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Service and Cooperation
When it comes to real service and|
cooperation, we find no better example
than that made by ltev. C. H.
Dickey of the Ilaptist church.
During Mr. Dickey's pastorate here,
hv has proved himself a man of sarv
ice, ever going about his duties with;
ii smile, and always in u spirit of co
operation he undertakes the tasks be-'
fore him. Needless to say, but he has !
gained the admiration of all.
H..v services are felt throughout the
community, and surely they are . ap-|
j
pi ciated by all.
Kisses, Smiles, and Laughs
I'tutus .simply .smiled when he ap
pioached Caesar with tin- deadly dag-'
gt but that ..mill- was enough to
put. Caesar oft his guard jih\ permit
Ilrutus to approach within striking
distance and pour out his heart's
blood. ' ■
Ilu ll caim: along 1 tin' arehtraitor,
Jud«f! Iscarmt, \ilin w» -..i1l Hi' to
K;: ; liis Lord, it LIT •'! >' { IUF
be!rttyu) an i th"r\-by ri- troy tft> ood
influence of His life.
Now, we iiavc the laugh, ami often
thi real old loud horse There j
are the fellows who are laughing at!
STATEMENT of the CONDITION of the
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK
Williamston, North Carolina
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, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY 28th, 1927 .
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
a ? j l d i scounts - W'2 Capital ?100,000.00
Liberty Bonds 87,350.00
Other bonds and stocks - - 69,053.72 Surplus. 5,00U.U0
Bankine house and fixtures 1..., 16,240.51 * Undivided nrofits 3,742.49
Other real estate 24,332.88 - " * ' **790708
Cash and due from banks 139,926.36 Deposits - •
$776,039.77 , , . . |776,039.77
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We have stood every storm for twenty-one years. We know we can stand any that may come. Banks may come and go and "bust," but the FARMERS AND
MERCHANTS WILL STAND ANY TEST. We invite the closest inspection of our affairs. If we can be of service to you, call on us. We have plenty of money t
0 loan on good security. *
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK
WILLIAMSTON, N.C.
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OFFICERS . , - , ' . ' DIRECTORS
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John J). Biggs* President F. U. Barnes J. Eason Lilley C. D, Carstarphen
C. D. Carstarphen, Jr. k ....Cashier - x Javan Rogers R. W. Salsbury J no. D. Biggs
H. A Bowen 8 Assistant Cashier C. D. Carstarphen, Jr.
I We do not wait for a departure to
-bring about these few words, for we
hope that will not come about, but
we wish to express our thoughts, and
to say that any town is fortunate to
have with its borders a man of Mr.
I Dickey's calibre.
For those who are not thoroughly
acquainted with his work, we would
.cull their attention to his Mission
j school, now going on; to the prepar-!
ation given his sermons; to his un
-1 divided interest in church work and
1 f . .
! it.- connections. . i
tin church and its activities, almost:
poking fun at it; and the church be-'
cumes modest and timid and almost j
suffers crucifixion at the hands of the!
laughing mob, which presents all
kinds of ideas as .substitutes for
(.'hri.iUnnity, some going far enough
to say that whatever a man thinks
in his heart is religion.
•We fun! people generally laughing
end slashing at the religious activi-
Ws in an indirect way. If the churchy
> ays we should not do certain things j
j because they lo not tend to build up :
J the moral strength of the individual,
then comes in Satan with the laugh
and says "Surely it will not hurt you.
Why, how out of date you will be if
you don't do as others do." In this
way the devil has gotten nearly every
body to eating apples. You only have
to look around to see that everybody
is doing it.
If the legislature attempts to pass
any liw that would possibly offer
some little restraint to some poor
mother's child, the imps shout from
their shady haunts, "You can't legis
late morals."
Then the church folks crouch in
their corner and say nothing, not
oven so much as to say they have no
desire to pass laws governing good
morals; that their task is to legislate
against bad morals.
