THE BIGGEST AND BEST FAIR IN EASTERN CAROLINA THIS YEAR-THE ROANOKE FAIR, WILLIMSTON, N. C, NOVEMBER 13TH TO 16TH, INCLUSIVE. BE
AMONG THE CROWD AND ENJOY THE BEST ENTERTAINMENTS EVER HELD HERE *I,OOO HORSfc. liAt'tS. BIGGEST AND BEST EXHIBITS OF ALL KINDS.
lARMCIth. \. ILUAJtSTON IS .HE
FLACK TO SELL TOUR TOUACXO
TRY ONE OF TIIE HOUSED DEI*.!
VOLUME -L.—NIMBER 7«.
NEW HIGHWAY
GAS STATION IS
NEAR COMPLETE
B. K. Bainhill In Charge
Will Open for Busi
ness Tuesday
The Highway F.lling Station now
is. Hearing completion and will t»
it*iy lor buMiuess wilH the ope».
utg of the Ruantki. fair, Tui
NovemLct the loth, with Mr. i..
liamh.il, the promoter and manner,
giving a big portkx of h.s peri "•«
attention to the needs of the moio:-
»u who ctlL
Ten days ago Mr. Barohiil Ciws
e«i a rn* of tiipeiilers to eiert t-*«
run building, and at the -»me a*
ci e thought ttu station would be c
pleted and lead} for buanieis by lb
time the fair opened, but, ohl i!er.
is showing them. He ha* been f
ai the station and thru at his garage
an i keep ng thing* humn>i> g at bot
places. Mr. Barnhill ha* «»o«e nw 1
for Witliamston in the motor wori
and now says he has just gofen to
the point where he has the erergv
to n«liy work, and lie can roll u,
his s!e« ve- ar d do the minus! par
of pushing when it is ar -
cr.!;er at his place of butT,ie-> fin
him hard in hand with his Bfrhai.
its more than any «fher way.
V. sth the erertwa of the Teif F !
ir? nation recently, aad the the e~r
tlmi af the Highway Fill** statr.-
thrt is now nearing completion m'»
toristi uting the highways from tha
direction «>U not have to hunt to fr r
what the)- aeed. ami we p!«dge then:
service that will e«|tial or better an
rer-dered at our nearby toams. Both
s'ations are located together, aad be
tr»*f» them ran K*t«llc eight ear* at
a time. a*?d if Ben is pushed, we be
leve he w.m1.1 do that much by him
self, a his s*atioa is much more
rooir,\ than the average station.
HOMh I»KMtINSTKATM»N
AGENT AIM bttkUTLt IN "
bETTEK HUMES KXHIHII j
A "Better Homes" uiubl sat. plan
ned and carried out in IV'ieison. N.
J , this ?ummer by the women of the
lume bureau, awifM by tbe home
ueaion.-Uatiuß agent. Tbe uin all
throughout the tiiukd ma> i* em|4a
mk the (actor> that oMnoute to
home making and to iilatrate
phases of home demooac ration work
as carried on cooperatively by the
Tutted States department of sg"-;
* culture and the New Jersey State
college o~ agriculture, which best de
velop a well rouixiet! family life. A
model tome was up in a ne»-
dwalling hoyse in the i«u4*a|ul dh>
trVt of Pattersea. It roacained ti»«
type of fumitor* and e>,u.pn«ent that
could be afforded by families utiuki
in modera e circumstance-, with dry
perks an>l other decoration in
ir.g with the teaching? of the ex ten
sson service.
Programs were especially planne>
to fenpplemft the lessuu in bet -
' !
hou e'icM with other f
peels of the home economics instrac
tion given to farm wnmi ■ Dome fie
„ acae-jce rug' 1 * from the public achook
prepared and served several times.
Fundamental principles of med plar.
niag were LhaH iod in thiw mall us
d .fussed with thop who nwr to ihas
Modern kitchen eqapamt and Mten
rL- with their am were demonstrat
ed Food storioa were told to inter
iu«deimmrishad am' ta
struct their panata.
THE ENTERPRISE
HOODED MEN CR ELLY
MALTREAT A WO
M'*. Jwir Starnes af Inion I'ouir
Badly Injured By llitgauid
Ptrcfntrn."
