The Enterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
W. C. MANNING |
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Tuesday. July H. 1911.
Something tf rone Somewhere
Martin County during llu- past twir.decadcs
has spent hundreds nl thousands of dollars^tor
the education of its youth To make its work
more effective, the educational program was
supported by a law requiring the attendance
of all children up to a certain age upon the
schools. "
A few days ago. 135 young men in Martin
County registered for possible service in the
Nation's armed forces Twenty*one of that'
group o"nld a-nte thiol- names and quite a
few others scratched their signatures with great
difficulty.
'Have we over-rated our educational sys
tem'.' Has the compulsory attendance law been
ignored? There's something wrong somewhere,
and it is possible that we have been boasting
too much about theoretical progress and ig
noring the practical results
We deal with education a bit like we deal
with other things. We proudly boast about our
accomplishments in the several fields and nev
er mention the things yet unaccomplished It
is all right to say that the number of teJe
phones has been increased/ from one million
in 1900 to nearly twenty milliondin forty y*bars,
btit it would be just as fitting to say that the
service, controlled and manipulated by strong
monopolies for the most part, is still out of the
reach of millions. It is encouraging to learn
that the number of hospital beds has been in
creased by 176 per cent during tl?- past thirty
years, but in boasting about that record don't
l?t pi- fnrgot that millions, for one reason or
another, have to turn to the patent medicine
boitel for what little relief from human suf
fering they can afford, and that even at death
many" hundreds of thousands rrf unfortunate
bemgs atT'without the services of an attending
. physician
We point, and with a certain .degree of jus
tified pride, to our standard of living, but read
what United States Surgeon General Thomas
Parran said a few months ago, . . every sur
vey of nutrition shows that malnutrition in
this country is widespread and serious f or ex
ample, studies bv the Department of Agricul
ture show that forty per cent of the people are
hot getting a diet adequate in amount and
kind " . 5
From our vantage points we see and talk
only about the good-things, and overlook the
saddening facts as they are found in the val
leys and by-paths. *
The Nation's Health
The Nation's Health is interestingly summed
up by the Committee on National Health De- 4
iense in a report released not so long ago, as
follows:
1. The gross sickness and death rales of the
poor of our large cities are as high today as
they were fifty years ago.
2. Fifty million Americans are in families that
have less than $1000 a year income. Sickness
and death rates increase- as incomes go down.
3. For the ten most deadly diseases, the death
rate is nearly twice as high among unskilled
workers as among professionals. For seven of
these, the death rate goes up steadily as income
drops. <
4 Lack of facilities for maternal care was re
ported by 40 out of 49 health officers of states
and territories. In some counties, the death rate
among women in childbirth is more than 200
for each 10,000 children born. In 1936, nearly
one-quarter of a million mothers did not have
a doctors' care during childbirth. Two-thirds
of the mothers, and at least half of the babies
who die could be saved with proper care. _
5. Seventeen million people in 1,338 counties,
or over 40 per cent of the counties in the Unit
ed States, do jnot have a singel general hospi- ?
tal to take care of them.
6. Thirty per cent of those on relief had no
doctor's care, although seriously sick.
7. One-third of the thirty-five million chil
dren under 15 years of age in the United
States are in families that can afford little, if
any, medical care. In 84 cities, 28 per cetn of
the children did not have either doctor's or
hospital care, although they were sick for sev
en or more days. Two-thirds of the rural sec
tions of America have no child health centers
or clinics.
8 Each year, seventy million sick persons lose
more than one billion days from work.
9 Industrial wockers die at least eight years
sixiner than non-industrial workers.
10 The Heath rate from tuberculosis is seven
times higher for unskilled workers than for
professionals Tuberculosis wreaks its great
est havoc among the Negroes, the rate being
much higher for them than for the whole pop
ulation Deaths from tuberculosis could be cut at
least 50 per cent. _
' 11 In 27 iron and steel towns the death rate
from pneumonia is two-thirds greater than
for the entire country.
12. Over one million workers are exposed to
the hazards of silicosis.
13. At least 62 per cent of the workers do not
have proper health protection on their jobs.
14 Seventy-five in every . thousand are in
fected with syphilis, among adults past the age
of 85 years Only 16 per cent of these receive
adequate-treatment. In two-thirds of a group of
89 small cities, surveyed in 1936 there were ei
ther no clinics, or no proper treatment for ven
ereal diseases
15 Malaria still remains a leading cause of
death in sections of the South. Pellagra, the
menacing disease of starvation, is a common
scourge in the South, especially among the pov
erty-stricken Negroes.
Mi Forty-four states have no pneumonia con
trol programs. - - ?
IT Inadequate treatment for cancer costs 30
000 lives even year.
> lull n't /'urge I'artly Juslifiril
Jot Stalin, Russian premier, may never be
forgiven by the humanitarian, but recent de
velopments justify, partly at least, his purge of
his army generals. France kept her German
_u.eaneiisl(i(iges in I he army and in government,
and today France is fighting her former ally
Stalin saw what was happening to France back
yonder when the world was condemning him
for rnldint! his army of men who would turn
niiaiiisl their country.
