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Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 Martin County Homes VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 9 Negro Killed in Auto Smash Near Robersonville Sunday; Driver Is Now In Jail Here Bound Over To June Su erior Court on Charge Of Manslaughter Oscar Keel, colored, was instantly killed Sunday evening on the highway between Robersonville and Parmele, at Pages Bridge, when a Ford car in which he was riding ran into a car driven by Mills Rollins, another color ad man, in a head-on collision. James Sals bury, colored, who was driving the Keel car was held in jail here for recorder's court today. When the case was heard the testi mony was that Salsbury and Keel came into Highway No. 90 at Par mele and proceeded very slowly to ward Robersonville for a while, then they put on full speed and swept both sides of the road, driving other trav elers well to the sides. Just as they reached the Page bridge the car which they ran into, driven by Rollins, was scraping the right side of the bridge in an effort to avoid them, and yet the car driven by Salsbury struck them squarely, and tore the car up considerably; it then jumped over or around Rollins' car and struck a Ford car which was a few feet behind Rollins, also tear ing up that car, which belonged to W. O. James; the car then turned and whirled over, throwing Keel out and breaking his neck From the point where it struck the first car to the place where the body of the car was taken up was about fifty feet, within which space it had wrecked two cars, jammed against the side of the bridge, tore out its own front wheels and axle and scattered many other parts further on. It was stated by witnesses that the car was going about as fast as a Ford would go. ; . A bottle of liquor was found in the pocket of the dead man and Mr. W. H. Gray, who arrested Salsbury an hour after the smash up said he had been drinking. The collar bone of Mrs. James lit tle girl was broken, and one of his boys suffered a bad cut on the knee. Every indication from the testimony denoted rank carelessness and showed that the other cars in the smash up were going at a very slow rate of speed and were well over on their side of the road when struck by the i death car. Judge Smith turned the case against Salsbury over to the superior court under a charge of manslaughter, and fixed Salsbury's bond at $1,260, which he failed to give, and he was placed in jail to await the June term of su perior court Mr Raleigh C. Bailey Died Sunday Evening Mr. Raleiirh C. Bailey, who was bom, reared and all his life lived on a farm near Bear Grass church, died Sunday evening. For some months Mr. Bailey had been in declining health and physicians found him suf fering with Brights Disease. On January 1 he weighed 260 pounds, and two months later when he entered a hospital for treatment it was found that he weighed 303. He had been in bed for only a few weeks when the end came. He was married twice. His first wife died some years ago, leaving six children. He then married Miss Iso line Davenport, who with two small children survive. He also leaves two brothers. v er*r^ Mr. Bailey was 66 years old and was always in apparent good humor with everybody. He was one of the strong est Democrats in the county. His funeral was held by Elder John N. Rogerson Monday evening, and the burial took place at the Bailey bury ing ground on the farm. STRAND THEATRE HE TOMORROW Five-Reel Feature and Two-Reel Comedy And Remember It Is Only * 15c THE ENTERPRISE BIG AUDIENCES AT REVIVAL SUNDAY School Children Were Special Guests At Evening Service; Meeting To Close Next Sunday Sunday was a" great day at the Me morial LtupUst Church. The tiuy started off with Sunday school at 9.45, followed by preaching service at the l i o'clock houi£ a serv ice for children at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, group pravec meetings at 7.45, and then a great mass meeting at 8 o'clock. This was (ne of the largest audi ences ever assembled in a Williarn ston church. The boys and girls of the schools were the special guests, and a large number of people were present from the other churches, there being no other services in Williarnston that night. The pastor preached on the text, "We are journeying to a place of which the Lord has said, 'I will give it thee.' Come thou with us, and we will do thee good." Monday night a large audience was present to hear the sermon on the prodigal son. ) Other sermons to follow are "What Shall I Do to be Saved?" "What to Do With Our Sins." "The Great Tran