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Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns * Latchkey to Over 1660 Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 74 Two Negroes Shot at Wine Party Sunday Officers Unable to Find Out Reason for the Shooting A colored man named Mack Cherry shot Dawson Council and George Staton, other colored brethren, at what was understood to be a wine party at a place called Stingy Point, located between Hassells and Bethel, Sunday. Council was shot in the hand and am, several small shot penetrating him; George Staton waa struck in the side of the face, and while the wounds •re not dangerous they are very pain — fut - No one seemed to be able to clearly ckplain how and why the shooting happened. Cherry, who had hidden himself when the sheriff arrived on " the scene, has not yet been found, and it may be necessary to interview him to find out just what caused him to shoot. It may be that the wine had been mixed or it may be that he had not used so weak a drink as wine; or it may finally come out that somebody lest in a crap game. Nobody knows row. Cherry may clear up the mys tery when he comes home. Parents-Teachers Hold Regular Meet Friday The Parent-Teacher Association, which had its regular meeting last Friday, was one of the best attended cf the year. There was no new busi ness to be taken up, but a committee was appointed to see about getting Mr. Davis a typewriter, which he needs in his office work. Prof. Davis made a short address ua the "Need of Cooperation of Child, Parent, and Teacher/' which made a lasting impression on the mothers and teachers present He complimented | the conduct of the pupils of our school and this made not only the parents of the school children but the townspeo ple as a whole feel proud. The third grade, under the dilu tion of Miss Annie Harper, gave a very delightful short program. The twelve monthk of the year were dram atized by twelve little boys and girls; a dialogue between an attractive lit tle boy and girl of the grade was second; and the program was conclud ed by the whole grade singing the "Health Song." Little Miss Moore Celebrates Birthday little Miss Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Moore, celebrated her fifth birthday last Friday when 40 of her little friends gathered at the home at 4 o'clock. The little folks enjoyed themselves very much when they played many outdoor games. Mrs. Moore, later in the afternoon, served Dixie Cups, cake, and candy tc the many guests. Miss Marie has many friends, and they wish for her many more pleas- 1 ant birthdays. October Was Banner , Month for Railroads October was the greatest shipping month for the railroads in the world's history. More cars were loaded than every before—the enormous sum of a million and a quarter cars being filled in the United States. These cars earned an average of 600 Bounds of freight to every person In the United States, consisting of clothing, food, or material for the beiiefit or pleas ure of the people. STRANH THEATREIJ TONIGHT "THE BAT" One of the Best Pic tures of the Season » FRIDAY "ELLA CINDERS in the MOVIES" Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE Tobacco Crop Show Slight Reduct Pounds; Prices Are Better Local Market Continues to Stay Among High est in Averages Reports of production and sale of tobacco_ indicate a small reduction in the crop in pounds as compared with last year. The estimate for the 1926 crop is 371,680,000 pounds against 874,000,000 pounds last year. The Williamston market continues to make good averages. The market report for the past week, ending No vember 12, showed the price on the Wilson market to be $30.26; Green ville averaged for the same week $81; Williamston lead them both for the same week with an average of $81.02; 2 cents per hundred pounds higher than Greenville and 76 cents per hun dred higher than Wilson. This is an excellent showing for the local mar ket, when it is taken into account the fact that Jarge quantities of the fin&t types of tobacco are carried to the larger centers for resale. For September sales the figures show the price to be about 50 per #«nt higher than last year over the whole belt. This, however, did not hold through October, for the October prices this year are but one-third of a cent higher than for October, 1926. The entire belt averaged $26.40 last year, in October, and $26.76 this year. Williamston stands above the aver age of the belt by 33 points for the month of October. The higher mar kets generally were those located a long the banks or near the Tar River, which happened to have seasonable weather just at the time the tip and middle stalk tobacco was developing. The Roanoke territory led in prices for September, perhaps for the same reason, as they had better weather conditions on the primings than the other sections farther to the couth. The total sales up to November 1 shows about