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PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE rrtlM i il Every Tneeday and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WIIXIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. Manning r ■*»«« SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY Om fmr lis month* - 7S OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY Oaa yaar _ lyiithi ■ ' 1.00 No Subscription Received for Lew Than 6 Month* Advertising Rate Card Furniahed Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, 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, December 20, 1932 Christmas Opportunities There seems to be more Christmas opportunities throughout the whole country this yed| than ever be fore. This time the need is not so much for tin gee gaws, confections, and other articles of Christmas cheer as it is for shoes, clothing, meat and bread. Another thing that it is very important to watch out for, under this strain of too little food and insuf ficient clothing, is general health conditions, paying especial attention to contagious diseases, which prey more severely on the undersnourished and under clothed than when they are in their normal conditioff. The Governor Is To Be Commended Governor O. Max Gardner should be commended for coming down on a level with the common people and adivisiug them to live-at-home during his admin istration. However, the very same advice has been given in speeches, and columns have been written on the sub ject for ages. No good farmer has neglected to fol low this course for many years. It is true that more people are now trying to produce their own necessi ties of life than there were two decades ago—some from advice, of course, but the great majority of the farmers who have switched to the live-at-home pro gram have done so for the same reason that a whipped army retreats —they have just had to change their methods.— I*~~—— 1 *~~ ——r — ; ~~ ~ W'e would not take any of the glory from Governor Gardner for his aid in bringing this condition about, but it is fair to say that it was regarded as a wise policy half a century ago The governor should be heartily commended for bringing this policy before the public during his administration, of course. * / __ Cutting Appropriations The ne«s is trickling out here and there, mostly from Raleigh, that there is going to be some deep cut ing in the for many of the State insti tutions by the coming session of the legislature, which we agree should be done. However, we do not approve of going about this matter in a knock-down and drag-out method, with out giving due consideration for service rendered. It would be the greatest mistake imaginable for the legislature to keep a single North Carolina child from school one day. There will probably have to be a re adjustment of our school system, but it certainly must not be destroyed. We have also heard that our State department of agriculture has been marked as a target to be shot at. Such a course, we believe, would be a great mistake. Agriculture is the only hope of our State. The cities and factory districts are going to be forced to the farms for corn—and we don't mean liquid, either— just like the Jews were forced to go down to Egypt to get food in the days of old. So, if our State wants to do a real service, let it put forth every effort to help agriculture in every way possible, so that all the peo ple will have a chance to procure food when hard times come. We know the department of agriculture is de signed especially to help the poor and the less-in formed people of the State, for whom it acts some what as guardian, adviser, and helper. We, of course, have the department of conserva tion and development, which has many good pur poses, but which, we are bound to admit, in a large way is primarily operated to promote the pleasure of people rather than their actual needs. It tries to raise birds, protect rabbits, and have plenty of game for sportsmen to shoot—to which we have no objection. But if cut appropriations we must, let the schools and the department of agriculture be the last things on the list. —r- —— ——-—■ — ■- —■ — Say What You Mean r Raleigh Kcuu and Observer •—■ • "Damn isn't profanity. When I say some high binder is a 'damned liar,' that means he is a consum mate liar," says Governor "Alfalfa Bill" Murray. Then why not use the word "consummate"? It is al ways better to say what one means. Webster does not give "consummate" as the wi "g of "damn." He says it means ."to curse," and "to doom to eternal punishment." The Supreme Court of held that "damn" is not swearing, but Murray alone That Word "Budget" Governor-Elect John C. B. Ehringhaus said, at the newspaper dinner in Raleigh last week, that be liked everything he saw and heard except one word, of six letters, "B-U-D-G-E-T." We like that sentiment, because if there is any ugly, horrid, nasty word in the English language, it cer tainly is "budget." To begin with, it is so often faWe —it is nothing more than a guess, and is too often wrong. It is generally used by a nation, a state, county, city, town, or an individual to explain how much they are going to spend and where they are going to get the wherewithal to spend. And so far as we know, no nation, no state, few counties, cities, towns, or individuals have guessed right. The word has been