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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAlISTOfl. NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MAXXINC SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance IN MART*< (JWimi One year I11S Sn months 1M OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year S22S Six months IIS No Subscription Received Under ( Months Advertisn* Rate Card Furmsfced Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston. N C. as second-class matter under the act of Coo Cress of March 3. 187V Address an communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday, March 25. 1938. Rather Confusing A big corporation-fostered press service re cently offered to the public a cartoon shoving the tax man taking the proverbial barrel away from the little taxpayer In the same issue, the service attacked the surplus profits tax. mak ing for a rather confusing situation. Now if the press service had advanced the plight of the little taxpayer and stopped there it would have been well and good. The fellows behind that sheet wanted to appeal to the lit tle fellow, get him on their side and have him squeal in their behalf. It has not been explained by the opponents oi the surplus profits tax how that tax affects the little man They have, however, succeeded in making the little man believe that a tax on surplus profits has done and will continue to dc him more harm than a tax levied direct If there is any real desire to relieve the little man of his tax burden or even give him equal ity in the scheme of taxation, then it will be necessary to maintain the surplus profits tax and possibly increase the rate on those surplus profits Another Way of Saying It Pointing out that "unsettled labor conditions it. the North and East " constitute one of the mam reasons why industry is showing an in creased interest in locating in North Carolina a recent North Carolina Progress Bulletin, is sued by the Division of State Advertising of the Department of Conservation and Development, merely sugar coats the fact that Southern la bor is being exploited with the sanction of the State administration. It does seem as if the better approach to the task of inviting industry to North Carolina would be to point out the natural advantages, raw material sources and other factors, and not harp an the fact that human souls can be exploited This town yd nearly every other town in North Carolina is anxious to have new indus tries. but if those towns have to offer costly in ducements, forego taxes and subject human beings to exploitation to get new industry then it will be just as well if industry remains where it is. - There is no reason why the natural advan tages offered by North Carolina are not suffi cient inducement to new industry to locate within its borders without offering human be ings at the altar of "bigness." Little is to be gained for the town when a citizen, factory or mill locates in it, enjoys the benefits, exploits labor and offers nothing in return. The citizen, be he big man, little man, or little business, big business, who joins in the task of promoting the common welfare and refuses to exploit natural resources and human souls, is a good citizen and one. that is to be de sired. Few of the leaders in the migration move ment expect to pay slave wages, and a few of the industrial plants just recently moved south have created some disaention among local em ployers by paying wages higher than the pre v ailing scadr. ? It just looks as if we are inviting trouble and danger when we say human life is cheap in the South Poverty and Our Birth Rate Smith! Md Har.ld Several weeks ago a "blessed event" was celebrated in a Johnston county family where already six children were facing starvation. Still more recently another home expecting a "blessed event" appealed to two or more sources for help, and in that home were already five or six children. Both of those families are chronic charity cases. The parents have shown themselves either unable or unwilling to put forth the effort necessary to feed and clothe their children. But the birth rate Dr. Rupert P. Vance, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina lays the poverty in the cotton states of the United States at the door of a rapidly increasing birth rate. "With only 22 per cent of the nation's population in 1990, the eleven states of the southeast were furnishing almost 35 per cent of tlx nation's population increase from 1930 to" 1S35." Dr. Vance said. Whether cotton tenancy or something else brought the Johnston county families mention ed to their present state of destitution, the facts of poverty and an increased birth rate remain. What a fate to be born into such an en vironment. What a force to say all men are created free and equal. Education is the key to the situation, but we need some adult education along with that the state hands out to the chil dren. Little Travels to Homesofthc Great By H. B. G. Horaito Nelson, first Viscount Nelson, was born at Norfolk. Ens land, September 28. 1788, and died on board the Victory at Trafalgar. October 21. 1808. He was a celebrat ed English admiral, and one of the world's most famous lovers. Nelson entered the navy in 1770. and was made a post-captain at twenty-one, serving in the American Revolution ary war At the declaration of war with France in 1793, he was placed in command of a man-of-war, and served under Admiral Hood. He distinguished himself by defeating the Spaniards at Cape St. Vincent in 1797. and he won a signal victory over the Danish at Copenhagen in 1801. In 1798 he was sent to intercept Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. Na poleon had about conquered all of Europe, and it seemed that the whole world was about to lay at his feet?except Ekigland?which con tinued to fight this usurper with her. army, navy, and all the resources of her exchequer. Napoleon was about to invade Egypt with the idea of striking a blow at English supremacy in the East. The French ships had passed down the Mediterraneon as fast as the wind would carry them. Nelson knew not their destination, but sus pected it was Alexandria, yet could not be certain?a mistake was ruin, lie tununooid aboaiti his flagship the four captains in whom he plac ed his utmost confidence. Nelson sat at the head of the table, his face flame white. The council of war de clared for Alexandria, so they went that way. Not only Nelson's reputa tion was at stake, but England, if he erred. And in the afternoon of August 1, 1798, the mast head look out of the Zealous changed the course of the world's history by an nouncing the enemy lying in Abou kir bay, IS miles east of Alexandria. It would have been too bad if Nel son had come across this fleet while it was carrying Napoleon's army to Egypt. As it was. the army had landed before Nelson arrived, then the only thing to do was to engage the fleet, and destroy it, which he did. This was a disastrous blow to Napoleon, as it left him with an army in Egypt, with ho means of transportation back to France. The French fleet was completely destroyed, while the British loss was trivial. This engagement is known in history as "The Battle of FERTILIZERS Jinefertilizers could have made so many Jinefriends YOl" have known mrn ?ho risk having our customers were only "fair weather" think of us or our fertilizers friends, and probably you hare as only "fair wci?thcr" come across "fair weather" friends. fertilizers?fertilizers that That is why we make fertili failed yon when you had to zcn that grow better crops? count on them most. quantity and quality crops? We at Smith-Douglass uo uui top-money crops. That is why make "fair weather" fertili- so many of our customers are zers. 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He ordered Admiral Ville neuve, who was in command of the French fleet to leave the harbor of Toulon, and sail to the West Indies with the intention of drawing off the British fleet, and returning to support his projected invasion of England. Nelson followed, and after Napoleon's plan had been thwarted by the hesitancy of Admiral Ville neuve. fought the French-Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar, October 21, 1805 In this battle, considered the greatest victory of the Napoleonic wars the allies lost 19 of their 38 ships, the British lost only a fi but the victory was dear to the English, for Nelson was killed; was Gravina, Spanish admiral and second in command of the allied fleet, and Villeneuve taken prison er It was Admiral Velleneuve's son who stood on the deck that day showing so much bravery that it inspired the poet to write the poem beginning with the words, "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but he had fled." 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