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I £ ltch .*•. Label «« Your Paper As It Carries die Date I When Your Subecription Expires VOLUME XXXI-NUMBER 85 PEANUT EXPOSITION BEGINS HERE TUESDAY BEST PROGRAM i>EVER PREPARED FOR EXPOSITION Combination of Home Tal ent and Professional Acts Will Be Hard to Beat , TO GIVEAWAY 2 CARS Various Town and Counties Have Been Allotted Days To Present Their Program! The best program, in many re greets, has been prepared for the pa trons of the Eastern Carolina Pea nut Exposition to be held here be ginning next Tuesday and on through out the week. Neither time nor rauney » % ha* been spared to make this the bert ■ of the three annual shows. A combi nation of home talent and profession al acts has been booked for the Ave afternoons and nighta. Some rf the headliners on the big vaudeville cir cuits of the country will perform for the throngs that attend. Wednesday, the second day of the exposition, will be designated Pitt acd Beaufort county day. Bethel, Greenville, Washington and Aurora are expected to furnish the local tal ent part of the program for the aec . Mid day. Our neighbors to the east of us will be on hand to celebrat! their day, Thursday, the third day of the show. Bertie boasts of raising more peanuts than any other county in the United States, and that is quite a distinction. Friday will be Washington County Ud all that section—not only Washington, but Tyrrell as well will come to help hold up the honor and reputation of that section. Ply mouth, Roper and Creswell have been called on to show what local talent they have for Friday's program. Saturday, the last day ot the ex-' position, will be known as Peanut day. Peanuts will reign supreme on this the last day. Every child in the whole East will be admitted by pre senting at the door a two-pound bag ' of raw peanuts for each child. In the -event the child can not find the two pounds, he will be admitted for a dime. Not only will the popular peanut be recognized, but on Wednesday the Ford automobile will have full sway. This will be Ford day, and Wednes day night a perfectly brand new Ford coupe will be given away abso lutely free. There will be quite an array of new Fords on exhibition all week. Saturday, the Chevrolet's newest 6- cylinder model will be rocgnised in no uncertain way. A brand new Chevrolet coupe will be given away .Saturday night. Saturday will really be Chevrolet day, it was stated by the exposition maanger, Mr. Newell G. Bartlett. The new showing of the full line of Chevrolets will be on the floor Saturday, one day only. The whole northeastern part of Eastern Carolina has received con siderable publicity from having these annual peanut expositions, and this years promises to offer the beat yet. ♦ ■ Program Of Services - At Methodist Church Dr. O. P. Fits Gerald, Pastor Preaching service XI a. m., subject: "Jesus the Savior King". Evening , service, 7:80. Preaching by Rev. S. A. Cotton, presiding elder of the Weldon district. Sunday school, 9:46. During the Sunday school hour Christinas pres ents will be given to the several classes of the Juniors and other pri mary grades. No prayer service Wednesday even ing. ». The public is invited to join with us in this Christmas service Sunday. | QTRANpv ■ I SATURDAY TYLER "PHANTOM OF ■ THQE RANGE" COMEDY AND SERIAL ■ "PIRAtgS OF THE PINES ■i linn i' ' THE ENTERPRISE • | flbrrg CbriatmaH I . We're most too old for plciyin' * *■ ■ ._, - With (lolls and Christmas toijs, Bui* ain , t too old for say in' We wish you Christmas joys. I " I $ , . ■ -,MT >. u'l, iA I f ,! J —— | She Enlprprtfip "Jam" RECORD&E HAS SIXTEEN CASES * County Court Put in Full Day's Work Here This * W ? ek * Sixteen canes constituted the doc ket in the county recorder's court here last Tuesday, all of them car rying litUe interest The session was longer than many of the others held in the past, Judge Bailey and Solic itor Peel working on the docket the greater part of the day. Found guilty an assault with » deadly weapon,' William Henry JloU erson was sentenced to six months on the roads, but payment of the CQst and pledged good behavior brought about a susepnslon. Lee Purrington, charged with beat ting his sister, was given a two-year buspended sentence on the roads of Edgecombe county when he was found guilty. In a former case, Pur ringtonT was given a six-months sua -1 tended sentence, and when guilt was established in th| last cue, the other eentenc was automatically in effect. The case of Eber Whitchurst, charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon, was continued. On account of hia age Roy Allon, charged with an assault with a dead ly weapon, had his case removed to the juvenile court. A. P. Flannagan wa% fined for swearing falsely in procuring u mar riage license. A nol prose resulted in tha case in which John Hargrove v/r.s charg ed with violating the liquor law. Heber Roberson was found guilty of violating the liquor law and was fined |ls, taxed with the costs and is now under a six-months suspended road sentence. The case of A. L. Smith, charging him with assault with a deadly wea pon, was nol grossed. Nathan and J. C.