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Local Tobacco Market Will Increase Its Capacity 35 Per Cent This Year
Enthusiastic Meeting Chamber
Commerce Held Last Night;
Important Subjects Discussed
. r
Committee Is Named to
Help Organize Rural
Telephone System
The chamber of commerce held an
enthusiastic meeting last night, which
was largely attended.
The warehouse committee reported
that each of the four warehouse own
ers had arranged to enlarge their floor
space for use by the opening of the
coming reason, which will enlarge the
capacity of the market per
cent Details of this"'work will ap
pear in a later issue of The Enter
prise.
The committee appointed to investi
gate the advantages that might be de
rived by getting electric power by
connecting with some of the large
power development companies made
its report, but had no definite plans
ready to submit.
Mr. Anderson of the Carolina Motor
Club, was pre*..,t and made an ad
dress describing the work of the club
and its affiliations and service to its
members. They charge an annual
membership fee of flO, for which the,
member is entitled to free service by
650 garages in the State. If a mem
ber has a blow-out or puncture within
a 10-mile radius of any one of their
550 affiliated service garages they
send a mechanic and repair the tire
free.
They also assist in the work of bet
ter traffic rules, principally in schools
and among children. They also as
sist in recovering stolen cars, and of
fer a reward for both car and thief.
Thf question of promoting and help
ing is organising a rural telephone
system for the Williamston section
was discussed and the movement en
dorsed.
A committee, consisting of Clayton
Moore, C. D. Carstarphen, jr., and J.
D. Woolard, was appointed to assist
in such an organization, which when
effected will insure an extension of
the rural or party line service for
this section.
Robersonville Girls
Beat Hertford Here
On Tuesday, March Id, the girls'
basketball team of Robersonville
played the third game in the cham
pionship series in northeastern North
Carolina with Hertford. The game
was played here in the Dixie Ware
house and was hotly contested through
out. Every inch either team gained
they had to fight for it. The score was
32 to 10 in favor of Robersonville.
Practically every one who saw the
game agreed that It was one of the
best they had seen. The Roberson
ville girls are unusually fine and very
much above the average girls team of
small or large towns. They were very
fast last year, but a second year's
training under Miss Hunt, their di
rector, has developed them into a won
derful team; throwing goals, guard
ing or passing with equal effective
new.
Attend Revival Services
At Garysburg Church
Messrs. R. J. Peel, Robert Brown,
H. B. Holloman, P. B. Hall, and J. O.
Manning and R4*. T. W. L*e attend
ed revival services at the Garysburg
Methodist Church Thursday evening.
Rev, B. D. Critcher, who ia paster
of the church, is conducting the re
vival services, and is having a very
successful meetlnfc.
STRAND
THEATRE
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TONIGHT
William Farnum in
'The Man Hunter"
Also
Sunshine Comedy
And Remember It Is
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THE ENTERPRISE
WEEKLYSUNDAY
SCHOOL LESSON
March 21.—"Jesus dies and
rises from the dead."-^-John
18:1-20; 23.
By Rev. C. H. DICKEY
In the upper room Jesus had ob
serve the l'assover, had washed His
disciples' feet, and, whil Judas had
' gone to betray Him, spoke His last
message to the disciples.
With a song on His lips, He, with
the eleven, left this room for the Inst
time and went into the garden of
Gethsemane. It may be assumed that
we are familiar with the events which
hurried Him on to His cross.
"I see my Savior, with thorn-crownod
head,
Thorn-pierced His brow, as by sol
diers led.
"I see Him pass through the city gate,
On midst the taunts and the people's
hate.
"1 see Him burdened with this world's
sin,
Witling to suffer, all hearts to win."
And He bore His own cross until
His body, weak and exhausted, gave
way under the load and another had
: to be drafted for the purpose.
The people about the cross are
worthy of notice. The rabble was
i there as they always are—careless,
borne on with the throng, like all rab
bles are. Unaware were they of the
transcendent event that was taking
i place right before their eyes.
[ The gamblers were there—soldiers
i in this case. And here is the out
standing example of what that prac
tice will lead to. These men took out
i their dice, and while their Savior died
tat under His cross and gambled for
I His garments. They are still doing
i that-—gambling underneath the spires
of our churches, totally indifferent to
' what is going on.
