* 'I ■ ■ Week tie label em Pear Peper; it Cenies the Dete Tern Subscription Expires VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 3 TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET HELD THURSDAY Dr. Warren Warns Against Epidemic of Measles Here ELECT NEW OFFICERS Ml*. Lforman Reelected President; Mrs. O. N. Gurganua, Vice Prendeat In a abort address before the par ent-teacher association yesterday af ternoon Dr. Wm. Warren warned againat an epidemic of meaalea here, ateting that the disease should be carefclly guarded in its first stagoa to keep it from spreading. "Malnutri tion of Children" was the topic of a payor read by Dr. Warren, in which bo showed bow many diaeaaes could bo avoided by properly feeding the cHU. Next Friday the children will have a half-day holiday when an Arbor Day ptagiam will bo given, each grade taMng part. 11M mooting yesterday brought to a claae the 1#27-'2B term of office for the aaaoeiation heads, and new officers ware elected. For the new term, Mrs. W. C. Li verm an waa unanimously re elected, she accepting upon the con dition that the nominating committee name another for president to relieve her at the end of the present school w term. Mra. G. N. Gnrganua waa elect ed Mm association's new vice president, Mra. Mlltoa Moye is the new secre tary sad Mra. R. J. Peele waa made treasurer. Mrs. R. A. Pope will have charge of the programs. Yesterday, the aaaoeiation planned to aaahs sad distribute sandwiches ts | the school children. This task will be £. under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Thig pea, Mrs. G. N. Gurganua and Mra. C. B. Clark RECORDER HAS • BUT FEW CASES Tuesday's Session Provides Little Of Interest To Spectators . — * The last Tueaday session of the rooordai'a court held here went by un featured, there bsing but a few minor cases before Judge Bailey, J. O. Willis plead not guilty to sn assault with a dsadly weapon charge, and the case was continued one week when the eoart disagreed with the dependent's plea. Lse Purrington plead guilty to sn assault upon a female and waa aen tsnced to the county jail for aix months with leave to be hired out to .Edgecombe county road authorities. The sentaaos was suspended, however, - upon ths payment of the cost of the aaMsw and ths good behavior of the dafsndaat during that time. Tommy Maaaon plead guitly in his cas» aad prayer for judgment was con tianed one wash. John Williams, charged with Isrceny and receiving, failed to appear, and capias waa iaaued. The case of William Sykes, aasault with a deadly weapon, waa continued for one wash. ■ W. H. C. Sykes, charged with non support, plead not gnilty to the charge. The court heard bis case and continued It for one week. Charged with paasing worthlesa chseks, judgment against H. H. Hol- Isaaan was suspended upop his paying tfen cost ef the action, after he plead guilty to the charge. Ladies Aid Society To Serve Supper Tonight . • The Ladies Aid society of the Meth odist church will serve a supper st the Woaaans club this evening at 6 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. STRANrv THEATRE I J | SATURDAY •CASEY JONES' The Greatest Railroad Picture Ever Filmed THREE SHOWS 3:30 7:00 9:00 Also Two - Reel Comedy And Serial MO ADVANCK IN PRICKS Theatre Well Heated THE ENTERPRISE POUR 10 GALLONS LIQUOR IN SEWER Thirsty Crowd Looks On As Dry Officer Empties Keg in Gutter' _ -E Without any ceremony whatever, Prohibition Officer C. F. Alexander sent John Barleycorn to a gutter grave Jpre yesterday afternoon when he poured ten gallona of captured liquor out on the Main atreet. A group of people, some thirsty perhaps, ailently wept aa the last drop left the keg and ran to the street sewer a few feet away. Turner Bonds, colored helper in the Dunn Plumbing shop, was greedy however, for he expressed a desire for aome of the runnings for his wife. Others would have been content with a drink for their own uss. OAK CITY SCHOOL AND TOWN NEWS Test Given All High-School Pupils Friday; Flag- Raising March 18 Oak City, Msr. B.—(Special to the Enterprise).