Martin County Goes Over the Top in W.S.S. Campaign Day of Time Another Honor Flag Added to Our Collection
Devoted to the Interest of
Mart-n General 6c
W-Hitmston in Particular
Volume 19. Ntimber
tiHIFFINS, ROBERSONVILLE AND 000SE NEST
TOWNSHIPS LEAD MARTIN OVER THE TOP
Chairman Moore Congratulates and I hanks His Co
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Workers Throughout County
ALLOTMENTS AND PLEDIiES liIVEN BY TOWSHIPS BELOW
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Township • Amount Pledge J Allotment
Griffins W lO
R„ber S onville (',7 694
Goose Nest r >L7S. r > 45 » 694
Cross Roads 32,260 ,{0,844
Poplar Point 25,11;• 21,824
Bear Grass 23, ;>>•• 22,5(X»
Jumesville , -IS.4KKI 62,140
Williamston T(»,KiM) 73,062
Hamilton 39,2(1(1 38,126
Williams . r >,995 20.584
Martin County $127,805 5391,634
Total amount over subscribed by Martin County $36,271.(X)
Griffins, Robersonvtlle, Co>sej
Nest Townships by their large,
over subscriptions carried Martin i
County "OVER THE TOP" j
Thursday June 2,7 th at P. M ,
twenty-four hours before expir-l'
ation of the time first set for] 1
endinxcampaign. Martin County I ■
waa-uae of the few {.w.r otide
stand only nine innumber) eou-i-t
ties that bad pledged its aim:-;
ment by Friday Nat i m
al War Savings Day
Grillins Township rubscriptio 11,
shows largest percent over-sub- 1 j
scribed with Itobersonville see-.,
otid and Goose Nest Third, II jb-1
ersonville Township over sub
geription was largest in amount
ol dollars Goose Nest Town
ship was third in both percent
and amijijnk , .
All thr Townihips dfff well
and Jamesville, we ere advised,
will reach its allotment by July
4th.
' Martin County has in this cam
paign done herself proud, and .
the boys who have gone forth
from this county to. face tin
Huns can rest apell assured that
the folks back home are backing
them with everythingthey have,
anil will continue to do so until
the final victory is won,
We wish to thank every mem
ber of every committee in each
t >wnship and the public general
ly for their hearty c,o operation
and work in helping carry Mar
tin County over her allotment,
for without their hard work and
hearty co operation Martin Coun-j
tp? would not have been able to
live up to its reputation, and all
of us should be proud of the re
cord established by the County
in this, the Greatest Campaign,
which we have had since our en
trance in the World Struggle.
CLAYTON MOORE
Chairman, W.S.S,
WHBKU;K MARTIN,
Secretary, W. S. S.
LOCAL BOARD IS
SIJES ANOTHER CALL
Eiprht of the men listed below
will entrain tomorrow, for Camp
Greenleaf, Ga.
James McGiJbert Raw Is, Alon- j
zo Hardison, George W. Corey,
Louis Taylor, Charlie Beach, Asa
Joseph Hardison, Willis Paul
Harrison, Samuel Lawrence
Ellis, Jos. Lanier Godard, Willie
Henry Johnson, Thomas Llewllyn
Roebuck, Hiram Lorenzo Rob*
■erson, William Lyn:h, Jno. E,
fleztan. ' 1 ; ;7._,.
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The tobacco warehouse men are
getting busy with their prepara
tions for the opening of the Will
iamston Tobacco Market next
month. The Williamston Market
this year, as ever, will be one of
the beat in Eastern Carolina.
LOST. —One dark red ox with
one horn, thither broken off Any
one givinjr information , about
Mpe. will be rewarded. —S. J.
Ptrisher, Cooperage Company.
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THE ENTERPRISE
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS OF
COMMUNITY INTEREST
(oeGorham, one of our most
progressive colored farmers re
ports that he made $221 this
year on a crop from less than
two barrels of seed potatoes.
The police closed the first
"pop" shop here on Tuesday
that of 'ohn Respass, .Jr., who
Las been doing business in the
colored business section, lie was
told to work or fight Is this the
end of the beginning?
F 11. Saunders & Co.. leaf to
bacco dealers, have rented the
house on the Dunning lot near
the Watts garage, and will manu
facture hogsheads there. Last
season, it ,*m iiwynwrible to sc
cure enough to supply the mar
ket, though the Biggs Iron &
Motor Co , turned out an im
mense lot of them. Material was
difficult to secure at one time,
tonr~
The weather this week has
clo&ely resembled that of the
mountains, cool at night and hot
in the middle of the day.