The women were there. They al
ways are where Jesus is. Last at the
cross, first at the tomb, still follow
( ing on wherever they can catch sight
' of that chaste Wanderer.
( If all Uie other disciples had grine,
scurried away to safety, the Chris
-1 tian world is happy that one man
stayed by. John was there and stayed
1 until the end came. But ebfore that!
death, Jesus, ever mindful of His
mother, paid a final tribute to her,
' and to all motherhood. He gave her
, into the keeping of that one who had
1 leaned on His boaom—to John. And
from that day Jesus' mother made
: her hone with John.
! The disciples seemed to never have
dreamed that Jesus would rise again.
' Their hearts were in the grave with
Him. But on Sunday morning, on
f Easter Day, it was discovered that the
tomb was empty. And that empty
tomb is a mighty fact in the history
of this world and the religious his
tory of the world.
It was not Just merely another
death, another tomb. It was the sac
rificial death of the Redeemer, and
I the empty tomb of the risen and res-
I urrectod Lord.
Our hopes all cluster right here.
If Christ be not raised from the dead,
| then is our preaching vain; .we are
. still in our sins.
f But He came forth in glorious res
urrection. He Appeared to His dis
r ciples, and they went out and thrilled
. the world with that story.
f Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God;
Jesus the Crucified; Jesus the Risen;
. Jesus Uy Magnet, drawing the hearts
of the world to Him.
k
Mrs. Martha J. Bennett
Died At Home Sunday
Mrs. Martha Jane Bennett died at her
home Sunday after long suffering
from a cancer which finally overcame
her.
Mrs. Bennett was the widow of the
late M. M. Bennett and leaves six
daughters and one son.
The burial was held at the Bennett
burying ground at the Garret place.
The funeral was conducted by Revs
R L. Shirley and C. A. Dickey. She
was a member of the Riddicks Grove
Baptist Church.
Mr. J. R. Roberson
Is Seriously 111
Friends of Mr. J. R. Roberson are
very seriously alarmed at his critical
condition from an attack of pneumonia
Yesterday morning It was hoped that
he waa slightly better, hot later
day began to grow worse.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 19,1926
PARENT-TEACHER i
MEET YESTERDAY S
Fairly tiood Attendance; To Put On
loin 11'.uiub Wedding To
ltake l'uiidii
Tiie Williamston Parents-Teachers 1
Association held ii.s regular meeting
yesterday axieinoon at 3.30 o'clock at
the school building. Mrs. P. B. Cone,
president, was in the ciiair. -—j
. Various committees made reports,
but a few chairmen failed to answer
when called. The Ways and Means
Committee announced that in the near
future it would put on a Tom Thumb
wedding to raise funds.
L minished business was taken up,
and then a committee was appointed
to see about the town clock faces that
they may all be timed the same, as
several children had been kept off the
honor roll on account of the time be
ing registered different on the four
different faces.
Another committee was appointed to
see if the car track between Messrs.
K. B. Crawford and J. D. Leggett can
be closed and only a pedestrian walk
be left open for the safety of the
school children.
Mrs. Dunning, chairman of the pro
gram committee, asked Miss Penland
to have her sixth grade entertain.
Edith Taylor. Ruth Norton, Elsie Gur
ganus, Delia Harrison, Albert Clark,
and Charles Manning had readings and
essays and the whole class rendered
special music. The entire program
was very enjoyable.
Before the meeting adjourned, Mrs.
Cone gave the members an invitation
from Mr. Seymour, who was in Ra
leigh, to inspect the building to judge
as to the safety of it for themselves.
To Start Building New
Filling- Station Monday
The Harrison Oil Company will be
gin building a new Ailing station Mon
day on the comer of Main and Wash
ington Streets.
The building will cost $5,000 and
the station will be one of the most
complete and beautiful in this section
of the State.
The site is also ideal, being at the
most prominent corner in town.
This will make three complete sta
tions in this block owned by the Har
rison Oil Company, the Texaco and
Highway, both extending from Wash
ington to Haughton Streets at the
south end of the block.
