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MS bOUBLE THE CIRCIUmON 'OF ALL OTHER PAPERS IN THE CO'WTT VOL XIX. NO I. Another Conndt Passes Over. „ After a short illness, Joseph Bryant Coffield died at his home near Everetts, Martin County, i on Sunday night, November 11th : 1917, at 9 o'clock. For more than \ a year, his strength had been! failing him, and almost sudden-, ly he was stricken down and j within a few days, his spirit had j "crossed the bar." He descended from an ance9~ try of the splendid Southern; type, that had much to do with ! the early history of Martin Coon tv, and inherited the strong, manly character of his race On February 6th, 1837. he was born at the Coffield homestead, where he had lived for years, and where he died. In the year 1865, he mar ried Miss Elizabeth Pender, of Tarboro, and for a number of years, be made his home there and beoame identified prominent ly with the political and business life of the town and county. He was the choice of the democratic party for Register of Deeds, and served Edgecombe County in that capacity for several terms; he also was engaged in the mer cantile business at Tarboro. His parents, the late Archibald and ChrissieCoffield, whose home was one of the most hospitable in the county, went to their reward years ago, and his death leaves none of their children living ex cept one daughter, Mrs. Mary E Becker, of New York City. After the death of his mother, he re turned with his family to live at the old home in Martin County, and reared his children there, only four of whom survive him. Mrs. Juluis H Purvis, Mrs. Thomas H. Crudcp. fl. I. Coffield and A- S. Coffield." About two years ago, bis wife died, and since he has spent his days in the lonely quietness of his home, and often expressed a desire to follow his beloved companion, whose tender ministrations he greatly missed and needed. Answering the call of the South in 1861, he enlisted in Com pany H, Ist North Carolina Regi* ment,commanded by Capt Rives, and was afterwards promot ed to the office of Lieutenant and Adjutant of his regiment. On May 12th, 1864, he was captured by the Federals and sent to Charleston with others and piac-: ed under the Confederate guns, I winch act was claimed to be in retaliatiop by the enemy for the placing of negroes under fire of j Federal guns on the James River near City Point. No man in Martin County has been more|closely identified with public affairs than he, having served three terms in the Legis lature! as a representee; and abilities were recogniz ed and he reached a plane of use fulness and prominence. Aschair man of the Board of County Com missioners, for several terms his gervice was one of efficiency, and his advice always on the right, which worked for the safety and welfare of the| people of the county who gave him their high est esteem ES a citizen and friend, "He was a |spiendid sol dier, a good citizen and wise leg islator," is the tribute of one who knew him best. For years he was a communi cant of the Episcopal Church and died in thejhope of a blessed res urrection.' Tuesday morning, his body was taken to Tarboro and there jnterred in Calvary besides his loved ones gone before, Rev. Bertram E. Brown saying the last, #id words for the dead. As tokens of love and esteem, flowers, beauti ful and fragrant, were placed there upon the mound as a cov- ! ering for"theJbeloved dead. TttE ENTERPRISE Y. M. C. A. Meeting. A meeting was called at the City Hall on Sunday for the pur pose of starting the campaign to raise 53,000, which is Martin J County's part of the $35,000,000 asked to help the work of the Y. M, C. A., among the soldiers of ithe country. The ministers of tthe town had preached appro priate sermons at the morning . services, and asked the co-opera | tion of their hearers in the work of raising the amount Though j the crowd was small, the enthu siasm was largely in evidence. \ddresses were made by Luke Lamb. B. A. Critcher, A. R. | Dunning, H, W. Stubbs, C. H, Jordan and W. R. Burrell. Each ;of these set forth the claims of the Association and the good that was being done everywhere | for the soldiers. Dr. John D. Biggs was elected I Chairman and W. C. Manning, j Sec-Treasurer of the Martin County Branch of the Associa* tion; A. R. Dunning, Luke Lamb B. A. Critcher, W. R. Burrell, C. H Jordan, and H. W. Stubbs j were chosen to solicit funds for the Association in Williamston Township; Mrs. J. E. Smith jwick, S E, Hardison, Plenny (Peel, A. B. Ayers, J. W. Williams V. R. Taylor, R. W. Salsbury jand