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Friday, May 15,1931
Business Honesty
Business honesty was the subject "of a recent ad
dress before the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
by Richard Whitney, president of the New York
Stock Exchange.
He might have chosen a better subject if he had
taken Honesty in All Things.'' I'erhaj* honesty in
business may possibly be of more importance than
at any other place, yet we need it at every place and
in everything from the marble game to legislative
councils. _—
Mr. Whitny also should consider the matter of
having an honest business, and there is grave doubt
about the honesty of the stock exchange. It is very
much akin to the fortune wheel, the marked card, and
the greasy pig games, which get the weaker or more
ignorant man's money. I hat . is, to say that both
traders do not stand on an equal footing. One is ig
norant of conditions and isonl yscuffling in the dark
when he enters the game, while the other is well ac -
quainted with conditions and knows when and how
to buy and what to buy. . It is fair to Mr. Whitney
to say that his exchange may be o|»erated on the
highest standard of ethical and honest principles, yet
the whole premises is a place where the strong devour
the weak
If the principle of honesty in all things could be
fully established, it is doubtful if the New N ork
Stock Exchange would exist.
Another War Between Labor and Capital
The Kentucky miners are on a rampage. They
say "Our backs are to the wll; the governor is
against us, the money |>ower is against us. We have
got to live. Somebody will have to help us, or we
will help ourselves "
The condition is really serious, with 11,000 work
men idle. They say they are not going to let their
wives and children starve, because they love their
families just as much as other |»eople 4ove theirs.
With National Guardsmen standing around to hold
them in subjection, it is pretty hard to guess how
much suffering or how many deaths will occ\ir.
It all goes to remind us that we need a better sys
tem of capital and labor control in our country. With
stringent times growing worse and tigthening on the
world from day to day, a more equitable adjustment
of our business disputes must be found than the call
nig of troops to be paid for their service, for no other
purpose than to coerce men to submit to a system
which they clairfi is not fair. If they are - wrong in
their claims, they should be convinced by the courts
of arbitration, and not by- ball and bayonet, which
should never be used except to carry out the man
dates of the court and not the claims of an employer.
Stick, Men, Stick!
Governor Gardner is disappointing. Instead of
making his plea to two or three senators who are
utterly disregarding the wishes of their constitutents,
and winning them to the absolute of the Mac-
Lean Act and the relief promised to property, in his
speech to the deadlocked legislature Tuesday night he
appeals to the large majority in the house to surren
der to Senator Horton, for example, who, and appar
ently at the instance of the Governor, has from the
moment of the passage of the Mac Lean Act treated
it with absolute contempt. Governor Gardner has
gone back on his initial demand for relief—relief for
home owners and land owners, the only people in
North Carolina who could rightfully declare them
selves overburdened with taxes.
The Chatham Record hopes that the members of
the Howe of Representatives have guts enough to
resent this appeal to them to surrender to the ob
stinacy of one or two misrepresentatives of their peo
ple's wishes. Stick, men, stick! It is utterly unjust
to lay another cent of burden upon the overburdened
when there are hundreds of thousands of men and
women in North Carolina without a cent of invest
>7 —Mt nuking more money every year than 75 per
cent of the farmers and .yet are paying practically no
taxes. Stick, men, stick.— Chatham Record. *"'
Mr. Secretary, the Jmil Wait; ,
The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia,
by unanimous verdict, hat upheld the conviction of
Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, for
accepting a bribe of SIOO,OOO from El L. Doheny in
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TUESDAV ANOFHIDAV
the Elk Hills oil lease case. The convictions carries
with it a jail sentence of one year and a fine of SIOO,-
000.
It is about time some one went to jail for that job.
Fall's guilt is not a matter of doubt to any one. The
United States Supreme Court, by unanimous decision
in a civil case involving the same facts, declared Fall
a "faithless public officer." He sold his country s
property and put the price in his pocket. The "little
black bag ' with the SIOO,OOO in it was given to Fall
November 30, 1921 and he is still at liberty.
The man who smashed a bakery window to get food
for a hungry family would have served his time and
been forgotten years ago. It is a pity that Fall can
not have company on his way to jail; it is no pity
that he should go.— Labor.