The new station will be completeo
about May Ist and the entire equip
ment, tanks, pumps, and other things
needed in a modern filling station will
bring the total cost to around $16,000.
Revival Begins Sunday
At Memorial liapcist
Sunday this church will enter upon
a two-week's meeting. The member
ship should sidetrack, whenever at all
possigie, all business or social engage
ments that would hinder their pres
ence.
The preacher will do his best in his
messages, but will need the presence
and spiritual support of all the mem
bership.
Whenever the people of other
churches can come in with us, we shall
be glad, for a meeting needq the moral
support of all the people. Especially
are other ministers invited. ~
Let us be prompt in coming and be
ginning.
Sunday morning the theme will be,
"Who Needs a Revival?" And at
the evening hour (8 o'clock) II Chron
icles, 7;14 will be the text
I For the good of our own souls, for
the good of the people of this section
of the county, and for the glory of
God, let us enter whole-heartedly in
to this, the Lord's work.
Town Team to Play
County Champions
'The town team will play the coun
' ty champions, the Everett* High
: School team, Tuesday night at the
! Dixie Warehouse at 8 o'clock. Hsis
expected to be one of the most sen
! sational games of the season. The
: Everetts boys have developed a very
wonderful team, one of their guards
E having been mentioned for all-State
. honors in the * non-accredited high
i school class.
!
' Hamilton School Closes
Account of Influenza
Hamilton is in the midst of an in-
I fluenz.t epidemic, there being nearly
a hundred cases, or probably more,
i in the town. School has been closed
I for an indefinite period, as there are
i many cases among the school chil
t dren. It is hoped by attending physi
) dans that there will be no fatal cases
in the community.
iSERVES CHURCH i
FOR FIFTY YEARS
F.ldtr Sylvester Hassell Had Preached
j At Kkewarkee Church for i-lfty
Years Last Sunday
The tVtieth anniversary of the pus-'
to rale of the Skewarkee Church held
by Llder Sylvester Hassell was ob
, served last Sunday. The present pas
| tor succeeded his lather, the Cush !
, ing i>iggs Hassell, who served the;
• same church for many years.
Elder Hassell, who was ln Wil I
•liamston in July, 1842, the son of I
i Cushing biggs and Mary Davis Has
j sell, 13 Mai'tirr County's most distin-;
, &uislied citizen and a son of one of
North Carolina's most noted church- i
men and scholars.
He graduated from the University
| of North Carolina, and that institu
tion ha.s since conferred upon him the
' degree of doctor of laws.
After his graduation, Dr. Hasseil
' taught .school in Williamstoa and af
ter that was professor of languages in
i the Delaware State Normal School at
: Wilmington, Del. Later he was prin
i cipal of the William Penn public
schools at New Castle, Del. in 1892
he became editor of the Gospel Mes
senger, an organ of the Primitive Bap
tist Church, which had a circulation
throughout the United Stat**.
Ho also lectured at the University
of North Carolina on astronomy and'
I in 1880 he was principal of the nor-,
i inal school at Wilson, N. C. Dr. Has- j
sell is the joint editor of Church His-,
• tory, which is a history of the church
i from creation to 1886, his father hav
• ing been co-editor. He is also the au
i thor of many religious pamphlets
which have been read throughout the
south. Dr. Hassell Berved as secre
tary to Col. Samuel W. Watts, of this
county in the Confederate Army-
Not only is Elder Hassell, as he is
best known to our people, the most
distinguished citiien of our town and
county but he is the best beloved by
the greater majority of the citizen
ship of the county.
! Miss Martha A. Corey
Succumbs to Paralysis
Miss Martha Ann Corey, 81, suc
*' cumbed to un attck of paralysis Wed
- liesday night after an illness of two
I days, at the home of Mr. W. A. Man-!
ning. She had made her home with
! Mr. Manning for thirteen years.
Prior U> that time she lived in the
' home of Mrs. Manning's grandfather,
Mr. Joseph E. Grillin and was loved
' by the family as one of its members. |
' The deceased was a daughter of
• Henry and Heppie Corey and was
born in Griffins Township where she
lived all her life. She was never mar-
I ried but helped to raise several or
phan children and through her kindly
j ministrations to them lived a self-sac-
I I rificing life.
