EXPECT HEAVY
TOBACCO SALES
IN BORDER BELT
Expect To Handle 10,000,- Southern Retail Merchants
000 Pounds of Tobacco Conference There Aug.
In Next Ten Days 16, 17, and 18, 1927
UTTTTTP r.PADFS sOT D Final I,lans for the-Southern Retail
BETTER uKAULo aULL) Mcrchantli Conference, which will be
Great Amounts of Money Turned held in Ricflmond, Va. August 16 17,
Loose for Golden Weed During were completed a. a meetmg
Four Days' Sales Last Week ~of tl,e executive committee of the
Richmond i radc Extension Bureau
Wilmington. Aug: 14,-Long before »eld Thursday, August 11. 1927, at
Old Sol has begun peeping over the >■««« Richmond Chamber of Com
horizon in the morning, the network mcrce.
of highways over southeastern .North A bulletin received today by Mr.
Carolina wil be crowded with riunbl- 11. S. Everett, of Oak City, who is a
ing wagons and clattering hoots of member oi the board of the Southern
animals, trucks with laboring engnies, Retail Merchants' Conference, stated
and many- other conveyances, curry- that all indications point to the grcat
ing many hundreds of thousands of est conference in the history of this
pounds of tobacco to the seven border institution. Mr. Everett announced
county markets of tin greatest bright yesterday that the program arranged
leaf tobacco belt in the world. tor the 1927 meeting is, in his opinion,
A new weeks the first I the most interesting and instructive
full week of the I»J7 season, and in that lie has seen since his association
Robeson. Bladen, and l oluinbus with the conference.
Counties more than ten million pounds One of the celebrities who will ad
of the golden vuuid-wtll In' transferred dress the merchants on their problems
frotrrtHe tillers oi the soil the—large is Mr. YY illiam Betlike, of l.aSallc Ex
matiufacturing companies of ""North, tension University, of Chicago, 111.
Carolina and some in "Virginia. Some, Other speakers of national prominence
and as a matter of fact, from official will talk to the merchants about mat
record. a large part wil be sent abroad ters which vitally concern the success
after having gone through t)ie ncccs- i fill conduct of their business. In ad
sary redrying process. ' j dition to the serious side of the pro-
Four days of la-t week saw great j gram, the entertainment committee
things for this-part-uf the South (.far- has■ arranged a garden party on the
olina. or "Pec Dee hett." Great a Richmond Hotel roof for Tuesday
mounts of money were turned loose night, August 16th. Here the visi
to farmers, who in* turn exchanged tors will he entertained with moving
their .new compensation for. supplies pictures, a style show, music, and
already Squired IT for necessities dancing.
which had ben sacrificed, and in many The conference w ill be brought to
instances luxuries, jyerc indulged in an end 1 hursday, August 18th, with
by the wearers of trousers with pock- an all-day outing by rail and steam
els stuffed with the long green gixcnjship to historic where the
them for their ItJtig yellow. I visitors will have an opportunity to
Beginning Monday better grades of j acquaint themselves with oiie of the
the weed will be offered, although a j most beautiful and interesting spots in
survey of the section shows that there j America.
still is a large anmunt 1,1 sand Itins. ) Arrangements are being made to
or first-leaf tobacco, t. lie marketed, i care for tli largest number of mer.
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MERCHANTS TO
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AT RICHMOND
chants ever to attend the conference.
More than 110,000 pieces of advertis
ing literature have been mailed out to
the merchants of the Richmond trad
ing area, and this has been supple
mented by newspaper advertising.
Reservations are now being made at
the hotels through Mr. W. T. Dab
ney, secretary of the Trade Extension
Bureau, whose address is State-Plant
ers Bank Building, RiMimo&d, \a.
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BENTHALL PICKER OWNERS:
Take notice. I will rebuild your old
peanut pickers from the trucks up
and guarantee them to do the same
work that a new one will do. See me
at once ,as I can only overhaul a lim
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Ornamentals: Now is the
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J. B. Wight, Cairo, Ga. u9 St
NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
v.ill of Sam P. Williams, late of Mar
tin County, all persons holding claims
against said estate are hereby noti
fied to present same for paymfnt to
the undersigned on or befort thie 27th
day of June, ISJ2S, or this noi  ; will
be plead in bar of their reco'. All
persons indebted to said est 'e will
please come forward and make
prompt payment of same ..
This 27th day of June, 1927.
J. G. BARNHILL,
Executor of Sam P. Williams' es
tate.
Every home lover, if
possible, has installed
modern electrical de
vices. They are both
time and money savers.
Installing complete
electrical equipment is
an expensive outlay.
Suppose It Should
Burn Tonight?
,
Thi« agency of the Hartford
Fire Insurance Co. will in
sure your household goods
and persona! belongings.
J E. POPE
Insurance Agency
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Phone 87
THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Fair Premium List
Being Mailed Out
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will be glad to off«;r any suggestions
or assist in any vay in preparing and
entering exhibits.
Department N, for colored people,
will be under the supervision of Mary
Gray and Oliver Carter. They will be
glad to assist their people in pre
paring and entering exhibits.
The fair, this year, September 27,
28, 29 and 30, promises to surpass all
previous ones, and it is the hope of
the fair officials that everyone pre
pare and enter some kind of an ex
hibit. They have increased the prem
iums, and any worth while exhibit is
rure to win recognition and a prize.
The most important thing is to start
preparing an exhibit at this time.
EXECITOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
will of Anthony Simmons, late of
Kobersonville, Martin County, all per
sons holding claims a;;ainst said es
tate are hereby notified to file them,
duly verified, to the undersigned on
or before the 6th day of January,
1£»28, or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate arc requested to
make prompt payment of the same.
J. C. Meekins, Jr. M. W. Meekins
MEEKINS& MEEKINS
Attorneys ut Law
WASHINGTON, N. C.
v State and Federal Courts
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of the utmost importance, so he
sure that the water you drink is 1
pure. It is therefore necessary
that the ice yott use must be of
the very best quality. The ice
we serve our customers is abso
lutely pure, clean, and clear. You
can use it for all purposes know
ing that it is sanitary and
healthy. Phone your order.
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January 6, 1827.
J. G. BARNHILL,
a 2 6tw Executor.
NOTICE X.
North -Carolina, Martin County; in
the superior court.
Bettie Lynch, widow of Primua
Lynch, deceased, v*. Amanda Jones,
Cornelius Lynch, Pittman Lynch,
Hattie Cherry, Adelia Cherry, and
the children of Josephine Hardy, to
wit: Thomas Hardy, Joseph Har
dy, Ruth Hardy, James Hardy, Viv
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Chamber of
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Commerce
Williamston, N. C.
ian Hardy and Hardy, heir*
at law and legatees under the will
of Primus Lynch.
The defendants, Hattie Cherry,
Thomas Hardy, Joseph Hardy, Ruth
Hardy, James Hardy, Vivian Hardy,
and Hardy, will take notice
that an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the superior court
of Martin County, North Carolina,
same being an action to have allotted
to Bettie Lynch, the widow of Primus
Lynch, her dower in the lands of
which her husband died seized and
possessed and the said defendants a
bove named will further take notice
that they and each of them are requir
ed to appear at the office of the clerk
of the superior court of Martin Coun
ty, at the courthouse in Williamston,
N. C., on the Bth day of September,
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief demand
ed in said complaint.
This the Bth day of August, 1297.
. R. J. PEEL,
al2 4tw Clerk Superior Court.