The First Baptist Church (coU
ored) entertained the Union
Meeting here from Friday
through Sunday. Large in at
tendance, and bountiful lunches
were spread each day for the
the visitors.
The Union of the Primitive
'Baptist met at Kehukee Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Quite a
number of Martin County folks
went up and enjoyed the splen
did hospitally of the- Halifax
brethren. The weather was ideal
and the attendance was great,
especially on Sunday.
The friends and acquaintances
of Dr. P. B. Cone will be pleased
IT) learn that he is getting on all
right after an operation for ap
pendicitis. He went to Richmond
for the operation last week, and
hopes soon to return home As
announced previously, Dr. John
D. Biggs is giving any immedi
ate dental, aid during his absence
There is much complaint here
about the imperfect service given
by the ice distributor It fre-
that the wagon
leavesurtserved numbers of famil
ies who get ice every day, and
need it, too. This is particularly
true on Saturdays. In small
towns where one man has the
monoply of any one thing, the
public usually gets poor service.
What we need is an ice facjtory
right ip town to serve the home
folks and nearby places.
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Announcement
I wish to announce to my
friends and acquantances in Wil-,
liamaton and Martin County that
I have been released from the
United States Public Health ser
viceand located in Williamston for
thegeneral practice of medicine,
with offices at Saunders and
Powden Drugstore,
~ Grover C. Godwin, lid.
Williamston, Martin County, IN. C. July 5, iOliS
FIRE DESTROYS UARAGE
OF R. 0. HARRISON
Tuesday afternoon just, after
the stroke of seven, the tire bell
commenced to ring and clouds of
smoke were seen arising from
'someplace on or lluughton
Street. Fortunately a large
orowd collected, and the tlames
were seen issuing from the gar
age of R (! Harrison It was a
long shed like structure with
space for wood and a storage
room, and was just a few feet
from the rear corner of the resi
dence of David -Brown. It took
good work and quantities of wa
ter to keen the two residences
from burning, but men worked
untiringly until the fire was sub
dued. In the excitement, the fur
niture was taken out of both
houses, and much of it damaged:
this was not necessary, hut is
usually the case in a fire where
there is no organized fire depart
ment.
The cause of the fire is not
known unless it was caused by a
cross circuit in the automobile.
The machine had not been out
of the house since Sunday, and
the door had not been unlocked
as Mr Harrison carried the key
in his pocket at the time of the
fire. The loss of the car and
damages to both residences and
furniture is |iiite an item.
Oak City Items
R. J. House and Miss Heneri
etta Tingle spent Sunday at
Hobgood
Miss Lillie Mae Burnett is the
guest of Mrs. Vance Savage at
Hobgood. '
•" UPPSHWTAfta fTihes'"and Clara
Cartwright returned from Cary
Saturday
Rev. II J. Crisp held services
here Sunday and there' will be
services on Sunday also.
Rev VV. It. Burrell lectured
Friday I*. m at the colored school
church to a large orowd and at
night at the Oak City went
over in the W. S. S. drive.
Mrs. Early and little daughter
returned from rGoldsboro Sun
day
Mrs. John Skyles returned
from Plymouth Monday.
Mrs. N- M. Worsely left for
Norfolk Monday, where she will
spend a few days with her son
Wilber, who is in the Navy, f-
Mrs. Clara A. Hines returned
from Cary Saturday night.
Miss Beatrice Daniel is spend
ing some time Williamston
S. G. House is leaving town on
an extended business trip.
Mr and Mrs. .John Daniels
spent Sunday night jn Roberson
vi lie.
Mr. and Mrs Robert 11. Long
from Hopewell are spending
some time here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Tyson and family
left for v their old home to attend
the funeral of their father, Mr.
Tyson.
Little Miss Mildred Davenport
returned from Bath last week
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Misses Eleanor %nd Helen
Hines returned from Cary Satur
day after a visit to their father
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Request For Exchange of Teachers
If there are any t achers in
Martin County who w iuld like to
go to the Western --ounties to'
teach during the suii. ner months
they will please report to me at
once
As the Western Counties of
the State conduct their Schools
during the summer months,.and
the Eastern counties in the win
ter months, an effort is being
■ made to overcome the shortage
, in the teaching force by a mutual
exchange of teachers. This ar
rangement gives the teachers two
I terms in the year rather than
one, and supplies all the schools
.with teachers.