. 1 She was never a communicant of
any church, but she held the faith of
the Primitive Baptist and was buried
by Elder W. 11. Harrington, of that
church. Funeral services were con
ducted Thursday at 3.30 o'clock at the
home of Mr. Manning and interment
made at the John E. Lilley cemetery.
Surviving their sister are Mrs.
I Stanley Warren and Gray Corey, of
. Pitt County, and N. J. Corey, of Mar
'| -j-
- j No lie venue Stamps on
! Deeds Under New Law
• Congress has at least done one thing
that the buyers and sellers of land
will approve. That is the repeal of
r the documentary revenue stamp tax
Jon deeds, etc. This law goes into ef-
I feet March 29, after which time no
fctamps have to be affixed.
The old law required the maker of
each deed to affix stamps on a base
of $1 per thousand of the purchase
j price.
The Wil liamston post office has
sold about SIOO worth of such stamps
each month.
e President Coolidge designated the
H documentary revenue stamp as a nui
sance.
e
y Misses Varo Hairr, of Jamesvilie,
g and Emma Robertson, Superintendent
e R. A. Pope, and Prof. J. S. Seymour
l I are in Raleigh attending the teacher's
assembly this week.
Mrs. J. IS. Gilliam and daughter, of
Windsor, were shoppers here this
| week.
i- Dr. John D. Biggs and Mr. John L.
y Hassell attended the funeral of Judge
I, Brown in Washington yesterday.
d
e Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Shirley, Mrs.
I- Z -H. Rose, and Misses Margaret Ev-
I- erett and Alta Proctor attended a
s meeting at the Emmanuel Baptist
Church in Greenville yesterday.
* ••/- -
* A Famous
rf / -Jill hSU •
y* 4 ■ ■
—... I, ■— 'in '■ ndCs"**
Lined up on the Murk we have Toay Ptaaeky, Qaurgatown Ifct
varsity and Intercollegiate Pena relay «hampi Bmereea Motto* lb !
door College High Jump champ and Charlie Hoff, Norwegian ra|
Vaulter. ready for a trial run at Georgetown University, where Htm
and Norton trained for the N. Y meeting nfth IwM Mm M
ihe world decathlon nhsmplisishlp *
uVERE'IIS WINNER !
O* CHAMPION bHll' i
Win Kxtra-iVriiwi Game lioni James 1
ville Here Tuesday Night, 11-8;
Hard Fought Game
(Special To 'l'he Enterprise)
Everetts, Mar. 18.—The people of
I Williamston, who were hosts of the
Everetts-Jamesville basketball play
ers last Tuesday night, saw a fitting
-climax to the county championship
| race. The game coming after the Rob
ersonville-Hertford girls' game furnish
od plenty of thrills and good basket
hall. The spectators saw two fast
teams display good paaaing and guard
ing. The only incident to mar the
occasion was when J. Brown, James
ville player, hit the floor face down
while attempting to shoot from in
the air. Though not seriously hurt,
his arm was broken above the wrist,
end he was forced to leave the game.
The first half was all for James
ville They led, 5-0, for good luck
had been with them. The Everetts
players, Cherry, Hullock, and Faulk
ner time after time brought the ball
to their goal only to have it refuse to
fall in. Jamesville at this time dis
played a beautiful running attack
while the two Roebucks for Everetts
i put up a wonderful guarding game.
The second half found the Everetts
boys fighting with their hacks to the
wall until Faulkner looped one in from
the center. The next play gave
Cherry a chance to shoot or pass to
Faulkner, lie pansed on ihe floor to'
i Faulkner tfor the second field goal.
The third quarter found the score 5-4
in favor of Jamesville. On the first j
play Cherry dribbled through the
Jamesville team to score, putting Ev-'
eretts in the lead. Then Faulkner
counted again, only to be followed by,
r. field goal and a foul for Jamesville,
evening the score. In the extra period
the scoring was done by Capt. Roe
buck and Cherry for Everetts.
