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Tuesday, February 19, 1929
Dangerous Government
Chicago must have some bad folks; but at the rate
they are going now, half of them will soon be wiped
out. It seems that they have quit killing the good
folks—or ran out of them —and are now warring a
gainst themselves. The latest achievement was the
killing of seven at one time last week, when one band
caught seven rivals assembled in a garage and forced
them to stand against a wall and shot them down.
The invading gang was garbed as policemen!. Up to
now, no clue to the murderers has been found.
This condition is not so surprising, when it is re
membered that "Big Bill" Thompson was elected may
or on a "lawless" platform. Unrighteous government
is always dangerous government.
Highway Patrol Is Needed
North Carolina needs a highway patrol—at least
one good man in each county and several in the larger
counties.
Sunday afternoon five young while men from a
neighboring town were either in the hands of doctors
in Wiljiamston or the hands of the jailor. At about
-sunset one ol the cars dashed in town from the west
at a high rate of speed, and after passing under the
trestle the car took to the dirt selvedge and somer
saulted, resulting in three men suffering injuries, not
serious, however. The other car, which was coming
into town from the other direction rammed a Ford
car near the river, driven by a negro, damaging the
two. It was found that the driver of the car was
drunk, and he was landed in jail.
Now if the State will put men on the road to look
out for reckless drivers, drunkards, fools, etc., many
such accidents will be avoided. These two accidents
will probably cost these five young men (who are
just as good as the average) enough to pay a high
way policeman a half of a year's salary. Apart from
all cost, tht public is entitled to protection from un
lawful traffic.
Time To Demand Rights
The world is paying $200,000,000 each tax year on
North Carolina tobacco. This is all paid to the United
States as a federal revenue tax. If the legislature of
North Carolina had the "guts" and nerve to levy one
fiftieth as much tax on the manufacturers as the Fed
eral government levies, then the State could take some
of the tax burden off of the tobacco grower, and he
could live and not have his land sold for taxes.
Landowners, demand your reasonable rights!
How to Pass the McLean Bill
If 200,000 North Carolina farmers will write their
representative in Raleigh today to put an equal tax
on all the people in the State and give every child an
equal show in the schools of the State, the McLean
bill will be passed before Saturday night.
Franklin Believed
Planning for the HR3@9
FUTURE
The patron saint of thrift would today have nothing but
. praise for our insurance plans. THRIFT means INSURANCE
as well ss saving, (or you must be thrifty for the sake of thoaa
depending oh you as well as for your own sake. Don't delay , #
another moment—take care of this matter of insurance NOW!
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Big-Stick Methods Needed
The people's greatest mistake is the trusting of their
legislative representatives.
The farmers and laborers get full of enthusiasm in
November and elect their lawmakers and go on their
way rejoicing over the faithful promises that their bur
dens are soon to be lifted and their Heatings multi
plied.
But the promises are not fulfilled. The lawmakers
get into a new field. They go to Raleigh, where the
atmosphere in the capitol and the Sir Walter (the po
litical capitol) is full of the smoke screen of the rich
tax-dodgers, who have their lawyers and friends pres
et to divert the minds of lawmakers from the folks
at iiome and make them believe that fair play in
goverWient would ruin them.
The landowner is now supporting the major por
tion of the various taxes, and yet he is not in Raleigh
with his club over the lawmakers. He leaves it to his
representative, who is so overwhelmed with pleadings
from the wealthy tax-dodgers that he really fears the
cause of his friend back home is unjust.
Thousands of letters are going into Raleigh every
day pleading with legislators to keep taxes off their
business. These letters come\ from manufacturers,
speculators, merchants, moving picture men, joft-drink
folks, and chain stores. But no letters from the poor
trusting farmers.
If the farmer ever gets relief at the hands of legis
lators, he will have to go to the legislative halls and
hold up a big stick, and then go to the hotel lobbies
and speak easy and confidential. And when they do,
Mr. Tax-dodger will find his side is out.
The Social Service Association
The North Carolina Conference of Social Service
will hold its seventeenth annual session in Raleigh
next week. More time and attention should be given
to the important work of this group of people.
Every creature at least puts forth some effort to ob
tain comfort and safety. This applies from the lower
types of animal life to the very highest civilization
of man in preparing surroundings for their young.
Every father and mother is anxious to have a so
cial surrounding for their children that will give them
happiness and safety from the bad influences that
tend to destroy the peace, happiness, and honor of
boys and girls, men and women. This association
seeks to cooperate cne with another to make the paths
of life straighter for the footsteps of humanity, so
'that we will not be surrounded by the snares and pit
falls that are always bobbing up to destroy the un
protected and the unsuspecting.
We have reached a point in our social system
where the parents are no longer able to guide their
children; and for that reason the closest and strongest
bonds of cooperations are essential to guide the drift
ing, sweeping tide of youth.
The father and the mother who find themselves
helpless to handle their son or daughter need to join
heartily with their neighbors, and all of them together
will find it easy to handle all the children.
One fault which we would charge against the asso
ciation is that they are wasting much energy in trying
to regulate the manner in which prisoners are to be
handled; control juvenile courts, telling
how to ruff the courts, the State's prison, the insane
hospitals, and many other activities. Much of this
is equivalent to wasting their sweetness on the desert
air. Becaue most of these institutions are already
handled by people who are experts in their respective
lines and, after all, can do the job better than those
who are undertaking to take care of the unfortunate
and the prisoner. The commission on social serv
ice has a much bigger job. Its business should be to
keep folk out of prisons and out of the insane hos
pitals; and when the proper social system is inaugur
ated and enforced, half the folks now going to prisons
will go no more; and insanity will be cut 50 per cent.
