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Friday. August 16, 1929
A Verdict To Be Commended
The jury in the Snooks trial will be commended for
its verdict of guilty. Few cases in all history have
reflected more of the low animal instincts than those
developed inthe Snooks-Hix affairs, which finally led
to the murder of Mis Hix.
There were three times as many women as men who
heard the trial of the horrible case, and it is to be
hoped that they were there in the interest of a higher
ideal of life.
The appeal'tyf the State's attorney to the jury to
make our university safe for our daughters" was a
commendable ideal. The fact that a young woman
who goes to a university to prepare herself for a ca
reer of honor and usefulness in life, to be taken in,
even if half the cause was her own weakness, by a
college professor, ruined and killed was sufficient
grounds for the attorney's request.
A keener sense of honor among women and men
would help conditions in many places.
Enforcing the Law
Sheriff James H. Harris, of Beaufort County, struck
an important note in law enforcement in a recent talk
before a religious gathering in his town.
He said that if every woman and man whose names
are engrossed on some church roll and every organi
zation that stands for law and order, will abstain from
liquor and discourage the use of it all they possibly
can and aid the officers all they can, then the prob
lem will be solved.
That statement is. very largely true. Church folks
and fraternity men are too the bootleggers' best cus
tomers, making the profit good, which is the sole in
ducement to continue in the liquor business.
The taste for liquor does not induce many men to
go into tlx? woods and make liquor. It is the greed
for money which causes men to defy the law. The
man who loves him drink may go a long way to get it,
but most of them have too much respect fbr the law
to deliberately break by making their own liquor.
The liquor seller is the man who will take the
bread from the mouths of children, and the peace and
pleasures of the home from the mother, by taking the
last cent from the father and leave him impoverished
in pocket, mind, and body.
Until people know and care what harm liquor
does to a people, the law can not be fully enforced.
Drinking and sympathizing church members are re
sponsible for much of the laxity in enforcement. ,
Too Many Drownings
Too many people are drowned through carelessness.
Every season thousands of people are drowned, in
most instances through carelessness. Children seem
to be careless and too often plunge in water too deep
for them.
It has become necessary t ohave traffic schools to
save life and property by teaching people how to
drive properly and also how walk on our highways.
Vet we fail to properly teach our children the danger
of going in deep water, where dangerous currents
sweep, and also where there are deep holes, which
are found in most streams. Whatever may be the
remedy, too many people are being drowned at the
resorts and streams in (his country. Drowning is one
of the big causes of accidental deaths. Most of it
might be avoided.
A Task for the Farm Relief Board
The News-Dispnick has first-hand information that
the growers of the North Carolina border are not at
all pleased with the average of the South Carolina
tobacco markets prevailing during the past week, and
if there b any redress thejr would like to know it. It
seems that the golden harvest for the golden weed is
not so golden after all, and that the average prices on
the North Carolina border markets are averaging but
little, if any, higher than the disastrous season last
year—that is, 14 to IS cents a pound. It is true that
practically all the weed offered up to now has been
"saad hip," first or ground primings, but that has
bam of excellent quality and with the roseate pic
ture that had been painted of market prospects upon
the eve of the opening ten days ago, developments
have bean very disappointing.
While prices on warehouse floors Saturday had a
tendency ever so slightly upwards, the North Caro
lina growers want to know why the official reports from
the South Georgia'market! for the first week showed an
average of 19 1-2 cents, while it is five cents les* per
pound for the same quality of tobacco, and we have
been led to believe that no tobacco in the world is
better than the bright leaf that is grown right here in
North and South Carolina. There is evidently some
thing wrong somewhere. The warehouseman can not
be blamed, for the higher the price and the more mon
ey received by the farmer the more he receives as his
warhouse commissions and charges. It looks like a
combination in restraint of reasonable values if not in
restraint of trade, and something ought to be done
about it by our agricultural departments, who have an
excellent opportunity. jij|t here for some real con
structive work that will justify their existence.
Or, better still, why not refer the whole matter to
this newly created firm board of Mr. Hoover and lets
see what kind of "relief" they have to offer? There
can be no doubt that "relief" is needed if the eco
nomics of the whole situation are studied and the
farmers are of the opinion that "now is the time for
all good men to come to the relief of the party.
Wilmington News-Dispatch.
Out oi Order
Ex-Governor Lowden says that farmers should be
paid a bonus for improving their lands by the culti
vation of legumes. The enrichment of the land is
adding to the- public wealth, and he thinks the public
should give some compensation for this. But the Gov
ernor should remember that this would be conferring
a special privilege on the farmer, and giving him a
subsidy. It is all right to subsidize the shipping in
dustry; it is sound economics to give special privi
leges to various branches of industry, and assess the
farmer to p;iy for these subsidies and special privi
leges, but it is dangerous heresy to grant subsidies and
special privileges to the farming industry. Hence,
Governor Lowden is entirely out of order.— Sout kern
Agriculturist.
