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The Enterprise ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA w. c SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cuh in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY On* year Sis moatka ' - _ M OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY Oh year UN Six months _______ r 100 No Subscription Received (or Lew Than ( Month Advertising Rata Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in W illiatnston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1179. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday, August 7, 1936 Dissatisfaction Rampant There probably has never been as much dissatis faction in the history of mankind as there is today, nor have the people of the world ever had so yood and easy a time as they now have There are pleas ures of even- kind. It seems that we are just gorgt-d on an abundance of good times everywhere. Yet w<? fail to appreciate them. We find the world more gluttonous every day and the people are never satified, as there i< war every where. Every invention makes us more anxious for another. What satisfies today is out of date tomor row We are constantly moving from one state of dis satisfaction to another. If we could learn to lie sat isfied at a reasonable gait and fall in and maintain a steady pull and be content therewith, how much happier we would be. Not only is this state of affairs causing us to miss all of life'sT real pleasures, but it goes further and makes revolutionists of us. We overlook all of the quiet, safe things in life. Such a state of affairs makes, enemies of peace and sets war in motion. But how and when will we lie able to mend flfings? Costly Forest Fires Ninety per cent of the 47,000 forest tires that o< - cur every year in this country are caused by man and his carelessness, says the Forest Service. y More than M.oOO.OOO aire; n| land arc ^wept by the flames and the damage passes 120,000,000 This estimate, of course, does not, and cannot, include the cilities and other factors upon which no money value can be assessed Mor^anton Sews Herald The idea that a forest fire is a minor mater linger; all over our nation In some sections there are fame ers who still think it necessary, every year or so, to burn over the forests, in order to clear off the under growth. Cleared lands are often burned over instead of being plowed under, making humus for the soil Forestry, as a business, is just beginning to In- rec agnized It is possible for many land owners to-util ize waste land for the production of timber, which, after a number of years, will pay a big dividend. Tak ing into consideration all factors, this is often suffic ient to more than justify the protection of the forest Hurry Through With State Radio Chowan Herald. Intention on [tart of the Safety Division of the State Highway Department to establish a State wide radio - system ?f delecji'in or apprehension is a wise move? and found its justification up this way this week. A ?5-year old man was killed by a hit and run driver on the streets of Chadbourn, down near Wilmington The killing occurred last Saturday night. A quick ob scrvalion gave a slant on the offending car and driver Had the radio system been in vogue the signal "Calling all cars! Calling all cars! " would have gnoe out on thy air within 10 minutes after the accident and -every?Slate Highway Patrolman on the alw. would have gotten bis tip-off instantly to catch hi man ? * Instead the procedure attempted was otherwise cduda but all that could be done The Chadbourn authoii iies caught Lhe direction the nffrniler was traveling, north, and telephoned to the next town to lay for him The message arrived too late, however, and was re layed by telephone from town to town on the Coastal route north, each time to be too late to be of service Word finally got to Lieutenant Jones in Greenville. That excellent officer worked out a radio system of his own, and instantly. In conjunction with the Green vtlle telephone exchange, be called every one of the officers and patrolmen north of Greenville at the same moment. Such word came to Corporal Dail here? also the word the suspect was believed to be a Norfolk resident. Dail spend all of Sunday watching the Norfolk hangouts of the driver, and again on Mon day and Monday night. Three days thus passed since the accident. Does tnyone imagine that with each patrol car equipped with receiving sets and a central sending bureau the killer in a case like this would have gotten a hundred miles away from his scene of crime? No likelihood at alt Hurry the system into usage. Precocious Joe Martin Xcw York Times. Representative Martin, of Massachusetts, Kastern