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Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date Subscription Expires VOLUME xxvni—NUMBER 72 U.N. a GLEE CLUB AT ROBERSON VILLE Will Give Matinee Concert Friday Afternoon For Benefit of Parent -T eachera The Glee Club of the University of North Carolina will give a matinee concert at the new Trio Theatre in Robersonville on Friday afternoon, No vember the 13th, under the auspices of the Parent Teachers Association. This group of thirty singers will appear under the direction of Mr. Paul J. Weaver, who is head of the Music Department of the University, and for the last two years has given a large portion of his time to the develop ment of the Glee Club. In connection with the leadership of this group, has been given high praise by music critics and music lovers in many important Cities in this country. One of his outstand ing achievements was his direction of nearly two thousand voices, one group of which was composed of the mem bers of our University Glee Club, at a concert in Kansas City on April 2, 1926. After the concert, which was heard by ten thousand people and also brodacasted by radio, Mr. Weaver was Hooded with congratulatory letters from all parts of the country. A feature of the program to be pre sented here will be the baritone solo parts of Jerome Swinford, celebrated New York artist on concert tour with the Tar Heel Club for his second suc cessive year. Since his debut as a soloist Mr. Swinford has had a hectic career. As a youth in Madison, Wisconsin, he amazed his friends by the remark able talent which he displayed and the marvelous ease with which be master ed difficult composition. He received his degree from Princeton, and during three years of his stay at that famous institution, he was an outstanding member of the nationally known Tri angler Dramatic Club of Princeton. The program, which begins promptly at 2:16 P. M., ranges from sixteenth century masterpieces to light creations popular music and spirituals. The quality of the concert is not to be questioned and Robersonville is indeed fortunate to receive a visit by such a feature attraction. All indications are that a large assemblage of Martin and Pitt county music lovers will avail themselves of the opportunity to hear this famous Glee Club. December Court Jury List Drawn Jury list for the December term Superior Court for criminal and civil to be held the second Monday in De cember, Jamesviile Township, James R. Knowles, E. G. Waters, J. F. Jordan. Williams Township; John E. Moore. Griffins Township; W. J. Griffin, J. J. Roberson, J. Edward Corey. Bear Grass Township; M. D. Taylor, Ira Rogerson, W. 0. Peel and Louis Taylor. Robersonville Township; E. C. House L. D. Roebuck, C. A. Roberson, J. B. Rawls, H. A. Jenkins, and J. L. Whit field.- . - Poplar Point Township; H. B. Smith, L. p. Tavl° r and Sam Taylor. E. DTPurvis, W. J. Beach and Hamilton T®>wn*htp; E. D. Purvis, W. J. Beach and F. 8. Purvis. Goose Nest Township; W. E. Tyson, J. F. Matthews, W. O. Council, J. J. Piland, R. A. Haislip and V*. it. Ever ett. j I CARD OF THANKB I want to thank all friends, doc tors and nurses who so kindly and generously ministered to my wife dur ing her recent long illness and for the kindness and sympathy shown me and our children at her death and burial. MAYO PEEL. Strand Theatre —TONlGHT— "Tomorrow's Love" With Agnes Ayres —TOMORROW— NAZIMOVA —In— "MY SON" AU mothers aeemnpanied by an All mothers accompanied by an other person and bringing this ad trill k. admitted free. '• >*fcA - - THE ENTERPRISE Dr. Car! Taylor, of State College, To Speak At Parents-Teachers Associationn Meeting Thursday The Parent-Teachers have a unique program for their next meeting which is expected to be the best that they have arranged. They will be fortunate in having Dr. Carl Taylor of the N. C. State College to address them. Dr. Tay lor is considered one of the South's outstanding figures, and it is hoped that every citisen of this community will have an op portunity to be present . After the regular meeting of the SOLICITS LETTERS FROM READERS Enterprise Inaugurates "The Forum," a Column Where Onr Readers May Be Heard The Enterprise has organized a pub lic department in its columns called "The Forum" for the purpose of pro moting public interest and encourag ing individual contributions and ar ticles from local citiens to stimulate popular approval or disapproval of im provements in the town and county. An article on any subject pertaining to public benefits, to the short