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PAGE TWO . lintrrpna? Published Every Tuesday and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA uniTNJ^ W. C. Mjimmn Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY I One year $1.50 Six months _ '.ra—.7s OUTSDE MARTIN COUNTY —One year . ——— |3iOU — Si* months— —J '-"0 No Subscription deceived for lA*SS Than 6 Months Adverti Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office at Williamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the atft of C'uiiKress of March 3, 187^ Address all communication to The Enterprise and not. to the individual members of the firm. / Tuesday, July 17, 1928 Something New to Democrats Should the Democratic party wear sackcloth and wallow in ashes as an act of humility at being placed under the dominion of the new chairman,' John J. Rascob, a staunch member of the Union League Club, which is the most exclusive and highest-class Republi can club in the world. He says he expects to resign his membership, but does not know whether the club will accept his resig nation or not. Doubtless being such a fine business man, Rascob figures it would be f&olish for the club to accept his resignation and that it would be better to grant him a special dimit the time he is handling the Democrats. Rascob is reputed to be very rich and a fme business one is that he voted for Woodrow Wilson both times, the other is that he did not the rock-ribbed straight-laced Republican Union League Club regu larly. Rascob is reputed to very rich and a fine business man. He is assistant treasurer, vice president, and member of the,finance committee of the K. I. Dul'ont de Nemours Co.; vice president and chairman of the finance committee of the General Motors Corporation; a director of the Seaboardf National Bank of New Vork, also of the \mericair Surety Co. and the Dela ware Surety Co. All this is sotnethit% new to Democrats. A Special Dispensation of Providence It looks as if God granted special mercy to a half dozen young folks from Windsor last Friday night when they came flying over to Williamston for a lit tle cool air. They were apparently trusting fully in Providence and gave no attenion to their own safety. They were breaking the speed limit as they approached the draw bridge. The driver kept his eye on the green light and failed to heed the red light on the safety gate. He smashed the iron bars of the gate as if they had been reeds, broke two reinforced con crete posts on their right, shot across to the left, broke the concrete guard rail ittid knocked the end |x>st off, and then the must have taken charge, as the end of the bridge swung near enough in place to catch the car and prevent it from going to the bottom of the river 30 feet below, where the water was 20 feet deep. The young man driving did not want to hurt, kill, nor drown his friends nor himself, all of which he came so near doing. He is just recklessly unsafe and should be so placarded for a while, at least until he comes to himself and takes care of his friends when they are riding with him. Car Load Building Lime L 4 v Car Load Cement Car Load Brick Cheap For Cash ' JL 3V• ' * C. D. Carstarphen and Co. Dresses To Remain Short Regardless of how crops sell this fall or who is elect ed president in the coming election, we have the as surance of plenty of fine scenery during the season. The fashion gods have already decreed that dresses are to be just as short the approaching winter as they now are. *' • Who Will Mend Things? , A great cry is heard al>out the failure of prohibi tion. Certainly there can be no advocate of prohi bition found in the country who claims it to be a perfect success, and every prohibitionist will gladly yield to and support anyting {hat will make things bet ter, . —-—Bur WhcTwiTT be willing tp trust the curses of pro hibition for improvement. The only reason there is » demand for a change comes from two sources, the fellow who wants to get more to drink and the fellow who wants to make money by handling, either by manufacturing or selling. These classes have set up such a hue and cry agaihst prohibition that a'good many folks think there is some serious trouble with the law. It would be interesting to get down to the rock bed of truth and compare the liquor situation today with conditions 25 years ago! Il is claimed that we have lawbreakers all over the country now, which is true. It is further claimed that officers sell out to distillers and bootleggers, which is too often the truth. But look back at the day when liquor ruled the politics of this country. Every law, both moral and statutory, was trampled uifer foot by the liquor people. In Martin County at the few government whiskey stills sat, a tftorekee|)er and guager, who deliberately, with knowledge afore thought, let five times as much liquor pass out un stamped and without