used by braying jackass poli ticians so often that it has tended to make it even more distasteful than if it had been used only by ladies and gentle. We are glad that our new Governor doesn't like the word, "Budget." Politics and State Banking Has politics invaded the realm of our State bank ing system? In a recent daily newspaper, we'find an article orig inating from Bank Boss Hood, from which may be deduced the opinion that there is one very strong bank in North Carolina, of which he boasts and mentions five times in his less than half-a-column article. Perhaps all he says about that particular bank is true, yet it really seems that in his apparently extreme desire to boast of his ideal bank, that he has been prejdiced against all other banks in the regions in which this ideal bank operates. In fact, he so strong ly emphasises the merits of this particular bank that it would seem to suggest the demerits fo all other banks in the surrounding country, even to the point where, if people really believed what he says about it, that they will shift their deposits to the bank that he so warmly praises. As we see it, Mr. Hood, the commissioner of banks for the whole State of North Carolina, goes entirely too far in showing the fine points of one particular institution, when there are others certainly just as sound. It smacks entirely too much of political in fluence. Communisim and Capitalism ' Is America in danger of Communism? We hardly think so. Vet there are those who are spreading the news that the country is quaking on a volcano of Communism, which we think is foolish and untrue. The thing that is gnawing at the vitals of America today, and crushing our liberties, is Capitalism, which is responsible in a large measure for the idleness and misery of 10,000,000 honest hard-working men, who 'arr as loyat to humanity; government, and Christian 7 " ity as can be found among men. Capitalism is now, and always has been, the cause of Communism, wherever found, and Communists are found in every part of the world in proportion to the unfair forces used by Capitalism. Nations of pure democracy do not breed Communism. It will be a mistake for our Congress or any of our state lgeislatures to attempt to pass laws to suppress free thinking and to attempt to regulate the politics or religion of any people. We have plenty of criminal laws to protect the per son and property of man, and it is right and proper that we should regulate the acts of man, but we will be going too far when we try to govern the thinking of man. Somebody is spending money in North Carolina to try to induce the next General Assembly of this State to pass some very drastic laws to abridge the rights of the individual, if he is poor and dependent, to bar gain his only commodity, labor, jointly with his like unfortunate neighbor. The practice of Capital is to regulate the price of all it buys and all it sells by organization. For that reason, it wants laws to prohibit group bargaining by organized labor in offering its brawn and the sweat of its brow in exchange for food and shelter to care for its offspring. The next legislature is going to be met by some body with a request to pass drastic laws to hamper the freedom of man to protect himself, and at the same time to give to wealth greater security. Urge Cotton Christmas Gifts Smith/ield Herald. Henry W. Grady, the South's silver-tongued orator ♦ of Civil War days, said: "Cotton is gold the instant it puts forth its tiny shoot. The shower that whispers to it is heard throughout the world. The trespass of a worrm on it£ green leaf means more to England than .the advance of Russians on her Asiatic outposts." Times have changed, and after 60 years so little of the value of gold seeps down into the pockets of the cotton grower that our pest World War orators are urging a "Cotton Christmas," as one means of helping to restore prosperity to the South. Gover nor O. Max Gardner givas bis hearty approval to the idea, stating that any movement looking to the in creased consumption of cotton is deserving of our hearty support. U. B. Blalock, president of the Amer ican Cooperative Association, points out that cotton becomes more valuable ss consumption increases; and the more valuable Cotton becomes the more we in crease the purchasing power of the people of the South. If all Christmas shoppers during the comnig week will buy cotton gifts, seme good will be accomplished, but it is our opinion that it is going to take more than - a visit from Santa Claus to put cotton back on the throne in the South. THE ENTERPRISE Club Members To Plant 1,000 Black Walnut Trees ♦ Boys and girls enrolled in the 4-H clubs of Lincoln County will plant an j additional 1,000 black walnut trees this j season to supplement the 2,400 plant- i ed last season. NOTICE Having this day qualified as exe cutors of the last will and testament of George E. Peel, late of Martin | County, notice is hereby given to all per4ons holding claims against the deceased to present them to us for payment on or before the sth day of December, 1933, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of the recovery of same. All persons indebted to the said es- j tate will please come forward and make prompt payment. This December sth, 1932. HERBERT D. WILLIAMS I CHARLES M. PEEL, d 6 6t Executors of Geo. E. Peel. NOTICE OP SALE