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W. C MANNING,
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Cr.torprise, Williamston. N. C.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2*. IM*-
A> w»- er»* oloer we are in danger
ef imagining that we have explained
everytning and therefore, we see no
tew beauty lr a new day And alas!
from the older, days, the old glory
ia faded. Tne Santa Claus idea has
[xofi. away There is no more
thought of fairies ir. our nearts, they
!jve ali fled from the golden heart*
cf the beaut if u flowers We have lost
the beauties ir. th» glow of the sua
.-e* With soer a soul, there ir no
Cr.ristmas The child-like spirit ia
ijeeesaary to make us aee the bean
-; er and joys that Christmas brings
The saal that grows to forget the
chile-spirit looses much of its Joy In
life
The 'rouble with a great many
Wmas days is that there are loa
old Scrooges around, who have
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VICTROLA
Tlie Christmas Oift
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VirTOR HKTORD.
We Have
YKTROLAS
| in stock from 525 to
j *?2500.
| Fnsv Terms if desir
! ed. Call or write-^
| RI'SS BROTHERS
• Washington, N. C.
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I Season's Greetings j
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s Our Friends & Patrons !
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May Christmas briihg you -
the kind of cheer
That stays right with you
each day all year. j
jjp B. S. Courtney j
| V 4 Furniture I
| Williamston,
not as yet learned the w meaning,
of the Day.
It woold no? be bad far all us to j
read Dickens' "ChnrtMl CmV"
once each year, and to do it just a
few days before Christmas- Many of j
its would find ourselves totes second J
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old Scrooge.
A DJMY OF EXCHANGING GIFTS —
It might seem unfair to many th«'
wo should tak- s ucfc a headirr and i
at such n tim- for disrassior.. b«* i"
i , after ell. unfair?
This morning a- we 'l»j
covers and crtwWi from a warm be>t |
a thourht came to our minds and it
has lingered there up until now
This one thought ha» serred as a no
- > i
leous for there have come to our:
n'tentior marry others sine.* We notic
ed th? mail waror come rolhrr dowr, i
the ?tre»t loaded with map.. mo»" of I
which is. no doubt, of a Christmas |
variety—from r-ck ties to "oy aut-. (
mobiles, probably Trr- city earners.,
had just more parakajres thar they
could hardly handle A glimpse into
i ne of the stores rw iW mar.y shop j
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p«rs. buyir." gift* for a WW And j
•here were other nu-neroOs inrKten*' |
hut well not mentior thur ."-re j
What does it all mear * ~-»wline j
from a warm bed «eir.r loaJ- of mail
ami Christmas shop;>-rs. are nothing i
unusual. But. wher. v. t * stop at.d think]
tf the many, many hundr-*L- of pew j
» ho crawl from a cold teii. aad mtcy j
from no bed at alk facinr ano'her
ilay with nothm? to eat. and inMifli
cient clo'hmg. we car readily see
that such mear>» more thar. we think
"nen to trace the mafi wajrar one
11 firw! ttuKi-ari'ls uoocr -hooaands of
■ .ollars worth of gif' • .roing here ant
vonder but not bu* «ery few pre T"5
i.oint: to the needy They have bee'
sll but ignored Th -y are out —let
' (em stay out The upper looks and ,
look.- for somethinr to pleas' her or
k ' *
him. when she couU' pxk out most
inythinr that wou'd please wire O'
fortunate to an unheard of eitee'
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We might m. we"! 1 am somj
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'hey *should have «io*>e te'tM To this |
rr. old tramp printer who passed ,
•hrourf h-re a few -lays ago. ffctn -
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\ \ tk* RED BAND \ «UHI«K 'team j
Ed our attitude toward such. ""After
laboring far twenty-odd y«hn> in a
}riat shop, my herJth failed, my wife
was taken seriously ill and died, iry
thOdren were lost in the cityOtryinjr
I t«, find food, and I am out Avalkint
I trying to jrain c living" wai part of
i I
1 his stqry. He said once a follow was
c. an, it was a case of (jet back your-1
•elf or else stay down A-Word of en
couragement is worth mor at tha"
ata«r» than it is when everything •«
vorking nicely.
