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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILUAMSTON, 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 1.25 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. Tuesday. July 29, 1911. StmnTKUiilling It in I. u hiits When Russia was invaded nearly six weeks ago, the communists were depicted in back ward somersaults It was a gleeful time, all right But there were fellow actors in the show, and as usual, the other characters were not de leted in the show bills , After heaping bitter criticism on the heads of the Russians, the American press, while not reversing its stand altogether, is seeing Russia in a little different light. The people are begin ~lM"g tl.-it in uppeasing Hitler was doing nothing more than what the United States was doing in appeasing Japan. Some are atcually waking up to- the fact that heathen Russia, confronted with its trials and tribula tions not unlike those experienced by a war torn South in the reconstruction days, is not much worse than the United States when the opportunities and privileges here are consider ed In this uncertain world, positions change ~ over night, and the man who dares take a stand today on any issue unless it be founded in the time-tested truths of the Almighty may find -him-Hf "ii the wp-ng side tomorrow It is about time that we were basing our thoughts and actions on time-tested truths, and not on out whims and fancies. Until we do that, we will be little more than expert gymnasts. Dinloiiiliims It"wtliliing the vtai and maintaining our sys'_ tern of economy are possible at the same time, well and good, but if we would cushion the af termath we mu^t center our attention on the task at hand?winning the war There has been some thought given to the real possibility of curtailing business as usual, but as far as placing a.curtailed program in ef fect iittie progress has been made so Tar. Some how or other we can't fathom the seriousness of the grave situation facing us. We must have this -or' -lhat new article we must go plan-^ and do_ things; we must come first anil if there is any thing left over then give it for the prosecution of the war. When we go around talking about the dislo cation of our economy, we are not looking ahead It would appear that our eyes are glued to prof its now Some of the business we are now crowding ahead of defense work will come in mighty good when the bubble bursts, and if his tory means anything at all, the bubble is going to explode There may be upsets in a shift from our business-as-usual program to a war econ omy, but those upsets can be absorbed far more vastly now than can the aftermath of a long, drawn-out war. Mr. Knudsen, of the OPM, may be right in lejecting a marked turn from civilian produc tion to war production in the automobile. But there is a joker in the business somewhere when civilian production curves shoot ever upward in the face of the crying needs coming from the manufacturers of war materials. In our section there has been no noticeable reduction in civilian activities, other than that traceable to a seasonal decline which is common in any agricultural section. The auVimobile is being operated in increasing numbers. There are increasing calls for the luxuries. We con serve only after our own desires and whims art met, and we aren't greatly concerned about the amount that is left over for defense. The dislocation of our peace-time economy may bring its cares and woes were such a change effected now, but those cares and woes, we earnestly believe, will be small as compar ed with the cares and woes that are certain to be multiplied and aggravated in the bye and bye if we do not change our ways and settle down to handle the task at hand. Speaking before the eastern section of the North-Carolina Farm Bureau in Greenville last J" B HuUon, president of the Com mod <^rporatlon' Mid: "^re has been but little, if any, reduction in the production otany important (civilian) line. In many indus tries there have been substantial increases in ths output of goods for ordinary civilian uses To illustrate, sales of automobiles have been running 35 per cent to 40 per cent above a year ago, sales of refrigerators and Kitchen ranges from 40 to 50 per cent." While Germany and England have curtailed their normal activities by more than 50 per cent, wv are maintaining civilian production ahead of normal and squeezing in war production to the elaborate figure of about 18 per cent. In other words we first increased our business-as usual schedule and managed to tack on 18 per cent for the vital defense program. Leon Hen derson, the price administrator, may not know what he is doing, but his talk is certainly, in keeping with the bare facts. Kee/iinfi Our Feet On the Ground While manufacturing apparently clings to a business-as-usual schedule, it is encouraging to note that agricultural leaders are taking action now to cushion a shock that is certain to come m the days ahead. One hears about machine production run ning ahead of that a year ago, and in normal times that can be taken as an encouraging sign. These times are not normal, and the man who branches out now will, it is firmly believed on past history, have to do just that much more shrinking in the future. Offering what appears to be a sane and sensible program, farm lead ers are now talking about a 10 pier cent reduc tion in the 1942 tobacco crop. The action is to be commended, and while some may attack it -now they will, in time, appreciate the foresight and the determination of farm leaders in saving them from the sad fate experienced in the post war period two decades ago. To reduce next year's tobacco acreage follow ing fair prices this fall may not be the popular thing, but if we are to value the lessons learn ed in the past we will live a little for the future and not for today alone. If we are to escape a crash later on, we must keep our feet on the ground now, for it is pos sible; even then, that we will receive a Jolt that may upset temporarily at least, our equilibrum in a post-war ]>eriod, the like of whicl) no ojje lids never known and no one can even begin to describe. "Eurn Thoxe Itlixxnifin" We may remind ourselves