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PAumsL vuunTM ism PLACE TO SELL TOOT TOBACCO. THY ONE OF TVB BOUSES HERE VOLUME 24—NLMEBB JL YOUNG BOY PRE FERS TO REMAIN AT FATHER'S HOME After roaming for four months he learns the value of Dad. Dear Editor: Pint* Win me space for a few liOB in your paper aa I can tell my fnmii that I km beea last bu: am aow found. 1 Itccatd to four people twrn of them were from Bear Grass . and two from WiiJiamston. in CM they see this they will know that the cap I am a hoy of sixteen ytah and at tines my BUI-J nx en tirely which 1 can't help, of course. I weat to these fnends as 1 took them to be to help u pt a job and they began me what, to io , immediately. The aext thinp I List* I found myself rnilking ten miks in the night to catch a train at j on the mareeoth day of to' go to Hopeweil, Va. I tried to f«t »! job there, baft soon found wit that papa had to saga his tame to a j iper in order far me to g* it. so I was IHIMIM APIMRT to dart with. In two week ' papa had fa bidden anyone to feed or shelter mt. 1 was scared to go h-fne. ( but had to do s»-«r.et hme so my bn ther , .■ law aad sisser carried me then* on 1 the second day of September an ) at ' six thirty I ra «f again. . The same fear peop!e urged ire ta ( go m aad 1 took their advice. I went hack ta HopeweU aad still fiuliM to get a job I wea* to Backy Mr-unt, where I landed oae. 1 found that I ( waa mat ta hold it which made matters worse. After trying to • ret something to do ia Tarhoro I, went to a home war Speed where I j stayed two mar.ths. After working then that long I «bdrt get a cent of j maaey for my labor *ad the aext home 1 iwh ilia it was the iif. I with j *• aay ta all bay*, take warnm* aad, listea ta your pan It fast A home may he e»«r sa poor aad jemrly, M | there ia aa place like iL I wraatad to, go hack fcr a tang ftp* fad w*i a-| New I am happy "and appiaiiartna I .what A wk « has far at ta lev* i •UL |to lid in I ■ ta Mame toj are to klame far hadiag me arfray. JOHN SAM JOLLY, Williamson. X. C. B- F. D. 2. PBESIDENT UMHJDGK SATSa— "He Ithe farmer I mud have BtNa. "Hi# customer with whom he ex chanrr> prakicu of the farm for tW of mdustry. is orgaaued. 'Labor B- organised. is or gaaned —- -And THERE IS SO WAY for agri culture to meet till'- unless it, too. is organ —ln kir nw«afe to t oa gre~s drirvereu Dee. , IKS' WILLI *MSTON St HOOLS TO BEOPEN THI KSIIAY MORNING The Willum tm school? will re open for the wiater term Thursday morning. Every after a long rest. -k*«Sd be on time and prepare to put out .'omr real work this term. STT DEVT CONE 2 JWVTHS, SAYS SHE WAS WOtllNtf Columbia. S C, Doc. Sl.—Miss Vir ginia Bo ier .seventeen-year-ald l~ni leraty of South Carolina ft intent, for who a aatioawide .-couch has been conducted for two months, returned to the home of her parents Or. and Mrs. A. Earl Boozer, bete early today She said she had been in Jacksonville. FU working aa a at panmeat store. MB* BOOKER disappeared early ia November. Sue left her home here •steaakly to visit friends ia Spartan burg. SL. C, ban never arrived there. Police departments, theatrical agen cm aad fraternal organ nations jo.aad m a search far the girl, but aa trace mi her was final, aor waa any won! Hwiitd from her until she appeared at lam today. A desire to learn where she could make her own way ia the world prompted her to disappear. Miss ' 'Mlhhp fldA* *' [" 8 MBS. MABMSON SEKIOISLY IL UN BOCKY MOL NT Mrs. Aathm Aaderma was called to Bocky Meant yesterday afternoon ta he m the hedale