And so goes this habit o* exehanr
rnjt gifts, hut tha' which counts most
' is lost
Muscle Shoals has taken the a'ton
: tion of Congress for the past week
j After Ford was driven off, then the
i text question that enme up was who
is going to gobble it ap Several cor-
. flirting interests soon began to clash
lind there is yet soma uncertainty as
to who will win out in the contest
j The (reneral Electric company now
Menu to be the closest in now through
j their operating company, the Ala
l I'kma Power company.
| In this particulai plan, 'hey are to
guarantee the manufacturer of 40
9tN* tons ef nitrates per annum to
: I# sold to farmer* at an « per cer.t
I roflt This amount is equal to ali
I the nitrate of tod a imported from
(
| '"hile wl year and would lower the
I coat of regular guano about one third,
i It ia pointed out by some critics
! that the General Electric company
• ul) the power diverted to the manu
tactarer of fertilizer no it will not
c»me Mi competition with their prssent
systra of catnmrrrirJ power and
MM.
Certainly the fertiliser people de
rat want it brought ip eempeUtior
with their trade and ao the eowt-o
S ersy move* on.
.-TXM "K HOLDERS WELL
PLEASED WITH DIGGING
FOB OIL IN CRAVEN CO.
The oil well in Craven county nf
the last report was down 569 feet.
® No oil was in night, however 16 difM
J terent layers of sand. clay. sandstonJ
' -hell and rock and been found.
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TOK ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CABOUNA
The digging is reported as moving
or. rapidly and the faith in oil seems
to be strong.
It is said that the results of the
digging so far are almost identical
with those found in the Texas fields,
which seem to please the stockhold
ers.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
contained in a certain deed of trust,
executed to the undersigned trustee
by H. C. Hemby on the 30th day of
April 1923. which said deed of trust
if of record in the public registry of
Martin County in Hook H-2, pfcicf
216, said deed of trust having been
given for the purpose of securing a
certain note of even date and tenor
therewith, and default having been
raade in the payment of the indebted
ness thereby secured and the stiputa
t ons contained in said deed of trust
rot, having been complied with mi)
a* the request of the holder of said
tote the undersigned trustee will o.i
Monday the 19th Hay of January 1926
i> 12 o'clock M. in front of the court-
I ju.se door of Martin County in tne
Town of Williamston, North Caro
lina offer for sale, to ths highest
I ldder for cash the following describ
ed real estate to wit:
A house and lot in the town of
Williamston, N. C., on the north aide
f Haughton Street Extension and
11scribed us follows: Beginning at a
lost J. G. Godard corner on Haughton
Street Extension, running thence a
long Haughton Street Extension to
wards the A. C. L R. K. Co. to • stob,
che corner of the property belonging
tu the Roanoke Warehouse Co., thence
.-long the line of the Roanoke Ware
l ouse Co.* line 160 feet to a stob in
J G. Godard line, thence along
J. G. Godard's line 69 feet to a
stob in J. G Godard's line; thence
:.li.ng J. G. Godard's line 160 feot
io *he beginning and being that
i i roperty in tho town of Williamston.
I better known as the Heele lot, and
lieinft the same property conveyed to
.he said Hemby by deed dated let day
•f January IMP from E. P. Hardlson
• nd wife, said deed being of record in
tic public registry of Martin County
- Rook n-2 at page 238, reference
•n raid deed is hereby made for a
t-«re definite description.
This the 17th day of December 1924.
WHEELER MARTIN, Tru*te-.
HAND EMBROIDERED AND HAND
[niniM articles, very suitable fer
Christmas presents on dispiay at
C. O. Moore's.
FOB SALE: CABBAGE PLANTS.
Early Jersey Wake Field, 25 cents
per hund.-ed. Call or write Walter
t.alley at Be::r Grass.
APARTMENTS FOB BENT. TAR
Heel Building. Apply to Mrs. J. G.
