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Air Circus and Auto Races at Fair Grounds Tomorrow; Aerial Sham Battle and Fireworks at Night Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date Subscription Expires VOLUME XXVII—NUMBER 71 Good Attendance Recorded at Roanoke Fair This Week; Was Best Show Ever Put On Here in Many Respects; Will End Tonight Thursday, As Usual, Is Big Day; Weather Hurt Some Tuesday, or a greater part of it, was spent getting thoae things togeth er, which could not be done Monday on account of the steady downpour of rain. So, not until Wednesday did the fair get Its proper start but a good one it was. During the three last days thousands have enjoyed the Roanoke Fair, which state papers are acclaim ing, "second to none except the Stale I 1 air," in this large and wonderful commonwealth of ours. Outstanding features of the week's program are numerous, but the music , by McDonald's Baiyi has been enjoyed by all who have visited the grounds. Mr, McDonald and his Scottish lads have been very generous in their play ing and have been a real drawing card. The band was visited last night fcy Mr. Harry D. Grey, of Pittsburgh, famous baritone soloist, who is known by all radio fans because he and his wife broadcast from K. D. K. A., and W. C. A. E. stations a greater part of the time. Mr. Grey rendered two selections by special request and will very probably sing again tonight. The man who jumps from the car going seventy miles an hour has caused as many thrills as any stunt on the grounds. The clowns have added pep and caused much merriment among the kids, in fact, their antics scared one horse so badly that be tried to hide himself and the buggy attached, in a "hot dog stand,'' but there was room for nothing but "dogs," and he was coaxed out after a while. Awards have been made in all de partments of exhibits. In county ex hibits Martin received the blue ribbon and Bertie the red. The were very clever displays and both showed in a very comprehensive manner, the won derful natural advantage of these two good counties. Mrs. W. C. Manning received a prise «a bar display of flud. en produce. She having about fifteen or twenty fresh vegetables, all taken from her own garden. The Extension Bureau Service from the State College, which has taught much to every person who has seen its striking illustrations we are giving in detail. The horse races have been very good, and horse lovers from many places have visited them each day. "Sandy McGregory'' a New Jersey horse, has won many of the stakes. Thursday was the biggest day on the racing program and several high class races were witnessed by thus ands. Secretary H. M. Foe has most suc cessfully coped with every situation that has arisen, even the natural handicap of bad weather and his fair is what we would torn a "howling" IUCC6AJS. Episcopal Church Sunday Services • .-00 a. m., Children's Eucharist; 9:46 a. m., church school; 11:00 a. m., morning prayer and sermon; 3:00 p. m., Holy Trinity Mission; 4:00 p. m., plain evensong, 7:30 p. m., no service in church as we will attend theatre service. In some parts of China, pigs are marketed alive, the squealing animals being suspended in a hammock hunt on large poles carried by two men. ■ I Strand Theatre w I . —TONIGHT— "THE GREAT DIAMOND I' "& ■ I MYSTERY" and FOX COMEDY THE ENTERPRISE Mabel Cody Air Circus and Auto Races Will Bring Fair Week To Close Saturday; To Battle in Air Instead of the regular day of pack ing and clearing out of the amusement companies and all the others who make the fair, a fair, as it has always been in the past, on Saturday, following the four fair days, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday,—everything will be running full blast and the great Mable Cody Circus, which has never played anywhere in North Carolina except Raleigh, will have charge of the afternoon performance. The automobile races will exceed any ever run on the local track. Some of the country's greatest "dare devil" drivers will drive in the races which will be a part of the afternon amuse ments. But the greatest "thriller" in world will be the performance of Mabel Cody, a nieee of the wonderful "Buf falo Bill" which is acted in an areo plane. She stands out on its wings, underneath the plane and does stunts that no other will do. JAMES H. WARD DIED THURSDAY Well-Known Williamston Citisen Dies After Suffering With Hrights Disease Over a Year Mr. James Herbert Ward died at his home on Main street early Thurs day night after an attack of Brights, which had troubled him for more than a year. For several months he has not been able to do work of any kind and has been in bed most of the time. Mr, Ward was the son of Jas. L. Ward and wife Mary E. and was bom ir Pitt County in April 1880 making him 46 years old. He married Miss Eubanks, also of Pitt County and moved to Williamston 23 years ago, his wife