The Enterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WmjAMSTOW. NORTH CAROLINA.
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Tuetday, December 17, 1940.
.4 Threat
The slot machine, rated by some as a harm
less amusement box to tost one's skill, recent
ly presented itself as a threat to law-enforce
ment agencies and even the lives of superior
court judges. The machine, handled by the
"big shots," has developed a break among law
enforcement agencies, the judiciary, the rev
enue departments and has the governor on the
spot, literally speaking.
It has been pointed out that the machines
trained youth in the ways of gambling. There
is no doubt about that, but today the slot ma
chine rises up as a real danger to law and or
der. Things are coming to a sad pass when a
superior court judge can't pass judgment in
accordance with the law without his life be
ing threatened. The operation of the machines
has broken down the confidence held by many
in the law-enforcement officers, for it is a rec
ognized fact that the illegal machines have
been allowed to operate in public places with
out interference while the participant in a back
room crap game has been hailed into the courts
and made to believe that he was guilty of a
serious crime.
Another sad feature about the slot machine
business is the large number of suckers who
flocked around them. Sometimes it would be
more sensible to lock the suckers up anil com
mend the machine operators. But just as it
was in the old prohibition days, it was the cus
tom to arrest the manufacturer who was try
ing to make a living and let the consumer go
free.
Halkfil
Streamlining, affecting nearly everything
that moves including the perambulator on up
to the huge rail monster, has been balked. A
move was started to streamline a circus some
time ago. The modern manager did well in
curving the animals' cages, but he struck a
broadside when he reached the elephant.
Hats off to the good old pachyderm that links
this modern world with the good old days when
a visit to the circus rated right next to Christ
mas in importance.
A person isn't apt to rock the boat if he has
to paddle his own canoe.?St. Louis Star.Times.
Score* For Small Toirn
Carroll Wilson, editor of Roanoke Rapids'
progressive tabolid newspaper, scored a hit for
small towns recently when he said: "When folks
continue to ask us why we like to live in Roan
oke Rapids, we . . . . tell them it is because we
live with folks who are generous, sympathetic
and kindly m their dealings with those about
them.
"A town," the editor continued, "cannot make
people, but people certainly make a town. Folks
in Roanoke Rapids practice what they preach
when it comes to that part of the Scripture
which reads, 'It is more blessed to give than to
receive'."
During recent weeks, Roanoke Rapids raised
more than $13,000 for its community chest and
$1,800 for the Red Cross. The generosity of hi.
people prompted the editor to write and to ex
plain why it is good to live in a smalt town
where generosity is accompanied by a person
al interest and is not advanced after a truly
mechanical method.
II nr IIihini Tonus
The Army is building war boom towns hero
and there over the nation, bringing prosper
ity and good times to thousands in restricted
areas. The mushroom growtli is good while it
lasts, but experience gained over the years will
prove that those towns will have been belter
"off had they never been laid wide open to wild
spending.
Reports from the camp centers and main
ports where heavy concentrations of troops,
munitions works and naval basis are maintain
ed indicate that the people aie going wild Cer
tain clothing articles ordinarily retailing foi
$1.95 are offered for sale at S2.95 in the boom
centers. Such antics are unjustified, and it is
possible that the war in Europe will not have
to end or the preparedness program slowed
down in this country for the bubble to start
bursting. '
Give us a small country town where a grad
ual growth is enjoyed, a town where friendli
ness abounds. where one fellowman overlooks
the errors of another and there is a saneness
in this thing called life. For those Centers, all
but forgotten by the mad rush, the shock when
it does come and it will come, will not be so
great or so disastrous as it will be for those
towns where the government is spending mil
lions.
I iiliiif! Di'/riixr
If this nation would aid its own defense it
must eliminate those needless agencies pos
sessing the gift of self-perpetuation. When re
ports are heard on every hand about the cry
ing need for workers, it is difficult to under
stand why and how relief agencies maintain
their importance. There was no doubt about
the need for all of the alphabetical agencies at
one time, and there is need for a number of
agencies now, but if there was ever a time to
build up the internal defense of this nation it
is now when the external defense program is
bursting into high gear.