H. S. Everett for other parts of the county. Report Net Vouched For. J. There have been rumors all over the county that Dr. R. M. | Buie, who volunteered for roedi jcal service and was sent to ; France, had been killed. Ilis (l wife received a cablegram from {him on hie safe arrival in Frasce, and has heard nothing about his j death. His friends at Bear Grass i know nothing about it, and it is very evident that the report is ! false. If he had been killed, the I War Department would have been ladrised, and the fact jfiven to ■ the press Annual Visitation i I Bi'hop Darst will preach both morning and on Sunday next, November 18th, at the Episcopal Church, at which tim-e there will be Confirmation. The public is cordially invited to attend theee services. To Organize Red Cross Chapter On T\'"e\dnesday evening, JS'ovemtyer J Inf. at 8 o'clock in the Court House, a Chapter of five lied Cross wi 11 be organized- Dr. John D. Bigg* will preside- over the meeting, and the offi cers of the Chapter are to he named t/fy a nomina ting coniihiHce, and other business of importatwe will be transacted. Promi nent speakers will address the meeting,an d, it is hoped, to have a splendid, rally for the work in the inter est of every American sol dier at home and abroad. Everybody i n Martin County is cordially invit ed to attend this meeting especially the members of the different Auxiliaries in the several townships. Come and make it the greatest meeting ever held , in Martin County. The , work needs every earnest American help—don't Stay away. ' . . ' Special meeting of Skewarkee 1 Lodge Tuesday night, Nov. 20, ' for Ist and 3rd degree work. ' WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16. iqi/. Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr. Hostess Friday morning last, Mrs. Wheeler Martin, Jr , was hoatesi to a number of friends at "A Knitting Tea." in honor of her house guests, Miss Gertrude Kit* chen, of Scotland Neck, and Miss Helen Poteat, of Wake Forest. Each guest was asked to bring her knitting and spend the hour in doing her bit, while pleasing conversation was indulged in Mrs.Martin served tea,sandwich es and cake, which were enjoyed" by the guests: Mesdames P. B, Cone, J S. Rhodes, C, B. Hassell J. H. Saunders, B. S. Courtney, Oscar Anderson, S. R. Biggs, Kelly King, Arthur Anderson; Misses Helen Maynard, Carrie Dell Blount, Daisy Manning. Gold Point Items B. E. Moye, of Robersonville, has purchased the J. E, Rober son farm here Henry Taylor, we learned, will return to his farm another year What Gold Point needs most is better school facilities. So far we hear of no school here. The people of this vicinity should wake and have better schools. Why should we lag behind other sections in so important a mat* ter as education? 1 J D. Bowen from near Willi amston was here Sunday visiting 1 his daughter, Mrs Tom Harrell, J. T. ROFS, J. A. Bryan and Andrew Everett, of Roberson ville, were here Sunday, Our farmers have been taking I advantage of the good weather the past few days in harvesting their crop. Frank Smith from near Spring Green was in town Sunday. Young Thieves Recently, Anderson. Crawford & Co., have been missing goods from their store, and failed to find the thief. Finally member of the fim watched for several nights, but the burglars did not putin th ir appearance. .Bow ever, on Wednesday a colored man carried a gun to the store, which he supposed was some of booty of the thief, A search war rant was issued and a policeman went to the home of Grover Manson and found some gun ;artridges and a pair of rubber boots. Manson accused WiJliam Crew of bejng a partner wi'h him. The boys, for both are young, were placed together and finally in a heated argument, they told the whole tale of rob bery, They entered through a very small transom over the buck door of the »building. Another Young Sailor Williamston has sent another boy to serre his .country in the Navy. Samuel Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gardner, has eolisted in the Navy and was assigned to the patrol boat, "Messick." Young Gardner was a student at the High School here but was urgent in his desire to get into service. He is only seventeen, but, will make an ac ! tive Tar in Unele Sam's Navy. Mistake la Name. Recently it was announced that G. A. Roberson, a member of the Martin County Corn Club, had made a splendid yield on one acre of land, the number of bushels being 133-5-7. A mistake occurred in the name, for it should have been Henry G. Roberson, who is the thirteen year-old son of