Automobiles and Unemployment
One day we are informed by an authoritative State
official whose duty it is to look after such matters
that the jobless army is at its peak in North Carolina.
The next day from another official whose information
is equally authoritative, we learn that in July North
Carolinians bought more automobiles than they have
ever bought in a single month.
On the one side the figur* confirm insistence that
we have fallen on evil times, and that the so-called
Hoover prosperity, in North Carolina at least, is a
cruel myth. On the other side, we are confronted
with a picture of North Carolinians putting more mon
ey than ever before into luxuries, for however manu
facturers may argue and owners may insist, automo
bile for the great mass of folks are still luxuries.
We might say that the people of North Carolina,
having observed that the State seems to be satisfac
torily using highways long before they have been paid
for, have adopted the same policy in the purchase of
automobiles. But the figures obstruct this reasoning.
Not only did July set a record for sales, but it set a
new record in sales for cash.
It's going to take a wiser or a more thoughtful
analysis than can be made here to explain this com
plexity. At least it challenges thought.
Borrowed Briefs
Our idea of a tough job would be trying to lug
Lindbergh into the talkies.— Chicago Evening Post.
"What is the commonest crime among literary
men?" asks The Literary Digest. Writing.—Ttmfa
Tribune.
Baths made illegal in Brussels, Belgium— Headline.
Brussels makes a bid for the small boy trade. Arhvt
sos Gosetle. " ,
Another thing modern woman's garb has done: It
has put the Dance of the Seven Veil# completely out
of business.— Louisville Times.
Every now and then some eminent statesman sees
the dawn of a new era, but it always seems to cloud
up before noon.— Kay Features.
When better automobiles are made, most of us will
still be paying for the ones we have now. San Diego
Union.
We have seen many statements covering the cott
of crime, fires, accidents, and what not, but no one
ever published a statement of the coat of compiling
all these statistics.— Bnuuwick Pilot.
Making love doesn't take as long as it once did, but
then it doesn't stay made as long, either. — Koyfee
tyres.
It is interesting to note that China and Rusaia saw
the wisdom of peaceably settling their own dispute aa
soon aa Japan offered to arbitrate for them. — SoiUkern
Lumbermen.
The French have reluctantly ratified the debt agree
ment. This does not mean, however, that they will
ever forgive us for lending them the money.—Ntm
Yorker.
A motorist is a man who thinks his make of auto
mobile is the beat in the world, but is saving up his
money to buy another kind next year.—Southern
lumberman.
President Hoover points out that we have the world's
; costliest army. Hare's hoping that we never get our
I money's worth out of it. — Nm Yorker.
THE ENTERPRISE
THE LETTER-BOX
A PROMINENT BOY OP THIS
COUNTY DISS
Hubert Moore, 19 years old, »on of
Mr. Whit Moore and the late Mrs.
Moore, of near Everetts, died at the
Sanitorium Hospital in Rocky Mount
Wednesday about 3 o'clock, following
an attack of appendicitis suffered the
Saturday before. He was carried to
the hospital soon after the attack, but
the operation was not performed until
10 o'clock Sunday morning, a time
said to be to late to save the young
man's life.
He was a member of Everetts Chris
tian Church for seven years and an ac
tive member of the Sunday school of
that church, performing the duty as
secretary for some time. Hubert was
one of the seniors of Everetts' High
School last year and was one of the
most popular members of the student
body. He was well known and liked
in high school Circles throughout the
county and was known as one of Mar
tin County's cleanest and fairest ath
1 tea.
The funeral was held Thursday aft
ernoon at 3:30 o'clock from the home
of his father by Rev. W. F. Weigman,
of Williamston. The gathering of
friends and sympathizers was one of
the largest ever seen at a funeral in this
section.
The occasion was one of great sad
ness, because it was the funeral of a
young man of line qualities and full of
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A SIX -IN THE PRICE RANGE OF THE FOUR
promise in the very flower of manhood,
having been cut down a* a flower in
perfect bloom. '»•
The floral offerings were elaborate,
many wreaths coming from hit friend*
and associate! throughout the. county.
The burial was at the family ceme
tery on the home farm.
Besides his father, step-mother, a
brother, Dallas Moore, of Everetts, and
uncle* and aunts, and a host of friends
a half brother, grandmother, several
survive to mourn their loss.
CONTRIBUTED.
Everetts, N. C.
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CARD OP THANKS
Wc wish to thanlc each and every
one for their kindness and sympathy
ihown to uf during the recent illness
and death of oar dear little son, G. W.
Bkrrett, Jr., and for the beautiful flor
al offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. BARRETT.
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Friday, August 16,1929
Red Spiders Attacking
Cotton in Edgecombe
Rep spiders were so numerous on
one Edgecombe County farm that they
did not wait until dry weather to at
tack the •otton. The owner is dust
ing with sulphur to protect his crop.