The Enterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILL1AMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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North Carolina yesterday was legally flood
ed with the slot machine, a gadget that offers
the little tot his first basic lessons for a gam
bling career The first impulse is to criticise
the State for legalizing a machine that holds
such great possibilities for the training of youth
in the ways of gambling The trouble does not
rest with the State, the trouble rests 111 those
counties and towns where the officers allow
ed the machines to operate illegally 111 years
past And briefly stated the inertia on the part
(if the law enforcement bodies in those counties
and towns offers an all too true example of the
downfall of organized law enforcement, as a
whole.
It is the second bold example where individ
ual law enforcement has folded its arms and
stood by while lawless acts were committed
to the disrespect of organized society. Shortly
after the World War, prohibition was decreed.
The law enforcement bodies winked back at
the violators, and did little to uphold the law
or handle their sworn duties "Liquor is here,
and we might as well get revenue from it." was
the cry heard all over the land. The slot ma
chine problem is a sequence to the liquor prob
lem A group of representatives said in Ral
eigh a few months ago, "The slot machine is
here, and we might just as well get revenue
from it."
Nothing was said about the county sheriffs
failing in their sworn duties to uphold the law
that outlawed the machine They merely said
that if they operate, a tax should be had.
And all this leads one to ask what will be the
next compromise with crime and with the
things that breed crime?
i/ilirourliiiifi tin- lln'akinff Point
Reliable reports from a treasurer a few days
ago maintain-that a recent offering in a Wil
liamston church was less than the cost of .1 mo
vie ticket
Possibly only a few persons were in the au
dience, or it may be that stringent times are
upon us again Put regardless of -the number?
present or the difficulties we are facing, it is
quite evident that thi?fmanual Inundation is
being eaten from under the church and the 111
fl 1 win'" thi inaitnlini) ., v . i ri'iri .1 1111. .1 ? llii. ?
als of every community is fast reaching the
breaking point.
No one is expected to accept a burden great
er than he can bear in the support of the church
but it may bo well for the community to read
the handwriting on the wall and accept its
rightful share in supporting an institution, tin
value of which has been so vividly written in
the pages of history down through the centur
ies.
When it comes to the support of the church,
.we are out of balance, the ledger carrying too
many items that border on empty pleasures.
We are thwarting a real opportunity to share
in the promotion of one of the greatest causes
ever known to mortal man when we give will
ingly and freely to worldly things and ignore
the call of the church
The cost of the church may seem great, but
before we refuse to share in that cost and main
tain the church it will be well for us to meas
ure the cost in sorrow and grief that are certain
to follow without the guiding hand of the
church.
It will be tragic for this or the next genera
tion or the generation that follows to let the
church crumble on a weak financial foundation,
but we are contributing o^ir part and contrib
uting rapidly toward that end when we deny
the institution even a small share of our dailv
earnings. We want the Christian character to
work in our businesses, we want such men to
head our government, our schools, our every
institution, but we shrink from the responsi
bility of developing just such characters. And
when the church crumbles, it will not be but
a matter of a short time before everything will
crumble behind it.
Memorial Day Death Toll
Set apart that an entire nation might honor
its war dead. Memorial Day in this country is
adding to the list of those whom a thoughtful
people would honor. At the rate the deaths
multiply, il.will be fitting ere long to estab
lish on the fare of the calendar another Mem
f>i i.i 1 day to do honor to the memory of those
who lost their lives trying to do honor on May
,'th to those who died on the battlefield. It might
lie that the highway death toll will crowd from
the observance program the hero of battle and
substitute'the victim of this, our modern vehic
ular-killing age Certainly the road death toll
is proving far more costly than all past wars
in which this country had a part
The fact that 1172 lives were lost directly or
indirectly as a result of their participation in
the holiday period does not seem to register on
our minds Apparently there is moro glory in
paying tribute to those who set out in the be
ginning to kill. The action was directed, to be
sure. but it did~not have the peaceful intent
the driver has when he rides lus family from
the crowded city to the countryside that they
might get a clean breath of God's fresh air
The war dead were heroes, no doubt, but the
hundreds who fell victim of the automobile last
Memorial Day are human beings, too, and cer
tainly they aie entitled to some consideration,
a consideration that will throw around and
about them a greater protection against the
thoughtless, the indifferent.
I l-i-fiury Of Poverty
firilit- Ledger-Advance.
