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, January 20, 1942.
Dodging The Present
Between talking about what we did not do
in the past and what we are going to do "in "the
future, the present is being ignored, more or
less.
Yesterday is gone, and there's no tomorrow,
but we go parading merrily just as if our en
emies were going to wait to fight. Japan, Ger
many and maybe Mussolini are fighting today
?right this minute. Other than General Mac
Arthur's defense of a little corner of Luzon in
the Philippines, we aren't doing much at the
present. Read the headlines and you'll see what
we are going to do: Will prepare for air raids;
Will prepare for invasion attempt; Will make
60,000 planes and 35,000 tanks; Will increase
the Army to 3,600,000 men; Will support Red
Cross Drive; Will buy defense savings stamps
and bonds; Will smoke out the Japs; Will pros
ecute the quislings; Will be ready for action;
Will send food to the starving; Will call for
test blackouts.
These are just a few of the headlines that
show we are putting off until tomorrow what
we should be doing today.
In marked contrast are the headlines telling
of the war and war e'ffort in other countries:
Japs push toward Singapore; Japs attack Mac
Arthur's men; Japs send reenforcements; Ger
mans bomb Malta 100 hours; Germans move
troops into Italy; Enemy submarines sink ships
right off the Atlantic Coast.
We failed to learn that war was raging for
more than two years before Pearl Harbor.
Nearly two months have come and gone since
Pearl Harbor, and we are still talking about
what we are going to do. Some are already sac
rificing. Many mothers have watched their
sons leave home for the Army, Navy or Marines.
But we, as a people, are still taking a last fling
at pleasure today and putting off until tomor
row those things we could and should be do
ing today. A few will say they bought a bond
today, but the majority will say they'll buy one
tomorrow or to be more exact, next week. There
are so many things we should be doing today,
but are not doing.
We are dodging the present task and in so
doing we are going to run head on into it to
morrow when it'll be harder and far more cost
ly to handle.
Over-Buying Creates Shortage
Although assured a supply approaching
normal, some farmers are creating a shortage
by over-buying plow points and farm supplies
in general from current stocks. Farmers have
been asked to anticipate their needs and place
written orders for parts and equipment with
their dealers. They have been virtually assured
that the government, recognizing the import
ance food will have in winning the war and
writing the peace, will see that normal machin
ery supplies and repair parts will be made avail
able.
Their action supported partly by greed and
partly without consideration for others, some
fanners are said to be more than anticipating
their needs and are buying repair parts and oth
er equipment in numbers. Where one farmer
usually bought half dozen plow points, a mer
chant said recentjy _ that farmer bought two
dozens. At that rate the manufacturers will
have to make four times as many plow points
to keep the retailers stocked, and then in the fi
nal analysis a four-year supply will have been
placed in the hands of the
It may be impossible for a farmer to accur
ately anticipate his needs, but when he buys
four times as much as he ordinarily buys he is
contributing his part in delaying the war ef
fort and upsetting to some extent the food and
feed program.
Such unpatriotic action is not limited to the
fanner by any means. In 1941 one manufactur
er in order to meet the demands of civilian
consumers made two billion dollars worth of
non-defense goods. Thousands upon thousands
of persons rushed to buy a last artic le which
they could have gotten along very well with
out. As a result that manufacturer wa*: able to
make only 330 million dollars worth of defense
goods, and fifty-two million of that amount
was made in December after actual war was de
dared.
It may seem strange but the automobile sale
freezing order has not yet created a shortage
in automobiles. There are a few persons who
possibly need new cars, but as a whole these
United States is better prepared today to go
on a pleasure trip than ever before. But even
with war staring us squarely in the face, the
car manufacturers were making just before
war was declared more cars than at any oth
er time in history.
In buying up items vitally necessary to de
fense or actual war itself, one should remem
ber that when one man is forced out of produc
tion for the want of tools, the burden will then
shift to the shoulders of the man who plung
ed in and created the shortage that threw an
even distribution out of balance.
Thi? 1$ OUR W AR
By Ruth Taylor.
? It is now our war. We are mit up to our necks.
The only way out is to win .and the way to win
is by concerted action on the part of every one
of us.
