VOL XV. NO. 39
Banks Show Good
A glance at the statements of
the banks in the county will give
one an idea of the material con-
dition of things. Right in the
midst of the dull season the com
. bined deposits of the banks are
over one-half million, or $562,-
866.86. Of this amount, the two
banks in Williamston carry $374,-
876-61, or twice as much as the
combined deposits of the other
four banks in the county- The
Bank of Martin County has the
largest amount of deposits with
the Fanners and Merchants
second. The Bank of Roberson
ville, the statement of which was
not published in these columns,
carries $83,035.35 in
Dido't Wait
Victoriano Huerta did not pur
'sue the "waiting v policy" until
the end. Waiting on his part
would have brought different re
sults than that which President
. Wilson carried out successfully.
With boastful words, the dicta
tor declared that he had no fear
of Gen. Villa, and yet he arrang
ed matters so that there would
•not be a meeting between the
two. No one can blame him,
however, for discretion is the
better part of valor. v
"He who fights and runs away,
May live to fight another day."
There is a feeling of relief on
the part of Americans, and pride
too, for the masterful manner in!
which Wilson averted war with
Mexico and so saved the lives of
thousands of good men who are
worth more than the whole of
Mexico. It is confidently expected
that the Constitutionalists will
| arrange affairs satisfactorily and
without further bloodshed. How
'different things might have been
if Huerta had resigned as Wilson
wanted, and finally brought about
by the "waiting policy" which
has earned the plaudits of the
world- Many months will elapse
before a strong government can
be arranged in the war-ridden
country.
"It will be attended with diffi
culties. but President Wilson is
the man to have matters adjusted
# for the good of the Mexican na
tion.
The Army Worm
town last week and devoured the
grain planted on the lot of J. G.
Staton near the depot. It was
interesting to watch them march
ing on like an army looking for
I new lands to conquer, a num
bed of English sparrows had good
sport eating tlje destructive pests.
Very few people in this section
had never seen one-of the worms
before, as these are the first
which have been noticed here.
They are different from the cot
ton worm that has been mistaken
for them. The State Depart
ment of Agriculture instructs the
people to dig trenches around the
* fields and holes into which they
Will crawl and die. Paris green
i can be used also with good effect.
L This can be pat on the grain just
P ahead of the army, and need not
besprinkled on the entire lot
thus destroying it Mix one
pound of Paris green with thirty
pounds of wheat bran and one
gallon of syrup, and water to
moisten. Distribute on ground
j where worms are and death will
follow. Mr. Staton had Paris
green sprinkled on the grain, but
. not early: enough to protect it
1 from devastation. Crops in the
i county should be watched
r carefully so as to prevent des
traction by the worms. Several
■ counties in the East are infested
T by them.
LOCAL
A strange sight was seen here
Wednesday—black Cotton Blos
soms.
Chowan River melons have
been on the market recently.
Swat the Army worm. ,
Dog Days are surely "hot dog' *■
ones. '
Quite a number of people here
are taking typhoid vacoine.
The Buggy Factory has rush
orders for tobacco trucks after
having sold all the supply on
hand. Farmers know where to
go to get the best servi ;e.
East Williamston has been paid
a little extra attention this month
as some work has been on the
streets, drains, etc.
15 Tons good peanut Hay for
sale $lO. and $12,50 per ton.
J. W. Watts,
• Williamston, N. C. .
The peculiarity of the sun and
sky here on Friday last was
noticed by many people. Over
the sun for hours hung a haze
and the sunlight had the appear
ance of an eclipse.
FOR SALE—Studebaker Auto
mobile in good condition. Four
cylinders, seven passengers, tires
in good shape and an extra tire.
For particulars write
Harry A. Biggs.
"Joseph in the land of Egypt"
was the feature at the Gaiety
Tuesday night It was both at
tractive and interesting, telling
the Bible story with exactness.
Tonight "Dope."
OUR HOTEL in Williamston is
for rent and possession can be
given, about Sept. Ist 1914. —
Blount Bros.
Gypsy fortune tellers attempt
ed to ply their trade on Saturday
afternoon and were told to move
on by Chief Sawyer. They are
a nuisance and should not be al
lowed to infest any community.
