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Watch the Label on Yonr Paper Aa It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expiree VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER 61 Local Market Nears Three-Million Mark NEARLY MILLION POUNDS ON SALE HERE THIS WEEK Market Was Blocked First Three Days; Cleared Up Thursday -4 1- LOT DAMAGED WEED Sales Slowed Pp Considerably By Damaged Tobacco; Pricea Continue Good Today's tobacco sales on the Wil liamston/market will bring the num ber o£, founds sold during the month a point about equal the sales Toi the same month last yeai 1 , accord ing to official reports made this mom in*. The total sales are around the three million mark, the greater part of the tobacco having been sold here during the past two weeks. Wet wea ther during the first few days great ly interferred with the sales, and had much to do with preventing the mar ket establishing a record for a com parative period. The sales for the week up "to and including those yesterday amounted Ip approximately 800,000 pounds, and averaged a little under eighteen cents. A considerable amount of dam aged tobacco was placed on the floors here this week, and that had much to do with bringing the average down. The sales showed more strength yesterday when the market established the highest average of the week. Today's sale is said to be one of the largest of th week, and the average price is expected to bet ter the one of yesterday, which will mean an average above eighte?n cents. Sales have been unusually slov' moat of. the week on account of the damaged tobaccos, but now that th« blqck is cleared, the sales are pro v. gresring very rapidly. The warehousemen are advisiny the growers to market their tipt a.-* soon as possible, and suggest that the farmers hold the be.st grades » short while. The best tobaccos con tinue to show more strength, and tobacconists say that the bust grade.- are beginning to sell for a price a*/ high and higher than the same grade:- sold for last season'. . y With all blocks cleared away and a majority of the damaged weed sold next week is expected to be ne of the best of the season. With the Irrgest and best set of buyers on the market this year than ever before, Williamston is making a strong bid tor a large percentage of the crop this year, and so far it has estab lished a commendable record. BOY IS RUN DOWN BY CAR li-Year-Old Colored Boy Victim of Hit-arfd-Run Driver Tuesday Friixell Slade, eleven-year-old col ored boy, suffered a broken leg vyhen he was run down by a hit-and-run driver between- here and the fair grounds last Tuesday night. The in was' not great, as only one of the smaller bones was broken. The boy was returning from the grounds alone, and as he neared the home of Mr. E. P. Cunningham three automobiles raced up, one of them the boy on the leg. Mr. Exum Ward heard the cries of the boy a few minutes later, stopped his Car and brought him to here wlu re a doctor was called. The young boy Had failed to return that afternoon at the Request of his mother, and heappears to be taking hir hurts without complaining very much. STRANrV theatre! j I SATURDAY I THE DESERT | . in. RIDER JACK HOXIE Added COMEDY AND SERIAL I "The Golden Stallion" ■ ag THE ENTERPRISE START PAVING ROAD TODAY ft Roberts Paving Co. Begin Work on Link Between Here and Windsor With the arrival of machinery here yesterday, paving was started today by the Roberta Paving Co., on the link between here and Windsor, at the end of the river ifill. According to present plans of tne company, nine feet of the road' friom the end of the fill to the river bridge will be paved, and when that is completed work will be started on the link between the end of the fill and the point where the company first started paving several weeks ago. When that portion is paved, the company will then complete the paving of the other nine feet from the end of the fill to the bridge. While traffic will be slightly held up. the route will not be blocked at an> time, and travel will be handled in the best way possible . Several places have been provided for cars to p«.ss one another on the fill while the construction work is underway. At the present time traffic to Wind sor is being handled over a detour, >bu» within altout two weeks half of the road will be opened and travel may be made over the hard-surfaced halt of the way between the two towns. SUPERIOR COURT ENDS THURSDAY —, — Few Cases Were Tried Dur ing Term, Leaving Con gested Calendar Th* September term of Martin County Superior court was brought to a close here yesterday afternoon when Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Kocky Mount, dismissed the jury from fur ther duty. The cases tried during the term number very few, and aa a whole, little or nothing was done. With few exceptions, the