sition." "The Resurrection." And "How May I Know That I Am a Christian ?' This last sermon will most prob ably be preached next Sunday night The Baptists are looking for an other great audience on that night, which will be the last night of the meeting. Head of Carolina Masons Died Sunday John E. Cameron, grand master of Masons of North Carolina died at his residence in Kinston early Sunday morning. „ He might well be classed :u one of the most prominent men of the State during his day; not so much because of statesmanship, however, as for cit izenship. First of all, he was a farmer and generally stuck to the duties of his farm and at which he was a suc cess. He was a Republican; not a partisan, however. He had held the I offices of deputy United States mar shall and deputy collector of revenue. He was appointed as a member of the State Highway Commission by Governor Cameron Morrison when the State highway commission was first established. He held this important position until overcome by ill health, which caused him to offer hi* resig nation. In church affairs he was a member of the Methodist church in his nome community and supported it in k Christian way. He was 69 years old, born in Green County but moved to Lenoir. He was said to have held more fra ternal honors than any othor man in the United State, having filled the chairs of every Masonic subdivision in t% North Carolina jurisdiction and had represented this State in several foreign countries. He was elected grand' master at the last sessicn of the Grand Lodge held in Raleigh in January, and is the first grand mas ter to die while holding that posi tion in several generations. , Besides his Masonic activities he was a member of practically all of the other leading orders of the St-.te. He was a member of the board of trustees of every Masonic institution in the State. He was buried today with Masonic honors. The Grand Lodge was called in special communication by the dep uty grand master to meet at St. Johns Lodge in Kinston at 12 o'clock for the purpose of going to the Cam eron home at Sharon for the fl I eral and burial. Alabama Man Wants Edwards' White Coon Quite recently Mr. F. L. Edwards received a letter from a Mr. Shepherd of Oklahoma, stating he had seen in a news note that he had an alibino coon, and wanted to know if the ani mal could be bought, as Mr. Shep herd had a male albino and wanted to get a mate to start a white coon farm. Mr. Edwards has a female caught by Andy Hoard in November on Spellers Creek that he has had on display in front of his undertaking parlors for some time and has been an object of interest for few people have ever soen white coons. All Mr. Edwards wants is a "good fat price' for his prise, and that wis his message to the Alabama man. "Andy" said a few dollars would not suffice him for the pleasure he gets out of his unusual pet Williarnston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 30,1926 * ' j Minister Dons Disguise~j Rev Dr. James Empringham an Episcopalian clergyman from New York intended to write a pamphlet on prohibition, but to gain first hand information he has donned a disguise and is making a country wide investigation of the condi tions V • MRS. E. M. LONG DIEDSATURDAY Succumbs To Attack of Double Pneu monia; One of Most Beloved Women of Hamilton Early Saturday morning the people of Hamilton and surrounding com munity were saddened when it was learned that Mrs. Edgar Miller Long, after two weeks of -battling against an attack of pneumonia which affect ed both her lungs, had finally suc cumbed, for as long, as there was life her relatives and friends, who were numerous, held out hope. For two weeks she had been criti cally ill and her life had been despair ed of for nearly a week. Besides her family, Drs. Bass, of Tarboro, Saun ders and Rhodes, of this city, were with her almost constantly, but noth ing could be done. The daughter of Nathan M., and Sarah Long Worsley, Mrs. Long was a descendant of two of the oldest and most highly respected families of this f section. She was bom in 1891 at the old Worsley homestead at Oak City; in 1914 married to Dr. Edgar Miller Long, the son of Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Long, of Hamilton, where she has since made her home. Her husband and three little daughters, Elizabeth, Blythe, and Margaret, survive. She also leaves five sisters, Mrs. Eliza beth Wiggins, of Tarboro; Mrs. Cora Weeks, of Scotland Neck; Mrs. Effle Chesson, Mrs. Sallie Johnson, and Miss Melissa Worsley, of Oak City; two brothers, Ben W., and Wilbur Wor sley, also of Oak City. The deceased was a