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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLLAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. H. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908 1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IK MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months 1.08 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. Wen 17. IV W. Time Tor i IHnlribulioii Critical of everything that Washington does for the common masses and going so far us to declare the federal administration is going dic tatorial, North Carolina's Raleigh is now begin ning to squirm for its own leani'ngs toward a closed dictatorship The people are beginning to wake up to the fact that the powers-that-bc in Raleigh have just about gagged the voices and swiped tin money bag And now the peo ple are aj peali' g to Raleigh for a low crumbs in the form-of the intangibles tax. It is true- that Raleigh ha taken over this ob ligation and that obligation, but in taking over those obligations it gobbled up the revenue, ap plied a ri . tutorial policy in controlling the schools, the roads, and goes on to tell the coun ties and towns what they must do and must not After getting the. road system started at coun ty expense, the State took over the roads and the revenue along with them, leaving the coun ties burdened with a debt that fell squarely 011 real estate In this -county, the State left the taxpayers TibTcfing the hag to the" tuiio of just about half million dollars. ?Then the big intangibles steal followed in due course, tin- State further padding its payrolls for the cv< i-increasing commissions while the counties were directed to accept increasing ob ligations with their sources of revenue riddled. North Carolina should return the intangible tax income to its rightful owners, and also re turn some of the authority that has been taken \ over by Raleigh dictators. I.iitinlians ih Dictators Not so long ago the owner of a vast farm acre age and the head of a farming system that boast ed more than half hundred tenant families passed away at a ripe old ago Kor years the actual tillers of the soil looked to its owner for guidance, the account of the owner's death ex plained. Possibly it was a happy and advantageous arrangement for both the owner and the ten ants. We do not know but it is an obvious fact that the South has budded a dictator system for handling Us di pondcne litters of the mil i? system that in too many cases knows no human values and makes all important the percent age return on investment with the human flesh included as a part of no more or less importance than the mules, goats and swine and other chat tels. There are today a lew guardians, good ones too. But the tenant system as a whole is no bet ter than-that Hitler is trying to )>er)>etiate oh? the world. It is quite possible that the tenant is to biame, to some extent at least and more so than the landlord m many cases. Regardless of who is responsible, the very apparent fact re mains that the system exists and that no one seems to be making any great progress under it. There ts no concerted movement other than advanced by the Farm Security Administration underway to correct the system. The landlord, in most cases, is not taking the initiative to con vert a tenant into a land and home owner, and the tenant is showing no great interest in im proving his own lot. So. we just continue to drift along, getting deeper into the mire and accepting as inevitable those practices that tend to hold in check any progressive movement and to tear down the social structure of our coun try ( ivilizaliim At The (.rot* RihuIk Civilization has been at the cross roads be fore. but at no time in history has the enemy ' threatened to turn the clock back and blot out the progress of the years than right now as Ger many sends its sweeping hordes down upon in nocent and peace-loving peoples. While Hitlei rages in Europe to threaten in nocent people, we. in America, are proving his ally in his movement of destruction when we express no concern for those who are in the path of his iron heel. "It's their war. Let them fight it," we are quoted as saving. Probably it is their war, but we are not so far removed that we will escape its effects and possibly its di rect sting. Who knows-" We spent millions to pro mote justice and guarantee freedom in this .country, and yet wesfTwith folded arms as a down-trodden people try to hold high the torch of liberty in the name of an advancing civiliza tion against a ruthless foe. It may be a bit fantastic to believe that Hit ler will look to the west should he conquer Eu rope and hold its destiny in the palm of his | hand. It is no more fantastic now to believe just that than it was just a few years ago to believe that an ordinary paper hanger would rise up and seriously threaten the equilibrum of the whole of Europi To date. Hitler marches on. his plans being learned only after he has marched. And if the reports are reliable, it would seem that he ! would receive a warmer welcome in Mexico than he has received in Norway or others he has victimized by his plan of invasion. It is not necessary to send the American youth to the f.