North Carolina Newspapers

Don't Fail To Do Your Share Cleari-Up Week - April 19-24 - Clean Up! Advertisers Find Our Columns a Key to 1,600 Martin County Homes VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 15 Y.M.C A. BANQUET POORLY ATTENDED Dr. Charles O'H. Laughinghouse, of Greenville, Made Fine Talk to The 16 Persons Present Mr. Witherspoon, Y. M. C. A. retary for the eastern division of North Carolina, spent several days in Williamston last week. He served a luncheon at the Woman's Club Friday night. Though it was free to all, there were 16 persent out of the 160 invitations sent out, or a fraction over 10 per cent of those invited. * Special music was provided by the high school chorus. The supper was fine. Mayor R. L. Coburn was master of ceremonies and Professor Seymour, of the local school, made a short talk, as did Mr. Witherspoon. Then Dr. Laughinghouse, of Greenville, made a fine talk on the helpfulness of the Y. M. C. A. to the young people. The State organization of the Y. M. C. A. hopes to organize a group of young men in Williamston, composed of the school boys and older boys on up to 21 years of age. Such groups are usually called Hi Y's, and they are proving very popular in most places where tJhey have been organ ized. The cost is very low, generally paid by those who are interested in the welfare of young men. Barber Missing; So Is Car He Rented Harry M. King blew into town a bout two months ago as a barber, with City and Norfolk experi ence. He sought a job and was giv en one in the Citizens Barber Shop. About two days later there was a (38 shrinkage in the cash in the safe. No charges were made against any one as there was no proof as to who took the money. King continued to barber and gradually grew in debt at various and sundry places in town, a mong them his boarding house. He also borrowed the negro shoe shiner's clothes to wear in some of his t>sort ing episodes. Sunday he rented W. L. Manning's car and so far there is no further trace of him, though efforts are be ing made to locate him. The car he rented is a Chevrolet which had been used about a year, bearing license No. X-467. King claimed that he was raised at Morehead City, where his father now lives. He seems' to be around 21 years old and is unusually fresh in his man ner. Many Carp Caught In Last Few Days Carp fishing has been fine for a few days, with the swell in the rivet which sent the water up the little ra vines and low places along the river banks. The carp follows the water and roots around in the mud like hogs. It was a common scene yester day to see men wading around and picking them up with pitchforks, many of them weiging 12 to 16 pounds. Mr. W. R. Cherry, a fisherman on the river here, caught about 600 of the fish as they were running back to the river when the water began to drop. The carp is not considered a very desirable fish, yet he is perhaps one of the most valuable fish as a food that we have. He is rich in oil and nutrition. Yet he is just a little strong and rank for many people. A ready sale is found for them, however, where people are looking for real food. Mr. and Mrs. John Geteinger and children, of Dardens, were visitors in town Sunday. STRAND THEATRE WEDNESDAY Dick Talmadge in "Jimmie's Millions" Lloyd Hamilton • 1b "Waiting" 15c 740—Two Shews 25c THURSDAY Thomas Meighan in "The Man Who Found Himself" Yes—it's a Para meant THE ENTERPRISE Williamston School Is High Scorer in Contests at Group- Center Meet at Jamesville eadi Big Corporation JH m After 23 years of service, start ing as office girl, Miss Mary Dillen becomes of Brooklyn Boro Gas Co. Ye*fb ago upon her promise not to marry ane was made manager, but higher promo tion freed her from her pledge. Sex no harrier to success says Mia* «sTmn. WILDACRES PARTY LEAVES THURSDAY Leave Washington Thursday Morning By Bos fer Thomas Dixon's Development Project The first party from Williamston, including Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Man ning, Mrs. Jack Booker, Mra. J. B. H. Knight, and Mr. Harry A. Biggs, for Wiidacrea will leave Washington at 8 o'clock Thursday morning by motor bus. They expect to spend that night in Salisbury and reach the Wiidacrea development at Little Switzerland by Friday night. According to the sched ule of the company the touriata will leave the western part of the State Sunday and will arrive home Monday night. The expense of the entire trip is (16, and this is a wonderful oppor tunity for a great many Eastern Car olinians to see the glories and won ders of the mountains in our State. The object of the company in pro moting these caravans to Wiidacrea is to put the place and development be fore the people of the State. There are inestimable benefit# to be won in that desirable spot, and it is the pur pose of the Wildacres Development Co.—of which Thomas Dixon, the well known writer, is head— to give the people of our own State an oppor tunity to partake of these advantages before they are garnered in by for eign capitalists. This issue of The Enterprise carries an advertisement giving all the details of the proposi tion and those interested can get fur ther information by communicating with the district manager, Mr. R. A. Lindsey, of Tarboro, or the local a gent, Mrs. H. M. Stubbs. Another party leaves for Wildacres about the first of May, and as it is expected that a much larger representation will at tend from our town than on this trip it is well for those desiring to go to make early reservations with the lo cal agent. * . 