' A. J. Manning, Supt
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BUSINESS MEN HOLD
HIGHWAY MEETING
At Williamston on Monday the
forces for the Roanoke Bridge
were actively at work J. H.
Rich. Managing Director of the
Boone- Bank head Highway Asso
ciation, was in »wn aod a meet- i
ing was called at 12 ofttlock and i
addressed by Mr. Rich. After ;
the meeting the Martin County
Division of the BooiWhßankhead 1
Highway Association was orga
nized with Senator Hafrv Stubbs 1
as Chairman. W. C.£ Manning
was elected Secretary and Pub
licity Agent for the county orga
nization and the worl&jt propa
ganda for the Bridge begun.
Photos were taken of "lie pro
posed bridge sites near William
ston.
A tablet, the permanent mark
er of the Boone- Ban k head
Highway, was presented to the
town of Windsor and the County
of Martin in token of tile co-oper
ation in the work. Washington.
Bertie, Washington and lteaufort
counties have been organized
for the work.
The following are members at
Williamston:
Dr. .John I). Biggs, J. L Has
sell&Co., R. G Harfison, Har
rison Bros & Co., &
Fowden, W. J. Taylor, Dunning
Moore, Anderson, Crawford &
Co., Theo. Robertson & Co., F.
11 Saunders, W. R. Orleans, S.
R. Pigga Drug Co., Critcher &
Critcher, C. H. (iod#ln, W C.
Manning, E. M Gonly. W A.
James, Rutenberg & Adler, Bai
ley & Barnhill, Wheeler Martin.
J. G. Staton, H.W* Stlibhs, Louis
H. Peel, Carßtarwen & Co., L
Wym», JFr OfWamifhg, Watts
Garage, C. O. Moore & Co,,
Williamston Personal
Rev. Francis Osborne, of Char
lotte, was in town Monday night
in the interest of the fund for
St Mary's School at Raleigh
Haywood Knight, of Fast
Orange, N. J , is visiting his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs J. B. * .H.
"Knight.
"Misses Gluyas and Vines went
to Hamilton on Tuesday
Mrs lieslie Fowden and little
son and Mrs. ,1. H Purvis went
to Beaufort Tuesday via Wash
ington
Dr. and Mrs J. H. Saunders
and son motored, to Beaufort
Tuesday,
Miss Bessie Bullock, ofSuffolk,
is visiting her sister, Mrs Laur
ence Peel, on Church Street.
Rev. T. J. Crisp was in town
Monday from Conetoe.
Mrs. H. B. York.and son with
Miss Carrie Dell P.
Cunningham and (J, W. Blount
motored to Bethel Sunday and
spent the day.
Dr. J. A White, of Hobgood,
visited his family here Wednes
day. .
E. H. Shelburn and wife, Mrs.
N> O Warren and Miss Ivor Shel
burn were here Wednesday from
Greenville.
A. D. Mizell, ofTarboro, spent
a part of the Fourth in town
with friends.
Mrs. Fannie Biggs, Mrs. Car*
rie Wiiliams, Harry A. Biggs
and Joe David Thrower motored
to Panacea Springs yesterday.
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Rev. C. H. Jordan having re
turned, there will be the usual
services at the Episcopal Church
next Sunday. K - .
Misses Aleez Aycock and Mat?
tie Morgan are the guests of Miss
Hilda Crawford
Prof, and Mrs. Er E. Bundy
are spending some time with rel
atives at Fayetteville.
Mrs. James Elmore and son
have been here this week.
Mrs. Wheeler Martin and little
sop are visiting in Wake Forest.
Sergeant Dennis Taylor is at
home on a leave qf absence.
Dr John D. Biggs. W. H.
Crawford and Alonzo Hasseil at
i tended a meeting in the interest
of the Boone-Bankhead Highway
| at Norfolk on Tuesday.