—The picture show, un der the auaplcea of the parent-teach er association gave "The Manaion of Aching Hearta" Wednesday night in the achool auditorium. The Terman Group Test of mental ability waa given to all high achool pupils, Friday morning in the achool auditorium. The first preliminary hearing in the Oratorical Content will be Fri day afternoon, March 16, in the achool auditorium. With the Junior Order of the Ameri can Mechanics in a body from Rob ersonville and other slater lodgea, the regular form of flag raising will be held Sunday afternoon, March 18, at 2:30 o'clock. Miaa Doris Rawla, who ia working in Greenville, apent the week end with her mother Services were conducted both morn ing and evening at the Baptiat church by the Rev. Mr. Leggett, of Windsor. Mra. Wilbur Woraley has aa her gaeat bar brother, Mr. Wilbur Bar ratte. Mra. A. F. Walker, mother of M>aa Burton Walker, matron at the teach erage, ia seriously ill. Mr. J. B. Whitfield's family is bet ter of diphtheria and will soon be ready for school again. « The four Tyson girls, Misses Ward, Vivian, Lurlyn and Hazel from the Belvoir High School, were given a cordial reception in the local school. * Mrs. G. W. Young Dies In Raleigh riends here will regret to learn of the death of Mrs. George W. Young at the home of her sister, Mrs. Mor rison Bethea, in Raleigh, last Tues day night Mrs. Young who waa an invalid, had made her home with Mra. Bethea since the death of her hue band about a year ago. The funeral and interment were at Clinton, S. C., the home of the deceaaed, yesterday. Mra. Young viSited here during the residence of Rev. and Mro. Bethea, and made many friends. She possessed a charming peraonality and William ston people remember her pleaaantly. Rocky Mount Man Fined For Speeding Charged with reckless driving and speeding, Fits Rawls, young man of Rocky Mount, was fined flO and costa in Mayor*a court here last Tueaday afternoon. At the trial, Rawla main tained that he waa not in the car when it was said the reckleaa driving and apeeding took place, but the evi dence heard suatained the State'a charge. ' Mayor Coburn atated that the fine waa a a mall one, but since it waa the firat offense be would not demand the defendant to pay mors. The trial comae aa a warning to careless auto drivers here, the mayor pointed out yesterday while talking about ths caae. Deputies Capture Two Stills On Wednesday Deputies S. H. Grimes and J. H. Roebuck captured two atilla a mile east of Bear Grass Wednesday morn ing. The first, an 80-gallon complete copper outfit waa warm when the of ficers arrived and from appearances the operators had just completed their run and moved the liquor away. The atill waa provided with the two worm doubler system. There were a bont 1200 gallona of beer found at this place. Around 160 yards away/the officers found another am all still hidden in the thick s bushea, and nearby they found two new empty kegs. Mrs J~ L. Robertson left yesterday for Dunn where die will visit for sev eral days. ) Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, March 9,1928 WOMAN'S CLUB IS BACKING BETTER ENGLISH WEEK Week From March 12 to 17 To Be Observed By Local School CONTEST ARRANGED Child Who Makes Most Corrections And Fewest Mistakes To Be Awarded Prise After much road building with a corresponding development in manu facturing and farming projects, it has been wisely put by some one that North Carolina should tum her atten tion in the direction of culture. Her advancement in material wealth has been marked, and we would not have it otherwiae; but, we are pleading for more attention to be given to cul tural values. The State President of the North Carolina Federation of Women'a clubs, Mrs. T. O'Berry, is making every effort to influence the units of her organizaiton to make this a year of acquiring knowledge and passing it on. She is making Educa tion the keynote of her administra tion. Through the columns of the Enter prise, the local club has already ex pressed an active interest for an in crease in educational opportunities and advantages for the people of the community. A library for Martin county located in the county seat ia not beyond the materialisation of our hopes. We earnestly want to aee such an institution in Martin county. Other counties have them, and we can aee no reasonable cause for our not hav ing as much as others in like circum stances. Under the general topic of Educa tion,'we believe a campaign for the promotion of Good Engliah in every walk of Ufa can be launched here in Williamston with great benefit com ing from it. We are deaignating the week from March 12 to 17 aa Better Engliah Week, and it ia hoped that everybody will join handa in trying to make this effort for better lan guage a success. "The manner in which one apeaks his mother tongue ia looked upon aa ahowing more clear ly than any other one thing what his culture ia and what his aaaociatea has been". lan't this a challenge to every interested citisen to champion the cause of good Engliah in order that it might be correctly spoken by both old and young T