The Ers terprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA
W. C. MANNING |
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Entered at the post office in Williamston, N.
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gress of March 3, 1879.
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Tuesday, October 25, 1938.
Don't Overlook the Fact
There is little excuse for maintaining a de
partmental budget in county or state when
funds are drawn from one department to bols
ter the revenue in another. Probably the best
way to settle the question is to lower the rate
in the department where a surplus results and
boost the rate in the department where the rate
is too Small to raise sufficient revenue for main
taining that department.
The old war over diverting money from the
North Carolina State Highway and Public
Works fund to the State's general fund is ap
parently is longer lasting that the civil war in
Spain or the mass rape of China by Japan.
Those who are holding the highway fund as
an ace in the hole and those who would con
tinue heavy gas tolls and hold the huge amount
intact, hardly ever consider all the facts.
The anti-diversionists overlook the fact that
right here in Martin County, property owners
are paying interest and principal installments
on bonds floated for the construction ot high
ways. If it isn't right to divert some of the gas
tax money to the general fund, then there is
little justification in saddling general property
with the bill for the construction of highways
valued at approximately one-half million dol
lars. The facts underlying the situation have
been overlooked or pushed into tile background
by both the diversionists and the anti-diver
sionists, the two groups struggling at each oth
ers' throats for the money and at the same time
paying little attention to the appeals of those
people who are really entitled to some consid
eration.
When road bonds were floated in this coun
ty fifteen or eighteen years ago, it was the un
derstanding of property owners who voted for
them were to share in the tax fund. The State
later took over the secondary roads, and at the
same time gobbled up the source of revenue,
leaving Martin County property owners and
those in a number of other counties with the
bag to hold.
When the anti-diversionists shout against
spending highway money for things other than
highways, let them also shout against the prac
tice of spending money raised by general taxa
tion for highways. And it is time for the diver
sionists to wake up and realize they cannot get
it all.
Kid-Glove Religion
There is such a thing as too much delibera
tion in religion. The game get6 away from us
while we are loading the gun. The church has
of late, felt the tendency to settle on its lees
and build granite churches, whittle its old-time
hallelujahs down to a quartette, and hand the
people up to heaven with delicate kid-gloves,
which, at the least strain, split in the back. I
would not give one of the backwoods meetings,
where I used, in boyhood, occasionally to go
and stand at the door, afraid to go in?for they
had fifty persons converted there in one night
- for a hundred precise churches where they
preserve their religion from spoiling by keeping
it on ice: ?:
We now want a flashing up of the old-time
Christian heroics. So afraid is the church of a
sensation that it goes into stagnation. It costs
from one hundred and fifty thousand to two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars to build a
church in which to get a few hundred people to
heaven, when those two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, rightly applied, would build
gospel advantages for ten times the number.
In addition to church history and the dead
language we want a new professorate in our
theological seminaries, one that will teach our
candidates for the ministry how to shoot on the
wing. Saddlebags preached the Gospel very
well in olden times, but saddlebags must be ex
changed^ for railroads and telegraph wires and
big tents. Instead of taking a whole day to whip
up one fish from (he water, we must swing out
the great net and sweep into the kingdom a
whole school of them. He who is afraid of re
vivals had better die now, before nations are
born in a day. T. DeWitt Talmage.
It Takes a Lot of Cotton Any
Way You Figure It
"It takes a lot of cotton to make a car," writes
an industrial leader, who might be advised here
and now thatjt takes a lot morp cotton to buv
a car.
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The 1839 Chevrolet combine*
numerous mechanical improvements
with the better of the 1938 model*
to give car owners the best possible.
The vacuum shift, optional on all
models ats light extra cost, is pre
sented as a distinct contribution to
the cause of safe driving, since it
greatly extends the driver's control
over his car Its control handle is
mounted on the steering column
mast jacket just below the steering
wheel. Two features of the new sys
tem combine to make "fingertip"
control an actuality. In the first
place, the control lever is mounted
so close to the wheel as to be with
in finger-reach. In the second place,
80 per cent of the operating effort
is provided by the vacuum mechan
ism, so that it becomes an easy mat
ter to shift with the fingertips
alone.
Sharing the spotlight with the new
vacuum gearshift is the new scienti
fically-balanced ride, which reaches
its highest development in the Mas
ter DeLuxe knee-action series. The
new Chevrolet ride is "flatter" on
any road and at any speed, engin
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series, is controlled to a greater de
gree, the front and rear spings,
shock-absorbers, and ride stabilizer
being scientifically combined to
function in proper relation with each
other, producing exceptional riding
qualities.
For several years, Chevrolet en
gineers have been at work adapting
the "wishbone" type of knee-action
to their needs, for the sake of sev
eral advantages which would result
from its adoption. It was necessary
to perfect a mechanism which could
be manufactured and assembled as
a unit for shipment throughout the
world. The result of their work, they
state, is not only a vast improve
ment in riding qualities, but a ?im
pler and stronger structure of unit
construction, measuring up fully to
requirements. The improved road
ability and body stability resulting
from its use impart a feeling of
greater security, especially when
driving around corners or on high
crowned roads. Swaying and lung
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tests show lessened front tire wear,
as might be expected from the fact
that tire squeal, even on sharp turns
is minimized.
