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TOUB SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES
VOLUME XX YD—NUMBER 45
TOBACCO MEN EXPECT TO SELL
MORE THAN SIX MILLION POUNDS
ON LOCAL MARKET THIS SEASON
Hope To More Than
Double Sales Of
•v'v Last Year
GOOD CORPS BUYERS
Redrying Plant Will Be
A Big Asset To The
Market
* Present Indications would move the
estiawte of five million pound* to
w million pounds, ud this is
still a conservative sail mate of the
aagdt&t of tobaceo that will be sold
tthe WUliamston market this year.
' estimate Is based on sound facts,
by what people outside of oar town
wf, and upon the reports of our vari
ous Trsiafriiiw—>n
With the advantages of the Wil
iiamston market, and taking into con
sideration the reports gathered from
various sections, the six millions and
over eetimate ia a very conservative
one.
The opening of a modem redrying
plant hen will carry its affect far
and wide, and will add greatly to the
tales of tobacco on this market To
qpote from "Market Briefs," a little
leaflet issued by the. Williamston
Chamber of Commerce, we find it has
the following to aay about the redry
big plant: "It means that one of the
most important, most vita] steps in
the building of a real tobacco market
has been mailt
"It means that the Williamston
market has an advantage that will
assure market prices.
"It means that many more pounds
of tobacco wOl be sold on WUliam
ston warehouse floors than has ever
been known to ha sold hare in one
season before."
The little leaflet foea on to say
"We could go ahead and trace bade
aad And many, many other features
that a redrying plant establishes for
a tohaeoo market, but that Would be
mtitmmn. * When * market is
bdUod on such features, It is to be
depended upon for Its power to lead
h the selling of tobacco.
"It is with much pleasure that we
tell the people of this section about
ths opening of a tobacho redrying
plant here, aad it is with much sin
csrity that we wakome Mr. Skinner
to our town."
Mr. W. L Skinner is a pioneer in
the tobaeco business in eastern Caro- |
Una. Ha pat into operation the first
redrying plant in eastern North Car
olina and bought tobacco for the Max
well Tobaoeo Co., of Liverpool. For
the past sixteen years ha bought to
bacco ea the Greenville, N. C., ware
house floors- During that tim« he
has leaned to know a large number
of farm em, and practically svery
farmer knows him. Ha has devoted
preetkally all his life to one phase or
•aether of the tobaoeo hasiassi, aad
has gatniri the reputation of being
one ef the beet tobacco men in the
tsaatiy. Mr. gkhmer will operate the
redrying plant hare, aad will buy to
baoeo en the local warehouse fleers.
Buyers wiß represent every tobaeco
company on the Williamaton market
this year, and they will all be A-l ,
Thaw faota, coupled with the ex
perience of the proprietors of Wil- ,
liamston'* four independent ware
houses sabetaattete the statement that
ths Williamston tobacco market will
sell six million and over pounds of
(abases this ssaann
Hew fTfoi Rocky Hm(
Mr. D. 8. Drew, of Rocky Mount,
was ta the city Wednesday.
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I Strap* Theatre
I FRIDAY
I «rr IS THE LAW 44
A Fox special with
I an all-start cast
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| WORI) of VALOR'
THE ENTERPRISE
To Play H«re For Roanoke Fair This Year
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The Roanoke Fair Association hsa gone to great expense to secure the
Mac Donalds Royal Scotch Highlanders, 4 band second lo none in the show
world today. This band alone root the management of the Roanoke Fair
■Mrs then the entire program ef many fairs. ; .. , ______
Soloists, vocal and instrumental, and specialties will be included in the
program eech afternoon aad evening. Hear them at the Roanoke Fair, Wil-
Hmstoa, N. C, November S, 4, 5, and 6, 1925.
Manager Pee is on the job sgain this year when it come* to securing the
beet in tbeee features that go to make a fair enjoyable and pleasing, ae well
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Martin County Folks Take
Their Time About Getting
Married; Average 27 Years
Average Age For Month
Of July More Than
33 Years
Martin County's love affairs arc of
a slow variety, according to records
found in the register of deeds'* office.
For the ftrst six months in this year
there were 100 marriage licenses is
sued, and the average age was 26 1-8
years. July came along and further
delayed matters whan it alone gave
an average of 88 1-8 years. One or
two in this month greatly increased
the average, there being on* for 77
years, one for 66 years. For the year
to date the average stand at 26 1-2
years. This is a very high average,
It seems to us.