Homes To Be Sold at Courthouse Door
If Mac Lean Law Fails
/ Tobacco companies have been lighting it —sending
lengthy telegrams to the Governor, and who knows
that individual members of the Legislature are not
richer today than they were before the last roll call
( u|xin the measure? is it the universal opinion that
the Senators are all voting as their conscience dic
tates in the matter? Are tobacco companies having
anything to do with their "ayes and "nays ? Is it
true that they really had rather see homes sold at the
doors of courthouses in this State than to see the
chewers of tobacco and smokers of cigarettes pay a
few extra cents that will not be missed?—Catawba
News-Enterprise.
Coming Down to Earth
The International Chamber of Commerce, now in
session in this country, is dislcuiiing some very big
questions. The body is made up of business diplo
mats who are mainly looking out for good trade; Vet,
they have come down to earth and are recognizing
the fact that modern business is solely dependent on
the prosperity of the little man. Even President
Hoover admitted heavy ex|>enditures for armaments
are one of the greatest barriers to prosperity.
The members are striking old robber tariff some
heavy blows. They are charging many of our eco
nomic evils, and justly so, to our unfair tariff laws.
There seems to be the general disposition to ease
up on war debts, which is the most selfish move the
representatives are making. The war debts are of
two classes and are held by bankers and nations, both
holding mortgages on all we have. The bankers nat
urally want the governments to forgive their debtors,
either by cancelling the debts altogether or prolonging
the time of payment. This would put the bankers'
claims ahead and make their mortgages better. This
war debt cancellation of which we have heard so
much since the war has been.for the sole purpose of
boosting the value of bankers' loans in various parts
of the world.
Ilie meeting of the commerce men is proving that
big business is finding that it has been milking the
cow too dry and feeding too little, and that it is bet
ter to get fewer eggs than it is to kill the goose.
Catering to Degenerate Tastes
Newspa|x*rs ap|>arently try to give the people what
they want rather than what they need. As the
amusement houses and other institutions of the day
have done and are doing, the pa|>ers are falling fs
the frivolities. They furnish the comic strip, the
cartoon, the games and the roughest news or anything
that reaches the light heart and the morbit mind.
Strange as it might seem, the newspaper con
stituency falls for this class of stuff in preference to
the saner things that make for the higher side of our
civilization. The magazine that stresses the shady
side of things outsells the one that decent people class
L as~good literature. The newspaper that uses vul
i garity is also sought by the majority of |>eople.
The Legislative Tangle
This newsi>aper has not undertaken to advise mem
bers of the General Assembly as to how to solve the
tax problem which it has been wrestling with for
some months. We are not competent to advise them
in the first place, and even if we were it is not likely
they would act on any suggestions we might make.
We feel at liberty to say though that the job has been
poorly handled. \
It has been over three months now since the As
sembly convened. This is the longest session of the
body in the history of the State. The chief task, that
of i»ssing a bill, has not been finished yet.
The bone of contention has been how to find money
to run the |>ublic schools, the colleges and other in
stitutions of government. Many people have gone
to Raleigh to tell the lawmakers how not to raise
the money. All of the various interests have loudly
protested that they must not be taxed. With one
accord they have all made excuses. They have ad
vanced many fine reasons why they should not be
taxed but are quite willing for somebody else to
carry the load.
It is perfectly natural to object to paying taxes.
We are more or less selfish. We are willing to make
sacrifices like Artemus Ward, who said that he was
willing for all his wife's relatives to go to the war.
Legislators should remember this human weakness and
act accordingly. Everybody who can do it should
contribute a share to the support of the public insti
tutions. All should pay taxes in proportion to their
ability to do it. There is wealth enough In North
Carolina to pay the expenses of the government if
economically administered. So the common tense of
the matter is to cut down expenses to the lowest
point possible and then distribute the tax load as
fairly as It is possible to do it. Special favors should
not be given any class. Treat all fairly and there can
be no Just ground for complaint.— Beaufort Newt.
