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WATCB m LABKi, ON TOUR I PAPER, !T CARRIES THE DATS YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES I ■! 111111 II 'I tWLUME XXVI—NUMBER IX 1924-25 TOBACCO SALES REPORTS LISTS WOJJAMSTON TOBACCO MARKET AS AMONG BUST IN NORTH CAROLINA VMJtfllfi POUNDS OP GOUMEN AGS PRICE OF SHMV; A |nM MARKETS AVBUMD MORI THAN WILUAMSTON. Ilia tobacco salce report for the raaaoa of 1926-tt has jaet heca is sued hy the State crap inciting Neirr ice, aad from it we aee that the to tal warehouse eeice hi USHMMtca, an average price OMML RobcrsonvlQe sett |pSM pNMi •Old UOOM pcraMb a* m average price af mMj Ml sold 7,- peaads et aa average ef ISM*. Cina.tti eald SS.SMJU '|i mil at aa average at |S4; Wilson ceM 4iM%BM at *■€ M; ead Kkt ctam eeid Wjmjm a* SHJg. W» higher thea laet cawca. Ths '■pat aces ca to ear KM taetudiag ■■■■lWii eaies it k prahahlc that tha Statc >»da t iJ piaatt, ae Maparcd with 41UNMN peaads paadaatt lest peer, which weald he the autTS hat imfmi- WASHINGTON 00 Y IN BIGJTOIIN ADO Had ThrNMag tij.il.ui. WW Tm- Where Me Was Located (Washington Daily Ncwc) The following is aa extract from e letter from iustas P. Mendclph. Jr., sea af Mr. awl Mrs. J. P. Randolph, wka wee la Princeton, lad., whea the ead wcaarfttg 2UO o? its inhahßaats, with a fuel estate loss eetteated at 13,000 "Words pat fail to daaeribe the hor leaaMaaee M hke awful disaster which visited heavily in Illinois and Indiana. You can get a very good account from the pictures 1 am mailing you today. I. was in the town of Princeton, Ind., just north of Evansville, about 7,000 souls. The storm struck the south side of the town, which hap pened not to be the business section, where I was. it was some time be tween 3.30 and 4 p. m. , There was a very high wind, which was alarming, but no one reaped how serious it was to b* It darkened rapidly anf then a noise indescribable—a roar. For about Ave minutes it rained every thing; shingles, corn stalks, paper, trees, household articles, etc. Quiet ness and then frantic people crying and laughing. The Hcins pickle fac tory was leveled. Twenty girls work ing there killed. The Soathern shops, in which two were killed were leveled and eighty blocks of houses just a mass of scranmblod wreckage. It was awful. Too terrible to think of. Peo ple looking through wrecked homes weeping. One man was running up the street holding his cheek bone, which was peeled back to the jaw bone. "Hospital trains are still being sent, first-aid trains, etc., and the 'wires are still down." New Ruling Made For Choral Contest Prof. D. W. Arnold, chairman of choral contest E, has decided to allow the teacher who traina the singing contestants in his or her school to sing with his or her class at the county commencement. It is confi 'dently thought that this ruling will make the contests more attractive and give a certain confidence to each respective class competing. Teachers of the schools Will take notice of this ruling and know that they have the privilege of allowing the teacher who trains to appear with her class on April 26th. Any further information may be ob tained from Professor Arnold. Special Pre-Mission Service On Friday Nashville, Tenn., March 28.—Ten nessee today rung down the curtain on the Darwin-Huxley drama when Governor Aaatfn Pwf sfgacd a Mi passed by the general assembly cast ing into discard the theory Of evolu tion. The new act makea it unlawful for any teacher in the universities, nor mals, or other schools f the State which obtain State funds "to teach any theory that den ice the story of ' . the divine creation of man as taught in the .Bible and to teach Instead that" man has deecended freaa a lower or der of animals." THE ENTERPRISE . ■ * ( Backs Roosevelts j ■■ COMMENCEMENT HERE SATURDAY •cheats ef o*aa» UWKMi Their Kwbllhi Ceatcete A! Thai IP! ~ j Oa Satanday. March 18, at the Wil liecsctee Oreded School, Group Center Ne. t commencement will be held. The schools eaavetirg arc William ■tea. Burroughs, Biggs, Whitley, ••rat, aad Peplar Point. The com mittee is cnaqpeesd of 3. S. Seymour, chalnaaa; E. N. Riddle, Miss Mary P. Shields, R. L Leake, Mice Emma Rob crteon, ead Mies Essie Jordan. Any group center conUst is a pre liminary in which contestants in a group ere to be eliminated, thus en titling the beet to entry indthe coun ty-wide contacts et Williamston on April 26th. Winners from the initial -uMNMTtt gnrap eentfrs should efffff the connty-wide contests. It is urgently requested that every member of the committee be present on the date named. All contests at group centers anJ f.t county-wide com mencement will begin at 10 o'clock a m. GROUP - CENTER COMMENCEMENTS Haasell School Forfeits Chance to Represent Group 111 at County Meeting on Account of Illness The group-center commencement for Group 111 schools was to have been held at Oak City on Saturday, March 21. However, due to sickness, which hindered Hassell School from participating, the content was called off. Since the Hassell School for feited her chance in the group center to eliminate • Hamilton, Hamilton is left a clear field for entry as repre sentative of the Group_ ill schools, composed of schools in Goose Nest and Hamilton Townships, in the coun ty commencement contents at Wil liamston April 26. Oak City being the only Group I school in the group-center territory will automatically enter the county commencement contests. Likewise, Spring Green School will have an open field for entry in the county-com mencement contests, as she had no opposition in the*"group-center con test. The next group-center commence ment is scheduled to be held at Wil liamston on March 28, at which place Burroughs, Biggs, Whilleys, Hurst, and Poplar Point schools will partici pate. The public is cordially invited to these contests. lt is said the chil dren can not spell. Come and see. Nassef Store Holding a Trade-Expansion Sale An original trade-expansion sale will be put on by Nassef's Department Store beginning March 15 and ending April 11, lasting 15 shopping days. In today's Enterprise Mr. Joe Nas sef, advertising manager of the store, is telling our subscribers. something of the massiveness of this sale. He will ha believed by the people, be cause he has conducted several sales before since the store went in busi ness here last fall ,and the people from far and near are taking ad vantage of these price-slashing affairs. The windows are suggestions of what Iu on the inside. Lovely new spring styles for all the family are displayed. Complete outfits for man, woman, or child can be found et at tractive at this sale. " Why, they will even make you a spring suit at Pope A Purvis, or make your old one look like new. Williamston, Martin County, N||th Carolina, Tuesday, March 24, 1925 TOBACCO CO-OPS SOON MOBILIZE Tobacco Coops soon mobilize ... Will Hold Mass Meetings at All The County Seats On Saturday, April 4 Members of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association will take the first steps in the election of their di rectors for 1926 on Saturday, April 4. Mass meetings of the organized tobac co farmers will be held at the court houses of all the important tobacco gTowing counties in Virginia, North Caiolina, and Sooth Carolina on that day. At these meetings members of s the association will nominate the delegatus ♦a vote in the election of their direc tors for another year. Shortly after these meetings ballots containing the names of these electoral nominess will be mailed to all members of the as sociation who are authorised to select half of the names on the ballots or to I inaen new names in accordance with the desire of each individual member. The final easting of the ballots will take place on May 0, and oach mem ber is instructed to mail or brinr; his ballot to the courthouse of his coun ty neat by noon ef that day. The directors of the Tobacco Grow ers Cooperative Association are care fully following the democratic method of electiea hy which every member of the association is assured the right of naming the deiagatce who will rep resent him in the election of the direc tor from Ma district. There has been much interest «n the part of the organised tobacco fanners in the election of their direc tors in pest seesona, and as they ere being urged to take a very active part in choosing the governing body of the marketing association this year large gatherings of the cooperating farmers are looked for next week at the coun ty scats of the tobacco-growing area of the Carolines and Virginia. Educational Necessity For Play Grounds School playgrounds, educational lead ers realize, are as essential as school buildings. "We talk no more in| terms of square feet per child, but in ucres per school," states Dr. James E. Rogers, director, Community Kecrea-I tion Training School, I'luyground, und j