In the form of a dim test, a program for the school children has been plan ned. In the spirit of corrective and helpful criticism children ahd adulta will be reminded of their defective speech. In the achool the child who makes the most corrections and fewest mistakes during this week will be given a priie. It ia hoped that the'adulta will profit by the work of theae young grammarians. Thia ia not a campaign peculiar to Williamston. All the towns in the State have either had auch a cam paign or are plannine one. It ia well worth our time; so let'a not fail to put aufficient enthusiasm into it aa will be necessary for ita success. The chairman of the Better-Engliah-Week committee of the Federated Women'a clubs of North Carolina has sug gested that thia week may be observ ed beneficially ia the home. Her plan would be for a certain time to be aet aside for oral reading and a dis cussion of family habita of apeech. In every caae put forth every effort to curb the use of alang, violent ex pressions aad sharp remarks in/the home, the school, and in the com munity. Allow me as President of the Wil liamaton Woman's club to urge every citiien aa well aa member to aee that all our children are taught to uae good language and that the children with unfavorable home surroundinga become special objects of our atten tion. LOUIE P. MARTIN. Kiwanis To Entertain Two Basketball Teams Membera of" ESie Everetta and" Jameaville basketball teama and theit coaches will be the guests of the Williamston Kiwania club next Wed nesday. Both of these teama have won state-wide mention during the paat two seasons, Jameaville winning the pennant at the East Carolina Peanut exposition held in Windaer in 1926, and Everetta winning state champion ship thia year at Chapel Hill. Regular Meeting Ot Everetts Woodmen The regular meeting of Everetta camp, M. W. A. will be held Monday night, March 12. All membera of Modern Woodmen an cordially invit ed to attend and the membera of the above camp are urged to be preaent. Som real work ia to be done at thia meeting and it is necaaary that the fbll membership be preaent, if pos sible. - ' • SUNDAY SCHOOL MEET SUNDAY • , Hamilton and Poplar Point Townships Convention At Hamilton A meeting of the Hamilton-Poplar Point Townshipa Sunday aehoola will be held Sunday afternoon, March 11, at 3:30 in the Missionary Baptist church in Hamilton. All Sunday achool officera and teachers are urged to at tend and the membera of Sunday aehoola of all denominations are in vited to be present aa it ia an inter denominational meeting. A splendid program, including the following topics, has been prepared: How To Teach a Sunday School Lesaon and the Teacher'a Work Be tween the Sundays—R. J. Peel, The Worker*a Council and Its Work—Rev. J. H. Hale, How To Have a Bigger and Better Sunday School—Mr. J. S. Ayers, General Diacuaaion Representa tives of each Sunday achool. The program will laat not more than an hour and twenty minutes. SECURITY BOYS BEST RALEIGH Y Carolinas-Virginia Champs Defeated Here Last Night, 34-30 \ The Raleigh Y basketball cham pions in North and South Carolina and Virginia met with defeat here laat night 34 to 80 at the handa of Pete Fowden'a Security Ufa boya. It waa one of the beat games of the season played on the local court. The locala were off to a good atart in the firat period, ending the half 18 •to 9. Raleigh came back atrong in the second half, and in the laat quarter the viaitora tied the acore 29 all. Williamston took ita turn - then and registered four points from the field and one from the free-throw line. The Y boya were held acoreleaa from the field during the remainder of the game. « Spence for the viaitora led the acor ing attack by caging 17 of his team's 34 points. Gaylord and Potto, for the locala, were high scorers. While the game waa featured by the swift paaaing of the Raleigh team, the locaU' victory waa attributable In a large way to the excellent guarding of Margolia and Warrington. Black and Red Minstrel Revue Tuesday Night Meeting with auccess in their home town and many others in East em North Carolina, forty-eight young men of Rocky Mount are pre paring to stage their Black and Red Minstrel Revue here next Tuesday st the Strand theatre. The ahow, accord ing to reporta from several of the towns where it has shown, comparea favorably with the big ones handled by professionals. However,-It might be said that the Black and Reds car ry several profeaaionala and others equally aa good aa profeaaionals. In importing the first performance of the revue, the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram says: "Playing before s large audience in the auditorium here the Black and Red Revue opened with a variety of burleaque, songa and vaudeville acts that proved to be the most entertaining In many moons. The cast which included many stars from "Meyera Merry Minstrels" and other notable deans of minstrelsy proved to be everything that waa claimed for it. " * * The aecond part was made up almoat entirely of individual acta opened with Nelaon Edwards and Company in a series of breath-taking acrobatic atunta featuring Nelson and Edwarda. Kirt Aurich, direct from Germany proved himself to be a finished gymnast while Thaxton Row land aa the "Rube" and accomplice came in for many laugha." Christian Church Services Sunday 9:45, Sunday achool ; 11:00, Morning worahip. Subject— "The Miniatration of the Church." At the concluaion of the service, the el ders and dealcons will lie installed for the coming year. Every officer who has been elected to theae offices is eapecillay urged to be present. 7:30, Preaching aervice. Subject— "A Forward Look." School To Observe Better English Week Next week will be known aa "Bet ter Engliah Week" with the local achool. The Woman'a club is planning to give each pupil a tag, which will be worn by that pupil during the entire week, unless some other pupil takes him or her up for using im proper Engliah. In that caae the user of bsd English loses his tag to the one correcting him. The pupil wear ing the most tags at the end of the week will be swarded a prise by ths club. FEDERAL AGENTS GET FIVE MEN AT STILL TUESDAY Destroy Three Stills and Pour Out Large Quantity Of Beer Mash FOUR RAISE BONDS J°« Parker, Colored, of Only One of Quintet Captured Who Is Still in Jail * Tuesday, Prohibition Agent P. L. Flinchum with assistants visited the Cratt neighborhood, this county. They rat found a still with no attendant ex cept Billy Cratt's friendly little dog which acted so friendly that the of ficers decided the little animal's only connection with the distillery was to meet and entertain early arriving guests. After the officers had looked around for a while the'little dog 'an home to get breakfast, and, in some way, inform his master that early visitors I had arrived and were waiting. At any rate, Mr. Cratt and little doggie came wandering to the still but when they reached the spot, the officers raised up. Mr. Cratt ran, but was caught. The still was not more than 4(H) yards from Mr. Cratt's house and even though a very plain and much used path led to his house, Mr. Cratt did not know anything about it. Mr. Cratt, the still and and 1600 gallons of beer were captured. The beer was poured out, the still and Mr. Cratt were brought here where Mr. Cratt was required to give bond in the sum of S6OO for his appearance at the spring term of federal court In Washington, April 16. Only a hundred yards away from this i still, two other officers were guarding another still whew* a white man and a negro, Joe Parker, were operating. When the officers walked up, Joe, taking them for customers, smiled and let them reach him, but the white man applied the rule of safety firstand fled. One of the officers chased him, but the moonshiner suc ceeded in getting to his car Qnd made a get away. Joe said he did not know the white man, that he had ndver seen a still before, that a strange white man and a boy invited him down to see some thing. Joe was brought here together with the still, other equipment and around twenty-five gallons of liquor had been poured out togethei with a quantity of beer. Owing to the singular circumstances that Joe had never seen a still be fore and had been invited down by strangers simply for an observation, and because of the fact that Joe is a resident of the City of Washington, order that he may reach his home in safety he was placed in the Martin County jail and will be escort ed to the city of his nativity on the 16th t>t April to relate his strange experience to Judge Ike Meekins un less he furnishes a SI,OOO bond to guarantee his voluntary visit t» the court. Wednesday, C. F. Alexander, fed eral agent with a few assistants, went to the "Islands" where they struck a warm trail and soon found a batch of beer, several empty bar rels, a big still ready to be placed on the grates and a third of a barrel of liquor. No one was present but the work looked so fresh the officers were, sure some body would soon appear and concluded to remain and watch developments. In less than five min utes, Tobie Barber, Harvey Perry aol Henry Stevenson were aeen coming, one with a