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PAGE TWO atye ttttrrpria? Published Every Tmdijr ud Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, WORTH CAROLINA. W. C. Manning ----- - Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year Six month* OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year - - % Six montha l -°° No Subscription Received for Lew Than 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furniahed Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamstbn, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address ail communications to The Enterprise and not to the individual members of the 6rm. Friday, May 8, 1931 Remember Your Mother Remember Mother, whether living or (lead. Re member her with all of your loyalty and love; honor her with all your might and main, with all your sym pathy and affection. Love her with that tenderness and thoujgfifrfullness that will cause you not to offend or grieve her, nor cause her sorrow on account of any deed or act, whether deliberate or thoughtless, that will cause her pain, grief, or anxiety. Remember, she is interested in your life and char after and every violation of the laWs of God or man causer- her trouble Honor thy mother. Senator Lawrence's Newest Excuse Senator Lloyd Lawrence, of Hertford County, has flopped again:~ This time he hatched up a mammoth, gigantic excuse—fearing, he said, that a luxury, tax would affect peanut candy. Of course, the senator is not given credit for this big idea, nor did -it come front the peanut farmers of his district. He knows it would not cost the peanut farmers of the State four cents each in luxury tax. The fact is, Mr. Lawrence seems quite willing to see his neighbors' farms sold for taxes. The trouble with Lawrence is that he manages to absorb the same ideas that the big tax-dodgers pos sess. We don't know why, and even his own folks don't understand him. Governor Gardner's Dilemma Governor Gardner confirmed half the people of North Carolina as prophets by his speech Tuesday night. They had said all alnog that he was, trying to shelter wealth. It is a late day in a long session for the Governor to come out and try to protect wealth, when he'has lacked courage and boldness to suggest it sooner. The legislature should now refuse to give his state ments and appeals any more credence than it gives to any other of our citizens. It might be. proper, however, for the assembly to pass resolutions of sympathy for the governor, be cause he is in a big dilemma It is a devil of a job to stand with men and money both, and t'ie straddle is straining him. 1 1 r 1 11 | ■. - 1 Should Be Confined, Not Banished The Kinston judge wh > banished 20 women from that city last week because of their depravity of mor als did a meaner thing than the man who sowed tares in his neighbor's wheat. These women are to go out into the highways of the world to spread disease, death and destruction to others, who might be spared if Kinston would take care of her own. To send out twenty harlots is worse than sending insane men into a powder house with firebrands. There was a time when bad men and women were banished to lonely islands and desolate jungles, where they were subjected to the ravages of wild blasts and the pangs of starvation. But in these latter days of progressiveness, we have provided homes and prisons for our depraved criminals, and no court should have the right to banish the immoral diseased scum of the earth on other people. 4 Conformist Religion Will Not Stand Dr. Matthews, of the University of Chicago, said in » sermon in Chapel Hill Sunday that Religion must adapt itself to the changing order." Statements of this kind are puzzling to th eaver age mind, and though they come Irom the "high-ups," in the high places, such as the University of Chicago, there is much room for doubting the truth of the as sertion. We, of course, know that there has not betn a day since the delivery of the Sermon on the Mount that nan has been fully satisfied with religion, and men are constantly trying to fhyge it. The question is should religion be changed to fit the new order of things, or should things be kept in the Ike that religion tenches. We mt always complaining at the order of govern ment, the financial field, the moral status, the laxity of the home. Suppose our government had been run om principles taught by religion, and our homes and PUSLKHID aVKRV TUMDAY "" DAY social relations had conformed to religious principles. There