Reduced Fares to
Near-by Beaches
Reduced week-end feres \o Norfolk.
Virginia Beach, and Wrightsville
Beach are now offered to local pa
trons of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- j
road. The same considerable reduc- !
tion in fares applying from William- 1
st»n is in effect at many of the sta
tions along the Coast Line in Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina, Flor
ida, Korth Carolina, and Virginia.
These excursions will continue until
October 2.
It is expected that a large number
will take advantage of the liberal re
daction in fares to make week-end
trips to resorts and points of inter
est.
Week end tickets will be sold at
those stations from which applying
good on all trains Friday ami Satur
days. The return limit will be prior
lo midnight of the Tuesilay'lText fol
lowing date of sale of ticket.
W. H. Newell Retires
After 50 years Service
W. H. Newell, former general sup-,
erintendent of the Atlantic Coast (
Line Railroad, retired recently after j
serving that company for fifty years. I
Mr. Newell started as a telegraph op- j
erator with the Coast Line when he I
was 2d years old. During his 5(1 years J
of service, he has held responsible po- j
sit ions and gained an enviable repu- j
Ution for efficiency in performing his
duties.
At the time of his retirement, Mi.
Newell's associates in Virginia audi
geld pieces. His service as general j
company's president, J. R. Kenly,
when he said, "Your long and value'd I
service will not be forgottelf by those j
who come after you, and your name
will always be an inspiration to thei
officers and employees of our com
pany."
the Carolinas presented him with a j
silver loving cup filled with ten dollar
superintendent was recogriizt-d by the I
Final Work on Chowan
Bridge Is Being Rushed
Elizabeth City, June 20. —Final con-j
struction work is being rushed to com
pletion this week on the S(>OO,(MM)
Chowan bridge, greatest of all engi
neering projects undertaken in North
eastern North Carolina. Reports from
Edenton state that little remains to I
be done except to finish surfacing the
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MEEKINS& MEEKINS
Attorneys at Law
W ASHINGTON, N. C.
State and Federal Courts
FOR BLACK PEAS, SOI ND AND
solid, see Frank Everett, Route 2,
Williamston, N. C., Box 4it. ltpd
LOST: ON WJLLIA MSTON-WIN I)-
sor road, Monday afternoon, a tan
handbag containing 2 ladies' dresses,
3 girls' dresses, 2 pair bays' trousers'
anil other things. Return to Mrs. W.
L. Jlrewer, Windsor, N. C.
LOST: WRIST WATCH NEAR THE
Strand Theatre Friday night, June
17. Kinder please return to Julia
Ward and receive reward. , It
This Is (ioin.£ to l>e the Biggest Year With the
ROANOKE PEANUT PICKER
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i mile and a half structure with Ken- ( l
' tucky rock asphalt as an enduring I
traffic tread.
Work is also proceeding: rapidly on : ;
the bridge extending 16 |
miles from Windsor, county seat of |
Bertie, to the western terminus of-the j
structure, and four miles from its
eastern terminus to Edenton. It is |
anticipated that that work will be (
finished in time for the celebration at |
Eden House and in Edenlon on Wed- |
ncsday, July 20, when many thous- [
ands from nil along the Atlantic sea- |
board are expected to gather in North |
Carolina's historic colonial capital for i
a day of sightseeing and rejoicing.
j Order Carload Pipe to
Extend Water Mains
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A carload of six-inch pipe was or
dered to be bought yesterday by the
"'board of towfi commissioners when
they met in a special meeting. The
pipe will be used to extend the water
| mains to the tobacco stem me ry and
Ito certain points on
I Street.
The order was given a concern in
Norfolk soon after the order to pur
chase was issued by the board. Ihe
shipment will arrive within the course
of two weeks, and work to extend the
lir.es will be started soon thereafter.
The question of extending the lines
c.ime up before a meeting of the
hoard of commissioner* several weeks
ago, and it was ijeriried then that the
extensions should be made.
Mr. J. H. Roberson, jr., and daugh
ter, Miss Delia I-ouise, and Miss Alice
Norman, of Robersonville, were busi
ness visitors here yesterday after
noon.
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL TAX
ELECTION
On sth day of July, 1927, Smith
wick School District, Martin
County, North Carolina
In compliance with the wishes of
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petition signed by * necessary num-1
bcr jf qualified voters of Smith wick
School District, which was duly ap*
proved by the board of educatjon of
Martin County, and in accordance
with the provision of Article 17 of
the New School Code of 1923.
Notice is hereby given that the elec ;
tion will be held in the Old Smith
wick Schoolhouse on the 6th day of
July, in said Smithwick School Dis
! trict, which is described hereinafter
! for the purpos# of ascertaining the
i will of the qualified voters of said
district as to whether a majority of
j such voters favor the levying and
collecting annually of a special tax
with which to supplement the funds
of six-months public school appropri
ated by the board of education, the
rate of said special tax not to exceed
a maximum of 15 cents on the SIOO.OO
valuation of all property, real and per
sunal, within the bounds of the dis
trict, described as follows:
lieginning at Gardner bridge up the
creek to the W. W. Roberson mill, up
the mill pond to Cypress Branch;
thence along C. C. Keys line to the
Turtle!on road; thence along said
road to Deep Hun, down Deep run to
Mulberry Branch; thence up Mulber
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Williamston, N. C.
