The Enterprise
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W1LLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
W C. MANNING |
Editor ? 1908-1928
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Friday, July II. I '> 11.
I njuHli/ifd HiuixliiiK
In glaring headlines a daily newspaper in
a comparatively small city boasted the part its
good citizens were playing in the role of na
ttonal defense. Why; the people of the fair Jit
tlc city had bought well over half a million
dollars worth of defense savings bonds with
emphasis falling not on defense hilt nil that
more important word, "savings On the same
page but in tar smaller type, the paper explain
ed that the same Utile-city, had not raised even
^alf ot Its United Service Oiganizatinns quota.
With some few exceptions, the picture is al
most identically the .game throughout the na
tion. We buy savings bonds to enrich ourselves,
but when it comes to giving we measure up
short" And it can be said that when a city buys I
half a million dollars worth of interest-bearing j
bonds and can't support a worth-while under- I
taking with cash willingly contributed, that city !
and all others like it are going to get mired j
down and be goggled up in its own greed
One of these days we are going to wake up
and realize that the defense of this nation, dem- J
ocraey -and humanity is more important than j
making a nickel profit It is useless for a few
individuals to realize it and act accordingly,
we, as a united people, must realize the perils
and act accordingly. Too much of the boasting
about our parts in national .defense are unjust i?i
fied 111 the light of the real facts
imeriru'* ImsI ( till
?h~ looks to me .ortliuugh Ameiu.i is going to
lose her one Tug clrUnce now to act against Hit
lei by going to Wat while Hitler will be occu
pied loi the next six weeks against Russia
Polish Army m 1919-1921 just twenty years ?
ago ancL.even if the Russians put up a good j
fight, they cannot hold up against the mechan
ized and motorized forces of the Germans
For us to sit by and lend help that we can't
even get there to the Russians is to defeat out- !
selves and oar chances The thing for us to du
is to strike Germany where we can and that is
by declaring war. which would be a terrible
blow to the German morale Anything else at
this time means that America will be endan
? gered forever
With all tin- leading newspapers crying out
for this action. I cannot understand why the
President does not act before it is too late. To
expect other people to fight our battles is mor
ally wrong and terribly dangerous, to say the
least.
1 feel that this is I -Chan""-??
Peter Markham, Author of "America Next "
I he Foiir Freedom*
In the, future days, which we seek to make
secure, we look* forward to a world founded
upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expres
sion?everywhere in the world.
The second js freedom of every person to
worship God m'his own way?everywhere in
the world.
The third is freedom from want ? which
translated into world terms, means economic
understandings which will secure every nation
a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants ?
everywhere in the world..
The fourth is freedom from fear ? which
translated into world terms, means?a world
wide reduction of armaments to such a point
and in such a thorough fashion that no nation
will be in a position to commit an act of physi
cal aggression against any neighbor?anywhere
Warped
In this land of guaranteed freedom we don't
fail to take advantage of it and squeeze a bit
from the other fellow. We masquerade the true
facts and then proclaim a warped finding. Con
gressman Ham Fish, not long ago went to the
people of his district to prove the claim that his
constituentcy was overwhelmingly opposed to
war. He mailed out a convenient questionnaire
to his constituentcy, requiring no signature. He
merely asked the people to place a check mark
beside the two printed propositions, as follows:
"The United States should enter the war?The
United States should stay out of the war."
It is a fairly well established fact that no one
in this country actually wants to go to war, but
there is that great majority preferring war to
Hitler's domination of the world If Mr. Fish had
bothered to get the real sentiment of the peo
ple, he would have stated his proposition a bit
differently. But. no, hi- would not dare seek the
u al facts; he merely wanted a warped opinion,
and the way he went about it he got just that.
Most of the isolationists are claiming that their
constituentcy is against war under any and
all conditions. Their claims are apparently un
founded, but the isolationists have warped the
truth so much that they are beginning to be
lieve that all of the American people are mak
ing ready to receive Adolf Hitler and his hordes
with open arms
I Stale Of Servitude
As the world centers its attention on the ac
tivities of the ? ever-extending battlefields .lit
tle is heard about the countries subjugated by
German might Just recently an appealing re
port. scant in its details, came out of the once
happy little Luxemburg.
