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VOLUME XX Vm— NUMBER 80
REGULAR SESSION
OF COMMISSIONERS
New Bridge To Be Built At Daniels
Aid Statons Mill; Borrow
Money For Schools
The Board of Commissioners of
Martin County met yesterday at their
regular first Monday session. A farm
demonstration agent for the year 19215
was provided for, and a new bridge at
Daniels A Statons Mill was also vot
ed. Loans of $20,000 for Bear Grass
School and $15,000 for the Wiliiam
ston School were discussed and it was '
decided to borrow those amounts from
the State. y
The following orders were made by
the board:
By order of the board Ernest L. |
Taylor, of Bertie County, was licensed!
to Bell Watkins Products in Martin
County without paying county ta*.
The sum of 1 1,200 was appropriat
ed for the employment of a county
demonstration agent for the year 1926
P. E. Getsinger was released from
the payment of $1 dog tax, improp
erly listed.
Ordered that a new bridge be built
lit the Daniels & Staton Mill of suffi
cient length to cross the water. Wil
liams Township to make the necessary
fill.
Mrs. E. B. Waters was released
irom paying taxes on SSOO worth of
property, listed in error in James
ville Township.
The sum of S6O was appropriated
for the purchase of a cork leg for
Lee Wynn, colored.
Upon motion of T. B. Slade, jr., and
seconded by H. M. Burns, the appli
cation of the county board of educa
tion for a State loan of $20,000 for
Hear Grass School District and $15,-
000 for the Wiliiamston School dis
trict was approved.
J. A. Abeyounis, trading as the
Leader Store, was released from the
payment of taxes on $1,900 property,
improperly listed in Wiliiamston in
1924.
The board approved an order for'
$l6O for the pauper fund, to be drawn!
by the clerk of the board. |
Ordered that Perlic It. Lilley be re
leased of taxes on S2OO worth of
property, improperly listed for j
Marriage Licenses
Issued hi November
White
Georgfe Oscar Ci'wp, 27; Ilaiel llry
ant Harrell, 21.
John I. Miller, Bertie County, 21;
Clara Bateman, Washington County,
23.
Lester Jones, 19; Nellie liee Hai
biip, 18.
John A. Griffin, 2S; Mug-ic Cherrj,
24.
John Oscar Twiudy, Pasquotank
County, 22; Ellen W. Cowen, 18.
Levi Quinton Cherry, Pitt County,
22; Lethia Roebuck, Pitt County, 25.
Jease Carson, Pitt County, 24; Lil
lian Carson, Pitt County, 19.
Robert Henry Leggett, 20; Selma R.
Gray, 16.
Henry J. Lats, 26; Lucy Mills, 24.
Colored
• William James, 21; Blanche James,
19.
Win. 8. Cherry, Bertie County, 21;
Minnie Hardy, Bertie County, 18.
' John H. Moon, 26; Leona Teel, 19.
R*mjamin Spruill 25; Catherine Sav
age, 18.
George Taylor, 25; Mamie Woolard,
29.
Joseph Pollard, 22; Bertha Edwards,
20.
Ballard, 27; Estelle Slade,
It
Messrs. Clayton Moore and N. 8.
Codard spent Friday and Saturday in
Raleigh.
Mr. Milton Noman attended to bus
iness I nWoodard yesterday.
I Strand Theatre
Trade With Mem
bers of Merchants'
Theatre Club and get
a ticket to Wednes
day night's show
with each 50c spent
THE ENTERPRISE
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Honorable O. Max Gardner, State Christmas Seal
Sale Chairman
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'Mr. Gardner made the following statement in regard to.the Seal
3ale this morning:
"The holiday season lost passed has been a source of genuine
thanksgiving for many of us, most of whom are in the full enjoyment
of perhaps the greatest Massing of all time,—good health.
