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VOL XVIII. NO. 42.
laportant Announcement.
I wish to announce that the
Williamston High School and
Graded School will open between
the dates Sept 20 and Oct 2. The 1
place of opening and exact date
will be announced later.
The High School will offer a
well • planned course this year
and we are anxions that as many
students as possible attend and
take atvantage of this course. We
wish the boys and girls living in
the county outside of Williamston
to attend and make use of the
training which we have to offer.
No tuition will be charged any
student in the county who wish
es to attend The High School, so
our boys and girls should take
advantage of this and receive an
education that will help them to
succeed during life
Any boy or girl, prepared to
attend The High School and
' planning to attend, please notify
me by mail as soon as posible-
It has been determined to open
school on September 28th for
registration, and work will begin
on the following Monday, which
is Octobor Ist. The old school
building is being repaired suffic
iently to accommodate the
pupils until the new building is
completed. Work on the latter
has been resumed, as shipments
of lumber have been recieved.
Edgar E. Bundy, Supt.
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Union Services Continued
It has been agreed bv the
ministers holding union services
at night to continue same thru
September. Rev. W. R. Bun-ell
will preach at the Methodist
Church next Sunday night, Rev.
Asa J- Manning at the Baptist
Church on the third Sunday night
Rev. W. R.Burrell at the Christ
ian Church on the fourth Sunday,
and Rev. A. J. Manning on the
fifth Sunday night. Rev. H. M.
Eure preached at the Baptist
Church on la*t Sunday evening.
Died In France
An English paper has been re-'
ceivecl here by Capt. W. H- Fow
den in which is pictured his ne
phew, Lieut. Stuart Fowden Trot
ter, who on July 6th, 1917, while
doing patrol duty as an aviator,
was mortally wounded in a fight
witii a superior number of Huns.
He was token care of by his com
rade but death insued before as
sistance could be given him.
When the warjbroke out, he
was in Canada far up in the
Northwest, and travelled 900 mi
les with dogs and sled to reach
home and enlist. One year ago.
he was married and leaves a
wife and mother, and a name
which is written high in the roll
of honor of Englaad's soldiers.
Notice
Owing to the increased num
ber of shares, it has become ne
cessary that the section relating
to fines in the constitution and
by-laws be enforced. That is: all
installments and interest dud the
x Martin County Building and
Loan Association be paid by 12
o'clock Monday following the
Saturday that said installments
and interest are due. The fine for
non-payment of installments and
interest by the time specified is
scents per share per week. To be
more explicit, if you do not pay
v before the town clock strikes 12
on each Monday, then you will
have to pay as above mentioned.
This by order of the Board of
Directors, and to be in effect,
beginning Saturday, September.
15th, 1917.
Wheeler Martin, Secretary.
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THE ENTERPRISE
Tobacco For Red Cross.
Mesdames Charles Godwin and
James Rhodes, members of the
local Red Cross Auxiliary, are
collecting this week contributions
of tobacco at the several ware
houses. One bunch from each
pile on the floors is contributed
by the buyers, and this will be
sojd on Monday. It is hoped in
this way. to aid the work of the
Red Cross. It might be a good
thing for the farmers themselves
to contribute also. There are
many, perhaps, who have not
been asked to contribute to the
work which will help the wound
ed and sick soldiers on the battle
fields, and if any of them raise
tobacco, it would be a splendid
thing for them to contribute in
this way, and at this time Even
the small farmer could give a
little and never feel the loss, but
on the other hand, he would have
the satisfaction of knowing that
some brave man was made more
comfortable because of his help.
Industrious Children
While Mr. A. G. Griffin was
away from -home recently, his
three small children seeing that
the fodder in the fields was gett
ing verv ripe, conceived the idea
of pulling the same, and being
too small to reach far up the stalk
they took a truck, hitched a horse
to it, and the smaller one drove
between the rows, and the others
stood on the truck and
pulled the fodder. When their
father returned, he found that
they had made splendid progress.
This is very different from the
actions of most children in the
present times, for so many of
them are seeking to do the least
that they can, and are engaged
in those things that lead them
downward instead of upward.
