The Eis terprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILL1AMSTON, NORTH CAROUNA
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908 1931
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Tuetday. \ovember II. I'l.'i'l.
\ot To Ilr '/ rustril?
The Europeans are not to be trusted They are
mmoral. They are erazv. These and similar
charges were heard on the streets of our little
town a few days ago.
No one even offered to make an issue of the
declarations, for the people across the waters
nay be just that
Looking closer to home one wonders if we
Americans aren't worse than our fellowmen
icross the seas The day of trust is spent in this
?ountry There-are no more plain notes in any
ippreciable number. Open accounts are bogging
iown the ledgers, the makers, in many cases,
'iitertaining no idea of ever meeting the ob
lgation. We promise to pay today and go to
he courthouse tomorrow in an effort to dodge
he obligation America is overflowing with
sroken promises.
And when it comes to our morals we can (inly
lang our heads in shame We have a make-be
leve moral system, a system that is muddied
jy suits started in the open courts to gain sup
port for an illegitimate brat. Such cases run up
nto the scores in a county no larger than our
iwn We schedule the religious service and then
go to the worldly amusement house. We set
ipart a dav to render thanks and then go to a
football garni' We think it terrible when other
peoples refuse or fail to observe the Sabbath,
but we hold open wide our places of business
in Sunday, and a review of the court records
following Sunday shows that we are faltering
in the true observance of the Lord's Day.
Crowded into small territories, the millions
in Europe with their differing creeds and cus
toms apparently do well to maintain a mental
balance While here in America, with an open
:ountry and a creed that strikes of similarity,
we have our institutions crowded and our jails
.aring for the mentally unbalanced.
Then who's to be trusted'' Who's immoral?
Who's crazy'' Maybe all those outside the
isylum are crazy and those in the asylum are
lot. Who knows'.'
4ii him/ily Obnrrvancr
Somehow or other Armistice Day last Satur
iay held an empty meaning for those who value
peace and friendship above arms and force. The
ibservance of the day was marked by its emp
lness, one recognizing in the event a mere cus
tom rather than as an anniversary of a crown
ing achievement or as the foundation for a per
fect peace not limited to a scant quarter of a
:entury
There is cause to celebrate when the mouths
of big guns are hushed and the roar of death
iealing weapons are silenced, but the very fact
that upon the 21st anniversary of the Armistice
war grips the world again should cause us to
ponder our course durine the naxt two
Realizing that that course led to a renewal of
armed conflict, we would do better to steer a
different oourse when the opportunity presents
itself in the future.
Possibly the principles of Christianity, once
adopted will pierce the walls of misunderstand
ing. promote the brotherhood of men and lead
to a lasting and perfect peace. Activities in the
past few years prove beyond all questioning
that the multiple creation of weapons will not
prevent war. that some other course must be
followed if there is to be an enduring peace.
While the first stone in the foundation for a
permanent peace was laid in the last war, the
construction of a world peace was abruptly stop
ped by a military domination on the part of
Europe and an isolationist policy so loudly pro
claimed by erring leaders in our own nation's
capital The mistakes of that period stand out
in bold relief before our eyes today. Let us
strive to correct those mistakes and follow a dif
ferent course in the future, a course that will
add meaning to an armistice day at some future
time.
Ceo. W. Wiseman, in an Armistice Day poem,
points out the means to an end for war, as fol
lows:
How well this age recalls your timely birth,
When human vultures stalked a blood-soaked
earth;
No aneii lit hero passing in loview
Received the wild acclaim accorded you;
And we, resenting hot the love you bore,
Proclaimed with zeal that war would be no
more.
Since then the fleeting years have come and
gone.
Erasing gory scenes you looked upon;
And earth, still wet witfi blood from unhealed
sears.
Again bends low before the god of Mars;
Hut this you taught that war will never cease,
Until men bow before the Prince of Peace.
The (.tunmliter's Work
Klkin Tribune.
Through tii?- democratic process of the bal
lot box the farmers wore called on to determine
whether they would have crop control, partic
ularly regarding tobacco. They voted over
whelmingly for it And now under the same
democratic process the y have chosen township
or community committees that will have much
to do in the administration of the crop control
program.
In the last issue of The Tribune we gave a
full list of these committees as formed by the
county convention at Dobson. We know some
of these men and have the utmost confidence
in their ability and sincerity, and we are per
suaded that others whom we do not know are
cut to the same pattern.
Determining farm acreage allotments in their
relation to normal yields, soil building goals,
farm-marketing quotas, etc.. will be a tedious
job, even when outlined and simplified by in
structions from Washington and assistance from
Raleigh. And if their ultimate and collective
decisions conflict with the views of the land
owner the hugeness of their task should be
borne in mind and due tolerance exercised for
what may or may not be faults in their reason
ing.
