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PAGE TWO foifrrprw PgbUMd Every Tuesday and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. " i ~ •. : - W. C. Mannin* Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Caah in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One ymr +■ * l- *? Six month* OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One ymr •*•{* Six montha No Subscription Received for Less Than 6 Months Advertiaing Rate Card Furniahed Upon Requeat Entered at the post office in Williatnston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not to the individual members of the firm. i —— ■ ' .11. Tuesday, May 12, 1931 Liquor and Women at Raleigh •There is general doubt whether Mr. Macl.ean, of Beaufort, did right when he ajiologized for his "liquor women" -charge addressed against members of the General Assembly last week. Whether this legislature has been influenced by either women or liquor may l>e a quest inn lhat cannot be proven, and their may be no grounds for such a statement. There is one thing that there is little doubt about, however, and that is for 40-years, both liquor and women, bad women at that, have played a big part in influencing legislation.. Those two evil influences have doubtless cast the common or average citizens of the State no less than $100,000,000 in un fair taxes during the period of 40 years through their legislative manipulat ions. Their influence was abroad in the .capitol in the fusion days. on the liquor was moved to the old Yarborough hotel where the rooms of certain mem bers were made disjtenseries, those desirious of special legislation furnishing the liquor. The women went to East Raleigh and that particular section was con verted into a rendezvous for a number of legislators. Many up suspect ing members of the legislature in the days gone by have been trapped by one or the other, liquor or evil women, and their ideas and votes have been entirely changed by these baneful but powrful influences, either of which is calculated to sweep honest men off their feet and destroy their in flunce for good. If the present legislature fails to single thing so far as reducing taxes is concerned, it will be worth many times its cost for the education it has spread among the ordinary voters who have hereto fore swallowed every political promise made them, and never knowing how they would desert them when ,they had an opportunity to help them. It only means a better fight next time. Spring Later Than Usual The old saying that leaves of most trees are grown by the 10th of May did not come true this year, showing the season to be later than usual. In fact, most observers declare it to be one of the latest seasons in many years, a few of the skeptics have really become a bit uneasy for fear the winter was going to last all summer. They forget that the laws of nature are so perfect aKd true that the seasons will come and go even though they vary a few days or perhaps a few weeks from one year to another. If the people who fear the weather will not suit, will only order their work as perfectly as the laws of na ture order the weather, then we will have no need'to fear or want for food or raiment. . O-UlO On smooth Steel Rails foods slide in and out of FRIGIDAIREI P>**fc a bwf bowl of toup-Kock lato • Frigidsir*—it doesn't i*g Matter iu way to the back of (he I TXJJIT •keif—(topping over uit go**. " jsgl W I And when 70a warn it again it I gfll fl doesn't have to be ctsxtJ to com* o« —it NNU absolutely eager to obey your guiding hand w This U because Frigidsire Food Shelve* are made of amooth steel rail* all nmmimg «w mty frmm •. 4 *n**Jmc4 ■ easy* 'Wing rails on food shelve* are M „u * f—d *r* •** tf th« vrj r**l Prigidaire Convenience, which u . Very Big TkUg, indeed! r , hm*. ym t» e*m* in !tsr» mil sb»mt thtm. • . - ■ B. S. COURTNEY v _ WILLIAMtTOH. H. C. a _ ' TMKMS *IU M AIIANOIO TO SUIT Till WMIUm Eastern Carolina's Saddest Scene The saddest scenes along the highways and in the fields of Eastern Carolina these days are the women and children bent over tobacco beds pulling plants and then going home in the late afternoon tired and exhausted with hardly a shadow of reasonable hope of getting a reasonable remuneration for their labors. Probably the reason people are putting in another big crop of tobacco is they don't know what else to do, and they have a faint hope that man can never fortell the future; and that prices might be better than those predicted. The farmer is a man of faith and is always willing to try and try again. Vet, with as little prospect for profitable prices as we now have, it is sad to see farmers spend what cash they can get and overstrain themselves and their wives and children only to lose both their labor and cash. No Compromise • The governor knows who is putting up the fight against sales and luxury taxes. Does he think they have whipped the land owners to the point that they will b# willing to compromise on the trust's terms? Which he has virtually asked, that they do. Another Gubernatorial Candidate Mr. Baskerville, newspaper reporter of Raleigh, has nominated Speaker Willis Smith as a candidate fur governor. Mr. Smith seems to lie a just man; yet he is more of a trust lawyer than he is a states man. , Voters should .pot make up their minds too quickly; they should find their friends before they pledge themselves in a convention. An Asinine Performance Partisan politics* has always been- distinguished chiefly for futility and meaningless noise, but some times jt sinks to a depth that surprises even the peo ple best acquainted with its low character.' To our mind, about the most asinine political performance of the last year is the move to contest the election of Josiah W. Bailey to the United States Senate. ~i