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Entcrcu .1 the pctt ofiiic in Williamstou, N. C..
as second-class ma!t«r ur.lrr llie act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
Address an communication* to I lie Enterprise
and Slot to tlic individual members of the hrm.
Tuesday, February 3, 1931.
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Share Burden or Get Out
A few timid- folks are saying don t tax the ficli
folks, for if you do they will leave the State. W'e
certainly don't want them to go, hut if they ae not
willing to help bear the burden of supporting• the
State, what good are they to our State.
The strange idea that some folks have that if they
hue a man to do their work and make a good profit
on hi} labor all the favor went to the hireling, that
he owes them his sincere thanks and they owe him
nothing, and that they owe him nothing, is very false
in principle. There is not a single big business in
our SUite that was not built on the combined labor
of many wage earners, who, in many instances, made |
more clear profits for their employer each day than
they received in wages.
While we don't want anybody to leave tlie-State,
we are frank in saying that we like the folks who are-*
too poor to leave and who have nothing to tax. If
the masses are to become poorer that the classes
might Itecome more rich, it won't hurt the State if
thohe who don't w uit to pay their part of the State
those who don't want to help support the State
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Too Much Diplomacy
Even at thej sk of a court martial, we are taking j
the liberty to say we are with General Butler.
Too much of i.ur' bus ness is diplomatic. It i-* hard
to'say which is the*worst, "diplomary" or "senatorial
courtesy."
The general assumption that the fool folks should
not know anything has been practiced too long al- !
ready. If Mussolini drives too fast, there is no reason
why the world should not know it. If he runs over
a child and fail> to stop, then he is not a proper
ruler, and the world is entitled to know it.
It might be a good thing to make every public of- ,
ficial in America tell all he knows about every mean i
thing he has ever seen or heard about.
Danger In Too Many Comics
Is the newspaper of today using too much comic j
material in its make-up? -There seems to l>e some
danger that the newspa|>ers are being oversold on the ■
comic idea. They are becoming comical In fact, the j
readers are becoming comical in many cases.
The mind is neglecting solid matter and is rushing
to the "funny."
When the great masses are following their fun and ■
neglecting weighter matters, they should remember j
that somebody is thinking for them and leading them
on.
ITTVhings To
1 hink About
By James D. Taylor
Farms—
This morning 1 s|>ent an hour or
so on two small farms. 1 did not en
joy my visit to the first one because
I dislike to come in contact with lazy
people. The gates were about to fall
due to the need of a few nails inNhe
hinges and the porch steps were bad
ly in need of new support. On the
outside and inside of the house there
was evidence of neglect, Other build
ings, once substantial were becom
ing dilapidated due to lack of care.
The garden was anything but pleas
ing. A once beautiful and valuable
grapevine needed attention but was
trying vainly to carry on.
Limbs from a tree or so, long
since fallen to the ground, were still
there. Heavy rains and stale water
ioand a nearby ditch of little use.
The farm from one end to the othet
told all who might look that those
who lived here had that destructive
disease called
Tbt second farm told a different
Mo ry. Hew proud it must be of its
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The Greatest Political Battle
North Carolina is having its greatest political bat
tle. The line is formed with men on one side and
money on the other. The issue is not one of politics
because the law-making body is almost all on one side.
The question is shall the laws be shaped so they
shall bear equally upon all whether they be rich or
poor or shall they be so shaped that a dollar is safer
j than a soul.
It is now conceded that in times past, cash money
i or general favoritism blinded the eyes legislators to
such an extent that they failed to see tne poor man
in the ditch. Now, however, the very blood of pover
ty is crying against such discrimination, and our
law-makers hear and see. The cries have also gone
j up to the temples of wealth, frightening their own
ers. Now is the time to fight, a time when the king»
of wealth are staring at the handwriting on the wall.
J The people must keep up the fight. Call on your
representative, your senator and your governor and
urge them to stand firm and ring true for the pe ople.
