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VOLUME XXXVI—NUMBER 65
GOOD BUSINESS
REPORTED HERE
LAST SATURDAY
Increase In Business That
Day Said To Be Greatest
Here in Several Years
Local business establishments re
ported a marked upward trend in
trading last Saturday, many merchants
stating that the day was one of the
best from a business standpoint they
had experienced in several years.
Conservative buying, for the most
part, marked the trading activities for
the day, it was stated by a number of
the merchants. In other words, the
traders were buying necesities they
had been doing without for some time.
Local merchants are cooperating in
every way possible in the NRA move
ment, it was learned from the mer
chants association here this week.
Prices have been advanced only in
proportion to the increased costs of
new merchandise. Goods on hand be
fore the increased prices went into
effect were, as an almost unanimous
rule, sold at the old price levels, af
fording the buyers every break pos
sible. There is very littTe old stock
on hand in local stores now, but the
merchants have hundreds of bargains
awaiting careful and conservative pur
chsers.
Sheriff C. B. Roebuck, the county
tax collector, said lie did not have
such a good week last week, as far
as tax collections were concerned, but
almost every one hopes to see him
later or just a* soon as the backs are
covered and the feet are shod for the
fast-approaching winter months.
STATE FAIR ACTS
AT ROCKY MOUNT
Is Almost a Reproduction
of Amusements Seen
At State Fair
The State Fair at Raleigh did not
end last week, instead it hat moved
almost in its entirety to Rocky
where it is operating this week.
This fact was learned after Norman
Chambliss, manager of the State Fair
and vice president of Kocky Mount
Fair, had (ailed Manager C. W. Jacks'
by long-distance telephone and told
him that he had been successful in his■
attempt to have almost all of the State'
Fair attractions agree to show in
Rocky Mount this week at the fair,
which started Monday.
"This means," Mr. Jacks said, "that
the Rocky Mount Fair will be a great
deal larger and better than any of us
dared hope for. Before Mr. Cham-1
bliss had reached an agreement with
these attractions, we were planning
about the biggest fair Rocky Mount
ever had, but now it's going to be'
three or four times that big."'
included In the list of attractions
will be the Winter Garden Review. J
a musical novelty with a large girls'
chorus, which has created a sensation
at the State Fair. This act alone is '
expected to increase materially the al
ready large number of patrons expect
ed.
Other acts on the list include Billy
Ritchy's Water Show, featuring high
diving stunts; the Relmut troupe, show
ing tight-wire walking feats; the Ara
bian Follies, an acrobatic act; Melino's
comedy and novelty act; Pallenburg's
trained animals and circus act and
Max Gruber's elephant show, featur
ing trained elephants in a comedy at
traction. _.diWiir- J
All of these, of course, are in ad
dition to the large number of attrac
tions pfeviously announced. The
World of Mirth shows on the mid
way will contain 34 separate attrac
tions including 14 "thrill" rides.
Track events will include motor
cycle and automobile racing, climaxed
by what is expected to be the biggest
thrill of all —a head-on collision be
tween two automobiles going at the
rate of 40 miles an hour.
Martin Farmers Have
Started Picking Peanuts
Farmer* in parts of Jamesville and
Robersonville Townships started pick
ing peanuts last week, but it is un
derstood the picking operations were
stopped today on account of unfavor
able weather.
The picking operations are well ad
vanced this season, the dry weather
having been ideal for the crop. Some
farmers, however, are of the opinion
that it is unusually early to take the
nuts from the vines.
Mrg. Brown Has Accepted
Position with Local Store
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Mrs. Anna Bell Brown has accept
ed a position with Bacnhil! Brothers
in their atore here. Mrs. Brown, pop
ular with i large clientele throughout
this entire section, entered upon her
new duties this morning.
THE ENTERPRISE
Advantages of Local
, Be Outlined at Booster Meet Friday Night
Several hundred local citizens
will be called and fanners from
all sections will be invited to at-
I tend a tobacco market booster
meeting- at the courthouse here
Friday night of this week at 7:45
i o'clock. A meeting that will be
of interest to every one is assured
and a large attendance is urged.
