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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? 1*08 193* SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months " ? 1.80 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.25 Six months 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office m Wilhamston, N C-. as second-class matter under the act of Con giess of March 3. 187B. Address all communications to The Enterprise snd not individual members of the firm. Tuesdav, February 21.1939. The Plight of the Railroads Out of the same mailbag came this week tw< interesting bits of news about the railroads, the bankers' tricks in financing them and the com petition offered by truckers. One is led to be lieve that the plight of the railroads today is not the result of truck competition, but that it is due to the big financiers of the country. One of the two stories, and both are consid ered reliable, points out that the House of Mor gan got terribly mad with the Chesapeake and Ohio management when it went to the open market and saved nearly one and one-half million dollars in floating a $30,000,000 loan The story then explains, "To 'retaliate' for loss of its usual profits on this bond issue, Robert R. Young, head of the company, declared the House of Morgan is now trying to put two ad ditional directors on the C. and O. board, and thus take control of the road away from Young It is apparent that the bankers have made one big mess of trymg to run the railroads, but it must be admitted that they have succeeded in sucking the life blood out of the roads along with the man who pays the freight. That is one story, and in that story is secure ly wrapped one of the big problems of the rail roads today. Much has been said about the unfair compe tition offered by the trucks. We would like to see the big transfer trucks surrender to the railroad, but however objectionable they may be, the trucks are not the robbers that the rail load interests have claimed them to bo. And the trucks have not absonded with all the traf fic. A few pertinent facts showing that the trouble with the railroads is not traceable al together to the trucks are, as follows: "Trucks carry only five per cent of the na tion's inter-city freight. "More than three million men earned a liv ing in the United States last year driving motor trucks. The railroads employ approximately one million men. "In 1937, Class 1 railroad taxes (including employee's retirement funds and social secur ity) were $328,240,524. Motor truck taxes (not including income, payroll and property taxes) were $417,510,000 'The more than $400,000,000 motor trucks pay is part of a total of one and one-half bil lions of dollars paid annually in motor user taxes by the 29,400,000 vehicles registered in the United States. This exceeds total expendi tures for highway construction, maintenance and administration. Trucks comprise about fourteen per cent of all motor vehicle regis trations, but they are paying twenty-seven per cent of the motor vehicle taxes." If the railroads would shake off the financial leeches, call in and write off those bonds jwued against property that has long since been junk ed, and slop so much high-powered lobbying they would stand an equal chance with the trucks and other competing agencies. It is a bit disgusting for the railroads to harp about taxes, truck competition and what-not when their manager sits back and lets the Pullman Com pany, the financiers, the lobbyists and others suck the life blood from them and the public thev serve. Travel Interference, Maybe Robert Rice Reynolds, "Our Bob", they used to call him, apparently doesn't want war to breaK out just because it might interrupt his travels. It is difficult for many to understand why after all his extensive travels Bob Reynolds had to stop in Washington. There are so many of his constituents who wish he would just keep on traveling and take Mr. Josiah Bailey along with him. There is some rumor coming out of Virginia that many people there would like to have their eternal bellyaching senators go along too. All of which reminds one that it is about time for another glory-seeking trip to the antarctic. , The Ways of the Democrats This business of doing away with the ab sentee ballot in the primary and reviving it for the general election is without foundation. The Democratic party should be at least con sistent in its "stealing". The plan promotes anything but Democracy and opens the party to justified criticism. "We will stop stealing among ourselves, maybe, and center our greedy hands on some Republican's scalp every other November," the boys up in Raleigh say. If the absentee ballot is good enough for a general election, it should be good enough for a primary. The proposal is, more or less, typical of the North Carolina Democrats. This "Crazy'' World Shelby Star. A growing number of persons are proclaim ing this to be a "crazy" world, and they may not be very far wrong when you