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Address all communication to The Enterprise
and not to the individual members of the firm.
Friday, September 13, 1929
Our Hotel Facilities '
Williamston still needs better hotel facilities. Sev
eral'people have had to leave town this week at 11 o'-
clock at night because they could not find a bed in
town to sleep on. If no individual will build a hotel,
then a corporation might be formed to provide a hotel.
If neither of these plans can be effected, the third,
most logical, and possibly the only thing to do, is for
the town to build it. Since a hotel is a public neces-.
sity, towns are permitted to invest in such project*.
Simmons and the Small Fry
Second grade politicians and bellicose office-seekers
seem, to be about out of gas in their race to behead
Seantor Simmons. I/>ts of them have jumped on the
fence, flap|>ed their wings and crowed about how they
would vpte the Republican ticket if Simmons is the
next Democratic nominee. So far,, nobody has paid
much attention to them.
The Simmons tariff fight now on in Washington is
a ready and forcible reminder to the people of North
• Carolina that Simmons is still jxissessed of both virtue
and* democracy.
It is safe to make the prediction that there is no
man, in the State that the North Carolina democracy
will trust yfho will attempt to make the race against
Senator Simmons if he "chooses to run."
Why the Tariff Benefits Some Products
The tariff affects different commodities in different
ways. »
As an illustration: The tariff on peanuts was raised
50 per cent in February, and peanuts today are sell
ing for a lower figure than the amount of the tariff
which is supposed to protect thfm. On the other hand,
Congress is talking at/out raising the Tariff on paint.
And just the mere talk has caused the price of .paint
to go up. " •
The explanation is that the few manufacturing peo
- pie raised the price on paint, not because of a new
demand but simply to get a bigger profit on what
they sell. * .
It is different with the peanut people, where thous
ands of farmers raise them. They take what the buyer
offers them, whethei much or little. If they were as
well organized as the paint manufacturers are, they
could say to the trade that it could take what it need
ed at a price high enough to give a profit.
The paint manufacturers could easily glut the mar
ket if they would throw all their goods on it at once,
but they know too much about business to do such
a thing. The farmer is different. He will sell it all
if his surplus goes for nothing. And the buyer knows
him so well that he always bases his price on the
surplus, because he knows the farmer doesn't see the
point. . '•
Announcing the Opening of Williamston's Newest Chain Store
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We are opening for business Saturday, September 14th, with a Urge and complete stock of Ladies' and Meh's Ready-To-
Wear, MilHnery, Dry Goods, and Notions. —, - -
Our goods are displayed and arranged so you can serve yourself. Prices are marked in plain figures on each item. We
handle only first quality merchandise—no seconds or thirds are to be found in any of our stores.
Here you have the benefit of a complete department store at prices that are sure to make friends. We invite you to come- - .
• and inspect our stocks, compare quality and prices; and if you do, we are aure that you'll become a regular customer of ours.
We are here to serve and to grow through service.
' . V NEWEST IN FALL HATS DRESSES
THE VALUE STORES -
W. T. ROBBINS, Manager ' \ . 7 % WILWAMBTON, N.C,
An Ordinance That Should be Enforced
Tl»e spitting ordinance in Williamston is not be
.ng observed. People are still spitting where tbey
please, on the sidewalks, on the side of buildings,
or any place they wish. It is dangerous to health
and mars the appearance of things to see sidewall*
befouled by promiscuous spitting. ,
Two Kinds of Bankruptcies
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According to some folks, our country is facing two
cases of bankruptcies: Financial and moral.
Strange to say, the thing which apparently gives
this generation more concirn and sadness than any
thing else is the want of money; and faces are sadder
for the want of the pleasures of the day than those
faces seem which are on the road to moral bankruptcy.
One of our great troubles is the misconception of ao
many of our people as to values. They place too much
emphasis on the pleasures of life and too little upon
the value of character.
We are not satisfied with normal living and with
normal conditions. We demand "high-flying" every
day, which seems to satisfy both soul and body.
What we most need, as is a higher con
ception of the value of a soul.
But Two Classes Left
With the present rate of consolidation and finan
cial manipulation holding up, it is only a question of
a few years when nearly all the folks in the United
States will be either Negroes or "poor white trash."
Plant Cover Crops Now
September is the month for the farmers to sow
cover crops for winter grazing and land improvement.
