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DEMANDING BEST OF EVERY
THING EXt'EIT BOOKS
The world is demanding the best of
everything except books.
Better food is demanded by all peo
ple; such food as will build up and
strengthen every faculty in the human
body. Doctors and scientific men are
telling the mother just how to feed
the baby; they are telling how to feed
and nourish the school boys and girls,
and then they go on through the prime
of manhood and down through old age
with instructions of what to eat and
how to eat it to make the very best
flesh and blood. This has saved and
made many good men and women.
We are also demanding tffe best in
clothing. It must not only be beauti
ful but sanitary and safe. Of course,
we want and demand the best of every
thing that tends to bodily comforts
and safety.
"However, we are missing one thine,
of perhaps equal, if not greater, im
portance. We are overlooking the
power of the prill ted page and its ef
fect upon human character.
How are we thinking, and what is
making us think * It is what we setC
hear, and read. It seems that just as
we have morbid appetites to eat good
things, we in like proportion have "a
We want y*-rrw■. Ifo-1, Jy "AB»
ive instead of th.e solid and substan
tial. .
A stream of pernicious literature is
sweeping over the land, and young
people are reading stuc, the whole ten
dency of which is to destroy manhood
and ruin womanhood.
It is hard to speak of it with prop
er composure. It weakens moral
strength; it encourages immorality by
throwing around vice a glamor of fic
titious beauty.
A certain writer says, "There is a
notion that 'realism' is the thing now,
and that it makes literature worth
while. Men and women are straining
'every nerve to tell young men and
women all there is to be told about
sex matters. Some book stands are
crowded with books and magazines
that give us pictures of the under
world. Decent people surely rise from
NOTICE
Registration
Books Open
i
All persons who are not registered and
qualified to vote will have to register to en
able then) to vote in the June primary, and
the registration books for Williamston
Township are now open at the store of the
Culpepper Hardware Co.
Books close May 22nd.
I' 4 . *. ■ "i. • ■ ■ 'n '
- •
John L. Hassell
REGISTRAR
the reading of 'purpose* novel anil sex
exploitations not simply with a bad
taste in their mouths, hut with a feel
ing that they ought to wash their
mouths before they go in the presence
of decent people."
There "are those who claim that such
literature deals with certain phases of
life..and hence is necessary. The gar
bage can and the sewage drain ai''
also essential; for the purpose of dis
posing of the bad things, however,
and not for the purpose of eating in
the. garbage can nor sleeping in the
gutter. So, we should not leed the
niincl and heart on the things that are
poison and unclean to our character.
There are -many young men behind
prison bars who have nothing to
blame except indecent literature.
There are also just as| many, young
women floating around the country
• not only drifting down but pulling
thousands down with them —simply
furnishing grist for poorhouses, hos
pitals and jails, with pernicious liter
ature solely to blame for their con
didtion;
We permit our children to read
PALE, NERVOUS
Wert Virginia Lady Say» Thai
Taking Cardui.
Huntington. W. Va.—"l was In a
Tory weak aud run-down condition
—ln fact, was In a serious condi
tion,'' says Mrs. Fannie O. ldoss, of
1904 Madison Avenue, this city.
. "In my left side the pa'n waa
very severe. It would start In my
back and fides, l'art of the time I
was In bed and when up I didn't
feel like doing anything or going
anywhere.
"Life wasn't any pleasure. I
was very pale. I was aervous and
thin, and so tired all the time.
"My druggist told we that Cardui
was a good tonic for women and I
bought a couple of bottles. I took
two bottles, then I noticed an Im
provement. I kept on and found
it was helping lue. I have taken
ntne bottles. l'ui stronger now
than I have been in a long time,''
t'ardul Is made from mltd-actlng
medicinal lierbs with a gentle, tonle,
strengthening effect upon certain
female organs and upou the system
In general
Bold evwvwhers. NCI6I
filthy and degrading literature and
even applaud at vulgar scenes and call
them works of art. Then why are we
so foolish as to wonder why it is that
crime is rampant and lust and degen
eracy is in the saddle?
