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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WIT.1.IAM.STON. NORTH CAROLINA. W. c. MANNING Editor ? 19M-193S SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Si* months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $>.25 Six months - 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 8 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Bequest Entered st the post office in Williamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March S, 187B. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Tuetday, September 23, 1941. The President'* Horning President Roosevelt in his stern warning to Hitler last week voiced the sentiment of the American people with the exception, of course, of a few who are apparently more interested in seeing a German victory than they are in the survival of democracy and Americanism. Some accused Mr Roosevelt of taking another step toward war, but in the expressions offered fol lowing the address them was evidence of an awakening. The AnjeriQ^p Jjeople are now con vinced that fljtkr is determined to bring the wai '.o Roosevelt n > o invited (f our front yard to do his at also declared, and right the high seas t7a lover of peace, has a difficult this world of turmoil, but despite his fore tar peace, it is encouraging to note that no yellow streak is to be found on his back There are others who want no war, but they have reached the serious conclusion that war and even death are to be preferred to a Hitler-dom inated world. After hearing the address, we, as individuals should strive for greater production of defense goods, to recognize that the first task at hand a warning to Hitler, it can bo recognized as a warning to us. We must make ready for any eventuality Deserting Those U ho Are To Follow for hundreds of years and especially since the early part of the thirteenth century when King John was forced to sign the Magna Char ta. mankind has striven to better his democra tic way of life, to leave a brighter outlook for those who were to follow in the course of time. The climb was gradual, but it was marked by such high spots as the Fight for Independence, and even the first World War revealed that free men were still ready to defend the Dem ocratic Wayof.J-.ife. Today, -ft would seem that we are about to desert those who are to follow us. We are grasp ing for the good things in Hfe now, and selling our heritage short, refusing to taste the bitter along with the sweet that our children and our children's children might go farther and fare better than we had. We are not only deserting those who will follow in our train, but we are also jeopardizing a part of our own lives, car ing little about what tomorrow may bring as long as we are sailing high, wide and hand some today, enjoying just one more fling at life. When we recognize the value of the course and spirit of those who offered their very lives and experienced untold hardships in the years gone by that posterity might enjoy the full ness of life, we will have made much progress in retaining that freedom so easily aipiexed by us at the expense of others It has been said that the one thing that has kept America grow ing rathe rthan static was that every man en tertained the hope that his children would go farther and fare better than he had, both so cially and economically. What have we done in this country in recent years? It has been shouted often and loud that we have heaped an unsurmountable tax burden on the shoulders of our children, and, no doubt, that burden will be felt. But while we were in creasing the tax load in the name of humanity, we were also mortgaging our present holdings and jeopardizing what we hoped to have. An obligation is not to be met if one can avoid it legally or illegally, in many instances. Our re ligious ideals have been ignored and made sec ondary to worldly pleasures. Our society is mir ed down in the caste system. Politics are based on corruption and selfishness. Our economy is no longer based on what is right and wfong; it is based upon unethical scheming and cheat ing. . n We have deserted our trust, and are leaving to posterity a complicated system mired down in confusion and marked by doubtful practices. Ours may be the greatest nation on earth, but in the face of the facts we are only potentially great. I.indbrrgh Hxftlmlei Hit Case Philadelphia Record. The record is glad the America First Com mittee blocked those woh sought to prevent Charles A. Lindbergh from making an address at Oklahoma City. For two reasons: One, because even a Lindbergh has a right to be heard in free America; Two, because Lindbergh, in a single incandes cent phrase, exploded the whole isolationist case. Lindbergh told his audience: "England may turn against us, as she has turned against France and Finland . . ." That phrase lights up the whole formula of Lindbergh's thinking, and the thinking of many isolationists. ' II A TV 1 J a... J : A TV . >? r-ngiunu lunifu aganiM rimivc. There is the works A man who can think in those terms could believe Hitler himself. So. England turned against France. We must have dreamed that a heel named Hitler crushed France, beat her armies to their knees, forced upon her a humiliating peace. We suppose it was our imagination that Hitler set up a puppet government in Vichy, which?we thought?pormptly turned against Britain, co operated with the Nazis in every way, and is rapidly opening