MONROE, Nov. 7. The M.nnr
Journal in its iasue of Tueday says:
Mrs. Jorie Starnes, the daughter c."
liob lrby of North Monroe, a fra I
ii&ie ignorant woman of not over 20
years of age, was jum|«d upon by
a crowd of masked brutes in the !orr»
of, men last Saturday night, a week
ago, beaten all over the body with
some ha:d instrument, and left I;.
ing in "l.e public itxul. The t»!itfni|
table and brutal ileed took place o
the Koigan load about a mile liw
lawn, eaily in the evening
was gwiisg from IJra.swell's store t>
the home of a Mrs. ITynn. She wa
i ccon»|»aniol by a companion, Ltettn
Flynn, who ran when the nun grab
led Jusie.
Mrs. Stamen says that there wen
ertainily as many as 10 men ai«".
tiat they were robed in white gu«i:
rnd caps. She also says that ILc
said MKhing, but beat her with some
thing like a leather strap and the
kicked her as she fell.
Perhaps from terror or for otfce
reasons, she did not report the matte
to »he officer*. Sheriff Fowler hear.:
of it only by accident while in a barber
Hop on last Saturday night, jaxt
"xiosk afterward*. Dr. Smith wa* call
«d to «ee the woman some time last
week and found her suffering a goo
■leal, with bruises and signs of beat
ing about the body, especially sever
.-hout the lower parts, and a wourx
on her (tresst.
A mystery «wmi to hang over the
affair that indicates that the act'
*3 d. n e at the instigation or with
'he ct uiivance of some one with
person J interest in the affair. TV.
offical. accept a* a that 'si*
*as by men a'caring white sheets
disguisos. Further than that they are
I .-"till at sea.
PHIL VTHEAS DELIGHTFULLY
ENTEKTAIXEU BY MKS. K. A. |
(HITCH EK LAST FRIDAY
On Friday, November £uc Mrs. Kt>
i!«r Cnlther, Jr., ilelighlful'/ enter -
tuned the Memorial Baptist Phllath
tu with their regular monthly bo-i
nets and social nwding.
* After the buaute*.- hour, the ho»
te«, assisted by Mrs. Warren Biggs,
serve*l a very appetizing salad course.
Miss Carrie [telle White,
.. >.. - '■
Reporter.
WONT BE BLACKMAILED
Trapped by I m» la tk» Hf* '
Taaaala», P|W. Arthur U Bum
tfctrty-ejght. !■ Tlrtnally beld H SUM
Had* «Wyt>> durp of ■lliwptl—
{*■»» above) «f Hlncitam aai B»
Blca. \M Barron la alleged ta lav* ta
Mrai Bannoaa. He waa oaa ®f tha aat
WILLIAM-TON. MAR. IN COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER «». I.'JS.
KANE'S STATU
Oae mt IW mn fur art* to h- nrn bj fair alladMi» at at the
Kuanakr fair krtr ml «nk, \«ru her 13th la IMk, hrtiii, da* «»
■igbt. TV frrr act* will wMilait a Muall cinak in smc
rkaiii be a bin rarl far ikr fair.
AN INTERESTING
STORY OF **ORMIN;
SHEKSLEY SHOWS
Animal Show Great In
Itself; Many Other
Big- Features
Kwcjr «as a koix—but she
didn't know it. f
She ban om a tuin, played in
Ihe |iui pastaarn b> her Mtbtr's
side, vac brakes U> harness ad to
the pknr aid .-pent Ihr fit 4 eitfh
years of her |.fe la the humdnin
drudgery u-ul to the fain horse.
Of mm. Naary'j. o»»«n» notm
o»i.« I'tinK about her that their oU» >
wot k anianl> did M ha*e. Uut the)
rharired it up to a freak of natuie
and let it go al that.
Sme week* ago. CapL John M
Shee.-'ey o: the GmaU-r Sheedej
Shuns was natuw; in the fouslrj
Whf* he *|atd Kaar) at *o« k in a
AeM aith her mamer. The iartiae
of the showman ■unediatel) ts#eit«
itself, and as *«aa as a birr-in wa>
naached with Mr. and Mrs. Augu-t
Abraham of Van Dyne. Wis, Naiwv
became the property of CapC She*-*
ley.
Naiiry pas a snow anile, tippling
man* Mr* than eight feet l»»|. Hei
tall had been in proportion, too, but
had been rat to pnut her better tc
do her farm work. New she is one
of the featnraa of the big freak ani
mal >how of the Sheealey Shows, that
:—i-—m- ' jLI m
will present the midway attraction*
at the Bnaaske fair next week.
fbtrtp thven. who hv charge of
all the >lnafe dt nil ins ml the freak
.t' imal show. I* preparing plenty of
~»f>aagtea~ far Nancy to wear, fla. hy
red leather belt and bridle as-' w: v
inr ptames far her head. KMC. al
ready prances when the band rfi Vt;
up and ii rmi as ararh at home in
the aw dart as she was ia the gras
sy meadow*.
