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VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 28
County Officers
Destroy Well-
Equipped Still
Kitchen Utensils Found
at Still in Griffins
Township
Deputies Grimes and Ballard, in a
ilquor-still raid yesterday afternoon
found one of the most complete and
carefully planned outfits go far dis
covered. The officers left here in the
afternoon and went in the Griffins
section, where they found the outfit
juat back of the old Joe Red Corey
place. The still was of the steam
type and had a capacity of 100 gal
lons. It was one of long standing
and had all the necessary equipment.
There were around 1,400 gallons of
beer in three big vats and two bar
rls. The finished product hail already
been sent to market, for it wasn't
there.
Besides the equipment essential in
the manufacture of liquor, there were
cooking utensils and provisions, such
as lard, bacon, and sugar. Probably
when the distiller fired up his plant
he stuck to his job, not even leaving
for his meals.
Should the officers have reached the
plant when the operators were there,
they would have been at a decided dis
advantage. The still was sitting right
at the back of a little charing in
the shape of a triangle, having its
entrance in one of the angles, The
still's surroundings were so thick that
the operator could escape by the time
the officers got half way across the
triangle. Then, for an added means
of safety, a hole about four feet deep
lmd been dug in a small path lead
ing into the thick woods at the back
of the plant. The digger no doubt
had practiced the steps to the hole
and had hopped ove.r.it many times,
knowing that an officer unfamiliar
with the plaoe would surely tumble in.
The plant was destroyed and
brought in iby the officers.
Yesterday morning Sheriff Jioebuck
and Joe Roebuck picked up a still in
the Macedonia section, but. it was not
near so complete as the one capjtured
by the two deputies, (Jrimes and Hal
lard. The sheriff brought in the 60-
gallon copper outfit and destroyed ap
proximately 1,000 gallons of beer.
Missionary Union
Met Here Wednesday
The Martin County-Plymouth di
vision of the Women's Missionary
Union of the Roanoke Association
met at the Williamston Baptist church
yesterday.
Mrs. John D. Biggs of the local
church made the address of welcome.
Mrs. E. W. Mason, of Robersonville
responded Vftry ably to Mrs. Biggs'
address.
Mrs. E. B. Beasley, president of
the association, Mrs. A. B. Bass of
Scotland Neck and Mrs. S. E. Ayers
of Pingtu, China, made addresses in
the morning session following re
pcrts from the various societies.
Dinner was served by the women of
the Williamston society in the halls
of the Woman's club.
The afternoon sessin was presided
over by Mrs. V. G. Taylor Junior
leader, Mrs. C. C. Hoggard Supt. of
the Elizabeth City division made an
address on "Ways to serve", which
was followed by an address by Mrs.
M. H. Privefcte Sunbeam Leader.
While" this was strictly a woman's
meeting, yet it did invite Rev. C. H.
Dickey, Mr. Holloman, Mr. Pope and
Dr. Cone all of the Williamston
church to sing a solo.
The meeting was well attend, and
the entire program was very interest
ing and hepful to all.
Mr. Love, representative of the
Virginia Electric and Power com
pany, was here yesterday afternoon.
STRANH
THEATRE I
SATURDAY
TOM MIX
and Tony in
"THE BRONCHO
- TWISTER"
Alao
-Two-Reel Comedy
And
Serial, "Power God"
Always a Good Show
THE ENTERPRISE
Begins Two Revival at Christian Church
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Kev. A. F. DeGafferelly will begin i ach night during the week at 8 o'-
a two-weeks evangelistic meeting at clock. He comes to Williamston very
the Christian Church here Sunday highly recommended aa being a plain
morning at 11 o'clock and will preach | forceful gospel preacher.