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Another thing that, is being laughed
out and bought out is prohibition en
forcement. There is not a day that
the whole system is not shocked be
j cause some high ring has bought out
some enforcement officer or some
j judge. That is bad, but it does not
I approach the villainous laugh of the
moonshiner, the bootlegger, and their
allied customers. That is one of the
things that makes the law hard to en
force. It seems that the coveted "do
! as-you please about whatever you
j please" idea has so thoroughly gripped
! the world that we are about to get
back where we started, when every-,
1 body moved about • without law, ex
cept one, which was quickly broken.
But it is shocking to see the world
luughing at the Church of God; it has
| emptied its pews; it has made the
preacher change his text and put on
the soft pedal.
The devil has always disputed the
power and glory of the church, but
for a long, long time had no one to
help him fight except his own imps.
' Now, it is different. Some of the
scientists and lots of other fellows
have come in to dispute the glory of
! the church, and the sad part of it is
j the fact that they are doing it with
' a sneer and a laugh.
THE ENTERPRISE—WILLIAMi«TON. H. C.
THE LETTER-BOX
To the Editor:
Being the mother of five children,
whom the writer is endeavoring to
train to become useful and worthy j
citizens of the grand old county of
Martin, and realizing, as all thought
ful people do, that the effects and in
fluences of all government—county, (
State, and national —reach out to the
very firesides of every home in this
county, it is nothing more than natur
al that this writer Ifcould be vitally
concerned about legislation whieh af
fects the future weal of our local
government.
It has been called to our attention
that the 1928 act, dividing Martin
County into districts, has been repeal
ed by the legislature now in session.
We are unfamiliary with the defects
of the 1923 act, being unable to se
cure a copy of that act anywhere in
Robersonville. However, of one thing
we are Confident, and that is that the
1923 act did insure active participa
-1 tion of every section of the county in
county goernment, which is not only
just and right but absolutely neces
sary to the progress and development
of the county in all its parts. It was
certainly bringing about a spirit of
friendliness and cooperation among
the people in the various sections of
| the county, which spirit is wholly com
mendable and desirable. Frail human
nature is such that we must continu
ally place about ourselves safeguards
in order that we will not forget the
rights of our weaker brother in en
deavoring to secure something good
and worth while for ourselves. The
1928 act, regardless of its demerits,
did provide one of the necessary safe
guards.
Wouldn't it be well for the thought
ful and law-abiding citizen in every
precinct in the county to petition our
legislators to draft and pass a new
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bill having all the merits of the old
act adn a* many more as can be add
ed? Thif is a question well worth
our consideration, and if we neglect
tliis matter now while the legislature
is in session, there will be no relief
available until 1929.
Mrs. VERNON A. WARD.
Robersonville, N. C., Feb. 8, 1927.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the authority conferred
ii me by a "Deed of Trust" executed
to me by Lee S. James and wife, Mar
tha C. James, on the 20th day of
T. F. Harrison
Mrs. Anna Harrison
Miss Martha Harrison
are now in New York buying our
Spring line of Coats, Dresses
Millinery and Piece Goods
Watch for their return with the new spring goods.
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Harrison Bros. & Co.
Williamston's Largest Department Store
December, 1921, and duly recorded in
the register of deed's office in Martin
County, in book G-2, page 409, to se
cure the payment of a certain bond
bearing even date therewith, and the
stipulations in said deed of trust not
having been complied with, I shall ex
pose at public auction, for cash, at
12 o'clock on Friday, the 26th day of
February, 1927, at the courthouse door
in Martin County, the following prop
erty:
Bounded on the north by the land
of Jesse Thomas heirs, on the east by
the county road leading from Oak City
to Hassell, N. C., on the south by L«e
S. James, and on the west by the
Guilford Cotton lands. /
For farther description referaee is
made to Charity Avery's land Divi
sion, recorded in the public registry
in Martin County in land division book
No. I*. at page 26. This is intended
t'c convey lot No. 2 of said division.
This January 24, 1927.
P. L. HAISLIP,
;25 4tw Trustee.
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Mrs. T. W. Lee is substituting in
the high school facatly this week for
Miss Orpah Steed who la suffering a
I light attack of influenza.