is not a but that conditions would have been better,* The thing needful is that business conform to re ligion; then both our people and our country will be happier and better. Religion is not supposed to change to suit men. _ ft should be remembered that the proudest of men | have failed in their efforts to establish a religion of thir own liking. "•' 1 J I * A Game for Fools The news that France is going to enlarge her navy is no doubt good news for the Dupont Powder Com pany, the Bethlehem Steel Company, and the ship builders. It means big sales and big profits for them, because it means that eventually America will have to ' build, too. ■* „> ■ There are millions of people in our country, though, | who regret that big navies are to be built. The moth l ers who are carrying their babies in their arms know , they are nurturing them for no other destiny than j i to be shot, crippled, and killed in some fool'sh war j that is brought on by greed. War psychology has always been too powerful for j the ordinary human being, who yie'ds when appealed ' to for his bravery, and;, then he can be transformed | into a creature of vengeance. And then the old stories of brutalities to women and children, they excite us, too. - " Yet -when we coldly face the facts of h story, we are bound to admit that most wars are nothing | but games placed by fools. ■ Wealth vs. Humanity ey ... ■ ■ i - • * The little man has cause to sorrow. His oppor tunities are gone. He has no job unless he bows down to a big man and prays for it. He has no oppor tunity, for development, because every branch of in dustry aind science is dominated by the trust organi zations. Electricity, manufacturing, motorization, chemical science, transportation, merchandising, all are now well under monopolistic domination, and no young man has a chance any more. If he enters any of the great fields of endeavor, he must sell his hand and" his head, and even his soul, to the masters who hire him, because now all inventions in such fields are the property of the employer and not of the inventor while in their employ. ' Wealth has crushed humanity. The wealthy few claim the right to establish the living standards of the many, to the point of saying how many hours they shall work, how much they shall receive, what recrea tions they shall enjoy, the kind of clothing they shall wear, the kind of homes and schools, and so on. While the great masses claim to be free and inde pendent, they are mistaken. They can not even own a lgislature nor a congress. They must belong to and be the property of the wealthy. The great masses of humanity have been ignorant a long time in thinking they had representation in our law-making bodies. What we most need is a wiser electorate. Watch the |x>liticians in the future. Do not trust them un less they are tied and muzzled. More Jobs —Not Higher Wages Is Mellon ripening up? A recent announcement was made that Secretary Andrew Mellon is advocating maintenance of a high wage scale. Mr. Mellon has been charged as an enemy to the working man. It now seems he has had a change of heart and wants the laborer to enjoy some of the fruits of hiqwork. 1 The main trouble with the wage earner today is no | job, which is worse than a wage cut. | The only apparent relief for the laborer is shorter hours for those who have jobs in order that more jobs may be created, which would spread out the income to all |>eople, and save the idle workers from hunger and cold. Neither the raising nor lowering of wages will cure the dilemma, when half the people work at a good wage scale and the other half have no work. It is much worse than if all worked for half wages. What Mr. Mellon should advocate is holding up wages and opening up jobs. .■■■ l ' ' ■ ■ • Fair Tax Law All That Is Asked The famous correspondent, J. C. Baskerville, who is hashing the legislative news for a number of North Carolina newspaper, seems to lean heavily toward the big folks! and speaks very sarcastically of the Mac- Lean I.aw advocates, declaring they only have a ma jority of one in the house, which, it will be remem bered from the record vote on the bill, is far from the truth. Baskerville is evidently in close touch with the gang of tax dodgers who have always written the tax laws from time in. memorial, and now arc making their hardest fight, because it is the first time in half a cen tury that the land owners, who have had to bear the burden of government for these many years, have actually been in the