examine some of its foolish practices. The League of Nations reports that during 1938 the nations of the world spent the huge sum of $16,100,000,000 on armaments. A dollar spent for battleships or bombing planes can't be spent for bread and clothing or houses or pleasure. The $16,100,000,000 spent for armanents would have bought 16,100 li braries at $1,000,000 each; 16,100,000 automo biles at $1,000 each; 161,000 school houses at $100,000 each; 60,500,000 electric refrigerators at $200 each; 322,000,000 radios at $50 each and so on. But none fo these things came to pass. It' was invested in destruction. It could have brought happiness. It still remains the foremost problem of 1939 That of knowing where you can park and how fast you can jump. ?Exchange. THE LETTER-BOX EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION To the Editor: After giving the matter careful and conscientious consideration, 1 have definitely decided not to en ter the tobacco warehouse business this year. t I have been living in Williamston for the past ten years and a major ity of the time I have been in the warehouse business. May I use your columns to express my deep appreciation to all the farmers, busi ness men and friends who have, in any way, assisted or patronized me during thrm minr yarn It was with some reluctance that 1 gave up the dea of again operat ing a warehouse in Williamston but due to business conditions I don't feel that I can profitably enter the warehouse business this year. I shall continue to make William ston my home. I have made no de cision as to what I shall do this year but regardless of what I may do, 1 shall always feel grateful to those who patronized me over a period of several years. Although I am quitting my active connection with the warehouse bus iness. I will as a citizen of William ston, continue a keen interest in the market and its successful operation, and to the proprietors I extend ev ery good wish and my support as a citizen. W. R. Ingram, t Three Bills Passed To Aid Unemployed Three bills, embracing several amendments to She State Unemploy ment Compensation law, were pass ed on their final readings by the general assembly last week and were due to be ratified early this week, thus becoming a part of the law. Those amendments were pro posed by the state advisory council, composed of three members each representing the public, the employ ers and the employees of the State. The most important, probably, ts the one providing for "experience rating" of employers, designed to help stabilize employment. After rating for three or more years, those employers who have had lit tle employment and very little has been paid from their individual fund for unemployment, will be subject to a reduction of contribu tions. Of the constitutions, 25 per cent goes into a pooled fund, which serves as an emergency fund, and 75 per cent goes into the individual employer's account, to be used for paying benefits to his former em plovees. Several other amendments are included in the measures. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION North Carolina, Martin County. In Superior Court. M. D. Wilson et al v. William An drews et al. The defendants, Charles Smith and wife, Fraunsa Smith, Mrs Ruth Downing, William Blackwell and wife. Clavon Blackwell, Moody Hicks, Hattie Randolph and Missouri Moore and husband, Will Moore, will take notice that an action en titled as above has been commenc ed in the Superior Court Martin County, North Carolina, to sell the Moses Andrews land for division said defendants will fufther take no tice that they are required to appear before the Clerk Superior Court Martin County at hit office in Wil liamston, N. C., within ten days af ter date of aervice hereof and an swer to the complaint which haa been filed in the Clerk'a office or the plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the com plaint. ?This the 28th day of Jan.. 1939. L. B. WYNNE. j31-4t Clerk Superior Court NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that the partnership lateiy subsisting tween the undersigned under the firm name and style of VANDYKE FURNITURE COMPANY, with stores in Williamston and Green ville, North Carolina, was dissolved by mutual consent on the 15th day ut January,-1939. The business in Greenville, North Carolina, will be carried on in the future by Adelaide T. VanDyke, Zack P. VanDyke, Annie S. Van Dyke, Rosemond VanDyke, and Al len II. VanDyke; Inez V. Woolard having no interest therein. The business in Williamston, North Carolina, will be carried on in the future by Inez V. Woolard only, the remaining parties hereto having no interest therein. This the 15th day of January, 1939 ADELAIDE T. VANDYKE, ZACK P. VANDYKE. ANNIE S. VANDYKE, ROSEMOND VANDYKE, ALLEN H. VANDYKE. f7-4t INEZ V. WOOLARD NOTICE OF PCBLICATION North Carolina, Martin County. In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. Mr*. Martha Sexton, Administratrix of the Etstate of T. J. Holliday