-To those of roe thus blessed, this appeal Is nude In behalf of
the less fortunate, —namely the undernourished child and the victim
of tuberculosis. Invsst heavily In TUBBRCULOSIS CHRISTMAS
BSALS. The balk of this money remains la the communities where It
is raised, and the balance helps to support the Btata and National
' Tuberculosis Associations, la return tor which we receive the equiv
alent of aa Insurance policy that this noble work will carry on. •
f "I regard this movement ss one among the most ham an* and tar
Machine * ear «."
! EVERETTS MAKES IT!
THREE STRAIGHT
Defeai i *riu\iile High School Satur-j
1 day Night, 15-2; lioth Teams
Display Great l>efens«-
Everett*, u»c. 7. —On Saturday)
night at 8 o'clock the referee, 11. ii.
| Anderson, of Williamston, blew MM
• whistle for the game between Everetts
' itnd Farmville to begin. What a game!
The spectators were accorded the pret
tiest game of guarding that they have J
t>een in many a day. Farmville failed
to register a single field goal. The
guarding of the Koebucks for Everetts 1
kept the opposing team from shoot- j
iug but once within the foul goal
> line. The same might be said ot the 1
opposing guards, who kept Cherry,
James and Itu'lock covered during the
firtct lialf. The score between halves:
' L'.eretts, 6; Farmville, 2.
Both teams put more fight and pep
: into the game during the second half,
and it was in this period that Cherry
and Captain Koebuck broke through
for four field goals, which proved suf
ficient to send Farmville back home
losers. The score can in no way tell
the true facts of the game as the
Farmville team played a fast and fu
rious game and put up a good game.
There will be a return game on the
' Farmville court this coming Saturday
night, and Everetts hopes to continue
their winning streak. •
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Farmville—2 Everetts—lls
R. F.
Smith James
L. F. .
Ottie - Cherry
C.
Skinner ? : Bullock
j —. a. G.
Moore - Roebuck, A.
L. G.
Holmes (Capt) __ N. Roebuck (Capt.)
Scoring: Farmville—Lewis, 1; and
Holmes, 1; Everetts—Roebuck, N., 2;
Bullock, 1; Cherry, 11; Keel, 1.
Substitutions: Farmville—Taylhr
and Lewis; Everetts—Keel.
Time: 8 minute quarters.
Greenville Warehouse
Passes to New Hands
Greenville, Dec. 6.—One of the larg
est transfer* of business property re
corded in Greenville for several years
was concluded here on yesterday when
J. Nick Gorham disposed of his to
bacco warehouse property for the sum
of $120,000, the purchaser being J.
Madison McGbwan. This price does
not include the redryfng plant, which,
it is understood, will be operated by
Mr. Gorman and his sons, who were
interested with him in the warehouse
business for the auction sale of to
bacco. „
Mist Helen Lowerstein, who has
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Prank
Margolis, returned to her home in
New York Sunday.
M
Mrs. Jas. A. Everett and daughter,
Miss Margaret, will return tonight
from Norfolk, where they have been
shopping.
Wiliiamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 8, 1925
! HISTORIC FARM TO
GO AT AUCTION
| The Sherrod Farm, a 1,000- Acre Plan
tation, Near Hamilton, To He
Sold Tomorrow
One of. the most historic plantations
m Martin County, the Sherrod farm,
near Hamilton, is to be cut up into
small farms and sold at auction to
morrow.
The Sherrod farm has for more
than a hundred years been regarded
1 as one of the most beautiful plan
i tutions in Martin County. It was
j used during the Civil War as a train
ing camp, and the big grove was used
as a drill field.
The late Wm. L. Sherrod moved
from this farm to Enfield, where he
"died.
Many plantations, when the owners
are away and can not give them close
pergonal attention, become unprofit
able and a financial burden rather Lhanl
an asset. Yet the passing of the old
plantations gives us a feeling of sad
ness.
The sale takes place tomorrow morn
ing at 10.30. The Atlantic Coast j
Realty Company, of Winston-Salem j
and Petersburg, are the selling agents I
and they announce that the farms
will be sold on easy terms. A barbe
cue dinner will also be- > served.