fight. Baskerville is evidently worried and disgusted at the cries and appeals of the poor, who are losing their homes in great numbers. He deplores the prospect of an adjournment With out a tax bill. Well, suppose .the assembly does adjourn without making any provision to raise taxes to pay the gover nor and state officers, and the judges, etc. That will put them in a strain, too. ? " .r* Certainly we need a tax law, and a fair one, but Baskerville ought to know that if some folks would pay as much on a fair tax as they do in trying to avoid paying a (ari tax, it would largely solve Um problem. THE EN TBRPRISB ANCIENT FAIRY STORY COMES TRUE FOR HOMELESS BABE AS RESULT OF NEWSPAPER STORY Young Couple of Wealth and Refinement Adopt Little Bobby, For Whom Salvation Army Officials Had Been Seeking a Home v The following story appeared in this | week's issue of The Roanoke, Beacon, | published at Plymouth: From pinching poverty and without j even a home to a home of wealth and culture and all the comforts that go ' to make life easy and pleasant is the . story of little Bobby, the infant babe, whom Mrs, Brewer, of the local post of the Salvation Army has been seek- j ing a home during" the past several weeks. Bobby's case sounds almost like an ancient fairy'story. In the fist place, it wa» not Bobby's fortune to l>e born with a silver ' spoon in his mouth. And here recent ly lie was even without a home. The I future did not loom so bright for him. However, Mrs. Brewer of the Sa4va- i tion Army got busy and announced through the Hi anoke Beacon that she j was seeking a home for Bobby. CLUB MEMBERS TO GO TO CAMP Two Boys and Two Girls Selected to Represent , North Carolina Two girls two boys have been sCleetecH)y agricultural extension work, ers at State College to represent the j 20,000 or more 4-H club members at the National 4-H club camp to be held, at Washington from June 17 to 23. ! The ~ciub members selected are Lou-i i»e Elliott, of Stanly County, Olive Jackpon, of Pitt County, Boyce Brooks, of J)uplin, and Ralph Suggs,i of Gaston. "These boys and girls not only have | the endorsement of their county farm, and home agents, but their interest in club work and their outstanding quali ties of leadership have attracted state wide attention," says I. O. Schaub, director of agricultural extension at j State College. The record of Boyce Brooks shows ' that during his three years' work as a j club member he has grown all the vegetables lor a family of seven for a I money value of $945. During that time' lie has also been president ol hjs 10-j cal club, president of his county fed-. eration, vice president of the State fed eration, and last year was elected pres-. ident of the State Federation of 4-H' clubs. Louise Elliott bas been a club mem-1 ber for seven years and has held office of secretary in the local club, the coun-, ty council, and in the State Federation, as well as completing projects in foods, clothing and room improve ment. Projects in corn, dairy calf, poultry and forestry have been completed by Ralph Suggs, of Gaston, and his con solidated report shows a profit of $487.96 for his nine years' service. He has held office as secretary and pres ident of his local club and has served as historian for the State Federation. In 1929 Ralph won second place in the State Health Contest. Olive Jackson is a member of the Winterville club in Pitt County and has shown outstanding qualities as a leader in clothing work and in her work with the local club. She has been an active member for six years with completed projects in food, clothing, and room improvement. ♦ 77 Club Members Study Work at Branch Station ■ ♦ Seventy-seven 4rH club members journeyed with the club agent of Wayne County to the Coastal Plain Branch Station near Willard to study the research work being conducted there. Charm Comfort with Awnings Awninfs audi a« we Mil do • donuU duty . V they a collar interior beautify the acterior. We've aUea lor any window; col oring* lor any Get one for «ach window in yOBf i)OID#. Harrison Bras And Co Phone or Write WILLEAMtTON, N. C. WILL.IAMVTON NOWTM CAWOCINA | And as the fates would have it, a wealthy young couple of culture and social background from ~ a distant state, saw the news item in the Bea- Icon concerning Bobby's plight. Ac cordingly, they drove down here in an expensive type of automobile and with ample credentials, made arrange ments for adopting Bobby as their own son. ! It is understood that Bobby's new parents plan to