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matter under the act of Congress of March ;!, 1879.
Address all communications Jo The Enterprise and not to indi
vidual members of the company.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927
Everything Quiet on (he Potomac
Why shouldn't our president go oft
for a little rest and visii his folks itc
the west ?
lit' has Mr. Mellon at Washington
lo take cure of all the money and to
k op everybody in th" world from
fretting any of it, even his farmer
friends. Another advantage Mr. Mel
lon has over most folks us a house--
keeper and caretaker is that when
the governmental machinery at Wash
ing.on runs a little hot anil begins to |
knock and st|ueal, lie pletrtj- of I
hrs own oil—"that goo(J (iulf"—and
he just pours a can oil the hot places
s.i'd smoothes things down again.
And, too, when th ■ color of things
around the cubital begin to citilkoi
i!nd**rust Mr. McMon doesn't do s-
H'ing but brighten them up with hi;
i wH aluminum.
The president was ajso very for
tunate in leaving Postmaster (oner
~j.! Harry S. New to get the lyail off.
an.l every nice thing that is said a
bout Cal. will in the firjit
pouch, even if he catches a fish. All
that will be tpld through the mail.
Of course, SecrMaiy of State Kel
logg is in charge of the letter writ
ing in foreign languages. He will he
expected to write several notes and
letters tie both Mexico and China dur
ing the summer months. The presi
dent w ill not have to lose a moment's
re.-t on thai wore, though, because
he has an abiding faith in Mr. Kel
-1 i'g's knowledge of both the Chinese
and Spanish languages.
The other, bunch of cabinet officers
v ill have very little else to look af
ter. Hoth the Army and Navy will
probably have to lie dorman all sum
mer. Games seems to he getting
juarce and they can't find a thin* to j
shoot.
Battle Pianos and Battle Ships
It is bad for civilized nations to
have to prepare for war, because war
i an ugly, mean tlwiitf. and should :
1 outlawed rather than promoted by
I
I reparation.
However, if, we intend to be fools
t MHitfh- to prepare for war, then we
had bette'r lake Col. William Mit
chell's and Arthur Brisbane's advice
rnd build a few airplanes as well as
>d many battleships.
We can build 1,000 airplanes, .such
L'mlijergh and Chamberlain flew/
1.1 ross the ocean in,-for lews than the
ci st of one first-line battleship.
The two greatest principles used in
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
and
LICENSED EMBALMER
DAY ANI) NIGHT SERVICE
I have bought the undertaking establishment formerly owned
by Mr. F. L. Edwards, and have secured the services gl Mr; Harper
Hclliday, an expert funeral director ami licensed embalmer.'
Excellent Service at Meat Reasonable Price
B. S. Courtney
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Day Phone 155 Night Phone 44
Since the Lindbergh flight, the Mis
i 1 sissippi flood has been relegated to
(.lii insifte pages of liewnpaper*, and
i editors are too busy praising the
i i'viator to sav anything about special
.
I | sessions for flood relief. This re
r , litves the tension at Wa.shing'on and
J .turns sorrow into jo v.
So far as the Secretary of Com
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| irerce is concerm-d, the I'Vderal re
| si rve banks say t|hat commerce is at
| such a. loft- e+>b irr the eastern lialf of
the country that Mr. Hoover will be
able to throw the bull without having'
al to bold the tail.
Mrs. Coolidge had the dog tied up
I '-fore the family left, and the White
House goat will pace the lawn fence
and display the flag.
According to Will Rogers, Cool
idge's main business in the west is
to go fishing. He says that the presi
dent will spend most of his vacation
in fishing for «uckers and farmers
as they will both ibite almost an;
kind of bait and very little of U
which just suits Cal.
Another reason given for. Cal's
special trip is that those .Western
farmers have been hooked so many
times by the Jittle second-class poli
tician that they have about stopped
biting, and it has 'become necessary
for Cal to flirt the ipromise uf the
president's golden hook ibefofe them
in an effort to land them one more
time.