Everetts Store Is
Staging Big Sale
One of the biggest sales ever put
on by a Martin County firm was be
gun by Bailey & Barnhill, Everetts,
today at 9 o'clock. In their large and
diversified line of goods, one can find
thousands of bargains. To make the
sale of greater benefit to its custom
ers, this firm has bought a carload of
flour, thousands of pounds of sugar,
and other staple groceries to sell at
special prices during the Christmas
season, when one wants one dollar to
do the work of ten.
But in the furniture, dress goods,
notions, ready to wear for both men
and women, shoes and farming sup
ply departments are the greatest re
ductions made.
A visit to this sale, which began to
day, will more than repay one for his
trouble. A look at the back page
of this paper will give you a few of
the bargains.
Mesdames W. H. Biggs, L. T. Fow
den, C. D. Carstarphen, B. A. Critcher
and A. Hassell motored to Washing
ton yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Purvis and Mr.
Bruce Wynne attended the basketball
game in Everetts Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bogart and lit
tle daughter, Sallie Smallwood, of
Washington, visited relatives in town
Sunday.
Miss Margaret Ward Jackson, of
Plymouth is visiting Miss Laura Nor
ton.
Mr. Bog Slade, jr., of Hamilton, was
here for a short while yesterday.
PARENTS-TEACHERS
MEETING THURSDAY
Session Will Be Held At Courthouse!
At 7:30; Business of Much
Importance
The Parents-Teachers Association
oi Wiliiamston will meet Thursday
night at 7.30 at the courthouse. A
full attendance is "desired by the
president, Mrs. A. R. Dunning, asi
there is business of importance to be ,
attended to by the association.
Professor Seymour has intimated '
to our representative that one of the.
tilings he wants brought before the
association that they might promote, i
01 rather aid in its promotion, is tuci
physical examination of every school
child once a year.
It is not known whether or not hut
will bring this question before the as
sociation at this meeting, but should'
there be n goodly number of parents I
present we feel sure that he will.
'lhis is u question of paramount ini-j
portance to yout child. Parents, ; iiovv
your interest in your children anil at
tend.
Miss Everett Hostess
To Philathca Class I
0 The Philathea class of th" Memorial
Baptist Church met at the home ot
Miss Margaret Everett last Friday
night for its regular business and so
cial meeting.
The meeting was opened with a
Scripture reading by Miss Sallie liar
ris, the new president, which was fol
lowed by a sentence prayer, ljt.st I
year's business was discussed. Theni
it was decided to send $5 to Mrs. N.
liuckner, of Ashevilte, the general sec-1
retary, for Christmas flowers at Oteen i
Hospital. Several other donatious]
were discussed and decided upon Also
Bonner Peele's Christmas box.
The hostess, assisted by Miss Sallie
Harris, served refreshments which
consisted of home-made eake, peaches
and whipped cream. The meeting ad
journed to meet the tirst Friday night i
in January with Mrs. Lina "Martin.
As reported.
Everetts High Quint
Beats Winterville, 26-11
(Special to The Enterprise)
EVERETTS, N. C., December 7th.-
Everetts High won the second gamu
on their schedule, against Winterville,-
Friday night by coming back strong
in the second half. The score at the
end of the first half being 10-4 in the
local's favor. The game was clean
throughout, only one foul being called
in the first half. Referee Anderson,
of Wiliiamston, followed the ball very |
closely and pleased both spectators
1 and participants.
The stars of the game were Worth-- '
jngton for Winterville, and Cherry and
Koebuck for Everetts, if any two could
be noticed above the all-round play
ing of the local school five. The team
| played as a unit A return game will
| be played at Ayden on Saturday night,
i December 12th.
The Everetts team has hit a pre-
Christmas stride und is hoping to
make a good impression on the sur
rounding countryside before entering
the county championship . series in
jMHIMfi .■ , , .