79 Of 121 Boys Read Salacious literature Durham, April 20. —Seventy-nine out of 121 Durrham boys questioned as to the kind of reading they do, said they read magazines of the true-story type, admitting it was because of the highly suggestive pictures they carry, Rev. H. £. Spence, of the school of religion of Duke University, told the congregation of the Duke Memorial Methodist Church last Sunday. Each month 1,000 copies of a magazine of this type are sold, Mr. Spence said, assailing the "pernicious influence of the sensational magazines which are flooding the American market' Only 11 of the boys questioned read the Bible, the speaker said. No Cases Before Recorder Today Recorders court had no cases for trial at today's session. This is the second session "of the court that there have been no cases for trial. There were only four cases on the docket, and they could not be tried on ac count of the sickness of some party necessary in the trial. But a docket with only four cases and no trials for two terms of the court is very hopeful. WiUiainston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, April 20, 1926 Schools Not As Well Represented As At Oak City Meet The score sheet returning winner* from Group Center 11, comprising: Wil liamston, Griffins, Bear Grass, James ville, and Williams Townships, reflect credit on teachers, pupils, and pa trons. This day presented to many teachers the opportunity to »how the people how much they had tried to serve their communities; to the pupils a chance to practice what they had learned during the session; and to the patrons a time to rejoice with their children in splendid attainments. There were not so many schools rep resented as in the Oak City group center meeting. Some teachers were sick, others had failed to encourage pupils to be present, not appreciating the significance of this great work- Congratulations and thanks are due and were given the numerous private families who invited visitors into their homes. Other visitors enjoyed a spread on the grounds, the plan for a public basket picnic having been misunderstood in some way. However, a happy crowd csme, and among them the most loyal support ers of the schools. First honors in schools of six or more teachers went to the Williamston school, which took two first places. This was unusual, in that at Oak City no school of this •ise took more than one first place. A first place in primary story telling went to BilUe Pope, and In arithme tic to Hewitt Edwards. This enables Williamston to enter four contests in the county commencement: Primary story telling, arithmetic, pageant and choral contest*. The Jamesville school won first place in the spelling contest and in addition to entering this may enter the pageant and choral contests. The total score made in the group center was as follows: Williamston, 13 Jamesville, 10; and Dear Grass, 7; Bear Grass is to be congratulated, as is Jamesville, on the splendid show ing made. This was the first entrance of Bear Grass School into county commencement activities and while no first place was taken, the splendid children contesting showed the school will be a strong contender for first honors next year. In probably the finest contest of the year Bear Grass took second place; namely, the arith metic contest An adult, graduate of college, tried to keep ahead of the winner in this contest, but he failed. As rapid calculators each contestant put up a fine exhibition. The contests in Group II schools went by default. Farm Life, offering no opposition, Sandy Ridge will have a choice of entering any contests she wishes at Robersonville. The contests in Group HI schools also went by default Dardens, Ange town, Poplar Run, Coopers, Griffins, Lilleys, and Macedonia offering no opposition, Smithwick School, under the untiring leadership, of Mrs. Fan nie M. Hardison, may enter any con tests she desires at Robersonville. These schools which defaulted may enter recitation and singing contests and on any other Mrs. Hardison will give them the privilege to enter out of good sportsmanship. Mrs. J. S. Jones Dies At Scotland Neck Yesterday morning at 10 oclock Mrs. J. S. Jones died at her home in Scot land Neck after several month's ill ness of acute brights disease. She was in her sixty-ninth year and was highly esteemed and loved through out her community. A member of the Primitive Baptist church, she will be buried in the cemetery of her faith between Scotland Neck and Hobgood this afternoon. She is survived by her husband and seven children. Her son, Mr. Paul V. Jones, is a . well known resident of Williamston. More Road Work Now Being Done Than Ever According to an annoucement by the Hon. Frank Page, there is more road work going on in the State now than ever before at any one time. About 600 miles is now being hard surfaced besides almost as much of the cheaper types of roads He says this will be our biggest year in road building so