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WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA.
I W. C. MANNING
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Friday. 1 l>, k'tUt.
The \ oice Of America Speak*
The political barker along the main high
ways has been proclaiming Mr Wendell L.
Willkie's strength and pointing to the support
pledged by a disgruntled group of worn-out
and hypocritical politicians and by a press ap
parently subsidized by wealth in one way or
another There has been much said about the
Democratic Convention out in Chicago. Presi
dent Roosevelt has been accused of drafting
himself by a third term. All these mushy ac
cusations and claims come from those who, in
many cases, have a bone to pick or who consid
er themselves better able to run the country
than Mr Roosevelt and his aides.
Go back to the little country cross roads
store, and push on back to the humble home
that holds the foundation of this country to
gether even though the weather-worn boards
and the rustic appearances are never seen by
the smart-aleck who bellows forth his opinions
that are gained from a melting pot of human
ity from nearly every nation on earth.
Those who would dare say that Mr. Roose
velt drafted himself for a third term would do
well to get off the main highways and go back
into the rural areas and learn what the true
American has to say. 1 .as1 spring hefore lhe op
posit ion had an opportunity to talk about third
term drafts, an old citizen of this county who
had followed Republicanism that had been
handed down to him from generations before,
expressed his wish to register, not to vote in
the primary that was held last May, but to be
eligible to vote for Mr. Roosevelt should be
accept a third-term nomination.
Developments followed in due course of time.
The little group that hud dictated the politics
of North Carolina for years upon years fail
ed to stop the common people in their drive
for Roosevelt The people's demand for Roose
velt for a third term had to be heeded at Chi
cago. It was one time that the politicians had
little or nothing to say ??ihinit who was to'he
nominated. The delegates had their instruc
tions, and they could not, did not favor any
hand-picked candidate.
It is true that there was some dissention in
the convention, but that is the way of true
Democracy. A machined program well planned
and oiled bv a political gr""p wnnlH hnw nlim.
inated dissention and smothered the opposi
tion, but Democracy spoke its sentiments, and
the people came away victorious not by accident
or luck but because the people wanted it that
way.
The facts clarify the third-term issue, and
now comes a Republican well advanced in
years, to give expression to the voice of Amer
ica by saying he wanted to vote for Roosevelt
again. It is apparent that the old Republican
Party is waging a life and death fight and that
all attacks, founded or unfounded, must be
advanced to "Weaken the opposition
IntluHtry Strike?
Those who are firmly convinced by their
own peculiar way of thinking that the United
States is safe, that this nation can defend it
self, and that no trouble similar to that caus
ing the downfall of France is to be encounter
ed here should start putting two and two to
gether and realize just how weak we are as a
nation.
_ During recent months there has been a great
deal said about a defense program. The only
spur to the movement has been the billion dol
lar appropriations talked about and advanced
by Congress. There has been very little coop
eration advanced in behalf of the program by
the Congress itself, the industrialists, labor and
others.
One can go back to the last war, dig up the
facts and quickly realize what a precarious po
sition we are in today. A quarter of a century
ago labor was branded as unpatriotic and treas
onous when a strike was mentioned. But indus
try atruek, also. A glaring example Is recalled
in connection with an urgent call for powder
during a critical period of the war. A govern
mental committee, investigating the case, said:
"The government offered to pay 'every dollar
of expense,' to advance $1,000,000 on account
of profit, and to pay additional profit as deter
mined by arbitration. This was rejected by the
company's board of directors upon the recom
mendation of Pierre du Pont. He wrote that
\ . we cannot assent to allowing our own pa
triotism to interfere with our duties as trus
tees for the stockholders' At the time, he was
one of the ten largest holders of the company s
common stock."
That was in the last war And while we ar
ready to harp without letup about labor strikes,
let's look at the recent records as they were rec
orded by industry.