Stator.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the authority confer
red in me by a "Dwd of Trust" ex
ecuted to me by L. H. Roust anit
wife, Alice House on the 4th day of
June 1923, and duly recorded in the
Register of Deed's office in Martin
Ccunty, in Book H-2 page 305, to
secure the payment of a certain bond
bearing even date therewith, and the
stipulations in said Deed of Trust
rot having been complied with, I sha.i
«i pose at public auction, for cash, or
Saturday the 10th day of January
1925, at 12 o'clock noon at Court
House door Williamston in Martin
Ccunty, the following property:
A certain tract of land lying and
being in Martin County, described as
fellow*: Being lot four of "Hie Peter
Keevcs Farm, ..ontsming (4 8-10)
Four A 8-10 ACRES more or less, as
shown by map and survey which is
recorded in Land Division Book No.
One at page 497, Public Regi. tr> of
Martin County, and being the same
land conve\ci to L H. Rou * b> J.
t. White and wife, Ama*v'a White
by deed dated October 30, 1919,
which is of record in the aforesaid
I üblic Registry in Book D-2 at page
64.
This 9th day of Dec 1924
CLAYTON MOORE, Trustee
12-9 4t
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the authority confer
red in me by a "Deed of Trust" ex
ecuted to me by A. T. Lilley and wife
Ethel G. Lilley on the 21 day of Jan
uary. 1924 and duly recorded in the
Register of Deed's office in Martin
County, in Book Q-2 page 67. to se
cure the payment of a certain bond
bearing even date therewith, and the
stipulations in said Deed of Trust not
having been complied with, I shall ex
pose at public auction, for cash, on
Monday the 19*h day of January 1925
at 12 o'doefc. Noen. Williamston in!
Martin County, the following prop-]
•■ty: I
A tract of land adjoining Jim Gur
kin on east, Herbert liliey on north.
Gus Woolard on south. P B. Lilley
on west, containing 50 acres more or
loss.
This December IS. 1924.
UNCLE WIGGILVS TRICKS
i , Li' My car wn't , * Don't cry.
K nclc - - L 1 lil fix it,
TVte wit eels arc stock! |Tlie rTakm, K .U- j ~"!
111 loosen tkem. * "rf I arrest >° u j^
FOR SALE: ONE FORD TOI'RINC
Car. 1 have dttnici to stop farm
ing and don't need ray car so I am
offering it for sate and anyone
that wants a good car they will
piea_-e see me at once at I am go
ing to sell it at once. Price reas
onable Dennu L Hardy. Everett*,
N. C. 12-12 3
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day jual:fi:d as ad
ministrator of thi- estate of C "
Lonx. deceased, notice is bereb) giv
en to all parties hald'ng claim* a
gainst said cs'a'-e to present same
on or before tbe 12th day of Novem
ber, IMb, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment of same.
This the 12th day of November,
1924
J. N. I.ONG, Administrator of
C. M Long. deceased. 1114 6
TRUSTEED SALE
By virtue of the authority conferred
in me by a "Deed of Trust" executed
to me by Charlie Jame- on tbe 25 day
of October 1917, ami duly recorded
in the Register of Deed's office in
4N3. to secure the payment of a cer
tain bond bearing even date there
with, auid the .stipulation* in said
Deed of Trust not having been com
plied with, I shall expose at public
auction, for cash, on Monday 22
day of December 1924, at 12 o'clock
Noon at the Courthouse Door
Martin County, the following pioper-
Ift
A certain tract of land lying in
Martin County, described aus follows:
Kerianing at the C. P. Fin", and
uniting thence S. 33 W. alur - Mid
illeton's I in* to an Oak, Buttery's
corner, in Wolf Pitt Branch; thence
an Easterly course with raid Wolf
Pitt Branch to a black oak, theace
N 2 E. 127 poles to the beginaiag,
containing 27 acres more or
said tract of land being situate on
the North side of Wolf Pitt Branch,
and being the same land described in
» grant from the Sta'e of North
Carolina to M. W Aige and record
ed in Book JJJ, at pag? 54*, Martin
County Public Registry and being
the same land described in the judg
ment in the case of I. H. Wynn, et
als, vs. Dennis Simmojns Lurtiber Co.,
et als, and recorded Jn Minute Docket
No. 7. at page 417 and 418. office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of*
Martin County.
This the 21st of Nov. 1924
A R. DUNNING, Trustee *
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