up all the available French colonies ot Nazi gangsters. French warships helped the Nazis in Africa ?so we thought?in their drive against the English. And we were almost certain it was France?Vichy France?which made the deal by which Axis partner Japan crawled into French Indo-China. But no. This is all fiction, according to the Lone Eagle. It was not France which, under Hit ler pressure, turned against England. He says: "England turned against France." In thai kind of perverted thinking; in that type of mentality in Which blind prejudice makes black of white, right of wrong, and good of evil?we find the Lindbergh credo, shown up by Lindbergh himself. It is a credo which writes the words of Deca tur in reverse: v "Britain, may she never be right; but right or wrong?hate Britain." Lindbergh's answer comes not from Britain. It comes from France?from those Frenchmen who are risking their lives to shoot down their Lavals, to save their food, to harass their op pressors, to throw off the yoke and regain the freedom for wl^ich the British "V" is their symbol?and the world's. An Historical Parallel ? Gary. Ind.. Poat-Trlbuna. Back In 1919 the Republican leaders used the league to turn the country against Wilson and to defeat him. Now in a similar manner the Republican leaders of this day seem to be opposing national defense and safety in or der to turn the country against Roosevelt. They may be expecting an historical parallel but they are more likely to suffer a horrible politi cal disaster. ANNOUNCEMENT' We Are Pleased to Announce That We Have Secured the Services of Miss Josephine Eldridge OF EDENTON > Miss Eldridge is a GRADUATE in PHAR MACY of the University of N. thoroughly trained and competent in the compounding of prescritions. Davis Pharmacy THIS MEANS-! r$i^ THE LETTER-BOX ? To the Editor: Owing to circumstances over which I have no control. I cannot take the responsibility of any lead ership in the parent-teacher organi zation. In fact, I am not capable of leading, but 1 am vitally interest ed in the parent-teacher organiza tion and do want to see it accom plish > results that will mean some thing to the future generation of Williamston and the community from whence our children come. Right here I want to say that we've traded our children down the river one year because none of us would take the responsibility last year of heading an organization designed first, last and always for the good of our children. I want to commend Mrs. Garland Woolard for accept ing the presidency this year, and I do hope the parents will stand be hind her. I do hope they will do enough this year to blot out the stain of last year. There are two suggestions that -I would like to submit to the parents of our town to think over before they go to the meeting on Wednesday. Our good state finances our schools, but they are able (so they say) to giye us only one teacher to about every 40 children. To the average person this might seem to be suffic ient, but any parent of an average child will know that the children need to do some home work. That is my reason for suggesting that the parents or teachers get together and liscusa the work being done by the! children. I think a frank discussion would be better than spending so much of the meeting time in listen ing to programs. The reason I say this is because about 75 per cent of the parents of the children who go away to school always complain about how hard the work is for their children because the children are not prepared. Parents. I'm not saying that all teachers are perfect and are as good as they should be, but I do say if you had kept your children at home nights and made them prepare their lessons they would have learned to concentrate and take care of them selves when they went away to col lege This is the reason I'm urging that parents and teachers get to gether and discuss this problem monthly. Another thing that I hope the par ent-teacher association will give a great deal of attention to this year is the underprivileged children. There are many channels through which we eart prove our Christian ity in these fearful and perilous times, but we've always heard that Christianity begins at home. It's not always financ.al aid that these chil dren need, but there are many other things that the women of the town can do for the underprivileged of our community and the parent teacher organisation is the best med ium through which this work can be done. In this connection, I want To give Mrs. w. ?. Uld credit for a noble sacrifice. She gave of her time and support to the lunch room- to provide hundreds of free lunches to needy children for three years. In conclusion, I want to say that these are the two things that appeal to me, and I'm sure others have sug gestions just as worthy. And I do hope that we can get together and have the most sucessful year in our history. A PARENT. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having this day qualified as exec utor of the estate of the late Frances Melissa Moore, deceased, of William ston. Martin County, this is to noti fy all persons holding claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned for payment within ode year from the date of this notice or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immed iate payment. This the 13th day of Sept., 1M1. JAMES DAVID MOORE. Executor of the estate of Frances a!6-6t Melissa Moore, deceased. 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