The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday end Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLLAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. w. c. Manning Editor ? 1948-1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.76 Six months ._... 1 00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.25 Bin Manthi - 1-B 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. T,u ?day. July 16. 16141. An Afifn'itl To Murlin f firmer* This paper, upon the authority of a thought ful government and upon what it sincerely be lieves justifiable facts, appeals to Martin Coun ty farmers to participate in the tobacco refer endum on Saturday of this week. It is the gen eral belie! that our larmers, recognizing?the serious situation surrounding the world front, are in favor of a three-year tobacco control pro gram. but facts as they have been gathered at the early community meetings indicate that there is a marked indifference on the part of farmers and that the indifference threatens the passage of the program In one of the few instances ever recorded, there is a marked cooperation being advanced in the interest of a planned agricultural pro gram. possibly because the fate and well be ing of everyone in the farming territories will be affected That cooperation is evident in ev ery walk of life but it is up to the farmers to make it bear fruit This paper humbly challenges farmers in this and all other tobacco-producing counties to the task on Saturday of this week, and pleads with them not to let the polls close until they have personally seen lu it that then neighbors have voted, that every eligible vote is cast and cast for a threo-vear tobacco control program M illhie II ill Aol Play Politic* Wendell Willkie. the Republican nominee for the Presidency, will not play politics, so they say. That is commendable But what the peo ple want to know is, will Mr Willkie champ ion the lights ol business and challenge the cause of the common masses'' Does lie believe in the old economic-drop system which feeds the delicious food to those at the top of the table and leaves the masses to exist on the crumbs that drop from the table'.' Mr Willkie will do well to remember that such a system was given a fair trial during twelve long years ending with Hoover. There were no wars to interfere with the experiment But at the close of the trial there was no food for those at the top and no numbs for those at the bottom. The Republican nominee may be no pohti cian, but he must learn all about politics if he is to survive the demands of the hungry politi cians who will be calling for jobs and special privileges?if and when he is elected. It may be possible that Mr?Willkie ..will play the role of a dummy, and the privileged inter ested and classes will lurndle his politics and run the country for him. If Mr. Willkie thinks for a moment that his sensational climb in the bus iness world, and that the time is right for a bus iness man in Washington, he will do well to look toward France and England and see what, a terrible fix they are in today following the administrations by world-renowned business men. Mr. Willkie may be the strongest man the Republicans could get their hands on in Phila delphia, but it still seems to us that the aspir ants were measured in terms of their weak ness rather thari in terms of their strength. The action of the Republicans in Philadel phia virtually read Taft and Dewey out of their party ranks, for they told them "you are too weak to run, that while Mr. Willkie is not our unanimous choice he is not as weak as you ___ ?? are ___ Trampling Individual Rights Completing a check-up recently, representa tives of the State Department of Agriculture found 155 out of 450 sets of scales were out of adjustment. One-fourth of the packages weigh ? ed and tested was found to be under weight. There is a peculiar claim to individual free dom when a person assumes the privilege of packing 14 or 15 ounces of goods into a pack age and selling it for a pound. But, said to re late ,there are those who do just that and then declare by all that's right and holy that their righto of freedom an being jeopardized. Right thought# and deeds are the sovereign mightiest agent in human affairs.?Cbanning Right in Lime For a Foil One of the most encouraging statements to come out of England in recent days was made by the editor of the London Times, the bulwark of the old established order and the quasi-of ficial organ of the British Government. It did not have to do with arms or the tempo of the armament program It dealt with the direct cause of France's fall, and the editor went on to declare that the European houae could not be put in order until England put her own house in order. "The European house cannot be put in order until we put our own house in order first. The new order cannot be based on the preservation of privilege whether privilege be that of a coun try, or a class or an individual * * * The problem of the new order is social as well as in ternational." God grant that it isn't too late for England to learn her lesson and solve that problem And here in America, too, there is a similar lesson to be learned and a problem just as perplexing to be solved. Unless we learn our lesson we will continue in line for a fall sooner or later. One cannot have gone into the mining dis tricts of England without being convinced that a "new order" must be advanced if democracy is to survive