Hardships, privation, separation, bombings,
growing lists of the dead await us. Let us real
ize that now. The way ahead is long and diffi
cult. The brutal suddenness of the first treach
eroils attack proved the anodyne to the shock
of this horror. But now we have steadied to it
and are face to face with the grim monotony
of days dominated by news of the war.
We now share what the people of Britain
-have known for three long years. We wilt come
to know first-hand the blood-chilling sound of
an air-raid alarm, the welcome relief of the
all-clear, the false, frightening rumors, the ut
ter exhaustion of long hours of work, the long
hours of waiting-for news, and too often the dull
despair at the sight of the telegram laying waste
our own personal world.
We know now what bad news can mean. We,
too, have had our Dunkirk. We may have to
drink from the same bitter cup in the months
to come.
But as we share in their sorrows of war, let
us show our close kinship by sharing in the
courage with which they have faced, for near
ly three years, the horrors unleashed upon
them. Let us share in the way they have buckl
ed down to hard, unrelenting work, to short ra
tions, to blackouts, to cold, to nights upon
nights broken \frjth ceaseless bombings. Let us
share in the undaunted spirit with which they
have faced their hour of travail Let us share
in the 'morale that has carried them through.
The first news was bad?but let us look at
the whole picture. We are the richest nation on
earth. We have the best equipment for produc
ing all the things we need. We have the men,
the money, the machinery. We have an unpre
cedented desire for national unity. We need
forces, the all-out effort of each and every one
of us to work in selfless concentration at the
task at hand, to cooperate with those whom
we ourselves have set in authority By keeping
calm, obeying instructions, and standing to
gether with courage and faith that right will
prevail.
We can win this war?but it will require all
of us. Let us prove to the world that democracy
is not only a way of life but an ideal?a cause
-in which we believe and for which we will
fight with the strength that surmounts all ob
stacles?the conquering might of aroused free
men.
The Voice of Hittory
Christian Science Monitor.
Now that it is plain that this was America's
war from the start, now that Japan has shown
exactly what she meant when she signed up
with Berlin, the shrill cries of isolationism have
quieted down to a mere muttering Yet the mut
tering can be heard, and its effect is to spread
regret and confusion about the American pol
icy of aiding those nations which have now be
come the United States' indispensable allies.
The main thought expressed by the mutter
ers is that if the United States had not sent
planes and munitions to other countries?nota
bly Britain ? Americans might now have re
sources to strike decisively against Japan.
What would have been the result had the
United States withheld its supplies from Britain
after the fall of France? Or from Russia in its
hour of trial? We cannot certainly say. Britain
might have held out anyway. Russia might fi
nally have turned back the tide. Or Britain
might have fallen, in which case Russia might
have received the joint attentions of Japan
and Germany, or might have been spared them
while these two aggressors embarked on a two
ocean attqek against the unbefriended United
States.
That was a risk that the United States Gov
ernment thought Americans should not take.
The correctness of the Government's position
was emphasized when Japan attacked Pearl
Harbor even while the Nazis were still short
of victory. This showed only too well what Ja
pan would have done had the Nazis already
broken democratic resistance in its last great
European stronghold, the British Isles. The
mutterings may persist, but this is the clear
voice of history.
The men who succeed best in public life are
those who take the risk of standing by their
own convictions ?James A. Garfield
Never return evil for evil; and, above all, do
not fancy that you have been wronged when
you have not been.?Mary Baker Eddy.
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Car Owner Should
Preserve Battery
Detroit; Mu'h?Bt**
or cannot carry around a "spare"
battery, like a spare tire, it is of the
utmost importance that he extendi
the life of his battery to its full ca
pacity.
In getting the greatest use out of |
his battery today each driver like
wise helps in the conservation of
materials vitally needed for war |
production in addition to the per
sonal saving accomplished.
Some few persons, without think
ing the problem through, have pur
chased batteries for future use, and
have stored them in basements or
garages. Rut they will find to their
sorrow, later, that while the battery
has not vanished physically, its util
ity has
The reason a battery cannot be
stored away is that it must he fully
charged at all times. A battery left
in an inoperative condition deterior
ates and becomes discharged It be
comes sulphated merely through
standing idle. .