The meeting scheduled for last
evening was adjourned after vari
ous committeea were named, and
preliminary arrangements were
made for a campaign in the in
terest of the Williamston market.
Sales Supervisor Pritchard, talk
ing with the committees last night
explained that the market had ai-
I ready sold more tobacco so far
I SHORT SESSION
OF CONGRESS IS
THING OF PAST
Next Regular Session Of
! Congress To Convene
i Early Part January
j Washington, 1). C- —The Twentieth
Amendment was officially written into
the Constitution this week, automati
cally forbidding any future short ses
sions of Congress of the type that so
( frequently in the past has wound up
I in a blaze of filibustering oratory.
, Carrying the distinction of being the
only change in the constitution to re
ceive unanimous ratification by the
48 states, the new article also estab
lished a record for the speed by which
lit was approved by them. However,
j when there were about a third as
I many states, in 1804, the Twelfth
| Amendment was approved in the
I speediest time of all—about eight and
a half months.
Although three-fourths of the states
—all that is necessary—ratified the
20th amendment within one year
after it was submitted to them
March 2, 1932, by its own language
I it did not become effective until the
first October 15 after it was ratified.
I Abolition of the lame duck session,
I which permitted senators and repre
sentatives defeated in the biennial
i elections to help make laws during
j the session after their defeat, for near
ly 10 years was an annual controversy
between the Senate and House,
j Senator Norris, independent Repub-
I Ikan from Nebraska, author of the
resolution, held out for two indter
minate sessions of Congress. Repub-
I lican leaders in control of the House
i remained steadfast for a limitation on
the second session. Not until the
Democrats gained control of the
I House in December, 1931, was it fav-
I orably considered.
By eliminating the three-month
i lame duck session, the amendment
i moved from the first Monday in De
cember to January 3 each year the date
.for Congress to assemble. It permits
a newly elected Congress to begin op
erating the legislative machinery with
in two months after election instead
of 13. -> .
In addition, it moved from March 4
I to January 20 the inaugration date for
[ jphe President and vice president. In
I doing this President Roosevelt's term
! will be cut short by almost two
months and he will lose about $9,000
of his salary.
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Local Eleven Wins Over
Ayden Team 33 To 6
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Coach "Frosty" Peters' eleven
bosted its stock considerably in the
estimation of local fans last Friday,
when a 33 to 6 victory was entered
the records against the strong
| Ayden team. It was the second win
of the season for the locals, 'who
downed Hobgood here in the season
'opener by a 38 to 0 score.
The teamwork of the locals featured
the game last Friday, the line show
ing much improvement, and reflecting
much credit to the coach.
I Next Friday afternoon the lKals
jiieet Washington, a northeastern
conference team, on the high school
field here.
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Increased Figures Reported
In Martin County Schools
A marked increase in attendance fig
: was reported during the, past few
> days by nearly all the achoola in the
: county, the superintendent of county
schools announced today. The large
number of pink-eye cases has dwindled
»nd while the eye trouble is still scat
» tered here and there throughout the
county it is not affecting the .attend
• ance upon the schools to as great an
i extent as it did a week or two ago.
Crop harvesting, calling for child
: labor, is about completed on man)
- farms, causing an upward trend in at
tendance figures.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, October 17, 1933
this season than it did all last year,
and that the average compared
very favorably with the highest
in the belt. 'There is no doubt
but what the Williamaton market
average would have been the high
est in the state had it not been for
the large amount of damaged to
bacco sold here following the re
opening," Mr. Pritchard said.
"Only two markets, Washington
and New Bern, have been held
back by the large amount of to
bacco damaged in the storm
stricken areas," Mr. Pritchard
added.
Yesterday, five reliable farmers
divided a bam of tobacco each,
placing portions on the local mar-
NEAR $10,000.00 I
Martin County farmers have re
ceived 59.U9 from the Govern
ment for their part in the cotton
reduction movement ao far. Fifty
two checks, amounting to 12,013,
were received last .Saturday. There
are now due 284 checka, 181 hav
ing been received. According to
reporta received aome time ago,
the government planned to have
all checka in the handa of the farm
era by the 15th of this month, but
another delay has already been ex
perienced.