Recreation Association of America, in School Life, a publication of the In terior Depurtnieni, bureau of Educa tion. . Joliet, 111 , a town of 60,000, has one school with 20 acres, and the oth ers overage more than 6 acres oach. Klyria, Ohio, with 26,000 people, has bought an athletic field of 18 acres for its high school, 'l'ucoma, San Diego, Peoria, and many others have great stadiums, lit Gary, Ind., every school has a playground a block squaie a gymnasium, and an audi orium. These mean clearer brains, more ac tive bodies, and make for better study and recitations. On playgrounds and athletic fields .are learned some of the greatest lessons of life. For this rea son, Doctor Itogers urges, schools .should maintain their physical educa tion for 12 months raiher than for 0. New Method of Curing Tobacco Mr. Hyman Warren, of Koberson ville, is advertising in this issue of the Enterprise something that will be of unusual interest to the tobacco growers of our county. A heating apparatus that is run by kerosene to heat tobacco barns, known as the Torrid Tobacco Stove, is the thing that lets itii owner "sleep while others work." This will sound good to tobacco growers, for one of the most disagreeable features of tobacco raising is watching the barn both night and day. This stove can be regulated and then left alone until a change of tem perature is desired. The tank is out side the barn, thereby all danger of fire is eliminated. For a good close-built bam about 60 gallons of fuel is required to make one cure. The average quantity will be between 60 and 70 gallons. Mr. Warren is demonstrating this machine at his home 3 miles West of Robersonville every Saturday from 8 o'clock until 4. He has fine recommendations from farmers throughout Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt, and Lenoir Counties, who have used the machines for two years. \ Tennessee Discards Evolution Theory On Friday night at 8 o'clock there will be a special service in prepara tion for the coming week of evange listic services to be held in the Epis copal church by the Rev. B. E. Brown. All members and friends of the church are urged to attend this service .. Jury May Gft Hank 1 Cain Wednesday . - jphu caae if Voanty againat ) Aatoa, and the direc tere af the Pm#h Hank was called for Uial Jbnday morning. The ftrat Say wai lltaken up in the i selection ef a and the ex ) amination of «aa witness for the plaintiff, Qaytoa Moore, County - attorney. Up to the adjournment for din ner today three defendant wit nesses, J. C. Gurkin, Jas. D. Bow en, and A. B. Ayers, had been examined. The present outlook iadicatee that the case wil7 fiot go > to the jury before late Wednes l-_ day.. * The plaintiff ta represented by Dunning, Moore 4 Horton, Ward i & Crimea. The dtfeandants are represented by U. W. Stubbs, Critcher ft Critdtfr, Martin & Peel, Harry Me Mall en, and A. 1). McLean, ef Wtahington, and Larry A. Moore, gf New Bern. ROW AT COLORED CHURCH SUNDAY, Hieck Swamp Oeapregatlon Inter rupted in Worship by Fight in Which Negro Is Injured A good blsc church row occurred at Black Swamp colored church Sunday, when Sam Gorham, a young colored man, passed what was regarded as a grace iasatt te the fjster of Harry Walt Biggs, another colored youth, it seems that Biggs took Gorham to task about the Blatter, and Gorham became very impudent and offered to attack Biggs by hitting at him with a stick. A second later Biggs sliced him with his knife from eye to chin, making a vary ugly flesh wound, which required a dozen or two stitches to close up. It is said that the whole congrega tion was disturbed by the affray, and there is rumor that Judge Smith will not only have the details of a fight tj hear, but that pistols will be dis cussed, ae well as ehitah disturbance indictments. Mr. W. M. Bond, Jr., Is Here 't his Week Mr. W. M. Bond, jr., of Denver, Colo,, is h visitor in town this week, nil. llond, who practiced law at I'ly niuu.n for a number of yeurs, found his health breaking, und upon advice (U doc ors went to Denver 10 years '■ He is now vice president of the In ternational Trust Co., also uttorney lor that company, and does some gen eral practice, besides. Mr. Bond is wedded to the West, but he did say that he crossed half of the States of the L'nion on his re turn and that North Carolina was the best of them all. Mr. Bond was accompanied to his home in Edenton by his wife and W. M., 111. They , will