died soon after ward. He then married Miss Lucy Gurganus, she and four children, James Herbert, Julia, Ruth and Virgil survive. He leaves two brothers and two sis ters, Luke Ward, of Bethel and Hut chins Ward of Robersonville, Mrs. Rufus Carson, of Parmele and Mrs. A ugustus Johnson, of Robersonville. Sinse living in Williamston he has run a market and was well and fuvor ably known throughout the county. Rev. E. D. Dodd conducted the fun eral rites at the residence this after noon and burial at the family plot in the Baptist cemetery. GOOD ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM Williamston Legionnaires Planning To Attend Washington Celebration Almost as s Body Williamston ex-service men are planning to attend the big Armistice Day celebration at Washington next Wednesday in almost full force. The Washington legionnaires promise the Martin County men a day full of en tertainment and good times, with lots to eat, a good football game and oth er forms of entertainment as outlined in laat week's Enterprise. The Legionnaires and all other ex service men are requested to meet at the Legion Hut, Washington, at 9.30 a. m., Armistice Day, in order to "fall in" for the parade, which begins to move at 10 a. m. The program to be held in the New Theatre at II a. m., is as follows: t Dixie—Washington Band. 2. Attention Post Commander, Henry Tripp, jr. 8. Prayer—Rev. H. B. Searight, Moderator, North Carolina Presby tery. —4r -Community - singing—Edmund Harding, director. 5. Introductory remarks, Col. Wiley C. Rodman, Past State Commander,. American Legion. 6. Address —Lieut W. S. Bryant, U. S. Army. 7. Star Spangled Banner —Band, orchestra. 8. Benediction—Rev. Mr. Plybon, pastor First Baptist Church. Christian Churfch Sunday Services Sunday school, 6:46 a. m.; morning eojjMM »ujosa» !tu "• 0O : IT at Masonic Hall. A. J. Manning, Pastor. .■: 'u: WiUiamston, Martin Couitty, North Carolina, Friday, November 6,1925. According to Miss Beatrice Fairfax, bhe exemplies Miss Fairfax' conten tion that women are braver than men, for no man has dared to do what Mabel Cody does up in the air. Since this circus has been perform ing in America two men have been killed, one in the auto races op Labor Day a year ago and another at the Richmond State fair last year. This one fell from the aeroplane into the grand stand and was killed instantly. It is expected by the management that a record breaking ci\wd will greet the beautiful, but brave, Mabel Cody when she arrives in Williamston tomorrow. I At night the fire works will be as elaborate as at any time during the week, and the areoplanes will counter, charge the bombs thrown up with ones from above as-is done in every sham battle. TOBACCO CO-OPS WIN IN COURTS Protect Loyal Members of Association From Those Abusing Liberal Policy The first legal steps taken by the Tobacco tirowers Cooperative Associa tion this season to protect its loyal members against contract breakers have met with immediate success. In spite of the association's an nouncement that it would not deduct penalties from deliveries of this year's crop to pay for fail of the members to deliver in other years, some mem bers have continued to sell tobacco upon the auction markets. Those are the men against whom quick and ef fective action is being taken by the cooperative. The first action of this sort by the association in Vunce Coun ty recently resulted in securing liqui dated damages for more than S6OO a gainst five members of the associa tion who were further restrained froiji breaking their contract. Anothi r injunction granted by Judge Sinclair of the Superior Court of Vance County against an associa tion member at Henderson, resulted in payment of a larger first advance to this offender than his tobacco had sold for on the auction floor from which it was removed by the order of the court In many counties where a few mem bers have begun to abuse the liberal policy of the association as to past offences, injunctions are being obtain ed by the association and tobacco is being transferred from the auction io the cooperative floors. Probably the most remarkable evi dence of the legal strength of the as sociation at the present time is the recent upholding of the Viiginia re cording statute, which gives the asso ciation contract right of way over all mortgages recorded after the contract has become a matter of record at the county seat B. R. Toone, a member of the to bacco association at Chase City, had given his mortgage to a local ware houseman and had also confessed judgment on hjs note. The sheriff of the county had levied on the judgment but the association, on October 30; by an order of Circuit Judge D. P. Hal- Key, for Mecklenburg County, secured an injunction against the member, the warehouseman and the sheriff, re straining them from delivering the to bacco which was under contract with the association td the