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The Eis terprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROUNA H. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908 1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months ..._ 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.29 Six months 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Willlamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3, 1B7H. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm Friday, Derembvr I, /Wf. Another Holiday Seaton Another holiday shopping season is upon us, creating tasks many complain about but which the nary one of us would like to skip. As the holiday shopping season comes into being it is not amiss to call to the attention of the home folks the advisability of trading at home, to plead with them to give their merchants an op portunity to serve them The practice of running all over the country shopping is a right serious business. While no one is to be denied the right to shop wherever he may Choose, it will be well to give the sub ject some thought. A recent survey shows that local merchants have made arrangements to display one of the largest stocks of holiday merchandise ever seen here A substantial trade patronage this holiday season will mean that local stores will progress, that their stocks will be increased as time passes Far-away shop ping will tend to tear down this progressive march, and gradually reduce any business area to a secondary shopping center The people of this section havt been fortunate in having a dependable shopping center right at their door The local merchant has studied the needs of local community patrons, and one can study every mail-order catalog 111 the coun trv and compare prices in everv shopping eon ter but he will find values day in and day out right here at home unequalled anywhere Local people who have enjoyed the advan tages offered m this community during the past months, can do much toward increasing those advantages by giving their home merchants first consideration when theyshopping trip is planned The I.ens fortunate Another Christmas season is at hand. and the less fortunate are still .with us. Heaven bless them In our wild dash to crowd every ounce of pleasure into the merry period, let us not forget that no greater joy can be had than that which comes in helping others, If we are to enjoy the maximum in happiness, if we are to prove ourselves our brother's keeper, we must plan now to make Christmas?the day of days?bear out the simple meaning attached to it by the Christ nearly twenty centuries ago. The Christmas Cheer drive, sponsored by lo cal cme__urganizations. and supported?by a~ thoughtful people here in past years, has paid rich dividends The movement advanced at no great cost to anyone, has enriched the lives of many little unforunate tots at Christmas time and kept burning in their souls that tiny spark of hope which is as necessary to the human soul as steam is to the engine or as gas is to the car motor. To date no definite plans have been advanc ed for handling such a valuable work this Christmas season. We appeal to the civic or ganizations and every citizen in this commun ity at this Christmas time to advance and sup port the cheer movement that the less fortu nate might kritiw that Christ still reigns, that even though their bodies may be clad in rags, their souls still possess a value in the realm of humanity. This paper pledges willingly the services of its forces and as much of its means as possible in making Christmas ring out loud with a real meaning for the less fortunate in the commun ity this season. Will you cooperate? A jjectf Ul AU I ' Speaking to a group of Martin County far mers a few days ago, Haywood Dail ably point ed out that the price of tobacco affected the ev ery one of us in this section of the country. Quite a few business men did not believe that about a year ago, but back in September the indifferent shook off their indifference and cried out in a loud voice. "It (low price) is hurt ing me now." "The farmer selling 8-cent tobacco is not a potential customer of the shoe-shine boy. But the farmer selling 30-cent tobacco will throw his foot upon the shine box and tell the boy to 'shine 'em up'." CwPttinfi ,Yo Where American mtorist.s will have traveled 250 billion miles by the end of this year, according to an estimate advanced by Coleman W Rob erts, president of the Carolina Motor club. The motorists, according to the club official, are traveling around seventy billion miles more this year than they did in 1929 b c.?before the crash And the sad part about all that travel is that we ain't getting nowheres. Probably it would be advisable to back up and remain still a while, meaning that it is about time for some one to start a movement to ijfay at home as well as live at home 1 Itifi Difference It has bun pointed out that 85.per cent of the American farm families have automobiles. Before we dare boast about that high percent age it should be definitely determined whith er 85 per cent own or owe for the great number ot motoi ears Just off-hand, one would guess that til) per cent owe for the cars and that one out of every two charge the gas bill. lerI To ( hurrh tml School The l.lkin Tribune. Addresstpg the district meeting of the North Carolina Building and Loan League last week Judge Johnson J Haves rightly, we think, de clared that after our schools and churches, the Building and l^oan Associations are serving bet ter than any other agency in promoting good citizenship and forwarding the interests of our national economy. It is that way because good citizenship is lifted to higher ground through home ownership and the practice of laying aside part of one's earnings, no matter how mea ger they may be. Judge Hayes stressed the fact that