an average of 4 cents p«r pound more than last year. Start Work Monday on Moving Rectory Work was commenced Monday morn I ing on the removal of the Episcopal rectory from its present location on the corner of Main and Haughton Streets to the north end of the same lot, about 150 feet from the present location. The new site will front on Haughton Street. Mr. Wells, a local citizens, is in charge of the work, and says the building will be moved and ready lor repairs in a very few days. Caught Making Liquor Almost in Sight of Town Prim Sherrod, a 20-year-old negro, was caught manufacturing liquor at a, still almost in sight of Oak City Saturday afternoon by Federal Agent T. W. Snell and H. T. Rober son. Another negro was at the still with Sherrod but succeeded in mak ing his escape. * They had about 8 gallons of liquor on hand a considerable quantity of material, besides an old copper still, well worn, and of a poor type. Sherrod was taken before a United States Commissioner, and is now in jail in default of bond, and will be held for the April term of district Federal court. Baptist Philatheas Elect New Officers The Baptist Philathea Class met with Mrs. Harry Meador on Friday evening. The routine business was disposed of and the following officers elected for the ensuing year: Mrs. Harry Meador, president; Mrs. Holloman, vice president; Miss Mar garet Everett, secretary and treasur er; Mrs. Claude Keith, assistant sec retary and treasurer. After the election of officers the so cial hour began with a turkey contest, at the conclusion of which the hostess served delightful refreshments, con sisting of jello and cream and cake.— Mrs. Joe Pender, reporter. Homer Bowen Hurt When Car Turns Over -i * '• Mr. Homer Bwen had the misfor tune to turn his Ford car over Sat urday afternoon and crippled himself in one arm, breast, and had several teeth knocked out. The radius rod broke, which seemed to be responsible for the accident. Several others rid ing with him escaped injury. Mr. Bowen also had the misfortune to turn another car over just a week earlier near the Mobley MflL Though the car was damaged badly, no one wtm hurt. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, November 16,1926 HHHV , y • ' Jr- •»-« _^___ — H| Baptists Meet at Wilmington Ldcal Pastor to Make Two Addresses to Gathering Rev. C. H. Dickey left this morning for Wilmington, where he will attend the annual State convention of the Baptist Church. The meeting will begin tonight and continue through Thursday. It is expected by the church body, which is numerically the largest body of Christians in the State, that this will be one of the greatest conventions in its history. The formal resignation of Dr. W. L.. Poteat as president of Wake Forest College will be one of the saddest features of the occasion. Mr. Dickey will make two addresses during this convention, the subjects of which are of vital interest to the church. Being invited to appear on the program twice during this conven tion is highly complimentary to Mr. Dickey, who has held a pastorate in the State for less than a year. He will make an address on the "Consoldiation of Country Churches," and afterward will lead a conference on this subject, which will be re ferred to the convention for it to de cide whether it will be given a defi nite place in the activities of the church in the next year. The other address that Rev. Dickey will make will be on the mission as pect of church work. He is very deep ly attached to that phase of his charch and will, we are sure, make a speech well worth the time and importance given it. Oak City Citizen in Auto Wreck Old liquor swung the jail doors on another good man Saturday night, when Mr. Joe Hyman was pushed in the cell and locked up. Mr, Hyman says he just foolikhly drank too much liquor, a thing he seldom does, and as he was leaving Williamston late Sat urday evening, he ran his car into another, demolishing it. He was too drunk to understand things in their true light, and at once accused the other man with carelessness, even go ing far enough to threaten to shoot. Officers were summoned and upon their arrival took a big pistol off of him. He then drew his knife and at tempted to cut Officer Coek, who came near having to shoot him to save him •elf. - Hyman was finally taken to jail, where he has sobered up and is now a different man. _ I t Discuss Plans for Bishops' Crusade The commission on evangelism of the Diocese of East Carolina met in St. Pauls Church, Greenville, Friday afternoon to discuss plans to inaug urate the bishops' crusade in this dio cese. Rev. C. O. Pardo, of William ston, chairman of the diocesan com mission, presided over the meeting and led the discussion. It was; decid ed to begin preparation on St. An drew's Day, November 80, by having early corporate communion, interces sions, and meditations. Actual plans and details of the preparation were left in the hands of