The leader of the band is reput
ed to be worth thousands of dol
lars, yet the filthy condition of
the band is a menace to the
health of any section.
Keep your eye on the William
ston tobacco market this season.
The Farmers Warehouse with
Messrs. James and Gurganuswill
make a flfle trio with the other
houses here, where the farmer
can get the highest prices for the
golden weed.
The Hoyt Hdw Co.. 3old dur
ing the recent demonstration,
twenty-one Majestic Ranges.
That means that twenty-one
families will have better food and
less worry about its preparation.
Friends here and elsewhere will
be glad to learn that Mrs. SL R
Biggs is improving after an op
eration for gall stone at St. Vin
cent's Hospital. She will remain
there for aobut four weeks. Miss
Nannie Biggs is with her
Maurice Watts, who motored
to Plymouth Tuesday, had the
misfortune to receive a severe
cut back of one of his ears. He
with a party of girls was throw
ing water, and one of the girls
attempted to dash water from a
pitcher, and the vessel slipped
from her hand and struck Maurice
back of the ear, jnfiicting a cbt
which required three stitches.
Seriowly II
Mrs. William E. Tice, sister of
Mr. N. S- Peel, was stricken with
paralysis on Wednesday and her
condition is considered very seri
ous. Her sister, Mrs- Noah Rob
erson, who was visiting Mrs. W.
C- Manning here, left Thursday
to be with Mrs Tice t V.
■vTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914
THE WILLIAMSTON
TOBACCO MARKET
Will Open on August 19th., With Full Corps of Buyers and
Ample Arrangements to Handle More Pounds Than
Ever, Sales Opening Day Promises to be Large
THREE WAREHOUSES WILL SELL THE WEED
August the 19thhas been design
nated as the opening of the Will
iamston tobacco market, and far
mers are busy curing the weed
as it ripens. The acreage in
Martin is larger than estimated
at the beginning of the year and
prospects for quality and quantity
are fine. Representatives of the
leading tobacco companies say
that prices will be good all the
season, and the Williamston mar
ket has always been and will con
tinue to be the spot for the high
est prices obtainable.
The Dixie, Roanoke and Far
mers Warehouses will take care
of the weed as it comes in. Messrs
Jim Staton, J. W. Hight, Joe
Taylor, Mack Mobley, Hugh Bur
ras. Will James and Eli Gurganuß
will grte the farmers a "square
deal" every time. Representa
tives of the Export, American,
Imperial, Liggett A Myers, Tay
lor and other companies will be
on the market, and these men
are known to every farmer in the
county and those adjoining. The
market will be stronger than
ever, and the sales must demon
strate the fact that Williamston
is the right place to get good ser
vice, courteous treatment and
the best in prices.
Engagement Announced
, Mrs. Wheeler Martin was hps
, tess to a large number of Will
. lamston's women on Wednesday
from 6to 8 o'clock, at her home
on Main Street. The interior of
. the residence was made more at
• tractive by the addition of bunch
, es of white and pink Crepe Myr
tle, which grows and blooms to
perfection in Williamston. Mjss
Annie Fagan welcomed the guests
at the door and conducted them
to "the lower hall, where Miss
Harriet Simmons Davis, of Nor
folk, served refreshing punch.
Then came little Misses Elizabeth
Hassell and Elizabeth Cook with
cards tied with pink and" white
ribbons, and these assigned the
guests to the tables, where Pro
gressive Rook was enjoyed.
There were nine tables and the
game was a most interesting one.
After the game, elegant ice cream
and cake were served and amid
the enjoyment of these, Misses j
Hassell and Cook came in again,
this time with baskets of roses
and carnations and. each guest
took one, finding tied thereon
envelopes with cards bearing
this: "S. R. B- and A. E. F. Oct.
7th. 1914." Congratulations Were
showered upon Miss Pagan who
gracefully responded. Misses
Julia Bond and Charlotte Fagan,
of Edenton f were among the out
of-town guests.
The marriage of Miss Fagan
ahd S. Rome Biggs will unite two
popular young people of the town.
