' VOL. XIV. NO. 49
Professional Cards
Hugh B. York, M* D*
Microscopy, Electrotherapy, X-
Ray, Diagnosis, Specialties
Office on Smith wick St., rear Blount Bro.
Office hour*, 8 to 10 a. m., 7 to 9 p. m
Office 'phone 60 - Night 'phone 63
Wm. B. Warren - J. S. Rhodes
Drs. Warren Rhodes
Physicians and Surgeons
Office in Biggs Drug Store - 'Phone *9
Jos. H. Saunders, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Day phone 53 - Night phone 40
Williamston, N. C.
Dr. R. L. Savage
of Rocky Mount, will be at the
Atlantic Hotel fourth Wendnes
day in each month to treat dis
eases of the EYE, EAR, NOSE
and THROAT and FIT GLASSES
A. R. Dunning
Dunning & Smith
Attorneys- .'t-Law
Williamston, N. C.
Robersonville, N. C.
Barron* A. Critcher - Wheeler Martin
Wheeler Martin, Jr.
Martin & Critcher
Attorneys-at-Law
Williamßton - North Carolina
'phohk 23
S. J. Everett
Attorney-at-Law
Greenville, N. C. - Williwnaton, N. C.
Greenville Long Distance Phone 328
S. A. NEWELL
Attorney at Law
Williamston - North Carolina
Clayton Moore
Attorney at Law
Williamston - North Carolina
John E. Pope
General Insurance,
Life, Fire. Health, Accident, Live Stock
Real Estate - Brokerage
Williamston - North Carolina
Office'onJMain Street
Y. E. TOUMA
& BROTHER
Leader* In
Low Price*
Dry Goods, Notions
Ladies and Grents
Furnishings
SOLE AGENTS FOR
W. L. Douglas Shoes
The Beet for Nan, Women
and Children
Pri cee 12.80 to »SOO
THE ENTERPRISE
LOCAL
Court next week.
Scuppernong grapes on sale.
Not a fakir in town this week.
—Remenber Chill Killer will
do the work. Sold by Saunders
& Fowden.
Tobacco is still soaring on this
market
—For torpid liver, use McNair's
Blood and Liver Pills. Sold by
Sauaders & Fowden.
Cotton is opening rapidly in
this section.
Mr. Simon Lilley has accepted
a position in the office.
—For chills and fevers take
Chill Killer. N lt's guaranteed.
Sold by'Saunders & Fowden. 25
and 50 cents.
Services at the Methodist, Bap
tist and Episcopal Churches on
Sunday.
—lf one bottle of Chill Killer
fails to break up your chills and
fever, we will gladly refund your
money.
The Conoho bridge is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
FOR SALE.—A complete saw
mill with boiler and engine in
first class condition.—J. A. Wool-'
ard, Williamston, N. C.
* C. Smith
—Five or six doses of Chill
Killer will stop any case of chills,
if not will refund your money.
Sold by Saunders & Fowden. 25
and 50 cents.
Cool weather feels good after
the extreme warmth of the sum
mer.
Lange's Shows have attracted
a crowd this week, especially of
the children who love the merry
go-round.
—No Calomel or other purga
tive is required when you take
Chill Killer. It's the wonderful
purgative Chill Tonic. Sold by
Saunders &_Fowden. 25 and 50
cents.
The show has been having
good crowds despite the weather.
The female wrestler has been the
chief attraction. They leave-to
morrow.
FOR SALE-1913 Model, Mo
tor Cycles and Motor Boats at
bargain prices, all makes, brand
new machines, on easy monthly
payment plan. Get our proposi
tion before buying or you.will re
gret it, also bargains in used Mo
tor Cycles. Write us today. En
close stamp for reply. Address
Lock Box 11 Trenton, Mich.
Jenkins and Roberson, one of
the large firms of Robersonville,
are advertising in this issue. It
will pay to patronize the man who
advertises. Read ad.
The Lord willing, I will preach
• at the home of Miss Polly Pulley
on Sunday at 2 o'clock. I have
a number of Bibles and Testa
ments of different sizes and
prices.—J. L. Cherry.
The Eye Doctor, V. H. Mew-
Born, 0. D. of Kinston, will be
at Hamilton, Mon. & Tues. Sept.
