THE ENTERPRISE
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ENTERI 'RISE PU BLISHLN (; COM I 'AN V
Wiliiamston, Nor th Carotin a
W. C. Manning" - Editor
Subscript ion Hi Ice
"T . •' (Strictly cash in advance), •
'! year ' $l5O
£ months £ : *BO
8 months —. . -45
Entered at the post office N. C.
as second-class matter uncle'* the. i:ft of March -3
1879. .
Address all communications to The Enterprise
Need Law to Stop Thoughtless Marriages ,
Let our legislature make it a law
requiring every "person proposing to
hiurry to post announcement of the
fact two weeks previous to- the eere
nidny.
In the early iia> 111 many sections
of our State proposed marriages were
brought before the churches, especi
ally the Quakers, when the fitness of
the parties to thi jiropo: • 1 marriage
was discussed, o-prciaily tue cliarac
tei as" well a- the ph>"-;cal fitness of
both the man' and woman.
jHe Weakness ol Secret mii ! .uveinment
Meiiibul of the Glutei l ip'r Rial),
cf Craven Count). ;• Ii i:nu tines or
,-.e 11V I.' I' * I '—— H  —ti'ii' i Mi JU(l>;i'—
Cranmer laftt week. *. *
This case again emphasizes ' the
weakness uf set if', i^overnment.
A buncji of. g**od iume t eo^iiit r\
men in this ca.-« I -a> i• 1 themselves
together fur the purpn-* -t4~io*»ev,t-.
ir.g the wrong.-- of the »"'i'hU>rhood-.
This time they attempted to kidnap -
unii beat Koy Meilaoai:. a yv'nu#.* man
who was charged with mistreating an
lh-year-old girl of the community.
The law says the virtue and honor
of woman is tile mo t sacred ol all
things, anil proposes to defend them.
Vet it makes so ninny botches, and
offers so many technkaJitie, and loop
holes where men with money or those
up who care to put op false te.sti-.
mony are -able-tog'■ clear of many .
crimes. Thi.- i • i> all} true in the
case of betrayaJ of wefne'n; the world
is cruel enough to charge her with
the fault and look on let with scorn.
The protection of the woman who
has been overtaken in her weakness,
is not always satisfactory, tor this
reeVon men who fail to consider rush
to correct - such .affairs by ,Uy ir own
force. This i.- perhaps one of the
principal grounds u]K>n which ,the
(ira'id Tiger Klan was formed.
I'ossjbly they honestly thought Me
llwean needed correction and that ii
sound thrashing would be better than
to drag the girl into coucL to have
the finger of scorn pointed'st her.
Klansmen all profess lawfulness,
yet practice lawlessness. In fact,
there i- ;i law to care for every one
of their demands. It seems that
Klansmen are "usually good fellows
disgusted with courts and,, and they
Murray & McCabe Co.
SUCCESSORS TO
Williamston Lumber Company
Operations Will Baffin as Soon as Logs Can be Secured and Start Coming to the Mill
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. .-We want an experience. I man in drying grading, and the manufacture of lumber.
Attractive for the right man, but must be* willing to work and able to handle
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Pine and Poplar Logs Wanted
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Address all Communications to Murray and McCabe Co., Hertford, N. C.
in tha. day. theie was more con
: iiO r.,t 101 i;ivt n .o ill" sacredliess of
the: man.. nnp,.v .Ji -ling thought
-1 |e.-'s girl*. v\ i i not nr.irnt u|i by'some
' (.rtlib -- nip i.nd ettri'ie.l away to
have bet 11! i. Mille d l»y soine unworthy
dunk. a- i hN Ir-.juetitly the case
' thr-e day:- - . . '
\ f»l !»• ■»' i- '(' L iature make
law i • ij'. .M'f Ji'.ild.i i.otice before
Icon n.te.- y..u will stop many
11.CUI 'li e* > • .Vs.
t !♦ idm-Ivcs.