bag of corn meal, one with a bag of rye meal and the other one with a bag of sugar. The officers caught two of them, Tobie succeeded in escaping at that time. He was pick ed up later at his home by the officers. They were brought to Williamston and succeeded in raising a SSOO bond each to appear at Washington, the 16th of April. Local Agency Delivers Second of New Fords The Williamston Motor Company delivered ita second Ford, a Tudor sedan yesterday to Bryant Peel, of Everetts. It is said that Mr. Peel call ed for the car early last night and drove it home where he spent the night in it. Messrs. N. C. Green and Julian Harrell brought the car from Norfolk yesterday. The local dealers are expecting to receive another car the middle or the latter part of next week. Several Cases Measles Are Reported Here While many sections of the county have had numbers of cases of measles during the past few weeks, the first eases of the diseases were reported here this week. The exact number of eaaes is not known, but it U under stood that there are cases in several parts of the town. Many children have been sent from school, but at the pres ent time, the situation is not con sidered to be serious. MRS. TUCKER'TO BE BURIED HERE Died At Home of Mrs. E. M'. Gordy, in Selma, Last Night Mrs. Lizzie Tucker died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. M. Gordy, in Selma, last night at the age of 77 yeSrs. Two weeks ago Mrs. Tucker suffered a stroke of paralysis and gradually grew worse until the end came last night. Mrs. Tucker was born and reared in Williamston ,the daughter of Wm. Johnson and Mary E. Watts Johnson. She married John Tucker, who died several years ago. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Carrie Jones, of Durham, two sons, Jesse Tucker, of Hertford and John Tuck er, of Elizabeth City and three daugh ters, Mrs. E. M. Gordy, of Selma, Mrs. Arthur Brock, of Smithfield and Mrs. Archie Turner, of Norfolk. For the past fifteen years Mrs. Tucker has been away from William ston, making her home with her chil dren. The funeral will be held from the local Methodist church tomorrow af ternoon at two o'clock. SCHOOL NEWS OF ROBERSONVILLE Senior Class To Take One- Day Trip To Norfolk Next Month For some time, members of the senior class have been wondering where they would go for the annual senior trip. Their desire to know was satisfied a few days ago when Supt. Leake made the announcement that, if desirable, he would plan a bus trip to Norfolk. This suggestion met with unanimous approval, and since he. has been negotiating with various bus lines to see which would offer the most reasonable bid. Plans are now to leave by bus for Norfolk for a one-day trip the last of March or the first of April. ' v. During a recent society program rendered by the Robersonian Literary society, th efollowing original pieces were given. The first is a poem on "Friendship" by Frances Faulkner, and the second, Edna Barnhill's "Acrostic on Friendship,,' that won' the decision of the judges in the acrostic contest. At this meeting talks on Friendship as well as illustrative material from literature and the Bible were indicative of the appreciation the students had of the real meaning of friendship. It is true that it is rather early to begin insisting that you attend the next parent-teacher meeting. We have a very good reason, though—we know that you will enjoy the varied Sogram that is being prepared by e elementary school. Each grade, beginning with the first and "conclud ing with the seventh is preparing one or more attractions for the meeting. He sure to attend the preliminary try-out for the best oration relating to the Consolation. This will be held in the school auditorium on Friday evening, March 16. The speakers will be Paul Koberson, John Robert Jen kins and Vernon Ward. JOSEPH GURKIN DIES THURSDAY Was One of County's Oldest Citizens; Funeral Held This Afternoon Joseph Gurkin, one of the county's oldest citizens, died at the County Home last night and was buried in the Nicholson graveyard, four miles from here this afternoon. Mr. Gurkin, around 83 years old, was born on the Roanoke river where he shed and hunted for a living until a grown man. He was married twice, first to Miss Adaline Quinn. To 'this union there were born two daughters, Jane and Josephine who died many years ago, and one son, Charles Gur kin who was last heard from in Oak land, Cal. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Gufkin married Miss Har riet Quinn, who died a few months later. x Mr. Gurkin then left the farmland, returned to the hunting grounds of the old Roanoke where, for fifty years he lived by the aid of his gun and ftgKfhg nets. He was as alert as the Indian, and had the eye of an eagle even until a few gears ago when his health failed. Upright in his dealings with his fellow man, it is said of him that he never complained. If the weather was fair or stormy, or if he was in want or had plenty, he never murmured. His close associates say they never knew of a single instance of false hood or dishonor in his whole life. He wa sjust humble and friendly tp all creatures! M. P. Williams, of Tarboro was j here this afternono. Advertisers Wut Find Our Col umn* a Latchkey to Over lfiOO Homes of Martin County ESTABLISHED 1898 EVERETTS WINS NON ACCREDITED SCHOOLS' TITLE Defeated Tyro in Chapel Hill Tuesday Night, ; ; r_ 18 to 7 DICK CHERRY STARS Brings First State Championship Title To County; Cherry Alone Scored Enough to Defeat Westerners A win, 18 to 7, over Tyro in Chapel Hill .last Tuesday night gave Everetts and Martin county their first state wide basketball championship title. For several seasons the Everetts boys have been runnersup in tournaments and championship series, but Tues day they continued in their true form and turned the western lads back by a good margin. Before going to the finals in Chapel Hill Tuesday, the boys had cleared the eastefti field by large scores in the championship group games, and while a closer score was expected in thqtffinal match, the victory did not come as a surprise to fans and sup porters back home. Tyro, the,little town near Lexing ton, made eVery effort possible to bat tle successfully with Everetts' ext ern champions, aAH four times during the game the western lads called time out in an effort to checjc their op ponents' advances. It was all useless, for Cherry alone topped their score g when he made ten .'of his 1 ' teams' eighteen points. SMALL FIRE WEDNESDAY Is Third Call for Fireman in As Many Days; Little Damage Done Wednesday, about noon, the local fire company answered its third call in as man days when it went to pu; out a fence fire at the upper end of Main street. Carelessness, as was tho caso in the other two fires, was given as cause of the Wednesday fire. Chief Henry Harrison continues his plea to the citizens of the town to be more careful in their efforts, to prevent i fires, but judging from the record this week, the fire chief's plea has been in vain. Pre-Easter Service At Baptist Church "Who, then, can be saved?"-will be the text used Sunday morning, and is found in Matt. 19:25, At the even ing hour the subject will be, "What it means to be sayed". Responding to the quickening re ligious impulses whioh ooniu,at the pre-Easter season this church is in ■ creasing its activities in these days. The pastor is preachjng on evangelis • tic topics, and the people are attend ing in unusuallyjjood numbers. . Beginning on the lirs t.Sunday in April this church will have a School which will run for a full week, ending on Easter Sunday morning. The pastor will open the doors of the church on Easter morning and the church is expecting to hold a baptism service sometime during the day. Those contemplating uniting with this church will please bear this in mind. The women of the church have been engaged 411 week in a study course at the church. The children are attending the church services in greater num bers than usual. The music has been unusually good in the past weeks, and the choir is already planning its Easter musip. We invito the puWic to worship with us, especially in these important days. This church extends its feeling sym pathies to Mrs. C. O. Pardocand lit tle Jimmie, and to the Episcopal church, now without a Shepherd. And if there be Anything whatsoever that this church or its pastor can do to wards furthering the interests of that church, it will be glad to do so. Gives Demonstration Of * Oils Here Last Night Showing the action of certain motor oils under a high temperature and at zero, Mr. E. H. Wlllenbucher, of the Texas Company, advanced many in teresting and valuable facts about various oils in a striking demonstra tion here last night at the Central Service Btation. Mr. Willenbucher took the various grades of Texaco oils and showed what they would do in zero weather. At eight degrees above zero, Texaco super heavy ran" freely. Then at s high temperature, he showed what the same oil would do by placing drops of it on a hot p&te. The amount of car bon left on the plat* was negligible, and this according to the representa tive is a vital Castor in motor lubri cation.