And this is-a year that every farmer should exercise
that privilege and opportunity. We have short crops
of practically everything on the farm this.season; and
stock of all kinds, including poultry, will need graz
ing through the fall, winter, and spring. The
lands, which have been washed worse this year than
during any year in the last twenty-five, need covet
crops to preserve the fertility that remains.
When farmers consider that a few days' work and
$25 or S3O will buy enough seed rye or oats to plant
an average one-horse farm, they will at 'once see what
a profit there is, in the saving of feed and also in the
saving of fertilizer cost next spring, because the win
ter cover land will not need so much as the land not
covered.
The Judiciary, Labor's Last Bulwark
A general vieyv of the entire trouble which has oc
curred in the strike area of this State within the past
few months reveals conditions that are going to Cause
trouble in this country during the next quarter of a
century..
First of all we see two extreme forces —one striv
ing for money, the other for a living. And, so far,
it seems to us, the laborers have acted with far more
decency and honor than mill owners and sympthasizers.
The killing of the Gastonia police chief was, of
course, a deplorable thing, and, if done by strikers,
it should be charged to them and the guilty ones pun
ished. But, on the other hand, the property of strik
ers, the food that they had stored for the preserva
tion of the lives, of their families, was destroyed by a
mob more vile than ■they. And they have been
up, broken in on, and taken out and beaten which
acts have practically been ignored tyktlw civil and
military authorities on the scene. Our State militia
now seems to have but one function, and that is to do
rthe bidding of the property owner; and the man who
has nothing more than the life of his wife or his child
or his own life to protect is not considered in tbeir
scope of duty.
The one and only great bulwark that the laborer
has left to lean on is the judiciary. If they have
failed to find protection Jrom sheriffs and police
forces, or from the Governor's own guard, they have
found both justice and mercy at the hands of Judge
Harnhill. This is another reminder of the wisdom of
our forefathers, who gavo- us a government with three
distinct branches: The legislative, the executive, and
the judicial.
THE ENTER PRIS
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by Virtue of a judgment
of the superior court of Martin Coun
ty in an action entitled "D. G. Mat
thews v*. W. E. Modlin estate, et al,"
the undersigned commiiwMer will, oa
the 16th day of September, 1929, im
front of the courthouse door of Mar
tin County, at 12 o'clock noon, offer
at public sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described land:
A tract of land containing three (J)
acres in Jamesville Township, Martin
County, adjoining the lands of Joe
Hardison, Mrs. Annie Fleming, the
Sublic road, and known as the Will
lodlin land.
This 16th day of August, 1929.
B. A. CRITCHER,
a2O 4tw Commissioner.
OP SALE Of KSAL
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain deed of trast
executed by E. B. Roebuck and wife,
Mary E. Roebuck, to D. R. Everett,
trustee, dated February 25, 1927, and
oi record in the public registry of
Martin County in book P-2, at page
230, and default having been made in
the payment of same, and at the re
quest of the holder thereof, the under
signed trustee will, on the 17th day of
September, 1929, at 12 o'clock noon, at
the courthouse door in Williamston,
N. C., offer for sale for cash the fol
lowing described real estate:
Situate in Grass Township,
Martin County,/ State of Morth Caro
lina. bounded on the north by the lands
of W. R. Roebuck; on the east by the
lands of Warner Cowing and the Har
rison lands; on the south by the lands
of J. L. Everett, W. R. Roebuck, and
Mack D. Leggett; and on the west by
the lands of Henry Leggett and Jerry
Leggett heirs, containing 200 acres,
more or less, and being the same lands
that were deeded to W. R. Roebuck
by his father and mother. E. B. Roe
buck and Mary E. Roebuck, reference
being hereby made to said deed for a
more perfect description. Saving and
excepting from the operation of this
deed about nineteen acres heretofore
deeded to Warner Cowing, and being
the same lands as described in a cer
tain deed from Elbert S. Peel, trustee.
