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Fifth 'Annual Roanoke Fair; September 27-Oiptober 1; Bigger and Better Than Ever Befor^ Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1600 Hones of Martin County. VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 58 Next Tuesday Is 'Children's Day' at Roanoke Fair Here All Pupils and Teachers Free; Schools to Close Starts Monday Night With Free Acts and Midway Opening Everything is ready for the open ing of the greatest fair ever staged by the Koanoke Fair Association next Monday night The midway will be running full blast, for the train will arrive here early Sunday, and there will be ample time for the construc tion of all the rides and the opening of the many amusements. An elab orate display of fireworks has been or dered especially for this night, and all the acts will be offered that night Tuesday has been designated as Children's Day, and thousands are expected to be here that day. All the schools of the county will close for the event, and the children will come as the guests of the fair asso ciation. No admission fee will be charged, the gates being open to all Uachers and children until 6.30 in the afternoon . Invitations have been broadcasted over seven counties, in viting the school children of each to visit the fair that day, and they will be admitted free. Present indications point to one of the largest gatherings of children in this section ever, and a day running over with a holiday spirit and real pleasure is expected. Passes to all the teachers will be mailed this week, and since the chil dien are children, they will enter free. Forget Me Not Day Next Saturday, 25 Wearing a forget-me-not on Sat urday is a symbol that the wearer has not forgotten the "sacrifices ihade over there that the world might be safe for democracy and that we ap preciate the services they willingly gave. ~ - \ f Next Saturday, September 26, is Argonne Day, and that is why Gover nor Mac Lean set it aside as Forget- Me-Not Day, when the citizens of the State will be given an opportunity to contribute to the relief of the dis abled ex-service men and their fam ilies who receive no ail nor compen sation from the government. The Woman's Club will have charge of the sale of the forget-me-nots. Mrs. C. B. Clark is chairman of the com mittee. She will have her leaders named in a later i-sue of this paper. Circus Brings Holiday to Local School Children Besides bringing all those wild ani mals and clowps and other things ir. common at the circus, particular emphasis placed on the red lemon ade and peanuts, a holiday also is brought to the local school children. • School will recess this afternoon un til Thursday morning at the usual hour. The holiday Is granted by the school authorities with the understanding that it be made up in the course of the present session. STRANri mam I J DONT MISS "THE VANISHING AMERICAN" WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY DO NOT FORGET— A free ticket for Friday to all who come out Wednesday Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Judge Barnhill to Talk to Kiwanis Tomorrow Attention is called to all mem berg of the Kiwanis Club that .Judge M. V. Barnhill will speak before the organization tomorrow at noon. The regular luncheon will be held, and Judge Barnhill'* accepting the invitation to speak is learned with pleasure on the part of all local Kiwanians. The meeting will be held at the regu lar hour, 12.30, and in the Wo man's Club rooms. A good rep resentation is expected and a most delightful time is assured. Here in Interest of Tariff on Peanuts Mr. H. J. Vann, secretary of the Peanut Growers Association, was in town in the interest of the peanut industry. Mr. Vann has given much time and thought to the peanut industry. He is 1 a farmer that comes from the Hert ford County- section, where peanuts are the chief money crop. In 1921 the tariff on peanuts was,} farmers' goods, 3-8 of a cent per' pound; and 3-4 of a cent per pound on shelled peanuts. At that time the farmers were getting about 6 cents per pound. Now they are getting a bout the same price with a tariff of 3 cents for peanuts in the hull and 4 cents for shelled peanuts. China can raise and send to peanlit s to A merica and pay 3 cents per poand tar iff as cheap as an American farmer can raise them. The organized farmers procured a raise under the tariff schedule of 3 | 1.