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' Friday, August 1, 1930
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A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
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Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts
. Might fancies, satisfied memories, noble»
histories, faithful sayings, treasure houses o) prec
ious aiid restful thoughts, which care can not dis- •
turb, nor pain make gloomy, ni>r poverty take'
.. dijeuY jratn us*~iHwn-i-kutit~it'itht*ui hands, for
our soul to live in. — RUSKIN.
Social Tragedies
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One of the main social tragedies of the present day
is the clandestine automobile ride. It is bring destruc
tion to many homes and disgrace to numerous indi
viduals.
The automobile has aided lawlessness !>ecause of
the opportunity it Hives to commit crime and the ease
it affords in hiding crime. Nothing ads the liquor
traffic more than does the automobile, especially is
the auto useful in aiding the sale of liquor. Any other
thing that affords the same opportunities to man to
go wrong would cause as much lawlessness. The au
tomobile is not to be held responsible; it is only a good
outlet for the cussedness of man to assert itself.
The Bus Winning Over the Train
Another evidence that the bus is taking the place of
the train is revealed in the |>etition of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad ( omnay, asking |>ermission to
discontinue two of its night trains between (ioldsboro
ami Norfolk.,,
These two trains have l>een among the most popu
lar ones in the Coast Line system. It now seems,
however, that their business has dwindled away and
gone into the hands of the bus line operators.'
It now looks like the destiny of railroad stock
values is about as questionable as that of farm values.
No ntan seems to know where the traffic lines will be
located at the end of the present century, whether on
land or in the air. But one thing every one can see
now is the reailroads suffering from financial loss on
account of the bus.
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Need a Buildigg Campaign
On* of our sister towns is putting on a business
building campaign, which, it is l>elieved, will help
letter conditions. It will increase the volume of busi
ness in dollars and cents, it will increase good feelings
and deepen friendships l>etween the people of the sec
tion.
Williamston should attempt some such scheme. Out
prosperity and general happiness will be measured
just as much from our friends as by our bank ac
counts.
One's grouches are held against him. What we need
to do is smile awhile and the world with love us.
Strong Bonds and Weak Cotton
"Bond prices are strong; cotton prices are weak,"
the headlines in the financial section tell us.
Such a condition is not strange; in fact, it is natural
with conditions as they are. The South has the cot
ton; the North has the bonds, and the money is in the
North, which naturall means that the power manipu
lates and rules prices. , ,
The money holders make a great profit on low cot
ton and high bonds; they get a good slice out of
every man's pie. 
The man with the money is the boss of the job
these days.
"Faith That Will Move Mountains"
Most business men are subject to spells of fear in
times of depression. They cancel orders, and fire em
ployees, and stop advertising, and dig themselves in.
Tbey are afraid to take chances on the future, afraid
of risk. But we can never abolish risk and danger,
and life wouldn't be worth living if we could. Risk
and danger weeds out the strong from the weaklings.
It builds fortunes, and better still, it builds character.
We should learn a lesson from our great insurance
companies. They BUY risks. Perhaps we hadn't
thought of that much. Let us look at Lloyds, the
gleat English insurance firm. It has stood, as solid
as Cinllir, for 2J6 yean, and it makes all its ma mty
by taking risks. This company makes f150,000,000
a year by taking other people's risks. They know
pviiiiNU avaav
TU-OAY miPAV
that there is nothing safer in business than taking
risks. They know that 95 per cent of men's fears
have about as much real foundation as so much
moonshine. A year ago our people were predicting
awful things that would be happening to us by this
time, most of which haven't happened yet. Most of
us worry considerably more over what might happen
than what actually does happen. Business is taking
a turn, the.return wave of improvement has already
started, and the wiser business men are making plans
to meet it. A little faith, along with an iron will to
work harder and complain less, will set us all on the
road toward better things.
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Standards of Measurement
It is not so much a matter of how much we spend
on education as it is how well we work in mind de
velopment. •
We frequently hear people attempting to measure
our educational standards by the amount of dollars
wr are paying for schools. We admit that is one of the
standards upon which we have to measure our ef
ficiency, but it is subject to many variations.
Many young men go to college and spend thousands
of dbllars and they are outclassed two to one by some ,
boy who has to wash dishes or mend shoes for his
schooling. The amount we spend is no measuring
stick to our efficiency ; the way we work is, however.