Why should the people complain if
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tHT'ir president should take a trip to
far-away Muck Hills? It may be the
berft. thing for us, after all; perhaps
the further the better.
Two thing-s't-aji be said of our pres
ident: He is an economist ami is de
veloping into a real poMtk-ian.
war are to scare the e*vejny out or
to kill him «>ut. if ICngland should
; nnoume her intention to send one
of her battleships to bombard the
American we would not lose so
very much sleep; in fact, most of us
would go to bei with full confidence
that the first heavy .gun would wake
ii: up in time to dodge the few big j
shells that might come in our direc
tion. • v, .. . -
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to America, to silent and quietly drop
Hut suppose Kngland was Ito say
that tomorrow momiikg she was going
to start a fleet of 1,000 battle plane
down fire and brimstone and utterly
I destroy a large number of American
| ciJes with flaming and poisoning
I passes. Then we would be frightened.
| We would be afraid to go to sleep,
und half of the American people
would sit up all night to select the
safest wray to run when the flying
death angels did appear.
Wc can't say which is" the most
dangerous—one battleship or 1,000
battle planes, but we do know the
plane swould scare us very much the
most. ' i
Lindbergh's flight will cause the
building of 25,000 airplanes in the
world within two years for no otliei
purpose than to "kill our neighbors
with. • V '
Nations /will some day find a bet
lei way than" war to settle their
t roubles.
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J. C. Meekins, Jr. M. W. Meekins
MEEKINS& MEEKINS
Attorneys at Law
W ASHINGTON, N. C.
State and Federal Courts
NOTICE OF A SPECIAL TAX
ELECTION
On sth day of July, 1927, Smith
wirk School District, Martin
County, North Carolina
In compliance with the wishes of
petition signed by a necessary num
ber of qualified voters of Smithwick
School District, which was duly ap
proved by the board of education of
Martin County, and in accordance
with the provision of Article 17 of
the New School Code of 1923.
Notice is heraby given that the elet
tion will be held in tKe" Old Smith
wick Schoolhouse on the sth day of
July, in said Smithwick School Dis
trict, which is described hereinafter
for the purpose of ascertaining the
AFRAIDJTO EAT
BlwHf Spifc, fw yfMtioß,
Pat an OkUhoßw Maa is «
Miserable Fix, Bat He
Fond (Relief.
Brink, Okla.—ln describing how
2m suffered from indigestion, Mr
8. T. Strain, of this place, says:
1 have been a user of Black-
Draught for four or five years. I
have been taking it for stomach
trouble. I suffered after eating with
Moating and a tight feeling 1 .
"I had spells when I could not eat
much of anything. I had eevere
headaches. I would be nauaeated
and hurt a lot I was in a pretty
bad fix.
1 began taking Black-Draught It
seemed to help me wonderfully. I
hadn't found anything that benefited ~
me as Black-Draught did I certain
ly can recommend it.
Tb»re were times when I just did
without anything to eat until I was
too weak to go. I was just miser
able, and when I ate, my system
seemed clogged *
"I had very severe headaches. So
1 didn't know just what to do. I
knew I oouldn't work if I didn't eat
Seemed like what I spit up was bit
tsr as eould be. 1 took Black-
Draught pretty regularly and got
where I could eat, and I don't have
to take it ao regularly now." NC-tll
NOTICE TO
LOGGING MEN
We will have for sale about July 15th eight nice
mules/trained for log work. Broken with rein or
without. Will weigh fom 1,200 to 1,400 pounds.
Fitted with harness and log wagons; will sell sep
arate or together. If you want good team and
willing to pay right price, get in touch with us. We
are not giving them away. They are now in use
and may be seen at work. One pair can be sold
immediately. *
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Murray & McCabe Co.
l'hone 20 WUBamston, N. C
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rag TOTERPRISE - WILLIAMBTON, N. C.