-4 cents on shelled and 2 6-8 cents' in the hull. They feel that it is not enough to make the American pro duction profitable and are now having an investigation made by the tariff commission, and are promised a hear ing before that body in February of next year. The soap manufacturers, candy n.akers, and the users of all- vegetable oils are fighting for a reduction of the tariff in order that they may get cheap raw materials Unless the tariff is kept on pea nuts, the cheap production of Orien tals will kill the industry in America and unless the farmers, the voting farmers, stand together, on the .sub ject it is almost certain that the big vegetable oil users will bring pres sure on Congress to reduce the duty 1 on peanuts and peanut products.. D. Thomas Hurt in Auto Smash D. Thomas, highway mechanic, was badly injured though not seriously, last night when he ran his car into a truck belonging to the Washington Tobacco company on the, Washington-j Williamston highway two miles out from here. An ugly (,'ash, requiring seven stitches, was made in his fore head, and a hurt arm an 4 a bad knee went to make up the res', of his in juries. A colored man, riding on the fender of the truck and right wher£ the car hit the truck, Waf hurt but not seriously. Both the truok and car were damaged to the extent that they had to be towed in. A The cause of the wreck could not be learned at noon today; several random reasons were offered by those seeing the wreck later in the evening, but were of a widely varying nature. Minstrel Revue at Windsor Thursday A minstrel and revue will be given Thursday night hi the Opera House of Windsor under the auspices of the Windsor United Daughters of the Con federacy. The proceeds will be used to educate some girl who is a de scendant of a Confederate veteran. The cast which will appear in the minstrel and musical revue includes 65 of the most talented peoffte of Ber tie County supplemented by well known . amateurs from Williamston and Tarboro. "Happy Harry" Foote is directing the production and this is the first *mall town he has ever staged his play in. The costumes are very beau tiful and attractive. They are Mid to have cost over $1,500.%. There are 86 ia the choruses, and there are Chinese, sailor's hornpipes, Jap and Spanish dances in the performance. It will be decidedly the biggest show ! ever given in this immediate section. \ I Williamston, Martin County, North Tuesday, September 21, 1926 Commissioners 'Up a Tree' on Dance Problem Finally Agree to Permit One Dance if Boys Get Together At a meeting of the town commis sioners the first in this month, Frank Carstarpjten appeared before them asking for permission to "pull" a dance during fair week. The three members present granted him the right to hold the dance provided h should see the management of the fair association and learn their plans regarding the holding of a dance that week. Frank rushed to Manager Poe, and Was assured that it would be all right,, provided certain rules were followed. Frank, with his partner, Frederick Hoyt, sure of their position, had advertisements printed and an or chestra engaged. Up until yesterday everything was sailing along fine, at which time Ly man Uritt, James Griffin, and Bruce Wynn threw a wrenchJn the who e business when they disputed the other boys' permission necessary to the hold ing of a dance here. They talked with Carstnrphen and Hoyt, telling them that they had seen the mayor seveval weeks ago and had asked him to bring their request to the board of com missioners. Mayor Coburn was out of town at the next meeting of the board, and the request to be made by him went by unnoticed, llritt, Griffin and Wynn accuse Carstarphen of tak ing advantage of this, they stating that he knew Mayor Coburn was out of town and that he was to ask per mission for the three boys, and with this under his hAFrank made it ap. pear to the board that his applica tion for a dance was thp first made. This was flatly denied, and at the meeting of the board it could not be decided who was right or who was wrong. - The commissioners were completely baffled, and finally told the boys that tliey would have to decide the matter among themselves, that if no decision could be reached the older granting a dance would be rescinded and no) (tprtce at' all be held. Legal advice was introduced, and both sides were bitter in their remarks. With such a situation present last night, it was thought by many that the only thing that could happen would be the re voking o1 the order. However, this morning it was learned that the two groups had settled the matter when all active and silent partners joined to gether and agreed to hold a subscrip tion dance. Due to the awakening of so many silent partners, this was not agreeable to all the active ones, for when the profits, should there be any, are divided into one-eighth portions, there is not much inducement, com pared to the receiving of half the profits. The settlement went through sever al stages, and several of the first ones would have, -proven detrimental in practically every way. The one out standing method of handling the sit uation was that there should be two dances. The three boys decided they would have a club dance on the same i night that the other two had a sub scription dance, and that they would j not concede their point. Such a meth od was cast aside when the board held that there should be one dance and one only. As it stands now, there will be a script dance here during fair week, sponsored by all the active and silent partners. First Football Game Of Season Friday The Williamston High School will open the football season here next Friday when the local eleven trots out to meet the boys from Ahoskie. The game will be called at 4 o'clock, and through - the courtesy of Mr. J. G. Staton the teim has aqcess to the fair grounds. There are nine men from last years squad and several promising new ones on the