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Tuesday, May 26. 1931
Home Training
With 12 girls going to our State penitentiary for
burning buildings recently at the state institution for
wayward girls, we are given another striking reminder
of the great importance of good home training for
children,"
The shame that rests on these girls and their homes
is evidently, in some cases, the fruits of neglect. No
home, no state, or nation, can progress without mor
ality and virtue; yet we are more negligent of these
virtues than we have l>eeh in a century, ami are ap
parently contributing more to the things that break
down these valuable requirements than ever before.
We can hardly get our eyes off of some suggestion,
either in word or picture, that tends to the breaking
down of the moral code.
Going To Demand More
•4 ..Y . . . . - ->
"A house divided against itself will fall." The
present legislature seems to l>e trying to disprove
the truth ojf that statement by staying in session and
staying divided.
Everybody is anxious to see the legislature adjourn.
But both sides held fast for a long time, hoping to
win.
This is the first fight in our legislature for many
years where poverty and wealth have wet in deadly
conflict.
But, unless all signs fail, it will not IH* the last,
because voters are going to require more than the or
dinary promises, on which the politicians have been
able to pass through in the past. They are going to
demand more.
> A Joke That Has Back-Fired
That "joke" has certainly proven guilt to the sat
isfaction of the people. v "
No news,has been given that bear* stronger on th-'
fraud, graft, and bribery schemes than the sworn tes
timony before the senate committee in Raleigh.
Expensive rooms in the city's l»est hotels have lieen
rented by men whose business and legislative habits
have always been oj>en to suspicion, and who are
generally accepted as paid lobbyists in our assemblies.
They are the very men who have put the unfair taxes
on the people of the Stat for ten yars, and who ex
empted the $500,000,000 worth of foreign stocks in
the state from taxes. That, in itself, is sufficient
grounds K) base a [>rima facie case of guilt on. Then
they call n»en in and feast them on liquor and promise
money considerations,
Nobody has gone to the point of saying he did
get money, but one man said he did go to the liquor
room to see the "blajfli bag," which he claimed did
not arrive. He didfget two drinks, and he further
stated that the money was to buy certain senators.
After this gentleman got before the committee he said
it was only a joke. Vet he admitted drinking the
liquor and said he went up expecting the bribe.
Further Inroads on Railroad Business
Under a recent ruling, railroads are not allowed to
offer Norfolk special cut rates on tobacco and not
give Newport News&he same advantage.
The railroads were seeking to get special reduc-
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developed by Frigidaire, that have made household — — J p
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WILLIAMSTON. M. C " STgdSS
WILLI AMSTON
| tions on hogsheads in order to get back the business
which the truck lines have taken from them.
This means more business for the truck lines, sine*
cheaper rates Riven by the busses will eventually take
| most of this business, meaning a great loss in reve
i nue to the railroads. t
The strain on the railroads is growing harder every
day. Unless some revision of service is made by the
railroads their value will continue to diminish by the
I billions.
YeHf the public can get better and cheaper serv
| ice, they are entitled to it.
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Was the Award Hopest?
In the recently awarding of the SI,OOO Pulitzer
prize for the l>est editorial of the year, the Fremont
(Nebraska) Tribune received the prize for an article
I by C. L. Ryckman.
There may be merit in the article, taking the ideas
I of the judges, vet the article is nothing more than a
j vulgar thrust at United States Senator George W.
i Norris, who, it can l>e said, has proven one of the
few Senators in that body that has in any way ap
j proached the standard of statesmanship.
It is easy to see and understand the temperament
of the judges!making the award. They are apostles
of the materialistic school of life and have forgotten
demoncratic principles.
M r Ryc kman s article drew no prize from the Ne
braska voters at the last election, when Mr. Norris
was elected by an overwhelming majority. ,
The pity iif that there should be a prize awarded
by a committee who are so biased that they can see
merit in any article that expresses ideas that will cer
tainly eventually destroy free government.
! Make the Reduction All Along the Line
An atempt was made in the (ieneral Assembly this
week to reduce the salary paid teachers 20 to 25 per
cent without a corresponding reduction made in the
salaries paid in any other institution, department, or
agency of the State government, though it is admitted
that teachers are the poorest paid of any other State
servants..
Why this discrimination? Is it because th teach
ing profession has had no paid lobby, no high-priced
attorneys quartered at Raleigh during the legislative
session to look after their interests? Has it come to
paijs that' it is necessary for every interest or profes
sion to have guards on duty at Raleigh?
There is an insistent demand for reduction in taxes,
a demand that'will find echo in the next election unless
relief is extended; but no one has demanded relief
by making rank discriminations such as is proposed in
the conference-report, which was attempted _to be a
dopted Monday night.