of far matter, Mr* Martha Hardisaa. Mrs Hadison was dikhm with paralyse yedethy md ad aery wiiaui 9k has mnay frimk here who oil be very any to haar of Mr. Gamge VBiaat, of Farmville, Mr T. C Cook, of Bocky Meant, is THE ENTERPRISE AUTOMOBILES AND A 1920 DEBT! i A rarest visitor ta our town after noting die great mmler of automo biles ia and around Willianutsa ask ed the question "Are people paying their 1920 debts or buying automo biles"*. He n> told by practically , every mertfaat he asked the «pte«tioa I that there were some few people an • the county tryirg to pay up their' hggk debts hot the majority of them ' Considered their 1920 aad 1921 obli . nations as bad dreams aad were dis - pelting thee: as quickly aad as final- j ly as sorb, h is indeed distressing to' one interested in the welfare and; future of our f-ir city ta learn thisj for the town wvi never prosper so j , long as that condition prevails and its inhabitants poshes* that spirit of dis honesty. A debt made ia 1920 is as ! bindirg morally as one made yester , day a--d we anderstaad how peo ple who have thne pledges Ad {duties upon them caa deliberately ■ live ia ease and I ovary on the money 'they are making aow intend of pay * ing it to those ta whom it rightfully belong*. I MISS WYNNE HOST ESST AT | NEW YEAR PARTY Miss Myrtle Wynne was hostess at [a New Yeari Ewe party last night 'a' the home of her parents, Mr. and MK J. l_ Wyaae on Main trret | The home wr*« attractively decorated . for the occasion, everything being suggestive of the Chri?ta*as srasoM. » Donring wj- enjoyed until a late hour. Mu :c wa« hy the 10l l cal orrhes.-.i wharh is ecmposed of the following local artuts.-Miss Um : heth Ha -ell. aa Me .-rs. A- Hasseß. Jr. Joha Fbiip-tt aad Williane J. Jr. A salad coarse wrth saadakhea aad hat coffee waa miaad by Mil ma Melba | W^^ L " riile n ! James GrMfa. Bahert GiKiaaa. Chas. Sawyer. Howell Wad?.worth. A. Ha> ) sell. Jr_ l.yman Britt. Banner and 1 Milton Jeffersoa, of Washingloa ami Raymond Taylor. SOMETIUNC. UNUBCAL Not sa many years ago it wi» a ' t (treat sight to beboM to aa* a train running ia this part of the state, but | its strangeness sot* disappeared and | finally reached ihe place orheie it is notice.! but little Bat the other day. ; I Saturday to be exact, the nooa train from Tarhoro made its way down in an awkward manner. It was seen up the road irwkirg »t» wray a* fall s|*ed i backing mstead of potag forward We • first thought it was due to the reason | that it could not run forward, far the -'trains that make their way through ■ f our city are those dating hack mto ; early railroad hastory It was learaed » 1 later, hawerer. that the tram was j backing kwn m order ta return in , it* usual manner there being a freight i rock just below Jamesville which pre Evented its reach lag Plymimh where j it turns around BLA N la—SAMrSON Mr. John D Baml of Martin county ' and Mtss Irene Snmp-an. of Clay | county were married here ia* Friday j ' j by Rev. A. J. Mannm*. Mr Blan>i is a young progressive i farmer of Crw-» Bonds and is well '.know ia his community. Mn Bland f A school teacfaer. die having taught "tin the Marfan eomty *hools last ' year an.l b aow teachiag in the Pdt j couaty «ko4s. j WOI LDNT OPEN HIS SAfI; 1 BANMU SHtiT JEWELEB New York, Dec. 3L—Bernard Broun 1 a Bronx jeuelar. today was .