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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. W- C. MANNING Editor ? 1908-1928 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.25 Six months 1.25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, N. C, as second-class matter under the act of Con tir. -s of March 3, 18-79. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm Taenia*. March I ft. I *>11. The IVil l.ef(iiilalurr Following u lino of least resistance, tlie North Carolina General Assembly folded its tent and quit Raleigh late last Saturday night. Although it accomplished little in the way of progressive legislation, the session did little harm, and the people can rejoice along with the poorer legis lators that the meeting was one of the shortest in more than a decade. The lawmakers lifted the sales tax on table foods, and while the action will be accepted as a great accomplishments, it is a recognized fact that the improved outlook in other income brackets made it possible The question is. Will the legislature include foods 111 the list when the next emergency presents itself? There was a great deal said about education. But much of thr talk about schools lias little more than an empty meaning. The mandate of the people as recorded by constitutional amendment was again disregard ed, and while the owner of intangibles and per sonal properties get their exemptions and the income tax payers get certain consideratiort, the small home owner pays down to the last dollar. Income was literally worshipped as a real god. the legislature refusing to act contrary to the will of the almighty tax dollar. As a result the people were denied a right to vote on the liquor question. Not so long ago, Governor Broughton said that no state can progress at the expense of the man who labors, but the Legislature would not act in ljehalf of the worker, leaving him to the mercy of the unscrupulous employer. That many workers will get a fan and square deal is not doubted, but the employer who would recognize the humanity irt the Working man is placed at a disadvantage by the employer pos sessed of inhuman qualities. Agriculture possibly made some gains in the eyes of the Legislature, and it is believed that the lawmakers for the first time admitted that the farmer is entitled to a place in our econom ic order. There were created the -usual commissions for the study of various problems. A new de partment was created and none of the many was abolished. With the possible exception that he will not pay a sales tax on table foods, the average man will see little change in his way of life follow ing the 1941 session of the North Carolina Leg islature. And it is possible that the one accom plishment in the. sales tax structure will be wiped out by basic price increases. It was just another session of the Legisla ture, but a short one .and that's something the people are to lie thankful for Legalized Slavery Invite? Striken Marked by mediocrity, North Carolina's Leg islature is closing its 1941 session, and in a search of its every act there is little that can be found to glorify the chosen few. It leaves with the people an aggravated puzzle, for no one has been able to understand yet why more money is appropriated and so few tangible re sults follow the spending orgy during the fol lowing two years. It is sincerely believed that North Carolina would have been far better off, as a whole, had the 1941 session been skipped. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent, and there is little to show for it in the records. High salaries were increased for some few, and attempts were made to increase oth ers, but those who would court the superior court judges were scared by public opinion. There is something fishy about the work in the cosmetics department, the increased salar ies for the inspectors and longer training per iods for operator* suggesting th?< lobbying was done. The schools and teachers were virtually ig nored, and out of the whole confounded mess, the average citizen will discover not one thing that will materially better his lot. The-lMl legislature has officially legalized slavery and opened wide the door for strikers. Just as surely as a war was fought over slavery in the sixties, a war possibly of less violence sad in s different form will follow the present for ignoring the needs of the working man As great as the State of North Carolina is. that legislative committee last week proclaim ed that it was not able to live unless capital could work women more than 48 hours a week and men more than 55 hours a week. No mention was even made about wages. La bor in North Carolina has been deserted, t>ut the members of the legislative subcommittee and others will rush to condemn working men if ihey resort to other measures to support what they believe is right and what is right in the sight of the Almighty Official North Carolina has gone on record as favoring the subjugation of the common people, and if North Carolina is ever to progress it cannot do so by making the poor poorer and the rich richer. In this connec tion. Senator O'Mahoney, of Wyoming, said the other day, "If the democratic world had been successful in preventing the growth of the pro letariat, there never would