• \. 11 jj. may 1 it*, ii is
, ; v i>:i T . v ' public is tired
(• h ■ ,ii'r (' .'i iitik* so much
v
t :\ . i:l 1 w ——rr —■■■• wr Kiw .utui
ii'iiii.i > v.t- * * it >•. . ii Ui«' t \ >ec them
7" iI-.i ',«•» ' * I ■ U>!\ Iciiows
i hat \\ i . ■ ■ .i .»• white
tnun i; t til!*«'• fcrl ■ a fair
~4*+ul. v -U»al the.y. !«»
■4 ot) ■ .—ul— lffljtst. oT
h ' folk , i k i. the i,ii'li and
I'ivii: ie u ■ I iiv.ii I, tiiey get too,
"iair ;> , li aie thousands
».t i n  v I. (Hi powerful. lawyers,
Ix'li.'lr. .: i• . ■ .-mutinies, hired
jlijlor: . ihi 'lack l ju t:ee and turn
I'Miuiniti i" tar-world. It is
Lm in-, ii, ,i „ iiij. e\i'ii in our North
e-n 11.1 iii.t court#.
. .'iii .' a '- ii  pinioii,, uie the rea-
I iviuiis. the Ku Klux
J-.!; 111 ..« : , •! till Ml elves together
t, ti, !• i•. i• ■ the failures of the
nun i i'> n i'. they can not mend
ii.;:t{' i • i;. I.i. .Hue lawbreakers,
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.III:N I !•:'■ lM.t HEN 111 WD. IS THF
'•ruilll 111 \IM IN (Ol NTV"
111 the editor:
It is -in|.11.-into what exti nl
pn>\ iiu-'.al is w" |i:'per reporters auc
poljticians « i'l u'o irf oider to get in
t:> ihf .linst lie lit and to git cheap-MO'
teriety. The e. ii lying of Reub >r
liland, oi Martin County, to Wa; h
ii!»[nn " In vif wed li_\ the ("otign sf
and .to visit the President is a notablf
exampl" .of what one will do to gel
thi: publicity - There are. many per
sons ill thi roan l ) who are of th
sume sentiment a - Norn Hayes, th
notetl actress, who. when she was in
formed that Reuben Hland, the futhei
of ."1 childt > n \v.t- ne.tr her at th(
, White ilotisi , said, "Thank Cod, I an
I ,'vitv, town t*. 'ayr* /
One n wspjpi r cei re>|fondent spok
ol Reuben Bland as "the pride of J
Martin County." Surely,' this county J
has not sunk to such an extent as to j
allow this assertion to go unchalleng-1
' ed. Reuben Bland is a man, perhaps |
a good man, who lives in this county,
| near JCobersonville; and who, accord
j ing to his own statement, is not a
'philosopher. fWhen he asked who,
Socrates and Plato were and was in-!
formed they were philosophers of a
by-gone age, who perhaps had no chil
dren, he said, "Well, 1 ain't no philosr
opher." For such a man as this to
b-i pointed out at the capital of this'
nation as the pride of Martin County
is too Tudricous, There are many of;
the other animals of the animal king-1
oom who haye the same record as (
' Reuben Bland; one's hogs, one's sheep
and cattle reproduce themselves with
similar regularity and numbers. This
fact that he is the father of 34 chil
dren does not make him stand alone
among the others of the animal king
oom. And for him to be called "the
pride of Martin County" is an affront
to the splendid citizenship of the old
County.
The pride of Martin County is not
in such a lnan'as this. Our pride is
| in the men and women who are cul- j
tivated, educated, enriched, and who
I are doing things for the betterment
lo maifkind. The pride of Martin lies
i in those citizens who are of real serv- !
j ice to the communities in wheh they
! reside and .not in those who fill the
! county with useless, worthless citizens
■ who in many instances, become public
j charges ami nuisances. Our roads, our
! - si hool system, our splendid crops, our
cultivated and enlightened citizenship
are the pride of Martin County, and
oui pride does not lie in a man whose
( nly claim to distinction is that he is
the father of 34 children.
