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Advertisers Will Find Our Col •■M ft Lfttekkey to Over 160 V Homes of Martin County. VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 85 Over 6 Million Pounds Golden WeedSoldHere Under Adverse Condi tions Market, Makes Good Showing At the close of the local tobacco market for the Christmas holidays last Friday, 6,427,622 pounds of ths weed had been sold for $1,749,139.20 making an average reason price of $27.22. It is estimated that the sea son'* total sales will run close to b!x and three-quarter million pounds, when sales run for a few weeks after the holidayf. Falling short of last season's rec ord by apipoximately a half million pounds, the market here this year has done even better than it did last year once the conditions under which ii worked this year are taken into consideration, These conditions were found outside the market. While the average price made this year may not bo the highest in the State ,it will i>tand near the top and means really . more than a large number of averages since it was gained under adverse conditions. All in all the local market has gained a reputation this year in that it is considered one of the most stable markets in the State. It has received knocks, some justifiable probably but many unfounded; it has been praised by many, and it has clearly 'hown that there is a bright future in the maketing of tobacco here. The Tobacco Board of Trade, com posed of some of the country's lead ing tobacconists, extends to every to bacco grower its mo t sincere wisfies for a merry Christmas and a pros perous New Year. Red Cross Members Are Added to List Ten members were added to the Red Cross membership the early part of this week when a small section of tlic town was canvassed Around fifty members have been enrolled this year with the greater part of the town yet not canvassed It is under stood that a final canvass will be made before the campaign closes this week. . The names of the members-joining recently are, Mrs. C. A. Martin, Mr. 11. J. Peele, Mr. J. S. Cetsinger, Miss 'thgttie Thrower Mrs. W. R. Cherry, Mrs. J. B. H. Knight, Mrs. W. A. Cherry, Mr. H. L. Roberson, Mr. Jno. Hassell and Mr. F I* Edwards. Lindsay Warren Invites President to the State —i — Washington, Dec. 20.—(Special to The Enterprise.) Representative Lindsay Warren visited the White House on Saturday aYul extended an invitation to {'resident Coolidge to make the annual address at the Vir ginia Dare exercises at Roanoke Is land pext August and unveil the tab let recently authorized by Congress. Mr. Warren stated that the President expressed great interest, and said he was most anxious to visit North Car olina. He has taken the invitation under consideration and will give an answer in the spring. The First Dis trict Congressman said he found the President cordial and agreeable, and that he asked many questions about the eastern section of the State. CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE r 9 ~ Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.,.. Morning service, 11:00 o'clock Evening service, 7:30 o'clock. We cordially invite all who will to worship with us during this Christ* mas season. A. J. MANNING, Pastor. STRANT\| THEATRE! J THURSDAY Bob Custer in 'Beyond the Rockies' also Episode No. 2 "Phantom Police" FRIHftY The Reckless Lady' and "Fighting: Hearts" Always a Good Show - Itv - \ «. ■ i THE ENTERPRISE * 'H, : M ■ ' * i Rental Rules of i Woman's Club sAre Announced ■ January sls Date for Next Meeting: of the Club —— > Rules and regulations affecting the* j rental of the Woman's Club rooms s have just been formulated by mem ) bers of the club and appear below. f The next meeting of the club will - be held the fifth of January, at which t time the new year's work will begin. , The club will be in a much better con r dition to serve the needs of the com munity next year, and it is with thi; - in mind that the rules were made by i the club. r The statement prepared by officials t of the club follows: l Siric'C the Woman's Club rooms are • near completion and inquiries are b. - ■ ' ing made a* to occasional rental of ! | same, the executive board, realizing t what an asset to community life they 1 may be, if used properly, are asking ' that the following rules ba published ; I that the policy of the club may be > thoroughly understood: i 1. The rental charge of the club j i I room; shall be five dollars until fur ■ ther notice. '! 2. All parties (or dances) conduct- I j ed at the club rooms must begin at • j ur. early hour, not later than" 9, and I! the club rooms must be vacated and i dosed by 1 o'clock. I 3. Parties who rent the club rooms | shall be held responsible for leaving 1 the rooms in good condition; when the ! rooms are rented on Tuesday even-1 ingu, they must be cleaned and in good , 1 condition by 10 o'clock Wednesday j morning (so long as the Kiwanis I luncheons are served as now). 