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THE ENTERPRISE PUb EN r reRPmSE PUBLISHING COMPANY Williamston, North Carolina W. C. Manning —... —••— Editor BBHSS ' ' Subscription Price I (Strictly cash in advance) 1 year $1.50 6 months ~ «-— 1 80 3 months ...... —-- 45 Entered at the post office at Williamston, N. C. as second-class matter under the act of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise Should Hold to Franchise Some difference of opinion prevails i.a to whether Williamston should sell it power plant, franchises, etc., and march into the mouth of the trust bag and baggage or whether it should -at least preserve some of its privi leges for the next generation. There is no doubt but there is a strong undercurrent working to the end of acquiring the light and power fran chise of the town, in which case the rates would be fixed by the owner of tlie franchise. In . that case the cost of the franchise would be ho object, a profit would be guaranteed on the investment whether the purchas ers paid $50,000 or $1,000,000 for the right to operate, because the users of i'ghtis and power would pay a- divi rijd on it. That dividend would be Simmons and Overman Styles lumor has it that more North Car clina politicians are out looking over the styles and sizes than at any time iii a quarter.of a century. It is un derstood that the Overman style is very popular in the west, while the •Simmons style is all the rage .in the east. . • They say that the age of both Sim mons and. Overman will soon necessi tate agencies for the new models, and they are determined that there shall be no slump in the trade. Each man seems- to be able to get on the hat cf . either Simmons or Overman, as their hats are full large for any of the shoppers; and they can wear the hats by simply putting a little pack ing around the bands to make them smaller. Some trouble is being found in fit ting the shoes. Many of them can't wear Simmons' shoes, and perhaps the west enders will find the Overman shoes pinch a. little; yet there are a dozen fellows in North Carolina that would put the Simmons-Overman hats en if they covered their heads to their shoulders: thev would also wear , It /s Hard to Please It is hart! to please. The fellow that never tries is the one that has the ea'siest sailing. The world does - I not care if you stand still and do no j good. But if you try to build, then 1 you are always meeting some ob stacles. That is the reason that statesmen are disappearing and their places are being filled by politicians. The states man does things and meets resistance. The politician avoids real issues and dodges resistance. After all, if you > "Inside Information" It now looks like the biggest thing W , « ,—.. • * that Is going on in America is for living men 'to braK about how they Lossed dead presidents or dead p«rs idential candidates. If Colonel House's book should fall In the hands of a school boy and form er Secretary Houston's book should be read by the name boy, he would swear that we had two Wood row Wilson presidents, who might be called House's agent and Houston's servant, and if all they both say is true, Wil- i latger than the 6 per cent the town is now paying on its bonds. It certainly would not be a good pclicy to retire our 6 per cent bonds, sell out plant, and pay from 8 to* 10 per cent dividends on the same in debtedness. It is argued that if we retired x»ur bonds we have no obligations; but they fail to explain just what kind of of a fellow it is that is going to pay off oijr bonds in exchange for our franchise without charging for his in vestment, if the town shoud find it advan' ■»- tageous to purchase power and lights at wholesale, then it should do so; but not surrender to any one its franchise. their shoes if-their feet were pinched ' double. There are a dozen or more fellows in the State who are keeping up with the birthdays of both Simmons and Overman. They have marked their almanacs lest they forget these days. Some of them are keeping close tab with the mortality tables as well. It is' claimed that every man who is waitng for the two scats in the Senate now held by Simmons and Overman is a politician, and that there is not a statesman in the whole out lit. They say some of them are rail road "pass-toters"; some are mill rep i resentatives; other just plain politic ians , representing any and every i thing in general, and always with an ear to the ground. All of them are line fellows, popular with the people, and representing big dividend paying . companies. i Regardless