Register Deeds
Court Move Int
Board of .Education Will Move into Clerk's Old
Office; Commissioners to Register's
The county officers are busy to- [ ancient dungeons than modern
day moving from their old offices j offices,
to the new ones in the courthouse j Two pri ,oners who ask**l fur
and jail annex. the opportunity tj ixcrcisc thwn-
The new offices for the clerk of ' sllvl ' s he| P in * to move uoo * h
court and register of deeds con- from the ohl to the new vaults
si* of two rooms each; one a wirt harl lo sa > ,h » l th,! ne *
working office, the'other being a—- °® ce;l wvr ' nenr to pood as
fire-proof vault in which all rec- " new n "; ;
ords are to be kept. They are saorill's office ami noad
so constructed that they may be quarters of tha l-0..n! ~f ducation
used by those wishing to exam- board of county comniisalon
ine the records without removing ® rs w '" rema '"
the books from the vault. j"*' a | t,lo - u "h they will probably
be enlarged by the addition of
While those office:- are appar- the rooms vacated by the clerk of
ently safe, they seem more like court and register of deeds.
Quarantine Officer's
Report for May
In his report for the month of
May, I)r. Wm. E. Warren, county
health officer, shows the number of
diseases reported by various doctors,
householders and teachers. Dr. War
ren also calls attention to the danger
brought about by mosquitoes and
urges a war against mosquito breed
ing places. His report follows:
Diptheria, 2 cases; chicken pox, 1
case; whooping cough, 42 cases; ty
phoid fever, 2 cases; measles 36 cases.
Dr. J. H. Saunders reported 5; Dr.
V. A. Ward, reported 20; Dr. E. E.
Pittman reported 25; Dr. Wm. E.
Warren reported 1; Householders re-'
ported 22; Teachers reported 10.
Within a few weeks people are go
ing to complain of mosquitoes, and
they will have a right to do so if mo
squitoes exist, and no doubt they will
unless the people all over the county
especially in the towns remove all the
tin cans, automobile casing:;, buckets
und hundreds of other things which
v/ill hold water and breed mosquitos
which are a menace to public health
and a nuisance. It dees not take but
a very little time to remove these
conditions if you will begin early.
This is the beginning of the ma
larial season and the Board of Health
requires that each case of "chills and
fevers" or malaria be reported to the
Health Officer.
Pageant at Methodist
Church Sunday Nig-ht
The Woman's Missionary Society
oi the Williamston Methodist church
will put on a pageant, "The Vision,"
at the Methodist church Sunday night
beginning at 8 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Dr. W.C. Wicker Here
Next Monday-Tuesday
Masons throughout the -ounty are
having their attention called to the
school of instruction here next Mon
day night and Tuesday morning and
evening. All masons are urged to at
'tend one of the sessions at least.
' At these meetings, Dr. Wicker, edu
cational secretary of the Grand Lodge
oi North Carolina, will hold educa
tional sessions and give instructions
tn the subjects of masonry. The meet
ings will be held in the .ocal lodge.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, June 3,1927
Marriage Licenses
Issued in May
The May marriage licenses, out
numbered by one thoKf issued in the
month of April. During that month
seven certiflcataß- went to \yhite cou
ples to six to colored. Last month
ten licenses were issued by Register
J. Sam Getsiiiger to colored couples
and only four la while couples.
Permits issued are:
White
William (). Gibbs, 37, of Elizabeth
City-Hilda Kilpatrick, 82, of (iolds
bo ro ; Harold Auhry
Ccburn, 15; Louis Simpron 24-Fran
ces Viek, 18; William Scott, 21-Km
rr.a Hell Williams, 19.
Colored
Clarence Manson, 30-Mary L- Wig-
L'irs, 211; Baker Purvis, 51 -Emma
Briley, 40; Cha.s. W. Wiggins, 20-
Mary Ktu Purvis, 18; Robert Speller,
21-Lottie Bland, 19; William Bell, 20-
Odessa Evans, 20; Webster Thomp
son, 23-Mary Walton, 22; Robert Jjil;
liam, 54- Rebecca DouglusA, 60; Wil
liam Daniel, 22-Sara Daniel, 21; Le-
Roy Purvis, 21-Beatrice Hassell, 18;
Robert James Williams, 21-Klorada
Williams, 21.-
Mrs. J. G. Lonjf Dies
In Jamesville Section |
Mrs. J. G. Long died at her homo
in the Jamesville section, May 18.
