Don't Fail To Do Your Share Clea&Cp Week - April 19-24 - Clean Up! Adver xs Find Our Coluir a Key to 1,600 Mart Jounty Homes VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 16 OLDEST CITIZEN OF TOWN DEAD Miss Mary Eliza Harreil Died Wed aeeday Morning; Was Over M Years Old Wednesday at eleven o'clock the closing chapter in the life of one of the most interesting and highly es teemed characters Williarnston has ever produced was written when Miss Mary Elixa Harrel died at the age oi ninety-three and a half years. A de scendant of two of Eastern Carolina* most prominent families, she was born. October 18th, 1832, to Jobe and Nancy Smithwick Harreil at the old Alls brook homestead on the Hamilton Koad and has since the age of Ave years been a resident of Williarnston. She was educated at the Williarnston Academy, a private institution. Her experiences during the Civil War wt-ro varied and harrowing and during a life of changes and progress Miss Harreil remained one of the South'a staunchest and most loyal defenders of its cause. Her brother, Mr. Tom liar: til, was an invalid for twoity seven years, and during that lime his sulci was his constant attends u and /support. Her faithfulness to family tin and devotion to loved ones wus an sample for ->uif century to the pvple of our town. She began having trouble with her eyes many years ago, but it was a bout 1916 that her eyesight failed her entirely. Her mental and physical a daptability to her blind state. Two years ago special services of the Meth odist denomination were held in her home where she was baptised in that faith. She has been noted for her keen interest in the welfare of all her fellow citisens and her unbounded sym pa thy for those in sorrow. For several years she has made her home with Miss Mittie Harreil, wt|> with another piece, Mrs.L-li. Harrison, and two nephews, Mr. Tom Harreil, of tiokl Point, and Mr. Henry Harreil, of Daytona, Fla., survive her. The funeral services were conduct ed yesterday afternoon by Kev. T. W. Lee and Elder Sylvester Hassell, and interment was in the family plot in the Methodist cemetery. The large number of friends present during her illness and death attested to the wide love and respect this noble and self sacriflcing woman bore in her com munity. The pall bearers were: Messrs. C. D. Carstarphen, K. B. Crawford, Mau rise Moore, J. W. Watts, jr., John Cook, and Dr. J. D. Biggs. Sunday Services at\ Memorial Baptist There will be no service at the Me morial Baptist Church Sunday night, as the pastor is out of town. But Sunday morning, the regular 11 o'clock service will be held. Profes sor J. S. Seymour, of the local school, will deliver an address from the pal pit of the church. It is hoped that a lage and representative audience will hear this layman sjpeak. His hea|t is Sh the welfare of the youth of this • own. He is both an enthusiastic school man and churchman. He will have a message well worth hearing. It is the pastor's desire that his congregation attend the other churches of the town Sunday night. In appre ciation of the many, many persons who attend his church from time to time, he is anxious that his people now return the kindness. Baron Daniel D'Yrow, of Holland, and Mr. George Call Johnson, of New York, spent last night in town with friends while en route from Atlanta to Now York. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Burden, of Windsor, are in town today shopping. STRAND THEATRE SATURDAY Fred Thompson in "The Dangerous Coward" ■ Mac' Sennet Comedy Episode No. 3 "Secret Service Sanders" . I 2 Shows—Starts 7.30 ,-iW THE ENTERPRISE i ■— County. Commencement Robersonville Saturday Martin County's third annual commencement will cenvesM at Robersonville tomorrow merniag at It o'clock with all the schools in the County participating. A pat ent contest is one of the fea ture* of the program. Besides this there are many other con tests. A basket picnic will be spread on the grounda at noon, and most of the afternoon will be i taken up with the choral contests. The Williarnston delegation will go by school trucks, sad the lo cal pupils have an excellent chance to cop seversl first pieces. OVERMAN LEAVES FIGHT TO FRIENDS In Letter to Democrats of State Says He WiU Not Leave Peet at Capital to Campaign for Neminatioa The Enterprise is in receipt of s letter from Senator Lee S. Overman in which he says he will not leave his post at Washington to campaign for renomination in the coming primary. He says he has "the utmost confidence that my interests