The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by tbe ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. aril I iiligmv NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING SUBSCRIPTION RATES i Strictly Cash in Advance > DC MARTIN COUNTY One year J1-75 Sue months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year W25 Six months \ 125 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston. N C, as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 187# Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday. February 18.1938. A Mix-up Somewhere "Little Business." invited to a conference in Washington last week, turned out to be larger than little, indicating there was a mix-up some where. Marked by disorder, the meeting show., what might be the trouble with business in that everyone wanted to talk at once and that every fellow thought every other fellow was out of step There were as many ideas there as tnere were delegates to the business conference?some still tailing it a business conference. After all was said ana done, the meeting smacks of dictator ship from the big boys, the action credited with - ?. little fellows taking officials by surprise. The group recommended a thorough over hauling of tht federal tax structure and the lift ing of the undistributed profits tax In other words that bunch of little business men wants tne government to relieve the big competitors end turn around-and tax the masses with indi rect levies or even a duect levy in the form of . I -*> ' n 1 Ti. rtf.in-.rvenda"?i..n rl..-< rot ring rue with the leanings of the small business mar. he is known in this part of the country The ."little group also recommended the abandonment of federal wage and hour legis .ation. It is a bit difficult to believe that a group 1 east Carolinians would object to a wage in crease for the masses in the mills when they know that increased wages would strengthen the markets for farm products. The "little" group went on record as being against the Wagner Labor Relations Act. an act that certainly holds more promise for the little fellow than it does for the big mdustrialist. After keeping company with the big group the little business crowd struck a cord of its own and- urged the passage of the Patman Bill providing for a graduated tax on chain stores, and rigid enforcement of the Miller-Tvding price fixing act It appears that "little business" wants much the same thing that the big boys want, and more it wants something that big business witl see that it will not get. Surely, "little business" would have made a better impression in Washington had it limited its requests to the right for fair treatment and fair competition practices, and pledged its sup port in a program that offers everyone an equal opportunity m life Who Called Little Business To Washington? Little business inarched on Washington some few days ago. and after the smoke of the ? visit titled. some one asked who invited the lit tle guys there, anyway? The President invit ed them, one guessed. The business men went on their own accord, another guessed, but still , another probably guessed right when he said the capital hotels and the railroads were re sponsible for localizing all that passenger and i lodging business. It is encouraging to hear some one give the railroads credit for doing some thing for themselves other than running to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for money and more money. And speaking about railroads brings to mind conditions right here at home. A common car rier has an assessed property valuation of near ly two million dollars in a small political subdi vision. and yet it offers the traffic a schedule that is hardly an hour ahead of the old covered : wagon train. Washington ? Main Street When the small business man went into the conference of his peers in Washington recent ly, he saw in the chair Ernest G. Draper, assis tant secretary of commerce, presiding He sat. a dignified figure, until bedlam broke loose then stepped aside to listen Tis said of Mr. Draper that he did not pre side with an iron hand, nor show any desire to do so. One news commentator said of him that his expression revealed that he almost wondered if he were hearing himself speak. ?hen some of the sentiments were expressed Mr Draper did assert himself so far as to say. "We must depend upon Government to lay down rules for orderly competition and consid eration for the rights of others. But we must avoid obstacles which impair the service of in dustry to the consumer. We should avoid, al . legislation tliidi tends to upset oar eco nomic balance by giving undue advantage to any particular class or group, unless such legis lation is clearly in the public interest."? just what the old civics book tried to teach us some several years ago. If they said it in so many words, it was not recorded, but the whole cause of the trouble, when sifted down, was found to be just plain selfishness. Time was, when children were taught to share with others and selfishness was far from a virtue. Has that gone out of style with these grown-up boys who are fighting each other? Perhaps we are all guilty, but when we sit down calmly and analyze the whole situa tion. there should be plenty fqr all of us with out grabbing what is rightfully our brother's share. And. this is not a socialistic speech, eith < r Ben Franklin was right when he said, "Hon esty is the best policy." If we practice this, we will probably be able to live and have enough for a decent funeral in the end. FOB SALE?BY THE FEB ml Land Bank, kmc term* and five per cent interest Sixty -six arret.. Malinda Shepard farm, three miles south of JamesvilV, twenty acres open land, lohacru farm Look this farm over and see or write W. G StanciU. Washington. -N C. or T V Palmer. Fayetteviilr. N. C. flS-H-22 25 EXEC I Tit IN SALE In Superior Court. North Carolina. Martin County - Dr. C. W. Bailey rv Mrs. Ncfhe By virtue of an execution d.reefed - to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Martin County in the abov ~th day of March. 1938. at 12 o clock. noor:. at the courthouse door of said ; county in the Town of W.lhamstnn, i sell to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said execution, all the | right, title and interest which the said Mrs Nellie McGee. the defer.-' danl. has in the following described real estate, to-wit: ""Lot No. 1 of the Land division oi F J Roebuck, vs. Nell* Roebuck. C T. Roebuck. Nellie McGee et al as appears by record and map of said division appearing in Land Eh vision Book B. Page 99. Martin County, de scribed as folio* s "Beginning in the run of Coooho Creek at the corner of James G Stat on. and r unmng along his line S 10 deg W !26 chains to the center of the high* ay leading from WiL liamston to Hamilton, thence along the center of said highway 24 li ? chains > to opposite a ditch, at the corner of the orchard, thence V If dec U mm. E U 70 chains Farm Path thence rloau th Farm Path K 13 dec ?. 450 X 17 de? E 30 45 chain*. N. 34 1A de?. E. 10b chains. X ST dec. E. 1 75 chains N. 34 13 dec- E. 5 chain. K 9 dec E 4 5b chains. N 3 dec 30 mm. E. HIS chain*. X 13 dec E 13 45 chain*, and N 5 dec E. 40 chains to the run of Cbooiao Creek thence down the run of said Conoho Creek to the bectnnmc Two Hun dred and Forty-Five acres more or This the 25 day- of C B. ROEBUCK. 14 41 Sheriff of Martin County. NOTICE or SALE Notice is hereby even that under and by virtue of the power of sale i round la II it laitiin fluil nf Trust^secute^^^^^Coltraii^n^ > the County, in " having of Trust at the ra <4 the holder of said note, the underwgned Trustee will on the 5th day of March. 193S. at twelve (12) o'clock. Noon, at the Courthouse door at Martin County, at Williamston. North Camluia. offer for sale, at ipublic anethm. to the highest bidder, 'for cash, the following dtntribed real estate, to-wst: A certain tract at land known as the Sandy Bevander tract and ? bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at Sparer Wynn cor. i -Art on the rand leading from . vHVtoin? yards to i Karthernly of marked Gut; damn down said Dmk to Spencer Wjrnn'i bar or a thence along the line at WywmP and tract to the ditch sad Ihmrr 19 said road to Wj?t tract; thence alone the I A certain tract or known as the W A. tract and hounded 1 One acre at land North side of the 1 adjoining Martin Wjrnn together with This the 1st day at Ti HUGH G. BEGINNING MONDAY. FKUCAKY ll_ Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. \y ??*" "Stage Door** MTHOLM UinSILN. GKGCB "West of Shanghai" malfc Bt VEKLV KOBEKTS "Love Is a Headache" with FIASriOT TONE "Bad Man at Brimstone' VALLACI BEESY uA VBGDOA " Ridm' the Lone Trmir Nick* Owl SkM "Love Is on the Air" SON ALU SEAL. 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