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THE BNTfIRPRISB
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE
Having »hi« day qualified a» execu
tri* of the last will and testament of
William E. Warren, deceased, late of
Martin County, North Carolina, this
it to notify all person* holding claims
against the estate of said deceased to
present them to the undersigned for
payment on or l»efore the 29th day of
April, 1932, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of any recovery there
on. Persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This 29th day of April, 1931.
Deborah Fleming Warren,
Executrix.
Coburn & Cobprn, Attys. myl 6t
NOTICE OP SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the pro
visions of that Certain deed of trust
duly executed by A. R. Ausburn and
D. R. Chandler to Henry C. Bourte,
Trustee, dated May 21, 1928, and re
corded in book X-2 page 024 of the
HAIL! HAIL! HAIL!
Hail Insurance on Growing Crops
Remember the disastrous experience of last
week and insure your tobacco and other crops a
gainst hail losses. We are prepared to give this
class special attention. See us for information.
TAYLOR and BAILEY
Jnsurors Everetts, N. C.
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.
JOHN E. POPE
ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE
TH iTAKE EIECTRJC HOT
.\VATEH EVEKY TIME*
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got to have my Hot Water when I want it and when I need it
I must be bathed twice a day ....my clothing mutt be kept spodesaly
clean .... and I should be safeguarded from those bugaboo# celled
germs.
"I'm modern (ho-hum), and old fashioned water heating methods
just won't do the trick. Too, our automatic Electric Water Heeler
brings joy to my whole family Dad has plenty for shaving ---
Mother finds it a great help in keeping the house--And Vre always
have plenty of Hot Water, morning, noon end night"
"Dad told Mother our Electric Water Heater was e greet thing.
Said he paid only $lO. down and he could pay the balance in small
monthly payments as we used it."
~i "P. S. Nobody paid me e thousand dollars for this testimonial."
VIRGINIA ELECTMC
POWEH COMLAAIY
WILLIAMSTON
Martin County Registry, and default
having been made in the payment of
the indebtedness therein secured and
the holder of said notes having de
clared the indebtedness immediately
due and payable, and requested fore
closure, the undersigned Trustee, will
on Tuesday, May 19, 1931, at 12 o'-
clock noon, in front of the Courthouse
door in Williamston, N. C., offer for
sale at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, the tract or parcel
of land described in said deed of trust
as follows:
Beginning at the Dan Wynn and
John T. Brown corner in the center
of the public road, leading North
from Gold Point to the Gus Salsbury
Home Place and running thence west
erly along said Dan Wynn's line and
the said Brown line to the run of the
Swamp or Branch, C. L. Wilson's
line, a corner, thence southerly and
easterly with the said Wilson's line,
the old Wynn line and the center of
the run of the said swamp back to the
center of the said road, a corner on
the bridge of the run of Mid iwtrap;
thence northerly along the center of
the said road to the beginning, and
being the same lands deeded to B. A.
House by John T. Brown and wife
dated January 10, 1924 and recorded
in Martin County, Registry Book R-2,
page 172, and by deed from Lester
House and others to H. P. Foxhall
and J. V. Moye, by deed dated De
cember 18, 1926, and recorded in Mar-
PROPERTY
Revaluation
Notice is hereby given that the Board of
Assessors for Griffins Township will sit at
the following places and timte for the pur
pose of revaluing all real estate in said
township:
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FARM LIFE SCHOOL
Wcdreiiay, May 20th, From 8 A. M. On
J. EASON LILLEY STORE
Thursday, May 21st, From 8:00 A. M. On
SMITHWICK'S CREEK CHURCH
Tuesday, May 26th, From 8:00 A. M. On
All persons who own real estate
have to attend to be heard by said
Board.
This May 14, 1931.
Noah R. Peel
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF ASSESSORS
FOR GRIFFINS TOWNSHIP
Friday, May 15, 1931
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tin County Registry Book W-2, page
495, to which two deeds reference i»
hereby made for a full description of
the aaid land*, and being -ibe identi
cal tract or parcel of land thu day
conveyed to the amid parties of the
first part by the parties of the tttrd
part, and to which refcreace m here
by also made.
Thi« the 14th day of April, 1931.
HENRY C BOUfttfS.
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