Now is the time to shift the tax burden ao it will
l>ear equally on all people according to their ability
to Ijear it. _
Deserting Their People
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It now looks as if a few Eastern senators are go
> ing to face political divorce proceedings, charged by
their home folks.
The charge will be adultery and corporate wealth
will be the correspondent in the case.
It is deplorable when one deserts his friends and
their interests and tries to point out to them why
their ideas are unsound and uphold the ideas of the
rich fellow as just and right.
To criticise is one of the worst things we can do j
when to do so is unjust, but it is one of the greatest |
necessities when public officials desert the people who I
trust them, and when one fails the trust of the people 1
he should never be trusted again.
Should Have a Sales Tax
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North Carolina should have a sales tax.
While the merchants association has referred to it '
as a nuisance tax, we can't see why a law requiring j
a man who drinks -*-eoco cola to pay something to j
keep up the government is any more of a nuisance
than the law that requires a min to pay a tax on his
home and if he does not pay it, his home is sold.
The bread that goes into a child's mouth to pre
serve life should not be taxed to the same extent that
the cigarette is.
Strange as it is, we still see some people whe think
it better to tax the necessary things of life than to tax
luxuries. - ,
Taxpayers of all kinds should stand together for
luxury tax which will reduce tax on land and mer
chandise.
The Young Offender
The most compelling factor of thl' underlying cause
for the increasing number of youthful criminals en
tering reformatories, jails and penitentiaries today
lies at the door of society in the neglect to provide
for the moral training of boys, especially underprivi
leged Ixiys, declares William Edwin Hall, member of
the New York State Crime Commission:
"Not long ago I viewed the lineup at police head
quarttr in New York," he says. "I was shocked to
see that a very large number of those who had bten
arrested were boys under twenty-one years of age.
The other day I stood within the gray walls of Sing
Sing prison and saw one hundred of the most recent
arrivals and was struck by the fact that these newly
arrived convicts were practically all mere boys."
.Month after month there is a continuous stream of
youth into the jails and penitentiaries. The average
of the criminal is getting younger and younger. Of
ficial records prove that criminals are not made over
night, but evolve from juvenile delinquents. The
young offender is a grave social problem. Proper
moral training, at home and in the schools, is the only
solution.— Washington Daily Newt.
owner ami his family. All of the'
building on the place, though small,'
met the requirements and were kept j
in good condition and attractive too. j
No neglect here. Anything needing
attention was attended to now. One
could take a look at any part of the
entire farm and know without being
told that worthwhile people lived
there. They make good use of their 1
time when there is no work to be'
done in the field or when it can't be
■ done due to the condition of the
soil. They don't wa&te away precious 1
I hours on the highway with the Ford
or hanging around town.
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People of this type don't require
alcoholic liquor to pep them up and
: seldom require doctors to keep them I
healthy, its folks like this that are
j helping to make this country a
j cleaner and consequently a healthier
place in which to live.
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The Right Direction
When I was just a lad, living in
Martin County, North Carolina, my (
father and others took me with them
one afternoon to pick huckleberries. 1 ,
The place they selected was in a very
thick woods. In my search for better ,
pastures I wandered away from the
others and soon became lost. I knew j
|I was not very far from a place on
a nearby road where a man was kill- \
yean before. The story of the
rushiiMiD ivai
WIWPAY *»o rpiPAv
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tragedy on that lonely road left a
very unpleasant impression on my
i childish mind and I was always a
, fraid when I passed that particular
spot. I thought about this and also
( the alarming fact that I was lot in,
, to my way of thinking, perhaps the
world's thickest woods. Night was
coming on and I had heard of peo
ple becoming lost and wandering
around for hours before finding any
clearing. I was never so afraid in
all my life. After ages, it seemed to
me, following my calling to the
others, I hoard my.father's voice but
I was going towards him and he was
coming towards me. Then he lead
me to the roa dand towards home.
