I ■ , . .1 f> / „J. X- 1 WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER, IT CARRIES THE DATE . YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES : . ' 1-JL ■ 1.. 1= '1 VOLUME XXVI—NUM BER 8 NEGRO CAUGHT AT LIQUOR STILL T f 1 Officers Trail Cart Track* Through Woods to Still and Wait for the Operator Sheriff Roberson and his deputies caught Henry Pearce, a colored man, at a still Wednesday. The sheriff ana his deputies were investigating the place where a number of cattle had been killed by poison when they found a track over which a heavily loaded cart had been driven through the woods, carrying the still from this particular point. They followed the track for a considerable distance and found the still, berr, and general materials used in moonshining. They secreted themselves and after waiting for several hours Pearce came and worked his beer over. Finding it w■. v not properly fermented he went away ?nd practically walked over the offl ! cere who caught him. He was placed in jail and has since been released under a (300 cash bond furniahed by- Marian Hodges, of Beaufort County. RESOLUTIONS ,OF RESPECT WA Just as the freshness of Spring was enveloping the world, and flowers and buds were showing where the dark drab had been the sweet spirit of Por tia Smallwood Whitley was called from earth to the eternal abode of the Christian, there to dwell forever in the presence of Him upon whom she had leaned while in the flesh. Pa tient and loving, long Buffering and kind, she was always able "to go singing to the mountain top, and then descend into the valley, singing all the way." Those who knew her best can believe that she won the supreme victory." —-—- Through the years, though weaken ed by affliction, her thoughtful care of her family, her devotion to His Church, and her interest in the work of the woman's auxiliary of the Church of the Advent, Williamston, N. C., made up her life, and in all she found that joy which only tho». can have who walk with our Saviour. With deepest sorrow the members of the woman's auxiliary of the Church of the Advent bow in humble submission ta the passing of one of ita most faithful and oldest members and resolve: First, That the memory of this faithful friend and co-worker shall ever be treasured; that her persever ence, patience, and sweetness of spirit are worthy of emulation; that the auxiliary will miss her cheerful co « operation. Second, That the heartfelt sympathy of the Auxiliary is extended to the bereaved family, who is remembered to God the Father in our prayers. Third, That a copy ,of these resolu tions be sent to the family and copies to the Mission Herald and the Enter prise for publication. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. FREDERipk W. HOYT, v Mrs. J. H. SAUNDERS, Miss HATTIE THROWER, •j Committee. Williamston, |N. C. MARGOUS-BLOOM —"•* . y Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Bloom an nounce the betrothal of their daughter. Gertrude, to Mr. Frank J. Margolis. March, 1926. New York City. The above announcement was re ceived by friends of Mr. Margolis on Wednesday. Mr. Margolis came to Williamston several years ago and has become one of the city's leading merchants. He is a most progressive young man anl has proved a valuable addition to the citizenship of the town. He is also very popular socially, and his mar riage, which is set for some time in • the summer, will be an event of much interest to local people. Harrison Brothers ' Have Biff Opening Harrison Brothers Jk Co., William ston's largest store, has had a very V . effective spring opening this week. TlMir racks are full at the season'* latest in ladies' ready to wear, dresses, coats, and hats galore. The fewest in spring styles from the youngest eon to the oldest and for the dTd, as well, has been shown in suits and spring overcoats of well known and reliable clothiers. Th* opening began Monday and will continue through the week. Love |# ly spring weather has brought cus • tamers to this store from' far and -/am " ■ -i i . . .. , la Scotland Neck Wi I ly - Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Skeloff, Mr. H. M. Britt, and Dr. T. Ryan Boyd spent Wednesday fat Scotland Neck. THE ENTERPRISE Teachers to Have Only One Examination Y ear Daring the recent legislature a bill was passed reducing the num ber of State examinations for teacher's certificates from three in a year to one each year. The annuel examination will be held on the second Tueedajr and Wed needay of April, the 14th and 15th of the