The Enterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Friday, Hovt'inlter IV.'W.
Thi? Greater Difficulty
Farmers, operating on a sp?a 11-scale in tins
and other counties, maintain thai they cannot
live and support their families on the small cash
crop allotments dished out under the soil con
servation program
A farmer in this county with thirteen chil
dren in the family advanced that "argument last
spring, but he went along with the program, and
he met his obligations and made some money.
It is true the program did not solve his problem
in its entirety, for. it must be admitted, that a
big portion of the mans problem centers around
thirteen children and that in no way can be
chargeable to the agricultural program. That
problem falls under a different head, but since
there is a problem, the government is trying to
help the man solve it
But getting back to the allotment problem.
The man said it was difficult to support his fam
ily on such a small allotment The facts show
that the man did not lose money last year.
Operating as a free man. the farmer this year
went heavily into debt to finance an increased
tobacco production schedule All of his tobacco
has not been sold, but it is reliably learned that
the tobacco yet to be sold must average in ex
cess of 30 cents a pound if the farmer will
"break" even this year.
That farmer is just about convinced that it
is more difficult to support his gang of little
ones with a big crop than it is to hold their bod
ies and souls together somehow and 111 some
way by raising a small crop.
One llifi I'uzzlc
The farm situation offers one big problem to
day. And strange as it may seem, the puzzle does
not center around any man-made or govern
mental program
The problem and its solution were offered
and answered in a conversation between two
farmers recently. Oddly enough, the farmer of
fering the problem, prefaced his remarks that
he had no complaint against his tobacco allot
ment, but maintained that he could not raise
enough hay to feed his mule on the small pea
nut acreage allotted him. Briefly stated, he
could not get enough cash unless his acreage al
lotmcnt was increased. _
After listening carefully to the problem, the
second farmer pointed out that the solution
could be found in the planting of a single acre
of oats, followed by stockpeas or other allied
crops. That would end the hay shortage for the
mule. It was also pointed out that an extra acre
of peanuts could be planted and "hogged"
down, that this would boost the man's meat sup
ply. And when a farmer has feed for his team
and meat for his family he is not losing money.
To supplement the program and make further
answer to the problem, it was pointed out that
a bushel or two of potatoes and a few dozens of
eggs delivered to town at more or less definite
intervals will bring in enough cash to offset
the small purchases.
That farmer may consider such a program,
but hundreds of others, more or less 111 the
same fix, will hum and haw Over a small in
crease in a cash crop allotment and ignore the
program. It will be one big puzzle to adminis
ter the soil conservation program, but the real
puzzle is to figure out why many farmers glue
their attention on cash crops and go broke by
forgetting other crops which, after all. deter
mine whether they will succeed or fail.
Pity the poor wo&an who's just heard a juicy
bit of scandal only to discover her phone is out
of order.?Buffalo Evening News.
"Our Boh MiiLrn Hit onlrihution
Speeches may come, and speeches may go,
but whenever United States Senator Robert
Rice Reynolds rises to his feet to let go on any
topic under the sun he never lets us down on
two things we have com*' to expect from him
without fail; Plenty of volume with no control,
and new heights of absurdity or asininity, or
both
Last Saturday he almost excelled even him
self in his speech against repeal of the arms
embargo. Although it was a comparatively
brief address for him?a mere 10,000 words or so
?it is reported he stuck to his subject for near
ly one-fourth of the time he was talking. Bob
certainly is slipping if that be true, because the
subject he is supposed to talk about hardly ever
occupies him for more than a few minutes over
thc_cour.se of a four or five hour talk in his
normal manner of speaking. There's always so
many other interesting things to talk about.
However, he regained a measure of his old
form bv devoting a majority of his address to
development of the thesis that the "Athenia"
was sunk by Soviet Russia off the coast of Scot
land a few hours after England had declared
war on Germany. How the Senator Overlook
ed blaming the sinking on Switzerland or Af
ghanistan escapes us for the moment, since
proof of such a statement would have won him
a little higher regard in any Baron Munchausen
society.
The Hon Reynolds concludes with the state
ment that he reached his decision to vote against
embargo repeal "strictly according to the dic
tates of my own conscience." Teh, tch! And we
thought all the time that such hundred per
centers wouldn't even listen to dictators of any
kind, even an alleged conscience.