One large automobile manufacturer, alter
boasting he could make so many thousand
planes each day, decided he would not make
anv at all if the terms of the contract provided
tor the sale of some of the planes to Britaiiv
Another ear manufacturer after being offered
7 p<fr cent profits, faltered and wanted to know
what constituted profits.
With possibly some few exceptions, indus
try is apparently now on a general strike, re
fusing to embark on the nation defense orders
until three conditions are met:
"1 That they be permitted to 'write off plant
expansion in five years rather than at the now
legal rate of 15 years. Thus, revenue otherwise
taxable us profits' can avoid taxation and be
written off as 'depreciation' This results in
higher prices on government orders as over
head costs are written up.'
"2. That present law (Vinson-Trammell Act)
limiting profits on aviation and naval contracts
to 8 per cent be repealed.
"3. That the Presidential program 'of a steep
ly graduated profits tax, to be applied to all
individuals and all corporate organizations' be
withdrawn."
If a common, ordinary laborer refuses to
work for such a price, he is branded a coward
and traitor during war times. He is scorne
even though the wages he is offered are not suf
ficient to purchase the necessities of life for
himself and his family.
And now there is the conscription bil). Vol
untary action on the part of liberty-loving folks
will not meet the emergency. We are not will
ing to accept the sacrifices. We are lining up
with industry and balking.
In the light of these facts and the indifferent
attitude and even the strong opposition voiced
by allegedly true-blooded Americans, the best
that one can hope for is a poor defense program.
In time of peace we did nothing to promote
peace, and now in time of stress we are doing
nothing to head off Hitler's threat against peace,
lreedom and everything good that goes with
it. . ----- .
/Vr*/iing Spwkg
Ou-the same day-that Charies tandbergh, the
fairly good plane pilot again voiced his opin
ions on the preparedness program as an empty
hero, John J. Pershing, noted war general and
authority on military affairs, appealed to the
American people to wake up and demand Con
gress to offer immediate aid to Britain. T)o ev
erything today, not tomorrow, for the cause
of Britain short of war," the General said in
bis address last Sunday evening.
There is a hero of the air, a man who has no
claim to a military title, telling the United
States to draw itself into a shell And then Mr.
Pershing, a man who knows the facts, comes
along and in direct opposition to our hero of
the air and appeals to Congress and the peo
pU^Au-aet ??w-irr-beft8if"TTf"TtVttiSSTtiJfr_Tficrotir?
general of the last war made a sane speech
packed with common sense and devoid of hero
appeal. '
Nearly 100 per cent of those hearing Mr.
Pershing agreed with him and now urged the
immediate sale or transfer of 100 and more, if
destroyers t" Graal Britain.
Candidale Wilkerton S/n-aki
. ?
John Wilkerson, Republican nominee for a
seat m the National House of Representatives
from this district and Beaufort County attor
nev, speaking before a newly-formed Willkie
club down in Washington County recently said:
"Seven^ycars that Mr. Roosevblt has been
head of our nation he has successfully made
enemies in most all of the foreign countries.
Italy, Russia, Germany and Japan, and the rea
son that we wants to build such a large Navy
is to protect this country against the countries
that he has made mad with us.'
It is apparent that Mr. Wilkerson is not ac
quainted with the facts. It is also apparent that
he and his Republican friends had rather lie
down and associate with Hitler and Mussolini
rather than stick up for what's right and what s
decent. It has been characteristic of the Repub
lican Party to wallow around where ill-gotten
wealth was penned and ignore society's basic
prinoinli'ft, ?~ ?
Mr. Wilkerson forgets that it was Roosevelt
who recognized Russia after his (Mr. Wilker
son's) own party has slurred that country year
after year Possibly the seed of hate sown by
Republicanism are just now bearing their
fruit Serious efforts were made to maintain
friendly relations with the other powers, but
Mr. Roosevelt would not stoop to such prac
tices as those Mr. Wilkerson intimates his par
ty would follow. When friendship was to be
maintained on a crude commercial basis while
all that is good and right by the laws of God
and decency, Mr. Roosevelt put Ml foot down.