manager of Governor Landon s campaign, must have tiegun life as an Infant Phenomenon. Speaking of John Hamilton's travels among the Yankee Republi cans, he says: Never has there been such enthusiasm for the Re publican ticket in New Kngland since the famous campaign of James G. Blaine." Mr Martin was born November 3, 1884, one day before the election. So strong and vivid a memory, almost contemporary with birth, must be rare. Mr. Martin may well be proud of it. Some of his asso ciates. remembering what happened to Mr. Blaine, may regret the reminiscence. Almost we hear them snarl, "What's Joe trying to do, spill the beans?" It may bt incorrect to believe that every active politician carries a rabbit's foot somewhere on his person, but the tribe is known to be superstitious. It is no good omen that Mr. Martin's enthusiasm about the enthus iasm fur Mr. Blaine and Mr. Hamilton has exhibited to his shocked colleagues. Mr. Martin is as extraordinary a forgetter "as he Is"" rememberer. So strong was the enthusiasm in Con necticut that Mr. Cleveland carried the State. In every other New England State, even in his own Maine. Mr. Blaine's vote was smaller than that of General Garfield in 1880. The present population of New Kngland is far different politically from what it was in 1884. One sympathizes with Mr. Martin'k " difficulties, but it's hard to keep from laughing when, for instance, he cites the presence of 1,800 Republi can "workers" at a luncheon as proof of the ecstacy of New England over Mr. Landon. "Workers' have to eat. They have to be enlhusi jstic in public. They are not specimens of the ordi nary citizen; and in private their political enthusi asm seldom rises above the most moderate temjiera tures Yet there is a warm spot in all tender hearts for Joe Martin. It is a pleasure to hear him read from his dream book and he should be forgiven for his hoodoo When he turns his glittering eye to Vir ginia, North Carolina and Florida and rejoices in the Republican "fighting chance" in them, there is balm. |x>etry and a long streak of history in his words. Airy processions of national chairmen and committeemen chant "A Fighting Chance." One loved to see the old, one loves to see the new -buys-stake their claims in ClOUdtarid. In the strange ritual of politics few phrases are more blessed than "a fighting chance." Raising Automobiles Hertford County Herald Farmers of this county may stand to benefit thi lal.l and in years to come by the rapidly increasing use of fam rproducts in manufacture of automobiles, end the resulting increase in prices of such products, according to a recent news article setting forth the incredible quantities of products used by the motor car factories. The list includes: Corn for rubber substitutes, al cohol, and solvents. Cotton for upholstery, tires, and brake linings, paints, safety glass, battery boxes, etc. Great quantities of timber, for wood parts, are also u.-ed. Cows provide many things needed for cars, such as leather, casein glues, stearic acids, greases, etc. Wool' is used for upholstery, gasket materials, and other materials. The products from more than half million acres of larm land were taken and used by one leading car manufacturer last year alone. The inqiosing list of things by one of the automo bile concerns alone include the following: 433,125 acres of cotton, 30,000 acres of soy beans. 17,500 acres y( flax, 11,280 acres of corn, and 12,500 acres of sugar cane; not to mention some wheat, from which starch is derived for use in the foundry, and 20.500 acres of timber. In addition to these crops, the single year's output of these cars required many of the products of animal husbandry. Among these l>roducts are hides from 30,000 cattle; wool from 801,000 sheep; lard from 20,000 hogs; goats hair from .57,500 goats; and even 6,000 pounds of beeswax from 80,000 pounds of honey. Here, then, is evidence that the horseless carriage is by no means exclusively derived from mines, or, in fact, much less independent of the farm than Old Dobbin himself. nOGIAM rot Will BEGINNING MONDAY, AUGUST M Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C. Aaiot nil "SHOW BOAT" wNfc UUtMl DDMNI Hi ALLAN JONES Tliur*Uy aad FrMay Amguti 11.14 "SONS O' GUNS" wttk JOB MOWN lad JOAN BLONDKLL i Aunt 11 "FURY" with STL VIA SIDNEY mm4 SEEN CEK TEACY MM AMMt U "CALL OP THE PRAIRIE" i WBXIAM BOYD ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS GRANVILLE WILT COSTS TOBACCO FARMER MONEY Disease Starts from Weeds And Costs Farmers One Million Annually Granville wilt, a disease that costs North Carolina tobacco grow ers more than $1,000,000 a year, may possibly spread to tobacco fields from common weeds growing nearby. Cocklebur. jimson