a committee com posed of Rev. C. t>- Pardo, of Wil liamston, Rev. W. R. Noe, and Rev. W. H. Milton, D. D., of Wilmington- A supplement to the Missions Her ald, official organ of the Diocese of East Carolina, will be issued within a few days to inform the people of the church of the final plans as drafted and suggested by the committee Recorder Has Three Cases to Dispose of Fines and Suspended Sentences Are Order of the Day Judge Smith was full of mercy and sympathy today, though he left the hand of the law hanging heavy over three offenders. The case against Joe Hyman, charg ing him with driving % an automobile while drunk and carrying a concealed weapon was the most sickening to so ciety, showing a man who had thrown away the opportunities to build a real character. Judge Smith imposed a fine of SSO in each case, chargediTfiim with the costs of the action, and re quired him to pay the damage to Her bert Moore's car, whieh he ran into Saturday night He also put a sus pended sentence of 18 months on the Edgecombe County roads upon him. This sentence to become operative if lie is caught drunlC ortjf he permits a woman named Thomis, who has a bad reputation, to enter his home. The case against Will Mordacai, a negro, for having wine and liquor in Jiis possession and for the mistreat ment of a mule was dismissed upon payment of the costs; also with a judgment of four months on the Edgecombe roads if caught drunk. J. H. Knox was required to pay the costs in an action charging him with possession of liquor. He was also put under a suspended sentence of four months on the Edgecombe roads, to begin at any time hr is found with liquor. — * Mrs. Eliza Ann Biggs ■ Died Friday Morning Friday morning, about 6 o'clock, death came to Mrs. Elisa Aim Biggs, who had suffered acutely with Brightsj Disease for four or five weeks. She was in her seventy-ninth year and was piobably one of the oldest citizens of Williamston I The deceased was the daughter of John and Clarkie Bateman, of Wash ington County, and was born in that county. She was married to Eason Biggs fifty-eight years ago, and he died only six years ago. She is sur vived by six daughers, Mrs. Fannie j Legget, Mrs. Ida Gurganus, Mrs. Bet-. tie Roebuck, Mrs. Mamie Rogerson, | Mrs. Alice Rogerson, and Mrs. Bet tie Swain. Two others who had reached maturity and had families preceded their good mother to her grave. There are about 50 grand children and 20 great-grandchildren to mourn the loss of a grandmother. She was never united with any church, but attended the Primitive Baptist Church at Bear Grass. Elder B. S. Cowing preached the funeral services at 2 o'clock Saturday in the midst of a host of friends and rela tive*. Interment took place in the Mobley cemetery. "Cusses Out" Mayor; Judgment Suspended In the Mayor's Court Monday there was one case, Augustus Parrisher be ing charged with drunkenness and dis orderly conduct. It developed that a mong the disorderly things Parrisher did during his escapade Saturday night was to "cuss out'* Mayor Co burn to his face. At the trial the mayor suspended judgment upon payment of the costs and did not put a fine on Parrisher. This was generous on the part of the mayor, who apaprently took the grounds that it was not as great a crime to curse the mayor as it would be to curse a citizen. Complete Dry Cleaning Works Installed Here! Williamston now has one ol the largest, newest and moat up-to-date dry cleaning establishments to be found anywhere in this part of the State. Mr. W. D. Ambers has Just completed the installation of a brand new outfit, and is making his an nouncement in this issue of The Enter prise. He has operators fully prepared to do all types of work on the fineot of fabrics. No Meeting of Kiwanis To Be Held Tomorrow J. D. Woolard, secretary of the Ki wanis Club, announces that there will be no meeting of the club tomorrow (Wednesday), on account of repairs being made to the Masonic H4H, where the meetings are held. He re quests all members to please bear this in mind. V Mr. Woolard says that it is hoped the work will be completed by the time for the next meeting and every mem ber ia urged to be present then. U. S. Exports 537,772-092 Pounds of Meat, Worth $109,872,185 . I 1 :_:—— iiSY^±Lsass-29S Exports of meat from the United States In tlie twelve months ending June 30, 102(1, amounted to 537,772;05K! pounds, valued ut $100,872,185, accord ing to the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation In u survey of the lit.'t! meat situation. (Irent Britain WHS ihe biggest customer, Inking f>2 per cent of all Ihe meat exports In the last fiscal year nnd more than six times as much as Cuba mid the West Indies, the next largest buyers. Cana da ranked third but took only 5 per Methodist Meet Closed Monday Rev. T. W. Lee Returned to Local Church for Next Year The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, closed yesterday morning in Durham, when