4. When dances are held at the elub rooms, there will be no intermission, and no one will be permitted to leave the rooms and return unless accom panied l>y one of the chapei «»ncs. : '1 his applies to all guests. 6. If at any time an individual or | individuals are found to be in an in-1 toxieated condition while in the club I I rooms, they shall be aslcd to with draw; there must positively be no ; serving of intoxicating drinks at any time in the club rooms. 6. All parties held in the club rdoms must have at least two reputable chaperonw. Under these conditions the Woman's Club will be glad for others to enjoy their home. Applications for rental may.be made to the following ladies: Mrs. John D. Bigg*, president; Mr». j A. R. Dunning, chairman of House I j Committee; Mrs. L. H. Hurriflon, treasurer; Mrs. J. F. Thigpen, sec retary. Midnight Service at the Episcopal Church The midnight, celebration of the j Holy Communion will be held in the ! Episcopal church Chrietmns Eve at j 11:30. The candlelight service will ul-J so be observed and the townspeople j ore all invited to be present l fori these services. This is a very beau- j tiful manner of worship and each I year a great many have taken a | part in the service which is a regular custom of the church. On Christmas Day at eleven o'- clock the regular Christmas service will be held in the church and a cor dial invitation is extended eveiyone to attend. Kiwanis Club Had A Good Meet Wednesday The Kiwr.nis club had a delightful Christmas meeting Wednesday. Rev. Mi. Lee was invited to make a talk. He took "service" as his text, making a very helpful speech. The Club passed a vote of thanks I to the Woman's club for the fine serv ice it ha* given since the organization 1 of the Kiwanis dub. A vote of thanks i ; was also extended Mrs. J. G. Staton for the beautifully decoiated Christ l mas tree she prepared for the meet | '>«- An exchange of presents was made 1 within the circle of membets present, and the meeting was one of the be*t yet held. . j Baptist Christmas Tree Program The Christmas tree given by the Baptist Church will be held at the church Thursday evening, at T. 30 o'- , clock. • i * The church u prettily decorated; a short program is prepared, and the hearts of the children are big with I expectations of old Santa Claus. Everybody is invited. Miss Lucille Hassell has returned from Kinston where she visited friends for several day#. ~ i Wjlliamston, Martin County, North Carina, Friday, December 24,1926 f The Enterprise's Christmas Carol :r : : :By A. B. Chapin ) V ' ► / Judge Bailey' ' Has Busy Day I Two Cases Are Sent to J Superior Court On Appeal Tuewiay was another,of those busy • lays ifi Recorder 1 * Court here. Judge Hrfttey mid his court worked the great- i er part of the day trying to tluxsb out the differences in opinions of j many who were brought before film t , charged with various and sundry oY- j fences. J. V 'l'liH |W" -JiWrf- .Mfn,--- -t of I'urmele, was charged in one witli f driving an uuto While intoxicated, and n in the other with disorderly conduct, 11 prdved'to be of much interest. Wit- j f nesses, both for the Slate and the » defendant, wete here from all over v that section, ,-oine coming from Rob- i ersonvilli, I'arniele, and licthel.' In ! j ; the first instance the State's witnesses ' n clearly stated that the defendant was t drunk. The defendant's' witne .se,s, t more In number, equally as clearly t stated that Mr. Jones was not drunk Right there -we were glad that Mr. ( Hailey was. the .judge. At any raUi 1 the court adjudged him guilty. No- t lice of appeal to the ' superior court p wu.s made. The second case was ap- h also. J_/ 'l'hurmaxj Hardison, charged with >' carrying a deadly weapon, plead guil- 1 ty, and was required to pay a fine of 1 ?50 and cost.-, HardlSson was arrest- i ed Wednesday a week ago when he - 11 made threats to shoot anybody who I attempted to move an automobile f from the home of Mr. Hyman Cow- u ing. He Wa released under a SIOO o bond .until his trial could be held last ( .p Tuesday. He is hardly grown and, t no cause could be assigned for his car- t rying a pistol other than that he just , s felt as if ho mu.- t have one with bim. |1 Clyde Moore, Kd Moore, and Dan J Gardner, young white, school boys in ti the Fairview section, were brought " into court charged with having en-- I [ gaged in a free-for-all fight. They t were turned from court under sus- i' ptnded sentences. ( James Crandall, colored, of Ruber- i sonville, who was with car- t rying a concealed weapiW, was lined f S6O and required to pay the costs of I the action, — : ~ —— • In the case sent to the recorder's j I court by Justice of the Peace A. f. s Crawford a few days ago, Naomi 'I llland was flned sls and required to a pay the costs. Jesse Bland was also t found guilty, but escaped sentence. 