The Enterprise
Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CARQUNA
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Human lift has always been cheap on the bat
tlefield. but gradually lift is becoming cheaper
in the midst of peace and plenty We were once
shocked by the highway - laughter record, but
that record is now almost accepted as a mat
ter of course At one time we rushed the victim
to a hospital, accepting the costs willingly with
4heunderst.indmg th.it human life was .a* stake
that financial obligations were secondary.
Hardened to the' nioucni way of slaughter
and possessing little? human sympathy for the
suffering, we allow wreck victims to suffer and
almost die before vet will guarantee hospital
costs. Some of the- victims, no doubt, are Re
sponsible for then own fate, hut that should
not be accepted a an excuse by us to shirk tin?
responsibility uf relieving the suffering .
The people of Martin-County and a liberal
government in State and Nation aie paying too
much for welfare activities to allow an accident
victim to be hauled from pillar to post while
death hangs over his head
Too everlastingly much money has been spent
building up agencies and then having the real
purposes of those agencies virtually ignored.
The method of handling a recent accident in
this county by a eivilied people was little less
than a disgrace-. The victim, apparently serious
ly hurt and unconscious, was hauled about for
two hours while friends and agency heads
wrangled about who would accept the cost of
his treatment. It is ho credit to those in charge
of the welfare of the people to handle suell eases
in a haphazard mannci When it comes to econ
omy. we should not go to suffering and dying
humantty to save a few dollars
We read the ,story of the Good Samaritan on
Sunday and practice the ways of the l.evite
on Mondae
Hiinnini! Tulip uilh iJir Tlnn
Having virtually eliminated the poor follow
in the happy hunting grounds, members of
"sportsmen's' clubs are now trying to run
away with the bag They are voicing stringent
opposition to the proposal to divert a small por
tion of the revenue, derived from the sale of
hunting licenses to the forest preservation pro
gram
These spoil-nil n an unjinc the conservation
department,to hatch and release quail, rather
than protect the habitat of the bird. It has been
pointed out that the department 111 years past
hatched and released 1.500 quail m the State at
a cost of 518.0(10 or Sill per bird
With these facts to ponder over, it would
seem that diversions of funds derived from the
sale of hunting licenses is in order even if the
funds were usj-d to supplement the grants to
the aged, needy or dependent children
I he Ihf/erenre
Klkin Tribune.
Britain's unemployed, 1,256,424 according to
the records, is the lowest total Britain has had
at any time since 1029. Germany is actually
pressing women into jobs meant for men and
has no unemployment problem. Nor is Italy
grumbling about her idle.
These nations are that way because of inten
sive spending on armament, and it is agreed
that this armament spending has raised pur
chasing power of so many workmen that the
! increased spending of these workers has pro
duced a small boom in retail and distributive
business
1 Here in America wt have been spending like
a house afire; have been priming the pump con
tinuously for six tears; spending for bridges,
! roads, houses, dams, conservation and reclama
tion projects Even the boondoggling of the leaf
rakers may be considered preferable to em
ploying the hands and time and talent of men
to thi building of implements of destruction
i Yet our unemployment has not noticeably de
^creased
-I'l ole.,..oia and students
figure it out These other nations are spending
lot implements with which to murder and de
stroy, we have been spending for things that
well may be set down as assets of more or less
permanency. There is nothing permanent about
armament We build it today, tomorrow it is
outmoded
Hut our spending has been extended to ev
en community in the nation. And there it is
turned back into the channels of trade. What
becomes of it then'' Ft.is an old American cus
t<hii tor mii'body in lie where money is- with
a bag The lech lal dollars that have been spent
have gone, into somebody's til! In our national
uncertainty, maybe it has been carried to sticl
tc i, where it has failed_to provide a continui
ty of jobs We wouldn't know. We are only say
ing "maybe"
Thuiik?nivinu Itav f ./icmge
Marshviile Home ? ?