month. Heretofore there were three ex aminations given each year: in April, July, and October. Teachers will kindly be advised of the change to a single examination on the dates above mentioned. ' R. A. POPE, Superintendent. GOLD POINT NEWS NOTES Gold Point Wins From Parmele ;()ther Short Items and Personals Wednesday afternoon, March 4, the Parmele Basketball quintet met the Gold Point basketeers in an interest ing game on the Gold Point court- Both teams played well, but when tl e final whistle was sounded Gold Point was in the lead. We can not refrain from saying a word about the visitors' sportsmanship. The wonderful way they have of taking defeat is an out standing trait. They are truly "good sports." Friday afternoon, March 6, the Gold Point boys got their duds together and went over to Parmele to pay back the Wednesday's game. They came back victorious. Friday evening, March «, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Powell entertained a num-| ber of young folks in honor of daughter Elisabeth's fourt»«nth birth day. * Saturday evening, March 6, Mr. and Mrs. v.. A. Johnson entertained a host of young folks in honor of the four teenth birthday of their son, Jame> Edgu. A new picture, "Christ in Gethseroa ne," has been added to the school's collection. WILLIAMSTON SCHOOL NEWS Maurice Moore Lectures to High School Science Class on "Electricity" For the past two weeks the science class of the locsl high school has been busily engaged in the study of elec tricity. On Tuesday and Thursday the class was very fortunate to have Mr. Maurice Moore to lecture to them upon this subject. The lecture was not only very interesting but very in structive. Anyone who has made a study of electricity knows that it is very difficult to explain its actions and behaviour to mature minds and much more difficult to explain to young minds. However, he handled his sub ject with ease, presenting the most technical facts in language and with illustrations that practically everyone clearly understood. FARM LIFE SCHOOL DEFEATS PARMELE The basketball team of Farm Life School completely overwhelmed the boys from Parmele in the first game of the series for the county champion ship on the former's court Tuesday afternoon to the tune of 64 to 6. The diminutive sixe of the visitor* enabled the Farm Lifers to throw goals at will, though creditable op position was shown at times. The second game of the series fot nonaccredited schools will be played between Farm Life School and Gold Point Friday afternoon at Gold Point. ■ „ EPISCOPAL CHURCH C. 0. Pardo, Rector Sunday school ,9.46 a. m.—H. M, Stubbs, superintendent. "" Bible school, 10.00 a. m.—Clayto.i Moore, teacher. . Morning prayer, 11.00 s. m. Evening prayer, 7.30 p. m. Here Tedaj Mrs. Noah T. Tice was shopping here today . Mrs. Maady to Retar* Home Mrs. Mary Mundy will leave Sunday for her home at Westfield, N. J., af ter spending several months with rela tives here. Here for the Gsme Laet Night Messrs. Robert Turner Gilliam, Bond Gilliam, Jimmy White, John L Perry, George L. Madne, and Herbert Prßchett attended the basketball game here last night. Here Frees Wsshiagtoa Messrs. Bill BaQey and Dick Leach of Washington, will spend tonight to Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 13, 1925 MOONSHINE KILLS CATTLE J. J. Roberson Loses Five Head of Cattle When They Drink Fermented Mash J. J. Roberson & Sons lost Ave head of cattle last week, death resulting From drinking beer found ih the woods. It is not known whether the fermented beer killed them or whether the moonshiners in a fit of anger placed poison to kill the cattle in or der to protect the beer. The cattle were kept in a large pa.-i ture of several thousand acres, com ing to the barn at night and going out in the big woods every day. It was noticed that they had been in beeir vats early last week, signs were seen on the cattle as well hs the beer scent being prevalent. Later in the week they failed to come home, ...nd Mr. Roberson and his sons began investigating. Three head of the cat tle were found dead at- one place and c few hundred yards away the other two were found at a place where a still had been located and beer mixed, all of which had been removed. One of the cows had been buried. The cattle were worth some three cr four hundred dollars, one being a thoroughbred Hereford bull which hu I taken several fair premiums. The section where the Cattle wa found has been dotted with stills for some months, and a few loafers in the neighborhood ,are supposed to !