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Wack the Label on Yam Pip#; It Carrie* the Dete Your Smbscriftiou Expires VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 84 Voters to Decide Fate of Power Plant at Polls Today 165 Votes Required To Carry Election Opponents of Power Com pany Sent Out Letters At Last Minute POLLS OPEN AT 7:13 Opponents of Sale Caa Win by Stay- j ing Away From Polls; Few Voting Karly Three hundred and twenty-eight i qualified voters will take a part in I deciding the town's power and light i question when they visit the polls at' the City Hall and vote today. How ever, it might be that one hundred j and sixty-flve qualiAed voters will re main away from the polla and there by kill the Section. According to the election laws, a person who registers for such an election and then fails to' vote, his name on the books will count as one vote against the proposal. The polls were opened this morning st 7:18 by Messrs. J. E. Pope, R. T. Griffin and J. L. Hassell, poll fcoMers, but the voters visiting the poll be tween that time and 8:00 o'clock were few and far between. The voting is expected to show a decided increase as the day grows. The polls close this afternoon at sunset, and every per son who has registered should see that his vote is cast, one way or the other. Opponents to the power company's proposal have busied themselves dur ing the OMt few days, wriUng letters to the 328 qualified voters, and offer ing various and sundry reasons why the power company's offer should be voted down. One of the letters weni out with no signature, but this morn ing a copy of the letter was posted on the Main street with the follow ing signature filled in, "Oil Engine ife|*fpnan" "Yours for bnaiaets" was also printed in by hand at the bot tom of the letter. Another letter was signed and mailed out by Mrs. J. G. Staton, and commeiits have been heaped upon it by a number of voters. The unsigned letter would have the townspeople consider "Who Will be my owner ?" The signed letter would have the voters vote the proposal down for a better one. The Virginia Electric and Power Company has invited questions from every source; it has laid the matter before the people so that they might study the question. The Board of Town commissioners have worked and invesUgatcd the matter and not until its members were satisfied that the beat possible offer hsd been made did they refer it to the voters. It is now up to the people. If they decide to vote it down, other srrangements will necessarily have to be made; if they vote in favor of the proposal, the Virginia Electric and Power Com pany will have to make the arrange ments. Robbers Break Into Local Fertiliser Plant Robbers entered the nlant of ths Standard Fertiliser Company here last Saturday night and carried away a few of the workmen'! clothes, a case of light bulbs and a few other articles that wore stored in the supply room. The loss was comparatively small, and little damage waa done by the robbers while breaking into the build ing. Officers trailed the robbers, but could make no arrest on account of insufficient evidence. Mr. J. D. Harrison, of Bear Garss, was a business visitor here yesterday. Profeaaor David N. Hi*, of Fveretta,! was here yesterdsy. STRANFV THEATREI J WEDNESDAY LEO MALONEY in "DON . DESPERADO" Also Two - Reel Comedy and L FREE TICKET FOR SHOW FRIDAY Always a Good Show THE ENTERPRISE SATURDAY BUSY DAY FOR CUPID Rev. C. H. Dickey Qualifies As "Marrying Parson" With Three Couples ; Cupid centered his work here last j Saturday when f««r marriage licenses were sold by Register J. Sam Getsin-! ger and that many marriages took | place at various points here. The cere mony attracting the most attention I was the one performed by Mr. A. T. i Crawford, J. P., on Main street. Se- I crecy was guarded in the others, and I during the day Rev. C. H. Dickey, the marrying parson, performed three | i ceremonies at the Baptist parsonage. Register Getsinger was expecting such a rush, for there had been no applications for licenses made at hi* office for almost a week. And yester day ,tne rush was not over, for two appicaUons were awaiting the return ol Mr. Getsinger from lunch. LYCEUM NUMBER BRINGS MUSIC Allpress All-Star Musicians At Everetts School Tomorrow Night The Allpress All Star Musicians will appear on the next number of the Lyceum course at Everetts to morrow night, bringing to the section one most highly recommended and best' performance yet seen in the course. There are three members in the tPMwm. and eackkM hean declared an artist by critics in London and practically all the states in this country. The progratn includes new and original settings of the standard overtures, elaborate compositions on the old melodies, such as M The Last Rose of Summer," "Comin 1 Thro' the Rye" and "The Soul of the Violin." Novelty music with contrasting ef fects, rhapsodies and reveries and popular ballads make up a wonder. I