cases on the docket for trial during the term will go over to files already crowded with various questions awaiting settle ment. The hardest fought case of the en tire term was that of Hughes ..gainst Salsbury, in which a verdict was returned in favor of the defen dant at the close of two days' litiga tion. The first poll of the jury was reported to be 7-5. Hughes, a Flor ida man, was suing for $50,(M)0, has ing hie claim on the alienation of his wife's affections. A non suit resulted in the Dickey versus Railroad. The suit came about when Dickey, a highway employe at the time, ran his car into a freight train while it was standing on the track at a crossing in Parmele. The plaintiff lost an eye and received other injuries in the wreck, which happened several months ago. A mistrial was ordered in the divorce suit of Mary Harris vermis Hubert Harris, colored, when it was found that the abandonment charge could not be applied to the case. The plaintiff, it was show in court, had lived a part of Ave years in Vir ginia and two or three years in this State. A mistrial was also ordered in the suit of Biggs and Stalls against A. L. Alexander, the case having to do with a cotton contract. Judge Clayton Moore, of this place, preaided over the court the first week when most criminal cases were up foi trial. Officers Here Place Three Men in Jail Last Njght Three young whftemen, Mid to be from Edenton, were jailed here last night charged with being drunk. One of the three escaped a night's stay in the Jail when he raised a cash bond. The other two were released this morning under bond. '. While driving down the town's Maint street, they hit a ear and were forced to stop. Officers Ramey and Ailsbrooks made the aroeats. —. * Local Hi Eleven To Play Ahoskie Here Today The local high school football team will meet Ahoskie's strong eleven here this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in a sec ond game of the lesson. , The boys art anticipating a win, but it is un derstoo4 that Ahoskie will furnish strong competition. -j Small Fire Near Warehouses Today The volunteer' lire company was called out here Just before the noon hour today when the roof of the two story house next to the Brick ware house caught lire. Little damage was done, and the lire was pat under con trol without the nie of a water line. Williamston, Martin County. North Carolina, Friday, September 28, 19J8 TWO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS BEING BUILT IN COUNTY —s— Progressing Rapidly On Buildings and In Robersonville COST $50,000.00 APIECE Buildings Are Practicalhr Identical; Contract Calls for Completion During Next April 6 Work on Martin County's two new $50,000 school buildings is progressing very rapidly at this time, after a delay oi several weeks caused by unfavorable weather conditions and material short ages. Approximately 35 men are at work on ' the two buildings at the present time, and according to the builders, frame construction and brick work will probably be completed with in ten or. twelve weeks. The contract culls for the completion of both build ings in April of next year, and witli favorable weather the time conditions will be met with all ease. A-fter a delay of three weeks, the heavy timbers arrived here last Friday from South Carolina, anJ today they were practically all placed and covered with sub-flooring. Masons will return next week to continue the brick work now tha ttlie first-floor timbers are placed. Building operations here are being carried on simultaneously with those on the Robersonville building, and the houses will be ready for use each a l»out the same time. With one or two minor exceptions, the two buildings will be alike, having tlu same number of rooms, halls, and like heatiiiK systems. The seating ca pacity of the auditoriums will he the same in both buildings, and will ac commodate over 500 people. The changes notice plans of the two building* number two and are found in the auditorium and over the front entrances. Where the floor of the au ditorium in the hical building is slop ing, the Kobersonville auditorium floor is mostly level. The difference ill con struction will make it possible for the pupils to use the Kobersonville audi torium for athletic purposes. That they will do so is not definitely known «t this time. The other vhauge is no ticed in the construction over the front entrances, the local building having straight line effects, while the en trances 011 the Kobersonville building will have the arch. Aside from this outside difference, the Robersonville building will look the same as the building pictured ofl this page. * Trimmed in cream-colored brick, the walls of the building will be con structed of red brick mainly. The cteam-colored bricks are being used up hi the floor line and above the sec ond