VOL XVI. NO. io***ut, Wr
I December Term of Cavt
Court adjourned Friday, and
was marked for the many petty
Criminaf eases, a large number
being for violations of the prohi
bition law. The Grand Jury with
L. E. Corey as Foreman did good
work, and many true bills were
I sent in. Judge Ferguson's judg
ments as stated before, were tem
pered with mercy and breakers
of the law had their fines lessen
ed in many cases. This term
closed the**work of Judge Fergu
son in Martin County for some
time. Judge Frank Carter will
preside over the March Term.
The following cases were dis
posed of:
v Jesse Ewelk Murder. Nol
pros with leave.
Jonah Moore. L. & R. Nol
pros with leave.
G. W. Coltrain. Retailing.
Continued under former order.
Irvin Shields. Retailing. Nol
pros with leave.
Ralph C. Harris. Retailing.
Continued under former order.
Hart Dixon. Larceny. Con
tinued under former order.
1 Ed Goss. Larceny. Capias
and continued.
Alonzo Boston and Eddie Wat
t era. Assault. Capias and con
tinued as to Waters.
Will Bridgers. A. D. W. Cap
ias and continued.
Robert Johnson, Jr. Assault.
4 Nol pros with leave.
Elijah Wilson. Assault Nol
- pros with leave.
Mizell Biggs. Retailing. Go
off docket. Fine paid.
Jonah Council. A. D. W. Nol
pros with leave..
W. E. Rogerson. C. C. W.
Capias a fid Continue.
-*N W. E. Rogerson. A. D W.
Capias and Continued.
Will Bridgers. C. C. W. Cap
ias and continued.
James Cherry, Nun, Sully and
Wm. Smith. Affray. Capias and
continued.
James Taylor, Nun, Sully and
Wm. Smith. D. R. C. Capias
. and continued.
James Grimes. C. C. W. Nol
W
pros.
Turner Williams. V. P. L.
f" Judgment that the defendant pay
SSO and cost.
Wiley and Robert Green. A.
D. W. Wiley Green guilty and
to pay $25. Robert Green not
4 guilty.
Closs Robertson. Retailing.
Pleads guilty. Prayer for judg
ment. Prayer continued upon
payment of cost.
Sam Ann Robertson. Retail
ing. Pleads guilty. Judgment
suspended upon payment of cost.
Alfred Bennett. Trespass. Cap
ias and continued.
♦ j. E. Barnhill. Resisting offi
cer. Not guilty.
Noah Hoggard, C. C W. Pleads
guilty. Judgment suspended
upon payment of cost
H. I. and Joe Briley. F. Tres
pass Not. guilty.
John Teel. Retailing. Nol
« pros with leave.
Warren Gray. A.D. W. Call
ed and failed. Judgment nisi
' scifa and capias.
Richmond Johnson. A., D. W.
. Pleads guilty. Judgment sus
, pended upon payment of cost.
J W. H. Ellison. Rfetailing. Con
tinued under former order.
Stewart Rogers. C. to A. Not
guilty.
W. E. Davenport. V. S. and S.
L. Not guilty* -
Randall Purvis. Murder. Ver
dict of accidentally killing his
' grandson by carelessly handling
u gun. Four months In jail with
leave to be hired by commission
ers.
(Continued on page five)
THE ENTERPRISE
LOCAL
Who is Chief ?
A MERRY CHRISTMAS:
Good bye Santa Claus. Come
again next year
A Merry Christmas and A
Happy New Year to one and all.
Chas. A. Baker has leased the
Roanoke hotel for the coming
year.
Winter came in on good time
Tuesday, and the thermometer
slumped at once.
The town is brighter and live
lier now, because of the presence
of the boys and girls, who have
been at school.
Dr. J. C. Caldwell will preach
at the Christian Church on Sun
day. The public is cordially in
vited to hear him.
FOR RENT.—A good two
horse farm. Will grow tobacco,
cotton, corn and peanuts. -G. W.
Blount, Williamston, N. C.
