The Enterprise PjblMied Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WTLLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. MANNING Editor ? 190S-IMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year 41.75 Si* gjpnthi ? ? i oo OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year 42.25 Si* months i 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in WiUiamston, N. ?f. nr nirrr m?""r under 'lie act of Cnn greas of March 3. 1878. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday. April 17. 1942. Appraiate America Be thankful for America; speak well of our country. This is our day. our time, in which to keep the light of liberty burning brightly for people every where to behold Some people, pleading craftily for totalitar ianism. disparage democracy, ridicule it, deny its virtues, its sound principles; and they tell us that we have no freedom at all We know better. The government is our government. We have elected it?all of us together. Opposition par ties flourish. They speak and print and use the radio. This is freedom. It is unknown in the dic tator countries We go to church?to the church of our choice, and no one interferes with any of us. Ministers of religion may criticize the government, in sist upon reforms, plead for the underprivileg ed, oppose persecution, discrimination, injus tice. Pastors are not spied upon by the police, reported, arrested and silenced. Children may be educated religiously from childhood; our Sunday schools, colleges and theological semi naries are open And they shall remain open! This is religious freedom in America. It is un known?utterly and completely absent in the dictator countries Go into an American school room. You will see boys and girls there who come from well to-do families, and from poor families. You will see children from Protestant homes, Catholic homes, Jewish homes. You will observe that their teacher is their guide who instructs them in the knowledge of principles and ideals, and in the formation of judgment values. Go into a Nazi school room. There you will see children from only so-called "Aryan" homes. Others?the so-called "non-Aryans"?are den ied even the right to such education as the land affords?You will observe?that the teachei's function is not to teach truth as such, but Nazi ideas and Nazi slogans, 'l'he teacher is the chil drens' master who must stifle intelligent in quiry in the interests of stupid obedience to the dictator and the State. One schoolroom is built upon the principle of American freedom. The other is built upon the principle of totalitarian tyranny. For the preservation of this freedom, and for its endurance into a brighter day, we fight to day?and work?and pray that Almighty God will "defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues." Freedom'? Holy Lifhl Freedom is a precious tiling A great many years ago ,a band of Englishmen got King John to sign the Magna Carta, at a little town named RttnnymcJc on the Thames. This was a great thing; although no one present that day knew how important the event would be in the fu ture tide of human affairs Freedom: It is hot necessary to define it. We can point out some of the things tt is made up \ of. Like a man leaving home in the'morning for his day's work, knowing his wife and children will be safe until he comes homes again. Like Boy Scouts going on camping trips far from home, unafraid and unharmed in the free country they soon learn to love. Freedom is like the great, pulsing heartbeat of the America we know, composed of millions of everyday things: The housewife shopping for bargains; the laughter of legions of school children at play; the good folk who sing hymns in country churches; the growing of the crops, and the factory worker whistling on his way to work. It is like the high, wide mountains that shoul der the purple mists at twilight, and the great green valleys; and the pounding waves up and down the shores that bound our country. It is something like farmers rising at dawn, and millions of good women in kitchens at sunrise, fixing breakfast for their families. It is the good American way of working, playing, and hav ing many of the blessings of this life; and some to share with others now and then. It is the story of the self-made man, and his straggle upward against odds, but odds that Jweitfcy youngsters are able, only dn America, to overcome and get to top places in life. It is the story of millions of humble folk who trust their Government to do the right thing by them; and of the legions of wage earners who are able to make enough for comforts and luxuries as well as life's necessities. Freedom is more than the Statue of Liberty with its shining torch at the gateway of the world's greatest city?it is the light that shines in millions of American windows at night?in homes where free people live. Freedom is a man speaking his honest opinion and his mind, in the drug store, in church, in public meetings; and being unafraid. Freedom is as clean as the winds that sweep across our continent; and as sweet as a workingmans' sleep aftei?a day's toil. It is as bright as Hope shining in the heart of a boy or girl; and as precious a thing to defend as soul's honor and mother love. ?C.W.B. /,Jo Men Prefer Fat Ones? The Newman, Ga., Herald says that when girdles disappear bigger curves will be stylish. "Most men would call that making the best of a happy situation.1' Replying to~the Herald, the Atlanta Journal says: It is difficult to under stand why 95 out of 100 women think men go wild and ga-ga over a slim, skinny woman with a ' boyish" figure, when 95 per cent of the men definitely prefer a woman with ample quanti ties of flesh and the resulting feminine curves and contours. A woman on the obese side is much better natured and more tolerant than her skinny and-neurotic sister And,any old day, a man prefers curves to nerves. Tax Burden Of Poorer Persons Smithfleld Herald. There is considerable significance in the warning of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau that "selfish interests" are seeking to shift part of their tax- responsibility to "poor er persons," who are already making a "fair contribution" to taxes. The Secretary of the Treasury says that no further taxes should be levied on the lowest in come group until every other avenue of reve nue has been exhaustd and every loophole has been closed. Mr. Morgenthau gives the result of a study, made by his research staff, which shows that the average single person, earning $750 a year, is paying $130, or 17.3 per cent of his income in (xith direct and indirect Federal, State and local taxes. A married person, earning $1,500 a year, is paying about $250 of his income in such taxes. This information, which comes from the Sec retary, of the Treasury, should carry consider able weight with Americans who are anxious to distribute the financial burden of war along just economic principles. It will not carry any weight with some people who are trying to use their influence to "take a little load off of them selves and put it on the underdog." Steady There! By Ruth Taylor. Have you ever been caught in a panic-strick en crowd? If you have, you will never forget the experience. I was on an overcrowded, over balanced boat one time when I was a child and 1 it'iiienibei the blind panic ot tne crowd as the ship listed heavily. They rushed f*nm one side to another?pushing and crowding, hysteria rising rapidly as the panic spread and the ves sel listed more heavily with each surge of the mob Then, just when it seemed the ship would overturn with the next rush?a man jumped up on the rail and cried out in a calm, deter mined voice, "Steady there!" The surging crowd stood still for a moment. And in that pause he told them that if they kept their heads, they would be safe. They must stand quietly where they were and then cooperate in order to keep the balance of the boat until the captain could bring it to shore again. The crowd steadied to his calm counsel and the ves sel came safely to its dock. Today, when the storm of war has broken upon us, we need people everywhere who can stand steady in the face of impending disaster, and avert it because they know the value of co operation and will not be led into blind panic; who can wait until they know the facts; and who then can take their proper places in the fight, obeying the leaders at the helm of the Ship of State. Wc must hold steady. This is the only way in which we can help win this war. We must keep calm. We must obey orders. We ffiHst wbrk,~ah