As we wander through life's foreet
often the darkness gathers too heavy
| and we lose our way. If we would but
listen we could feel the touch of His
hand leading us to the road towards
understanding.
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W. VV eeks, tobacco grower of
the Holly Spring* action of Wake
County report* a sale of $3,90675
worth of tobacco clear of all ware
house charges, from 12 acres grown
according to recommendations nude
by E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist at
State College.
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M. G. and B. R. Daniel, successful
poultrymen of Pelhasn have opened
the first poultry hatchery to be. started
in Caswell County.
THE ENTERPRISE
NOTICE OF SALE
l _ North Carolina. Matin County —ln
the Superior Court.
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of. Eli Gard
ner, deceased, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the said
estate to present them to the under
signed on or before Jan. 26th, 1932 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted to
the said estate will please make im
mediate npyment.
This the 26th day of Jan. 1931.
C. 1) CARSTARPHEN,
Administrator of the estate of
Eli Gadner J-27-4t
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the authori
ty contained in that certain deed of
trust, executed to the undersigned
trustee/ by C. B. Godwin and wife
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I chandise at Give
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I All Goods Must be Moved
I In Thirty Days
I OUR VALUES HAVE GROWN, BUT NOW THE PRICES COME
1 TUMBLING DOWN. THE PRICES BEING OFFERED DURING THIS
I SALE ARE SENSATIONAL. THE MERCHANDISE WE OFFER YOU IS
I NEW. COME AND BUY AT YOUR OWN PRICE. ]
VALUE STORE
"THE BLUE FRONT STORE" WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
WIUJAMtTON
NfIJTOCAJOUJM
Miriam Godwin, on the 9th day of
{anuary, 1929, and of record in the
'ublic Registry of Martin County in
Book Y-2, at page 529, said deed of
trust given to secure certain note of
even date and tenor therewith, and
the stipulations therein contained not
having been complied with, at the re
quest of the parties therein interested,
the undersigned trustee wilj, on Fri
day the 20th day of February, 1931, at
12 o'clock M. in front of the Court
House door in the Town of 'Williams
ton. North Carolina, offer to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described property:
A tract of land on the south side of
Simmons Avenue, in the Town of Wil
liamston, North Carolina, Martin
County, and beginning at a stake.
Leaman Barnhill's line to a stake 106
feet, C. A. Harrison's line, thence
along C. A. Harrison's line and J. D.
Woolard's line, being a line parallel
with Simmons Avenue, 76 feet to a
stake, thence a line at right angles
with the last named line, 106 feet to
a stake on Simmons Avenue, thence
along Simmons Avenue 76 feet to a
stake, Leaman Barnhill's corner, the
point of beginning.
Dated, this the 19th day of January,
1931.
WHEELER MARTIN.
J-20-4t Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Martin County —ln
the Superior Court.
L. B. and Eva Harmon, surviving
partners of the firm of Harriaon
Bros, and Company va. Mack Woo
lard, Gus Woo lard, Alex Woo lard
and other*.
Pursuant to an order of R. J. Peel,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County signed on the 12th day of
January 1931 the undersigned com-
Tuesday, February S, 1931.
missioner will on Saturday the 14th
day of February 1931 at 12 o'clock ll
,in front of the Courthouse door in the
town of Williamston, N. Coffer lor
| sale to the highest bidder for cash the
, following described real estate, to
| wit:
' It being the land bought by King
| Woolard from J. A. Lilley bounded on
the North by the lands of Daniel L -
! ley heirs, on the East by A. F. and S.
| W. Manning, on the Sooth bjr Kader
I Lilley and on the West by Sttfbbs
Lilley and being the same land oc
cupied by King Woo lard and wife at
'the time of their death.
I Saving and excepting 8 and 1-3 acres
deed by King Woolard and wife to
, Golius Godard and 8 acres deeded by
I King Woolard and wife to W. A.
j Woolard.
I This the 12th day of Jan. 1931.
I ELBERT S. PEEL,
Commissioner.