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Advertise In The ENTERPRISE Wr Hue Tk; CIRCULATION VOL XVI. NO. " Hymeo Did Good Work The year of 1914 will be re membered among other things for the number of marriages all over the country. Marriages • were boosted m the war zone, but this peaceful land could not' stay behind in anything, and cer tainly not in .the cementing of| hearts and lives. Martin County had its share. Register Brown wrote contracts for one hundred and ninety-six. This number has not been passed but one time previously, when two more were registered. There is no better land in all the world in which to begin life together. Already there have been forty - three li censes issued for the fiscal year beginning Dec., Ist, 1914. Hamilton Items Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Haislip spent Sunday in Oak City. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Ballard are occupying the re ndence for merly owned by C. H. Baker. C. D. Carstarphen and child ren spent Sunday here. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Edmonson and daughter spent Sunday in the country. B. B. Sherrod and R. W. Sals bury spent several days in Nor folk last week. Mrs. R. W. Salsbury went to Greenville Sunday. C. C. Cohen, who has been manager for Slade Rhodes & Co., during tSieir sale, left Sunday for New York. i * ' John Martin spent Sunday in Williamston. William J. Bryan to Speak ✓ The third annual Conference for Social Service will be held in Raleigh. January 28-30 The Conference discusses nearly all subjects looking to the uplift of North Carolina and her people, and everybody is invited to all meetings. William J. Bryan, Thomas Mott Osborne, Mrs. Cora W. Stewart and Secretary Daniels will deliver addresses. Besides these eminent speakers, there will be many prominent ones from the State. Debaters Selected The High School Literary Club | is preparing to enter a debating contest, subject; Ship Subsidies. Friday of last week, the papers were read before a committee composed of Misses Nannie and Penelope Biggs and Annie Mizell, who selected the two who should appear for the school. Those reading papers were Carrie Dell White and Joe David Thrower, pupils in the/ ninth grade, and Daisy Manning and Leona Page, members of the senior class. Misses Manning and Page were chosen by the judges. Prepara tions had been made to enter the debate against representatives of the Robersonville High School, but owing to stone misunder standing, that school declined to meet the debaters here at the time named. It is hoped that a future meeting can be arranged. Mr, Howell Warns The death of Mr. Howell War ren occurred at his home at Rob erßonville on Sunday night at nine o'clock. "The funend- wag conducted on Monday. He leaves a wife and several children to sous him in the home. , THE ENTERPRISE LOCAL The Daniel K. Moore £so. have made arrangements with David D. Stalls and the S. R. Biggs Drug Co. to handle their Hog Cholera Remedy WANTED To employ a good man to work on farm, either as tenantor for hire. Address Lock Box 227, Williamston, N. C. The Roanoke River has the swell head again. The water is spreading out over the low lands, and timber floating iH popular. WANTED- A good white tenant. SeeJas. S. Rhodes or John D. Bigirs, Williamston. The Gaiety Theatre has attrac tive movies every night for 5 and 10 cents. Mr. Barnes, a student at Wake Forest, held services at the Bap tist Church Sunday. Friends are glad to see Mr. Thco. Roberson out again. He suffered for weeks with an ab scess in the head. There will be services at the Christian Church on Sunday morning and night. January has been the rainy month so far. The precipitation in this section is great. To-night at the Gaiety. "A Daughter of the Plains" Drama. "Slave Romance" Comedy. Beau and Hobo, Comedy full of fun. John Sparks, painter for the Buggy Company, is at Jamesville where he is decorating the inter ior of the new bank building. The Methodist ISunday S :hool assembled at the Masonic Hall on Friday night last and enjoyed fruits and candies, and an offer ing was taken for the Belgian fund. The drain which is open from Dr. Lloyd's office to the railroad is in a terrible state of conges tion, and resembles t hat of an ill kept hog pen. It wouid be a dis grace to a swamp. But who cares? Don't fail to see "A Daughter of the Plains" at the Gaiety Theatre to-night. Mr. and Mrs. William Stone are living at the home of J. A. Hobbs since the deoarture of Rev. J. I).! Howell and family, who have moved to Weldon, where Rev. j I Howell has accepted the pastor-1 ate of the Baptist Church there. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes ami child-1 ren have moved here from Ever etts, and are living in the house lately occupied by Mr. Daniel and family in the Watts grove. Mr. | Stokes will cultivate the acres bought at the Watts sale by J. P. Simpson. BANK STOCK FOR SALE I have for sale, five shares Capi tal Stock, Bank of Jamesville. Prefer not selling more than two shares to uny one person. John D. Lilley, Jamesville, N. C. No Hard Timet Mr. Chas. T. Peel, who owns and operates the John D. Simp son farm on the Everetts road, killed 4441 lbs. of meat on Tues day. His heaviest hog , weighed 380- Other hog raisers will please take notice that Mr. Peel had pigs 5 1 /t months old which weigh-' ed 135 lbs. The War will scarce ly affect this home r~*' , Mrs. Walthr Anderson and children and Chas. Baker attend ed the funeral of Mr. Abram ga ker at Robersonville on Tuesday. Herbert S tailings, formerly druggist for Saunders & Fowden was here from Clayton on Wed- WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JAN., 22,1915 Social Affairs Last week the social life of the town was very pleading to those who enter into such enjoyment. Wednesday evening, Mrs. James S. Rhodes was at home to a small party of friends*, who en joyed cards until a late lvour. Mrs. Rhodes served refresh ments in an attractive style, and the quests were happy to bo with her during the evening. Thursday evening, Meedames Alonzo Hassell and Chas. D. Carstarphen entertained the lar gest number of guests which have assembled here this season. The handsome home of Mrs. Has sell oryHaughton Street, where the guests assembled, was ablaze with light and thre* rooms were arranged for the game of Rook. There were fifteen tables with four players each, and othor guests besides. Eleven players tied for the score, and 1 Mr.-?. Frank U. Barnes won the prize, a lovely bunch of white carna tions. Ice cream and cake, the latter in fancy design from Pen der's, were served. Friday nighty Mrs. J. T. Je rome, Misses Anna 1 Crawford and Delia entertained at the Crawford home. The guests played Rook in two rooms, there beingthirteen tableft. Mrs. Jno. L. Hassell won the prize and Mrs. Atwood Newell, the booby. Dunng .the evening, refreshing fruit punch was served the guests and salted peanuts in pr«»tty re ceptacles were placed on each table to be' eaten during the games. Ice cream and cake (were served after theawarding of the prizes. Mrs. James G. Staton enter tained aleo on Friday night and among her guests were Miss Kate Cheshire and Mesdames Harrison, RufTtn and Clark, of Tarboro, who returned Saturday on the 0 o'clock train. Auction Bridge was the game of the evening, and greatly enjoyed by tl>e players. At a !ato hour an elegant luncheon was nervqd in the dining room., Next morning, there were other guests invited and these found the hours pleas ant. Miss Nannie Biggs was hostess to the D. A. It., on Thursday of last week at her home on Smith wick Street. •'The programme was an unusually attractive one, and the members enjoyed the time spent in the hospitable j home of the hostess, who is one of the most enthusiastic of the j Daughters. Hog Cholera Cure j Representatives of the Daniel K. Moore Co. of Dillsboro, N. C. are working in Martin County demonstrating their remedy for the cure and prevention of hog cholera. They have' already treated succesfully, it seems, scores of hogs. Daniel K. Moore, an old stock man living in the Western part of the State, discovered this rem edy twenty years ago, and has used it successfully for that pe riod of time with his own hogs and those of his neighbors, but only during last year was the remedy put on the market. These people say they are go ing to prove to the people of Martin County that they have a remedy that will cure and pre vent hog cholera, if given ac cording to directions. If so this means thousands of dollars in meat yearly to this county. u. 1 What the A. C. L Is Patting On Us For a clear conception of mod ern convenience and comfort, one han only to go to the station of the A. C. L. railroad