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When It Comes to Satisfying
THE FARMERS; THE ROANOKE-DIXIE, WILLIAMSTON, N. C. KNOW
HOW. LOOK OVER THESE SALES MADE YESTERDAY -
THEY SPEAK FOR THESMSELVES
BUNTING AND BROWN SEXTON AND PRICE J. T. CASTELLOE
First Curing first Curing, First Curing
!}•£ $ jiio 136 1,00 * 1496 40 800 * 320
ill "XX - JJg 92 12.25 1,1.27 84 17.00 ... 14.28 -
SJ 2SM UM 192 ,80 ° 3456 36 17S0 6JO
80 30 00 5400 148 20 00 2960 " 2000 - 1040
;? | 4 °° 214 29.00 62.06 124 ... 26.00 32.24
_ 37 00 50J2 . 176 29.00 51.04 48 30.00
1046 ToUls - $230.62 95g ToUls $203.49 384 Total# $ 80.82
Average $22.05 Average $21.24 Average $21.0S
F. M. MORRIS r—
second Curing SALES NEXT WEEK DANIE firrf c 2»S RIFFIN
64 14XX) $ 8.96 LMrtH f
56 25.00 14.00 254 14.00 $ JJ.56
36 32.00 11.52 Fir »* Sale Monday, 16th 2 40 21.50 . 51.60
52 35.00 18.20 Third Sale Tuesday, l7th 208 24.00 49.92
88 - 33.00 . . - 29.04 Second Sale Wed., 18th 276 27.00 . 74.52
_ Touk * M - w MS, ™ T °"
Average, $ 27.60 ~~~~~~~ Average $21.64
mt to hold thoße fir#t Pricings any longer. Our advice is to sell them. You would be surprised .
to aee good desirable tobaccos sell on our floors. We know how to get you the high dollar. Come and
be convinced.
THE FARMERS; FRIENDS
Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse
WILLIAMSTON, N.C.
Meadows, Meador, Griffin & Taylor
• PROPRIETORS
to E. B. Roebuck and wife. Miry E.
Roebuck, dated February 15, 1927, and
of record in Martin County registry in
book W2, at pa«e 512.
Thia property will be sold subject to
• long-term loan held by N. C. Joint
Stock Land Bank, Durham, N. C., and
any and all accrued taxes that may be
due on fame.
This 17th day of August, 1929.
D. R. EVERETT,
a2O 4tw Trustee
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the saperior court
D. O. Matthew* n D. W. Down* and
Wife, kmina Downs
'• An action has been begun in the su
perior court of Martin County, North
Carolina, entitled as above, to foreclose
a tax certiicate of sfle covering the
following tract of land, adjoining P. L.
Salsbury, John Bell, and Bythal Lynch,
containing 600 acres, more or less, and
being the same land listed for taxes by
D. W. Downs for the years 1927 and
1928.
Your tongue
tells when you
need
| alotaLs
TRADE MARK RIO.
Coeied tongue, dry mouth,
bad breath, muddy skin,
groggy nerves and soar
stomach suggest its use.
Now, all persons claiming an inter
est in the ȟbject matter in the above
entitled action are required to appear
and defend their respective claim* with
in six (6) months from date of this
notice, otherwise they shall be forever
'barred and foreclosed of any and all
interest or claims in or to the property
or the proceeds received from the sale
thereof.
This the sth day of September, 1929.
R. J. PEEL,
s6 4tw , Clerk Superior Court
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the Superior Court, before the
clerk.
In dM matter of Mrs. M. K. Williams,
individually and as Guardian for
Mary Blanche Williams and Prank
E. Williams, and W. C. Hanoing,
next friend of Mary Blanche Wil
liams, Ex Parte.
Under and by virtue of the authority
The Training School
PARMELE, NORTH CAROLINA,
Martin County's Accredited High School for
the Colored Youth. Tuition Free. Board and lodg
ing reasonable. The next session begins Sep
tember 30, 1929. For further information, write
the Principal, Box 104, Parmele, N. C.
Friday, September IS, 1929
■ conferred upon the undersigned com
: missioner by a judgment of the Su
perior Court in the above entitled pro
' ceedings, t]ie undersigned commission
-1 er will on Saturday, the sth day of
' October. 1929, at 12 o'clock m., in
' front of the Bank of Hamilton, in the
town of Hamilton, offer for sale to the
■ highest bidder for cash the following
described real estate, to wit:
Beginning at the corner of the King
heirs lot on Main Street in the town
ot Hamilton, North Carolina; thence
■ along the King heirs line to the line
of the lot belonging to the Colored
Lodge; thence along the line of .the lot
belonging to the Colored Lodge to a
: street; thence alone; the said street to
another street; thence along said
r street to the beginning; the sam- be
r' ing the tract of land in the town of
t, Hamilton owned by the heirs at law
( ; of the late J. B. Williams.
This the 3rd day of September, 1929.
• ELBERT S. PEEL,
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