-fat and 1 j probably fMally -uunaed by a ban » [dh When he reftmed to open his safe. | Brown had jast opened his store was kairlj-g ia front of his safe r mcn drew up and one bandit, armed with a pistol, entered the shop. ° Instead af oheyiag the ho adit's com ■ maad ta apea the safe, the jeweler L t grapplad with the rubber, who fired * two shots. Brown dropped with a TVe mtrader ami hm mafuhialii • ! fled m the car. i , Misses Helen Hoßy and Caima day. [1 Mia. K. L Fountain, off Tarharo, >s retained ta her home jutudiy after e | Mr. Mi Mn. H. L Mralir WILLIAMSTOX MART IX COUNTY. WfetH CAROLINA. TI ESDAT. JAM'ART L im &msm(S£ofcm ' ;Ffs V I We wish to announce that we have taken over the management of The Enterprise, begin-" ning with this issue, and we hope to acquire the [support of the citizens of WfUikmston. Martin and surrounding counties. | We have chosen the newspaper! business as our life's work because we feel that \te can serve our , feilowman as well in that way f§ in any profes sion or business open to yoimfclnen. It should serve the best interests of the community and be a medium of expression of the tSitin»ents of the people, and we hope to have theauppoit of them in making it that. •>* We want to increase the uttfillness of The Enterprise by making it a biggermnd better i>ai>er and we pledge ourselves to do Jur best toward this end. We ask for your patronge and support which have been given in the pat We are Rei>ect fully. W. C MANNING, JR. P.M. MANNING. AMONG THE OLD , |j INSTITUTIONS ~ „ T The EMcrprl* m Mr ti* in-'itßtiaM it tW tan aM i come* to both aid aad new frmh h the spirit of gwod rWrr ard iw,l j wishes for the New Ytv. Ov tew ° '■» Mp in nm nj that In—uh an Mhidaa! »r a Wnr» twim. i We ask the of all th» po- | pie and pledge our km i i | >a 11 help make IM4 a jw. MAtcyn snntM BUM DOWN • ,«T RBCK LESS AUTO OtIYKK LMte Hack Him | . mt * Mr- ami Mrs. Lofc Fowdaa «m 4nver. TW Ohm MM to *ap —Tfc wy Ah my m . ' r jg. . «» ~ corn® STILL CAPTIIED AND SEV ERAL HI MIKED GALLON'S OF KIM U) Sheriff Rohersoa with |a ther IM wa. I—king wrr the Ashely Crommril bra a few 4i?t ago aml raptured a capper still with several hundred gallows of nw Three at* were operating the «Ull at the tine, and they had jwst fcnnhed ran an | mm batch of brer and were (niay «ff ■hen the diet i arrived News of their approach was ri"» by the i«nuaet and all three nude («d then es cape. Sheriff R»* rnsw up the «k --try was a utute aw. to he wrfd not tell ahout the other twa. The Shrnf ftrnm tint their prat est loss was in the IM> of their ten gallons of Hq—r NEGRO MIT SERIOISLT SHOT SATI ROAT NIGHT Saturday nirM a cnad of wl—i people had a * > rfnat tree near IXardeas. After >rrakir § ap about 12 •'dock, a ear load of tawf "Wt*" drove past several chddreu and lienors Birr* tired into the bamdh. hittiif a ten year old boy in the Jb 11 nr« The hoy «as takes to Park View hi ipifl at Rocky Mount. where it Ms fond that his iatestiaes had heen p—lnn il in several places aai Ifc eanddian ts I considered very enawi - K«v> «s itill at large. The powerful voice of Senator-elect Naarw Johwooo can he heard a h*( distance. Whea the camwaittee on NIK assigaed bin to Mite IS in the Sw at Office Buihhnr they had thts aa —iad The partitiaar hrfun the iII nail are very thin and any load joaning. Tie if itia was mind hy arrar.riag for a "Vder twa" kf »u _ to say, extra rooms arte added 1 to wx ne ued . Mr. F. & Fagaa, of DudßM. aae of the best famen mt that aectma, was a caller at oar dhc jidtmy. Miss Jessie Wofeoa Ctiaat. of fah entanle is viwtiag Mis* aMry Ak» Mr. R. F. Ileydtarvwh wfl retara tuaight fraaa Va. whin he rmted his parents darmg the hdihiyv. - ( Ssflfe IKseb tfc? | LOCAHNEWS OF jBEAR f-RASS " r