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Watch the Label Ob Your Paper; It Carries the Date Y«ur Subscription Expires. VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 9 Demonstration! li Agent Moves Into New Office First to Move into New Annex of the Old Court House Miss Anna Trentham, the county home demonstration agent, is the first to establish her office in the new courthouse. In addition to her office she has set up a home, which is s fine specimen or demonstration of an ideal working home. Resides her office, she has a recep tion room, which is to be used as a (cum i.f-tration room for wwing and t'uch things as come in the home eco uomics department of her worc. She aLo ii*s a neat and convenient k 1 hen a I renkfast or small dining ro.nn, and a lath room. Mi: 8 Trentham has received many Jonut'ons of articles of food *»y some of the large producers of housuuotd guods such as kitchen cabinets, handy window shades, tables, utensils, teas, coffees, glassware, cake flours, and flavorings of various kinds, rugs, etc. Miss Trentham, who came to us in the middle of last year, has pushed her job with such earnestness that she has inspired many of our county women to take advantage of the op portunities that are at hand and to do things that make the home a little easier and at the same time a little better. Knowing how is one of the import ant things when we begin to do a thing. Some folks have a hard job doing the same things that others And easy. It depends to some extent how we do it Miss Trentham will always extend a most cheerful greeting to any wo man' in the county who may need lier assistance. She is necessarily away from her office much of the time help ing in the county clubs in the various sections, but expects to be in her of fice at stated times each week, the sciiedule of which will be announced later. Louisburg Man Runs into Concrete Support "1 kinder thought 1 was in the mid dle of the road; and, cleg-gone, now I know I was," were (the words of Mr. A. H. Fleming, of JLouiaburg, after he had run bis big Packard car into the A. C. L. underpass support on West Main Street here la«t night about 0 o'clock. Mr. Fleming had jiuit turned out for a car and was guiding his ma chine back to the middle of the road when he ran ifcto the conciete support and caused two tires to blow out. Very little damage other than I halt to the tires was done to the car, and its driver esaaped unhurt Mr. Fleming WBA bom and reared in Raleigh and now liv«a in Louiaburg, where he is secretary of thj Franklin County Fair. He had been here only a few hours, but at the end of that time he stated that Williamston was * "dog-gone" good town. , His car was repaired, and he start ad on his way to Raleigh shortly af ter 10 o'clock. Superior Court's Civil Docket Drags When the superior court tackled the civil docket here Last week, progress struck snag after snag, and very few oases have been completed up until this time. Practically all of two days were given to one case Last week. Those oaaes that are more or less general interest to many people of the county have been continued to future dates. The court is srtieduled to close next Friday, but it is not certain that it will on account of the slow progress made during the lawt several days. STRANH THEATRE |J WEDNESDAY LEFTY FLYNN > in "HEADS UP" COMEDY SERIAL And a Free Ticket For Friday ■ S' Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE East Carolina E Rocky Mount All Next Week Blonde Wins Again v Jjjjmk VVM St. Paul, Minn., seems partial to | Mis* Pearl Cramer, twice within a year electing Her the city's "most beautiful," this time to rep resent her town in Galveston, Tex., spring beauty contest. Shu's * Carries Article on Williamston Rev. Sykes Writes Very Favorably of Town in Church Paper Rev. T. A. Sykes, writing recently in the North Carolina Christian Ad vocate, makes many pleasant remarks regarding our town. Mr. Sykes, who is business manager of the Advocate, preached at the local Methodist church Sunday before last, and though he was here only a few hours he gained much information relating to our section and its churches. Kev. Sykes' article in the Advocate follows: "Williamston in the gateway into one of the finesrt. sections of North Carolina. When the Roanoke River was spanned by one of the best bridges in the State, Hertie and Hert ford Counties became a part of North Carolina in the truest sense, and when that splendid bridge at Eden house is completed Williamston will become one of the most important towns on Highway No. 90 and a "port of en trance" to the "Albemarle country," which heretofore has to all intents and purposes been a part of Virginia, but which is one of the richest sections of North Carolina. The two bridges across Roanoke and Chowan Rivers will put all that section within ftve hours of the capital of North Caro lina* Add give an outlet for the prod uce of that splendid farming section into the State. Williamston is the county seat of Martin County and is a thriving little city of about 2,000 people. A great deal of tobacco and cotton is sold there, and some of the best business (Continued on the back page) Rev. Mr. Cook Peruched Fine Sermon Last Night Last night at the Episcopal