He did not act, however, until he had tried to
re-establish trade relations which had been
torn down by a damnable Republican tariff.
And now a candidate for a seat in the National
House of Representatives comes along and tells
a Republican gathering all about a foreign pol
icy he apparently knows nothing about
Piney Grove Baptist
Regular services Saturday and
Sunday at 11 a. m
All members are urged to be pres
ent and the public is invited.
PRESBYTERIAN
The following services will be
held this Sunday:
Williamston church school, 9 45 a
m
Worship service and sermon, 11
a. m.
Roberson's Chapel church school.
9 a. m
Monthly sermon postponed until
third Sunday.
Bear Grass church school at usual
hour.
Young People of the church, 7:30
p. m. at which time the worship ser
vice will be under their direction.
(No regular sermon due to Mi Vin
son's absence.)
Poplar Point church school at 2
p. m.
Gold Point church school at 3:30
P m.
Robersonville monthly preaching j
service at 8 p. m. in Woman's Club, j
The public is cordially invited to
any or all of these services.
BAPTIST
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Training Union Assembly. 7 p. m.
Evening worship, 8 p. m.
METHODIST
Preaching Sunday morning and
evening by the pastor.
Church school at 9:45 a. m.
Epworth League, 7:15 p. m.
Mid-week prayer service, Wednes
day evening at 8 o'clock.
You are cordially invited to "Jdth
with others who find these services
helpful to them.
The manufacture and distribution
jf margarine is inspected and super
vised by government officials more
thoroughly than that of any other
American food product, according to
the National Cotton Council.
Keenness of vision of some birds
is almost incredible. A tiny insect
ivhich the human eye can hardly see
at one yard is distinctly seen at a
hundred yards, by birds, reports the ,
Better Vision Institute.
Growers Get Ready
To Sow Winter Peas
Austrian winter peas will play a
major role in protecting North Car
olina farm land against the ravages
of soil erosion during the cold bleak
months, says E. C. Blair, agronomist
of the State College Extension Serv
ice.
Already growers have ordered
more than 1,500,00 pounds of Aus
trian pea seed through the AAA's
grant-of-aid program for spreading
a green blanket over their unpro
tected lands this winter.
Blair said the seed should be
planted between September 1 and
October 15, the earlier the better.
On land where they have never been
grown before, the seed should be
broadcast at the rate of 30 to 40
pounds to the acre. Twenty to 30
pounds is enough when drilling peas
or when broadcasting on land that
is well-innoculated.
The seed must be inoculated un
less they are sown on land that is
already inoculated. Land inoculated
for vetch or for garden peas (May
peas) does not require inoculation
fur Austrian peas
Although this legume is a soil
builder, it will pay to use some fer
tilizer under the crop. On good soils
of the Coastal Plain, Blair recom
mends 200 pounds per acre of an
0-8-6 mixture. For poor soils, he
suggests 200 pounds of a 4-8-6 fer
tilizer
In the mountains and piedmont,
best results will be secured with 200
pounds of a 0-10-4 on good soils and
200 pounds of 4-10-4 on the poorer
soils. The fertilizer application to
the crop following the peas may then
be reduced by these amounts.
Austrian peas may be planted af
ter corn, cotton, tobacco, peanuts,
soybeans, cowpeas, and other crops.
They may be turned under in time
to plant the same crops they follow
ed, with the exception of tobacco
and in some counties cotton.
The eyes of most children do not
move in perfect unison with each
other until about three months af
ter birth, according to the Better
Vision Institute. Pupils of the eyes,
howover, expand or contract readily
in the new-born child as the light is
decreased or increased.
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Long-Range City
Plan Is Successful
Small cities, like large ones, can
build better facilities for their resi
dents and yet save taxpayers sub
stantial sums by adopting a long
range city plan, according to the Na
tional Consumers Tax Commission.
