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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WTI.I JAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA W. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908 1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.73 Six months . 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.28 Six months 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Willismston, N. C.. as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March S. 1878. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Tuesday, March 14,1939. Investments The North Carolina Pulp Company is mak ing an investment of approximately one mil lion dollars in its plant in the lower part oi this county for the added production of com mon pulp paper and the manufacture of milk bottle caps and the like. The move marks an other step in the general march of material progress. Where a lone individual company can come into this State and invest a big million dollars for the manufacture of a_few paper_items, the great State of North Carolina through its leg~ islature has to wrangle week after week and month after month about investments for its most priceless resources. If one company can invest one-fortieth as much as the State of North Carolina is one job when it comes to in vesting for the future of its youth and for the welfare and common interests of all the peo ple The lawmakers in Raleigh, year after year, fail in their assigned tasks. They spend months listening to organized forces representing this industry and that industry, and in the last few days of each legislative session they pass to the people the dregs left in the cup. The schools are not receiving even a fair share of the rev enue that is raised in every nook and corner from the mountains to the sea. The rural au tomobile owner well realizes that nearly all the revenue derived lrom the six-cent gas tax is centered on the through road. The State with its unlimited taxing power is appropriating just about one-third enough to care for the dependent blind, and when it comes to the aged, the State is allowing the old people less than half the average amount al lowed over the country, as a whole. The pulp company investors are expecting a return, and they are entitled to a return. But the return there will be small as compared with the possible return?the Statu?can reap from an adequate investment for the advance ment of its youth, the care of its unfortunates and the common interests of all the people. Hardly Possible Has anything good come out of North Caro lina's 1939 legislature? The answer is yes and no. A liberal B16C waded Into the?legislative halls a few days ago and lifted the sales tax on the Good Book, but the sales tax was glued a little tighter to the bread of life. No marked re form in the election laws has come to pass, it being quite apparent that there will be one or more loopholes left for stealing in' the pinches at election time. Another session of the legislature is drawing to a close and so far the old status quo has been maintained. For State Health News and Observer. The most vigorous legislative efforts have been put forth to prevent continuation of the State's present appropriations for public health These are pitiably small It is true that the State Board of Health, like every oil er agency of the State, was reduced to even lower levels during the depths of the depression But many other agencies have now been restored to points well above pre-depres sion levels. In contrast the appropriation for (he State Board of Health, which the House leadership is now fighting with every resource it itv eommand, is actually considerably smal 1 - er than the amount the State appropriated for (lie same agency as far back as 19211 and each succeeding year until the depression. At present, the State supplies only ^1 out of every $13 spent for public health work in North Carolina from other sources, including private, local and Federal funds. The House on Thursday night properly refus ed to reduce that small contribution to public health. It will be asked to reconsider its refus al when it reconvenes. The unfortunate part in the whole business is that much of the State's contribution to public health is in the form of matching other funds, contributed on the one hand by the Federal government, and on the other hand by local units. Heducuvg the State's fund endangers continuation of those funds as well.*' ?Essential set vices should not be the first?Uj lecl the axe of economy nor the last to be re stored after the need for economyyhas passed. Farmers of County Hear Addresses By Bureau Officials (Continued from page one) went," he explained 1 Haywood Dail. the firey but hon orable gentleman from Pitt, enter tained the group in his own individ ualistic way and gave the farmers a great dual tn think about "It is raal. t. ly surprising to think about how long you have lived and how little you have, and what you could have had if you had been organized along with other industry from the begin ning," Mr. Dail saui in addressing the farmers. Quoting Frank Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, Dail said. "You need an organization now more than ever. Farmer, organize! The world is or ganized against you." Continuing, Mr. Dail said, "No one ever got any thing unless he had voting power." In his appeal for Farm Bureau support, the speaker explained that the organization had gotten and turned over to him in the form of a $2 per bag price increase for pen nuts year before last to pay his bureau dues for an even 1.20U years Dail appealed for harmony along the agricultural front, and cited in stances where the facts had been misrepresented. "They have accused me of planting 300 acres of tobac co on 200 acres of land, when I had only 44 acres. Some of the com plaincrs over in our county said so and so had more tobacco than they did. We