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The Enterprise Puhlirfied Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? 19M-19M SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months ? 1.00 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 in Williamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday, May 20, 1938. Silence on the Florida Front Those who bubble over so freely with sting ing criticism of the New Deal policies whether those policies be good or bad, have maintained a marked silence on the Florida political front since Senator Pepper was renominated as a supporter of the President and .his administra tion. Thp primary there was eagerly watched, and had Senator Pepper been defeated, the oppo nents of the administration would have herald ed it as a sure sign of defeat for President Roosevelt. Commenting in this connection, the Atlanta Journal says: The Anti-Roosevelt press has little to say about the sweeping ifj.tory of Senator Claude Pepper in the Democratic primary in Florida. But if he had been defeated by ever so narrow for many an unctuous editorial on "The Presi dent's Repudiation." Senator Pepper carried the field against his four opponents overwhelm ingly because, in the first place, his record since he was chosen in 1936 to succeed the late Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, has proved the quality of his statesmanship. The Democrats of Florida evidently believed that his renomina tion, which is equivalent to re-election, would best serve the interests of their commonwealth and their country. His record also has been one of consistent loyalty to President Roosevelt. His principal opponent, over whom he scored a majority of two to one, called him "the Presi dent's rubber stamp." The voters, obviously, were not impressed by that hackneyed phrase. They count it to the credit rather than the discredit of Senator Pepper that he supported the party's and nation's leader on a liberal and constructive program. As the first 1938 primary test of the New Deal's popular standing the re sult in Florida has a significance which will not be lost, even upon those who are silent from disappointment. Approving Theft The uncertainty surrounding the economic conditions is not what's rocking this old world today. The stamp of approval gven to acts of unfairness, ruthlessness, flagrant violations of every law that tends to promote righteousness and understanding by individuals, groups and even those nations which call themselves Dem ocratic and protestors of freedom and the faith is presenting a greater problem than the unem ployed, unfavorable balances of trade, profits and what not. Robbed of his country and chased from the land of his birth, Haile Selassie has been de nied recognition at the hands of the greatest nations in the, world. Just a few days ago the dispossessed king appealed to the League of Nations, but the statesmen turned ?way and straightforward considered recognizing the Ethiopian steal. Democracy stood idly by on the side line as Italy poured death and destruction on the little country. And now it recognizes the steal, giv ing its endorsement to an act that has no place in a system pretending to hold high the torch ol democracy. Individuals have compromised with crime. Whole communities have tolerated crime, re maining unconcerned while the claws of im morality and indifference to all that is good and just gnawed away the base of their back bone and rendered them no stronger than the jellyfish of the sea. And now the leading na tions of the world lend their approval' to such dastardly acts as those practiced by It^ly and Japan. The Source Ol Crime ,CrU Dr. Frederic M. Thrasher, in his book, "The Gang," points out the source of much of - the crime in this country today. The little things, innocent enough within themselves, lead to the crime trail vy^ere^we me/qjy dismiss them as "boyish stunts." '4 Frolessor Thrasher says: The proceou of demoralization often begins in "playing hookey" which in itself seems inno cent enough. A lot of the fun in sneaking away from school is in going "wid de'gang"; boys sel dom "bum" from school alone. The gang invites truancy and truancy encourages the gang. *?OTLEG UQOO^I W s4LE$ TO "Wait, Mister! 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UNITED BREWERS INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION 21 East 40th Street New York. N. Y. Correspondence Is invited from groups mid in dividuals everywhere who are interested in the brewing industry and its social responsibilities. Little Travels to HomesoftheGreat By H B. C. VICTOR MARIE HUGO Victor Marie Hugo,, was a cele brated French poet and novelist, es sayist, statesman, and the recogniz ed leader of the romantic school of the 19th century in France He was born at Besancon Febrtiory 25th, 1802 and died at Paris, May 22nd, 1885. He was the third of three sons In 1808, when Victor was six years old his father was with Joseph Bonapart in Spain, and his mother had taken a quaint house in Paris. At the rear of this house was a lit tle dilapidated chapel, in which a priest lived, a scholar, ,a man of learning. He taught the children of Madame Hugo. Another man lived in the chapel, who never went out except at night; and he too, taught the children. He loved .the youngest boy, and often carried him about the chapel on his shoulders and told him stories of deeds of valor: One day a file of