„Clemmons were foumf guilty of an assault with s deadly weapon, the former being fin ed sl6 and half the costs while the latter was required to pay $lO and the other half of the costs. Pleading guilty of an affray, Paul Griffin was fined sls and charged with the costs. Slade Corey, James Corey, Abram Roberson plead guilty of an affray and were each fined sl6 and taxed with proportional parts of the cost. Uhodsn Peel, charged with the same off en had wot bm tikm. The case charging Jeff Ausbon with assault with a deadly weapon, was no ptqNed. John Bonds, adjudged guilty of a simple assault, was fined #l6 and taxed with the costs. A two year sus pended sentence w»s also included in th ejudgment. C, D. Whitaker was fined $75 and charged with the eosts for driving an automobile while he was intoxicated. His license to drive a car was re voked for a period of nine months. Hi plead guilty in the case and was allowed 90 days to pay the fine and costs of the action. • • •fc in a similar charge to that of Whit aker, Walter Sogers was fined $75 and chscrged with the costs. His li cense to drive a car wai also re voked for a period of nine months. Matt Manning, guilty of gambling ww fined sl6 and required to pay the costs of the action. * • Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, December 21, 1928 CADLY HURT IN ; IN AUTO RECK I Miss Anna Hardison Hurt In Collision Near Jan esville t Miss Anna Hardison, the 16-year t old daughter of E. N. Hardison, of - Jainesville, was seriously hurt Tues • I'i.y in an automobile collision on I Highway No. 90 at Roberson's fill - ii.g station, near Gardner's creek. ■ Miss Hardison was riding in a Ford car driven by her cousin, Dallie l Hardison, and as they were approach * ing the filling station, they we«fe I fctruck head on by a car driven by a colored man. Miss Hardison was thrown out of the car and suffered a broken hip and internal injuries, ap parently of the lung. She was said to ■ be resting very well yesterday. r While both cars were practically f wrecked, no other occupants were 9 hurt in the clash. According to reports the colored r driver was at fault, but no airest " has been made at this time, r . Small Fire Delays Issue of Enterprise » Today n issue of the Enterprise was delayed a few hours when one of the 'i typesetting machines caught fire axvl threw Jlie mechanism out of order. " One of the gas valves developed a leak and the escaping gas caught r from a flame under the metal pot and . for a -few minutes it looked as if the machine, building and all its contents were going to burn. The floor caught fir and the gasoline carried the flames to ceiling, the fire threatening that. Sand was used in an attempt to ' check the flames, hut chemicals were brought into use before the fire was put j under coiitrgl. No alarm was turned in as the employees had the flatnes un der control before an alarm could he I given. Tiie loss is estimated at about S4O, not considering the trouble caused by B throwing all the on the other one * machine in the shop. Several days will be required to replace damaged parts, J but work will he carried on to the best advantage possible until repairs can be made. 1 _ 1 1 First Showing of New # Cars Here Saturday, 29 K The Peel Motor Company will be j all fixed up for the reception of the new 6-cylinder Chevrolet here tomor pjrew week, it was stated by tjjje nieni befl or the firm this The h machine be on displsy Saturday, a in ths exposition building and later in the snow rooms of the company, ac- R cording to present plansr i) Shipments are being made all over - the country, but the showing tvery i) where will be simultaneous, it is un derstood. " - . rt The Messrs. Peels and Roberson are n extending a general invitation to every '• one, asking them to look over the new >- car on the 29th- I. ' »_ s Everetts Woodmen To d Meet Christ mafi Eve r- The Fveretts Camp, Modern YVood -5 men of America, will hold a meeting I- there next Monday night, December !- 24th, it was announced this morning r by ©lie of the order's officers. Import j. ant business will come before the meet y in*, it was stated, and a 'large attend ance is urged. I B| *"V 1* ' 1 %, V. E. P. COMPANY NOW SUPPLYING TOWN CURRENT —•— Municipal Plant Was Shut Down Last Wednesday Afternoon HO REBUILD"SYSTEM Reading of Meters Is Final Gesture Of Town in the Electric Power Business » Closing its plant down at 12:30 last Wednesday afternoon, the town abandoned the task of generating eUctrical 'energy, and at 1:15, just 45 minutes later, tho Virginia Elec tric and Power Company was fur nishing light and power customers with energy transmitted her e from either Ko&noke Rapids, Norfolk, Richmond, Fredericksburg, or some other power station operated by the company. Proper connections were madfe jipon the first trial, and as soon as a few changes