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THE ENTERPRISE
paHUxd Emy Tuaaday and Friday by Tha
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
W. C. Manning * *****
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(Strictly Caah in Advance)
IN MARTIN COUNTY
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Six montba
OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY
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No s'ubacription Received for Laaa Than 6 Monthi
Advertising Rata Card Furniahad Upon Raqoaat
Entered at the post office in Williamston N. C,
K second-class matter under the act of Congreaa
of March 3, 1879.
Address alt communications to The Enterprise
and not to the individual members of the farm.
Friday, October 27, 1933 4
Don't Sell Peanuts Too Soon
The permanent code for the |>eanut industry seems
to be having hard sledding before the NRA Board in
Washington. It is said that there is too much sel
fishness among some of the peanut millers.
Some of them seem to want the privilege of marking
their products below the I nited States standard, which
of course means a demoralized market, because buy
?rs would never know-what they were getting.
Another thing some of the mills are asking is not
to allow any government storage, except in the city
of Suffalk, Va.. which would seriously operate against
the farmer, who would be forced to haul his peanuts
to the V irginia city in order to procure loan collateral,
and when he got ready to sell he would be almost
forced to sell to Suffolk mills, since he would have to
rehaul to the Edenton mills', or any other Carolina
mills to which he might choose to sell. They would
at least force him to lose from the sale value of his
[>eanuts an amount equal to the freight cost for the
return of the peanuts to any local mills.
This is the year to watch the |*anut market close
ly. We have a half crop or les.-> in North Carolina,
and perhaps not so much more in Virginia.
Farmers, you are entitled to the benefits in higher
prices on account of the short crop. Don t sell too
soon. You are entitled to 3 cents or more. Don't
forget that the mill man will buy as cheaply as he
possibly can. v
Win in Williamston
"Win in Williamston" was the subject of an edi
torial in this paper on August 11, 1916, which we con
sider worth a reprint just now, as follows:
Every loyal citizen of the town will adopt for his
or her slogan—M 'in in Williamston.
Without cooperation there can be no permanent
gain in anything for the town, community and county.
What makes for progress here will leaven the whole
and the county will feel the uplift and take its proper
place in the list of the counties of the State.
It should be the earnest endeavor of every man, wo
man and child to make Williamston not only the first
place in*the County as it is now, but to make it second
to none in this section.
There may not be so many inhabitants in it, but
there can be thrift, steadiness of purpose and an en
thusiasm which is the levpr to lift any town out of
the ordinary and into an atmosphere of greater things.
Make this the banner year for the tobacco market;
for mercantile firms, and for advancement in improve
ments in municipal and idividual lines.
Get more into the booster class; talk the town;
emphasize the fact that there can be found the highest
prices for everything produced by the farmer.
Get together and Win in Williamston.
A Good Order
That new order coming to the highway patrol to
make more arrests and do less warning is a good one.
Although there are many time when motorists do vio
late the traffic laws unintentionally, because a light
goes out or something else happens that will measure
up to a reasonable excuse, some other violations should
never be overlooked, such as running by another car
without warning, passing on hills and around corners,
excessive speed in passing parked cars, through heavy
traffic, and the like. And especially the drunken driv
er should never be allowed to go free with a car.
Marriages and Divorces
Camden County people marry more than the peo
ple of any other North Carolina County. Last year
there were 94 marriages for each 1,000 population in
that county, and only one divorce for each 6,000 in
habitants.
On the other extreme is Person County, where there
is only one marriage for each 2,000 inhabitants and
one divorce for each 4,200 people.'
Martin County has 6.6 marriages for each 1,000
people, and 1 divorce for each 8,000 people, according
to statistics gathered by the University News Utter
for the year 1932.
Durham County leads in divorces, where there are
1.29 divorces per 1,000 of pipulation—almost half as
itaaay divorces as marriages.
It is sppareat that the statistics, for comparative
purposes, do not give the true picture, as Camden has
too many marriages in comparison with the other
counties. This is accounted for, of fcourse, by so many
runaway couples from Virginia. Now if the divorce
history of these runaways was of record in Camden,
as the record of their marriages is, it would almost
surely go ahead of Durham, because the ratio of di
vorces is probably higher among runaways than a
mong those married at home.