Mrs. Long was only 35 years of age
at the time of her death. She ( leaves
a husband, one son and two daughters
She was a member of Cedar Branch
Baptist church and a member of the
Woodman circle. She had been sick
for several months.
Pamlico Beach Opens
1927 Season Today
Pamlico Jreach, patronized by many
people form this county, opens the
season today. The management an
nounces a large dance for tomor
row night and'many local people are
planning to attend.
Pamlico has a well equipped hotel,
and advertises the best dining room
service of all the beach resorts.
Mr. Henry D. Taylor left yesterday
for Chapel Hill will attend
a part of the commencement exercise#
He will be accompanied home by
his son, Cecil who has been in school
there during the past year.
Town Auto Tags to
Go On Sale Tuesday
With the lette*- and numerals
in white on a black background,
the town auto It„ensc tags out
class the State ta«s in looks
and cost only one-twelfth the a
mount of the State licenses.
The plates have been here for
the past several days, and will
go on sale after Monday night,
when the commissionerH will ap
point one of the officer* to sell
the tags.
Small Audience
Enjoys League
PlayLastNight
One of Most Pleasing
Performances Seen
In Some Time
"Sweet Pickles ami Hot Tnmales,"
the two-act episode given by local
talent last night was one of the mpst
pleasing performances seen herein a
long time. It had snap and pep. the
whole way through, and there was
plenty of fun interspersed through
out to keep one continually amused.
The pay was produced under the
direction of Albert R. liaker, who also
tiok an important part. The girls
who took |eadingj»«s, Misses Carrie
Dell White and Hazel Kdmondson, as
.si noritas, w«e very charming and at
tractive Spanish nudds, and Misses
Mary Melissa Andrws and Sophie
I .it tie, American ladies, were both
thoroughly fine in* yu ir respective
rales. John Pope, as "I'unko Doro,"
a leader of the bull fighters' union,
was surprisingly good. I'ete Fowden,
the ruler of San Salvador; Mr. Baker,
a* the pickle king of America; and
Jim Stanley, the herald, w, re all fine
and the Heau Hrummels of the local
amateur talent, Ix>n Hassell, jr., Kill
Manning, and Jessup Harrison, lived
up to their reputations.
Mrs. J. W. Manning' was pianist for
the show, and .her rendition of the
musical numbers *y",» very pleasing.
The Ku Klux dance, by a bevy of lit
tle ({iris in robes of the order, and
the midgets' dances, given between
the acts, added much to the evening's
program. Incidentally, little Miss
Kathryn ftl arming made the biggest
"hit" of the show during the midgets'
dunce. Only four years old, .she
brought down the house with her in
terpretation of the Charleston.
The chorus girls, last liut not least,
were pretty and attractive in both
their costumes and natural beauty
and talent and donated pep and spir
it every time they appeared.
The show was under the auspUre.-i
of the Kpworth League of the Meth
odist church, and fhe young people)
did everything possible for the suc
cess of the show. It is to be regretted
that they did not have a full house,
for the play merited a good audience.
The League cleared about $(50.00.
State Dentist 1 las One
More Week in County
I Jr. I- H. Butler, State dentist, will
complete his schedule in the county
nuxt week. A school a day next week
and Dr. Butlc r will have visited prac
tically every school in the county.
Monday he will visit Cooper school;
Tuesday he will be at Griffins; Wed
. t esday at Cross Heads; Hassells on
Thursday, and his last day will be
spent at Parmele.
There are a few uceordihic
to Dr. Butler, that have not been vis
ited, but the children in those school
districts have the right to attend at
Hie places mentioned in their respect
ive townships and receive treatment.
The school committees of the various
schools are urged to see that all tha
! children in their districts see Dr. Hut
ler and have their teeth examined.
| It will cost nothing and will be well
: worth the child's time to have his
teeth looked after.