When a youngster thinks he can buy his education
and popularity with money and make his grade in the
church by a fat envelope, he is not far from being a
fool, a simple one, however. *
Incidentally, our public schtxils might get a little
more for the money appropriated for them.
The Quest for Happiness
We are too prone to depend on things and posses
sions for a satisfied state of mind. In the past year
or mote so many yf us have had to-become accus
tomed to "getting along" on less than has been com
ing our way perhaps in years before. It has cramped
our style, hurt vanity sometimes, and caused us to .
worry considerably from time to time. Yet, we have
not been annihilated, neither has destruction come to
us; and we live on, actually about as well off as before
except for the state of mind we entertain to the con
trary. ; '
The best example of perfect serenity is perhaps seen
in the priests and philosophers of the far East. The
Buddhist priest is a picturesque sight in Ceylon and
many other eastern countries. Walking quietly along,
clothed in a yellow robe, with a palm leaf fan in his
hand, a black cotton umbrella over his head, not a
trace of worry or annoyance crosses his face, nor is
there a forced smile or frown, but only the complete
composure of features that comes from the knowledge
that there is nothing to be gained by worrying; hap
piness is only a matter of serenity and peace. He is
sure of the day and of the morrow, and when there is
need of charity, he is reday to offer the kind of help
that is worth while. Buddha taught composure, the
useless ness of worrying about the trivial, that day
follows night, and that happiness can be found despite
all the darkness that might be in the human soul.
There are certain lessons the Eastern people can teach
us in the art of making happiness—these people who
have not a tenth of the material possessions and things
that are still ours.
Good News
Good news comes from Beaufort county which af
fects several thousand people in and around Belhaven,
including women and children. The Interstate Coop
erage Company, which closed down indefinitely several
months ago, has reopened its plant there, reinstating
all their employees. This is the Standard Oil Com
pany and may not mean that the general business of
the country is becoming more stable, because that
huge company is not classed as an average business
concern.
Record the Promises
Every voter in the United States should have a
memorandum book and a pencil to keep a record of
all the promises made him by candidates for office.
If all the voters will take the trouble to record
the promises and then require the winning candidates
to abide by their pledges, a splendid administration of
government will result.
\ OTHER EDITORIAL OPINIONS |
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The Publicity Craze
Prof. Robert Emmons Rogers, of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, makes argument that the epi
demic of tree sitting and like endurance tests is born of
the simple desire to gain publicity, and we are rather
inclined to agree with him. He argues that these chil
dren have grown up in a civilization in which propa
ganda and publicity have all but eliminated sober in
struction and reasons. "Even our public schools," he
declares, "are hot beds of this sort of thing. Superin
tendents alul principal* devise 'stunts' which will get
their pupils photographed and written up doing things
which usually, have no connection with education. Even
the old fashioned sensible teachers find themselves, all
too often, the victims of schemes of this, that and the
other organisation with an axe to grind and that wants to .
get its notions established in the public school system."
Further, says Prof. Rogers, the children, much greater
newspaper readers than we suppose, see the fierce light.
of stunt publicity beating on other children of their own
age or younger. Child evangelists, child athletes, child
explorers, child dancers and entertainers, children in
freak clothes, child heroes and delinquent* - (it doesn't
(natter much which), child author* and inventor*—all
Of them polled out of what should be their natural orbit
of interested, unselfconscious activities by greedy par
ents, foolith teacher*, ingeniou* reporter* and com
mercial exploiter*.
The parent* themselves seem, in many cases, hardly
more mature mentally than the children—adolescent*
who will never grow up—and quite a* much the victim*
of the psychology of their age a* their youngster*. But
it is the children who cuffer.
Who is it we hear making answer to Professor Roger*'
bit of indctmentf—Charlotte Observer.
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THE ENTERPRISE
MR. DICKEY PROTESTS
ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL
I suppose that I have no better
friend in Eastern Carolina than W. C.
Manning, sr. However, we do not al
ways see things in the same way, and :
frequently we arrive at very different (
conclusions. * (
As an instance, periodically Mr. ,
Manning comes out in his paper with ,
a sort of lamentation about the low ,
state of religion in our midst, and shed*
plentiful tears because our churches are |
poorly attended. At the sante time he
thinks that the places of amusement j
are prospering more than the centers ,
of religion, and that our people are :
more loyal to their amusement-centers | j
than to their religious centers.