Bent?on?bringing that little territory?into
?the German orbit over night, the German rul
ers imprisoned those who would dare speak in
their own tongue: " ~ |
A country which enjoyed the level of pros
perily, democratic liberty and contentment
second to none has been forged down into a
state of servitude, the report reads.
Sunpegtx a H ay (hit
Elkin Tribune.
Dr. Kugene W. Gudger, wluais not lacking in
recognition as an educator, and deeply inter
ested m the progress of public education in
North Carolina, comes forward with a sim
ple, if not practical, suggestion for recouping
the loss of till' $4.r),000 which the State of North
Carolina is out, because of the selection of a.
fifth grade history textbook that was so full
of errors it had to be recalled
Here ts-how l)r. Gudger would go about jt:
the State of North Carolina $4!"),000. In return
the State has 105,000 volumes, each containing
over 1,000 errors, and it lias received the copy
right to the book and the 1.000 errors. The
fair that the State should bear it? How about
pro-rating the loss among the six political gen
tlemen who caused it?"
'I'o the sl.< could aiid should hi added the
seventh, for the Doctor probably overlooked
Supt. Clyde Erwin. The others, of course, are
Clyde R lloey, Wilkins P. llorton, Thud Eunv
Charles M, Johnson, George RoSs Pou and llat -
rv McMullan. (Many of us will want to file the
list away for future reference when these come
singly or 111 droves seeking political prefer
Illt'lll.)' "
The replacement would not be such a stag
gering burden to at least four of the bunch
whose salaries were lipped to the tune of $1)0(1
pi r year by ever-obliging Uncle Odus Mull, of
the Shelby dynasty, who sanded the tracks for
the increase while the members of the General
Assembly were asleep at the switch. That ex
tra six hundred bucks was pure velvet paid to
those feljjjws whose efficiency must ultimate
ly he measured by the fact that they bought
"one thousand errors" at a rather fancy price,
and I Oh. 1)00 books that can only be salvaged _
fuel lor school furnaces in case of a coal-les
winter
l)an I /.<?*?? \ our Head Over I tlumint
?
Labor.
Practically everyone is talking about vitamins
these days. It is well, therefore, that Dr. Rus
I sell M. Wilder of the Mayo Clinic, an outstand
ing authority on dietary problems, should sound
a word of warning.
undesirable, he declared at a conference of food
technologists in Pittsburgh the other day.
There is evidence that too many vitamins
may be injurious, and he insisted that consump
tioir-Trt vtQlmins must be "balanced". If a per
son increases his intake of one vitamin, then
he must increase proportionately the rest of
the "vitamin alphabet."
"Consult your doctor before you begin the
experiment," was his final advice. Thai!# a
good IdeaTTRe laking of vitamins may easily
become a dangerous fad.
STRIKE NOW, UNCLE SAM!
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The Source
Of Power....
By REV. JOHN IIAKDV
Church Of The Advent
THE GOD WHO CALLS
IS SENDS t'S
"The Word oJLUpd, wherever it
is given to us, puts God first and bids
us put Him first, seek first His king
dom and His righteousness Rut t*"
God who is to be loved first is the
Creator, who hateth nothing that He
hath made, and the Redeemer, who
so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son.' His is a'living
good purpnve for the world. Hp is the
lover of justice and mercy. 4I the
Lord love judgment ' 'I desired mer
cy.' He is the 'author of peace and
lover of concord His 'loving-kind
ness reaqheth unto the world's end.'
There pan be no love of God that
does not include holding dear what
He holds dears. Not to love justice
and mercy and concord, to shut one's
loving-kindness within man-made
boundaries, is to disagree with God
And to disagree with God is sin and
spiritual death.