THE ENTERPRISE - WILUAMBTON. jg. C^
ry Branch to the Jones Road; thence
up said road to the colored Baptist
Church, St. James; thence a straight
line to Wiitx Siding; thonce along the
said road to the Jamesville and Wil
li-inmton Road; th«nce along the old
boundaries to Devils Gut, Swain's
Landing; thence across Devil Gut to
Kader's Eddy; thence down Roanoke
River to Jamesville School District
line; thence along said line Jx> Gard
| ner's Bridge, the beginning.
At said election those who are in
favor of the levy and collection an
nually of a special tax of not more
than fifteen cents on the SIOO.OO val
uation, in said district, as aforesaid;
shall vote a ticket on which shall be
written or printed the
words, "For Local Tax," and those
who oppose the levy and collection
annually of a special tax of not more
than 15 rente on the SIOO.OO valuation
of all property in said district, as a
ft resaid, shall vote a ticket on which
shal be written or printed the words,
"Against a lx>eal Tax."
That J. A. Gardner be and is heie
by appointed registrar, and W. C.
Griffin and Roy Moore are hereby
appointed poll holders for said elec
tion.
That a new registration is hereby
ordered and that the registration
books will be open for such purpose
beginning with 24th day of May, and
will continue open until the 26th day
of June. The registrar will be at his
residence during the above date for
the purpose of registering all those
qualified to vote in said district.
Done this the 19th day of May 1927,
by order of the board of county com
missioners of Martin County.
By: J. G. BARNHILL,
my 24 4tw Chairman.
Attest: J. SAM GETSINGER, reg
ister of deeds and ex-officio clerk to
the board of county commissioners.
NOTICE
Sealed applications will be received
from the date hereof until 8:30 p. m.
July 5. 1927, for the positions of day
and night officers of the town of Wil
liamston.
By order of the board of commis-
I sioners, passed June 6, 1927.
G. H. HARRISON,
je7 4tw City Clerk.
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ES
TATE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the superior court, before the
clerk.
Gold A Store
J. W. Sexton, Mgr. Washington Street
FRUIT JARS—MASON
Pint, Dozen Quart, Dozen Gallon, Dozen
85c i 95c $1.30
Rib Side Meat 15c
'
MACKEREL, Each pound size 10c
COUNTRY SHOULDER, lb 23c
COUNTRY HAM, lb. - 35c
SUGAR 7c
CHEESE, FULL CREAM 32c
BRriAi), Gardner's 16 ounce loaf 9c
HILISDALE PINEAPPLE, No. 3 Can 24c
C'AM!'E;:i L'S BEANS, 3 for 25c
AMERICAN BEAUTY PORK AND BEANS. 3 cans for 35c
GO' P STAR COFFEE, lb. 45c
FLOUR, A. G. CERTIFIED
12 Pounds 24 Pounds 48 Pounds
57c $1.09 $2.12
Eli la Spruill and Husband, Willie
Spruill, Cordelia Reddick, and hua
band, Mack Reddick, Carrie Brown
awl husband, Haywood Brows, C.
B. Everett, and Lelia Everett, by
their next friend, J. S. Getsinger
va. William Sheppard, Lewis Shep-
pard and Ida Rofers.
Pursuant to an order of resale made
by R. J. Peel, clerk of the superior
court of Martin County, on the 10th
day of June, 1927, and hereinafter
described land having been heretofore
advertised and sold and the bid hav
ing been raised as provided by law,
tl.e undersigned commissioners will
on Monday, the 27th-jiay of June, 1927
a: 12 o'clock m., in front of the court
house door in the town of Williamston
N. C., offer for sale to the highest bid
der for cash the following described
real estate, to wit:
Being known and designated as lot
No. 3, allotted to James Sheppard in
the land division of William Shep
pard, of record in land division book
No. 1, at page 288, beginning at a
pine second corner of lot No. 2,
thence S. 53 1-2 E. 8 poles to a light
wood post, thence S. about 58 1-2 E.
about 52 poles to the run of Great
lirunch, thence up the run of said
branch to its fork, thence N. 1" 1-2
E. 51 and 1-5 poles to a p st in Ed
reel's line, thence N. about 45 3-4
W. to the third corner of 'ot No. 2,
thence S. 13 1-4 W. 158 poles to the
beginning, containing 60 acres, more
or less, and which was deeded to Mary
M. Sheppard by James Sheppard by
deed recorded in book YYY, at page
553.
This the 10th day of June, IW7.
ELBERT S. PEEL,
HUGH G. HORTON,
je 14 2tw - Oommissio
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
ot sale contained in that certain Deed
oi Trust executed to the undersign
to Trustee on the 19th day of April,
1921, and of record in the Martin
County Registry, in Book H-2, at
page 89, securing certain bonds of
even date therewith, and the stipula
tions not having been complied with
and at the request of the holder ot
said bonds, the undersigned Trustee
will, on the Ist day of July 1927, at
X/ o'clock, Noon, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described property:
A house and lot in the Town of
Williamston, North Carolina, on the
north side of Main Street, adjoin
ing the property of C. A. Martin, J.
H. Saunders and G. N. Gurganus.
This the Ist day of June, 1927.
B. A. CRITCHER,
Je-3-4t Trustee.
Place of sale: Court House Door,
Williamston, N. C.