Mr. James A. , Roberson. Young Roberson won a prize at the Tarboro fair also, i and promptly received a check for same. i Oak City Itemn The school children under the direction of Prof, and Mrs. Bow ers and Misses Ross and Reid en tertained a good-sized audience last Wednesday night. The en tire programme was creditably rendered: The Homespun Girl, by School, Duet, piano, Gladys Everett and Mildred Davenport, Joy of Pretense, Willie Johnson Pumpkin Pie, song, Primary class, The Raggedy Man, S\ble Ross, part, piano, Beatrice and Dare Daniels, Our Hired Man Hazel Piland, Duct piano, Annie Hurst and Bertha Piland, Solo piano, . Eleanor Hine«, Influence. Nat Johnson, Dnet, piano, Myrtle Hvman and Syble ROM, Curly Locks, Livingston Harrell and Helen Hines, Recitation, • Sarah L Johnson, Solo, piano, Mildred Early Duet, piano, Sarah Johnson and Mrs I Bowers, Sony, by children I Mary, Millie and I, by girls, Duet, piano, Mrs. Towers and Miss Rosa Patriotic concluded the enter tuinnieut. Announcement The Tobacco Board of Trade of Williamston announce that the warehouses will close here on Tuesday evening, November 27th and renain closed until Monday, December 3rd- This is t( give all who desire, time for the Thanks giving holiday. Patrons of the market will kindly note the date. Aaother Son Enlists. Reginald Burrell, son of Rev. ; and Mrs. W. R. Burrell, has been at home this week, leaving ves : terday. On Monday he enlisted ' irrthe and will train at the Portsmouth training camp. For months he has been employed at I Richmond, but war's call could . not be refused, 'and so he answer | ed, as thousands of patriotic sons of America are doing. He came home to see his parents before going into service. John E. Woodard Married Ex-State Senator John E. Woodard, of Wilson, married Miss Frances Lucille Jordan at Danville, Va., Wednesday. The marriage was a quiet, one, Mr. Woodard's attendants being his two brothers, Messrs. Calvin and Warren Woodard. , Mr. and Mrs. Woodard will tour as far an Canada, visiting many of the larger American cities. A Card of Thanks I desire to express my appre ciation of the kind acts of friends during the illness and at the death of my mother, Mrs. George McNaugfaton. At a time when sorrow shut out every thing earthly, the ministrations of friends and neighbor* help to lift the dark clouds, and tthe heart full of grief treasures every kindness done. Mrs- John L, Kodgerson. To BrfTckapel. The bazaar held Thursday night of last week for the bene fit of the Sitnday School at Biggs school house, was very attrac tively arranged and the sales were over SIOO. The ladies of the Baptist congregation in town assisted by many from the coun try contributed the articles and refreshments. The object to. which the money will be placed is the building of a Chapel near Biggs school house, which is on the Bear Grass road about four miles from to\vn. For several years, there has been a well or ganized Sunday School there which the local Baptist congrega tion organized. Teachers Association The Martin County Teachers Association held its first meeting j for the year 1917-18 at the Will- j iamston Graded School building, | Saturday November 10th, 1917. i Prof, E. E. Bundy, of Williams- j ton, wa9 elected President; Prof, j J. B. Bowers, of Oak City, Vice- j and Miss Eva Peel, of ] Kobersonville, Secretary. j There were forty-five mem- i bers enrolled. While some names were ommitted in the last year's j roll, the Association was fortun- | ate enough to :-,dd others who ] promise great good. j Prof Bundy urged that we , make our schools this year grow- ing schools, of quality as well as quanity. To do this we must be growing teachers. After Mr. Manning had outlined the work, i teaching profession, the meet ling took the form of the follow ing program: 9:3o—Devotional Exercises, County Supt., 9:4s— Organization, 10:00—Outlinnig Reading Course. 10:00—The Teachers, The Pupil. The Community as essen tial elements of a good school, Ist The Teacher—Prof, J. D. Ilucker, 2nd The pupil—Prof. J. B, Bowers, 3rd. The Community— Prof F. Q. Barbee. I:3o—Explanation of Census and Report Blank ' 2:30-Address, Dr. W. E. War .en Subject: The Physical Examination of children and Quarantine Lawt '! 