in this and other matters will be secure in the hands of my loyal friends." The letter, addressed to the Demo crats of North Carolina, follows: "I will be a candidate for the offlco of United States Senator at the en suing primaries. With my long ex perience and high committee assign ments; being ranking Democrat on three of the largest and moat import ant committees: The Committee on Ap propriations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Rules 1 feel that I can now serve my State and the country better than ever. "I appreciate more than I can ex press the confidence and trust reposed in me and the cordial support which the people have given me in the past, and I ask them to return me to the Senate. To their service and the serv ice of the whole country 1 have given the best years of my life, and with this long experience I feel that I akn better prepared to serve North Caro lina in the future. I have fought con scientiously to maintain the high ideals in public life which I have al ways sought to live up to in private life. I do not believe, as my record wilt show, that 1 have been an un profitable servant of my good people. In aspiring to another term in the Senate, I pledge myself to give the very best that is in me in the future aa I have tried to do in the past 1 shall remain at my post of duty, where I belong, and I have the utmost con fidence that my interests in this and other matters will be secure In the hands of my loyal friends. LEE S. OVERMAN. Farriers Warehouse To Double Capacity Messrs. F. C. Bennett and Jule Bam hill, owners of thi Farmers Ware house, have a largo force of carpen ters at work, practically doubling.the sixe of the house, and they will have as large a floor space to handle sales au the houses on the laiger market*. Everything possible is being don «. re gardless of cost, 1; make their house one of the largest, best lighted and most convenient in the bright tobacco belt It will be opera'ed this season by Bennett, BarnhUl 6 Morton, and These men promise to have a forcJ of assistants, auctioneers, and bookkeep ers that will be the best that can be obtained. Hubert Morton will rati the sale, and as ha has been in Wi'liam -Bton for several seasons, and our farm ers all know him. We predict a very j successful season for this Arm. Everett* Woodmen To Meet Monday (Special to Ike Enterprise) Everetts, April 22.—The Modern Woodmen, Everetts Camp, No 16*42, will hold their regular meeting in the hall Monday nigh'., April M. All mem bers of the camp are urged to be pres ent. On Wednesday rig.'it, May 26, we are to have with us two distinguished members of the Mod;m Woodmen of America, State Deputy M. L. Tremain of Winston-Salem, N. C., and Nation al Deputy H. V. Rees. We are men tioning this so Uij ir.unbers of thi.i camp and the camps in Martin and adjoining counties can keep this in mind and avail themselves of this op portunity of meeting and bearing these "htr Mrs. James G. Statoa la spending the week In Baltimore. Mr. C- B. Fagan, of Dardens, was Williarnston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, April 23,1926 CAUSES OF LOCAL RADIO TROUBLE Report of Expert After Visit Here Says Telephone and Light Plants Catue Most of Trouble We are printing in full the report of the radio inspector as it relates to the elimination of inductive interfer ence to radio broadcast reception in Williarnston. Mr. Swan, the inspector, is from Norfolk, and is of the De partment of Commerce, Navigation Service. His inspection was secured through the efforts of Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, of Washington. The report follows: "Through the courtesy of Mr. F. L. Edwards, of Williarnston, the inspector was taken to that town (from Wash ington) by automobile, arriving there at 10.30 a. m., March 26th. The principal inductive interferenoe at Williarnston was traced to the lo cal telephone exchange and found to be caused by a faulty motor-driven magneto ringer of an obsolete type. Another potential source of interfer ence was located at the Williarnston power plant where it was found that the commutator ripple of the station's exciter wss finding its way out over the city lines. A vacuum cleaner in one complainant's residence was caus ing interference. In each instance sug gestions were given as to how to filter out the radio frequency emissions. The X-ray apparatus owned by Dr. H. B. York, of Williarnston, contributed to the hullabaloo, but this gentleman has given assurance that his machine will not be operated during