So while our Jthoughts and affec
tions and wills are first lifted to the
Father, who is in heaven, and to the
eternal, heavenly kingdom, in which
His will is done, they are turned
quickly back to earth and out tow
ards our neighbors. God 111 Christ
calls us out of our own service, out
of our enslavement to appetite and
ustom, even out of every actual hu
man attachment to our family and
nation and class, into His single
service. But the God who calls us to
Himself is Himself faced towards
the world. The human will that is
given to Him. is carried back by His
His first word to us is. Come, His
second word is always, (Jur
"The marching orders that are gfv
en to .ill who are cot led and sent are
\\<ll know ii t? i lis nil. Th'-y coiiie to
Us in the Second Commandment
Thou Shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.' That Second Compiandment
issues directly out' of the first We
"belong to each other, my neighbor
and 1. because we both belong to
someone else, and that someone else
is God. That is the truth about us,
and we are not living according to
' Our neighbor meets us in many j
guises and disguises. He or she may
sit across the family table or face
Us across the counter He may work
fui us or wv for lum. He may be buy
i r, seller, debtor; attractive or un j
I attractive; friendly or unfriendly;
Negro. Jew, German, American, Ja-j
parie>e. Whatever he is. our relation j
[to firm is an inseparable part of our
| relation to God. 'Inasmuch as ye
, have done it unto one of the least
of these my brethren, ye have done it
unto mo.' t
"If we ask how this neighbor-love
will show itself, the answer is plain.
! The servant of the Divide Charity,
j like the Good Samaritan, Iras com
J passion on men in trouble, even of
'another and hostile people, he dues
| unto others as fie would that they
should do unto him; he is more olo
servant of the beam in his own eye '
i than of the note in his brother's eye;
he forgives much, knowing that he
Fneeds to be forgiven much; he vaurif
I ?th not himself, is not easily provok
j ed, suffereth long and is kind.
, "To be a serving-man is every
j man's occupation in Christ's domain,
j This is the aristocracy in Christen
| dom. Among you the servant shall
; he the greatest of all.' We cannot hire
j someone else,to do our serving for
us any more than we can hire sonie
011# to d?> our praying for us. Men
' may hire someone to do a special
I kind of serving for them, as when
j ihey employ a social worker or
priest, hut that does not relieve them
of their culling as serving-men.
In the mind of Christ serving is
not a pious interlude in a self-geek -
ing life. The Leanness of worldliness
cannot be larded with the sanctity of
Church work That saying, 'Among
you the servant shall be the great
est of all', comes to banker, broker.
I clerk... insurance man, student, phys
: leian. mechanic. to Wife of rich man
..rid wife of not so rich man. to un
married woman with*, considerable
leisure, to professional woman and
.stenographer. Yjyui life is only ful
I fitted when rt is a sorviivghfo. -LetJ
your light so shine before men, that
jthey may ^rr-yotrr good works, and
glorify (not you) your Father in
; heaven.' As someone has said, .'Ev
ery human occupation is either a vo
! cation or a racket.' We rightly pray
1 for all estates of men in thy holy
Church, that every member of the
>ame, in his vocation and ministry,
-m*y^44 uly und godly nerve theo.' "
CHURCH
NEWS
CHURCH OF THE ADVEIV1
5th Sunday attet'Trinity.
Grand. O Lord, we beseech Thee, I
that the course of this world may be
so peaceably ordered by Thy gov
ernance, that Thy Church may joy
ful!" serve Thee in all godly quiet
ness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Church school, 9:45 a. jn.
Morning prayer and sermon 11 a.
m.
METHODIST
furch school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Epworth League, 7 p. m.
Evening worship, 8 p. in.
Mid-week prayer service, Wed- 1
nesday, 8 p. m.
christian
Bible school, 9:30 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Young People's meeting, 7 p. m.
Evening service, 8 p. m. Pastor
will speak at both services,
j Combined choir rehearsal, 7:30 p.
Irn., Monday.
| Circles one and two meet Mon- i
day. 4 p. m
j The 18th chapter of Ai ts w ill be
j studied Thursday, 8 p. in.