visit relatives hi Edenton for a few weeks. Mr. Bond motored over yesterday morning to bring his father, Judge W. M. Bond, sr., to hold courV here. They left Edenton at 7.46, reaching Williamston at 10, in time for court, coming byway of Eden House. Mr. Bond is pleasantly remembered by many Martin County folks, where he did a good law practice while in Plymouth. Joel Gibson Winner in # Enterprise Contest We wsh to thank all of those who were interested enough in our contest for the best article on the five things our county most needs to send in papers. Some of them hsve been very good. The high school children in the lower end of the county have been interest ed and sent in some very fine papers for school children. # The Judges, however, without sny knowledge of the writers, gave first prise to Article No. 1, which was written by Mr. Joel Gibson, snd second to paper No. 5, published March 6, but as this srticle was not signed nor the writer's identity known, wei; had to got them to select-- a third beat paper, so as to follow the rules first given. N. P. Rober son's srticle sppealed to them, more on account of the emphasis he laid ca the eublect ef raising our foodstuffs at home. >■ i , Mr. Gibson's paper wss the first one published and wu rich in good, plain, every-day common MUM, and it was very fair and unbiaaed in any sense. To Mr. Gibson we ara sending a $2.50 gold piece and a 2-years' paid-up subscription to the Enter prise. To Mr. Roberson we are sending a paid-up subscription for two years. L FORMER RESIDENT KILLED IN WRECK Henderson Cooper Killed When Autos Collide on Highway Near Scot land Neck Saturday Night (Scotland Neck Commonwealth) Saturday night, about 8 o'clock, as Landis Howard, accompanied by Hen derson Cooper as passenger, sitting on the front seat with him, were coming tbwiird Scotland Neck, their car was struck by one driven by Louis Finch, Mr. Cooper being thrown violently from the car, receiving injuries from which he died about two hours later. According to Mr. Howard's own story he had stopped a short distance this side of the creek bridge to give attention to his car and had started again toward town, still in low gear, when he saw a car coming'down the road at a furious speed, wobbling back and forth across tha road. In his own words, "I said to Mr. Cooper, 'We are going to be hit by that car, and I drew aside almost into the ditch, and the next thing 1 knew was when 1 came to and saw- Mr. Cooper lying along the side of the road in the ditch, mortally wounded." Mr. Cooper died about two hours later. According to those who wfere at the scene immediately af er the wreck Finch left immediately without at tempting to give aid to those whom he had struck, and was found by otli cers two hours later in bed. According to Chief Lawrence, I>. uty Sheriff Henry Gray, and others there was unmistakable evidence of whisky in the car driven by Finch. Mr. Lawrence stating that 'he could have wrung whisky out of the floor mat which was in the car. Finch was arraigned Sunday morn-1 ing before Justice of the Peace A. C Liverman and placed under a SIOO bond for his further appearance. Mr Howard was nt called as witness at the trial. Mr. Cooper was about 66 years old and lived near Jamesville until about 15 years ago when he moved to Scot land Nock, where he has since lived. Jamesville The Centre College of Basketball Jamesville, March 24.—Amid th 6 singing of the spring birds and the whoops of the plowboys, the rustling of the wind in the half-barren trees, -trutrks the most brilliant sunset of a season ever witnessed by the citi zens and basketball folks of Martin County» Never has a school in the history of this, or, in fact, of any county in eastern North Carolina, made such a wunderjful record in bas ketball as the Jamesville Hitfh School! Jamesville won fruitj every school in this county before the holidays, but the officials -of the Martin County Athletic Association came back at us,, and made us play eve'ry high school of any note over again. This slightly weakened the spirit of the JafnesVille boys, but when our coach, Mr. Hubble, gave them a lecture about "staying in there and fighting them," the boys came tyat-k with the same pep, deter mined to vyin every game. They said, "We owe it..to our school then to our parenls, and last but not least to our coach. The boys ended the season with 26* j games won, not losing any. 