Wood, which has been so diffi
cult to secure all the fall, is being
offered for sale now, and the
price should be reduced to the
normal figures;
The postoffice force is working
overtime to give needed service
during the Christmastide. William
E. Price, who was with the force
once, is assisting them.
Clerk of the Court R. J Peel
is busy giving out Confederate
pension checks to those on the
list in Martin County. These
will serve as Christmas gifts to
the veterans and their families.
Monday afternoon, Clerk Price
at the postoffice here sent 16 bags
of mail off on the 5 o'clock train.
That same day he issued 114
money orders amounting to $400.-
33 Evidently people here have
not heard of the war depression.
There have been very interest
ing services this week conducted
by a street preacher and his wife.
They carry a small organ and use
a bugle to call people to listen.
Both have pleasant voices and
their songs were exceptionably
good for the street.
ONE COW and small calf,
marked crop in the right ear and
split in the left, white and
brindled. Have been around my
premises for several months, now
in my field. Until recently, the
cow wore a bell fastened on by a
chain. Owner will please call
and pay expense of feeding and
this ad. -Mrs. Sarah F. Rober
son. Jameßville, N. C., Route 1.
Whitley-Meadows
The following card has been
received by friends:
Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas
Meadows
invite you to be present
at the marriage of their daughter
Ollie Estelle
to
Mr. Charles Bruce Whitley
Wednesday morning, thesixthdf
January
nineteen hundred and fifteen
at half after seven o'clock
At Home
Carolina
Lost AD Ann
——
1 Friends have been here this
week to visit James E. Pritchard,
the young man who had his arm
mangled in a gin on the farm of
T. S. Hadley about four miles
from Williamston. Drs. Warren,
Rhodes and Saunders attended
the unfortunate man, and had to
amputate the arm to the elbow
joint. He is doing as well as
could be expected under the cir
cumstances.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY. DEC., 19x4
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1 IVE me an ideal that will stand
the strain weaving into human
ll' • "
Muff on the loom of the real. '* Keep me
j I - ( ~'r W' J
from caring more for books than for
folks, for art than for life. Steady me to
do my full stint of work as well as I
can: and when that is done, stop me,
pay what wages Thou wilt, and help
me to say from a quirt heart a grateful
8 Amen. - HENRI VANDYKE i|i
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Christmas, 1914 '
On that Holy Night, nineteen
hurdred years ago, the greatest,
grandest prophecy since Crea
tion's morn, was fulfilled as her
alded by the angelic hosts o'er
Judean hills. A babe was born,
who was the Prince of Peace,
the Friend, the Saviour of man
kind. Love gave Him to the
world, and He was to be and is
the most perfect exponent of the
love which expresses sacrifice
every day and every hour. The
world was slow to catch the
blessings which His love brought
in those days of patient suffering
which He must walk through.
But later, the lesson of the man
ger was learned throughout the
world, and everywhere, men like
the Magi, laid their gifts at his
feet Some were gifts of life,
others as great ajsacrifice But
all had the undying principle of
love to sweeten the world.
So the world has come from
year to year to welcome with
merry hearts and voices the hap
piest of all seasons, that which
is upon us now in this year of
His grace, Nineteen Hundred and
Fourteen. In the time of our
greatness on the one hand, and
the direst calamity on the other,
how shall we appropriate this
Christmastide to ourselves and
weave into the lives of others,
those bright threads which mean
happiness, contentment and souls
lifted up? Is there need to close
the hand and heart, to hush the
sound of laughter, to stifle . the
words of good cheer on our lips,
because things are not what we
hoped them to be? The need is
greater for love to abound, when
hearts are feeling more keenly
the burdens and responsibilities
of life. A gift is not always
much in substance; the little
things, the necessary things,
mean a great deal more than
those of show and tinsel. And
because times are not what we
would have, is no reasonable ex
cuse for withdrawing ourselves
from the hosts of those who see
in the season blessedness and
peace extended to all mankind.
The world is full of valiant hearts
and true, and in this year of 11)14
the Christmas season will mean
as much as at any time, whether
there is the crowded beard or the
plain, simple meal where love is.