Mias Mary Carstarphen, secre
tary in the county'a agent'a office,
said yeaterday that many of the
owners of the 181 checks already
in the office here had not called for
them.
J. J. CARSON HELD
IN NASH KILLING
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Alleged Killer Formerly A
Resident of Parmele In
Martin County
J. J. Carson, former resident of
I'armele, was jailed in Nash County i
last Saturday night in connection 1
with the killing of Jesse Ezzell, 35- I
year-old farmer of that county a short
while earlier. Ezzell was instantly
killed after a brawl at Carson's club
or roadhouse, near Rocky Mount.
Carson, admitting that he killed the
man, told police thai an argument de
veloped over the charge of 50 cents
he tried to collect for a bed Ezzell
wanted to use for the night. Carson
claimed he killed the man in self de
fense.
Alonzo Buck, present at the time,
is being held as a material witness
but he said he knew nothing of the
shooting. Buck asserted he purchas
ed whiskey in Rocky Mount and that
one drink knocked him out. He also
claimed to be "out" when the shoot
ing occurred.
Ihe alleged killer is a brother of
E. R. Carson, of Robersonville.
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Parity Price for Tobacco
Based on Pre-War Days
Answering a question as to what is
meant by "parity prices" for tobacco,
the State College News Service says:
'"I his term is used to express the pur
chasing power of one pound of tobac
co in pre-war days. A simple expla
nation is that if one pound of tobacco
was equal to 17 cents worth of prod
uce before the war, then this amount
would be the parity price of tobacco
at this time. The same rule applies
to either cotton, wheat, hogs, or any
other farm product.
Describes Fire-Break
And Its Principal Use
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A "fire-break" is a cleared strip thru
the /woods varying ifrom 10 to 100
feet wide and is kept free from all
litter by plowing or burning. These
breaks are used to divide large wood
ed areas or as property lines between
separate farm lands. A properly built
break ptill check a slow moving ground
fire and also serves as a vantage point
in fighting more heavy fires that are
fanned by a stiff wind.
Processing Tax Is Applied
| Only on Domestic Users
A processing tax of 4.2 cents a
pound has been levied on ill flue-cured
tobacco used in this country. No tax
is charged on exported tobaccos.
From 50 to 60 percent of all flue
cured tobacco produced is sent out
of the country and, as the estimated
yield for this year is 667,053,000
pounds, this means that the govern-;
ment will collect processing tax on
approximately 330,000,000 pounds.
This money wilt be refunded to the
Tarmeirs as rental' for land taken out
oi production in 1934-1935.
ket and on a larger market. It
was authentically reported that the
sales here averaged from $1.50 to
$5 a hundred pounds more than
the sales averaged on the other
market. This comparison is not
offered to low-rate another mar
ket, but it is offered to prove that
tobacco sold on the Williamston
market sells just as high as that
offered on the larger markets.
One farmer averaged $34 a hun
dred for a large lot of tobacco sold
here yesterday, the highest aver
age called to attention so far.
The facts and figures show that
the local market is just as good a
place to sell tobacco as any place
in the State.
TOWN CAN GET
MONEY TO DIG
NEW WELL HERE
Engineer To Make Survey
of Proposed Improve
ments Here Soon
Discussing the need of improve
ments to the local waterworks sys
tem, Attorney K L. Coburn was as
sured last Saturday by Mr. H. G.
Baity, state engineer of public works,
that the money could he borrowed
front the Federal Emergency Fund,
provided certain requirements are met.
The engineer pointd out that plans
of the proposed improvements would
have to be prepared and submitted to
the fund authorities along with the
application for a loan.
Engineer Rivers has been asked to
make a survey for a water line out
Haughton Street to that section re
ferred to as "Doodle Hill," and an
other extension out Main Street be
yond the railroad underpass. Well
and machinery roncerss will be asked
to submit plans and bids for a deep
wel^
According to recent reports front
the pumping station here, the town's
water supply is rapidly decreasing, and
it is causing the authorities much con
cern. The pumps are being operated
during a greater part of the day and
night and are barely maintaining a
smll surplus in the reservoir, it was
stated.