member of St Martins Episcopal Church at Hamil ton, from which the funeral was held Sunday afternoon. Interment was , made at Conoho Cemetery, near Oak i City. The services were conducted by , Rev. C. O. Pardo, her pastor. The honorary pall bearers were: Doctors W. E. Warren, P. B. Cone, J. H. Saunders, H. B. York, J. S. Rhodes, of Williarnston; Pittman, of Oak City; Bass, of Tarboro; Vernon and Jesse , Ward, and Nelson, of Robersonville. The active pall bearers were Messrs. | F. L. Haislip, P. L. Salsbury, P. H. Davenport, R. A. Edmondson, Harry Waldo, and T. B. -Slade, jr., all of Hamilton. _ Numerous and lovely were the flor al offerings, attesting the wide circle of friends of the deceased. She led a life that was full to overflowing, , looking after her family with loving ' care always, and serving all those who needed her at all timee. Not for years > has a death in Hamilton caused great , er grief than was present when Mrs. Edgar Long passed in to the great b» , yond on Saturday morning at 8 o'- I clock. Officers Raid Still in Gold Point Section 1 Federal Agent T. W. Snell and Sheriff Roberson went to Gold Point Saturday morning and went up on a still which was being run near the L home of Andrew Forrest. There were three men at the still, i all of them, however, managed to out -1 run the officers and escaped, i However, a warrant was procured i for the arrest of Forrest and he will - be taken before a United States com - mlssloner for hearing. I The work was almost completed i when the officers reached the still, all the beer being already in the still and t about a gallon and a half of liquoi i was found. l They also found several barrels of E beer in a near-by wood. l s Mr. Earl Godard, of the Moore A McCormick Line, of New York, was 1 in town Sundny visiting his mother, i Mrs. Alicj Godard, who ras been ill; . at her hom'- on Ilaughton a'trec* t returned yeat rcia /. i Mr. and Mrs. C. B Siceloff spent Monday in Kinston and Greenville. George N. Gurganus Died This AftaiSoon Just as we are going to press this afternoon word came to us that Mr. George N. Gurganus has just died. Three days ago he was taken with pneumonia and had been critically ill from the first. The sympathy of the entire town and community goes out to his wife, children, father, broth ers and sisters. Born and reared here, he has life-long friends, who also mourn his going almost as if he were a brother. No arrangements have yet been made as to the funersl aad burial services. Messages have been sent to his sisters, Mrs. Jafies at Norfolk, and Mrs. George. Rior dan at Baitiinore: his brothers, Sam at Richmond, and Durward Gurganus at Moyock, N. C. They will arrive today and tomorrow. GARDNERS CREEK MAY BE SURVEYED Representative Warren Gets Favorable Report on Bills For Surveys; Also For Flood Control on Roar.oke Congressman Lindsay Warren today appeared before the sub; immittee on rivers and harbors in behalf of eer U'lh waterway projects that 1:0 ius i. itiated in his district, fi: commit tee favorably reported thi fn o' .ng firat didstrict bills calling; £i»r pre liminary surveys: Hyde County; Maple, Courthouse and Point Harbor, in Currituck County; Gardners Creek, in Martin County and liunyons Creek, in Beaufort County. It is still doubtful whether or not there will be a rivers and harbors bill at this session of congress,' but if a bill is passcMl the above projects' will be included in it. Mr. Warren's bill ior n survey of Silver Lake> on Ocra coke Island did not require passage by Congress, und the engineers are now examining this lake. Representatives Warren und Kerr today appeared before the committee on flood control and spoke in behalf j of the bill introduced by Mr. Warren] to investigate the flood conditions of I J the Roanoke and Tar rivers. After hearing them, the committee reported the bill favorably. It carries an ini tial appropriation of $3,600 for the purposes of the investigation. Warns Middle-Aged Against Over-Eating "Beware of the hungry forties," is the warning Dr. Elizabeth Sloan Chester, oi l-ondon, gives to persons who are inclined to obesity. So-called hunger in the case of stout middle aged persons is often "due to dilated or congested digestive organs, which need fasting, rest und re-education," Dr. Chester asserts. "Habie suffering from over-eating are often put on a diet of albumen water for several days, and what suits a baby will not hurt a well-nourished overplump adult," Dr. Chester says. "When obesity hus overcome a man or woman fasting is usually necessary at the beginning of a cure. No food for three or four days, with