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Tuesday, July 23, 1929
A Good Speech
Governor Gardner made a good speech to the Ad
visory Budget Commission and heads of the State
institutions at Raleigh recently. The things he said
seem ty be true and reasonable. His comparisons uT
revenues and costs for the last biennrum sounded all
right.
J But what of the future? During the past years
the State spent $30,251,170. The last legislature ap
propriated $38,704,394 to be spent in the biennium
beginning July I. Three and a quarter million of this
"sum goes to the counties as an equalization fund,
which leaves about $5,000,000 more for the present
two years than for the past two years. This is about
a I 5 per cent increase, which is a fairly large increase
to make in expenlitures. Now where does it "go?
Doubtless a higher percentage of this increase goes to
raise salaries of officers than for any other purpose.
The spirit of lordship that enters into the mind of
man when he is elevated to office is one of the most
dangerous things in a democracy. Why should the
salary of an officer go up, up, and up all the time
when the income of the taipayer**goes down, down,
and down all the time?*
The clerk, the stenographer, are all
glad to retain their old salary schedules, and there
many outsiders who would like to get their jobs. But.
the officer must have a raise. He takes and a
higher classification than other human beings. He
goes to a higher plane of living, to set new lines of
social order for the common folks to try to imitate.
High salaries and little work constitute one of the
most destructive combinations that every struck any
business organization, and is doubtless injuring the
efficiency of our government national, state, county,
and municipal. ' ' -
No nation can be happy when its officers are lords
and its people are servants. V
Consistency, Where Art Thou?
Editor Saunders, of Elizabeth City, seems to have
got his lines crossed a little bit last week between two
stories in his newspa|»er. In an editorial attacking
Clyde R. Hoey's methods in the Gastonia case, Saun
ders says that "It is the inalienable right of a citizen
of these I'nited States to worship God according to the
dictates of his own conscience, or not to worship. Ihe
state and the courts have nothing to do with the be
lief or lack of belief of any one under the sun.'' In
this he is evidently constitutional, and therefore right,
But in another column of his newspaper, Mr. Saun
ders says of a certain religious gathering in Eliza
beth City, "In a more enlightened age these evangeli
tal nit-wits and Jesus-shouters will be restrained by
law."~~" " "
Of course, it is of interest to know just what Mr.
Saunders means by the words, "Restrained by law.
He must mean that he expects the constitution to be
(.hanged irTorder that U may have the authority to
prescribe just how people shall or shall not worship.
The jewel of consistency seeins to be a lost gem.
Too Much Red Tape
On the first Monday in July, Sheriff \\. J. Martin,
of Edgecombe County, appeared before his board of
county commissioners for the purpose of making a
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NOTICE
Under and by virtue of a judgment
of the superior court of Martin Coun
ty entitled "D. G. Matthews vs. B. F.
Keys snd wife, Emms Keys." the un
dersigned commissioner will, on the
sth day of August, 1929, in front of
the courthouse door of Martin County
ofier for sale, at 12 o'clock noon, the
following described land:
A tract of land located in Jaascsville
Township, Martin County, adjoining
the J. C. Cordon land, Brooks land,
Ange land, and the public road. Con
taining 32 acres, more or less, and
known as the Boyd land.
This 2*h day of June, 1929.
B. A. CRITCHER,
jy2 4tw Commissioner.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County; In
Superior Court.
D. O. Matthew* vs. Dm Moore and
Wife, Mb Moore
An octioa hue been begun in the su
perior court at Martin County, North
Carolina, entitled as above, to foreclose
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final settlement of the 1928 taxes. Mr. Martin was
told, in effect, however, that they could not settle with
him became they did not know how, but that they
would hire some man from afar oft. to con* to Tar
boro and make the settlement for them. Sheriff Mar
tin assured them that he knew his businest, that he
was honest and he was present with the proper amount
due the county. After spending a handsome sum of
Edgecombe County's money for a stranger to come
and figure for them, the Edgecombe Count/ authori
ties admit that Sheriff Martin was right.
