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WILUAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA.
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IN MARTIN COUNTY
OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY
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Entered at the post office in Williamston, N. C.,
as aecond-claM matter under th« act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
Address all communications te The Enterprise
snd not to the individual members of the firm.
Tuesday, February 20,1934
Candidates Should Come Into the Open
It looks at this writing as if lots of folks want to
go to Congress and to our State Legislature.
So far, we have heard of no call from the people,
the urge seems to come from the individuals them
selves. Jkv
What the public wants to know if their lawmakers
is why they want office. Have they some great and
good service tbey want to render the public? If so,
then let them tell the public what it is and solemnly
pledge to perform that service. This is only fair,
for what some political aspirant wants to do for us
may be wholly foreign to what the people want.
Of course,- it may be that some candidates are
seeking honors for themselves, yet with a willingness
to serve faithfully and efficiently. Others may want
the honors as a stepping stone in business and politics,
and still there may be others who want to get a peep
in room No. ? to see "what price glory."
After all, it is bad policy for the people to await
self-seeking politicians to come out and secure an of
fice without his first solemnly pledging to stand on a
platform of the people and for the people.
Candidates, make your pledges, and keep them if
elected.
Changing the School Curriculum
The proposed change in our school curriculum will
be hailed with delight by many people, especially by
the older folks, who have heretofore borne the heat
and burden of sustaining the schools. They at least
feel that the schools are wasting a lot of money or
that their children have been wasting a lot of time.
There is an idea that our present systems lends the
thought to the child that he will not have many duties
to perform, that things will come easily, and that they
will have no reverses, but that their government,
either national, state, county, or town, will take care
of them.
The people generally want schools that will stress
the obligations of every man to support and improve
himself, and his solemn duty to support and improve
his community, his state and nation.
We have tried too long to teach loyalty to our gov
ernment against her foes, when at the same time
we have neglected to tell them that loyalty is one of
the minor duties of a citizen; the prime duty being to
build a nation founded on good citizenship, one that
can safely rest on the shoulders of a people with a
willingness to support it and sustain it.
We need a school system that will renew and stress
the foundation principle that all ages must know how
to succeed, but we need to cut off a few of the mod
ern frills.
Better English Week
The North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs
has for several years sponsored a week called Better
English Week. The purpose is "to encourage the
study and work for the proper use of English in our
speech and writing.
The schools need to cooperate in this work, for,
after all, it is one of their bigger as well as hardest
problems. They need to offer prizes to those who
speak and write best during the week.
The community needs to cooperate in this move
ment also. Even the uneducated may be able to
greatly improve themselves in the use of better lan
guage.
The Federation in its program suggests the follow
ing contests? Checking errors in speech; tabulating
words mispronounced; checking slang phrases and
vulgar usage; checking words overworked or improp
erly used; writing essays, telling stories, and debating,
all on the subject of the value of using correct Eng
lish.
The Club's program also includes the following
"Good English Pledge":
I promise:
{ 1. That I will not dishonor my country's speech by
leaving off the last syllable of words.
2. That I will sty a good American "Yea" and "No"
fa place of an Indian grunt, "unhu" and "uh-uhn."
3. That I will do my best to improve American
■P*eecfl By avoiding loud rough tones; by enunciating
distinctly, sod by speaking pleasantly and Muxrely.
4. That I will try to make my country's u "g"*g*
The CWA Draws To a Close
It is good news to hear that the CWA work will
draw to a close in the near future. It was only a
temporary measure designed to take care of those in
extreme need and has well served its purpose. Yet
it cannot go on forever, and the sooner the workers
are thrown on their own resources the better it will
be for them and the sections in which they live.
When a man has to learn to take care of himself
he always becomes a bitter citizen, and the govern
ment can go too far in feeding her people, because it
will have a tendency to cause them to become indo
lent and burdens on society.
Perhaps the worst thing in the whole system is the
wastefulness which has existed in so many cases.
Too many people who have very little qualifications
have been given jobs and have managed them so poor
ly and have displayed so much ignorance that the
various communities have revolted against the whole
works.
It is true that in some instances organizations have
become very efficient and fair services are being ren
dered by them.
Summarizing the whole situation, the charges would
rest most heavily upon certain men who have been
entrusted to lay out and direct work.
Times Have Changed
Neither Hitler of Germany nor Dolfuss of Austria
will win in their ruthless military program.
The world has outgrown the power of a king and
will never have to bow to such a power again unless
we are dragged through another long period of dark
ages, t
The same thought applies also to material domin
ion. Men will stoop pretty low for the dollar, but
they will fight hard to keep the other fellow from
getting them all. Evidently a hard time is coming
for the fellow who has formerly dominated all the
dollars, as well as to the fellow that has wielded all
the political influence.
