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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday sad Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA W. C. Manning Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year 1150 Six months ? - *75 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One ymr - S2.00 Six months 1 00 No Subscription Received for Less Than 6 Month Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request -Entered-ai the post 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 individual members of the firm. Friday, March 1, 1935 Tax Stock Dividends In case the government lawmakers, both in the na tion and the state, fail to find the money for tax pur poses. why not tax some of these stock dividends? There are a few thousand of the big companies and corporations that have issued'stock dividends through excessive profits, and this stock is now worth many billions of dollars. The profits were made by merci less business methods, which drained the profits from millions of people, piling it into their-own coffers. It was said of the old American Tobacco Company that from the date of its organization to the day of its liquidation by order of the I nked States Supreme court some 15 or 20 years ago, that $1 original! in vested in that concern had grown to be worth $1,500. If such excessive profits could be taken for taxes, thus weakening these powerful companies so that they would not have the power to manipulate legislation, scare some of the courts, and dominate the business of the land, we would have a far safer country to live in, because Communism and Bolshevism qever corojs to a country that gives all men fair play.' Let those fellows who have..gotten loo much un der the laws of our land bow to laws that will put hint on an equal basis with his fellowrrian. Study the Cause The I'nited States automobile tragedies last year amounted to 36.000 people killed and 882,000 injured. About one-third of the accidents were unavoidable, according to the Travelers Insurance Company, of Hartford. Conn., while the other two thirds were re garded as the result of errors in driving. About 44 |>er cent of the deaths were pedestrians, many of them carelessly walking along or across high ways and streets. So many deaths and so many cripples are caused by the automobile that we must study the cause and cure as much of the trouble as possible. Since the Travelers Insurance Company gives such a complete history of accidents on the highways, this newspaper expects to publish very soon their com plete report, issued recently to the public. This re port we regard as the most accurate to be had, and is one which we need to study so that we may make the highways safer. Not Good Democrats We had much rather tee Huey Long fiRht his nat ural political antagonists, tire Kepulihcans, rather than to be snapping at his fellow Democrats all the time. It will be a (treat calamity to democracy if Huey gets it in his head to try to split the Democratic party in the next national campaign. Somebody ought to tell Huey Long. Carter Glass, Josiah Bailey, and a few others that they are not really good Democrats Nearly Always Wrong The fellow who is always quarreling and Saying his state has the highest taxes and the least benefits is nearly always lying. Just follow him up and see. Please, Mr. Rich Man IS'ews and Observer. That there is a fallacious belief abroad in the State to the effect that the presence of rich men and rich Corporation* necessarily fosters and maintains the wealth of a community was made evident last week in the hearings before the joint finance Committee of the legislature. All wealth comes from labor, and so far as rich men exercise a superintendent, directing or managrial function, they may assist in the creation of wealth. Buch rich men who are merely the gath erers and not the creators of wealth are not contribu tors to the state's well-being, and even if they depart, as some of them threaten to do if their taxes are raised, no permanent harm would ensue to the state, for which another name is "commonwealth." A reali zation of this fact would prevent rich individuals from shedding crocodile tears when they are asked to shoul der the same taxation burdens that must be assumed by the farmer or workingman when he pays the sales and other taxes that states, counties, and towns im pose. North Carolina makes a poor spectacle of it self when it runs after rich men begging them place not to pout any more and please not to go to Florida or Virginia. No Comeback Thgre Mr. Hoover's gold statement is condemned by prat tically all Americans with the possible exception of a few fat women who want to reduce and are willing to starve to death. A thing they came very near do ing under Mr. Hoover's old gold standard. All the rest of us folks are dead set against you, Mr. Hoover, and your g?W Mandard. and your fine friends, Mr. Mellon, Mr Morgan, and Mr. Mills. So Mr. Hoover you just cannot come back. You are lost, a way back behind the same corner around which you kept prosperity so long Outlawing the Slot Machine Our legislature has done one very