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The Enterprise Pjbiiibed Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908-1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Sia month* ..... ... 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.25 5ia month* 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 8 Month* Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Wiljiamston. N C., a* second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1870. Address all communications to The Enterprise tnd not individual members of the firm. Friday, April 24, 1942. The Inevitable Now that there is little hope for an early end ~ol the war, many changes in oui way u? life are inevitable, and the sooner we adjust our ways, our thinking and our acts the better off we will be in the end. There is marked evidence of big changes tak ing place right at home, not to mention the up heaval that is surging on the world-wide front. When a neighbor business man closes his doors, more or le^s. as a result of the war, many of us lend a bit of sympathy but at the same time we harbor the idea that such fate is not in store for us. Many of us are in line for a crude awak ening The shift from a complacent and normal bus iness schedule to a war economy never before dreamed of in this world is advancing grad ually but surely, and it will continue until three-fourths of our economy is based 011 war rather than on the wants and needs of the ci vilian We will do well to recognize the inevi table and act to accept the pending fate after the most advantageous pattern possible. Few complaints have been heard from those whose doors have been closed. Men thrown out of employment are not griping; they are recog nizing the inevitable and turning to other lines of business for employment. The question is, Will all of us keep our chins up and do the best we can, or will we get mad and want to fight within ourselves because our businesses have been wrecked that the war effort might be ad vanced? I'li'tlfir Your hiilh By Rulh Taylor. If you glory in the post - if Ilw. o?ry nf thr gnul tick ot the freedom hungry people, of their turning from the tyr annies of Europe u> an unknown comment;-*! the saga of their curving a home out of the vir gin wilderness, of the rise of this rich land of ours, whose very name?the United States of America?breathes of the effort of men to work together in mutual understanding and cooper ation; if these tales move you, give you inspira tion and courage; if you feel the glory of the past heritage of this country of ours? Then for the preservation of that glory, for the preservation indeed of the very ideals for which those pioneers fought and died, then? in equal spirit with those men who said "mil lions for defense, but not one cent for tribute," Pledge to buy . S. Saving bonds regularly. If you believe in the present? If the democratic way of life means anything to you; if you have faith in a republican form nf government, in majority rule and minority rights; if you wish to live and work as free men and not as serf labor; if you believe in the sanc tity of the home and family and in the right of individual enterprise; that the state is made for man, not man for the state?that the obli gation of citizenship means equal treatment for all without regard to race, creed or color; if you hold that man should be free to worship God according to the dictates nf his own inHieiH. ual conscience; if you believe in the Bill of Rights and its practical application? Then prove your faith. If you can fight ? fight. If you are needed for Defense work ? work to the extent of your strength and abil ity?and then some. And whatever you do ? help supply the sinews of war. Pledge to buy . S. Savings Bonds regularly. If you hope for the future? If you wish to see the dawn of a new day when the Four Freedoms become the basis for a new world order of free men; if you wish the world of tomorrow to offer to you children an opportunity greater than you own for growth and knowledge and service; if you want to be certain that your children and your children's children may choose, without fear, to aeek God in th* way they choose for themselves and not as some over-lord dictates; if you wish the sac rifices of those who paved the way for you, added to your sacrifices of today to make smooth the path for those to follow, ao that the law of love may be fulfilled and the children of the future grow up, unafraid, in a world of of Jbratharhood? Than pave the way now! Do your share in and working for this country of ours ?the last hope of free men. Prove your faith ? invest in yourselves ? for this country of ours is not a thing apart, it is you and me and our neighbors. Pave the way to a new future ?fight, work, pray?and pay. Pledge to buy U. S. Saving Bonds regularly. Dispelling The Fog By Charles Michelson. The enthusiasm with which anti-administra tion publicists recite the difficulties and delays in our production of war material is a strange note. There is no question but that strikes, for ex ample, have cost us many man hours in our ef fort; perhaps comparable to the distress that resulted from the acts of certain corporations that held up our production of artificial rub ber. But