The New York World very aptly
expresses itself in this matter when
i f . said, "When a man causes his'"wife]
to become the mother of 17 to 19 chil-1
dren, we think he needs npt the ap- j
plau.-e of Congress but the investiga
tion." It is a scientific medical fact |
well known among the profession and j
iht more intelligent of the laity that j
children who are born of immature
parents and in such rapid succession
never mature, either mentally, physi
cally, or morally, as those children
who -are more fortunate in having for
their parents who hold themselves un
der control, and who are born under
more satisfactory circumstances. Rec
ords show that most of the criminal
world is composed of those persons
who are thus so unfortunately born,
the insane asylums show a similar
record; and If one wishes to he may
investigate,, the records of local his
tory and find a similar fttate.
liet it be hoped that never again
will a man from Martin County who
claims to be the father of 34 children
be pointed out as the pride of Martin
j County. Our people are too far ad
i vanced, too intellectual, too cultivated
. to Kohl a man in such esteem. One
might point with pride to the splendid
records of his Du roc-Jersey hogs, his
j highly pedigreed dog, or horse; but
for the average man in this county
1 who allows this many children to be
\ boH> to hit wife when he is not able j
; 'o clothe properly, to educate and en
lighten, and to have thrown around
; them the necessary protection which
j i very parent us supposed to give to
f I, is children, to which every child born
j is entitled, he must never again be
| pointed out as the pride of Martin
j County, wheih boasts of as fine a cit
izenship, as cultivated a society, as
! enviable a history and as high ideals
as any county in any State of the
' United States of America.
A SUBSCRIBER.
1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
. Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of Mrs. Har
riet E. Ward, late of Martin County,
jail persons holding claims against the
,estate of the said Harriet E. Ward
', are hereby notified to present same
■"to the undersigned for payment on
■ j or before December 11, 1927, or this
' | notice will be plead in bar of their re
co very.- \
| All persons indebted to the said es
r | tate will come forward and pay same
'•promptly.
This December' 11, 1926.
S. M. JONES, Administrator,
i) Bethel, N. C. dl 4 6tw
TUfci ENI ERI'KI.SU—WILLIAItSTOIt, N. C
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
ol sale contained in that certain mort
gage executed on the 31st day of
March, 1921, by Alexander Hill and
wife, Cora Hill, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
Lk ok H-2, at page 56, said mortgage
being given to secure the payment of
cettain notes of even date and tenor
therewith, and the stipulations in said
mortgage not having been complied
with/ and at the request of the par
ties interested, the undersigned mort
gagee will on the 17th day of Janu
ary. 1 U27„ at 12 o'clock m., at the
■ ourthous*'(ioor in the town of Wil
liamston, C., offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash at public auc
tion the following described tract of
land, to wit:
Hcin;r in Jamesyille Township, and
bounded as follows: On the north by
YV. G. Gaylord, on the south by W.
li. JumeF, on the west by the Daily
lioud. containing 40 acres, and known
as ine I'ollie Ange tract of land.
This the 17th day of December, 1926
C. C. JAMES,
l2 i 4tw Mortgagee.
Robert L. 'Coburn attorney.
S'iATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF MARTIN
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Willie-Ann Nichols, Plaintiff,
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Gcorjre • N'ichnl , D ft ndant.
Strviie by Publication,
The defer,iart above named will
tale notice 'hat ui. a".ion entitled as
abo.T htu ' I.IM. cjiiimenceH i,. the Su
pi ridi ( jouri id' Martin County, North
C-.r lira, u.i absolute divorce;
i,ni iii, u' "u findant will further
t; k ii.a:f it •is required to ap
p ar bcfi t ■.he Clerk of the Superior
Court of Martin County on the 14th
I'uy of February-1927 at Williams ton,
N. and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the said com
plaint.
This the 11th day of January 1927.
R. J. PEEL, Clerk
pi' the Superior Court.
Hugh G. Horton, Attorney.