church, | the Rev. James E. W. Cook preached Jie first of a series of sermons in the Evangelistic Missioii he is conducting in the Episoopal church. Taking as hie subject the Love of God he spoke from that text in Epesians where | Paul desires for the Christian that tiiey may "know the love of God in its height and brtfath, length and depth." Mr. Cook preached a beautiful and helpful sermon and all who heard him were greatly pleased with hit delightful maner and the easy way in which he presented hU sub ject. , This morning Mr. Cook spoke to the boys and girls in the school. To night his sermon is especially ad dressed to the youth of the commun ity. Tomorrow night he will preach a sermon to the Kiwanis and tomorrow morning at 10:30 there will be Holy Communion and Meditation. The evening hour of service is 8 o'clock and all the people are most cordially invited to attend. Shipments of Fish are M j Made from Fisheries Shipments of herrings and shad are beginning to go out from the fisheries on the Roanoke to various parts of the country. The catches at most of the fisheries during the past few 'day* have been good, and the season's outlook is very favorable. Each year fish worth many thousands of dollars are shipped from the several "fisheries on the Roanoke, and they are expected to be as large this year aa they were last. Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, March 29,1927 Splendid Program Has Been Arranged for the Large Event Next week will see the "biggest evnnt of the year" when the fifth an nual eastern Carolina Exposition take* place in Rocky Mount. Four of such expositions have been held in this part of the St*te, and this year the pro gram promises to be better and the exposiiion larger than in the past. Secretary Bartlett, of the Has tern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, un der whose auspices the exposition is held, is announcing one of the most unique programs to be witnessed any vhera in the South. W»idemeyer's fumou.i orchestra has been engaged for ,the entire five days of the show, Caruso's only possible successor, Mar tinelli. will sing the opening night of the exposition. Lurlla Melius, the highest-priced woman' celebrity the exposition hus ever had, will appear Tuesday night at 8.30 o'clock. Sir Frederick McGHI, the peer of all Eng lish humorists, is scheduled on the general program for Thursday night. Then there are the Sheldons, sensa tional acrobatic dancers; Ed Harrity, black-face comedian and the world's most novel dancer; Man ning, Peterson and Kennedy, three entertaining gentlemen, and little Ro bert. Wynne, the world's greatest ac robatic dancer. All of these will ap pear on the program during the week. While Williamston will not be rep resented by a queen, there will be many from the towns in this part of the' State. The sehevion and corona tion of queen.-; Jias always been a main feature of the exposition, and accord ing to announcements of queens made in -othir towns, that part of the pro* gram will again next week attract much attention. Many Attend Press Meeting Conditions as Exists Be tween Weekly-Daily Papers Discussed A lively meeting of the northeastern rfiMrict members of the North Caro lina Press Association was held at Shore Springs, Rocky Mount, last Fri day night, with 36 newspapermen of northeastern Carolina present. Simi lar meetings have been called in dif ferent sections of the State, all of which were held preparatory to the State meeting in Morehead City this summer. The meoting was of an informal na ture and many problems confronting tin small dally and weekly newspapers were discussed. Bill Arps liawrence, field representative of the association. asked of the editors present just what condition existed between the daily and weekly papers. Editor Lincke, of the Nashville Graphic, allowed that the dailies would be forced to sus pend publication should the weeklies fail to flow into the offices of the daily preas. He also admitted that the weeklies would know it should the dailies fail to appear jn the weeklies' offices. That the two, both dailies and weeklies, aided each other in the work was (dearly shown when Mr. Lincke stated how well each could rehash the news as seen in the other paper. The trade situation in North Caro lina as compared with Virginia was brought before the meeting, and sev eral suggestions were offered that mighft effect a c*hange in favor of merchants of this State. The newspapermen were the guests of Lawrence Home, publisher of the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram. Mr. Heme was a most generous host and offered many helpful suggestions to the meeting. Woman's Club Meets Tomorrow Afternoon The regular meeting of the Woman's club will be held tomorrow at 3:30 p. m. There wiH be no program as there is considerable business to be attended to. "" All members of the club arc urged to attend the meeting. Jamesville School in Declamation Contest Prof. J. L. Jones and Wallace Flem ing will leave Jamesville Thursday af ternoon for Wake Forest, where Mr. Fleming will represent the Jamesville School in a State-wide declamation contest Friday morning. Fifty-schools in the State will be represented in the contest, which ia being held by the