A year or so ago 1 had occasion to .
disagree with Mr. Manning in the ]
columns of his own paper, which he (
v. as gracious enough to lend me for
that purpose. However, he seems to (
have paid no more attention to what
I said than the rest of the people do. .
And I hereby, lodge another protest. '
On last Friday he had an editorial .
entitled, "Poor Church Attendance.
It began my saying "Williamston folk
don't go to church, as a rule." Then,
he went on to say that "we have ifoodi
show-goer*, good dance visitors; m I
fact, we will grade above the average | '
as fun lovers. They can stand the '
whole show if it is two hours !ong:i
vel, they can't stand a one-hour serv- ; 
ice in a church with a variation of sin£- t
inc. praying, reading and preachng. a
I protest! In the name of Williams- '
tor I portest! In the name of our sev-|
eral churches I protest! In the name , j
of accuracy of statement I protest. In.j
fact. 1 protest the whole attitude! |
Now. Mr. Manning is a churchman.,!
Hi is a good churchman and a loyal j
one. He would do anything within his ,
reasonable power to help the churches ;
—anv of them! But as a matter of fact. ,
I think he is hurting them all. Of I,
course he doesn't think so. And otj,
course I may be wrong iir thinking that 
he does. Hut the line of statement he ,
uses, and the arguments he advances is ,
precisely the same line that the world (1
is using; and this means that Mr.
, Manning's pronouncements are a am- ,
munition for the enemy. Without ,
meaning to, he is playing into their j
hands. _ ;
—*r so-happ*Trel tKSt at 'the -very lime -I
tl.it last editorial was being written, i
I was making a close-hand, scientific ;
and rather accurate study of William- j
ston's seyen churches and six Sunday 1
{Schools. (I plan to publish this six- '
thousand-word study at a later date).
In the meantime, I shall give enough I
of it here to substantiate my con- i
elusion. That conclusion is that Mr. i
Manning is wrong again.
Williamston has more money invest- I
ed in religious institutions than it has
n pleasure places. And the people of
Williamston—l still say it—attend
church upon the whole letter than they
attend anything else. After having can
vassed representatives of the seven
white churches in Williamston Mr.
Manning's church included, the six
churches maintaining Sunday Schools
report a combined yeaftv average Sun
day attendance of 477. I hat means that
on each Sunday in the year an aver
ag( of 477 people attend our church
schools in this town. I was telling the
manager of our theatre about this and
he laconically remarked, "I wish that
many would attend my shows.
Now when it is stated that 477 men.
women and young people find their
way into the several church schools
each Sunday morning in the year, it
will be remembered that this is only
a part of it. For thesechurches have,
for the most part, a series of services
which range from a full-time program
of services to intermittent schedules.
Hut without trying to estimate the
number of people attending the church
services ill Williamston on an aver
age Sunday, it will readily be
that that average, added to the 477
average 477 average Sunday School
attendance will stack up into a large
figure. .
I'll put it this way: there is not
a building in this town which will seat
all the people who on an average Sun
day attended the several churche sery
iies and the several church schools in
Williamston. ; * , ,
The trouble with Mr. Mannings
estimation is this: he sees a good
crowd of people coming out of the
show on a given night and he forgets
that while Williamston has only one
show place, it has seven religious cen
ters. That while all the people here
attend one show, the same number of
people divide tl»m»elves up seven
times when they go to churchy* Not
only is that true, but the several
churches do not draw very extensively
upon the rural population ill making
lip their attendance, while it is common
knowledge that our theatre manager
has people coming to his one show
from Plymouth. Windsor. Roberson
ville, Washington; and even as far
av/ay as Greenville and Wilson. And it
is probably true that nearly half of
the theatre attendance is composed of
out-of-town people. He has a very
li.rge territory from which he draws
his constituency. As an instance it is
about twenty-two miles from Rober
sonville to Windsor and his show is
the only one between these two point*.
It is about thirty-five miles from
Hamilton to Washington and his is
the only show between these points.
And of course it is only natural that
when the people in so large an area
are being served by only one theatre
that they make a formidable showing
when they get togehter in one build
ing. However, by taking the theatre
manager's own figures, they are not
as formidable as Mr. Manning thinks.
Furthermore, Mr. Manning does not
attend the show* and cannot, there
fore. be in position to have an ac
curate idea as to the attendance.
