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WATCH THE LABEL ON YOUR PAPER, IT CARRIES THE DATE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES VOLUME XXVI—NUMBER 39 Chamber of Commerce To Start Intensive Campaign For Assessment Collection Workings ol Advertis ing Committee to be announced fc*>on Within the next few days the local Cliauiour oi Commerce will make a unve among its members to collect 'm. assessments Uiut were made at a meeting several weeks ago. the cn&moer ot Commerce, this Jtar," iiopeu to stage one oi the » biggest and best advertising cain- the history of the town. fIS lour Ware nouses nave agYeeU to hire an advertising niuiiagei, provid eu there will result a cooperiuv". ad vertising campaign staged by every Merchant, business man, professional "man, every citizen and every child in tins communi y. heretofore, the local Ci,umber oi Commerce has spent sev eral hundred dollars cacli year for advertising. It was t,ood as far as it vent, but itj lacked the personal back ing oi the people of ou«~eumniunity. 'J he oiticeis did every iliihg. in their power to make these small sum§"tring lesults, but business duties just would not permit their giving the time nec cessary for sucli undertakings. Real izing this weakness, the warehouse-' men are giving their attention to th j matter and are offering their aid by hiring an adver.isjig manage*/ whose duty it will be to look after all mat ters advertising the Williamston mar ket, both the merchants of the town and the warehouses. For the past several ?d»ys plans have been worked on and they will be announced within the next few di-.ys. 'I he advertising committee will hold a nice Jug tonight tu investigate the plans that have been formulated. Each member of this committee is in sin cere earliest, and if the people of the town will lend it vheir support, a to bacco market "like you read aliout" will result. Secretary Coburu will call around to see the members within the next, lew days, and ne will be glad to ex plain whut the Williamston Cliaml.er of Commerce is trying to do. It is a matter of true cooperation of every man, woman and child in cur town, that will make our market one ol the best in th«» State this year. Mrs. Pender Entertains Philathea Class Friday Mrs. Joe Pender delightfully enter tained the Philathea class of the Bap tist church last Friday flight at the home of her mother, Mrs. W. T. Meadows, on Main street. The class discussed our yearly pledge and we decided to send Mis. N. Hurkner, general secretary of the N. C. Baraca-Philathca Ul.ion, $26.00 to cover our pledge for the coming year. We also decided to have our annual picnic at Coleiuine Beach, Thursday, July the 9th. A very interesting patriotic con test was enjoyed by all. Miss Mai garet Everett won the prize and Mrs. Z. H. Rose the booby. After this the —hostesß served "Charlotte Rousse" a very delicious dessert which was en joyed by every one. Mrs. Wheeler Martin, sr. will entertain the Class for the August meeting. MARGARET EVERETT, corres pvnding secretary. CARD OF THANKS Wc wish to extend our .sincere thanks to all who were so kind and as sisted us in so many ways during the recent illness and death of our mother. We assure you your manyi kindnesses will never be forgotten. j Mr. and Mrs .Harry Meador. Strand Theatre FRIDAY William Farnum, in "T}ie Scut tiers' SATURDAY Yakima Canut and EpisodeNo.il The Riddle Rider" THE ENTERPRISE THE ENTERPRISE V> 1 JbJLiKMOJN Li I Kij \ . C. O. PaKDO '■i cui'uiu law/ji' siocd up ai.tl a. ked Hun saying: 'What must 1 do io inherit eternal life?'" As we iook back into history ami : rflliy mankind and civilization, we ItiM the different periods of time re ieiietf 10 as "ages ." The Primitive Age— the Stone Age—the iron Age. Kach age represents in human civilization, each age marks elf the progress mankind has made in becoming acquainted with and utiliz ing God's natural deposits. There has been a lime when but Tew people among all the millions of P"ople .i« the world could read or write. There has been a time when man did not have newspapers or bocks because the art of printing was not discovered. Firearms, guns, can ons, rilks, mankind knew nothing •vLieut. This condition existed when Jesus was upon earth Anil in those days the actions of individual men and women counted mor? than individual action does today. If a man didn't work, till the soil or have some oc cupation to earn a livelihood, he went hungry. So