For those officers of local governments who
refuse to use the resources and credit of their
communities to make the most of opportuni
ties for development of the section of the nation
for which they have the responsibility, we
quote the following from a great American of
the present day which shows the need for vi
sion and courage to perform a responsibility
of office as definite and specific as the duty
of wisely using current tax levies:
"But if we do not allow a democratic gov
ernment to do the things which need to be
done and hand down to our children a deter
iorated nation, their legacy will not be a legacy
of abundance or even a legacy of poverty amidst
plenty, but a legacy of poverty amidst pover
ty "
The quotation is from an address by Presi
dent Roosevelt before the Retailer's National
Forum in one of his major public statements
on domestic problems in recent months. There
is wisdom in it that local officials might well
apply The president was speaking in defense
of lus program of using the credit of the nation
to develop the nation's natural and human re
sources. to build homes, to make agricultural
credit available, to build dams, to build hospi
tals and needful public works of all kinds That
is not burdening the future generation with
debt. Instead it is doing our duly by the future
generation so that we may pass on to them a
legacy of abundance rather than a legacy of
poverty
Slot Muchine*
News Ik Observer.
There was considerable uncertainty at the
time of the passage of the 1939 revenue act as
to what tin- cieiieiul Assembly intended to do
about licensing slot machines which were out
lowed in 1937 by the Flannagan act.
Neither the Commissioner of Revenue nor
the Attorney General, who must make the first
and second guesses as to the meaning of the
1939 law, profess to have all the answers. The
legality of certain types of machines will have
to be determined ultimately by the courts,
which have the third and last guess.
But two things are certain. Slot machines
which "pay off" were not legalized at all by the
1939 act. The legality of such "amusement" ma
chines as were legalized does not begin until
June 1
Not withstanding these certainties the State
has already been flooded with both types of ma
chines. The Flannagan act, or what is left of it,
should be enforced. This is another instance of
the need of a State-wide law enforcement ma
chinery But the lack of such machinery does
not excuse local officials from performing their
manifest duty. Until June 1, the Flannagan act
is in full force and effect and should be enforc
ed rigidly. After June 1, slot machines which
"pay off", and perhaps others, will continue to
be illegal and their operation should not be tol
erated
Ambiguity of the law in some particulars
does not excuse failure to enforce those parts
of the law which are perfectly plain.
Enterprise Mailing List Is
Still Shotting Increase
Latest additions to the Enterprise
mailing list are as follows:
Albert Clark, Columbia S. C.; P. j
C. Bennett, Murfreesboro; Daniel f
Gardner, Williamston; Mrs. W. H
Bowen, Williamston; H J Hardison,
Hughesvilie, Md.; W. C. James, i
-fi.?Pr-Robrrson, Wiiliamaton; Whit j
Davis, Hughesvilie. Md.; J. H Bail
ey, Jamesville; Miss Annie Glasco,
Jamesvilie; L. P. HoJliday, James
ville; H M Holliday. Jamesville
Harriet L Harrison, Williamston;
E K Garrett, Lenox, Ga.; Henry!
Roberson, Robcrsonville; Jesse
B. Stubbs, Rogersville, Tenn.; L. B. j
Robeison, Washington D. C ; J E
Health, Goldsboro, Mr:. F C Ben
nett .Williamston, Julius Peel, Wil
liamston; G G Bailey, Evcntts; J
M. Highsmith, Robersoiivilie; Gborg-t
Mobh y. Oak City
Early 1V.VJ I.ami,* II ill
It,' Itraily To Shi/, la Jour
Lambs born- during January and
February of this year in Watauga
County will be heavy enough to
ship by the second wi*k of June, re
ports Farm Agent H. M. Hamilton,
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NOTICE OE RE SALE
North Carolina, Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
Junah Council vs. Matilda Wooten
and husband, Arthur Wooten
Mary Council, Claudine Council j
and husband, Loumes Council, Ni
na Council, Levi Council and Eur
line Council, and Itufus Chance,
Trustee.
Under and by virtue of an order of
re-sale made by L. B Wynne, Clerk
of Superior Court of Martin Coun
ty, in the above entitled proceedings
on the 24th day of June, 1939. the j
undersigned commissioner will, on
Monday, the 12th day of June, 1939,
at twelve o'clock noon, in front of
the courthouse door tfi the toWTToTT
Williamston, offer for sale to the
lughest^JKjde^Tor^^
ing described real estate, to wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
situated on the public road leading
from Hassells, N. C. to Tarboro, N.