broadcasting hours in the evening. There is no daylight reception of broadcast sta tions at Williarnston at the present time and, not unlike Washington in this respect it will take considerable tree trimming before all the sources of inductive interference are elimi nated. Respectfully, , JOHN W. SWANSON, Radio Inspector. Norfolk, Va., April 1, 1026. Sunday Services at Riddicks Grove The regular semi-monthly services will be conducted by the pastor at Riddicks drove Sunday at 3.30 p. m. The Sunday school session will meet at 2.30 preceding. This is an import ant meeting and everybody is cor dially invited to be present. A com mittee which was appointed at the last meeting will report in reference to making some improvements on the church and grounds. Masonic Meeting Tuesday Night There will be a regular communica tion of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A F. A A. M., Tuesday night April 27, at 8 p. m. Important business is to , be brought up at this meeting and a full attendance is urgently requested. All Master Masons in good standing are cordially invited. C. D. CARSTARPHEN, Jr., Secretary. Music Recital At Oak City Tonight The music department of the Oak I City schools will give its annual re cital tonight in the school auditorium. The class is the largest the school has ever had and contains a greater num ber of advanced pupils. The program is a well-balanced one and will inter > est all music lovers as well as the 1 parents of the pupils. ' Gridiron Star Wrecks Ball in Mexico City The following, taken from the New York Times will be interesting to the '\ people here and in the county who remember Mr. Weathers, when he was connected with the North Carolina > Highway Commission: , "Mexico City, April 21.—Herbert C. i "Dog" Weathers, ail-American foot i ball star of some years ago, is in Jail ' here after wrecking the most stylish cabaret in Mexico City. During the ) "balloon dance" Weathers took a smai, I penknife from his pocket and punc ■ tured the balloons of the senoritas as i they danced by. "One dancer who made a false step ' received a slight wound. Among the i guests was General Roberto Cms, I chief of the national police, who re i monstrated with the American and re - ceived a punch in the abdomen. The ; chief drew a gun and placed the of fender under arrest end is still keep ing i»f m " I — : Don't forget to see "Uncle Fred" i tonight at the opera house, given by . I tka aanlnr dui of the hitrh school. WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL .LESSON April 25.—" Tlm Story of Caia and Abtl."-OeMtu 4:1-12. By C. H. DICKKY What a moment when a child is born! Only God can tall what its end shall be. d Cain and Abel, born into the same home, with the same environment and surroundings; yet thair latter end is as far apart as the distance from pole to pole. It was the same with the prodigal and his .brother. It is true all about us today. Cain came to be a farmer, while his brother Abel was a shepherd. These two occupations are as old as the race. One is us good as the other in the ' sight of God. There was no particu lar virtue in the one occupation more than in the other. When they went to worship, carry ing their gifts, offerings or sacrifice, Cain took products from his farm, a very natural thing to de, and Abel brought of his flock. Now, both were doing the same thing—offering to God a portion of that which their labor ihad brought them. They still seem to be on the same footing. But now we read that the Lord had respect unto Abel and his offering, but unto Cain and his offering He had no 1 respect. They have come, thus quickly, to the parting of the wtys. It is welt to notice here the very wording God not only had respect for the offering which Abel brought, be'., He had W spoct to Abel himself. And He not only had not respect fo> what Cain offered but had not fMpwet 'or Cain. It would seem to bo perfectly ap parent that the particulai kind of of fering the two brothers made had noth ing to do with it—there ww some thing fundamentally deeper here at which God was looking. Let us sue if we can And what it was. In Hebrews 11:4 we have this state ment, "By faith Abel offeted unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous.' Two things here, that Abel was a man of faith; and when we couple this to another Scripture which says that without faith it is im possible to please God we begin to get a clue. In this offering Abel ob tained witness that he was righteous. Taking the alternative, it appears that Cain