there should be more installment-saving and less in stallment-paying Kight now the latter is a fault ol serious proportions in this land?this mortgaging of the individual's future to secure immediate luxuries that are so easily translat ed into personal needs. And it is an inexcusable fault that witfi the machinery for installment-saving made avail able bv the building and loan associations, such a small per cent of our people are taking ad vantage of it. These associations were conceiv ed and established in the interest of the wage earner and those with small incomes, and while it is meant to serve especially 111 providing a safe and easy and reasonable way to build homes, the value of periodic saving is by 110 means the least important objective of the build has the homing urge or not. It is significant that the 176 building and loan associations in North Carolina financed the construction or repairs of 113,000 homes 111 this State in 1938. It is reasonable to assume that a large percentage of these would not have even tuated but for the availability of this service. And it is gratifying to know that North Car olina associations showed a gain of 12 per cent in assets 111 1938, standing 111 fifth place among the States in this respect. This comes from good business management and from the high char acter of those who head every single organiza tion in the State For it is a fact that even back yonder when banks were "busting" in our faces the building and loan associations kept to an even keel with 110 losses for anybody. If this paper could influence only a few of our folks, particularly the younger ones, who are taking advantage of the service our local building and loan association provides, to be come shareholders, we would feel that we hud contributed a lot to the good of the community and to the future welfare of.those directly con cerned. Mci7 Strike?Tiro Verdict* Christian Science Monitor. "Who caused the Little Steel' strike of 1937?" may seem like a "cold turkey" sort of question now. but it is one of vital interest 111 the steel communities and of some consequence to the United States at large. It is interesting in this connection that last week should have heard two almost simultan eous decisions rendered ill which this question was an issue?one by "the United States Circuit Court of Appeals 111 Philadelphia in a case against the Republic Steel Company for back pay and rehiring of strikers, the other by the voters of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, where ? large plants of the Bethlehem Steel Corpora tion are located, in a municipal election. The Appellate Court in a unanimous opin ion read by Judge Albert B. Maris sustained the finding of the National Labor Relations Board that "the underlying cause of the strike . . was Republic's campaign to crush the union by means of . . unfair labor practices." The Cam bria County court of public opinion threw out of office Mayor Daniel Shields, of Johnstown, who was shown to have used company money in fighting the steel workers' union, thereby im plying an adverse popular judgment of the methods of the steel company. While these verdicts do not justify all the actions of unions, and do not alter the need for some modifications in the Labor Relation; Act, they are worth keeping in mind if the drive for amendment of that Act should go the length of demanding its total repeal and the extinction of legal protection for rights of collective bar gaining. At Belk - Tyler's Beginning Saturday SALE ON SILK DRESSES 10(1 SILK DRESSES R E I) U C E I) Silk rrcpo. *|?un rayon*. nowlty woolm* in dree>n and Ki|( a-?ortin?-tit of the iichoI Mtyle* to wleot from. for/ncr/y Jji.'I.WI. sm i; price formerly S /.9.1. SALE PRICE f ormerly S.?.9.j. S \l .l-. PRICE Formerly ST.'to. SALE PRICE Formerly S'f.'Jo. < M.I pill CM $3.29 $4.39 $4.88 $5.39 $6.97 \K\* DRESSES Jl ST RECEIVED \tlraeli\e iif? nlylc* in ull tli?* new material- and col or- ? Ideal for holiday wear. Itolli dre?v and -|?nrt ulyli'* to Hrleet from. Don't mi-- tlie-e bargain-. $1.98 $2.98 I[< *;i\\ Striped Outing (.mill ln ;n \ ui'i^lll. ?lri|ir<l outing. .'{(? iiii'hcs \ r?-^ular !.??? value, s\i i; i'i(K i:? 10c l asl (.olor Diokk I rints iv, :u> ii Ills Ml 10c \ fiooil i|t(alily. .'{<> indlt's wfast ?olor <lrr?? prints. Ml n*'\t patterns. Ladies* Outing Gowns (iooil lira\> unlinks. I'laiu ami fan !?>. Iti'^ular anil <>\tra ?i/i-?. S/tt'tittl Stilt' \ 48c l,a<lio" Silk IIom' l.a<li??' filit- <|iialit\ ?ilk Iiom-. All iii-h *lia<l<-* ami all j-izt-*. 48c pr. Kcttcr Oualit\ Hose l.a<li<~" full fat-liiom-il ?li?-?-r i-ilk Iiom-. Ml new ?liail?-?. \ lii^ ui-u >1 ork lo m'IitI from. 58c pr. ;>8 COATS S< KDIJCICI) Ladi<-?' fine i|iiulil\ coatft. I>rr?? and spnrl htylo. Plain and fur Irinuiu-d. All iicm ma terial. See llie?r. SI I Mr, I aliir. s \i.i: i?kick Sl (1:111 I all,,'. S M i: PRICK $10.88 $12.88 Sjn'cial (rroup Of m;w coats \a-w xport Imci'cU. a-a?ral kiioI a-il- anal lia-rrinpf liama*. Sporl anal ala-a>aa ?l\la'?. $7-95 $995 FULL SIZE SINLLE BLANKETS <.?xmI llt'my Weight Itlankrt* All { Color I'liiiiU. Full Donltle lt<-il Size m Sale on Suede Shoes All $5 Suede Shoes Reduced NATURAL KRIDOE Ami SWEETHEART SHOES \ovelty lies, slra/is mill inilkiiifi ox ford*. Illack anil Itroicn. Iliuli anil medium lieels. II iilllis 4.4.4 to C. $3.88 LailiiV Dross Slioes Novelty pump. no\elty lien, Illaek ami liroHii eom* lunation-. Sueile- ami kill. All iicm style*; \ll width* AAA to C.' $3.39 Latlit'M* Novelty Dress Slioen In VII new novelty styles. y Bumps. straps and uport style*. Blark and brown. All widths. Iliuli and inediiim heels. <?<?* $2.39 All New Novelty Styles. Pumps. Sirups And Sport Styles. Blark And Brown. All Widths. High And Medium Heels $1.77 BELK TYLER COMPANY Williamston
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