"15-& 16" at the Darden Hotel;
at Roper Wed. & Thurs. Sept.
"17 & 18" at Hotel Roper; at
Plymouth Frid. & Sat. Sept. "22
& 23" at the Davis House; at
Williamston Wed. & Thurs. Sept.
"24 & 25" at the Atlantic Hotel;
at Robersonville, Frid. & Sat.
Sept, "26 & 27" at C. L. Can
non's Store; for the purpose of
examining the eye and fitting
glasses.
Marriage Announcement
The following annoucement has
been received by friends here:
Mr. and Mrs. Kader B. Craw
ford announce the marriage of
their sister, Clara Tazwell Jones,
to Mr. Harry Waldrop Chapline
Tilden, on Sunday the thirty-first
of August, nineteen hundred and
thirteen, Baltimore, Maryland.
At Home after the fifteenth of
September Cumberland, Mary-
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1913
Miss Lela Hadley left Thursday
for Enfield, where she will teach
this year.
Henry Gardner is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gard
ner.
Mrs. Samuel Johnson, of Suf
folk, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Fred Gardner.
Miss Carrie Dell Blount left
Tuesday for Raleigh, where she
will enter St. Mary's for the fall
term.
Dr. J. S. Rhodes, Mrs. K. B.
Crawford, Miss Anna Crawford
and Robert Biggs motored to
Scotland Neck Monday and re
turned accompanied by Miss Car
rie Alexander, who will be the
guest of Miss Anna Crawford
while in town.
Miss Martha Hornthal passed
here Tuesday morning en route
to the State Normal at Greens
boro. .
Mrs. J. B. H. Knight spent
Wednesdayjin Bethel.
Eugene Bethea left Wednes
day for Clinton, S. C., and from
there he will go to Sewanee,
Tenn., where he will- enter the
University of the South.
Mrs. J. T. Thomas and Master
Scott went to Rocky Mount Wed
nesday.
Mrs. B. E. McClure, who has
been here with her husband sev
eral weeks, has returned to her
home in Indiania.
Judge Francis D. Winston, who
has sufficiently recovered from
his recent fall to attend to his
duties, is in town this week on
professional business, and his
many friendp in town and county
greeted him heartily.
F. K. Hodges has been in Nor
folk this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bunting
and children, of Norfolk, who
have been visiting their mother,
Mrs. John York, near town, left
Wednesday for their home.
W. B. Watts, Mrs. W. H.
Crawford, Mrs. C. W. Keith,
Mrs. J. W. Watts and Mary
Gladys Watts motored to Green
ville Saturday and returned Sun
day afternoon.
Rev. G. «T. Dowell preached at
Ayden Sunday.
Miss Pattie Dowell has gone to
Whiteville, where she will teach
during the fall and winter term.
Miss Fannie Biggs Martin, ac
companied by Wheeler Martin,
Jr., left Monday for Raleigh,
where she will enter St. Mary's
School.
Mrs. Fannie Biggs and H. A.
Biggs left Monday for Richmond.
Grover C. Godwin left Monday
for Richmond, where he will; re
sume his studies in medicine.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rumley,
Miss May Ayers and Mr. Clark
of Washington motored here Sun
day.
J. t H. Thrower came home from
Washington Saturday evening.
Dr. J. E. Smithwick was in
town Monday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Crawford
went to Norfolk Thursday.
Dr. R. J. Nelson, of Roberson
ville, has been in town this week
on business.
Attorney J. C. Smith, of Rober
sonville, has been here this week.
A. C. Gaylordand W. M. Bond,
of Plymouth, have been here on
professional business this week.
S. J. 1 Everetts. of Greenville,
is here ,on business connected
with court.
Noah T. Riddick, who for some
years has been living in Pennsyl
vania, is visiting relatives in Mar
tin County.
Mrs. B. L. Long. Mrs. M. Flem
ing and Miss B. Jones
were here on Thursday from
Hamton.
Dr. R. J. Nelson, of Roberson
ville, was in town this week on
business. 4.
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PERSONAL
A Letter •
Mr. J. A. Hobbs,
WilHamston, N. C.,
Dear Sir:
You were at Oak City on Sat
urday Sept. 6th., and in discuss
ing the "Good Roads Issue" you
gave a wrongful interpretation
of the law nnder which it is pro
posed to work the roads of Goose
Neat Township.
