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VOL XVIII. NO. 33.
TEACHERS ATTENDING
SUMMER SCHOOL HERE
The Martin County Teachers j
Institute opened here on Monday
in the Court House. The graded |
school building, which has re
cently been moved, was not in
condition to hold the meeting in.
and so the large courtroom was
arranged for the comfort and
convenience of the teachers and
instructors. Superintendent Asa
J. Manning is giving the Insti
tute his careful attention, and
Prof. M. B. Dry, of Cary, is in
charge of the instruction. He is
being ably assisted by Mrs. T.
E. Johnson, and they have ar
ranged the work pleasantly for
the teachers. One striking thing
about the Institute is the absence
of male teachers, only two re
porting on Mondav morning
Supt. Manning expected a
larger number of teachers to reg
ister, but some have gone else
where. and so the number has
been decreased. Those here,
however, are studying earnestly
and the two weeks of the Insti
tute promises an enlarged use
fulness for the teachers of the
county. Supt. Manning i& giv- I
ing his best to bring Martin up to
if not ahead of any county in the
State: his desire is to get the
best teachers for the work, and
the Institute will greatly aid him
in the forward movement. Rural
schools and their communities
will get the very best that the
superintendent can arrange for.
and the cause of education will
grow as all other movements fOr
the uplift and betterment of the
people of the county and State.
The following teachers have re
gistered this week:
Misses Gladys Ballance, Pen
elope Biggs, Carrie Britton, Er
nestine Cherry, Minnie Cochran,
Thehna Crofton. Annie M. Dau
ghtridge, Liza Love Green, Lillie
Belle Hardison, Nannie Lamb,
Sue E Leggett, Emma Robert
son, Stella Rooks, Daisy Taylor,
Effie Waldo, Delia Kate Ward.
Martha Ward, Carrie Dell White,
Lalla Wynne, Martha Baldre,
Lishie Coburn, Margaret Ever
ett, Bessie Foy, Lela Hadlev,
Sallie Hadlev, Jesse Hodges,
Eva Peel, Lena Thomas: Mrs. A.
D. Mizell, Mrs. J. E. Pope, Mrs.
C. T. Roberson, Mrs. Parker:
Messrs. C. L. Daniel and J. M.
Griffin.
Residences Wanted
The visitor in town will note
the buildings in course of erection
but he will not see a single dwell
ing with the exception of one,
which was commenced some
months ago. This is remarkable
in view of the fact that houses
are in demand here. No one can
come here to live unless he
dwells in tents like the Arabs,
and there is no disposition on the
part of people who have money
to invest it in building up the
town in this way. Quite a num
ber of citizens are using rented
houses, tho they intend at some
day to boild. and have purchased
lots. If these would build their
own homes, there would be sev
eral houses for renters. William
ston will never grow while the
people are perfectly satisfied to
have the town remain in the
same old rut. There are in course
of erection here at this time a
brick warehouse fbr the sale of
tobacco, a garage, school build
ing and department store, all of
bricks These together represent
a big amount of money, and
show that Williamston could
build-residences for people who
would live tiere if they had a
house.
THE ENTERPRISE
The Usual Slump
Whether it is a trick of fate,
or the game played by the whole
sale dealers up North, or the
general bad management of the
railroads, is the question when
one views the tremendous fall in
the price of potatoes. Thousands
of barrels were held up by the
failure of the roads to furnish
transportation, and the usual
slump was experienced by the
farmer, who had planted high
priced seed which he grew with
high-priced fertilizers. It is true
nearly every year that there is a
slumD in crops when the product
is being sold by the farmers.
But as soon as it gets out of his
hands and in that of the specu
lators, then the prices climb as
they have for months If the
farmers were prepared to store
much of his crop, and hold until
the speculators got to work for
their own benefit, then the farm
ers would benefit greatly. Those
potato raisers, who sold early,
received fancy prices for their
stock. While the slump is fine
for the consumer, it is damaging
somewhat to the aims of the
farmer. The 5*5 per barrel was
Just simply the usual slump that
j comes every vear about harvest
ing time.
Exemption Board Meets
Monday, the Exemption Board
for Martin County met at the
Court House and did the pre
liminary work for the drafting
of the 150 men, who will be car
ed out from the county under the
draft JailX. Dr. J. D. Biggs, Mr.