The success of this control program depends
on cooperation. The government has found it
advisable, if not absolutely necessary, to pen
alize those who deliberately elect not to coop
erate. Certainly a continuance of the program
depends upon the satisfactory manner in which
it is accepted and administered during the 1940
agricultural conservation year. 1'herc commit
teemen want to see the thing work out right,
and it follows that they will be scrupulously
careful in the important matter of acreage allot
ments. Others, for the same reason, should bo
cautious and stingy with their criticism. If er
rors are made, there are ways of correcting
them, and these should be employed in lieu of
the popular tongue-lashing that sometimes fol
lows:
What we are trying to say is that we hope
these committees will approach their problems
with the utmost sincerity and that they will
have the unselfish cooperation of their neigh
bors.
Industrial plants take two-fifths
of the cotton consumed in the United
States, according to the National
Cotton Council.
NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
[ ounty of Martin against Joe White
home. Thomas Whitehorne, Cath
erine Whitehorne. Mamie II. Lilley
and husband. Frank Lilley. Annie
H. Kue and husband. Charlie Rue.
Marthena If. I>ale and husband. T.
E. Dale, Dorothy Hargrove Iflolden
and hushand. Paul B. Holden. Ra
chel Hargrove Brown and husband,!
Silas Brown.
The defendants, Joe Whitehorne,
Thomas Whitehorne. Catherine
Whitehorne. Mamie H Lilley. and
usoai
husband, Frank Lilley, above nam
ed v. ill take notice that an action en
titled io a bo Vis has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Martin
County, North Carolina, to foreclose
the taxes on land in Martin County
in which -said defendants own an in
terest; and the said defendants will
further take notice that they are re-J
quired to appear before L. B. Wynne, j
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County at his office in Williams
ton, North Carolina, within thirty
(30) days after the completion of this
service of publication -by advertise
ment and to answer or demur to the
complaint of the plaintiff in this ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
said complaint
This the 2?th d:,y of October 1030
B. WYNNfc.
Clerk Superior Court
)31-4t of Martin Count v.
NOTICE OF SALE .
Under- and by virtue of a judg
rnelit of the Superior Court Mart.n
County, in an action entitled "J F.
Martin et al v. C. A. Harrison et
jl," the undersigned commissioners
will, on Monday, the 4th day of De
'crnber, 1939. at 12 o'clock. Not>n
in front of the courthouse door. Mar
tin County, offer for salt*, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described tracts of land:
FIRST TRACT: Located in James
ville Township, and bounded as fol
lows: On the North by L B. Harri
son, on the South by Levi Davis, on
<>n the East by L. B. Harrison and
Charlie Gurkin and on the West by
the Davis tract. Containing 11 acres,
more or less, and known as the Har
rison Gurkin tract.
SECOND TRACT Located in
Jamesville Township, and bounded
as follows: On the North and West
by L. B. Harrison, on the East by
Harman Gurkin's land, and on the
South by the Josh Jerman land, con
taining 20 acres, more or less, and
known as the Davi.- land
THIRD TRACT: Beginning at a
pine, thence running up cedar creek
or branch to a Spanish oak, at cor
ner of William Cark< < t line; thence
alone the fence, thence up the divid
ing line, thence along the dividing
line S 36 degrees East to the first
station. Being 60 acres, more or
less.
FOURTH TRACT Beginning at a
post on the Southern edge of the !
right of way of the A. C. L. R R. and |
the northeastern corner of. the tract :
deeded to J. E. C Davi> of this date
to M. F Hopkins, theme eastwardly
along the right of way of the K. R !
44 poles to a post, a corner, thence
S 20 E to and across the Main Run
of the Big Swamp, tlx nee down the 1
southern edge of the Big Swamp to
mall chopped black gum. M F
1"t' pl::ns curlier,-the nee N 20 W 106 j
poll along said M. F. Hopkins line
to the beginning. Containing 30
??teres, more or less
HKTH TRACT: Bi-?iiii.ui? ut tltc
Jo>h Jerman Corner on the light of1
w ay of tlx- A. C 1. R R CV tlx nee I
along said right of way on the A. C.
L. R R to the Free Union Road,
thence down the Free Union Road ;
to a marked black gum, m the head !
of a bottom or flat to and through'
Jig Swamp, thence down Big
iwamp to the said Josh Jerman line
r corner opposite the point of be
linning. thence along the line of
he said Joshua Jerman property to
he point of beginning. Containing
0 acres, more or less, and being the
<n^?njpeny^onveye<^j>^J^jj^C_
Davis and wife to Sam Moore.
The last and highest bidder at the
sale will be required to make a de
posit of 10 per cent of the price bid.
This 2nd day of November, 1939.
R. L. COBURN,
B A. CRITCHER,
n7-4t Commissioners.
?ATTENTION?
F armers&T ruckers
WE ARE NOW BUYING
Scrap Tobacco
We (lan Use 1-argc Quantities Of
Good Scrap Tobaeeo NOW. Bring Yuur
Serup Tobaeeo Directly To Our Plant.
W. I. SKINNER
Tobacco Co. Inc.
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