Now, Mr. Hobbs, owing to the
position you hold, the people here
feel that you know what you are
talking about and have confidence
in the statements made by you.
For this reason you should be
especially careful that the state
ments made by you regarding an
issue before the public should be
absolutely accurate. For this
same reason, the supporters of
the Good Roads Movement
that you owe it to them to either
keep out of this fight (which does
not affect you in any manner) or
to give accurate information
which you can easily obtain if
you hSven't it at hand.
On account of the public man
ner in which your erroneous
statements were made, and also
on account of your refusal to cor-j
rect the wrongful impressions
created by you, after your atten- j
tion had been called to the mat-;
ter, you leave no course open to
us but to ask you to make cor- J
rection, through the columns of
this paper, of the erroneous state
ments to which we hereby call
your attention, or to support your
statements by references to the
law. or laws upon which you base
them.
For instance: You made the as
sertion (or left that impression)
that if the Good Roads Issue
should be successful at the com
ing election, every citizen % ndw
subject to road duty will have to
work J;he roads 6 days per year
or pay to the Supervisor of the
Roads FIVE DOLLARS per year
in addition to their other road
tax. Please give the your au
thority for this statement. Tell
them under what law this service,
or this payment, is to be demand
ed of them.
You acknowledge that you had
not read the law passed by the
Legislature of 1913 for Goose
Nest Township the title of which
is "An Act To Provide Good
Roads In Goose Ne3t Township
in Martin County," the provi
sions of which we are asking the
people to ratify, and yet you
come all the way from Williams
ton here to tell our people all
about a law which you haven't
even read. Mr. pobbs, please
read this law, especially sections
10 and 14, and then tell our peo
ple whether you gave them the
correct idea of it or not.
I You also told our people that
the General Road Law had not
been repealed. After making
yourself competent to discuss this
law, by first reading it at least
once, please tell the people of
Goose Nest Township whether
this law, which was passed for
their especial benefit, will be the
only road law in force in Goose
Nest Township when it has been
ratified by their votes: And if
not, why not?
We would also be glad to have
you tell our people why you made
a special trip to this place to in
struct them in the working of a
law which you had never even
read, or seen, and which did not
affect you in the slightest man
ner. Tell them please why* you
did not take the trouble to inform
yourself as to the actual facts be
fore coming here to instruct the
rest of us.
You recently told one of the
present writers that your office
had not been furnished with the
"Public Local Laws of the Ses-
sion of 1913" in which this Goose
Nest Township Law would be
printed. But you can easily
secure a eopy of this law from
Mr. A. R. Dunning, the Repre
sentative from this County, who
introduced the bill, or you can
secure it from the Secretary of
State direct.
Please inform yourself and
rectify the erroneous impressions
created by you and thus repair
an injustice done by you to both
yourself and all the voters of
Goose Nest Township.
Yours very truly,
The Goose Nest Township
Good Roads Association,
. By R. J. HOUSE,
W. D. H^MAN,
Committee,
Oak City, N. C , Sept. 10, 1913.
Engagement Announced
Scotland Neck, Sept. 17th.—At
an informal tea this afternoon,
Mrs. Henry Irwin Clark announc
ed the engagement of her daugh
ter, Anna Barrow, to the Rev.
William J. Gordon, of Spray.
The wedding will take place on
the fifth of November, in Trinity
Church, Scotland Neck.
The above item will be read
with interest in WilHamston,
where Miss Clark has many
friends who will wish for her
long years of happiness. She is
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H.
I. Clark, and is a Martin County
woman, having been born aud
reared in Hamilton. Her per
sonality and accomplishments
make her one of North Carolina's
most attractive women.
The years of service spent by
the Rev. W. J. Gordon in Will
iomston endeared him to men,
women and children irrespective
of race or creed, and hearts will
rejoice because of the happiness
which is soon to come into his
life. He is to be congratulated
on winning Miss Clark, who will
indeed be a true helpmeet.
Engagement Announced
The Virginian-Pilot of Sunday
had this announcement:
"Mr, and Mrs. Richard W.
Siade, of Columbus, Ga., an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Penelope, to Mr. Ro
bert W. Baker, of Williamston,
N. C., the wedding to take place
in November."
