 3 |v; J. B.
Ilardison from 102 to 114-r
Simon I',. Hardisuti Iroiu 102 to
1 1 t 4.
Discontinue the following; Ice
House; Adams N Ward; Ellington
Lpggett; l!en Ward; Jno. li
Pope.
Add to Directory the following
new subscribers: Bunch, li. i *.,
Residency No. i2>; Dixie Tobacco
Warehouse No. 121; Gurganus,
George N , Residence No. 127;
Iloyt, !•'. W., R.'sidence No 120;
Hopkins, J.- W., Resilience N'g.
ii) t,: Leggctt, W. H., Market
\*o 52; Mobley, Sidney A., Stables
122; Residence No. 12;: Peed,
l'hos. A., Ke-idence No. S7; Pope,
Mrs. Bettie, Residence No. ss;
Ptel, R. J., No. 125;
Peel, Jas S., Office No. mj- 1 1
I
Roanoke Warehouse, Ofhce .
S'liijisftn, f. Paul . Office No J ,. 17;
Ward, J. Herbert, M irket No. )|;
Waters, J as. P> .Residence No. 12 j;
Williams, I)r, John W., Office .No.
'°.V3 1 j; 11.-M- Burras, Residence'
No. 128; S. W*. Manning, Store 1
No. 11j 2; A. Robersoiy.
Residence No. 11 4J 1; J. W.
Watts iK: Co., Stables No; Gur-'
gaiiTrs.XTTtjn v, Resideifce 109 j,
(itiffin, Win. W., Residence 102 4:
Ilardison, Joseph A , Residence,
ii) 2 1 _; W. 11. Residence
7.1; ,St 11 t)ljs, Harry W.,' (lilico 130;
Taylor, ' lili, Residence, 107- 1 . 1 ,
HaAis«)n, Loir's Cj-Rvsidence 7;,;
Simpson, J. Paul, Farm 107-5.;
Carper, John I. , Residence, 131;
Cook. John S., Residence", 132.
ally,
Williamston Telephone Co., '
This February jntlr, 'Oj 1 o.
Are you frequently hoarse? Do!
you have that annoying tickling in |
your throat!' Does votir cough an- |
you at night, jmd do yau raisel
mucus in the morning? Do you want j
reliei? If so, take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and you will be j
pleased. Sold by Saunders & Fow- ■
den and All Dealers. —" .
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#t.oo a Year in Advance ;
AUCTION SALE OF -
BUILDING LOTS *
lii Williamston on Next
Tuesday People Are
; Not "Land Crazy" But
Want Safe Investment
---Williamston Offers
Great Opportunities.
Some people ej.iim tint sr> miuv
,of the world are "land ciazy." Jt
lis true that there is a skady demand
for the possession of good land
whether in buildi igs lots ure farius.
There are no more acres tioW than
when Noah walked the earth, hut
the p.ople have rapidly increased
j until the acquisition of 1 mil- is one
of the ruling passions of the m e.
As tlie population increases, land
will advance in price,, and the pres
ent is (lie time to m '.ke a purchase;
People looking aljo'it them tor
investments will note trial propei'y
jin a town with the steady growth
of Williamston pays w ll now, r>d
I in the future promises a tin-
I crease in value. A good hum# is
the dream of every mm :uid woman
who loves life and th best 111 it.
People desire to make a h me .
where things are not built on "hot
| air" bul have btnearih them the
: bed-rock of substaiiti d growth,
j This i-i what Williamston offers to
the home seeker, and now is the
j time to invest before lols rise in
j value as rise they will.
Ou next Tuesday, March *h., a
i j large number of desirable lots for
I white and colored will he offered
I for sale at auction. Never has
'there b.en a more opporpiue time
I for land investment in the town
. The wise will take advantage of
1 the great opportunity and purchase
j a lot—the indifferent will ignore
I I the sale and repent when the price
! advances in the near future.
| ATTKNI> THE SALK AND
1 Bl'Y ONK OR MOKK LOTS.
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I Chamberlain's * STo iu ac h and
, I Liver Tablets are safe, sure and
[reliable, and have been praised by
| thousands of women who have been
j res'ored to health through their
gentle aid and curative properties.
| Sold by Siunders S: Fowden and
t All Dealers. ,
♦ ♦ ♦
Cooley For Solicitor
We, the undersigned members of
the bar of Na-li, County, heartily
' endoise the candid icv of Hon. R.
A. I'. Cooky for S diei.tor of the
Fourth Judicial Distiicf. We cau
: say truthfiilly of Inm. ( i i that he
is an a 11 1* • advocate and fully cj iip
ped for the duties of tlii-. important
olhce; (J) lie has alvva>s been an
! unswerving and active Detnocrat,
and r,;) he is a most lovable rind
attractive man. We appeal to the
Democrats of the district to aid ws
l in securing Mr. Cooley'.s nomina
lism.
' February j, i /iu,
- 1. : Ifcinard. A. brook's, ——
-J'.eon T. Vaughn,
S. I'. Austin,
J."VT Built],
I' 1 . >. Spruill,
Jacolf Battle,
K. H Grantham,
T. T. Thorn,
2-n J. W. Reel.
Williamston Graded School
HONOR Roi.r,
For week ending Feby.- fgio.
l-'IITU CiK.\DK , .J, ■;
Robert l.'eel, James Turner, Jack
j Edwards, dad vs. Ballance, Nettie
I iron, Reynolds ( Smith, Sana -* j
Moore, James Kdwiu Ilairell.
SIXTH GKADK %■
1 Anderson, Lorene Davis,
: Robert Biggs* Richard Smith, Fit/.-,
liugh Robersou, Daisy Manning,
j Delia Kate Ward, Louise Upton, #
J Ltona Page. r -
MKS. C. M. LANJEK, .
j " , * Teacher, .. j