I>r. Butler will be at each of the
! schools each morning at 9:30, with
the exception of Parmele. On that
day he will be at the school at 8.30
New Cafe Opens
Here Tomorrow
The Empire Cafe, new. to the city,
will open tomorrow morning in the
Howen buildinsr on Washington street.
The cafe manage
ment of Mr. "Bf A. }>lykan, of South
Hill, Va. Mr. Dlykan is experienced
in the cafe business, having owned
and managed one for over fourteen
years. v
According to a statement made by
the management this morning, new
equipment will be added and a mod
ern cafe will be operated. Mr. Dly
lajn will depend upon local help in
starting the business. He states that
hie service is sure to please, and that
all ha aslu is a trial. v
Big Meeting of
Kiwanis Ciubs
Monday Night
Local Club Will Join In
the Meetings with
Good I^ogram
Joining in with the 11»21 Kiwanis
clubs all over the United States and
Canada, all of which will meet simul
taneously, the Kiwanis Club of Wil
lii.mston wilf observe "All Kiwanis
Night" in connection with its «*■],--
bration of the annual International
convention at Memphis, Tennessee,
at the Woman's club rooms on Mdff
uay, June ti at 8:30 p. m. The meet
lugs throughout Canada and the l.'-
nited States are to be observed as a
united expression of devotion to the
ideals and objectives of Kiwanis.
All clubs have arranged the time of
their meetnig so that the "Zero Hour"
when U5),201) Kiwaniansj on the eonti- i
nent assemble to observe the "Fel
lowship Moment of Silence," will be
held simultaneously with that in the
convention city. The message to the
clubs by the president of Kiwanis In
ternational, lialph A. A merman, of
Scranton, Pennsylvania, will be read
at Monday's meeting. This will be the
fourth time in the history of Kiwanis
that such a meeting is held. At the
Denver, St. I'aul and Montreal con
ventions similar observances marked
the opening activities.
Kiwanian Dr. Jno. I). Higgs from
the local club will be a delegate to
the convention, and will send tele
graphic messages from Memphis to
the meeting on Monday night. The
''All Kiwanis Night" program at the
convention's opening will be broad
cast from Memphis over WMC.
An interesting and appropriate
programme wjl be arranged here that
night.
Recorder's Court Has
Large Crowd Tuesday
The Tuesjitiy session of the Recor
der's coui/t attracted large crowds,
but the cases were of little signiti
I cance, the court collecting only sls
; iu t'lntt* and costs. For several ses
| .sioils recently the court has tried as
many as eight cases. While eight
wore not triinl the past Tuesday,
that many were called, and the rec
ord t»f eight still holds.
John Walts Boston measured the
sentence of Judge liuilr f in liis mind
and decided to take to the woods, lie
was charged with disturbing/ a religi
ous congregation, and when he was
called and failed to answer, capias
was issued. John wasn't alone in cre
ating the. disturliance ,nor was he a
lone when lie weighed the expected
sentence. Ivirly Do. ten was \Vith him
and, as far as is known, continues
with him, for he-also was called and
failed_t> answer. The two had other
charges against them, but all went
unanswered.
Isaac I/oe, charged with non-sup
port, had his case continued for two
weeks.
I). M. Robcrson plead guilty to a
eharge of assault and was fined .sls
and costs.
14. N. Hardison was found not gtiiH
t> of cruelty ito animals.
Woodley Rogers was acquitted of J
a charge of carrying concealed weap
ons.
Rev. A. F. I)e(iaflerelly
To Conduct Meeting
Rev. A. F. DeGafTerelly will begin
a tvyiji weeks meeting at the Christian
church Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Mr. DeGafTerelly has been engaged
in preachi/ig in North and South
Carolina for !,he |>ast year in the eiri
ploy oP the Christian Church board,
lie came to the Carolina;) from Illi
nois where he has served as pastor of
one of the leading churches in that I
State.