vs. W. J. Holliday. Jr., Mrs. F. S. Daw, Grace Holliday, Lula Mizell and husband, L. W MiseU, Vera Warrington and h in bend, Dan Warrington, Roxanna Smithwick, Celesta Blissette and husband, Hu bert Blissette, Bernice Davis, The resa Davis, Isolene Warrington NOTICE! RADIO OWNERS For the past few weeks, we have had numerous complaints on radios not operating properly. The reason found, in most cases, proved the ra dio had been tampered with by so called and mis-advertised radio re pair men. You will find, as many others have found, that we can fix any radio you may own, and at a reasonable cost and guarantee our work. We carry a complete stock of parts and tubes for all makes of radios. See us if you have radio trouble. Twelve years in radio and electric serving. Don't take a chance. See us first. K. C. A. Radios?12 months guar antee. Now is the time to trade in for a new RCA radio. Authorised RCA Service Department. KOGER RADIO AND ELECTRIC CO. Phone 29-J Williamston, N. C. A Three Days' Cough Is Your Danger Signal No matter hoar many medicines you have tried for your common -611 cough, chest cold, or bronchial Irri tation, you may get relief now with Croomulsion. Serious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with any remedy n, which less potent than Creomulslon, goes right to the seat of the trouble 1 alas 1 and aids nature to soothe and heal the Inflamed mucous membranes and to loosen and expel germ laden phlegm. Even If other remedies have failed, don't be discouraged, try Creomul slon. Your druggist Is authorised to refund your money If you are not " " 1 with r thoroughly satisfied with the bene fits obtained. Creomulslon Is one word, ask for it plainly, see that the name on the bottle Is Creomulslon, and youH get the genuine product and the relief you want. (Adv. mad husband, Peter Warrington, Joseph Martin, Bertie Martin, Grace Martin. Edward Lee Martin, Albert Martin, Thomas Martin, Bill Martin, Lucille Martin and The defendants. Vera Warrington, Dan Warrington, Celesta Blissette, Hubert Blissette, Bernice Davis and Theresa Davis will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Martin County for the purpose of selling the lands of the estate of T. J. HoUiday for the purpose of mak ing assets to pay the debti of the estate of T. J. Holliday; and tne saia defendants will farther take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Super ior Court of Martin County at the courthouse in Williams ton, N. C., within ten days after the completion of this service of notice by publica tion and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff in this action, or the plaintiff will apply to This the 21st day of Jan., 1939. the court for the relief demanded in the complaint L. B. WYNNE, j31-4t Clerk Superior Court. <5^ MOKERS FIND CAMELS NEVER JANGLE THE NERVES AUCTION SALE Saturday, Feb. 25th At 10 A.M. Horses and Mules, Cows and Hogs, Traetor, Peanut Pickers, Hay Bal ers, Hay and Corn, and a General Line of Farm Implements. At Central Warehouse Robersonville E. G. Anderson & J. R. Morris (We sell for small commission any ? livestock or personal property.) You Can Pay MORE or You Can Pay LESS But You Can't Buy a BETTER Fertilizer Than rR&ystetk iiiiii vBBTiLiiiaa It's the EXTRA Ingredients You Get in Roy ster Plant Bed Fertilizer That Makes Better Tobacco Plants Peoples Trading Co. Robereonville, N. C. :?s Williamston, N. C. TAYLOR'S SODA SHOP NOW OPEN Serving sandwiches and bottled drinks ? Sandy and Magazines. New Soda Fountain will Candy and Magazines. New Soda Fountain will Next door to Welcome Inn J. D. Taylor, Prop. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. The Right Kind of Equipment at the Right Price? A little push in February is worth more than a rush in March. To do good fanning one must have good imple ments to work with. We have complete stocks of all kinds of farming tools and equipment, such as hoes, shovels, rakes, bush axes, pitch forks and builders hardware. We also carry a complete stock of DYNAMITE DYNAMITE CAPS AND FUSES WOOLARD HARDWARE CO. George Washington might have been "first in the field of petroleum", says the recent advertisement of an oil company, if he had not been first in so many ways indis pensable to his country. In his will he listed among his valuable possessions some Pennsyl vania land where he found- a spring whose "wa ter" took fire from his flint spark and burned "as freely as spirits and nearly as difficult to ex tinguish." Washington's long will was concerned with many matters and. named six individual execu tors, probably to make sure that some would survive him. Today by naming the Trust Company you can be sure of an executor and trustee who will survive you and who is specially trained for this exacting work. Branch Banking & Trust Company "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" William stan, N. C. SOUND BANKING AND TRUST SERVICE FOR EASTERN CAROLINA
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