-o-awav battle fronts hut this rimntrv will miss a great chance to unload its surplus goods and at the same time help a struggling civilization if it fails to act in the impending crisis. When nation after nation is brought under thi' heel of oppressio nand the economic balance of the world is threatened by a mad man, it would appear that civilization is again at the ?rioss loads. " ( htimlirrliiin htlil? hp //is Iniltrflla Sir Nev ille Chamberlain, recently resigned as Great Britain's Prime Minister, folded his um brella before the storm and in the cause of peace stepped down from the high position. The old man has been bitterly assailed, and possibly he was ilue some ot the criticism heaped upon him by those who would have directed the war in a different way and without the facts that were available to the umbrella bearer. But some how or other we hold a great deal of respect for the man. Just a few days after he had withdrawn from Norway we learned why. But we jeered at him for not whipping the Ger mans there And, too, the old man must have been thinking of some mother's son or the sons of thousands of mothers. If peace could be had by conciliation even with humiliation, he want ed peace by that method and not by war. Hemombcring the old gentleman in this light, we i iiinoi help out believe ne was laying the foundation for victory and ultimate peace in spite of Hitler's great airjjower and the far-flung claims that come so regularly and systematical ly out of Berlin. Probably we and the world, at large, would be better off if time was spent for reflection before we plunge into unknown ventures ill prepared and ignorant of the true facts. A right act strikes a chord that extends through the whole universe, touches all moral '? intelligence, visits every world vihntng along', its whole extent, and conveys its vibrations to the very bosom of god.?Binney. X R.L HARRIS' ?for LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ? A BUSINESS MAN, EXPERIENCED IN LEGISLATION AND A 'STRAIGHT-SHOOTER* WATER WINGS QVg RJROPE WON *OK DfR MOHEV. l*JO FOR DF? TOR?P BliTZrfR'EG - ( AMD VOVJtt"^0J AHT>FOlH?TO-* ?%r ^?llg CHRISTIAN Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m and evening service at 8 o'clock. Pastor speaks at both services. Young People's meeting at 7 p. m Woman's Council meets Monday, 4 p. m. Mid-week service, Wednesday. 8 p. m. Daily Vacation Bible school each day during the week beginning at 9 a. m. Commencement Friday night. A rally for the Young People's con ference to be held at Wilson by the Disciples of Christ for this area will be held Friday evening of this week. May 17, at Williamston Christian Christian Church at 7 30. Mr. Cecil Jarrnan, of Atlantic Christian" College who heads the religious education work of the state, will be present. Many young people from the churches of this area will attend and the local young people are making plans ?to assist Mr Jarman in his progrtun. ? POPLAR CHAPEL ?Services will he held at Poplar Chapel Churc h Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and that night at 7:30 with Rev. Caton, of Kdenton, in charge. [church of the advent Trinity Sunday. Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. 11a. I m. Evening prayer and sermon, 8 p. I m. The Woman's Auxiliary will meet Monday afternoon at four o'clock ! with Mrs. L. T. Fowden. The St. Elizabeth's Auxiliary will meet Wednesday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Sam Woolford. BAPTIST Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a m Sermon, What Our Heavenly Father Is Like." Young People's meeting 7 p. m. Evening worship. 8 p. m. Sermon, How Far Can You Trust Your Con science?" In the morning service4 next Sun day special recognition will be given to our fathers. NC ler and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained in Deed of Trust executed to the undersigned trustee by Abe Spruill, dated December 24, 1936, and recorded in the Register of Deeds office of Martin County in Rook P-3 at page 197 default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and due demands having been made upon me by the holder of said indebted nett. I will on Monday, June 17, 1940, nt 1? o'clock nonn offer for sale for cash at auction, the following de scribed property. One (1) house and lot,x being lot No. Seven in Block E of the Brown Field, map of said field is recorded m the Public Registry of Martin County in Land Division Book No 1, page 274. and is referred to for a more definite description. This the 12th day of January. 1M0 I B. A. CRITCHER. ml7-4t Trustee NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina, Martin County. In, The Superior Court. County of Martin vs. Lizzie Hawkins. Under and by virtue of an order of sale and judgment in the above en titled proceeding made by L. B Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court oOfartii^Counl?^>r^4onda^^^h^ lJth day of May. 1M0. the under signed commissioner will, on TCiun -day. the 13?h day of June, 1M6, at Twelve o'clock noon, m front of tile courthouse door m the town of Wil li am* ton. N. C , offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, to wit: Adjoining the lands of Samuel Sta ton and others, being lot No. 2 in the Moore field in that square marked "C" and lying on the North side of Centre St.. sdjoining Samuel Staton's lot, being the same lot deeded to W. V Ormand by J. G. Godard, record ed in Book Y-l at page 365. This the 13th day of May. 1940 CHAS. H MANNING, m!4-4t Commissioner. THEY GIVE YOU "PLAY" -AND PROTECTION You wouldn't play golf in a tuxedo. You want comfortable clothes ... and underwear. Hanes Crotch-Guard Sports give free play to leg muscles. 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You sec the bumps ? but you don't feel them. Ford's new level rule is based on the longest springbase in any low-priced car? plus longer, softer springs. And how easily it handles! There's no effort to shifting, steering or parking. Re sponsive oversize hydraulic brakes?biggest ever used on a low-priced car?give you quick, sure, straight stops. Drive this great new ear today T You'll aee at once why Ford's the buy for '40. Wiliiamston Motor Company TRY IT YOURSELF! Ford it to t*iy to drive, with the new finger-touch gearshift lever t on Meeting column. Iu two-spoke steer A i^g wheel allows a clear view of instruments grouped on a hand some panel directly in front of the driver. F0RDnr40 Vyffamtfam a*uy /ousypticerf
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