Notice is hereby given that under! and by virtue of that certain deed of i trust executed by S. P. Moore to the undersigned trustee, bearing date of April 26, 1926, and recorded in the public • registry of Martin County in book X-2, at page 372, the same hav ing been given to secure the payment of a certain note of even date and tenor, default having been made in the j payment of said note, and the terms and stipulations not having been com- 1 plied with, the undersigned TrOstee : will on Wednesday, December 28th, 1932, at twelve (12) o'clock noon, at the courthouse door of Martin Coun-! ty, Williamston, N. C., offer for sale, 1 at public auction, to the highest bid der for cash, the following described real-estate, to-wit: "Being that certain lot of land deed ed to S. by Nelson Johnson and wife, Mary Johnson, by deed of record in book SSS at page 292 of the Martin County Public Registry, com- ! mencing at Joseph Lawrence's corner in the Everetts and Hamilton Public ; Road; thence West along Joseph Lawrence's line 70 yards to a stake; | thence in a Northerly course 70 yards j to said public road; thence southerly along said road 70 yards to the be- j ginning." This 25th day of November, 1932. j NELSON JOHNSON, n-29 4t Trustee. j Hugh G. Hor ton, Attorney. 1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Administratrix j of the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Ward, deceased, late of Martin County, North j Carolina, this is to notify all persons 1 having claims against the Estate of j said deceased to exhibit them to the 1 undersigned at her home at Bethel, j North Carolina, on or before the 10th | day of December, 1933, or this notice j will be pleaded in bar of their re- | covery. j All persons indebted to said Estate j will please make immediate payment. , This the 10th day of December, 1932. | MRS. TRULAH JONES, ] Administratrix of d-13 6t Mrs. Mary E. Ward. ' I^jgl^G^iortoiKAttorney^^^^^^^ YES! SOFT WHITE HANDS a*.« j GIFT OF AN ELECTRIC WATER HEATER! j yES««»oft wkite kands CAN b« a Gallllil sift if you jive L.,, VK/-X- I No* only does kot water by wire contribute to ker indMdual keeltk and beauty, but it lijktens those beauty consuming deaninj tasks that cold water makes two to twenty times kasder. An automatic Electric Water Heeler is a ftft for ike kerne every member of tke family will montk after montk, and year after year. * Yet/ tke coat it swfwi singly low »» and tke terms as htdc as $lO. downl Come in now and learn all tke facto. We, or your dealer, will be jiad to teM yog ALL about Kot water by wire! NOTICE OP BALB OP MEAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed on the 30th day of June, 1927, by W. H. Carstarphen to the undersigned trustee and of record in the public registry of Martin County, in book Y-2, at page 296, said deed j of trust having been given for the pur -1 pose of securing a note of even date ; and tenor therewith, default having been made in the payment of same and at the request of the holder of same, the undersigned trustee will, on Wednesday, January 11, 1933, at 12 o'clock m., in front of the courthouse door in Williamston, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described real es | £mi SHOPPERS! f SM Come to our store {or jS ; thc moßt üße^ul an * W practical gift*-* JK fir Tricyeles mm W Pocket Knives J3Z Ve " S GUnS OT BOth Y ° Ung M | fiw Christmas Tree Jy | jfiw w We also have hun- JX a dreds of other gifts in j® J gL store. Give some- 0k f w thing of lasting value— a j mg Priced very reasonably. J? 2 | Culpepper Hardware Co. | tate, to wit: A house and lot in the Town of WiOiaaMton, North Carolina, on the 4 north aide of Smithwick Street and beginning at a stob on Smithwick Street, running thence icrenty-ooe feet and six inches to a «tob, C. D. Carstarphen'* line, thence a line at right angles with the last-named line and along the line of C. D. Carstar phen to. the line of Martin Livestock Company, thence along the line of Martin Live Stock Company towards 1 Main Street seventy-one feet six ' inches to a stake, thence a line at right angles with the last-named line and along the line of C. D. Carstarphen to a stake on Smithwick Street, the beginning, and being the same prem ises this day deeded to the said W. H. Carstarphen by Wheeler Martin, Trustee. Tuesday, December 20,1932 This the 9th day of December, 1932 WHEELER MARTIN, 113 4tw Trustee. Elbert S. Peel, Attorney at Law. Watertb*n'« fjjS j Atmiilfal.w iff I fal accessory lor MMi [ inuiri U, jjjj • PEELE'S JEWELRY STORE (Fntt of CHr Hall) OFKN BVENINOS i 11-W L-H 1-H-i M £ MARGOLIS ffl g BROTHERS ffl you will find M £ HUNDREDS OF % | Practical \ IGIFTS4 Kjf For Every Member Jg of the Family *3 mf Belts and Belt & Buckles Shoes and Socks Wn All packed in Christmas jft Mg packages. Any on* of l| SjT which would make an idaal jKN Silk Robes, Lumber m Sf Jackets, Pajamas, J3 » and Hats, Suits & and Overcoats 4 Eff For the KIDDIES: JJj h Indian Suits, Cow- J Wg Boy Suits, and Lota Sr of Other Praetieml j| 8* Gifts Every KM i| m Would Enjoy J v Ties, Gloves and a K Pajamas *g ft Two of the moat affrs. W W ciatad gifts that can to Jgj M Your last-minute IS 5L shopping can be 9r done profitably if j| Ktf you'll permit ua to A & help yon select hia *8 or her gift. M \ Margolis S | Brothers | *
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