far, and es timates that we will have more than 8,000 miles of flirface roads completed by the end of the year. t 1 SURPRISE REUNION OF REVELS FAMILY Fifty-nine Relatives Gather at Home of Mr. W. R. Revels on His 3rd Birthday As the sunset akies of a well-spent life were throwing their shadows of joy across the pathway of Mr. W. R. Revels on his seventy-third birthday Thursday, April 16, and while he was quietly but honestly performing the dutiea of life, suddenly all his chil dren rushed to his home with all the equipment for a real picnic and pres ents to make the heart of an old man glad. There were present, in all, the fath er, mother, six daughters, and two sons: Mrs. Ben Ward and husband, Mrs. James R. Corey and husband; Mrs. James H. Revels and husband; W. S. Revels and wife, Mrs. W. B. Harrington and huaband, John A. Revels and wife, Alonzo Roger son and husband, and Mrs. Slade Stai lings and husband. #f Enfield; there were 38 grandchildM and one great grandchild, in all fifty-nine. This was also the birthday of two of the children of Mr. Revels. It is interesting to know that in all the family of eight children, the youngest now past 80, there has never been a death, nor has their been a death among the grandchildren except three infants and two accidental deaths; one boy bebw killed by a falling tree, and anetkar killed by the accidental discharge nf a gun. It would be interesting to study the life of W. R. Revels, who straggled with real hardships in raising his fam ily. The small farmlfehich 1M owned would not produce a living *»r the family, and back in the years goat by he was one of the MMn who work ed for 40 rents a day; and those days ran from sun to sun and men worked. Those where the "good eld days" when men worked because they needed something; they work now because they want something. Neighbors tell of th» time when Mr. Revels had a sick chid, in the days when there were no automobiles and but few buggies. So Mr. Revels walk ed the 9 miles to Williamston to get a doctor. While the doctor was hitch ing up his horse, Mr. Revels conclud ed it would be better for him to hurry back to the bedside of the sick child, so he walked the 9 miles before the doctor could drdive the trip. After the diagnosis was completed, and the medicine compounded and the doctor had gone, and a neighbor's dog, a mile away, was heard barking at the passing doctor, it was found that the family had failed to inquire the size of the dose of medicine to give, so Mr. Revels set out to catch the doctor, and overtook him before he was three miles away. It may be that this part of the story is stretched a little, yet the people who know the man best believe it most Although the life of Mr. Revels has been one of hard work and many struggles he and his wife and every child are loved and respected as good citizens and are ardent church mem bers. All but two are members of the Primitive Baptist Church at Smithwicks Creek. It is this type of service, honesty, and trust that makes men the salt of the earth. The occasion was fittingly carried out in every detail, and was closed with an address by Elder W. B. Har rington, and the prayers of the entire host for many other such occasions. Picnic At Burroughs School Saturday The term at Burroughs Shcool, Wil liamston Township, closed more than a week ago, but owing to the unfavor able weather, the picnic dinner, which had been proposed, was not arranged for until last Saturday. Mrs. Luke Lamb taught this school, and patrons and pupils agree that the session was one of the most pleasing and success ful in the life of the school. The en rollment is small; therefore, the grades are not high, but the interest this year has been marked. The pic nic was very enjoyable, the barbecue and other eatableH were pronounced to be most excellent, and there were vis itors who praised the splendid hospi tality of the patmns and the teacher. Elder P. C. Denny Died Sunday Night Kldex f. C. Denny, of Wilson, (lit J Sunday right He had been a primi tive Baptist minister for many years. Elder Denny was v/ell known in Mar tin County, where he had made many visits, especially in attending the ses sions of the Primitive Baptist Asso ciations. HJS was held n high esteem by sll wh# Knew him. State Health Nurse F Cent Of School Diseased Tonsils and Adenoids Miss Geneva Sykee, the efficient State nurse, has now three more weeks in the county to complete the examination of the school children. Up to date she has found approximately 60 per cent of the children with defective teeth; 10 per cent with defective eyesight; 10 per cent with defect ive hearing; 10 per cent are un derweight; 40 per cent with dis eaaed tonsils and adenoids. The North Carolina State Board of Health would not advise any thing to be done to any of ita cit izens that would in any way be detrimental to ita citizenship; therefore, the parents or guar diana of these children that are suffering as a result of their dis eased tonsils need have no fear of COTTON CO-Ore GET CHECKS THIS WEEK Approximately a Million Dollars Be ing Mailed Association Members; New Contracts Being Signed Checks amounting to approximate ly one million dollars will be in the hands of menibers