team this year. Captain Eli Barnhill will have a team somewhat light in weight but apeady. Everybody come out Friday, Sep- j tember 24, at 4 o'clock and yell the team to victory, and in addition let us show our appreciation for the use of the fair grounds by keeping every thing in tip-top shape. Local Tobacco Market Is Still Leading Others Williamston Market Av erage Is Higher Than Rocky Mt-Gfreenyille According to a statement made by a representative of one of the State daily newspapers, who visited this market along with Others last week, that "the Williamston market con tinues to flourish," it may be seen that our market is recognized as on_- of the growing markets of the east. Friday saw the largest number of pounds on. the floor of the season, with prices higher than they were on opening day. The- tobacco boards of trade of of Greenville, Rocky Mount, and Williamston gave the representative figures of the sales from opening day ,on through Friday. Williamston had an average for prices paid of $1.75* per 100 pounds higher than Kocky Mount and $2.7# higher than Green ville. Rocky Mount has sold 2,229,688 pounds with a general average of $27 per 100. Greenville has sold during the two weeks that the market has been open 6,000,000 pounds for an average of $26.08. Williamston had sold, up to Friday night, 990,634 pounds at an average price of $28.79 per 100, making the total receipts for the weed marketed $286,240.93. The reputation of this market is growing every day, and visitors from a distance are bringing their tobacco here more for the days than ever before. Yesterday's sales, which are not included in the figures *iven above, were heavy ami probably as large or larger than Friday, when nearly 175,000 pounds were sold. Large Shipment Fords Arrive Here Yesterday • ______ . - —I One of the largest shipments of Fords ever to reach Williamston was when three large barges unloaded 125 of the machines. { A tug boat, not one-fourth the size ~oT"t)ie smallest barge brought the three here, leaving Norfolk Saturday morning at 11 o'clock and reaching the wharf here yesterday morning be tween four and five o'clock. In spite of a break-down, causing several hours delay, the trip was made in record time. Three hours were requir ec! to drive the cars from the barges and line them up oh the street lead ing from the -river wharf: The size of the shipment can best be pictured when we think of that number of cars filling about twenty cne railroad . cars, and making a solid train. The warehouses of the Norfolk-iial t more and Carolina lihe at Norfolk are overrunning with the machines, and many more such shipments will be necessary to fill the orders now standing. Parent-Teacher Meet Is Poorly Attended The reception given by the Parents- Teachers' Association last night to the teachers was very poorly attend ed by> the parents, but was delightful in every respect. • The receiving line was composed of the following: Mrs. I'. B. Cone, Mrs. J) W. Andrews, Mr. Phillips, Miss Emily Lincke, Mr. W. C. Manning, Miss Margaret Strange Broadfoot, J Miss Lillian Sample, Miss Annie Ha(*p per, Miss Mildred Darden, Miss 1 Eleanor Stanback, Miss Orpah Steed, Miss Norma Ramsey, Professor Snow, Mrs. John D. Biggs, jr. and Mr. T. F. Harrison. r * Ice cream and cake were served by Misses Margaret Kverett, Frances Williams, Eugenia Hoyt, and Lettie Jones. The faculty has made a very fav orable impression on the people of Williamston and it is greatly to be deplored that no more of the parents availed themselves of the opportunity to meet the teachers last night. CIRCUS ARRIVES HERE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING Gentry Brothers circus will arrive here early tomorrow morning over the A. C. L. tracks. The is play? ing all the towns in this and comes here from Scotand NecrV The circua says it wil have thirty clowns and we do not know what all. But for clowns, we would say there will be more than thirty— we saw several on the streets early this morninf. Town Tax Rate 25c at Meeting Town taxes were reduced last night by the board of commis sioners at a special session. The reduction of 25 cents on the SIOO valuation places the rate at $2.25. The action of the board comes as a result of a decrease in gen eral operating in the various de partments of the town, expenses having been greatly cut in the wa ter and electrical departments. Strict^g^Hwm y has been the poli- First Teachers! Meet of Term Held Saturday Reorganize and Perfect Organization; 81 Teachers Here On Saturday, September 18, eighty one of the Martin County .teachers met in the . Willianiston School audi torium to reorganize the Martin County Teachers Association for the 1U26-27 term. " The meeting was culled to order by Superintendent It. A. Pope, acting as temporary chairman. After a brief devotional period conducted liy Rev. D. Ci. Saunders, the officers for the yeaV were elected. Mr. K. I. Leake was unanimously elected president, and Miss Kva I'eel .secretary and treas urer. - Mr. l'ope purposes during the year to get vocational ambition before the body as often as possible. With this in mind, he'invited Dr. John 1). Higgß, banker, and Dr. P. 