Russia may suffer'for lack of able leaders
in its army today, but the developments of the
seem to indicate that Russia is no worse off
under loyal if less able leaders than she would
have been under the German-educated lead
ers Stalin shot before thcy_Jiad an opportunity
to betray their own people. German politicians,
working these past ten or more years to build
uj) a fifth column in Russia, had their plans
thwarted, and any gain Hitler makes in his
drive on Russia will be had at a great price.
While Stalin may have tried to appease Ger
many on about the same pattern the United
Slates is now trying to appease Japan with big
oil shipments, it is fairly apparent that he was
working night and day to fight Germany. Stalin
fortified his borders and created buffer areas
between Russia and Germany. He located his
industries inland. He mechanized Ukranian
agriculture so as to make any conqueror con
to keep it m production and limit the oil for
military purposes. He located his granaries in
five different sections,He hud him a fifth col
lunn of his own. and Germany did not learn of
its existence until after the Quislings had been
shot and German influence virtually wiped out
in Russia.
While America slept at the switch and tried
to trade with Germany after Munich, old Sta
lin. the heathen, was looking ahead and work
ing to protect his couiftrv and his people
?.
Ire 1 on I I'arl I'imv ( itizfll'?
By Ruth Taylor.
Being a citizen in a democracy is a full time
job In other forms of government, the citizen
ry .make up the background, appearing only
in mob scenes to cheer on the rulers of the na
tion.
But there is no room for part time citizens
in our form of government. Our government
is us what we make it. Ours is the fault if the
wheels of government do not run smoothly,
for the laws we made are the roaiiboit. and the
men We elected are the machine
Ar you a part time erttzen' l>o you fulfil ail
your duties us a voter?or do you just show up
at election time to cast your vote without due
consideration of the full qualifications, record
and principles of all candidates'
Are you a part time citizen? Do Sou obey
the laws you have had a hand in making or
is your only thought when you break what
seems like an inconsequential little law that,
if you get away with it. it's all right? ?
Are you a part time citizen? Do you evince
interest in all issues or only in those problems
which directly concern you?and then object
when other groups do the same and infringe
on your prerogatives? Only as citizens work
for the common good of all can democracy
progress
Are you a part time citizen? Do you lend an
ear to alien subversive elements who tell you
how much better conditions are or would be
for you were there a different form of gov
ernment? Do you thoughtlessly pass on these
tales without checking on their accuracy or
considering their source?
Are you a part time citizen? Do you stand
up for democracy or do you condemn its mis
takes without consideration for the good it has
to offer? Do you stress only its shortcomings
and never its long range program which slow
ly?but surely and In spile of stumblings, dis
criminations and detours is making this coun
try of ours the best in which we live?
Now as never before the United States needs
the full time allegiance of all its people. Don't
be a part time citizen.
Loses Her Baby
-Coulter, 26, weeps bit
terly in a Chicago court, as she bids
her daughter, Esther, 6, goodbye.
The court ordered the child remain
in custody of Clyde O. McAllister,
of Webster Grove, 111. Mrs. Coulter's
brother, who legally adopted the
child in 1934 when the Coulter fam
ily was in financial difficulties.
HINTS FOR
HOMEMAKERS
| By Mary Brown All Rood, llomr j
| Service Director, Virginia Electric |
And Power Company
V.
Juno is a month of parties for two
particular reasons We have grad
uates and brides and both must be
entertained at bridge, showers, pic
nics, etc.
Try this for an afternoon bridge
Frozen Banana Salad
Crisp crackers or. assorted
sandwiches
~ Iced Tea ui Cuffir?
Frozen Banana Salad
2 three ounce cakes cream cheese
1 tsp salt v
1 2 cup mayonnaiseX
Juice 1 lemon V
1 cup whipping cream
1-2 cup crushed pineapple
2 bananas
12 cufc walnut meats
12 cup Maraschino cherries (if
desired).
Mix cheese with salt, mayonnaise
and lemon juice. Add pineapple,
sliced bananas, nut meats and chvr
nes. ^old in whipped cream. Pour
in freezing tray. Turn control to
coldest point. Serve in slices on
crisp lettuce .-Plate may be garnish
ed with fresh fruit.
Pineapple Dessert
May be made a day or two in ad
vance. A delicious dessert for a meal
or served as a party refreshment.
12 lb. vanilla wafers
3 eggs
1-2 cup pineapple juice
1-2 cup butter
1 -2 package lemon jello
1 2 pt whipping cream
1 cup sugar
1-2 cyp hot water
1 2 tsp vanilla
Roll wafers--use 1-2 to line bot
tom of pan about 4'-' x#-:
ter. add sugar, add eggs one at a
time. Beat until very smooth. Pour
over rolled wafers in pan Let stand
until firm. Dissolve jello in hot wa
ter. add pineapple juice and small
pieces of pineapple, if desired. When
mixture begins to congeal, fold in
whipped cream. Spread over first
mixture, sprinkle with remaining
rolled wafers Chllt for "several
hdurs. Cut in blocks. Will serve 9
to 12 persons.
