News As Reported
In The Enterprise
j Forty Years Ago
NOVEMBER 25. 1910
i
Mr. and Mrs. James Grist Sta
ton entertained at dinner on Sun- I
day in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Kn- j
der Biggs Crawford and their
young sons, Kader B., and Asa '
Henry, who were christened on
that day by Rev. Mr. Gordon at
I the Church of the Advent. The
sponsers were Mr. and Mrs Sta
ton, Mrs. W H. Crawford and j
Mr. F. W. Hoyt. The young child
ren were presented by their par
ents. The guests sat down to a
bountiful feast served in true
Southern style and for an hour
and a half enjoyed the excellent
dishes puepared for them. Mr.
and Mrs. Staton are ever cordial
to their friends and dispense hos
pitality lavishly. Those who were
present were: the host and hos
ess, Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Crawford,
Mr. and Mrs. W H. Crawford,
Mrs. C. W. Kellinger. Miss Anna
Crawford, Mrs. M C. Crawford,
Mr. F. W. Hoyt and Mr. and Mrs
A. B. Dunning.
The town of Williamston should
be in such a financial condition
that it could provide a better
pump at the well. If the water
TOP
PRICES
For ) onr
SOYBEANS
And
CORN
Robersonvillc
Shelling Co.
is not very palatable there should
at least be an easy way to pro
cure same.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S Maxell, who
have been living in Dardens for
the past year, are in town at the
Roanoke Hotel. Blount Bros, for
whom Mr Mi/el! managed a mer
chantile business, have solti out.
Mr. Emmett Edwards, and fam
ily. are occupying the Latham
house now having removed from
the Morton place where they have
been for several years.
Miss Mat- Bennett, the popular |j
telephone operator, is spending a;
month in Welch, W. Va„ with her!
brother, Joseph Bennett, who ;
came here to accompany her to
his home. While away her posi
tion will be tilled by Miss Essie
Peel
A D. Mizell went to Roberson- ,
ville Wednesday to attend the!
wedding cf his brother, Ml'. Joe
Mizell to Miss Maude Peele.
Harry A. Biggs attended the
fifteenth anniversary of the wed
ding of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Thrash
in Tarboro this week.
J Dillon Simpson, bookkeeper
for the Dixie Warehouse this sea
son has accepted a position in (
Richmond. Ky.
Clayton Moore has returned ‘
a business trip to Rocky Mount
and other points in Nash County, j
Mrs. John Davis and children, I
|of Jamesville, have been here’
i 1 his week with Mrs. J L. Ewell.
.1 E Barnhill, J A. Whitley,
land J. K Gurganus, of Everetts
’were in town Tuesday.
Miss Lela Brown has been in \
Greenville this week to attend j
the funeral ol her niece.
S. F. Williams. Jr. has gone to
Philadelphia to remain until \
; Christmas.
Miss Georgia Ward, and sister.
Jamesville, spent a few days
this week in Ihe home of Mr.
j Goodman Hamilton erf Darden
Mrs. Preston Swinson and ehild
jren, of Darden, are visiting her
I parents Mr and Mrs. S. MeCas
I key near Williamston.
Misses Annie Glasgow and Del
la Topping, of Jamesville, spent
Friday with Mrs J. A Getsinger
in Darden.
Miss Kale Darden, of Darden,
is visiting her sister, Mrs E. R.
Smith in Plymouth
Miss Delha Lanier has given up
her music class in Hafnilton and
has returned home.
The distinct social event of the
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"TarzanAndThe
Mermaids" Here
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Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs’
ape-man character, plunges into
tense drama in Sol Lesser's cur
rent production, “Tarzan and Ihe
Mermaids,” which RKO Radio re
leases Combining adventure with
romance, the hero of African ad
venture is involved with an am
phibious costal tribe. Johnny
Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce
portray the stellar roles, and Lin
da Christian is featured.
Tarzan, on a fishing trip, is as
tonished when he snares a "mer
maid” in his net. She is a native
girl fleeing from a berothal to a
living tribal god. The men of the
tribe reclaim her after a battle
Tarzan and Jane follow in a plan
to rescue her and they discover
that a brutal white man is mas
querading as the god and is rul
ing the natives through fear and
su persition
How the unconquerable hero
manages to save the girl and to
week was the entertainment of
The Afternoon Book Club by Mrs.