At least two or three months will
he required to negotiate the loan, if
the application meets with the approv
al of the authorities, it is believed, and
if the application is turned down, the
town will be forced to make other ar
rangements for maintaining or im
proving its water source.
LABOR SHORT IN
SOME SECTIONS
No Surplus Labor Reported
In Mill Centers of the
Piedmont Section
Raleigh.A piedmont North Caroljna
textile manufacturer has advised the
re-employment office in kaleigli that
he advertised daily for a week in four
daily newspapers in the textile areas
of North and South Carolina for
"drawing in hands—female" and hail
only six responses. He said lie had
70 weavers idle because of the lack
of such workers and asked if the NRA
would allow him to work the drawing
in hands he has 48 hours a week, in
stead of the 40 hours under the code,
in order to give the 70 unemployed
work. He would do it until the places
could be filed and pay extra. The re
employment office was uncertain, but
asked any experienced women in that
job need employment to register at
their county office.
Runs Down Fox During
Day In Jamesville Section
Mrs. N. K. Griffin, driving her car
in Jamesville Township recently, ran
down and killed a grown fox, the sup
posedly cunning animal jumping from
a bunch of thick bushes directly into
the path of the car during the day
time .
Automobiles have run down many!
rabbits and a few foxes at night, when |
the animals were blinded, by the car
headlights, but this is the first time,'
as far as it could be learned, that a
fox has been run down in the day-;
time.
Change Is Made In Prison
Camp Personnel Near Here
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Paul Ballard, connected with the
State Highway camp here during the
past year or more, has resigned his
position there to go with the Thigpen
and Cherry sales stables. Biscoe
"Toby" Rogerson, nyently of White
ville, is now connected with the camp.
CROP CONDITION
FOR THEr STATE
REPORTED GOOD
Storm Damage In Eastern
Part of This State Is
Placed at $2,300,000
The government report recently re
leased in connection with general crop
conditions in this State and for the
various sections, shows a favorable
situation as far as the crops are con
cerned.
September weather conditions were
favorable for the harvesting of most
crops. The mid-September tropical
storm that did considerable damage
in about 15 coastal counties interrupt
ed the harvesting operations for a
few days only.
The damage from the eastern trop
ical storms of late. August and Sep
tember totaled about $1,000,000 loss.
Other agricultural damages to build
ings. fruit trees, timber, etc., totaled
about $},300,(100 more.
J It has been a fine year for both
the yield and saving of. hay crops.
P'his is especially true of Eastern
C arolitia in spite of the storm condi
tions. An average of 1,800 pounds of
hay is reported, which indicates 641,- p j
000 tons or about 13 per cent more
than last year. Pasture conditions J
j for October Ist averaged 71 per cent
|in North Carolina as compared with
76 for the 10-year average, but about
1 22 per cent better than a year ago.
| Corn was i|uite good in spite of the
1 unfavorable June and July dry weath
er fears. The 42,530,000 busficls esti
mated is almost 25 per cent more than
last year and about 8 per cent greater
'thati the 5-year average. The old
corn on farms is about one-fourth of
I the farm supply or stock of the two
I previous years.
| Peanuts show 69 per cent condition
for the North Carolina-Virginia com
jntercial area as compared with 71 for
j the 10-year average. The acreage is
I reduced appreciably which largely ac
| counts for this year's estimate of 302,-
000,000 pounds being 24 per cent less
I than last year and 12 per cent less
than the 5-year average. The nuts
are fewer per plant hut better filled
pods than usual.
Sweet potatoes arc showing 8,360,-
000 bushels for this state, based on a
condition of 74 per cent, which cotfi
pares with 76. fx.r the 10-year
age. The American crop i> estimated
at 69,951,000 bushels, or 9 per cent
less than last year, but 11 per cent
more than the five-year average. The
dry fall conditions thus far indicate
good keeping qualities.
Tobacco
With the exception of the 1930 crop,
when 586,000,000 pounds were made,
the current year's forecast of 520,000,-j
000 pounds in North Carolina is a
record high production. The 1930 big 1
crop sold at an average of approxi
mately 13 cents. However, the 1931 '
much smaller crop sold at an average
of 9 cents and the last year's crop at
12 cents. 1 lie toabcco sold to date
shows an average of (2 cents. In spite
of the closed markets during Sep
tember, the sales to October 1 were
slightly more than the year before.