3:^—Council of National De fense and the Teachers' part of it, Miss Daisy Manning j 3:30 Home and Foreign Re j » lief. Mrs Burrell, Adjournment, ' j A resolution was passed to is : sue a school journal eight times, or for eight months, 1,000 copies for each issue. Plans were made to solicit, subscriptions for the journel. which will he printed by I the Enterprise Publishing Co,, at Wjiijamston. Editor Manning ap i peared before the Association upon request and stated terms i for the publication, etc. We want to make this year the best since the organization lof the Association. Each must work for this end. Now is ! the time to begin, and to get jreal good from the meetings, we 'must put something into them, j Teachers, let us /resolve to get j good from them. Eva Peele, Secretary, Camp Fire Girls -The CamD Fire Girls an eatertainment at'the Parish Hail on Tuesday night, and realized a neat little sum for their organi zation, which has recently been started here. Mesdames A R. Dunning and E, E Bundy are at the head of the camp. Big Potato Crop Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroads' War Board, author izes the following: . The railroads are now moving what promises to be the big gest potato crop in the history of the country. This crop, which is estimated will total approximate ly 453 billion bushels or half again as much as last year, has been on the way since the middle of September. The movement of it will continue until about April Ist '> next year. Reports reoived by 1 the Commission on Car Service I indicatethat even with intensive ' loading more than 750,000 cars * will be needed to handle the po- 1 6rop, )1 SI.OO a Year in Advance ft The Rotary Club Meeting. The Rotary Club held one o its best and most interesting meetings last evening. It was host to the firemen, a number of whom were present. There was also present Mr. W. C. Manning a prominent citizen of Williams ton, Martin County, the guest of Mr. Frank Hassell. Mr. Mann ing has been here this week "in attendance on the Christain con vention and took a leading part in its deliberations. He is chair man of the national defense in his county, and during the even ing delivered an interesting talk on the subject of food conserva tion and other matters vital to the nation and people. He said for a longtime he had seen something of Rotary in the papers and did not understand what it meant, but now he be lieved it meant that a lot of good fellows had enrolled themselves into an organization to do moat they could for their community and their people. He congratu lated the membership on the spirit of the assemblage and the showing it made. He then spoke of the great war that is in the world and the crisis confornting the nation He earnestly called attention to the necessity for conserving our resources that we might help win the war. No man can tell the end, since Russia and Italy seem to be breaking down. 1 1 am sure said he, that the Ro tarians will do all they can to help their country give freedom ' to all mankind. He urges the 1 members to write t> the boys in the camps. They would appre ■ ciate these letters, were ' missing the congenial good fel ' lowship they have been used to while with you.—Wilson Times, ■ Ncv. lith. Ltst He Forget. There are so many demands on the people at this time on account 'of the w:i;\ it:-; fc ir»-! tha": the , cause of the orphan may be for , gotten. At Thanksgiving and Christmas it is expectedHhat the contributions to the different or j phanag'.-s will alwa/s be great, , as they are seasons when the whole country seems so much . akin. At this time with the cost ( of everythiug far in advance of . previous prices, the care of the , fatherless becomes heavier. But » . amid it all- the needs at Ivme, , the work for the comfort of the soldiers and sailors-- the cry of the orphan is heard in this land of ours, and it must be heeded. Work there is for every One to do and so many can give, that do not think it necessary Don't get the orphans in North Caro lina. October Sales The report for the Williamston tobacco market shows total amount for October to be 763,097 pounds; Robersonville, 461,796 pounds. To November Ist, Willi amston had sold 2,894,544; Rob ersonville, 2,194,588 pounds. The sum total for the county markets to that date is 5,089,132. Every pound of this tobacco was sold at the highest market price--the Martin County markets are not excelled by any in the East. Russia overthrew vodka and went into the business of hatch ! ing revolutions, They just can not keep out of trouble. --- ' ■ * The farmers of Martin Co»nty are extremely cautious about dis posing of their present stock of bacon and pork, though another killing season is at hand, Their action is one evidence of the ef fect of the doctrine of Conserva tion. t
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