of what we may think, l one of the political disturbances in : cur State today seems to be centering i around the succesors of Simmons and > Overman; and there a dozen or more • who would. are not cursed some, it is only an evi dence that you are not worth the space you take up in the world. Only one question should confront us in any task; that is "Is it right?" Unfortunately, the thought that fre ouently controls us is, "Is it pop ular?" You see we have to bow to wealth these days; we have to smile at fashion. After which there is little time to honestly serve one another and "so fulfill the law." son really did have two masters, House and Houston.. , Another man has recently came cut with a lot of new "inside" in formation dating back to the nomi nation of A Hon B. Parker. Allen L. Benson claims that he knew before the convention that ■ Parker was going to be the nominee i just to please J. P. Morgan, who did [ not like Roosevelt because he meddled , with the trusts. While this statement is old, com- BUKEAU OF HEALTH EDUCATION, N. C. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH CROUP Unfortunately, this word oroup bu been used an a name for various con ditions, some serious and noma not, until there is some misunderstanding In the minds of many as to Just what the word means. Laterally, (roup is a disease charac terized by laborious and suffocative breathing, with sometimes spasm of the larynx and sometimes a local mebrane iu the throat. Diphtheria also au*es a membrane in the throat and when the disease Is severe the swelling In the throat causes a chok ing with difficult "breathing. „ because of this similarity, dlpto theria is sometimes called croup. This is unwise for it leads to ccgifusion and often obscures the seriousness with which diphtheria should always be considered. "Itls" Is a suffix meaning Inflamma tion and laryngitis means an inflam mation of the larynx. Among the less serious affections of the respiratory tract In Infants, none gives more alarm ing symptoms than acute, spasmodic laryngitis. During a spasm of the larynx In jU'fairts there are very few diseases which strike such terror to the hearts of parents, and yet as com mon as it is, it Is consoling to know that babies do not die from such ■pasms alone! A characteristic of sim ple catarrhal laryngeal cough is that it is absent early in the day, that it begins toward evening and Increases In intensity during the night, and that, even without treatment, improvement cotnos In the early morning hours. It | Is during the stage of greatest inten sity, usually about midnight, or be twecn eleven and three o'clock, when the spasm of the larynx occurs which gives rise to the symptoms that are so distressing to the child and the pa rents. Cyanosis and difficult breath ing, except In unusual casus, Is pres ent only during the spasm. Any doubtful or suspicious case should have Immediate medical atten tion to be sure the trouble Is not diph theria. While the doctor Is coming use every effort to relax the spasm by heat and steam from boiling water. Either hot or cold packs about the neck are helpful. Keeplug the infant In overheated rooms during the day and subjecting It to drafts and chilling at night pre disposes to spasm. inn after Parker, Koosevelt, and Mor gan urc all dead, it fully confirms the general belief of that day. Wall Street has furnished three fourths of the Republican candidates for president since the Civil War, and a majority of the Democratic can didates. They usually pick a New York governor and 1 say he can carry New York,\vbich is the only way you can elect a Democratic president. The have been fooled many times by such tactics. It will be well for the country to watch the political clouds as they roll by. New York is very likely playing the .same game for the next contest. "IT TAKES YOU THERE AND BKINT.K YOU BACK" Of my old Ford everybody makes fun; They say it was born in 1901— Maybe it was, but this I'll bet, She's good for many a long mile yet. The windshield's gone and the radia tor leaks, The fan belt slips and the horsepower squeaks; She shakes the nuts and screws all loose, But I get 20 miles on a gallon of juice. If I can't get gas, I burn kerosene, And 1 have driven home on parafflne. It has a rattle in front and grind in the rear Am) a Chinese puccle for a steering gear;w„ Its coils are dead, anl its plugs won't Are, And its piston rings are baling wire; But in spite of all this, she pulls me through, And that's about all any car can do. With the high-priced cars they give you tools, SoMe extra parts, and a book of rules. But a wire stretcher and a pair of shears Are all that I've tarried for 15 years. If I ever live to see the day That she falls to pieces like the "one horse shay" And Henry Ford Btays in the game, 111 buy me another by the same durned name.