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eep Martin County Money in Martin County, Where It Belongs—-Do Your Trading in;Williamston (WATCH TBS LABEL ON YOUB PAPER, IT CABBIES THE DATE YOUB SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES VOLUME XXVI—NUMBER 32 Auto Smashup Near Greenville Takes Toll of Two Lives; Five Injured, One Escapes Injury; All from Rocky Mt. Driver Blinded by Head Lights of Another Auto Robert Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Cooper, of Rocky Mount tind Bonnie Lee Wilkinson, a North Carolina Agricultural and Engineering College graduate, whcse parents re side la Belhaven, but who was at pres ent working for Atlantic Coast Line in Rocky Mount, were Instantly killed last night, and Richard Hab6urne, who was driving the 7-passenger car in which .they were riding, Charles Wells, Roy Council, Archie Reives were very dangerously injured, John Hoggard was painfully cut and Ray mond Rose escaped injury in an auto mobile accident, which occurred on the Greenville-Washington highway about five miles from Greenville. The boys were enroute to Riverside Park, near Washington, to attend the June Ger- IWiW The young man who were killed were carried to their homes in Rocky Mount, and the injured ones were rushed to a Greenville hospital. The driver of the car was blinded by the bright Lights of an approaching car and ran off the hard-surf seed road into a nearby tree. When the heavy ear hit the tree it fairly rebounded and hit a colored family's home. Two of the small children were badly shak en by the blow of the ear against the side of the house. BEGIN OPERATING BUS LINE MONDAY Will Operste On Regular Schedule Between Washington, Willis mat on and Aulander -A new kus line will begin operating next Monday, June 16, on a regular schedule between Washington, Wil liams ton, Windsor, and Aulander. Mr. J. E. Mitchell, owner and manager, went over the propoeed route yester day and perfected his schedule. The bus leaves Washington at 8 o'clock, reaches Williams ton at 9, and arrives at Aulander at 10.80, in time to make tfee Norfolk train. Up*a fee arrival of the morning train frpm Norfolk the bus will leave Aulander at U a. m., -reach Windsor at 12, and arrive here at 12.80, or 48 minutes earlier than if the passenger was on the train by Hobgood and Parmele. The bus will then return to Au lander, leaving Wflliamston at 1.15 p. m., Windsor at 1.80, and reach Au lander at 2.40, in time for ft Norfolk train. The bus then waits for the ar rival of another train from Norfolk, leaving Aulander at 6.08, and arriv ing In Williams ton at 7. It then leaves Williamston at 7.06 and arrives in Washington at 7:46. The distance from Washington to Aulander is 6« miles, The fare is |2.60 from Washington to Aulander, and |1.50 from here to Aulander. Rev. R. L. Shirley To Attend Summer Schoo 1 Rev. R. L. Sfirley and family left today for Wake Forest, where be will attend the summer school for minis ters of the Baptist denomination. They will alee attend the Baraca- Philathea State convention in Raleigh Friday and Saturday. They will return home Saturday af ternoon and Mr. Shirley will till his regular appointment Sunday. Strand Theatre ■ K. J ' " Did You See "Riders of the Purple Sage" yp f • ,- t • ? ? T ? Then You Cant Af ford to Mias the Sequel ; | 'RAINBOW TRAIL 4 FR(UPAY NIGHT THE ENTERPRISE Martin County Sunday School Convention Will Be Held At Willianiston Methodist Church Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 2b Workers from all Sunday Schools of all denominations in the coun ty are expected to attend the annual Convention of the Martin County Sunday School Associa tion, which has been announced for Thursday and Friday, 'June 26 and 26, at the Methodist Church, Williamston. * Representing the North Caro lina Sunday School Association will be Mr. D. W. Sims, Raleigh, General Superintendent North Carolina Sunday School Associ ation, and Miss Flora Davis, As sociate Superintendent of the same organization. These speak ers are well known in the Sunday School world, having had fears of practical experience In the work with Sunday Schools both large and small. There will also be or* the program a.number of promi nent pastors, superintendents snd { Hands Off , Jf > £ f y. ;/ .jfe ' I _ iz fiec'y. of Agriculture, Wm. M Jardlne, photographed upon his ar rival In Chicago to impress the Chicago Board of Trade that it should make a great effort to "bet tar regulate" wheat prices. "But," said the Secretary, ''lt it best lo let the board regulate their own affairs." • GRIFFON-GREEN NUPTIALS SUNDAY Popular Martin County Couple Were Married At The Home of Bride Sunday Evening Joshua David Griffin and Elsie C. Green were married at the home of the bride Sunday evening, in the pres ence of a number of relatives and friends. The ceremony was perform ed by Rev. A. J. Manning, the bride's pastor. Mr. Griffin is the son of Mr, And Mrs. A. D. Grfflln, of Smithwicks Creek, and a priiperous farmer. Mrs.