>*' the moonshiners. SOON TO FINISH CREEK BRIDGk Will be Great News to Traveling Pub lie Who Use This Route; Has lyong Keen Bad Plsce Rumor has it that Sweeten Water Creek bridge will be completed some day in the near future, which is goo 1 news to the public far and near, es pecially to all those who have drowned their cars in the deep water and had to wade out. The deep water in this stream has blocked travel at times practically every year for the last century, aui. the new road will be of real urfte to the traveling public; OPERATION OF SLOT MACHINES Copy of Law Relaiing to Slot Ma chines Herewith Published; Most of Them Illegal j . Newspapers have been mailed cbpie* of the law governing operation of slot The law, as seen by the supreme court, makes the slot ma chines which have become so popular of late unlawful. The text of the law follows: sj* Consolidated Statutes, section 44.')7 (a) provides: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate, keep in his possession, or in the possession of any other person, firm, or corporation, for the purposs of being operated, any slot machine that shall not produce for or give to the person who places coin or money or the reprealentative of either, the same return in market value each and every time such machine is operated by placing money or c#in or the rep resentative of either therein. Each time said machine is operated as a foresaid shall constitute a separate offense. The Supreme Court in construing this section said, in the case of State vs. May, "Under this section a slot machine so operated Jhat one putting into it a coin receives in any event the value of such coin in chewing gum and stands to win by chance ad ditional chewing gum or discs of com mercial value without further pay ment is condemned by the statute as being unlawful. "That State license issued for th»» operation of a slot machine is for one that to lawful and Hoes not permit the operation of one so devised as to give to the one who happens to Strike cer tain mechanical combinations more of the merchandise than received at other times." * CARD OF THANES We wish to thank all our friends for their kindness in the sickness and at the death of our brother, Carl St raw bridge And especially do we thank the neighbors who were at his bedside by night and day to assist in nursing him. BROTHERS and BISTERS. ** CHRISTIAN CHURCH A. J. Manning, Pastor. Sunday school, 9AS a. m.—W. C. Manning, superintendent. -- There will be no church services in tke Williamston church. The pastor will preach at Maple Grove at 11 a. m. Rev. V. P. Schoville Dies At Home in Greenville Rev. V. P. Scoville, pastor of the Jarvis Memorial Methodist church of Greenville died at hia home there Tueaday night, following several daya illness from pneu monia. Funeral services were held on Thursday morning in the Church of which he was pastor, followed by interment in the Greenville cemetery. Mr. Scoville had pleached on two occasions to the federations . in Williamston and had a large number of admiring friends a mong our people. He had been called by the federations to hold a meeting here in May. WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES Dawes aad the Senate Put on Regular. Circus Performance: Warren » Nomination Rejected C- - Washington, March 13.—The great est circus that has hit Wellington in several generations is now perform ing. The gStes were opened March 4, when Charles G. Dawes took the whip and cracked it over the Senate. He told the Senate all . about the things they must do, and every one had been given his little part in the big performance Mr. Dawfcs left the show, but forgot to cage the ani mals, leaving them to around Washington—with pick and shovel some with pistols, swords, and gyn— moving around the tent and crying out for vengeance, saying, "Mr. Dawes you can not, nor you shall not cock crow over the United States Senate, the most august body in the world; such a thing has never been done by any man. The next scene was when President Coolidge sent the name of Charlos B- Warren to the Senate for confirma tion As Attorney General of the United States, to sit in his Cabinet, and as such be the legal advisor of all the people. S Mr. Dawes told the Senate he felt sleepy, for them to go ahead and ."jower" all they pleased, that he was going down town and take a nap. Then it was that the Senate refused to confirm the nomination of Mr. War ren. This is the flrst time in oyer 40 years that the Senato KUs failed to confirm the nomination of a Cabinet officer and