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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. wn T IAMSTON NORTH CAROLINA. W. 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 25 Six months 1J1 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, 1H79 Address all communications to The Enterprise and not mdrnduat members of the firm. I riday. January .'II. If II. Segotialed Or Hillerizetl Peace Lindbergh, self-acclaimed expert on world affairs, urges a negotiated peace. The world is longing for peace, and no doubt each new day of conflict is dragging economy and civiiiza tion deeper into the mire of misery and want. But it is fairly apparent that a negotiated peace would be nothing more than surrender to Hit ler and the acceptance of slave bonds for the many millions outside of Germany. Hitler has dreamed during these past few years for a great reward for his faithful followers He has promised them glory and riches^'in return for their hardships and sufferings experienced that glory and riches might be gained What Mr Lindbergh would have us accept is an uncertain fate, a fate that could possibly mean bodily slavery for years to come and cer tainly econorriic suicide would follow in the course of only a few months There can be no negotiated peace with a mad man, and when Lindbergh and others talk about that type of peace they must mean com plete surrender to a mad man who has ravaged men's souls and rendered millions almost help less. Those who would enjoy freedom and the ways of life as we know it prefer war and death to Mr. Lindbergh's negotiated peace 4 Rule Fur Sucre** "The longer I live the more 1 am convinced that there are just two kinds of people in this world?those who have a passion for improve ment and those who have not," says Dr. Clar ence Poe in an editorial in The Progressive Far mer. "Those without it are akin to dumb ani mals; those with it are akin to the gods. Those without it are walking corpses, virtually dead; those with it are thrillingly alive." Dr. Poe goes on to quote the rule for suc cess given long ago by James J. Hill?a rule which has given a hard jolt to manv of the men who have read it: "If you want to know whether you are des tined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is very simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not. but you will lose as sure as you live The seed of success is not in you." Paraphrasing these words to give his own rule for success, Dr. Poe adds: "The one sure rule for success in life is very simple and it is infallible: Have you a passion for improvement?an unceasing zeal and will to improve yourself, your family, your farm, and your home? If not, drop out You will fail. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in vou. Without this passion for improvement you will never succeed; but if you have it, you are a success already." ? /Vr Capita Income North Carolina's more than 3,000,000 souls had a combined income of one billion and sev enteen million dollars in 1929. In 1939 the total income was one billion and sixty-eight million dollars, an increase of about fifty million dol lars over the 1929 figure. In 1932, the income had dropped to five hundred and ninety-six million dollars. Taken from a recent issue of the University of North Carolina News Letter, the figures are the foundation for an interesting study. Under the Hoover administration, the people of this State were gradually receiving less year af ter year, and in 1932 the income was $421,000, 000 less than it was in 1929. Four long years the people waited for a return of prosperity and it didn't come. The Hoover policies were proved worthless Proceeding with Roosevelt in 1933. the people received an increase in in come that year, and by 1939 the income was $472,000,000 greater than it was in 1932 The opponents of the New Deal talk about taxation. Look at the cold figures and it is quite obvious that all of the new taxes can be paid and then there would still be millions left over and above the combined income figure for 1932 In other words the average person was in a bet tar position to pay the added taxes in 1939 than he wee in 1982 when taxes were relatively small and income was low The interesting story in the News Letter fig ures are found in the distribution of income by sections While nearly all of the Northern states and many of those in the West are receiving one and one-half times the average income, all of the Southern States are receiving less than half the average. Let no man claim that the Southern farmer is not entitled to parity pay ments for his products and that the- Southern worker is not entitled to more for his labor When the average man in North Carolina was receiving $302 a year, the average man in Dela ware was receiving $840. the one in New York $825. and so on. Those figures partly account for the upward industrial trend in the South. And yet, there are those who yell communism when workers join together to promote their just claims through collective bargaining or even the