- Griffin ia the only daughter of Mr. Henry C. Green, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and Mrs. Green. She has been engaged In teaching school during the past year. Mrs. Griffin is a very charming young woman, known and liked for her refined manners and attractive personality. Mr. Griffin is an exceptionally fine young man and is well liked among a wide eirtle of friends. Beaver Dam Local And Personal News Mr. Dossie Jenkins was the guest of Miss Helen dark Wednesday night. Messrs. Lester Rogers and A. L. Rp.ynor motored to Washington Wed nesday afternoon on business. Mine Bailie Sat*erwhite spent Sun day morning with Mrs. W. H. Rogers. Mr. Mayo Hardison motored to Ev erett* Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Billie Cullipher spent the week end In Greeirvflle with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Wynne, of Bear Grass, spent Sunday with Mr. Mrs. W. T. Cullipher has bsen sick for the past several days. . Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Holliday and fmlly spent Surday with friends near Jamesville. Mr. W. P. Allen went to William* ston Saturday. Many • 1 the local people attended the revival In Williamston SuMay night. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cullipher spent Sunday morning in Ayden with rela tives. M We rain Monday Willianiston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 9, 1925 other Sunday School workers in the county. Plans and program for the con vention are being worked out by W. C. Manning, president, and J. C. Anderson, Secretary of the County Sunday School Associa tion. These officers have announc ed that again this year a pennant will be presented to the Sunday School having present in the con vention the largest "number of representatives sixteen years of iage, and over, according to the number of miles traveled. Any Sunday School in the County is eligible to compete for the" pen nant, except the Sunday School with which the Convention is held, and others within one mile of the Convention church. It is expected that there wtll be much friendly competition among the Sunday Schools for the pennant. Parents-Teachers To Meet Thursday The Parents-Teachers Associa tion will meet Thuardsy night at 8 o'clock, if the revival which is now going on closes before thst date. If it does not, the meeting will be postponed until the follow ing Thursday at the ssme hour. The president, Mrs. A. R. Dun ning, is very anxious thst the members who possibly ran will attend this meeting. Business of importance will be looked after, , and/whether meetings will be post ( polled during the summer months «r not wiU be decided st this time. The meeting will be held in the 1 school auditorium. CROPS DAMAGED" BY STORM MONDAY Wind and Hail Storm Strikes About Mile East of Everett; Lightning Strikes Psck House Monday afternoon a severe wind and hail storm struck a small section about a mile east of Everetts. It un roofed a tenant house and several out building and damaged some of the buildings' on the farm of Mr. A. Clark. Tobacco crops, as well as cotton and -other crops, were practically ruined on several farms in the community. Fortunately the area was not lurge;, although considerable damage was done to crops on nearly a dozen farms. Lightning struck the pack house on the Speight farm in Poplar Point Township, owned by J. G. set -tmg it on Are and entirely consum ing it, together with several barrels of corn, cottonseed meal, and fertil izer stored in the building. AtClad llall Gams Messrs. Joe Taylor and Henry Craw ford attended the hall game in Rocky Mount yesterday. Local Philatheas Have Big Part In Silver Jubilee Convention The Baraca-Philathea annual con vention will begin Thursday evening at 8 P. M. in the Tabernacle baptist church, Raleigh, and will last thru Sunday the 14th. The keynote address of the conveti aion will be delivered at that serv* ice by Mr. R. N. Simms, the organizer and teacher of the Simms' Baraca Bible class of Ralegh, Whose twenty fifth birthday is being celebrated at this "Silver Jubilee convention, as his class being the first one of It* kind organised in the South. Following the address an informal reception will be given at the taber nacle, this being aa opportunity pro vided that the delegates may get ac quainted. Business sessions will be held Fri day and Saturday in the morning, af ternoon and night. Friday afternoon the Ham-Ramsey party will conduct the services which will be held in the City auditorium. Ex-Secretary Daniel will speak at the Sunday afternoon serviees, which will be a memorial service held in memory of the Baracas and Phila itiiNISTERS OF TOWN ftiuTl MONDAY NIGHT to Recommend Holding of Open-Air Community Services Sunday "■ Evening* During Summw On