neither was commended for his faith nor obtained any witness that he was righteous. And in Genesis 4:7 is the very strong implication that sin was crouching at Cain'a door. \ Now, we begin to see what consti tuted the difference: Abel himself was righteous, and was a man of faith. Cain was neither righteous nor faith ful, and sin was at his door. This im mediately made a great gulf between the two brothers. Eventually Cain rose up and Killed his brother Abel. And after he hiid done it asked God if he -were Ifls brother's keeper?' The world has been doing battle a round this same question ever since. The Bible teaches that we be breth ren, that we are our brother's keep er, that pur fellow men and women are a matter of profound concern to us. Still we go on warring, killing with deadly poison, machine guns, dig Berthas; industrial heads go on pp pressing men, women and children; all because we do not admit any re sponsibility for our brethren. If God is our universal Father, then it follows logically that we are breth ren. And love should characterise brethren, not hatred. The world has never caught up with the Bible. It is still thousands and thousands of years ahead of us all. But it is right. ■■ Special Masonic Sermon Sunday Night, May 2nd Rev. C. H. Dickey, local pastor, Will preach, on Sunday, night, May 2, in the Memorial Baptist Church, a spec ial Masonic sermon to the Masons and people of Williamston. Mr. Dickey will emphasise the ideals of Masonry and what it means to a town. There are about a hundred members of the local lodge and it is expected that they will attend this service in a body. It is hoped that every one who tan will take advantage of this lesson and hear Mr. Dickey. Dr. B. L. Long, Hamilton Physician, Seriously 111 The serious ilihess of Dr. B. L Long of Hamilton, continues, and friends throughout the county arc sorry to learn that his physicians held very little hope for his recovery. Drs. Ward, of Plymouth, Smithwick, of Jamesville, and Warrra, of William ston visited him yesterday afternoon. Clean-Up Week Not Receiving Attention It Deserves From the Business Men People are aot responding ss they should to the clesn-up ap peal. In very few instances is there sny perceptible improve-* ment in the vacant lots of the town, and of all the places, in town thst do need sltention the psper-cluttered and trash-covered back lots of some of our business houses need it most. - The housewives are taking a more active intereet, and in most cases the home premises ere not only being clesned but beautified COLORED COUNTY COMMENCEMENT Twenty-Four Schools Participate; List of Winners in V arious Contest* The county-wide commencement in which twenty-four colored schools participated was held on Friday last as previously published. Judges aud visitors pronounced it the best ever witnessed here, and praise is due Mary J. Gray, supervisor, and a well-swlect ed corps of assistants. A wonderful spirit of cooperation had been mani fested throughout the preliminaries. There were three types of Khools rep resented : Fight-month schools: William*ton, Robersonville, urul Paimele Training School. Rosenwald schools: Williams Low er, Oak City, Jones and Hamilton. Six-month or regular term schools: Fveretts, Gold Point, Biggs, Dardens, Hussell, Woolard, James, Whichard, Bowers, Burroughs, Piney Woods, Keyes, Smith, Cross Koads, Sprinjj Hill, White Oak Springs, and Poplar Point. Winners at the flnals: Chorus: Williamston first price; Hamilton Uosenwald School, first prize; Danlens honorable mention. Solo: All>erta Keel, Robersonvillo School. Kecitation: Anna Sawyer, William- Iton School, first prize; Thelma Brad ley, Hamilton Rosenwald School, first price. Athletics: Oak City first prize; Rob ersonville second prize. Biggs first prize; Fveretts second prize. Schools winning first prizes: i ar mele Training School, Williams Lower Fveretts, ltiggs, Hassell. Second prizes: Williamston, Hamil ton, Harden, Woolard, James. Third prizes; Oak City, Gold Point, Kobersonville, Spring Hill, Bowers. Drawing: Map of Martin County: Kobersonville, Williamston, Hamilton, Fveretts, Williams Lower. Map of North Carolina: Burroughs, Williams Lower, Map of United States: Koberson ville, Burroughs, James, William? Lower, Writing: Williamston, Gold Point, Spelling: Kobersonville. Story Illustrated: Williamston, Biggs, Woolard. Paper cutting: Kobersonville, Wil liamston, Biggs. Hand Sewing: Kobersonville, Wil liams Lower, Williamston, Oak City, Hamilton. Machine sewing: James, Parmele, Williams