is considered not oi\ly a direct slap at Mr. Dawes but at Mr. Coolidge as. well. The current report says that Mr. Warren wants to retire and not force any further fight against, the Presi dent. President Coolidge takes a different view of the situation, however, and has renominated Mr. Warren,- and the same fight will possibly have to be made over. Carl Strawbridge v Buried Saturday^ Carl Strawbridge died at the home of his sister, Mis. H. E. Ray,'near Williamston on Friday, March 6. He had been afflicted with tuberculosis for more than a year and for about 6 months was an absolute invalid. He was buried at the Strawbridge burying plot on the Everetts road Saturday, Rev. R. L. Shirley conduct ing the funeral ritek METHODIST CHURCH E. D. Dodd, Pastor Sunday school, 9.45 a. m.- R. A, Pope, superintendent. Morning service, 11 a. m. Evening service, 7.30 p. m. HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WINS FROM WINDSOR The boys' basketball team of the local.high school defeated the, Wind sor school boys .last night by the score of 24 and 10. Lon Hassell, jr., played a fine game for Williamston, and Willie Gregory was Windsors outstanding piayer. The local guards played a good game also. The contest was enjoyed by all present. As has been the custom of some of our sport reporters for thi ■» season we are going to say a word about Windsor players and folks. They are some of the most delightf.*** people who vjeit our tywn, and they are always extended a heart); wel come. From Washington Attorney Harry McMnlien, of Wash* ington, was a visitor here today. In Washington Yeetordsy Misses Emma Robertson,r Lucy Turnage, and Ethel Griffin, Mrs. W. |H. Booker, and James sfto itered to Washington je*tsnd«y. ; . REGULAR SESSION RECORDERS COURT More Than Half Dozen Cases Before Recorder Smith at Tuesday Session Recorder's court Tuesday picked up a little over the past few weeks. Tliere were over half a dozen cases trie 1. The first one was against Luke Jackson, charging him with manufact uring liquor. His case was nol prossed with leave. •"> The charge against Ida and Zeke Thomas of obstructing a ditch was continued until March 31. Norman Grimes was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and fined SSO and the costs. A'nother tick case reminded one ol former days. W. W. . Griffin was found not guilty of failure to dip cattle. This case had been on the docket for some months, along with similar cases. Emanuel Whichard's case was con tinued under u s.'t()o bond. Keaman Silverthorne was charged with abandonment. The case wits continued to the first Tuesday in March, 1926, upon payment of the ccsts and entering into a bond in the sum of $l5O. Oscar Higgs was found guilty of assault. Judgment was suspended on payment of the costs. Don Purvis was found guilty ot larcerty and receiving and sentenced to the Edgecombe roads for nino months. LOCAL SCHOOL IN TRIANGLE DEBATE Affirmative Team to Meet Plymouth Hers; March 27; Negative Team Goes to Pantego Same Night The State high school debating council has arranged the following tri angular debate, which include the lo idl school: Pantego, Plymouth, anl Williamston. The Williamston affirmative team will debate Plymouth's negative team here on March 27, while the luca.i. negative representatives 'go to Pan tego on the same night. The query for debute is: Resolved, That North Carolina should ratify the port terminal and water transports tion act. During the first part of-next week two teams will be chosen from the following: George Harris, jr., Sam my Savage, Laura Orleans, Margaret Manning, Cecil Taylor, Pat tie Ed mondson, and Frances Hoyt. TO BEGIN PAVING OF WINDSOR ROAD \ Work Will Begin Next Week; Con tract Only Calls for 21-2 Miles Out of Windsor at Present The Williamstyn-Windsor hard sur facing will begtii next week if the contractors make good on their plans. ' Only 2 1-3 miles are to be hard sur faced at this time, however. The Work will begin at tjje town of Wind sor. The highway commission will not permit the road to be blocked whil« ' the work is going on, but it is going to require the contractors to main tain a temporary road along the pres ent route until the paving is com pleted. BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES - -"Sunday school, 9.46 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. 