individual effort counted Hr much. We are now living in the "group pge"—also the "Inventive" and "Scien tific age". Men are more accustomed, to rely upon the "united efforts of sfveral people, rather than upon his own effort apart from othei s. For instance if you want to open a grocery store to sell groceries, you depend on it carpenter to build counters, a mas t n and carpenter to erect a building, then you depend upon the wholesaler with merchandine. The wholesaler depends upon the factor iet, the factories depend upon the labor of employaes to manufacture syrups, .vinegars, sugar, etc. And back o'' these is the producer, the farmer who depends upon field labor, seed growers, fertilizer manufacturers, rail read engineers, brakemen, car and lo comotive builders, iron and coal min ers and back back through countless numbers, just to open a little grocery >tore and sell groceries. So in truth, this is the "group age". In religious matters we see the effect of this common condition of the age we live in. Every thing in church life is done in group terms. Clai ses, gitiups, societies, guilds, clubs end endless groups organized and giv en different names. As a result man kind has gotten to depend, at least in his thinking, upon others. A great many men carry their property in their wife's name, and a great many men carry their religion in the name of their wife and family. 1 have no doubt*there are men and women who expect to inherit eternal life because or the religion of some ■ainted mother. Hut religion is indi vidual. In religion the individual has I.is own peculiar duties and obliga tions to fulfill. No organization, no group, no society, no other can as sume your religious duties. The young man who spoke to Jesus seemed to understand this fact, for he said "What must 1 do", not whut must some other person or group of people do, hut "what must I do". And sc must you and 1 face the great Master tome day and say "What must I do". God grant many who read this have already gone to Him and asked that'question and heard his answer and are obeying Him. God grant that irany who have not done so, will be led by His Spirit to go to Christ in liepentance and Humility and ask, "What must I do to inherit eternal life", and when you know the answer, ♦ken in MisSGrace, do it. Mrs. Noah Big#s Dies At Scotland Neck Mrs. Noah Biggs, widow of the late Ncrh Biggs, died Tuesday afternoon after an illness extending over the past several years. The deceased was the daughter' of the late- John "T. Lawrence, 1 and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jas. A. Pittman, and three brothers, Jol)n Kit and Allie Lawrence. Funeral services were held Wednes day afternoon at five o'clock, Rev. R. Campbell and I)r. Vann, of Raleigh officiating.—Scotland Neck Common wealth. Mi: ; ess Mae Scott and EthM Chil ders of Tennesse left last #"vew4ngfor Jamesville where they will continue theii work, introducing a valuable end educational encylopedia for chil dren and grown-ups. The two books are very necessary In the American home and they should be found there. M'sses Scott and Childers have been in the city for the past ten days. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 10, 1925. LIGHTNING HITS ;,LVEIiAL HOUSfcii MONDAY UVENINu Bolts Hit. Near Each Other, Few Minutes Between Them "Monday afternoon, ihs most severe th ir.tier s.orm struck Williamston and nearby points. Ligh ning suutk the stock budding pt he Roanoke fair grounds, tearing mm; the Hag pole aid khocking out u f\v windows. In less than threi" Biii: ties, lightn nj, siucfc' ihe "«>*> d«?» ? of Mr. lien Weaver only a few Imp ted feet awry fror r the iTock lui. ling. Tlijs boK vo.t vil' door facias an.l I'Ursted' the light meter. Only a n> i te or two lator, *"he new home of Mr . J. E. Harnhill was struck, the cha. 