It is going to take a lot of stamina, sweat and
all virtues combined to cover up the hole that
has already been dug. That we can succeed in
the gigantic task is certain, but we must leave
the patient alone after his recovery It was all
right to nurse him back to life after being
starved and mistreated a decade ago, but to
keep him on the bottle after he has recovered
will weaken him and render him worthless.
Just because the government fed the hun
gry and looked after the needy in tim..* ,,r
ergency and stress, there is little excuse for
one to continue to expect something for noth
ing when the emergency is past for him.
George Rigrbee Named Best
t~H Club Bo\ Of Lenoir
George Rigsbee. of South wood,
has been named the beat all-around
4-H Club boy of Lemur County and
will receive a scholarship to the an
-mnd"4-H Short Course a! State Col
lege next summer.
APPLICATION FOR PARDON
OF DENNIS WYNN
Application will bo made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
parole of Dennis Wynn, convicted
at the March Term. 1940. of the
Superior Court of Martin County
for housebreaking. larceny and re
ceiving and sentenced to the State's
Prisgn for a term of not less than
three nor more than five years.
All persons who oppose the grant
ing of the said parole are invited to
forward their protest to the Gover
nor without delay.
This the 4th dav of Dec . 1940
dl0-2t DENNIS WYNN
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of
the estate of S. B. Stalls, late of
Martin County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or be
fore the 10th day of December, 1941.
r this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebt
will
ed to said estate w ill please make |
immediate payment.
This the 10th day of Dec.. 1940.
R. E IK")WNS. Executor
of the Estate of S. B.
Stalls, deceased.
11 G Horton. Atty dl0-6t
APPLICATION FOR PARDON
OF RICHARD KWFI.I.
Application will be made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
parole of Richard Kwell. convicted
at the June Term. 1937. of the Super
ior Court of Martin County for Mur
der in the Second Decree and sen
tenced to the State's Prison for a
term of not less than Twelve nor
more than fifteen years.
All persons who oppose the grant
ing of the said parole are invited to
forward their protest to the Gover
nor without delay.
This the 4th day of Dec . 1940.
d 10-2t RICHARD KWELL.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under .
and by virtue of the power of salt
contained in that certain deed of i
truat executed by Jasper Smith and J
wife, Mamie Smith, Dallas Jamas
and wife, Girlcan James to the uii ?
dersigned Trustee, and dated the 1st
day uf Apr it; IMG. and of record in
the Public Registry of Martin
County in Book P-3. at page 77 and !
At the- request of the holder uf the j
note of inedbtedness thereby secur- |
ed. default having been made in the
payfaent thereof, will, on the 31st
day of December, 1940, at 12 o'clock
Noon, at the courthouse door in Mar
tin County offer for sal^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. K Coburn
on the North, on the East by the
Daily Road, on the South by the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad and on
the West by R. G. Coburn. contain
ing twenty-oneacres, more or less
This the 30th O&Vpf Nov.. 1940
W 11 COBURN
d3-4t TpuBtee.
NOTICE OF SAJ.K
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
Sntin'da>. tin- 21st da> of December.
1940. at one (1:00) o'clock P. M. in
front of tlie Courthouse door in Wil
liamston, N C.. offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described real estate:
Bounded mi the N. by tin- public
road from Robersonville to Hamil
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
H'Htu^huei m 1mltd Poirrtr.N C artti
| for a better description reference is
hereby made to a deed from Bet tie
Coburn to Susan Edmoadson. record
ed in the public registry of Martin
Book YYY, at pag<
County, in Book YYY, at page It.
This the 20th day of November,
PAUL ROBERSON,
n2ti-4t Trustee.
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