Mr. DeGafTerelly is a very pleasing
and forceful spuaker, and it is expect
ed that his r.itevsages will be well re
ceived. He will preach each
during the two weeks at 8:00 o'-
clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all till; services, and tho church
is a.sking the cooperation of all the
religious people in the town in mak
ing the meeting a succoaa.
Local School Hoard
Meeting Yesterday
The local school board met yester
day afternoon in its second meeting
within the past few days, preparatory
to the school term next fSlI] Teach
ers for vacant places on. the faculty
were appointed, and contracts were
received from several. According to
Principal L. H. Davis, an announce
ment of the 1927-28 faculty un not
be announced within the next severa'
weeks, that much time being required
for teachers appointed to make known
their acceptance or rejection of con
tracts. ■ - f
New Town Board To
Take Office Monday
Marked Increase
In Registration
A marked inert-use in the
number of registered inters has
been noted during the past two
days. , According to Mr. R. T.
(irittin, registrar, a sharp inter
est was manifested by citizens
in the township during the past
two days, when several hundred
names were eiitertd on the
hooks.
However, th«' registration in
•ar from complete, and the vot
ers in the township are urged to
register before the 25th of this
month.
Markets May
OpenAugust29
Committee To Vote On
Opening at Meet in
Morehead City
The tobacco meeting in Wilson last
Wednesday was one of the largest
held in Eastern Carolina in some time,
according to delegatus from here to
the meet. Every market in the sec
tion was represented, and a big din
ner was served the tobacco men. •
The meeting deckled to have the
markets remain open on Armistice
Hay. Instead of dosing for the entire
day, the markets will cose at 11 :IMI
o'clock ant! then r open after'lunch.
The action was bitterly opposed by
several, but .was passed 'by a small
votes A committee wa., appointed to
attend a larger meeting at Morehead
City on the 22nd of, ttys month; The"
committee was ordered to vote for the
opening of Eastern CatoLinu markets
on the 2iHh of August. While its
vote might carry weight, the opening
of the markets i:i this section will be
determined by other factors. Truck
ing, under the direction of warehouses,
will be abolished, according to a rul
ing made at the meeting. The agree
ment will prohibit warehouse* |>ay
tuick drivers for bringing tobacco to
their houses. Practically all the mar
kets sigutd the ruling which also
limits the number of drummers al
lowed each warehouse.
Several good talks were Inade in
which the tobacco situation/and other
maltt r relating to the tobacco in
dustry wc."j discussed.
Messrs. J. (i. Staton, K. li. ('raw
lord, Claude Griffin, Harry Meatier,
Jot? Taylor anil Hubert Morton were
representatives form the !oo:U mar
kit.
IMshop I hirst To He
In County June 12
lit. Kev. Thomas ('. I)ai«t, Bishop
of. East Carolina, will make his an
nual visit to the Church of the Ad
vent, V\ illiamstou and St. Martin's
Church, Hamilton, Sunday, Jura- 12th.
The Bishop will preach and confirm
a class of candidates in" Williamston
Sunday morning and will hi' in Hamil
ton for confirmation Sunday night.
Since the last visit of Bhhop Durst
to Williamston, lie has been the active
In ud of tho great Bishop's -Crusade
which has been so successful in the
Episcopal Church through out the
nation. Always, an excellent preacher
and enjoyed by William:.toil folks,
there will be an unusual interest in
hearing him after his national Cru
sade experience*
Services Church of
Advent Whitsunday
Kev. ('. (). Pardo, Hector
10:00 Church School
11:00 Holy Communion and Sermon
8:00 Holy Trinity Mission
8:00 Kvening Prayer ami Sermon.
Williamston Wins Two
Games From Windsor
Williamston's junor baseball team
Wednesday won its second game
from Windsor when it met the boys
there in a third game. Windsor took
one of the three.
The local line-up consists of some
of our pluckiest youngsteis, and a
future in athletic sports can be ex
pected from gome of them.
■» Mrs. W. H. Booker is visiting her
tsittcr, Miss Emmu Robertsop in
Greensboro. While away she will al
so visit Miss Minnie Robertson who
is teaching in Winston-Salem.