Monday night all the ministers in the town of WflUam*ton met in the study of Rev. C. O. Pardo, the rector of the Episcopal Church, for the pui-~ pose of discussing the advisability of holding open-air community services on Sunday evenings during the hot weather months of July and August. The whole matter was thoroughly considered and resulted in the minis ters agreeing that the idea is u good one and that they would recommend to their respective congregations that this be done. .1 The Doctor Saunders-lot, on Main Street, has kindly been offered by the owners, and the town engineer, Mr. Maurice Moore has consented to fur nish the lighting. An efTort is being made to secure enough of the benches used in the warehouse during the present evan gelis'ic meeting to provide for the .seating. A suitable pl:t t form-will -ba built for the choirs and preachers. One of the delightful features of his is that all the ministers are united in their efforts for any move ment that promises to result in good for the community, the unity of re ligious effort, and -the doing away of inflexible lines which have unfortu nately hindered the progress of re ligious cooperation in the community. Unless some congregation votes not to participate the open-air twilight services for this community are as sured. Rev. Pardo Appointed National Evangelist —Hishop Irvin —T. John: -m, national chairman of the commission on evan gelism of the Episcopal church, has recently appointed Rev;,C, O. Pardo, rector of the Church 9/ the Advent of ' his- city, to be a'missic.ner or evan gelist of the Episcopal church. Thero were only 80 men from the 140 dio leres of the Episcopal church in this country appointed to thin office. The East Carolina Diocc.se is honored when one of its ministers is selected to do 'his work, as is also fhe local church. Heretofore there has been on defi nite program for evangelistic work in fhe church, but plans are being made for a greater activity in mis sions or evangelism. A conference will be held at Bethlehem-, Tc.., from July 7 to 23, whore these thirty mis donors will arrange the program. Mr. Pardo will attend this conference. He has been especial) invited by Bishop Johnson to be present for the commis sion recently added to the executive organization of the East Carolina Diocese was originally an idea of Mr.. Pardo and came inlo being as a„re _ suit of his work. Keceritly the na tional council has adopted the idea and crea ed a national commission, of which Bishop Johnson is chairman. Rev. Pardo ffi chairman of the com mission of the East Carolina Diocese. As missioner he. will l>e in charge o( the evangelistic work of the State. Miaa Hartsfield Here This Week Miss Nina Hart*field, of Wake For set, is visiting Miss Ethel Griffin at her home in New Town. Miss Harts field taught school in the grammar grades here for one term. theas who have died during the past year. » The last address will be made by Mr. Marshall A. Hudson, the much beloved founder iff the Baraca move ment. The male cjbartetaa from Hen dersonville, the double quartette from Winston Salem and the well-known family of Mr. I'fhal of Winston- Salem will make a contribution to ihe musical part of the program. Professor E. F. Massey and W. F. Bet's will be in charge of the singing at the meetings.. WHliamaton Will Play Leading Role in the Convention Williamston will play a leading part in the affairs of the "Silver Jubilee Convention." Two of the State officers hail from our city. Mrs. Z. H. Rose, Sta'e president of the Philatheas is one of the most promf nent members of the organisation in 'he South. She will preside over the many sessions of the convention. Mr. James E. Harrell, secretary and treasurer of ahe Baracas will leave Friday morning to be present through the three remaining da ft of Elementary Department of Williamston Graded School Has Been Made Standard; First In County To Be Recognized by State Letters from Miss Susan Ful ghum, supervisor of teacher train ing, State Department of Educa tion, advised that the elementary department of the Williamston Graded School has become stand ard, being accredited in Group 11, class b. Principal Seymour has been earnest in meeting every re quirement of the State Depart ment, so that the standard might be reached. .His efforts have met with a success well merited, and the Williamston school's elemen tary department is the first to be accredited in the county. The Evangelistic Party Stays On for a Few Days; Not Satisfied with Cooperation Draws Simile Between Ancient Babylon and Williamston The Stewan-Uoodchild evangelistic party is prolonging its stay here by several days, the exact date of clos ing yet undetermined. Tomorrow evening has been mentioned as a prob. able time for closing, but it is not definite. Mr. Stewart, the evangelist, stated in his Sunday morning sermon that he was bitterly disappointed in