1 when his age was learned to be about v !14 years. The charge in this case ? was assault with a deadly weapon. I 1 j . Jv Town Will Not Have J Queen at Exposition 0 Williamston will have no queen to j c represent it at the peanut exposition u in Windsor next week. At a meeting p of the Kiwanis Club several weeks ago . p a committee was appointed for the t! purpose of selecting a queen. Mem- j bers of 4he committee failpd to pro- b duce a queen when several girls re- S fused to serve. t! Practically all the towns in thi* h • secMon will be represented by queens, tl Plymouth, like Williamston, could get p no one to accept the offer. a L - • • ; \ The Enterprise Sunday School Lesson in Brief t ll . Dec. 2(i.—"Keview: Mo*** I (it Suiiiucl." P*alm 85: ] _J By C. H. We come here not only to-the end i oi" the quarter but to the end of the year. We have just covered a great period of great histoid'. "We are now to takrr ir harkwnrrh took Jit tfits "hTa"-" tdry, then pat on into a nuw yeai and into a new series of lessons. In the new year, >-we. shall begin in the New Testament, and pursue , our studies there for ome months. And w>' *hall appreciate the Testa ment more and understand it better just because we have spent these n onfhs and other months, many of th» in, tudying the great passages and the gnuit characters of the Old Tes-j tb meid. - „ llii-tory is merely the story of its Meat men; and this i* nothing other than biography. One can not study j the section of Scripture we have just: pa. wed through without studying the; biographies of these cons picuous men. And one can not study their bioir- j. ruphies without (getting a major por- j tioii of the history of their times. I IJoth these things we have been do- > lug. A close study, of the Old Testa nn/ht will mafiy times repay the ef fort put forth. 1 Onit does not, can not, fully comprehend the New Testament until he knolvs something of the Old, out of which it sprang. It is im possible to be a Bible scholar in any sense of the word without knowing these Old Scriptures, and they con stitute by far the greater number, both of chapters and pages. "From Moses to Samuel." This means from slavery to civilization. It mean from Egypt to the Pfomii-etl Land. It means from menial service to a free existence, it means from idolatry to the worship of the One and Only true God. It means from a mil- 1 ' itary form of government to- a na tion which ideally a theocracy, but ac-. tually iibout to become'a monarchy. ! If Moses started this mighty move-, nitnt,. it fa—fitting that ilamuel, the J just judge, should be at Jhe helm of state until the rhonarchy was begun, j Those were palmy days when Moses j ard Joshua and Samuel held the des tiny of these people in their hands, j I* was not much of a day for th'em* when they took a notion that they i wanted to be like other nations and have a king. They did'rise, under Da vid and Solomon, to a magnificence ar.d splendor which dazzled the Orien tals. 'Hut there was always a gener our. admixture of troubles and diffi culties. Mo es and Joshua and Sam-' uel and others not only talked to the people, but' talked to God about the people. Their kings did not always do thU. Moses started a movement that has blessed practically ajl of humanity. Snmuel did what he could»to conserve the. best of that movement. The world has never get gotten out from undei the influence of these great men— please God, it never shall. But where are the kings of Israel and Judea? j 3 Christmas Tree Services Baptist, Methodist and Christian Churches Have Trees at 7:30 -The Mcthodi t, Christian and Bap j tUt churches wilt give their Sunday night (Thursday) in the respective i churches. The C'hristiun church program will begin at seven-thirty and all the chil dren who have been associated with the Sunday school at any time dur ' ing thf "year ~ are invited - ami asked to be there promptly. The Methodist church will have its. tree at the same hour also. The chil dren of the Church are all invited to attend. » The Baptist program will.be. found elsewhere in this is-ue. The Episcopal church had it* tree last night and the young people en jr.yed it thoroughly. Christmas Service at Methodist Church Following is the program for the | services at the Methodist Church next ] Sunday: Morning Service Organ prelude. Doxology. Apostles' Creed. Tray ef. • Responsive reading. (ilo'ria Pairi. •» ,v . . Reading