'e going from the top 01" the chii 'iey to a .netal .strip on the roof,\ th>»i- tearing ;\va> a portion of the shir lo,| roof. I'lasteri'ic was torn off tin walls in sevoi'id places in th' hou: i. Mrs. BunhillV home is just ec s the road from Mr. Weaver's, thus forming a triangle where the Irfch airg struck within a few hundred feet each time and at short interval;.! Nv one was hurt in ei'her house. !t is thought that the wiring prevent ed i.'ore serious damage A 'leavy rain fell, but was not gen-J eral it reaching only a short dis tant in most direction*.' Mi Augustus Johnson I less Suddenly t His Home Near (Jold Point M> Augustus 'ohuson fell dead at lur 1 ome near Gold Point Wednes day i>vening about 7:"0. M Johnson was 63 years old in Mann. He was the .sou of the late Joe ihnson and wife Mary I'ow dl. ~Mi . Johnson was a successful plan' i and a fine citizen and a splen did neighbor. He first married Miss Ann : Anderson of Williamston, who diet' everal years apo. He moved to Willi tnston soon after the death of his first wife atld made his home with Mr. and Mrs: A. Anderr.on. After several years clay here, he married Mrs. Trulah Page. Soon afterward h« hi> moved hack; to his old home, wher. he died/^Vednesday. The funeral will held at his late residence at 2:30 this afternoon by Elder H. S. Cowing. Hurial will take place about 4 o'clock in the Baptist temetery. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife and several step-children, he having no children of his own. Mr. Jones was a caller it our office yesterday. Post-Revolutionary Days in Williamston and Martin County, North Carolina ReminescenckS of James Ross, as Recorded in a Biography of His Father (Continued from last issue,) To the lett oi tlie principal street in Williamson st od the old ,Couri iiouse, tiie oojtci of anecuoiibte re mciiibiance oi loiij yeais afterwards, litre i used to see that Just tuiitU that laste of ihe'idfs village boy, whose chief delight, was to lumbie about from place to place to .-ee wiiatever could be se.'n. It had a venerable look, even then, —this old Court-house. It stood on wooden posts or pillars, high enough from the ground for vehicles of every descrip tion to puss under it. There was a kind of rude stairway from tha ground outside the building, leading to a door in the ond of it next the street. This was the only entrance to the room above where the courts were held. I not remember ever going up into this room, though 1 would sometimes go up the steps high encugh to look into it and observe what was going on ih-re. 1 noticed the re would lie a man seated on one side of this room, before whom first cue man a al then ano lit r would rise up and speak in what i thought rath t f a threatening manne at times. While this was going on above, a lively scene would generally be en acting in the lower rations. In those times Court days were r. kind of Sat urnalia. Everybody would seem to be th' re either buying or selling rum, ben, cider, oysters, or gingerbread. Early in the morning th > elite of the pinywoods would b'. seen hurrying in i r. their little horses, so low that the toes of their long-legged riders wculd almost reach the ground, and general ly at about half speed. I believe all uncivilized people are hard rides. The Indian squaws even, as I have b&en told, ride like Lapland witches. Towards the close of the day, the boy? would become "unco happy," and be seen walking about, shaking hands, hugging eaeh other In the moct affec- | A IWwita7o,ooo,ooo Dimes) Dori> Mercer Kr««ge, second *(M of 6m Chain Store Magnate, baa md nr $7,000,000 of stock in the aiorm, which she says her hus band promised her —before they were married. State Pays $1,600 Reward to Captors Of Mob Members Claimants Have Not Been 1 .earned At Present Time Stn.e papers state that G. ver -lrui - alcLeiui , indicated today that $i1,6u0.00 m reward would be pa til for ihe capture of Needleinan's (is. ail ants, this : mount comprising !' jur claims of Moo.iM) each; Solicitor lion Gilliam conferred with the Governor this week in re gal d to the claims and rewards offer ed by the Stale. - The Governor is further quoted as saying thai lie was informed thai no reward would be paid by Matliu o un ty on account of th-.- great expense in cident to the trial. « That ' position is not und&rs.ood however, for the lewards offered by thr County were exactly the same a.-- t 'lose offered by the State and if the State owes rewards the County would, for the same reason, owe the same " There is some apprehension that it is a game of pulling the State's leg. However, since the claimants names are wi'hheld and could not lie lenrn rc I nt .this time, no one seems to know the base of the claims. It is the general understanding here ' hat the information that led to the a'-rests of practically evary mob-mem ber came from those in the mob It self. However,' there m'ght be thai information was received from sev eral sources unknown to the public. ti'ii uie manner, and making vowb oi tutinal friendship. While all wor. in (hit; delightful frame of mind, sud denly, perhaps, the. stuitling