July fetl three short when compared
witK June'fit the number 6f licenses
issued.* June had eleven while July
has only eight.
The Ust of liennses for the month of
July ia M follows:
White
George Howard Hardy, 81, Johnston
County, to Lola Idell Smith, 26, Mar
tin County; Henry Baker Bell, 77, to
Mary Coltrain, 62, both of Martin
County; Heher Davenoprt, 21, to Hat
tie Mae Wells, JB, both of this coun
ty; James W. Coltrain, 66, te Mrs.
Fannie Banks, 62, both of Martin
County; Charles Fisher Carroll, 86, of
Warsaw, N. C., to Nellie Fisher
Wynne, 22, of Mai tin County.
Colored
Henry Moye, 22, to Lucy Perkins,
26; Henry Rodgers, 21, to Minnie
Moore, 21; Moses Rascoe, 60, to Bet
tie Perry, 24; Eddie Saunders, 21. to
Mamie Anthdhy, 17, all of Martin
County. ]•* - i
Mr. Green Has First
New Sweet Potatoes
Mr. John W. Green, of Bear Grass
Township, has been eating nice Port®
Rico sweat potatoes from his own field
all the week.
Johnny is one of th« "county's Best
farmers, and gives attention to the
things to eat aa well aa the things to
sell, hence be ia not affected by town
pricee as much as many farmers are.
Card Club Meeting
Held This Morning
The card club net this morning With
Mrs. J. H. Saunders at her koine on
Raugfcten Street. Ska served de
licious frosen fruit salad at the con
clusion of the games. J
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Williamston, Martfti County, North Carolina, Friday, July 31, 1925
Williamston Motor Co.
Began Business Monday
Williamston's new Ford Garage
openod last Monday for business. Op
erating under the firm name of the
Williamston Motor Co., this concern
has opened an up-to-date garage and
sales room. The company was or
ganised only a few weeks ago rind
will occupy the building formerly oc
cupied by the B. R. Barnhlll Garage
on Washington Street,*
Messrs. J. D. Woolard, who resigned
the cashiershjp at the Farmers A Mer.
chants Rank, and Mr. Cortez Green,
who for many years has been connect
ed with the Harrison Wholesale Co.,
of this city, compose the firm and
they have been made authorised Ford
dealers for this section. '■
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Mr. W. J. Hodges Is A
Champion Peach Grower
Thursday morning Mr. W. J. Hodges
had on display some of the finest
peaches ever seen in this section, two
pesehes weighing one pound six snd
a half ounces, or just a small fraction
less than three-quarters of a pound
apiece.
Mr. Hodges raised them in his back
yard. He does not know the name of
the peach. They are all "whoppers"
and easily Malm Mr. Hodgee the
champion grower of big peaches.
Recalls Visit of William Jennings Bryan
To Williamston and Other Small Towns
By H. B. C.
William Jennings Bryan came to
Williamaton three timee, but I doubt
that even jda wife knows that he came
but once. He came lint on the young
fteed of fame after the Chicago con
vention of 1896, when men vied with
-one-another to do him honor. He mi
a demi-god. When he visited North
jCarotina during the campaign, people
went hundreds of miles to hear his
voice or touch his hand.
Bryan came to Williamston again
on the aloven ox of despair after his
unsuccessful attempts to become Pres
ident. It became the order of the
day for a mail main to revile him.
Bryaniam was used as a bludgeon of
reproach' far hurt at his former sup
porters. It appeared that everyone
had deserted him save a few of the
No Enterprise To Be
Issued Next Tuesday
There will be no issue of the
Enterprise next Tuesday. We hate
very much to BUSS an issue, but
our' typesetting machine needs
some repairs, and it will require
several daya to overhaul it. We
are hastening this issue in order
that we might have ample time
to complete the Job.
For the paat several months lit
tle defeeta have been appearing,
and we think we have put them off
long enough; ao it is with the
hope of atarling off with a'clefcn
sheet today week that we miss
our iaaue next Tuesday.
