The Einterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
- WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA
IW. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Tuesday. April 4. 1939.
They Were Downtrodden
"The common people were herded and handl
ed as they were hogs Poverty and suffering
were general among the multituduous poore
classes. Working conditions were horrible, a-,
a rule, and the lower elements occupied a po
sition hardly better than that of an American
dog."
The above facts constituted a report offer
ed by a Martin County man following a toui
of Spain a short time before the war broke out
ctpain'^ rivil war is ended, but in that confla
gration numerous lessons can be learned b\
other peoples.
The report of conditions in Spain by the
Martin County man carries a plainer explana
tion for the cause of Spain's war than the var
ious claims that it was merely a clash between
communists and nationalists with religion en
tering ill as a side issue The people of Spain
were downtrodden. They were ready to light
regardless of issues or principles. Power-mad
leaders may have fanned the war spirit, but
conditions in Spam and the fare of the down
trodden furnished the cannibal spirit that
swept over that country and left wreck and
ruin in its path.
America was not at the cross roads in tin
early thirties, but unrest and anxiety appeared
more prominent in the faces of the people a
each Hay passed Women and children and
able-bodied men walked the highways bale
footed. Stories of starvation and deaths from
exposure were not uncommon occurrences. It
is reasonable to believe that a foundation for
just such a debacle as that just ended in Spain
was being laid 111 this country back yonder. It
may be un-American to mention such a horri
ble possibility, but more than a promise that
prosperity is just around the corner will be re
quired to satisfy a hungry people when food
and raiment abound in plenty.
No one knows, but tt is not beyond the sphere
of reason to believe and sincerely so, that the
administration entering the White Hons., in
?933 headed off just such a dark period as
pain has just witnessed. It is also reasonable
to believe that every dollar, every penny spent
for this or that lias piuved of~cmtuld value in
the continuance of peace and order in this
country. There are the unemployed today, to be
sure, and there may be uhfavorable conditions
surrounding the material and social advance
ment of our people, but there is no far-flung
feeling of unrest today. They do not expect tin
impossible in economic security; they merely
expect recognition and consideration at the
hands of government, their government
Much can be learned from Spain.
Not Thinking
While the value of the soil conservation pro
gram is being well demonstrated in the pay
ment of benefit checks these days, farmers are
rushing plans to increase their tobacco acre
ages and turn away from the program.
The terms of the soil program are being ex
plained in a series of meetings in the county.
The payments that can be expected next year
are not exceedingly large, to be sure, but they
arc certain while there is one big gamble when
the farmer jumps head over heels in an exces
sive tobiiceo acreage?with nothing but a far
removed hope that he'll get big prices on the
markets next fall.
Reports state that Martin County farmers are
; nticipating a 25 per cent increase in their to
bacco acreage. If they are successful in their
plans, it will mean that a million holes will be
shot into the soil conservation program as far
as benefits go. There'll be no checks coming in
next March to gup the marketing seasons.
A look into the facts and figures proves that
the farmers of this county are not giving the
matter serious thought if they attempt a 25 pei
cent increase in their tobacco acreage. The m
creusi will represent in the neighhoihood nf?
5,000 additional acres Figured at $100 an acre
the increase will gross the farmers around
$200,000. Arbitrarily accepting $50 as the acre
production cost, the farmers will get $15.0,000
hut marketing costs and added risks are to be'
considered before the $150,000 can be recogniz
ed us net profit This year, Martin County far
mcrs are receiving in excess of $150,000 in soil
conservation payments, gaining a cash income
equal to and possibly exceeding the profits to
be hud from an increased acreage and improv
ing their land at the same time.
Our farmers, if the reports are true, will d?
sect the program this season, forego the bene
fit payments and grow a'world of tobacco to
glut the markets next fall. The whispering
campaign claiming that plants are scarce in
George and South Carolina has been declared
unfounded, and just now the indications are
that the farmer has something to gain and
nothing to lose by adhering -to some extent if
not strictly to the soil conservation program
this season.
Near the Breaking Point
Governor Clyde Hoey made a far-reaching
statement a few days ago when he told the
school people that they would have to look
around in their own back yards for funds to fi
nance the lurllier advancement Of education.
that tin Slate hud reached a stopping point.
Probably the State has reached breaking
point, and a . further advancement of North
Carol na's educational system is impossible.
Hut it was disheartening to the people to bear
their governor tell them to turn homeward for
un\ more funds after the State has usurped
the tax-grabbing power and extended it to th"
furthermost corners of the great common
wealth to make itself felt up and down poverty
row in the form of sales lax, license tax, priv
ilege tax. intangible tax
Dependent upon a lone land-tax base which
Ts burdened with debt and The demands of lo
l al gin eminent?the prnple have hppn inctriu-t
i d ^o return home and apply more pressure to
that source of revenue if there is to~Eo any ad
vancement in education
The lime is not lar-distant when the people
will wake up and learn that they can get more
lor their money if the State relinquished some
of its taxing rights to them.
"Guud humour may be said to be -one of the
very best articles of dress one can wear in so
ciety.'' Thackeray.
NOTICE OE SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed of i
trust executed by J. A Getsingei .
and wife to H D Bateman. Trustee
on the 20th day of June. 1928. and ol
record in Martin County in Book
X-2, page 833. and default having'
been made in the payment of the
note thereby secured and applies-j
tion having been made to the under
signed Trustee for a sale of the
property hereinafter described
Now, Therefore, the undersigned
Trustee will expose at public sale.
at the J. A. Getsinger home and
farm, at Dardens, on the 28lh day of,
April, 1939, at 12 o'clock noon, to:
the highest bidder for cash, the fo!
lowing described articles of person- ?
al property:
All farming implements and i
mules used to cultivate crops on th ,
-nid Getsinger farm for the year
1928. as follows:
1 dark red mare mule, 12 years.
UOO pounds, Matt
1 dark red mare mule. 12 years,
1100 pounds, Ida.
1 John Deere stalk cutter, 18
years.
1 John Deere disc harrow, 8 years.
4 Chattanooga 2-H turning plows,
10 yean.
5 A Champion 1-H turning plowr,
10 yean
2 Section harrows, 19-12 years.
1 Bern is Tobacco Transplanter, IS
yean
2 Cole corn planters, 8-12 years.
4 Climax cotton plows. 5-8 years.
1 John Deere hay rake, IS years.
yean
8 Tobacco trucks, 4-10 years.
1 Blacksmith wagon, 12 yean.
2 Farm carts, 10 years
This the 27th day of March, 1988.
H. D. BATEMAN,
*T.
SANITARY
REGULATIONS
The warm weather is approaching
and every one should cooperate to keep
their premises as sanitary as possible.
The Board of Health Regulations
require that all garbage must be placed
in covered containers and not thrown
out on the premises.
The Town Truck, beginning April
first, will collect garbage three times a
week.
Every one must comply with this
sanitary requirement.
J.L.HASSELL
MAYOR.
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