Supper Platter
1 1-2 cups canned grapefruit juice
1 package lemon gelatin
1 can cranberry sauce
1 lb. can seedless grapes
Heat grapefruit juice, add lemon
gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add
syrup from grapes. Chill until it
begins to congeal and then add
grapes and cubed cranberry sauce.
Pour in round mold or mixing bowl.
Chill. Unmold on large platter. Ar
range shredded or broken lettuce
around sides. Arrange broken tuna
on lettuce. At ends of platter ar
range slices of tongue, ham and
cheese. Garnish with ripe olives.
May be served with mayonnaise or
French dressing A complete meal
when served with hot biscuits and
tea. Will serve 6 to 8 persons.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County,
Having qualified as the executor
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned
within one year from the completion
of this publication of notice or same
will be pleaded in bar to any recov
ery.
All persons indebted to said estate
Boll Weevil Menace
lias Become Reality
Cotton Enemy No. 1. the boll wee
\ 11 has begun its invasion of North
{Carolina farms, and J O. Rowell.
College, says the time has arrived
' for farmers tr> counter-attack. Coun
Ity farm agents are mobilizing forces
j to fight the insec t post.
The first maneuver,' Howell says,
' "i the application of 1-1-1 poison
| treatments when weevils are found
j in fields during the pre-square per
iod at the rate of 30 or more per
jane. That means, about one weevil
j to 500 plants.
Pre square ti 'atrnentn should be
-started- nist as squares begin
form." the entomologist stated. "This
is usually when the plants are 5 to 6
inches high, and before the squares
jam large enough for the weevils to
j puncture.
"But don't stop with this attack,"
I Howell continued, "because a war
isn't won* with a single battle. Pre
square poisoning alone will not sat
isfactorily control boll weevils, as
many weevils reach the fields after
the pre-square poisoning period has
pasM'd."
The extension specialist recom
mends post square treatments, in
the form of calcium arsenate dust
ing. This type of poisoning should be
stalled when 10 per cent of the de
veloping squares show boll weevil
i egg punc tures
Complete information on boll wee
vil control methods is contained .in
j Ext ens ion Folder No. 45, which is
available free upon request to the
Agricultural Editor. N. C. State Col
lege Raleigh The 1-1-1 treatment is
made with a mixture,of one pound of
j calcium arsenate, one gallon of cheap
[ molasse.s. ahd one gallon uf watei.
i It is applied with a hand mop or
with a machine.
I will please make immediate settle -
I inent.
This the 27tli day of June; 1941.
RUSSELL WILLIAMS.
Executor of the estate of
! jly'1-61 George Williams,s deceased
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in that certain Deed
i of Trust recorded in the Public Reg
istry of Martin County in Book H-3,
jiit h.igj 22I...auM JJcudLuLXOiSJ hav
mg been given to secure a certain
note of even date and tenor there
i with, and the stipulations therein
| contained not having been com
plied with, at the request of the par
ties interested, the undersigned
Trustee will, on Monday, the 28th
day of July. 1941. at 12:00 o'clock
M.. in front of the Court House door
m the Town of Williamston. N. C.,
I offer for sale at Public Auction to ,
' the highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described real estate;
LOT NO. 1: Being Lot No. 16 in
the Moore Field, adjoining Amy
Purvis on the West fronting N.
Street 78.8 and running back to two
parallel lines S 41-45 feet east to
the depth I if Till feel?Being same
land purchased from Williamston
Land and Improvement Company by
George and Jam Rice. Recorded in
Book E-l, page 112.
LOT NCL 2: Beginning 73 feet
' from Broad Street at coiner of Lot
! No. 1 in Block B in the Moore Field
plot, thence Eastwardly along the
line of lots 1 and 2 about 130 feet to
Lot No. 4: thence Southerly along
Lot No 4 to Jane Rice's back corner,
thence along Jane Rice's comer
about 130 feet to a Street; thence
along said Street to the beginning,
being same land purchased of H. M
Burras by George and Jane Ricc.
^^OT^N^^^^ie?mrung^hUiPco^
ner of Pine and North Streets in the
Williamston Land and Improvement
Company, Moore Field, running
North 42* East 72.8 feet to Augustus
Purvis comer; thence along his line
South 41 3-4* West along Pine Street
to the beginning and being Lot No.
19 Being same land purchased from
Willinmrtnn Land and Improvement
Company on the 24th day of Octo
ber, 1940, recorded in Book MMM,
page 225.
This the 26th day of June, 1941.
B. A CRITCHER,
jly 1 -4t Trustee.
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