CHILI) IS KILLED
IN AUTO SMASH
21-Mbn hs-Old Child of Mr. Will
Clark Killed When Truck Hits
Ford Coupe Near Greenville
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Will Clark
and family, of Greenville, were out
motoring 011 the Washington road
when their car was struck, turned over
ard completely around by a man nam
eii Williams, who was driving; a large
truck. The 21-months-old child of
Mr. Ciark was instantly killed and
several ether members of the family
injured.
The accident occurred seven miles
from Greenville, 'when Mr. Clark
turned out for the approaching truck,
whuh was traveling at a very fast
rale of tpeed, for so heavy a venicle.
Mr. Clark was completely forced off
the paved road and had both front
wheels on the,dirt and turned into a
ditch.
Mr. Clark was driving a Ford coupe
and it was nothing more than mirac
ulous that other members of the fam
ily wete not killed when the car was
turned over.
Williams, the driver of the truck,
was credited with killing a mule on
the rame date.
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Macedonia Local
And Personal News
Mr. ami Mrs. R. H. Peels attended
church at Old Ford Sunday.
Mr. Alfred Griffin was the guest of
Miss Virginia Peele Sunday.
Mr. George Peele was the guest of
Miss Vivian Peele Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coltrain were
visitors in the Hardison Mill section
Sunday.
Mr. Elbert Wilson wac the guest of
Misses Sarah and Sadie Mae Uadley
Sunday afternoon.
Misses Carrie Ward, VirfMa Peel,
ard Mr. Raymond Peel went to Wash
ington Sunday afternoon to see Miss
Carrii Roberson at the Washington
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Peele spent
Sunmy afternoon with Mrs. John
Hodges.
Mr. Ben Lilley was the guest of
Miss Carrie Ward Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Perry spent
Sunday with Mrs. Perry's parsnts, Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Peele.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hadley spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr: and Hr»
Charlie Beacham-
Mr. and rMs. Nat Cherry spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrsfi Simon Perry.
Mr. Sentelle to Preach
At Baptist Church
Prof. R. E5. Sentelle will preach at
the Baptist (fhurch both Sunday morn
ing and evening, and Dr. Walter R.
White, of Plant City, Fla., will fill the
pulpit of that church Sunday, August
the 9th, both morning and evening.
Dr. White Is a Bertie County citi
zen, bat has been preaching In other
States for several years.
mind, came as a Crusader,-a Christian
propagandist.
it is popular to fallow the fickle
tide. I found myself tTrffling with
popular opinion and almost turned a
galnst Bryan when he failed to reach
his pqlitical goal. My father, who
only gained the outskirts of the crowd
when he spoke at Rocky Mount, so
great was the crush, and who felt
compensated later when he shook his
hand from the car window as the train
crowd who carted and belittled Bryan.
Dulled out, came near Joining the
Bryan never became the President
of the United States, for which nar
row-minded men cursed him, bat he
became something greater, he Became
the captain of a vast army, became
the master of their destinies, the pilot
of their souls. He pointed the way,
and with his matchless voice turned
men and women to Christ. Bryan
REGULAR SESSION
RECORDERS COURT
Six Case* On Docket For Trial Tues
* day; Negro Bound Over On
Charge of Rape
Six cases were on the criminul dock
et and came before Recorder Smith
lust Tuesday in the Martin County re
corder's couirt. Attorney E. S. Peel
prosecuted for the State.
The first case was that of Scute vs.
Curl Aiken and Henry ltober.son. Rob
erson was not taken and Aiken was
sent > jail for six months, with leave
to be sent to the Edgecombe County
roads. Aiken, guilty to the
charge brought agatlist him of selling
liquor..
The case against C. C. Jones, charg
ing him with selling was no I
prossed with leave.
The case charging L. J. Hardison
and George M. Hardison with assault
with deadly weapon was continued
until Tuesday, August 4.
General Purvis plead guilty to a
charge of simple assault. Judgment
was suspended upon the payment of
the cost of the action.
Mahala Lloyd, charged with fight
ing and assault, plead not guilty to
the charge, and the court, after hear
ing the evidence, found her not guil
ty.
Joe Taper, a negro from the Dar
dent* section whs charged with rape.
The defendant waived examination,
and was ordered by the court to be
confined in the county jail to await
trial in the September term of Martin
County superior court.
Assistance Provided
For Accredited Flocks
Assistance has been provided in be
ginning the accredited hatcheries and
hatchery flocks in North Carolina. This
work, done under the supervision of
the State division of markets, will help
to build up the poultry industry of
the Stats.
