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PAGE TWO iintrrprtfl? Published I««7 Tueaday and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA "w. C. Manning Kli,or —————— —■ BO SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Caab in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year * l Six months " OUTSDE MARTIN COUNTY 0 „ S2OO Une year —; . «« Si* months 1 • No Subscription deceived for Leas Than 6 Month* Advcrti* g Rate Card Furniahed Upon Requeit Entered at the post office at Wilhamston, N. C., a* second-class matter under the act o» Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all communication to The Enterprise and not to the individual members of^tht^mm. Tuesday, October 29, 1929 Two Kinds of Law North Carolina now has two rules of law—one for the rich and one for the poor. This was clearly dem onstrated in the recent court actions at Gastonia, where a |Kxir woman was shot-down while engaging in peace ful, lawful pursuit, without offense to God or man; and many others were shot at and tortured as they were being pursued by a bloodthirsty, angry, unlawful mob. A Gaston County grand jury loosed the members of this mob to go scot-free, to lynch and kill the poor at will. But not until Solicitor Carpenter had said that there was not much evidence against the mob bers, although numerous-witnesses swore positively who the parties were that forced the truck in which Mrs. Wiggins was killed off the road, and began firing into it, resulting in the woman's death. That same grand jury had no difficulty, however, in making an indictment against one of the party ac companying Mrs. Wiggins because he was found to have a pistol on his person. There is nothing clearer than the fact that the courts are failing in the administration of justice. Even the judges being unable to prevent the great money in fluences from pressing down, the jiower of the courts by the purchase of counsel and influencing juries and, doubtless, meddling with witnesses. In connection with this strong influence of money, it may bf said that exactly the same Unc-up that in putting up the cash now constituted the fellows who killed the 8-months school bill for poor children. The Small Towns' Future "The Small Towns' Future," is the caption of an article in Tin■ Manujacturer, which is, incidentally, a sales agency for electricity, and of course holds out the hope to every little town that when a power line comes in it has the possibility of growing into a great city. This is a catching appeal, because it holds out the hope that with electric power every little town THE 810 ROANOKE FAIR WILL ° PEN MONDAY NIGHT ' NOV - 4 > AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK At Williamston, N. C. | a .a.a. : =obile ' A Fill# Horse racing Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Some of il./mm /■ AFMIT T ' Professional auto racing on Friday and Saturday, sponsored / /\IJUL« I ' W P ro ' essiona ' drivers from a// parts of the vTI 'he best free acts money could buy will perform twice every I I II DTIDTD AVIUM PUTT M?I7M CRAIRI-NRTUII DA Y- Elaborate fireworks will be shown every night. Auto Polo Hcfo&nuoc** LHILuKKIN EWICJOTONiU. everyday. Higgin's 15-piece Band will play every afternoon and OBicially Sanctioned by ■S9| /Kp AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION W rirff "T« LdOVs Every attraction is big. STONE'S SHOWS, which are larg- AU wmucAl - 1! ' I . I Mil AUTO er and better than ever, WILL BE ON THE MIDWAY, with 22 Washington, D. C. 2 C )C £dU\s 7—SENSATIONAL SPEED EVENTS—7 November 4,5,6,7,8,9 p r j ce .Adults 50c, Chil- iSwmk. So. nuAft OPv/1 A 11TA /K/ 1 - Ralph A. Hankinson, Director of Events i •sptCiiu-'afnucEC ratcS ON AU railroads 1 1 Uieil rVUIU ' will soon grow into a great manufacturing center. This is unsound in principle, because we are already manufacturing too much now. More than the trade can profitably use. It sets up a restleshne* in every town, making it look forward for great things that will never come. What the town, as well as the country needs \q do is to press forward with what it has and improve its present Condition, conserve and enjoy the blessings we now have. We will be rich in spirit and successful in business if we make ourselves content with doing the things at hand. . Practically every town in the country has already sold building lots enough for a hundred of/ex pansion.. This has been done by high-powered sales men, who 'filled speculative minds with the empty delusions of fancied cities soon to be, but which have never come nor never will come. 'I hese salesnicn were working for personal profits; and the electric power companies are also working for the present business and are not looking for booms, but want to be able to enjoy the normal growth that every normal section may reasonably expect. *. , S Too many little towns are drying up already cry ing to tie cities when they are neglecting the very things that would insure them happiness and pros perity. It seems that'our people loose more joy hop ing for the imjKissible, and at the same time neglect the little things—yet the very things that would guar antee us happiness. Turning Over a New Leaf When are the people going to turn over a new leaf? It won't be long, of course, because there is nothing more sure than the fact that the old order of extrava gance is about to pass away, not so much because we want to, but because we will have to. We will be forced to. This country has been run for ten years on a pro gram of extravagance, and has almost bankrupted it self. The credit system has been overstrained, land has been mortgaged to buy automobiles, crops mort gaged to buy dresses, all the spare money has been spent for soft drinks and gasoline; most of the chickens and hams have been sold to buy automobile licenses and pay-taxes. ' Now, we should find ourselves and catch up some of the slack. We must turn over a new leaf. We must cut off a reasonable portion of our extrvagances and give more attention to the real needs of life. Everybody knows there is something wrong when an agricultural country such as this is, a spot that is unexcelled by any place on earth, finds so many peo ple unable to feed themselves and are faced by hard times and want. There is no reason for such a condition, except wan ton wastefulness and improper methods in our pur suits. We have the opportunity to eat the fat of the land, but we are wedded to habits and methods that are rapidly tightening the chains of slavery around our necks. Such has gone gn until we have to look to some other fellow for marching orders before we can take a step. 