The Enterprise
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ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLI AMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA.
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Friday, September 7, 1934
Should Be Investigated
Williamston entertained a young man on I oesday
for a few hours who said his name was Virgil Hue
and that he lived at lib West. Third Street in Wil
mington, N. C. He was well dressed and well groomed
from head to foot. He carried a little card which
was headed "My Father Is Blind,' and he presented
these cards to [Kissers by. II hen asked about his
l>eople and what they did,-he said hi- father could
not do anything: his mother worked at alaundry. that
he did not do anything at the present except try to
get something for his father: and that he had a broth
el who was working the next town. He also said the
New Hanover County Welfare Department did not
help the family.
A citizen of the town asked him if he was not
ashamed to go to the public charity for assistance
for his father when he said Iv1 had been blind from
birth and now. with two robust fine-looking, well
dressed sons, to have them out begging. He admit
ted he was ashamed to do it and ^counted himself un
worthy as a citizen.
He perha|)s has no blind father and is simply taking
the easiest way to treat a living from sympathizing
people. He picked up some money in town. The giv
ers do not know what he will do with it, nor. do they
know whether they were donating to a shoplifter, an
escaped convict, or what type of man he was.
We have too many young men lurking around,
shirking work and demanding anil procuring a living
through the sympathies of the public. They need to
be investigated.
Two Lines of Thought
L'nder our American plan of government, every
man has the right to choose for himself the kind of
government he desires.
We now have before Us two lines of thought -one
is backed by men who have shaped the financial [Hili
cies of our government for hali a century. They have
?o manipulated .every channel of lupine.* that iht v
have drained the profits of practically every business
in this country into their own coffers, which has cre
ated millionaires and billionaires in great numbers
and at the same time has |>au|>erized thousands of
times as many.
The same crowd which has pau|ierizfd us doesn't
like President Roosevelt or his policies because he
has choked them off of us. They are now doing every- -
thing they can to discredit hint. They have gotten
Al Smith and John W. Davis, two discarded, disap
pointed, disgruntled, dishonest politicians, to try to
help destroy the President so they can grab the com
mon folks and squeeze and rob them again.
Of course, they exjiect a Hock of hungry, ruthless,
dishonest politicians to fall in line with them to help
them in their designs.
Now that the people know what honest government
means, they need to stand up and fight for their rights
at any cost. Watch the politicians. Many of them
love dffire far belter than they Hn |?-,.pU
Outlaw Masks
Charily and Children
The Ku Klux Klan of post Civil War days was or
ganized by a group of patriots who loved their South
land and who defended it against despoilers. All
honor to the brave1 men who originally made up the
membership. The work for which it was organized,
having been donfltthe Klan was disbanded. In more
recent years the Klan was reorganized by a cunning
group of money sharks. It did nothing constructive.
Many good men were imposed on and paid their good
money into the pockets of slick prmoters. Many law
less acts were committed by hooded hoodlums who
posed as Kluxers. In the last organization, in addi
tion to some good patriotic men, there were a host of
irresponsibles who were all set for crime when they
had their hoods on. It was a relief to the whole coun
try when the latter organization ceased to function.
We hoped we had seen the last of the once honorable
but Utterly dishonorable rganization. There it, how
ever, a mercenary effort being made to revive it and
save the world I There is no place for it today, and
every man who dons a mask should be put in jail. A
masked man is a masked man and is not needed. The
law against masking should be rigidly enforced in
North Carolina. Let us have no more of It.
Mr. Edgerton mad the Bible
Of all the propaganda going from the mouths and
pens of big business, in our opinion the most vitriolic
which has come to the front yet came from the pen
of John E. Edgerton, president of the Southern States
Industrial Council.
He say, "The textile strike, which has been ordered
by. the Labor Aristocracy is the illegitimate offspring
of Section 7a of the National Industrial Recovery Act
as its sire, and the very unfortunate official commit
ment 'No one shall go hungry in this country,' as its
mother." He further states that this strike is for the
purpose of establishing a complete dictatorship of
American industry by a comparatively small group of
ambitious labor nabobs.
About the funniest thing in Mr. Edgerton's tirade
was Jiis aplication of the Scriptures to condemn the
laborer, failing to take a back sight and see his own
picture He seems to think along the same lines that
Mime of the ancients did, who supposed that their
ten thousand rivers of oil and year-old calves with
thousands of rams would save them. But the prophet
told them that the Lord required of them nothing but
to art justly and to love kindness and walk humbly
with their God.
So, Mr. Edgerton. while you prove your points by
the Scriptures, some of which are well taken, do not
forget the fate of the oppressor, and do not forget that
you are not the sole judge of what is right and what
is wrong.