11. Cone, dentist, both of thi's city, to address the teachers. Dr. iligg.s said that he was glad of ui. opportunity to speak to' the Mar tin County teachers about so nec.es snry a thing as money. He stressed the importance of chi Wren learning thrift, for a spendthrift individual or a spendthrift nation will soother or later go broke. This type of educa tion will be an asset to children. So enthusiastic wns ltr. Biggs to get this aeross that he offered to go to any school at any time to explain the prin ciples of banking and relevant topics Dr. Cone's paper on "Orql Hygiene and Preventive Dentistry" was good. Among other things llt ' ""id the teach- I ers of the country are trying to get children and parents to understand | that it is better to prevent than to j patch. Dental inspections and free clinics are doing much the problem, he said. Dr. Cone welcomed the teachers in behalf of the Kiwanis Club and urged j that while it is, of course, local, it is I not exclusive; that it has enrolled members from other sections of the county. , Superintendent l'ope; prefaced Mr. J. L. Jones' report on magazines with this remark, "Crowing teachers will take professional magazines." In tne Report it was stated that each teach er was expected to read at least three i professional magazines, two to be sub scribed by himself and one to be read in the local library, if such was avail able; if not, three are to be subscrib ed to by each teacher. A list of sug gested magazines was given. Mr. l'ope was deliuhted* to learn that a Urge number >f the teachers were already taking or more such mag azines. ' Messrs. D. A. Snow "and J. L. Ja.ies were selected for fair representatives. 1 The scheme for the reading circle is fvery like that of last year. The teachers will be divided into four groups. Group A, composed of high school teachers' and principals, will be conducted by Mr. J. 1,. Jones, chair man and Eva I'eel, assistant. Group I!, composed of one section of the grammar grade teachers, will be con ducted by Miss Millie lioebuck, chair man; and Supt. It. A. l'ope, assistant; Group C, composed of the second sec tion of grammar-grade teachers, will be conducted by Mr. H. M. Ainsey, chairman, and Miss M. S. Hroudioot, efsistant; Group D, composed of all primary teachers, will be conducted by Mr. k D. A. Snow, chairman, and an assistant to be appointed later. A schedule committee, consisting of principals of all schools of four teach ers or more, was appointed to deter mine the best regular meeting dates and to report conclusions at the next meeting. This concluded the general session, and then brief. group meetings were held. ——■— Mr. F. A. Jones of Greenville was a business visitor here today. cy of the present hoard, and whil* we have gone without a few things in the way of conveniences, no one has suffered and the finan cial standing of the town has been made more firm. This decrease is in keeping with that of the county taxes, a de crease of 42 cents having been made at the meeting of the coun ty commissioners the first Mon day in this month. To Meet Friday to Discuss Peanuts There will he a meeting of the business "pen and farmer* of Martin County to foxier the in terest of the peanut on Friday night, September 24, at 8 o'clock al the courthouse. Messrs. J. Shields, J. H. Alexander, of Scot land Neck, J. It. Worsham, of J Norfolk, and 11. It. Kverett, of I'almy-ra, will be present and (jive detain peanut situation of today. Heamon Silverthorne Died Early Saturday "Frank Beamon Silverthorne, who was cut in an affray by James M. l'ugh, in Hamilton Susihry night, Sep tember 12, died Saturday morning a"t 'l'he cuts were of such a nature that l'r. I.ong, the attending physician, In Id nut little hope for his recovery from the beginning. There, were numerous cuts extend-! ing from tb« muscles of the back a round under the units, the cuts meas uring from 9 to 11 inches in-length and being that the lung was visible. Other cuts extended across the back of .the head und ran around mross the face, the left ear being cut in two. He wus brought here to the under taking shop of Mr. F. Lr Edwards anil prepared for burial. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon by Kkter Grimes and burial was made at the Silverthorne . residence in Poplar l'aiwt Township. A large gathering was at both the funeral and burial. , . Silverthorne wus ,'i4 yeiirs old. lie leaves a widow and live small children, also several brothers. R. R. Fleming Dies at Pactolus Home Mr. |{. H. Fleming, one of I'itt County's leading citizens, a farmer anil merchant, died at his home in I'ac tolus Monday afternoon from a com plication of diseases and advanced age, being H.'i years old. Hi! was one of the few surviving Confederate soldiers of his county. Mr. Fleming had. been a very active business man for many years, and had for a long time be>n president of one of the Greenville banks. lie leaves. a widow, two sons, and one sister. He hail been married four times. Mr. Fleming was an uncle of Mrs. W. E. Warren, of this city. The burial will place at a private plot on his Tarm this after noon. " 9 To Hoid Examination for Clerk-Carrier Here Ihe