Social indencency is doubtless the prime cause of half
the crime and insanity..
The social service commission should go to the root
of the trouble and prevent it, rather than correct the
trouble after it occurs. After a boy gets in jail It is
,a job to get him back to where he rightfully belongs,
to an honorable place lh society. After • girl falls
she can never again reach the eminent height from
whence she came. We need social service very much
more than we now have, as a preventive rather than
a cure of crime. Now is the time to do more along
this line, for never was the field wider nor the har
vest whiter.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of James H. Wynn, de
ceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Williamston, North
Carolina, on or before the 29th day of
January, 1930, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar ol their recovery. AU
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment
This the 28th day of January, 1929.
D. D. STALLS,
Administrator of the estate of James
H. Wynn. _
Hugh G. Horton, attorney. j29 4tw
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as admin
istratrix of the estate of W. A. Gur
ganus, deceased, late of Martin County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons holding claims against the es
tate of said deceased to present same
to the undersigned for payment on or
before the 11th day of February, 1930,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make immedi
ate payment.
This 11th day of February, 1929.
Mrs. MARTHA J. GURGANUS.
f 12 6tw Administratrix.
NOTICE
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Having this day qualified as admin
istratrix of the estate of C. A. Lee, de
ceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned on or
before the 7th day of February, 1930,
or this notice will be plead in bar ot
their recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immediate
payment.
MRS. SALLIE LEE.
This 7th day of February, 1929. »
fg 6tw Administratrix.
NOTICE
Having this day qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of Joe Davit, de
ceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this its to notify all persons
holding claims against estate of said
deceased to present same to the under
signed for payment on or before the
11th day of February, 1930, or this
notice will be plead in bar of any re
covery thereon. All persutfs > indebted
to said estate will please make immedi
ate payment.
This 11th day of February, 1929.
GEORGE DAVIS.
(12 6tw Administrator
Hugh G. Horton, attorney.
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NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County; in
the superior court.
Arthur Cherry, administrator of Hat
tie Perry, deceased, n. Oscar H.
Perry, MmfrM. Perry, et als, heirs
at law of Hettie Perry, deceased.
The defendants, Oscar H. Perry and
Maggie M. Perry, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has been
commenced in the superior court of
Martin County, North Carolina, said
action beiag one to sell real estate of
Hettie Perry, deceased, to make as
sets to pay her debts; and the said
defendants are further to take notice
that they, and each of them, are re
quired to appear at the office of the
clerk of the superior court of Martifk
County, at the courthouse in William
son, North Carolina, on the 25th day
of February, 1929, and answer or de
mur to the complaint filed herein, or
the plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded.
This 25th day of January. 1929.
R. J. PEEL.
Clerk of the Superiort Court of Mar
tin County. j 29 4tw
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County, in
the superior court, before the clerk.
The Board of Education of Martin
Comity vs. Lenora Giles and hus
band, Loyd Giles, Arthur Slade,
Noah Slade, Erorah L. Wilson and
husband. Doc Wilson, Clavon Brown
1 car Burt 90-day oats
1 car 5-v galvanized
roofing
1, 3, and 4 yard wide
tobacco cloth
CHEAP FOR THE CASH
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C D. Carstarphen and Co.
and husband, Watsey Brown, Wil
liam Slade, Herbert Slads, and O. V.
Hopkins and husband, Marcos Hop
kins.
The defendants, Lenora Giles, Loyd
Giles and Herbert Slade, will take no
tice that summons in the above entitled
action was issued against the defend
ants on the 11th day of February, 1929,
by R. J. Peel, clerk of the superior
court of Martin County for the pur
pose of condemning a tract of land for
the purpose of building a school build
ing on same, the defendants being in
terested in the said lands; and the de
fendants will further take notice that
they are required to be and appear be
fore R. J. Peel, clerk of the superior
court of Martin County on the 13th day
of March, 1929, and answer or demur
to the petition of the plaintiff. The
defendants will further take notice that
on the 13th day of March. 1929, the
plaintiff will make motion before said
clerk for the purpose of appointing ap
praisers to view said lands as allowed
by section 5416 of the Consolidated
Statutes. •
This the 11th day of February, 1929.
R. J. PEEL,
fl2 4tw Clerk of superior court.
NOTICK OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and *by virtue of the authority con
tained in a certain deed of trust exe
cuted by William M. Savage and wife,
Lizzie Savage, bearing date of Janu-
Tuesday, February 19,1929
ary ist, 1926, and recorded in book
Q-2, at pace 510, in the public regis
try of Martin County, North Carolina,
said deed of trust having baen given
to secure the payment of & certain note
of even date and tenor therewith, and
defanlt having been made in the pay
ment of said notes, mad the terms tnd
conditions of said deed of trust not
having been complied with, and at
the request of the holder of Mid notes,
the undersigned trustee will, on Mon
day, the 4tn day of March, 1929, at
12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse door
North Carolina! offer at public sale, to
of Martin County, at Wifliuaaton,
the highest bidder, for cash, a certain
tract of tend bring and being in Mar
tin County, and bouM and described
as follows, to wit:
It being all of the lands on the east
side of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road, deeded to M. E. Haslrit (and
heired by C. W. Cowey) containing
three (I) acres, more or less.
Dated this Ist day of February, 1929.
H. S. EVERETT,
f5 4tw Trustee.
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