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VOL XIX. NO 26.
Selected Men To Leave
The following persons are call
ed to appear before the Local I
Board for Martin County at 5:30 !
p. m. on May 27th 1918, for en
trainmei t for Camp Jackson, -
May 28th, 1918.
Williams Township
Sylvester Staton Moore, Alon
za Hardison, Howard Herman
Hopkins, James Edwin Hardi
son, William Lee Hopkins, Jam
es Abram Davenport, J no. Al
ford Lill*.
Robersonville Township
Tom Dowell Taylor, Al
len Roscoe Ausbon, Paul Mat
thews, Jesse Norman Coburn,
Charles Leon Wilson, Marion E
Smith, John William Leggett,
Royal Frank Crofton, James
Staton Everett, John Ayers, Na
than Russell Roberson, Leland
David Roberson. Joshua George
Ererett, Sam Stalls, Sim Gard
ner Johnson, Claude LaFayette
Green, William Eli Everett,
John Leon Edmondson, Jno.
Frank Savage, Herbert Bunting.
Jamesville Township
Henry Ephena Browning, Le-
Roy Moore, Henry Washington
Rogers, Clyde Williams, Frank
Winslow Bailey, Thos. House
Brown, Mum f or d Coletrain,
Charles Thos. Stubbs, Carl Wes
ton Swinson, Leemon R. Holli
day, Eddie Ellwood Ange, Gai
nor Holliday.
Goose Nest Township
R. R. Thompson, E. W. Whit
ley, Loftu3 Van Dickens, Will
iam Jesse Stroud, Dallas Glenn
Hurst, Edward S. Hyman, Will
iam Dawson Powell, Billie A.
Long, Herman C. Savage.
Poplar Point Township
Kenny A. Edmondson, Clyde
Edward Silverthorn, Riley Price.
William Dillard Edmondson, Fitr
Lee Whitfield.
Hamilton Township
William Edward Baker, John
Wesley Eubaoks, Geo. Henry
Leggett, Robt. H. Salsbury,
Thurman Weathersbee, Horace
Durmer Johns >n, Andrew Frank
lin Weaver, Irving Thrower Tay
lor, William Freeman Haislip,
Frank Smith.
Bear Grass Township
William Joseph Rawls. Legg
ett Roebuck. Thos. Jefferson
Robareon, William Harvey iiard
ner, Joseph Thomas Mobley,
Buck E. Rogerson, Stewart
J c'cson,
Williamston Township
George Edwaxd Bunch, Hubert
Modlin, Thos. Edward Cox,
George Albert Wilcox, George
Robert Hopkins, Jno, Robert
Leggett,
Griffins Township
William Thos. Roberson, Si
mon Dewey Roberson, Beverly
Corey, John Gray CoTey, David
Mayo Roberson.
Cross Roads Township
• Mancy Wynn, Leon Stubbs
Crawford. • I
Louis Clarence Everett, Mac
keys, N. C.
Was Selling Lamps.
Friday night, Chief Page, who
had been suspecting the move
ments of James Gurganus, an
out-of-town man, caught him
with the "wet goods" Gurganus
came into town presumably to
sell mantle lamps, as he had to
get some excuse for driving here
and going down to the river and
other places. The officer found
10 gallons of the devil's brew in
Gurganus's buggy, and confiscat
ed the entire outfit. The man
was allowed to go home and re
turn Saturday for appearance be
fore Justice Manning.
Go to Rutenberg's and get a
Spring Coat. Only Ten left and
will go at cost Saturday.
THE ENTERPRiSE
New Draft Registration.
Registration* of men who have
become twenty-one since June i
sth 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
every man liable to registration
must be registered on the date
to be named by the President,
which is expected to be June sth
1918. As the registration is cal
culated to be about ten per cent
of last year, the registration will
be held at the office of the Local
Board of Martin County, on the
second floor of the Farmers &
Merchants Bank Building. Will
iamston, N. C. Violations of the
Law in failing to register will be
vigorously ferreted out and as
vigorously prosecuted. The re
cord established June sth 1917
must be duplicated It is hoped
that all citizens will on the date
set render all necessary assis
tance to the Local Board and to
the registrants, to the end that
the entire registration may be
accomplished in this County on
schedule time.
J. L. Hassell,
Member Local Board.
Mrs. Sarab Wilton Dead
The soul of Mrs. Sarah Wilson
departed this life at 4 o'clock on
the morning of May 10th at the
home of her son, Marshal D.