or prevail in effective form after the war on the British Isles. The "privileged classes" in England have developed into such a decadent type that they are no good to them selves and are actually endangering the life and "soul ol the empire. But wo have no right to stand off and criti cise England Right here in our own America, the land of wealth_ and opportunity, we have a hovel to match every one in England. And we do not even bother to exrnso them as a traHi tional institution to bo suffered by the masses without complaint. Surely the manipulators in France who taxed wealth one cent and the men who did the actual lighting ten are waking up to their mistake. But they are learning their lesson too late. The ques tion now is will England learn its lesson before it is too late? And will the United States fail to recognize the importance of learning the same lesson before it is too late? Where Does Defense Benin? Christian Science Monitor. Herbert Hoover's moving exhortation to the Republican convention for a rededication to justice, freedom and opportunity might well be taken to heart not only bv his party but bv ail Americans Crash after crash of free governments has aroused citizens to-the necessity of revitalizing Ilbcrtyr-restoring morality, competence and fiscal snnnHness in government Amprirans are_ slirred to the depths at finding themselves un prepared in a hostile world. They can well take up the task of tightening their defenses by the inner regeneration which begins with the re ligious basis Mr. Hoover mentioned, the con cept that man is only "a little lower than the angels." IX Ii use begins at home. It begins with mor al and physical rearmament of America. But the issue which every duy focuses more clcar ly is whether defense stops at the water's edge. Mr. Hoover said that there can be no neutrality in the war of conflicting ideas, in the struggle Very realistically he said, "There is no such thing as our isola tion from wars which envelop two-thirds of all the people in the world," and that there is no such thing as economic, intellectual, or mor al isolation. He voiced the natural sympathies of Amer n ails for the democracies fighting for theii fiee dimi. Then, however, he drew back. He ap peared to envisage defeat for the democracies and victory for aggression. The former presi dent, deploring "provocative speech" by the present Chief Executive, says "the day will come when we might be of service to human ity in dealing with these same men for peace." The hope of mediating a peace ^s an attract ive one. But can an American President par ticipate in making peace with the present rul eis of Germany and Italy? Are we to believe, as some European negotiators have believed to their disappointment, that any credence can be put in the dictators' promises? Could Mr. Hoover, whose Secretary of State promulgat ed the doctrine of nonreeognition of territorial gains made by aggression, conceive of a peace that would preserve to the aggressors any kind of "protectorate" over Poland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands. Belgium, and France? Do Americans in general really believe that there is, practically speaking, any peace or se curity for the United States so long as aggres sors succeed apparently in flouting the moral ity and decency of the world by the forcible oppression of peoples and nations? Defense begins at home. But can even the American economy live in a world dominated by totalitarian trade? And can America de fend the ideals of liberty, justice and human dignity by defending only her shores? Mr. Hoover urges Americans to wait until "attack ed". When must America consider herself at tacked? There are experienced and patriotic men like Mr. Hoover who believe apparently that Am erica can pull in its interests and ideals?even possibly to the giving up of trade with Europe and Asia, withda^ving from the Philippines, i some w ?tc?and find some way to live in a Nari-dom inated world. Their opinion must be carefully canvassed. This newspaper believes it to be mistaken. King Cotton'? Prisoner* Business man sad vonn at Teaopic, Texas, who faded to obey toe order of the mayor to wear cotton clothes daring a recent cotton celebration found that the days at osateen pioneer justice had not ended. Rounded op frosn their businesses, they were placed in toe "city jog" and driven over town for aa hoar after which they ware fined and setsleswad to bay cotton eiotoes Indues being Dusting Of Peanuts Proves Profitable -45 Dusting of peanuts to control the leafspot disease should begin at once, says Howard R. Garriss, Ex tension plant pathologist. This prac tice has netted growers as much a* $15 30 per acre in experimental dem onstrations, he said. Garriss reported that early appli cations. made at two-week intervals, have proven the most profitable In previous years growers have applied the first of three treatments on or about July 25. "However, this year, we are recommending four treat ments. the first to be made as early in July as possible," he stated Last year tests of the four-appli cations-per-season method resulted in yields of 509 pounds more nuts per acre than yields from untreat e dplots. and increases from the three-applications-per-season dem onstrations were 459 pounds more nuts per acre. "Control of peanut leafspot by sulphur dusting also substantially increases the yield and quality of peanut hay," Garriss declared. "The material used for sulphur dusting of peanuts is a specially prepared dusting sulphur' which is condition ed for sticking to the plant. Any good grade of sulphur dust is satisfactory if the particles will pass through a '125 mesh. "The rate of application should be irom 10 to 3U pounds of sulphui pei acre, the exact amount depending upon the size of the plants.. The treatment should be made either in the ekrly morning, when it is i.ilm .mil there is sonic dew on the plants, or in the late afternoon af ternoon after a rain. It is necessary to avoid winds during the operation. However, if rain occurs within 24 hours after the dust is applied, the applications must be repeated " $? 