The great trend towards secret marriages by young
people is to be regretted. It has all the appearance
of looking at arid treating a great institution lightly.
Not Willing To Wait
About the only people who are complaining about
the operation of the NRA work are those fellows who
are not willing to wait a minute. Too many folks
think they ought to wake up in the morning and find
the coffee already boiling, with the sugar already in,
and the ham and eggs frying—which is not the way
in which things should come.
We need to have some obligations and some duties
to perform. And one of the needed points in recov
ery is for us to rededicate ourselves so that we may
become more dependable, in word and in deed, and
reach a position where we shall be as willing to give
service as we are to receive favors.
It is really and truly disgusting to hear some folks
complain at the operation of the NRA, simply because
it forces them to put into practice methods that cut
their profits and help others. r
We need to know that the National Recovery Act
is the method chosen to bring back a prosperity which
means to guarantee the man who works at least food
and clothing and a few opportunities for himself and
his family. i
A Policy of Doubtful Value -
We are not so sure that it is a good policy to spend
so much money on pleasure restorts, which, for the
most part, means business only for the automobile
manufacturers and gasoline refineries and a few others
who provide wild party equipment.
We all know it is the desire of man, and always
has been- -and now is of women —to go to the end of
the world; and no matter how much it costs or wheth
er it elevates or degrades, folks will go anywhere in
quest of pleasure, and do not count the cost in cash
or in character.
Vet thqre seems to be very little trouble in getting
highways to the places of pleasure, whether it gives
any promise of business uplift or otherwise.
Cape Lookout is now asking for three-quarters of
a million dollars to build a road on a pile of sand and
to build a bridge across wide waters. If it is done,
one entertainer will grow rich from the patronage of
the pleasure-seekers, while,, the old "back-woodser,"
will have to haul his produce over the same old roads
—perhaps just a little better dragged than he used to
travel on—in trying to dig out a living.
We are doubtful whether it is right for our govern
ment, either state or national, to make big expendi
tures for ventures where a few will make big profits
and the many do great wasting.
Guest Towels
By C. RUSSELL MOODEY in The Witness
It must be great to be a guest towel. To lie at ease
on a shelf in the linen closet and wait for company
to come. And then in the hours of festivity to be
taken out and hung just so on the rack. So pretty. So
nice. So important, too. The other towels must give
way for company. They are all right at any other
time. But not now! The guests must see the dear lit
tle initials over in the corner. All hand done, too. May
be these prove we actually own the towels and did not
borrow them from a neighbor. Yes, and the linen in
them is exquisite, too—to look at. But just try and
dry your hands with a guest towel. Did you ever see
anything change so fast and look so miserable as one
of these domestic windshield wipers after one trip over
the hands and face? I guess I have considerable of the
jungle in me, for I never see a guest towel but there
comes to me an overwhelming desire to yank it from
its perch, treat it roughly, roll it up into a ball—any
thing to make it feel it has something else to do but
hang around and look pretty. Maybe this why they
give me explicit orders to use the everyday towels.
They know how I feel about these dainty cloths that
grace the racks only when they can make a good im
pression.
We have too many "guest-towel Christians" on our
lists today. Vou never see them unless there is some
thing special going on. Then they put in an appear
ance, and look so nice. So pretty. So important, too.
Take Easter for example—what a day it is for the
"guest-towel Christians" who take their place in the
pew in church while the regulars are shunted into a
back seat. If they only would wear their initials we
might be able to tell from whence they came and to
whom they belong. Even the guest towel does this
favor. Next Sunday they are gone—and why not —
the festivities are over and how can they make a good
impression in an empty church? With the company
gone it is time to get back to normal, and only the
faithful remain to do the Master's work. The greatest
problem Jesus Christ has to meet is these "guest-towel
Christians." They must try His patience beyond
words. If I understand rightly Christianity isn't con
cerned with appearances but with service rendered—
conscientiously and consistently. v Christ probably
would prefer the everyday cloths worn by us to the
guest-towels arranged in all their For His
Kingdom is not in the linen closet but out there where
men and women labor by the sweat of their brow! And
if we must have initials on our towels let these be our
choice— l. H. S. "In His Service."