Therefore, unless you have charg |
ing facilities, it is not only useless
to store a new battery away it is |
a positive waste of money because
if left long enough both the mater
ials in the battery and the cost are
wasted The battery becomes use
less.
Battery dealers must charge even
their new batteries once every 30 j
charge the new batteries in their new
cars every 30 days, when such cars
remain on their showroom floors or
in warehouses for any considerable
length of time.
A car owner, in order to assure
himself maximum service from his
battery should have lus service sta
tion cheek it twice a month and
should be sure that his generator
charging rate is correct.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in that certain deed of
trust executed by Edgar M Long to
A R. Dunning. Trustee, dated Oc
tober 12, 1929, recorded in the Pub
lie Registry of Martin County in
Book B-3, at page 27; ami by virtue
of a deed of substitution of trustee
dated December 20, 1941, and record
ed in said Registry, default having
been made in the payment of the
indebtedness for which said deed of
trust was given as security, and the
terms and stipulations thereof not
having been complied with, and at
the request of the holder of the said
note and deed of trust, the under
signed substituted trustee will on
Wednesday, February 11, 1942, at
twelve (12) o'clock Noon, at the
Courthouse door of Martin County,
Williamston, North Carlina. offer for
sule, ot public auction, to the--~high^
est bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate, to wit:
That certain lot or parcel of land
situate in the Town of Hamilton,
Martin County, North Carolina, on
the North side of Main Street in said
town, adjoining the store lot of
Slade-Rhodes and Company and oth
ers, and commonly known as the Dr.
B. L. Long Drug Store arid Office
lot, being the same premises devis
ed to Edgar M. Long under the will
of Dr B. L. Long, deceased, which
said Will is recorded in the Office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Martin County.
The last and highest bidder will
be required to deposit ten per cent
(10) of said bid before closing the
sale, to show good faith.
This the 9t9h day of January, 1942.
HUGH G HORTON,
jl3-4t Substituted Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby made that under
and by virtue of an order of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County entered in that certain
Special Proceedings for partition
,pending in ihe. Superior Court of
Martin County entitled: "Elizabeth
; Long Rhodes, and others vs. Mrs.
Nannie H. Worsley, Administratrix,
etc.", the undersigned Commission
Relief At Last
ForYourCough
Oreomulslon relieves promptly be
es use It goea right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
> bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to hare your money back.
CREOMULSION
forCovfttf.Qwt Colds, Bronchitis
its appointed by the Courts to sell
said lands for partition will on the
11th day of February, 1942. at twelve
(12) o'clock noon, at the Courthouse
door of Martin County, at William
stoti. N C . offer for sale, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for
Itswty .described . real
Iestate, to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: That certain house
and lot situate in the Town of Ham
ilton. North Carolina, and being the
house and lot whereon the late Or.
| U. L. Long lived and died, and de
I scribed in Item 2 of the Last Will
and Testament of the late Dr. B L.
Long, recorded in the Office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County in Will Book No (>. at
page 237
SECOND TRAC T A certain par
eel or tract ur lot of land lying and
being in Martin County, State of
I North Carolina, and defined and do
|scribed as follows, to-wit
j Beginning at a stake on Commerce
; Street, in Oak City, North Carolina, I
1150 feet Northeast of Cherry Street,
the corner of J. H. Ayers' lot; thence!
in a Southeasterly course with J. H.
Ayers' line 100 feet to a corner; |
thence with J. T. Daniel's line 60;
feet in a Southwesterly course par
allel with Commerce Street to a
^take in J T. Daniel's line; thence
with J. T. Daniel's line 160 feet par
a I lei with Cherry Street to a stake
m Commerce Street; thence with
I Commerce Street 60 feet to a stake,
the beginning, containing by esti
mation one-eighth (1-8) of an acre,
be the same more or less, and known
as the Feddie and Alice Harrell lot.
THIRD TRACT A certain parcel
or tract or lot of land lying and be
i mg in Martin County, State of North
Carolina, and defined and described
as follows, to-wit;
Beginning on the Northern corner
I Of W T Harris' land on the road
I leading from Oak City to Hassell.
i North Carolina; thence with said
road 210 feet to a stake in said road; I
thence in a Westerly course 231 feet j
to a stake; thence in a Southerly
course 176 fort to a stake in W. J.