Remember children, if you are
to make good men and women,
you muat be industrious. The
Good Book says children be duti
ful to your parents. 1 hope other
children will follow the same
course and do what they can for
themselves, their parents and
• their country.
Kader Lilley.
Legal Aid To Soldiers
Every man who has been and
all those who may hereafter be
drafted, as well as all those who
have or may volunteer to the
country's service, are requested
to file with the Soldiers Business
Aid Committee of their respec
tive townships their names and
any request for assistance in any
business matter during their ab
sence.
Remember our committee will
render any assistance possible
entirely free. All legal matter
will be given full attention en
tirely free.
Call on us
A. R. DUNNING,
County Chairman.
Martin County Should Exhibit
It should be the pride of every
farmer in the county to select
some of his best corn, cotton,
peanuts, tobacco, potatoes, hay,
meat, butter, canned vegetables
and other things and deliver to
Mr. J. L. Holiday, County Agent
at Williamston and let Martin
County take some of the State
Fair premiums, and at the same
time make it known to the world.
This work should begin now,
if we are to have a creditable
exhibit.
> Masonic Funeral at Siloam
Church Sunday Sept. 9th at
'2 P.M.
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 7. 1917.
SEVEN GO TO JOIN
! THE NATIONAL ARMY
Martin County Offered Its
First Young tten On
Thursday. They
leftforColum
bia, S. C.
All over the United States,
American manhood has this week
been offering itself to the cause
of democracy, and the projection
of the rights of this beloved land
of ours; the National Army has
been mobilizing at the different
camps throughout the South,
and yesterday Martin County
sent its first men to join this
Army. Acting in accordance with
the instructions of the War De
partment, only five per cent of
the quota of 145 men were taken
on the first call.
Yesterdav morning, a large
crowd was at the station to bid
the men goodbye, and to cheer
them with kihdly expressions,
' though the hearts of each was
1 filled with regret that they had
t to see them leave home and
■ loved ones. Flag-adorned Testa
t ments were presented to the
: men by Mr. W. C. Manning,
Chairman of the Martin County
s Council of Defense, and the Red
* Cross Auxiliary gave each one a
1 comfort bag. The squad was
I placed in the command of Dennis
' C. Taylor, and the members of
■ the Exemption Board were
present to see them off. The
J men went' to Columbia, S C.,
' where they will be trained for
service. The squad was composed
■ of
Dennis C. Taylor, Williamston.
1 James A. Leggett, "
Bernard G. Hyman, Oak City,
■ Robert E. Harrell,
, Jodie D. Woolard, Robersonvilb
- William H. Gray,
■ Rufusß. Carson, Bethel.
Hamilton Items
' Miss Et'fie Waldo has return
ed from Ocean View.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davenport
left Sunday for Baltimore and
Washington City.
. Gordon Hines left Sunday for
Florida.
Misses Lillie and Hattie Floyd
are'spending the week in Balti
j more and Washington.
, Mrs. Ed Norman and son have
been the guests of Mrs. J. B
I WilJiams for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Johnson,
Mrs. P. H. Davenport and Miss
Annie Jones went to Rocky
I Mount Thursday.
, S. D. Matthews. P. P. Peel
I and F. L. Haislip motored here
from Norfolk Friday.
Mrs. F. L. Haislip and children
left Friday for Norfolk.
Miss Delia Purvis is spending
some time in Robersonville.
T. B. Slade left Saturday for
Asheville.,
Mrs. Martha Purvis spent Sat
, urday in Robersonville. ,
White-McGuire
( Miss Perlie McGuire and Mr.
( Albert C. White were married at
. Danville, Va., and came here
| Monday to spend their
, moon with relatives in the coun
try. A re-union of the White
! family was held at the home of
Mr. Henry White near William
ston, and a sumptuous feast was
5 provided for the bride and groom
and other guests.
The groom is the son of Mr J.
1 Robert White, and the bride is
: an attractive young woman of
Danville.