Auditing has cost the public more in the past 10
years than all the public officers stole during the pre
vious century.
Time To Feed the Old Cow Again
A Harvard University professor estimates that there
will be, in the course of a few years, 50,000,000 auto
mobiles on the American roads instead of the 25,000,-
000 now on them. He is therefore stressing the im
portance of States, counties, cities, and towns to pre
l>are to hind e that great increase of traffic. »
There is w me encouragement in this statement, be
cause it means an enlargement of industry, and will
doubtless forte a financial system that will increase
lb? bi:yin'j capacity of the laborer and the farmer.
With the present ratio of income, there will be sever
al classes of people in the land who will be unable to
buy or rent a car. So, then, in order that the laborer
may be a good trading asset, big business will have
to do something for him.
The business of the country is Kiting •» be more
like a dairy. farm every day. The people have been
milked dry by the interests, and it seems that the in
terests will have to feed the people so they will be
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able,,to keep milking.
Our boasted American freedom has grown to be
very one-sided. Politicians are denying preachers and
church memliers the right to expres thesmselves on
public questions. They say the only duty for the
churchman to perform is to be good and say nothing.
The lawless are always opposed to the influence of
the church. They also oppose honesty, morality, and
all kinds of truth. The millions who are honest,
square, and law-abiding, but not church members,
should be able to see that the whole argument is be
tween right and wrong.
It is a strange thing why there js a thousand times
as much said when an officer kills a man while on duty
as there is when a desperado waylays and*shoots a
man in the dark.
There is one thing clear: The lawless are always
demanding liberties which they are unwilling to give.
The Farm Board's Problem
The long-talked-of farm relief bill went into action
yesterday, when the Farm Board was organized with
the avowed purpose of helping the farmer to more
successfully handle his crop.
The Farm Board evidently has a hard job. They
are fighting a big battle with an untrained army, the
American farmers. All of the machinery for handling
crops up to now has been set up by the buyer of the
crops and not by the producers. One of the first
duties of the Farm Board should be to set up a mar
keting system for the farmer which is not against
his interests, as has been the rase in the past, when
the farmer's entire crop was at the mercy of the
manufacturer and speculator.
The Farm Board will find a very strong foe to face.
The people who have bought and handled the crops
of the country in the past are experts on manipula
tions. They know how to argue—the buyer, the fac
tory, and the consumer—against the producer. So
the first thing the board will face will be a fight. The
innumerable individuals and combinations who have
grown rich on crop speculations are not going to throw
up the s|)onge, lie down, and have their hands and feet
tied without a kick. On the other hand, the farmer is
going to be a poor fighter, because he knows nothing
about the selling side of his business, having always
depended upon his enemies to look after that side of
his business for him. t
The Farm Board, with the proper determination and
the full backing of the government, has a great oppor
tunity to put agriculture on a safer business basis,
where methods of distribution fair to both the pro
ducers and the buyer can be worked out, putting each
on an equal footing.
This is the first great effort our Government has
ever made to protect the farmer, and every man en
gaged in agriculture, either directly or indirectly,
should do everything possible to help the government
in its undertaking.
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certain lax certificates of tale covering
the following land, to wit: Adjoining
! the lands of Rome Moore, Henry Wil
liams, Joshua Coltrain, the road lead
: itig from Highway No. 90 by Wilt*
hiding. Containing sixty acres, more
or lest, and being the same land list
ed for taxes by Daniel Moore for the
' year 1V27:
Now, all persons claiming an interest
' in the subject matter in the above
entitled cause are requested to appear,
: present and defend their respective
claims within six months from date of
' the notice, otherwise they shall be for
! ever barred and foreclosed of 'uny and
all interest or claim in and to the prop
e erty or the proceeds received from the
t sale thereof.
• f This 12th day of July, 1929.
I R. J. PEEL,
1 jj/16 4tw Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE ~
North Carolina, Martin County; In
- Superior Court.
