The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? IMS 1931 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1 75 Sue months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year 12.25 Sl? months? , ... 1M No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston. N C-. as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to Tiie Enterprise and not individual members of the firm Tuenday. December .'I. 1944). intiual 4/tftful Through the Christmas Cheer Fund numbers of less fortunate tots are appealing to the good people of this community for a bit of joy and happiness that will keep burning in their souls a ray of hope at the approaching Yulctide sea son They ask little, but that little can mean so much to them, and only a heartless people would offer an excuse and refuse to participate to some extent in the movement to gladden the hearts of those whose lot it is not to have many things outside the realm of bare necessi ties. The urgent and needy calls coming from oth er fronts over a wide front have been heard here, but it is a declared fact that we have not exhausted our means in support of suffer ing humanity or aiding the needy The Christ mas Cheer movement, however, costs very lit tle in actual cash, but its success depends'upon a united cooperation on the part of everyone, old and young The contribution of a discard ed toy will make an indellible impression on the mind of some little tot, and a discarded coat, sweater or any other piece of clothing will warm some frail little body and keep aglow the owner's faith in humanity. No greater lesson can be taught little chil dren than the lesson of sharing their toys and other things with other little children especial ly at Christmas time No greater opportunity can be had than that which gives grown-ups and persons of all ages to relive the teachings of the Master Who said, "For unto the least of these, ye have done it unto Me " People of Williamston. rally behind the Christmas Cheer movement this holiday sea son, and help make it what it should be. Don't wait to be called upon for aid or service. Act of your own volition, and share to the fullest the joys and rich rewards that will follow in due time I'arkinfi I'roblnii Rapidly becoming more acute. Williamston's parking problem is receiving little or no atten ?O llir, liiin.l. iif till, .iffirink- While U SOltl tion to the problem is hardly possible, there is something that can be done to improve the sit uation. At regular intervals street department forces repair the parking lines, and frankly the work is a waste of time and paint In parking their cars, drivers pay little or no attention to the lines with the apparent satisfaction that they are fairly certain that not even a friendly rep rimand will be forthcoming Correct parking, if required by the authorities, will help relieve the situation. Large number of overflow cars could be parked in the backlots if proper arrangements were effected and if the unsightly lots were cleared of debris and lighted. The practice of crowding ears on sidewalks around filling sta tions and in driveways should be stopped. The practice creates a hazard for pedestrians who under normal conditions are exposed to traf fic over long stretches of eurbless sidewalks The pedestrian ordinarily creates a traffic haz ard by his careless walk, but here in William ston he hasn't an equal chance with the auto mobile. Briefly said, the pedestrian has a just right to revolt against the practice. As the Christmas season approaches, town officials could possibly relieve the parking sit uation on local streets by fixing parking time limits. Such a step might inconvenience the fellow who drives a block or two to his work and leaves his car parked a greater part of the day without moving it, but more room would be created for others. Dratcbacki It will be a great day in history when some one suggests a plan or advances a movement that will gain a united support of all the people. From time immemorial every plan that held hope for mankind has been attacked and held in check by drawbacks who even in caaea of minorities would cry out that they were be ing persecuted, that someone waa trying to become a dictator or the world waa about to be __ wrecked At the founding of this nation there were the Tories who for selfish reasons more than anything else refused to participate in the drive for freedom The Civil War had its slack ers on both sides, the slackers refusing to ac cept their part of the burden not because they considered war was wrong but because they lelt themselves too good to fight or because they had selfish reasons of -their own. Today, in the face of a majority opinion, there are those who would repose in their pres ent comfort and gamble with the freedom of America. They want to see Hitler and his mad plan checked, but they are too good to help handle the task; they drawback as vultures and wait and hope to prey upon the gains earned by others through sacrifice. At times the draw hacks acTustfy join the opposition so damaging is their work agpinst the will and mandate of the majority. Just now there is the American Peace Mo bilization, an organization that is hiding be hind a great social program, doing its utmost to have a law enacted that will stifle England and favor the barbarian leaders in Germany and Italy. Attempting to advance its appar ent fifth column work, the Mobilization lead ers said, "Having been, in effect, disenfranchis