11. Y. P. U. meetings, 0.46 p. m. Evening, service, 7.46 p. m. Our school and churph will observe SundUy, March 29, as missionary an I home-coming day. A special prograi'i will be presented by the young peop'os. Nearly 311 or our people wer,e pre sented certificates last Sunday for the work Recently done in our training school. • • Interest In the study course con tinues. Within a few weeks now a dozen or more of our officers and teachers will hold diplomas as "King'i; teachers." The pastor will preach at both hour* Sunday. At the morning service he will speak on "A Good Man." At night the "Law of Discipleship." m ,; Everybody is cordially invited to worship with us. Many farmers have jio money tJ pay high prices for fertilizers this year, and county agent of State col lege are wisely assisting them in buy ing the crude materials, working out good formulas, aitd mixing the fer tiliser at home. -f 1 - : Hers Today , * Mi- Bettie Green was a visitor haw today. Baptists to Present ~ Play on JVlarch 26th "Come out uf the kitchen," will he given at the Strand Theatre Thursday evening, March 26th. Mrs. J. D. Biggs, jr, is directing the play, which is to be given under the auspices of the ThiU- Ihra class of the Baptist hcurch. t uvorite amateurs of uur towns people will take the leading roieti in "tome out of the kitchen," which is one of the most popular plays of modern times. It had a most successful run in New York ai d is meeting the approval of every audience that sees it. Watch tor the advertising in this paper. SIXTEENTH SERIES B. & L. NOW OPEN Martin County Building & Loan Asso ciation One of the County's Greatest Assets The Martin County Ituilditig & Loan Association has openod its sixteenth Series aiul stock is being rapidly sold. The Martin County Building & i.o.t Association has been one of William stoli's and Martin County's greatest assets. It has been not only a ways means for building home for its stockholders in Williamston but in more than one anil in probably hun dreds of cases it has been a place where those who were hard up or needed some extra' money to make u deal could turn and borrow enough to tide them over the situation. When they were paying this money back they were saving, tnpre than they would havcHf"there" had been no sys tematic manner of saVihg. In fact, it is u good place to set aside a part o\ your income for a rainy day. But its chief function is to assist its, stock-, holders to build homes and pay for them on the installment plan, and in this capacity the building and loan has served the people of the county well. Many homes are being enjoyed l.lw that could never have beell had we not had a strong building ami loan ion in our midst. > JI- , \ ■■ ■ -v Whipping Post For All Wife Beaters Charleston, W. Va,, Mcli. 7.—Most l>eople get a divorce in order to gei married again. This statement wji made here by litfcv. J. W. Craves, oi Clarksburg, W. Va., in discussing the widely heralded divorce situation in the United States. Divorces, he declared, are too easily obtained and their large ntimber is gradually undermining the Nation's home life. , Asserting that a constitutional a r.ieiulment providing uniform marri age and divorce iaws throughout the country should be adopted Doctor Craves declared that divorce laws are for the good of society but cater to the whims of individuals. "People are getting married who luck -the training that is essential to matrimonial success," he said. "Many c,f tile marrjed men do not know how to )earn a detent living ,and many ctf the married women do not know even the fundamentals of cooking a meal." Doctor Graves advocated a return to the old-fashioned whipping post to punish men who abuse their wives, "Instead of punishing the man who mistreats his wife," he continued, "the courts give the woman a divorce which frees the man of responsibility." "Men and women who are not nieri tidly, morally, or physically fit for marriage should not lie permitted to come to the marriuge al'ar," Doctor Craves said. Mr. U. G. Harrison Here » Mr. R. G. Harrison has spent the past? week with his family here. In Town This Morning Messrs. Buck, Henry, and A. Rob erson, of , Griffins Townehij}, were in town this morning. Here From Windsor MissW-iittoney" Rhea, Louis Spruillr Helen Holly, of Windsor, were here last night. 