Bishop Mouzon, pre siding, read the appointments for the ministers and presiding elders for the coming conference yeur. Friends of Rev T. W. Lee, who has been pastor of the local church for the past year, were delighted to ktiow that he was returned for another year. Besides being pastor of the lo cal church, this charge includes the Methodist church at Hamilton and also at Vernon. Other appointments of interest lo cally follow; Rev. N. W. Wright, who served this church for some years, and who has been located for several years uti Windsor, was returned to the church at that place. Rev. B. Duke Critcher, who was at Garysburg last year, goes to the Bat- J tleboro-Whitakers Circuit this year. Rev. C. L. Reid, who was for four years in charge of the Williamston Church, was appointed presiding elder in the Rockingham District. Rev. E. D. Dodd, who was in charge of the local circuit immediately pre ceding Rev. Lee, was returned to the Four Oaks Circuit. Rev. L. C. Larkin, another former pastor of the churoh here, was trans ferred from Murfreesboro to the Tar boro circuit Rev. S. E. Gotten was returned as presiding elder of the Weldon district, which embraces the churches in this section. To Remodel Stables for Furniture Store The Martin Livestock CO.'B stubleti have been purchased by B. S. Court ney. Mr. Courtney will begin remod eling this building at once for a fur niture store. He plans to put a modern front of tapestry brick, with display windows and lobbies suited for a modern fur niture establishment, on the old build ing. Mr. Courtney is now occupying one of the Slade Stores, which was recent j ly purchased by Mr. J. T. Barnhill, of Everetts, and who expects to need the building for other purposes in the near future. Mr. Courtney wjll spend some seven or eight thousand dollars remodeling the building and when eompleted it will be an ideal store for his business I in size as well as in beauty and con venience. State Tax Man Visitor In Town Yesterday Mr. Ed James, of Robersonville, was in town Monday. Mr. James is one oi those men classed among the most unpopular in the world —a tax man. And though the tax man is always on hand, he is seldom welcomed. Mr. James was collecting professional priv ilege taxes from lawyers, doctors, and otffer professional men. The tax on these professions is $25 if paid by August, but all those not paying by that time have to pay a 20 per cent penalty, making the cost S3O. This tax goes to the State Tax Commiu sioner, who is charged with the col ; lection of all taxes except county taxes. Mit, and Germany was fourth, tuklng slightly less than 3 per cent. Itol glum mill the Scandinavian countries lire other nation* to which the United States deliver* yearly substantial quantities of meat. Qermany, on th« other hand, wu* a lard customer, tak lug about 18 pounds of lard fur each pound of our meats she purchased. Beef and veal exports make up only about 4 per cent of the total amount of United States meat exoort* Market to be Open After Thanksgiving The Williamston tobacco market will cloa* after the salea nest Wednesday, November 24, for Thanksgiving, but will reopen on the following Monday, November t 29. lx>cal warehousemen said this morning that a number of people had gotten the impression that the local market would be closed after Thanksgiving, but such is not the caae. All three warehouses will reopen on Mon day following Thanksgiving, and all the buyers will be here. Automatic Telephone System for Plymouth According -to information reaching here the Carolina Telephone & Tele graph Co. is considering the installa tion of an automatic telephone system ' at Plymouth. Officials of the com pany met with many citiiens of the town there recently, at which time , the matter wa.s discussed. The pro posed system met with general ap proval, and plans are being prepared for an automatic system there. | Once the automatic system is in stalled there, the oftice here will take long distance calls direct from sta tions in Plymouth, making it possible to do away with all operators at that exchange. Material is now being shipped into Plymouth ready for construction work. .Several weeks will he required to complete plans and at the end sf that time work will begin. The town will be cabled, there being few open wires other than toll circuits. Kinston Pastor Freed Of Murder Charge Rev. George Wood, pastor of the I'niversalist Church, of Kinston, was found no guilty by a Wake County jury on Sunday. He was charged with the killing of J. R. Vickers, a con- I vict whom he was trying to deliver to the .State prison. Vickers had been brought from South Carolina by the preacher, and in going from the sta tion to the prison Vickers attempted to escape. After being caught Vickers was-shot, Wood says through acci dental excitement. The shooting occurred near the home of Mr. R. T. Coburn, who once lived in Williamston; and Miss Pattie