from Scripture. Offertory anthem: "Awake the First Christmas Morn." Offertory prayer. Hymn No. 112. . Sermon by the pastor. Hymn No. 118; benediction, and or gan postlude. Evening Service Organ prelude. Hymn No. llK*' Prayer. Heading from the Scripture. Offertory anthem: '"Hie Holy ' Night." Offertory prayer. Hymn No. .110. i Sermon by the pastor. Hymn No. Ill; benediction and or gan postlude. HKISTMAS BUSINESS GOOD IN SPITE OF BAD WEATHER j General expressions of .satisfaction were made by merchants when asked i. about the Christmas trade. Business •has bene good here in spite of the i unfavorable weather. How many of them can one name? But the riches of Moses's great spir itual nature, the fruits of* the just 'judges—these linger on. - In closing, let it be said that ono ■ of the very best ways to study the Scriptures is to do it by a study of men. Abraham, Moses, Joshua, Sam uel, David; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Peter, Paul and others. A course of study like this will enrich any one who pur sues it and is not difficult. When we take our BibU study as seriously as we do our historical studies and the studies of current events we shall find hidden treasures and hidden pearls here that we never dreamed about be- | for «- * :j 1 First Peanut Exposition Ever Held Will Begin in Windsor Monday; Lasts Through Week No Tuesday Issue of the Enterprise Next Week Following the custom establish ed some years ago, no issue of The Enterprise will appear next Tuesday. Once each year the shoo closett its doors and the force is allowed a day or two of rest. The next issue will appear Friday, December 31. During the meantime, we will he wishing for all our readers and patrons an en joyable Christmas and one □' the best New Years ever. —: : m 6. & L. Earns | Seven Per Cent 3,000 Shares of Stock Held by About 300 Stockholders ■ That the Martin County Building & | loan Association has hail a successful j year-is evidenced by its earnings this I year, the association having; earned 7 I P* r cent. This earning goes to the \alue of the stock. There are approximately 3, (KM) hants of stock in the association, and these shares are held by about 250 stockholders. The work of the Mar- j tin County building & Loan Associa tion is doing more to develop the community than any one agent in the way of providing homes, and the re- ; | port is gladly received by the town's j citizens. I Sunday Services at The Baptist Church - I The Memorial lluptist Church will j . have Sunday school-at the regular j r hour Sunday morning. Just as the 3 Sunday school closes Its session at 10.30 o'clock, the morning church I service will begin without any inter .! mission. It is suggested that the i teachers -it with their pupils for this -1 service, which will be brief. | The Scriptural text used for■ -this j sermon will be this one: "The lord 41 Taketh Pleasure in His People," This ~ is a glorious text—one that i« rarely 1 > ever emphasized. There will be no preaching service l_|_ ill this church at the evening hour. And th" only service held at thg 3 church through the week will be a - midnight watch serice, just at 12 o'- clock next Friday night.. While brief, it is planned to make the service very 1 impressive. Anybody will be welcome 1 who comes for this night worship I period. The Memorial Church ■ wishes to »| take this opportunity to express ,grati t j tude and appreciation to The Enter prise for fts many, many courtesies | throughout the year. The editor, and every man and boy on the staff, ha u been courteous, prompt, precise, and greatly accommodating. There are not many papers which give as much ••pace to church news as this paper. Hut .in so doing, it reflects the good judgment of the paper, for it rocog i r:izes that the churches are great as sets to any town and community. Therefore, we wish for Mr. W. C. Manning anil his efficient anil cour teous co-workers the best holiday sea - son they have ever had. To Start Drilling For Oil in Greenville Soon The Westbrook Oil Co. will start i drilling for oil in the town of Green ville, beginning operations about the first of 1927. Several months ago, 1 while some heavy blasting was being - done on the property of Mrs. J. 1.. Vvestbrook in Southwest Greenville, | Home substance oil was, re-, j leased and since JJrat time' a real oil j t ; boom has been in the Greenville air. i 1 State geologists .ay the substance 1 found contains oil, and the Greenville 4 people have such faith that they are > determined to go into the depths of the earth to see if they can find a -1 gusher. i ' | -; COUNTY AGENT IN SOUTH t CAROLINA DURING VACATION t! Having completed the year's sche ! I dule in practically all the phases of f his tyork, County