1 * SAVINGS Savings represent much more than value. They are the proof that the saver is worth some tKlHfe in himself. Any fool can waste, any fool cart meddle; but it takes something of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man it makes of him. Waste and extrava gance unsettle a man's mind for ever; crisis; thrift, which means some form of self restrain, steadies it. —Rudy art! Kipling. >, - : V L i, Here Last Night fy Lile * Catling, of Windsor, wa in town last night ADVERTISERS WILL FIND OUR XiLLMNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN "COUNT* ESTABLISHED 1898 uisAUft'OKi' bHJLPS i CAKIA)AL> lLU(jb rarniers, L niler U tree Lion of County Agent, Ship Whole Carload to Northern Markets * Acarload of eggs was shipped from iieaulorj. CouiHy yesterday under the direction of County Agent Risher and Miss V iolet Alexander, County Home Demonstration Agent. A special cay&as sent by the At lantic Coast Line for the eggs and for a week the farmers and peopie of Beaufort havt» been sending eggs to 11. B. Thompson, the seed man's store. The poultry business is becoming i|Uii_e active in Beaufort County. They have sent off several car lots of poul try and will send another on March 20th. MliS. THOS. YARRELL In the passing' from earth of the spirit of Mrs. Thomas Yarrell there has been called to the home beyond a life of remarkable richness and power. In literature, in L'. D. C. work, in citizenship and in work, Sir J Yarrell was a leader, giving freely her -■ time and energy, which, with a mind ol' unusual ability and training made her work efficient and successful. With deep appreciation of that which was best and purest in literature Mrs v has contributed several gems to tha. writing of Texas and of the South. With a large number of short articles, written from time to tnue an subjects of leading interest there are also from tht; pen of Mrs. Yarrell "A 'ribute to Central Robert E. Lee," which won much public recognition and was awarded U. D. C. prizes; a book of short poems which contains thoughts* of rare sweetness; and a book of European travels won recog nition for its clear presentations of governmental and social conditions in the countries which Mrs. Yarrell vis ited for a study of these problems, Not only in literature and in other countries was Mrs. Yarrell a student ol economics and general conditions but : she was always ready with prac tical suggestions and hearty coopera tion for anything which was to be done in this city and was a careful student of State and National condi tions. Her work for the United Daughter! of the Confederacy began with earn est work for the jlell County chap ter ami also for the veterans of the Bell County U. C. V. and extended to work in education, highways, and otfr ii memorials to the Confederacy ami Confederate veterans which have been undertaken by State and National Ji , sion of the U. D. C. As*was said by Rev. E. C. Hoynton in his tribute to her life, "Greatest of ' ail, she was found true to the Christ." Uniting with the Christian Church eurly in life she has contributed of her time, her money ,und her thought fulness to its upbuilding iti Sunday school, in missionary and local work the State encampment, and other State work. Mrs Florence Reed Yarrell was befrn in Liberty, Mo., but come to this city in early life with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Reed, and has spent her life since that time in this city and for its welfare. Her death occurred Monday afternoon after an illness of several months. The closing of the stores ol the city during the hour of the funeral services, the many friertds of this and _ ther cities present for the services, the beautiful floral offerings, all tes tify the honor in which Mrs. Yarrell . was held, and the deep appreciation of er work and life. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the First tian Church and were conducted by Rev. E. C. Boynton, of Huntsville, who was for a number of years pastor of the church in this city. The body was laid to rest in North Belton ceroeteVy. » 'Mrs. Yarrell is survived by her hus band, Thomas Yarrell, Sr.; a daugh ter, Mrs. J. H. Banton, of New Yorlc City; two sons, Thomas Yarrell, of Dallas, and Slade Yarrell, of this city; fcur grandchildren, Thomas Moor* 1 Yarrell, of Dallas; Miss Zuleika Yar rell, of Dallas, Misses Marjorie and Estelle Yarrell, of this city; also a sister, Mrs. Jesse W. Pierce, and niece, Mrs. J. H. Bloomer, of this city. Nieces from out of the city who were here for the funeral were Mr». B. E. Seale, of Dallas, and Mra. Ed die Heity of Granger. The above clipping is from a Bei toUj Tex., paper. 'Mrs. Yariell was the wife 0* Thom as Yarrell, formerly of Martin County, who moved to Texas SO yean ag*. He ia the uncle T>f Julius. 8. Peel, as i brother-in-law of Mrs. Jennie C. Yar rell, of Wllllawurton, and is well rs- friends o*

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