Lower, Whichard, Hamilton, Smith Jones. . Basketry: Williamston, Williams Lower, Biggs, Woolard. Posters (Health): Oak City, Wil liams Lower. Clady modeling: Kobersonville, Wil liamston. Mats: Parmele, Williams Lower, Keyes, Williamston. Manual Training: Parmele, Fver etts, Williamston. Shuck work: Hamilton, James. Raffia: Parmele, Williamston. Keed: Williamston. Sewing Cards: Williams Lower, Biggs, Oak City, Woolard. Hand carving: Hamilton, Biggs, Williams Lower, Hassell. Candy: Williams Lower. * Cooking cakes: Robersonville, Wil liams Lower. Muffins: Robersonville. _. . » Professor Seymour to Address Baptists Professor J. S. Seymour will occu py the pulpit of the Memorial Bap tist Church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. The pastor of the church ia away, attending the Baraca-Phiiathea meet ing at Salisbury. Professor Seymour is qualified to speak with authority in the realm of education, whether it pertain to school work or in the field of religious edu cation. • What he says will be well thought out and will have merit with cowers and shrubs. In every case the results hsve been gratify ing both to the property owners and the passers-by. The members of the Womsn's Club hoped thst nstural civic pride would assist them in their efforts to clean the town, and that we would need no legal presHure to get the sanitsry snd attractive results desired, but it present very few individuals are showing much disposition to lend any ef- I fort to the work. ANOTHER POULTRY SHIPMENT PLANNED ; Cir Shipped Last Week Contained Al most 5,000 Pound* Which Sold for $1,184.03; Mostly Old Hen*. i County Agent T. B. Brandon in i formed ua that the car of chicken* , leaving Willianuton last week, con- I taining 4,974 pounds of meat, netted the people of Martin County f 1,184.03. Approximately 4,000 pounds of poul try were old hens, and geeee, turkeys, : and roosters completed the toi*l. " There were only four cratea of youn>{ . chickens shipped. Mr. Brandon says there will be another car within 15 or 30 days, and he hopes that the poo , pie will avail themselves of the op ; portunity to sell their next lot at good prices, and at home. The poultry was bought by the Kis ser-Rabinowitz Co., of Philadelphia. : They are owners of 1,200 poultry cars , and have at least 800 men on the road , the year around Ailing and bringing , in these cars, as was done here last [ week. r' The week of April 1 they purchased 16 carloads of poultry in North Car olina alone, and 9 cars in South Car ; olina. The week preceding Eastet t North Carolina sold $300,000 woit.h of poultry to these people alone. b The people of our county are wak ing to the fact that there is tnoro - real money in the poultry business - than in the so-called "money crops," t and we predict that Martin will ship more chickens in the next two yean - than she has sold altogether before t in her history. District Federal Court ' Adjourned Yesterday Federal court at Washington, Judge Isaac M. Meekins, presiding, adjourn ed yesterday. The Martin County . cases tried were at follows: A. B. Bullock, three months in jail in Washington. ( Cecil Gurganus fined $l5O. J. H. Warren, 90 days in jail, his . term to begin August 1. , Mendenhall,. of Bear Grass, fined $260. Joe Frank Corey, 30 days in jail. Hoyt Lilley fined $250. ( J. L. Peel fined S6OO. Cornelius Lilley, «ase continued. W. R. James, discharged. Claudius Hardison, acquitted. Frances Hall, for sending obscene letter through the mails, fined S6O. Phillip Boston, case continued. Nehry Ellison, acquitted. ( John D. Manning, Aned S6O. Walter Jackson, sentenced to four i, months in jail. Matthew Pierce, Aned SSO. The Washington Daily News yester day said: "The Beaufort County jail is an an tiquated building, and it is not At for . a man to stay in," Judge Isaac M. Meekins said yesterday for the second . time to the Federal jury. "I am sending those who. received jail sen tences at this term to SmithAeld, where they will be put on the third Aoor and will get plenty of fresh air. I understand that some of the Mar tin County offenders are pressed into , service collecting taxes, and Sheriff Harris must be getting ready to raise chickens from the looks of the hifeh . wire fence surrounding the local jail." This afternoon Federal deputies will eave for Greenville carrying with them the entire contingent of the Beaufort County jail. The entire place is full to overflowing. The normal capacity 9 is fifteen persona to nine rooms there, but now there are seven negroes in - the front cell and others have about - the same proportion of inmates. 