ed at the polls, we must strengthen its cooper ation with all other similar organizations in order to build a great mass movement of the American people capable of reversing the trend toward war and dictatorship in the Unit ed States " While admitting they were repudiated in the last election, the leaders of the American Peace Mobilization, are out to stir up opposition to the majority's plan to give all aid to Britain short of war A democracy has to tolerate such organizations, but too many organizations of that tvpe will soon displace democracy with a dictatorship. If the vast majority of the people is wrong, the wrong will be corrected sooner or later by the majority If selfish leaders hamper them, the people will hasten to throw aside democ racy and accept a dictatorship. There's no ob jection to the Peace Mobilization as it restricts itself to pointing out what it deems wrong, but there is little cause for such an organization to threaten to bring pressure to bear against the wishes of the majority. Aside from war there are those agencies, civ ic and religious organizations and others, that are hampered by those who would drawback rather than push forward. It is all right to be careful and slow in supporting this or that cause, but there are too many "people who jump for an excuse not to help. II onldn'l Ailjoitrn Elkin Tribune. Enough Democrats joined with all the Re publicans in Congress to vote down the pro posal to adjourn the Seventy-Sixth Congress, and to the surprise of certain legislative leaders who thought it would turn out the other way. That was a matter for the solons to decide for themselves. Mr. Roosevelt said it didn't matter, one way or the other to him. because lie had no pressing business to hand them to mull over. And it won't matter much to the public, either. Likewise, it's not expected to matter much to the legislators, for the first thing they did after voting down adjourn ment was to recess until after Thanksgiving, and if there is a quorum at other times it will be because there is a good football game or oth ei outside attraction in Washington. And of course, the lads will knock off for Christmas. There is the little matter of the roof over the House and Senate chamber which archi tects claim won't stand the strain of a heavy snow. They wanted a chance to brace and mend it Hut not even this danger would halt the members in tneir duty. As much as anything else this refusal to ad journ was a friendly gesture to Mr. Willkie, who from his vacationing in Elorida declared that Congress should remain in session and keep an eye on war conditions. The Republi cans folluwed his leadership and it is probable that some of his friends in the Democratic camp wanted to reward him for his good sportsman ship us a loser, But there is just one other matter that may have been back of this reluctance to adjourn: The Walter-Logan bill, described as a measure "to facilitate court review" of the actions of various government agencies. Sounds innocent enough, as the lawyers who wrote it for the American Bar Association intended it should. It was passed on to Congress under that label and found favor there among some who prob ably never read beyond those innocent look ing words. But the Walter-Logan bill goes beyond facili tating court review, for it gives to the courts powers they have never had before?the pow er to kill off all of the reform agencies so labor iously created during the past eight years. And so if the desire to drag out this piece of legis lation is back of the refusal to adjourn Con gress, you can put it down that all this talk about co-operation and national unity, was only lip-service, and that the wrecking crew is head ed west again. "God Bless America" is described by a face tious contemporary as the best song that ever came out of Berlin. And that's true for a deep er reason than that Irving's first name was Washington.?Christian Science Monitor. In a recent meeting, community | j and county AAA committeemen of ?* Forsyth County agreed that the 1941 ! I j AAA program is the best yet, says j J Assistant Farm Agent S. R Mitch- j ! iner NOTK I (it BAU Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed to the undersigned Trustee by Dennis Price on the 30th day of December, 1936. and recorded on the! 5th day of January. 1937. in Book E-3, at page 476, in the Public Regis try of Martin County. N. C.; default; having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, the undersigned Trustee will, on Saturday, the 21st day of December, 1940, at one (1:00) o'clock P. M.. in front of the Courthouse door in Wil-. liamston. N C , offer for sale to the ! highest bidder, for cash, the follow- j ing described real estate: "Bounded on the N. by the public road from Robersonville to Hamil- I ton. N. C-. and now known as the Main Street in Gold Point, N. C., on [ the E. by T. L. Johnson and heirs of! J. B Coburn, on the S. by the heirs of J B Coburn and on the W. by the heirs of J. B. Coburn, and better known as the Susan Edmondson Homeplace in Gold Point, N. C.," and for a better description reference is hereby made to a deed from Bettie Coburn to Susan Edmopdson, record ed in the public registry' of Martin County, in Book YYY, at page 18. This the 20th day of November, 1940 PAUL ROBERSON, n26-4t Trustee. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of a judg ment fo the Superior Court. Martin County in an action entitled "H. T. Hodges v. George Mizelle et al," and by virtue of the power of sale con tained in a certain Deed of Trust executed to Don E. Johnson, Trus tee, dated 21st April, 1939, of record in Book X-3, page 220 to secure cer tain bonds of even date therewith, and the stipulations in said Deed of Trust not having been complied with, and under and by virtue of a judgment in the above entitled ac tion, the undersigned commission ers will, on Monday. January 6, 1941, at 12 o'clock, Noon, in front of the?courthouse door, Martin County, offer for sale to the high est bidder, for cash, the following described property: FIRST TRACT All that certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in Jamesville Township, Mar tin County, State of North Carolina, containing 10 acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of L. W. Mizelle, on the East bv the lands of C. W. Mizelle, on the South by the lands of Johnson Modlin and on the West by the lands of H. H. Holliday, as shown by map of same made by S. Peel, Surveyor, on the 23rd day of April, 1915. SECOND TRACT: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and be ing in Jamesville Township. Martin County, State of North Carolina, containing 6 acres, bounded on the North by the lands of W. H. Mizelle. on the East by the lands of Lewis Marriner, on the South by the lands of I,ewis Mi/.elle and on the West by Castilla Branch as shown by map made by S. Peel, Surveyor, on April 23, 1915, which is on file with the Federal Land Bank THIRD TRACT All that certain tract or parcel of land lying in Jamesville Township. Martin Coun ty, North Carolina, containing 111 acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by Public Road, on the East by the lands of J. G. Modlin, N. J. Modlin, H. M. Holliday and L. P. Holliday, on the South by the lands of Tom Lilley, on the West by lands of John Gray, and H. S. Har dison as shown by map made by A Corey. See Federal Land Bank Mortgage, Book L-2. page 60 This 27th day of Nov., 1940. B. A CRITCHER. H. G HORTON. d3-4t Commissioners. 1 NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Jasper Smith and wife, Mamie Smith. Dallas James and wife, Girlean James to the un dersigned Trustee, and dated the 1st day of April. 1936, and of record in the Public Registry of Martin County in Book P-3, at page 77 and at the request of the holder of the note of inedbtedness thereby secur ed, default having been made in the payment thereof, will, on the 31st day of December. 1940, at 12 o'clock Noon, at the courthouse door in Mar tin County offer for sale at public auction for cash the property de scribed in said deed of trust as fol lows, to-wit: A certain tract of land in James ville Township, Martin County known as the Jerry Smith Home Place. Being our undivided interest in said lands adjoining S. R. Coburn on the North, on the East by the Daily Road, on the South by tne At lantic Coast Line Railroad and on the West by R. G. Coburn, contain ing twenty-one acres, more or less. This the 30th day of Nov., 1940. W. H. COBURN. d3-4t Trustee. NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina. Martin County. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed by the undersign ed trustee by Chas M. Peel, on the 9th day of November, 1917, and of record in the public registry of Mar tin County in Book M-l, at page 466, said deed of trust having been given for the purpose of securing certain notes of even date there with, default having been made in the payment of the said notes, and the stipulations contained in the said deed of trust not having been com plied with, and at the request of the owners of the said notes, the undersigned trustee will, on the 2nd day of January, 1941, in front of the courthouse door in the town of Wil liamston offer for sale to the high est bidder for cash the following de scribed real estate, to wit: Beginning in the run of Breecey Swamp at a gum marked as a corner in W. A. Peel's line, thence running W A. Peel's line N 88 3-4 W 288 poles, thence North 4 East 68 poles, thence S 88 3-4 E 180 poles to ? marked pine near the canal, thence with the canal and Breecey Swamp i to the beginning, and containing 84 more or T< acres, more or less, and being the 2nd tract described in a deed from W. A . G. E. and J. H. Peel, and oth ers, to R. J. Peel of record in Martin County Registry in Book XXXX. This the 30th dav of Nov., 1940 B. DUKE CRITCHER. Trustee Peel h Manning, Attys. d3-4t Belk - Tyler's vj ?r TOY Dept. ON THE Balcony Sport Set Novelty sets including golf sticks and ball, mss tennis racquet ' ? (1^ and archery f Tj\* Roller Skates Heavy, sturdy-bill, ball bearing roller skates, in all sizes. 98c?$1.48 Stuffed Toys A large assortment of stuff ed toys to select from. Dogs, bears, cats, bulls, etc. 39c?98c Blackboards 98c Punching Bags Both stand-up and wall type? Complete and ready for use. $1.48 Toy Auto* Pedal toy automobiles in all makes and colors. All steel and sturdy built. Will stand lots of hard service. $5.95 to $7.95 Electric Stoves Electric stoves complete with approved cord that will really cook. Any little girl would be pleased with these. 79c DODG 'EM CARS An attractive novelty?Wind up can that run in figure eights 39c r JSL. ARCHERYf SETS Drum Major Novelty mechanical " ? IB drum majors a Jlf _ A real toy ? V W Sturdy Built Sturdy-built, all metal tri cycles in all colors and styles. $119-'8.95 See - Saws v Shu - Fly's Attractive sturdy-built see saws and baby rockers