The total flue-cured tobacco belt crop
: in the southeastern states is indicated
[ at 705,000,000 pounds, which is almost
j twice last yeai's crop, but 4 per cent
| less than the five-year average.
COL. LANGSTON
HERE SUNDAY
Good-sized Crowd Present
For Prohibition Rally
In Courthouse
Col. John I). Langston, prominent
attorney of Goldsboro, coming here
at his own expense, championed the
cause of the Eighteenth Amendment'
before a good sized and representative
audience in the county courthouse last
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Langston, active for a number
of years in the professional and politi
cal life of the State anil who has done
much in the service of his party, is a
volunteer speaker for the cause of the
dry forces. He is working without
pay and meets all his expense* per
wmally. ' ■ " ...
His speech, from of esbrdluenuth
His speech, free of all bias, chal
lenged all opposers to dispute the
statements and facts presented. He'
called the attention of his listeners'
t ointeresting figures comparing crime!
drunkenness, poverty and other de
plorable condjjions found in wet and
dry countries. "In the United States
there were 98 Keeley Institutes flour
ishing before the passage of the Eigh
teenth Amendment, and today there
are only 11," the speaker said.
He said all this tax propaganda is
advanced by the extremely wealthy,
who hope to abolish the income tax
laws and pass the burden onto the
laboring class of people to pay by
drinking taxed liquor.
Tobacco Average Is
15c Here Yesterday
AID SUFFERERS j
A second shipment—a truck
load—of food and clothing was
made to the storm victims in near
by counties by Red Cross work
ers in this county last Saturday.
The Bear Grass school and
community led the list with cash
and food donations, it was learned.
The district there raised $lO in
cash and a large quantity of food
and much clothing.
According to estimates, citixens
of Martin County, outside the in
dividual Red Cross chapter in Rob
ersonville, offered aid valued at
more than S3OO to the storm vic
tims.
te Everetts school children
made a sizeable contribution for
the storm sufferers, including 25
quarts of fruit, 5 bushels of sweet
potatoes, one and one-half bushels
of irish potatoes, 5 bundles of
clothing and 4 pounds of lard.
FUNERAL TODAY
FOR W.N. GRIFFIN
Griffins Township Farmer
Died in a Washington
Hospital Yesterday
W. Noah Griffin, Griffins Township
farmer, died in a Washington hospital
yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
from a complication of diseases. He
had been in ill health tor some time,
but was able to attend to duties a
round the home up to about two
months ago. He entered a Wash
ington hospital for treatment last
Friday.
Horn and reared in Griffins Town
ship, Mr. Griffin was 63 years old. He
had farmed all his life. About 25
years ago he was married to Miss
Mary Hardison who survives him. He
also leaves three sisters, Mrs. James
Griffin, Mrs. Jos. K. Griffin and Mrs.
R. W. Perry, and two brothers, Asa
and Dawse Griffin, all of Griffins
1 ownsliip Klders Hutchines and
Harris, of the Primitive Baptist
church are conducting the services,
Funeral services are being conduct
ed this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from
his late home, interment will follow
in the Tice Cemetery in Griffins
Township.
COTTON GINNED
SHQWS INCREASE
Nearly 3,000 Bales Ginned
in This County Up To
First of October
Up to the first of this month, 2,736
bales of cotton had been ginned in
this county front the 1933 crop, it was
'reported this week by Mr. I.uther
Hardison, of Jamesville, recently ap
pointed collector of cotton ginning Ma
tistics in this county. Last year up
to the same date 1,919 hales were
ginned in this county, or 817 fewer
bales than the report shows for the
period this year.
While the report indicates a conoid*
erably larger crop was grown in this
county than was grown last year, it
must he remembered that farmers cen
tered their ..activities on cotton har-
vesting during much of September,
when the tobacco markets were closed.
It is believed, however, that the crop
this year is some larger than the one
in 1931.
According to reports received from
various sections of the county, the crop
this year is very little larger than it
was last season.
