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The Enterprise Pjbliahed Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? SUBSCRIPTION RA^ES (Strictly Cash In Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.00 Six months : 1.25 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.80 Six months 1.80 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the posi office in Wiliiamston. N C.. as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1878. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm Tuetday, December 15, 1942. Headin' For A Bin Round-up Some believe it and some don't, but we are headin' for a big round-up here in eastern North Carolina. And it's no use to weep and mourn, but there is every good reason to make ready for the eventualities, to dig deeper into our resourcefulness and to whet our determina tion to make the best of what appears to be a serious situation. It is now fairly apparent that the farm labor problem in this county and section will grow steadily worse, that recently promulgated rules and regulations by the manpower commission will not apply to but precious few if any cases in this county. In short, it is fairly certain that young single men on the farm without depend ents are to be called in turn. If labor was short last season, the shortage will be aggravated next season, and it is quite possible that production will drop off. The question now is, Will we plant for human life or will we plant for cash? It may be a foreign idea to the minds of tobacco farm ers, but we are heading into a period that may see a marked decrease in tobacco production. No drastic steps have been taken as yet, and it is not likely that tobacco farmers will be told they can't plant tobacco. But, like the water melon growers, there may be no fertilizer made available to them. No such drastic steps have been taken for the coming season, but it is ad mitted that labor is being withdrawn from un der the farm program. How is the farmer going to pay his debts if he can't produce tobacco? Well, in many coun tries, and big ones, too, debts offer no problem, Starvation and murder at the hands of ruth less enemies are causing millions more con cern than debts or a program of "Business-as usual." We are slow to read the writing on the wall, and there is a possibility that much complain ing will be heard and even revolt may be talk ed. We are headin' for a big round-up, not on ly on the farms in this part of the world but in all walks of business. The Army has said that it must have the men, and regardless of the up heaval back home the Army will get them. Pull the men from the farm, production falls, a lull follows on the "business-as-usual" front, and then we'll be settling down to handle the task at hand, that of winning the war. Yes ,it looks as if there won't be much farm ing for cash or much business for profit ere many more seasons pass, for we are heading for a big round-up in the name of victory on the war front. Cracking lip Apparently all's not well in the high places with big business. Montgomery Ward chose to defy the government. Right or wrong, the big mail order house, after waxing rich with the aid of the government in the form of low post age rates, chose to challenge a War Labor Board order. It went direct to the people with half-truths, and the sad part about the whole business is that few papers troubled to expose the claimants and enlighten the people. Talking about the constitution, the firm, ac cording to some members of the board, was un dermining the government. The action calling Montgomery Waxd to task was taken after due hearings and deliberations,'and while Ward was going to the people with what were termed "half-truths," other leaders in the business world were expressing their opinions. It is ap parent that something is so rotten somewhere that the members of the business family can't agree. Could it be that something is about to crack up? What Montgomery Ward did not bother to tell the people were the comments offered by Harry L. Darby, president of American Syana mid and Chemical and a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Man ufacturers, and Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Oregon University Law School. These men are members of the War Labor Board. Darby, fol lowing the hearings, said: "I sat in this case and heard the evidence and I read the report very carefully, the report of the panel. I also saw introduced here?which was not denied by the company?a letter which was submitted by the union and which was pur ported, and not refuted, to be a letter written by the management of the company to various of its foremen and representatives in which it pointed out that steps had been taken to hinder or destroy the union. "The reason that 1 voted for the imposition of a maintenance of membership clause in this case was that I believed that simple justice re quired that I do so, and if I had it to do over again, I would do the same thing. "I want toisay this, that in my humble opin ion, Montgomery Ward has done the greatest disservice to industry and the private enter prise system of any concern in the United States, and I feel that just as strongly as I can." Morse said, "I think there isn't any justifica tion in this board wasting ony more time in this hearing with Montgomery Ward. I think that they have drawn very clearly the issue now as to whether in time of war this Government has to yield to the type of subterfuge that Mont gomery Ward now proposes. "I simply wish to say that I don't like welch ing or welchers, and I consider the present po sition of Montgomery Ward a pure