Miss Fagan has made her home
here for the past two years,
where she has been accounted
one of the most attractive women ]
in this town and in Ed en ton,
where she was reared. Mr. '
Biggs is largely interested in 1
business here, being a member of i
the firms of the S. R. Biggs Drug
Co., and the Biggs Iron and Mo- ,
tor Co. He has always enjoyed
unbounded popularity and is one *
of Williamston's splendid young 1
men. 1
Mff.JLaora S. Martin Dead
I •
On Saturday. July 4th 1914,
Laura S- Martin, wife of J. A.
Martin/ died at her home in Rob
ersonville. For several months
her health had been failing, and
on June 10th she was stricken
with typhoid fever, and on July
4th about one o'clock the sum
mons came On the day follow
ing, her body was laid to rest in
the family cemetery at her coun
try home near town.
During the year 1911, she join
ed the Primitivs Baptist Church
and during all the days since has
been a faithful follower of her
Lord and Master. She left a
husband and four children, and a
grandchild, seven years old who
had lived with her since the death
of her paients in 1907.
Mrs. Martin was born near
Williamston in 1847 and married
in early life. She was the sister
of the late Marion Burroughs,
who was a resident of Williams
ton for many years.
I Many hopes are vanished,,
Many hearts are stilled,
A vacant chair is in our home
Which never will be filled
afc."-•«»' "•
Mrs. Joo. Leegett Dead
Thursday night of last week,
death took, the-soul of LudieMay,
the beloved wife of Mr. John
Legrgett, after a few hours ill
ness. She was the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cullifer
and spent several years of her
life in Williamston before she
grew to womanhood, and attend
ed the Graded School here. Her
parents later moved to their
country home on the Everetts
road, and there she was married
about three years ago, she and
her busband making their home
with tht- parents.
In childhood she was sweet
and obedient and the idol of her
parents, and in her womanhood
she showed forth qualities of
heart and mind which endeared
her to all about her. Much- sym
pathy is felt for the grief-strick
en parents and husband, who
will miss the loving ministrations
of her daily life.
Friday afternoon, in the pres
ence of a large number of friends
and neighbors, her body was
laid to rest in the cemetery at
home, and/fcKe husband, the pa
rents ancKa little babe are left,
while she waits for their appear
ing in the life beyond.
New Grocery Finn
Papers of incorporation have
been issned for the Cook Grocery
Co., of Williamston. The auth
orized capital is SIO,OOO with
$4,000 paid in. v J. D. Biggs, C.
H. Godwin and others are incor
porators. It will be under the
management of John S. Cook,
organizer of the company, and
the business will be conducted
in the Ellington building,
which has been/ thoroughly
repaired and conveniently arrang
ed for the buainess. This will
make the fourth grocery store in
town. *
PERSONAL
Miss Ella Stubbs arrived from
Richmond on Wednesday. She
came to nurse her father, who is
ill with fever.
Mrs. Mittie Barnhill and child
ren, of Richmond, who have been
visiting relatives here, left Thurs
day for their home.
K. B. Crawford went to Vir
ginia Beach Thursday.
Clayton Moore has been in
Goldsboro this week on business.
Miss Alice Kilby has returned
to her home in Richmond.
A, D. Mizell spent Sunday in
Robersonville.
Messrs. Wiley Rogerson, R. E.
Grimes and Ira Roberson were
in town Tuesday from Roberson
ville.
Roland Hobbs was here from
Spring Hope Monday.
Misses Mary Dare Brown and
Myrtle Woolard and Messrs.
Oscar Anderson and David Brown
left Wednesday for Virginia
Beach.
C. A. Getsinger, of Rocky
Mount, has been in town this
week.
Mrs. W. A. Brown spent Tues
day in Robersonville.
Arthur White has been spend
ing the week here with relatives.
J. P. Simpson has been in Nor
folk this week on business.
Mrs. J. P. Simpson and child
ren with Mrs. W. R. Fowden
and Miss Susie Purvis motored to
Scotland Neck and Palmyra Tues
day.
Miss Martha Lilley, of James
vine, has been the guest of Mies
Mary Brown this week.
Miss Josephine Robertson a
visiting relatives in Ahoskie.
Miss Rosa Baker, of Mt. Olive,
was here Tuesday visiting friends
Mrs. K. B. Crawford and Mas
ter Asa, Mrs. J. S. Rhodes and
Miss Anna Crawford left Mon
'day for Arden to spend a month.