I have gone to some pains to make
some rather accurate observations
along these lines. I think Mr. Man
ning is not doing our community any
good with these periodical lamenta
tions. and that he is giving us some
very undesirable advertisement oyer
the State. For instance, his editorials
»re of such nature that they are wide
ly quoted over th€ Stite. The other
(lay I had a letter from the managing
editor of the News & Observer in
which he said, "I do not know of any
better editorials that are being written
than those put out by the Williams
ton Enterprise." And the Raleigh pa
per backs up that statement by quot
ing, perhaps, more of Mr. Mannings
editorials than it republishes from any
newspaper in North Carolina. What 1
am trying to *ay i* this: that when
Mr. Manning h*« an editorial starting
off "Williamston folks do not go to
church as a rule" that statement i*
likely to be spread about before 200.-
000 people as it is quoted and reprint
ed here and there. I do not think it is
fbod advertisement for our town; and
furthermore, I do not believe it ac
curate advertisement.
I believe I can prove my case if any
body want* it done. That case is that
Williamston attends church better
than the average town in North Caro
lina. That the people in Williamtton,
upon the whole, attend church bet
ter than they attend anything else.
Let»us ace; I belong, for an instance,
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WIU.IAMSTON
to one of the secret orders in town.
Sometimes we have to go out pn the
| street and literally drag in enough to
make a quorum. I belong to one of the
civic organizations and for about three
years now we have never had any
"rushes." at our regular meetings. I go
down to the golf course sometime; and
there is nothing whatever to indicate
that they are being crowded to death
with people trying to spend their
money with them.
And after Mr. Manning said "we
have good dance visitors" I made it 2
point to look into the last dance held
in ur town. I asked, for instance, the
young man who put it on how many
paid couples he had? He said only
thirty. lasked him how much money
he made: and he said not'one-cent. I
asked him how much money the or
chestra got? and he said that an or
chestra composed of nine or ten men
got the magnificent sum of $8.15. And
that doesn't mean- that they got that
much each, but.divided among them —
an average of $0.91 cents each for
driving here and working during that
hot night. N'ow that doesn't look as
though they are sweeping us off our
feet here.
I heard the theatre manager say
the other day that one day he took fn
only SIB.OO. And this is spite of the
fact that he has one of the most mod
ern plants in Eastern Carolina, with
comfortable seats—more comfortable
than any church in town affords—and
a ventilating system, and no church
has one. w
Last Friday night it took two po
licemen to get the city fathers together
in their regular meeting.
The Woman's club closes up for the
summer.
I see no evidence that the business
places along Main Street and Braball
arc being rushed in these hot, mid
summer days. Indeed, the churches
still have the best of it. For somehow
they manage to stay open, and we add
a new one now and then byway of
showing what Williamston is able to
do when it comes to maintaining its
religious institutions.
Take it anyway you will, our
churches have the best of it. More
people attend them, and they do it with
less persuasion. We never sound an
alarm to get them there, and so far,
have—«evet-4nt4-t« -muml out- »-police
man to assemble them. And when there
are a series of bank-closings, bank
ruptcies and business failures in Wil
liamston, some how our several
churches manage to rock on.
Some of these days I am going to
get Mr Manning to se this. He may
nc»t publish this paper; hut I bet lie
reads it. And if.he never agrees with
me. I'm willing to match figures with
him any day.
( HAS. H Pit KEY.
Meeting
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of People
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BECAUSE the automobile is Bach to im* ment in the methods of the day W««|
portent factor la the Uvea and proa- Hard work usually find* she way.
parity at mm man y people, the purpose of Ohm it was thought lmpoarihla la east
the Ford Motor Compsny is something gray Iron by the oaiflsss chain method.
■tan Ami the nwi manufacture of a All precedent was against it sad ovary
motorcar. previous experiment had failed. But fair ,
There hmm ■srvles in simply setting prices to the public demanded that waato
ap a machine or a plant and letting it ful methods he fliphatod. Finally tha
turn not goods. The service extends into way wm found.