Pr'MV OJfrnnivft
| Christian Science Monitor.
'?
I hat talk ol peace should already resound
above the guns on the Western Front is only one
of the remarkable things about this war That
there should hi* this recurrent question of
"peace offensives" is largely due to two factors
I I he neutrals hold a balance of power Rus
sia. the I mted States and Italy- not to men
tion Japan, the Scandinavian States, Spain. Ru
mania, Hungary, Belgium, Latin-America and
the Netherlands could almost dictate a peace.
All have a tremendous interest in peace for all
are profoundly affected. War has made collect
ive insecurity so unattractive that they may be
more ready to move collectively for such a peace
as would provide some hope of security.
Russia so far has appeared to profit by war,
but no other neutral has And Moscow must be
questioning seriously what further profit it
can derive from hostilities. Italy apparently is
convinced she can win more by peace than war.
while the United States is awakening to the
great dangers of continued war, whether or not
she is able to keep out. Scandinavia sees the pos
sibility oLbeing encircled by submarines and
made tic economic vassal of Germany and Rus
sia More clearly than 111 the World War, it has
become evident that neutrality will be difficult
and dangerous.
' he neutrals are not organized and may not
agree on what would make a sound peace, but
dails thcil interest 111 peace becomes clearer.
And any proposal of terms which offered rea
sonable hope of genuine peace would enlist
powerful neutral support. It was knowledge of
this fact undoubtedly which lay behind David
Lloyd George's insistence that a neutral peace
proposal should have full consideration. Even
though he had to reassure an excited House of
Commons that this meant "no surrender" and
?cveiL though such?freedom of "pinion ''cives
confusion of thought in Berlin, there is here an
appreciation of the need to win the neutrals.
- I here is in all countries a mental resistance
to war which insists that before the fight goes
farther there should be clearer definitions of
what kind of peace will result. The British and
French people if not indeed the peoples of all
the democracies endorse Mr. Chamberlain's
iejection of a peace which would merly con
solidate a ruthless conquest and set the stage
for further aggression by threats or violence. If
there had been no efforts at appeasement the
issue would be less clear, but Englishmen and
frenchmen who have lived through months of
insecurity and outrage before war began would
not call a mere return to that condition peace.
They sense in general terms what they are
fighting for. But if they are to resist a peace
offensive which might offer general disarm
ament and have wide support 111 neutral coun
tries. it may become necessary for their own
countries to launch a counter-offensive and state
in further detail the peace aims for which they
fight In Britain before the war started. The '
Times and many individuals spoke of such
terms. They included features of justice and sta
bility which could win the support of world
opinion. On the one condition that Hitlerism is
abandoned?they would now make a splendid
starting point for peace discussions.
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Sandiy-Moarfajr November S-C
"?Eternully Youre"
LOBETTA YOUNG mud DAVID NIVEN
November M
"Fifth Avenue Girl"
GINGEB SOGERS end JAMES ELLISON
Thursday-Friday November 9-10
"Blackmail"
EDWARD O ROBINSON, RUTH HCSSEV
Saturday November U
"Desperate Trails"
JOHNNY MACK BROWN
ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
CHURCH
NEWS
KIMSCOI'AI.
22nd Sunday after Trinit>
Church school, 9.45 a rn
Celebration of Holy- Communion
and sermon, 11 am
Every communicant is urged to lis 1
ten to the Kt, Rev. Henry St. Georgt
Tucker, presiding histifip of the:
Episcopal Church Sunday morning at
10 a rn oyer thf. chain of the Colufn
bia Broadcasting company. The pr<
siding bishop will use as his theme.
"Go Koi ward." lie is speaking over
the Episcopal Church of the Air
programs
Th< Woman's Auxiliary will meet
on Monday afternoon at 3:30 withi
Mrs. Maurice Moon
There will b< a meeting of the' ves
try, and every member of the can
vas committee on Tuesday night at
7:30 gt the rectory.
St. Martin's. Hamilton
Evening prayer and sermon. Sun
day -night at 7:30
(i:i)\i( nil wen
Regular services will be held
the Cedar Branch Baptist church
Sunday at 11 a. m and 7:30 p
Rev. W B Harrington : . .
ed
BAPTIST
Bible seliool, 9.45 a n
Morning worship, il a. m
Young people's mi cling. 0:30 p m. I
"Bringing People t. Christ' and
"You and Your Hospital.' are the
themes for tin two worship service:
Sunday.
