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Friday, April 7, 1933
The Beer Argument
The beer question seems to be about settled, and
we hear many people praising it. They argue that it
will produce a whole lot of tax money and stop the
bootlegger and the moonshiner.
Of course, the beer barons put out these arguments,
and many people are stupid enough to believe them.
Beer certainly will not prevent bootlegging because
the average drinker will stick to his old moonshine,
out of which he can procure a drunk for about one
tenth of the cost of a beer drunk. And if he doesn t
especially like the burning liquor, then he will drink
the 10 per cent home brew, which will not cost half
as much as beer. So the fellows who think it will de
crease the bootleg business are just simpletons.
People who know remember the old moonshiner,
even when we had whisky laws and taxes. A saloon
would sell 25 barrels of liquor on one stamp, causing
the loss of about $55 per barrel on the 24 unstamped
barrels, or more than $1,300 in government taxes.
Even in those old days the barkteper had his back
woods still and supplied his trade by moonshine.
Now about that tax money. That is perhaps the
most foolish argument that can be advanced in favor
of beer. Suppose a farmer or a mechanic wants his
child to go to school and is willing to pay a tax to sup
port the school. At present he takes a load of pota
toes to town, sell them for $5, which he takes to the
tax collector and pays for the benefit of his own
chilcl. He has a neighbor who also wishes to do the
same thing for his child. He also lakes a load of po
tatoes, sell them for $5. He then goes to the beer
salesman, wallows around all day, talks with reason
able sense for about an hour; then he changes key,
talks louder but with less sense. He continues to
drink. He soon becomes so familiar with his friends
that he hugs them and slobbers all over them and
curses his enemies. At last the $5 is gone, all to the
beer salesman, who keeps a portion, turns $1 over
to the tax collector and send the balance to the beer
barons' syndicate, composed of men who have no love
for children nor respect for God. And so the poor
foolish man finally reaches home in no sha|)e to meet
a wife of love and service. Children come out view
a dilapidated father who carried away $5 worth of
potatoes, |>ut $1 of it ih the treasury, and wasted the
balance on himself, which incapacitated him as a cit
izen, and as a gentleman, because he has put himself
in a condition clear out of line with the design of his
Creator.
Farmer Number Two is paying too high a price
(or the education of his child. Farmer Number One
has paid five times as much taxes with the same ef
fort, gone home in proper shape to meet a faithful
wife and greet loving children; and if by chance he
had met death by accident on the way home, he would
have been in better condition to enter into the pres
ence of his God than the poor fellow who had weak
ened his body, his mind, and his soul with beer, which
so many people are praising.
Too Anxious To Try New Things
Now comes the demand for a full investigation of
the destruction of the Akron, with nearly all on board
gone to their long home. It is very likely that the
direct cause will never be known beyond mere guesses.
According to our way of thinking, the sooner the
nations of the world can be satisfied to remain on the
earth and stop making preparations to try things
which are rather out of harmony with nature, the
better it will be for us.
We are too anxious to try new things, regardless
of the cost in money or the hazard of life. Men will
never be able to build anything that will covercome
the forces of nature.
Why apend so much in trying to do things not con
sistent with good business. -
Squeezing the Little Fellow
One of our chief mistake* in government has been
the attempt to establish a market for our big manu
facturing monopolists. This policy has greatly han
dicapped the markets for our cotton, tobacco, wheat,
yd livestock fanners.
The cotton tenner would fare better on a basis of
a low tariff, fair and friendly trdae. The tariff fight
is where the little fellows gets squeezed.
According To Importance
One legislator of Eastern North Carolina has writ
ten his home county people on three subjects in the
legislature, presumably according to their importance.
First, beer; second, dogs; third, schools.
Lots of folks would apparently grade them on the
same basis. - s, *
A Job for the Government
r If things are to be done on a big scale, the govern
ment must do it. It can not be done byindividuals
or combinations. Russia is beating us two to one in
handling things, all because the government protects
the weak and curbs the strong.
Railroad combinations very largely dominated the
country for a quarter of a century. They spent mon
ey wastefully, built where they were not needed, com
peted with each other at heavy expense, paid dozens
of men more salaries than the President of the United
States ever got, gobbled up many millions of acres
of America's best public lands. And now they are
begging the government to save them.
The fact is private ownership, with superior gov
ernment privileges, proved a boomerang. Their
greed caused them to plan and build unwisely.
The. railroads offer only one illustration of the ac
tion taken by many other trusts. They built too ex
tensively. The basis of the whole load—the needs
of the public—could not stand the high salaries paid
and interest and dividends on the watered stock.
The question has been raised as to whether the
government should attempt to put over its farm relief
plan. It will certainly be better for the government
to rescue and stand l by the farmer than it will be
leave him alone to the merciless speculator and gam
bler, who have already bankrupted him.
If our present-day civilization is to continue, it must
rest itself on principles higher than government by
riches.
Rich men are fully entitled to honest government
and fair play. On the other hand, the poor man is
equally entitled to a voice in everything, just as much
so as teh rich. For we must remember that there
has never been a rich man who did not gather his
riches from the poor. Of course, it may be honestly
done. But he must not get above the source of his
income, nor forget those who created his wealth.
A Step in the Right Direction
Some folks are complaining and saying that Presi
dent Roosevelt is assuming the role of a dictator.
There is not a word of truth about it. He has done
nothing but his duty; that is, kicked the big dogs off
of the little ones.
