North Carolina Newspapers

THE ENTERPRISE . Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY Williamston, North Carolina i i I W. C. Manning — Editor Subscription Price (Strictly cash in advance) 1 year - 6 months 8 months -45 1 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 Newspaper Reports of Weddings Carl Goerch now comes out and flatly admits that newspapers don't tell the truth about weddings. We feel sure Carl ie wrong. Every bride that faces the altar is beautiful to somebody, even if nobody has discov- > ered it but her mother and the bride groom. However that gives two wit nesses, which are enough to prove the case. And then lier gracefulness, and sweetness can be ea.Mly vouched for. 1 Now, when the cleverness and bril liance of the dashing bridegroom is; mentioned, it makr no difference how much the newspaper lavishes in the j way of strong; adjectives (publicly, of course, not privately) the ■smiling j bride will swear to it on a .stuck- of Bibles. So it makes no difference how many Prohibtion Not a Complete Failure "Prohibtion viewed locally," is the subject of an editorial in the Norfolk in which that paper attempts to attack prohibition by say ing that Norfolk had more arrests for drunkenness in 1926 than in 1916. They admit that the population of Norfolk increased juut 100 per cent from 1915 to 1926, and they say the number of drunks increased only 55 per cent, which in itself is evidence that drunkenness is diminishing. Ac cording to figures- given, the Norfolk police record shows only one year since prohibition went in force that there was as many arrests for drunkenness as the last year of the liquor reglfte— ar.d the 10-year record shows not half as many as for that year. The Ijedger writer wants to know why more last year than in 1915, and seems to be unable to understand why it was. If he will go to the trouble, he can eas ily find that in the old bar-room days Norfolk had 5 drunks to 1 now. He will further find that the bar rooms and whiskey houses ruled the city government of Norfolk and especially the police department. He will fur ther find that every bar room in Nor folk, of which there must have been more than 100, had sleeping stalls in which to store drunks and bums, and the general habit practiced by bar room out of sight of the public rather FELT STUPID, DULL * Mississippi Says Sbe Toak BUrk-JVaagkt far Tkesa Syaptaas and Was "Greatly Relieved." Btaifcville, Miss.—l have been a •Mr of Black-Draught for about twenty veers,* say* lire. C. E. Bun tin, of R. F. D. 6, this city. "I used Black-Draught first for aoßatinstiou." continues Mrs. Bun- Mb. "T would feel doll, stupid- and have severe hesdsrhoe, even tever- Ul I had an uneasy, tight feeling fi soy stomach. 1 read quite a bit about Black- Draught I began using it and soon ■QT bowels acted regularly and I was greatly relieved. I used it every onoa fil a while for about eighteen years. "Ahput two years ago I found I was having indigestion, a tight sssottaeriag in my chest, then severe pain, especially after eating swssls. I commenced taking Just a pinch of Black-Draught after meals and by doiag this I (Wild eat about any- BUdrffcangbt to myefafl. jun lor eoldft nd hairiarhra. 1 awtoodbTl doaa ** NCS?I nice things the newspaper says about a wedding, it is always true. It is, of course, admitted that the newspaper does not always believe what it says, I but it car. prove them true. Of ceurse, Carl can not discern beauty in every case. Yet we would like to see him test out just one wedding article and write what his own cold, techni cal, scrutinizing eye thinks of the ! beauty arid charm of the young cou -1 pie. Then he will find plenty ot proof j that he is wrong ami tliat every bride I is beautiful and charming to some one. : ' The trouble about Carl is thait he in' ! too critical about beauty. But you can bet on his nice "write-ups" a- J bout weddings, whether he believes j the-m-or not. We advise lam not to! write what he thinks. ?] than to take them before the police i courts, which would have created a Bad impri'.s.sion in the public eye. 'Die •j drunkard had no opportunity to get nut and "cut up." Now, if the Ledger will take the trouble to ro into every one of the ' old Norfolk bar rooms >and quietly s listen ami correctly write the echoes > from their haunted walls and let them 1 ! xhibit their blood (splashes, evidenc • ing the bar-room fights and murders c j in the old 'lays gone by, then it will ' t« nders and their police henchmen was ? ! to put drunken men in some back ' 1 F——— STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OP THE Planters & Merchants Bank EVERETTS, N. C. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS FEB. 11, 1927. RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts $154,969.73 Capital $ 15,000.00 Stocks and bonds 16,250.00 Surplus 10,000.00 Banking Houses 3,500.00 Undivided Profits 2,358.38 Furniture and Fix- Dividends Unpaid 194.50 tures 2,910.00 Cashier's Checks, Cash on hand and in v > Outstanding 1,727.30 Banks 76,266.40 Deposits 224,515.95 Total ..." $253,796.13 Total $253,796.13 We are here to serve our customers in any way possible, consist ent with sound banking, and ask that you consult us about your problems. OFFICERS: J V. G. Taylor, President, Henry D. Peel, Vice President, J. H. D. Peel, Vice President Paul Bailey, Cashier. DIRECTORS J. S. Ayers, V. G. Taylor, A L Roebuck, W S Gurganus, B S Cowin, S. E. Roberson, R. A. Bailey, Henry D Peel, J. H. D. Peel. Planters & Merchants Bank . ■ . -"".f s - • , EVERETTS, NORTH CAROLINA. ' • not again commend them for their vir tues. Another reason why no mom arrests were made in the olden days in Norfolk was that the liquor busi ness was licensed by law and every drunk was a legal product and the body {Politic was naturally alow to frown on its own fruits, hence men were not arrested for simple drunk enness. They had to reach the state of an abnoxious nuisance before they were arrested. » i -We venture to say that if the Ledg er man will study his own case fur ther, he will find a condition existing today that is quite different from that of 10 years ago. Mor stringent laws against drunkenness, a higher idea for the virtues of soberness, has forced a more trustworthy, a better, and more honorable type of men on the police force than in those days • when liquor interests named them. . Now he will find, with very few ex ' eeption, men who not only arrest men > for puhlic drunkenness, but they go The Passing: of the Ku Klux Klan ! The members of the Ku Klux Klan ere now beginning to see that their ! plans were poor, even if their poli cies were fine. Society has tried to improve itself throughout all the ages of history, al j though it has passed through many | tribulations, and has made very slow i progress at times. Yet it has slowly 1 advanced, until we today have as | much protection by law as we need. We have more liberty than knowledge and more wealth than we know how to use. Yet because we can not at . I tdn perfection in the twinkling of an 1 eye or reach the ideal at once, we be ' come dissatisfied and act like unhap | py whining children. Thus it was that an idea was hatch ed that something could be done quickly, something that would set every man right. The idea and the | 1 desire could not be beaten, but the ' carrying out of such a principle vio i lated every policy for which it was > designed,, which was to make people better and safer. When it was ap plied it very imperfect and ! caused danger and strife within and without the order. So, after all, the old kind of rule THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON, N. C. farther ud hunt their haunts and brine them t» Justice, and it is now quite possible to hail a class of men into court who call themselves good men; while inrthe old days it was only the "bummest of the bums" who Were nabbed by the police. Norfolk is doubtless in about the I same class with other cities, needing more stringent laws and a better ob servance of them. It is very regrettable that people will violate a law of the people, even the prohibition law; and no man can do it and Justify himself in any as pect of the case. It is about as re grettable to aee thoughtless good peo ple knock it and complain aflt and grumble about it as to see the "low brows," the toughs, and the bums vio lating it When all the people who call them selves lawful citizens keep the law themselves and help other to keep and enforce it, drunkenness will be very >; scarce. by law, though it is evaded and brow beaten and aometimee almost looks disgraceful, haa proved to be the best place to right wrongs. The court is the establishment of the civilation of many centuries, in which billions of people have contrib uted more or lass towards its perfec tion. No one man, nor no new sect, nor no part of the great body of men can change its course to meet special ideals. Just as it Ls in leg ion, which has come out