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PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE c » Published Every Tui day and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. Manning . Editor - " = SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year • I '® Six monthi * /a OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year Six month* . u "J™ No Subacription Received for Less Than 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in \\ illiamston, 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. Tuesday, June 16, 1931 A Tremendous Task y —— We are soon to lhave a new n>ftcl system in our State. ' -i ■ *Hr • Only a few years have passed siuve all the roads in our State were worked by each able bodied male |>er son between the ages of 18 and 45 years. „ 1 hey were required to work the roads not to exceed six days in the year. The roads were then under the township system. The justices of the peaie in each township divided the roads into sections, and appointed an over seer for each section, assigning him all hands resid ing in his road section. The overseer was supreme boss of his group, handling the engineering, the con struction and maintenance. This system had its faults and was not perfect by any means, vet it had some redeeming features, oite of which was more work than We have had under any system since devised. A large majority of all the roads'in this Slate were cut out and built up to the required standard of that day by the men of the respective communities. Th;s """ system was abolished beforj*' the |>erioU. w „ol getting stuck struck the county There was never a time in winter or summer that one was unable to haul the products of the farm- with steers and mules, the traf lie power of that time. High waters were a menace • at times but tVrif often did they interrupt traffic. Fallowing this pei.i.od the |K'ople Iteeome tired of working and wanted to tax themselves. They hired a boss and bought him a number of mules, tractors and big plows. The)' gave "him authority to blow up trees and stumps, tear down fences, draw checks and v ride in automobiles. About this time the cash was gone, the rmls not built, and then we decided to sell btuids and mortgage the homes and farms we had in herited. This "system rrfrnarl work had some linO (ioints and many bad ones. The bonds are still stal ing us in the face, and when a man is driving with a muddy road ahead and a heavy bond issue pushing him from l»ehind, he is usually unhappy. Then came capital alid county seat hard surfaee system tie up, and it proved so pleasing that we all began to long for hard surfaced hog |«ths and cow trails. In the midst of our growling against the taxes, the suggestion came that all the roads might b.' run with gas tax, and our last legislature gratified our longings..by: putting every -mile of public road in the ; State under one system, and the roads are now to be maintained and pi id for by the State. We have lived through all former systems and came through with no burdens on us except our bonds. Now comes the tug of war, and it remains to be seen if the State can really run the roads through a Ra leigh board without being eaten up and bankrupted. Theory gives a glowing answer to the vital question, but some times theory has to IM* thrown- to the four winds and sense substituted to save the .-Jiip. It is going to be a huge task to keep evefy plank placed on the thousands of bridges across the little streams in our State, and the chances for graft will be much greater than they have been because the bosses will be further from the scene. Of course if the State commission has the good fortune,to get a good c >mbi nation of ability, industry and honesty in every one of its employees, it will succeed. This combination cannot be ho|)ed for in most cases and for that reason there is still great doubt as to whether our State will be able to touch many of its roads for a long |>eriod with its revenue received from constantly diminish ing gas sales. t, . So far, no one knows just what method the State will adopt in handling the roads, but we ho|>e that all will get fair service. However, we are not en thusiastice in the matter and still fear we will not be able to make good roads and make fiiiancies balance, and that we will have to do w|th poorer roads or raise more money. Colonel House To The Front ' ' " ' - T-i Colonel Edward M. House has come to the front again. He is giving a little political advice to the pMptt of the country. As we now remember the Colonel's stock went down wfcra he claimed all of the honor for Woodrow Wil •Oß'S success. One of the most unpardonable fea tures of the Colonel's acta was when he waited until President Wilson died before he registered his claim. We Awerirsnt have never come to the point where will stand for a man to curse another in his ab ■race nor permit one to rob the dead of his honors. WmktA*. PUBLISHED KVHIV Kates Go Up—Tonnage Goes Down Railroads say the}- will have to ask for a raise in freight rates, which would seem on the surface to be nothing more or less than a process of quicker sui -1 cide. For the minute rates go up, tonnage goes down. With the business sagacity that railroads are sup posed to possess, it would seem that they could de vise some method whereby they could live. They have many problems to face and consider, however, and nalurally their task is a difficult one. First of all the live-at-home program is very ,much againj&r them. When the farmer produces his own corn he cuts the railroad out of a long haul from tne middle west. When the farmer learns *-to rotate his crops and produce his own nitrogen, he cuts the fer tilizer haul, it is easy to see that when our folks live and farm as they should and as they are going to be forced to do in coming years, railroad traffic will fall instead of rise. Another reason the railroads may ex[>ect to lose | freight tonnage is the rapid improvement in mot of equipment, the use of which has already dug deep } into their business. . ' .v. • ( There could !