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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WTT.l lAllsrnw NORTH CAROUNA W. C. MANNING ? is?* isj* SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY ? ttm Slx months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.23 Six months 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post oflice in Williamston, N. C. as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1575. Address all communications fo The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm Friday, January IV. IV W. Wore Dollar* hor Gloria The annual accounting uf GluruiXumra Mor gan Vanderbilt's estate reveals a gain of $191, 404.50 in liei assets fin 19119 Tin1 liltle sixleen vear-old lassie made nearly $50,000 more last year than she did the year before Gloria's taxes may have been increased by $25,000 last year, but one must not overlook that fact that she made nearly $50,000 more than she did the year before. Many people in this -dayanth'age talk about the ainuuiil uf the lax account and say nothing of the income amount. Every I olr Count? The pages of history record many instances where even a single tule changed the dentin y of individuals, states and nations. The United States got Texas by a lone vote, and with it the Mexican war. = A single vote added~Clalifornia 10 tne Union and coursed the tide of nmiiigiation westwaid. Back in 1876 a single vote in the Presidential Electoral College decided who was to be pres ident of the United States. One vote elected Cromwell to Parliament, sent King Charles I to the scaffold, revolutionized all England and made Great Britain free. The value of a few votes is determined frequently in the election of officers to both the high and low places in government. Yet, millions in this country do not find time or ror|?'H?T o important n. pn? ticipate in elections. We will have better gov ernment when every citizen realizes that ev ery vote counts. Who has deceived thee as often as thyself Franklin. Creditors have better memories than debtors. ?Franklin Vo Longer An Exeuxe Deborah Read, wife of Benjamin Franklin, bought Mr Franklin a china bowl and a silver bowl, and as an excuse to him for making the .purchase she said that har husband was de serving of more than a two-penny earthen por ringer and a pewter spoon In this day and age, it is not what one deserves that prompts the purchase of goods, but the determination to keep up with the Smiths and Joneses. Franklin described the only incident, as fol lows: "We have an English proverb which says, 'He that would thrive must ask his wife." It was liiil.y 1 ? ? r mi that 1 had one as muth disposed tn industry and frugality as myself She as sistid me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, pur chasing old linen rags for paper making, etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the plainest. Forx instance, my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk, nn tea, and I ate-it out of a Iwo penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. "But mark how li/xury will enter families, and make progress in spite of principle. Being called one morning to breakfast. 1 found it in a china?bow 1?with a spoon of silver. They had been bought for me without my knowledge by my wife and had cost her the enormous sum of three- and twenty shillings, for which she had no other excuse or apology but that she thought her husband deserved a silver spoon and china bowl - TTKyWait? Now that all the New Year resolutions have been broken partially if not entirely, why wait another eleven and one-half months to make another? If a resolution is worth making there is little need to wait a whole year in doing some done now. Hnroiirafiinfi Postmaster Pete Fowden reports an increase in Uncle Sam's postoffice here, and that's an "eiiiuui aging sign. It proves that the art of let ter writing has not been abandoned altogether, 7and that business was not so slow that its own ers could nut.affurd stampato-senefout the dtms at regular intervals* i\h Dividing Line Whether the argument be crystallized as ex perience versus vitality or wisdom versus en ergy or mellowness versus spirit?there still appears to be ample room in the world for both youth and maturity to notch out accomplish-~~ ment. Actually, there is no universal dividing line between youth and maturity, hneaimn the? man of eighty 111u> have the mental freshness' of a lad of eighteen. So what's the answer? The answer is that age can be only what the indi vidual makes it. Buffalo Courier-Express. We may give advice but we cannot give con duct Franklin. When the well is dry we know the worth of water.?Franklin. Tremendous public accept ance of the 1940 Chevrolet has brought in the finest stock of used cars in all history. * $ ? ?/ reus OttvftOU UtMl> Yogr CHCVUOLET DIALS 6 NOW FEATURING THE GREATEST USED CAR AND TRUCK VALUES OF THE YEARI 6,647,437 my'? ' >e?ei b e Are toy**" Look for your Chevrolet dealer's used cur listings iri the classified pages of this paper' Roanoke Chevrolet Company CHURCH NEWS Jamesville Baptist Regular services will be held at the Jamesville Baptist church at 11 a. m Sunday school, 10 a m CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Septuagisima Sunday Church school, 9 45 a m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a m. Evening prayer and sermon. 7i3Q p. m The Woman's Auxiliary will meet on Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. J. S. Rhodes. The Diocesean convention anct th? annual meeting of the Woman's Aux iliary will be held in St. James church, Wilmington from the night of January 23 to the afternoon of the 25th. The central theme of the con vention will be Bishop Darst's 25th anniversary of-h?