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The Enterprise Iwj T?*m md Friday br Tks ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLlAMtTON. WORTH CAROLINA w. c SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cub In Adruct) IN MABTIN COUNTY mm |i-M Mike Ji OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY N? Suhecriptfon lor Lw Then ? Montha Adwtlainc Eat* Card Fnrniabad Upon Reqnaat Entered at the pott office in Williamiton, N. C, at eecond-ciait matter under the act of Concrete of March 3, 1879. Ai4<tr??. ?n mnimtnlf.rimn te The Enterpriec tnd net to the indiridual membert of the hrm. Tuesday, July 31, 1934 A Sad Tragedy It was a sad scene when parents of eight children? seven boys and one girl?(ticked their mangled bodies up from a railroad track altera freight train had passed over them The children, one 17 years old; two 16, two 14, one 13 and two 12, were so busy play ing cards on a railroad in the outskirts of Shelton, Conn, they had little time to safeguard their very lives. When a train came by tbey ran across--to an other track just in time to be crushed by"another train. The card games of the world take too much toll. The game makes children neglect their own safety. The game often makes mothers neglect the physical and spiritual safety of their children, which neglect after all, just marks the beginning of the trouble cards cause. Only a few things so engross the minds of people that they wilt fait to hear two puffing freight trains,__ Cards are apparently one of those few things, and cards will surely get you. Hitler "Rubs Into'Trouble That young, flaunting despot. Hitler, seems to have run into more trouble. Only a few weeks ago he was killing his own people because he did not like them and the way they did. More recently his influence caused a high official of the Austrian government to be killed. Now, we wonder what he intends to do with all those Italian fellows who are lined up before him. Of course he would like to kill them all, because he seems to want to destroy everybody and everything refusing to bow to his wishes. Hitler hates the Catholics; he hates the Jews; in fart, hp wms in hate the people of all nations except the Germans, and he wants to even destroy those of whom failing to cower at his feet. Nobody expects a man of Hitler's type to do anything to help others, and they know he can't do much for his own good with the extremely selfish attitude that he possesses. Here's hoping that Mussolini gets the? best of the fight should there be a fight. Save Ourselves by Saving the Waste Reports indicate that the canneries on the farms of this county are running full speed, and if they are ot, they should be put to use. Every crumb of food-stuff and every grain of feed should Ire saved Fruits and vegetables should be dried, preserved or canned for use until another seas on arrives. The family with a surplus can well afford to farm out to the less fortunate neighbor such surplus (iff shares, enabling the poorer neighbor to supply him self with food by doing a little extra work. This country is buying too much canned goods from those who can't equal us either in growing or canning. There will not be so much hunger in this section this fall and winter if all the people do their best to providq?for themselves. Save the waste this summer; it will save you next tall and winter Favors Create Oligations Those fellows who accepted gifts from prisoners in our State recently for favors they had given in help ing the prison inmates obtain clemency were not quite as had as the man who beats about and compro mises truth and honesty to procure office.- Yet, there are far more men bought in politics by certain favors than by actual cash paid in hand. There is no meaner fellow traveling the highways than the man who gives office to those who will ac cept it on condition that they will serve their benefab tor in consideration for his favors. No man who accepts public office with the promise to support the one who gives the office can be trusted as a rule; yet, a large number do so. Good Financial Reports The financial report* recently published lor Bertie and Halifax counties, our two northern neighbors, show up well. They more than balance their 1933 budget and come out with very satisfactory balances. We are hoping that this county will soon be able to publish a report of the same kind. Now that we are petting considerable back taxes, we certainly ought to catch up some of the slack. For the Needy or for the Politician? Is the National Recovery Act to help the needy poor or is it to help scheming politcians? According to J. C. Baskerville, Raleigh correspondent lor sev eral North Carolina newspapers, a successor to