Wilson, in East Williamston. For
more than a year, her health had
been precarious, and she was
confined to her bed most of the
time, Her three score years and
ten had been spent in hours of
usefulness to her family, whom
she served with the devotion of
a true mother's heart. A number
, of years ago, her husband, Wil
liam Wilson, died, and since then
: she has made her homo with her
son. She was the daughter of
Matthew Hasty and a native of
Martin County. With her hus
, band, she made a home for years'
near E/eretts, later moving to
, the Williams place near town,
where Mr Wilson died
Plain and unassuming in man
ner, she lived the quiet life
among her loved ones and neigh
bors and was indeed the true
helpmeet. For years she has been
! a faithful member of the Chris
tian Church and died in the hope
of a blessed Resurrection. Seven
children were given to her, live
of whom are living Marshall,
Matthew and Edward Wilson,
Mrs. Albert Perry and Mrs.
Leona Powell. Two of her
. daughters, Mrs. S. S. Hadlev
; and Mrs. Kilpatrick, having pre
ceded her many years. All of
these and several of her grand
. children were with her when the
end came.
I Saturday afternoon, the fun
eral services were held at the
home, Rev. Asa J. Manning, pas
tor of the Christian Church,
officiating. The interment was in
the family plot near the Baptist
Ce netery. Friendi and relatives
sent beautiful floral offerings to
cover the new-made mound and
to mark their appreciation of the'
sweet-spirited woman whose
bodyreposed beneath.
Right In Line
Readers of this issue will see
that the business folks of the
town are right in line for the
campaign for the Red Cross
next week. They want to help in
the great fight for Democracy
and so have enlisted to help se
cure the $100,000,000 for the
Second War Fund. This is a time
when every American is expect
ed to do his duty, and William
ston men are responding patrioti
cally.
A big parade is scheduled for
Thursday. *
WILLIAMSTON. N. C., FRIDAY MAY 17. IQIB.
One Of Pershing's Wen.
On next Thursday, under the
auspices of The Martin County I
Chapter of the American Red 1
Cross, there will be a big parade 
in which the fraternal orders, i
schools, Home Guards, Red Cros9
workers of Williamston and o- i
ther parts of the county will ap
pear. Mr. Simon Rutenberg is
Chairman of the Parade Com
mittee and is earnestly engag
ed in the arranging of every de
tail; he has selected splendid
aids to help him make the day
one of the biggest ever seen in
the County. Dr. John D. Biggs
who is Chairman of the Second
War Fund in the county, is busy
looking after the arrangeroenta,
and has secured for speaker one.
of General Pershing's men, an
ambulance driver, Robert Camp
bell, who will address the peo
ple and tell them about condi
tions "over there" where Ameri
ca is fighting to save the human
ity.
Everybody is * invited and
everybody is expected to come on
Thursday to see the parade and
to hear all about what the Sam
mies are doing in France.
show Comrade Campbell that
Martin County is with him in the
tight for Liberty.
Mr. Campbell will bring with
him one 1917 German Machine
Gun, hand grenades, gas masks
and many other relics besides a
wonderful collection of steropti
cian slides. The mass meeting
will be held at the Brick Ware
house at 8 o'clock p. m. At 5
o'clock the parade will begin and
on the arrival of the train will
I form an escort for Mr. Camp-
IboHi* J
| Let's give him a Martin Coun
. jty welcome.
The Red Cross Drive.
i
I I The following men and women
' have been chosen as Red Cross
; Captains ■to manage the cam
paign which begins fVextMonday,
i May, 2)th:
Leslie Fowden, Frank Saun
i dors, Vj P. Cunningham, Harry
! '| M. Stubbs, Miss Irene Smith,
1 Mrs. Carrie Williams, Miss Daisy
j Manning
' These Captains will have with
1 them in the campaign a corps of
aids, who will push the campaign
i for the $1,500 and over.
Colored Auxiliary.
I On Wednesday night May Bth,
[Prof. Alexander of the Williams
-1 ton Graded School addressed a
i large gathering, in the Second
Baptist Church of Jamesville, on
j Thrift Stamps and Red Cross
'Work. At the conclusion he or
, ganized a branch of the Red
I Cross to be known as the James
j ville Red Cross Auixiliary with
officers as follows Mrs L. Hollo
linon, Chairman. Mrs. V. Staton,
Vice Chairman. Mrs. M. E. Hat
ton, Secy. Mrs. E. Wood, Treas
The colored people of James
ville and vicinity, appear to be
alive to the needs of the govern
ment and are anxious and will
ing to do all in their power to
help.
Safe Overseas.