The cup goes to Everetts for at
least one year.
The features of the game was the
all-round good playing of both teams,
with H. Gaylord and A. Roebuck do-1
ing superb guarding, bullock, for Ev-I
eretts, showed his superiority in the'
tenter. M. Fanning, of the Washing
ton High' School, refereed a great
game.
Methodist Program
For The Next Week
.Sunday school, 9.45 a. m.—E. I*.
Cunningham, superintendent.
Preaching services, 11 a. m. and
• 7.80 p. m.
Junior Epworth League, 2.30 p. in.
1 —Miss Emma Robertson, superintend
ent
Preaching services, 3.00 p. m„ at
!■ Holly Spring*.
Meeting of Woman's Missionary
Society, 4 p. m., at Holly Springs.
1 Meeting of the Woman's Mission
-1 ary Society, Monday at 3.30 p. m., at
the church, Mrs. W. C. Liverman,
1 president.
Senior Epworth League, Monday at
8 p. m., Mrs. J. W. Watts, jr., super
intendent.
» —*
: Eastern Carolina
Exposition April 5-9
The Eastern Carolina Exposition is
f running an extensive advertising cam-
I paign. And the exposition which will
be held this year at Greenville April
6, 6, 7, 8, and 9 promises to be the
. beat yet held.
3 These expositions are held yearly
lor the purpose of advertising East
ern North Carolina people, products,
. and opportunities.
The comedian, Will Rogers, former
i ly an Oklahoma cow puncher, but now
t possibly the world's greatest humor
irt, will exhibit on the 6th of April.
JUDGE G. H. BROWN
i IJIED LATE TUESDAY
' I
I Distinguished Jurist Dies After Ling-1
ering Illness; Funeral Yesterday
Afternoon
Judge George H. Urown died j|i 6
o'clock Tuesday evening at his home
in Washington,
Judge Urown was born and raised
in Washington and only liked a few
months of being 76 years old.
In early life he served as a tele
graph operator in Goldsboro, New
York City, and other places. While
in New York he studied law and pro
cured law -license in North Carolina,
wheie he began his first legal prac
tice in his home town, which practice
was continuous until his appointment
to the superior court bench in 1889
to succeed Judge James E. Sheppard,
who had been appointed to the su
preme court bench.
Judge Urown wue elevated to the
supreme court bench- in 1900, and re
mained there until 1920, when ill
health forced him to retire. Since
thut time ho has served as an emer
gency judge and held court in many
counties.
His work on the bench covered 37
> ears, and in thut long period he es
tablished his ability both as a judge
and as a lawyer with few equals in
America.
He was not'only a judge and law
yer but a keen business man as well.
It was said of him by his home pa
pers that he had accumulated an es
tate valued above the quarter million
dollar mark. *-H
j' He was buried Thursday at Ouk- j
dale. The funeral was held at the;
Episcopal Church by Rev. Stephen j
Gardner at 12 o'clock. Governor Mc
i Lean, Chief Justice Stacy and the
members rif'the supreme court und
many of the State's leading citizens
j were present at the funeral.
Judge lirown leaves a'widow but no
children.
Christians to Stage
Every-Member Canvass
II There have been committees ap
pointed to meet at the Christian
church Sunday afternoon. From there
thoy will visit all members of the
Williamston church to secure pledges
for the church work for a new year,
beginning April Ist. The members
will help those appointed to do the
work if they will remain at home un
, til they are visited.
There will be no church services as.
I I will preach at Maple Grove Sun
day.
Sunday school at 9.46 a. m.
A. j. MANNING, Pastor.
Epidemic of Grippe
Throughout County
Many cases of grippe are reported
t throughout the county, some cases go
, ing into pneumonia .although the epi
demic is not so extensive as it is re
t ported in other places.
The condition centering around Ply
mouth seems to be worse than most
places. The schools were forced to
close for two weeks and every doctor
in town was In bed. Telephone oper
' ators had to he sent from other places,
as every one at that town except > one
n was sick at the same time.
| Court Adjourns For
b Judge Brown's Funeral
jr The superior court adjourned
r Thursday for the purpose of attend
i, ing the funeral of Judge George H.