college. The James ville representative will have as hia topic, "Faith." Mr. Dave Roberson, Jamesville Route 1, was a business visitor here yesterday afternoon. t ( Booze Business of Free Union Suffers Setback Distillers Slip Still from Officers After It Had Been Captured Liquor business in a liquor coun try, generally known as Free Union and pointed out to be Gawk, suffered a severe setback last Saturday morn ing when officers raided and captured several stills during the day. t 'township Constable J. Raleigh Manning, with Vance Price and S. E. Riser arted their search shortly af-1 ter light and continued until a few j minutes past after the noon hour. The i first part of the morning's work was j effective that tMp' officers accumu lated more stills than they could han dle. To continue the raid something hail to be done with the stills already captured. The officers decided to cut I them up and leave them until they j could return from a further search. The distillers must have watched every move of the officer, for- when the law's agents returned to get the stills they, found them gone. One was found about 200 yards away from 'he spot where they were hid, and the other one—why, it is to be guessed that the distillers are still patching the many holes made in it by the of ficers. A coat belonging to one of the officers and which was left with the two stills was also stolen by the moonshiners. The morning's catcKJJ'when totaled, amounted to i) barrels t>f beer; 5 cop- | per stills, one of which was lost to the moonshiners; 14 gallons of liquor; ; 8 buckets; several axes and other! equipment of a minor nature. *—• — Second Fire Alarm in Five Days Sounded A second fire alarm in five days was sounded at noon tkiy when a. call was] made by Kmma Harvey, colored who lives on West Main street. The fire company expected to find pome cheap tenant houHe with a rotten' liingle roof aftfe, of the company say that's what they found. The fire, cause*! by ,a fulling spark on the roof, Wa,s lapidly gaining way I whern the fire aparatus arrived at the little tenant house just this side of (he A. C. L. underpass. The big hose ] was hooked to the main ami the fire was soon extinguished when the water iMgan to flow. Little damage was done by fire, and about an equal a mount was done by water. This makes the second time the' fire comp;uiy has been called to thp j same house this year, the other call being made to put out a similar fire in the same spot almost. A strong anti-shingle sentiment is being developed here awl it is now being advocated that a law forbid ding shingle roofs b passed by the town authorities. Northern Sparrows Fare Hard in South That northern sparrows do not fare well in the Sunny South was learned when two of the birds perished in the big snow the ettrely part of this' month in this jwirt of the State, Mr/ SirVion Perry, of route four, this city, trapped one that came all the way here from Wallingford, Pa. It had been banded by James Spear, bf that city, laM Augunt. It was loarmxl u few days ago that a farmer by the name of Moore found one near Kin ston, the bin! having met its fate in the snow. The one found in Lenoir wa* banded by Mrs. F. D. Hubbard at New Haven, Oonh., on December 9, 1925. The bunds on both the birds bore the s&Ump of the Biological Sur vey, Washington, D. C. The Connecticut, sparrow, it is thought, traveled south in the early part of last year and during last sum mere returned north. After with standing the cold of the northern win ter- for a while the bird winged its way again to th land of sunshine just to perish in the blizzard the early part of this month. Jamesville School Doing Good Work The Jamesville High School is com pleting the seventh month of the pres ent school year, and seconding to statements of patrons and friends of the school, the work has been very successful. There has not been an is sue in the school which has not re ceived the whole-hearted support of ull concerned. If present ma terialize, the scope of next year's vork is to be enlarged considerably. Plans are already under way for the commencement. There will be three sections, and the high school will have charge of the ftnal com mencement jMiereises. The senior class will give /Mammy's Lil* Wild Rose" a.s their play. ~ Woman's Club in Club Rooms for 3 Months Only Dances Sponsored by Club Will Be Allowed; .Number of Chaperones To Be Doubled No dances other than the ones sponsored by the Woman's Club will be allowed in the club rooms for the next three months, according to a res olution adopted by the executive board oi the clulb at a meeting held last Friday. The resolution was adopted when the board investigated certain reports regarding the last dance held in the club rooms them true in the main. The resolution adopted Friday and comments by the board follow; "Whereas, the rules of the club have j been so flagrantly disregarded, rio J t'ances, unless sponsored by the club, shall be held in the club rooms for three months. Should the ,club hold a dance or dances, they shall be more Heed's Deputy y ---'Jr I Jerry South, Special Deputy for Senator Recti of Missouri. who hat been ordered lo seise ballot boxes in Pennsylvania for the Senate In vestigating Committee. Sergeant at-Arms. Barry refused to seise the boxes under dispute, so Mr. South waj named. • Everetts Meth odists Organize Buy Property and Will Have Church of Their Own '.