"Our Dunk Anmnk" would like in
know Omrtte Paten. He laves palt,
an-1 hr has a collection of them in th»
freak aa.mal show. All his life be
has head htlpltm creatures.
"There is a hag white spat In ev
ery heart," be aays. "Mine is taken
ap with isanrsat bnaea that are drai
ned by thpr Uhn miin as homaii
* moaatrhaaki had the mrid arraye- 1
against them. TWy are the amat h>-
lauliat Uhp h creatiaa. tlie>« oat
•easts af the aaimnl khpha"
Never haiina aaed a harsh »wd or
a whip ia with his peU. Char-
Be Dceea bas experimented with kind
aeas aa a ■« af taming ti far-
Presidents Need
More Secretaries
The chairman of tin- Joint Conjn*
M nal committee on irvmiiiuliiHi C.
tin executive brandi cfD*'* g.-»ru
inent pointed out that ihf first ni
presidents to die ncia;f> '•*** >*»"
of are; the next tea •»-* year*; Uo
lust ten. 618 jmrs. lie rrromnwnds
that the pre**lent l«« a raff of six
ii Mania »• iicktcn%» asaak. TW»
should eons, st of a rrneUry to the
president, acting as private sewetarj ;
an exreutiv* secretary, * lw
havr four uciMa' t dii M » follows
an HHiaUllt in .-harge of personnel.
dealit.tr with otf-c seeker-. aM so
forth; an assistant in charge of le-g
--islation, to f»»Ei v. in lioth
houses, kcepm;; tie presides! in -lai
ed. an assistant in rhantt of p"j»diri
| ty to report on public apsiaii, to pre
-ent the- presides* with Kjtiwu. clip
plnp ami gather material for t|*cW
and an assistant in charge of puUi
rations for clenwwr.
When you tale a kunsfu or pln
| ume trip phone to. Your (tasth want
to knoa' of )Mt iiattk
reaped immeaeurahle love. tfchen I"
appears among his criffM fowls ar»l
beasts, they tr> to him with
affection. •
**l can't turn Vm all lease on mu
ni once," he cxidained. "If I dn 1 ,
they'd eat me up trjriag to ku* me.
These creature -ue so kiwfa) inrlw
ml thoy their aara differenc*
Uocen'a three legged Hf aad tw*.
legged cat, a handsome nsalle-e, that
has hopped abtut like a kaspm all
It* life, fondled each other as he sp4n
"They say a chicken isat affect inui it e
look at this." A proud PI j mouth RocV
dandy, vrk a couple of spare le*s
i.bbed again t.-t the man's feat. tr>mr
to at met alieni m*. ' Wasch tie 'ewa
Ti-.ay efciorrc ret '".isky." Tic 'cue,
th 'r-itme feSlow, plated abuut him
like a kitten.
Cherlie Daei has rae foreign aai
inal, a peccarj "TVst mid hop
run in drove They z'tark every
thing in right :ad are ast iapp» «■
to know fear Read ahst thp ws'
ural hiatoiy hoafc* -ay ahaal the assart
ririsai beast to he fian I Now, see."
Doeen's peccar> gratis! and twist
ed about like a pieaaad puppy shui
he «U«k»l it. His haaapt Uttal hsis
neighed and triad to get fa sauzrte
iato his pocket. „
| -Love 'ess? Hear emmU f help it?
God never made aaythiag ana—set
• *
even a snake. Maa has 4mm all tfc.
I ARMISTICE DAY
CELEBRATION IS
TO BE BIG EVENT
Services In Washington
j Sunday at St. Pet
. er's Church
j (treat prfparaiions j.v n the n-ak
l UK and nearinir ftMifltion i'or tin
;Al uit&lne iiaj at Uasii
'
' }»i«»£iam for the uy b as tallows:
| C>u.|uii) I, i ijuivum Inlauir). a>u
! Iml C.J 1»-, Lj,.il /.mi
will IK LACVILNI U> U.T TUCNUR" .
•
'tuna itotn :je Amor) ui UiUeiy t.