Of course, many laborers are bad folks, but do not
forget there are many good ones among the poor and
oppressed. In fact, doubtless a higher percentage of
good may be found among the poor than among the
rich. So if you feel your power and wealth slipping
and waning, just remember that has been the fate of
most of your brothers throughout all the past ages.
Mr. Edgerton, your idea seems to be that the labor
er is nothing more than a common human being and
his family are just "cotton-mill folks." Vet you ought
to know that neither he nor his family has a chance
in life, for by modern combinations of wealth it is
impissible for the man that is down to rise up and
buck the tide of wealth. You also ought to know that
every forward step that labor has gained for the past
quarter of a century it has had to fight for or the
jxiwer of the government has had to be used.
Mr. Edgerton, you know that the class that you
are virtually cursing?labor?Is forced to eat the
cheapest food, wear the poorest clothing, and bear
the hardships of life, while you and your family live
in gorgeous wealth and eat'the fat of the land.
S ou are also abusive ot the government's policies
in trying to build up a safer, saner, and happier citi
zenship^ We are not dependent on the servant, nor
on the master for our guidance, but to truth, justice
and love of humanity for our standard of procedure.
The people of the land are not going to follow the
leadership of poverty-stricken mad men, nor are they
going to stand for the ideals and practices of the gold
greedy wealethy. Democracy demands everything the
name stands for, and you, Mr. Edgerton, and your
crowd should go out and preach righteousness, truth,
and justice to the fellows you call "nabobs." They
are just as reasonable and just as honest as you are,
Mr. Edgerton, and do not forget that oppression can
not reign so very long. The oppressor has always
fallen in some manner in which he had little thought.
Get your Bible again, and study both sides?that
of the oppressor and the o|>pressed. You will find
that joys some time turn to sorrow and sorrow some
umes leads to great Joy. Now, Mr. Edgereioir, do
not criticize and abuse your government; it is bolli
unjust and unpatriotic. Do not curse the laborer;
he is just as good as you.
Mistake To Fight Sales Tax
We are making a mistake by fighting the sales tax.
It will be well to improve the laws and change some
of the methods. Yet no man has a right to fight it
without offering as a substitute a better and more
equitable method of taxation.
It certainly saves our community thousands of dol
lars annually. Besides, if we fight a sales tax, we may
be unconsciously crippling our public schools.
Of course, there is one form of tax preferable to a
sales tax, and that is the income tax, which perhaps
should be the only kind of tax levied. It should be
arranged so that every man who earns a dollar from
any source should pay a part of it to his government
as an income tax?and if he makes nothing, then he
owes nothing.
However, we had better not destroy the sales tax
unless we are willing to pay the difference on our
homes and farms.
The New Orleans Spectacle
We cannot help standing with Huey Long in the
New Orleans fight. Of course, we are going more
(rum suspicion than proof. But our suspicion is that
he is fighting one of the most corrupt political gangs
on this side of the oceans.
New Orleans has been counted as having one of the
rottenest city governments in the world for SO years.
It is the place where things go wide open, days, nights,
and Sundays, too. Its lotteries and gambling houses
seem to be able to thrive and go unmolested. The
city has been able to dominate the state and handle
its own government unmolested. Huey may be going
at the job in a rather unbecoming way, hft when we
consider what a nasty job he has undertaken, we
ought to excuse him for leaving off his conventional
ism.
PLAN PROGRAM
for handling
PEANUT CROPS
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Marketing Problem I? Now
Before Authorities In
Washington City
North Carolina farmer. planted
I 205 000 acre* of peanuts in 1933 bar
L, most coaat.es the acreage war
small and of little economic unpor
i tance and grower, are concerned over
| the proposed marketing agreements
to be started with the crop this fa.l
land worked into an adjustment pro
gram with the crop of 1935.
I North Carolina farmere. also will
be glad to know that the peannt pro
gram i. i# the hands of J. B. Huston,
who has handled the iue-cured to
bacco situation so satisfactorily to
this State Dean I O Schaub, head
of the extension Service of State Col
lege, says the counties most largely
affected by the proposed program
with peanuts are Halifax. Hertford,
Northampton. Martin. Edgecombe,
Gates, Bertie. Chowan, Pitt, Onslow.
Perquimans and Washington. He has
not yet designated an eitension work- |
er to have charge of the plan in the
State but will do to as ?oon as de
tails are worked out at Washington. |
A conference was held at Washing- j
ton last week for the purpose of de
termining the details of the market- j
tng agreements to be in force this j
fall and a public hearing was held on
Friday to determine the rate and
scope of the processing tax which will
he used with the production adjust
ment program next year, hull de
tails of the plan will be completed
and contracts are expected to be]
made available to growers before Oc
tober 1, Mr Schaub says.