soldiers came and took this man a-vry. The boys fought in .new small way to rescue their friend, but the soldiers form ed into squares and marched away with their prisoner. A few days af ter this happened, a placard was posted saying General Lahorie had been shot. The General, a brave Re publican soldier had incurred the enmity of the Emperor some years previously. The tragic death of Gen eral Laber-ie burned deep into the soul of Victor and to a great ex tent colored his future life. He be came a friend of the oppressed, and fought with all the resources of his command with voice and pen, usurp ers, dictators and priestcraft. The latter retaliated by calling Hugo an infidel. Victor Hugo believed in freedom of expression. He incurred the en mity of Napoleon third, and was ex iled for nineteen years, first going to Belgium, to Jersey and then to Guernsey. He returned to Paris from his long exile in 1870, after the Germans had defeated the French at the battle of Sedan, and the down fall of the Emperor. Hugo wrote many poems, dramas, etc. On Feb ruary 25, 1830, his great tragedy, "Hernani" was played in Paris af ter much opposition. After "Herna ni" came "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," written in five months, a great success. Hugo gave himself to the writing of verses arid it was thiity years between the "Hunel Back of Notre Dame" and "la Miseiallies." In tlm interim he tun ed out volumes of verses, poetry ar play*. Everything he wrote was wildly read. He was a precocious child. Wrote his first tragedy in 1818 at the age of ,14. He won the prin ciple prize in a contest at IT, and took another prize at 18 with his poem, "Moise sur le nie". His poeti eal coi11positions oovor a a ido range and were turned out with a rapid ity -that astonished and amazed thc| literary world. Victor Hugo was a lover of chil dren. A man who loves children and their company usually has a large, warm heart. It is said that Hercules assuaged the tediousness of his la bors, which he sustained in open and common games, playing with children, this great warrior, the son of Jupiter and Latona, made him self a playmate with boys. Socra tes was also fond of boys, rand was often seen playing with them. These famous ancients said the Apmpan ionship of children was "sw^et and delectable unto them." Hugo wrote many great novels, "Les Miserables" ranking among the greatest of all time. "The Man "Who 'LaughsT and the "Ninety Thi-ee" are very interesting books. The time came when France was not large enough for the Emperor and Victor Hugo, one had to go, and it proved to be Hugo. A bounty of twenty-five thousand francs was of fered for his body,, dead or aliye Through a woman's devotion he es caped to Brussels, and "was driven from there td Jersey, thence to Guernsc>y. It was nineteen years be fore he returned to Paris?years of banishment, but years ot glory. Ex iled by fate that he might do his work Finally the time came v hen Hu go had to pay that deb', that all men "must pay. Wher -a he to be buried? -This-Pantheon had been re stored. This beautiful building had been sacked and burned by the mob The first inteiuilin in the re stored Pantheon was ilirahcaui next came Marat?stabbed in 1 . bath by Charlotte Corday. In tlu Tantheon, the visitor sees the el iho- >te tombs Voltaire and Rousseou on which are engraved glowing inscriptions, and from the tomb of Rousseau he sees the hand thrusfforlfi bearing a torch ?but the bones of these men are pot there. Let Hugo tell why. "One night in M?v, 1 HI4, about two n'rlnrh in the inorning, a cab stopped near the cily gate of La Gare at an open ing in u board fence. This fence sur rounded a large, vacant piece of giound belonging to the city of Par is. The cab had come from the Pan theon, and the coachman had been ordered to* take the most deserted streets. Three men alighted from the cab and crawled into the enclosure. Twu rained a sack between thetn. Other men, some in cassocks, await ed them. They proceeded towards a hole dux in the middle of the field. At the bottom of the hole was quick lime. These men' said nothing, they had no lanterns. The wan daybreak gave a ghastly light; the sack was opened. It was full of bones. These were the bones of Jean Jacques and Voltaire, which had been withdrawn from the Pantheon." The ashes of the man who wrote these words now rest next to the empty tombs of Rousseau and Voltaire. When a visi tor is taken to the crypt of the Pan theon, he is first taken to the tornh of Victor Hugo. The sarcopha^Us 'on each side is draped with the red, white and blue of France and the stars and stripes of America. With uncovered heads visitors behold the mass of flowers and wreathes, and their minds go back to 1889, when the body of the chief citizen of Par is lay in state at the Pantheon and five hundred thousand people pass by and lay the tribute of silence or of tears on his bier. FOB SALE ? LARGE QUANTITY of No. 1 Tokio Soybeans. Highly recommended for planting. Immed ,iate delivery. V. G. Taylor, Everetts, N. C. ml3-4tp No more grumble-seats for me! the waist ? ? . and faat colors! The only thing that tops Hanes Shorts is an undershirt made by HANES. Close knit for a close-fit, it clings snugly under your arms; never bulges or droops ? ? . lies calm and cool across your chest. ?. tucks so far into your shorts that it can't roll up and bunch at your belt! 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