aba. Jessie Keel motored j to EvTrrttfl Friday morning. Br HaA Allen -pent Christmas' ia Pli minitßpith hi- aunt, Mrs Framk ■ Bnarhtoijh Messrs. Wttr Oaklev and TVma.' j Oakley «Jt« Everetts Fnday on j Ml*. Tj I Alter Ravnmr spent Friday j afWrnoou flth Mr? J H. Rogers Mr. M p HrtJ went to William i *oa PriM an business. Mr. aa tlr> J. E. Strawbrvimr r( ! Durhaaa aapnt the aerkrnl with reLa- j diyea imff inds Hr/ and Mrs. M. G. Peel and -«■. j maM church in Killiaa> ; " Mr. Lfafar.ltogers. Mrs. W. H. Roe Mr. awd Mrs. Elmer Chesaoa spent j Sundhy afternoon with Mr. and Mm I John Cherry Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Burroughs and I family returned home Friday after | spending several montrs near Oxford, , VCL SON t»F KING MAT WED MAT LETTER'S DATGHTER 1 oaihm. IVc. 31. —It was rumored in aell inform? t -orial cmle» today that aauouix-ement soon uould he msv of l the «i*J*wne»il of Praare George, the y«uag*-st son of King «ie»rge, and bady Alexandra Curzua, daughter of Mi|ui- Canon, present foreign s»m tary of Eagland Lady AleuuJra'.s mother, now drol. was Miss Mary Letter of Washiagtoa. before her marriage. Vfcil the Martin Couaty Savings and Trust t umpany ami get an alma nac. They are free for the asking- Wages of plasterers who receive |IM and moie a aeek are causing . ■iaistotl and members of other pro- ! feiojuas to take up . the trowel in 1 Kvaii-ton, Illinois, where aork aa a j new hotel is in ptugreas Gmtmlra of wiiwraties holding tneni degrees * tarn duwa offers of professors to jaaa the plastereis. outer graduates who ' such to their chosea pr-*fv *t>r re- j ceJxe but tXtri* a aontr while tlae j plasterers receive betoeea HUI and ■ monthly. Mr. W. C Manning. Jr. "pent the I Christmas holidays ia Four Oaks. Mr F. L. of Hamilton, t was a business visitor ia town ye 'er I • • • • M«-s.-r* Albert and Howell ! worth, of Cove City, were in tuwa I Sunday visiting their mother. Mrs. Al bert Wadraorth. oho m ill at* tine home of her daughter, Mr- J. U Watts. Jr. rr -- • \l*' • • Mass Eatelle Crawford is visitiag frieads and relatives ia Bel have* this Mrs. W. T. Hunter will te*«e to ami ma for CCarteret. New Jersey to Spend the winter with Mr. Healer, who is employed there o o. o o Mr. S- S. Lawrence a pent the mk ead ia town with Mrs. Uwteare at the haaai of Mr. aad Ma «. C Man o o o o Dr. and Mrs. P. it- Coae aad chil dren have returned from Rirhmaud. iik in they ktw heea idisg the Dion's CHI By. MANY LICENSES j] ISSUED BY THE REGISTER OF DEEDS * j HANTTHII MAS INDEED I;ISI 1 DT RING TIIE MONTH OF DETEMBLK liwtmbci has pnover. *tself A 1 of h>ve harveet in MARTIN "JH 1 !;eri> tr IVevi- repori. T" er - were -hirt;. 'cur tsenv- tssur«i, FOUR- * teea to wastes JTI t»er.ty to This S ta*»re THAN or*- a DAY ami s* A pwpuljtKti of tu-i thwnind makr-: . j J>F: -re IS. - "..ia" if t ;•> | ! rate I- ■; NW»«T the D-SA;*VEUB!C- j * rcss of tho •' Y«;! st: TE *' I! WA ' UI-appwr. 1 Tfce fo-hrw jir is a Lst of LICENSES 1 ' issued by Mr. S S. Brown. Register 1 ■ of IV** is for Martin cour.tv: WHITE I Jukirie HOLLHKY an.) Carrie IVH , Be"WT; Irnbni Ethel Bailev : Joha W Warren ard , Bttte Bowen: H Staliinr- and'J Lilliaa W -lliam-. W -odie Hartell ai -i Manie Boyd; IHa«*l Roe IV!t«I ar-i \ MARRIE Wocten. of F-'recomhe O>UN \ ty: Enest Boyd A*V] MAINE Harris of II Beaufort CoursTy; Jar* is W'a'ers « f ( Piret«»w!l ami Man :-I HolUday CF Mar tin four!. ; IVwey T'ope'ASl lof PlU hth CITY and As»*>h Simpson; J- K. O W I*TI cv-ußty a.