ful program. These programs are given in the achool auditorium at Everetts and are sponsored by the citizens of that town who are interested in woHhy and beneficial entertainment. Chicken Thieves Raid Coop of J. A. Everett Sunday morning when Mr. James A. Everett went out to feed bis chickens, he found that thieves had carried away every old hen and rooster on the place. The thieves made the raid sometime during Saturday night or early Sunday morning. While Mr. Everett has no idea who could be so cruel right at this season of the year, he does have an idea that his chickens will not live to see the New Year. Enterprise Moves Schedule Up a Day With the head boss' 0. Keh, and with Christmas in our bones, we have moved up our schedule a few hours with the sincere hope that we might clean up and get ready for Christmas before Santa Claua calls. This issue leaves the press Just ex actly eight hours before the regular time, and everything else being equal, Friday's issue of the Enterprise will go out a full day ahead of the regular schedule.—The Force. Road Hogs Are Most Dangerous, Says Official Greensboro, Dec. 18.—One of the most careless, _ inconsiderate and dangerous types of motorist is the man or woman who fails" to yield immediate and full rights of way to vehicles of the police and Are de partments, says p. T. Matthews, direc tor of accident prevention of the Caro lina Motor Club. "In many commun ities of the State tfais type of driver is found in inci easing number," Mr. Matthews said. "Municipal judges cannot be too severe in punishing persons who re fuse to grant these vehicles right-of way. Fire departments especially often are impeded by motorists speeding immediately behind apparatus. Priv ets vehicles should stop,"' Mr. Mat thews stated. Misses Lima Man gum, Willie Gar ner , and Mr. Victor Sorrell, of Raleigh, visited Mr. B. E. Hood here Sunday. ill Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 20, 1927 PROGRAMS AT LOCALSCHOOL Various Grades To Have Christmas Trees Tomor row Afternoon Within the local grammar school considerable interest is being mani fested in the regular weekly chapel programs. These programs are given at ll):26 every Tuesday morning. Ono of the grammar grade teachers and her grade put one on in regular or der. This morning the fifth grade has the exercises in charge. To make room for interested parents who wish to see these programs, the high school grades are excluded from attending. Otherwise there would be a full auditorium of school folks, leav ing no room for visitors. Parents and are cordially invited to at tend. li; no doubt, proves gratifying to them as well as offers a great in centive to children to do their best. They naturally enjoy entertaining. Regular classes will be held up to noon Wednesday with no signs of Christmas' approach. Immediately af- j tor lunch, trees in the various grades will be decorated and loaded with gifts from Santa. These room pro grams will consist of songs recently learned and short poems memorized for the occasion. Prematura! Santa Clauses will give out the presents. The high school will have a short tree program in the auditorium. Mr. Hood and Mrs. Harrell have this in charge. None of these exercises will last long er than 80 minutes after the trees have received their full decoration. CHICAGO WANTS PEANUT SHOW Windy City's Invitation Is Being Considered By Officials Khisttm. T*e. ir.-afhlcage;" and not a Virginia or North Carolina town, may stage the third national peanut exposition. The first, promoted by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce here, was held at Windsor last year. The second was held at Ahoskie the first of this month. Directors of the Chamber of Com merce are considering a request from the midwestern metropolis that the 1928 show be held there. If it is de cided to accept Chicago's invitation special trains will be run from this section to carry growers, manufac turers and others to the exposition and many exhibits will be sent by manufacturers and dealers in East ern Carolina and Tidewater Virginia, it was announced today. SCHOOL PAPER AT JAMESVILLE First Issue of "Jamesville Tar Heel" Comes From Press Today Jamesville took another front seat in school activities recently when members of the Tar Heel Farmers' club and students of the school there voted to publish a high school paper. The first issue of the paper left the press today, and it speaks well for those who devoted their time and in terest to its composition. In preparing th* first issue, the staff entered upon its duties in a seriyui manner, and filled the paper with well worth-while articles. Its matter is purely original, and attempts to promote those activities that are of a general interest to the school and community. The paper, "Jamesville Tar Heel", will _be published monthly ,aocording to its business manager, James Mi telle. Onward Gaylord is the editor of the paper and he is ably assisted by sev eral assistant editors and reporters. No Meeting of Kiwanis Club Here Tomorrow The Kiwanis club will not hold its regular meeting tomorrow on account of a request coming from th« Woman's club, the members of which having so many Christmas duties to attend to that they find it almost im possible to prepare for the meet ing. King Ben Prunell, of House oi David, Dead Benton Harboro, Mich., Dec. ID.