Due to a sarcastic cut appearing in
the Robersonville paper, which neither
the local coach nor team had any part
-fTi, Jamesvilh has challenged the lo
cals to a game on their court Decem
ber 11th. This date is impossible, but
we will play them on the 16th of De
cember on either court, but preferably
here.
The line-up of the Winterville
game follows:
Wintarville —11 Everett^-20
R. F.
Hunesucker Cherry
L. F.
Tucker i • James
C. ,
Worthington, (Capt.) • Bullock
R. G."
Hobgood Roebuck (Capt.)
L. G.
Carroll - a - Roebuck, A.
Scoring: For Winterville, Huntesuck
er, 3; Tucker, 4; Worthington, 4; For
Everetts, Roebuck (Capt.), 6; Cherry,
18; James, 6; Keel, 1.
Substitutes: Everetts, Harris and
Keel.
Referee: Anderson.
Scorer: Bailey.
Timekeepers: Turner and Clark.
Local Girl Enters
Newspaper Contest
Miaa Lyda Cook is actively engaged
in the subscription contest of the
Washington Progress, which is now
in full swing.
Mr. Julius S. Peel is spending sev
eral days in Raleigh.
Mr. Oscar Paul, of Washington, vis
ited friends in town Sunday.
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REGULAR SESSION
L RECORDER'S COURT
| Fighting and Thanksgiving Turkey
Stealing Constitute Docket
Of Today's Court
Recorders couit Tuesday, December
Hth diil not have anything of a start
ling nature for trial. Only a little
I fighting, some Thanksgiving turkey
1 and the old-tirne trouble of
, loving some one else better than >out
I own husband or wife-
After looking over the procedure,
it was evident that the Hevil is still
busy in the land, and still leading tie
i family out of the garden,
j Judge Smith was in the spirit of
helping the bereft and fallen criminals
| as much as possible, hence the roads
t only. get one. hand.- though there still
J resiS two suspended judgments to be
' pronounced at a later date.
The cases disposed of were:
J Claude Wilkins, larceny, 4 months on
• the roads.
Ralph Duggar, assault with a dead
ly weapon. Guilty. Fined $lO and
costs.
Will Joyner, larceny. Guilty. Case
continued for judgment until Decem
ber '22, uijder $l5O bond.
T. S. James, abandonment. Guilt}-.
Continued to January for final judg
ment.
There will be no session of the court
on next Tuesday, "as superior court
will be in session.
Special Delivery Mail to
be Delivered Christmas
t The Postal Bulletin for Saturday,
December 5, contains the following
| inforn.iai.ion addressed to postmasters,
but of interest to the general public
J as well:
"I'lc dent to giving publicity to the
fapt that no city, village, or rural
i earner deliveries will be made on
Christ mac. Day, postmasters will in
. dude the statement that special de
livery mail will be bundled and de
; liv«n d on Christmas Day the same as
! ott i r iluys.
"Special notification of this should
be given to film exchanges, motion
picture theatres, and other concerns
in order that they may affix special
delivery stamps to all films and other
parcels mailed so as to reach destina
tion on Christmas Day in order to
insure "delivery.
Mrs. Crissie Gurkin
Died Saturday
Mrs. Crissie L. Gurkin died Satur
| day at her home in Griffins Township
I in the thirty-sixth your of her age
i from pneumonia.
Mrs. Curkin was the daughter of,
I the late Bennett Lilley and wife, Nep
j pie. She married J. C. Curkin in
, 1910. Besides her husband she
leaves two children, a btfy 14, and'Ai
girl 11 years old.
In the midst of a large concourse
of friends the funeral wijs conducted
at her home by Kev. A. J. Manning,
her pastor; he having baptized her
when she joined the Macedonia Chris
tian Church in her childhood and has
been her pastor ever since.
The burial was in tho Gurkin gruve
yurd at Lilley Hall.