strike. There'll be no genuine prosperity in the South until we bolster prosperity at its foundation. And don't be misled when one declares that we were better off when the averag one of us was rceiving $182 a year with no big tax bill than we are today with an average income of $302 and increased taxes to pay. Merely An Excune "There are so many things to contribute to, 1 find it impossible to participate and meet my own obligations," a citizen explained after be ing solicited m support of a good cause recent ly. Too often such an explanation is offered as an excuse, he explained by his own acts de-' flaring to the world that he will not deny him self a single pleasure that some suffering soul may enjoy a brief respite from gnawing hun ger or death-dealing disease. It is quite true that we can't maintain our present-day stan dards of living and our mad pleasure schedules and offer any valuable aid to the suffering here at home and abroad. Unfortunately, we have fallen into that rut where we sincerely believe our demands for mad pleasure must be met ahead of life for those whose appealing cries are being heard in greater numbers day by day Surely, solicitations for unworthy causes should be checked, and begging should be lim ited even in those causes where contributions would prove helpful Just because there is an increasing need to extend aid to suffering hu manity, there is absolutely no justification in developing a racket around charity. Typical of the Legiilatnre In the legislative halls last week, State sen ators and representatives unanimously endors-' ed National Peanut Week. The action was just so much more hot air popping out in the legis lative chambers, for the concession operator in the capitol reported the sale of only six 5 cent bags of the goobers that day. It is typical of the legislators to make laws for the other fellows and reserve partial immun ity. at least, for themselves. .4 I'roper ,4 inner The Chapel Hill Weekly. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, whose main ef forts are now directed toward getting the Unit ed Slates into a position where it would have no powerful friend among the nations of the earth and where, itself only half armed, it would be faced by a combination of hostile dic tators armed to the teeth?Complains to Will Hays that the moving picture industry is car rying on "propaganda for war." "What has happened," remarks Herbert Agar in the Louisville Courier-Journal, "is that the movies, overcoming a little of their normal ti midity. have shown the American people a little of the dreadful truth of the world about them. But even this invalid's diet of truth is too much for Mr Wheeler's mind and stom ach." After attending a preview-of a March of Tune film a few days ago. Senator Wheeler tel egraphed to Louis de Rochcmont, the producer, a demand that "my picture and utterances be deleted from the film." He declared the film' was "war-mongering." The producer replied: *" "Your intemperate-and reckless charge of war-mongering by the March of Time obscures the fact that the principal portion of this pic ture deals not with the opinions of American political men and statesmen but with the tragic fate of the millions who have borne under the tyranny of the Nazis either as a result of ap peasement or as a result of easy conquest. Your remarks will not be removed from this issue of the March of Time. We consider it our duty, as journalists, to let the public see and hear the men who oppose the policies of those of our leaders who wish to keep the war away from this hemisphere by giving unstinted aid to the British." This is a proper answer to Senator Wheeler. And, fortunately for this country, it reflects the opinion of the great majority of the people. Speed Ntwi and Obcarvar. The State Highway Commission and its ad vocates in the Legislature waited until the Leg islature had been in session more than two weeks before they introduced the bill to per mit the Commission to let road contracts with out competitive bidding. Then they insisted there was no time for hearings or investigations such as are regular and customary. , Maybe if there was more sped in the Com mission, there would be less need to throw safe guards, universally recognized as proper, over board to make haste in road building. A Spiritual Touchstone By REV JOHN L. GO FT Pastor Christian Church Jesus was praying at a certain place, and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." He said to them, "When you pray, say, Father, Thy name be revered. Thy reign begin; give us our bread for the morrow day by day. and forgive us our sins for we do forgive everyone who has offend ed us; and lead us not into tempta tion," And He said to them. "Sup pose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him. 'Friend, let me have three loaves; for a friend of mine travel ing^ hascome to my house and I have nothing to set before him ' And sup pose he answers from the inside. Don't bother me, the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.' I tell you, though he will not get up and give you any thing because you are a friend of his, he will at least rise and give you whatever you want, because you per sist So I tell you. ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you; for everyone who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks. What father among you. if asked by his son for a 4oaf. will hand him a stone? Of, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish? Or. if ask ed for an egg, will he hand him a scorpion? Well, if for all of your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the Holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask Him." Luke 11:1-13. (Moffatt's Translation) Our world today, in spite of all its vaunted progress, has many needs. While it is true that we have made marked advance during the last century, it has been largely along scientific and intellectual lines. This has resulted in many improve ments in our mode of living, travel and communication While these in dications of progress are evident they have a1&> increased our needs, the need of understanding the prob lems of one's fellow-citizen and that larger group of peoples across the world. All peoples have two basic needs. Namely, that which is physical and that which is spiritual. The church across the centuries in trying to fol low her leader, Jesus Christ, has en deavored to teach both by precept and example that of the two basic needs, that man's spiritual need was paramount and his physical needs were secondary. While on the other hand there have been and are teach ers who proclaim that one's physical security is the all important thing. To understand each of these needs and their inseparateness to a full rounded life is worthy of our best thought and effort. Jesus while He lived in our world, practiced both industry and wor ship. He recognized that men must work not only for his physical needs but that he must also work for his spiritual requirements. Today this picture is somewhat blurred. Even churchmen believe that a man's physical needs must be obtained through the process of industry, while some how his idea of spiritual things is such that they are to be conferred. In other words, that, if a man is to maintain a home with all that it requires he must be engaged in some gainful occupation to pro cure these ends. While on the other hand, if he is to be a spiritual Christ ian. this possession of spiritual pow er will be conferred simply by eith er observing some "Thou shall nots" as commonly conceived as a form of discipline; or. correct respectabil ity; or, even by simply praying for it. The teachings and experience of Jesus is wholly against such a pro cedure. For instance, the word seek, as used in our scripture, is a much stronger work than ask. it literally means, "going out to find." Some are induced when life presents its seamy side to do nothing more than pray about it. While prayer, is one of the highest forms of devotion and wor ship and probably should be en gaged in while such situations ob tain, it is also a fact thai if one's car runs into the ditch and one sits there in his car and simply prays that his car be taken out, or while one's house is burning he prays that by some miraculous power the fire be extinguished, the car will re main in the ditch and the house will hum down. Now if one is faced by any such emergency and he prays to his Heavenly Father to give him strength to do his share in extricat ing the car or putting, out the fire, the nearer he will approach the real solution of his difficulty It would seem from the teaching and exam ple of Jesus that every Christian should begin every important un dertaking with the seeking of divine favor and the strength for the task; that each new day should be begun with prayer and the seeking of a right relation with God. Prayer is not a short-cut to vic tory that would save ourselves from doing our share in the obtaining of worthy needs. Jesus in the parable of "The Good Merchant," who sold all his pearls in order that he might get the one desired, would teach us that with fidelity, persistence and energy, we continue our effort tow ard the goal if we hope for success. We are not promised by prayer to become a success in our chosen field of labor We are promised that if we persist in a right endeavor that we will be blessed in the undertak ing of the labor, not that we will be blessed necessarily with riches or ac claim. In the realm of social dissipation that involves morality, the individ ual who is an habitual user of al coholic liquors, or gambles, or is profane, or steals, and wishes to CHURCH NEWS CEDAR BRANCH ' Regular services will be held at the Cedar Branch Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. It is hoped that the members will at tend these services, and the public is invited to attend *? HOLINESS Services Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock Sunday school, 9:45 a. m Preaching services at 11 a m and 7:30 p. m. Sunday. master them, cannot hope according to the scriptures, to merely