DR. G. C. GODWIN WILL |
LOCATE IN WILLIAMSTON 1
Dr Grover C Godwin has an
nounced that he has located in
Williamston, Martin County, for '
the general practice of medicine
with offices at Saunders & Fow
den's Drugstore. Dr. Godwin is I,
a native of the town, being the
youngest son of Mr and Mrs. 15 |,
F. Godwin, and-was educated I.
here and at Oak Ridge. Decid- '
ing to study medicine, he enter
ed the medical college of Rich
mond, where he graduated and
passed the examination before
the State Board During Ins
years at college he married Miss 1
Anna Beth Purvis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs J. H. Purvis, o 1
Martin County,
After practicing medicine for
some time, he took health work
and was elected health officer of
Nash County. Later he took
work under the State Board and
was sent to doing
most commendable work in both
places; having made an enviable
reputation in the work, he was
offered the position of Health
Officer of Florence, S C , a town
of 14,000 inhabitants. Being of
draft age, he decided to enlist in
health work in the Army, was
accepted and given the rank of
Lieutenant and was sent to
Houston, Texas, where he re
mained several months; having
some physical disability, became
home and went to Richmond for
an operation. Owing to liis health,
he was released from service,
and so decide d to re
main here for the general prac
tice of medicine. Dr. G dwin en
ters the profession here splendid
ly equipped and those who de
sire h(s services, will find in him
a conscientious practitioner,
whose aim will be not only to
prescribe cures for his patients,
but he will endeavor to keep
them well.
Potatoes In The County
The acreage and the yield in
potatoes in Martin County this
season were great. The slump in
prices just at digging time was
disappointing and disastrous, for
the cost of planting, etc., had
increased largely over that of
any previous year. It was not
profitable to have the potatoes
remain in the ground and so tho
farmers had to dig. Last week,
however, the prices jumped up
some, and this enabled the plan
ters to, at least, break even,'
Speculators, , local and foreign,
bought heavily. The quality of
the crop is excellent, anil should
demand a corresponding price.
The offering for them today is
$4.00 per barrel for good stock.
The Sugar Question Again
Beginning with Monday, July.
Ist, the new sugar regulations
commenced ; these regulations al
low three (.'impounds per month
per capita, or to each member ,of
tho family. Whether this will
work any great hardship on peo
ple or not, remains to be seen.
However, there is some discuss
'ion about allowing business*a
that are not necessary to the
lives of the people or to the
carrying on of the war to exist,
while families area deprived of
sufficient sugar for use But one
will have to trust to the wisdom
of the government in the mat
ter, and abide by the regulations.
Suffered Compound Fracture
Saturday morning, Oscar Will
iams, a colored man who works]
at the mill of R. S. Critcher,
stepped on a running belt and
was severely hurt. One arm was
broken in two places, collar tone
broken and a leg sustained se
> vere injuries. The unfortunate
man was hurriedly taken to
Biggs Drug Store, where Drs.
Warren & Rhodes gave him at
; tention He suffered intensely
J bat at this time is doing as well
| as could be expected.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAKE APPROPRI
ATION EOK BANKHEAD NATIONAL HIGHWAY
Also Declare a Special Levy of H 1-3 percent on Real
ami Personal Property and 25c on Pole
TO MTU IIKHCIENCV liAUSEII IIV ADVANCE IN MATERIALS
WOMEN OF COUNCIL OF
DEFENCE 111111 l MINIM,
The Woman's Committee i>f
the National Council of Defense,
Martin County Division, met at
the Court House on Monday af
ternoon at 2:3(1 o'clock. The
meeting was called to order by
the Chairman, Mrs! John I)
liiggs. and Miss Daisy Manning,
Secretary, read the minutes of
the previous meeting and also
reports from the several Auxil
aries in the Counts . The Auxili
afy at Everetts was the onlv out
of-town one • represented, Mrs.
.1. S Ayers and Mrs. Chas T.
Peel coming in by motor.
The Chairman called lor re
ports, and hs far as possible these
were given; Mrs. I G. Staton
reported for the Third Liberty
Loan Bund, but stated that she
had been unable at the time to,
get a complete report, though,
would in time for tlie State
meeting at Gteeiiisuoro. The
matter of naming a delegate to
attend the State meeting was
discussed, and upon motion of
Mrs. Staton it was agreed that
the Chairman name the' delegate
and that the expenses of same
be paid by Council. The Chair
man announced that she was go
ing and desired to have another
woman of tho Cumcil go alsu,
Speaking of the splendid work'
which was done by Martin Coun
ty in the Red Cross Drive, Li
berty Loan .Campaign, and tie
W. S. S. Campaign, it was sug
gested that there be a llag rais
ing at tin next meeting of the
Council, tlu *. first Monday in
October, arid the Chairman ap
pointed Mrs Staton, Mrs K,B.