the cooperation, which has been so decid edly lacking since his arrival here. He said that in all his years of ex perience in the evangelistic field he had not encountered a place where the leaders of a community were so un concerned. In the beginning of his sermon Sunday morning he placed his hearers in a state of thinking wTvgTT he stated that people differed as to the solution of various problems. Using "Ye are witnessing against yourselves" (Joshua 24:22), as a text, Mr. Stewart preached one of the best sermons since his arrival here. He followed closely his text and applied it especially to the people of William ston. He defended the course of pro cedure as followed by evangelists when he stated his reasons for not preaching on the love of God. He illustrated this when he mentioned the love of a parent for the fhild, saying that the chitd was aware of his par ent's love, but was not in that position where counsel and correction was not needed. . , The text Sunday evening was taken from Daniel 6:27, "Thou art weighed in the balances and found wanting." It was well handled, by Mr. Stewart anct was heard by a large number. In his sermon the evangelist described the grandeur and power of Babylon. The city was an outstanding one, be cause of its wonderful structures. The king had gone to a far country on a business mission, leaving his proud and young son, iielshauar,-in charge* of the palace. The young king passed by the righteous side and went in for worldly things, just as masy of our own people are doing today, the evan gelist stat'edT The young son opened the palace to the drunkard, the gam-, bier, and the Tiarlot. For a time the strains of music filled the air, sweep- the convention. • - k \» illiaiuxioii i'hilatheas to En tertain at Executive Luncheon At the executive luncheon, compli menting the president, Mrs. Hose, the Phllaihea clasd of the Memorial Bap i tint church of which «he in altio i president and members of the class of the Christian church will entertain, i They have a very attractive lunch eon program. It will be carried in . Friday's issue of this paper. Those who" will represent the classes at the business sessions are Misses Pattie Edmondson and Margaret Manning of the Christian chureif, MeridameH John A. Ward and Law : rence Peel of the Baptist church and • Messrs. J, E. Harrell and J. 8. Sey > mour of. the Baraca class of * the . Memorial Baptist church. ) . Those who will appear on . the ■ luncheon program with Mrs. Rose are > the delegates and Mesdames Carrte i B. Williams, L. C. Bennett, Oscar An derson, Pj B. Cone, Wheeler Martin, t Kenneth Lindsley, Joe Pender and I Misses Martha L. Anderson, Carrie t Delle White, Sallie Harris and Mar f garet Everett. board of trustees, together with the faculty, has rendered a sig nal service to the patrons in the school district, and Superintendent R. A. .Pope is watching; the prog ress with a pardonable pride. He, with Professor Seymour, is build ing for a more successful term for 1925-26, and the faculty will be selected with as much wisdom as possible. The earnest coopera i tion of every parent in the dis trict is asked to help make for a bigger and better school, and a closer application to the studies by the pupils who will enter next fall. > Carolina Mine Hero » I * v • J \WdS j| c—V ___ Howard Butler of Comnock, N. T single-handed made * vain ef fort to save 80 fellow workmen In > mine thve when three terriAc ex nlo.dou* wrecked the worlta. U. N. C. HONORS ELDER HASSELL Confers Degree of LL. I>. On Him; One Of llniveraity's Oldest And Moat Diatinguished Alumnae Elder SylveMer Mussel! is attending the commencement exercises ut the Univeraity this week. Elder Hussell is among the oldest graduates uf that institution, being a meml>er of the class of 1H66. The university will_ ctfhfer upon him the degree of LL. 1)., ax a murk of ability and worthy, (listinction as a citizen. Elder llassell has given practically his entire life to literury work, preach ing, teuching, and writing. He has, of course, given a greater part of his life te religious literature, yet he; hus at all. times kept {fi line with the topics of the day in the political, eco nomic, And scientific world. Prof, and Mrs. Davis Are Visitors in Town \ i'rof. M. J. Davis and wife and lit tle daughter, Louise Vun Canon, of Warrenton, arrived Monday afternoon by motor, and are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John I), Simpson » for aeverul days. Professor Davis is shaking hands with many old friends in town. ing and driving the aroma of beauti ful roses throughout the city and down the Euphrates. After the city had been beseiged by an invading army for two and a,, half years the gay young king planned u feast to which were bidden many of his lords. When the gay throng had assembled and the guests had drunk of the wfrie and danced in all the styles of that