D. O. Matthews vs. C. B. Roberson
And Willie Ann Robereon
» An action has beta commenced in
the superior court of Martin County,
A North Carolina, entitled as above, to
foreclose K tax certificate of sale cov
i- ering the fo(owlng described laad:
b Located in Williams ton Township,
c Martin County, North Carolina, ajj-
Right and Wrong
joining B. F. Feel, Fannie Rawls. Eli
Rawls, run of the mill pond, contain
ing eight (8) acres, more or less, and
known as the Rawls land, and being
the imme land listed for taxes by de
fendant* for the year 1927:
Now, all persons claiming an inter
est in the subject matter in the above
entitled cause, are required to appear,
present and defend their respective
claims within six months, from, the date
of this notice, otherwise they shall be
forever barred and foreclosed of any
and all interest or claim in and to the
property or the proceeds received from
the sale thereof. _
This 15th day of July, 1929.
R. J. PEEL,
jy!6 4tw Clerk Superior Court.
*~SALB OP VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of- the authority
conferred upon ua in a deed of trust
executed by W. R. Roebuck and wile,
Dora Roebuck, on the 30th day of
April, 1923, and recorded in book of
mortgages 0-2, page 345. we will, on
Saturday, the 17th day of August, i
1929, 12 o'clock noon, at the court
house door in Williamston, N. C.,
Martin County, sell at public auction,
for cash, to the highest bidder, the
following land, to wtt:
All that certain tract or parcel ol
THE ENTERPRISE
land lying and being in Bear Grass
Township, Martin County, North Car
olina, containing 152.8 acres, more or
less, boonded on the north by the
lauds of W. R. Roebuck, on the east
by the lands of Warner Cowing, on
the south by the lands of W. R. Roe
buck c»p the west by the lands of McD.
Leggeit and W. R. Roebuck, and more
particularly described as follows, to
wit:
Beginning at Mc. D. Leggett's cor
nel on the road, thence 25 E. 12 poles, ,
N. 66 1-2 W. 36 oeles, N. 4 W. 38
poles, N. 48 E. 21 poles, N. 84 1-2 E.
14 poles, N. 69 1-2 E. 10 1-2 poles, N.
81 1-2 E. 20 poles, N. 88 3-4 E. 22 poles,
S 25 W. 17 1-2 poles, S. 52 1-2 E. 9
poles, N. 38 E. 32 1-2 poles, S. 25 W.
1" 1-2 poles, S. 52 1-2 E. 9 poles, N.
38 E. 32 1-2 poles, S. 86 3-4 E. 26
poles, N. 40 1-2 E. 16 1-2 poles, N. 65
K. 38 poles, S. 76 1-2 E. 27 1-2 poles,
S 36 1-4 poles, E. 10 poles, S. 71 1-2
E 8 poles, S. 87 1-2 E. 5 poles, S. 4
1-2 E. 86 poles, due west 34 poles, S.
25 W 13 1-2 poles, S. 10 1-2 E. 18 1-2
poles, S. 15 E. 16 poles. S. 78 W. 76
poes, N. 20 W. 27 poles. N. 45 W 26
poles, S. 71 W. 51 1-2 poles, N. 20 VV.
24 poles to the»Jbeginning and being a
part of the land conveyed to W. R.
Roebuck by E. B. Roebuck and wife,
Mary E. Koebcuk.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of W. R. Roebuck and wife,
Dora Roebuck, to pay off and discharge
the indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust to the North Carolina Joint
Stock Land Bank of Durham.
A deposit of 10 per cent will be re
quired from the purchaser at the sale.
This the 12th day of July, 1929.
FIRST NATIONAL CO.
,OF DURHAM,
/ Trns'tee.
Formerly First National Trust Com
pany, Durham, N. C. jylb 4tw
NOTICE |
North Carolina, Martin County; in
superior court. J
D, O. Matthews vs. EMM Mae Bo wen.
H. B. Bowen. Guardian. Henry D.
Tobacco Twine
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TELEPHONE 20 WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Gurganus, and George Dewey Gray.