that even in times of external security the success and even the SZMh'iWxdepends upoaxertain qualities characterizing the individual citizen ?intelligence, courage, and'above all a sense of responsibility. By responsibility I mean the individual's recognition that he must earn those blessings which he would enjoy; that he must not expect to get something for nothing; that' the privileges of the community in which he lives' must depend upon' his contribution To fhe community; beyond everything, that freedom is ... to be achieved, perhaps painfully, through the judgment, the tolerance, the self-reliance, and the self-denial of the individual. Such qual ities should characterize the product of the universities, for without them democracy can not long endure. We are pledged to the main tenance of learning; pledged also to the infu sion of learning with these moral qualities which by their power are sufficient to carry us from the stage of knowledge up to the high er wisdom. ? President Charles Seymour of Yale, addressing agents of the Yale Alumni fund. Freedom (? the I??ne Christian Science Monitor. "We are not arguing for war; we are arguing for freedom." These words of Wendell L. Will kie at Los Angeles Wednesday night state the ease of those who believe that freedom must be earned to be long enjoyed. His speech lifted the threat somewhat out of the realm of geography, though, of course, it can never be entirely divorced from geogra phic terms. War may come and probably will, he declared, whether America takes a course of isolationism or internationalism. But he did not tiy to define the danger in purely territor ial terms, assenting that "there is no"immediate danger of a wholesale aid and naval attack on our shores." "But," lie continued, "America cannot be de fined in terms of its shoreline or its boundary lines . .'. America is a way of life?a way of life based upon certain recognized rights and prin ciples. and held together by . . . the Constitu tion of the United States. When we look ahead the question that faces us is not the nam ber of square miles under our control, but the way in which we are going to live." This statement of the question suggests a line in which President Roosevelt might effect ively exert renewed leadership. Many have wished we would state more concretely the military situation and whatever threat may be contained in it. Possibly he cannot do so without giving away strategic information. But he can state again in persuasive terms, as he has occasionally done, the goals for which America strives. Too long has the effort been made to win iso lationists over by talking in terms of self-in terest. The self-interest exists; but there is a higher and entirely valid argument of interna tional good citizenship. This does not mean meddling or crusading or being an internation al busybody, but it does mean throwing the Nation's weight decisively on th? side of the greater right in a contest which will determine not only geography but international morality or immorality for a generation to come. We believe America is ready to be appealed to on this basis. "JELLY ROLL BLUES" Boll Weevils Active In Johnston (lotion Fields Growers report that boll weevils are active throughout most of the cotton fields of Johnston County, says M. A. Morgan, farm agent of the N. C. State College Extension Service. Make Almost $300 From Onion Projects This Year 13. F Carraway, Harper Ham, Rus sell May, Ernest Best, James Rouse, and Desmond Sutton, Green County 4-H Club members, made a total of $292.50 from their onion projects this year. Mr. and Mrs. Jack - Edmondson spent last Friday in Snow Hill. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. ' Having qualified as the executor of the estate of George Williams, de 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 cry. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. Tins the 27th day of June. 1941. RUSSELL WILLIAMS, Executor of the estate of jly 1 -tit George Williams, deceased NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. In The Superior Court. County of Martin against Mandy or Mary Lewis and Town of Parmele The defendant, Mandy or Mary Lewis, above named, will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Super ior Court of Martin County, North Carolina, to foreclose the taxes on land in Martin County in which said defendant has an interest; and the said defendant will further take no tice that she is required to appear before L. B. Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County To Relieve Misery of COLDS Liquid?Tablets nnn salve?Nose Drops Cough Drops Try "RUB-MY-TISM" ? A Wonderful Liniment Important Notice ?TO? TAXPAYERS A PENALTY OF ONE PER CENT WILL BE ADDED TO ALL 1940 TAXES AFTER AUGUST 1 st SAVE THIS PENALTY. PAY YOUR TAXES NOW! Town of Williamston W. B. DANIEL, Tax Collector at his office in Williamston, North Carolina, within thirty (30) days af ter the completion of this service of publication by notice and to answer or demur to the complaint of the tiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 3rd day of July, 1941. L. B. WYNNE, Clerk Superior Court plaintiff in this action, or the plain- jy8-4t of Martin County. important [Notice ?TO? TAXPAYERS A PENALTY OF ONE PER CENT WILL BE ADDED TO ALL 1940 TAXES AFTER AUGUST 1 st SAVE THIS PENALTY. PAY YOUR TAXES NOW! TO SEE IS OFTEN S ALVATI ON rjTMlK mariner who sees (he light of a buoy gleaming through the night can steer his ship safely. The mail who sees ahead to the light of linaneial independence steers his course by means of regular savings proportionate with his income. Tt will counsel you without charge. Branch Banking & Trust Co. "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Guarantee! CREAM SELF-RISING FLOUR TO BE THE FINEST QUALITY THAT CAN BE MADE Every bag is guaranteed or your money re funded. Demand Cream Flour from your mer chant. Be sure that this flour is made by Har ris Milling Company, makers of the world's finest flour. - - W. H. BASNICHT & CO., INC. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS We Sell To Merchants Only Ahoskie, North Carolina C. B. Roebuck Sheriff ? Martin County
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