have been such a thing as the rise of the totalitarian state." If North Carolina is to be free of strikes and strife, it must recognize the human values wrap ped under a pair of blue demin overalls. But official North Carolina comes along and li censes employers to enslave human beings who were asking that their hours of toil be limited to 4flfor women and 55 for men, and they were asking for that and no more when the nation is burdened with surpluses in nearly every field. Some ask how will it be possible to pay a worker US cents an hour? That question is easy to answer beside one that asks how a man can support himself, his wife and little children on less than $12 a week. It is true that a wage and hour law would call for some adjustments, and possibly the hardships would be great for some, but those hardships would be no greater than the ones now experienced by the man who is trying to support his family and meet his obli gations to his country. But all that is aside the point, for North Carolina has sold labor and others who toil down the river. i m huxmuior Hi null I Christian Science Monitor. A few years ago a simple, earnest and mod est man, tall, with a stoop and manner often called Lincolnlikc, landed in Washington as chairman of the first Social Security Board. He had been three times Governor of New Hamp shire and came from a family which provided its own social security, but it was said he faced Washington society without a tailcoat or white lie. Going now to wartime London as Ameri can Ambassador, John G Winant will bo no silk-breeches diplomat. Traditionally accredited to the Court of St. James's, he will be rather an envoy to the "lit tle people" of Britain who have come to the front in tnis war and will have a large voice 111 shaping the world that comes after it. Mr. Winant is reputed to be a poor administrator, but he has been entrusted with one administra tive task after another. He is a dreamer, bur has succeeded in business and politics. There are reports that Mr. Roosevelt will appoint a lead ing industrialist as Minister to London, to han dle the increasing amount of financial and bus iness relations which clears through the Em bassy. Such a team should function beautiful ly. As the trusted friend of the President, Am bassador Winant can speak splendidly to the British people for the great forces of Ameri can democracy which are pledged to lend a hand in defending freedom. As chairman of the International Labor Office, Mr. Winant has won friendships which will facilitate his rela tions particularly with the Labor leaders who are playing an increasing part in Britain's war effort. In Geneva also he has developed a view point which should help in Anglo-American ef forts to build a better world when peace comes. My Idi-a Of .4 Succemfnl I.iff My idea of a successful life is typified by a little 70-vear-old mother who has never been many miles from her present home. She is bent and wrinkled, yet has the happiest face 1 have ever looked into. She has had few op portunities and little education but she has six fine children and she wanted them to have the things which had been denied her. She is not a Florence Nightingale but many nights her tired hands have rubbed a child's fevered brow. She is not a Frances Perkins but she taught these children the dignity and im portance of labor, whether it be chopping wood or wiping dishes. She is not a Rosa Bonheur but she painted many a mental picture of what her children might become some day if only they applied themselves. She is not a Jenny Lind but many are the lullabies she sang to sleepy babies. She is not a Madame Curie but she had a laboratory?her nursery. She is successful because she felt a responsi bility for rearing aright the children God gave her. She set a goal for them and has succeeded in reaching it. Her hands are calloused by churning the butter, milking the cows, and at tending to the poultry, yet in this way she ob tained funds to educate her children, who are today contiibuting In medicine, science, educa tion, and agriculture. Wouldn't you say this mother had lived a successful life??Falcon Guthrie, Halifax Coun ty, Va., in The Progressive Farmer. Nine times out of ten, the fellow who adver tises to the world that he pays big taxes to pub lic tax collectors is the guy who extracts big rates out of the public, moatly meaning that he turns over the cash but that the public really pays the bill. WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT J Bjofr StanLuruj gVlKA' AfOVb* f/l Sec/o jimtb XfarStifo North Carolina's Youngest Governor * Was A Mountaineer. Governor of North Carolina at 32 years of age is an honor that tells its own story. Being chief executive implies personality, leadership, edu cation, influence, intellect and popu larity. However, it is fortunate that a playboy's handsome appearance is not a requirement for David Lowry , Swain possessed none of the last fea ture. He was blessed with an abund ance of the others. Swain, the mountainoer from Run-4J combe County, was born 140 years < ago in 1801 He attended school in the vicinity -of his home before en- , tering the junior class of the Uni-j * versify of North Carolina He was ] at the University only four months before removing to Raleigh to