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PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE PuMMwd Kvarjr Tuesday and Friday by The ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WIIXIAMSTON. WORTH CAROLINA. HT. C. Kdtax SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Btricd]r Caafa in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year Six months , OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year Six months «■ - n 1.00 No Subecription Received for Lew Than 6 Month* Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of CongreM of March 3, 1879. Address ail communications to The Enterprise tnd not to the individual member* of the firm. Friday, November 13, 1931 The Dispute Over Edison's Will . Even Mr. Edison, with all of his knowledge, failed to please. His No. 2 set of children got most of his property, under the terms of the will recently pro bated. An older son claims his father was overpersuaded and coerced by the step-mother and younger chil dren—whicft is a very reasonable story, based on average cases. The old story of the neglect of the step-child is perhaps true in this case. The natural thing for a father to do is to treat all of his children alike. When a man fails to do so he is generally betraying a weakness, unless there is some signs of wildness in the life of some of them. Of course, Mr. Edison had the right to do as he wished in this matter. Still, wc wonder if he did not show weakness in his will. Nothing New Under the Sun Recorded history shows that thousand of years ago nations had their periods of drouth, famine, pesti lence, and troubles of one sort and another. As we all know they still have them from time to time. Maybe the human race will finally reach that stage of developed intelligence and character, where wars, disease, financial depression and othr grievous ills will be no more. At present sudi a happy state is not in sight. In a recent issue the Greensboro NrU>s quoted from an article that appeared in the year 1857 in Harper's Weekly, a famous publication in its day. The Greens boro News editor was much impression with the sim ilarity in the conditions described in the Harper's ar ticle and those that exist today.. The likeness is in deed remarkable, but, as the comment, the best thing about it is that the country recovered from the 1857 depression and will recover from that which we have now. The quotation from Harper's follows: "It is a gloomy moment in history. Not for many years—not in the lifetime of most men who read this paper—has there been so much grave and deep ap prehension; never has the future seemed so incal culable as at this time. In our own country, there is universal commercial prostration and pank, and thous ands of our poorest fellow citizens are turned out a gainst the approaching winter without employment and without the prospect of it. In France the political caldron seethes and bubbles lith uncertainty; Russia hangs as usual, like a cloud, dark and silent upon the horizon of Europe; while all the energies, resources and influences of the British Empire are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried more sorely, in coping with the vast and deadly Indian in surrection, and with its disturbed relations in China. It is a solemn moment, and no man can feel an indifference (which, happily, no man pretends to feel) in the issue of events. Of our own troubles no man can see the end. They are, fortunately, as yet mainly commercial; and if we are only to lose money, and by painful poverty to be taught wisdom —the wisdom of honor, of faith, of sympathy and of charity—no man need seriously to despair. And yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this widespread calamity, has also tended to destroy the moral forces with which we are to resist and subdue the calamity. Good Friends —Let our conduct prove that the call comes to men who have large hearts, however nar- RED CROSS WILL MAKE BID FOR MORE MEMBERS Increased Burdens in Relief Work Spurs Society to Intensive Drive By virtue of the Mf' increased burden* In { relieving suffering 11 V during the last fiscal Tf Jf W ended June 30, ATT the American Red, ' Cross this fall will 1 MWi make an effort to Muater the largest membership it has carolled in many years. The past year will be recorded by the Red CroM as one of its most sig nificant period# for several reasons. The year found the society bringing to rowed their homes may be; who have open hands, however