James G. Staton at her residence
on West Main Street. The busi
ness session of the Club was pre
sided over by Mrs. S. A Newell,
President. The hostess with that
fine sense of appropriatness of
thing, had arranged for the pleas
ure of the guests a "Turkey" con
test. The dining room had been
arranged with simple but beauti
ful effect, the polished table with
exquisite doilies and silver, car
nations and cut glass presenting
la most attractive picture Those
j present were: Mrs. S. A Newell,
Mrs. T. J. Smith, Mrs. F. U.
Barnes, Mrs. A. R. Dunning, Mrs
l A. S. Coffield, Mrs. J 11 Saund
jers, Miss Annie Mi/.ell, the Miss
ies Barnes of Murfreesboro and
1 Katie Ausbon, of Plymouth.
Modern
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"You see all when you go
through the modern Bamby
bakery. You find out that
the secret of this better
bredd is simple: finest in
gredients, plus the skill of
master bakers." '
Praise like this is well
earned by Bamby bakers,
who turn out uniformly ex
cellent bread for your en
joyment every day.
Smallest Cotton
Crop Since 1871
Based upon information as of i
November 1, the Tar Heel cotton j
crop is forecast at 170,000 bales. |
If materialized, such a production ]
would be 04 percent below that of I
11149, 71 percent below the ten- \
year (1939-48) average, as well as j
the smallest crop produced in this1
State since 1871. The average j
yield per acre is placed at 147
pounds of lint This is 112 pounds
below 1he 1949 per hi ri yield of
259 pound.!, 220 pounds less than
the ten-year average, and the
overthrow the "god" in order to
bring peace to the people and hap
piness to the "mermaid" made
many thrilling situations in the
plot
lowest since 1889.
According to Census Bureau re
ports 127,000 bales were ginned
to November 1 this year, com
pared with 322,7.r>7 bales ginned to
this same date last yeai.
Tin' 10 hoys and girls who sold
pullets in the first annual Rowan
County 4 11 Club poultry chain
sale received an average price of
82.5(1 each for their birds.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS |
DRAIN AGE
(T EARING AM) EXCAVATION
MARTIN COUNTY DRAINAGE
DISTRICT NO. ONE. MARTIN
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Sealed bids will be received un-1
til 10 a. m Eastern Standard Time!
December 7, 1950, for furnishing!
all labor, equipment and materials
for performing all work for clear
ing rights of way and excavating
and cleaning out drainage canals
in Bear Grass, Turkey Cock, Bee |
Tree Swamps and laterals thereto
which are located principally in
Bear Grass Township. Martin
County, North Carolina and with
in the boundaries of Martin Coun
tv Drainage District No, One, The
Bids are to be opened in the office
of Wheeler Martin and Clarence
W, (jjriffin. Attorneys at Law, Wil
liamston, N. C.
The work contemplated will in
clude construction of approxi
mately 15 1/2 miles of canals and
will consist of excavating approxi
mately 257,204 cubic yards and
clearing of 112 3 acres of land
This work is to bo performed in
accordance with the specifications j
and plans which are on file in the
office of the Clerk of Superior J
Court of Martin County, the office
of Thomas W Rivers, Civil Kmji
neor in Greenville, N. C., and the
offices of the Associated General
Contractors in Raleigh, N. C„ and j
Charlotte, N. C.
The work described in the plans 1
■ and specifications must be com
pleted within one year from the
j date the contractor is notified to
j nroceed with the performance of
the contract.
A performance bond equal to
100'. of the contract price, condi
i tinned upon the faithful perform
ance of the contract in favor of
the Board of Drainage Commis
sioners of Martin County Drain
age District No. One will be re
quired. i
Each bid for the said work snail
be accompanied by a deposit of
cash or certified (heck in an
amount equal to not less than 5' J
of the amount of the bid submit
ted, said check to be payable to
Martin County Drainage District
No One. The check shall be for
the purpose of guaranteeing that a
contract will be entered into with
the said Drainage District for the
performance of said work within
fifteen (1_5 > days after the_award_
to the bidder and the required
bond executed
This notice to contractors is giv
en by order of the Board of Com
missioners of Martin County
Drainage District No. One.
This the 21st day of November,
1950.
Sidney Reacham, Chairman
Board of Commissioners
Engineers:
Henry L. & Thomas W Rivers,
Greenville, N. C.
Attorneys: Clarence W. Griffin,
Williamston, N. C., & F M Woot
en, Jr., Greenville, N. C.
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