story windows an ddoors, cor responding in direct proportions- with those laid near the ground. Four rows of the yellow brickt will be placed in' the center of each building, making for a pilaster effect. Other trimmings around the windows and doors will add to the attractiveness of the build ings. The building will have f%r main en trances, besides others to the boiler rooms and auditorium. FARMER KILLS • WIFE AND SELF Double Tragedy in Nash County Is Caused by Domestic Trouble Wednesday of this\ week, B. It. Morgan, a Nash County farmer liv ing near Castalia' shot his wife dead as she ran away from him screaming tor help. He left the scene and en tered a woods a short distance away and when officers started a search he fired two loads of shot into his own breast. He was rushed to a Rocky STount hospital where he died a few minutes later. Mr. Morgan, who was only SO years old, had had trouble with his wife and was in court last August charge with whipping her. Since that time they had not lived together. Wednesday he took his gun and to his wife's home i.nd as soon as *he saw him, sh e at tempted to run but was shot down. She died instantly. Four small chil dren survive. Qr. Mac Mill an To Be At Baptist Church Sunady In the absence of the pastor Rev. C. H. Dickey, Dr. MacMitlan, Wake Forest, will conduct the serv ices at the Baptist church here Sun day. morning at the regular hours, 11 and 7:30 o'clock. Those who heard Dr. MacMillan when he preached in the church here several months ago will give him a splendid hearing this Sunday morning and evening. It is with regret that the pastor is unabe to be here for the services, but he is at the bedside of his mother, who continues critically ill at her home in Mwyhy. —-- ■ .. The public is invited to hear Dr. UscMillan at either or both of the Sunday services. TWO ARE KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK HERE EARLY LAST NIGHT | ARCHITECTS DRAWING OF WILLIAMSTON S NEW SCHOOL The above is a photograph of the architect's sketch of the new SSO, struction here. The contract calls for the completion of the building next will be practically identically the same as the one being constructed here. ROANOKE FAIR ITS SEVENTH SHOWING HERE TODAY LOCAL HIGHS WIN FIRST GAME Defeat Robersonville Be fore Big Crowd Tuesday At Fair Grounds, 12-0 Kohersonville' strong eleven was turned bark by the local highs lure last Tuesday afternoon, 12 to 0,. in an exceptionally good game.- It was tlie first xaine of the season for both of the teams, and the boys en ticed fully into the play. With the odds slightly in favor of the visitors, the local boys started with a rush, and taking advantage of the first break they carried the ball into their opponents' territory, where it was held during the greater part of the game. Both team's lines held sol idly, and practically all the noticeable gains came through end runs and for ward piytses, the Williamston team completing three out of four passes at tempted. The hoys followed regular college tactics in making ttigir tackles, for they tackled both hard and quick ly, affording few chances for gains. The defense of both teams featured the game, there being verv few first downs made. Clark's run around right end for a touchdown was possibly the outstand ing feat of the game, but Buck Saun ders catch of a high forward pass for tlx second touchdown was probably the most thriving act of the day. Man ning, for the locals, made several good end runs and proved himself one of the team's most reliable ground-gain ers. While both teams worked as a unit, the individual play of Kogerson, Bunt ing, and Roebuck, for Robersonville, wa outstanding. Jim Dawson Cook tniide the stellar tackle of the game when he broke through to down a man several yards behind the line of scrimmage. Federal Agent Gets Two Stills This Week Federal Agent C. F. Alexander, ac companied by Mr. Vance Price, made a rifid in Hear Grass township lant Wednesday and picked up two copper stills, each of about 60 gallon capac ity. A large quantity of beer was found at each of the still sites, but no one was near when the officers en tered the woods. Information was in sufficient to lead to any afrests. Both stills were cold and no liquor was found. ~r « Snow Falls in Several Sections of Country The earliest fall in years has been reported in certain sections of the United £tates. Snow fell in Chicago last Wednesday and a fall was reported in Masia«huiettf jind Penn sylvania. The temperature was down to 46 degrees in New York, the low eft since 1887, when the mercury dropped t0,41 degrees. Light frosts ,have been reported in this section, Kiil it was so light that plants were not damaged. NEW RECORD OF ATTENDANCE SET FIRST DAY Thuxsday Was Big Day; v Thousands of Visitors Attend SWINE EXHIBITS-BEST Poultry Show Smaller Than