pints of orange or lemon juice, will eliminate a fair quantity of poisons from the! system." Aftert 35 years, Dr. Chester says, most persons would do well to eat on ly toast and tea for breakfast, a two course luncheon and a dinner of two courses, one of which,is fruit, if they want to avoid increase of girth. Medical Society Meets Here Tomorrow Night The Martin County Medical Society will hold its annual meeting tomor row night at 7.30 at the Old Mill Inn. Dr. Jesse Ward, president, will pre side. Dr. William E. Warren has pro vided an interesting program and a delightful menu for the occasion. The annual election of officers will I take place, and other business attend ; ed to before Dr. George Collins, of ; the State Board of Health makes an , address. Dr. Edgar M. Long was to have read a paper, but on account of a , recent bereavement in his family will not be able to attend, and Dr. Warren I will read the paper prepared by him. I Dr. Vernon A. Ward, of Roberson . ville, will also have a paper or make an address. I , 1 Fire Destroys Car At Hamilton Last Week J ilr.'i John Henry Mizelle had the mis fortune of having his car burned up last week about one mile from Ham [ ilton. Mr. Mizelle had a bag of lint i cotton on the running board of the , car and thinks he may have dropped I a cigarette in it likli Miss Mamie Adams, of Washington, t spent the week end in the eity, the . guest of Mrs. A. R. Dunning. The Latest in Coiffures irin, i IT mi - : \ \J ..t 1 •>-,... > x |j Are you letting you v h£.ir grow out? Here's n way to niako it look well-groomed. The hair should be slightl> waved. l! is a> ran (red high on the left side and caught into a French role at t'i.e hack. An . interettlng feature about this styK« is that gills with iotig hair V v.-'i . effect It and ylye t.he inip io - c '"" " "■"* ♦ yf" •*~ rrh ~~i TOBACCO CO-OPS M BEGIN ELECTION I To Meet At County Seats April 10 To Name Klectors of Hoard for thi- Tri-State Association The firsj. the election of di rectors to conduct the affairs of tin 1 Tobacco Growers Cooperative Assoc in- ] tion for the coming year will take j place on Saturday, April 10, at the ' j county seats of tobacco-growing coun- | ties in the Carolinas and Virginia, i Members of the marketing association | have been called to meet at their coun- | ty courthouses on that date and select , tho names of those to whom they will , entrust the election of their directors i for the coming year. t The importance of electing strong . directors to meet the problems of the tri-State association in its fifth and , last year of operation lias been urged , upon the members of the association in letters mailed last week to the lo cal and county units of the tobacco co-ops in three States. As the pres ent association holds large stocks of tobacco, valued at millions of dollars , and the present membership have con siderable financial investment, both in , : the warehouse properties and the re- I serve funds of the present association, | they have been urged to take a very active part this year in choosing and naming the men who will direct their "Busfness at a time when their organi zation is undergoing the most severe attacks in its history. Following the meetings of tobacco growing members of the association , which are called for April 10, the names selected by the growers in open meetings will lie placed upon ballots und mailed to every member of the association in the three State with in structions to scratch such names as the member may desire from the bal lot, choosing one-half of the nomi nees from his county for the task of elector of the new director, or scratch 1 ing all the names if desired and add ing new names as his choice in their 1 place. These ballots to be effective must be cast in person or by mail at tho county seats on or before May N. By this means the members will be given the opportunity of carefully i choosing the electors of the new board, which will this year largely de | termine the fate of the present asso ' ciation. The delegates who are elect i ed at this meeting will meet in each i[ of the 22 electoral districts on May 15th to nominate the directors for the , coming year from each district. The final step in this year's election i of directors for the Tobacco Growers i Cooperative Association will be the > big annual meeting at Italeigh, N. C., which is scheduled for May 18. Unit ed State Secretary of Agriculture Wil liam Jardine has been invited to at tend the annual meeting of members , of the association at Raleigh, and has, signified his desire to be present. Auto and Fashion Show at Rocky