-consecration. Thr Rt. Rev. Darst is the only bishop to serve the Dioceses of East Carolina for twenty-five years. BAPTIST Bible school, 9:45 a, m,. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Ser mon-subject: "Believers Filled with the Spirit." Young People's Meeting, 6:30 p. m. Evening worship, 7:30 p m. Ser mon-subject: "The Holy Scripture, Books Divine." The members of the Masonic lodge voted in their last meeting to attend the evening service this coining Sun day at 7 30 o'clock in the Memorial Baptist Church. The brethren will meet at the hall at 7:15 and attend the service in a group The evening subject has been selected especially for ike Masons -end others who are inteivsted in how the Bible came to written, who wrote it, and,why st is our rule and guide A study of the history of the English Bible is most fascinating and helpful. Your pres ence will be appreciated Let us make this a great hour of worship with members from an ancient insti tution which through the years has blessed human life. METHODIST .Sunday school. 9 45 a. m. Young People's Meeting. 6 45 p. Preaching at II a m and 7 30 p. m. At the 11 o'clock tn*ur the pas-J tor will continue the message of the recent) missionary council held in Charlotte. All members are urged to be present and the public is cor dially invito to attend all services. EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having this day qualified as ex ecutrix of the estate of the late Mrs. Koland Everett, deceased, of Wil liamston, Martin County, North Car olina. this is to notify all persons having claim* against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned for payment, on or be fore December 11, 1040. or thi* no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All person* indebted to said estate will pleas* make unmed Tate payment. This December 11, 1830. MARGARET EVERETT Executrix of Mrs. Roland d29-6t Everett Estate SALE OF VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the au thority conferred upon us in a Deed of Trust executed by W C Hopkins on the 1st day of December, 1938. and recorded in Book Y-3, page 64, we will on Saturday, the tilth day of February, 194U, at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse door in Martin County, Williamston. N. C, sell at public auction for cash to the high est bidder the following land, to wit: Alt that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Williams Tow nship, Martin County and State of North Carolina, containing 162 acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by the lands of Mrs. Joe Mayo, on the East by the lands of Dennis Simmons Lumber Company, on the South by the lands of W. H. Martin, W C. and Hardy Gardner, K R Lilley, Eva Hall Wells. J. W. Warrington and the public road, and on the West by the lands of Joseph Everett, and more particularly de |scribed as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the corner of Silo am Church lot on the public road: thence N 5 K #6 poles, thence N 35 E 11 poles; thence N 51 30 E 30 poles, <25 E 151-2po.es thence N 43 14 W 31 1-2 poles; thence N TO W to poles; thence H 81 30 W 6 poles; thence N 70 3-4 W L3 1-2 poles: thence N BUD V IX poles; thence N 75 W 4 1-2 poles, to a black gum: thence N 45.30 E TO 1-2 poles; thence N 64 E 79 1-2 poles; thence S 25 E 22 poles; thence S 44 E 30 poles; thence S 3.15 W 47 poles; thence S 32 E 56 poles; thence S 3 W 7 poles; thence S 33 45 W 6 poles, thence S 46.30 W 17 1-4 poles; thence S 29 45 E 26 poles; thence S 58 W 66 poles; thence S 69 W 13 poles; thence S 81 30 W 25 poles: thence N 88 W II poles; thence N 81 W 42 poles to the beginning, and excepting a one acre lot belonging to Siloam Church. There is also excepted a right-of way of Virginia Electric and Power Company as set forth in release deed dated September 18.1931. Tins land is sold subject to all un paid taxes. This sale is made by reason of the failure of W. C. Hopkins to pay off and discharge the indebtedness se cuicd by said deed of trust. A deposit of 10 per cent will be re quired from the purchaser at the sale This the 2nd day of January, 1940 INTERSTATE TRUSTEE CORP., Trustee Durham, N. C. jl6-4t Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. Sunday-Monday January 21-22 "Kalalaiha" NELSON i:i)I)Y and ILONA MASSEY Thursday Friday January 25-26 "Mr. Smith Got* To Wuhhiiifcton'" Tuesday-Wednesday January 23-24 "Congo Maitie" ANN SOTHERN and JOHN CAKKOI.I. Saturday January 27 "Sundown on the Prairie" with TEX HITTER ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS "Wall, why don't, you ASK tomobody how to cool a itaak!" "I know MOW, Jim . . . but it navar worki out! Shush, anyway ... I'm tirad!" This it tha story of a man who tovas hit wifa. but ha likat hit ataab, too. "Jane, you wort lit# a tlava in that dam titchen. If you eoold only coot!" "I CAN coot, Jim. It itn't a matter of ability or rocipa. What I naad ..." Il a modarn EUctric Rang# to tata tha drudgery out of cooling, and for pracitionJita rawlh! Htiri "Jim ... I need something new for the kitchen. I went to surprise you . . . but may I buy it?" "60 ahead ... I hope it's something to Im prove your cooking] But remember the budget, little woman!" Don't worry, Jim. Today's modem Electric Ranges cost surprisinaly little, easy terms are available, and low electric rates make them economical to use. ' ? "There . . . how's that for dinnorl And you needn't look so surprised. I 010 cook 141" "Then I fake bock everything I've ever Mid nlsjufk uAier esirtelnsi sicerI r IMVT |VV OTORMfi VWI Sptt the credit with Jesse's new Bectrtc Range, Jjm. And her pleasure in He etWuieney^ ?peed| r the modest eeeN Now THAT'S my idea of a steak * . -Sue ifniL>L-(DiialsJL, da UlRGinifl ELECTRIC HDD P0U1ER CORIPRnv
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