both of these things combined do not begin to equal the damage to our maximum output resulting from the innumerable delays that the isolationist forces in and out of Con gress were responsible for, when the President called for preparedness years ago. Had our martial departments been permit ted to fortify Guam adequately, for instance, that Pacific outpost would still be an American base in a section of the world where it would be of the utmost consequence in checking the Japs. Had the St. Lawrence waterway been started when the President first called for it, we would now be pouring out war craft and cargo ships from safe shipyards to replace the losses by submarine sinkings in the Atlantic. The power shortage that is hampering the man ufacture of vital military products would be non-existent in our northeastern belt, if his word had been heeded. It is not necessary to charge any turpitude in the votes that prevented the fulfillment of these projects. It may be assumed that the holding back by the isolationist groups was dictated by what these groups sincerely thought was pa triotic and wise. Whether the motive was pure ?or pure politics?is unimportant now; the fact remains that we are not as strong today as we would have been had these measures which time demonstrated as absolutely essen tial been rushed through. Actually, the picture, so far from being the doleful thing the critics suggest, is astonishing ly bright. Military strategy forbids the publication of our actual output of planes and tanks and guns, but those who have been given the figures ? such as the Senate committees?expressed their , amazement at the rate at which war engines were being turned out. The news reports from overseas give collat eral corroboration of this fact. So we read about the performance of American-built tanks on the African front and the Russian battle lines; of the presence and effectiveness of our air-cobras, tommyhawks, and flying fortresses in the South Pacific, and every other theater of war We are not only getting the stuff built but we are delivering it to where it will do the most good. Every tanker sunk along our shores is reported what is rarely mentioned is the safe arrival of huge convoys of munition-laden ves sels at their destinations, uiVl no small propor -Uori-of the cargo -boats that are carrying these precious freights are of the present vintage, for we are putting ships afloat at the rate of one -perhaps two a day. """ However imposing may be the figures, ex pressed or implied, they are not big enough, for in a war the duration of which no man can tell, we cannot afford complacency or even satisfaction, and the promise is for continued acceleration. America is just getting into her stride. The rough places have been eliminated and every day's experience is another asset. So, when we read of hypothetical bottle necks, and get excited about undue profits, it is just as well to remember that more than twenty thousand American motor cars partici pated in the Ethiopian campaign; that the Brit ish forces with American tanks drove the Ger mans out of Cyrenacia; that five types of Am erican war planes were employed in Libya with conspicuous success. MacArthur, in Australia, i has flocks of them and herds ot tanks. Incidentally, in the region of the Philippines our aircraft are credited with having downed more than 300 Japanese planes, as well as hav ing sunk or injured all sorts of surface ships from battleships to destroyers and including transports and at least one aircraft carrier. Certainly these reports do not suggest that i American-; Manufacturing Lie? Monro* Journal. Remember the "sixth columnist"?the Amer ican who wittingly or unwittingly does the work of the "fifth columnist"? Here is a typical ex ample of the way it is done wittingly. A speak er in Washington wanted to stir up a little trou ble and suspicion between the United States and Russia. He is allowed to break into print in one Capital newspaper, quoting Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Ambassador, as saying: "Time is an uncertain ally?we must prepare to fight on either side." What did Mr. Litvinoff really say? He was speaking before the Economic Oub of New York on March 10th. He was urging the need for the United Natim f to take ?nnw m?. itray risks now in order to bring the war to a quicker end. He was contending that inaction might be a greater risk than action. With re spect to waiting to gather still greater strength he said: "In other words, we invite time to be our ally. I think time is but a treacherous ally, ready to fight on either side." And that's the way the "sixth columnist" wittingly does the work fo the "fifth columniat." It is something to watch. Casual Aquaititances of Jesus By REV. JOHN L. GOFF Pastor Christian Church "Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple." Luke 14:27. The wayside conversations of Jesus have come in for more atten tion since Frederick Keller Stamm brought out his book. The Conversa tions of Jesus. Through this little book we have been made to see how the conversations of Jesus, as they happened just any where about a table or along a road, gave us such large bulk of His teaching. Always He was handling great themes. He talked on important matters during what we think of as incidental times. On one such occasion He was drawn into questions concerning discipleship "Is it only a few, sir, w ho are suved?"