government tax, as he properly statii|>ed and collected on > These officers were paid by the government to look after its interests and then sold out to the distiller. The same thing applied to practically every distillery in the United States. At Ihe brandy distilleries, where au average of 500 gallons of liquor was made each season, generally about 10 gallons was reported aii(Ttaxed, and the dis tiller made oath to his report, j- How about the barkeeper? Did he obey the law/ No; he bought a barrel of liquor with a government revenue stamp on it and refilled it 25 times with moons)iine liquor and sold it under the same stamp. Many of the old-time barkeepers had the habit of financing half a dozen moonshine stills and smuggling the product over the counter as legitimate liquor. 'llie fart is, that with all of the experience gained in the low dive liquor business in the past 20 years, nothing has been added to the methods and schemes practiced by the old-timer in the breaking of the Sunday law, selling to minors, distilling without li cense, dodging tax, giving away to influence politics, to take advantage in horse-trading by making men drunk. If liquor has grown more lawless in a half a century, either morally or statutory, we fail to see it. Another charge made against prohibition is that it has caused much more drinking. All one has to do to see the fallacy of that statement is to inquire of some intelligent truthful old person about the old time mus ter and reaping and log-rolling, when nearly every body got drunk and fought in piles, and then inquire alxiut the log-rollings and the hog-killings and hear them tell who drank and ask them how much. Well, how about the young folks at the dances and other present-day frolics? The nearest we can get «t that for comparison is that it was in the old liquor days just about twice as bad°as it is jiow^. If the liquor advocates will take the trouble to find out the truth about conditions then and now, they will have no grounds to wish for a return of the old dayt. No law tan lie made to handle liquor because it is ah unruly thing. It is never satisfied to be ruled; it wants to rule the soul and body of men and the destinies of nations. It converts wise men into fools and corrupts rules that bow to it. ■ Every advocate of prohibition will gladly accept anything better that may be offered, but most peo ple remember the snake that offered Mother Eve something better. THE ENTERPRISE Things To* i hink About By iAMES D. TAYLOR Paved Streets If you do not want your town to grow, do not pave the sidewalks and streets. Keep them dirty, and your town will very likely stand still. Early Sunday morning we passed thtough a small town, and the side walks and streets were very dirty. Apparently the merchants failed to sweep in front of their stores before closing the night before, and our im pression of that town certainly was not a good one. We found the State highways lead ing to and from there much better than the streets inside the city lim its. And the citizens wonder why there is no growth. It takes money to pave streets. Hut over a jjeriod of years it costs more to keep up dirt streets, and | during this t me you have nothing to be proud of. It like trying to patch jup an old tar too old for further use. If you want strangers to speak well of your town, if you want new citizens and new capital, pave your sidewalks and streets and keep them CLEAN. Where there is a strong will by a unit composed of strong leading citizens, somehow there is al ways a way. G R AND MASQUERADE BALL, Pauilicu Beach Hotel. Saturday ntght, Jul) 21 >t. Gram! prizes given fur the best costumes. Be here in mask, lots of fun. Good music. Big time for all. l ake »IT mask at tnid nigt, then -the "fun! Write today for reservation -at Hotel. It CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank publicly all those who were so good to us during the illness of Mrs. Paul VV. Ballard. The kind deeds, as well as the means of transportation to. and from the hospi tal in Rocky Mount furnished us will be long remembered. It WE family. I GRAND MASQUERADE BALIJ Pamlico Beach Hotel. Saturday' iiikht, July 21st. Grand prizes given for the best costumes. Be here in i mask, lots of fun. Good music. Big Tithe Tor allJ Take off mas£ at mid nigt, then the fun! Write today for reservation at Hotel. It NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County—ln tin Superior Court. A. E. Smith vb. J. G. Godard, et als. By virtue of an execution directed to' the undersigned from the superior | court of Martin County in the above-i entitled action, I will, on Monday, the 6th day of August, 1928, at 12 o'clock m at the courthouse door of said coun-j ty, sell to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said execution, all the right, i title, and interest With the said J. G. 1 Godard, et als, the defendants have in the following described real estate, to wit: Lot No. 6 of the land known as "the t'rawford property in the town of Williamston, N. and more partic ularly described by .map of record in drove's Taatoloaa Chill Tonic The Old Standard Remedy for Chills and Malaria. It destroys the malarial germs in the blood. Stops the Chills and fortifies the system against Malaria and Chills. 