Crawford, Mrs. I. W. Andrews a
committee to arrange the pro
gramme anil have provided the
necessary llag pole.
Miss Ml lit? Vines, ol Rock.s
Mount, was then introduced to
the aifdienc", and in a most earn
est and pleasing manner, plead
ed for the const i vation of food,
especially wheal, su ■mr and hot
ter She stated that butter as
sis ted largely in providing recu
printing powers to the wounded
soldiers and was apsolutvly nec
essary along with (lour and sug
ar for the carrying on .the war,
for unless the soldier was fed
and cared for, the war would
end disastrously for us. She stat
ed that every patriotic woman
would do her work, and thus
1/ivr tlie colored htlioivr to the
farmers, and if- the call came,
she must go into the fields, too,
as the women have done in the
Allied countries. Plain emphasis
was placed on the slogan: "Puv/
less." In telling something OP
her work for the sale of War
SavingdhlampH, .she made the
statement that every Colored
man that she solicited bought as
much as *.">() in Stamps. One old
colored man told her that he
had lived in •own, but as the
government wanted more food
stuff, he had rented some land
in the cunt rv rind brought his
family out to work He bought
the allotment of S2O each i'op
every member ol his family, or
■SUM). Before concluding her
talk, Miss Vines urged that the
women co operate with Miss
Glu.vas in her work as County
Canning Demonstrator.
MERCHANTS : NOTICE
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Muss Meeting to be Held in Court
llousc Monday Afternoon 3:00 ,
A meeting of the merchants of Maftin County
will be held at the Gourt House Monday, July | -
Bth at 3:00 P. M.
The purpose of the meeting is to better regulate
the sales of Foodstuffs and to handle any mat
ters that may pertain to the Food Control Laws.
All interested citizens are invited, and EVERY
* business firm in the Gounty is urgently request
ed to attend. Respectfully
W. C. MANNING, County Food Administrator
Advertiser*" will find our
Column** Latch Key to 1 100
Martin County Home*.
Established 1800
The Hoard of County Com
mission.T.S of Martin County
met in regular session Monday
in the oflice of S. S. Hrrtwn.
Clerk. Chairman .1. L. Ilaasell.
presiding, and the following
members present. J. H. I) Peel,
1!. M. Manning. H S Kverett,
Joshua I, Coltrain
Besides attending to the reg
ular routine business the r Com?
missioiiers appropriated Martin
County's |uota for the building
of the proposed branch of the
Hunk head Highway, it being 10
per cent of the amount to be
tnrnished by the government (S.
101 The commissioners also ap
propriated SltK) to make a sur
vey of the road. i.
A special levy of S 1-y percent
was declared on real and person
al property and 25c on the poll.
1 his special levy was made to
meet the County deficiency caus
ed by the advance of materials
of every description and extra
ordinary damages caused by the
extremely heavy winter.
County Pension Board
Holds Regular Meeting
The Pension Hoard of Martin
County met in regular session
Monday in the ollice of R. J.
Heel, ' Clerk of the Superior
Court. Only routine business
was brought before the meeting
and attended to by the board.
Hie members in attendance
were Ino 1). Simpson. W, H.
IJ'obertson and R. J. Peel.
I XlillANlitll (It LIBERTY
IIIIMIS PROVIDED FUH
Washington, June .'to.-Holders
of lirst and second Liberty Bonds
may convert them into bonds of
the third loan, bearing 1 1 2 per
cent interest, tomorrow or any
time time up to ne\t November
» by presenting them to most
banks and filling out application
blanks which have been furnish
ed the banks. Interest at the
higher rate will be allowed from
Inne 15 on lirst and from May 15
HI seconds —" ...
• lon version bonds to be issued
in exchange will bear the same
terms as those of the third Lib
erty Loan, except that their ma
jority dates, periods for pay
ments of interest and terms of
redemption are to remain the
same as those of the bonds for
which they are given.
Card of Thanks
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We wish to extend our sincere
shanks to all our friends and
iieighbßVs for their splendid ef-
Jrtfts in helping us save our homes
from the ravages of lire which
KO seriously threatened them on
Tuesday afternoon.
R. (5. Harrison and family,
1). J. Hrown and family.