'j One of the "needs of th§ion is some sensible economy. We will all live, but we will certainly have to change if we live right. Litlje Sober Thought This seems to be a day when .people are willing to fill themselves so full of the garbage that is float ing through the air and filling the minds of [*ople everywhere, that many people are unwilling to give a moment to sober thought. THE KNTERP RISK THE LETTER BOX Tc the editor of the Enterprise Will you please allow me a short space in yOur paper to comment on your editorial of recent date in regard to the crowded condition of the county jail? • It is deplorable that conditions in Martin County are as they are, but accepting conditions as they are we nii/st make the best of such conditions possible. I have been informed that our jail is not paid for that the taxpayers art paying interest on mon eyfor a building more modern "than 9" per cent of the taxpayer*, live in, and that building is being used to house cr.minals. Martin County is'running a criminal hotel and not asking for anything back for board or hotel rent. -As the county has done so much for its criminals, I think it would be in keeping with its hispitality to place over the entrance "Free Hotel." Mr. Editor, I am opposed to keeping the number of able-bodied men ih pris on, as these are now, doing only to ent, drink, and sleep. 1 am in favor of putting them to work on our pub lic roads. Take a birds-eye view of our public roads, and it will make the bravest man shudder. 1 alk to a part of our. county officials about our roads and what condition they are in, and they will tell you how many miles of State highway we have in the county. The highways are fine, anLl am proud bi them, but they are but a small per centage of the mileage of the roads of Martin County. We have the poorest,rpadsl the worst tc travel over, of any county I know of. We boast of our fine school build ii.gs and of our educational progress, but not a word you ever heard about our public roads. Beaufort County has recently built to the Martin County NERVOUSjUFFEIING Lady Says §he Took Card*, Felt Better 1b a Few Weeks, and Steadily Gained Health. Moscow, Ohio.—*l bad been in awful, bad health (or months and months," says Mrs. Cynthia Staton. of this place. "My nerves were 'all to pieces,' and I was all run-down. "My back hurt all the time, and I had to drag myself around the house. My legs ached and I worried all the time. I could not stand the least noise. The least little thing upset me. "One day, Z read a Ladles Birth day Almanac that my husband brought home, and X thought I would try the medicine I read about in It—OarduL 1 began taking Cardul, and In a few weeks I felt mysell getting much better. I took It tor several months," as I was steadily gaining In health. When X finished fairing Cardul, X felt fine. "Since that time, thirty jean ago, I have taken Cardul several times when X needed a took to help build me up, and tt has always helped me. X give It to my daughters and X have recommended It to othera. X think It U a fine medicine" Onat numbers of women, of all ages, have written to taU how the* nive ban baiped took to «o«l bealtb Of Mctnc Cttntut MC-2H line a road that'isa credit to any coun ty. The road i* 40 feet wide and nice ly rounded up, making it equnl to any State highway. 'Chit road make« the read* of Martin look like wood's path*. Why not form a road crew out of the jail birds and try and do some thin* for the public roads. I know of sections of Martin County that are just too bad to talk about, but still the people living in those communtiies have tc pay their taxes or be sold out. Do we want a community, a part on State highways and a part in perpetual mud? I am asking our county officials to wake up to the situation and give us something but a jail full of criminals to Bankrupt Sale! WILL BEGIN THURSDAY October 31st AT THE GURGANUS BUILDING FORMERLY OCCU PIED BY W. S. BAILEY AND COMPANY —————— Two Stocks Will be Sold .c + ' » - ' In addition to the W. S. Bailey stock, we purchased the big stock of Pool and Roberts artd Co., of Selma, N. C. We have everything you could wish for4fc the line of the general merchan dise, Hardware, Groceries, Shoes, Dress Goods, Men s Clothing. Pay us a visit and look over our BARGAINS. , Wf are selling goods cheap and will save you money. W. H. GURKIN SELLER OF BANKRUPT STOCKS feed and wait upon. With the short crop wt have and the low* prices we arc receiving, it is hard for us to know that we are forced to keep a "Free Hotel." My friends, do something. Help we poor mud-trodden farmers. Put those men that are in jail to work and it won't be such fun to get if jail. When you close the "Free Hotel," you will see our roads improved and our morals also. Respectfully yours, ALONZO ROGERSON. NOTICE Under and by virtue of the authori ty conferred upon me in a deed of trust executed by Gabriel Wiggins, and wife^ Tuesday, October 29,1929 Sarah Wiggins on the lit day of Jane, 1928, and recorded in book of mort gage* P-2, page 491, I will, on Monday, Norember 4th, 1929, 12 o'clock noon at the courthouse door in Williaraston, K. C., Martin County, sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, the following land, to wit: One (1) cer tain house and lot situated in the town of Williaraston. bounded by Alfred Sherrod heirs. Rana Hagans, Haugh ton Street, and the new road, and be ing the same house and lot sold by B. A. Critcher, commissioner, on the 14th day of May, 1928. This the 2nd day of October, 1929. W. S. RHODES. 08 4tw Trustee.
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