It is a glorious thought that we
are living in a land which will
provide more abundantly this
year than at any time in its his
tory. This is a blessed privilege
bestowed upon us by Him whose
dominion stretches over all the
universe; who has given the sun
shine and rain, the harvests, the
beauties of field and sky; whose
waters teem with the creatures
of His making, and are food for
J our pleasure. The United States
| has become the storehouse from
which the starving of other na
tions can feed. And they do not
buy—we give with lavish hand
and loving hearts, hurt because
the heel of the ruthless warrior
has laid waste a fair country fnr,
far away.
The Christmas of 1914 will be
the greatest for service which
America has ever known.
Heaven has showered upon it un
told blessings, and it is meeting
i the added responsibilities, with
jtrue American spirit. Peace is
within our borders, and every act
is to preserve peace in all the
world. What can be a greater
National blessing than peace
that peace of which the angels
sang o". thnt first Christmas
night? Peace means love for our
fellows and now at this time, we
can bestow a larger measure
throughout the land and in other
lands. More th.m ever, we should
let our praise and thanksgiving
ascend to the Babe of Bethlehem,
whose spirit broods o'er all
America.^
December Sales
The Williamston Tobacco Mar-
I ket closed for the holidays on the
18th, and will open again on the
,4th of January. During the IH
days in December the sales
amounted to 431,727 pounds,
which shows that the sales in this
month were larger for the time
than those in November. This
is an unusual occurrence on the
market, as the weed has hereto
fore been marketed earlier.
Many people held back their crop
and others were too busy harvest
ing cotton and peanuts to grade
and prepare for the market. The
tobacco crop augmented by pea
nuts, has been thn salvation
(financially) of the Martin county
farmers.
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Gurkin-I.illey
1 Re port -ft )
The marriage of Mr. Charles
W. Gurkin and Miss Annie M.
Lilley was solemnized Sunday
morning at ten o'clock at the
home of the bride's mother inj
Griffins District. The ceremony
was performed by Magistrate
Claud Griffin this being the first
couple he had ever united in the
bonds of matrimony. The atten
dants were: Miss Elsie Griffin
with Mr. Albert Gurkin, Miss
Ethel Gurkin with Mr. Jesse
Lilley.
The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. C. F. Lilley. Gurkin
is a young man of sterling quality
and is highly esteemed in the
vicinity in which he lives. They
they will make their future home
with Mrs. Lilley.
PERSONAL
W. A. Ellison spent Sunday in
Tarboro.
Elbert S. Peel is at home for
'the holidays.
Curtis Bethea is at homo for
the holidays.
Duke Critcher is at home from
Wake Forest.
.John W. Hassell spent Sunday
in Washington.
B. C. Crawford is spending the
holidays with relatives here.
Miss Eva Peel is at home from
St. Mary's School at Raleigh.
Charles Mobley is hereto spend
the holidays with his relatives.
Misses Martha Ward and Allie
Hadley are at home from school.
Miss Emma Robertson is spend
ing the holidays with her parents.
Misses Ellie, Lalla and Maud
Wynn are at home for the holi
days.
Mrs. Clinton Mundy and child
dren are visiting their parents
here.
•
W. Li. Watts and wife with the
Misses Hornthai were in town
Sunday.
William Price iH at home from
Buies Creek and is assisting in the
postoffice.
Misses Fannie Manning and
Sallie Hadley are at home from
Wilson College.
Miss Francis Knightcame home
from Converse College Saturday
to spend Christmas.
* i "•/; * . .
J. W. Lea, who has been on the
the market here, left Sunday for
his home in DtinvtUe. Vs. .. .
Dr. and Mrs. Grover C. God
win are here with Mayor and Mrs.
B. F. Godwin for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs. Robert Jones, of
Detroit, Mich., are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. K B. Crawford-
Jesse Whitley, who has been
in the West for a number of
years, .is at home with his par
ents.