—Exchange. THE ENTERPRISE—WILLI AMgTOfr, >T. €. Some Folks Ha Ideas About Newspapers The following, from the Elizabeth City Independent, illustrates an Inci dent that is by no means confined to that newspaper alone; but which is, in f act, the usual thing the home newspaper has learned to expect, and perhaps one of the reasons it occurs so frequently is because It is expected and no reat howl is raised when it does happen: "A woman opens a summer cottage for boarders at Nags Head. One of her friends ami velT wishers comes to this newspaper v «l and asks us to trive the deserving lady a write up and boost her cottage for her. She gets the write up advertising her cottage; it doesn't cost her a cent. This news paper sets the whole expensive machinery of its establishment to work and takes valuable space in its newspaper to help the lady's business. "This newspaper is doing that sort of thing week after week, giving col umn after column of free space to individuals, business houses, civic clubs, and others. It is part of the invaluable service regularly rendered its com munity by the home newspaper. "iiut what happens in the case of tht Nags Head boarding house lady? 5-he got her free advertising in this newspaper. In opening her boarding $ house she had to have some cards, some letter heads and envelopes printed. Did her appreciation by bringing her printing to this newspaper? Tin.-- 'She took her printing to a job printing shop that has no newspaper. This newspaper gives her free advertising from which it derives no profit. When she has profitable printing she gives it to a little job-printing shop that lias no newspaper to boost her business. "This nev. -paper is getting digs like that all the time from thoughtless townspeople. Many firms in this town that expect to see their names men tioned frequently in the columns of this newspaper take their printing to other shops or serici it out of town. -* "This new paper js getting tired of playing the Goat to indifferent and i unappreciative people. Already there is a hard and fast rule in this office [•hut certain firms in this town who have never given business to this news paper are not to be mentioned ; in this newspaper in any news item, unless they commit theft, forgery, murder, or some other crime the publicity of which will do them no good. '. The above rule is going to be applied to more and more local firms, indi viduals and institutions. If you expect your home newspaper to be valuable and helpful to you, you must be willing to tote fair. It costs money to pro duce a newspaper, a lot of money to produce a newspaper like The Inde pendent. That money must be derived from the sale of advertising space an l job printing, without which there would be no free publicity, no nice . v rite ups, no favorable mention of any kind for anybody. Giving the World a Nasty Deal Years ago there was an eldery man whose spleen or -something was not accustomed to work well. He became so crabbed and. ungracious tha't he could not answer a question civilly nor make a comment without putting caustic into it. The general opinion in reference to this unpleasant person was that he had rather be mean than otherwise. Others took great deilght in making him mad and causing him -i-mTrtrronieiti-e: —Mo if and urorecnrtK bed he grew from year to year until IST AMERICAN YOUTH ENTRY V« \ Sfll m ■ i *, HH BK ' j Kdlth May Adams, eighteen year-old Harrington, N. J., girl, presenting her entry bluiik to Mayor Kendrlck in hl« office ni City Hall, Philadelphia. The American Youth and Teacher Award wa« r:;iabli»hed aa a tribute to Ameri can youth and teafliiers by the Board of Directors of the Seaqul-Centennlal Inteiun'Hnal Exposition, through which the people of the United State* and the world at large will celebrate tho 150 th anniversary of the Declara tion or American Independence. Tho exposition will run from June 1 to De cember 1. Miss Adams' entry blank cited her for horolsm displayed recent fy win n she remained Inside a burn ing bulldinfc helping doctors render first aid to Injured firemen. She Is a candidate fqr the Oolden Eaglette, the highest gift within the hand* of the Girl Scouts. Each state will elect a eiri end boy and one teacher to repre sent them and the successful candi dates will be the guest of the Sesqul official* from Juno 28 to July I at the exposition Thl" *lll also include a trip to Washington where they will be received by President Ooolldge and presented with medal*. . —SSBBSBSS22~SBBSSm CRUSHED BARLEY MALT One Hundred Pounds HW Hop Flavored Malt Syrup, per dozen cane $5.75 AMERICAN MALT 00. Albemarle. North Carolina. 