The Causes of Socialism
America beats them all, because it is the only na
tion so far that has adopted socialism with nobody
hurt and nearly everybody helped.
In France, they killed a lot of folks and have hard
ly been stopped yet. In Austria they are still slay
ing them.
Russia was the next country to the United States
in going socialistic. Their main purpose was to kill
one man—the Czar, who was evidently the proper
one to kill.
We need to remember the causes of socialism if
we wish to abolish it. We must either treat the masses
fairly or reduce them to total ignorance.
Socialism is nothing more than the voice of the peo
ple calling for fair play. While sometimes they do not
pursue the praper tactics to secure their purposes and
desires, yet their purposes are generally on the right
track.
In our own case, our people patiently bore the yoke
of bondage, and our government gave them rfejief
without their having to resort to drastic measures such
as the French and the Austrians have had to do. \
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Must Keep the Peanut Acres Down To
Minimum
Hertford County Herald
Regardless of the future action of Congress in de
claring peanuts a basic crop and promulgating an
acreage reduction program, growers will do them
selves and the industry a life-saving act if they will
refrain from planting excess acres this year. In 1933,
sheer necessity forced the acreage down. Growers
were losing money on their operations.
Prices have advanced some as a result, though all
of the increase may not be ascribed to the smaller
production, for evidently the peanut market has al
ways suffered from a lack of stabilization even when
peanuts were not produced in excess and when the
buying power was sufficient to absorb the crop. Still
we can hope for nothing except continued rout of all
profits if growers are not to keep the acreage down
this year and cooperate in the spirit of the Roose
veltian program of reduction in yield of all farm crops.
The Colonel Speaks As One Financially
Interested
Bertie Ledger-Advance
W hen Colonel Charles Lindbergh speaks out for
air mail carriers, as he has done in recent days, his
opinion and his word will not be acclaimed by the
public as the hero of the Atlantic nor as discoverer
of new ideas in the field of aviation; in his latest
role, he speaks from a financial interest, and, there
fore, his word wjll not carry the same weight, nor
will he find the public as eager to follow him as it
has been and still is in the realm of aviation. When
he protested the cancellation of air mail contracts by
I resident Roosevelt, the Colonel undertook a feat
that will hardly be so easy of accomplishment as that
of flying across the Atlantic.
Again stringing along with President Roosevelt, we
derive some inner satisfaction from the way thing.
■re being done in official Washigton in these latter
d*y»- Crookedness must have been pretty rank when
(he contracts were awarded, or the President would
not have taken the steps he did. Usually, without
claiming for himself infallibility, the President has
not rushed headlong into situations without fairly good
reasons for his actions. The immediate savings to
the Government may not, after all, be the greatest
good to come of the President's cancellation action.
Its effect upon future prospective grafters and sure
punishment of those already mulcting the government
are perhaps of greater force and benefit than the
money save by the action. "
BSradHgXMg 3HX
North Carolina, Martin County. I
Under and by virtue of the power of
aa)e contained in a certain deed of trust
executed by William Riddick to the
undesigned trustee on the sth day of
October, 1933, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in;
book H-3, at page 177, said deed of
trust having been given for the pur-j
pose of securing certain notes of even
date and tenor therewith, and default
having been made in the payment of|
said notes, and the terms and stipula-.
tions contained in the said deed of
trust not having been complied with, I
and at the request of the owner _of|
said notes, the undersigned trustee will,
on Friday, the 23rd day of February,
1934, at 12 o'clock m., in front of the'
courthouse door in the town of Wil-j
liamston, N. C., offer for sale to the ;
highest bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate, to wit:
Being a tract of land located in Wil
liamston Township, Martin County,
bounded on all sides by the lands of
J. G. Staton, Eli Taylor land, and
Henry Little and others, and being
the same land purchased by William
Riddick from Ransom Riddick, said
deed being of record in the register
of deeds' office of Martin Countv, to
which reference may be made for a
full description. \
This the 22nd day of January, 1934. _
ELBERT S. PEEL,
j23 4tw _ Trustee. •
" NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the power
contained in that certain deed of fus'
executed to the undersigned trustee by
D. L. Pritchard and wife, Hettie
Pritchard, on the Ist day of January,
1929, and recorded in book P-2, page
404, we will on Monday, the sth day
of March, 1934, at 12 o'clock noon,
at the courthouse door in Martin
County, Williamston, N. C., sell at
public auction for cash to the highest
bidder the following land, to wit:
All my interest, same being one-half
undivided, in the farm known as the
Pippin Farm, adjoining W. L. Sherrod,
and others, and being on the north
side of the public road leading from
Williamston to Hamilton, and border
ing on Conolio Creek, containing 150
acres, more or less, see book FF, at ■
page 117, for more complete descrip-,
tion.