Wiliiamston Hank Has
An Interesting Paper
The Farmers & Merchants News is
a neat 8-page magazine just issued by
the Farmers und Merchants Hank, of
this city. The publication is full of
interesting things. Good, sound ad
vice, some good jokes, and a Christ
mas greeting from the bank. Every
word is well worth reading, even the
local advertisements, because an irtdi
vidual or a firm who has judgment!
enough to advertise has got sense J
enough to say something.
County Teachers
Meet Saturday
The reading circle for the white
teachers of Martin County will be held
here on Saturday, December 12th, at
2 p. m., in thte Wiliiamston Graded
School Building.
All teachers are required to be
present and on time.
R. A. POPE,
Superintendent.
CARD OF THANKS
Please allow us space in your col
umns to express our gratitude and
thanks to the prison officials of the
State for their kindness in allowing
us to go from the Caledonia farm to
our home to attend the funeral of our
brother's wife on last Sunday, and al
so for their human kindness in per
mitting us to remain away from the
prison farm and visit our home until
Monday afternoon.
Respectfully, ,
JOHN GURKIN.
ALBERT GURKIN.
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Blind Senator
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This is the laUit photo of Sen
ator Thomas D. Seholl from Minne
sota, who has attained this high
' post despite the great handicap of
 blindness, i
r EASTERN CO-OPS
WILL CUT COSTS
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(.'lose All Hut Four Markets After The
Holiday In the Eastern North
I Carolina Belt
• Every rceeivmjJskßoint of the To
. baceo Growers Cooperative As'sovia
tion in eastern North Carolina except
four will close for the season of 1
1926 on Friday, December 18, accord
ing to the announcement made this
I week by General Manager liichunl K
t Patterson, of the association.
The four cooperativiijiiartfiits which
will continue open afty;r the Christmas
holidays to receive tobacco from mem
bers of the association are Wendell,
1 Kocky Mount, Goldsboro, and Wash
ington.
While the association management
: announces that this move is being
i made in the interest of economy and
' to avoid undue expense where deliv
eries fail to justify further operation
' of a market this season, they call at-
I tention to the fact that the anaocm •
i tion receiving points which will be r i
• opened after Christmas are so he,
■ ed that a majority of the eastern ( h. j
■ olina members can reach them wit'
i out great inconvenience, while the,
are effecting a very large saving 1>..-
I the closing down of the other marked
In the meantime members of the j
 association throughout the eastern
- belt are urged so far as possible to
i' complete their deliveries to all the lo
cal receiving points which will con
> tinue to operate until December 18.
Representative members of the to
bacco association from 4;t counties of
' the old tobacco belt of North Caro
r lina and Virginia who tilled the Ma
sonic Temple at Danville last week* 111
a meeting to determine upon the
ttrms of a nfcw five-year contract for
' orderly marketing and the pro.ee ion
of the price for their toliaec f; fln
1U27 to 1931 decided definitely u H ...
u contract calling for 65 per cent o!
all old belt tobacco and delivery of all
' tobacco grown upon the land of every
' signer. " .
1 Carolina tobacco grow
-jrs have decided upon a similar con
tract calling for 66 per cent of the to-.
' bacco in .their belt and absolute de
' livery of all tobacco grown upon the
1 lands of signers to the future asso
ciation. The dark-tired tobacco grbw
-1 ers, of Virginia have already signed
up 7,000,000 pounds f»f tobufco, or 17
per cent of the total production of
Virginia dark-fired tobacct 'o a con
tract calling for 7fl pev Clint ot the
total crop in their State.
Philatheas Meet With
Mrs. Landy (iriflin
P At her home in New Town Friday
night, from 8 until 10 O'clock, Mrs.
Landy Griffin was hostess to the Phil
athea class of the Christian Church at
, »its regular monthly meeting.
After a business session in which it
was decided to give children of
| the Sunday school a Chris tunas party
and other items were Attended to,
the meeting was turned over to tjie
hostess.
A dime contest was enjoyed. Miss
' Esther Harrison winning the prize, a
hand-painted bud vase.