R. W. Salsbury and Dr. W E.
Warren compose the Board # Two
stenographers were employed for
several hours, and the work was
accomplished under the rules
sent out by the War Department.
The men composing the Board
will do their full duty in the
matter of selecting which is the
patriotic act of the men chosen
by the President. It will require
excellent and impartial judg
ment to select the number from
among the 1500 who registered,
and it is confidently thought that
the Board will exercise the re
quired judgment.
Johnny Rib Spirit
The bravest man I ever knew
was a sixteen year lad, George
Barbee by name, the son of a
tenant farmer in North Carolina,
said Colonel Robert Bingham,
Class '57, to the University Alum
ni at Chapel Hill the other day.
He was the color bearer of the
Forty-Fourth Carolina—the self
appointed color bearer in a regi
ment that never lost a fiag.
This stripling soldier saw
nine flag sergeants shot down,
one after another, by the mur
derous fire of one fierce charge:
then he sprang forward to lift
those colors out of the dust, and
he bore them proudly aloft till
the end of the war.
And strange to sdy, that young
color bearer came out of the con
flict without a scratch. He
brought the shot-torn flag of the
Forty-Fourth out of the war
wrapped around his body under
his shirt, and with streaming
eyes sank it' with a rock in a
river at last to save it from sur
render. • -
That young gentleman, said
Colonel Bingham to the Class of
191-7, was the Johnny Reb Spirit
in the sixties, and that must be
your spirit today.
Misses Mary Louise Carstar
phen, Mary White and Mary
Cooke with J. D. Ward and Joe
David Thrower spent Monday
evening in Hamilton.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY JULY 6. 1917
Food And Feed Stuffs '
In a recent statement made by
13 merchants of Martin County,
we find that during last year
they bought from outside the
State, 1,090 bushels of corn, 181
tons of hay, 7,115 bushels of
corn meal, 147,767 lbs. side meat
4,866 bbls. flour, 5,455 bushels of
oats. 10,366 cases of canned
goods,, 83 tons of feed stuffs.
Judging from the list, these
merchants would probably repre
sent one-third the business done
in the county. Tue greater
amount of these supplies are the
product of crops that do well on
our farms. This is a tremendous
leak in our present system of
farming. The men making this
report are exceedingly anxious
to assist in the growing of the
supplies at home. I am giving
these figures to show our farm
ers the great demand for the
food and feed crops.
A nation-wide effort is being
made to amply supply food and
feed, not only for the farm and
farmer folks, but for the whole
country, and other countries de
pending upon us
This is the greatest opportun
ity of our age to prove ourselves
equal to our calling. Make every
acre, nook and corner do its share
in feeding the world The har
vest will soon be past, the sum
mer ended. shall we be well fed
until another harvest? All the
agricultural forces are anxious to
assist. The County Agent may
be able to get lust the informa
tion that you want. If I can
serve you, call me.
J. L. Holliday.
In Memoriam
John L. Hines, who died January
6th, 1017.
Still we miss him more. Six
months have passed and still we
miss him. He has gone to live
with Jesus He has passed be
yond the blue, with the sunlight
of the angels in his face and
manner, too. God called him
home, it was His will, but in our
hearts we love him still.
Memory is as dear today as in
the hour he passed away. We
would dearly love to have you
back, although you suffered pain,
know it is a mortal sin to wish
you back again Long days and
nights he bore great pain, to
wait for recovery was all in vain
till Gad above saw what was best
and took him to his home to rest.
We often sit and think of you,
when we are all alone. Dearest
Father, how we've missed you in
these few short months just
gone by. Still we know that
you are happy with our dear
Lord upon high. So we'll try
our best to meet you when our
work on earth is o'er and with
happiness we'll greet you there
to live forevermore
Loved in life and not forgotten
in death by his family and two
sisters.
Written by B. L. H.
Needs Attention
The vat for dipping cattle,
which was built la3t year below
the hill, has been allowed to get
in bad repair. People who de
sire to dip their stock, would like
to have all the requirements met
for the process of dipping. What
is everybody's business is no
body's business, it seems to be
|in this case- The vat is very
useful and should be properly
locked and the solution carefully
looked after.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Godard
and son spent the Fourth out of
I town.