Suit Against Co-ops Looked
On As "Old Stuff" by Heads
Of the Tobacco Association
Get Three Stills in
Free Union Section
Wednesday Agents Harris, Raker,
and J. R. Manning huinted in Free
Union, where they captured a copper
still, the cap and worm of another,
and two steel-drum stills and about
800 gallons of beer.
None of the stille were being oper
ated and no clue to connect the own
ers was found.
Free Union has for a time estab
lished a reputation for manufacturing
lots of bad liquor. They seem to use
the poorest materials anjfl use the
meanest equipment of any section of
the country. They also seem to be
so well organized that no one can
approach without the news spreading
'ahead, warntitg the opfefatorST '
Episcopal Picnic at
Coleraine Today
The Episcopal Sunday Bchool will
have its annual picnic at Coleraine
today. The children are asked to meet
at the Episcopal church yard at 9
o'clock Friday morning. Mr. H. M.
Stubbs, superintendent, urges all the
members of the Sunday school and
church to attend.
In Morehead City
Mr. Julius S. Peel is spending sev
eril days at Morehead City.
morrow. Take hope from the heart
of men and you put chaos in the
bosom of the nation. Many of us have
Men hopeless persons. We have seen
the hopeless murderer in the death
chamber, a community perhaps verg
ing on the loss of hope after a torna
do or earthquake, but never have we
seen a hopeless nation, unless we see
it In Russia today. And what Ameri
can would exchange his abode for a
hopeless life in pagan Russia.
Clay, Webster, and Calhoun died
after their political life had ended;
not so with Bryan, he quickly turned
to the right, and "clothed in the ar
mor of a righteous cause was stronger
than all the host of error that could
be brought against him."
Bryan is dead, but the things for
which he fought will never die. His
Christian life and indomintable cour
age will always be an inspiration to
men and women who believe in Christ
B+lm immortal it v of tHi soul
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GOVERNOR ASKS NORTH
CAROLINIANS TO HONOR
BRYAN DURING BURIAL
( A Fall Fashion »'
I «b^HT
# Maybe you Ant knowr it yet,
Mw. Woman Reader, but you arn
Kotaig to wear large hata again.
TKla black we I our, trimmed with
•Ilk mauve violet* arid cyclamen,
is a new Pail fashion with 'brim
and made to fit bobbed heads.
Tobacco Averages 14
Cents In Georgia
'l'll* Georgia Tobacco Market
opened Tuesda) with meiium
Mil len and prices ranging from ti
(o 21 conts, according to press re
ports from tobacco men in that
section.
The average price was given as
14 centN. They do not grade to
bacco on those markets; if they
did, ihey would receive frent on*
to a cent and » half more.
Some of the markets are with
out buyers, and will possibly have
to close in a few days.
Timed To Occur With
Opening 1 of S, C.
Markets
.The suit filed agafr\.«* employees of
the Tobacco Association by J. A.
Wade, a fanner of Halifax County,
Va., has created only mild interest
among the members of the associa
tion, according to all accounts.
What has become an annual barrage
of hostile and sensational publicity
against the organized growers is tim
ed as Usual to precede the opening of
the association's markets in South
Carolina. Members wearisomely re
call the bungling attempt of three
young men from South Bolton to start
an insurrection anil collect "subscrip
tions" to "show up the association
which occurred at just this time last
year.
According to the news from Dan
ville, where the present suit is fiierd,
"There is a shrewd suspicion that the
action has been fostered largely in
South Boston by the same element
which sought to destroy the associa
tion last summer."
The saving of hundreds , of thous
ands of dollars for the association and
its members by the men who came to
its aid and redried its tobacco from
2ft cents to 50 cents cheaper per hun
dred pounds than the price which oth
er redrjers would have forced the as
sociation to pay, was "good business,
good morals, and good economy for
the association," according to Oliver
J. Sands, of Richmond, public director
for the association in-Virginia.
I'uhlic officials from three States
who werv invited to investigate the
affairs of the association stated many
weak* ago in their report that -they
had gone very thoroughly into its re
dry i/fg In the words of the
directors of extension, the commission
er* vpf agriculture, the chiefs of the
bureauH -of editors of
farm papers from Vjrylnia, North and
Carolina:
"The committee believes tkat the as
sociation saved its members at least
26 cents per hundred pounds in redo
ing costs on the 1923 erop, and per
haps 50 cents per hundred in redry
ing costs on a part of the 1924 crop.