Prr.wn, of Washington.
Judge Thomas H. Calvert, presiding,
v and most of the members of the Wil
- liamstcn bar and a number of the cit
j ixena attended the funeral.
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BKIGHTPKOSPtiCTS
turn uXiUbliiON
Lucti-tary liartiett Visits Williamston:
Uiss Laura Norton Chosen A*
Williamston » 'Qufen"
t ;\ Wednesday Vvilliamston was via
iten by a number of oflioials of the
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, among thorn beinj? Secretary
New4l G. Hartlett.
Mi. Hartlett is very much elated
over the prospects for the fourth an
nual East Carolina Expositor), which
will begin April sth in Greenville.-
I'mrtically ull the seats have been sold
i for the two main attractions, Annn
j Casv> and Will Holers, and he say s
, that all those wanting seats to hear
1 these two entertainers haU better
| for them at once. The program u.l
! the entire week is unusually good an ,j
; thoso attending any day of the week
' wili i>e happily entertained.
Miss Norton Selected Queen
A secret committee selected by the
officers of the local chamber of com
merce met yesterday and appointed
Miss Laura Norton queen to represent
Williamston in the Queen's Contest at
j the exposition. It is expected that
more Williamston people than ever
More will* visit the exposition this
year, because it is so much nearer
than any of the other towns where
the exposition has been held hereto
fore, and the queen representing the
town will receive strong support in
the contest. The winner, who is se
lected tor her beauty, is awarded a
sf>(»o diamond ring.
Memorial Coin Sale
Disappointing So Far
Mrs. K. 11. Crawford, chairman, re
ports to The Enterprise that the Stone
Mountain memorial coins are going
very slowly.
WiHiamstonV quota is 860, and Mrs. .
Crawford says that they have sold
only 100. Saturday, the day set to
1 begin the campaign, was such an un
usually cold and snowy one that the
' chairman and her committees haVe
! been forced to work all the week. All
those who want to buy a coin and
help to build this wonderful memorial
to our Confederate dead will make it
easier for those who so kindly offered
their services by sending the money
' to Mrs. Crawford or any of the young
1 Indies or Scouts who assisted her.
(Hlicers Get 8 Barrels
Of Beer But No Still
l.uther I'eel, deputy sheriff, and his
iissistants captured 8 barrels of beer
I at u point very near Brown Spring
: Thursday. No one was near the beer ,
nor could the still be found.
The woods were full of signs of
I oi l plants and considerable stilling
hail been done where the beer was
found.
The beer was made from rye, and
was evidently intended to manufacture
beverage for "royal throats."
Special Convention
5 Of Christian Church
I'resident W. C. Manning, of Wil
-1 uumston, has called a special session
of the State convention of the Chris
tian church which will be held in
1 Greenville next Thursday and Friday,
'.Slersh tfth end 2Cth.
' 1 lie purponj of this meeting of the
u'ln.-ntion is to make a decision aa
to whether Atlantic Christian College
shall remain in Wilson or be moved
lt ' to Kiin»e»)ther place. Rocky Mount is
stronglyV favored by some of 'the
church people for the school and other
places are in view. The question
wl»h has been unsettled for some
time will be definitely answered by the
• brotherhood at large at the called
r meeting*
j Baptists to Gather Here
- For All-Day Institute
A baptist rally was held with the
Greenville Emmanuel Baptist Church
- Wednesday.
t This meeting was in the interest of
» the 1926-26 Baptist cooperative pro*
r grum. The principal speaker was Dr.
- Charles E. Maddry, of Raleigh. Other
i> hpeaksr included Messrs. Gihnore and
e Muggins. .
Those attending from Williamston
were Rev. and Mri. R. L. Shirley,
Miss Margaret Everett, Mrs. Z. H.
IKose, and Rev. C. H. Dickey.
The Baptist churches of this section
of eastern North Carolina are to have
(i an all-day institute in Williamston
about the second week in April. Thia
'• will bring a hoat of people to ouj:
town on that day.
t,
I- Mr. Robert G. Harrison left yester
> day far Raleigh, after spending sev
eral days with his family hare.