THE ENTERPRISE
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Williamston, North Carolina
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W. C. Manning.... 1 Editor
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Dead Trees a Menace to Life and Limb
Dead trees in the town are very un
sightly; but worse, they are very
dangerous. There are now about a
dozen dead trees on the streets of our
town, from which limbs are constant
ly falling.* Children play under them
every day, and people walk uniier
them constantly. It will cost the town
only a small sum to have these trees
removed, liut should an accident oc
cur and some person be killed or hurt
the town will have to pay the full
The Importance c
This is the season when lay .dodg
ers are looking around in this State;
it is the time for town elections, and
the time when the lawbreakers are
looking around for town commission
ers and mayors and policemen who
can't see well enough to distinguish
a breaker of the law.
The speeder wants a police that ■
can't tell the difference between a
20 and a 40 mile gait. The gambler
v.ants a policeman who will keep;
watch for him lest lie be slipped up
oh. The night prowler wants a po
liceman that sleeps a lot so he can
make safe his raids. The bootlegger
wants a policeman who thinks that
every bottle contains nothing but wa
ter, and even if he still calls
it water.
All the unlawful forces will con
solidate their power, and unless a
ths one side or the other; stand with
careful and constant watch" is kept
they will get such strong represen
tation on most of the town boards
|that it will be easy to flank the law
in almost any town in the State.
Then the people complain about the
laws not being enforced. They need
not expect law enforcement from
mayors, commissioners, and police
men who are themselves unlawful cit
izens.
In our own town test questions will
■bome up, as they always do, when
those in authority will have to take
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
foi their kindness to us during the
illness and death of our husband and
• father.
Mrs. Charlie Rogerson andetaoinn
Mrs. CHARLIE ROGERSON
AND CHILDREN.
FELT VERY POORLY
Weak and Run-Do wn Miiaowi
Woman Got Stroiif and VdL
Says Cardui Started Her
OB Road To Health.
Clarksburg, Mo.—Mrs. T. G. Harria,
of this place, says:
"For two years I was in very poor
health. Some of the time I was al
most past going. I warn vary weak
and run-down.
"I tried to make the moot of what
little strength I had by taking fre
quent rests, but I could find nothing ;
which' would start mo on the road
to health again, until one day I de
cided to try Cardui.
1 had heard about other woman
who had been benefited after taking
it, so 1 made up my mind to see
what it would do for me. I took
Cardui for several months and was
very much gratified with the results.
"I began to doeny own work again,
which I had not been able to do for
a long time past My color, which
had been pale and sallow, became
natural, arid my complexion cleared i
up. I gained in weight and waejptaao
ed to have an improved appetite
"When I finished my last bottie
of Cardui I was than I
had in years. Nowlmi otaong aad
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At all drag stone. • ttCPtU
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- penalty. ;
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The town has no right to permit
| any dangerous obstacle to remain
There is nothing more dangerous than
old dead trees standing, with rotten '
limbs tumbling off constantly. Clean-'
up week is the time to rid the town i
of these dangerous menaces.
The town is not liable for damages j
from the falling of green " ut j
if is for damage caused from dead j
trees.
f Town Politics
the preservation of the law or a
gainst it.
No one denies that law enforce
ment would be better for the town
and every citizen, individually and,
collectively.
t is just as important for the Wil
liamston citizen to watch town poli
tics as it. is for them to watch pres-j
idential politics. a J
"Be Yourself"
In a cigarette, that means
natural tobacco taste, and
that, in turn, means rrtSfc®
CHESTERFIELD
\ Natural tobacco taste is
die g oo * l taste of s oo * l to *
A baccos put together right
WKl''' not^n S e^ n i
thisday what a "find" it is!
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Chesterfield
S^f' andy "' Mnx>
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Liooarr & MTBU TOBACCO CO. .
Why Martin Has But 2 Grade 'A* Farmers
Martin County farmers did not
score very high in grade when only
two, Calvin Ayers and A. W. Bailey,
I i't re awarded certificates of yA"
grade for 1926.
The reason that so few were in
cluded was that so few paid any at
tention to it. There are certainly
more 1 than a hundred Martin County
faVmers who can score 80 on the i
standard "fee* lip by the college and
bunkers. Mostvof them would appre
ciate having a document in their house
signed by distinguished persons cer
tifying that they were a blessing to
their community and to the common
wealth.
Yet that little thing we call care
lessness, neglect, heedlessness, want
of concern, disregard, cause the most
/
of the best of us to );>ave off doing
pur best.
It happens that in this case it causes
no material loss. I!ut the same rea- j
son—though on a bigger scale—J
|
! causes hundreds of farmers to be ut-!
I terly disqualified for certificates of ef-1
I ficiency in farming. They neglect to
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I raise enough corn, enough hay, and
had rather go buy. They neglect to !
j feed the hogs and give them proper j
care, and have to buy meat. The neg- j
I h ct planting the garden, and have no !
I vegetables. They don't care to go to j
j the trouble to plant potatoes; they i
i had rather eat biscuit. It is just too J
much trouble to milk the cow, and j
they hate chickens too bad to be I
harassed by them.
They frequently had. rather buy
fruit than pick it up. So far as want
ing to take an inventory, theydou't
care to know what they have, as they
i only have to value it twice a year any
i way; once when they have to put it
THE ENTERPRISE: WILUAMSTON, N. C.
in a crop lien to borrow rtioney to
i buy corn, meat, potatoes, butter, etc.
Then it is very valuable; it has to be,
for their needs are great. other
i time is when the tax lister asks that
I their assets be called over to hrtn.
Then they are not worth so much.
Farmers ate perhaps no more negli
gent than other folks. Yet their busi
ness will stmore leaks and losses
than any other business on earth.
If 90 per cent gf the farm owners
in Martin County would qualify for
grade "A" certificates for five con
secutive years, the county would be
great deal richer than it is now.'
The Enterprise will take great
pleasure in announcing the names of
every one who was eligible for a cer
tificate last year but did not report,
as well as to record the name of every |
farmer in th* l county who proposes to 1
make grade "A" this year.
We are not so much interested in
those who are going to make so much !
| money on tobacco.
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SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER !
I The test of a life is its attitude to- j
ward those with whom it is associat
; ed. If I claim to be a~Christian and j
j yet continually criticise and find faul 4 i
j with my companions in social life, J
[ every man sees the hypocrisy of my j
I profession. If I have no control of
| my temper, but am constantly flying
into a rage with my associates in so
cial life, clas> room, or athletic field,
I J am not exhibiting the fruits of
Christian experience. The fruit of
i the Christ friendship is the friendlv
life. If one does not find himself
! growing into an increasing friendli
ness for men, if he is not more sym
pathetic in spirit, then he is_not giv
ing the Christ life a chance to mold ,
his character.—("lntroducing Men to i
Christ," VV. I). Weatherford, Ph.D.)
NOTICE OF TAX DEED
To Hattie Nichols:
You will take notice that I pur-1
chased; at a sheriff's sale for taxes, i
1 residence listed by you in Roberson-!
\ille Township, at a tax sale at the!
courthouse in -Martin County on the i
' 7th day of June, 1926, for the taxes!
! due and unpaid for the year 1925.
And you and all other persons in- j
: i.erested in said property will take no- j
j lice that unless redemption is made;
as is provided by law on or before ]
tha«7th day of June, 1927, I shall de-|
mand a deed for the same from the
sheriff of Martin County.
This the Ist day of April, 1927.
ROOSEVELT JOYNER. |
IMPROVED PORTO RICO SWEET
•y
potato plants. Government inspect
ed; 600, $1.00; 1,000, $1.75; over 10,-.j
000, $1.65 per thousand. Ready to
ship now. Earl Garrett, Lenox, Ga., i
Route 2. a 15 4t
North Carolina,
Martin County.
In Superior Court ■
W illie Sherrod
V 8
Frances Sherrod
I
The defendant, Frances Sherrod, |
will take notice that an action en-'
titled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Martin
County, North Carolina, to obtain an
absolute divorce on the grounds of
si paration; and the said defendant
will further take notice that she is
required to appear at the office of the
Clerk Superior Court of said County
in the courthouse in Williamston, N.
C. on the 14 day of May, 1927, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action or the plaintiff will apply
the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 14th day of April, 1927.
R. J. PEEL,
Ap 15-4t Clerk Superior Court j
Martin County. '
Another Car Load of
5 V. Galvanized
Roofing
AT THE RIGHT PRICE
Culpepper Hardware Co.
Gold Store
223 Washington Street * Exum L. Ward, Store Mgr.
PHON E 157
WE DELIVER AT CASH ANI) CARRY PRICES
SPECIAL - - SPECIAL
For This W
Rowena Middling, j*2 JQ Baby Chick Feed, j»2 80
17 Per Cent Middling, £2 05 I&helman laying mash, J Q
Double A Dairy Feed ..$2.60 Eshelman Growing Mash, _s3
Dixie Scratch Feed, J2.65 Cracked Corn, _ $2.25
A. G. Scratch Feed ,$2.50 Beet Pulp, Cow Feed, '52.35
STICK €ANI)Y, Found.:. .... ."lie
JUST KITE CORN, 2 for .. 25c
RIB SIDE MEAT, Pound 23c
FIG CAKES, Pound ......... I4c
HILLSDALE YELLOW CLING PEACHES, large can 22c
KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES, Package 9c
POST TOASTIES, Corn Flakes, Package - 9c
POST BRAND FLAKES, Package..." ... I3c
MERRY GOLD FRUIT JELLY, Glass.. 10c
GOLD STAR COFFEE, Best Yet, Pound 43c
ARBUCKLES COFFEE, Pound ... ; —. 35c
BROOKFIELD TUB BUTTER, Pound - , 59c
FRESH EGGS, VEGETABLES, AND FRUITS ALL THE TIME
FOR SALE
5,000 Bags Seed
PEANUTS
Peanuts, Bunch, Jumbo small runners and
Virginia at reasonable prices.
We have 1,000 bags of the small runner
type recommended by the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture, as best for seed
this year.
Slade, Rhodes
and Company
HAMILTON, N. C.