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Tgjdajs Leaves Tomorrow for Norfolk Mr. Kenneth Lindsley leaves tomor row for Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Va. In Washington Today Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Courtney spent today in Vk'ashington shopping. Return From Motor Trip Mr. arid Mrs. A. T Crawford re turned from an extended motor trip. Thursday. They visited Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton, N. J.', and New York while away, , Crop Report Places . This State Fourth The Government cfop. report for July'l6 places North Carolina in the fourth place in estimated yield for the year." The only States higher than burs are Virginia,* Arizona, and ,Cali forhiaT The esTTOffited yield for the - State is placed at 236 pounds of cot- j ton, or nearly a half. bale, per _acre. I wlrich is 12 pounds lower than our 10- ■— year average. 'l'lie the United States for 10 years l ut, been 154 pounds, while the indications shown in the-re port-put it ai 140 pounds, or 11 pounds below the JO-year average. The forecast, on the tobacco cjop give* the iy2s y ( ieid at «iio T 426.0UU. as compared with a yield of 178,320,- 000 pounds in 1i»24, a gam of 55,000, 000 pounds, bm it is 76,000,000 less than the 1923 crops and only 8,0(10,- 000 pounds more than the last five year average. The crop in t the JJnited States- js estimated to be about less than tlie five-year average. Notwithstanding the life of a paper dollar is.only seven or eight months, we haven't had one die on our hands recently. Relatives are people who come to visit you when the wrather gets too -hot for them -to- do-their "own cook ing. I'EACAN HIKES—One of the mo* profitable trees to grow. Long lived Learn the facts free for the ask ing v J. B. Wight, C''b'o, Georgia.* to Sept. 11 TWO TO-NIGHT for harmful constipation, hilioua nea#, Bjck headache, bal l>rr«th, coated tongue, pinir appetite. Without ifrij'mir or nau*ea % CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS Set your liver right - only 23e IT IS WORTH GOING MILES TO SEE Monday night, August J 7, the William ston Chamber of Commerce will arrange and stage Ye Olde-Time ~ Fiddlers Convention one that will afford much laughter, barrels of fun and real enjoyment. A similar convention was staged in Hamilton a few weeks ago and we are as sured that it will be. highly pleasing to everyone who attends. - ... . The merchants of our town are very much interested in the convention and to make it a huge success they are offering prizes. A general good time is assured. The names ol the merchants who are offering prizes appear below: F. NASisE*' it tiUN —ii shirts and J pair sock*. H. L). PEEL JEYVLLKI COMPANY, iiornur Sax. CLAKR-BLNNL'I'i DilLO CUAU'AN Y—'loothpuate. MAKCiUUS BROTHERS AMI liKOOKS, t>uu ol clothe*. ANDLlCsj.\ CitA Vvl- uiu» COMPANY—i'air. o£ shoes. TEXACO EiLClisc MAI lON—il-quart can 'Jexaco moter oil. li. H. CUL RTNE i—One Tolede Cooker. HAKKi.SON BROTHERS. 61 COMPANY—Hug" J. A. MANNING UUOCEKY C 0.—24 lb. Ruitf-iiird flour. ft Vf, BLftVNT * tea ketUa. W. R ORLEANS—One straw hat. •' - C. O. MOORE & COMPANY —1 case Honey Drop Brand corn. THE LEADElt—One silk dress. S. It. BIGGS DHLCi COMPANY—One box Cineo cigars. CLUPEPPER HARDWARE COMPANY—One 6-quart tea kettle. RAMIES VARIETY STOKE—I felt hat und 1 table cover. WILLIAMSTON MOTOR "COMPANY—I 30x» tube. C. D. CARSTARPHEN A CO.—l straw Jiat and 1 shirt. 5 A 10 CENT STORE—24-piece sot. , . FARMERS * MERCHANTS 8ANK—42.60 gold piece. F. JL HODGES—Bed room slippers. (These articles, valued at $130.00, wiirbe given to winners) See the Above Prizes in Nassef's Window VoeniA V- —vr Jl\gg? Uncle The blessin' of contentment'l may be realized, of course, if a | feller waxes thankful that the j world ain't any worse. - But, j when a mortal sets around an' i twiddle with his thumbs, he ain't the sort of citizen to pick j the ripest plums. . ; You'll run acrost the yapper ( nearly place you go, who baaes his distinction of the stuff he doesn't know—who favors all ' the ideas that is easiest to dis-: i miss —, an' demonstrates, un- ! conciouslj', that ignorance is bliss. And then, we find the feller, so averse to honest toil, that he ' reckons pure contentment ain't allied with midnight oil we' find, on close observance, that, • he seldom ever sweats, while Indulgin' satisfaction over dti ties he forgets. Contentment and indifference A may travel side-by side, and a, 1 moderate dose of either one; I may hold ut. satisfied,; —hut if, , a feller wants to be ; of any earthly use, he'll find lifeS true _ ■m-lwi'l.nunt "with thq stuff he cttn product;'. 