Dowell, who was also practically raised here, was one of the principal State witnesses. Local Bank Statement Shows Good Condition The Farmers k Merchants Bank in displaying a fine exhibit of ita safe and healthy condition in this issue of The Enterprise. The deposits indicate a very satis factory business condition. The high ratio of available bond accounts and cash on hand puts the bank at per fect ease. Hunters Bag Deer Just Across River The hound and the horn were heard in our town Monday morning as deer hunters were making their way just across the Roanoke in Conine Swamp. At 4 o'clock they returned with a nice young buck. Some other deer were seen bat none shot. The gang also rounded up two turkeys. Mr. W. T. Stone happened to be the lucky man In getting the shot at the dear. The company of hunters included a half dozen from Everetts, several from Williamston and Uhde Ed Skyloa and Uncle John Tarkenton, of Woodard. Watch the Label On • Your Paper; It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expires. ESTABLISHED 1898 Tariff Body Is Investigating Peanut Costs Growers Want More Protection Against Orientals The United States Tariff Commis sionJa now engaged in an inquiry into the cost of producing peanuts in the United States. The Oriental countries are able to produce about two and a half times many peanuts to the acre as we can produce with a labor cost of less than half what we have to pay, which enables them to bring their peanuts to our country at a profit to them by selling them at half what the actual cost is to us to produce. We now have a tariff of 3 yid 4 cents on cleaned and shelled peanuts,- respectively, which means about 2.2 cents per pound on the product sold by the farmers. The Chinaman can pay the present tariff and sell pea nuts in this country at a better profit than the American farmer can with the protection of the present tariff. The tariff commission has investi gated the peanut from the field to the factory to find its comparative cost with other products of the world. Their attitude on the question will not be made known until some time in 1927. Boy Has Small Sliver Glass Taken From Eye John A. Ward, jr., the 6-year old 1 son of Mr. J. A. Ward, one of the rural mail carriers here, was taken to Norfolk for an operation on his eye last week, and a small piece of glass was taken out of it. The glass had been in his eye since April, when he was shooting a glass marble against a brick wall. A sliver, about the size of a large pin head, flew into his eye, and he was totally blind in that eye for a while, but recovered. I The glass, being movable, soon be gan cutting its way about the eye again, but could not be seen, as it was exactly the same color ot the eye. It took the X-ray to prove the glass was still there. It was remove«l )>nd the boy is now getting along very well and is expected home the last of this week. Attending Provincial Meeting of Auxiliary Mrs. J. G. Staton left yesterday for Jacksonville, Fla., where she will at tend the provincial auxiliary meeting which will be held in that city, begin ning with a quiet hour, at which Itishop Darst will preside this after noon, and will continue through Thurs day. Mrs. Saton will be one of the four women delegates from the East Caro lina Diocese, the others being Mrs. Bynum, of Helhaven, and Mrs. Adams and Mrs. MacMillan, of Wilmington, I Mrs. Staton joined Mrs. Frank Spruill in Rocky Mount, who is a representa tive of the North Carolina Piocese, und they will make the trip together. The committee in charge has select ed Mrs. Staton to respond to the ad dress of welcome, and her response will be made Wednesday morning. Thirty Reading Courses Offered by University m f Appointment of Prof. Russell M. Grumman as special collaborator to conduct the reading courses of the Bureau of Education in the Extension Division of the University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill, was announc ed at the Interior Department today. There are now thirty reading courses from which prospective read ers may choose the course they wish to pursue. Many readers hav already enrolled for some of the courses which | include history, biography, fiction, American literature, world's great lit erature, etc. Readers enrolled repre sent a wide variety of occupations and Interests. Prospective readers should apply to Professor Russell M. Grumman, Ex tension Division, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. There is no fee in connection with this service. Rains of Past Few Days Great Benefit Many storm warnings have been hung out this year, and many storms have swept the country. North Car olina has escaped their force, how ever. The heavy rain and steady hot light wind last night was our near est approach to a storm. The heavy rain has set streams to running and the dry wells in this ne tion will soon be fall again.
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