:
•m jliux st :iti to 11- . »ut
A-IM'I U'ull Lcfiva on V>i-7~. Nm' «
] lutuubg lic.t With lIK
| lurii ifota the c»'-ii oS
a«fUn, T>in?il,\\ a ai»t iieau
4i.ii. ii.eti to the New Vuealif v
.tie Arnuslice cdcuiaiMi »t.i « it
Idr. Icbteni imoi L»ui i. .m, an ex
.-vMICi", will be ti>e piaitiplf
• lor .he occasion, ai..l a.ler liie ext.
at tl»e New Theatre, ail ex
.-ervite UH n will K« to .Snmilell
t ulfonlii fish bouic for an oyster
iia-l and dinner. At .v.
Uart> there will lie a I cut hail gauit
lUs ween the city of ai.
Lite city of Norfolk-
All Confederate veterans are vrgui
to attend the « xero.-ea at Washington
ai»l present theiuselve.- at Ut Lejji«ii
hiii, where a committee will Me tn..
they are entertained during the da>
aiwl partake of all the |>!t-.isum tlial
are available. Sia»;e >eata will U
reeneJ at the Kew Theatre foi al!
( t.nft- erate veterans, ami every tiui.i
uili lie done for their contort ill.-
mg the day.
All e&ercke* of the da) will lie un
der lite auspices of the American I*■
Kiwi .1 jr.r.f; the day, which is emk-av
'•niijr to bting th.- ex-service men of
lieaufurt, II x tie. Tyrrell Martin. Wasli
ingtiMi counties closer U gethei, urn
ai«f them in then endeavors brie in
their home land. a- the> aid«d on
another in the battle against the llui.
' «ver-e»*.
j Kverjwte, especially the ex-serv ice
' men, are invi'ed to attend a big Ar
| mi.-« .lay service to be held in St
i l"e'er>- church at Washington on Sun
day morning, November the llth. i.l
o'clock. There will he r|nriin
music furnished by a choir of th-M>
voices and the orjran will he sitppit
metrted by a full bra** band.
The preacher for the aervices uiff
be the Rev. Richard Bagby, who wa
with the boys in France. You ar
cordially invited to attend.
81'KDAY SERVICES AT
M»;i IIOIMST lUlUlli
I
l£er \i It Chamber*, pa-t.., SUH
Liy wM »;W a. m . Mr J. L I'ope,
i «t; *i i'lcflJtaL
TV liuCtf. will at lla/i;-!
101 l at 11 a. b. and 7:30 p. in, *'*'
at Williams Oj|k-I aad p m.
'fhtic will I*- an important chur«-t
r«ifeiM« at W imwxliak
ly ktXer Sunday tdwol (about 10:4. r >(.
If! every member «f the church i
pre-en*. at matters of great iinpo
■ »nce an- to be rated on for the com
in* >ear. The meeting will be in
ehatge of the chairman of the bu»K
of stewaids and the charge Ly
leader ~_o
Came to the Roanoke fwr next week
ami take part in the b«fKt exhibi
tion of eastern Carolina this year.
Everything will he in laMeu for you
ruendny morning with sight* never
before aom in this action of the «-
library
" *'-Eigii \ con, P
)•««.% FKNtIfcNT CU.NMSG
FOli -MAI.I. INtESIOK I*>
t AltBV TUK I'l HLH l»Klii
j
'Out billion dollars of the nalmn
|;1 public debt it is the hope of u«
I i iIM States Ueasusy departnie
j will be carried by comparatively «n
--1 investors of the natiofi in the f
jof treasury savinp oe»tifica'es.~ a
cording to a statement male h ttc
l>cal postmaster.
the stiJe of these certificate s to the
amount of annual!;, mill
I m ike this possible. Thn* crititioi'f-
I
| are i-sued in convenient deaornini
tioi;s of S2O SSO. s>2 aril #X2«». if
•Kvtively, to |uit them within rrar
of the man of moderate means The
nrattirr within five years, but may K
ivitwim.l at the option of 'he pui
at any time, at values increai
ing every month.
The government is srnous in it
purpose to prevent, a. far a* possi
ble, the loss of millions of dollars
annually throu»;h iret rich quick
schemes and unsound financial ven
tures. which fleece thousands of their
stv'ni®' liy offering to the publtc an
ah.-o!utely safe investment plan in
treasury Nivinpi certificate-.