Mrs. and J. T. Jerome and Mr.
and Mrs. H. T. Warren left Sat
urday for Durham to spend holi
days.
J. L Brown and Jas. L. Col
train, of Jarr)esville Township,
were pleasant visitors here Tues
day.
P. F. Apfel left Sunday for
Buffalo, N. Y., where he will
spend the holidays with Mrs.
Apfel.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Martin,
Jr., are spending Christmas with
Dr. and IVfrs. W. L. Poteat at
Wake Forest.
Misses Hilda Crawford,
and Eva Wynn and Carrie Dell
Blount are homy from Greens
boro College.
.Mrs, Rome Biggs left for Ivlen
t.on via Washington on Sunday.
She will spend Chrscmas with
her mother in that city.
Mrs. Lizzie Gotten and • son,
jEd win Curtis, of Portsmouth,
Va., were the guests of Mrs.
(Morrison Bethea this week.
L
An Acceptable Gift
If you have a friend or relative,
jwho has moved from thcCounty,
you can give hiip more pleasure
and satisfaction by sending him
THE ENTERPRISE for the year
1915, than in any other way for
the same money. It will serve
as a weekly letter from home.
Send it as a Christmas present.
Mail us "One Dollar, your name
and address, the name and ad
dress of your friend and we will
do the rest. ~
.oo a Year in Advance
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Hamilton Items
C. J. Whitiev left Friday fot
Charlotte.
Willie Sherrod is at home for
the holidays.
.
Mrs. J. P. Boyle returned Fri
day from Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Salsbury
lest Wednesday for Tarl>oro.
F. L. Gladstone and 0. I). Per
kins went to Washington Satur
day.
Mrs. W. E. Davenport and
children are visiting friend? in
Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Taylor and
little daughter will spend Christ
mas in Washington.
Mrs. J. B. Cloman returned
Sunday from Scotland Neck,
where she visited her daughter/"
Mrs. M. P. Hyman, who has
been visiting here, left Tuesday
for her home at Newport News.
Miss Lillie May Briley, who
attends school here, has gone to
her home in Greenville for the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Purvis, of
Columbns, Ga., Mrs. Jim Johnson
and children, of Norfolk, and
Mrs. Nina Grey and children, of
Rohersonville, are the guests of
Mrs. Martha Council.
Mr. James Edwin Curtis
Saturday afternoon, the soul of
James Edwin Curtis left its
tenement of clay and took its
everlasting flight. For several
years, he had been an invalid
confined to his room, and came
here with his wife from Ports
mouth about two' years* agtr to
reside with his daughter, Mrs.
Morrison Bethea at the Episcopal
Rectory. He was born in Mont
gomery. Ala., on December I()t.h,
184*», and when seven years old
moved with his parents to Ches
ter, S C., where be was reared.
During the Civil War, though too
young and small to carry a gun,
he joined the 23rd South Carolina
regiment and served as courier
to Col. Benbow for two years.
After reaching manhood, he
engaged in the hardware business
in his adopted State, later resid
ing in Portsmouth with his only
son, the late Edwin Curtis. Be
sides Mrs. Bethea, he is survived
by his wife and daughter, Mrs.
George W. Young, of Clinton, S.
C., who was with him when the
end came.
He was a splendid type of the
Southern gentleman, possessing
those qualities of mind and heart
which made friends and held
them through the years. His
devotion to the faithful, loving
wife was most marked, and even
I .
in those moments just preceding
his dissolution, he did not forget
to name her to those about his
bed.
—Sunt lay afternoon, at Si o'clock,
the funeral services were held at
i the Episcopal Church by Rev.
I Morrison Bethea. The interment
was in the Baptist Cemetery,
i
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Special Notices
The banks of Williamston clos-'
ed Thursday at noon and will
remain closeduntil 9 o'clock Mon
day morning, December 28th.
The Tobacco Market will open
again on January 4th, 1914.
The Ex ;hange of the Williams
ton Telephone Company will have
Sunday hours on Christmas-
Patrons will please note this.
There will be no issue of THE
ENTERPRISE on January Ist