60c. YOUR SUPPLY OF COAL This is an annual item of ex pense that must be met. We advise you to consider it now ftnd make your arrangements with us to contract for what you will need early so that We may be able to lay in from our present stock of high quality coal. With it in your cellar the subject of coal fa off your mind. See us about your supply now. land division book No. 1, at page 496. Thi» the 6th day of July, 1928. A. L. ROEBUCK, jylO 4tw Sheriff. NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County; in superior court. D. G. Matthew* v*. J. L. Wjmn and Maggie Wjrnn, et aL The defendants, J. L. and Maggie Wyjin, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the superior court of Martin Coun ty. to foreclose a tax certificate of sale for lands located in Martin County, and listed by the said defendant for taxes; that said defendant will further talte notice that he is required to ap pear at the office of the clerk of the superior court of said county, «in the courthouse in Williamston, N. C., Mar tin County, and, answer or demur to the complaint iti «ald action within 30 days after service of summons or the plaintiffs will apply to the court for tlu relief demanded in said complaint. This The sth dayorjuTv, TOR. R. J. PEEL, jylO 4tw Clerk Superior Court. rj^Wf|'^SALE Im V Continued ONE WEEK ,A ' Owing to the bad weather we have been having for the past week, many of our friends from this and neighboring counties have requested us to continue our sale to give them an oppor tunity to avail themselves of the many valus to be in this store. _ ■■■'w ' ■ -■ ; . .... -• •••' ," Z Tn compliance with this, we are continuing our sale for one week. There are many outstanding values in dresses, shoes, and hose. Come in and avail yuorself of the opportunity to stay well dressed at such low cost. Margolis Bros. July Clearance Sale Begins Sat., July 21 AND THE CLOSING DAY IS AUGUST 4TH Rain or Shine : ■ i . LISTEN FOLKS: This is going to be the largest sale we have ever staged. We are going to give you the greatest reductions on merchandise you have ever had in the history of Williamston. Twelve big Price-Smashing Day. Don't forget the date and be here and you will be convinced of the wonderful bargains that we have on display. We carry a complete line of ladies' dresses, slippers for men and boys, latest styles in dresses to fit all, large size or small; also big new shipment of men's and young men's dress pants —they are all wool and the latest shades for summer. There are more goods in our store than we could ever tell you about in this 'ad,' so all we ask is a visit and you will see for yourself, for at this July Clearing Sale is where your dollar will stretch like rubber. Remember This July Clearance Sale Opens Saturday, July 21st, and the Clos ing Day Is Saturday, August 4th NORRIS ESSEY i "Styles of Today With a Touch of Tomorrow Williamston, N. C. In Building Formerly Occupied by R. Sumara • ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Alonxo Roberson, de ceased, late of Martin County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at his home, or to his at torney, Hugh G. Horton, Williamston, N. C., on or before the I6th day of June, 1929, or this notice will be plead ed in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. Administrator of estate of Alonzo Roberson. This the 15th day of June, 1928. HENRY ROBERSON. Hugh G. Horton, attorney. jelS 6tw NOTICE Under and by virtue of a judgment in the superior court in an action en titled 'D- G. Matthews vs Church W. Hardison, et al,' the undersigned com missioner, will, on the 20th day of August, 1928, at 12 o'clock noon, at Tuesday, July 17,1928 the courthouse door of Martin County, ofter at public sale, to the highest bid der, for tash, Bit following described land: All that certain tract or parcel of land with the buildings and improve ments thereon and appurtenances .thereto belonging, lying, and being .in Williamston Martin Coun ty; 1 and State of North Carolina, con taining 142 acres, more or less, an« bounded on the N. bv the lands ofy Dennis Simmons Lumber Co., on the east by the lands of J. D. Hardison. i on the south by the lands of W. C. Stevenson and Joe Sykes, and on the west by the lands of M. T. Gardner. This the 16th day of -July, 1928. B.>-Aw CRI rCHE#, jyl7 4tw Commissioner. 666~ Cores Chills and Few —- Intermittent, Remittent, and Bilious Fever Due to Malaria It Kills The Germs
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