Citing the experience of Kenosha,
Wis., a community of moderate size,
the commission reports that 13 dan
gerous railroad grade crossings have
been eliminated there, a modern un
ified transit system established, a
civic center covering eight city blocks
built, and a blighted industrial area
restored while the tax rate was re
duced from $3.10 in 1031 to $3.90 in
1932 all through comprehensive city
planning. The commission urges
cities to set up an official planning
board, a technical staff, and citizens'
advisory committee?the three parts
of a standard organization for pre
paring a sound program for public
improvements based on need.
RESOLUTION OF RESPECT
Whereas, the Board of Town Com
missioners in regular session this
5th day of August, 1940. have heard
with keen regret or the death of
Ellis N. Ramey, who for ten years
was on the Police Force of the town
of Williamston. Therefore be it re
solved, that in his passing, the town
of Williamston has lost a most effi
cient and faithful police officer, the
community an upright and honor
able citizen and his family a kind
and loving husband and father.
Be it further resolved that this
Radio Wave? And
Light Have Weight
Doee a ray of tight weigh any
thing? Yes, it does. And for that mat
ter radio waves and invisible X-rays
have weight, according to the Better
Vision Institute. Einstein and other
great scientists agree that all rays
and waves of energy have mass, or
substance. For that reason all light
must weigh something. In the case
of sunlight what is actually happen
ing is that the sun is shooting out
part of its substance into solar space
in the form of light Sometime the
sun will become so small that it
will cease to have power to shed
tight. However, says the institute,
we need not worry about that. It
will take millions of years for the
sun to burn itself out.
resolution be spread on the town
minutes, a copy sent to The Enter
prise and a copy sent to his bereav
ed family.
Done in regular session this 5th
day of August. 1940.
J. L. HASSELU Mayor
Attest: G. H. Harrison, Clerk.
DK. V. H. MEWBOBN
OPTOMETRIST
Please Note Date Changes
Robersonville office. Scott's Jew
elry Store, Tuesday, August 8.
Williamston office, Peele's Jewel
ry Store, every Wed., 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Plymouth office, Liverman's Drug
Store, Every Friday, 10 am. to 4 p.m.
Eyes Examined?Glass re Fitted
Tarboro Every Saturday.
R^ita Theatre?Washington
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Sunday-Monday Augrust 11-12
I CAN'T GIVE YOIJ ANYTHING BUT LOVE BABY
with ]ohhny l)oun? and Peggy Moran
,
Tuesday UOlJBLt '^EATliEK August 13
"Millionaire* in Prison," Lew Tracy, Linda Hayes
"Pop Always Pays", with Leon Errol
Wednesday-Thursday August 14-15
"THE BISCUIT EATER"
with Billy Lee and Cordell Hickman
Friday-Saturday August 14-17
"THE SHOWDOWN"
with William Boyd
...rfbouX
laCtacies
Nero Did NOT Fiddle
while Rome burned
9mm of Mm falsities of history and legend haw*
had to prolonged a W* ?$ that which represents
Naro twe Emparor as being atop tha Towar of
Maecenas gleefully fiddling and vocalising while
the City of Roata went up in flames.
Aaide from tha anachronism as to "fiddling"
(tha violin only dates from the middle of the 16th
Century) and conceding that the instrument might
have boon the classic lyre of antiquity, we have the
euthorativa statement of Tacitus that at tha tim*
of the conflagration Naro the Emperor was at his
vita at An Hum, soma SO miles away.
Electric Ranges
are NOT slow
On the contrary, modern developments in the
design end construction of present dey decide
Ranges bring the true speed of Electricity to cook
ing. Now you have glowing heat et the snap of a
switch.
In addition, precision automatic heat controls
enable you to measure the heat just as you measure
any of the other ingredients in your cooking. These
control features always enable you to duplicate
your cooking successes because they eliminate
guesswork. Yet ?speed is but one of the many
features of modern Electric Ranges!
ELECTRIC RANGES ARE FAST?COOL?DEPENDABEE?SAFE AND MODERN?JUST
LIKE ELECTRIC LIGHTS! y*w>. Deals*.
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