In December of 1930, Mi, Coving
ton, treasurer of till Baptist Or
phanage of North Carolina, wrote ,i
letter to Mrs Coy ,1 Rubers-m. then '
the church secretary, t thank the j
Memorial church for i Thanksgiv-j
ing offering to the orphanage, lie
thanks to all of your members for j
remembering our children with such
a nice gift." The amount given that
year was $104.20.
If our members begin now and
plan all through this month for this
special offering to these children, and
if each member consciously uses his
orphanage envelope* the contribu
tion will likely be $200 this year. On
Sunday following Thanksgiving Day
Mr. Hough, from the Kennedy Home,
w.ill lipeak in the Memorial Baptist
church at the 11 o'clock hour.
Apparently, the financial program
?f our church is going to be closed
this year with honor and in the spir
it of joy. We hope no member will
forget his part in the- giving. It is af
ter we have given that we are most
happy * The Lord bless you for your
faithfulness as a sir war4, .
METHODIST
Church school, 9:45 a m. Trie new
superintendent. Prof. D. N. Hix, will
b* in charge Sunday morning.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Theme:
"Hands." Special music by Mrs. J. S
Whitley and Miss Jerry Humble.
Holly Springs, 3 p. m. Lord's Sup>
per and official ceremony closing
tiie conference year.
Young People Meet. G 45 p. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m Musi
cal program by the full choirs and
tae observance of the Lord's Supper
land the official ceremony closing the
1 conference year
L -Tonight the women of our church
lata giving a turkey supper at the
Woman's club hall (I:\ <? thein your
[i>< support
Sunday is the closing of the coh
' h'rence year. Our thought for that
day is this "Let me care enough to
share enough to pay out the budget
of the church."
The stewards will meet Monday
night, 7;30 at the church.
The adjourned session of the fourth
quarterly conference meets ^Tuesday'
night, 7:30, at the church.
CHRISTIAN
Bible sehOol, 9:45 ,
Morning Worship. 11 a. m
Young People's meeting G ?> p. m.
Evening worship 7 3 I p ju.
Circle No. 1 meets- * th Mi.- C.
O. Moore, Mesdanic s Beulah Br it ton
and;J E Corey, mint he Mon
day aft i moon at 3:30
Curio N? 2 meets with Mi>. J W
Garrir. Mr !1 K Wile. joint
hostess, Monday . florin n at 3:30
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Ask for it at your grocer's.
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mini. i. c.
1939 WAS A GOOD
YEAR FOR ME
NOT FORME-hut
i'm going to use
enough POTASHk
in /940
r
START PLANNING
FOR 1940
aT IS not too early to be making
plan* ior more profit from your
crop* next year. Start now. while thi*
year'* result* are still fresh in your
mind, to provide for the use of plenty
of potash to insure greater yields and
quality in 1940. Rusted cotton, low
yields and poor quality oi tobacco, com. vegetable,
fruit and legume crops result if the soil and fertiliser
do not supply enough potash. Wherever legumes are
grown, more potash is needed because oi the large
amounts removed by these crops and to balance the
nitrogen and organic matter supplied when legume
crops are turned under.
Talk over with your county agent or experiment
station your yields this year as compared with what
you can expect from your soil ii given the right amotmt
oi the right fertiliser. Ask your fertiliser dealer or
manufacturer about fertilisers high in potash. You
will b? surprised
bow little extra it
costs tc apply
eoough potash lot
the crops which
you will plant next
spring.
Write tit for further infor
tion and literature on the
profitable fertilitatian at
Southern crop*.
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Sunday-Monday November 5-6
"IIKKO FOK A DAY"
uilli iiiitu Limine anil Dick For an
Tuesday IHllBIF FFATIKF November 7
"Nime* lire* ami llialili-n Slairoaw," It. Granville
"Mail From Texas," willi Tex Killer
Wednesday-Thursday , November 8-9
"TDK I.OSI SQUADRON"
uilli Joel McC.rea. tin hard Dix anil Mary Atlor
Friday Saturday November 10-11
?Sl.lMHl A TOUCHDOWN"
a illi Joe F. Ilronn ami Martha Kaye
sets the Stole again
and brings jyituiy
?k
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