NOTMIi (1% SALE
Under and by virtue of the power:
of sale contained in that certain deed|
of trust executed on the 15th day of!
June, 1926, by Julius S. reel, and ofj
record in the public registry of Mar-j
tin County in book Q-2, at page 58.'i, j
said deed of trust being given to se-;
cure the payment of certain note* of
oven date and tenor therewith, and!
the stipulations in said deed of trust'
no having been complied with, and at
the request the parties interested,
he undersigned trustee will on the
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Which She Did With
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' and stay two or three days at a
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you take a bottle of Carduir She
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V I got the Cardui and began tak
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I began to be hungry and I enjoyed
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My rest was so much quieter that 1
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1 ■—l'l 11 if.l I'Mi'jiliT
17th day of January, 1927, at 12 o'-
clock m., at the courthouse door in
iht town of Williamston, N. C., offer
for sale to the highest bidder for cash
at public auction the following de
scribed tract of land to wit:
Beginning on the western extension
I ( f Main Street in Williamston, N. C.,
at J. B. McGowan's corner, and run
ning thence along the State Highway
! a straight course westwardly for a
bout 200 yards, to a corner, Luke
i lamb's line; thence at angles and a
'long said Lamb's line to a corner, the
A. C. L. right of way, about one hun
dred and seventy yards; thence at
angles and along said A. C. right of
way towards McGowan's line and run
ning to McGowan's line, a corner;
thence at angles and along said Mc-
Gowan's line to the beginning, con
taining five and one-half acres, more
or less, and being part of the origi
nal Garden Terrace property pur
chased of Mrs. C. A. Martin.
This 18th day of December, 1926.
ELBERT S. PEEL,
. d2l Trustee.
Robert L. Coburn, attorney.
NOTICE: TRUSTEE'S SALE OF
LANDS w,
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed and delivered unto
J. C. Smith, tniftee, by trustee of
Middle Ground Roanoke Missionary
liaptist Association, on the 10th day
of February, 1920, to secure certain
indebtedness, and of record in Mar-
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New Low Prices
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Cars and Trucks
EFFECTIVE JANUARY Ist, 1927
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Delivered In Washington
Touring car .1 : - $590.00
Roadster - - 590.00
Coupe 710.00
Coach - 680.00
Sedan I - 772.00
Landau - 833.00
Ton Truck $595.00; Cab, $125.00; 80dy,.575.00
One-half ton truck -....r. Jj>450.00
Cabriolet .. 800.00
All passenger cars have disc wheels and balloon tires.
Wood wheels $lO extra.
Carloads of the new models are being received daily,
ready for immediate delivery. Before you buy see B. R.
Barnhill, local representative.
B. R. Barnhill
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REPRESENTATIVE OP- *
Susm&n Motor Co.
WASHINGTON, N.G . •
tin County public registry, in book
A-2, page 530; and the stipulators
therein contained not having been
complied with, and upon demand of
the owner of said indebtedness, the
undersigned will, on Tuesday, the first
day of February, 1927, at two o'clock
p m., in front of Bank of Roberson
ville, in town of Robersonville, said
county, expose to public sale, for cash
the following described lands, to wit:
Situate in the town of Papnele, N.
C., in raid county and State, and on
the corner of Cross and Second
Streets, and beginning, at the east cor
ner of Cross and Second Streets, and
beginning at the east corner of the
W. W. Harper line, and running
thence along the south line or line of
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Cross Street 70 yard? to Second St.;
thence southerly along Second Street
140 yards to Church Street; thence
northerly along Church Street 70
yards to Church lot; thence easterly
along a ditch 140 yards to the begin
ning, and being same lands conveyed
to S. R. Riddick, H. C. Jones, and
others, trustees for Middle Ground Ro
anoke Missionary Baptist Association
by deed of record in Martin County
registry, in book G-l, page 16, ami
beingrthe same lot of which said as
sociation's "school building now stands
and this" description includes said
building.
Thi; January Ist, 1927.
J. C. SMITH,
j4 4tw Trustee.