•will of the qualified voters of aaid
district as to whether a majority of
atjtii voter* lavor the levying and
collecting annua»iy of a special tax
With winch to supplement the funds
01' six-months public school appropri
ated by the board of education, the
rule 01 said special tax not to exceed
a maximum 01 lb cents on the #IOO.OO
valuation ol all property, real and per
sonal, within the bounds of the dis
trict, described as follows:
beginning at Gardner bridge up the
cr»ek to the W. W. Roberson mill, up
the mill pond to Cypress Branch;
thence along C. C. Keys line to the
Tartk.on road; thence along said
road to Deep Run, down Deep run to
Mulberry branch; thence up Mulber
ry branch to the Jones Road; thence
up said road to the colored baptist
Church, St. James; thence a straight
line to Wiltz Siding; thence along the
said road to the Jamesville and Wil
liam, ton Koad; thence along the old
boundaries to Devils Gut, Swain's
Landing; thence across Devil Gut to
Kadcr's Eddy; thence down Roanoke
River to Jamesville School District
line; thence along said line to Gard
ner's bridge, the beginning.
At said election those who are in
favor of the levy and collection an
nually of a special tax of not more
j * _ SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES
J, W. 1!. Daniel, official tax collector/or the Town of Willianwton, N. C.,
! have this day levied on the following tracts or parcels of land and will sell
i tut . ;.nie at public auction, for cash, at the courthouse, door of Martin Coun-
I Ly, iii the towp, pf Williamston, on July 4th, 1927, a.t 12 o'clock m., for taxes
' du.- a.-'ti unpaid lor the year 192(5, unless the taxes and costs are paid on or
before that day.
This the 3rd day of June, 192 V.
- W. B. DANIEL. Tax Collector.
White . >
Taxes Cost Total
I'. A. ilallarii, 1 res., Main .St $ «»4.02 1.80 $ 35.82
IH. M: Burras, 1 vacant, 1 Main, 1
1 Mrs. Nancy Cherry, 1 res 15.75 1.80 17.65
j Mrs. K. U,Crawford, 1 res. Church St 90.00 1.80 91.80
j Critcher & Critcher, 1 Ray, 1 New Road, 1 Hyman,
1 Church, 1 Sycamore 73.13 1.80 74.93
I Wile >1 el Martin, 1 Main, 1 11. It ... 112.59 1.80 ' 114.39
Martin & Fowden, 1 Watts, 1 Watts St. 57.38 1.80 59.18
Mrs. Lucy Modlin, 1 res. Church St. y 31.50 1.80 33.30
Moore. Crawford & Murtin, 1 Main 170.93 1.80 172.33
ki. D. Critcher, 1 rcti. Watts St. -J. 'i. 67.50 1.80 69.30
Leslie Fowden, 1 res. 93.25 1.80 95.05
Mis. Alice Godard, 1 res. Haughton, 1 tt. li. St.__ 101.25 1.80 103.05
J. G. Godard, 1 res. Smithwick, 2 iiagley, 1 Main,
1 Main, 1 Ha ugh ton, 1 Crawford, 1 vacant, 1 •
i\ airen, 1 bmithwick, 1 IJ. Willhun.s, 1 stockade 659.88 1.80 691.68
Mrs. Mary I'. Godwin, 1 res Mail:, 1 Elm 183.02 180 184.82
K.'T. Griffin, 3 William 20.47 1.80 22.27
A. Hansell, 1 res. Haughton 102.3/ 1.80 104.17
Mr'. Mary Lee Hassell, 1 res. Main, 4-7 Uassell, 1
Garage - 683.35 1.80 585.15
C. li. Hassell, 1-7 Hassell . 109.02 1.80 . 110.82
Mi . Fuunic Hasaell, 2 store. b61.23 1.80 663.03