- A good question It was Many do not go into this mat ter deep enough to make a decision, or if they do, do not have the cour age to go very far with it. A good question to raise after Easter. There has been the seasonal excitement in the Churches. There has been the Easter crowds. Gerhard Lenski tells about a gentleman of great culture, broad knowledge, who boasted of the regularity of his Church attendance, "I have been go ing to Church regularly now for six years. Each year I get there once? at F.aster." Could he not, asks Pastor Lenski, have spared himself the jostling of the crowd? WJQai .happens to those who just come and never become committed to the challenge of Jesus or put their trust in a casual acquaintance with Him? 'Then shall He begin to say, We did eat and drink in TTiy pres ence, and Thou didst teach in our streets; and He shall say, I know not whence ye are." Just to be around! where Christ is, and no more than that, will be of not rating in the hour, of judgment. "They who content! themselves with dropping into Church once in a while, as on fes tival days, will soon drop out of the heavenly company." Jesus pressed the matter of en tering the Kingdom as the future view of a present opportunity. He did seem to be able to penetrate their shells of indifference. They just looked at Him blankly. They were unmoved. Jesus protested against their mental inaction. The day of | regret would come- Then they would realize that they w^re outside of the fellowship, outside of the fellowship , dear to the heart of the Jew, that of j Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Further more, others from all the odd places of the earth, from every unsuspect ed corner would have come ahead of them into the presence of God. Thus was Jesus attempting to get His hearers to have the far view of present opportunity. Discipleship is j decisiveness. It is that before it is I anything else. It is the immediate grasping of opportunity. But the multitude toys with eternity. The j throng passes by the narrow gate, not seeing it. There are all too few that are saved. j "Strive to enter in at the Narrow door." This was the Master's word to those who aspired to enter. The entrance tu the Kingdom is not a| broad gate through which thousands can pour without thinking. A man must enter it of his separate will. Moreover, it is the gate of discipline. Upon entering, one must lay aside, that is outside, pride, selfishness, opinionativeness, rudeness, unclean ness, ugly wilfullness. The gate is so narrow we wonder that any get in. Do applicants for the Christian life see that? Have we been too easy with those who look longingly to the Christian life? Have we describ ed the conditions too glibly? The door is narrow and there is no lim it to what we have to do. This should | be engraven upon all hearts. The RIDDICK'S GROVE Regular services will be held at Riddick's Grove Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock E. W. T. It is hoped that the member ship will try to be present, and the public is invited. Piney Grove Baptist Owing to the baccalaureate ser mon being preached at Farm Life school Sunday evening, there will not be any service at Piney Grove Church Sunday night, CHURCH OF THE ADVEN1 The 3rd Sunday after Easter. The Collect Almighty God, who showest to them that are in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of right eousness; Grant unto all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, that they may avoid those tilings that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ Amen Chuch school, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon by the Tie v. Monlson Bethea, H a. m.Thts being the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the present church, ?[Or"! In ham. Mr RotheS, wh" preached the consecration sermon, with us We cordially invite the peo ple of our community to observe with us this milestone in the life of our church Celebration of the Holy Commun ion Thursday, 11 am ST. MARTIN'S, Hamilton Evening prayer and sermon, 6 p m There will be a congregational meeting following the service. PRESBYTERIAN Williamston?Church school, 9:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon, 11 a. m. Bear Grass?Church school, 10:45 a. m. Worship service and sermon, 8:00 p. m. Koberson's Chapel?Church school 12:00 o'clock. Poplar Point?Church school, 3:00 p. m. BAPTIST Bible Training, 9:45 a. m. Public worship, 11 a. m ;~ Training Union, 7 p, m. ? Public worship, 8 p m. Sermon subjects: Morning, "Our Source of Strength." Evening, "A Legitimate Strike." Wednesday, prayer, praise and study service, 8 p. m "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord." We crave the high privilege of your fellowship in our worship. matter of the cross issuing into a crown is not a gesture to a symbol, but the character-of a life and serv ice. Jesus used the word "daily" in connection with the bearing of the cross, not an annual innovation, An interesting story is told of an African witch-doctor who had some thing from somewhere of pure re ligion. He