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THE ENTERPRISE
Gaston Farmers Get
$48,896 in Cotton Pay
Farmers in Gaston County last week
received (48,896 n part payment for
the cotton plowed np this spring.
County Agent Atlman says this is
about half the amount that is due.
CARD OF THANKS
1 want to thank all those who so
kindly ministered to my wife during
her last illness and extended and sur
rounded nie with their sympathy and
love at the time of her passing. I
appreciate these things deeply and
will never forget them.
F. K. HODGES.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under j
and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in that certain deed of trust
executed by W. H. Biggs and wife,'
Lettie Biggs, to Wheeler Martin, trus- ]
tee, and dated the sth day of March,,
1918, and of record in the public reg
istry of Martin County, in book U-l,!
at page 73, and at the request of the'
holder of the notes of indebtedness
thereby secured, default having been
made in the payment threof, I will, on I
the 4th day of November, 1933, at 12
o'clock noon, at the courthouse door
in Martin County offer for sale at!
public auction, for cash, the property I
described in said deed of trust, as fol- j
lows, to wit:
Bounded on the north by Rewfws |
Lloyd, on the east by Joe Huff Heirs,
on the south by Williamston-Wash
ington road, and on the west by the' 1
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
This the 2nd day of October, 1933.
•'WHEELER MARTIN,
013 4tw Trustee.
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
North Carolina, Martin County. |
In the Superior Court.
Lynchburg Clothing Company vs.
Jasper Johnson
By virtue of an execution directed
to the undersigned from the Superior
Court of Martin County in the above
entitled action, I will, on Monday, the
6th day of November, 1933, at 12 o'-
clock noon, at the courthouse door of
said county, sell to the highest bid
derTTor cash, to satisfy said execution,
all the right, title, and interest which {
the said Jasper Johnson, defendant, j
has in the following described real :
estate, to wit:
Situated in Robersonville Town
ship, Martin County, North Carolina,
and on the public road leading from
Kobersonville and Williamston, being
the old road, and bounded as follows,
to wit: On the north by the lands of
J. L .Everett, on the east by the lands
of Z. D. F. White and R. S. Everett,
on the south by the lands of T. L.
House and L. H. Worthington, on the
west by the lands of Arthur Johnson,
containing 140 acres, more or lets,
commonly known as the W. L. John-
I son home place; subject to homestead,
consisting of main dwelling house and
approximately five acres of land ad
joining said dwelling.
This the sth day of October, 1933.
C. B. ROEBUCK,
010 4tw Sheriff.
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
In the Superior Court.
Culpepper Hardware Company, Incor
porated, w* W. E. Everett.
By virtue of an execution directed
to the undersigned from the superior
court of Martin County in the above
entitled action, I will, on Monday, the
20th day of November, 1933, at twelve
(12) o'clock noon, at the courthouse
door of Martin County, Williamston,
North Carolina, sell to the highest bid
der, for cash, to satisfy said execution,
all the right, title, and interest which
the said Warren E. Everett has or had
in the following described real estate,
to wit:
Being the Motley Mill and mill site
containing four (4) acres, more or
less, and being the same premises con
veyed to James A. Everett by W. C.
Manning, trustee, by deed of record
in the public registry of Martin Coun
ty, in book XXXX, at page 222, and
being the same property described in
a deed from W. E. Everett to W. O.
Abbittt dated May 16th, 1933, and
recorded in Book J-3, at page 282.
This the 7th day of October, 1933.
C. B. ROEBUCK,
010 4tw Sheriff of Martin County.
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of the power of sale
contained In that certain dee 4 of trust
executed by W. M. Jones to R. L.