sound, "t fight! u fight!" would be heard. Then a simultaneous rush would be made to the scene of conflict, a ring bt formed around the belligerents, and so intense would he the desire of til* outsiders to see th'" light, that they would often climb up on each other's shouldeis to look down into tiie arena below. Soon a friend of one pi the combatants would break through the ring to help his comrade and the cry of "foul ,ilay" be heard. Tnen of the other party would throw off hat, coal, and rhirt, and spring upon the interloper. Then another and another would go in, un til the battle would wax fierce and B?i aral. After a little, one fellow would cry out "ei ough!" and be drag ged out. Then another would make a similar announcement, and be pulled out also by his friends, and this would until th; fight ended, and perhaps, after all, no one could fell what It was ill about. For all this, no such thing as pistol* ( irk, or bowieknife would be seen or (bought of. When all was over, it would be found th # no serious mis thief had been done. Perhaps next tii'y, on coming to, one might find f'at he had gained a black eye, or loet a small his ear. In those days there was no meddlesome police to interfere on such occasions and mar the happiness of the people in their sports. I would not be under stood as saying that Fcenes similar to the one described always occurred on court days. Under this old Couijt-house I ate many a fine mess of oysters. On court days they would be brought here in carts, nicely prepared for use. Each dealer woull have a table tor hi» eu»- tcmcrs to eat from. When one called COM MISSION ERS OF COUNTY MEET IN REGULAR SESSION Penalty of 1 1-2 per cent to be added on taxes after June 15th The Board of County Commission ers met in its regular session al its :toni in the court house I a Mondr.y, All the members of the Board were present. Business was of a summer nature, there being very lit tie done at this meeting. _ The proceedings of the Hoard an rs follows: Roy W.vnn was allowed the sum of per month. The aniottn to lie Hppl.etl to the account of County poor .Upon motion, tjie Board pir«sed an order authorizing the renewal of a $40,000 note, now due. This note wes eiven to meet general expenses. Bryant laylor, Slade Whi e ami James Meeks, jr.. were appointed road commissioners for Poplar Point town ship. T. B. Slade, jr. and J. G. Barnhill wer» duly appointed to meet with the County Boaid of Education today for the purpose of examining the school budget. S. B. Stalls of Poplar Point was released from payment of taxes on *1.066.00 improperly listed in 1924. B. F. Perry was released from the payment of taxes oil property Valued at $1,500 ami listed by .error in Wil liamston township in th: year 1924. It was ordered by the Board that a penalty of 1 1-2 per cent be added to I'll taxes due and unpaid on the 15th of this month. Has Narrow Escape When Car Leaves Highway Ninety I'Veil Chessou tf Evcvetts had a nt.rroW escape from death when the Ford car he was driving failed to make a sharp curve at Garners creek last Saturday morning. Chessou was travfling at li good rate of speed \vh« n he reached Gardners creek biidge and was unable to make the sharp curve just the other side. His car plunged down a several foot cm hut'kmcnt, .but its driver escaped in jury. A few minor repairs were re i.uired to put the car ba'-k in rtitiini'g order. Air. Dewey, general manager of the Norfolk-Carolina Telephone company itf Elizabeth City was a business vis itor here yesterday. •' Misses I.yda Cooke and Myrt Wynn and Mr. Jack Bii,gs« attended the dunce in Ahoskio Wednesday night. ftr oysters, they would be set before him with u piece of white wheuten bread, vinegar, salt These oysters were nearly fresh, and beyond comparison superior to any 1 have' ever seen since. At least this is the 'inpression left on my mind. Your grandfather was very fond of them, and frequently went down among the carts to feast on them. When he did so, if I could be found, he generally took me with him. On these occasions, 1 stood or sat him and had a good time of it. ) Few things ' that 1 can remember afforded me more pleasure than to go rn a Ashing excursion with him. He would take me in a canoe and paddle either up or down the river, until he came to a place shaded by the trees that leaned over the water. Here ho would "soon catch a basket of the finest fish. It seemed strange that they would bite for him so