'l-Mie sea son's score was as follows::, Jame- • ville, 700 points, its opponents, 112 Gaylord high score man of the season, shooting three times more than our opponents combined. Next was James Hrown, shooting 1 l-.'l times as many points .as our oppon ents. This is a wonderful record, one to be proud of by any team. Wo are very proud of the cup that is to W*l awarded us. Jamesville stands first in al| ath letics that it has taken purt in this and last year. Mr. Hubble developed a basketball team that was always full of pep. Much praise is due to Mr. 'Hubble, who not only 'aught the boys to play the game, but to play it fair, and not only to win but t,o accept defeat. • Philathea Comedy Thursday Night At the Strand Theater Thursday night "Come Out of the Kitchen" will be given by local talent, under the auspices of the Philathea class of the Memorial Baptist Church. Mrs. Jno D. Biggs, jr., is directing the play. The comedy has a very fine repu tation and a good deal of time is be ing given for this production here. That it wil lbe enjoyable is putting it mild. • * Mrs. Biggs in making out her cast always selects roles that are suitable to its members, andf this in a large measure assures its success. The char acters in "Come Out of the Kitchen" are well suited to their respective parts, and a very fine performance is. expected. Of course Mr. Rockefeller is an up lifter look at the latest plice of (fas. Gets Mitchells Job y Ml MBp |||y B \ &s>»a«lii ■ Iraa 15 Hgjl James E. Fee he t, who bMOBMa assistant Chief of the U. S. Army Air Service, April 17th, to succeed Brig. Gen. Mitchell. • Sec'y. Weeltt announced the change despite pub lic sentiment that Mitchell should not be demoted for his testimony at Washington recently. VERY SHOUT CROP COTTON LAST YEAR Martin County Fell From 12,4ti4 Bales in 1923 to ti,7tit> Hales in 1924; I/Ost Almost Half The Government report on the a mount of cotton ginned in North Caro lina of the 1924 crop jfives a total production for the State of 868,817 bales. *i The eastern end of the cotton Belt suffered badly while the western end of the State made gains. Beginning with lioberson County, on the South Carolina which lost 30,000 bales from the 1923 crop and extending to Washington County ,on the Albemarle Sound, where cotton production drop ped, from 5,739 bales in 1923 to 2,414 hales in 1924. Most of the counties lying between these points suffered heavy losses .except a small territory in the Kinston section. Martin County produced 12,4(i4 bales in 1923, and fel Ho 6,766 in 1924. This loss ill production meant a loss of $1,000,000 in income, which in a mea sure explains the reason for the strin gency,JiiJittHineHa..iu_.Jjus SCOUT MELTING HERE TONIGHT Parents, Particularly Fat her", I'riml lo Attend Rally at School house At 7.45 F. M. Business men" of Willianiston are showing interest in the Scout move- i ment. If wish is really father to thought and act, it is very likely the j boys are going to be made to feel they have real "daddies" and those; foiul. parents are really interested in seeing them enjoy themselves. There I is a wish that our boys may be happy, \ and some realize that Scouting is the I Mneun* of making buys happy, through [ achievement, through hblding up I standards to be attained arid keeping their minds and bodies engaged in] healthful activity. . Tonight aJt 7.45 ut the school build iiig school men and fathers have been, invited, not because they expect to find Scouting something that I duce gold or that gold will buy, but I because the boys of the county have grown UJI in their Youth calls, these men answer, for they wish to transmit the best in their boys' lives | to the next generation. Do we.admirej that rare refinement called courtesy? Scouting teaches it. Do we admire patience Hoy Scouts learn it. Come out tonight and t.how your interest in boys. J Corporate Communion At Church of Advent At 10.30 on Wednesday morning there will be a corporate communion of the women of the- Church of the Advent. This day J* one fcpt in"re membrance of the time when the angel of the lxml appeared to-the blessed Virgin Mary and announced {Tie com ing bjrlh of our Lord.. At this time the United Thanks Offering is presented and the women of the church are urged to be pres ent. Revemie A events Get A Still in Bertie Revenue agents Snell, White, and Alexander made a valuable haul in Bertie County Monday. They fonud on the premises of C. H. Cobb 