Mt. This Week i The leading events^)f Rocky Mounts seventh annual auto and fashion show I will be the fashion shows that will be staged there both Wednesday and F Thursday nights. They will be put i on by Thalheimer's Store, of Rich mond. This store is well known and s needs no introduction to Williamston i and Martin County people I There are several novelty acts giv i en every day and night. Tal Henry's . orchestra plays for the shows and for - a dance each night, and all the latest ! auto models are also shown. "The best show we have ever had I and better crowds are already in at tendance," we were told by the offlc- 1 ials this morning. I i | Robersonville Rural 1 Route Is Extended t Representative Lindsay Warren has » been notified by the Post Office I>- | partment that the petition of W. R | Little for an extension of Route 1 Robersonville, has been granted. Th , extension will become effective oi , April 16th, and gives improved serv ice to eight families. j COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD APRIL 24th Will tie Held al Kobersonville This Year; Hliminate Athleitc Field Day K vents The annual coflnty commencement will be held Saturday, A ll ril 24th, in Kobersonville; A meeting was held yesterday with superintendent, Pope and the principals of all the schools present, and the above date and place were settled and then they decided to omit the field day exercises that have been held heretofore, as influ enza has made such inroad into the school year in many of the school that nothing will receive any consideration except what is actually taught in the schools. The subjects of these contests are arithmetic, spelling, story telling, chorus and pageant. Tho preliminary, or group-center commencements will be held in Oak City and Gainesville on April 10th and 17th. _ There will not be as many group centers this year as heretofore for the same reason that there will be no field day exercises. A more detailed account of the plans for the commencement will give giveii at an early date in this paper. On account of the illness of Sup erintendent Pope, the executive com mittee meeting was delayed; there fore, the plans are not completed. Prominent Citizen Of Washington County Dies Mr. A. 11. Litchfield, one of the leading citizens of Washngton Coun ty, died at an early hour Monday morning from aij attack of pneu ■nonja folowing the flu. Mr. Litch filed thought he had recovered from the flu, and had been out some when stricken with pneumonia. iMr. Litchfield was reared in the Creswell section, where his father still'resides, lie married Miss Clark of Plymouth, and they have two chil dren. He was cashier of a bank in Hyde County for several years, and when the Hank of Plymouth and the Hank of Washington County merged into the United Commercial Hank he was made cashier of the new insti tution, and continued in that position until he was elected auditor of Wash ington County. He with most of the Democratic: ticket was defeated in the last general election, lie was also re ceiver for the Hank of lioper. This State and Florida Lead in Traffie Deaths Automobile deaths in the Southern States reached the high-water mark during the last three months, during which time 598 were killed and 3,310 injured. The two tourist States, North Car olina and Florida, of course, lot!; our own State v/ith 115 deaths, while Flor ida had 120. Nertlt Carolinians seem to have the knack of killing and not crippling. The figures show 1113 deaths and 285 in jured, while in Virginia 443 were in jured and only 46 killed. Our ratio of kilted to injured runs higher than any other State. We hope, however, that North Carolinians will not boast liecause they are doing the job bet? ter than any of their neighbors. Highway Commissioner Visitor Here Yesterday Hon. F. C. Kugler, highway com missioner of the first district, who the late W. A. Hart, was here Yesterday in company with the Messrs. Gardner and McDaniel, dis trict engineer and manager, respective ly. They spent several hours in the city visiting friends and the mainte nance crew located here, leaving here on a trip that will cover the entire district. _Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ruffln and chil dren, of Tarboro, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ruffins parents, Mr. and Mis J. H. Britt. ... . ' Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 189S DEVELOPMENT OF SOU'IH DISCUSSED Lowell (Mass.) Paper Carries Lengthy Article Of Talk Oil Southern Conditions ' ~ The following article from tho Lowell (Mass.) Sun, was sent to us by an interested subscriber