Harris' line: thenro in an Easterly
course with W. J. Harris' line to the
corner of the beginning, containing
by estimation one (1) acre, be the
same more or less, and being the
same lands deeded to J B. Whitfield
by H. Z. ffyman, drnd dated Novenr
bor 14, 1923.
The last and highest bidder or bid
dors for said lands will be required
to deposit ton per cent (10) of their
bid or bids at the time of sale and
before closing the sale, to show good
faith.
This the 9th day of January, 1942.
HUGH G HORTON.
R. A CRITCHER.
j 13-41 Commissioners.
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NOTICE!
LIST YOUR PROPERTY
AND POLL TAX
All persons owning Krai Estate or Personal Property, or both, on the 1st day ol January, 1942,
are required to give in same for taxes during the month of January. All male persons between
the ages of 21 and 50 years are liable for poll tax All persons who are liable for poll tax and fail
to list, and all persons who own property and fail to list it will be deemed guilty of a misdemean
or; and, upon conviction, fined or imprisoned.
"Each farm owner or his agent must come prepared to report the acreage of each crop har
vested on his own or his tenant's farm last year (1941); also acres cultivated, lying out, woodland,
number livestock, farm equipment, apple trees of bearing age. number of people living on farm,
and the tons of fertilizers for all crops." Prepare your list now. This is required by state law.
All persons owning dogs six months old and over arc required to list the same for taxation
at the same time other property is listed.
The list takers will be at the following places between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. on the dates men
tioned for the purpose of listing your property:
Jamcnvillc Tomhliip J. I.inwoml knowlc*, l.i*t-Tuk<*r
Juiii<'h\illr Town IIoiim' January 22, 2.1. 2^, .'10
William* Town*lii|? Vernon Mriffiii. I.i*l-Taker? \t llomr
Ami Al 4 <?11111\ IIoiim January I 2(?, ami .All
Mriffin* Township \\ . Tom KoImtmhi, kinl?T?kcr
Iamiii Marl MriffiiT* Store January 17 ami 21
\t II iiiiir Oilier Day*
Hear (iram Towii?lii|i J. Konni-ll Ropcm, IJsl-i'aker
? \l J. Iliip-r* Rro*.' Store
W illiani.lon Tow li-,lli|> Joliu H. I'eel. I.i.t-'l'aker
Conrlliou.e livery Ouy, lo .lillll .
Crohrt Komi. Townnliip W. I.. Vii.Iioii, I.i.I-l aker
Kverella January l.'i. I I. 20. 21. 211, 2(?, 27, 2H, .'JO
Itoliemoiiville Town.liip II. S. Kverell, List-'laker
Holiemonx ille. Ml Oilier I lay n \t Central \\ areliou.e
I'oplar Ciiinl I.eHoy Taylor, I.i.I-'Taker? \l Home
Hamilton 'lown.liip I.eHoy Kverell, l.inl-'Tuker
Ilas.ell January 2H anil .'HI
Hamilton January III, 10, 27, 2H ami 20
Ooone \ewl Townnlii|> J. \. Raw Ik, l.iwl-'l'aker
Oak Cilv, January IO, I 7, 2 I ami .'II at KuwTm Tilling Station
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lb-port Your 1941 drop Acreage Through ^ our Local
List-Taker During January, 1912.
Your local Tax Lister is required to make the records, but farm owners or tenants must
furnish the facts. Therefore, call your list-taker's attention to these records and be prepared
to furnish the following information: (1) Acreage for each crop harvested during calendar
year 1941.; (2) Number of horses, mules, cows, sows, ewes and hens on farm January, 1942;
(3) Number of people living on farm January, 1942; (4) Number of threshing machines, com
bines, peanut pickers, farm tractors and farm trucks. All of the above information furnished
will be considered as confidential, and will not be used In any manner that is detrimental to
the farmers concerned. It is not used for tax purposes.
l)o your part to insure complete farm reports fur your county and remind your neighbors
to give their farm record to the local tax lister.
C. D. Carstarphen
TAX SUPERVISOR MARTIN COUNTY