of the cruci fixion and centuries of toil and from the martyrdom* of thousands, and which can not be changed by a few modernists or idealist? who happen to think their own ideals surpass the wis dom of God, the love of Jesus, and the knowledge of all past generations and should be the standard of religion. So the Ku Klux Klan must die, not because it does not think it is doing right, but because it fa&s to appre ciate whaf'Yitfbt Is. It needs to ac quire both knowledge and wisdom and to rid itself of selfishness. Democracy and Christianity are the enly things needed on earth to make * this an honest, happy world. THE LETTER BOX THE YOUNG PEOPLE • To the ■ Editor:— —_ ' Dear sir:—l saw an article in Fri- j ' day's iesu4 of The Enterprise stating j that young people used too much: slang. It can not be any worse in ( your city than it is in ray community, j ,j Take the young people in my com -1 niuraty—the children of the best peo-! ' pie in the county—when they are in ■ j a crowd they use some of the most! j vulvar and rotten language that one; cculd imagine civilized people would j ' use. It is sickening and shocking to ( , the refined or cultured senses of all! I right-thinking and God-fearing people. 1 Their partnte are not wholly to blame - for the actions «f these children, for some of them have parents that are the best neighbors in the world; but they have been so engraved in other I things that they have not had the time to look after the needs of their "j offspring. ■| I know of communities that have ! their Sunday schools and church or ! g animations, and all you have to do I "FORD" 1 • r S _ t We Are Now Running a Special Sale on USED FORD CARS, TRUCKS AND , TRACTORS which have been put in good condition. If you are interested and want to save money, ) , it will pay you to see us before buying.. Remember, too, that we are selling the , genuine 13-plate Ford Batteries for $12.00. i lj Williamston Motor Co. j "Service That Satisfies" j 1 " 1 1 ■ mmmm————■ - |T ' 1 Hookerton, N. C., Nov. ll,l»26 I "I hive u«*d 'AA Quality' Fertilizer* 1/qfS Jft on my tobacco crop thu year lOOO jl- j 1 pound* to the »rr». ■ and have told 1200 I XiV'l poured* to the acr« at an avari|i of #4OO 'Vj. jF>> ■ por acre. These good* »uit ma batter 'W' 1 " ilu.ii any ever mad . i. "S£{" » "Another farmer aero**'the road uead e . , V ■ »■* .* ' ' 'he same quantity of another brand and 1 ' V-4/iT/uV»2'Ay\ "y made only 8i«) pound* to the acre which e / fy / J Vvill tell for only S2OO par acre." f lit —Gaorge Whitfield ■ i \ '/**s V ' Pinetopa, N. 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Va* , , . l ; nt --,1 '" , 'MklxM, is compare of that type of community with those communities that do not have these organisations to see the different*. Here really is no com parison ia the two. In my community j the Bible haa been largely withheld I from the children. They have been taught that it was not made for them j but was written for the older people. So we have no Sunday schools nor , ar.y young peoples' clube, or anything that will teach the young people to ! respect their elders or parents. They |do not even use the rudiments of ' fcood manners or training. When I Sunday comes they rush from place ; to place like the wind, with the reck ' lerr.ness of one intoxicated, and erip ( pies, children, and old people have to lake to the woods to escape death or injury. AN ANXIOUS PARENT. NOTICE North Carolina; Martin County: In Superior Court. Peter Thompson vs. Penina Thompson The defendant above named will I take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced la the su perior court of Martin County, North Carolina, to obtain an absolute di-. vcrce on the gnraada of statutory period of reparation; and the aaid de fendant further take notice that rhe is required to appear before the cleric of the superior court of Martin County at Williams ton, N. C, on March 10, 1927, and answer or demur to the complaint in aaid action, er the plaintiff will apply to this court for the relief demanded in aaid complaint This the Bth day of February, 19X7. 1L J. PEEL, fll 4tw Clerk Superior Court RHEUMATISM While in France with the Ajperiean Army I obtained a noted French pre scription for the treatment of Rheu matism and Neuritis. I have given this to thousands with wonderful re sults. The prescription cost me noth ing:. luk nothing: for it I will mail it if you will send me your address. 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