Mr. Bailey won over George M. Pritchard by the decisive majority of 114,000 voles. Weeks before the election it was plain lhat North Carolina was going to return to the Democratic fold, as Virginia had done a little while before, and the'victory of Bailey was taken for granted by all intelligent observers in both parties. After the votes were counted the re sult, was accepted throughout the state, without ques tion, by Republicans as well as Democrats. No serious proposal to disput it was made for months; and then a few busy bodies in Washington inaugurated the contest. » Kven if there had been any justification for a con test immediately after the election, which there was not, there would be none at this late date. No actual statute of limitations rules out a recount, but it should be ruled out by ordinary comfnonsense. We are now reading in the newspa|>ers of the farcical pro cedure of seizing ballot boxes all over the state six months after the ballots were cast. For example, here is one despatch from Rockingham: " A deputy t nited States tuarshal awoke Clerk of the Court Thomas and Chairman of the County Boards of Flections McDonald at 12:30 o'clock tonight and served upon them orders, signed by Judge Hayes, re quiring the marshal to take into custody the ballot boxes used in Richmond county. The boxes are still with the registrars of the IS precincts, and it is not know ballots have been preserved intact or not. Richmond county gave Bailey 2,490 votes and Pritchard 590." In Stanly county the ballots had l>een in the custody of the courthouse janitor since November. In each precinct in Davidson coun ty one long ballot box was used, with eight or" ten compartments partitioned and separately locked, and Federal officials will either have to saw the boxes apart or convey all the long Ijoxes to Washington from the 3.5 precincts. We are astonished that as sensible a man as I ritchard is reputed to be could give his countenance to such a stupid and hopeless enterprise.— Chapel Hill Weekly. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES FARM TENANCY By GUY A. CARDWELL I Agricultural and Industrial Agent, At lantic Coast Line Railroad Co. i Professor S. H. Hohhs, Jr., of the University of North Carolina, in hit hook, ''North Carolina Economic and Social," say*: ."Tenancy in the cotton belt South generally i s a system, a substitute for ownership, not a step ping stone into ownership." Then he outlines the economic advantages and disadvantages of farm tenancy, keep ing especialy in mind North Carolina and the rest of the South. The eco nomic advantages in part are as fol lows: a. Affords a living to landless, tnon-. eyle*s labor. —. ' b. Supports agriculture in region* lacking cash operating capital. c. Is a school of experience and a stepping stone into farm ownership— to Southern Negroes mainly. In the South one-fourth of the Negro farm er* art- owner*, in Virginia nearly three-fourths, in North Carolina near ly one-third. d. Produce* large crop total per year, large per acre total*, but small pir man. • — r " ' ~ 1 Some of the economic disadvantages arc the following:^ a. Steady decrease in the average •ice of farms. Southern farm* arc the •mailed in the United State*. North THE ENTERPRISE Carolina fartns are the smallest of any state, counting only cultivated area. Cultivated acre* per farm in North Carolina were only 19.5 in 1925; 126 acres in 1860. b. Depletion of soil fertility. c. Hand-made cash crops. Waste of human, horse, and machine power. d. Crop, farming mainly, hindering livestock development. e. Lower standards of living. f. Production of great farm wealth annually, but little of it retained where produced, mainly because of the crop lien system and excessive labor cost in hand-made crops. g. An unstable, unsafe basis for ag riculture. h. Small farm dividends because cash crops are a gamble with market prices. „ i. Home raised supplies neglected, and farm operation on a credit basis. j. Unsafe, unstable, basis for agri cultural labor, due mainly to the loose one-year contract. ..The social conse quences are largely due to the con stant migration of tenants. Mr. Hobbs discusses at length in his book the social effects of tenancy. This discussion makes dismal reading —the truth certainly hurts. Mr. Hobbs suggests a number of remedies for farm tenancy; but we are quoting only one of these: "The last, surest, and best method is to produce all the food and feed crops needed for consumption on the farm, and then produce the two best cash , crops dn the face of the earth, cotton and tobacco, of which we in the South have a monopoly, and bank the wealth secured from the sale of these crops. This practice, if followed for ten years, would make our farmers rich. It would enable us to accumu late a surplus with which to buy farms and move from farm tenancy over into farm ownership." Chapter 7, on Farm Tenancy, Pro fessor Hobbs' book, clases with the following warning: "Our leading tenant counties should begin to look for some sensible solu tions of the tenant problem. If the practice of the last 60 years continues, eastern North Carolina Will be a land of a few landlords and many tenants. History teaches us the peril of this j condition." Tobacco farmers in Wilson County will be from 10 days to two weeks , late in setting the plans this year due to the late spring and the smal Iplants now n -the In'ds, says County Agent W. I„. Adams. ♦ CARD OP THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to the many sympathizing friends and to all who ministered so faithfully to us during the sickness and at the death of our son, Bonnie. We especially thank those who sent flow ers. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bailey And Family. NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. In superior court. W. W. Griffin v«. Roy Lanier By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Martin County in the above entitled action, 1 will, on Monday, the Ist day of June, 1931, at 12 o'clock m., at the courthouse door in the town of Williamston, N. C., sell to the high est bidder, for cash, all the right, title and interest which the said Roy La nier, the defendant, Jias in the follow ing described land: A tract of land in Williams Town ship, Martin County, adjoining the lands of Frank Barber, &us Lanier, Geo. Williams, and others, containing acres, more or less, and more commonly known as Bettie Lanier laud. This the Ist day of May, 1931. • C. B. ROEBUCK, myß 4t Sheriff Martin County. SALE OP VALUABLE FARIP PROPERTY Under and by vrtue of the authority conferred upon us in a deed of trust executed by H. R. Mizelle and wife, Sarah Jane Mizelle on the 28th day of May IV3O, and recorded in Book C-3, I'age 314, we will on Saturday the 16th day of' May 1931 at 12 o'clock, noon at the courthouse door in Mar tin County, Williamston, N. C., sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder the following land to-wit: Being the Odie Killcbrew interest in the Charles Spruill Land Division Charm Comfort with Awnings Awninca Mich aa we Mil do i doubt* duty . . . they main a collar interior aid beautify the exterior. We've aixea (or any window; col oring* lor any preference. Oet one (or each window in jrowr home.. Harrison Bros. And Phone or Write WILLIAMSTON, N. C. and being Lot No. 4 in taid Division and more particularly described as fol lows, to-wit: Beginning in the cen ter of the public road leading from Everett# to Robersonville (being N. C. Highway No. 90) . at the corner of Lot No. 3, thence S. 8 E. 2.89 chs. S. 3 1-2 E. 26.25 chs. N. 31 1-2 W 24.40 chs. to the said road, thence along the road to the beginning, containing 19.8 acres, more or lesa. This sale is made by reason of the failure of H. R'. Mizelle and wife, Sarah"Jane Mizelle to pay off and dis charge the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust. A deposit of 10 per cent will be re quired from the purchaser at the sale. This the 14th day of April, 1931. ELBERT S. PEEL, a-21-4t Trustee. For North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham, Durham, N. C. NOTICE OP SALE Under and by virtue of the powers contained in two several Deeds of Trust executed to Mary M. Jones and Sarah M. Mitchum by Simon P. Moore on the 14th day of January, 1922, and on the 31st day of December 1921, respectively, to the undersigned Trustee, which Trust Deeds are of record in the public registry of Mar tin county in Book U 1 at page 257 and Book U 1 at page 248 respective ly, default having been made in the payments under each Deed of Trust, and at the direction of the holder j thereof, the undersigned Trustee, will on the 25th day of May 1931 at 12 o'clock noon in front of the court house door, Williamston, North Car olina, expose to sale the following described property: First tract: Bounded on the North by old J. B. Coffield land, on West by Reuben Jones, on South bv Simon P. Moore, and on West by John INDIGESTION "My work Is confining, and often I eat hurriedly, causing me to have Indi gestion. Oas will form and I will smother and have pains In my chest. "I had to be careful what I ate, but after someone had recom mended Black-Draught and I found a small pinch after meals was so helpful, I soon was eat ing anything I wanted. "Now when I feel the least smothering or un comfortable bloating, I take a pinch of Black- Draught and get relief." —Clyde Vaughn. 10 Sblppy »*-. OriH iivlUe. B C. Bold In 23* package* 9 « I WOMEN who are run-down, n*r-| vous, or suffer every month, should I take Oarriul. Uwl for over 80 years. I Robersonville, N. C. April 28, 1931. . ' • 'V" -'M * b. • - * Mr. W. G. Peele, Special Agent, . Life Insurance Company of Virginia, Williamston, N. C. Dear sir: I acknowledge with sincere appre ciation receipt of the check of the Life Insur ance Company of Virginia for $10,000.00, in settlement of Polioy No. 173920, which was is sued to my lat? husband, 'Jesse Haywood Ever ett, in 1929. $ Assuring you personally of my thanks for your courtesy and promptness in handling this case for me, I am, ' ) Yours very truly, • V ■«*' MRS. PEARL L. EVERETT/if i *, ' w* . ' It , ' i - ' ' • . v *r; ' # '• f' » Purvis, being same land conveyed to Simon P. Moore by Virginia Moore, recorded in Martin Coutfty Registry in Book T-l, 478. Second tract: Being that same tract of land conveyed by W. H. Wil son and" wife, Sarah A., to York Moore, of record in Martin County Registry in Book EE, page 634. to which reference is made for full de scription, containing 22 aares, more or less. HAIL HAIL HAIL INSURANCE ON GROWING CROPS Remember the disastrous experience of past years and insure your tobacco and other crops against hail losses. I am prepared to give this class special attention. si" ' - JOHN E. POPE ~ ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE Hail" Hail Insurance Don't wait until hail your crop to seek protection. Sec us now. We represent the largest companies in Amer ica. When losses are had by hail we make quick and satisfactory adjust ments. Protection is most needed when conditions are bad. Call 49 or 39 K. B. Crawford 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111 l Tuesday, May 12,1031 Third tract:' Being that tract of land conveyed by W. H. Wilson and wife to York Moore, of record in said Registry in Book EE, page 635, to which reference is made tor full de scription, containing 54 acre*, more or less. Terms of sale. cash. This the 24th day of April 1931. B. DUKE CRITCHER, i-24-4t Trustee. fosfW. Bailev- Att'r.
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