the late J. G. Steed, Stale NRA compliance director, will be appointed by our Slate Democratic Chairman Mr. Shu ping and Senator Josiah Bailey. The correspond ent further states that the two will select a man who has been a loyal supporter of Bailey and Shuping, and one who can be depended upon to lend valuable assistance to Mr. Bailey in the Democratic primary in June, 1936. We doubt not the truth of this stale menu Yet, we are nauseated at the thought that we have men in high office who will stoop to such tactics that are of such low degree as to eliminate the real purpose of a department of our government. The scheming poli tician apparently would make secondary a govern mental department for his own private gain. Any public official who will stoop to such a thing whereby the chief will go down the line and fortify it with un der that he may be retained in office, needs to lose not only whatever office he holds but his citizenship also.?? " Certainly it is the accepted duty of the heads of such de|>artments to go on down the line to the coun ties and towns and pick men who will pull for the man who gives them the fat morsel. This is the point where Democratic government fails. Men work for their own selfish interests in stead of their fellowmen for whose benefits the laws were supposed to have been made. Times Better?And Better Ahead Rappahannock (Va.) Record It wins to us to tie bad form to be continually complaining about hard times, and spreading gloom where we should be scattering a bit of cheer and faith among those with whom we come in contact. In the face of rising prices during the past eighteen months, prices rising from the low level of 52.5 during the last year of the Hoover administration to 76.7 percent for the month of june, 1SU4, we should be a bit morr optimistic. On this fact, "Today" makes the follow ing comment: "Authorities are in general agreement that we can not have prosperity in this country without a very considerable rise in commodity prices, or a social and political discipline entirely foreign to America*?even then we could not exjrect an old-time prosperity until several years had elapsed: fofrrthferTBasorv.rfrhe rils covery that we have had rising prices for eighteen months, with scarcely a significant interruption, is a profoundly encouraging fact. "With another year and a half of the same increase we have seen during the past eighteen months the goal will have been reached?in fact, prices would be at the almost unbelievable average of 100.9 percent of the 1927-29 level!" While prices have advanced in certain groups, other commodities have been lagging behind, farm products, for instance, are yet far below normal, but the future looks brighter and even the farmer is bet ter off than he was a year ago. Grains are higher and meat products are showing a slight advance, with assurance from the administration that there will be other gains during the coming year. So let us keep up our chins and do our part to bring back normal times, for the (Resident is able to accomplish ony that which has the backing and cooperation of the people. The Absentee Voting Privilege Must Oo Smith field Herald. The next North Carolina Legislature will likely be called upon to take stock of the State's election laws wi'h a vie? n{ dnlng a bit of reform work. At least, such action on the part of our lawmakers seems to be foreshadowed by recent demands voiced in the press. The brunt of attack apparently centers upon the absentee voting law. Many North Carolina editors would have the privilege of absentee voting abol ished, and this column wishes to add its Amen. The chief argument which has reached our ears in favor of retaining the law is that absentee vot ing tends to make elections more democratic since it affords a larger number of citizens the oppor tunity of registering their views upon the important issues of the day. Theoretically, absentee voting does make for greater democracy and is desirable. In ^ non-Uto pian society, however, where the game of politics is not wholly as it should be, theoretically-sound ideas are not always practically expedient. In numerous North Carolina counties, absentee voting has been known to make elections anything but democratic. The privilege has been so badly abused that to abolish it is essential for the sake of better government. Absentee voting has been one of the foremost weapons used by political machines in making sure victory for the machine candidates. In one North Carolina precinct which cast a large number of absentee votes, it was noted that the greater portion of the ballots were marked in the same handwriting for the same candidate, and were witnessed by the same person. An indication of what