comings of local, county and State officials, to approval of any recent law enactments or anything else that has a direct influence on the public good. . A vast amount of good can come from these personal letters if written in the right spirit and we hope to have several from different sources in our next issue. We are not running a public "kicking joint" but we do think that more can be accomplished along all lines of public improvements if the many complaints we hear along the streets and in private conversa tions are made direct to the ptoss and public through legitimate means than by the grape vine route. We are anx ious to make those letters a source of real benefit to the people at large and hope they will be given marked attention by all our citizens. If pressure enough is b. 'ought to bear upon any question before the town and enough of our citizens make a public approval or disapproval of the proposed change in the manage ment of it more real effect will be gained than by any amount of lobby ing. To each article printed will be given only the initials of the contri butor but the full name of the writer muat be given to the Enterprise. Let us have your opinions and sentiments in our next issue. AUTO ACCIDENT HERE SATURDAY D. N. Smithwick, of Sanaousa, Hits Parked Car of Mr. George Moore; Two Painfully Injured An automobile driven without lights by Mr. D. N. Smithwick, of Sansousa, struck Mr. George Moore's car parked on Main street Saturday night. Mr. Moore's car turned over several times and was damaged almost beyond re cognition. The driver suffered a broken rib and a burned arm. Mr. C. C. Smithwick, brother of the drfver, had his arm badly scalded and a hole knocked in the side of his head, he was uncon scious for some time. It is said that the car was not only running without lights but was also speeding. Mr. Smithwick recognized his re sponsibility and paid Mr. Moore for the damage to his car. Halt 1/3 Called On Leg Pictures Greensboro, Nov. B.—Determination to stop the activities of people who paste pictures of women's legs on au tomobiles is expressed here, with the city Gut authorities taking formal le gal action. G. M. Ross, of the tax de partment, has sworn out a warrant against the Greensboro Nehi Bottling Company, agents of which stuck many leg pictures on the windshields of au tomobiles when they were parked. The charge is engaging in advertising without a license. The city will en deavor to establish the right to de mand a license tax for advertising. The rase is elated to come up for, trial this week. A. D. Cone, manager of the Nehi Company, is the defendant in the ease. £200,000 Blaze In Rocky Mount Shops Rocky Mount, Nov. ».—Fire of un determined origin practically destroy ed one unit of the Atlantic Coast Line coach shops here tonight. Local fire men, by utilising every available piece of fin fighting equipment, prevented the spread of flames to other railroad structures. The damage to building* and contents is estimated at $200,000. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 10, 1925 Parent Teachers Association Dr. Taylor will take up the subject of the development of your town, and' community. Dr. Taylor has de livered this lecture at other towns and we are sure that the audience will be pleased. Immediately following the lec ture Mrs. Wheeler Martn, JV, will award the High School with the money which Ims been subscribed and the kodak to the winner of the contest. AID ASKED FOR ORPHAN HOMES North Carolina Orphanage Associa tion Asks for One Day'B Wages For Support of Orphans From: The Orphan Association To: A Generous Public The North Carolina Orphan Asso ciation is again calling upon all the men, women and children of the State to contribute the income, or wage, of a.day to one of the twenty odd Orphan l'omes, on or near Thanksgiving day. The appeal is in the interest of every one of these homes, for all of them are dong splendid work. A copy of the general appeal is herewith enclosed. A perusal of this pamphlet is invited. This will enable those interested to appreciate the need tor cooperation in the general effort to supply the urgent demands of these homes during the approachng winter. Briefly, here is the proposition which the Association seeks to present to the people of the State at this time: Send the equivalent of one day's salary or income, during the past year, to one of the Homes listed on the fourth "page of the enclosed pamphlet, on or near earnestly invited to start now. Think less if you can do no better. You are requested to make a con tribution in some amount in cash and send it direct to the institution you prefer to aid. Or it may be forward ed through your church or fraternal -order. Those who have not been contribut -ing to this movement in the past are earnestly nvited to start now. Think on these things. T «A**NA«A*E*IMOBBUMM . I «■ star ». - A* " # MK W — jl »■# IX ~ w i■ mi i ii L m -• ■ jk * -.