much more Ireely than for me. I would drop my hook just as near to his as I could get it, and not have a nibble even, while he brought the mout, fluttering ont after another in rapid succession. At length, becoming disgur'.ed, 1 would throw down my pole, and go to playing in the water. Why the flsh manifested so great a preference for his bait was then and still is a mys trry to me I could see no reason for it- whatever. My bad success though ditl not prevent my enjoyment. The beautiful river, the beautiful trees that bordered it, and the sandy shores all combined to fill the mind with a ruccf.ssion of, pleasing emotions. The woods around Williamston, at certain seasons of the year, abounded in wild grapes, chincapine, huckleber ries, etc. To ramble among these woods, gather and eat grapeß and huckleberries, collect chincaplns for winter, and, when tired, to roll up (Continued on page four) [ Your Friend? j If yonr income is under $6,000 a year —this fellow is your friend. He is U. S. Senator Harris of Georgia, who plans to put through a measure exempting married folks with incomes under $5,000. COURT CALENDAR OF AN UNUSUAL NATURE TUESDAY Three Similar Cases, All Defendants (Jet The Same Sentence proceedings of the Muiim county r: order's court of Tuesday the 7th aie us follows: Slate vs T. E, Goodrich, i iiiomobile while intoxicated. tluod rich was adjudged guilty, fined $60.00 laid costs and sencteneed to jail for three moiuhs to be assigned to the pubjic roads of Edgecombe county, capias to issue at any time within 12 months if said defendant is found in ivicated. Stale vs Willie Pierce, operating' au.oniohtte while drunk. He was found t uilty, fined $50.1X1 and costs and sen tenced to thi' Imlr('combe county roads fc i the term ot three moot lis, capias to issue at any time within 12 months i ' defendant is ft >unl intoxicated. State vs Johi) Edwards, operating t utomobile while drunk. Found guihy by t he Court. He v as fined $5(1.00 and (' .•is and assigned to tin 1 Kdgocombe loads for a term of three monlhs, capias to issue al any time within 12 [ incnths from this riate if d •Fciitlnnt is fit nl intoxicated. Judge J. C. Smith was on the bench and in the absence of Solicitor K. S I tel. attorney Wheeler Martin served as solicitor. The day's calendar was of a i an usual nature, no fights, no assaul s, l ut all drunk'and all trying to go. According to the sentence impo.ied by .1 edge Smith, lh -y all w 'lit, ion if it was to the roads lordhree months. (•old Point Defeats Jamesville Team Alter losing to the strong James ville nine Friday at Gold Point by the •score of t) to 2, the Gold I'oint team icturned the gauic at Jamesville Sat urday,'the Fourth aid lock revenge, winning by a score id' K to 2. "l-efty" Grimes held the Jamesville sluggers to ope hit, a single in the ninth frame after two wen: out. He was entitled, to a hitle.s ganii bul for iwo errors thai happened in the last inning he was unable to make lite fiiuch honored records Hi teammates nrde two error? in that frame and caused two more hi tiers to face him, the tiit coming aft. r ihree should have been out.. The Pointers' scores weie the result of consistent h-ittfhg. Martin held the mcund through the third inning for J:.mesviile, allowing only one 1 run, but the Pointers got on to him in the fourth frame and scored four runs. Hi was' replaced by Gard ifr >vho al lowed three more-tuns during the re iiiainder of the game. The outstanding feature of the game was Grimes's pitching, he al lowing only one free puss and strik ing oujt 12 batters. *-• The first series ,f three games was '.von by Jamei-vilte. The second series stands one and one for each team. The deciding game w.ll be playd at GrfTil Feint topiorrow afternoon and a most interesting game i:; expicted. ( ONDFIIONS KAVOKAHUS, FOB FRISK FORCE KAHLY PAKT OF WKEK The Fourth of July period of celebra. tion, the press tied up with a book job, and a yearning for a much need ed rest all combined interfered with '.he publication of our Tuesday's pa per. ' ' ■ ... 