News As Reported
In The Enterprise
Forty Years A»o
t iYI< >ck.
JULY 8, 1910
On Sunday night at !i
John Bailey, Jr., was passing
through Jamesville and saw a
man running near the Methodist
Church. Passing on about one
hundred yards, Bailey discovered
that fire was raging in the town.
Quickly investigating he found
that the store of Dr Hassell was
on fii<-. The alarm Spread rapid
)y and soon a force was working
. «-rnie.uly to keep the ilumes
fli.rn spreading.' This was dene
and nil building was hunted ex
eppt the warehouse and store ot
I)r. Hassell. The contents were a
total loss, and is estimated at
$0,000 , with $4,000 insurance.
Everything pointed to robbery
and dogs secured from Ahoskie
were put on the trail hut failed
to convict the guilty parties, i
They, however, ran the trail of
the man who was seen running,
hut after a certain distance it was
i lust. This is the third store rob
j hery in .lamesville within the
year, and must be the work of
an organized band.
Mrs Jane Jarvis died in Hamil
ton Saturday evening, July find
She was ;n the 79th year of her
age. She had been suffering for
eight or ten months, the most
of the time confined to her bed
She has been a faithful and eon
• sistont memb'-r t»f the Primitive
baptist Church for thirty or forty
i years She leaves an ag/'d - aster,
ja granddaughter and five little
! great gi andehildi en.
r»r. and Mrs M' l Fieiiltiig, K
I A. Conned end Miss Matthews,
1’. II Davenport and Miss KuW}la
i lVrkins, Will Rhodes and Miss
Baker, Bougue Slaile and Miss
1’iin Gladstone, Bruee Sherrod
and Misses Bakei and l’urvis,
Charlie B Baker and Misses
lHailstone and Jones, of Ifamilton,
were guests Morulay of the Oak
City Bathing Cltih at their re
sort.
A negt ■ by the name of Arthur
Fields Struck Wells, of Oak City. I
with a clnli>it T. W Davenport's I
mill last Friday, hurting him I
very badly The negro then drew j
a pistol on the others that camet
to the rescue of Wells. Fields is
j st ill at large.
The horse of J. W. Rooks, who!
! carried the mail from Oak t itv toj
' Hamilton, ran away last Wednes-j
dav and ran into the horse and
i buggy of .1. .1. Piland, damaging
'both buggies and bruising Mr
l’iland s horse very badly.
Joe Karly. W F. Belflowcr, F.
H Turner, A Burnett and 1. F
(JooOi ich, ol (tak City, attended
the comity convention ih Will
inmston Saturday.
Mesdames J. W, Hines, C. M.
Hurst and W. A. Casper, of Oak
Cilv, left Tuesday for Norfolk to
visit Mrs. It D Tew.
.1 M. Sitterson has been visiting
Capt. Jno. T. Hyman in Oak City jo
for a few days.
Miss Beatrice Daniel has re- f
turned ttr her home in Oak City|\
after visiting relatives in Ruber-11
sonville. ^
Miss Charlotte Casper has re-'l
turned to her home in Oak City ,
after visiting friends in Wendell ^
Herman Hedgepeth of Hohgood, I
was a visitor in Oak City Sunday.]
On Wednesday a large number'd
of spectators saw the Bloomer;'
('.iris go down in defeat before -
the local team in a game of ball, I
resulting in a score of 2 to 0.1
Ward's pitching fol the locals
tells the tale, the ladies were not j i
even allowed a hit Ward's work
was of the big league tvpc,
while Stubbs at the receiving
end played, his pegging to second
was perfect Outganus played the
1st sack like an old timer. The
girls played steady ball, but
at no stage of the game did they
have a chance to cross the rubber.
Miss Crowell was on the firing
line for the visitor* and did some
clever pitching. She was replaced
m the Till by Mr. doncs, who was
there with the team, hut as a
pitcher he was by n« means the
equal of the lady The attendance
was very encouraging, and we
hope to have some good games!
hii the diamond during the sea-..
son.
R. II. Salsbury and daughter,
Miss Laura, left Thursday to
visit in Lynchburg, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1) Jordan, of
Hassell, spent Sunday and Mon
day in House,
Robert Salsbury, Jr, of Hassell,
spent Wednesday in Scotland
Neck,
Jim Daniel, of Robersonville,
spent Monday in Oak City
MisseS Maree and Pearl Rob
erson, of Robersonville, spent
Sunday in Jamcsville.
Miss Margaret Little, of near
Robersonville, is visiting her
cousin, Miss Helen Roberson at
her home in Robersonville.
I Messrs. C. H. Godwin, Jno. 1).
| Higgs, Louis ('. Harrison and
I A S. ('.it field, and Lester Kverett,
I
if Robersonville attended the J
Congressional Convention at I
Edenton Wednesday. Mr. God
win was chosen as Executive
Committeeman from this county
M. S. .1 Everett, one of our hoy.
had the honor of making the nom
• l
inating speech, placin' Mr Small
in nomination.
Mr. .1 T Smith and family
have rented a cottage at Ocean
View, Va„ and will spend the
summer theta- "Beaufort, the
faithful pony was taken with
them
Mi „mi "Mi’S. IvWes, «>f" i'.d
!»irn, was the guest of Mrs W t
Manning during the Colder-nee.
Misses Della Simlhwick and
and Della Topping, of JntnesviUe,
have been here during this week.
Mr. and Mrs I., Ross, of Gold
Point, have been visiting rela
lives here this week.
Mrs. l.ee Gardner has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Fred Gardner.
Having full confidence in yum j
judgment and promising to abide |
your decision 1 hereby announce!
myself a candidate before the
Democratic Convention for the
j office of Cork of the Superior
j Court. Trusting that my long,
services to the party and un
; faltering loyalty to its prinei
j pies will entitle me to your favor
able consideration and support
Respectfully,
S. 1., Ross,
Mrs. S. A. Newell, and little
'Eliza went to Louishurg Thins
' day.
Miss Leytu Taylor, of Gold
Point, is- visiting her sister, Mrs
i W. A. James.
Mr. Robert Roberson, of Pal
myra, lias been visiting here this
' ,
| week,
A little excitement was produc
j ed Saturday night by the explo
sion of a fire cracker. While a
■ ! family row was in progress in
;!a hack lot, people in the street
thought a pistol had been fired.
Folks who come in town and
I “load up" should be looked after
by the police.
MISS RUBY WHITAKER
WRDS MIt-. Wtf:i.TAMs
Mi-:; Rut'V Whitaker. dasii'.htor
ill Mr Anna Whitaker of Wd |
liumslon anil tin’ lalf Thomas
Whitaker, ami Ikirroll Williams,
son of Mr. and Mrs Boss Williams
of Robersonville wolf* married in
tlir lmun‘ of Jlisboe and Mrs ('
B Hnlilnk in Kvdi'lls Iasi Mon
day evening at !l 00 o'olook .In
tii'n Kiddii'k off minted
Follow ini’ a sliorl woddinu trip,
Mr and Mr William ; wont to
make tlion home with Ins par
olds whole ho r. o11/;a1 • *d m I a rm
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Cnsolinr Shirks fall
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' Gasoline storks lost work foil
holow tho like period of 1949
fur tho first (into m 1990 Thoy
i d,...lined to I It; ft" I OtiO harrrls. oft
! 79,00 from tho prt updinr wool',
and 29,000 It than a year .-alli«■ i
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sylvania grade crude oil, used
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a rone mcc prices were increased
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afternoon between Williams
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Bears is being transferred to
(be Willianislnn field, it wat
anuouneed yesterday.
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