The Quarantine Law Of 1917
Th« General Assembly of 1917
ptssed the following law:
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of
every physician to notify the
county quarantine officer of the
U«me, address, including the
name of the school district, of
any person living or residing,
permanently or temporarily in
the county about whom such
physician is consulted profession
ally and whom he has reason *.o
suspect of being afflicted with
whooping cough, measles, diph
theria, scarlet fever, smallpox,
infantile paralysis, typhoid fever
typhus fever. Asiatic cholera,
bubonic plague, yellow fever, or
other diseases declared by the
St|te Board of Health of North
Carolina to be infectious and con
tagious within twenty-four hours
afyer obtaining reasonable evi
dence for believing that such
person is suffering from one of
the aforesaid diseases: provided,
however, that if the afflicted per
son is a minor, the physician con
sulted professionally about such
person shall notify the county
quarantine officer of the name
and address of the parent or
guardian of such minor in addi
tion to the name, address and
school district of the person about
whom he is professionally con
sulted and whom he believes to
be airi.it*ted with one uf the afore
said diseases.
Sec. 8 It shull be the duty of
every parent, guardian or house
holder, in the order named to
notify the county quarantine of
ficer of the name, address, in
cluding the name of the school
district, of any person in their
family or household about whom
no physician has been consulted
but whom they have reason to
suspect of being afflicted
with whooping cough, measles,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, small
, pox, .infantile paralysis, typhoid
fever, Asiatic cholera, typhus
fever, b'ibonic plague, yellow
fever or other disease declared
by the State Board of Health of
North Carolina to be infectious.
William E. Warren,
Quarantine Officer
Has Leased Plant
I
The re-drying plant of J G.
| Staton has been put in condition
| for operation, and has been leas
ied by a tobacco firm in Rocky
' Mount. A water tank and other
j improvements have been put at
j the plant, and in a short while
I operations will begin for the re
[ drying of tobacco. This addition
to the Williamston market will
place it with the larger ones in
the East, and will be another
reason why people should
bring their weed here.
The farmer should always get
the best and the most convenient
place to sell his crop, and Will
iamston with its re-drying plant,
four warehouses and plenty of
storage space, exactly fills the
the bill-
Goes To South Carolina
Recently, Dr. Grover C. God
win has received the appointment
of Health Physician of the city
of Florence, S. C., and Sunday,
he left to commence his duties.
Florence is a town of about 14.-
000 inhabitants, and Dr. God
win will have to assist him. two
professional nurses, a stenogra
pher and another helper. This
is the largest work that Dr.
Godwin has been engaged in,
and will give him an excellent
opportunity to work along the
lines in which he has specialized
for some time. Mrs. Godwin
will join him later at Florence.
Hamilton Red Cross Auxiliary
On Sunday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock in the Baptist Church,
Rev. J. H. Griffith, who is an
authorized Speaker for the Red
Cross, Rave a lecture under the
auspices of the Auxiliary. Mr.
Griffith, who i 3 a forciful speak
er. gave some wonderful facts
which appealed to the enthusias
tic citizens. The audience was
not very large owing to the fact
the lecture was not announced
until Sunday morning. After
the lecture the meeting was turn
ed over to the Com. in charge.
The chairman, Mrs. J. P Boyle,
gave a short talk in regard to the
organization of the Auxiliary.
The Secretary, Mrs. N. Wa.
Grimes, made her report and
suggested that a collection be
taken. The small audience re
sponded freely, and $112.00 was
quickly raised. She told of having
received a contribution from a
Martin Countv bo.V now living in
New Jersey, Mr. B. L Hines,
who wished to be numbered with
his own State in the great and
noble work. A plea was made by
the secretary that every man,
woman and child in the town ■
make s contribution and be call- ;
ed on later for the same.
Mrs. N. W. Grimes,
Secretary.
Cotton Blooming
That Martin County farmers
will have a good- cotton crop, is
very evident since the warm
weather has set in. The plants
are developing wonderfully, and
blooms have been brought in for
exhibition. One was left in the
office Saturday by a colored man
whose name was not ascertained
and 'Buck Speller, who ha:* a
small patch of cotton near his:
home, carried one into the Sav
ing & Trust Company's office!
earlier. The ooid nights hurt
cotton very much in the early I
part of June, but no doubt, July's]
warmth will push the weed to
that size which will insure a
bountiful crop »{' b >lls.
