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OAK CITY NEWS !
AND PERSONALS
High-Grade Tobacco Being
Marketed; Short Cotton
Crop Is Reported
A number of parents and children |
attended Ringling Bros, and Itarnum
and Bailey's circus at Rocky Mountj
Wednesday.
Several hundred pounds of high
grade tobacco v have been placed on ,
nearby markets from this section in
the past few days.
Farmers report a short crop of cot
ton in this immediate section. The
Oak City gin is busy, but •*- i-e ports
indicate a shortage in number of bales
u>, compared with the- ginnings last
The peanut crop is in full swing.!
Several boys are. on double duty in
order to help in the crop harvest and
rot miss school.
Miss Dozier, English-, and Fniech
teacher, was absent from school
Thursday due to an attack.of laryn
gitis. We wish her - a,s|>eedy recovery,
School trucks, running on new
schedule, are making* very good
records. It was noticeable Tuesday
morning when they began to a rr'i vi
tro m different sections. All the trucks
were in and unloaded within .seven
minutes after the arrival of th first
one.
The first fire drill for the school j
year was given this week. The chil-j
r en made their drjjj n sixty-five
.seconds after, the "first fire alarm. '
A new high school luiilding is
: ugges.ted for Oak City. Records cov
ering a period of six years shows
that the attendance has - steadily,
increased. Over a period of five years'
the enrollemnt has increased about f
70 per cent. If the same rate of In-,
crease prevails during the next five |
jears, three hundred pupils Will be
j dded to the present enrollment. »j,
—- —A—fiddlerV-eonvefttioie is schwlulettr
for the near future. A committee has,
been appointed and details are being
worked out. f
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of- a judgment j
entitled ',R. A. Ediuoudsoii,'adminis
trator, et al. vs. Edmoudson, et" .
a), heirs at lawthe undersigned com,-
missioners will, on the v 14th day of
November, 1927, at 12 o'clock noon, in
front of the -courthouse door of Mar.
tin County, offer at public >ale to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described tract of land:
Situated in Robersonville Township,
-In said county and Stjite, bounded on;
the north bv the lands of 11. .1 Smith, [
• a the east by land of G. W. Moore, j
n the south bj>- the lands of Mrs. Jnlin j
Ross, and" on the west by the lands of i
VV. T. Andrews, and known a* the'
Nathan Edinoiidson land. Containing
70 acres, inure or less.
This land will be sold subject to the
Slower of Mrs I.ouise Edmoudson.'
This tbe 13th "day of October,
H. A t RITCHER,
A R DUNNING,
014 4tw ' Commissianfcrtf. I
Williamston is Selling More
Tobacco than Any of the So
Called Smaller Markets
• * *
Bennett - Barnhill - Morton
FARMERS WAREHOUSE
Are pleasing the farmers and
The - Farmers Are Pleasing
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Bennett, Barnhill & Morton
THEY ARE SELLING WITH US
Sell With a Man *Who Knows Tobacco - Hubert Morton
CARJTOF THANKS
I wish to thank the many kin J
friends and neighbors who so faith
iully ministered to my late husband
in his long illness ..and in his deu'.h.
For the expression of sympathy to
my children and myself, and for tin-}
j expression of the love of the friend*
I of my hunband in their floral gifs, 1/
! wish to mention my deep appreciation
j and ask God's favor and blessing*
for them all.
MRS. L. AUSTIN JACKSON, j
WANTS
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't'KI'AK A \'H 1- KtUT .TRICES I
pay. Ornamentals beautify. If in-i
terested in either, write fo? illustrated
catalog. J. B. Wight, Cairo, ia.. »>7 \2i\
WANTED: GIRLS 'I O l.OUl' ANU
knit; experienced or inexperienced.
1 Come to sec or write .Walker Knitting
M ills, Tarboro, N( C. T s3O 20t
i '
WANTIiI); SEVERAL ONE, I WO,I
three, and four horse croppers, with
plenty of labor, to .cultivate tobacco,!
cottonY-.com, .and peanuts. Sladc,'
Rhodes & Co., Hamilton. N. C. o7 w.ff j
!W A N Lit I): SI \EHAL RF. l .h\ BLE j.
! tanners with own labor to cultivate i
one itnd two-.horse farms; one of which.j
| •wo.horse farm, adjonis the town of!
WiHiamstoii. E. I'. Cunningham.
uIH 4tpd
I HAVE -TAKEN HOGS.
wigh abour 75 ■ pound* each; 3 red i
; Kilt sow-pigs, 1 spotted male '>ig white
[and black spot nwnei please ee Har
!ry Roberson. . >2l 2tpd
lOR SALE O I. ; JOYNER FA R Vf, j
I > 2-17 4 ai res, 70 dean 'I. between Oak
| City and Hobgond. Price low and
I terntS very .easy. W. C . Manning, \\ il-;
[liamston. i\. C. ' >7 4t
NOTICE
Having this.day qualified as execti
t«>r. of barbate Sladc, deceased, all
persons , holding claims agam-t said
'estate w>il present same t" me .is |
mi Ml before '-ti'tftbet {2 1928, in |
notice will be . plead in bar of their- re- 1
I rovery. All persons indebted to said j
estate will please come forward and
make immediate settlement of same
This the 22nd dav "f October, ! r 2".'