Seven gins are operating this year
in the county, Lilly's Store, William
.ston, Kveretts, two in Kober.sonville,
Oak City, and Ilassell.
Rev. Mr. Mashburn To
Preach at Jamesville
Beginning Monday night of next
week", Kev. C. B. Masliburii, of Farni
ville, will conduct a series of serv
ices in the Christian church at James
ville.
Mr. Mashburn is well known thru
out this section, tie was a resident of
the county for a number of years, hold
ing the pastorate of several churches
during that time. The public is in
vited to hear him.
New York Attorney To
Speak Here Friday at 8
Ruth Whitehead Whaley, New|
York attorney, will speak in the col
ored school auditorium here Friday
evening of this week at 8 o'clock, it
was announced today. The public is
cordially invited to hear her. .
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ESTABLISHED 1898
GOOD TOBACCOS
SOLD UNUSUALLY
HIGH YESTERDAY
Average Here Yesterday Is
Only Two Cents Below
The Parity Price
With a fair-sized break on the floors
the local tobacco market had its best
sales of the season yesterday, when a
general average of slightly over 15
cents ws reported. No marked change
was noted in the sales today, reliable
reports indicating that the price trend
was just about the same as it was
yesterday.
Good tobaccos sold unusually well
yesterday, and prices for the inferior
lots were firm.
Despite the upward trend, the price
level continues below the 17-cent par
ity figtfh but with an increase in re
ceipts over la>.t week,, farmers are
more hopeful than they were before
the price agreement was signed last
Thursday.
Agreement Criticized
Tii Congressman Frank Hancock of
the fifth North Carolina district, the
tobacco marketing agreement is a
['sop to the growers and a flop by the
agricultural adjustment administra-
To J. C. Lanier, of Greenville, an
official of the tobacco section of the
agricultural adjustment administration
the program "will certainly result in
the tobacco farmers receiving 3 to 4
cents more per pound for this year's
crop."
1 htse differences of opinion were
revealed in week-end stateinnts, La
nier in reply to Hancock.
The Congressman said growers
would not get within hollering dis
tance of a 17-cent pound parity price,
and Lanier announced tobacco farm
ers ought to be informed of Mr. Han
cock's activities in "our efforts to se
cure increased prices after a plan by
Hancock was turned down."
Mr Lanier's statement charged Con
gressman Hancock with "opposing"
the administrations efforts to secure
higher prices this year.
| Replying to the statement issued at
j Oxford by the fifth district represen
tative, Lanier said he was ready "to
stand or fall" on the proposition that
| the tobacco marketing agreement
j signed in Washington Friday will re
| suit in millions of dollars of addition
al returns for tobacco growers for this
year's crop.
The program "will certainly result
in the tobacco farmers receiving 3 to
4 cents more per pound for this year's
crop than would otherwise have been
received," Lanier stated.
FIRST FROST OF
YEAR SUNDAY
Frost That Morning Earlier
By Several Days Than
First One Last Year
Frost, the grim reaper of nearly all
vegetables in this section, made" his
first visit of the fall here Sunday morn
ing. However, the old scoundrel was
not accompanied by the coolest weath
er of the season. He must have been
so busy striking in other parts of the
country that he found it impossible to
strike here during those brisk morn
ings of last week. His visit Sunday
morning was several days ahead of his
first appearance last fall.
The first visit this year was a very
short one and only those early risers
even got in^speaking distance of the
vegetation destroyer. Later in the
day signs of his visit were noticed on
sweet potato tops and other tender
vegetation. , t
It was toward the latter part of Oc
tober when the first frost struck last
Oak City Man Accidentally
Hurt In Fall Here Monday
Julian Hyman, of Goose Nest, suf
fered a had cut just above his right
eye when he accidentally fell on a
concrete sidewalk on Main Street here
yesterday afternoon. Medical at
tention Was necessary, but the last re
ports received indicated that Mr. Hy
man was getting along all right.
VanDyke Starts Big Sale
Here Next Thursday
The- VanDyke Furniture Company
is announcing a big price-smashing
tale beginning at its Williamston
store Thursday morning of this week.
The sale is store-wide, prices being re
duced on every article.