— Benjamin PumeU, "King" of the House of David, ia dead. Benjamin died at 11:90 -o'clock last Fri day and early day, more than 60 hours after his death, his body still lay in the bed whore ho had died. I . > | To Choose Site For New School Tonight - r*, j With no definite understand ing as to just how 4 site will be •elected, the first step— or it nMght be that they Will be final —will be made tonight at a meet ing of the county board of edu cation and local citizens. The meeting i% called for 3 o'clock tonight. A site for the new building at Robersonville is to be selected also this afternoon. V v FEW LICENSES ARE SOLD HERE Sales Up To Yesterday 1 Total 279; Big Rush Expected Early jresterday morning, the salt of automobile license had,reach- ' ed 279, a number far'low former sales for similar periods. Last Sat urday was one of busiest days for the bureau since fi opened the first of,the month, and only forty- j four tags were sold thatAJay. The ma-' jority of the tMcs have been mad* I to nuto'mt Uile owners, I and hardly any"have beei sold to local j car owners, A rush now is almost unavoidable, since it is understood fiat no exten sion of time in which tu procure li censes will be granted. > >- ■ •. • ARE MARRIED IN A Couple Of This Pb Not Even Car; Married On Street Mr. James Mallory and Mrs. Bessie Edwards, of this county, were married •tit* harry het*» last SalWlay arming about 7 o'clock. A call was sent to Squire Crawford, and he with book under his arm and a flashlight, in his hand, met the couple at their car in front of Harrison Mruthera store. Two witnesses, Frances Williams and Gay lord Harrison, were called in and with the stage all set, the ceremony J toas> commenced. The couple was in ! the front seat, the witnesses were in I the rear seat of the car and Squire i Crawford stood at the side with one. foot on the running board and the j other on pavement. The vows were j made, and the couple was united in a very few minutes. Mr. Crawford, since he hes been acting as a justice o fthe peace here, has developed speed in executing his duties. Soon after he was made a justice of the peace, it required bim a part of two days to marry a couple, but now it is only a matter of a very few minuteß for him to tie the knot. It will be remembered that the lengthy marriage ceremony came about when a couple called by his of fice a few minutes before midnight, and when it required a few minutes of the next morning to cpmpelte the ceremony. So far as it can be learned, this is the first marriage to take .place in a Ford automobile on the streets here. NEW BUS LINE TO NORFOLK Goes From Windsor By Edenton and Elizabeth I City A new bus line, running from Wind i sor to Norfolk, has been established ! and the first run was made yesterday I morning. The new line makes it pos ! sible to travel all the way from Wash ( ington to Norfolk. The schedule of the bus operating through here has been changed to make connection with that of the Windsor-Norfolk line. Leaving here about 7:45, the bus reaches Windsor in time to connect with the bus there that goes to Edenton, Hert ford, Elizabeth City and on into Nor folk, reaching that city at 11:30 the same morning. A bus will leave Norfolk in. the afternoon and will reach Windsor in time *to make connection with the Auliuider-Washington bus at Windsor. With the exception of the change from 9 o'clock to 7:46, the schedule of the but running through here remains the same. ; WILLIAMSTON IN FOR A QIIIFTT AND PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS With no fire works on aale in any of the local stoies, it looks as if Wil liamston io in for a quiet and peaceful Christmas. Heretofore, the "baby waiters" were sounding about this time before Christmas, but, so far, very few of the bombs and crackers have been flred by "the young people. SANTA CLAUS IS BIG BOOSTER OFLOCALTRADE Expected To Be Unusually Generous To Children This Year SATURDAY A BIG DAY Local Citizens Not Backiqg CHsbs in Providing for Christmas Gifts For Poor People Santa Claus, dear to the hearts of mi|lions of children, Is greatly boost ing trade here this season. Last Sat urday, the dear old man carried from the stores here load after load of merchandise, toys, and the numerous , other items commensurate with the Christmas season. The kiddies are warned to look out for him, for froia ■ all indications, he will be unusually generous this year. » Close observations point to a gen eral visit of the beloved character man this Christmas. However, therq, will the one extreme where some