Agent T. B. Brandon ■ left Thursday morning for York, S. , C. where he will spend the vacation ' season. He will return here January - 3 to resume his duties for the new ! year. i s Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stanley and I J W. Manning attended a Christmas i tiee given by the Carolina Telephone ■ and Telegraph company in Tarboro last Tuesday night. | Watch the LalKi On Your Paper; It Carries the Date Your Subscription Expire*. ESTABLISHED 1898 Program For the Show Is Complete; Large Crowd Expected America's firsjt peanut 'exposition will begin next Monday afternoon in j Windsor, when a big parade, will be held at 2 o'clock. for five days the exposition i attractions booked for the entire time ; and the event promises to be of much I success. Cooperation on the. part of | the citizens of Wind or with those in I charge of the exposition is evidenced on every hand, tot they ohave offered their homes to visitors, inoney has been spent in large .-urns,.warehouse decorated an,i just hundreds of other details are being cared for by then. With the hoys and girls home from the varibus colleges and ch'ools, the crowds to attend the exposition arw expected to beat all records for event# of similar nature. The attractions have beert so- ar ranged that there will be amusement there for all. The progiam, which is one of the l>e-t that is possible, to prepare is complete with speeches, singing, music, circus acts, basketball | tournament queen contests, and oth r frrms of umu eirient."" j The formal opening of the expnsf j tion will be at JJ.oO Monday afternoon when Judge Francis l>. Win .toil do. livers the address of welcome. Mr. John W. Holmes will make the re ! spouse ty the judge's welcome. The e » two addresses Will come immediately after the parade. • \ The evening program beginning at , l 7:()() o'clock, includes a concert by the Carolina-Virginia Aces Orchestra, cir—-- j CMS act's, concert by Mis Rathryn j MCisle," seeing the exhibits. At. II ] o'clock th« queen's ball will begin and will last until 2 a. m. The Tuesday afternoon program be | gins with a concert by the orchestra. The indoor Circus act- follow, and-af ter the last act of these the inter high' school - basketball tournament will begin. This tournament promises to' be an excellent part of the- pro gram, atid teams in, this county are daily practicing for the event.VThe JtimesVille five and übs are at work here most ev-ry afternoon-, a-nd with two teams of its make Martjn Coun ty will make a strong hid for the I championship. The evening program, i beginning at 7;.'10, will be in k eplng 1 with the one of the afternoon; no dances will be held that night. Wednesday morning a. special pro i! gram will be render.hl for colnred peo- . j pie. I>r. (!. W. Carver,.of Tuskegee, I Alabama, will deliver th • add re s. I There will also be a concert at that time. The Wednesday aft rnoon pro-. • gram will likely include the finals of the basketball toutnamenl. Then there will be the circus acts and con- .. The Wednenduy evening, pro gram will be featured by-a mammoth styje show having the latest creation _ ami living models. Noilance will . he held, on this night. Thursday, "Virginia Oaiy, will be a banner one, when the queens repre senting towns all over eastern Caro lina and Tidrwater Virginia will be presented to the exposition. 11 that night the dance beguls and ends at 2. Featured by a New Year's Kve.hall, v tlie Friday night programwwil t with> out a doubt, he the be.st yf all, and will bring to a close America's first peanut exposition. Coronation of queans will take place at 8:15 that night, and the program will he crowd ed with other events. Numbers of exhibits are being pre pared for the show by many of the counties and by firms of eastern Car olina anil Tidewater Virginia. Dr. G. W. Carver's, display o'f 193 products » will be a feature of the exposition that the peanut growers of this sec tion afford to miss. DEMONSTRATES USE OF PIYIMiTOL EXPLOSIVE Mr. J. L. Hollo man, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, Kaleigh, has be;n giving demonstrations of the use of I'yratol in Bertie County this week. Pyratol, a high -explosive, is us-id extensively by farmers in this Section 1 of the State, weverul cars having been shipped to this and surrounding coun ties. Mr. Ilolloman is in lieaufort at the present time offering demonstra tions to of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Holly Bell of Wind sor were here for a short while yes terday. * Editor W. H. Mizelle of Robercon- . ville was here far a short while Tues day afternoon. Mr. Perlie Perry is at home from Kentucky to spend the holidays. Mr. F. U. Barnes leaves today for Pockomoke, Maryland. ■** ' 'W: