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PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY WILUAMSTON, -NORTH CAROLINA v W. C. Manning :i__— Editor Subscription Rates IN MARTIN COI'NTV 1 year : • —-—_—LSl—-—;.U-fiO 6 months 4_i ■>' OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY 1 .year —.8^.00 6 month' ... . —— —— - 1.00 (Strictly Caah in Advance) No Subscription Will Be Received for Less Than Six Months Advertising Rate Card Will Be Furnished t'pon Application Entered at the post office at WilHamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address ail communications to The Enterprise and not to indi vidual members of the company. Friday, January 13, 1928 Secretary Wil bur May Be>Right Another of the Coolidge cabinet of- j is being attacked by Congress on the grounds of inefficiency. This time it is against Secretary Wilbur, charging that he has brought our Navy to the point where foreign na-1 tions are [Hiking fun at it. j; Yet Wilbur may he right. The big noise may. be being made by The Goodness of Santa Claus Mf. Ben Dixon MatNeil,- leature writer for the \nrshnd■Obsrrvcr, in his article of last Sunday, would have the State believe that Williamston generally considers its duty done! when it hangs its stockings and waits) for Santa Claus, "\ * * It is an actual fact, but one the writer (ailed to mention, that progressive citizens here saw a splen did site where a staking might lie placed anil that they went all the way to Baltimore to tell Santa Claus about it Mr I). !> Stals can telT, him just what was done in the mat Thank Mr. Ford Ford has forced all automobile manufacturers to do two-'things; first, to improve their cars in l>oth looks and efficiency; and second, to re duce the price. This will give the people who buy cars at least $250,- 000,000 a year in car value that the facturers have been keeping for dends We have no 'particular interest in dividends for automobile manufact urers, but are glad to see the prices of cars come down to a jxiint nearer their true value.- While the automo bile Jolks are fighting it out among Health Program Pays a Big Dividend Wake County claims to have made more than $f)8,000 last year. This sunl the health board of that j county claimed it saved the jieople of that county. The board extended its work to many phases of medical and health work, touching tuberculosis, typhoid fever, most of the contagious diseases Principle—A nd Interest may have l»een killed in I'oolidge's Nkaraguan war, where he *nt our' American brothers to protect our| great money trusts in their looting of the fine natural resources of that lit-! tie country, some of whose people seem to prefer fighting against hope less odds to having their birthright taken away. It seems that the natives there are fighting for principle, while our forces are fighting for interest. The disjx»sition 6f strong nations sending armed forces to a smaller For colds, grip and flu take lalotaLs M TNAOB MAM M« RditTM tha caofMtion, ywli conplicttioM, aim! li&stois rocoroy» j propagandists who have an axe to grind. It looks now like the country is going "batty" again over an extrava gant naval ex|>enditure. We are not entitled to the respect of other coun tries unless we are honest with them. It is our honor, and not our guns, that commands the respect of others. ter. and how pleasant it was to deal with -capital interested in bringing the needs of the farmers right to their own doors. As for the sale of the town's power | and light system, which the writer [describes as being consummated in a "few hours," we know of no one thing that was "cussed" and dis cussed more than the pro|>osal of the Virginia Electric & Power Co. was. While interest in the sale waxed warm, even to a high temperature right at the last, negotiations leading jto the sale of the plant were started two years ago. ' .themselves (he people may rejoice. ' I No industry in all the world s his-, i lory has grown like the motor-vehicle industry, both in volume of business ! and magnitude of profits. The great ! est reform needed in the automobile j business was the lowering of prices; and Ford, the pioneer, diet a great | thing for the people when he estab ! lished a new base price for standard | cars. / j t r The public can very well afford an automobile fight as long as it means j better cars for less money. and giving free dental treatment and holding clinics. Sickness is one of the most expen sive things that we have to contend j with. The counties that are going for 'ward with extensive health pri>grams are finding much encouragement in the results of their efforts. and weaker country and holding the people tip while a bunch of grafters pillage their country is nothing short of a disgrace; and we have no busi ness to milk their country of its min erals, timber, and oils in any such maner. 5 V. Metal Roofing MAKE YOUR REPAIRS NOW, BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO WORK THE SOIL. - D OUR PRICE IS THE BEST IF YOU PAY - CASH. , - . ... I , t- , ; ' • Culpepper Hardware Co. WILLIAMSTON Edenton Elizabeth City ' . v ' ■! k% . • ' ' " ' • ' Jail Terms Needed I" North Carolina still needs more ; stringent laws against frauds from' ; speculators. According to statements reported in the Bertie County court this week, where Judge Clayton Moore is pre siding, a Bertie County citizen js be ing sued on a note given for some | electric-drill scheme which had no value. I After losing $35,000 in the fraud, The Mississippi Flood Problem Would it not be a good idea for the Government to buy ah the Miss issippi lowlands? Would it not be | heaper to buy the land than to build | dike? around it.. Then, too, there is plenty of high land in America to give all the inhabitants of the Miss issippi flood lands a home, if the land Is bought by the government, it is very likely that it will cost less than to safely build dikes or levees on the river. „ . . —, ■; if dikes are built, they will have to be forever kept up at a big an nual cost and every home protected by them will always be in (>eril, while j if the government would buy the land] and turn it into a national forest, i there would 1m- a perpetual income| for the government. \V> find the government buying' lands everywhere for limber and game preserves. We are buying and condemning land in many places in the country for these very things for, the purpose of saving something for| future generations. Timber and game can stand a| Mississippi flood; a home can not ] The government has to pay too higli a premium to insure safety for peo "TEX" RICKARD World Famous Sports Promoter, writes: M-J L. "Lucky Strikes never in* Hm jure my throat. Many °/ n, y friends in all walks of life use and The Cream of the Tobacco Crop "No article can grow without quality be hind it. LUCKY STRIKES are griming and have grown because of their quality. 'The Cream of the Crop' goes into LU CRY STRIKE. The best Tobacco is bought for them. 1 know, because it is my job to see that " m " rl Buyar of Toburro ' *• u llWM v 'U«b K». r "It's toasted" * No Throat Irritation-No Cough. THE ENTERPRISE he is now being sued for a balance 'of $7,000, which debt has been jug ' gled between the sales agent and his wife until the fraud may have dodged the law. This same farmer had already lost, according to reports, $50,000 on fraudulent fisheries products stock. The proper panacea for such wild catters would be long terms in pris on dungeons. ■ ■ pie who can get better homes on high - j land. : Make a great national park of the ' Mississippi flood area and invited all '! the hunters of the country to go ' hunting and sell enough timber an nually t« pay the interest on the ! purchase price. lj OSKr IWH, OR THREE WRST ri dasx inilk cows wanted;'will pay rash, but must be cows, not I too old and able to meet test. Write lor call on Editor Manning. Williaw ' stMi. X )13 2t| EXECUTOR'S NOTICE TO ; CREDITORS Having tins- day qualified as execu ■ trix of tin- last will and testament of Stephen Gano, deceased, late of Mar- j tin County, this is to notify all persons 'having claims igainst the said estate j 1 j to present them to the undersigned on, or before thr -Ktli of November, 1929, | or this notice will be pleaded in bar Qf ] I their All person* indebted ] to the said estate will please make im mediate payment. •/ - ____________^ mi i IDM C bemedy I ILL Guarantea Druuriat* with the tind»r«t»ndln« that money will I* refunded If it fmlta to cur* •ny fii* of 1 telling, Blind, BlHdinf or Protrudlnu I'iUx. Why not try It. Thi» 28th of November, 1927. SOPHIE C. GANO. Executrix of the estate of Stephen Gano, deceased. d 6 6tw APPLICATION POR PARDON OP NORMAN JONES Application will be made to the com missioner of pardons and the governor of Norman Jones, convicted in record ers court of Martin County for the crime of unlawful possession of liquor and sentenced to the roads of Edge combe County for a term of twelve months. All persons who oppose the grant ing of said pardon are invited to for ward their protest to the commissioner of pardons without delay. This the 3rd day of January, 1928. B. A. CRITCHER, jf> 2tw Attorney. TRUSTEES SALE By virtue of the authority conferred in me by a deed of trust executed to Hie on the 21st day of January, 1926. and duly recorded ir. the registeryof deed's office in Martin "County, in book Y-2, page 339, tp secure the payment of a certain bond bearing e\*en date there with, and (he stipulations in said deed of trust not having been complied'with, 1 shall expose at public auction, for rash, on Monday, the 16th day of January, 1928,. at 12 in., at the court house in Martin County, the follow ing property: Our onef-half undivided interest in the following parcel of land: Begin ning at a boll guin in J. R. Tyre cor ner) in the mouth of Cabin Branch, iii the run of Keeper's Branch; thence N, (A 1-4 degrees E. 42 1-2 poles to a Catalpotree stump; thence N. 69 1-2 degrees K 59 poles, thence N. 68 1-2 degrees E. 41 poles to a lightwood thence S. 6 1-4 degrees E. 58 poles to ;>n ash stump: thence S, 37 K2 degrees E. 9 poles to a black gum in Keeper's Branch; thence up said For Colds, Grip, In flu enzp and am a / Pntvantlvo / isMf pr [Bromo 1 \Quinine) tMfts Long aarioua ill HUM and complication® of ton follow COIIJH, Grip and Influanaa. Guard your health againat thia danger- Price 80c. Tha bos bears thia ai^nature (£>.yr sr&vT' ■Proven Merit since 1889 — Introduction *V• ' • INTRODUCING SPRING FASHIONS TO BRIGHTEN THE WINTER WARDROBE One season is no more than on its way before another intro duces its modes and vagaries. New fashions bob up over night • 1 • in astounding varieties and are' accepted or rejected according # ' 0 to the whims of the feminine world. About this tim you are longing for something new to bright en your winter wardrobe, a spring frock or chapeau to startle Otb* with ymir fashion hntimAmAfm——. ——— Gay prints, angora sports costumes, and delightful impor # • tationj have been assembled in our latest collection for resort and immediate wear. » * C. Herber Forbes f ... ... -j GREENVILLE, N.C. branch to asweet gum. Hermit Heath corner, in the month of Spring Branch; thence up Spring Branch to the road; thence N. 73 degrees W. 8 poles to a pine on the north side of the road; thence N. 31 degrees W. 20 1-5 poles to a poplar; thence N. 16 degrees W. 32 1-3 poles to a fence post; thence tJ. 68 degrees E. 2 4-5 poles to the »nn of said Spring Branch: thence up said branch to its fork; thence due north to a pine, Hermit Heath corner, in the Dennis Simmons Co. line; thence west ' Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer Day and Night Service ■l Excellent Service at Most Reasonable Price B. S. COURTNEY WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Day Phone 155 Night Phone 94 The Ideal Top-Dressing for WINTER QRAIN in the Southf For greatly increased yield* from your winter-grain crop*, whether grown a« grain, hay or winter cover crop*—make a tide application of 100 to 200 lbs. to the acre of CALCIUM ©NITRATE (Nitrate of Lime) 15% Nitrogen IS 27t Ammonia ' li'/r Lime limestone cquiva!cnt) The nitrogen produces a vigorous, healthy g-owth and increase* the protein content and feeding value of the gr:ii.i. The calcium (lime) reduces harmful soil aciuiiy. and is tal:rn up as a pi. Nt-food, producing sturdy stems lcs»likely to lodge at maturity. MADE BY T HE WORLD'S LARGEST NITROGEN PRODUCERS. I For sale by dealers tiK-ryxuhere Friday, January 13,1928 erly along a line of marked trees to a forked buck tram in Cabin Branch; thence down said branch to the begin ning. Containing 165 acre*, more or less. This being the same tract of land deeded to E. H. Manning and John. Grey Corey by Jesse G. Coltrain and wife, Sallie M. Coltrain, in deed dated January Ist, 1924. I This December 16, 1927. N. K. HARRISON, dl 6 4tw Trustee.
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