A great deaf of criticism of President Rooso
\ elt for ehangiiig Thanksgiving from Nov
to Nov 211 ha come from football teams and
others interested in a financial way, but so far
nobody has claimed that w< cannot feel as
thankful for health and spiritual blessings on
Nov. Si as we could on the iiUtli Anotliei evi
dence that our majoi holidays are highly com
mercialized Take the commercial slant out of
Mothe r'., U.ii and even that would be just an
ofhei day with the average person
It is interesting to listen to and read about
all this objec'ioii to Thanksgiving Day being
moved up a we ek, making it Tall on Thursday,
Nov. 22. instead of November ,'lOth. Thanksgiv
ing, like alj othei major holidays, has become
so commercialized that we have lost sight of
the original purpose of the day. It is supposed
to be a day set apart about the close of, the har
vest season on which to return thanks to a mer
ciful Creator tor bountiful crops .and other
blessings throughout tin- year As to what dav
of what month we observe Thanksgiving should
and would make little difference if we could
only return to the original purpose for this hol
iday and actually lis. .' . time for feeling
thankful. It might a. well come in the month
of August as in November; but for the fact that
there is little mom v . i that season and commer
cialization of the day would prove a flop. The
only real objectlc n 1 c : to luuyhig up the
date is that it makes hais out of calendars and
l( liy \ol Send II iixlirll to llw Moon.'
?.almr
Of course, we niav be all wrong but to our
to enable Admiral Byrd to make another jour
ney to the Soutli Pole, plant Old Glory on a
few more icebergs and tlius prepare the. way
for another lecture tour and more radio talks
by the admiral himself
The admiral's distinguished brother. Senator
livid, approved the appropriation; so did t'un
gressman Woodrum, also of Virginia. Both of
the gentlemen have been yelling "economy" at
the top of their lungs especially when Con
gress has been considering proposals to help
hungry human beings. But they didn't even
gulp as they voted a fortune to the admiral.
There is a serious side to this absurd Ant
arctic expedition. Argentine has already pro
tested. It wants to know why we are wander
ing down to its end of the Western Hemisphere.
Argentine's protest may seriously disturb our
plain- fur e> taliln.limg mure haiiinuiiuus lela
tions with Initio America.
The next thing we know someone will be
proposing an appropriation to send Walter
mmd just about the silliest thing this Congress
has done has been the appropriation of $1140,000
* Winchell to interview the Man in the Moon
SO REFRESHING Where you to, thlr.t toe*. The!'* why
you see the familiar red cooler (or
rue g w\af 14 B D E Coca-Oola every ? here... to bring you t he
? ETIKI w? n E KB refreahment of Ice-cold Coca-f^ola when
voii r n Jrou w,nt " mo?t' Enjoy ?ne ??*?
YOU WO GOGA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
GREENVILLE. N. C.
iou? and R*fr??hing
Old-Age Assistance
Is Not A Charity,
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Commissioner Savs
Transfer of W i<lou* liroadciif
IVouram
In Stale
Transfer of certain widows of Con
federate veterans to the public as
sistance rolls has come in for consid
< iable comment from different sec
tions of the state, some of the widows
being reported as feeling they were
becoming objects of charity by
means of the transfer.
Mrs. W. T. Bost, State welfare com
missioner, has pointed out more
than once that old age assistance is
nTTt* a puT.il";r7" elia r iTy TjuVTt. "paCatlul
to a pension or farm parity payment.
None of the widows transferred
w? ! <? removed from the pension rolls
unless they lin t tjie old age assist
ance requirement of need and the
amount of their monthly grant was
made equal to the monthly pension
payment.? / ;, ' '. y ?' 1
By means of the transfer, many
old people were able to share-in the
government granfs who would not
have come within their scope for at
hast two years more and the Con
tingency of a larger legislative ap
propriation fen- assistance.
[ Ordinarily each county navs a
fourth of the cost of giants to the
needy aged, but in the vase of the
transferi ed widows the entire cost
is borne by the state and federal gov
ernments, thus releasing about a
quarter miUroh dollars more to be
Spread among the counties to take
on additional, .oldsters who are in
need.
The welfare commissioner has
stressed the fact that the majority
of those on the old age assistance
lollsperson}sover 05 years of age
ed their share toward the county and
state tax burdens and who have,
through the misfortunes of upset
< conomic conditions, found their sav
ings wiped away in their old age and
needing just'a little bit more to give
them a decent {standard of living.