Negro Woman Shoots To Kill
Saturday afternoon, Hal Biggs
received a phone message from
the Chief of Police at Farmville
informing him that his (laughter,
Hortense, had shot and killed
another negro woman. Hortense
was living at Farmville with her
husband, and had recently been
here on a visit to her parents.
It is reported that the trouble
was over the husband oT the
slayer, who skipped the town but
was later caught and placed in
jail. It was last year that a Wil
liamston negro woman was killed
at Farmville, which would indi
cate that the town is a hoodoo
for the colored folks over here
who go there.
To The Public
The Building and Loan Asso
ciation will issue another series
of stock, September Ist, 1917.
There are a great number of peo
ple of our town who own no stock
in this Association. It is the
duty of every citizen of the town
and county to purchase Building
and Loan stock, because it is the
best way to build up any com
munity, and is an absolutely safe
investment that pays 6 per cent
per annum. It is just as patri
otic to buy Building and Loan
, stock as Liberty Bonds. Look
j into this. Ask people^of other
j towns what it has done for their
! home towns. Go to see John E.
jPope and subscribe for as many
I shares as yDU can pay for at 25
'cents pef share per week.
I * "John D. Biggs. I
si.oo a Year in Advance
Oak City Items
Mrs. Annie Bell Harrell and
her sister, Mrs Roy Pyle, of
Norfolk, retu. n" ! t > their home
Thursday after spending a cou
ple of weeks the guests of Mrs.
S. E. Hines.
Miss Beatrice Daniels is spend
ing some time near Robersonville.
Miss Helen Everett left Satur
day for her home near Roberson
ville.
Mrs. Geo. L Daniel and chil
dren spent the week-end near
Robersonville.
Mrs. N. M. Worslev and Mrs.
B. L. Johnson attended church
near Hobgood Sunday.
Mise Arlette Bascom is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. J. L.
Hines.
Mrs. Aaron Haskett and Mrs.
B. T Tew, of Port Norfolk re
turned home Friday after spend
ing some time with relatives
here.
Rev J. T. Crisp was here Sun
day.
.). W. Hines returned from
i Norfolk Saturday.
Answered The Call
It is said that about twenty
! young men from the Jamesville
i section responded to the call
! made by Col. Wiley C. Rodman,
' and in this way they will escape
the selective draft, which is now
being prepared throughout the
' United States.
Col. Rodman issued a call for
1)0 men to fill in the number
needed for a body of artillery for
Beaufort and surrounding coun
ties.
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Hamilton Items
* ,
Mrs. John Hasseil and chil
dren, "of Roper, are the guests
of Mrs. .! B Williams.
Bill Haislip went to William
j ston Monday.
Mrs. Paul Dennis and son, of
! Suffolk, are the guests of Mrs.
R. A. Edmondson.
Mrs. P. H Davenport with
relatives in Everett.
B. L. Rives, of Robersonville,
was in town Saturday.
Mrs. Alva DeWeese. of Will*
iamston, is visiting her mother
here.
Thad Lawrence spent the week
end in Rocky Mount.
Miss Effie Waldo left Tuesday
for Williamston.
Mrs- Note Bellamy and chil
dren spent Sunday near Palmyra.
Ed Inscoe and son spent sev
eral days in Roanoke Rapids.
Henry Edmondson left Mon
day for Norfolk where he has
accepted a position.
J. D. Ward, Joe David Throw
er with Misses Mary L. Carstar
phen, Mary Cook and Mary White
spent a few hours here Monday
night
Mrs. J. L. Hines and daughter,
spent the week-end in Leens,'
Mrs. Joe Pender has returned
from Rocky Mount, where she
has been with her daughter for
the past week..
Miss Lil Nobles and Misses
Margaret ana Bruce Tucker, of
Greenville, have been the cruests
of Mrs. R. W. Salsbury for the
past week.
Paul Salsbury and family are
spending some time at Wrights
ville.
P. H. Davenport with relatives
spent Friday in Rocky Mount.
Revs. Morrison Bethea, of Wil
son, J. H. Griffith of Kinston
and C. H. Jordan, of William
'ston, have been holding a Mission
which will Continue through this
week.