at Wil liamston, North Carolina. Here you will see many good-natured drummers taking the weather as it come 6. Then get a glimpse of the insjde of the 1-2 box cars. In those you will, no doubt, see a gang of slang slinging boys, pushing and jolting, and stand ing around a stove just 2-3 the size of grandmother's snuff box. Finally the train backs in, and the folks at home and the folks from abroad, rush out to board the modern train which must hurry. But behold, when they start, they find that they must walk down the valley of the shadow of box cars, and must walk tflone for there is no room for more than one, Unlike the children of Israel, they cannot walk through the water with un moietoned feet, but must wade ankle deep through not clear but impure water to reach the car steps. So the weary and be draggled passengers have to thank their lucky stars for reach the car without having to swim. At last aboard - paradise, gain ed, the lady with her silk hose dripping wet, and the stylish traveling costume bespattered with the water from off the long row of box cars, walks in the new and well-kept car (well kept off of the main lines where such is not permitted), and seats herself only to find that her dr-jsx 73 marked v/ith duet and smut, the accumulation of weeks. But all this will soon be over - when the new and spacious brick depot is completed, and the rights and comfort of the people are given proper attention by the A. C. L. officials, who for several months have lost sight of the fact that people and not mud tur tles and water fowls inhabit this sfftion. The depot was burned early in October and not a brick has been I placed or the debris cleared away from the spot where the new building should bo erected. It is hitfh time that something was being done to accommodate the traveling public. First Blood In The Pool Room Saturday night, the first Mood was spilled in the pool room situ ated in the Mobley Building on Main Street. Levi Riddick and Sam Hardison were engaged in a game, Riddick tapped Hardison! on the head, and Hardison threw out his arm as if he would strike Riddick, and this angered the latter who proceeded to make kindling woo£ of a cue over the head of Hardison, cutting an ugly gash. Hardison jumped and caught Riddick, and when the police separated the men, Riddick needed a poultice on one of his orbs, for Hardison had hammered away with the persis tency and violence of a Musco vite gun. The combatants were tried before Mayor Godwin and each was placed under a SIOO bond for appearance at court. Too Bad v And now Joe Daniels does not want the Legislators to stay in Raleigh but forty days. Just think of it! Some of those fellows up there have been dreaming for months of their visit to the Cap ital City, and now to have the Secretary of the Navy train his guns of reasoning upon them, and insist upon a. very short ses sion on the plea of economy., Too bad! PERSONAL I)r. J. A. White spent Sunday in town. J. Paul Simpson spent several days in Charlotte last week. N. S. Peel was in Norfolk on bußines Sturday W. G. Hedgepeth was here on business Monday. Miss Mary Belle Ellison, of Suffolk, is visiting relatives here. Harvy Roberson was here from (Robersonville Monday. C. A. Askew was here from Jamesville Tuesday. Mess. John Martin and Arthur Perry were here from Hamilton Sunday. Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Everett returned Monday from their bri dal trip. W. W. Hardison is at Wash ington for treament for rheuma tism. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Whitley aro at home after a trip to Wash ington City and other places. Miss Lizzie Smith, of Scotland is visiting Mrs. H. D. Cook on Haughton Street. Miss Sallie Calbert, of Jackson is the guest of Mrs. P. B. Cone this week. Miss Annie Mae Freeman, of Windsor, is the guest of Miss Fannie Biggs Martin. Messrs. H. W. Stubbs and A. R. Dunning were at home from Raleigh on professional business last week W. R. Steadman has been at the Atlantic Hotel for several days, representing the Daniel K. Moore Co. Mrs John D. Simpson, accom by Dr. W. E. Warren, left last week for Richmond, where she will receive treatment. William Pennypacker, of Elmi fa, N. Y., spent several days here [ last week looking after the busi ness of the Williamston Cooper age Company. Miss Emma-Griffin accompani ed by