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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. MANNING Editor ?IMS-1911 SITJSCRIPTION 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 WiHiamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise anH not individual members of the firm. Tmetday. June i. I'tUt. 11 Ihtes 4 fJ ret I * lien' Many of those who have played the role of isolationists are beginning to realize that events in Europe do affect us in the United States de spite the big pond Just how much events in Eu rope can affect the welfare of this nation few can yet realize. The recent trend of events is rapidly open ing our eyes, but we have much to learn. The possibilities the near future hold are enough to cause us to show more alarm than we are show ing over the devastation, the suffering and the nearness of starvation for millions of people this coming winter. In the light of recent happenings and a study of Hitler's moves that are to be expected, it is foolish for us to sit back and still maintain that ?what happens in Europe will not pruvt1 uf cun cern to us over here. High official circles in this nation are alarm ed over what to expect if Germany wins. They see one of three things, the scuttling of the Brit ish Navy or its complete surrender tp_Gormanv or its removal to Canadian waters. In either of the first two events, Japan looms as a?big problem with its strong, navy. The task of try ing to defend countries^ to the south of us not to mention the defense for our possessions in the Haciiic ana Atlantic is causing much alarm.? To bring the picture closer home, Martin County tobacco farmers got their first taste of the disorder in Europe last fall. Only our-to bacco was affected, but add to that our cotton crop and our supplies in the amount of about three billion dollars annually, and we will soon feel the situation choking our economic life throughout the length and breadth of the land Ar\d then there are the- possible effects of ac tuai combat to be considered. All in all, events in Europe do affect us and far more seriously than many of us realize. 4 Belter Defence With starvation staring one hundred million people in the face over in Europe if the trend of events is not altered by early next fall, it would appear that America could build up a strong defense by makint' preparations now to aid the war victims and gain their confidence and friendship. The cause of friendship among nations has virtually disappeared among nations, but in this day and under the times of stress one can more accurately value a real friendship. Sad as it may seem, we must admit that we have ig nored the value of friendship until now the deadly weapon has to bo brought into play..to, . defend ourselves and all the things we stand for as advocates of freedom of religion, of speech and of the right to pursue our chosen paths to happiness. Japan would have a better opinion of us to day had we refused to sell scrap iron to them that they might kill the Chinese. The lowly Chinaman would have a better opinion of us had we exemplified our Christianity by deed and not by word of mouth. And the millions who now face starvation in Europe will have a better opinion of us if we plan now to go to their rescue in the times of stress that are as certain to follow the war as one season fol lows another. If tire would bolster our own defenses and re gain much of our respect we have lost in times paat, we will make plans now to extend a help ing hand to suffering humanity across the seas when the winter stalks the millions whose homes have been razed and their food supplies destroyed. ? ' ^ The Tobacco Gamble ... .5** Agricultural authorities in Washington are urging all flue-cured tobacco growers to re duct their acreage below allotments for this year. They point out that as a result of the huge 1W9 crop, there is now a surplus of flue-cured Idbwu which could hot be reduced to normal size in less than two years, or even longer, at the normal rate of world consumption, to say nothing of the curtailed consumption due to conditions. As it looks from this distance, North Carolina tobacco growers would be standing in their own light if they ignore this advice. England has been the best customer for Am erican flue-cured tobacco. But England not only is consuming less tobacco but has put a tax of approximately 18 cents on each package of 20 cigarettes and that is calculated to discourage smoking, especially in the face of the need to practice every possible economy. And it is not certain that before this year's crop is har vested England will not be in more serious trouble, and trouble that would affect the Am erican tobacco farmer. And even if the Allies win, Europe will be impoverished and there will be no buying of anything except actual necessities, and if Ger many is the victor, it is certain that Hitler, drunk with power, would take pleasure in boy cotting everything American. Kight now a group of Southern farm leaders including Dr. Clarence Poe, are undertaking to map a ten-year program of planned