115-20 he had congested the atmosphere with bad thoughts of his own and bad thoughts of others as thick as a fog. He was obsessed with the idea that other people lived chiefly to make life miserable for him. In all his waking hours he assiduously looked for trouble —and he got it aplenty. Never did it occur to him that he was di rectly responsible for all his suffer ings. He gave the world a nasty deal and it TBtunied lt with" compouMd In terest.—Orphans Friend. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the authori ty contained in that certain deed of trust executed to the undersigned trustee on the 28th day of April, 1919, by Samuel Wimbush and wife, and of record in the public registry of Mar tin County in book A-2, at page 108, said deed of truat having been given to secure certain bonds of even date and tenor therewith, and the stipula tions contained in said deed of trust not having been complied with, and at the request of the parties interested, the underaigned trustee will on Wed nesday, September 1, 1926, at 12 o'- clock m., in front of the courthouse door in the town of Williamston, N. Pigs and Chickens hustle, Wont eat nary tater Scramble out the road, Neither meat or greens All de cotton pickers, ,r I'm at de steering wheel Riding in a fode. Eating sardines. Pack 'em on de cushions Nuther car behind him, Jam de runin bode, Don't you let him pass, Chunks er grinning happiness Beat um to the crossin In a shinning fode. Steppin on de gas. ► Crank 'er up with muscle Skid round de corner, Hit de grit fer town Bridges at a jump, Never mind de rattle, Hit a little bull calf, While de wheel turns round. Biff, Bam, Bumps. t Run into de phone pole, Tumble in de ditch, , Who can tell the difference, Everybody's rich. ~ J ~ Now that you have made your Tobacco Crop, is it worth pro tecting while you are going through the dangerous "Curing Seas on"? If so see the man who makes a specialty of insuring Tobacco Curing Barns against fire loss. Leslie Fowden Day 'Phone 78 / Night 'Phone 133 THE LETTER-BOX AN OPEN LETTER TO TOBACCO FARMERS Williamston'a tobacco market has grown approximately 400 per cent in four years, and no doubt you have heard our market discussed more than any other market in North Car olina. Have you given our market much real thought? Let me tell you a few of the reasons why we have grown so rapidly. The business men of our city, through its chamber of commerce and other civic organiza tions, have not been asleep and have secured first-class tobacco me? to op erate its houses and to get a full corps of buyers that can not be equaled on any market in the State. Every buyer of tobacco in the United States and abroad have representa tives on the Williamstoij market, and our warehouses, redrying plant, and storage houses have been made suf ficiently large to handle 26,000,000 pounds. The business men of our city are determined that Williamston snail be one of North Carolina's leading to bacco markets, and realize that in order to attain this that every farm e; who visits our market or city shall be treated absolutely fair and with the courtesy and respect which most assuredly is due him, and to sell his tobacco as high as any market any where. Now, please pardon me for talking about myself, but I want to tell you a few facts which will be upheld by any one familiar with the circum stances for the past five years. 1 came to Williamston about five years ago, and our tobacco market was struggling to continue operation; but, knowing that Williamston had a large area from which to draw tobacco and believing that the farmers would pre fer selling their tobacco in William ston, if all things were equal, rather than haul it many more miles, 1 moved from the Greenville tobacco market to this market and have done my best and believe I am due a part of the credit for the remarkable suc cess of our market. I have worked day and night, have tried in every way I could to give the best there was in me to every one, whether he be a large planter or a small one, ol whether he be white or colored, and 1 am proud of the growth of my bus iness and wish I were able to explain in words my appreciation for the con fidence