««l Marew- CocAe of L!aifa\ courty; J W" Stnw**r .'IT of t>»»»n c -unty AMI LT>ra W"hi FC-'.I of IStt CM'T ■ ; Atnet ! Everett ai>L JIDINNE ICu'lork ; JOHN I* Blan-I 3B>I Irerse Sar>jtson. of ("'AY I I cvunty a--i ARCHIE W>nne ai>l llattie | D. Harrisoo. COLORED \ S*W»!V laerlr- AMI t ANE MEW: ■ Lafayette WIU»2P*s arul Maish- Col ' Ilia-: AVvander GH!UK *■-! M>-se*!A I Marrow: Alfred SIMMOEV- SIS.I -Bessie jTV np-m Wi S4I l>rrr jul IV?i- I lah llrv art Chartes Tl«cirl a~»L Alice J COTTEMT UEYD | Burmette: Mn ISICWR an-L Susan ! J Price; IVwey Shaw ar»L 'Naanv L«te; I Henry Rohert Short and E"hel Brown; J Ernest B»I«N ar-L Fan-ie Ja--»es: j 1 Jame- Taylor and IV-»>e Willi m«; 1 j LEE Dial AN* Cora Johnson; W iley ' - Rabersoa ami Addie IJoyd; Willie and Mai* Eli*„a BR*>wn; ' IJAHDK ard Matttae G»S», Jul- > lias ISTVN aad ROBERT'' Pum- Au- ' Irwstus Pitts ami IV«r I MaoHng; | Jonas Mnrr and Anaie ROUTE -; and | | W alter Corbrt" ami Paul ne W ilhams. ( IRAIE FOR | IN NCMTTH CARTMJNA GET TING tIFF WITH GOtID START , The real «RHT HI- "FW-->L L*T«een A. W. Mclean am! J W Hailey f».I * GoVerm»r- The Kevhoin iVintr ha- PUW.-he.l }a W aiticle a*3un>t MCLEAN. Tlse |uprr DNS ME I* ,kr atr >utr- TC>N ( kadar T) the in MI Mclear. I«it only seems to -W—" r>-Y It H«AS like the • •rk of a -L». K hami to PREPARE -ach a leai '-*>t article A ' gainst a ClT.ren «.f 'HR S'ate. The le«-p>ard spot*, the fcarry hanlj of ESAW ami TLe cur,mnr v««ce of' Jac«d> are all mv«L UP in lie- WNE ' article. ami .Vception are ul--ut the M»ST unfair M*t>od piartic«-*l in politar-. ARD onle-s we are in error J.-tah W T'liafM I-alley is a I«ast rr»MT master at THR trade. Of course any | one can CRRT*r*-«- AMI dis-atisfy, TFL litis F ever rvjrtu Ul.l) .-ometnng I«-T ! TE* T* offer»»l I IKES "he K»\I"«W |""I*-R ».tfer S Bailey AS a L-ett*- F J»*i TORN | than A. W Mclean? I Mr. Huhert JDNNWI. of MDSSN I> I viubtg frarmls her»- .... | Mr. 1 ather LU-S. nf Sea Board, ( | visited friesrfs here Satunlay ami ' jSunday. |•■ • • Mr. S*M«N lalley N.»* a husi'esg I trip to WA-H RFLW yes 'e-DAY. J o • o o [ MR Julias I*urvi- has returtj«~! to i Asheville where he is in the ernploY !of a MKV eoannaa* -V J | Dr. aid M N S: jr HmiSey of I Norfolk per.T a few iays during lie £o6d ays wilh the former's father. Mr. Sam Hadfay. • o o o Mr. ard Mr*. Atwwod \« an M ,J»« Ichaldrec. of L.oaiibarg. are VISITING MR ami MN JAa D- Sampson. o o o o Mr. and Mrs. (.rover HAIDIW and the M NTS kathenre arid Mary TTOVIS I HAY* I or returned Sunday from IVters , burg, where they spent Christanas with Mr. aad Mrs. F. L Miaga. •• • N Mr. Jack Hnater returned to Grecas . HM Smda) after ipeadiwr * AA. pie of days here with hi* mother, Mrs MR. T. Hunter Mr. and Mrs Hun-er | will leave OTMTFUN today for Mel -! boarne, Fla where they expect TO .' -pcad the muter. \ i SUBSCRIBE TO THE EKTKktPRISE MRS. W ILLIAMS TO Gm- A NEW YEAR'S PARTY" VPS. MILL! IMS TO ENTER TAIN WITH FOIR TABLES OF BRIPKE TONIGHT | Vr« Came H gs WiUiams will en trr.in with four tables of bridge to at her home in New Town. T*e L ou e will he decorated carrying cut iS- C.i. -t e.'j ulra, holly mistSe- , toe . ! -«t : wers wdl he used. Pee ' v till ?:e J)r« |t. W Handy. M W J. Hodges. Miss Atna Pope. !Mrx. A. Harrsson. Mrs. Oscar An .ic-- M s \ Godard. Mrs. Klbert l'ee ! . Mr . S S lawrence. Mrs. P. B. e I«ell White. Mrs. WaPe? t'rleaa-. Mrs. F. W. Grave*. Mr>. A. Maariiag. Mrs John W. Mafiis, -xr-1 Mrs P H. Brown. THE COUNTY AGENT AN ASSET 0"e of- the besf known class of men throughout the agricultural *»- t!