empty their purses. In time of peril we have nothing but manhood, strong in its faith in God, to rely upon; and whoever shows himself truly a God fearing man now, by helping wherever and however he can, will be as blessed and beloved as a great light in darkness." We Need To Work—Not To Faint By 0. P. FitzGcrald, D. D., in the Roanoke-Chowan Times, Rich Square, N. C. Economic conditions have much to do with the state of mind and physical well-being of a people. While a people may make their own living conditions, so often these conditions become the ruling masters of that people. Perhaps something of this sort may be in effect today. *A return to normalcy may be a retrogressive act in progress. Tomorrow is the goal of individual and nation. To retrograde is but to lose. Private thinking for public utterance needs the tone of encouragement and hopefulness. Our public lead ers would serve a generation could they sing a sym phony of faith and work, and not a dirge of helpless despair. r Economics always depend upon supply and demand. This country is blessed with unlimited raw material. The immediate demand, among the poor and needy, is now greater than in a single past decade. Indus try and finance could work wonders by getting on speaking terms once more, They need to form a working agreement. To create a market for farm products is to create a job for the laborer. A job must precede the daily wage. The daily wage must come before the purchase of bodily necessities. More work and less talk may be, in part, a solution to some of our economic ills. News comes from Washington that the Federal Re serve Board discovered $24,000,000 decrease in money circulation Jfor a single week ending in October. We agree that there is a time to save and a time to spend. But we likewise believe that there never was a time to hoard; Money out of circulation is use less money. It is only of vajlue when put into the streams of finance to serve tlie markets for people and the nations. To hoard it is to convert it into a thing of utter uselessness. On the other hand, finan cial recovery will not likely come throughout extrava gant spending. Nor through a process of unlimited credit. But sound business principles always demand hard work backed up by sane, wise, and judicial in vestment of the family income. We need to work, and not to faint. This is no time for fear or loss of confidence between individ uals or business. There is no place for hysteria. Our times call for faith, hope, and hard work. Farm ers need a fair price for their product. Industry must have a market for their production. The wage earner needs a job. The banker is holding idle money. Bring these into a working relation, and much good will be done. Your Responsibility tor Your Son By Mayon Parker, in the Bertie ledger-Advance In my opinion, it will do no one any harm to read what Dr. Douglass Freeman, editor of the Richmond Sews-Ixader, says in the paragraph below: "Have you a boy born between 1911 and 1927? Have you lavished love on him and sacrificed for him, seeking to give him a chance in life? Unless Ameri ca can reverse her history, you are rearing that boy to be a target for machine gun bullets, a prey to" poison gas., Not only so, but you contribute to his danger when you lend yourself to international hate; yes, even when you are indifferent to promoting the cause of peace you are adding danger to the life of the boy you love. It will be you, not he, who will say whether he marches away to return no more. Your generation, not his, will neglect the safeguards of peace and promote the rivalries that lead to war. Your contem[X)raries, not his comrades, will pass the conscription law, on which the ardent spirit of youth will hardly wait. It is absolutely within the power of the parents of young children in the United States to say whether their sons shall inherit war or peace; but American parents must use that power now. They can not wait until the quarrels are made and blocfd is hot and the mob mind is past control. The latest date at which war can be prevented in 1941 is 1931. If your boy is killed in the next war, after you have exerted yourself for peace, other men are his murderers. If he is slain after you have been indifferent about peace, his blood is on your own head." If your son was not born between 1911 and 1927, this question Dr. Freeman asks is still a vital one. It makes the heart of the father of a son born in 1931 grow tight with fear to think of the