could be made jr. a few of the lines, an unlimited supply of power was made available to power and light users here. In making several tests, one or two of the power users were snid to believe that their motors ran slower t» an they once did"; others stated that the lights were not quite as bright, and Dr. H. B. York stated he could not get his X-ray machine to work Instruments at the plant showed ♦ hat the voltage was high and that with a few changes in the present dis tribution system and finally the coin plete rebuilding of it, the Jesuits will be better. There have bfert ftu "Mink ing" lights, since the change and to those operating large motors, tho change was noticed and welcomed. Town employees and those of the power company are making n check of the meter readings, and after the town renders one more light bill, It will be through with the light and power,, business for 80 years, at least. FOX LIVES UP TO REPUTATION * John D. Ifilley Catches One, But Is Outwitted and Reynard Escapes i* "It is'a great thrill to catch a fox with your own hands," Mr. John D. Lilcy stated last night when he told how he. cornered one of the animals on his farm near hare on the Washing ton road Wednesday afternoon. "But it is hitter disappointment to he out witted by one of the sly things," Mr. Lilley continued when telling how he lost his catch. While Mr. Lihtw was working on his furm, a fox wamleVed front its den and after the animal l»d traveled across the highway, it became frightened ai.d turned buck to cross (lie Lilley the old Kiddick farm. Mr. l.illcy had no gun, but turned the fox j from his direction and cornered it be tween two strips of wire. The animal was tied securely and placed in a tack, ready for a trip to town where Mr. Lilley was minting to pen it. While en route to town here the lox I gnawed the extra large cords about hi> feet and (juietly awaited develop ments. "I had opened the sack hardly | enough to allow a streak of light in | when the fox sprung and was away in a second," Mr. Lilley stated in describ ing the attempt to pen the fox. Across a neighbor's yard' and down the street, the fox "ran "swiftly to his fredom in a woods to the edge of U.wn. The fox was said to be of gold en brown color, and had a tail a foot long. ♦ , Colored School Is Restoring Library "In an effort to rebuild our library which wag detAroyed at the time of the burning of our school several months ago, the children started a jirive to created a fund with which to supplement State aid for library purposes," Principal E. J. Hayes of the colored school stated yesterday afternoon. The drive has been under way only a short time, and the last report showed that |40.40 had been contributed to the fund, the donaUons ranging from $lO to 80 cents. Principal Hayes acknowledges the donaUons and wishes to thank the dononi. • ♦ ; Presbyterians Organize Their Sunday School Following their regular preaching service last Sunday, the Presby terians here organised a Sunday school with Mr. John L. Rodgerson as superintendent and Mr. T. B. Bran don, assistant superintendent The ftrat regular meeting of the Sunday school will be held at-#:46, the first Sunday in January, it was announced lust night City Officials and Fire Trucks Are Invited To Be in Parade BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ——« Eight Teams Enter; Draw ing for Opponents Took Place Yesterday Places in the basketball tournament •to be held here the latter part of ex position week weos drawn yesterday when representatives of the eight participating teams came here to ar range the schedule. Although Whit akers, one of the participants in the j tournament, did not have a represen taive, the exposition manager repre sented that team and drew second place. Robersonville, while it con r.idered entering the play, definitely stated yesterday that it would be im possible for its team to take part. Chowan High School was assigned that place, and all arrangements are complete for beginning the tourna ment next Thursday afternoon. According to the schedule fixed here yesterday morning by the sev eral coaches and team representa tives, the following schedule will be in force: Thursday afternoon Chowan High School will play Whitakers; Green ville and Everetts will have the court that night, the winners in the two games meeting again Saturday af ternoon. Friday afternoon, Jamesvillr plays Aulunder and that night Wil liamston will play Plymouth. The winners in each of these two games will play again Saturday afternoon. Saturday night the finals will be played with the winnin gleam in the Chowan High vs. Whitakers and the Creenvllle va Everetts group meet ing the winning team in the James ville vs. Aulander and WiUiamston vs Plymouth group. Rules for the tournament were de cided upon at the meeting held yes terday morning, and indicat'ons point to a hard-fought contest. DR. JOSHTAYLOE DIES WEDNESDAY Washington Physician Was Well Known and Liked In Martin County —• Dr. Joshua Taylor, for years one