This the Ist day of February, 1934.
T. B. SLADE, JR.,
f6 4tw Trustee.
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the power
contained in that certain deed of trust
executed to the undersigned trustee
by Alton Edmondson, on the 10th day
of September, 1930, and'recorded in
book E-3, page 99, we will on Mon
day, the sth day of March, 1934, 12
o'clock noon, at the courthouse door
in Martin County, Williamston, N. C.,
sell at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder, the following land, to
wit: '
All' my right, title, and intereit in
and to the estate of my grandfather,
John Etheridge, and known as the
John Ethridge home place, same be
ing all the lands I now own, adjoining
the lands of J. H. Etheridge and
thers.
This the Ist day of February, 1934.
' J. B. EVERETT,
f6 4tw Trustee.
SALE OP VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the author
ity conferred upon us in a deed of
trust executed by J. M. Hassell and
wife, Bettie V. Hassell, and M. V.
Hassell, unmarried, on the 31st day
of July, 1925, and recorded in book
X-2, at page 123, 124, we will, on
Saturday, the 17th day of March,
1934, 12 o'clock noon, at the court
house door in Martin County, Wil
liainston, N. C., sell at publk auction
for cash to the highest bidder, the
following land, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Jamesvilte
Township, Martin County, and State
of North Carolina, containing 90 acres,
more or less, bounded on the north
by the. Roanoke River, on the cast
by Roan&ke River and the land* of
Iate McAlister, on tin S. by the
Jamesville and Williamston High
way, and on the W. by the lands of
Mrs. j. S. Godard and Lou Barnes,
and more particularly described as fol
lows, to wit: Beginning at Mrs. J. S.
Godard's and corner of this land on
Roanoke River, thence S. 80 E. 20
poles, S. 70 E. 13 poles, S. 67 E. 15
poles, S. 50 E 18 1-2 poles, S. 25 E
7 poles, S. 61 W. 16 poles, S. 67 W.
64 poles, S. 46 W. 18 poles, S. 44 E.
7 poles, S. 46 W. 7 poles, due S. 16
poles, S. 25 E. 20 poles, S. 30 W. 16
poles, N. 67 1-2 W. 22 poles, N. 33
1-2 E. 20 poles, N. 13 W. 10 poles,
N. 36 W. 6 poles, N. 53 W. 6 poles,
S 30 W. 7 poles, S. 62 E. 6 poles. S.
30 W. 73 1-2 poles, N. 70 E. 36 poles,
N. 23 1-2 E. 70 poles, N. 85 W. 5
poles, N. 47 W. 9 poles, N. 10 W. 13
poles, N. 30 W. 12 poles, N. 53 E.
18 poles, S. 73 1-2 E. 20 poles, N. 55
E. 8 poles, N. 23 W. 11 poles, N. 25
W. 8 poles, N. 61 1-2 E. 77 poles, to (
the beginning.
This sale is made by reason of thej
failure of J. M." Hassell and wife,
Bettie V. Hassell, and M. V. Hassell
to pay off and discharge the indebted
ness secured by said deed of trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will be re
quired from the purchaser at sale.
This the 12th day of February, 1934.
t INTERSTATE TRUSTEE
CORPORATION.
£2O 4tw Substituted Trustee.
Durham, N. C.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of a judgment
of the superior court of Martin Coun
ty entered by Sadie W. Peel, clerk of
the superior court, on the lVih day of
February, 1934, in that certain pro
ceedings enHtled, "Maggie Ward vs.
Nuah Andrews," the undesigned com
missioner will, on Monday, the 2nd
day of April, 1934, at twelve (12) o'-
clock noon, in front of the court
house door of Martin County, Wil
liamston, North Carolina, offer for
sale, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described real estate, to
wit: ■
"That certain house and lot, a resi
dence, in the town of Barmele, North
Carolina, listed for tqra for the year
1930 in the name of Noah Andrew*,
and being the same premises upon
which Maggie Ward now resides."
This the 20th day of February, 1934.
HUGH G. HOkTON,
f2O 4tw Commissioner.