4-H Short (lourse Oj^ens On July 22 Twelve hundred rural boys and girls, representing the 50,000 mem bers of the 1,500 4-H clubs in the State, will gather at N. C. State Col lege on Monday, July 22, for their annual State Short Course. They will spend a week at the college in study and recreation and in receiving in spiration to take back to their local clubs. Among the speakers they will hear during the week are: Governor Clyde R. Hoey; Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer: Dr. W C. Jackson, administrative dean of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Greensboro; and Salom Rizk, a young foreign-born American citi zen who is known as "the Syrian -Yankee.** The five days of education and fun will cost each club member $5.50, which wilt include registra tion fees, a room in a college dormi tory, and all meals in the college cafeteria. ' The annual Slate 4-H Health con test, culminating in the crowning of the king and queen of health in colorful ceremonies, will be one of the features of the program Three dairy contests will be held, with the winning teams in each receiv ing a free trip to the National Dairy Show to be held in Pennsylvania in October, ounty teams of boys will compete in dairy production and dairy cattle judging contests, and girls' teams will compete in a dairy foods contest. A Citizenship Ceremony will be | held following Salom Rizk's address on Thursday morning. L. R. liar rill. State 4-H club lead er, and Miss Frances MacGregor, assistant State leader, are co-di rectors of the short course. U. S. Merchants Do Their Fall Buying New York?Thousands of buyers from stores all over the country were here last week to do their fall and early-winter buying. Consensus was the expectation of sales gains of 5 to IS per cent this fall over 1939. Especially were those buyers and merchants from the industrial areas expanding their buying budgets, while folks from stores in agricul tural areas were holding to about the same budgets as a year ago Wholesale prices are expected to re main on an even keel the teat of the year, but retail prices, averaged for the year, may be about 5 or 6 per cent higher. Merchants were warn ed to place orders early because of a possible bottleneck in October when government orders to manufactur ers may interfere with production and movement of -goods lor regular retail trade. The added purchasing power stemming from the national defense program is expected to be manifest in larger numbers of "unit I sales," rather than in creases in size | of the individual purchase. Install nent buying of furniture, house nold appliances, radios and musical instruments is expected to rise stead ily as wages from this activity begin to reassure workers NOTICE OF RESALE North Carolina. Martin County In Hie Superior Court. County of Martin vs. Joe White horne, Catherine Whitehorne, Ma mie H. Lilley and husband. Frank Lilley, Annie H. Rue and husband. Charlie Rue. Marthena B. Dale and husband. T. I Dale. Dorothy Hargrove Holdra and husband, Paul B. Holden. Racbael Hargrove Brown and husband, Silas Brown, and R. A. Haislip Under and by virtue of an order of resale in the above entitled pro ceeding made by L. B. Wynne. Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County on the Sth day of July, 1940. the undersigned commissioner will, on the 20th day of July, 1940. at twelve o'clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in the town of Wil liamston, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, to wit: Bounded on the Nurth by Hines land, on the East by the Hines land, on the South by the Alex Haislip land, on the West by the Pat Has kett land, containing 200 acres, more or less, lying and being in Goose Nest Township, Martin County, this being the same land listed for taxes in the name of M. L. Haskett This the 5th day of July. 1940 " Nil ^ CHAS H MANNING. jy9-2t Commisioner. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of J. H. D. Peel, deceas ed, late of Martin County, North Car-' olina, this is to notify all persons liav UK claim* against estate of said de ceased to exhibit them to the under signed on or before the 1st day of June, 1941, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their tecovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 1st day of June, 1940. J. HENRY PEEL. Administrator of the estate of j4-6t J. H. D. Peel, deceased. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of trie estate of Levi Harduon, de ceased, of Martin County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before trie 22nd day of June, 1941, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 22nd day of June, 1940 HAULCY HARDISON, Administrator of the estate of j25-6t Levi Hardison. deceased DR. V. H. 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