possibilities that may grow out of our indifference to the cause of mak ing the world secure against another wholesale mur der. peace-time assignment which was the disastrous drought-relief program. M | found more voluteer workers giving their full time for relief of drought i victims through the Red Cross Own I during any similar period in the last decade. Then, this year marks the organisation's fiftieth anniversary. V, Since its beginning In this country fifty years ago, the Red Cross has han dled more than 1,100 disasters. This 1 work is conducted in addition to the 1 1 other Red Cross services. First aid and life-saving, nutrition, public health , 1 nursing, home hygiene, and care of the 1 sick, serivce to veterans and service i' men, foreign and Insular operations and i'Junior Red Cross work, ad showed , forward strides during the last year. Besides the drought, 61 other disas ters visited this country during the 12- month period, spreading destruction over 31 states. AU of them added to the increased demands upon the so ciety. The American Red Cross came hi- Mjfc'fk--- !•*' ■ iL;> •' AC-.. ' HMLWia Bvnrr to being on the night of May 21, 1881. llt was on that date that Miss Clara Barton, famous for her volunteer re lief work on the battlefields of the 'Civil War, called together a group of distinguished men and women in her Washington, D. C., home to organise the society. During that gathering, the organisation's first constitution and an application for the District of ( Columbia charter were signed. Miss l Barton was selected as the first pres ident and served in that capacity for 23 years. • » To Cut Marshmallowm.—Dip the scissors in cold water, and the marsh mallows will cut freely without stick ing.—Mrs. R. J. Nelson. . ' » To Keep Hhands White.—lf It is necessary for you to keep your hands in water a great deal, keep a smalt per fume bottle of vinegar handy.. Shake a little on your hands each time you dry them and they will be kept smooth and white.—Mrs. J. W. Bailey. THE ENTERPRISE ! BUSINESS BRIGHT SPOTS NOT SEEN ON LOCAL MARTS —•— - Commodities Not Bringing As Much Here As in Large Cities Brigfit spots - in general business conditions in America today failed to cast their reflection in the marketing of commodities produced in Martin County. Fresh country eggs today are being purchased at 28 cents a dozen in the city markets while there is a slightly 'lower price in Martin County I unless the amount of the eggs is ac jcepted in merchandise. Spring chick- Jens are valued at 20 cents a pound in Norfolk although they are retailed at about 25 cents a pound. Ducks are ; priced at 20 cents and turkeys 25 j cents a pound at the store. | Veal calves are being bought in the [ larger markets for 8 cents a pound. .Fat sheep are selling to the markets at three cents a pound. Live hogs are bringing to the grower 5 cents a pound with 8 cents a pound for dress ed pork. Cotton is still reported on a small \incline with the price being a few 'points over 6 cents in the lint while' corn is quoted at about 40 cents a' bushel. Peanuts are still ranging in! price a little over two cents a pound I with little or no demand for them.' Some buyers are off the market. The Norfolk and Chicago markets! as reported to local buyers are a lit-l tie off in .all local commodities. ADVERTISING IS URGED AS CURE FOR DEPRESSION Roger Babson, Noted Statis-[ tician, Says Trouble Is Under-Consumption "Advertising is now offered an op portunity to render this country and the world at large a great economic service," says Roger W. Babson, world-famous financial statistician, in a recent article. "The present trouble wit|i business is under-consurnption, not over-production. Human nature always goes to extremes." "It was popular and fashionable to A COLD DAY COMFORT 4 ■ . s \*r# fiy i 1 ¥ ELECTRIC HEATERS How its warm glow does please .... how quickly it routs the chill from a room. A win ter comfort necessity for every home, at an unusually low price. WILLIAMSTON ELECTRIC SHOP Washington St. Williamston, N. C. fjj LI "I F I B°t constipated, 0N I would get dizzy and have swimming In my bead. I would hare very severe M headache. "For a while I | thought I wouldn't U take anything—may- Ibe I could wear out the headaches; but X found they wearing me out "I found Black- Draught would re lieve this, so when Z have the very first symptoms, Z take Black-Draught and now I dont have the "I am a firm be liever In Black- Draught, and after using It 30 or more years, X am satisfied to continue Its use."' —r. M. tHMimmn, Oret i#e Asrfc, fls, un IWOMHN who »m I suffer.every month, should take I |C«rdul. T?».