C.. adjoining the lands of Owens
Spruill, Geo. Frank Roberson. J. H.
Kawls and Arden Council, contain
ing 24 acres, more or less, and known
as a portion of the Luke Council
lands.
This the 25th day of May. 1939.
ELBKRT S. PEEL.
m26-2t Commissioner
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of the estate of Luke Burnett, de
ceased. 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 Oak City, N. C., on
f>r before the 18th day of May, 1940,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of J heir recovery. All [>ersons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
immediate settlement.
This 18th day of May. 1939.
SARAH L BOLDEN.
Administratrix of the Estate
m!9-6t of Luke Burnette.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
North Carolina, Martin County
Under and by virtue of the pow
er and authority contained in that
certain deed of trust exocutied by
Gurthie E. Aycrs, unmarried, to Jo
seph J Cockerham. Trustee, which
said deed of trust is dated Septem
ber 15, 1934. and recorded in Book
M-3. at page 251, of the Martin
County Registry, default having
boon made in the payment of the In
debtedness thereby secured and in
the condition therein secured, the
undersigned substituted trustee by
page 28. Martin County Registry,
will on Saturday. June 24, 1939. at
or about twelve o'clock Noon at the
courthouse door at Williamston,
North Carolina, offer for sale and
sell to the highest bidder for cash
the following described property
All those certain pieces, parcels
and tracts of land, situate, lying and
being in Hamilton Township. Martin
County, State of North Carolina, and
described as follows
FIRST TRACT: Beg inning at the
corner of Tract No. 5. which is now
owned by R. W. Salisbury, running'
thence North 7 1-2 degrees. East 843
feet to a stob; thenee North 5 Kasi
157 feet to the corner of Lot No. 7,
which is now owned by Collin Green;
thence running along Collin Green's
line North 84 degrees West 3367 feet
to Rocky Swamp; thence along the
various courses of Rocky Swamp
South 8 East 200 feet; thence South
16 West 100 feet; thence South 13
West 200 feet; thence Southeast 600
feet to Lot 5; thence along Lot 5,
which is now owned by R. W. Salis
bury South 84 East 3044 feet to the
beginning, containing seventy-five
and two tenths <75.21 acres, to be
the same more or less, bounded on
the North by the lands of Collin
Green, on the East by LaFayette
Station, on the South by. R. W Sal
isbury, on the West by Collin Green.
SECOND Hi ACT Beginning on
the mad at the corner of Lot 13, run ?
ning thence along the line of Lot 13,
which is now owned by W A. Peak,
North 34 1-2 East 1857 feci to Wolf
Pitt Swamp, thence the various
courses of Wolf Pitt Swamp Ni
51 Wast 250 feet; thence South
West 150 feet; thence South 22 \
100 feet; thence North 63 West
feet; thence North 72 West 900 1
thence North 64 1-2 West 500 1
thence North 73 West 500 feet; th<
North 81 1-2 West 100 feet to U
now owned \>y Kennie Willif
thence South 8 West 1908 feet
road; thence along the road S<
57 East 1860 feet to the begmr
containing ninety-six and th
tenths (96 3) acres, to be the s
more or less, bounded on the N
by J. A. Kitchin, on the East bj
A. Peak, on the South by W. A. P
on the West by Kennie Williams.
Terms of sale cash and trustee
require deposit of 10 per cent of
amount of the bid as evidenc
good faith.
This 24th day of May, 1939.
W A. GERALD,
m26-4t Substituted Trust!
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Sunday-Monday June 4-5
"Midnight"
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ThurMlay-Friday June *-9
"Slorv of Alexander (?raliuin Bell"
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TnewUjr Wtdneaday Joe ?-7
"Eail Side of Heaven"
B1NO CROSBY and JOAN BLONDKLL
Saturday June 10
"Rough Rirlert Round Hp"
with ROY ROOCRS
ALSO SRLKCTKD SHORT SUBJPCTS
Reita Theatre?Wasliinglon
Sunday-Monday June 4-J&
"BLONDIK MEETS TIIE BOSS"
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Tuesday INH'BLE FEATURE June 6
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"Heritage of the Desert" willi Donalil noil
Wednesday Thursday June 7-K
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