Local purtmiftrra are authorised a
for the sale of the certiorates
and invite the public to visit the p«-l
office at any time for information con
cernin gthern. 5
H. Y. P. U. PROGUM
IOK NOV. IITH. 1921
Tho local It. Y. I'. I will have spe
aal At mist ice day at the lUp-
U.-l church Sunday with Mis?
1- ranees Uurganus, leader.
The program is us follows:
1. Hymn.
2. Scriptiiie li'mvii l>y (Jtwip-
Harris.
3. I'rayer Jante. R llaileil
4 A allotl Uilk, "Aino lne May.
—l»y OiarlcH. While.
5. A short talk, "I "rare IVtmm
Nations," — by Williaim lli»iee
6. Hymn.
7. A short talk, "Christians |i
.
war."—l>y Mr. Hall.
8. I'oem, "I'eare" l|i.v- J'att«
Harris.
9. Hymn.
10. Itenediction.
The 11. Y, |*. f. meets at ( I'i
in. fills service will he a menw ii'
(w-rvice in honor to the live )oui«
men, both living and lead, who faugh
in the world war.
You are cordially invited to be pre
ent.
CHAMPION COWBOY
Hl* V# * I
'i'L I
■ "
Yakima Cuutft, abmra km —*k Mi
«W|*H to MW Mag «T Ik*
toftaf aoa rM«f hu»— at dM ■«■*
up at PndMoa. (ml Ha toa ito
Police GuMtt Ml. Ito ÜBtoa Mlc
*aMl* •■>« Uk Bo.***.* «•■
ItftM for Mk at MMw Mf
THIS MARKET IS CAPABLE OF
GIVING SERVICE MIXED WITH
ABSOLITE COURTESY—TRY IT
ESTABLISHED 1898.
IFIHE DESTROYS
I AS TRUCK OF
HAKKISON OIL CO.
Storage Tanks Are Not
L'amaged and Service
Uninterrupted
This morning about eleven o'clock
jin . mall iraoline truck of the Har
nahi Oil company caught fire at the
storage plant of the oil company, and
mas destroyed with the s.nall loading
' -tit on used to house the trucks in
i loading them with gasoline.
For a time it appeared that the
j storage tank was doomed, but due
,U» the |Uick work ani taoughtfulness
of the local firemen the storage tanks
w«-te saved, and the gasoline business
of the Harrison Oil company will not
be in"errupted;their big gaol me tiuck
'l ng ready and willing to go at any
t
) time, and Jordan Ward, who is seen
! alwa - - > aily tn the morning and late
'at t» ght with the big led truck, boost
! in" Texaco with all his might, anil
often complaining becau-e his vocab
ulary is not as big as two dictioaar
«
ie*. so he can do Texaco products jus
tice with his praises.
A few months ago 'he Harrison Oil
company met with this same misfor
tune. but did not curtail their ser
vice iii the least, as before the fire
was extinguished, they had another
truck in transit, and their many cus
t.niter a can dapeml upon them to do
more than is onlinarly considered hu
Ainfr ih caring fcr their
ga-oline and oil needs.
TRAINING CAMP MEN
WILL GET KVTKA I'.U
Kaltag Increase* Anuuot Received la
the World War to st>7
I'er Month
WASHINGTON', Nov. 2.—Arrange
! menl> have been made for paying
| men who le* eive.l le-s than for
, «vicr "" •ffijent" trair.iin;; calnps dur
'insr the World war the dilfennce be-
I tureen what they ao ually did receive
aiwf that amount.
This is ir. accordance with a rul
lag lecently nunte by the I uited
States comptroller general tluit men
mho attended these camps mere en
titled to compeiisation at the rate of
*l«m a month even though many held
tne rank of prriate ami received the
pay of that rank lut ing their course
of i ■■-tract ion. -
It mas learned at the Wa| depart
ment toilay that the proper proceduie
f..r men entitle*! to this additional
compensation is for them to direct a
letter to lbe chief finance officer of
the War ilepartmeM. making appli
catioai for the money due atid giving
the name, serial iiumlx r. organization,
14nk, pay received, time and date of
service in camp and which camp, as
well as the present address of the
..p; 'iraiit. No form of application
| Idank is "»• ceasary.
CRAW I nKIM KJTCHEK
The following invitation has been
issued which m-ill be read with great
inteiet by the numerous friends of
the young couple: (
Mr. Benjamin Coffield Crawford
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of Us daughter
■ ». ' Martha Cotton
mm Wednesday morning, the fourteenth
of Nn if liar, at eleven o'clock
Methodist Epwcopal Church
Wfllia—tea. North Carolina