auctiton floors. The abandonment of an appeal to the Supreme Court oi North Carolina y J. F. Turner, of Oxford, who was held liable for tobacco which local time merchants had sold, indicates that the law will uphold the contention of the association that a member is liable for damages, even though bis mortgagee seises and holds his crop. The association is again adopting an aggressive legal policy to protect its contract against violation and will institute suits and injunctions in a number of tobacco-growing counties during the next few weeks, according to Col W. T. Joyner, resident counsel of the association. ■ Alehohol production from the sap of the Nipa palm in North Boreno has possibilities of supplying the tropics with a motor fuel. WOMAN'S BUILDING EXHIBITS FEATURE Greater Part of Building Given Over To Hume Demonstration Booths; Miss Smith In Charge The greater part of the Woman's Building of the Koanoke District Fair is given over to demonstration booths in charge of Miss Pauline Smith, Dis trict Agent of State College. Miss Smith is assisted by Miss Helen Gaith er of Perquimuns County, Eliza Knight of Chowan County, Emma Grey More head, Of Washington County, Violet Alexander, of lieaufort County, and Karen Fiadous, of the Washburn-Cros by Flour Co. Twenty club girls, representing the girls' clubs of Beaufort, Hertford and Washington Counties and the home economies classes of Oak City High School and Greenville Training School will giveVlaily demonstrations in pre paration of foods, (school lunches in particular) health, clothing and house furnishings. The entire central part of the build ing is given over to canned goods rang ing from soups to canned meats. Here over 600 jars from Chowan, Beaufort, J'itt, Hertford and Washington Coun ties are displayed. On the left of the entrance is a model home set in a well arranged grass lawn. The use of na tive shrubs is well shown. Placards such as "Your Home Agent will help you, Name Your Farm, Faint Your House, Plant Native Shrubs." "A mo del farm home with grass, shrubs and conveniences. Your Home Agent will help you make your home like this.'' "Tie your house to the ground by the use of native shrubs." In this booth an agent wilt help with the planting plans and names, both common and bu tanical, of native shrubs and trees, which may be obtained all over East ern Carolina for the trouble of digging them- up. Adjoining the booth is a typical house, sitting up on high undurpinding, no grass and shrubs, with this card, "Is your house on high stilts, without grass and shrubs? Call on your Home Agent for landscape plans." An arts and crafts booth filled with rug rugs, tuftod rugs and basketry next claims the attention of interested housewives. Miss Helen (iaither, an expert in pine needle basketry and accessories such as lump shades an swers the questions in this line. The cemetery, "Sacred to the memory of countless women who died of over work from lack of conveniences," which is a duplicate of the one Miss Smith arranged at the State fair, !b perhaps the most interesting exhibit in the building. Fifteen tombstones carry such epi taphs as these: "Here lies Emma Snow, who placed her sink too low;" "Mary Mitchen—Died carrying water from the well to the kitchen;'' "Sister Sue—Who never did get thru;" "Here lies the wife of Hiram Green, whose hubby wouldn't buy her a washing ma chine, now that her life she has spent, he hastens to buy her a monument." etc. a Income earning as a phase of dem onstration work is wort)) -notice.' As. an example, Heaufort coUnty women alone have realized from sale of pro ducts more than SI3,(XX) in 1926. The Home Demonstration Club of Bonner ton have products on sale here to equip a club room at Bonnerton. House furnishing or refinishing furni ture is very plainly shown by the old' kitchen table and chairs done over in grey and black. A model kitchen is equipped with electric range, cabinet and stools through the courtaey of B. S. Courtney Hardware Co. ▲ sink placed at the proper height for the girls in the kitchen and not at a "standard height," with other conven iences make this a most convenient work room. In addition to the four daily dem onstration* given by the club girls in this booth, Miss Fladous keeps a sup ply of buns, hot biscuit and dough nuts, A la FUdotib. ready for all pass ers by. v - • • The Washington County team com posed of Losaie Hardison and Mildred Dixon, are giving in movies table eti quette and furnishing a girls bed room. Xhay are representing Norma Talmaga and girls from "Do-Care County" and "Don't Care County." TJ>ese girls won over other* in both District and State contests. * Rudolf Kruby, the Hartford "king of beggars," can ask for alms in ten languages. Arrainged in court recent ly for fighting, he said, "I would rath er earn any bread honeatly by begging than become a burglar." A revised ordinance of the city of Omaha