called them in and they had more than so and so. but they were not killing to divide when they learned the facts." Dail said in his pica for farmers to forget petty things and work for something big J T Cooper. Farm Bureau field representative took hold following Mr. Dail. and he, assisted by~Coun~^ ty Bureau President C. A. Roberson, polled the farmers and got a unani mous approval of the transfer of test farms from the State Department of Agriculture to the State College Ex tension division and the establish merit of a peanut test farm. Messrs. Cooper and Roberson stated the faets plainly, and the farmer loud ly approved the proposal State Bureau Secretary Arnold, addressing the group next, said he had much to tell, but possibly hot until just before the next elections "We are fighting for a simple thing and are not trying to tear down a department. We are trying to rep resent the 301,000 farmers, and they j want a change in the test farm I line-up. Let the department of agri j culture handle the regulatory mat j ters, but let the college handle the 1 educational work. North Carolina is j the only state in the union tl^at has I a dual line-up of agricultural nterestins Items D In Oak City School j W | The fourth grade won the prize t f one dollar for having the largest < umber of parents out for the las' i iarent-teacher association which let on Wednenday evening. Mureh i st. Very good attendance and the ] ssociation endorsed the three point (] rogram for tbr legislature to con j ider through the county represen 4 { itivr, H. G Hnrtnn ?L The athletic club is sponsoring the Johijston County Ramblers" on \ ?aturriay evening at eight o'clock i the school auditorium for the pur , ose of hnvinp hMPhall equipment Miss Ernestine Johnson, sixth , rade teacher, is in Tarboro Gener- ' 1 hospital, recovering from an hp icndicitis operation. Mrs. Beach is upplying in her absence. The school icads," he said, adding that the col ege extension division could get ad litional funds from the federal gov rnment whereas the department of igriculture is financed solely by tate funds The Farm Bureau speaker said he ras puzzled by the current legisla ure when it proposed to tax a vend ng machine of a company that or linarily bouglit 800,000 pounds of j ^Jorth Carolina shelled peanuts nonthly. "We got that tax off." he aid. Recognizing the raw deal far ners are getting in the allocation of ; oad funds. Mr Arnold stated that he Farm Bureau is striving to have ! cents of the 6 cent gas tax set isidc for farm-to-market roads so aimers can get to town. In conclu sion, Arnold urged the farmers to1 jet behind the movement and con act then representatives in the in .crest of improved agriculture " The meeting was adjourned short - y before 10 o'clock after County President C. Abram Roberson rej oining counties and urged the Bur-1 au members to follow the sugges tions offered by the able speakers >n the evening s program wishes her a speedy recovery. The Reo Ncre players presented ?Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" on Friday afternoon and the "Awaken ng," a comedy in three acts Ftiday light. Owing to other attractions in own the audience was small for the evening performance. Proceeds were for the benefit of the school. The school masters' club was en-j arrtatnetf by Prwipai H. M. XfBTi ley on Thursday evening, March 9 Miss Minton and her home oconom c pupils, together with Mi Mullen, agriculture teacher, prepared and H'i'Vi d tin bai bnue UlillliT. 1 Eighteen new books, selected from the Standard Catalog for high schooj libraries, have just beeiv- placed in j uculation in the library, ?All uf the old books llUVC beeti' repaired. The weekly circulation of j these old and new books is some thing (or the school to be proud of. In spite of the outside activities that spring makes possible, the students still find time (or tng Church At Dardens Names Official Board Deacons and elders were elected at the Dardens Church of Christ 00 Sunday night and these will form the official board and will meet at the church Wednesday night to elect a chairman and secretary. J D. Taylor presided over the business session Sunday night aad will outline a tentative program oa Wednesday evening at 7:30. All members are urged to be present. The Christian Endeavor will meet Wednesday evening at 7:30. The Best Is Always Cheaper! FarmersDemandFenceThatContainsCop-R-Loy WHEELING IS THE ONLY FENCE THAT ContainsCop-R-Loy Genuine Wheeling Fence Will give you many years of extra serv ice because COP-R-LOY makes it absolutelv Rust Resisting. ICAVY ZINC COMD LU, WHEELING J FARM FENCE y1?5 nLiiiui'iji>i\^jj YOU COPRLOY With wire of thi$ famous copper alloy, heavily coated with pure zinc, you are assured extra years of service. Every roll is pre-stretched and pre-tested and comes to you with a guarantee of service. We have it in the ityle you need. Mr. Farmer (Jop-K-Loy Fence Is Sold by Your Retail Dealer, If Not Demand Him to Get This for You W.H.Basnight&Co.jInc. WHOLESALE DEALERS ONLY AHOSKIE, N. C. Why Have A Checking Account? Because it saves you money by giv ing a constant check-up on your expen ditures . . . Because it enables you to make your money safe . . . Because it gives you a receipt for every bill paid. Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Guaranty Bank & J t rust Company Wil l lAMSTON. N. C. Ready to Greet Spring With Royal Honors: Even regal visitors from across the sea will be no more wel come than Spring after the dull and gloomy months of winter. Here in our clothing department, Spring has arrived and has been accorded royal honors New styles ?.new colors ? new patterns ? everything to remind you that the happiest season of the year is here. Come in and get the Spring spirit. For amazingly modest prices a complete new wardrobe may be yours! Griffon Suits for Spring tHoMotis Bwikw
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