Expected Due To High Waters Preventing Many Entries from Arriving The Roanoke l air opened here last Tuesday with the greatest lirst-day at tendance yet recorded in the associa tion's history, officials stating that 6,MM) entered the grounds that day. With a clea rsfcy overhead and real lair weather adding lo the spirit of the occasion, the crow'd came from miles around to take in the sights and view the exhibits. It was a «reat day in the fair association's history. There were no wreeks, no accidents, and everything went by in an excellent way. •Wednesday the crowds were not so laige. as many of the fair's/"patrous waited to attend during the big day, Thursday. Another record crowd was in evidence yesterday, but an official check was. not available early this morning. ' A casual survey of this, the seventh annual fair staged* by the Roanoke I'dir Association, brought many and varied opinions from more than a hun dred visitors from all parts of the sec tion. It was generally agreed by those who were here last year that the mid way was not as large as the. one be fore this. The visitors questioned stated that it furnished practically everything in keeping vyitli a fair's midway, and that it was above the average. While quality reigned in the poul try department, the number of birds it! the coops was decreased . The num. ; her of entries was greater than last year, but high wijter prevented the birds reaching here, it was stated, by Mr. C. W. Jacks, superintendent of that Mr. Jacks was pleased with the quality of the show, and said that if it had not been for the high waters, there would have been more birds here than he could have handled. Mr. Jacob Eberly, poultry judge of Oallastown, Pa., offered vet'y favorable comment on the quality of thi show, stating that in on* or two instances it was the best he had ever seen. The main winners in the vari ous classes include: E. T, Welch, Hobgood; D. L. Cuthrell, Goldsboro; F. J.' kJrquhart, Ports mouth, Va.; W. Halberstadt, of this place. » Swine Department la Feature D. M. Roberson's swine department was the center of the whole show when every visitor to the pens stated it was the best ever seen at a fair. With exhibitors here from as far away as Winchester, Ohio, the competition in that department was so keen that the judge, Mr, W. V. Hayes, had a ter rible time making his decisions Mr. Hayea, an expert swine judge, from #— (Continued on back page) ,000 school building now under con- April. The building in Robersonville PRINCIPAL SAYS SCHOOL MAKING GOOD PROGRESS Teachers and Students Are Badly Hadicapped % Lack of Room ENROLLMENT IS 592 —— Uuilding Wa« Erected To Accommo date Only 3SO; Making Best of Bad Situation "Those who might be passing the local school building, which was erect id to accommodate 360 students, while the present enrollment of 592 J'Upils are turning out of the same i'uilding for lunch would get a differ ent impression were they to visit the s hool while all classes are in ses sion," Professor L. H. Davis stated yesterday when asked how the school j work was progressing. "It is true that j the • visitors wpuld find the building - crowded from- basement to garret, | but they would also see order and ! eese of movement on the part of ! both teachers and students," he add- ! ed. * Doubtless the recess arrangements have as much to do with this as either williness of pupils or manage ment of. teachers, both of which are excellent. All grades have recess dur ing the morning except the upper fcur in the high schpol; however, it it not called recess. At various times during tho'morning the several teach ers give their respective grades a period of supervised play on the grounds. Not more than three grades are out at the same time. Soon after the first three grades teachers give they; pupils this recreation peroid, the upper grammar grade teachers take their folks out. This works to the advantage of all concerned as only children of similar age and size tre on the grounds at the same time, thus giving the entire grounds to the primary children at one time and to the grammar grades next. The annual fair problem seems to be solved. Every klay this week all classes have been icut short ten min utes, making the way end at 1:00. The seudents seem'to like this better, iii.d the teachers report better pre pared assignements. Only a few ab sences have been reported and no parents have called for their chil dren. Heretofore when afternoon m ssions were held, dozens of parents called daily during the week for their children to take them to the luir. ThlS 'dtd Hot occur one time dur ing the week. . Due to the fact that the weather turned cold unexpectedly, several classes have been held on the grounds in the sunshine bcause of chilliness in the rooms. The heating plant is being checked over and it is hoped