August Tobacco Sales
■ Last year during the month of
August, the number of pounds
of tobacco soldon the Williamston
market was 394, 998; this year
with the market opening one
week later, the number of pounds
sold first hand was 492, 860, be.
ing 97, 862 pounds more than the
yea r previous. Of this amount,
the Brick Warehouse sold, 152,
688, the Dixie Warehouse, 218,
646 and the Farmers 122, 730
pounds Every farmer who has
brought a pound to this market
has realized the topnotch price
for every pile. The market is
stronger than ever before and the
buyers are loading up with Mar
tin County's golden yellow not to
mention that of other counties.
. The average on the market
places it above many in the State
and those farmers in the county
who go elsewhere to sell have
blundered in the choice of mar
kets. Never before has there
been better arrangements to care
for the farmer's product in the
matter of floor space, storage
rooms and redrying plant, the
latter running night and dav with
a full force of hands each time.
The sales have not been so
heavy since onening day, which
was the biggest sale ever held in
the county, because the farmers
have been busy attending to
other crops. But from now on
the sales will be large, for right
in Williamston is the best in to
baeco prices. Get your weed
resdy and come in and carry
home the cash.
Harrison Bros & Co., have
greatly enlarged their stock this
season by the introduction of a
large assortment of Ready - To -
Wear clothes for women: in fae'
they have the largest and best
selected stock ever brought to
Martin "V:nty, as stated in their
announcement. The idea of this
firm and others in the town as
well, is to keep the trade from
going elsewhere, and so the
si-iow rooms will be stocked with
everything for men, women and
children. Thousands of dollar.-?
go to other towns every season,
and the Williamston trade is
eagerly sought. There will be no
need of this now. Buy at home
and keep your merchants alive,
and make the town grow.
An Ugly Hole
No doubt when people get off the
cars at the depot here, thev think
that Williamston is a swampy
town, and they are not much mis
taken. For when they see the
hole of muddy water on one side
of the railroad track, they would
easily get the swamp idea in
their minds. ,The Town Commis
sioners evidently pass by on the
other side, and this, too, when
more is said about sanitation than
ever before in the history of the
place, and a sanitary officer looks
after the application of the laws.
Whether such a hole is sanitary
or unsanitary may not have been
decided by the Board, but the
public took only one sec
ond to decide the matter.. Per
haps, the question remains un
answered as to whose duty it is to
fill thfe unsightly hole, whether
the railroad folks or the town is
responsible. If the former should
do the work and will not, there
is redress for the town, if the
town should do it and remains
passive, the railroad authorities
should demand that the hole be
filled, as it is a reflection on the
station. At least, somebody should
get busy overtime. Why preach
iand fail to practice?
Rules of Martin County Board of
Health Regarding the Vacci
nation of School Children
, Against Smallpox
1
. I Be it ordered by the Board of
i Health of Martin County. North
; beginning on the
1 1 st day of Sept 1917. the follow
ing rules and regulations are in
! fcu^ce:
1. That no pupil in any of the
1 public graded, or private schools
j of Martin Connty shall pepermit
, ted to attend upon the daily sess
i ions of any such school until such
pupils shall hsve submitted proof
satisfactory to the teacher, the
county health officer, and the
superintendent of school, that
he or she hss been successfully
vaccinated within three years
next preceding the date of his or
her entrance inschool.
v 2. That no person shall enter
upon his or her duties as princi
pal. teacher, or janitor in any
of the public, graded, or private
schools of Martin County until
such person shall have submitted
proof satisfactory to the county
health officer and the county
superintendent of schools, that
he or she has been success
fully vaccinated within
three years next preceding the
date of the opening of school.
3. That the county health of
ficer may exempt from the op
eration or the rules concerning
vaccination hereinbefore set out
any person who shall submit to
the county health officer satis
factory proof that he or she has
had smallpox; and the county
health officer may exempt teni
/jorarily any person whose
physical condition is such that
compliance with the above nam;d
rules would be seriously detri
mental to his or her health.