L. 11. Peel, 1 New Town r-..-. 9.00 1.80 10.80
Mr:. J. L. Jtogcrson, 1 res. Main 170 88 1.80 172.68
W. T. Ward, 1 vacant, R. li. St. 29.25 I.Bo* 31.05
W. J. VVliitaker Estate, 1 residence i 67.60 1.80 69.30
W. ]!. Leggett, 1 res. Watcs, for years 19z»~46 2J0.00 1.80 277.30
Colored
W.' El Andrews, 1 res., Biggs 14.50 1.80 16.30
I> • Heirs, I Hill - __ 16.1'J 1.80 16.99
Jiob 11 Bonds, 1 Hyman 1').48 1.80 12.28
Jeniiu A. liritt, 1 Washington _j. T 22.»0 1.80 24.30
Elijah lirov/n, 1 Washington 13.3S 180 16.18
Elislia Clemmons, 1 vacant 480 180 6.30
John Everett, 2 li. li. lots 9.00 1.80 10.80
Bryant Gaynor, l li. R. 13.50 1.80 16.30
Alomo Gurganus, 1 res. Biggs St. , Y.B'B 1.80 9.68
I'. S. Ilogan, 1 llatton - 15.76 1.80 17.66
Liztit llines, 1 Res. , 6.7 C 1.80 8.A5
Mahala Lloyd, 1 Elm St. 6-75 180 8.66
W. li. Mizell, 1 Elm St. .lit.. • 29.13 1.80 30.93
Eliza Moors Estate, £ Main ... 83.75 1.80 35.56
V.'. V. Ormond, 4 Main, 1 lihodes, 1 Hyman, 1
Washington, 1 Rhodes 20373 1.80 206.63
Henry Purvis, 1 res. Main St. 40.83 1.80 42.63
To he Purvis, l Brand - 6.53 1.80 8.83
S. li. Riddick Estate, 1 Riddick 18.00 1.80 19.80
Leu lull Koberson, 1 Blount .. .90 1.80 2.70
John Rober: on, 1 res. • 17.88 1.80 19.68
William Rogers, 1 llatton 17.12 180 18.92
Betti« Scott, 1 Main 11.25 1.80 13.06
Hon Scott, 1 Main 19.00 1.80 20.80
Florence Sheppard, 1. Washington 13.50 1.80 15.30
Noah Slade Es at I, 1 l'.lm 4.60 1.80 6.30
Mary Slade, 1 Wilson 11.25 1.80 13.06
G. M. White, 1 Sycamore, 1 White .. 60 56 1.80 62.36
I'erli. Williams, 1 Hyman .... 2.82 1.80 4.62
Robert Williams, 1 Main .. 22.60 1.80 24.40
Ji ha Woolard, 1 Washington, 1 Griffin, 8 res. 30 38 1.80 32.18
Wiiliamston Realty Improvement Co., 2 James
ville Road 9.00 1.80 10.80
1". telle Woolard, 2 Washington 15.76 1 80 17.66
tlian fifteen cents on the SIOO.OO val
uation, in said district, as aforesaid;
shall vote a ticket on which shall be
written or printed the
words, "For Local Tax," and those
who oppose the levy and collection
annually of a special tax of not more
than 15 cents on the SIOO.OO valuation
of all property in said district, as a
fcresaid, shall vote a ticket on which
shal be written or printed the words,
"Against a Local Tax."
That J. A. dsrdner be and is heie
by appointed registrar, and W. C.
Griffin and Roy Moore are hereby
appointed poll holders for said elec
tion.
That a new registration is hereby
ordered and that the registration
books will be open for such purpose
beginning with 24th day of May, and
will continue open until the 25th day
of June. The registrar will be at his
residence during the above date for
the purpose of registering all those
qualified to vote in said district.
Done this the 19th day of May 1927,
by order of the board of county com
missioners of Martin County.
By: J. G. BAKNHILL,
my 24 4tw Chairman.
Attest: J. SAM GETSINGER, reg
ister of deeds and ex-officio clerk to
the board of county commissioners.
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