of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers' Cooperative As sociation this week. These checks rep resent the spring distribution on the crop of 1926. Assistant Secretary F. B. Webster put the first checks in the mail Tuesday and states that all of the checks will have been mailed by the enjl of the week. The general policy of the management of the cot ton association is to make as liberal an advanee on the cotton delivered by the members as is consistent with sound financing policies. There are no specific dates set by the manage ment for distribution to the member ship, but the first distribution from sales was made in December, and a spring distribution follows in April, and the final settlement as early as possible—this final settlement has so far been made each season before the next crop began to move. The management of the association closed its pools for the receiving of the 1926 crop on April 15. The total receipts for the season to that date were 160,661 bales, which Is 44.0Q0 bales more than was handled last season. The 1926 crop will be the last crop handled under the old contract. No great noise is being made about it, but the members are now signing a new six-year contract, and a well-de fined programs of re-signing ita mem bership was started by the associa tion after holding a State-wide meet ing of members at Raleigh on March 4. A very carefully selected mem bership is being re-signed. Something over 30,000 bales, based on past de livery records, have been aigned up by old members up to date, and the average deliveries of these members are something over 20 bales per mem ber. No whirl-wind campaign or high pressure methods are being used in putting on this re-sign-up program, and it is significant to note that the work is being conducted bf the regu lar field forces in carrying un their regular duties, and any ex tra expense to the association. Quite at number of loyal members in the various counties are offering their as sistance, and it is the opinion of the director of the field service depart ment that by the first or August they will have as much cotton signed up, or more, than has been the average delivery of the past four years. Mr. Avery Gaylord Dies At Asheville Mr. Avery Gaylord, a former Ply mouth man, and a World War Vet eran died at Asheville this week and was buried at Plymouth this morning. He wa the son of the late Asa W. Gaylord. He lost a leg in the Won*? War ami was severely gassed, which was possibly the cause of his doftth. He live i And practiced la7w in Greens boro until recently, when l)is health toned ium to giv&.Hjp his work. The latest report from the bedside of Miss Mary Eliza Harrell is that there is very little change in her con dition except for steadily growing weakness. She remains conscious most of the time and exhibits the same fortitude of spirit that she has shown throughout her life. Messrs. J. G .Staton and L. T. Fow den are business visitors in Washing ton today. any harm coming to them. If you recall, we held a clinic here three years ago, and you recall the a mount of good it did in prevent ing diseases resulting from in fected tonsils and adenoids. We have secured the use of the third floor of the Peoples Bank Building for the hospital, and the dates will be May 26, 27, 28, and 29, 1926. The State Board of Health will furnish good nurses and good surgeons to do this work. Consult your family physician and abide by what he says. If he does not think the removal of dis eased tonsils and adenoids is not a K«od thing in preventing dis ease, do not have it done. WM. E. WARREN, Executive Officer. STATE FERTILIZER BILL IS ENORMOUS North Carotins Leads United States in Value of Fertilizer Used; $64,179,00# in 1924 The University News Letter says We wonder how many people are aware of the enormous sum of money this State spends each year on com mercial fertilizer? Or how North Carolina ranks as a consumer of what commonly goes by the name of guano. The 1920 census reports that the State fertilizer bil for the year 1919 was 148(797,000. This sum was exceeded by only one State, South Carolina, which put under her crops, mainly cot ton, |62,647,000 worth of fertiliber in 1919. The National Hureau of Eco nomic Research, basing its findings on the American Fertilizer Handbook and the United State census of agri culture, reports that North Carolina's fertiliser bill for 1920 was $64,179,- 1000, while South Carolina's was (66,- 968,000. In 1921 North Carolina rank ed first in the value of fertilizer used, and probably has continued to hold first place since 1921. The three States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia con sumed nearly half of all fertilizer used in the United States both in 19t'9 and 1920, and approximately two-fifths of the total for 1921. North Carolina in 1919 bought 16 per cent, or more than one-seventh, of all fertilizer sold inj the United States. Ordinarily it takes considerably more than half of the gross receipts from our tobacco crop to pay our annual fertilizer bill. Our fertilizer till in 1920 did not fall far short of the value of our tobacco crop in 1926 The 1920 fertilizer bill was approximately as much as the valye of all school property in the Statte in 1926. Snow