Mrs. Ella W. Hassell has re
ceived a message from her son,
Lieut. John W. Hassell, saying
that he had arrived Overseas
He sailed the first of the month
from some Atlantic port; he had
been stationed at Camp Greene,
Charlotte, and is a membe of
the 58th U. S. Infantry.
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The biggest line of children's
dresses in town at W. R. Orleans.
Union Services Closed
The Union Services conducted
at the Brick Warehouse by Rev.
WaltfHolcomb closed on Tues
day night. The services were
scheduled to last longer, but Mr.
Holcomb was not very well and
so decided to leave and rest be
fore another engagment.
Splendid crowds heard him
every service and the members
of the choir and the pianists ren
dered faithful service through
out the meeting. Many were in
terested in their soul's salvation
aod asked for prayers. A num
ber who had wandered far away
from God, renewed their allegi
ance and started out again in the
straight and narrow way.
It is earnestly expected that
the good seed sown will bring
an abundant harvest in time to
come.
Martin County Wheat.
The Farmers & Merchants
Bank is exhibiting a fine bunch
of wheat, which was taken from
the field of Martin & Weaver's
Model Farm on Main Street Ex
tension. It has the promise of a
9plendid yield, and shows what
may be don« in this section in
wheat raising Before the Civil
, War. much wheat was raised in
i Martin County, and ground at
i local mills. Why not again.?
The Bank is also showing a
long bunch of Alfalfa cut from
the field of J. J. Roberson-the
second cutting this year; the
I same field was cut five times.
I Who can beat this.?
Still Right In Town
This immediate community ha
been IheTendezvous of boot-leg
Kers, suit case artists and othu
evaders o # f the law, but it re
1 mained foi Abram Spruill, a col
orcd t ! v°r. to install and nper
erate the most unique devil'
' copper kettle that the officer
have found yot, and, too, righ
in the town or near the horde
' line. Sheriff Page and Chief Pag
' went oufc to Spruill's home
which is uituatod near the coi.»r
ed Primitive Church, on Saturs
P day morning to hunt fo
the apparatus that was suppose*
to be thers; at first they con It
_ find no trace of it, but decided t
hunt more, and examining th
kitchen again, found cvidenct
that something was doing in th
loft of the name. Climbing u|
. (there was noKtair,) they foum
i a copper kettle which was evi
| dently made by the tinner him
, self, and which would not holt
, more than ten gallons It had pro
. bably been run the previous day
I All the apparatus and other stuff
. were captured, and Spruill, whe
i was out about Parmele was
. waited for. Evidently some one
apprised him of the capture and
so he failed to come home tospend
the week-end with his wife. The
officers here are surely after 'em,
and further discoveries are
awaited.
Hopkins-Taylor.
Miss Thelma Taylor and Mr.
Herbert Hopkins were married
on Sunday morning at 10:30 at
the Baptist Pastorium, Rev. W.
R Burrell officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Van R. Taylor of
Martin County and is an attrac
tive young woman. Mr. Hopkins
is the son of Mr. Will Hopkins
and is engaged in agriculture in
Williams Township.
The young couple are making
their home with the parents of
! the groom.
For The Red Cross Drive
Dr. John D. Biggs with a ,
corps of assistants is arranging]!
for a splendid campaign for the
Second War Fund for the Red
Cross. The Martin County Chap- .
ter with headquarters at William .
ston has done a work which
has largely supplemented that of
the American Red Cross, and it .
is confidently hoped that the
campaign for Red Cross week -
May 20-27 —will be large jn re- ,
suits. Both Hamilton and Oak
City Auxiliaries are doing good
work,.and have made creditable
contributions in money to the fund
for the purchase of supplies. In
this work everybody should
help; hundreds of the sons of
Martin County are in the fight
for democracy, and the folks back
home will want to help provide
every comfort for them when
sickness or wounds shall be their
portion. The work of the Red
Cross is the most unselfish in the
world and therefore the cause its
represents is universal.
It is planned to have a Red
Cross Day here with a big parade
and an address by a soldier from
"over there" who carries on his
body wounds inflicted by the
Huns. Let everybody get ready
to help in this movement,' for
Martin Cunty MUST GO OVER
THE TOP as in the Third
Liberty Loan Campaign.
Shot Mad Dog
What was supposed to be a
mad dog was shot on Saturday
by Frank Gurganus on North
Smithwick Street. Evidently,
the dog had broken loose at
home, as he had a rope around
his neek, and had tried to find
s his mHter; as the weather was
• '"extrom"ly warm. the_animal was
'' heated and 1 ik• •ho had
rabbi es, I is well, ho'.'ever, to
■ take no .-iianc 'sun a vr."i •'I -r,
- 'vv • i ha ■; tie' npp'.'aran-'-M of
1 being sick.