♦ The Methodist Episcopal 1 Church, South, has purchased a lot and church] building in Everetts and will establish' a church there. Kev. T. W. Lee, of this place, has been working for the past several weeks in an effort- to ef fect an organization of the first Meth odist church in Everetts, and the first sermon will be delivered within the next month. The church building, formerly oc cupied by the-Baptists of Everett#, is located on the west edge df Kveretts on Highway No. 90. The Baptist* were forced to abandon the church whom their congregation became too large for the building to accommodate it. They are adequately housed in (t nice brick church.' Rev. Mr. Lee received the deed for the property only last week, and since that time many repairs to the build- been made and other details attended to. The first service will be helil as soon as the present order for seats is filled. Date.', for services in the new church have not yet been arranged, but at least two services each month will be held. > . Mr. Lee, who will have charge of .the church, has been ably assisted by about 20 Methodists in and near Rver i/ts, in bringing about the establish ment of the church. I'lay to be Given in JameHville Wednesday "The Colonel's Maid," a comedy in three acts, will J»e presented by' the dramatic club of the Jamonville High School next ' i 'sday night, at 8 o'- clock. I'VJ r the pant several weeks Miss Marguerite York, t«acher in the school, has been coaching a well-se lected cast for the play, and well worth while production is ansured the people of the Jamesville oommuniiy. The proceeds of the ,play will (po to the school. I'hilatheas to Meet with Mrs. H. Meador The Philathea class of the Baptist church will hold its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry L. Meador in New Town next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The election of delegates will take place at that time and all member* are especially urged to attend. Fol lowing the business session, a social will be enjoyed by the class. rigidly chaperoned, having four chap , eiones and a doorkeeper, instead of ■ two as heretofore. S • "The executive board deplores the for such a drastic ruling, for they realize, as is always the case, j the innocent must suffer with the j guilty. To those who have cooperat ed with the club in trying to furnish i clean dances and maintain a standard i thanks and appreciation are due and herewith extended. The Woman's j Club of Williamston is not trying to direct, regulate, nor interfere with the ! private life of the citizens of the town j but it does feel that the club rooms | ale the club's domain, and those who I have not respect for its rules and re* | ulations jire neither desirable nor wel [ come guewta." Baptist Revival Begins Monday Have Full Program on at (he Church Remainder of This Week Preparatory for the revival which is to begin here next week, the pastor of the local Baptist Church wishes his people to observe the following spec ial services 'this week: On Wednesday ;iight, at 7.30 o'clock, the men of the church will conduct a short prayer service at the church, led by li. S. Courtney; at the same time in another part of the church Mrs. John I), ltiggs wilfr conduct a prayer meeting for the women. At the close of these two prayer meetings, the pas tor will preach, beginning at K o'clock. Thursday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the following cottage prayer meetings are announced: Mrs. Courtney leading at the home of Mrs. (Irover Hardison; Mrs. Harry Meador leading at the home of Mrs. W. H. Hodges; Mrs. P. B. Cone lead ing at the home of Mrs. Fannie Biggs; and Mrs. Asa T. Crawford conducting the meeting at the home of Mrs. Joe Fender. Friday afternoon at the church, at 4 o'clock, there will be a prayer serv ice conducted by the i>astor, to which every dne is invited. Saturday afternoon it is desired that the children of the Baptist com munity come with the pastor to the church for a short service of song, prayer, at 4 o'clock. In addition to the regular services Sunday, the following extra service* are announced: I Sunday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the will preach a special sermon to J li«e grown women of the Haptist f~church oiily. tt desirt*l that aIT the i women of the church be present for | this short service. Preceding the regular preaching service Sunday night, the men will conduct another prayer meeting at 7.16 o'clock, led by Julian Anderson, vhile the women of the church will he ted i-h their meeting at the same hour by Mrs. Anna Harrison. The man who is to be special preacher for the revival, Rev. A. O. Moore, of Salisbury, will be here for the service Monday night, which is April 4th. And beginning-that night, all night services in this church will be held at 8 o'clock until further no tice is given. This series is worked out in an at tempt to conflict as little as possible vith the special services at the Epis copal church this week. And the peo ple of the Iteptist church are asked to attend these services at the Episco pal