The new front suspension system
includes the frame front cross-mem
ber. lu winch air attached the knee
action units on either side, the steer
ing knuckle and spindle, the wheel
bearings, hub and brake, in conjunc
tion with the steering linkage made
up of tie rods and pitman arm. It
weighs 43 pounds less than the unit
it supplants
The new double-acting hydraulic
shock absorbers are of the end-to
end discharge type, their compres
sion and rebound cylinders being
parallel, one above the other. Their
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steel bar which functions like a tor
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Rear springs are re-designed to
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tapered at their ends for a smooth
er riding action, the deflection rate
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inch to 120, except on the coupe,
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inch. The front end of the spring is
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
(c. t. a.) of the estate of Samuel
Stewart Bailey, deceased, late of
Martin County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at Everetts, N. C? on or before the
21st day of September, 1939, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immed
iate settlement.
This 20th day of September, 1938.
JOS. W. BAILEY.
Administrator, Estate of
s20-6t Samuel Stewart Bailey
SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
Under and pursuant to the power
of sale contained In that certain deed
of trust dated April 7, 1936, execut
ed by Leslie Fowden and wife, T
sie P. Fowden to H. D. Bateman,
trustee, and duly recorded in Book
M-3, page 838, Martin County Regis
try; because of default in the pay
ment of the note therein secured
and at the request of the holder
thereof, the said trustee will on
Saturday, November 19, 1938, be
tween the hours of 13'Noon and 1
o'clock P. M. in front of the Court
House door in the town of Williams- '
ton, N. C, offer for sal* to the high
est bidder for cash, all that certain
lot or parcel of land situated in the
town of Williamston, County of Mar
tin, State of North Carolina and
more particularly designated and
described as follows:
Beginning at Albert T. Perry's
corner on Church Street in the Town
of Williamston. N. C. thence North
27 degrees 45 minutes West 120 feet
to the line of Miss Anna Crawford;
thence along the line of Miss Anna
Crawford South 62 degrees 00 min
utes West 110 feet to Sraithwick
Street; thence along Smithwick
Street South 27 degrees 45 minutes
East 120 feet to the corner of Smith
wick Street and Church Street;
thence along Church Street North
63 degrees 00 minutes East 110 feet
to Albert T. Perry's corner, the point
of beginning, containing one-third
(1-3) acre more or less
And being the same property con
veyed to Susie P. Fowden by Deed
from Anna M daw ford hearing
date February 14, 1928, recorded in
the Public Registry of Martin Coun
ty in Book V-2, page 576, and the
same property as shown by plat
made by D. G. Modlin. C. E.. October
22, 1935?together with all heating,
plumbing and lighting fixtures and
equipment now or hereafter attach
ed to or used in connection with the
said real estate.
This October 17, 1938
H. D. BATEMAN,
Trustee.
Connor & Connor, Attys.
Wilson, N. C ol8-4t
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
Pursuant to the power and au
thority contained in a certain deed
of trust dated the 24th day of De
cember, 1834, executed by William
Ruffin and wife, Bessie Ruffin. to
T. C. Abernethy, Trustee, which
deed of trust is duly registered in
the office of the Register of Deeds
of Martin County, North Carolina,
in Book N-3, page 487, securing a
certain note payable to Home Own
ers' Loan Corporation, default hav
ing been made for a period of more
than ninety (80) days in the pay
ment of said note as provided there
in and in the performance of certain
covenants set out in said deed of
trust, and demand of foreclosure
avin^^eerwnad^^j^h^holdei^|>?
said indebtedness, the undersigned
Trustee will offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash at the Court House door in
Martin County, Williams ton, North
Carolina at 12 o'clock noon on the
19th day of November, 1938, the fol
lowing described real estate, to wit:
All that certain lot, tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in
the Town of Williamston. Williams
ton Township, County of Martin,
State of North Carolina, and more
particularly described as follows:
Adjoining the lands of Hettie
Tomphson, Ida Everette and Red
dick St in the Town of Williamston,
N. C , and Beginning at a stake on
Reddick St. on the line between
William Ruff in and Hettie Tomph
son: thence along the line of Het
tie Tomphson S. 61 deg. 15' W. 108
ft. to a stake: thence along the line
of Hettie Tomphson N. 30 deg. 15' W.
50 ft. to the line of Ida Everette;
thence along the line of Ida Ever
ette N. 61 deg. 15' E. 108 ft. to a
stake on Reddick St.; thence along
Reddick St. S. 30 deg. 15' E. 50 ft. to
the Beginning, and being the same
premises conveyed to R. J. Peel by
Elbert S. Peel, Trustee by Trustee's
deed bearing date Aug. 25. 1832. and
recorded in the Public Registry of
Martin County in Book L-3, page 94,
and being the same premises de
scribed on a map or plat thereof
made by D. G. Modlin, surveyor,
Dec. 1, 1934, and which is now on
file with the Home Owners' Loan
Corporation. Being the same prem
ises described in a deed from Elbert
S. Peel, Trustee, to William Ruffin
and wife, Bessie Ruffin. bearing
date Jan. 24, 1928, filed for record
and recorded Jan. 24, 1928, in the
Martin County Public Registry in
Book Z-2, page 309.
This property will be sold subject
to 1938 taxes.
The purchaser at this sale will be
required to make a cash deposit of
10 per cent of the purchase price to
show good faith.
This, the 18th day of October. 1938.
T C. ABERNETHY,
Trustee.
Gillam & Spruill, Attys. o25-4t
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