readb: No person engaged in peddling as foot or handout peddler thall have an assistant while so en gagad. r^L:al .... ''Buddie's" Head —Old and New -l^pZ^pZ2j Strong fe«lfng iif comradeship '.vu» thown b«tw£en Commandtr Drain (lwt) thi retiring head, and "(jro Jtl "Kift** John rt. McQulgg □•wly el«ot®d Commander of th« An. »rtMi Legion. Com man aw ■UQuigg*! Oversea « r«oord mad* him >h» unanimous choice Federal Prohibition Officers Make Raid in Gawk Section; Fourteen Negroes Arrested 55 VARIETIES IN POULTRY SHOW Judge Says It la Best Show He Has Ever JudKed In South; Com petition Very Keen Sixty exhibitions with flfty-flve var ices in the exhibits which number more than 200 birds. Among the lead ing stocks are Bhode Island Beds, Bar led Plymouth Bocks, White Bocks, Luff Orpingtons, Black Leghorns and Partridge Wyandots. The competition was very keen and prizes went to eight states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, West Virginia, Muryland and North Carolina. Home folks will of course be glad to know that Theodore Koherson won ifist prize with his White Orpingtons, lor the best display in the show. This is fonsidered the best prize in the entire show. The following summary of the show was handed Mr. C. W. Jacks, who was manager of the poultry department, by Mr. J. H. Wolsieffer, poultry editor of the Philadelphia Record. "This year Williamston exhibit was the best 1 ever judged in the South. Bird for bird considered, the average .will show that some of the leading Southern breeders won as well as our best Northern exhibitions, No where this year in the South had the numbri of Northern exhibitions as you had." When our people learn the import ance of the hens in the food production for the "family, more attention will be given poultry. If the fair arouses the people to a proper consideration of the chickens, nnMiing nmre, than it has done tt great work. For our own county too, which is not now producing enough eggs to few! the sick. . Lenoir County Negress Dies; 109 Years Old Kinston, Nov. 6.—"Aunt" Anne Davis died yesterday at Squirrel Creek some mileß from here. She was the oldest person in this part of the coun ty, having passed her 108 th birthday. James Monroe had just been inaugu rated President when she was born in a slave cabin on an Eastern Carolina plantation, in 1817. The aged negress' white neighbors assisted in the ar rangements for her burial. She was middle-aged when the War Hetween the States began. The whites of Squirrel Creek said she was possessed of all the good traits of the ante bellum negro. Champ Cotton Picker Is Enterprise Visitor The Enterprise was visited by a champToiT cotton picker last week In the person of Levi Huff, of Goose Nest Township, a colored man. Levi said he -wouW-be 60 years old March 27, of next year. He also says his best day's picking was 446 pounds, but he cannot get much above the 300-pound mark now. Levi Is one of the old-time willing to-work darkies, but has to have an automobile to get about in now. According to the last census (1920) of the United States there were 1,- 920,220 moM women in this country than men. In Great Britain the cen f>ua of 1921 shows that the predomin ance of women over men is 1,720,802. Probably Largest Raid Ever Pulled in State; All Furnish Bond Thursday morning officers marched J2 bootleggers before Justice Asa T. Crawford; The parties captured were all mem bers of the "Southern Liquor Asso ciation" composed of that section of Martin County known as Free Union, but even better known as "dawk" In the years past the people of that section, all of whom were colored, were noted for good character and honesty. Some years ago however they began to manufacture intoxicating liquor manufacture and.traffic liquor with the result that they have.very largely de generated from the esteem of honor in which they were held, to that of a lew-breaking people, moonshining, and dealing in liquor of all kinds. They supplied Norfolk, Williamston, James ville, Scotland Neck, Itelhaven and many other towns in the surrounding country. It was generally delivered to the purchaser somewhere in the neighborhood, they seldom transported out of their own section. It is said great part of delivering to the eastern trade was at the famous "Marriage Oak" where the thirsty would drive with their cars and would Hoon be met by another who would supply his demands. They had been so lucky in evading officers that-they would actually lauglr in their faces when they would raid and fail. Dozens of times they "have" Men hunted by officers, both state and Fed eral but were pretty nearly always able to dodge them. Strange they would capture their stills anil liquor and destroy their beer, they could not catch the man. Their inethod was to fix signal guns through out the territory and were always able to evade the officers. Hut thin time the wind shifted on them. New officers