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„ Tuesday, August 16, 1927
A Costly Joke on the "Army"
Another war has come and gone, call of friends.
This time in our own good old North The soldiers found the citizens of
Carolina. Henderson, where the "war" was
The opposing armies were made taking |>lace, peaceable and quiet
up of North Carolinians. On the and in P" 1 "* harmony. They
one side was one family of folks— found a lot of poor people, men,
very rich folks—and two companies women an( ' children, out of employ
of North Carolina National Guards- ment > but perfectly orderly and
men. The rich family had called lu'et
up Raleigh and said, 'Look here; These poor people said that they
a lot of |K)or folks have quit work- lived there all their lives; in
ing for us—at our own price —so fact, they had built the mills with
please send some soldiers. We think their own hands, and had done all
it will scare them to look into the the work in creating those big in
muzzles of frowning, snarling ma- stitutions; and had grown so poor
chine guns. These poor folks have that they felt their achievements
not done a thing-yet, ii is true, ex- should be rewarded by a few more
cept to quit work and sit around |>ennies each day, as they found
town on goods boxes, and go mit themselves |x>orer than when they
about the baseball grounds and sit started and find living harder and
around and rest; but we want sol- harder as the years roll by. Ihen,
cliers; we just want to scare them; too, they said, the textile reports
and we don't -want to pay them any all show such boundless prosperity
more money, because $9.50 is enough that they felt the workers had as
for a man who works for us, and much right to a reward for the earn
s(>.oo a week is a big price for wo- ings of their hands as the investors
men to .work for us. And we even had for dividends on their dollars,
do more for them than that; we are ! While one sheriff can guard the
doing their thinking for them. And, safety of the thousands of mill peo
too, we do not want to cut our divi- pie, the mill owners seemed to think
dend on account of paying a portion they needed soldiers, and lots of
of it to labor." them, to protect them.
Then the soldiers rolled in," be- It now looks like a cheap—but
cause it would not do to heed the" costly—joke on the "Army. '
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Getting at the Root ot the Evil
When Secretary Lowman dis- others for. Solicitors who shoot dice
charged seven Federal prohibition for drinks are unfit to prosecute
agents in eastern North Carolina, |*>ker players, "and a judge who
including their chief, for dividing u|>* drinks moonshine liquor is not
the spoils of raids they had made, worthy to sit in judgment on a boot
he did a thing that challenges the legger. .
admiration of all law-abiding citi- Ananias trifled with the law and
Zens. lied a little, which resulted in his
These seven men, most of them, death. Any the same may be said
were good honorable gentlemen at about those policemen, sheriffs, so
heart, but when they had captured licitors, and judges who lie a little,
a large quantity of liquor, they were They swear to abide by the law and
too weak to carry out the.command enforce it, yet they break it a little,
to destroy it all, and kept a quart They are dead, too, when it comes
apiece, with the exception of the to having the power to enforce the
chief, and he permitted them to do law. They do not have the power
it. because they have no respect from
One of the greatest troubles with the |>eople.
law enforcement is that many police When all the officers dare to do
officers who are chargeable with law right, it will have a wonderful effect
enforcement are guilty of many of upon the lawless element,
the crimes he is charged to punish When we learn to appreciate the
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Passing the Collection Plate Too Often
The Free Gospel Mission Society,
of Spindale, N. C., had representa
tives on our streets last week, pass
ing the collection plate.
It was somewhat interesting to
ask them a lot of questions about
what they are doing with the money
they are collecting.
They admitted that they had been
on the road for about two years and
received alms from the public. They
say they have found she or seven or
phan children and placed them in
homes. When pushed for a definite
answer as. to which it was—six or
seven—they claimed seven, and said
they had found four more in Gas
tonia that they hoped to place. The
representatives said they kept 90 per
cent of the collections and gave the
society 10 per cent.
It seems to be a great habit with
people to take a collection plate,
wear a cap with "Salvation," print
ed on it. and sweep the towns every
where two or three times everv week.
So far as we know, they never give
any account of the amount they co!-
ljxt nor the name of the giver. No
body seems to be able to tell just
what becomes of the money. So far
as we are able to understand, mem
bership in these various "societies,"
etc., does not place of the property
of the institution in the members,
but all property is owned by a select
ed, few, and much of the receipts go
to the building up of valuable prop-
fact that a very lawless man in a
community does not do half as much
harm as the officer who just winks
a little, then we will begin to have
officers who will not compromise
their positions by breaking the laws
they are supposed to enforce.