The remedy is to place good litera
ture into our homes and schools and
libraries.
WHAT THE SINNER KNOWS
ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
Among the strangest thihgs known
to "the mind's imagination is the a
bundance of knowledge that the sinner
has of Christianity- and the big line of
advice, He has of # how to run the
church. All you have to do to find
out about these things is to ask Satan.
He knows about purity of life and
what_ is, best for the people.
The devil was the greatest enemy—
in fUct, the only enemy—Jesus found.
He tried to tempt Jesus and render
His mission of mercy, love and grace
useless to man. He even went far
enough on one occasion to promise to
surrender everything to Jesus if He
would only worship him.
We notice lots of that today-
Man's great desire to be "It is 1" be
fore men.
You can go to any church in' the
country and you will find the bulk of
NOTICE
Delinquent Tax
Payers
You are hereby notified that your person
al property will be seized and sold for the
paymnt of taxes due the town of William
ston on all your real and personal property
if said taxes are not paid on or Jjefore June
By order of the board of commissioners
at their regular meeting: held May 3, 1926.
M. S. MOORE
CITY TAX COLLECTOR.
Registration
To Open May 1&
The registration books for Martin Coun
ty open on Saturday, May Ist, 1926, and
close on Saturday, May 22,1926. You posi
tively can not vote in the June primary un
less you are registered. The registrars for
the various townships are as follows:
Jamesville Township T. A. Corey
Williams Townhip Lee Hardison
Griffins Township . Ephraim Peel
Bear Grass Javan Rogers
Williamston Township J. L. Hassell
Cross Roads Township J. S. Ayers
Robersonville Township J. L. Roberson
Gold Point Precinct J. L. Croom
Poplar Point , . W. S. White
Hamilton R. A. Edmondson
G°o»e Nest T. H. Johnson
If you are not registered, please go to
your registrar and get on the books before
they close.
By order of the County Board of Elections.
tt. M. BURRAS, Chairman.
4 W. H. ADKINS, Secretary.
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the serious criticism coming from
those who go less, pay less, and pray
less.
Vet it is strange to see the ones
with the least Christianity claiming to
know most about Christ and His
church.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority conferred upon me by a
Certain deed of trust executed to the
under signed trustee by G. N. Gur
ganuc on the Ist day of January, 1920,
which said deed of trust is of record
in the public registry of Martin Coun
ty in book A-2, at page 415, said deed
of trust having been given to secure
certain notes of even date and tenor
therewith, and default having been
made in the payment of the said in
debtedness and the stipulations con
tained in the said deed of trust not
having been complied with, *and at the
request of the holder of said notes,
the undersigned trustee will on Thurs
day, the 10th day of June, 1926, at
12 o'clock m., in front of the court
house door in the town of Williamston
North Carolina, offer for cash at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder the
following described real estate, to wit:
Being the lot now occupied by J. O.
666
ii • prescription for
MALARIA. CHILLS AND FEVEH.
I DENGUE OK BILIOUS FEVER
It Kills the Germ*
Manning and being 62 1-2 feet by 210
feet, and is the western half of the
lot deeded to T. S. Hadley by Dennis
Simmons, and the same land this day
deeded to said G. N. Gurganus by T.
S. Hadley and wife, to which deed
reference is made for a full descrip
tion.
This the 10th day of May, 1926.
JULIUS S. PEEL,
my 11 4tw , Trustee.
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Williamston 9:00
Windsor 9:35
Aulander - 11:00
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Windsor 1:60
Aulander 6:30
Windsor 6:26
Williamston 7:06
ARRIVE A. M
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Aulander 2:40
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Williamston 7:00
Washington . 7:40
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Legal Holiday
Thursday, May 20,1926
Being
Mecklenburg Day
No Business Will Be Transacted by the
Banks of This County
Bank of Robersonvilte, Robersonville, N. C.
Bank of Oak City, Oak City, N. C.
Bank of Hamilton, Hamilton, N. C.
Farmers & Merchants Bank, Williamston
Planters and Merchants Bank, Everett^
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