'JOHN'I) SLAIJE
i >2s Wt _X_l Kxe iitur. j
1.1 M E MAE I S THE 1 AND WOK K
better, the fertilizer ait better, the j
manures and organic, i.Hitter rot bet
i ter, and the legumes grow better."
See your local denier for "M ASCOT,'''i
the Sti' .Jjtid Agricultural Limestone.
ior write American I .into, tulle .i'o.,
Kuoxville. "4-"emi. o 2S_llt
FOR SAM" EARLY JERSKY
Wakefield cabbage plants; obtained
from, the very best seed, $2.(10 per
1,00. Henr\ l> (ire'en, * VViHiaiuston,,
N. C. 025 2t i
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: TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA - >
. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
r . MAY 31,1927 /
ASSETS
Cash " » ■' ■ ■ ■ ■: * J. i.__
Balance—Farmers & Merchants Bank. Williamston, NT C. $ 1,736.28
Taxds Receivable *" > i " . •
Levy—Schedule 1 . . $ 81.76 LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
1924 Levy Sclterlule 2 1,026.04 '\. '
- 1925 I.fVy -Schedule 3 —— - ~ ; 1,653.06 •/ \
1926 Levy—Schedule 4 8,034.73
10 795.59 H M. Burras ? 80,67
Accrued salaries ... 100.00
Accounts Receivable "
$ 180.67
'Light 'consumers' accounts —current month $ 1,506.74 _ .»• . . ' '
Light consumers' accounts—delinquent—Schedule 5 256.56 • • ' •« '.
Water consumers' accounts —delinquent—Schedule 5 156.55 "
J. W. Wafts, jr., opera house rent 38.33 • >- # ■ ' ' i
J. H. Ward, market rent .. t 182.45 Notes Payable
J. I'. I'ender, market rent y , 145.24 Farmers and Merchants Bank, Williamston, N. C. $ 8,000.00 .
C. li. Carstarphen, Jvarehouse rent - ' . 119.95 + Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Charlotte, N. C. 7,477.68
Paving assessments . 13,825.45 • "
Returned checks account 64.90 * . ' 15,477.68
16,326.16
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T)uc~From Tax I 'oUcctdrs "" ,-i x _ , • ' ■ -
. , .. . * i/.4ui s ' •' Bonded. Indebtedness —Schedule 9 1 333,500.00
J. (). Manning^former tax collector ? 164.81 . ,
M. S. Mijore —Schedule 6 ~ : •• 2,///.4s " , : ! ■ ' " ' "* ' : ! "
W: b! l)aniel -Schedule 7 455.22 «
$ 'S , —3,347.48. - \ -
' .. i- . ~ , * * . Surplus * ■ ....
, A airs Receivable. • . . • . 1 ~ " « tunli- •' • *'* - '
. . * - ( urrent ?.... .4 $ 17,612.87
Williamston (abided Sdfonki ' ■* 1,065.71 , Capital / 34,056.65
«■»?• > • - • /
Propcrt v and Equipment "(Net Book Value—Schedules) .- - -• * 51,669.52
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Real estate ' v . . . " $' 3,000.00 - \ - " ' - '
Eight impWwn\ents, fc extension*, etc. 34,767.57
, I'ower plant machinery '• .T 68,903.82 j
Power plant building ' ' 13,968.85 k
Railroad spur track 1,098.18 ,
Town hall and market house * ".SOO.OO (A'o/e.-^Exhil.it is subject to the comments attached.) % ♦
Water improvements, extensions, etc. 1 14,273.11 \
Streets and sidewalks ' 44,059.04 _ - '
Sewer improvements, extensions, etc. 671016.22 «
Auto truck - 459.85
Furniture and fixtures 720.57 Total liabil|tifs anl surp)us » $400,827.87
Eire Apparatus - . - . t 3,979.95
Wharf and warehouse-at riverl.Bo9.o9 1 1
. ** • •• V ' ' • - ----- - - . • ' • , , , y . _ 4-- % / ;r ' .
/ , 307.556.65
Total Assets « *■ • $400,827.87
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THE ENTERPRISE
STOP! LOOK! AND READ!
| STARTING OCTOBER 27TH AND LASTING THRU
L THE NEXT.3O DAYS WE WILL GIVE AWAY A
J IOO Piece China Set FREE
J The free set will be given like this: With every SI.OO purchase at our
store we will give you a key, which you will be supposed to keep until the
5 end of the thirty days. Then every person that has a key will come back
5 and try his or her key in the lock which is with the set; and the person who
j has the lucky key to unlock the lock gets the china set free.
The Famous One lot of ladies' work shoes
RED GOOSE SHOES fl '' . .
3 One lot of ladies and children s
\ This is a real opportunity if shoes for only 99c
3 you want to shoe your family One lot of men's dress shoes
5 with good shoes, and with a sav- ; ~ $3.19
ing of 50 per cent. These are ® ne Lot of Men's and Boys'
real bargains. Don't mis. them.
5 „ , , t J ,
• One lot of boys dress shoes
One lot of boys' high-grade
" U 4> caps for only
One lot of children s and misses - Q ne | ot 0 f Martha Washing-
J ress shoes at - $1.99 ton flour, 24 lb. bag at 99c
s We Carry At All Times a Complete Line oi Merchandise. See Us Before
i Buying and Save Money
DONT FORGET THE DATE OF THE SALE
October 27 and Lasts Until
November 27
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A.B. Rogerson & Bro.
BEAR GRASS NORTH CAROLINA
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Tuesday/: October 25, 1927