commendable thing in outlawing the slot machine, one of the most destructive gambling influences existing today, getting so much and giving so little. There are many other gambling scheme, such as ball game chances, dice games, and others, which need to 1* prohibited by more stringent laws, yet many people apparently think gambling is a fine thing. Leads To Trouble That wife and'tiusbarid trading game in California recently seems to be leading to trouble, just as might have been expected. Such immoral sinful things gen erally lead to trouble and often to death. The subject, and the state of marriage is too sacred to take lightly. Deserves No Quarter The highwayman has never carried a weapon more dangerous to public safety than the policitian carries who has the liquor vote in his pocket. It is a deadly enemy to the best type of government. Alcohol is a demon that does more' harm good. It wounds far more hearts than it ever heals. It deserves no quarters in the realm of any kind of society. Cheating the Children The W ashington, D. Sen's. An example of the misinformation being given Slate legislators concerning the child labor amendment is the statement of Arthur F. Mullen to the Nebraska lower house. 1 think I know something about "how the Roose y^t administration stands on things," said Mr. Mul len And i say this is not an administration m'eas The fuel K. that the President and administration are fighting for ratification. For instance: In the child labor field the obvious method of maintaining the present gains is through ratification of the child labor amendment achieved."?President Roosevelt. "The move for ratification of the child labor amend ment must go on."?Secretary of Labor I'erkins. "I favor the amendment without reservation, and strongly urge its ratification "?Secretary of Interior Ickes. "I strongly favor the proposed child labor amend ment now being submitted to the states."?Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. "The child labor amendment to the constitution of the LTnited States should receive the supjiort of all liberal minded persons interested in social and eco nomic progress."?Attorney General Cummings. "It is almost incredible to me that there should be any doubt concerning the ratification of the child la bor amendment."?Postmaster General Farley. The Trucks and the Railroad By Louis Craves, in Chapel Hill Weekly. One day this week I met on the street a friend of "? y Ixylnml whimi I Wi nni ?<wn f.ir [nanv years. "What are you doing now?" I asked him. "Nothing," was his reply. "Up to a few months ago I had a job on a switch engine in the Seaboard yards over in Durham. There were three or four en gines in the yard then, but there's not but one run ning now. The trucks have taken the business. They're hauling everything?tobacco cotton, every thing." He paused and shook his head. "You know, it don't look right to me, somehow?all these heavy trucks using, the way they do, the roads we're all pay ~ iug taxes to keep up." __ I agree with him; it's not right. Of course, with all the changes brought about by modern machinery, some individuals have been bound to suffer; but here is an injustice that never should have been inflicted upon railroad men like this friend of mine. The high ways were not built for the transportation of the vast volume of freight that now passes over them. The public has waked up to this now?waked up to it after automobile trucking has become a powerful vested interest, which, with the service of able law yers and lobbyists, resists vigorously all efforts to con trol it and prevent its expansion. Monster trucks by the thousands hog the highways outrageously. The increase in their number day by day suggests the fecundity of rabbits or guinea-pigs, and the drivers of passenger cars are constantly crowded and endangered by them. They have be come a veritable plague. True, some extra charges are imposed upon them; but, in my opinion, these charges are not nearly heavy enough. Not only do the weight and bulk of the trucks, and the high speed at which they are frequent ly driven, make them dangerous, but they do tremen dous damage to the road surfaces; far more damage, I believe, than they pay for. If I were Cxar I would put into effect some measure which would compel them either to quit operating or to build and main tain their own roads as the railroad companies have to do. LEGAL NOTICES RAGS WANTED: WILL PAY J cents for good clean rags. Must be white. Strings or dirty rags will not be accepted. Rags will be inspected before bought. The Enterprise. NOTICE OF SALE Lender and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of rust executed to the undersigned trus ee by J. T. Bennett and wife, Gertie Bennett, dated 20th day of February, 1126, of record in book Q-2, page 533. Martin County Registry, to secure a certain note of even date therewith, nd the stipulations not having been complied with, and at the request of the holder of said bond, the under signed tru??tce will, on the 16th day of February, 1935, at 12 o'clock, noon, in front of the courthouse door of Mar tine County offer for sale to the high st bidder, for cash, the following de scribed land: Being all of lot No. 2 in the late J. A. Behneff land divisionn, lecurded n the public registry of Martin Coun ty, being the same lot allotted to J. T. Bennett in said division, and contain ng eighty-seven and one-tenth acres, be the same more or less. This 15th day of January, 1935. CLAYTON MOORE. 