>e no greater loss not only to the stock- I holders, but also to the country, than for the railroad property of this county to become obsolete and worth i less. To discard the railroads would mean the utter ; financial destruction of hundreds of thousands of in vestors and the loss of jobs for countless thousands. The railroad will perform a great service to the country by such a change in their business methods as will enable them to morfr than meet truck compe tition and run it off the highways. The trucks can not be denied the use of the roads, but it is extrava gance lo have billions of dollars invested in two car riet systems when one •coulcf handle the business. Every time a truck is bought in competition with the railroads, it lowers the value of the rail and the mo tor vehicle is often ojierated at very little profit, pos sibly leaving the owner unable to replace it when worn out. • *'' • The railroads can never come back by charging high rates for their services; they must give both a cheaper and a better service. While they are seek ing ti(> 4jJvice, the railroads must admit that they are servants and can live only by and through service, j J'erha|>s they could live better than they now are if j they would cut their trains up into single cars,' mo torize them and put on hourly schedules and then ! decrease their rates by 50 per cent. The greatest expense load the railroads have to ,j carry is interest on their roads, apd for that reason they can't save tlicmsjelves by cutting off trains, dis charging workmen and abolishing agencies. They must use their roads or they die. A Ray of Hope Tob.iKo farmers may find some comfort in the fact that vvhily our tobacco exports have decreased H per cent-this year under the same |ieriod List year, I it has increased 12 |HT cent over 1929. The tlwe cured ty|>es- however, increased 2 1-2 per tent and amounted to 124,000,000 pounds this year. \nother ho|ieful sign was shown in the price of scrap tobaico, which sold for (> cents, against 4 cents last year. While there is no prospect of good prices, •or-even fair prices, good grades of tobacco are going to bring the farmer much more money than |>oor grades, and the cost is the same. Good farmers may have common tobacco; poor farmers will have it. Good attention in cultivating, curing, and handling will mean several million dollars more than |>oor han dling. The House of Rules Prospects grow brighter for liberalization"of the rules of the House of Representatives. Representa tive Berlrand H. Snell, chairman of the Rules Com mittee, pronijses changes necessary to make this branch of Congress res|»onsive to , public sentiment. Desire to capture |>rogressive votes in the S|x'akership contest may influence Mr. Snell. Whatever his motive, he has aided the movement to make the House representative in fact as well as in name. Other candidates would do well to follow. I'he progressives should insist u|*)n rules reform as a condition of su|>|>ort of the various candidates for the Speakership. It will take a shift of only two votes to decide who shall be presiding officer and whether the Democrats or Republicans will control flie House. If the sponsors of rules reform make the most of their stratetgic position they can win—as Shells statement suggests. of jhe rules is more important than the question of who shall bang the gavel or ap()oint com mittee chairmen. 'The House is not now, and never has been, a flexible mechanism,for translating public opinion into law, or for meeting ,modern needs. Twenty leaders of the |>arty in power dominate its deliberations like a dictatorship. They decide what measures shall be reported out of committee, what measures shall be taken up on the floor, how much debate shall be per mitted. When a committee brings out an unwanted bill the bosses pigeonhole it. They manipulate men and meas ures like so many wooden soldiers. All protests have been futile. The rules give them power, and they use it. By these means they blocked votes on such im portant measures as apportionment, the Lame Duck'' amendment and the Senate Muscle Sholas bill for many years. They emasculated and weakened many excellent masurs which had been passed by the Sen ate. They refused to permit full debate or needed amendments to the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill. For fear that the administration program might j be upset, these few men imposed gag rule and steam roller tactics upon their 400-odd colleagues. It is the time to get rid of such an unrepresentative system.—New York World TtUyam. THE ENTERPRISE iSAYS FARM CROPS | REALLY IN NEED, OF SQUARE MEAL 1 Southern Leaders Agreed j It Will Pay to Side- Dress This Year I The simple fact that even with cot jton. and corn nothing will take iplace of a (food squall meal for the great need of side-dressing 'throughout the south this year. | Reports from every section show there has been a material drop in the. fertilizer customarily used at plant ing. Unless crops receive a side-dress-j ing of quick-acting nitrogen during the, next few weeks, acre yields are hound to he low. I-ow acre yields mean higher costs per unit; which will make lit difficult for farmers to show a profit at present prices. j Southern agricultural leaders arc j unanimous in the opinion that it will pay to side-dress this year. A sum-. Itnary of their recent statements shows that, in view of the liglit application oij 'fertilizer under the crop as well as the extreme importance of making | high acre yields, cotton and corn should be liberally side-dressed with j I quick acting nitrogen. Assuming a! reasonabl) favorable season, this prar-j tire will pay on cotton and corn, even I at present prices. The most effective time to side-dress cotton and .corn is about 45 days after planting. The fertilizer should be put 'on cot tow after chopping and before ' I squaring, and on corn when the plant are about knee-high. CHANCE OF LIFETIME: RE ' liable rtvan wanted to call on farm-! crs in Martin C ounty. Wonderful op portunity. Make $8 to S2O daily." No experience or capital needed. Y\ rite today. McNess Company, Dept. M., Freeport, Illinois. " It .] -■ " NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL Under and by virtue of the power |of sale contained in a certain de.d ot j trust executed to the undersigned tru-.