1 Our Operator insists that we take another It the thermometer goes any higher. At three o'clock yesterday was lounging around 102 in his corner. Mr. H. C. Edwards of Kinston w!t;i a pleasant caller to our office yester day afternoon. — ADVERTISERS WJI.L FIND OUR COLUMNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600 HOMES OF MARTIN COUNT* ESTABLISHED 1898 STATE'S RURAL . RWUBUCANS TO AITEAL COOLIDGE I Cooperatives (jio Thru _A Searching Investigation By K. K. Powell -i ' • l P'-' rs ths Uepubican majority on „ the Federal Trade Commission seems to he cutting in handling the investi eatiifn in o alleged unfair trade prac • ic,' hi tlv Imp ial Tobacco com pany are lretting good Republicans in the raraTseciibns of North Caro ' Oia- and tftr~gti~rp ' Is:' ttrr. t~ Qtg~G .XT. —~ in tfiis-pni. fiT tfie nat'V Is ino'iil ■ zing to s(»/n) Mr. Coolidgc a vigorous message about it. „ So far, the , Republican majority on the coimiiUs'ion hasn't doiio anything with the investigation it was ordered • te m. ko upon complaint of ~the co-. (•perai ive growers. • Put it has pro ceeded .painfully slow with the in uttiry into the boycott which the coops . t-lUige lite Imperial lias established | and apparently, has gone far afield j I v probing the iniemril .iffair- -uf the j o»«»|4Jrativt's. Ibe coops have been through a | .-curdling investigation conducted by i nine officials of Virginia, North Caro j li»a and South Carolina and the edi tors I.f farm papers in these three tale Ihe nine member: all held '•> IMHl.idile and leading positions in- H i' agricultural world. It was in no tense a picked committee. It did not whitewash the association hirt rccoiUA Thrrded in" the main thai it give lis members a little more' information a -1« ut the bu-inoss. That',, all the fault the nine men lournl. -The grumbling of the North Caro lina because 6f the delay and dill-dallying on the part oT the 1 uide ( miiinits;'ioiV it easy enough to follow when it is understood that North ( arirlm'i-Kepnh'ifU'aih. have been \ety jealous o| 'heir political record iii l the while cooperative movement.) s I l ev were among the first to -uppprt Kie first coojierative law and i hey" have been among the st.iuncheat de- ' " leiiiicrs of orderly marketing when tin- association was under attacks. They feel keenly about the status ' r- " 0 the coiiiplaint which the tebacce at»- .-ocitiiion has made against the big companies at Washington. It is al leged, among other things, that they btive coiisislenly refused u> buy f oin ' jie association but that they have I.urchined large ijjaantities of the .inn' grades of tobacco held by th~e | avfociation. They have said that the a. .-ociatioii did not get the grades they • '(■ sired. Instance after instance has l-cen cited where they bought from Mictinn floors grade:; idemical with -those p(>oled with the association. Uepiiblicans- hopes ol winning favor in North Carolina, and it is no secret that they have hope of winning a few members of (-orlgress innl a respect abb minority in the General Assembly .-••me of tlie-e days will be dimmed if the I'cdi'ial Tradi ('onimixsion passes -rtve-r + lii- rnmjil iin f i>);niimt l,hn I 111 , : lii'i ial. The bulk of the 230,000 Ucpub- f h air vi'tt's in North Carolina is in the :.i"a! sections ef the state. Many of them.sre members of or.e sort of co )| erafive assdeiation or the ot-her. I'hcy find it hard to reconcile the uii'nt'v stimrt on eooperjittsT mar- ~ k"iing about-which they brdg to their IV inociatic neighbotti, with Uie pro -1 i ess'of the complaint thevhav" nuide with the (•I'lninission. do not wii'iUto agree with the a: vaults which f-rrme" Hcmocratfr have made on the cMTimissioti -but at flu. same „time I bey want to know what's fhe mut ter. polith-ai circles from the f: i ins are wulc'liug the commission's ni ndling of tiie t tbacco colupl'iint, no. Democrats xjuite naturally charga t-l(H+ big business it, demanding that fhe Republican party stand fa'xt to its I radiilorial moorings. A tlis same, time,- iliey ane wondering what will iiapp'li if M'. C')oli(l^e, repeatedly "ominit red to cooperative marketing and an xa us. t(» make friends in the South, (alls liia commission in and 'tells it to shake a leg with this inv»r.tga t'on. . Car Burns on Everetts Road Last Week Dr. Duckworth was driving ,to invertts last week, and when he had goi'C about two miles out of town hi.-v llu vrolet cur caught fire and in a few minutes was T7ufiu'd up. The doc t>n' thiwhn imiwe l rim We with t+\e-wtr ing formuig a short circuit was the cause. V . . Federation Meeting Tonight at 8 o'elock Ffsident . Duke Critcher of the Christian Federations of the town an nounces that there will be n meetin" ct the federations tonight nt 8. •'- clock in the Christian church. Every "J member Is requested to at-' stpml as tonight has been selected as Ji the time to elect a new president.