•very detail of the business design* Abetter way of msldng axle shafts saved
production, the wages paid and the sett- thirty-six aflba dollars In fear yearn
Ing price. All are a part of the plan. A new method of cutting craakcaaas ■»
The Ford Motor Cempsay looks upon dueed the cast by fSOCMMO a year. 11a
- perfection of a new marble « saved a
mobile that will meet the needs of similar amount on such a little (Mag m
millions of people sad to provide it at a one bolt. Then electric weldfa* was d»
low price. That is Its mission. That is veloped to make many bolts uanneasamy
Its duty sad its obligation to the public. and to Hirmase structural strength. -
The search for better ways of dotog Juet a little while ago, sa aadlme
thiags Is asia millag There Is eeeae- eonveyer slmoet four arilae wm Ik
lssa, eariring aflat to lad new methods stalled at the Rouge plant. Ihia eeenyar »
sad aew machiaos that will save steps and has a daily capacity of 300,000 pak
time to manufacturing. The Ford plante weighing mare than 2,000,000 pounds.
am, la reality, a greet mechanical un|. By substituting the 111nlm. uaimjteg
wssltj, dedicated to the advswriansnt of machine for teaksformeriydoae by ltead, ,
k 'lint J- Many asaaufaetarers coam to it baa mode tha day's work aarier far ' '
sm aad shsre the progress made. thousands of workers and saved tiai and
standing sdlL Today's methods, however An of tbase thiags are dcae fat Aa
sneceasfal, can never be takea m wholly iatereat of the public ao thai the
right. Thay rtprnH simply tha beaefits of liskln. eeaaaarisd
hart sdForts sf the ainmsnt To- transportation amy he plaaad
' eon a MOTOR COMPANY
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"WHAT A GRAND
BLESSING IT IS"
"Bilious headaches and sieges of
vomiting used to nearly run me de
tracted, and I've gone for nights at *
time without a 'wink' of sleep. Mv
appetite was poor, and my stomach
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MRS. MAMIE L. RUDD
badly disordered. Ten years of these
troubles put me in bed, but Sargon
overcame every ailment I had and no
body knows what a grand blessing it
has been to me. 1 just feel like a
new woman!
"Sargon Pills rid my system of
poisons and gave nature a new start
in keeping my bowels perfectly regu
lated without least weakening or up
setting."—Mrs. Mamie L. Rudd, 48
Muddlemont Ave., West Asheville.
S. R. Biggs Drug Co.. agents.—ad».
TOBACCO STICKS FOR SALE
good condition. $5.00 per M., cash.
SALSBURY SUPPLY CO., [»'■
HASSELL, N. C.
Friday, August 1, 1930
NO? ICE
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the superior court, before the
clerk. _ .
In the matter of Mamie Wjmn and
husband, W. D. Wynn, Doc Hsrri
son. Will Harrison, Bob Stalls, Beula
May Harrison and husband, Herman
Harrison, Raymond Stalls, Eloise
Harrison, and husband, Raymond
Harrison, Jonah Stalls, Jennie Gray
Hodges and husband, R. J. Hodges,
Mas Sana, Annie Lee Stalls. Bet
tie Stalls. Manira Taylor and hus
band, Sam Taylor, Sylvester Stalls,
Dessie Lewis arid husband, Raymond
Lewis, Annie Mae Stalls, Bessie Mae
Stalls, Patrick Brown, H. L. Taylor,
Carrie Dell Lowden and husband.
Calno Lowden, Leßoy White, Mary
White Pruett and husband, H. L.
Pruett.
Pursuant to an order of resale signed
by R. J Peel, clerk of the superior
•cutt of Martin County, in the above
Entitled proceedings, on the 29th day
lof July, 1930. the undersigned com
missioners will, on Friday, the 15th
day of August, 1930, at 12 o'clock m,
in front of 4he courthouse door in the
town of Williamston. North Carolina,
offer for sale to the highest bidder, for
rash, at public auction, the" "fallowing
described real estate, to wit:
• Beginning at pine, Outerbridge a
corner, running N. 79 W. 31 and 1-5
poles to a sweet gum and pine in Sam
Branch, thence up said branch the run
J thereof 45 and 1-5 poles to a black
gum in Outerbridge's line, thence east
along said line 54 poles to two pines
?nd a black jack, then south 20 west
53 poles to the beginning, containing
12 acres, more or less, and being the
same land deeded to Joshua Taylor by
George T. Johnson by deed dated Feb
ruary 17, 1863, and recorded in the
public registry of Martin County in
[book MMM. at page 318.
This the 29th day of July, 1930.
ELBERT S. PEEL.
B. A. CRITCHER,
a 1 2tw Commissioners.