Under the plan now proposed, bene
fit payments would be made this seas
on on that portion of the peanut crop
diverted into oil which would bring
the returns of such a portion in line
with the returns from the part of the
crop used for shelled goods. This
will allow growers to divert, without ^ I
loss, a part of their crop to oil. de
pending on the prices being paid for
shelled goods, Mr. Schaub said.
DR. VIRGIL h! MEWBORN
Optometrist
Next VMti: _ ?
Bethel, at Rives Drug Store. Mon
'12 & ohe ison v iI Ie,' Robersouville Drug
Store, Tuesday. Sept. "? , j,_
elry Store. Wednesday. Seph 19. |
Plymouth, at Ltverman s Drug Store
Thursday, September 20 I
Km Examined - Olaaaaa Fitted - At
| Tarboro Every Friday and Saturday j
j NOTICE OF SALE
1 Under and by virtue of the power i
contained on that certain deed of trust
executed to the undersigned trustee
by George W. Hyfnair and wife.
Margaret Hynian, on the 17th day of
July, 1928, and recorded in Hook Kg,
I page 356, we will oil Monday, the
10th day of SepUmberj_19J4, at 12
o'clock noon, at the Courthouse iloor
in Martin County, Williamston, N.
C sell at public auction for cash to
the highest bidder the following land,
I to wit: , ....... . 1
I A lot in the town of Williamston,
N C\. 100 feet by 45 feet, adjoining
the lands of Jim Simmons on the
! north, the lands of B. A. Critcher on
the east, the lands of W. J. Hyman
Ion the south, and being the same
hands deeded to George W. Hyman
bv W. J. Hyman and wife, Sarah Hy
man. bv dead dated March 25th. |?2?.
and of record in the public registry
I of Martin County in Book E-2 at
^ This the 6th day of August, 1934.
Augl0-4t W S. RHODES. Trustee
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
Trustee by W. S. Barnhill and wife,
Ida E. Barnhill, J T. Barnhill ami
wife, Telitha E. Barnhill, S I- Rob
erson and wife. Elvyn Barnhill Kob
erson and S. Gertrude Barnhill and
J Elliott Barnhill on the 18th day of
August, 1931, and of record lit the
public registry of Martin County in
Book H-3, at page 40, said deed of
trust having been given for the pur
ipose of securing certain notes of even
dale and tenor therewith, and default
having been made in the payment of
said indebtedness and the stipula
tions contained in said deed of trust
not having been complied with, the
undersigned trustee will on Saturday,
September 15th, 1934, at 12 o clock
noon, in front of the court house,
door in the Town of Williamston,
| North Carolina, offer for aaU for
cash the following described property,
I to wit: ......
| Their two-thirds undivided interest
in store lots situate in the Town of
Everett., bounded on the south by
highway No. 90, on the east by the
lands of E. A. Clark, on the nortn
by the Planters and Merchants Bank
and on the west by Main street and
being the same store lots where Bari.
hill Brothers. A. S. Edmondson and
Robert Crowell now do business,
containing one-fourth (1-4) acre
more or Tesa.
This the 14th day of August, 1934.
H. L. BARNHILL.
Augl7 4t Trustee.
NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County.
E. M. Wllaon uu. Qracu WOaon.
The defendant, Grace Wilsoo. will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Martin County,
North Carolina, to obtain an absolute
divorce upon grounds of two yaarn
separation, and the said defendant will
further take notice that she is re
quired to appear at the office of the
clerk of the Superior Court of aaid
county in the Courthouse in Williams
ton, N. C , on the 9th day of October,
1934, and anawer or demur to the
complaint in aaid action, or tha plain
tiff will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
This 9th day of August. 1934.
JUMBO?THR BOTTLED DRINE
that prevents acidity. Chans jo
SADIE W PESL,
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County.
Clerk Super>oit fff ftfetk
Aug10 4
NOTICE OF BALE
Undnr and by virtue of the power I
and authority conferred by a oartaia
deed of trust dated November llth,
1927, from Uriah Rhodes and wife,
Moazola Rhodes, and of rusord in the
public ^t^istry for Martin County in |
Book P-J at'pace 268. said deed of j
trust having been given for the pur
pose of securing a note of even date
and tenor therewith, default having
been made in the payment of same.
| the undersigned trustee will en Mon
day. the 10th day of September. 1914.
at 12 o'clock M. in front of the Court
| house door in Williams ion. North
I Carolina, offer for sale to the highest
I bidder for cash, the following de
scribed property:
| One certain house and lot situated
'in the Town of Williamstog, and
known as the Buck Speller House and
Lot, beginning at the second cross
street, southwest of the A. C. L. de
pot, at Augustus James corner, thence
'southeast along said street, 25 feet to
iWoolard's corner, thence olong his
,line southwardly 225 feet to Ben
Spruill line, thence northwest along
Spruill line 47 feet to Augustus James
line or corner, thence north easterly
along James line 219 feet to the be
ginning.