of North Carolina's leading doctors', died at his home in Washington early Wednesday morning from a stroke of I apoplexy, suffered only a few\ hours In fore. *• Josh, as every body called him, j was 58 years old, born in Washington, j the son of I). I', T.iylor, Sr. He with hit- brother, fJr. Dave, founded the! Washington hospital, the first hospital ' established in a large suroundjng ter ritory. The institution was operated I by the two men as partners until the I death last Wednesday. Besides serving humanity with all his skill, Dr. Taylor was active in the business.and political affairs of his county and town. He was corner for the county and for two years mayor of Washington. Friendly and kind, he was always ready to serve his felow man, and he has relioved hundreds of people of suffering and pain during his life. He will not only he missed in his own immediate section, but our peo-" pie in this county and those from all over the section with also ipiss hint, Interment' was nude yesterday af ternoon in Oak Dale cemetery, Wash > ing, with a large assembly of friends piesent to, pay the last tributes of re- I spect for who had been so dear Baptists Announce Christmas Services As this is the Sunday nearest to Christmas, it will be Chjistmiyi Sun day in the local Baptist church. The day's program will start off with the session of the Sunday school 41. 0:45 o'clock; the Christmas sermon will be delivered at if o'clock, and itf subject will be, "What Christmas Does To Us". The only other service of the day will be the Christmas Twilight Serv ice which will be held in the late af ternoon —at 5 oclock, promptly. There will be no sermon at this service, but there will be three divisions to the program. The first section of the can tata will be rendered; then, the spec ter Christinas offering will be taken. Following this the cantata Will be finished and the people will have the evening in which to attend any other services in town, or to employ them selves as they may like. This church and its pa-stor extends Creatine* to the peopU of this com munity, and wishes that all may have a joyous holiday season. OFFICERS GET 203 GALLONS LIQUOR * Gormer Harrison Released Under $1,500 Bond After Record Catch A stinging blow was dealt the liquor business in this section, yesterday af ternoon when federal prohibition audits captured 203 gallons of the spirits in the home of H. Gormer Har rison, near Bear Grass. With their warrant, the officers were invited to proceed with their business, the own er being many and courteous in the face of what was about to happen. The search was about to prove fruitless when one of the officers dis covered a trap door leading to an open loft above the dinning room and kitchen. The find inventoried: Ten fO-galoii keggs; seven S-gallon kegs, all full of liquor; one 5-gallon kig. hall full; two S-gallon stone jugs; oik 5-gallon glass jug and a number of smaller jugs, containing liquor; j three cases of Old Higland Johnny | Walker; four cases of Peter Dawson; two cases of Queen Anne; one case oi Long John; 25 quarts of Canadian Club; 3> quarts of assorted and un bnindcd whiskey, 24 pint bottles; one [quart of White Horse whi key, and a tiw bottles of OM Pott. With the exception of a few bottles ; lor evidence, thp catch was d'estoryed. Mi. Harrison agreed to appear before a commissioner this morning, and at the hearing he waived examination. He was bound over to tb.- next term o> federal cuurt to be held m Wash ington under a SISOO bond. Besides the capture of the 203 gal lons of liquor, the officers tound a 100 gallon copper still en :ascd in a 200 gallon super-heater, a ten gallon pressure tank, 25 barrels, 13 hundred gallons of beer, and a quantity of other equipment used in running the plant. The name of the plant's owner could not be ascertained by the olfcers, and no arrests in its connection were made. Officers making t|ie raid were C. I' Alexander, M. A. Hill and H. S, Barbrey. PRESBYTERIANS GET PREACHER Rev. F. Marion Dick, of Schoolfield, Va., Accepts Call to Local Church Kev. F. Marion ftick, of Schoolfield, Va., has acceptod the call of the local Presbyterian church and will enter upon h! , new duties soon after the first of the year, it was announced by one of the church officials here last night. During the next several n.onths, the newly-called pastor will niuke his headquarters in Ahoskie where he will serve a church there in connection with the work here. Mr. Dick preaced here a few days ago and the call was tendered hint soon after that time by the newly organized church here and the one in Ahoskle. It la understood he will have charge of the church work in both towns durmg the next several months, or until the local congrega tion erects its building here on the corner of Main and WattS streets. During the past several years, Rev. Mr, Dick has successfully served the Schoolfield Presbyterian Church, and comes here to take charge of the work in this section highly recom mended by the members