1 1 IF YOU WANT TO f/ND OUT BOSS GO HOME WTH A MAN ON NI4*HT £lo,ol'. CONVENIENT 6-EQ.OM hou.se with good yard and garde' l , on Main Street, for sale: l'rice low, terms easy. W. C. Manning. jy2B -2t SPECIAL LICENSE TAXES NOW DUE The following special license taxes for the Town of Williamston for the year beginning August 1, 1925 arl> now due and payable to the Chief of Police.. ' . - Auto tire and accessories $ o°° Autos for hire, not over 7 passengers ~ 10.00 jtulos Mr e » °^ er passen gers —— * Auto trucks for hire *O-°° Barber shops, each chair 2.00 Battery Service and Tire Re pair "Station ~ lO.OO Bicycle deakrs, I 10.00 Biliard or pool room, j>er table 50.00 'Cafe, 10 'persons or iesn 5.00 Cafe, 10 am; less than 25 10.00 Cigarettes or cigars, retail 5.00 Clothing, second hand dealer 20.00 Coal and wood dealer, retail lO.OO Coal and wood dealer, whole sale 10.00 Fireworks, dealers in 100.00 Fortune tellers 100.00 Garages, each employing 'over „-2 persons 10.00 Canines, each employing 2 piirsons or less 5.00 Gasoiine filling stations, 2 de vices Sl — til " 2-stt Gasoline filling stations, for e;ich' device more than 2 _ IfOOl Hotels, per room 4"" Juiik dealers - 50.00 Cartridges, dealers in 6.25 Advertising agents, ou doors . 5.00 Palmisters . 100.00 Peddlers in toilet :ic icles, medicines, spices, etc. - -- 100.00 Plumbers . lO.OO ; . Prosling cluljs. employing not more tha.i 2 .. 5.00 Pre: sing clubs, employing more tfliSn 2 - 10.00 T?oiTu 'fountains \Zi--J-.~zrz~ IfcOO" Carbonated bottle drinks 1.50 Cndortakers, emhnlmers, coffin dealers „ 15.00 Retail ice deale'x 10.(H) Shoe repairer - 5.001 lint dog ami barbecue stands, "not in cafe o 5.00 j Ice cream stands, not in drug Which Furnishes . ~* - """. . / Food for Thought _ F === ====? = === What person is there that hasn't at one time or another smiled at livestock which reached for , ™ T¥ THE FARMERS AND "poorer grass" outside its pasture than was under OTIPEPPER MERCHANTS RANK its very feet? Philosophers of old, seeing such, HARDWARE CO. - quickly expressed it in words of wisdom, thusly; wim ■ _ Williamston, N. C. "The grass is always greenest in the next pas- WiWamston, N. C. ture." ===^^=====;ss Don't be too quick to smile at "such foolish- ROANOKE SUPPLY MARGOLIS BROS. n^aof b.jM* human rriMPSTOV trait —sometimes employed to great advantages tumrAW i and BROOKS for mankind—more often, however, to selfish Williamston N C Williamston, N. C. ends which reap the same reward ' The most obvious example i& the spirit' which ———— moves citizens of any community to "go away * WUJJIAMSTON ™4FT 17 l l : om ho ™ e " t0 merchandise, necessities, of MOTOR COMPANY CLARK-BLNNLTT life—and even their entertainment. M _ DRUG COMPANY Nearly always such buyers put themselves Williamston, N. C. to Kreat trouble—they buy hurriedly—and get Dealers less for their money than if they had made their Williamston, N. C. — ======s^^==== purchases at home where merchants are known ' • and their word is a bond; where service is frined- ——————— NASSEF DEPT. ly; and where, the store stands always ready to ENTERPRISE PUB CTnD „ " make satisfactory adjustments or changes— if MOKE such is necessary. Williamston, N. C. When you patronize only home industries you Williamston, N. C. are making an investment for your own prosper- ■ ity. Only in proportion to the increase in trade G. W. BLOUNT ea " Williamston grow. Which means;— Bigger c. D. CARSTABPHEN and Better Store 6 and Stocks of Merchandise; — & COMPANY Better Homes-More Jobs—increased Wages— COMPANY Willi*\m«tnn M r Better Schools—Bigger Churches and increased WUBamston N C " lll,amston ' N " u values for our Homes and Farms. williamston, IN. U F; The grass is ju& as green in our own pasture Let's All Boo£t for William^ton THE ENTERPRISE WILU-.IAMSTON, NORI'H CAJtOHNA stores and cafes"-, 5.00 Horse shoers 5.00 Wood ifttw operators _— 2.50 Cotton and peanut buyers 10.00 Itinerant dealers in fruits pur chased in Carload lots and sold from car door or rented stands ' r 50.00 Itinerant dealers in fruits or melons sold in small lots' from vehicles or boats at retail (unless owners of »•» products produced live in i. Martin County, ijf >-hich | case to be excepWd) 10.00 J. O. MANNING, Chief of J'olice. / NOTICE OFyttJMiNISTKATIO.V Having this day qualified -as ad ministrator of the estate of S. K. Red deceased, all holding claims against sAid i.-.tatcait'e hereby ;tified to present same for payment on or before_tlie 16th day of July, I!'