Dr. York, Mrs. Asa Craw ford and Hurry Biggs, left Mon day for Norfolk, where she will undergo tin operation. John L. Ilassell, Wheeler Mar tin, T. JrL Harrison, Fow den and Arthur Anderson spent Monday in Rocky Mount on ness connected with the railroad here. Mr. Abram Baker After a year of ill health, death came to Abram Baker at the home of his son, J. R. Ba ker, near Pactolus.'en Monday morning at 9 o'clock. He was born in Pitt County on Feb., 1829, and on reaching manhood married Miss Limina Hardison, i of Beaufort County. To them were born nine children, all of ( whom are living, but the wife and mother died several years ago. Among the children are Mrs. Walter Anderson, G. A., and Chas. Baker, of Williamston. Abram Baker was a true friend, a devoted father and lived an up right and honest life among his fellows. He was a farmer and worked dil!igently with his hpnds until his health failed. Tuesday afternoon, his body was laid to rest beside that of his wife, in the plot near Roberson ville. Rev. Cecil F. Outlaw, pas tor of the Christian Church, read the funerafService. Friends here sympathize with the bereaved family in their hour of trial. Subscribe To The , ' ENTERPRISE - Onlj SI.OO A YEAR SI.OO a Year in Advance In Meoorian A just appreciation of the life and character of our departed friends, demands that we leave to their posterity a record of their lives and achievements. 1 John Rohert Peel wan bom Nov. 3rd, 18G2. He married Sq san F., youngesst daughter of the late Edwin Manning, Nov., 3rd, 1880. To thein were horn live children, Annie, wife of Chas. M. Peel, Euzelia, who died at the age of four years, Minnie, wife of Ira Griftiri, Heman, ani Ruth, wife of Roland Robertson. He is survived hy his wife, four children, several grandchilr«M». and his aged mother, Mrs. Noah Gurganus. and one brother, Slade Peel. Rohert Peel was a son of Rob ert Peel, who joined Co. H. Gist* Regiment N. C. Troops, at the ; beginning of the Civil War. He was killed at. the charge on Ft. Harrison. Thus John Robert was left an orphan, dependent on a widowed mother, at a time when destruction, want and sorrow filled this fair land. Robert, like many others, was left to strug gle against many odds. Reared on the farm, the management, of which early fell upon his shoul ders, he developed that judg ment and diligence so necessary to success. He was one of the most progressive and successful farmers of Bear Grass Township. . He had typhoid fever in 18JW. from which he never recovered* leaving him an invalid for life. . He was a progressive citizen, a true Democrat, an honest man, a true friend, and an upright neighbor, devoted to his home and his family. His greatest de light was manifest in entertain ing his friends in his horn*'. Mo stranger was ever turned away from his door. Robert Peel attended church services frequently, but never made a confession of his faith; .though a friend of true Christian ity, he never thought it. impor tant to connect himself actually with the CIIII tv.h. After years of intense bodily sniFcring, but with mind bright and unclouded, oh Dec.. oth, 1914, the immortal spirit wu? freed from the worn out body and which was m;;r t:il cua iud to be, and iike a clock, worn out -with ko "ring time, the w-jary wheels of life stood still. The funeral was conducted by Elder John liodgefson of the Baptist Church. Tho interment was on his own farm at ii si>ofc selected by himself. Peace to his ashes, rest to his soul. A 3 M. Sound Finances The cail for bank sjstements throughout the State was re* sponded to in the various paper* last week. Five banks of Mar tin County published their state ments in these columns, that of the Bank of Roberapnville not appearing at that time, and it is interesting to note that the com bined deposits of these five bank* amount to $558,636.88 —over half a millon dollars; the combined ' resources are $758,994,60. The deposits in the Williamston banks show an amount of $430,922.01, and their resources combined are $583,415.93. Perhaps, no county in the State according to sire and population can show any better* or sounder financial institutions ' than can Martin. During all stringency occasioned By the to*-- - ability to move the crops, these banks have made good reports and have furnished the people without stint.
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