came, entering un known, strangers but friends, who swooped down on them capturing 140 gallons of liquor and 12 men. They we*«~ali brought up under line and hailed before J. P., A. T. Craw ford, who bound them over to the Re corders Court to be held November 17. Phillip Hoston, who bore, the marks of a "King Pee 1 ' was required to give bond in the sum of $750. W. W. James, Joo James, Mutthew i'ierce, Hilly JameK, Willis I'iercc, Ernest Boston, NewHom Boston, Joe Taper, and Henry Ellison were placed under bond of >6OO and Eborn Pierce and Fleetwood Brooks were placed under a $260 bond each. All the defendants were able to furnish bond. The charge* against them is for Hell ing and transporting liquor. If the court succeeds in breaking up the manufacturing anil""selling of lt=" quor in that territory it will greatly bless a great section of Martin County as wett "Brother countiee. —r- Systematic boxing began in England in 1740. Eight hundred tons of one-dollar bills will be put into circulation this year by the government. The tail of Tempel's comet, which makes its appearance every five and one-half years, is largely made up of carbon monoxide and carbon, two of the mair conatitutenU of automobile c&bauat. J, Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 Martin County Homes ESTABLISHED Im JAMESVILLE BOY KILLED BY TRUCK Six-Year?old Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. (.aylord Crushed to D«ath By Hardens School Truck Marvin Gaylord, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gaylord, of Jamesville, was run over and killed by a school truck Thursday morning. The child was on his way to school and just before reaching the school house was struck by the school truck from Dardens. The front wheels are thuught tjo.bavi' run aver the child's legs, and.before the rear wheel reach id him he had attempted to jump up and the rear wheel ran over his body. The child lived only about 10 min utes after the accident. The truck was being driven bv Lin- wood Knoyles, u high-school pupil of Hardens. Those who saw the tragedy say that he could not be blamed for the accident. It appears that the lit tle fellow was looking at another car and dashed ahead of the truck. The funeral was held today and burial was at the Martin grave yard near Jamesville. MRS. C. V. IjVNIEK DIED THURSDAY One of Ol.djjwl and Hest-Known Women of Williams Township Succumbs: Was Eighty Years Old M is. Cornelia V. I.ariier, one of the oldest and best known women of Wil liiimston Township died Thursday morning. Mrs. Lanier was 80 years old fn August.* Some time ago she had the misfortune to fall and break her hip, fiorn that time. she grew weaker and the end came to free her of all earthly diseases. 0 She was a native of Kdgecombe County, before marriage she was Miss Cornelia C. Kicks, rfhe married Mr. James K. Lanier of Martin County nearly 60 years ago. He died ab6ut years ago. She was the mother of six children, three are now living, Mrs. W. Henry Daniel, Miss Mamie Lanier and Joe Lanier. She was for more than 50 years a member of , the Primitive Baptist church at the Falls of Tar River, The funeral was held at the resi dence at 3 p. rn., today by Elder Syl vester llassell and interment at the family plot on the farm where she had resided for more than half a cen tury. Sunday Services at Keddicks Grove The regular semi-monthly services of the Reddicks Crove Baptist church will be.conducted by Pastor It. L. Shir l y nt :! o'clock p. rn. Sunday. Sunday will be roll call and every member In urged t> be present to answer to their name. The Lords Sup. per ill be observed at the conclusion o f the sermon. This service will be a very interest ing anl important one. A very hearty and cordial invitation therefore is ex tended not only to the membership but to the entire community. R. L. Shirley, Pastor. Member of Enterprise Force Indeed Lucky J An unusual thing happened to a member of our staff last night at the fair grounds. Returning to her home nt eleven o'clock she discovered she had lost her watch and immediately telephoned the news into the Enter prise office. This looming Mr. Salem Nasseff, of Robersonville, called us to insert a notice in our fdund column of a watch he hail picked up on the fair grounds. It was the one we had lost and we are indeed grateful to Mr. Nasseff. V i A7X f A N DLEK, KING, IN SERIOUS CONDITION A. J. Candler, the Cocoa-Cola mil lionaire is said to be near death at his home in Atlanta with some form of trfttUPy truuble. Mr. Candler practi»al- —- ly built Emory University, one of the hading Methodist schools in America. Baptist Church Sunday Services Sunday school, 9:46 a. m.; morning service, 11:Q0 a. m. Announcement will be made as to evening services. Rev. J. L. Jones of Hamilton, will conduct the service. ••• . * Forestry conservatation was discuss ed in Poor Richard's improved Alma- ; nac as early aa 1749.