church as much as possible. Drives Another's Car Off Through Mistake The likeness of his car to that be longing to Dan Moore caused Moses l'ayton, of Bertie, to drive Moore's car off late Saturday afternoon. Pay ton had a most difficult time trying to start the Moore car on the streets here, but the fact that it was hard to tilart caused him to be even more Mure that it was his. He did not dis cover his mistake until he reached htt home in Bertie, where he was unable to start it again. Sunday afternoon he brought the cor, a Ford touring made some ages ago, back to this place and informed Chief Daniel of his error. Payton stated that he would have returned tho car Saturday night, but he was unable to start it. He wore all the skin off his hand jn'an effort to crank the liscie, but the engine failed to Are until he went to the home of a neighbor and got aid. The Moores live in the Fairview sootion, and after they were informed of the return of the ear, they came for it Sunday afternoon. Advertiser* Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1600 Homes of Martin County. ESTABLISHED 1888 Masked Band Beats and Robs Man Near Here Highwaymen Get Only $1.40 from Claude Whitehurst Mr. Claude Whitehurst, young white farmer in the Hear Crass, section, Was cruelly beaten and robbed yesterday afternoon shortly after one o'clock while he was riding on a load of col lon s»»ed meal to his home. When between the farms or Mr. T. S. Hadley and Mr. John Daniel Big„'s on the Htjar Grass road, Mr. White hurst was figuring on a small piece of paper as his team walk;*l slowly along. The first sign of trouble came when two men with mask* rushed up behind him and hit him on the left hip. It was a matter of a few seconds when three more hooded men accost ed him from the side. They attempted to strike Mr. "Whitehurst on the head, the blow was prevented when he threw up his right hand. In warding off the blow, however, he lia.l his thumb broken and badly bruised. One of the giing then caught his overcoat and dragged him from All the gangs members took a purt in going through his pockets whexe they found only $1,411. He was than told to j»et on his wagon and go. The five high waymen then crawled into an old worn out Ford having no license, and drove in. the direction uf Hear liou.*.. Mr. Whitehur>»t, after much difficul ty. succeed JII getting on his wagon and drove to the home of Mr. Hadley where he related the incident to Mrs. Hadley anil showed her his wounds. He attempted to continue his joUrney home, but when he had reached the home of Mrs. Lena Moblev, a mile away, lie had to (five up. Mr. Mobley brought him here to T>r. J. S. Itfiodes who dressed his wounds, and iter he wias carried to his home. Mr. Whitehurst is not cer uin whether the primary purpose of his assailants was robbery or to mob him, but as it turned out they did both. He hud been in the Farmers and Merchants bank here earlier in the day and dfow out some money, but bad spmit all before Itiaving town ex cept the $1.40 which taken by the highwaymen. He thinks some member of the gang saw him with the money while he was in town and that that wus the reason for the assault. Vet, bc,saya that some old trouble that he had with a neighbor same time ago may have been the cause, that this party may have gotten a bunch of friends to help mob him and that the taking of his mon,ey -was only inci* dental. It wus, at least, a dastardly amT a bold fhiiig to do OK it wus in full view of several, houses and at an hour when |>assing might have been expected. F,ach of the robbers was masked, (('dlitillUed citrthf tV.'ickjiaK ' 1 Masons to At lend Services in Hotly The Masons of Skewarkee l.odg\ Nc. !)(», A. K. & A. M., will attend the services at the Episcopal church n \t Thursday night in a body. All mem bers of the lodge are urged to be at the Masonic Hull not luter than 7 HO that evening. They will march from the hall ,to the church, where seals will be reserved for them. The .sermon will be particularly fiir Masons, but every one is cordially "iiY vited to attend. On Wednesday night Mr,. Cook will preach to members of the local ki v.anis Club. The order of the .service, it is understood, will be decided' u|>on at the regulur meeting of the club tomorrow'at noon. Everetts Woodmen Have 1% Meeting The regular meeting of Everetts Camp No. 15642 Woodmen mat in its hall hut night with nearly all its members present and many visiting members. Rocky Mount sent 22 members from -its camp; lk«r Hear Grass setft' seven; Williamston *ent four, and one from each of the following ramps, Greenville and Faim ville; Jajnesville luul seven present. The meeting was callel to order at 6:45 by H. L. Roebuck, Councilor. After the business meeting, a big barbecue supper was enjoyed. Hon. Clayton Moore, Attorney A. R. Dunning and L. F. Lane, District Deputy, M. W. A., made splendid talks during the evening. Three braves were carried through the initiatory service into membership in the Everett® oamp while one from Jamesvilla was initiated into the camp there. The new members are John D. Bland, Willie Raberson. Wiley Craw ford and Jimmie Brown. The next meeting of the Everett* oamp will be held Monday April 10. All members are cordially Invited to attend.