-* "■ 1 m ■ m WINDSOR MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE D. R. Ward, Despondent Over Debts, Takes Bichloride of "Mercury; Condition Critical * I Mr. D. R. Warl, a young man of i Windsor, was carried through here Monday enroute to the Washington Hospital where he tfent for treatment. Despondent for the last three months over failure to meet his bills his morbidness accumilated in the act of taking bichloride of mercury tab lets. His condition at the present writing is unfavorable and attending physicians fear the necessity of blood transfusion. Mr. Ward came to Windsor about a year ago from near Eden ton. He was flrst interested in selling Bibles and books but had recently purchased an electric shoe repairing machine and was thought to be making good at his work He bears a reputation in hia native community and in Windsor of being a clean, and industrious young man. It is understood that fifty dollars would have paid all his indebtedness but he could not procure the amount immediately and because so despon dent that he attempted "to end it all" as he told the reporter yesteHi*yr~i * " ' Carolina Power Co. Now In New Hands News reports from New York Mon day stated that the National Power and Light Company has taken over the stock of the Carolina Power and IJght Company. Eastern North Carolina will be largely effected by the development of this company. The Carolina Company is a sub sidy of the General Electric Company. SCHOOLCHILDREN TO HAVE CONTEST Winner Hill Ueceive Eastman Kodak, Donated by Business Men Of Williamston Ten of" the younger girls of the Williamston' school will have a real battle for the beautiful No. 2 Eastman Kodak which will be awarded by the parent-Teachers Association at their regular meeting next Thursday night at 7o O P. M,, Novemlb. r 12, and it is expected that all of tfie Williamston people will lie present to congratulate the winner. i This contest has beea made possible by the sale of advertisements sub scribed by leading men of •Williamston solicited by the faculty ft their local school. The participants the- content will distribute the pro grams hearing this advertisement and (heir names written on it, which will he taken up at the door on the night of the meeting. The programs will be counted, and the girl having the largest number of the folders bearing her name will win the ko.lak, so you tre urged to not destroy the'ftfdei, but keep it until you go to the meet ing. •• • The kodak is on display, at Clark- I.Ynnett Drug Co. Local Business Houses Will Close Tomorrow All Business Houses in William ston Mill he closed tomorrow, Armistice Day, including the to bacco warehouses and banks. There will be no public cere monies in honor of the day held in .town. Armistice Day—l92s r . (|K KfITJV'.;« : 2\ v v y A t t "I I ~ t| »*#»*•> ■ H I | IF' . JFLFE M I'LSI?!* 91 Above—Lilies the perfect memorial flower. Center—Secretary of War, Weeks, President Colidge and Secre tary of the Navy Wilbur, placing wreath on tomb of the unknown Sol dier at Arlington. Bottom—Color guard at tomb of Woodrow Wilson in crypt of Washington Cathedral. Special Meeting of Local Fire Company - '4 he Williamston F4m Company held a special meeting last night when a number of important matters were dis cussed and passed upon. All mem t>ers of the company except two were present One of the questions before the Council was why the Are bell would not ring Saturday night when the call came in from Hamp Edwards, a col "ored man asking for help. The bell wovld not ring and several members of the Department did not know about the fire. A good delegation was ap pointed to attend the Eastern Caro lina Firemen's meeting in Kinston to night. j World's Biggest Steer • H B IS L >»a4i ' ~ * V v Y ?, ndll S f I^avenna ' Nebl -. h ** raised thi* riant Shorthorn i.»>- fn\y\ hull, vvhtcli stands five feot .«i©ven inchos hiffh and weighs '«*■ K er.l* three meals daily, with prairie hay, OJUU and water Martin County Tobacco Is Finest and Local Market Leads Tobacco Men Say CASHIE HEARING HELD YESTERDAY Congressman Kerr and Army Engi neer 'Among Those Present At Meeting In Windsor A public hearing- on improvements of the Cashie river WHS held at Wind sor yesterday. The meeting: was call ed and presided over by Col. K. W. Pope, Engineering Corps, li. S. A. A great many citizens living up and down the river were present v. Congressman J. H. Kerr, through whose efforts the CashieHvel' was in cluded in the Rivers ami Harbors: hill last March, was present and other of ficials of Windsor and th«j. river lines. Col. Pope obtained a great deal of information from these men regard ing the needed improvements, such art cutting out bends and curves which ate very numerous in the river, and dredging mud flats. A government boat, the Paquippe, is now going up and down the river, also petting information. It was docked •;t Windsor yesterday. COLORED BOY IS . CHOKED TO DEATH (juilt L'nder Which He Was .Sleeping Becomes Wrapped Around His~Nec'lC*Flrangliiijf Tlllrt ' Monilay morning Coroner F. L. Ed wards was called by George Lyons of Williams township to examine the body of his eight-year-old son, Haywood Lyons, who was found dead In bed when the family awoke. Mr. Edwards found that the child had slept under a ragged quilt with a part of the bind ing torn loose, which in. some way be came wrapped around the child's neck and choked him to death. It appeared that the string was so twisted about his neck that the harder he kicked the tighten it grew until he was completely strangled. No fault was attarhed to the par ents of the child. Auction Sale of Land Here Unsatisfactory The Prince Realty Company, of Ra leigh, put two sub-divisions of land on sale Monday, the flrst being a part of the Moore property on Washing ton- Street, which ia-very valuable. The prices received were consider ed very low. Afterwards a number of lots belonging to Eli Gurganus on the Hamilton road were sold. The sales didn't seem to grip the people as of old. Miss Susie Bailey, of-Everetts, has accepted a position with the Greenville Banking and Trust Company, of Greenville. She entered upon her du ties Monday. Miss Bailey is a fine young lady and worthy of the confi dence of the people and the institution promoting her to her position. Article In Norfolk Paper Praises Martin County Tobacconists The fpllowifig news item from Kins, inn. N. C., taken fro nithe Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, Yii'ginia, should be of rout interest and possible benefit to t!us muny tobacco growers in Martin Con ity. We have been preaching bet-J ter grading to our subscribers for > ears and are glad of an opportunity ] to* show.them what the larger buyers tliinlc of it. We are also glad to print jvhat our neighbors thinkjuf our mark; ft which also corroborates our pre vious statements that Williamston has! the best market in the State. . I Kinston, Nov. 7.—"At least 300 j hogsheads, or approximately !iOo,OOO pounds, of highest grade tobacco is sold here each fall at moderate prices I when it might bring 86 or 90 cents a pound, according to the representative in this country of a London cigarette j concern. The agent cites this loss to' growers as an exampfc of careless graders. The "superior weed" is not properly sorted on the farms. It comes to market mixed. Frequently it i.-> auctioned off at figures many cents 1 it-low Us market value. | ('urlesHnesH in grading is evidenced | at every sale, and is probably preval ent all over the belt, according to ex- J pert*. There lias been noticeable im' | jm»V4Uiui«t tills year. - Tobacconists here are acclaiming the | Martin County weed the finest grown ; in the eastern belt in 11(25. The aver age price ort" one auction Wil liamsjton last month was 40 cents, well above the belt level. Millions of pounds of fine tobacco have been pr/ 'lucod in the country between William ifon anil Washington. Estimated Cotton Yield For 1925 V\ ashington, Nov. 9,-t-A pi (/liable cottop production of about 15,386,000, "Ti'vi'iTrnt to r,('m |lotwiTT bu les tllis v ar if the average influences prevail during the remainder of the season i: indicated, the Agriculture Depart ment announced by reports as of No vember 1 on condition of abandonment, piobable yields, ginnings and other factors. New York, Nov. 9.—Cotton futures broke s!i a bale on publication of the government report. New Orleans, Nov. 9.—Cotton broke a bale hero after the issuance of the government report. Mrs. Mayo Peel Died Saturday Mrs. Clara- Edwars Peel, wife of Mayo Peel, of Cross Itoads Township, diod Saturday after an illness of sev eral months. She was thirty years old. She leaves three little children, the oldest five years and the youngest four months old. Funeral services were held at the Christian church at Kver etts Sunday afternoon by A. J. Mann ing and burial was at the Everetts cemetery.