ask the Lord that he be done with such things and just to sit down and wait for the miracle to happen. It would be very much like a man sitting in a boat with a pair of oars in his hands and is fast being carried by the current towards the falls, and he" mereh prays that he be saved from such a catastrophe. He may rightly pray for the strength to en able him to use the oars to save him self. The man then who indulges in such debasing habits and merely prays, while he moves along with the same crowd who do such things, and makes no effort to align him self with the resources of God, that would enable him to become a con queror; such a one is merely drift ing toward an abyss and is deluded with wistful wishing, llie scrpitures says, "Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate." The man who prays that all men may be honest and he, himself, is dishonest, can't hope for a righteous God to answer that prayer as made This applies to every area of life Christianity has at its heart a Cross ?that Cross is the symbol of suffer ing, bloodshed, the sneers of the rabble, and ultimately death. Sure ly no right thinking man would ex pect society's emmoluments and God's commendation, if he only in dicated that he wanted to be ^ueh and such and never gave himself not put himself in a position where these blessings could be conferred. For instance. Moses agonized with God for the forgiveness of Israel's sin and said. If Thou wilt not for give them, blot my name out of Thy book" Jacob wrestled all night with an unknown adversary at the brook Jabbok and refused to let his antag- , onist go lest he be blessed. Jesus j sweats as it wi re great drops of blood in Gethsemane. It cost them some thing to pray und the results were obtained because they made them selves amenable to the will and pur-1 pose of God. Paul admonishes us to pray without ceasing, to live each moment with the high purpose that is one's when we are at our pray ing best. Let us not pray less, but more. Let us help our Heavenly Fa ther answer our own prayers in the lives we live and the attitudes we assume. May we earnestly pray, "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in me as it is done among the angels." Then we will "seek first the King dom of God and His righteousness (things of the spirit) and all these I things (temporal things) shall be I added unto you." CHIUCH OF THE ADVENT The Purification. The Collect Almighty and everliving God. we humbly beseech Thy Majesty, that, as Thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in sub stance of our flash, so we may be presented unto Thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen Church school, 9 45 a. m Celebration of the Holy Commun ion and sermon, 11 a. m. The Woman's Auxiliary will meet with Miss Manna Whitley on Mon day afternoon at 3:30 p. m. St. Elizabeth's Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. C C Parker on Monday afternoon at 3:30. The vestry will meet at the rectory on Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m. ST. MARTIN'S, HAMILTON Evening prayer and sermon. 7:30 p m. CHRISTIAN Bible school. 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a m. Sub ject. "The Magnetism of Example." | Young People's meeting. 6:30 p m Subject. ? Christian Endeavor's Sixtieth Birthday." Evening service. 7:30 p. m. Sub ject. "Are We 'frying Something 7 ' Monday afternoon at 3:30 the Wo man's Council meets at the Church. The Junior Choir meets at 7:15, and the Senior Choir meets at 8. Wednesday evening at 7:30 the second study m the Book of Acts, Chapter Two. BAPTIST Bible school. 9 45 a m Morning worship, 11 a. m. B. T. U., 6:30 p. m. Evening worship. 7:30 p. m The morning sermon will be from j the third chapter of John's Gospel j The evening sermon wlil be on "Jes us Blessing a Greek Woman." If you have no special place mind to worship Sunday listen to our church bells and find your way to one of the six houses of worship in our town. We welcome you all. You can find a blessing by going to church PRESBYTERIAN The regular service* of the Pres byterian Church will be held at all points this Sunday with the excep tion of the Williams ton church serv ice at 11 a m, which will not be held. The Rev C A Lawrence, of Falk land. will be in charge of the serv ices at Poplar Point and Bear Grass. Elder John H Roberson will be at Roberson's Chapel Rev. Z. T. Piep hoff will be in Richmond, Va. METHODIST Church school, 9 45 a. m Morning worship and the Sacra ment of the laird's Supper Young People's League. 6:45 p. m Evening worship. 7:30 p. m. The woman's circle will meet Mon day afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs. Hattie Harrison The Wesleyan Service Guild will meet Thursday night at 7:30 with Miss Dorothy Hurley in the Metho dist Parsonage Mid-week prayer service will be held Wednesday night at 7:30 NO SERVICES No services writ top held m the Ev retts Baptist Church Sunday. Febru jary 2 The pasu.r. Rev E. C. Shoe, will bo out of the county. 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