Miss Slade is the niece of
Messrs. William and T. B. Slade,
and is well known in both Hamil
ton and Williamston, where she
has visited frequently. She will
be welcomed when she comes to
make her home here.
Mr. Baker is a young man of
splendid business abilities, and
made his home in Williamston
one year ago. He is manager of
the Hamilton" Pants Mfg. Com
pany and enjoy the confidence
of the business world. Friends
here and elsewhere are congrat
ulating him.
Check Flasher
Lee Gray, a young white man
of Stokes, flashed a check for
$68.00 on the two bank in
town recently. He had secur
ed several blank checks from a
firm in Greenville, and filled them
out, signing the name of B. B.
Sugg to each. The Greenville
Banking and Trust Company,
upon which the checks were
drawn, cashed one for Gray for
a like amount. He is also said
to have cashed one in Kinston.
Gray was arrested at Greenville
and confessed to the forgery.
He was brought here on Wed
nesday by Policeman Truitt.
It's a short lane v that isn't tainted
with gasoline
si.oo a Year in Advance
Superior Court
The September Term, Martin
County Superior Court, opened
promptly at ten o'clock Monday
morning, Judge Geo. W. Connor,
of Wilson, presiding, and Solici
tor Richard Allsbrook represent
ing the State. This was the first
appearance of Judgf Connor in
Martin County, and he delivered
a strong charge to the Grand
Jury. He departed from the
usual charge of simply defining
the various crimes and instruct
ing the jurymen as to their duties
in enforcing them. He spoke in
terestingly on modern movements
and improvements, especially on
roads, schools, care of prisoners,
public health, and the sanitary
condition of all public buildings.
Judge Connor is one of the
young jurists of North Carolina,
and his demeanor shows clearly
that he feels the great responsi
bility of his office and will give
fair and impartial trial to each
one brought before him. He is
making friends here both among
the members of the bar and citi
zens of the county, and will be
gladly welcomed back to the
December Court.
The Grand Jury is composed of
the following: C. H. Baker, Fore-?
man; W. A. Roberson, F. L.
Gladstone, W. J. Hodges. John
R. Rogerson, Sr., J. K. Roger
son, Alonzo Cowing, E. S. Peel,
J. B. Barnhill, A. B. Ayers, Pearl
Getsinger, T. L. Corey, Joel L.
Gibson, R. L. Hodges, Samuel
Andrews, W. J. Cherry, C. J.
Griffin, R. L. Taylor.
Cases disposed of:
John Albritton. Continued un
der former order.
Joseph Boston. Retailing. Nol
pros with leave.
Hanson Eborn. A. D. W.
Pleads not guilty. Guilty. Judg
ment suspended upon payment of
costs.
W. C. Nelson. C. C. W. Not
a true bill.
John H. Daniel. Cruelty to
animals. Nolo contendre. Judg
ment suspended upon payment of
cost. \
Ed Taylor. L. and R. Not a
true bill.
A. J. Thompson. A. D. W.
Not a true bill.
Thos. Evans and Geo. Outter
bridge. Affray. Guilty. Evans
fined sls and one-half cost; Out
terbridge S3O and one-half cost.
James Williams and James
Smithwick. Affray. Guilty.
Each fined $lO and one-half cost.
John Pugh, Henry Harvey and
Chester Jones. Gambling. Judg
ment suspended upon payment of
cost.
Gus Abdrews. A. D. W. Guil
ty.
Ida Eborn and Nettie Coley.
Affray. Ida Ebon plead guilty.
Jury find not guilty as to Nettie
Coley.
N. D. Davis. C. C. W. Not
guilty.
Frank Williams. Disturbing
religious worship. Guilty. Judg
ment suspended upon payment of
cost.
J. W. Hardison. A. D. W.
Guilty. $25 and cost.
Hanson Eborn. C. C. W.
Judgment suspended upon pay
ment of cost. -r" .
Henry Roberson. A. D. W.
Guilty. Judgment suspended
upon payment of cost.
A. J. Thompson. A. D. W.
Guilty. Judgment continued to
next term of court upon defend
ant giving bond for S6O to appear
and show good behavior.
John H. Daniel. C. C. W.
Guilty. Pined $lO and cost
It isn't our poverty that makes
us discontented, but the riches
of our neighbors.
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