Coburn, trustee, and dated the Bth
day of January, 1930, and of record in
the public registry of Martin County
in book C-3, at page 166, and at the
reque.st of the holder of the note of
indebtedness thereby secured, default
having been made in the payment
thereof, I will, on the 18th day of
November, 1933, at 12 o'clock noon,
at the courthouse door in Martin
County offer for sale at public auc
tion for cash the property described
in said deed of trust, as follows, to
wit:
Bounded on the north by the lands
I Turnage Theatre Washington, N. C. I
Monday and Tueaday October 30-31 Thursday November 2
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with WILL ROGERS and MARIAN NIXON Friday ~ NovembeT3
Wednesday November 1 LEWIS STONE and FAY WRAY
"I LOVED YOU WEDNESDAY Saturday November 4 I
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NOTICE OF SALE
of Joe Nk:holson, on the east by Eli
Ray, on the south by F. C. Bennett,
and on the west by the lands of Syl
vester Coffield's heirs, containing 30
acres, more or less.
This the 16th day of October, 1933.
R. L. COBURN,
017 4tw Trustee.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Martin County.
In Superior Court.
J as. Henry Speight vs. Delia Speight
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su
perior Court of Martin County, North
Carolina, to obtain an absolute divorce
on the grounds of adultery and separ
ation; and the said defendant will fur
ther take notice that she is required to
appear at the clerk's office of the Su
perior court of Martin County in Wil
liamston, North Carolina, within thir
j ty (30) days after the date of service
jof summons, and answer the com
plaint within the time prescribed by
law, which is of record in the -clerk's
office, or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded in
said complaint,
SADIE W. PEEL;
010 4tw Clerk Superior Court,
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an order of the Su
perior Court of Martin County, in that
special proceedings therein pending,
entitled H. Lester Everett, S. J. Ev
erett, Ida Barnhill, et als, vs. Maurice
Everett and Grace Everett and Ed
James, guardian ad litem, the under
signed commissioner, on Wednesday,
the Ist day of November, 1933, at 10
o'clock a. m., in front of the Bank of
Robersonville, in the town of Rob
ersonville, Martin County, as provided
in said order, will expose to public
sale upon the terms below aet out,
the following described lands, to wit:
Situate and being on both sides of
State Highway No. 903 between Burr
Bridge and the Town of Roberson
ville in Martin County, North Caro
lina, and bounded on the north by
the lands of Annie Roberson; on the
east by the lands of Mrs. Lydia Bunt
ing and Annie Roberson and Hugh
Roberson; on the south by the lands
of Hugh Roberson, the heirs at law
of Simon T. Everett, T. L. Roebuck,
Friday, October 27, 1933
and the Sam Roebuck lands; and on
the we*t by the center of the run of
Flat Swamp, and being known as the
Abner Everett farm and home place,
containing 250 acres, more or less.
Terms of sale: Cash, the balance to
be due and payable t>ne, two, three,
and four years from the date of the
delivery of the deed and to be secured
by deed pf trust covering above lands.
This 29th day of September, 1933.
J. C. SMITH,
o3 4tw Commissioner.
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee, dated September 26, 1931, of
record in book E-3, page 243, to se
cure a certain note of even date there
with, and the stipulations in said note
and deed of trust not having been
complied with, and at the request of
the holder of said bond, the under
signed trustee will, on the 30th day
I of October, 1933, at 12 o'clock noon,
in froni of the courthouse door of
Martin County, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described land:
Two lots and house located in town
of Williamston, N. C., adjoining on
front by Hatton Street, on one side
by Mrs. Bettie Gurganus, and on oth
er side by Eason Lilley and on the
back way by a street. Being 100 feet
on front and back and 150 feet deep,
and being Lot No. 3 in the Sycamore
Park Land Division.
This 30th day of September, 1933.
B. A. CRITCHER, „
°3 4tw Trustee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administi*tor
of the estate of C. C. Williams, de
ceased, late of Martin County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
, said deceased to exhibit them to the
i undersigned at his home at R. F. D.
| No. I, Box 49, Oak City, N. C., on
lor before the 4th day of October,
i 1934, or this notice will be pleaded in
I bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make
I immediate settlement.
This the 4th day of October, 1933.
FERDINAND WILLIAMS.
Administrator of C. C. Williams,
deceased. 06 6twpd