VOL XVI. NO. 32
Closing of Graded
School Last Friday
Exercises Held in the City
Hall at Night.
The Stife Presented 1 Beautiful
' Appearance—Set Wijk Potted
Plants and Cot Flowers—Some
Well Prepared and Interesting
Papers Were Read.
The City Hall on Friday eve
ning last was filled with men,
women and children, who eager
ly awaited, the beginning of the
closing exercises of the William
ston High School, The stage was
beautifully set with potted plants
and cut flowers, and above all
fell in graceful folds the blue and
white, colors of the school. The
scene was inspiring, as the pu
pils prettily clothed, occupied re
served seats in front. At the
appointed hour, Superintendent
J. T. Jerome announced the open
. ing of the exercises by a chorus
of mixed voices. These pleas
ingly blended in "Hail to Thee,"
and with the stage setting, made
, an attractive picture for the de
light of the audience.
Following the song, were the
• papers by the graduating class
of four. With pride in their
county and with a.desire to tell
others- of the splendid history
and resources both of soil and
intellect, these papers treated en
tirely of Martin county with the
exception of the farewell ad
dress. Miss Daisy De Etta Man
ning read "A History of Martin
County," culled from the Colon
ial Records and native tradition,
which she compiled in a pleasing
style. The county was formed
in 1774 from the counties of Tyr
rell and Halifax and was named
for Josiah Martin, the last royal
governor; prior to that it was
called St. Mary's Parish. Mar
tin county Was represented in the
first General Assembly, which
met at New Bern, by Edward
Smithwick. whoae descendants
have helped to make the later
history of the county. In both
wars, Revolutionary and Civil,
the men of the county fought and
bled for the country's honor.
The 17th regiment in the Civil
war had within its ranks some of
the bravest of the brave of Mar
tin county's men. Among her
sons is now living one of three
' men, who in that bloody charge
at Gettysburg, went farthest to
the front This man, James Au
gustus Whitley, still lives while
his name is carved on the stone
that marks the spot of his daring
on the famous battlefleM.
In the beginning of the county
the place where Williamston now
is was known as 'Tar Landing,"
because of the immense number
of barrels of tar shipped from
the wharf at the present site.
Later it received the name Wil
liamston after an honored citizen
Richard Williams. Hamilton was
first known as Miltonr and was
for a number of years the most
important of the two, especially
in agricultural and educational
advantages.
Miss Manning treated her sub
ject well, and with pleasant man
ner and voice,' held the audience
to the end. s
"The schools of Martin coun
ty" was treated by Miss Leona
Adelia Page in an interesting
style, replete with statistics,
THE ENTERPRISE
tertaining to the hearers. Mar
tin county spends more than
$36 000 for the education of her
boys and girls, and now neatly
erected school houses mark ev
ery cross road in the county.
Along educational lines the im
provement has made a larger per
cent, in growth than any other
feature of the county's life.
Intelligently trained teachers,
using the best methods of in
struction, are daily moulding the
characters of the sons and dau
ghters, so that they may become
fitted for the sterner realities of
life in the State and in the home.
The paper showed careful ar
rangement, which has been
characteristic of Miss Page dur
ing her years of school life.
Oscar Shannon Anderson's pa
per on the "Resources of Martin
County" filled every native with
pride in the soil which gave him
birth.
In pleasing detail, Mr. Ander
son showed that the county is
noted for its agricultural pro
ducts, lumber c(ftning as a splen
did helper in the making of the
wealth of the pe6ple. Of the
17,000 inhabitants, 13,000 live on
farms, where cottbn, peanuts,
tobacco and potatoes are raised.
With LOJOOO bales of cotton and
over $500,000 worth of peanuts
(half of that amount being han
dled on the Williamston market),
and a sale of 6,000,000 pounds of
tobacco on the county markets,
Martin county is a fair spot
wherein to dwell.
There are also large crops of
corn, hay and field peas. The
timber interests rank high, the
oldest plant of the Dennis Sim
mons Lumber Co., one of the
richest lumber corporations in
the east, is situated at James
villa with its principal office at
Williamston, and extensive tim
ber intersts are along the Roan
oke River.
The class Farewell was deliv
ered by William Sampson Had
ley. It was replete with spicy
references to every member, and
abounded in good wishes for the
future happiness of his fellows,
who had been such jolly com
panions during the High School
term. Mr. Hadley has been one
of the most faithful members of
of the Class, and it was indeed
fitting that h£ should bid it fare
well in words of cheer.
After the reading of the pa
pers ''Maybells and the Flowers"
was attractively sung, and then
Mr. Wheeler Martin introduced
the speaker of the evening. Wil
liam Louis Poteat, President of
Wake Forest College, whose ap
peal for the "Little Children of
the Dawn" was listened to with
delight. He is an attractive
speaker, and the smallest child
in the audience could appreciate
his words, which were applicable
alike to the child an&the parent.
A proper assimilation of rea
soning, would mean much for
the betterment 6f the kingdom
of the home, where* children are
the most important citizens.