of the kiddies will be lavised with gifts, while there will the other extrem" where some children will be In need of the bare necessities of life. - j Little has been done here to brin.i; j happiness and good cheer to the poor j of the section. Several of the clubs I have, been at work, but so far as it ! can be learned ,the response on the 1 town's citizenry has been almost neg ligible. CAR TURNS OVER; NO ONE IS HURT Mr. and l f rs. John L. Rodg- J erson ! rrowly Escape Mr. and Mis. -J. L. Rodgersoi. escttj»d serious injuries when their car hit a Ford and turned over on the Washington road yester day afternoon, about four mileii from here. , . Mr. and Mrs. Rodgerson were on their way home when they drove up behind the Ford car. A colored man, driving the Ford, signalled for a left ' turn but did so too late for Mr. Rod gerson to avoid hitting his car. Mr. | Kodgerson was driving around forty miles an hour, and when he attempteo to miss the Ford by applying the brakes it caused his car to turn, hit the Ford and turn over. Except for a few minor bruises received by Mr. und Mrs. Rodgerson, no one was hurt. Damugc to the cars included two smashed fenders, and a broken axle "on"the Chevrolet .and a crushed wheel on the Ford. Mr. Rodgerson stated that the accident was unavoidable, there being no blame on the part of either driver. > MANY DEER BEING KILLED Driven From Swamp By High Waters of Roanoke With the high waters driving them from the Roanoke swamps to thw highlands, many deer have been kill ed this season by hunters. So far no violators of the game laws have been j reported, but it is said that some of the hunters are disregarding the laws. Rabbits are falling too where they are found on Ititle ridges and on logs trying to HaVe themselves from the waters. Several game wardens in the county state they are having many com plaints from landowners about people I who go on their lands without per | mission to hunt. Christmas Program At Everetts School Appropriate Christmas exercises have been arranged by the teachers of the Everetts school during the past several days. The program which will be given tonight in the school audi torium there includes a Christmas cantata, "Bethlehem", and a Christ mas tree for the entire school. Principal Ilix stated !»>•-• -'~ v * that the pupils had practiced the pageant during the past two weeks with an in terest that can only be arosued by the Christmas season. The school |s promising its patrons a pleasant en tertainment, and the children are eagerly awaiting the exchange of gifts at the hands of Santa Clabs to night. . The school* will reopen for the winter-spring term, Wednesday, Jan uary 4. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thrower and son, Joe, jr., and James E. Harrell spent Sunday in Tarboro. * Don't Forget/ to Christmas SeaU your Christmas ■ Mail TEACHERS HOLD ; REGULAR MEET; I 1 Have Short Program Sat- i urday; Will Not Get Pay Before Christmas j Superintendent K. A. Pope told the [ • teachers-of the county in their fourth 1 ' meeting of the present school year I' held here lust Saturday why they ' would not receive their pay checks be> ' fore going home for the holidays, 1 and then turned around and wished J for each of them a merry Christmas. ' .Mr. J. L. Jones, of the Jamesville schools, went to the Superintendent 1 one belter when he wished the teach- ' ers a happy Christmas and expressed hope that they would have enough . money to retrun to their posts. In giving the reasons why the teach- ( ers could not be paid before the holi- 1 days, Mr. Pope stated that the law ' did not allow the puymt*it of teachers 1 except at' the end of each school 1 month. He expressed his regret in not being able to mail the checks. The teachers were in the meeting only a few minutes before they re puirml to ttto several rooms for read ing circle work. FACULTY HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Many Members To Leave Tomorrow for Their Homes Many members of the local school faculty will leave tomorrow after noon for their homes to spend the holidays! Several of them are waiting over until Thursday morning to leave. Miss Serena Peacock goes to her home in Fremont, Miss Mildred Dar den goes to Kenly, Miss Lucy Claire Ivey will visit her parents iir Scotland Neck, Misses Lucille Allen and Eliza beth Wilkins go to Creedmore, Miss Elizabeth Ramsey will be at -home witty her parents in Ivor, Va., Miss Lillian Sample goescto Davidson, Miss Mary Fletcher will be at her home in McCall, S. C., Miss Katherine .Cole will be at home in Fairmont and Mr. B. K. Hood will visit friends. - in Raleigh and Goldsboro. Principal Davis leaves Thursday for Raleigh and Apex, later going to nis home in Davis. Other members of the faculty will be at home here. Infant Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Is Buried William eighteen months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hadley, died Saturday night at th home o£ its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Crofton in bumberton where its parents were Visiting. Th'r child had successfully battled several diseases, but was unahle to stand the attack of pneumonia. The body arrived here Sunday utul funeral services were conducted at the home of the child's parents and grand : parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hadley yesterday afternoon at 2:30, Rev. O. P. Fitzgerald officiating. Burial took place in the famUy cemetery. - Those attending the funeral from Lumberton were Mr. and Mrs. George Crofton, Messrs. George Ben, Willie, Clayton and Glenn Crofton and Miss Mary Harden Crofton. Violent Deaths in State Last Week Total 17 - According to state reports there were • seventeen violent deaths in North Carolina last week. There were eight '■ fatalities in which automobiles were involved ,the same number as the previous week. Two more persons were killed violenUy last week than ' the previous seven-day period when fifteen went to their death. Two of the dead were bumed to death and two others were fro sen in the wester section of the State. The other deaths wera attributed to sov eral causes. " - , Advertisers Will Find Our Col umns a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 ARREST SEVERAL IN CONNECTION WITH ROBBERY Victim Fails To Identify Two; Others Prove Alibi ARE SEENIN TARBORO j Same Negroes Believed To Hare At tempted Trick on Salesman At Tarboro Officers in this and surrounding counties have carrii'd on til"close watch in an effort to capture the two engroen connected with the Johnson robbery which took place near Oak City last Wednesday night. Several arrests have been made, but so far the robbers remain at large. Friday night, two negroes* riding in an old model Ford, were arrested near Hamilton. Mr. Johnson was called to identify them,and while their features justified an arrest, Mr. Johnson stat- ' ed they were not the ones. . Sunday, Sheriff Roebuck delayed two negroes on the river bridge heie, but he allowed them to go after they gave their names, told where they lived, for whom they worked, where they had been and where they were going. t- Similar Robbery Planned in Tarboro Two negroes, thought to have been the same ones who robbed Mr. John- -A so* planned a similar robbery in Tarboro Friday, it is reported. A bargain similar to the one entered into by Mr. Johnson was proposed by one of the negroes, but the salesman was out and the deal was apparently called off when delivery of the car was not promised for that night. The negro left, and nothing more was heard from him. The Tarboro man, learning about the Johnson robbery later, investigated the matter and was assured that the negro calling at ilia garage was the same one that had helped to rob Mr. Johnson. POISONLIQUOR CLAIMS VICTIM i Negro Arrested in Durham For Drunkenness Found Dead in Cell Durham, Dec. 18.—Poisoned liquor took its first victim of the Yuletid* season last night in the person of William Rogers, Negro, whose lifeless body was found in the city jail. Ar rested last night on the charge of drunkenness, Rogers was placed in jail until he could sober up and until • bond of his release could be posted. Sometime during the night the poison killed him. The Negro's body was found this morning about 5 o'clock by another occupant of the jail. His body was lying upon the floor of the corridor which extends through the length of the row of cells in the jail. His eyes I bulged from his head and were half i open. I Alcoholic poisoning, caused from i drinking poisoned liquor, raused his i death .according to the decision of ' the coroner and sheriff. Following the examination made by the two officers, the body was removed to the morgue of a Negro undertaking establishment where it will remain ' until his relatives have arranged for ' the funeral or the body is sent to ilthe medical school of the University i I'tvf North Carolina. .Y . : WOODMEN OF ;; EVERETTSMEET Officers for Next Year Are i Elected ;To Be Installed e L In January v y The Everutts Camp, Modern Wood '• men, had a very good meaning Mon k day night, December Mr. Harry Hardy was initiated. Officers " for the next year were elected, and e according to present plans, they will -■ be installed at the first meeting in 8 January which wilt be anounced later. The next meeting of the Camp will be held Monday, December 2J, and it is the request of the officers that 1 as many members lis possible attend to receive the new e ' h Flag Pole Erected on it Post Office Building e "Old Glory" waved Its itara and s stripes in a cold blue aky yesterday n on the new poit office building for • n the Prat time. The flag pole was plac ed on top of the building early in the o morning, and when many of the people n of the town visitfcd the office for their e morning mail, they saw the flag wav '• ing its colors with apparent Joy and pride. , '
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