1 Prisoners will be held in Greenville until Federal court has adjourned in Craven County. This term comes up r next week. Upon conclusion of court in New Bern, Smithfleld will receive 0 its sojourners from Beaufort, Martin, f and Pitt Counties principally. 1 A pleasant hoar, clean entertain ment and a good cause an all to be t found in "Uncle Fred," the senior class olay. at the opera house tonight Watch Label on Your Paper; It Carries Date Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 CLASS PLAY TO BE STAGED TONIGHT Three-Act Comedy, "Uncle Kred," to be Put on by Seniors of Local School Tonight The senior class of the Williamston High School will give its annual play in the opera house tonight at 8:15 o'clock. It has become a custom ot the school for the graduating class to give each year a theatrical perform ance before the close of the year for the purpose of leaving or endowing the school building or grounds with the proceeds of the show. This is a splendid custom and should receive the patronage due it. The class this year has selected a three-act comedy, "Uncle Fred," which is being directed by professor Sey mour, and promises t| be one of the best amateur shows Williamston has enjoyed in some time. Misses Trulah W. I'age, Marguerite Cook, Lucile Hassell, Ruth Manning, and Mary Me lissa Andrews, and Messrs. Maurice Watts, Cecil Taylor, William Cook, A Paui Godwin, Harry Barnhill, and Darretl Price make up the cast and promise you two hours of reai tun. We hope the class will receive-the cooperation and support due it by the parents and people of the town. COMMENCEMENT AT JAMESVILLE Will Start Friday Night, April 3»; Baccalaureate Sermon to be I'rearhed by W. T. Lee The annual commencement ol' the Jamesville High School will start Fri day night, April 80th. Exercises by the lower grades will be given then. The baccalaureate sermon will ,be preached by Rev. T. W. Lee, pastor of the Methodist Church of William ston, on Sunday night, May i. On Monday night, May 3, there will be the regular medal contest, (juite a number of high-school boys and ?irl« will take part in the contest. Judge Francis D. Winston, of Windsor, will be on hand to speak at that time. A high school play will be given on Tuesday night, May 4. On Wednes day night, May 5, class exercises will be held. I)r. Case will deliver the literary address at the same time. Everybody is invited to be present during all the exercises, and a splen did program is assured. Some go aild add all you can to the number who will be there. The auditorium is a large one and the faculty wishes to .see it filled to overflowing. Worthing Norton Weds Cadillac, Michigan, Girl - The following account of the wed ding of Mr. Worthing Norton and Miss .Thelma Sibray, of Mich, will be of interest to the people ot Williamston and Plymouth, where the bridegroom has often visited t is par ents, Mr. und Mrs. M. J. iioUun: A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. V. Sibray, DOS First Avenue, at 10 a. m. today when their daughter, Thelma, became the bride of Worthing Norton, son ot Mr, and Mrs. M. J. Norton, of Wil liamston, N. C. Dr. William Gray, of the Christian Church at Mancelona, performed the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Hilma Sibray, sister of the bride, and George Snyder, of Dearborn. Mary Joan Doyle, niece of the bride, was flower girl. The bride was beautifully gowned in white satin, heir veil fastened with orange blossoms. She carried a show er bouquet of lilies of the valley, brid al roses, and sweet peas. The brides maid worse a dress of pink chiffon and .carried, a bouquet of Ophelia roses. The bride's mother was dressed ifl '• dark blue chifTon over silk. A wedding breakfast was served immediately after the ceremony. Mr." and Mrs. Norton left this noon for Detroit, where they will make their home, Mrs. Norton teaching in that city after graduating from the Ypsilanti Normal school. Mr. Norton is an engineer at the Detroit-Edison Co. The out-of-town guests H. M. Lowe and Mrs. R. H. Went worth, of Battle Greek, a cousin and aunt of the bridegroom. Methodist Program For The Next Week Sunday school, 9:46 a. m.—E. P. Cunningham, Superintendent. V Preaching services, 11 a. m., dnd 8 p. m. \ Junior Epworth League, 2.30 p. nfc Miss Emma Robertson, superintendent Preaching services, Vernon, 8.30 p.\ m. Senior Epworth League, Monday 8 p. m., Mfs. J. W. Watts, jr., superin tendent Prayer meeting, Wednesday • p. m.