« Ice cream and cake were served by
I Mrs. Griffin, assisted by -Miss Ethel
; Griffin.
( State College Grain
Judging Team Wins
The grain judging team from State
College won four silver loving cups
out of five offered, made over 200
. points above their nearest competitor,
I and secured all the major places in
. the contest recently held among the
, leading colleges and universities of
, the country at the International Live- /
. stock and Grain Show in Chicago. i
Messrs. Thomas Wood and Carroll
> Kramer, of Edenton, were visitors in
I the city yesterdayr
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Mrs. Tom Timberlake and little Su
san are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Timberlake. ■
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ESTABLISHED 1898
NEW METHODIST
PASTOR WELCOMED
Kev. Thomas W. Lee Preaches First
Sermon Here Sunday; Large
« Congregation Prestat
Kev. Thomas W. Lee, the new min
ister of the Methodist Church, preach
ed his first sermon here Sunday morn
ing. His text was taken from Second
Timothy, Ist chapter sth verse, "When
call to remembrance the unfeigned
taith that is in thee, which dwelt finst
in thy grandmother, Lois, and thy
mother, Eunice; and I am persuaded
in thee.'' ' ' •
The emphasis was on faith; that
faith which Paul commends in Tim
 thy. The preacher brought out the
j great background of faith which was
[ instilled in lois, the grandmother, and
j Eunice, the mother. Naturally, if faith
a valuable, a.'-set to human char
acter, then we all owe it to our chil
dren to live i;i the faith of the God
li.ac created and loves us.
The subject of faith is somewhat
failing front our minds. A few folks
an- trying to shake the faith \>f the
world. Hut what hurts us most is our
own failure to come near to' our God
and our .fellow-men, just as Paul and
Timothy did in th • days of leng ago.
Mr. Lee is an attractive anil logical, .
ppeaker. He has succeeded u. pastor
i;i all the charges which he has held,
coming to Williamston from the
churches at Wallace and Rose Hill.
He is a native of Gate» County and
has been preaching for 15 years.
Our town welcomes Mr. Lee as a
citizen as well as a Christian minis
ter.
Town Team to Play
Ahoskie Here Friday
At the Dixie Warehouse Friday
I i-ight the lirst basketball game of th«
' ensoft will be staged. The town
train will play the Ahoskie town U&m.
it will be interesting to know that
I ' Huddle" Orleans, a former Willism
stou 'i.r, is captain of the Ahoskie
team.
' The whole I 'am for the town has
,' t bet" pick-d, but we hj»v«) some
I I oli ! materi . to hoose from. Prac
tice is b '.ig held nightly, and a Jfbod
ly nur. of cur young men are in
the ruiini i'.-.
Disciples To Meet In
Washington Friday
A one-day convention of the Chris
tian Churches.of eastern Carolina will
be held . itli the Christian Church of
Wushingti n Friday, December 11. The
dav will 1.1 given over to affairs of
th > churches of this section and at
si. o'clock a fellowship •• upper will be
s ved in the basement «if the church
.1 a iding, which is a handsome new
li 'ce. All those who intend to at
-1 ,c this banquet are requested to
' ;end their names to. Rev. Hagby, pas
t»i JI the church, beforehand, and all
I members of the Christian church of
Martin County are invited.
In the evening a missionary speech
will be delivered by a returned mis
sionary.
Mr. and Mrs. L). H. Harrison and
little son, Donnie jr., of Palmyra,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. Myrtle Hrown, Miss Esther
Harrison and Messrs. R. E. Roberson
find Stanley Sessoms visited friends in
Coleraine Sunday.
Mesdames Carrie Higgs Williams, L.
C. Dennett, A. T. Crawford, and W.
T. Meadows and Harry A. Biggs are
spending today in Rocky Mount.
Mesdames J. A. Manning and Henry
Harrison motored to Washington, Mo
nday to visit friends.
Mr. Guy Caton, of Norfolk, was
here yesterday.
Santa Says--
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DOIT
NOW!
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