study ( law under Chief Justice Taylor. When the future governor com- j pleted his studies in 1822. in the { words of Governor Vance, he return ed to the mountains with his "li- ] cense in his pockets and a sweet- , heart in his eye." The people living * in Buncombe were quick to perceive ability and quality They returned him to Raleigh as their representa 1 live m the General Assembly. As a legislator during five sessions 1 Swain aligned himself with the pro- N giessive members who stood strong for improvements in roads and com- ? munication, for education, and for -s a more democratic constitution. He > was so well known and popular that >t he was the subject of a compromise it) the far eastern section of North Carolina. There was contention' among the candidates for the posi tion of solicitor of the extreme east ern district, and none was willing to withdraw. It was settled by all I the candidates withdrawing in favor of Swafti even though he was from 1 the extreme opposite end of the | state. He served that district for a j year before resigning. In 1830 he j was elected judge in the Raleigh dis- t I net. David Dowry Swain, while a young man, amassed an astonishing record as a political servant. The record was more remarkable be cause of the fact that he was from that section of the state which had time. Before he had arrived at his little political recognition at that thirtieth mile stone, the future gov i nor had been a member of the leg islature for five terms, had served a year as solicitor, and had been elect ed judge of the Superior Court. After two years as judge. Swain's ecoi'd of youthful accomplishments ?ens even more remarkable. At that line he was 32. and at that age he vas elected governor. David Dowry Swain served the institutional limit of three con tent lve years; and he continued his iorvice to his state as president of lie State University. Oldsmobile Lists latest Advantages Oldsmobile Sixes and Eights equipped with the exclusive advan tage of Hydra-Matic Drive have now reached a volume, since this feature was first introduced, of more than 75,000 cars, according to a bulletin issued yesterday by D. E. Ralston, Oldsmobile's general sales manager "Inroads on the vast bank of un filled orders for Oldsmobile cars with this feature have been con sistent throughout th? past several months/' said Ralston Gradually our transmission department has achieved a manufacturing program that has enabled us to care for an increasing percentage of this con sistent and growing demand for Hy dra-Matic equipped cars. Dealers to day. for the first time in the history of Hydra-Matic drive, are in a posi tion to promise buyers early deliv cry of 1941 Oldsmobiles with this! feature. Approximately one-half of the new Oldsmobiles built each day are now equipped with.Hydra-Matic drive Performance of our cars with this feature has been outstanding. Hundreds of unsolicited letters, from owners, on file at Lansing verify and emphasize this statement. Combin ed mileages of these 75,000 cars are conservatively estimated at more than two hundred million miles, and surveys made by our service depart ment also reveal that all of these cars are rendering thorough satis faction to our owners. ? Outbreaks Of Cholera Are Rioted In Bertie County Recent outbreaks of cholera and other swine diseases have brought a flood of requests tor vaccination in Bertie County, reports R. D. Smith, assistant farm agent of the Exten sion Service. ssrr COLDS Liquid?Tablets Salve?Nose Drops Cough Drops Try "BUB-MIT -TISM" ? A Wonderful Liniment 1.000 TIRE Customers Wanted FALL TERMS Bin YOUR TIRES NOW PAY IN THE FALL If \oil don't liase the rush. wee u? ? Outfit jour car v?itli new lire*. We'll extend sour credit until next full. ECONOMY Auto Supply WILIJAMSTON, V C. >828 i buys the fine Car with the low price! Streamliner 'Torpedo" Six Sedan Coupe <923* (white sideuall tires extra) Tbtfffac 70S ?fftf <"* WITH TMt lew met ONLY $75 MORI FOR AN EIGHT IN ANY MODEL I PERHAPS VOU'VE SEEN the new Pontiac "Torpedo" described as "the Vf^ Fine Car with the lx?w Price" and wondered a little bit about that statement. You can accept the "fine car" nan without any doubt, we believe?especially if you've examined a new Pontiac. That "low price" part may atop you, how ever. Can the new Pontiac?one of the smartest looking, easiest-riding cars on the road today ? actually he low-priced? Well, here are the facts: Pontiac prices begin at $828*. A new 1941 Pontiac "Torpedo" will cost you so little more than the "lowest-priced three" that the differ ence will amount to only a very few dollars per month. What's more, Pomiac's economy of operation and upkeep permits you to drive for practically the same money that a lesser car requires. Yes, the new Pontiac, with its Body by Fisher, has earned the tide, "the Fine Car with the Low Price." Try a new Pontiac before you put your money in something less desirable. ?Delivered mt optional equip* inhjett to change withomt notiee. CBA8. H. JENKINS A CO., WIIAIAM8TON. N. C. ? CHA8. H. JENKINS A CO.. Mita Straet AtJLANDRB, N. C. CHA8. H. JENKINS A CO, WINDSOR, N. C. CHA8. H. JENKINS A CO, AHOSKIK, N. C CHAS. a JENKINS MOTOR CO, 411 S. Bml Str?4. EDKNTON, N. C.
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