was approaching the end. So he got together all the machinery of his craft. Some of it to make noise. All of it to chase away spirits. All of it a kind of inducement to the chief spirit. But just before the last, he gathered the stuff all up and carried it a distance into the forest. "Now," he suid, "I shall face God alone." Apply that not at the moment of death, but at the moment of great spiritual opportunity. Tuke all of these accumulations of pride and magic and throw them aside. One can take into the kingdom only the purified, disciplined self. NORTH CAROLINA FACTS ! Raleigh, laid out PROM AWOODiO WILMANtM / m 1792, WILL OSSWV* ITS WOtkAMMVMSAII^T^ WALLACE. N.C? IS THe LAMEST STRAW MARKET THE WORLD f SLRRYI T IN V pMM NT.HMAN M WCSTHM N.C. CAN M MM MMT* Ht MTN TNt I CDMUNM.MMMA.TMMMU AMf. VIRMNIA I Tmehotecaeousa HU INDUSTRY raid #4,900,000 m hohal, ?TATE AMO LOCAL TAXES M 1941 To protect this revenue to the State ie one of the prime purpoeee of thie Committee's "Clean Up or Close Up" Campaign. You help when you buy your beer only in wholesome, law-abiding retail beer places. As in any business, there are a very few irresponsible beer re tailers among the thousands of respectable ones. Re port any law violations you may see to your law of ficers or to this Committee. BREWERS AND NORTH CAROLINA BEER DISTRIBUTORS COMMITTEE EVHB^vJfafcAte*813-817CoMwttalRaleigh CHRISTIAN Bible ichool, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sub ject, "The Living Church?Its Crea tive Fellowship." Young People's meeting,! 7 p. m. Subject, "The Church Moves on to Triumph." ' Evening service with ordinance of Christian baptism, 8 p. m. Subject, "The New Testament Church for To day?The Authority of the Scrip tures." Wednesday, 8:00 p m. mid-week service. Subject, "Church Ordi nance?Baptism." Choir rehearsal follows. The Daily Vacation Bible School time has been set for May 18-29. Rev. John L. Goff, who will direct the school this year is now busy lining up the faculty and other details in cident to the opening. ? METHODIST Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship and sermon, 11 a. m. Epworth League, 7 p. m. m. The Junior choir will sing at both services. Mid-week prayer and Bible study service Wednesday, 8 p. m. Choir rehearsal will follow. NOTICE OF RE-SALE North Carolina. Martin County. Under and by virtue of the order of re-sale signed by Hon. L. Bruce Wynne, Clerk of the Superior Court of Martin County, in the special pro ceedings entitled "Ephriam Peele, Executor of the will of Alexander Peele vs. Roscoe Peele, Homer Peele, Noah Peele, et als," the undersign ed Commissioner will, on the 4th dav oTHay, 1942, at 12:00 o'clock M.. at the Court House door at Williams ton, N. C., offer for sale to the high est bidder for cash, a certain tract of land in Martin County, North Caro hm^in^norejgarticuUrl^lescrit^ Christian Endeavor Will Meet Saturday Morning The Young People's meeting of Christian Endeavor for Martin County are the invited guests at the young people of the Old ford Christian Church on Saturday morn ing of this week. Bryan Haislip, of Oak City, is president and serving with him are: Lula Purvis Gray, sec retary, of Robersonville, and Ottis H. Peel, of Old Ford, as treasurer. These three young people, along with the adult adviser, Rev. John L. Goff, met Thursday evening in the Christ ian parsonage to complete plans for the meeting Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. All young people's societies of the Christian Church .are expected in at tendance. ed as follows: Beginning at the South end of the cement bridge across Harris Branch on the road from J. R. P. Griffin's to the old Corey School House, thence running up the run of said branch 8.25 chains, to the center of the Al exander Peele farm road; along the Winer of said read South 18 west 14.25 chains to an iron marker on the old path; thence South 19' West 37.45 chains to an iron marker in Fore man-Blade Lumber Company's line; thence South 52' West 5.52 chains to an iron marker, I. F. Griffin's cor ner; thence North 40 chains along road; I. F. Griffin's line to an old thence North 85' West 1.40 chains to the canal in Harris Branch, S. Peele's line; thence down the said canal 8 chains: thence North 13.06 chains along S. Peele's line to an iron mark ii on the edge of the aforesaid road; thence down said road South 88' Blast 16.45 chains to the beginning, con taining 07 acres, more or lass, and being Lot No. 1 as shown on the map in the report of the Commissioners in the above entitled proceedings. This the 15th day of April, 1942. CLARENCE W. GRIFFIN, a!7-2t Commissioner. CART REPAIRS Cart Spokes Cart Hubs Cart Rims Anil unv other parts yon may need to repair and keep in good rondition your carts. Let in* quote you prices and in spect the fine quality parts we have be fore buying elsewhere. WILLIAMSTON Hardware Company THAN tl/tR BIFORt! IUU I AKK Too Much Care Of Your Car These Days The ear you have now ia going to have to last you for "the duration." It ia up to you to do your beat to keep your car in good running order. Have Your Car Checked Thoroughly and Often WE ARE ALWAYS READY AND HAPPY TO SERVE YOU. Come in and see us today for Dependable Service. WILLIAMSTON MOTOR CO.