«i' of New York Stare is undoubt ed'; the county ager.t. or agricultural extension worker. This mount)' leader i.- responsible for various ciop ptw wct - and a great part of the advance ment in "he field of irr-culture. Thru Sis Firm Bureau News redis#en»i nates in".»rmat>on in irpnl to the ■-*etKU',ural activities of the countiew- In hi visits to the iad vidaal farm • r.sakes a [h - -oc,al con* act with the • i'Vr of the soil. At the annual r»n errrre just held at the State Agricultural College. , • hese men were a>ked to cooperate wi h the various marketing as-oci ! rtion- of the -tate in an e-sleavor to pet educattoP information to the man on "he farm. This u- a grreat step in the ri"'-t *!irec*ioi. and from the in •e'r t » >w-. by the ertpwwn workers in the agr.cu'tura! movement, there is i'r»o ouestioo l>ut what this move anil or «ve hewficial 1 Through the olitratHital committee of the New York Cooperative Councrl . tSe-e men w.ll he able to secure infor ' mutton i» regard to ary an«l all ca lepoialiua fur the benefit of the farm population of their separate counties JI 1 ft)TI|C9C agriculture, the couaty 1 agent must further the marketing m*»vement. ami the new filurilwnal : eomauttoe is a great step which, will make it easier for him to >h>»ulder 11h*s resp«w>tbili*y —Pairvmea Nears. XKW LAW 11 KM VVhfrfrr an«l Klhcr* S. I'ffl ' have formed a |icirti»er-hip for the ;rri»-ral |> vtice c.f law j Mr Peel cie- from h. present of ■ fie»- in the Codaid huihlmg to the office- nnv bv Mr Martin. a>ltuii>l»r the I'ltv Hall. I __ Amy A. . t nen. m.>'o- ..f Fair tlhiu. re ».r«-! ito;.ll) after a hitter fight »f mreteea ns.« th. with l K «Xlerger- Slw flanaped the lid on I aad heat the h.«rflegrer? to a finish ||t. n rv-.gae.L At a mas- meeting ; •' citiiens h»'i aitoitinistratiea was «le jrtared to he the best ia years, ami j alt her predce-cois were men. Ih«i |~»per can be mate fiom haoa {ia refuse Thr tra-h or refuse, rem | -i-tin.' of the -tems of baniia tree* I from which fru»t has h*«rn cut. is run • hr»ugh en -hieg r Jl. which pio-lixe? a mash in which U»e moisture has |«tti !r«w W to 55 .er o-ri*. A pulpier ni-chiar re«leces the i mixture to pulp aiel the pulp and , ju«v ate hulled arel leatm The re " «ik>\ al of the fibrous material frum the proves-. .n whk hno chemical is us je«L Mrs. II P la-ng U- re»urned after : ,-perxling tl«e hnlhlays with relatives i ia Virginia. | J Start the wv year right by re le-wing jour -ulßcnftm to The Ea i t« rprise. We are dit.r this to remind you to d« -on>ething you have had in miad for - inmr time Mr. l>tmond C. Holland, of Norfolk. |s|ei4 -• me time in lowr> last week i He, was iawii for a few days hunt. Mr. ! Holland*- father is the owwer of th* | N"ifolk ooe of the lekdiag daily I ' I |Ke,pef* of that city. .j _—.— ,J Mr. Frank Jlargvdts motored U i' Rocky Mount Saaday. oo a a f Mr. Sam Maigwm has retuine* . here after speadwg the helidaya ii . Oufham with relatives • • • • Mr. Charles Sawyer, ef Wtodsoi was a visitor bete Saaday Mesars. Robert Peel aad Haiah Everett visited Meads ia Ciwsxml Saaday. *»—*— m « TBB lAUBT D CIMMI Of GmM mikb mxBD win AHQLUn COURTESY—IBT IT ESTABLISHED IMI NEW FIRM TO BEGIN BU9NES AT EARLY DATE . •*,; ; v 'i The Firm will Cater to Farmers and Carry ' Gen. Merchandise The Fanners Supply Company viD begin business in a few days In the store formerly octqntil by C O. s Mw>i* on Washington street. The firm will cater to the farmer and will also carry a gen eral line of merchandise, hat they ex pect to carry everything the fvxen need in tho way