case of welching on an agreement which they entered into with the President of the United States. "I think the position of_Montgomery Ward is one of the most unpatriotic positions that any citizens could take in time of war. For them to mouth before this board their professions of pa triotism in my opinion simply represents the highest type of intellectual dishonesty as far as I am concerned." Furniture Gifts They Keep Right on Giving Usefulness and Beauty HOME, to most people, is fast becoming a place to live in ? not merely a refuge in which to eat and sleep . . . hence, gifts for the home can be counted on to give double please . . . now and in the future! Our Stocks are now complete in every detail. We hope you will allow us the privilege and pleas ure of showing you GIFTS that will appeal to every member of the family. We can satisfy your every need in Furniture. B. S. COURTNEY WILLUM8TON, NORTH CAROLINA. STAR BOARDER FROM NOW ON! rOMrtlG L ?|R! u,h?tAjI If every family in the U. S. return ed ten pennies to circulation, the more than 1,000 tons of copper need ed to replace them could go to make war weapons. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Rufus Burnett, de ceased, late of Martin County, North Carolina, this is to notify all per-1 sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Williamston, N. C., on or before the 11th day of De cember, 1043, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 11th day of December, 1942. i B. A. CRITCHER, Administrator of Rufus Burnett. I dl5-6t ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE Having this day qualified as ad ministratrix of the estate of the late John L. Rodgerson, deceased of Mar- , tin County, this is to notify all per sons holding claims against the said j estate to present them to the under signed in Robersonville, N. C., for I payment on or before December 7,1 1943, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This December 7, 1942. MRS. CLINTON HOUSE, Administratrix. Robersonville, N. C. d8-6t NOTICE: SALE OF REAL ESTATE' FOR TAXES I, James A. Rawls, tax collector for the Town of Oak City, N. C., have this duy levied on the following real estate and will sell same at public auction, for cash, in front of the post office in the Town of Oak City, N. C., on Monday, December 28, 1942, at 12 o'clock, M., for taxes due and unpaid tor the year 1941, unless taxes, penalty and costs are paid on or before that date. The amounts listed below represent actual taxes due, the penalty and cost to be add ed to each account. This the 30th day of Nov., 1942. JAMES A. RAWLS, Tax Collector of Oak City, N. C. dl-4t White N. E. Davenport .$11.69 C. L. Etheridge .55 Mrs. S. C. Hines 5.50 Charles W. Priddy 1.10 Colored Bertha Brown and Gordon Williams .69 John Brown 3.85 Lethi Clark 2.20 Charley Gay .41 N. B. Green 4.88 A. W. Grimes 6.96 Columbus Jenkins 1.65 Eliza Ruff 1.10 H. P. Parker _ 2.22 PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION State of North Carolina Department of State To all to whom these presents may come?Greeting: Whereas, it appears to my satis faction, by duly authenticated record of the proceedings for the voluntary dissolution thereof by the unanimous consent of all the stockholders, de posited in my office, that the Wool ard Furniture Company, Incorporat ed, a corporation of this State, whose principal office is situated on Main Street, in the Town of Williamston, County of Martin, State of North Carolina (G. G. Woo lard bains the agent therein and in charge there of, upon whom procea* may be serv ed), has complied with the require ments of Chapter 22 Consolidated Statutes, entitled "Corporations," preliminary to the issuing of this Certificate of Dissolution: Now, therefore, I, Thad Eure, Sec retary of the State of North Caro lina, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the 24th day of November, 1942, file in my office a duly executed and attested consent in writing to the dissolution of said corporation, executed by all the stockholders thereof, which said con sent and the record of the proceed ings aforesaid are\now on file in my said office as provided by law. In testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Raleigh, this 24th day of November, A. D., 1942. THAD EURE. dl-4t Secretary of State. Beware Coughs from common coMs That Hang On Crcomulslon relieves promptly be seat of C" help loo: germ laden phlegm, and aid nature cause It goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel to soothe and heal raw, tender. In flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the un derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Ironchiti* Sfl m tts. II 7Zc PRESENT a FUTURE It's the gift of the year?for tea yean from now! It's the gift you buy today to give us Victory to morrow, and lu help give the world liberty forever! You can not buy a better gift?or give a more wonderful expression of Christmas sentiments. We are proud to sell War Bonds ? for your Yuletide giving, and all through the year. Branch Banking and Trust Co. Sale of Valuable Personal Property AT PUBLIC AUCTION At the Home Place of the Late M. D. WILSON In The TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 AT 10:30 A. M. On the above date and place announced we will offer the following personal property: Twen ty Mules, All Hogs, Cows and Goats, one John "B" Tractor, Field Disc, Disc Tiller, Carts, Wa gons, Cultivators, Plows, Tobacco Trucks and Sticks, Corn and Hay, and All Other Farming Implements. = B. A. Critcher and |Z. V. Bunting Executors of M. D. Wilson Estate Williamston, N. C.
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