£6, of this notice will be pleaded •ii ba» of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate Will plea.se come forv/aid J.nd .immediate settlement of same. This July 16th, 1925. j\ 17 6tW Administrator. JTDTSLADE, EXECUTRIX NOTICE flaving qualified a. l : executrix of the {•.state of Augustus Johnson, decsased, late of Martin County, North Caro lina, this is to notify all persons hav . ing claims against the estate of said it» ceased to exhibit them to the un (Crsijfned or her attorney on, or before j the 21st day of July, 1926, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please make immedi ate payment. This tW of July, 1926. MRS. AUGUSTUS JOHNSON, Executrix of the estate of Augustus Johnson, deceased. Hugh G. Horton, attorney, jy 21 6t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA In the Matter of A. B. Ayers, Bank rupt. —-Notice of Sale of Personal Property. Pursuant to and in compliance with ah order of Marshall C. Staton, Ref eree in Bankruptcy in the above en titled matter the undersigned Trustee in Bankruptcy will on Monday the 20 day oi* July 1925 at 12:00 o'clock M. in the store formerly occupied by A. B. Ayers in Bear Grass, North Caro lina offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash the following described pioperty to-wit: The Stock of Goods and fixtures lormerly owned by A. B. Ayers, Bank rupt, Inventorying approximately $3,- 200.00. t . This the 10th day of July 1925. .HUGH G. HOKTON, Trustee in -— 7-14- . North Carolina, Margin County. In 'he superior jour, before the clerk Venice Matron vs. Charlie Macon The defendant above named wil tke notice that an action entitled a 1 above has been commenced in the su ' perior court of Martin County, North Carolina, wherein the plaintiff is ask ing for an absolute divorce, and the said defendant will further take no tice that he is required by the law t appear at the courthouse of said coun ty on the 20th day of July, 1925, and answer or demur, to the couiplaint of said action, or the defendant will ap ply to the court for the relief demand ed in said complaint. This the 20th day of June, 1926. R. J. PEEL, je 23 4tw Clerk superior court. SALE OF VALUABLE PARM PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the authori ty conferred upon us in a deed of trust executed by T. W. Whitehurs a>id wife, Estelle O. Whitehurst, on the 9th day March, 1923, and re corded in book of mortgages, 0-2, at page 191, Martin County, we will on Saturday the 22nd day of August, 1925, at 12 o'clock noon at the court house door in Williamston, sell at pub lic auction for cash to the highest bid der, the following land, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, containing 246 acres mote or less. JSituate, lying, and be ing on the main road from Hamilton to Palmyra, N. C., about four miles northwest of Hamilton, N. C., in Ham ilton Township, Martin County, Stat' of North Carolina, having such shapes, metes, and courses, and distances as will more fully appear by reference to plat of survey thereof made by T, Jones Taylor on January 18, 1923, and being bounded on the north by the lands of Claude LyncJj, on the east by the lands of J. B. Anthony, o« tto south by tto land" of J. B. Anthony, on the wast by the lands of*. W. Whitehurst and Carrie Noifleet lands, and being the same tract or parcel of land heretofore conveyed to Estelle O. Whitehurst by deed from T. W. Whitehurst, dated January 21, 1918, of record in book T-l, at page 317, and by deed from Jane E. Moore to T. W. Whitehurst, dated January 18,"1914, and of record in book F-l» page 859, of Martin County public registry. This sale is made by reason of the failure of T. W. Whitehurst and wife, Sstelle 0. Whitehurst to pay off and discharge the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust to the North Caro lina Joint Stock Land Bank of Dur ham. This the 17th day of July, 1928. 0 FIRST NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Trustee. Durham, N. C. jy24 *tw NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having .this flay qualified ns admin istrator of thtf est°te of Mrs. Martha D. Robersen, late of Martin County, all persons holding claims against said estate are heieby notified to pit* , i nt BaVne for payment on or before June 13, 1926 or this notice will be plenfl in bar f their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment of debts. W. M. Harrison, administrator of the estate of Martha D. Roberson. This June 18, 1926. e-i»-«
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