my farmer friends have shown in me and my judgment as a tobacco man. I will, be connected with the firm of Bennett-Barnhill & Morton the coming season. We have built an addition to the Farmers Warehouse and will have one of the largest, best lighted, and most convenient houses in the State. We have secured the services of H. L. Joyner as auc tioneer. He is a good one, and we sincerely hope and believe you'll like him. We have a large force of cap able office and floor men. I will run the sale, same as past years; and if you see fit to patronize us, I promise you that all I have learned in my t'«Trrty-three ycaif'B' cs?t»erience and all I can do will be done in your behalf. Our market opens Wednesday, Sep tember Bth, and 1 hope you will be able to attend. H. H. (Hubert) MORTON. LEGAL NOTICES'" C., offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the fol lowing described real estate: A tract of land in Williamston Township, Martin County, State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of Major Latham and John Tyner on the north, the lands of T. S. Hadley and a tract more commonly known as the Gus Mizell tract on the east, the lands of Tom Mills on the south, and the Greenville and Washington road on the west, containing 181 acres more or less, and more commonly known as the Sam Mobley home place and being the same land con- USE CARE IN FEEDING COWS IN DRY SEASON Bpeclal cars should be used la watching pastures at this season of the year. If dairymen do not want to ran the risk of seriously Injuria# milk production In the months to come. When dry weather comes. It U natural for dairymen to hope the drought is only temporary, and to try to westher their cows through without putting them on a regitfet dally grain ration. r But the fact remains that la i*M tlrally every section these droutha last long enough to dry up pasture v to a point where It la practically naeleea as feed. TTnder such circum stances dairymen who rely entirely . on grass for their cattle are run ning a danger of serious low In milk production later. A camel can go for days without water, and even doestft hare to eat regularly to do Its day's work But a camel Is not required to produce from 25 to 60 lbs. of milk per day, as a cow Is. To continue to yield milk In such quantity, a cow needs a full and regular ration of nourishing teed every dsy In the year. She cannot get It from August pasture without a supplementary ration of grain. Tou can't mske a camel out of a cow; nor should you ask a cow to graze all day on land that Is nearly as barren as the desert. Observations by Professor Wilbur J. Fraser, of the University of Illi nois, showed that over a period of four summers, from May to Novem ber, there was a total of only three weeks during which an acre snd a half of pasture was sufficient to support one cow. And In two of those summers there were 27 weeks when 80 acres of pasture land were required to yield feed enough tor one cow. It la Impossible for any cow to grass over that am"int of land, even If the ground irere avail able. ' Yet this Is the time when an ex tra effort should be made to cows In good condition for winter. Nsturally, dairymen want the high est milk production when milk prices are highest. Cows that are allowed to get out of condition bo cause of a short ration will not re gain their lost milk production be fore the next lactation, and usually will not get back to capacity eves then. If your pastures are badly burned at this time, take no chancee —bat keep your herd on a full grain ra tion. If dry weather has not se rious]/ affected your pastors land, you should In any event supplement It with a grain ration, as the right fading echedtale now will start bonding the kind of condition you waft and require tor - the blggssf profrjfftJoß la Mi and , LEGAL NOTICES veyed to Samuel Wimbush by H. H. Cowen and wife, deed dated Decem ber 21st, 1914, and of record in the public registry of Martin County in G-l, at page 494. Being more par ticularly described by metes and bounds and courses, by plat made by J. R. Mobley, surveyor, on March 21, 1919, and on file with the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C. This the 30th day of July, 1926. WHEELER MARTIN, a3 4tw Trustee. 666 is a prescription for MALARIA. CHILLS AND FEVER. DENGUE OK BILIOUS FEVER It Kills the Germs SECOND HAND PEANUT BAGS FOR SALE Patched and in good condition, for prompting delivery. 10c each, cash- Apply CLARK PEANUT COMPANY jy!3 8t Plymouth, N. C.
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