I nited States _ Civil Service Commission has announced that an open competitive examination, under the rules of the Civil Service Coin , mission, for the position of olerk j currier in the post "office,at William ■ ston, N. C., will be held d&ring Oc tober. The receipt of applications I will close October 6. The applications for this examina tion must be made on the prescribed form, which, with necessary instruc- I tions, may be obtained from the com mission's local representative, at the Williamston post office or from the secretary of the Fourlh Civil Service District, at Washington,. D. Q. AI persona wishing to take this examination should secure blanks andf file their applications with the fourth Civil Service district secretary, Wash ington, D. C„ prior to the hour of closing business on the date above specified. * The date for assembling of compet itors will be stated in the admission cards mailed' applicants after the close of receipt of application*.' The salary for this position is from 51,700 to $2,100 per year. ant visit this afternoon. Mr. W. A- Brown made us a pleas- Watch the Label On Your Paper; It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires. ESTABLISHED 1898 Superior Court Session Began Here Monday Judtfe IVL V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, Is Presiding: Judge M. V. Harnhill, of Kocky Mount, convened his lirst court in this county Monday at 10 o'clock. Judge Barnhill exchanged with Judge Henry A. Grady, who scheduled to hold the fall, terms of court in this- dis trict. Judge Hum hill is the resident . judge and is up for reelection year and of course was anxious to meet the people of his own district. Solicitor Dnnnel Gilliam is prosecut ing the cases on the doOket. *• The judge's charge to the grand jury was not only a presentation of the law as it applies to the duty of grand jurors but gave a fair slant on ( the need for people generally to keep within the law. He explained that the procedure in the process of criminal law requires a secret hearing by a grand jury be-, tore a man can be brought into the court. Ibis is for the purpose of a voiding malicious or frivolous prose cutions. Ibe importance of treating all classes with the same«felement of jus tice, regardless of their station in so ciety or wealth of ether conditions, high or low, was stressed. ' Ihe automobile law was also men tioned, because of its importance; es pecially the illegal driving by minors and others incompetent for whatever cause. - t Ihe grand jury is composed of J, W Kubanks, foreman; J as. D. Liowen, J. 11. Everett, Sam. T. Everett, J. 11. Ilritt, Alonzo I). Griffiri, 11. 1,. Ever ett, W heeler Rogers, H. 1,. Hopkins, W. J. Holliday, Jl. T. Dennett, J. Ea- Bcii Lilley, J. \\. Cherry, L. W. Mi zzle, T. I/. Roebuck, YV. W. Koberson; C. IS. Fagan, and It. W. Hardy, with 11. I)., fay lor as officer of the jury. The case against J. M. Pugh, in , which he is charged with the murder of Ueeinan • Silve.rthorrte, was con tinued to the December term of this court and bond was fixed at $5,000. thiunsel plead Tfmiine To~prtpanj itrr defense which the State seemed to apprehend that it was playing for time upon the old theory that "Time is a healer of crime." The following eases", up to thne of our going to press, were disposed of: I'foyd llarrel, charged with resist ing an officer, was found gudty. Piayer lor judgment continued. The same defjy*dant was found guilty of an with a deadly weapon and w to the Edgecombe roads for * Isuac Ampie was sentenced to the roads for three months for carrying a concealed weapon. John Lee lladley, who broke into the store of H. F. Perry last June, was sentenced to the Slate's prison for a term amounting to not less than five years and not more than m ven years. Hay Lilley, plead -guilty to the charge of the larceny of niveau to mo bile and was sent to the Edgecombe roads for IK months. Albert Kiley, charged with laiceny was sentenced to the roads for the term of three years. Paul Ballard, charged with larceny and cruelty- to animals, was' nol pross e ' in each case. _ *■ Redmond Pittman was sent" to the . Edgecombe roads for 18 jfhonths for house breaking anil larceny. Charlie Kobbins, charged with house break ing and robbery, was also sentenced to the roads for a term of 18 months.. W. A. Ayers, charged with viola tion of the liquor laws, was sentenced to the roads for 6 months, to be pa roled at .the end of three months The grand jury will make its re port to the court some time during today. . CHILDREN'S OPENING AT WILLIE WINKLE HAT SHOP A children's opening will be held at the.Willie Winkle shop Friday and Saturday of this week. This is the first one ever staged in Williamston and many children will, no doubt, attend. Friends of W. J. Hodges will be glad to learn that he has returned from Norfolk where he underwent a rt ther serious operation recently, and i v getting along very well. Word was received today from the Washington hospital where Miss Frances Gurganus was carried last week very ill, that she was very much better and would probably be able to come home later in the week.
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