Dated this the 6th day of August,'
1934. ^ I
Aug 10-4t W. S. RHODES, Trustee.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County?In
Superior Court.
D. O. Matthews vs. B. D. Jones and
J. A. Jones.
By virtue of an action directed to
the undersigned from the Superior
Court of Martin County in the above
entitled action, I will, on Monday,
the third day of September, 1934, at
12 o'clock noon, at the Courthouse
door of Martin County, sell to the
highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy
said execution, all the right, title and
interest which the said E. D. Jones,
one of the defendants, has in the fol
lowing described real estate:
First Tract: Adjoining lands of
Jesse Williams and Everett and '
Daniel and others. Beginning at the !
fork of the old road leading from ?
Hamilton to the Oak City and Has- '
sell road at a stake, running S. 82 W. 1
10 poles, thence S. 44 1-2 E. 10 1-2
poles, thence about 12 poles, thence
N. 82 E. 17 poles to the beginning. 1
Containing one acre. ;
Second Tract: Being about one-;
half of lot No. 7 in the Richard Jones
land division, and being all that part j
of lot No. 7 not heretofore allotted to |
E. D. Jones as a part of his home- i
stead. Beginning at the southeast cor-1
ner of lot No. 7; thence along the'
lin^ of lot No. 8 to a stake; thence
a line parallel with the eastern line
of lot No. 7 to a stake in the Una of
No. 6 thence along iine of No. 6 to
the northeast corner of Ntr. 6 and
thence along a straight line to the be
ginning. Containing 3 1-2 acres, more
or less, and being the eastern part of
lot No. 7.
This 2nd day of August, 1934.
C. B. ROEBUCK,
Sheriff of Martin County.
AugKMt
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by W. T. Stenett and wife,
Virginia D. Stenett, on the 23rd day
of April, 1921, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
book G-2, at page 306, said deed of
trust having been given for the pur
pose of securing certain notes of even
date and tenor therewith, and default
having been^made in the payment of
said indebtedness, and the stipulations
contained in the said deed of trust
not having been complied with, the
undersigned trustee will, on Saturday,
September 29th, 1934, at 12 o'clock
noon, in front of the courthouse door
in the town of Williamston, N. C., of- (
fer for sale for cash the following de
scribed property to wit:
I All of our jight, title, and interest
in Thai tract of Tand adjoining the
lands of Columbus Williams, Bak
.Williams Heirs, Spencer Burnett, and
ASK FOR A BOTTLE OF JUMBO.
' If your local drink stand does not
| stock it, ask him to buy a crate.
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MALARIA
666 Liquid or Tablet, Chacka Malaria
in iW Day,. Sure Preventive
Mr. Farmer:
Time U something in this list
of Building Material that you
n?d. Why not gnt it today?
Wire Fencing
S-V Crimp Roofing
Channeldrein Roofing
Wood Shingle.
Brick, Lima, Cement, or Plaster
Windows, Doors and Hard war.
Plaster Board. Wall Board and
Moulding
Asphalt and Asbestos RooBng
Window and Automobile Okas
Flooring, Ceiling, and Siding
Paints and Oil and a
of Other Items in the
Una Too Numerous To Mention
This material can be bought
cheap for cash and delivered to
Long List
e Building
Williamfton
Supply Go.
J. S. WHITLEY, Prop.
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Staton Haislip
FORMERLY OF HASSELL, N. C.
Is Now Associated With the
VanDyke
Furniture Company
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Mr. Haislip and the firm with
which he is employed extend an
invitation to all those acquainted
with Mr. Haislip to visit him at his
new business residence.
VanDyke
Furniture Company
BILOXI SPECIAL
Bean
Harvester
(WE CARRY PARTS)
HACKKNEY WAGONS
AND CARTS
Fall Seed Rye, Oats,
Wheat, Barley, Vetch, Clover
and Permanent Paiture
"Oldest Seed House in Washington"
H. B. Thompson
WASHINGTON, N. C.
Change in
Banking
Hours 7
4
Under the Bankers' Code, Banks in
the Tobacco Section are allowed longer
Banking Hours during the marketing sea
son.
We wish to advise our customers that
until further notice, wq will remain open
until 2 o'clock on Saturdays, beginning
September 1, 1934. I'
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Branch Banking
& Trust Company
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
SOUND BANKING AND TRUST SERVICE
FOR EASTERN CAROLINA
PROGRAM FOR WHI BEGINNING MONDAY. ?PT. 10
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Moil-Tim. lift 10-tt
"HERE COMES
THE NAVY"
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Wad-Thun. 8?pt. 1MI
EDDIE CANTOR
to
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SCANDALS"
Fri.-Bat. Sapt. 14-11
"VIVA VILLA"
Wallace Beery
and Fay Wray