20 gallons of liquor and nearby a 200- gallon capacity copper still, with a double cap. There was also 460 gal lons of beer at this place. They found 83 sugar bags which had been recent ly emptied at the still. I. ' - ■ ■ . ■ ADVERTISERS WILL FIND OUR P X)LI'MNS A LATCHKET TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN COLXT* i ■ ■ 'I ESTABLISHED 18% FARMERS SHIP CAR OF POULTRY Martin County Farmers Furnish Half of the Car Shipped From Washington A solid carload of poultry was shipped front Washington to northern markets last Saturday. The poultry was carried in by Beau tort, Martin, and Pitt County farmers. , In the report from Washington to the State press it was stated that S9OO worth of this poultry came from Pitt County, while I'eaufort and Martin County farmers furnished poultry to the amount of $3,106.60. Martin and Beaufort Counties being reported to gether, it is not known how much our farmers shipped, but our reporter in Washington says that they furnish ed nearly half the carload. Lucky are those who have some thing on hand at this time that they can convert into cash. A trip into the country last week was very grati fying to the editor of this paper. He found people raising chickens in great er quantities than he had ever seen in the country before, and more peo ple interested in raising those things which they have formerly neglected and had to buy from outsiders. NEW FEATURES FOR ENTERPRISE Cross-Word I'uizlrs, "Folks In Out Town," Editorials by Arthur Brisbane; 'Many Other* The Autocaster Service has been added to make the Enterprise as at tractive as possible to ttttr subscribers and friends. Some of our folks asked for cross-word puzalea, and we have secured the ones gotten up by Bruce Cole, hi* being considered among the best. The puzzle will run on Tues days and the answer will appear in Friday's papers. "Folks In Our Town" is a comic strip that will always contain a little fun And will be especially enjoyed by the boys This also will be run in the Tuesday's paper. A Cartoon at general interest by Satterfleld will ap pear in the Friday edition. Many in this section will remember Satterfleld when he used to be cartoonist for the Charlotte Observer some years ago, and will recognize the little bear char acter at the bottom of all his car-, toons. * JZ- Another feature of the service that will be especially enjoyable will be Arthur Brisbane's "This Week,"..a column of editorial topics which will be run in the Friday edition. Mr. Brisbane is the highest-salaried edi torial writer in the world. . For a column a day he was and is paid $(>(),100 a year by the Hearst News paper Syndicate. He also writes for I lie Autocaster service that we are receiving and will write weekly for this paper. There are numerous other features, such as news pictures, fashion hints, poem by I'ncle John, etc., and last hut not least,- a complete advertising service-for the benefit of local adver tisers. We can now furnish cuts for practically any article that you wish to advertise, and it will be our pleasure to serve you. Arthur Lilley Hurt in Automobile Wreck Saturday evening Mr. Lawrence Lilley and his brother, Arthur, while returning to their home from James ville, had the misfortune to run their car in the Deep Run Bridge, almost totally demolishing the car and dam aging the bridge considerably. Law rence, the driver, was not hurt, but Arthur, who was dashed through the windshield, was pretty badly cut up, necessitating surgical assistance. Hear Grass News . _ And Personals Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rogers enter tained home Tuasday night in honor of Misses Agnes and Lillie Chesson. Cards were played at two tables. Besides the guests of honor, there were a number of invited guests. Miss Emma Hampton spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Rogerson. Miss Helen Rogers entertained a number of friends at her home Friday night. Cards were played throughout the evening, and everyone reposed a good time. * Miss Annie Mae Williams was* a Mrs. Jeff Tayloe has returned from the hospital and is rapidly improving. Mr. Thad Tayloe, of Belhaven,.spent Sunday here, with j friends and rela tives. \ ' ""'J" , Mr. Urbin Rogers spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J»vun Rogers. Dennis Bailey, who hits been very ill with pneumonia, is rapidly improving. / _ •; *
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