Diplomas to the graduating
were presented by County
Superintendent A. J. Manning,
whose words were those of com
mendation and kindly assurance
that if the duties of life were
met with the proper spirit, suc
cess would crown the days of
each.
The names of those passing
from the graded into the high
school, were called and the fol
lowing went on the stage, where
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 4. 'QIS
each received a diploma: William
and Mary King Ellison, William
C. Manning, Jr., Johnnie Sparks
James Manning, Mary Cook,
Hugh B. and Garland Anderson,
J. D. Ward, Samuel Harrell, Fan
nie Murt Williams, Mary White
and C. D. Carstarphen, Jr.
Supt Jerome read the names
of those on the honor roll for the
term, which are as follows: Vir
ginia Herrick, Francis Manning,
James Glenn, Sallie Harris, Rob
ert Peel, Daisy Manning, Ethel
Harris, Louise Harrison, Mattie
Brown, Sallie Bet Wynne, Louise
Robertson, George H. Kent.
The farewell song ended the
exercises, and thus closed the
eleventh term of the Williamston
High School. The marshalls
serving during the evening were,
Fitzhugh Robertson, Chief: as
sistants, Clyde Anderson, Titus
Critcher. Robt. Peele.
A Little Babe Dead.
Wednesday night at 9 o'clock
the 6-months old boy of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Hopkins breathed out
its life after a short illness, hav
ing suffered with cholera infan
tum only a few hours. Last week
some change was noted in its
general condition, but there was
nothing to alarm its parents un
til Tuesday, when the fatal dis
disease developed
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 the
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. W. R. Burrell, and the
little body was tenderly borne to
the Baptist cemetery, where it
was laid to rest beneath the flow
er-strewn mound.
Officers Get a
Unique Still.
Deputy Collector Ed James, of
Robersonville, and Sheriff Craw
ford accompanied by policeman
Edwards and Roland C. Craw
ford, of Williamston, and Dr.
Manning, Will Salsbury and Joe
Moye, of Robersonville, made a
raid for tigers on Bear Grass
swamp on Sunday morning. They
were not long in bouncing a cop
per bottomed whiskey barrel,
standing ready for firing up.
No one was at home when the
officers called, so they took pos
session of 150 gallons of molases
beer, which were nearly ready
for boiling. But for the alert
ness of the officers, it would have
doubtless been converted into
beer ere this. The arrangements
for the still were the most uniq
ue ever seen in this section of
the country. If the tiger is blind,
he can evidently plan fjor the
making of the contraband stuff,
but Deputy James is down after
them.
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Received Diploma.
Friends of Mr. Grover C. God
win are pleased to note his grad
uation at the Medical College of
Virginia, situated at Richmond.
The graduating exercises com
menced with the annual sermon
on Surftlay by Rev. Mr. Smoot,
of the Methodist church, who is
remembered pleasantly by many
Williamston people. Mr. God
win has taken the full four-year
course, and has stood well in his
classes. He was on the reception
committee at the commencement
and the invitations sent out to
friends here were exquisite pro
ductions of the printer's art, en
graved #nd bound in book form
with browii leather covers. May
or and Mrs- Godwin with Master
Charles Godwin left .Tuesday
morning for Richmond to wit-'
ness the graduation exercises.
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Government's
Patience Is
Exausted.
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President Wilson Declares
United States Will Act
If Factional Leaders do
Not Establish a Gov
ernment.
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Washington, June 2th. —ln a
statement to the American peo
ple to-day, President ser
ved notice on the factional lead
ers of Mexico that unless within
"a very short time" they unite
to set up a government which the
world can recognize, the United
States " will be constrained to
decide what means should be
employed by the United States
in order to help Mexico save her
self and serve her people.
The statement, drawn up af
ter yesterday's cabin
was prepared for issue early to
day but was delayed until after
noon by some minor changes
made in conference between the
President and Secretary Bryan,
While it was being given out at
the White House it was being
flashed on its way to Consul Si 1-
liman at Vera Cruz, the Brazil
ian minister at Mexico City and
Consular Agent Carrothers, who
will deliver It to the leaders
of factions with with which they
deal.
A Visiting Typo.
Sunday afternoon the Enter
prise office was visited by Miss
Bullock, a typo, who is making
good on the Robersonville Herald.
That paper is not quite a year
old and Miss Bullock began her
apprenticeship in its office. Now
she is the most important mem
ber of the force (except the edi
tor), as she runs the presses and
handles the stick in both job and
straight matter. She is an en
thusiast, and it was a pleasure
to have her visit this office and
to show her through it. She is
cordially invited to come again
and then some.
Teachers' Institute.
A county teachers' institute
will be held at Williamston, be
ginning June 21st,* and continu
ing three weeks.
The law requires the continu
0u s attendance of all public
school, high school and graded
school teachers unless provident
ially hindered, or unless such
teachers attend an accredited
summer school in lieu- of an in
stitute: A certificate of valid
attendance will be issued to all
who deserve it at the close of the
institute.
Every teacher will need to
have Charter's "Teaching the
Common Branches."
Primary teachers should bring
all the books used in the first
three grades, a pair of scissors,
a box of crayon, and a penci
with soft, large lead.