Murioh Cobb, who attended school
in Arden during the past year is
home for the summer.
| Advertisers Will Find Our Col
umns a Latchkey to Over 1600
I Homes of Mmrtin County.
V M
ESTABLISHED 1898
Important Matters To
Come Before Board
at Its Meeting
Town Commissioners C. 0. Moore,
G. H. Harrison, E. P. Cunningham,
I. I' Lindsley, W. T. Meadows, and
Mayor' RT'L. Coburn-, will meet as a
new Ijoard here next Monday® flight
whefl ~xhey will hold their first meet
iiiK. The members of the board will
be sworn in by a justice of the peace
and will immediately enter upon the
town's business.
The exact.nature of the business to
come before the board could not be
learned today, but it is understood
that there arc several problems of ma
jer importance to come up for con-
sideration. I'he tax question will be
up for discussion, and it is likely that
a sale will be ordered to lake place
within the next few days.
Another problem of major import
ance relates to the, town's light and
.power supply. Greenville, according
to a member of the board, will offer
thr town a contract 'o furnish lifcht
snd power. It is understood the con
tract has already been prepared and
will be put before the board Monday
night. \u details of the contract
could be learned, but it is thought
that town will offer to sell William
ston its current at a wholesale rate,
allowing .the town the right to retail.
Another proposal is expected from
Washington, but it is not likely that
it W'ill come up before the meeting
next Monday. A special meeting will
be called to hear tier offer, but no
time has been sot so far.
When these two propositions are
submitted, the town will have a choice
t.l five contracts. The one that has
attracted the most attention thus far
is that of . the Virginia Electric &
Power Co. Tha company offers to
pay $50,000 for the franchise and re
tail current at K 1-2 cents and less
per kilowatt. 'l'he two oil engine pro
|it sals made by the Kairbunks-More
people ami the Virginia Engineering
Co. are still standing.
The commissioners are still study
ing the situation, and-it is not prob
able that any contract will be accept
e' within the next several weeks.
Aside from these major problems a
few minutes will be used in arrang.
ing a way to care for the interest of
the town's bonded debt. The regular
routine ofibusiness is not expected to
have a Cmuiee at the Monday meet
ing, and it might be that a special
soMsimf "wHlLhaye to be called to dear
the table.
Judge Moore To Be In
Pasquoank Next Week
Judge Clayton Moore, newly ap
pointed emergency judge, of this city,
will preside at the June term of su
perior court in Pasquotank County
next week Judge Moore has only
been .serving as judge for the past
few weeks and has held courts in Her
tit and Forsyth Counties.
The Klizaheth City Independent, of
this week, says:
"Judge Moore, who will preside,at
the .1 um; term of Superior Court con
vening in I 'asijitotank Monday, June
i. is an outstanding North Carolinian,
ho " lias served continuously in the
General Assembly since 1921. He is
from Williamston, Martin County, and
first repre -t iited his cuonty in the
house, and later served as senator
from the second district. He is the
author of many bills of State-wide
importance, and is recognized as one
of the ,great Democratic leaders of
the State. He was appointed an emer-
I't ncy judge by Governor McLean, un
der the act passed this year.
Methodist Church
Prog-ram of Services
Preaching service "at 11 a. m. Sun
day morning.
Preaching at Holly Springs, at
3.30 p. m. N
Pageant, "The Vision;" 8 p. m.
Sunday night.
Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs.
Maurice Watts Monday aftemoon at
4 o'clock.
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Baptist Church
Program for Week
The paator will speak at both the
morning and evening services Sunday.
At the 11 o'clock hour the pastor will
conclude the .short series of three ser
mons on the general topic of "Grace."
The text for the Sunday night sermon
is Romans 6:14: "For ye are not un
der the law, but under grace."
There will be no Wednesday night
service at the Baptist church this
week; and the congregation -of this
church is asked to join in with the
local Christian church in the series of
evangelistic meetings which will be
going on at tha ttime.