that there will be heat on next week, or that the weather will warm up a ..bit. * 4> r Three Men Arrested for Trying to Climb Fence Three young white men, H. O. Smith, of Gieensboro, H. L. Waters and E. L. Price, of Greenville, were arrested last night . whjpn they at tempted to enter the fjtir grounds by the fence route. Smith stated he was a representative of the Mo toi club. The three men wwie permitted to buy tickets and pass in without other trouble. Advertiser* Will Pfad Ow C«L , utnn* a Latchkey to Ovw WOO Home* of Martin CooMjr ESTABLISHED 189* TWO OTHERS ARE HURT IN CRASH NEAR RIVER HILL Speeding Buick Sedan Hits Truck and Trailer Parked on Road ONE DIES INSTANTLY Both of Men KiUed Were Working For Construction Company That I» Paving Windsor Road James Irving Hoyce, young white man of near Farmville, was killed instantly and Chester Hopkins, color ed of near Greenville, died on the way to a hospital as a result of in juries received in an automobile and truck wreck near the river here on highway 30 early last night. With a part of his head mashed into a pulp end his brains scattered on the road, Uoyce never uttered a sound, it was said by those witnessing the wreck. Hopkins was hurt internally, and though he could issue forth horrible roans, he never recovered from the .hock sufficiently to speak. George Burch, colored and a third party to the wreck, suffe'red a brok en ankle and was badly cut about the face and body when he was hurled from a trailer attached to the truck to a point twenty feet away to the Hide of the road. Although he was badly shocked and hurt, he related a few details in connection with the v.-eck. Reports from a Washington hospital this morning where he was carried soon after the wreck occur red, were very favorable and point to possible recovery. Thrve other men, riding the truck and trailer, were hurt but not seriously. Employees of the Robert* Paving Company, Mr. Hoyce with the five colored men, was here securing hous ing quarters for the company's work men while the road between iierv and Windsor is being paved. Mr. Ecyce, driver, had stopped his true* in front of the home of Phillis Smith, a few yards from Reuben Speller's store, with th e left wheels of the truck and trailer on the hard surface and the right wheels on the ground, while one of the men went to seek a room. Facing toward the liver and on the right side of the yfoad, they were awaiting the return 'of the man who had gone to look for a room when James Mi»elle, 18- ; y ear-old Gardens boy, drove a big Luick around the curve and ran it into the rear end of the trailer, knock ing the truck into a field and damag ing the trailer. It was all over in the twinkle of an eye, and there laid a dead man, another fatally wounded t'fid a third seriously injured. No one could determine just how the accident happened. Fletcher Forte, one of the employes, stated he had just returned to the trailer when he saw the big car com h>g around the curve at a fast rate of speed, that he jumped for the ditch, an while he was hurt, his in juries proved not serious. Offie (.herry told about the same story as was related by Forte. He stated that he saw the car was going to hit the tiailer and thai, he jumped but not ■n* time to miss a blow on his arm. The manner in which Mr. Boyce met his death was very peculiar, none of those the wreck being iible to tell just how it happened. It appeared to some that he was hit by the body when it was knock ed off; others stating that he ;was probably thrown to the pavement and hit by the Huick. Hopkins who was seated by the truck's driver is though to have been hit by a part of the truck, causing his injuries 'to prove fatal. Young Mizelle says he was driving around 36 miles an hour and When hi rounded the curve h e wait on the trailer before he could either turn his car to the left or stop it. Othei than that, he could give no deflnite details ot the wreck. While he escap ed serious injury, he was badly cut und bruised in many places about the body. The Buick ear was almost a total wreck with its engine knock ed out of place ' and the body frame bent and damaged. It was stated by his grandfather that the boy had been requested not u> remove the car from the fair ground until the family waa ready to return to Dardens. He ignored the request and was driving alone when he hit the trailer. After receiving medical attention at a local drug store, he was placed in jail to await u hearing which will be lyld tomor "nw afternoon. * - The white man's body was removed to the home of the parent's, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Boyce, three miles out oi Farmville, this morning. The fath er aad brother of the 4m4 Man came for the body. Funeral services will (Continued on back page)
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