of staple pwfai and merchandise and mill feeds fcr the stock They also expect to pot ■ a bakery in connection with (he stare in the early spring-. The firm is composed of Messrs. Joseph S. Griffin. W. 0. Griffs and N«ah Feel." all pwl citicens of this town and community. COAST LINE PROVES TO BE A LARGE COAL CONSUMER IN THi: REPORT OF THK EXPENSES OF THE AT LANTIC COAST LINE If you have ever had the Job of feeding a family fur-race, stow* or grate, 01 of paring the fad bills, yot konw- how much coal one of these lit tle pets consume* in a win tor Ordi narily yoa will use anywhere from 4 to 8 U>a>. deperiing' on the part of the country you live in and how long the cold weather hasps un. Consider now the coal used each tear by the 900 or more l(V«BK*nw owned by the Atlantic Coast Line. Picture a solid train of coal ears reach ing from Vw York, pas* Philadelphia Baltimore and WthingUn to a point 5 mites north of Quantico. Va_. a mat ter of 257 miles; or to bnng it dfla er home, say roughly from Oiaifcs • ton, S. C to Wil on. K. C. Every car t in the train contains SO tone of ceaL ' Assuming that k tons is a liberal I winter's supply for the average family. —eh ear then fore holds more tfcaa I OHO cars in a train of the length we Ye I considering; an ample supply far ' 214/WU families. If the average IW ily has 5 members, it is plain that the I train contains coal enoegh to keep | about I .""JO.OOO people comfortably warm this w later and leave them pka |ty for flies on cold spring eights. 1 i That is almost a* many people as the - (combined population of New Orleans. ' Atlanta. Birmingham. Savannah aad kithmoad; and our mythical trih would contain just aboat the amert ■ of coal the Cuo»t Lin* will use this vear. TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRE BOX OF A T'MA-T LINE ENGINE AND YOA WIFL BE ( AIDE TO REALIZE WHY SO MUCH COAL IA , NEEDED. IN THE RUN BETWEEN RICHMOND , | AND KOCKY MOUNT THE MR KRIMITFVAS , J THAT PULL THE HEAVY STEEL TRAINS, LIE , I THE FVERJFLALES LIMITED, CAT AP MOM . J THAN OUR AVERAGE FAMILY .REQUIRES FER I JAN ENTIRE WINTER. FROTA ROCKY MOOAT TO FLORENCE S. ('., EACH OF THESE MS ALMIUT 12 TON- THE LOCOMOTIVES OF FIEIGHT TRAIN- RE« AIRE ABOUT EAE FEARTH T 'AS MUCH MORE KVM THE LOWLY SWITCH ( 'ET>IFINES HAVE TO HAVE IW POUNDS EF , J REAL FOR E\ EN MILE THEY NTA. 'I WII.IJAMSTON TItUN TEAM TO PLAY AY PEN TOWN I TEAM AT BASKET BALL There will be a Udrt ball game be tween the local tu*n team aad tW lof Aylen next Friday night ia the 1 Pixie Warehou-e The game to ha call r ed at hifiO o'clock. The local team has a goad rtaaj ing as far as the record is rwaied, IhM it will have to coaUaae to tktm a good reeord to overcome the iti«g - Aydea five. A pud game is expected. 3.MM OEATHS IN YEAR FROM * ■ - BAD IM_ 1 r PHII.APELPHIA Philaielphia. Per. SL—Ptoisea l|l»r . was re-po-ibfe far IJMO deaths h Philadelphia during the year eadmg today, instead ef §75 deaths, as vital ■ statistics show, according to Dr. & e Harlan Wells. pnftKor of chaio# p medicine at Hahnemann Medical Cd- Probably K per ceat e (the doeftha today fro mtiaiihait ef the B«m d # Blights ihiiMf ara the retail ef ae> United use over a period ef eoomtks ad when the vidian die. the death b sa ' corded as doe to wrioai ergmric dto- J *.J| •rani. 'jnl Mr. aad Mrs. C. A. Hamssa aad r daughters. Beck. KdWm aad Blanche spent Saaday with Mm to dersoa ia LeggetU. II Mr. Pst Prodea. ef Wjadsv mm _
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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