Mrs. J. G. Staton and the Misses
Lawson left Monday for Atlantic
City.
Miss Mary Robertson went to
Panacea Springs Monday.
Miss Mattie Lou Anderson is
visiting relatives in Rocky Mount.
Master William Ellison has re
turned from a visit to Vaufehn.
George L. Whitley, Jr., has
been here this week visiting rela-
Miss Carrie Dell Blount is visit
ing relatives in Richmond.
Mrs. J. B. H. Knight and Miss
Frances Knight left Saturday for
a trip to Baltimore and Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Donald C. Godwin is visit
irfg Mayor and Mrs. B. F. God
win on West Main Street.
Miss Mary Smith is visiting
Miss Fafinie Biggs Martin.
Mrs. F. K. Hodges and Miss
Eva Wolfe went to Plymouth
Tuesday to attend the funeral of
their nephew, Pittman Wolfe.
Tonight at Gaiety
Theatre
"DOPE"
An Uplift Drama in Six Reels
With Six Stars
For Next Tuesday Night-28
" PROTEA "
FIVE REEL PICTURE
SI.OO a Y?ar in AcWancr
Killed Little Brother
Monday, the seven-year-old
boy of Mr. and Mrs. W. B Har
rington, who live about eleven
miles from Williamston, shot and
killed his little brother, five years
old. The two children were
plyaing in a room together and
the mother was in an adjoining
room, when hearing the younger
boy call to her and say: "Mama
don't let him shoot me," she
rushed into the room but before
reaching the children, the boy
■ired the gun and the load tore
off the top of the younger boy's
head, scattering his-' brains over
the room. The tragedy cast a
gloom over the neighborhood and.
the parents were prostrated with
grief. Mr. Harrington said that
he would have taken an oath that
the gun was unloaded, but like
many such cases, he was mis
taken. The child who fired the
gun is too young to give much,
information about the tragedy.
It is the nature of boys to use
firearms, and evidently he had
no idea of killing his brother.
Miss Matthews Hostess
On Thursday evening, Miss
Frances Matthews delightfully
entertained in honor oiher house
guest, Miss Sue Parker, of Wel
don. On entering the guests
were met at the door by Miss
Matthews, and presented to Miss
Parker, -then ushered to the punch
bowl which was gracefully pre
sided over by Misses Blanche
Pippen and Ruth Floyd. Rook
and auction bridge were the
games of the evening. Delicious
ices were served. Miss Matthews'
i guests were, Misses Helen and
I Rachel Edmonson, Lida Inscoe,
Lelia Pippen, Mary Anthony,
Maggie and Annie Jones, Myra
Haeberle; Messrs. Peel, Mat
thews, Davenport, Perkins, An
derson, Nobles, Worseley and
Rhoder. '
Oak City Items
Lucius Davenport, of Speed,
motored to town Sunday.
Willie Hurst and wife, Mrs.
Cartwright Taylor and the Misses
Beverly, of Robersonville, were
here Sunday.
Messrs W. Rhodes, Pat Daven
port and the Misses Edmundson
and Helen Council, of Hamilton,
motored over Sunday afternoon.
Loomis Chesson and wife have
returned from 'farboro.
Dr. Edgar Long andjyifespent
Thursday night in Hamilton.
Miss Laura Norman, of Greens
boro, is the guest of Misses Han
nah and Myrtle Lee Long._
Miss .Jefferson House spent the
week-end with Misses Bessie and
Myrtle Robinson at Robersonville
Misses Bessie and Myrtle Rob
inson, Laura and Julia Salsbury
and Herbert Reeves were in town
Thursday.
Tommie, Marion and Emmett
Burnett with Misses Hannah
Long and Laura Norman motored
to Tarboro Sunday.
Miss Beatrice Daniels returned
home Friday after a visit of six
weeks in Williamston and Rober
sonville. x
Rev. J. D. Howell, of William
ston, is the guest of Mr. and fV
Mrs. Lioomis Chesson.
Miss Hattie Davis, of Kinston,
is visiting the family of J. J.
Piland.
L. J.. Davenport and wife mo
tored to Washington Monday.
J. F.. Crisp and wife spent
Sunday at Falkland.