Ulntermediate teachers should
have all the text books of the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades.
s- ' J. Y. JOYNER, „
Supt. of Public Instruction
'A' J. MANNING,
County Supt.
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The Warring Nations
20th Century
Book Club.
On Wednesday afternoon, Miss
Irene Smith was hostess to the
Twentieth Century Book Club.
The following interesting pro
gram was carried out:
Ruskin, the Art Critic—Mrs.
C. B. Hassell.
Selection, Stnes of Venice-
Miss Smith Smith.
The Day is Coming—Mrs. Sta
ton.
The Garden of Prosreperine
Mrs. Rome Biggs.
After the program an elaborate
salaf and ice cream course was
served by Miss Smith, assisted
by her sister, Mrs. Saunders.
The next meeting of the Club
wilKbe'held with Miss Lamb on
June 9, 1915.
Keel-Peel.
Monday night at the home of
Mr, Ed Hardison, Miss Gurthie
Hollis and Mr. James Campbell
were married, Rev. J. T. Stand
ford performing the ceremony.
This is the second marriage per
formed at the home of Mr. Hard
ison within a month.
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N. A. Burroughs, of Everett,
was here on busines last week.
Local Highs Defeat
Visiting Ball Team.
The High School team here
demonstrated its winning quali
ties again on Friday, when they
went lip against a miscellaneous
team from Bethel, Pitt county.
The visitors, presumably to
strengthen their team, stopped
over at Robersonville and select
ed several players from that
town. Evidently 4hey had faith
in Martin county blood, and se
cured some of it to add color,
perhaps.
The game was called at 2:30
at the race tract park, and a
goodly number of fans were pres
ent to cheer their favorites. For
the first three innings both teams
did a bit of careless playing, and
the score stood 6 to 4 in favor of
the locals. After that the visi
tors could not find Perry, the
long, wiry twirler, who even
broke the pitchers record by bat
ting and scoring a run. Sherrod
was able assistant to Perry in
holding Bethels feet to the fire,
placing 2 runs to his spot on
the score board. In the latter
part of game an automobile filled
with men from Bethel rushed in
with the speed of a Ford, with
extra tin and a pinch hitter was
allowed to enter the game. He
got "pinched" all right, getting
only half way to first, where
Cone was waiting for him with
the sphere.
The score stood: Williamston,
8 runs, 6 hits and 5 errors.
Bethel, 4 runs, 3 hits and 7
errors.
Messrs. N. T. Perry, W. H.
Robertson, John L. Philpot and
J. B. Waters left Tuesday for
Richmond_to attend the Reunion.
Each of them followed the for
tunes of the South during the
four years, and they rejoice
to be able to sit around the camp
once more and live over again in
words and memories those days
of bloodshed and sacrifice.
si.oo a Year in Advance
Bulgaria And Romania
Line Up With Allies
Bulgaria and Romania to Go Up
Against Austria and Turkey—
Romania Aspires to Territorial
Possessions—-Turkey Is Ready
( to March on Bulgaria.
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London, June 2. —The battle
for Przemysl, one of the most
stubborn and. sanguinary strug
gles of the war, continues with
unabated fury. Both sides have
poured reinforcements into the
field and the losses are piling up
in thousands.
The Gorman and Austrians are
claiming that some of the forts
on the northern front have fall
en and that their troops are pro
gressing towards the railway
that joins the forts with Lem
berg. But the latest Petrograd
communication says the Germans
who got into one fort were driv
en back.
The Germans claim they have
captured upwards of 300,000 Rus
sians and an immense amount of
material during the month of
May.
The Germans make night at
tack on London and drop ninety
bombs, killing and wounding
many civilians.
Bulgaria and Romania to line
up with allies is indicated by a
dispatch to Paris, saying Bul
garia has obtained territorial
grants from Romania and is a
bout to conclude similar negotia
tions with Russia. Under this
plan it is said Romania will go to
war against Austra and Bulgaria
against Turkey.
Warsaw, June 2.th —A bomb
from a German aeroplane thrown
down here to-day struck a crowd
ed moving picture theatre. The
missile pierced the roof and ex
ploding, killed six persons and
wounded 25 others, mostly wo
men and children.
The British steamer Saidieh,
was torpedoed and sunk yester
day in the North Sea. Seven
persons, including a woman,
were drowned.
Very Pleasant
House Party
The Misses AllieandLela Had
ley threw open the doors of their
elegent elegant home fouf miles
west of Williamston for several
days this week, and entertained
a party of friends. With the
hospitality of the South, equaled
in no other country on the globe,
they made every minute one of
pleasure to the guests, who were
fortunate to be invited.
On Tuesday night a party of
young men went out from town
and spent the evening and there
was fun until the wee small
hours of the morning, Delicious
refreshments were served by the
young women and these were
thoroughly enjoyed. During the
time there Jwere hiking parties,«
and always they wended
merry way into town, where
some friend motored back with
them. Those enjoying the hos
pitality of the home for the time
were, Misses Fannie and Daisy
Manning, Mamie Adison and Sal-'
lie Hadley.