give him every ad vantage including the best education that the country affords. And some day, he will doubtless receive a hand some legacy in addition to other things. i j Mrs. Brewer states that there were many interested parties, but that the | couple from the distant state were se j lected because of their Christian , characters and position to provide for the baby. CURB MARKETS FURNISH MANY EXTRA INCOME • 29 Markets in State Last Year Did Gross Business Of $273,930 A few extra dollars coming in each week to the farm family that produces its own supplies of food and feed aid greatly in keeping the farm on a cash basis and provide necessities through the crpp year. As proof of this, Mrs. Jane S. Mc- Kinimon, State home agent of the State College Extension Service, an nounces that last year the 29 curb markets established largely by home demonstration agents sold surplus produce valued at $273,930. This amount was lightly less than in 1929, due to lower prices for food, low buy ing power in the towns, and the con tinued 'drought. The two largest mar kets, at Rocky Mount and at VVades boro, report sales amounting to $32,- 618.99 and $24,592.38, respectively. The sale of surplus produce in An son* Gountv has been promoted since thjt sear 1926 by Mrs. Rosalind Red learn. ' In five years, the sale have amounted to $147,038.99. These sales include the produce marketed at the curb market in Wadesboro, the ship rments by parcel post, the express and carlot shipments of dressed and live poultry, and the sale of canned goods. (j>66 LIQUID OR TABLETS Cure Cold*, Headaches, Fever 66 6 SALVE CURES BABY'S COLD COMING! FORD Commercial CARAVAN THIS CARAVAN CONSISTING OF 12 POR& TRUCKS AND BODIES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT Williamston Motor Co. Williamston, N. C. Tues., May 12 - £ £ Four Factory-trained Experts Will Be With This Caravan to Explain to You the Many Improvements in the New FORD Truck THE FOLLOWING TYPES WILL BE DISPLAYED: Ambulance, Police Patrol, High-Lift Coal Body, Heavy Duty Contractor's Dump, Long Panel Body, Stock Body', Stake Body, Service Bqoy, Heavy Duty Express Body, Drop Floor Panel, Natural Wood Panel and Express with Canopy top. THIS WILL BE THE -LARGEST COMMERCIAL DIS PLAY EVER SHOWN IN THIS VICINITY. COME AND BRING YOUR FAMILY. ASK FOR DEMONSTRATION. ,• + SA.UfcJ Mrs. Redfearn secures targe orders from hotels, college#, cafeterias, and assigns these to certain producers who cooperate to fill the orders. Since 1923, when the Rocky Mount curb market was organized by Mrs. Effie Vines Gordon, home agent of Nash County, sales have totaled $190,- 693.49. There are some 510 persons who sell on this market with 115 who come nearly every market day.^X Mrs. McKimmon says the other curb markets have not done such a targe volume of business, since some of them have been established only recently. However, each of the markets is offer ing a profitable outlet for surplus pro duce which formerly had to be ped dled, often at a loss, if sold at all. FOR SALE: SEVERAL BUSHELS of sound field peas. J, H. Rogers, City. myß 3t F. STANLEY WHITAKER, M. D. Dr. Warren's Former OSce—'Wlffiamaton, N. C. GENERAL PRACTICE—PHYSIO THERAPY Phone 102 Office Honrs: 9-11 A. M.; 2-5 and 1-9 P. M. ■ v? iu/ tv 1 JH To School books are behind—now you start on the more serious, but none the less happy side of life. You'll start out in business equipped with knowl edge—you'll have to earn your own way. Start right by mak ing the resolution to save something of what you earn. Start with a bank account at this bank and stick to it. You will be a success! i_ ' y ' .... ■■ ' | Branch Banking & Trust Company PLYMOUTH, N. C. dHMMNimiHlllinillllllllimillllllllllimmilltlUlllllllllllllllMllllllillUllMlllllUlillllllllllllllllllllllllllliUlttiimiii Friday, May 1,1931 Bulletin Gives Method* For Destroying Termites Small, blackish, white-winged "••U" that #y in your house is string or fall may be termites and may he de destroying the woodwork of |#ur home. Leaflet 31-L and Farmers' Bulletin 1472-F, which may be ob tained from the U. S. Department of Washington, D. C-, tell how to build a house to keep these pests out and bow to get them oat and keep them oat if tbey are alrendy in. 9 Twenty farmers in Catawba Coun ty will make a business of their fann ing operations this year. Accnrate records of cost and production will be kept and a check made of the work when the crops are harvested.
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