-, j tee by George K. Bunch and wife. | Rliza Bunch, on the 18th day of Feb- j | ruary, 1929, and of-record in the pub-j lie registry for Martin County in book I Y 2, page 553. said deed of trust hav-1 ing been given for the purpose of se- j ' curing certain' note of even date there j wilh and dcfaukJiaving been. made , iuj the payment of the sii3 tiote and the j stipulations contained in the said dee I j lof trust not having been complied with, and at the request of the holder of the' ">aid note the undersigned trustee will, lull Mi>nda,\. the 13tli day-of July, 1931, ■it 12 o'clock in., in front ot the court-' 'house door in the town of Williaui,- stuli, N. C., olfer (for sale for cash'the! | fullu.wiiig described real estate, to wit: Bounded on the-north by the land jof K. P. Bunch, oil the east by Pine Street, on the south by the old Ilatn ! ilton Road, and on the west by the lands of Kli (iurganus, and l>eiiig part lof lots N'os. Laud 2 in the James. S. i Rhodes Land Division, as shown i>y map of same of record in l.and Di vision book number 1 at page 425. This the 13th day of June. 1931. * ELBERT S. PEEL, : jttt 4tW 1 Trustee. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL Under and by virtue of the power ;uf sale contained in a certain deed of! | trust executed to the undersigned trus-j tee by Joseph If. llolliday and wife, ■ Mary ('. llolliday, on the Bth day of J April, 1929, and of record in the pub lic registry for Martin County in book! Y-2, at page 621, said /le d of trust having been given for the purpose of' securing certain,- notes of even date therewith, and default having been j made in the payment of the said note, and the stipulations contained in the said deed ot trust got having been I complied wllli,' arid at the request of ; the holder of the said note the under signed trustee will, on |\V'ednesdav,' July Bth, 1931, at 12 o'clock in., in I I front of the courthouse door in the i town of Williamston, N. expose to public sale for cash the following de- I scribed property, to wit: Beginning in Horse Pen Branch, a I corner, a gum, and known as corner in | lot No. 1; thence north 53 degrees east | to the main road; S. J. D. Ange's line; j thence down the main road with S. J. D. Ange's line to Oak Thicket Branch; theuce down said branch t > Horse Pen Branch, thence down Horse Pen Branch to the beginning, contain ing 35 acres, more or less. Big Alteration Sale Still Going Strong * We are featuring quality merchan* dise at prices that will appeal to the most economical buyer. Our special prices will enable every .. one to buy their clothing necessities in spite of the scarcity of money. & B. F. PERRY WILLIAMSTON TH CAIK^mA Being the same land bought from 1 W. H. Mizelle and Co. under deed dat -led September 30th, 1915, and recorded in the public registry of Martin Comi ty in Book L-l, page 11. This the Bth day of June, 1931. I JOHN D. BIGGS, ' je9 4t w Trustee. Elbert S. Peel, Attorney. I NOTICE OF SALE OP REAL ESTATE By virtue of "the power of sale con tained in that certain deed of trust ex ecuted l»y Church VV. Hardison to E ,O. Burroughs, trustee, bearing date 'of December 30th, 1927, and recorded 1 in book X-2, £t page 535, in the office jof the Register of Deeds of Martin i County, and default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness , thereby secured, the undersigned trus tee will, on June 25th, 1931, at 12 o'- I 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 of land lying and being in Williams Township, Martin County, North Car olina, containing 142 acres, more or i 311 HOW FRIGIDAIRE'S PORCILAIN INTERIOR WITHSTANDS THIS ACID LEMON TEST □ Ml Even the acid iuice of Union can not rtain the Porc«lain-on-st*«l interior of Frigidairtl Ask the Frigidaire talesman to prove this. Watch him nib half a lemon over the white interior surface and note that the acid leave* no trace of telltale itainl But the advanced Frigidalre provides many other advantages besides the greater utility and beauty of its porcelain finish. It has the Hy drat or, the Cold Con trol, the Owkkwbe Ice Tray, con veniently elevated shelves, a smooth, flat top and many other features that add to the satisfac- IWIVI Ve llrW IV IIIW WlSfsW Hon of owning Frigidalre. FRIGIDAIRE lbs New All WMte Porcslote On Frtjtdalrss Are Sold WHti a B.S. COURTNEY "► WILLIAMSTON, N. C TERMS WILL BE ARRANGED TO SUIT THE PURCHASER less, bounded on the north by Dennis Simmons Lumber Co. lands, on the east by the lands of J. D. Hardiaon, 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. las is described in that certain deed of ; trust dated May 22nd, 1925, and re corded in book X-2, page 7/ and 7X | in the office of the register of deed* of 1 Martin County. h "This tract ot iand is being sold free of incumbrance for or on terms ' satisfactory to the trustee. This 25th day bf May, 1931. E. O. BURROUGHS, my 29 4tw Trustee. THE LAST WEEK TO BUY €LECTRIC RANGES AND €LECTRIC WATER HEATERS AT THE PRESENT SPECIAL TERMS! i —. k. . ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THE DETAILS! Tuesd^y jJ^Jid2lL ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Motile A. Ayers, deceased, late of Martin County. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the es tate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at his office in the Branch Banking and Trust Company building, Williamston, N. C., on or be fore the bth day of May, 1932, or this notice, will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 6th day of May, 1931. C. D. CARSTARPHEN, Administrator of Mrs. Mollie A. Ayers, deceased. . m-12-6t
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