^" Mrs. Peel was a woman of fine char acter and leaves many friends as well as relatives to mourn her untimely detail. BORN To Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Leggett, a son, November Bth, 1926. Mr. Harry A. Biggs has returned from Greensboro, where he and Dr. John Cotton Tayloa, of Washington, spent several days. They made the trip through the country. ',r / Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 County Homes ESTAiHJSHEI) 1898 RAILROAD SURVEY SHOWS PROGRESS •Southern Prosperity Is Reflected In ' Sue. ey of: liaiirouil Stock Ad vances and Earnings Atlanta, Ca., Nov, 9.—i'rosperity in Dixie in the past two years is graphi cally reflected in survey of railroad earnings and stock advances for the period, limik officers agree that the conditions of railroad treasuries is one of the surest baiometers of general business conditions that can be found. In a recent comparison seven railroads serving southern territory were select. . '! and tajring the low prices of com mon stock in 1923 '.on hand and the high prices for the past week on the other hand, the following figures were ■gathered: , —. High prices 1923 low last week Southern Ry. 24 3-4 112 1-4 A. Coast Line 109 218 1.. & Nashville 84 3-4 I)3 3-4 C. & St. lx>uis 115 175 Illinois On. ... Frico 16 3-4 94 1-4 S, Air Line 4 3-4 50 3-8 Th« upward trend is also shown in the great advance in revenues for the * peri oils of 1924 and 1925 of these rail- — roads. W. K. JACOBSON, EDITOR, DEAD Was Editor of Washington Progress For, Thirty-Five Years; Died Saturday Night Mr. W. K. Jacobson, editor and pub j lisher of the Washington Progress for thirty-fiye years, died Saturday night • at l bis home in Washington. In W. K. Jacobson, Beaufort county lost one of its most valuable citizens; Perhaps he might have done more fin his people tha nhe did, yet the man "Ttittt jHoUk along and faTes adversitfe* i and difficulties TOT thirty-five years, and always faces the right way and I pulls for the right things even though i the tides set strong against him is • worthy to be called a man. In politics' he was always square, in moral mat ters lie was elean. He kept the faith and has made his community better i by living. Mrs. Victoria Peel Died Sunday Morning Mrs. Victoria I'eel died Sunday at" ( nine o'clock at her home in Smithwlcks | Creek township. She had been in ijl | health for .some time with chronic di | ceases, hut the direct cause of her I licatli was the bursting of a blood ves sel in her breast. The daughter of Samuel anil Holland I Keel of Pitt county, sTiTTwas born 67 I j fcVr.s ua'D and was- married at the age I of fifteen to Mr,, James Henry Peel, | who preceded her to the grave by one year, Site wits a vonstant member of the Christian Church at Macedonia and a highly esteemed and loved woman in her The interment was in the family burying ground. She in invived by the following children, Mrs. Addie Hardlson, of Kenly, Mrs. Holland Oliver, of Washington, Mr. John J. Peel, o1|? Washington, and ■ \ ~sr« John (!. and -Vance Peel, whd"* •tjvc at the old home. I Dr. Carl Taylor To lecture Thursday Dr. Carl 'l aylor of the Agricultural Department of N. C. State College, who is considered one of the finest lecturers of the South will deliver an address at the court bouse next Thurs day night at 7:80. His subject will be the "Development of your Town und Community." The general public is invited to hear him, anil it is gratifying to this com munity that it is possible to have a man of this calibre to speak here and it is hoped tjiat every business man and laily of the town will be present His lectures are forceful and inter esting and will no doubt interest every i ne and mean a further step toward progress. Marriage Licenses Issued in October WHITE ' Geo. L. Maurie, jr., Bertie County, -■I and Helen Robfrmm, H4; John Had* — — ley, 27 and Helen Crofton, 27; Virgil » Hunting, 22, and Linda Claron, 18; S. Collin Peel,"3B, and Beulah I. Tetter ton, 22; Jan. Hoyt Lilley, 22, and Hilda I* Cherry, 18; Minga E. Rogers, 22, and Annie Mae Cowin, 17; Oscar Har rison, 23, and Pattie Glisson, 20. COLORED . .-j Sonnie Williams, 24 and Florence Hyman, 20; Eearl Teel, 21 and Hattie Brown, 18; Benjamin Ward, 22 and Fannie Purrington, 21; Walte* Hap- , rlson, 21, and Bertha Bryant, 19; W» -JSj L. Brown, 18 and Velma Ruffln, 18.
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