It wasji good deed, Mr. Roosevelt. If they don't
like it and don't stop growling, kick 'em again. They
certainly needed all they got.
No nation of people in all the world's history has
been choked and smothere so badly hy dishonest meth
ods of capital as we Americans.
The President should now go a step further and de
stroy the -methods by which they wrought these
iniquities. Crush the combines and trusts.-
Our Most Important Task
We have heard lots of talk about confidence re
cently, and nearly always the talk placed the empha
sis in the wrong place.
We were taught to think that wealth was afraid
to invest because of the attitude of the people gen
erally, which is entirely wrong. The truth is that
wealth has acted in such a manner that would give
general business a panicky feeling, and then it would
jump on them and rob them.
"This has been fully proven by recent investiga
tions of the vpry people and institutions that have
been paraded before the public as business builders
and financial saviors, when, in fact, they have never
been higher in the scale of business or citizenship
than thieves and robbers.
Just ask the millions who have been caught by
them. They have dominated Washington and per
petrated their games of robbery from coast to coast.
The big and most important task before the coun
try today is to break up the big combines and mo
nopolies, and especially futures-gambling dens as well
as most of the stock exchanges. No gambling is
honest and it is always detrimental to honest dealings
in a community.
"The First Citizen of North Carolina"
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Labor.
When Josephus Daniels, new ambassador t6 Mexico,
took the oath of office before his elder brother the
other day, som6 one called him the "First Citizen of
North Carolina." At the risk of starting an argument
on state's rights, Labor approves the title, and adds
that Mr. Daniels is pretty well up in the citizenship
of the United States.
He was one of the best, if not the very best, Secre
tary the United States Navy tver had. He kept the
sea arm at a high pitch of efficiency, and in all the
building and confusion of the war period, there was
*no hint of graft in his administration. Yet, while
giving naval officers the widest freedom and responsi
bility in war, he kept that civilian attitude which is
vital in the minister of a republic. And the sheer
eloquence with which he "cussed out" the
grafters who tried to get the naval oil reserves should
not be forgotten.
Daniels is a Democrat, with a small "d" as well
as with a large one. He is a Southern liberal; and
that puts him in a mighty valuable group. He will
go to Mexico as representative of the American peo
ple, not of American bankers; and if he gets a chance
to help Mexico he will do it. The United State* it
fortunate to have him for an envoy, and Mexico is
fortunate in having him as a national meat
THE ENTERPRISE
Farmers- Ready To Start
All Over Again Now
"As usual, when winter gives way
to spring, the farmer becomes opti
mistic and plans for another year,
trusting that things will change in his
favor."—County Agent R. W. Pou, of
Forsyth.
Grain Feed Alone Causes
Leg, Weakness of Chicks
Grain feed alone or other unbal
anced rations will invariably cause
chicks to suffer from leg weakness.
They begin to limp and finally get
down, the comb turns white, and there
is a general falling off in feeding.
This condition may be corrected by
supplementing the ration with some
form of animal protein. In some' cases
this protein is supplied by bugs and
worms on open range, but if the
range is not available the grain ration
should be "supplemented with milk,
meat scraps, or fish meal to supply
the necessary feeds.
NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Peter R. Rives, late
of the county of Martin, notice is here
by given to all persons holding claims
against said estate to present same to
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MEN WANTED FOR RAWLEIGH
route of 800 oijsumeri in city of
Williamston, Counties of East Mar
tin and Edgeooml)' - Reliable hustler
can start $25 weekly and increase
every month. Writ; immediately.
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NOTICE OP PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Martin County—ln
Superior Court,' 1
S. J. Moore vs. Mary Moore
The defendant above named will
take ndtice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in- the
Superior Court of Martin County,
North Carolina, to abtain an absolute
divorce on the grounds of adultery
and separation; and the said defend
ant will further take notice that she
is required to appear at the Clerk's
Office of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County at Williamston, North
Carolina, within thirty (30) days after
the date of service of summons, and
answer the complaint within the time
prescribed by law, which is of record
in the Clerk's Office, or the plaintiitf
will apply to thejCourt for the relief
demanded in said complaint!
R. J. PEEL, Clerk,
a-7 4t-. . Superior Court.
NOTIQB ~
North Carolina, Martin County; in
the Superior Court.
J. H. Holliday vs. W. W. Morgan
Poultry Truck
At Williamston
WEDNESDAY
April
ALL DAY
THE FOLLOWING PRICES WILL BE PAID:
Colored Hens, lb. 10c Leghorn Hens, lb. 8c
Winter Fryers, 2 lbs. up, lb. 12c
Hot-House Broilers, lb. 14c
Roosters, lb. 6c Ducks & Geese, lb. 5c
ALL COMPETITION WILL BE MET
AT TRUCKS
J. L. BUCK
NORFOLK, VA.
Friday, April 7, 1933
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
a bore has been commenced in the Su
perior Court of Martin Cosnty, North
Carolina, to recover damages against
the defendant for personal injuries in
the sum of $2,000.00. Defendant will
further take notice that he ia required
to appear before the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Martin County within
30 days after the final publication of
this notice and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded, in said complaint.
The defendant will also take notice
that a warrant of attachment was it
sued by R. J. Peel, clerk of the Super
ior Court of Martin County on the
15th day of February, 1933, against
the property of said defendant, which
warrant is returnable before said Clerk
at the time and place above named for
the return of the summons.
This the 6th day of March, 1933.
R. J. PEEL,
Clerk of' the Superior Court.
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