who now resides in that city: Educational Director Charles L. 7 ileed spoke on "TheUevelopment of the South" at a meeting of the Trades and Labor Council last night. He said in part: "The South includes these 16 State: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary land, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and. West ""Xirginia, and the District of Colum bia—which have a total area of nearly 1,000,000 square miles, and a popula- I tion of -about 40,000,000. The true property valuation is approximately $76,000,000,00t>. The chief products of the South are cotton and cottonseed ' products, sugar cane and its products, ' peanuts, sulphur (three-quarters of the world's output), bauxite, phos phate rock, Fullers earth, turpentine, ' and.resin black. 1 "It WTll Ih> noted," said the speak [ or,, "thai the south is i agricultural section. In this connec i tion it is interesting to note that the • State of Missouri, Arkansas, Missis- I sippi, North Carolina," South Caro , liua, and Klorula have not workmen's compensation laws on their statute ! books. , | "The li v elopmgnt of the South," tho II speaker continued, "is not unlike the i. development ivf the northern cities of CO,OOO population, having all the char ■ acteristics of northern cities of a lik>- , size. And while the South is rural and even primitive, it probably isn't r much'differeiit from the Middle West, i "Much has been said about the race' I j question. However, those who have I studied the situation are satisfied that > thi' ran question is not a race tjues 'l tion but rather a labor question. Com I petitfon for business and for jobs ha « produced this bogy. ' "iletween 11)00 and 1921, the own i ership of farms by negroes increased I more than that of white farmers. The • lvalue ot farm land and buildings . owned by white men increased JS4O' per. - cent, while that owned by negroes in creased 540 per cent. The .lumber of negro farm owners increased 16 per cent. The number of white farm own ers increased i;i per cent. In ID_M i there were 41,454,042 acres of land J cjiltivatfiri "hy" $24,868 negro farmers in 11 1 the South.' "Alabama, because of its hydro / electric projects, its Muscle Shoals,. - and its mining and steel deveiop i nienUwin the llirmingham district, and \ North Carolina, because of its rapid i, textile., manufacturing deyelopment, '"'raw; the two leading States in the i'| South," said Mr. Reed. r| "The migration of the negro north ( has likewise had its effect on the - South, and with the strict immigra ij tion law in force, it has led to much I, uneasiness in the South. More than b| half a million negroes have comt I north during tlio last 15 years, and s most of them arrived during" the last * - three years. t "The negro prefers the South to - live in, hut because of umk'rffßrHß r and i' unfair conditions is forced to leave, i' Smarting under the effects of in equality of enforcement of law, the negro seeks other fields, where his col or will not be so much of a handicap. "11l tin• North these negroes pre sent a seiious problem. Through an ' active campaign (he labor movement has succeeded in restricting immigra -1 tioi;. During and-since the war im -4 migration has fallen off considerably. 1 The pre ,»;nt law limits the number of ® immigrants to 357,000 per year, while i from 1905 to 1914 the number aver - aged 1,000,000 per year. There an r nearly !M" 0,000 negroes) in the South ern States, and it can bo seen at once that the negroes are going to take the P place of ilie immigrant. When you e consider the probable maximum itn - migratiuii in the next decade will a - mount to .T,570,000, what the role of i) the negro will l>e easily under ti stood." •, "The political and educational de t velopment," Mr. Heed continued, "has .? been slow but hopeful. Political the South is the home of Jtffersonian de mocracy, but the enlightened Souther ly ner has of recent demonstrated that political party banners dc not hold f much interest. The enlightened Sou therner is interested in the 'long run' i- social ami political development and 0 does not become confused with mon- 8 key trials. e "The educational development, while i- slow, is promising. The illiteracy in e Georgia is 16.3 per cent; in Florida e 9.6 per cent, and in Alabama 16.1 per i- cent. While this may seem large it e is gradually being reduced and educa e tional opportunities are expanding con stantly. "That the South has developed no • one can deny, and who can say that « h an educated, enlightened and indus -1 trial and pleasure-bent South will not continue making a contribution to