18 4tw Trustee. B. A. Critcher, attorney. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION For the Sale of the Complete Dis tribution System to the Virginia 1 Electraic and Power Company and of a New Registration for Said Elec i tion. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Parmele has this day called and or dered to be held a special election in the Town of Parmele on the 5th day |of March, 1935, for the purpose of as certaining the will of the qualified vot ers within the Town of Parmele as to whether or not they shall ratify an agreement entered into between the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Parmele and the Virginia Electric and Power Company, whereby the said Power Company acquires the com plete electric distribution system of the Town of Parmele. At said election those favoring such ale shall vote a ballot, on which shall be printed the words, "For the Sale to he Virginia Electric and Power Com pany," and those opposed to the sale shall vote a ballot on which shall be printed the words, "Against the Sale o the Virginia Electric and Power Company." If a majority of the qual ified voters of the Town of Parmele shall vote in favor of such sale, then he agreement heretofore executed, as aforesaid, shall immediately become operative and in force. The agree the following registrar has this day een appointed by the Board of Alder nen of the Town of Parmele for the egistration of voters and for conduct ing and holding said election in said town: Ruby James. Further notice is hereby given that said election will be held between the hour of sunrise" and suuset wi the 5fh CREOMULSiQN mm \ LEGAL NOTICES maat referred to is deposited with the Clerk of the Town of Parmele. Further notice is hereby given that the Board of Aldermen <of the Town of Pannele has this day ordered a new registration of the voters resid ing within said town and has desig nated the entire town of Parmele as the voting precinct, and the registra tion books will be kept open by the registrar, hereinafter named, in said precinct for the registration of all elec ors residing within said town and en itled to registration, between the hours of nine o'clock a. m., and sun. set of each day for the period com mencing with the 26th day of Janu ry, 1935, and ending with the 16th day of February, 1935. Provided, that on each< and every Saturday embraced within the above described period of time, said registrar will attend, with his books, at the polling place here nafter designated, for the registration of voters. ^Kurtherjiotioe^^iereb^giver^lhat^ LEGAL NOTICES day of March, 1V35. as heretofore setj 'Ut at the following place in said town ? post office. Jjhjyhe^7t^JUjr^yanjgrjrJ935^1 LEGAL NOTICES By order of the Board of Aide rax* of the Town of Parmele. G. C. JAMES, 18 7tw Town Clerk. Wanted to Buy Logs Delivered to our mill. In Cypress, Soft Maple, Sycamore, Poplar, Sweet Gum, Beech. Size of logs must be 16 inches and up. Cypress must be original growth and free from shake. Our mill is located on Highway No. 64, 4 miles west of Creswell. We pay cash on delivery. HALSEY HARDWOOD COMPANY Or See W. H. Boiling, Manager, WillUord's Tavern Plymouth, N. C. How Do You Know? How do you know that your land needs a basic fertilizer?or a neutral fertilizer? Perhaps you need neither. How do you know what analysis your land needs for best crop results? When you need a suit of clothes, do you buy any size the clerk offers you? You do NOT?you pick a suit that fits, in ma terials you like. Dependable Fertilizers Fit Your Crops EASTERN customers do "hot have to guess?they may KNOW what their soil needs. A signed order for even a part of your requirements en titles you to have your soil tested by an expert chemist under methods ap proved by the State Qollege. BUY EASTERN AND BE SURE Consult Your Local Agent 'BOB' EVERETT WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Eastern Cotton Oil Company ?? NORFOLK, VA. Fish Meal Cottonseed Meal and Hulls LIou. Can / ?Qt Ojep&njcL On. Hgyster ? QuaJLLtii BECAUSE into every bag of Royster's goes an ingredient that money can't buy?the integrity of a company that has spent a lifetime doing one thing?making fertilizers { a company that has spent thousands and thousands of dollars in research work to determine the best possible method of plant feeding. You get the nf ?I1 ?ti{? Unpur Field Tested Fertilizers. C. W? guar antee not less than ONE PER CENT WATER SOLUBLE MAG NESIUM. And, of course, all Royster Tobacco Fertilizers are non-acid-forming. C. Trust your tobacco to Royster Fertilizers, realizing that they are the best that it is humanly possible to pro duce. See your Royster agent and let him know how many tons you will need. 'Ttgyster 9 r
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