PENALTY RULE
( Chapter 02. Section 22. Pub
; lie Laws 1911 N. C., and as A
' I mended by Section 10, Chapter
' 181, 1913. )
If any person shall violate any
' |uf the rules and regulations made
1 by the County Board of Health,
he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof shall, for the first
offence, be fined not less than
five dollars ( $5 ) nor more than
fifty dollars ( *SO ), and for each
1 subsequent offence not less than
' ten dollars ( $lO ) nor more than
1 fifty dollars ( #SO ); or be im
prisoned in the county jail not
more than thirty days, or
be both fined and imprisoned in
the discretion of the court.
Booth-Hornthal
Mi?s Gladys Hornthal and Mr.
Charles Booth were quietly mar
ried at the home of the bride at
Plymouth, Monday morning at
7:15, Rev. Mr. Lawrence, rector of
Grace Church, officating. Mr.
and Mrs Booth left immediately
on the cars via Williamston for
Cape Charles, Va., where they
will reside. ,
The bride is the eldest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis F.
Hornthal and a young woman of
charming personality, and has a
'host of friends in the State and
Virginia, who will be pleased to
learn of her happiness. She visit
ed Williamston frequently and
was one of the most popular
young women who came to the
town,
Mr. Booth is engaged in busi
nese at Cape Charles, and has
promise of splendid success in
his line of work. For several years
he was employed at Plymouth,
1 and is a young man of sterling
qualities;
I Mrs. James S. Rhodes and little
son attended the Ijtooth-Hornthal
' marriage at Plymouth Monday.
si.oo a Year in Advance-
f Prominent Minister iron Bertie
On the fourth Sunday in last
month, Rev. N. J. Todd, pastor
of Sandy Run Church, Bertie
I County, preached at the Baptist
i Church here. He is one of die
» strong men of the Church in the
. East, and delivered a most io
i structive sermon to a large con
gregation.The Sandy Run Church
» has 400 members, and dnr
i ing the meeting held by Rev. W.
. R Burrell, there were 38 added,
. 35 having been baptised by Rev.
Burrell, The Sandy Run section
is composed largely of Baptist,
and Rev. Todd is doing a splendid
work among that people, While
here he was guest at the Baptist
Pastorium.
Meetings at Riddicks grove.
Rev. Edward Burrell, assisted
by Rev. W. R. Burrell, has been
conducting evangelistic services
at Riddicks Grove in Williams
Township. There was much inter
est manifested, and quite a num
ber made professions and joined
the Church, The congregation
there is one of the most active of
those in the country, and a Sun
day School with Julian Can-
Anderson as superintendent, is in
a flourishing condition.
A Valuable Book
The Peoples Bank is giving
away a book of valuable informa
tion that any farmer will profit
by reading as it contains over
100 practical suggestions that
will save both Time and Money.
! The next time you are in town ■
| go by and get one as they are
Free for asking.
Show Ground Convenient
Tiio Oilie Hamilton show
which is advertised in these
' columns, will pitch its tc-nt on the
Dunning lot on the corner of
Main and Haughton Streets This
1 location Will make it very con
venient for those who desire to
t see the show, which has a splen
• did reputation for entertaining
• its patrons. Don't fail to read ad
1 in this issue.
Dig The Gold Out.
i
Tha* - the South is the land of
. promise for the agriculturist, no
; one can dispute, but so manv
■ thousands of farmers are still us
ing the same old methods that
their fathers used. The gold is in
the soil, but old-fashioned ma
chinery is used to dig it out with
the results that much of it re
mains hid below the surface-
The West has grown rich be
cause all modern machinery is
employed to bring the golden -
grain to perfection.
Martin County, the soil of
which ranks with the best in the
' South, is not the home of the lat
est and most improved farm ma
chinery, but it should be, There
are several tractors in the coun
ty, and this piece of farm ma
chinery has made the West, but
no doubt there will be more in*
the near future. J. C. Crawford 1
is Martin County agent for trac
tors, in fact for everything that
the International Harvester Co.,
' sells. Read ad in this issue and
see him about it.
Master Charles H. - Godwin,
. son of Cashier Godwin and ne
phew of J. G. Staton, President,
; broke the ground for the Peoples
Bank building on Wednesday,
and some day, when to manhood
grown, he may see an institution
which has outgrown the hand
i some and commodious structure,
I which is to be an ornament, to
. the towp.
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