NOTICE or gALM OF REAL
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of thetpower of
Ale contained in a certain , deed of
, trust executed on the 29th d» of Au
gust, 1931, by J. T. Barnhill and wife,
| Telitha Barnhill, to the undereigned
' trustee, and of record in the publx
registry of Martin County in book
H-3, at page 28, said deed of trust
having been made and given for the
purpose of securing a note of even
date and tenor therewith, default hav
;i ing been made in the payment of same
, and at the request of the holder of
i same, the undersigned trustee will, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of March,
1934, at 12 o'clock m., in front of the
| courthouse door in Williamston North
- Carolina, offer for sale to the high
, est bidder for cash the following de
■ scribed rael estate, to wit: '
' All my right, title, and interest in
the following land:
' First tract: Begin ling at a stake
: on Haughton Street, at the east cor
| ner of the lot sold to C. A. Harrison
& Co., 40 feet from the A. C. L. de
pot lot, thence S. 22 E. along Haugh
ton Street to the old Lloyd corner,
now the M. Stubbs corner, thence
southwesterly aVng the line of M.
Stubbs and Turner Will'ams to the j
Hamilton Pants Mfg. Co. corner, 1
thence north about 32 degrees west
along their line to the laud of A. C.
L. R. R. Co., thence alor.-j their line
twenty (20) leet to the corner of the
C. A. Harrison & Co. lot, thence
. southwesterly along their line paral
; lei to the first line 40 feet to their
| corner, thence along their line north
! westerly to the first station. This be
ing all of the tract of land common
ly known and designated as the Farm
ers Warehouse and lot.
Second tract: That certain tract or
parcel of land belonging to the estate
of J. B. Speller, beginning on Wash
ington Street in the town of William
ston, N. C,. at a stake, thence along
the line of Marcellus Stubbs lot a'-j
most a straight line to the Farmers
Warehouse, thence along the line of
the said Farmers Tobacco Warehcuse
in a direction to the line of
C. H. Godwin, J. R. Ruffin, thence
along said line to line of S. S. Hadley
CIGARS!
30 BRANDS
TO SELECT FROM
Cigar Special
Neutrality Cigars, box
of 100, special at, box—
s2.oo
I P. P. PEEL
EXTRA PENALTY
To Be Added
MARCH 2nd
AN EXTRA 1 PER CENT PENALTY WLL BE
ADDED TO YOUR COUNTY TAXES BEGIN
NING MARCH 1
PAY YOUR TAXES NOW AND SAVE THE
EXTRA COST OR PENALTY
C. B. ROEBUCK, Sheriff
I SHALL USE m
Dependable Fertilizers Again This Year
THAT'S WHAT MANY USERS ARE TELING US.
FARMERS WHO KNOW GOOD FERTILIZERS ARE WISE
IN THEIR SELECTION AND JUDGMENT.
JGIfIYI 111 Read Mr. Leggett's Letter Endorsing This
1 IImW/11 111 Superior Fertiliser
y On Radio Station
WPTFjjRALEIGH January 29, 1»M.
Oantlamut
Saturday Night at
At 7 o'clock "** d E * ,t * n P * rtUi ** r aix year* (from 1924 to 1929)
„1_ rT 10 to 12 acroo in tobncco and bank $1,000.00 or more each
JP |[J # j[ g I ahall uae Eaatern Fertiliser again thia year.
and every Saturday Vet*"l*r *t*" l * 3 rou »*.
night thereafter. Enjoy DAHIII , LEGOBTT.
the munc and hear w«hiw. h. e, *»u i.
what other customers
think of— -
Eastern Dependable Fertilizers
for sale by
V. S. Caraway, Inc. - Williamston, N. C.
R. C. COWARD, Manager
EASTERN COTTON OIL CO., GENERAL OPPICE, NORFOLK, VA.
■ property, now belonging to Sallie
Had ley Bunting and Sampson Had-
I ley, thence along their line back to
Washington Street, and thence along
Washington Street to the beginning,
subject to the condition* in deed from
heirs-at-law of J. B. Speller to F. C.
S^VE
Life offers a hundred good purposes for which
to SAVE. To the child, it might possibly mean
a future education. To grown-ups, it may mean
travel... owning a home ... taking advantage of
good investment opportunities ... and many oth
er worth-while aims
Spend, but spend carefully. SAVE the
balance for a purpose ... in a S per cent
interest-earning account here.
Branch Banking
& Trust Company
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
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Tuesday, February 20,1934
Bennett and J. T. Barnhill, of record
in book Z-2, page 414, Martin County
Pubfic Registry.
This the 19th day of February, 1934.
H. D. BATEIIAN,
120 4tw Trustee.
Elbert S. Peel, Attorney.