The recipients have raised chill |
dn n and sent them through scho?
and out into the world to seek thei
own living. Sometimes the childre
are able to contribute adequately t
tin- support of their parents, in widen
ease no government grant would
be available, but when there is no
other income available, or contribu
tions from relatives are not suffi
i lent to provide a decent mode ? of
life with a few necessities, state,
county and federal funds combine to
make up for the lack in varying
?mounts up to $30 a mouth.
Historical Guide
Book Available
?< .
A guidebook giving the location of
215 Historical Markers erected along
the highways of the State, together
with the wording on each marker,
has just been published by the State
Historical Commission and the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment and copies are now ready
for distribution. Not only is this
book a guide to all of the places of
historical interest in North Carolina
which have been marked, but it is
also a condensed history of state in
sofar as it has been transcribed onto
these highway markers, Dr. C. C.
Crittenden, secretary of the State
Historical commission, pointed out.
Since only a limited number of
thesc guidebooks have been issued,
ing c opies to write either to the State
Historical Commission or to the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment for them. The booklet is
not only expected to be in demand
from tourists and students of history
but from school teachers and others
who may desire a condensed and con
cise handbook listing the principal
place and personages in North Car
olina history.
The guidebook lists only the 215
The state's dependent children are
another matter that state welfare
officials fret should be more ade
quately taken care of They hold the
position that mother, who have to
work in factories umPsmall-paying
jobs can do a better job of raising
their children if they were allow
ed sufficient income to stay home
and train their offspring instead of
having them roam the streets and
alleys during the hours when the
mother is out winning bread.
In all probability, adequate aid to
dependent children would go a long
way toward cutting ' down North
Caroline's unenviable juvenile de
linquency and make better future
citi/ons of the young boys and girls
now absorbing crime from the kin
k rgardens in the gutters
highway markers which had been
erected along principal North Caro
lina highways since the program to
mark the principal historic places
adjacent to the principal highways
was started in 1935. This program
has been a triple project carried on
by the State Historical Commission,
the Department of Conservation and
Development and the State High
way and Public Works Commission.
The historical commission has done
the research work, assisted by a
committee, o( historians from the
state's" leading universities and col
leges, the Department of Conserva
tion has done the actual locating of
the markers, while the highway de-:
partment has supplied the funds for
the markers and has done the work
of erecting them.
Henderson Dairymen Add
Electric Sterilizerx
-r
Several Henderson County dairy
men are expected to add electric ;
sterilizers to their equipment in the
near future, reports Farm Agent G
D. White.
Things To Watch
For In The Future
Miniature kitchettes may be built
into some 1940 auto models . .. Trans
parent doilies and table mats made o(
celluloid .. . An electric iron which
automatically lifts itself when not
in use . . Sport shirt with "self-clos
ing collar." requiring no buttons or
snaps . . . Automatic air-condition
ing for smoking pipes, with a valve
in the stem which opens when the
bowl of the pipe gets too hot for the
smoker's comfort . . Ten-pin game
for the home with the pins made of
plastic . . .
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Moll II eevil Taking Heavy
Toll In Bladen County
There was a reduction in the num
Lht of small cotton producers m/Ho
planted cotton in Bladen County this
j car, but the boll weevil is taking a
heavy toll of the crops of those who
did plant, says J. R Powell, farm
agent.
Reita Theatre?Washington
Sunday-Monday September 3-4
"WATERFRONT"
irith Cwloriti IHi I, son iinil Marii' H ilmm
Tuesday IMH HLK l-KATl'KH Sept. 5
"Itrliiml Prison (Jatcs", willi Itriun Donlevy
"New Frontier" with the Three Mesquiteer*
Wednesday-Thursday September 6-7
ALL COME Oi l"
uith Tit in \ fil and Kiln Johnson
Friday-Saturday September 8-9
~"NEWS IS MAI)K AT NIGHT"
irith Lynn Rari anil Pration Foster
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
Sumi i. -Mui-tlay September 3-4
* Hold lor \\ onion""
AN.'. KOI TIIERN and JAMES EEEISON
Thursday-Friday September 7-8
"Cooilhyi', Mr.
ROHKRT OONAT and ORI.ER ?.ARSON
Tuesday Wednesday September 5-6
"(hir I.railing (.itizen"
with BOB BlIKNS
Saturday September 9
"Southward llo*'
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