may have been unfair play. Doubtless, a thorough investigation would unveil numerous other abuses. In the light of these conditions, the citiaenry of North Carolina should demand from their legislators a New Deal with respect to our elections laws. Program of Progress The ReidsviUe Revitm. If the government really wants to do something for the common people, officials should make it as easy to get out of debt as it 1s to get out of jail. iiENUINK BAYER ASPIKIN Tin of 12*. formerly 25c, special, 12c. Bottles of 24s, formerly 50c, pecial, 21c. P. P. Peel, Washington Street. j>20-8l-pd NOTICE OF 8ALE By virtue of and pursuant to a de ree of the Superior Court of Martin bounty, entered in the case of Atlan ic Joint Stock Land Bank of Ra eigh vs. Oscar S. Anderson, et al, he undersigned Commissioner will ?n Monday, August 20, 1934, at noon, >ffer for sale at public auction, for ash to the highest bidder, at the 'ourt House door of Martin County, he following described property, to vit: First Tract: All that certain piece >r parcel of land situate, lying and ?eing in Williamston Township, Mar in County, State of North Carolina, \ 1-2 miles east of the town of Wil- . iamston, having such shapes, metes, | rourses and distances as will more ully appear by reference to a map hereof made by J. R. Mobley, sur veyor, on the 15th day of January, 1923, adjoining the lands of C. F. Bennett on the North, the lands of Elmer Chesson on the East, the lands tf Moore on the South, and the Pud ' ind Burras land <?n the West, and nore particularly bounded and de scribed as follows: Beginning in the Williamston and Everett road, corner >1 the Moore land ami Elmer Chcs . ion, thence running N, 37 degrees E. r4 poles to a branch; thence the said >ranch N. 41 degrees E. 20 poles; hence N. 15 degrees E. 16 1-2 poles; hence N. 31 degrees E. 14 poles; hence N. 47 degrees E. 9 poles and M. 63 E. 4 1-2 poles to Back Branch; hence with Back Branch N. 64 W. 9 >oles; thence N. 20 W. 20 poles; hence N. 3 degrees W. 26 poles; thence N. 18 degree* W 18 poles; thence N. 44 1-2 decrees W. 37 poles; tbence S. 57 degrees W. 60 poles, to a stump; thence S. 37 W. 9 poles to an oak on a path; thence with said path S. 7 degrees W. 76 poles and S. 4 degrees W. 63 poles to the Wil liamston and Everett road; thence with said road S. 83 E. 26 poles; thence S. 72 E. 26 poles, and S. 51 E. 24 poles to the beginning, and being the same land conveyed to said J. W. and A. Anderson by the following deeds: L. R. St raw bridge and wife, dated Februlry 14, 1920, and of rec ord in Martin County Public Reg istry, Book D-2, page 350; K. G Strawbridge and wife, dated Novem ber 6, 1919, and of record in said Public Registry in Book Y-l, page 517. Second Tract: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Williamston Township, Martin County, State of North Caro lina, containing 149 acres, more or less, on the the Williamston and Everett road (also known as the Wild Cat road), about 2 miles east of the Town of Williamston, having such shapes, metes and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a map made by J. R. Mobley, on the 15th day of January, 1923, and adjoining the lands of Sylvester Cof 6eld on the North, the lands of L. B. Wynn on the West, the lands of the County Home on the South and the lands of J, R. Mobley on the East, and more particularly bounded antPdesTTibt'd as follow*!?Beginning on the Williamston and Everett road DR. W. C. MERCER DENTIST Anounccs the opening of the office! formerly occupied by Dr. P. B. Cone ! for the practice of dentistry. or the Wild Cat road, corner of J. R. Mobley; thence S. 4 W. SO poke and S. 1J W. to a gum in a branch; thence with the line of J. R. Mobley, S. 63 W. 25 4-5 polc? to a stump; thence S. 74 W. 5 1-5 poles to a pole post; thence with the line of the County Home N. 79 W. 99 poles to the Williamston and Greenrille road; thence with sad road N. 49 degrees E. 35 poles; thence N. 10 E. 36 poles; thence N. 68 W. 34 4-5 poles to a post; thence N. 2 W. 22 3-5 poles to the Wild Cat Road; thence with said rdad N. 7 W. 14 poles; thence N. 66 W. 44 poles; and N 57 W. 26 2-5 pole.; thence N. 14 1-2 E. 116 pole.; thence N. 57 E. 45 pale.; thence N. 26 W. 21 pole.; thence with the line of Syle.ter Coffield N. 86 1-4 E 49 1-2 pole.; thence S. 6 1-2 W. 176 pole.; thence North 86 E. 1 4-25 pole.; thence S. 2 E. 3 poles; thence N. 86 E. 42 poles to the beginning. The pnrchuer at said ulc will be required to deposit 10 per cent of the amount of his bid a. a guarantee and forfeit, pending confirmation of sale by the Court. This Jul* 21, 19J4. J NO. C. RODMAN. JR.. _y^4t___ ? PEP"60NE? AND THIN HE SMOKID a CAMEL! 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