-d for over 60 yours. | WILLI AMSTON MOUTH CAHOCIWA 1 spend money lavishly back in 1928 and ■ 1929, and people overdid it," he con tinued. "Now it has become fashion- I j able to scrimp and hoard, and again people are overdoing it. j "Advertising must sway the public fashion back to a sane middle course. It is up to the advertisers to make ! the desire to buy goods more appeal ing that the security of safe deposit boxes. The extreme lack of purchas ing among the well-to-do classes is 'now the result of fear and fashion rather than it is of inability to buy. 1 There is still plenty of money in this country. The trouble is that it is be ing hoarded." | Rferring to the hoarding of cash, the economist says: "This hoarding goes on in two ways: First, by the actual withdrawal of currency and placing it in safe deposit boxes, hid ing it in homes, and otherwise stor ing it away; and, second, by piling up 'savings deposits to a point where many banks are refusing to take more money 1. Moreover, the banks are virtually r hoarding it, because in an effort to I keep as liquid as possible, they are not making their accustomed volume 8 Blue Banner CHOCOLATES* R 50c lb. p IgHnSgf Nougatines, Chips, Krinkles, Ice Cream Drops, mtj Caramallows, Brazil Nuts, Montevideos, and Various other Brands—All Fresh and Inexpensive. Each Piece Brings the Temptation to Try "Just One «Hf FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS Come in and look our line over. I |s| Clark's Drug Store g|g Don't Forget Young's Annual Harvest Sale On Nnvpmhpr 91 AT 3:00 O'CLOCK un iwvemDer LD WE WILL GIVE AWAY FREE A HANDSOME 9X12 DRUGGET. ASK FOR PARTICULARS IN STORE 1 I | 'I ' 2 1-2 pounds of Best lAc Table Oil Cloth, newest IQC AUTOMOBILE TIRES SU «' r f ° r W y " d Guaranteed F«U«1 Tir« Cotton o '3 N |or T ' S,X>Ol 1 0° Children's Jersey 1 (\c 29 * 4.40 S3M Cotton, 3 lor W Blooms, pair 10 30 i] 1J |3.4S Ladies' Silk DRESSES. New- 30 * 3 1-2 Tube* 19c •at styles and QC Men's All Wool Suite, *7 ftC 29 * 4-40 Tubes He shades very special «P' '"J 29 x 4.30 ... $4.4S Apron and Dress Ac lien's and Boys' Oust- (hi At Ladies Outing Gowns 4qc GINGHAMS, yard ~ * Work Shoes, pr. $1.95 special 48 3 C * MMV * H«B'I Heavy Dmi r© °™ : 49* * 69* 98' SOCKS. pa.r Men'. 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If even one-half of the billion dollars now hoarded away were brought back into circulation, business would start up im mediately. Mere preaching about it, however, will not loosen up those pock etbooks. The best way to break up the 'buyers' strike' is by liberal and intelligent advertising, showing mer chandise values the greatest they have been in this generation, and greatest in relation to wage levels they have been in the history of the country." .In concluding the article Mr. Bab son says that "manufacturers and mer chants must not make the mistake of cheapening their quality. By so doing they will breed ill-will. Rather they must strive to keep up the quality and pass along the savings in produc tion costs and low raw material prices to the mass of the people who most I urgently need goods of long service in return for their hard-won dollars. For both classes of consumers, well to-do and those of limited incomes, Friday, November 13, 1931 advertisers should talk values instead of comparative prices. Concerns mere ly talking price reduction miss the point "Business today is like an engine that is caught on dead center. It takes some unusual push to start it going. Advertising can supply that push, pro viding business men will make the proper use of it. Once recovery starts, hoarded capital will be rushed out of safe deposit boxes just as fast as it was frightened into them by the de pression. The most foolish thing a concern can do today is to cut down its advertising appropriations and the cold weather. Spots on Woolen.—lf you have grease spots on any woolen material and have no cleaning fluid handy use spirits of camphor. Turpentine on black grape stain will remove the stain. —Mil. V. L. Roberson. ' To Whip Cream That Will Not Whip Saaily—Put the required amount of cream in a bowl and ad enough sug ar to sweeten to taste. Begin to beat with an egg beater and add lemon juice, drop by drop, until the cream is as stiff as desired.—Mrs. J. C. Keel.
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