day, a strange hand appeared and wrote on the palace walls, "Thou art weighed in the balances and found wanting." None of the gay guests present could read the handwriting on the wall, and the faithful Daniel had to be sent for to interpret the mean ing. When they were told of the cer tain ani| final doom by Daniel they l had no time to flee because the clank of the sword of the invaders was al ready heard and before the light of day the king and all hia gay guest* Wanted death. Throughout these two sermon■ Mr. Stewart described Williamaton an be ing in exactly the itim, condition a* ancient Babylon. Mr, and lire. Kenneth Lindeley have returned after a week'a stay at Vir ginia Beach. ADVERTISERS WILL FIND OUB TOLUMNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN COUNT! ESTABLISHED 189b MK. J. H. PIIKVIS DUbD LASX INIuHI Hail IWtn 111 With Bright* Disease tor About Two Weeks; Funeral This Afternoon Julius Henry Purvis died Monday night at 8 o'clock after an illness ol' acute Bright's Disease, which lasted only two weeks. His physicians had regarded his condition as hopeless from the very lirst, and the end, had been expected for several days. Mr. Purvis was 63 years old. He was born on the farm he still owned, Spring Green, and where he lived until 6 years ago, when he came to Williamston, where he has sines resided. He has been engaged in the livestock busiuess since he came to Williainstori. He married Miss Annie (Joftield, who died three years ago. Mr. Purvis leaves six children, Mrs. Annie Beth Godwin, of Asheville, Miss Mildred Purvis, of Kittrell, Mrs. Susan P. FowdeiCof Williamston, Whit C. Purvis and Joe Purvis, of Hamilton, and Julius H. Purvis, jr., of William ston. The deceased was a member of the Conoho Lodge of Masons, of Ham ilton, and the Conoho Royal Arch Chapter, of Williamston, and a mem ber of the Episcopal church. In the pairing of "I'iiele Jule," as nearly everybody called him, the com munity lost one of the old type of Southern gentlemen. A man of such a fine sense of manners and honor I hat he commanded the respect of all who knew him. Me was the very es stncerof good humor, never seeming to fret nor frown. The interment will be made in the Hamilton cemetery by the side of his wife this afternoon at 4.H0. CONviCT GUARDS GET 20 YEARS Koad Foreman and Guard Who Heat Prisoner to l>eath Near Itocky Mount Tried Yeaterda) W. C. Gulley, road foreman, and R. V. Tyler were sentenced to 20 years each in the State penitentiary yesterday in the Edgecombe court by Judge N. A. Sinclair, following a trial which lasted only one day. They were charged with beating Joe Armstrong, negro convict, to death Thursday af ternoon. The coroner's jury found that the had been administered with horse whips and hickory sticks. whipping the negro the guards fastened their victim by his shackles" |o a team of horses and dragged him u|) and .down' the road for about 75 yards. When he failed to get up as ordered, it Was testified yesterday, one oi the guards struck him with his fisi. He staggered to his feet, but af ter a feeble try reeled to the ground again and died about 30 minute# af ter the whipping. It was brought out in the trial that the whipping administered lasted a bout 30 minutes, and the only excuse offered was that "he was not working fast enough," One of the defendants admitted on the stand that he jcould not tell whether the negro "was sick, half-witted, or lazy. That every time he was told to work he would fall over and say ihat he could not gt't up. Judge Sinclair ordered the grand jury, had been dismissed the previous day, td reconvene. They found a true bill yesterday morning. The case was tried and completed by 7.30 last night. They were found guilty of murder in the second degree and giv en 20 years each. Hon. J. W. Bailey, oT Raleigh, ap peared in the case as defense counsel. Solicitor Gilliam prosecuted. Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, of Raleigh, w»s to appear in the court inveatigu tion" at Turboro this morning. This camp hus been under investigation by Judge Sinclair for the past six months. He said thut he was unable to get any proof of the existing conditions, be cause the prisoners were so intimi dated that they would not talk. The superintendent of the camp was asked to resign his position and the- resignation was accepted befoid the trial began. Still Captured On Calvin Moore Island __________ 1 a Deputy J. R. Manning and Harr Martin, of Jamesville, captured a cop per still Saturday, June 6, near th old Astoria Mills, on the Calv n Moore Island. There was no one present, but n man supposed to be the operator way seen near by. The still, with 300 gallons of beer and a small quantity of liquor, was destroyed. Mrs. Joyner Ts Arrive Tnnigha * Mrs. A. V. Joyner and dau*rh f *r Miss Margaret, of WJlminjctpm arrive tonight to visit Mrs. W T u~t_ .«i ui.: i-int. n.M.11