Any man charged with catching
makers and purveyors of liquor
must be above using the products of
the men he seeks to catch.
Those in charge of law enforce
ment are often about as much to
blame for bad conditions in a com
munity as the real old lawbreakers
are.
FELT DUU.. DIZZY
Georgia Man Tell* How He Found
Relief for Many Complaints
by Using An Old Hone
Remedy.
Athena, Ga. —"I have been married
61 year*, and am the father of ten
children," says Mr. J. C. E. Weather
ford, R. F. D. "A," this city. "About
the beat home remedy I have ever
found is Black-Draught I can't re
member whan we haven't used it in
the family, giving it to the children
for cold* and minor ills where a
laxative is needed.
"We must have used Black-
Draught for 40 years, anyway, and
in that time we have tried it for
many complaints. I would have
dull, stupid feeling, and my head
would ache and when I would lean
• over, I would get dizzy. I found
that a couple of doses of Black-
Draught would relieve this. I used
to hsve gas on my stomach, and
would spit up grease. Black-Draught
relieved this.
* It is just an all-round good medi
cine. Now that lam 72 years old,
I have to take a laxative, and Black-
Draught act* easy and gives me
iatiiuctioiL w
In use for over 86 years.
Costa only one cent a dose. NC-181
THE ENTERPRISE WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
erties, which are owned by we know
not who. .
We know of no orphanages nor
schools that they are supporting. Nor
do we know that every penny con
tributed' is deposited in the Lord's
Treasury.
But one thing we do know, many
of the folks who are peddling col
lection pans are weaklings and know
very little about the organizations
they represent further than that they
are officers in that organization with
the right to collect money.
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Of course, collections are generally
good, because even the old reprobate
parked on the street corners is afraid
not to give A man who curses his
home church and never pays a {jen
ny towards its upkeep will pay to
these collec tors because he has a
hope deep down in his heart that it
will keep the devil from getting him
when he dies. In fact, people of all
kinds will give when a plate is push
ed under their nose. They will give
as a matter of self-respect, without
thinking whether it is worthy or not.
Every orphanage in our State and
every church in our town makes a
complete record of all receipts and
disbursements, from every source
and for every purpose, and yet if
their best-known members were to
adopt the same method that we see
carried nut on our streets every week,
they would be run off of our streets
within 30 days.
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A Law Thad Should Be Enforced
automobile light-testing law
passed by the last session of the
legislature is evidently one of the
best little laws passed at the session.
The law should be rigidly en
forced for the protection of both life
and property. Yet after being in
effect for a month and a half only
726 cars have been tested in the
county out of more than 2,500.
Any driver can tell at a glimpse
the properly adjusted lights when
That the progress of many cities
is held back by petty jealousies a
mong its citizens. They get good
starts on the road to better things
and then tie up and fuss awhile.
That petty jealousies about trivial
things is all foolishness. It only
brings about discord and strife
i where harmony should prevail.
That the importance of the in
dustries of a city should never be
forgotten. No opportunity should
IN MEMORIAM
In loving remembrance of my dar
ling child Ruth Murel Modlin, who
was killed one year ago Wednesday,
August 'Bth, 1926, in the ninth year
of her ag_*
The white lily of my family,
So sweet, so young and pure.
Has passed on the Great Beyond
To eternal rest in Him, we're sure.
Though she has answered His call,
Her memory will live on forever;
We know she is safe from harm,
But our thoughts "we can not-sever.
Some may think I am not lonely
When at times they see me smile;
Little do they kn6w my heartache
That I suffer all the while. '
DEVOTED MOTHER.
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he meets them, as one is not blinded
in the least by the glare. On the
other hand, some cars will blind
everything that looks toward them.
Police officers everywhere should
be diligent to see that every car that
runs in the night has had its lights
properly adjusted. Any driver fail
ing to do so will be responsible, both
in civil and criminal actions, for any
damage he may cause by glaring
headlights.
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That every citizen should believe
in the greatness of his or her home
city, its industries and the future
that is ahead of it, and should give
to it their whole-hearted support and
never waver in this duty.
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