The association got a large part of
its tobacco redried at $1.75 per hun
dred in 1928, due to this basic price.
During 1924 the Edmondson Tobacco
Co. further reduced its charges for re
drying to $1.50 per hundred pounda."
Director Sands when told of the
suit last week declared, "ft is ludi
crous to aUege that a net profit of
$600,000 has been made by the very
parties who effected a saving of hun
dred* of thousands ef dollars for the
ADVERTISERS WILL FIND Ol!R
COLUMNS A LATCHKEY TO 1600
VOMES OF MARTIN COUNT!
ESTABLISHED 1898
Requests Cessation Of
Business for Hall
Hour
HALF MAST FLAGS
Burial Will Take Place
At Arlington This
Afternoon
Governor Angus VV McLean Tues
day issued an otKcial proclamation en
joining all the people of t^e.State to
desist from their, customary activities
for a period of thirty imputes during
the funeral of William Jennings liry
an Friday and ordering flags on State
buildings to fly at half must during
the entire day. -v
The proclamation follows in full:
"A proclamation by the Governor.
"Whereas, the funeral services of
-the late William Jennings 1 iryan will
tkke place in Arlington Cemetery, at
Washington, on- Friday, the thirtieth
day of July, and
"Whereas, for more three decades
Mr. Itryan has been the acknowledged
leader qf a mighty host in America,
and
"Whereas, he has liy' his strength
and sincere convictions of duty ami
his exalted moral characteii-Uiade an
everlasting impression upon the lives
of the American people, and ->
"Whereas, his death has brought
peculiar sorrow to the people of North
Caroling because ut the many ties
that existed between him and them.
"Now, therefore, I, Angus W. Mc-
Lean, governor of North Carolina, in
resopnse to universal public sentiment
of our people to pay. to the memory
of (he dceased a, last mark of respect
do hereby order the flags of all State
buildings in North Carolina to he
flown at half mast on Friday, July the
thirtieth, and 1 do respectfully enjoin
the people of the State to desist from
their customary activities, for a per
iod of thirty minutes, (luring the time
of the funeral.
Done at our city of Raleigh, this
the twenty-eighth day of July, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five, and in the
one hundred and fiftieth year of our
American independence"
It would «be in keeping with the
solemn occasion if people would as
semble themselves together and read
the Scriptures, which were the light
to the pathway of the' Great Com
moner while in life and -which has—-
doubtless led him safely back to the
Creator of all things.
Big Crowd From Here
Attends Masons Picnic
A large number of our people at
tended the Masonic picnic in Coleraine
yesterday. A large number of the
. Ma»nuv of thu- Aowji , attended au.iA- all -
the warehousemen were there. The
Chamber of Commerce was represent
ed, and advertising material was dis
tributed. The picnic was a great sue-
CMH.
Leave for Western Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Horton will
leave tomorrow for Western North
Carolina. They will make the trip,
through the country and will visit
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte,
ami Asheville, where they will spend
several days. _ , .
association." The public director for
Virginia characterized the suit as a
last ditch fight to discredit the asso
ciation and inijiede its further prog
ress.
According to the' Statement of Rpb-, '
ert Wade, the young attorney who is
most active in the suit, representa
tives of Henry Ford's legal stall will
•ome shortly into the tobacco section,
for the purpose, he says, of securing
data to contest Sapiro's damage suit
filed against Ford.
The recent warning of Dr. J. Y.
Joyner to the farmers, which was
made by the veteran worker and br
ganizer of the association when he an
nounced that he would retire from a
salaried position with the association
to serve It without pay, seems espec
ially timely in view of the efferta itow
being expended in the annual attack
against farmers of Virginia and the
Carolinas who are organising their
swn business. "In this fight for eco
nomic freedom and economic justice
for our farmers, we are now standing
at the Marne, said Dr. Joyner, in
bidding his associates farewell, and
declared that "arrayed against us are
powerful forees, strongly entrenched,,
perfectly organised, aowerftiHy fi
nanced, determined in their own in
terest W destroy us this year If they
en."