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THE ENTERPRISE
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'Address all communications .to The Enterprise and not to indi
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Friday, September 9, 1927
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A Fine Piece of Roaif^Vork
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If all thi' highway foremen "only i Johnny Sexton sets his, drag at an
knew 'as much about roads as John about 45 decrees and cuts
ijexton. of the Jamesville section, we (l ff j| u , (>un»[ts^irs',smooth-\as .a dish.
would have v even i*tter roads. **)»/'• '*• ' . .
: It is not only better tor Ihe road.
In taking «a Jrip over the State s . . \ - ■ ,
, c' A f but the dran is easier to operate and
dirt roads, lys easy to hnd some of '
theui are dragml in suctl j tas ' er '>.
jMit the* have to surface of short I
chops>y waves .caldsrd by being drag- / Why don't the highway commis
ged by it .Machine set at .a teach their men not to set their
angle, it to constantly ju?TJ]vidrags 'square achoss the roads and
and dig out the trenches across thelcut them into trenches, but show
roads, which causes a constant vi- them how to set their drag blades
bration to all traffic which goes over diagonal io the roads and |>eel the
i bumps off smwiolhly?
The SanatoriurrPSun • ' \
The Sanatorium Sun, a nicely ] berculosis.' When we do, we will
printed news.sheet, published at the. have less, of the dreaded disease.
State Sanatorium, seljs for. 25 cents - ...
• . | Fresh air or sunshine will either
per vear. Ihe paper should go into -
every "home where there is any indi j>*» • tuln-rcular gernf; and if every
cation of tuberculosis.' Much valu- person in the world would breathe
able infoi illation is given which might fresh air. use enough sunslHiie, and
gieatlv reduce the number 'of lu- eat pfenty of nourishing fKKI, we
bercular cases. wmild never have another case of
We need to know more about tu-1 tuberculosis. . -
■ ■"""■• ••-» •••• Good Buyers and Good Sellers -
Good buying is said to l>e the best
principle in "merchandising., _
The quintette of big tobacco" cor
poral ions #o further: thejrwre both
good buyers and good sellers.
They know how to drop their buy
ing price 3.V |>er cent and hold their
selling price ,011 a straight level.
The tobacco farmers in the bright
Bell who have alxnit 400,000,000
pounds of tobacco expected, and were
entitled to. £100,000,000 for their
crop: but. on'the basis of the ojien*
ing prices, they will get less thntr'
$75,000,000. ■ "
Will the users of our tobacco ben :
elit by it' Not a bit. They will
pay' the same _thing for Lucky
"Strikes, Piedmonts, Camels, Brown's
Mule, and Garrett's Stroirg Snuff.
Then what will become of the
$25,000,000 that the farmers are al
ready losing. Kvery one knows it
will go into Imperial, British-Ameri
can, Liggett & Myers. American, and
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Buy Your Coal Now
It is oilly necessary to advance
two reasons'why you should lay
in your supply of coal now tor
the approaching winter. In the
- place. vou will, not be able
to get mor advantageous prices
and* terms tliftn we can now" of
fer, and in die second place it ~
will not be possible to get a bet
ter quality at any future lime
than we can now put into your
bias. '
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Reynolds dividend*
They say- our. trouble is too much
tobacco;' vet they will buy it all at
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for Economical Tronsportatiom
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at aNew Low Price
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The Chevrolet Motor Company announcaa HOW 6 IV M f
a price reduction on the beautiful Imperial OHfy '
Landau.
The "Body by Fisher" U of .pedal design ,LTZ&!uL.
and is (inUhed in ultra smart colors of genu
ine Duco. Oblong windows, a low roofiine _ _ '
and brilliantly nickeled windshield frame or Roe j Ner . Cabriolet . . S7IS
and landau bars emphasize its stylish, dash- 71* Coach . 9995 H-Ton Track $399
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You owe it to yourself to see this masterpiece a*,, 9
of craftsmanship and value —to see how it
combines all the advantage* of Chevrolet's *iirihai«.k.iu*Muiiii» \
advanced engineering and proved design... ChMkCk*ml«t
smoothness, snap and high sr>eed roadabll- Brfiwsf Prtaas
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Q U A L I T Y. A T LOW. COST
Roadside Advertising Signs ~ i
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Roadside advertising signs have j into open bridges, short curves, an
two bad effects. First, they mar the; other dangerous places, all becau?
beauty of the roadside scenery when ( there are so many things lined alon
every tree and fence and post and the road that he fails to distinguis
barn is lined with corn cures, Jones' the danger signal from the chea
Garages, and everything else that advertising sign,
can l>e printed or painted. I A 40-mile an hour driverJ»as ver
This, however, is not the worst little time to fead road signs; an
feature oLjoadsjde advertising. The in attempting to read he runs ove
roads are,built for travel, and signs'others or runs off the road. No on
along the road should guide the trav-1 can tell just bow many people ar
eler safely and accurately. When killed every year in accidents cause
everything is lined with advertising, i by reading roadside signs; in'man
he fails to see tjie highway signs for cases dheap an
the aid-of travelers and rushes «t>n which do not speak the truth.
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«■ . Youth and Crime
Everybody seems to be alarmed work. This pleasure-mad .age i
lat the great number of criminal acts causing thoughtle- |»eople to plung
being committed by young men ajl into everything, whether honorabl
over the country. sTbey blame the or not. The result is that we ar
times for this fearful condition; yet rapidly tilling our penitentiary witl
! they let them go where they please sheiks.
and have everything they want; and i .. . .