of the con gregation there. Beginning soon after the first of the year, Mr. Dick will hold services here twice monthly, each first and third Sundays, according to present plans of the local congregation i —* Christmas Cantata at Baptist Church Sunday * A pretty Christmas Cantata will be rendered in the Memorial Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 6 o'- clock. So far aa is known this is the only cantata to be given in Williamstort this Christmas season. It has been ar ranged that this rendition will not conflict with any other religious pro gram in WiUiamston. Coming as it does at twilight, and lasting but an hour, no infringement will be made upon any one's time, or upon the program any other church. Because of ibis arrangement, the pastor said to day that he felt at liberty to invite the general public. He further stated that the program (•romiaaa to be one of the best that has been heard in WiUiamston in many seasons. Advertisers Wffl Rind Our Col. umns a Latchkey to Over 1,600 Homes of Martin Comity ESTABLISHED 1898 PREPARATIONS COMPLETE FOR BIG EXPOSITION Will Be Formally Opened With Parade at 3 O'clock Christmas Day FIRST DATSTROGRAM Program Begins in Exposition Build ing Immediately After The Parade Visitors to the third annual East ern Carolina and Tidewater Virginia Peanut Exposition to be held here next week, beginning; Tuesday and continuing through Satu day, will be heartily welcomed by Williamston and its citizens. Extensive prepara tions ire being made by the town wid its residents in an effort to enter tain and make the thousands of guests experti d, feel at hniiK- while here. For almost a week the center of at traction in this entire section will be in the annual show that comes here for the first time since it was made one of Eastern Carolina's main an nual events two years ago. Streets and buildings are being decorated ill keeping with the season of the year, and even though business is in its rushing stage, many people are giv ing the event much attention in pre paring for the show. The first feature of the show will be the parade Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The parade will form in front of the courthouse in time to begin the ime of march "promptly al " " o'clock. The cars and floats will march up Main street to the cortier, of the Atlantic Hotel and will go fcrm there to the warehouse, the new llrick, where the exposition will be held. The Caief Marshal, E. G. Anderson, is very anxious to have all cars that will, join the parade whether they are "fixed" or not. Just tie a little rit bon or bunting on the wheels and give the cars to Christmas air Will be all that is necessary to make a pretty line. The Hoy S"outs, the City officials, headed by Mayor Kobert I* Coburn, the city fire department, and other organizations of the town are urged to enter the parade. Officials are urg ing the people to give the exposition a big send off by making possible a real parade. James Mahugan's Juvenile band, of Kinston, will lead the parade in stead of Smith's tobacco breakers, of Kobersonville, as was announced a few days ago. The band carries 15 pieces and is a feature within itself. The exposition will In' formally opened at 3:30 in the limit ware house by Dr. A. S. Oliver, president of the Eastern ('arolins. Chamber of Commerce. Addressc 4 welcome will be made, and otliui short talks are scheduled as a part of the open ing exercises. Professional free acts and concerts will feature the first af ternoon's program, but due to a last minute change no locaftalent enter tainment will be staged until the night session. The Carolina Bucca neers will arrive here Monday to take pt»rt in the week's program. Opening for the evening program at 7:00 o'- clock, the exposition will offer a con cert by the Buccaneer* at 7:80; the Delmore Trio at 7:45, and the Paren tos at 8:00. Rober«pnville takes thr stage at 8:30 when a large number of its' best singers will render a can trta. At 9:00, the Zaftder-Gump wedding will be staged by Everett's best local talent. Following local tal ent by Hamilton and Jamesville, Wil liamston, will present "The Peanut in the Making." A review of the ex hiblts will then be "in"order wfttT'a dance following at 11 o'clock.' 1 No Issue Oi Enterprise' * To Be Printed Tuesday While Christmas is greeted with much fervor, the holiday itself looms big to the members of the Enterprise force. We'll have no early week edi tion, and the office will close Saturday not to reopen until the day after Christmas. The custom to observe two or three days at this time of the year has been followad for a. long 'ime, in fact, too long to attempt to k> other than follow custom again. members of the force are planning? to be out of town a day or two, and tfje others will enjoy the few days' vacation at home. The en tire foiea take* time out just now to wiah every advertiser, subscriber and friend the happiest Christmas of all tinea.
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