prosper ity for this entire section. They are straight thinkers and sincerely engaged in an effort to lift Southern agriculture to higher ground. But planning won't get them anywhere if there And this matter of tobacco curtailment would be essential aside from any ten-year or any other sort of program. It must be remembered that in addition to the loss of much of the British market, the con sumption m the Netherlands, Belgium and France will be drastically curtailed, nor can the federal government be expected to continue to prime the tobacco industry along with its new preparedness burdens. Nor should it have to. If the tobacco farmer deliberately ignores of ficial advice and the dictates of common sense, then he need not be surprised if sympathy for him is thus undermined. It resolves itself into a business proposition for the tobacco farmer. He must make his choice between gambling his summer's work against the impossible chance that world conditions will be stabilized before marketing time, or divert his efforts to the production of other market able crops to bridge the gap for the present. The question now is will he do it? He must make his derision snnn Culuni'l l.indhergh's Ocean Christian St it* nee Monitor. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh seems to think the -Atlantic Ocean is wider than when he flew across H ifl T92?r? He believes, according to .his recent broadcast that "If we (in America) desire peace, we need only stop asking for war." Denmark. Norway, Holland and Belgium did not ask for war. He says: "We are in danger of war today not because European people have attempted to interfere with the internal affairs of America but be cause American people have attempted to in terfere with the internal affairs of Europe." It would require more documentation than Colonel Lindbergh offers to show wherein the American people have tried to interfere with internal affairs of Europe since the World War. ln,.fact, it could be said with more reason that the conflagration in Europe which threatens America today got its start partly because the UhitecWStates failed to do its part toward con solidating the peace it helped to win. Colonel Lindbergh does not object to the $1, 000,000,000 defense program advanced by Pres ident Roosevelt; rather, he approves "reason able defense forces," including aircraft. Possi bly he would iciugiiDe that tills and most ot the' $0,000,000,000 spent on defense in the last seven years by the United Suites are direct costs of the developments in Europe which he thinks offer no threat of invasion to AmeHca. His recipe for security is that the United States take the other, nations of the Western Hemisphere under the wings of its air force, pre sumably whether they like it or not, and make sure that they do not get into wars with Eu ropean powers. Does not this sound like med dling with the internal affairs and foreign pol icies of Latin-American nations? The essence of Colonel Lindbergh's plea ap pears to be in this: "Let us turn again to Amer ica's traditional role?that of building and guarding our own destiny." What is that des tiny? Is it to attempt a selfish and insecure aloofness in the shambles of a world engulfed by hate and rapine? Is it America's traditional role to remain blind to the implications of for eign wars and aggressions until its costs more to protect herself from chaos on her borders and sea-lanes than it would have cost to help preserve a semblance of world order and de cency? "We cannot aid others," the Colonel con cludes. "until we have first placed our own country in a position of spiritual and material leadership and strength." Can spiritual leader ship result from self-interest that thinks only of its own safety and advantage in the face of an attack on the moral and ethical standards humanity has spent centuries in building? "We got out of heart too soon," remarked a Marshville township farmer a few days ago, after the rains came and cotton began popping through. We "get out of heart" too soon about many thirds. What Americans most need is some of that old-time determination, initiative, patience and perseverance that characterised our forefathers who founded the country and who rebuilt the South after the terrible de struction wrought by the Civil war. ? Marsh ville Home. Thursday ^ Friday ^ Saturday BELK - TYLER'S Week'End Specials Announcing llelk-Tyler's Neic YOUNG COLONY SHOP BE THRIFTY SEE THESE SMART ? 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All slses in stock. 98c MEN S Dress Shirts Man's excellent quality, fast color drees shirts In a large assortment of summer patterns, both regular and semi-tab collars. 97c MATCHED SUITS MEN'S Cool, summer. matched lulls In 11 the now materials and colors. Bs lira to aaa thasa THURSDAY. 1.98-2.98 BOYS' MATCHED SUITS Naw materials, all slsea. new ummar colors. In both solids and omblnatlons. 98c-1.98 MEN'S STRAW HATS New ahapas and colors to select rom. Sea theaa today. 48c?98c |Belk-Tylei Company williamston J
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