. i If v.e were to attempt to enumer
this generation seems to want every-! . A
;,. *. * - » , i 1 ate some of the things that are drag
thing in the skv, sea, and land; re-1 . , , ,
, , . . ' ging down the young pt-ople today
fgardless of how they get it. The , . .. ... . ,
i ' ■ ' , but it would possiblv do no good, am
good things offered seem to appeal .... , „ „,„ r
! * , , might do harm. liecause it matter
Itq the youngsters so strongly that A , , j• „ \ „
! , ... , . . , 2. not how good your advice may l>e
thev will rob a bank, knonr over a .... . . ~
I V~U . . . . no one is willing to take it.
] matron the high why aijd ta,ke his
j|xxketbM(l£, or do almost any other Society has lo t its wisdom: ani
kind of rotbery to obtain them. its sons and daughters are )fter
We are living in a da? of a high traveling in- the wrong direction fot
degree of want and a low degree of the want of wisdom.
The Public Library
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' The has Uen - _whidi -jdial
cently that because of the flood of make accessible and attractive t(
cheap literaturewhich has inundated our young people that type sf helpfu
the laud, our young jieople's literary beneficial adventure in fiction, his
appetites have been so stultified that tory, and biography which they de
they are incapabale »| reading thru maud from boob just as they cravt
to its conclusion a really worth-while it from life. A library is often u
bobk. I'erhaps the remedy lies not place where the spirit finds rest and
alone in the judicious suppression of refuge from the weariness of the
harmful reading matter or in a cen- workaday world, but it is more than
sorship over the press, but rather that if it is piopuly used. It may
in the erection and maintenance of become a of mental recreation,
a healthful playground for the fancy,
a low price; make more cigarettes a sanctuary where the living may
mul sell them at the same high price. t( ,nunune with the choicest thoughts
We predict that these five com- of those w I wise memories will never
panie ■ will make dividends aggregat- die -a SCIK.IOI, anil one of the best
ing twenty-live millions more on the evpr devised by the ingenuity of
1927 crop than they pay the farm- mankind. J*t us have more of tin
ers fo'r-it. right kind of in a greater num-
W re it not for their" subsidiary her of librariemU owfer this United
buyers, or tin 1 so-called States, books in libraries where the
who are buying pore than half the librarians are imbued- wfth the de
offerings, tilings would even be low- sire and the netessary feeling of re
er than they now are. . 1 sensibility to help makeloyalpa
THE ENTERPRISE
( triotic citizens out of the youth of
today.— Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook,
nd president, D. A. R.
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ng Two Kinds of Antiques
| Old fumifure and oJd fiddles are
antique, hence very valuable. So
valuable that folks go into wild
rv scrambles to see who can get them.
1( j: Old people and old horses are an
,er tiquated, of little value, and there
ne is no demand for them; except just
re to wait, that's all.
'J Why Not Declare Bad
ld Checks a Nuisance?
(Raleigh Times)
| With the issue squarely presented
j on appeal of the State from a ruling
!of Judge Grady declaring unconsti
tutional the latest act attempting to i
RC deal with the bad-check nuisance, the
chances favor the affirmation of his
re view that the statute attempts to im
pose what is tantamount to impris
onment for debt. Of course, there
>r . haX never been any doubt that if one
j,. obtained something of value for a
_ check on the false representation that
,d he had funds in bank for its protec
ts tion, he would lie guilty; but the
e case is different when the worthless
i paper is no more than anevid.'nce of
an obligation to pay.
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L It has l»een suggested, however,
" that when the bad check is called a
| -nuisance" there is carried with 4he
word an effective means of curbing]
|it. The legislature, no cjt>ubt, is pre-!
vented from saying that mere
worthlessness of a i heck can muke its j
10 is there any reafj n why the law
J '; should not denounce as a nuisance
s ', an«l misdemeanor the habitual giving
e "|of bad checks?
In the latter case, there would be j
* no attempt to change by law the char
' | acter of a check, which can not be
lf changed; but the act. of giving these
" worthless tokens, and thereby dis
-5 turbing the peace and order of life's
i routine might very well be deemed.a
'' I s|>ecies of say—malicious mischief.
Gold 111 Store
Williamston, N. C. Washingrton Street
J. I). THROWER, Local Manager
SAVE FIRST!
Live oil the Balance
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PIC NIC HAMS, NICE AND LEAN 2o^
SUGAR 61-2 C
FINEST TUB BUTTER -53 c
. WHOLE GRAIN RICE 61-4?
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Kingan's Bacon, lb. - - 47c
PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE,PKG. -life
YE OLDE SHARP CHEESE, JAR 3QC
. Phoenix American CHEESE AND PIMENTO, ">
JUST RECEIVED FRESH SHIPMENT
A. G. and } Gold Star Flour
SPECIAL A.jG. SPECIAL GOLD STAR
12 lbs. 24 lbs. 4* lbs. ' 18 lbs.
52 c _ SI.OO $1.95 $3.75
PORK AND BEANS, CAN • 8^
MOLASSES, BEST MADE, GALLON *? ~ ~ ~ —Bs^
FANCY CORN MULLETS, LB. 2QC
FRESH CELERY, STALK 20^
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It is hard for me to speak of the
value of libraries in terms which
would not seem exaggerated. Books
have been ipy delight these thirty
years, and from them I have received
incalculable benefits.— Sir William
Osier.
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The resale value of your
car is more apt to be satis*
factory if you lubricate it
with "Standard" Motor Oil
"Standard " holds its body between drain
ing s — thus minimizes the danger of scored
cylinders, wrist pin knocks and badfy
worn bearings. Stick to "Standard*'
and your - car will bring you a better
price wlwn you are ready to sell it.
"STANDARD
MOTOR OIL
The Measure of Oil Value
STANDARD
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Friday, September 9, 1927
The opening of a free public li
brary is a most important event in
any town. Theit is no way in which
a community can more benefit itself
than in the establishment of a li
brary which shall be ht£_io all citi
zens.—William UcKitdey. ■ %