An action has been begun in the
superior court of Martin County en
titled as above to foreclose certain tax
certificates of sale covering the fol
lowing described land: Being a tract
of land in Martin County, Goosher
of land in Martin County, Cross Roads
Township, and known as the George
D. Gurganus tract of land, containing
150 acres, more or less, and bounded
on the north by the lands of J. A. 0»-
bprne, on the E. by R. L. Smith and
BOsborne, and on the S. by the
run of Tranters Creek, and on the W.
by Joe Bullock and J. A. Osborne, and
being the same land listed for taxes
by the said Henry D. Gurganus:
Now, all persons claiming an inter
est in the subject matter in the above
entitled action are required to appear,
present, and defend their respective
claims within six months from the date
of this notice, otherwise they shall be
forever barred and foreclosed of any |
and all interest - or claim in and to the
property or the proceeds received from
the sale thereof.
This 28th day of June. 1929.
R. J. PEEL,
jy2 4tw Clerk Superior Court.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Resolutions of Respect for A. L.
Roebuck, passed by the board of di
rectors of Planters & Merchants Bank,
Everetts, N. C.
Whereas, On the Bth day of June,
1929, the Supreme Architect of the
Universe, in His infinite wisdom, saw
fit to call from our midst our friend
and associate, A. L. Roebuck, a mem
ber of the board of directors of Plant
ers & Merchants Bank, Everetts, N. C.
And whereas this board of directors,
realizing in his death the loss of a
strong and loyal member, whose pres
ence and wise counsel will be most
keenly missed: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved: First, That we bow in
humble submission to the will of the
I All-Wise Creator.
+ Second, That our bank has lost in
the death of Mr. Roebuck. ajrue_and
faithful servant and noble citizen; one
of its most 'oval members.
Third, That we share the sorrow of
his bereaved family and deeply sympa-,
thize with then in their great loss, and
direct them to Him who doeth all
things well and to whom we bow in
humble submission.
Fourth, That a copy of this resolu
tion be spread upon the minutes of
the Planters & Merchants Bank, a
copy be sent the family of the de
ceased, and a copy be furnished the
Enterprise for publication.
Most respectfully submitted, this
17th day of June, 1929.
Board of Directors, Planters & Mer
chants' Bank, Everetts, N.C.
By V. G. TAYLOR, Chairman.
PAUL BAILEY, Secretary.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County; in
the superior court.
D. 0. Matthews vs. Sarah Long
The above-named defendant will
take notice that, an action entitled at
above has been commenced in the su
perior court of Martin County, North
Carolina, to foreclose certain tax cer
tificates of sale, same being land listed
for taxes by the defendant for the year
1927; that said defendant will take no
tice that she is required to appear be
fore the clerk superior court of Mar
tin County at his office in Williamston,
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Life Insurance Plays
in Thrift
Because the maximum pur
chasing power of a few
dollars is small —an eve
rW||n ning at the theatre or a not
• overly large basket of
Almomi | groceries—the dollars slip
I through our fingeri.
But when accumulated,
these same dollars become £■
all powerful and buy II
beautiful h r nes, college HIS
educations, Irips around
the world and old age peace I /;fp
and happiness. LMMMJ
ALMOST Anyone may have slswistysaythiag mm osgr
can buy, if he starts soon enough to get the money
together—and lives long enough to finish the job.
Life insurance ia a helpful aavings system that ooa
pletea the job—dead or alive. The deposit! are regu
lar in time and amount; it ia a self-imposed and
gently-compulsory thrift habit.
Life Inaurance ia a simple plan that changes hopea
into realitiea and makes dreams come true.
W. G. PEEL
LIFE INSURANCE
Offices: Farmers- & Merchants Bank Building
PHONE 152
%ij2i£ji£±iS2.
'X. c„ within thirty days after the
| service of Mid lummoni and answer to
Ihe complaint filed herein, or the ptata
tift will apply to the court for the -tentf
. demanded in said eoniplaint.
This 29th day of June, 1929.
R. J. PEEL,
jy2 4tw Clerk Superior Court.
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