and Ice Hurt Gardens and Fruit Fruits and early truck have evi dently suffered much from the wind and freeze last night. Two flurries of snow struck through the county early yesterday morning and the continued cold has turned heans and potatoes black in many sectionn. It is generally thought that most of the peaches in this section were killed also. OLD COLORED EVANGELIST TO BE AT BETHLEHEM APRIL 27 Joshua L. Griffin, the old colored evangelist, of Williams Township, says he will be at Bethlehem colored Church April 27, where he hopes to be visited by his friends whom he wants to serve. He says that he has nothing more of the world's goods to bestow than a cup of cold water, and he will glad ly do that to any that might need the purifying drink on that, his 76th birthday; that he wants the blessing of giving rather than receiving. Play At Everetts Tomorrow Night Members of the Everetts School will give the play, "Mammy's Li I Wild Rose," Wednesday night, April 21, in the school auditorium. The public is invited. Admission 16c and 26c. Colored Bishop to Be Here Sunday Bishop H. B. Delaney, D. D., of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will preach and dconftrm a class at the colored Methodist church Sunday, April 26th, at 7.80 p. m. Our white friends are invited to come out and hear the bishop. Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date • Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 GOVERNOR LOWDEN TO SPEAK IN STATE To Re in Charlotte Friday, April 23, and in Kaleigh Following Day; Talks Are for Farmers Former Governor Frank 0. Low den, of Illinois, ia to deliver two ad dresses in North Carolina this week. He will be at Charlotte Friday, April 23, and will speak at noon. He will also speak in Raleigh Saturday, April 24, at noon. These addresses will be outstanding events in this State, and every man, woman, and child should hear one or both of them. Governor Lowden is one of thfc out standing figures of the country, a statesman whose stand for the farm er and farming interests has won him widespread renown. He is known as one of the chief defenders of tfie farmer an da fighter for benefits for the farmer. Just at this time, when Congress is deeply interested in farm relief legislation, it will be very in forming to hear Governor Lowden, who has given close study to the sev eral proposed plans for relief. The Illinois statesman is also much inter ested in the problems of farm sur pluses and will discuss the question in Lis addresses. Not only has Governor Lowden giv en yearn of study to agricultural m&t- he is a farmer. With large farms in Illinois, devoted to the rais ing of grain, hogs, and cattle, and In addition a big cotton plantation in Arkansas, Governor Lowden knows k the problems that face the farmer by personal experience. Accepting the invitation of the North Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative Association, Governor Low den will spend two days in this -State and then go to South Carolina, where he speaks Monday, April 26th. ARM CUT OFF BY NEGRO IN FIGHT Effort* Being Made to Graft Severed Member Back On; Assailant la Still At l^arge On Thursday, April 16, following a row, Andy Gaynor, a young colored man, who lives in the Gold Point sec tion, struck Heber Ayers, a young white man of the same section, on the head with an ax. Hen then hit hiui on the right arm, between the elbow anil shoulder, completely cutting the arm of!' with the exception of a small portion of flesh on the under part of the arm. Doctors are attempting to graft the arm back in its place, with some hope of saving it. ; Young Ayers is the son of Will Rumor has it that the negro ac cused young Ayers of stealing liquor from him, and when Ayers called him a liar he struck him with the axe. Gaynor is still at large although of ficers have been seeking him ever since the assault. iVIisH Mury King- Ellison, of Belhav en, was here Saturday with Mrs. Har old Clark, and returned home Satur fvQ,ing accompanied by Emma Robertson and Mr. William Carstarphen. Misses Hetle Bynum, Myrtle Prid gen, and Helen Gurganus, teachers of the Cross Roads School, were in town Monday. Sandy Ridge Local And Personal News " Mrs. Herbert Taylor and Mrs T. A. Peed were in Williamston on business Friday afternoon."' Miss Beatrice Cherry spent Friday night with Miss liernice Riddick. Mrs. W. J. Cherry spent Saturday with her sister Mrs. Neai Godard. Misses Louallie and Eva Pate visit ed Mrs. Herbert Taylor Sunday. Master Felix Peed returned to En field with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Thomas Sunday. Six Killed in Klan War at Herrin, Ili. Six person W*M killed at Herrin, Illinois, Tuesday when an election riot out in which many persons par- OTPTted. The trouble was said to have start ed when John Smith, a garage nutn and a Klan leader, was struck across the face with a pistol in the hands ol a man called "Blackie" Arms. Smith ran into his garage and barrieadeu it and much shooting followed. Latet in the day the battle was renewed, re sulting in the death of six men, three of them Klansmen and three of them anti-Klansmen. i- The Illinois State guards are on hand and while things have quieted down the feeling is yet running high.