Rock High In Price.
i
(»
Roanoke River is the pla; -
ground of the delectable rock
fish, ind local fisherman are plac
in,rt them on the market at wai
T" prices, or 2"> cents the-ponnd. At
I Hamilton .just 13 miles up the
river, are sold for 12i cents
o ; . .
per pound; this proves an old es
tablished fact that any one living
in Williamston surely has to pay
for the privilege and then some
'l' more. It takes very little more
expense to catch the fir.h now
than formerly, and the rise in
j price is far above the cost, for
the Lord furnishes the fish free.
But anyway, these fish are fine,
P and taste excellent even at the
price charged for them. The
fisherman set trot lines bated
' with hearings to catch them.
' Health Report.
Williamston, R. F. 1).
; Scarlet Fever: Gladys Taylor
Typhoid Fever: Mayo Hardi
son, Elizabeth Lewis Roebuck.
Measles: Thelma Grimes, Will
Perrv, Carrie Dell Grimes.
Williamston
Typhoid Fever: Charles Mann
; ing. *
Hamilton „
Archie Richardson.
, Robersonville
Whooping Cough: child W. R.
Jenkins, child R. T. Purvis,
Endo Lee Gray, Opal Warren
Gray, child C. D. Jenkins, Le
ona Roberson, Elsie Ree Rober
son, child William Moore, child
J. T, Brown, Arch Roberson Jr.
Rufus Taylor Jr. Lou Lee Par
ker.
fci.ocra Year, in Advance.
Misprint in Election Law.
Colonel Wilson G. Lamb, chair
man of the State Board of Elec
tion;'. has issued a statement to
county hoards of election direc
ting t'ntir attention to a misprint
in the act to allow absentee vot
ing, and the following letter will
explain the trouble.
"The State Board of E!ecti ns
invites your attention to Section
4 of "An Act to allow absentee
electors to vote." In line 2 there
is a misprint. "An" should be
"on." The State Board, as also
all other election officers, is em
powered to construe this act and
other election laws liberally in
favor of the absentee elector to
vote. (See Section 7.) In exercise
of this authority, the State Board
recognizes that application for
ballot and blanks is permitted to
be made by a representative
of the elector, but ballots, etc.,
must be mailed bv the Chairman
of the County Board of Elections
to the elector's address.
The State Board of Elections,
anxious that every absent elector,
and especially the soldier, should
have the opportunity of voting,
has anticipated the usual time of
sending the ballots, etc., to the
Chairman of the County Boards,
thereby enabling the County
Chairman to give immediate at
tention to the requirement of
Section 4, which requires the
County Chairman to mail the bal
lots, etc., as soon as received
from the State Board of Elections.
Very truly yours,
Wil-on G. Lamb,
Chairman State B >ard of Elec
tions."
Recruits Wanted.
The drive >i* recruit- in the
Naval Reserve Force is nie> ;ing
with splendid su-v--s. E roll
rnents in (lie 1 1. N'a''u! Dis
'j; rit*f have l)een , di:..i',fl sine-! the
I ,
o j.ii:;i v•.i;i.• iii'iii t,i ■
I lie a».: i .11 ** - ' • i•.* . ' .1
.Reserve Foreman- now from 18
to 3;j. In addition t> the nit-n
reeded for seam--t., th'T- are
Bt.il! a few openings tor inachin
. i st, carpenters, i rnr.dcerss
; and stenographers.
There is an urgent need at
this time for young men between
U 1H and 2o^who—are aj: desi;e U)„
i become wireless opfrators. The
i radio is one of the most fascinat
. ing branches oi the Naval ser
r vice and young men who are apt
• and ambitious are tra ned
• with an idea of becoming opera
» tors of the ships of the Navy,
; At the Navy Enrolling Oftkse,
i 101 Main Street, Norfolk, Va.,
- thrre is a great enthusiasm over^
, the success of the drive and re
, cruiting records continue to run
» high.
; Perry Seay,
I Enrolling Officer.
Miss Emma Robertson spent
the week-end at home.
John Tucker, who has just
completed a course in wireless at
the Harvard College station, vis
ited relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gurganua
and Miss Annie Clyde Gurganua
have been to Camp Jackson this
week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Gurganus.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ruffin, of
Tarboro, spent Sunday with their
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Britt.
Miss Pearl Meadows, who went
to Norfolk for treatment, has re
turned home.
$2.50 Men's all wool felt
Jarge brim, colors black and
pearl at $1.50. W. R. Orleans.
•
Red Cross Day next Thursday
—Come.