and night shade are even more susceptible than tobacco to this disease, and they show the same symptoms, said Dr. E. E. Clayton, tobacco disease specialist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, reporting on recent research work conducted at the Tobacco Experiment Station near Oxford. The effect of wilt on ragweed, horseweed, and horse nettle is not so evident, but they" too become diseased, and they may act as car riers, Dr. Clayton stated. This may explain why recom mended crop rations often fail to Even if tobacco has not been grown on the land for years, the disease may be kept in the field by weeds. Corn, wheat, rye, sweet potatoes, grasses and legumes are immune to wilt, and a crop rotation including these with tobacco-hds been recom mended as a control method. But if weeds are allowed to grow in or near the tWd*. Dr. Clayton pointed out, they will carry the di sease over to succeeding tobacco crops even though immune crops are grown on the land between the periods when it is in tobacco. In view of this, he said, tobacco frowers should give more atten tion to weed eradication in infested area.v He also recommended that they continue growing immune chops in rotation with tobacco. The wilt enters the plants through the roots and spreads to all parts of the plant. If the infection starts early in the season, the plant will be killed. If it starts late, a few leaves may be saved. Cotton Ginners May Get Pay in Handling Government Report Ginners Are Entitled To Around 25 Cents a Bale As Expense Offset Under the supplemental appro priation act approved February 11. 1936. an appropriation was made available to the Secretary of Agri culture to enable him to reimburse all cotton ginners for additional ex penses they incurred in connection with the operation of a col Ion gin under the Bankbrnd Act during the 1935-36 ginning season, the county agent announced a day or two ago Appropriation blanks are now available al the agent's office and all cotton ginners are asked to call in within the next few days and Ale application for this compensation. This payment will be al the rate of 25 cents per bale and it ts thought that th? should help ui a large way in relieving cotton ginners of the extra bookkeeping expense they were fyorced to incur in order to carry out the purposes of the Bank head Act in such an effective man net as a as dune: In filing this application it will be necessary for the ginner to have the duplicate copy of his monthly returns to the Collector of Internal Revenue If all ginners will bring these reports to the county agent's office at their earliest convenience, assistance will be furnished in filing the application and forwarding it to the proper authorities. Harvests Fifty Bushels of Onions from Small Area Oland F. Peel. Xahunta 4-H club member in Wayne County, harvest ed 50 bushels of onions from one fourth acre, selling the onions for $1.10 a bushel and clearing $33.16 on the project. 666 MALARIA in 3 Days COLDS Liqaid. Tablets Ant day Salve. Naae Drops ItiIii hi M Try -|sk Mf Tb--?<riA USED CARS Like New Let US Care for YOUR Car As fresh as the morning sunlight, t sed hat as |M< as new SoM at money saving grim fosse m today and see for yourself. Terms 1931 Ford Tudor. Brand nrMl motor. Body and tins are in] excellent condition $175! 1913 ( kcrnlrt ( ?ck IMnt toodiUML New r~?* New (ires sad retain ?? tasr (or A tartaia far A Few Minnies' Inspection in Our Shop of Suum> Little Trouble Ma) Save You Many Dollars in Repairs Ijlrr ROANOKE ' Chevrolet Co. N. C. tee Cold Watermelons Why Eat Hot Melons When You Can Get One Ice Cold for the Same Price? 20c to 50cr LINDSLEY ICE COMPANY New Meat Mark< We have opened, in connection with our service station, a Sanitary Meat Market. Our electric Refrigerator and Electric Slicer enables us to give you the best in meats and beef. BOILED HAM - BACON - HOT DOGS - BUTTER AND MEATS OF ALL KINDS Our market is clean and sanitary, and we extend to everyone a most cor dial welcome to visit us at our new place of business. Sunnyside Station GARLAND COLTRAIN, Manager Next Door To Sunnyside Inn Father Time is an easy task master. He never warns us when the last tick of the clock will strike for us. It is best to anticipate the future, by |>aving regularly for LIFE INSURANCE which will save those we leave behind us from fac ing poverty and debt. W. G. PEELE INSURANCE Small Jobs Are Important When We Do Them Little jobs can accom plish big things, be big jobs in their own right, with the proper handling. The small job you send here is accorded this han dling. always, to make it do a big job for your bus The Enterprise Publishing Co
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