This newspaper has several times called attention
to the necesisty of reducing expenses of government
as one means of reducing taxes on land, and if the
proposed reduction in salaries extended to all depart
ments alike, as proposed by Governor Gardner, would
not voice objection now; but in the interest of jus
tice and fair play all should be treated alike, no class
selected to bera all the burden.
Living expenses are now fully 25 per cent less than
they were when the present salary schedule was made
for all institutions and departments, and a reduction
in salaries for the next two years would work ho hard
ship if all are treated alike.
Government Operation of Railroads?
There was a time when the railroad of the coun
try s|H 4 nt large sums of money putting out propaganda
against government ownership of railroads. That was
when the railroads had no truck and bus lines to buck
and collected big dividends.
There is now even an intimation that some rail
road people would welcome the government's taking
! over the entire railroad system.: — —
If bus and truck competition goes much further,
tliF'ffrxt (hove will doubtless l>e to saddle the country
with the railroads, certainly if there is no hope of
further dividends.
The monopolistic spirit is to grab everything that
is good antl cast all of the bad things off on the gov
ernment. . t
The |v)stal system is run by the government at a
li.ss. If it paid a good profit monopolists would have
their politicians out gra|>pling for it. The govern
ment |Kiys for the Navy, when everybody knows its
main purjxise is to protect monopolistic commerce
more than it is the lives of peop'e.
It is hard to forecast our future. One thing is cer
tain, however, and that is if all of the profits of this
country continue to How into the hands of the or
ganized monopolists, democracy and freedom are
nearing their end.
THE ENTERPRISE
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of Mr*. J. D.
Rogerson, deceased, late of Martin
County, North Carolina, this is to no
tify all persons holding claims against
the estate of said deceased to present
them to the undersigned for payment
on or before the 23rd day of May, 1932,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of recovery thereon. Persons indebt
ed- to said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This 23rd day of May, 1931.
J. ROBERT ROGERSON,
my 26 6tw Administrator.
NOTICE OP SALE OP REAL
• ESTATE
By virtue of the power of sale con
tained in that certain deed of trust ex
ecuted by Church W. Hardison to E.
O. Burroughs, trustee, bearing date
of, December 30th, 1927, and recorded
in book X-2, at page 535, in the office |
of the Register of Deeds of Martin'
County, and default having been made j
in the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured, the undersigned trus
tee will, on June 25th, 1931, at 12 o'-
clock noon, at the courthouse door in
Martin County expose to public sale to
the highest bidder for cash the follow
ing described real estate, to wit:'.
All that certain tract or parcel ol
land lving and being in Williams
Township, Martin County, North Car-
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Thousands of bright tobacco growers, from Virginia to Georgia,
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plants are set. •
They are also using extra potash with profit on cotton, corn,
small grains, |)eanuts, fruit, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and general
truck'. ■ '
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Don't Rasp Your Throat
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PUILISHKD CVEMY
TUfOAY A««, FRIDAY
olina, containing 142 acres, more or
less, bounded on the north ; by Dennis
Simmons Lumber Co. lands, on the
east by the lands of J. D. Hardison,
on the south by the lands of W. C.
Stevenson and Joe Styron, and on the
west by the lands of M. T. Gardner,
and being the same land conveyed to
First National Trust Co., trustee, by
A. E. Lilley and wife, Carrie V. Lilley,
as is described in that certain deed of
trust dated May 22nd, 1925, and re
corded in book ?f2, page 77 and 78
in the office of the register of deeds of
Martin County.
This tract of land is being sold free
of incumbrance- for cash or on terms
satisfactory to the trustee.
This 25th day of May, 1931.
E. O. BURROUGHS,
my 29 4tw ' Trustee.
NOTICE OP RESALE
Under and by virtue of a decree of
I res alt of the superior court of Martin
County in an action pending therein
j entitled "Eliza Ruff et al vs. F. L.
F. STANLEY 7 "
WHITAKER, M. D.
Dr. Warren's Former Office
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
General Practice Physio Therapy
Office Hours: 9-11 A. M.; 2-5 and
7-9 P. M. Phone 102
r Gladstone et al," the undersigned cotn
• missioners will, on Monday, June Bth,
! 1931, at noon, in front of the court
, house door of Martin County, offer for
, resale to the highest bidder, for cash,
• the following described land:
« Commonly known as the "Glasgow
1 land," consisting of two tracts of 47
3*4 acres, and being the same land men
!■ itioned in a deed from W. S. Cherry to
1 Eliza Cherry, of record in book E-2,
| page 48 of the Martin County Public
' Registry, and being the same two
1 tracts described in a map of record in
book MMM, at page 51, of the Martin
County Public Registry, which said
' map is hereby referred to, and made a
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: an accurate description of said land,
containing 122 acres, more or less.
Bidder will be required to deposit
' 20 per cent -of bid.
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B. A. CRITCHER,
WHEELER MARTIN. ,
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