Piney Grove Baptist
Rev. W B Harrington has an
j nounced that regular services will
be held at Piney Grove Baptist
Church Saturday and Sunday at 11
o'clock <
HOLINESS
Sunday night, July 13th, a reviv
al will begin in Pentecostal Holiness
Church w ith Miss Sni'tli rf""* Mr*> ?
Eva Bell Holland Blown, of Nash
,..Y.m.e~ conducting.
HAITI ST
Bible school, 9:45 a. m._
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Baptist Training Union, 7 p. m.
Evening worship, 8 p. m
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
Jack Harrell v. Sarah Harrell.
It appealing from the affidavit of
B. A Critcher, Attorney in this ac
tion, that Sarah Harrell cannot after
due diligence be found in the State
and she is not to be found in the .
County of Martin; and it further ap
pearing that a cause of action exists
against the defendant in favor of the
plaintiff, to-wit: An absolute divorce
on account of two years' separation:
It is, therefore, ordered that sum
mons be served on said Sarah Har
well hy publication and tn that and
that notice of this action be publish
ed once a week for four weeks in the
Enterprise, a newspaper published
in Martin County, setting forth the
title of the action, purpose of same
and requiring the defendant to ap
pear and answer the complaint with
in thirty (30) days after service here
of.
This 24th day of February, 1941.
L. B. WYNNE,
jy4-4t Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee by Gus Peterson and wife,
Alethia. on the 22nd day of Novem
ber, 1930. and of record in the pub
lic registry of Martin County in
Book E 3. at page 75, the undersign
ed trustee will on Monday, the 21st
day of July, 1941, at twelve o'clock
noon, in front of the courthouse door
in the town of Williamston, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
the following described real estate,
to wit: ? r- 7???* .. ??:
A certain tract or parcel of land
being section two and four of the
Alex Peterson land situated in Goose
Nest Township, and shown on map
in Public Registry of Martin County,
containing fifty acres more or less.
This the 18th day of June, 1941.
L. K EVERETT,
jIt Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin vs. J. B. Cherry.
Unditf* and by virtue of an order
of sale made by L. B. Wynne, Clerk
of the Superior Court of Martin
County, jon Monday, the 27th day of
(May, 1941, the undersigned commis
sioner will, on Monday, the 7th day
of July, 1941, at twelve o'clock noon,
in front of the courthouse door in
the town uf Williumston, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
Lying and being in Williamston
Township, Martin County, state of
-North Carolina, containing 640 aerea,
more or less, commonly known and
designated as the Spruill land, ad
joining N. C. Highway No. 125, the
lands of Jesse Whitley, the lands of
Robcrson and Peel, and others, and
being the same place known as the
[home place of Joseph B. Cherry.
This the 27th day of May, 1941.
ELBERT S. PEEL,
'MU
Turnage Theatre ? Washington, N. C.
r July 13
"County Fair"
EDDIE FOY, ?. and JUNE CI.YDE
y-Tueaday , July 14-15
"Love Crony"
MYENA LOT and WILLIAM POWELL
ALSO SELECTED
W rdnrsduy-TtiurxIay July 18-17
"Penny Serenade"
CAR* GRANT and IRENE DUNNE
Friday-Saturday July 1S-1I
"Dance Hall"
CAROL LAND18 and CESAR ROMERO
IHORT SUBJECTS
Reita Theatre?Washington
Sunday-Monday July 13-11
"COWBOt AM) TDK BLONDE"
in* f/i i, t-oiftr Mtmlfinmory tool Mary Hrlh II11 gins
Tuesday POI BI.E FFATIKF July 15
"\\ ancli rrrs of llir W e?l" nilli l oin Rt-riit*
"OI<- Sv?iiiiiiiiiije Hole". Juckir Moran. Mania Joins
Wrdui'sday-Thursday July lti-i"
"THE GAY \\<;\l?OIN?"
nilh Roxcov harnx ami lintli Domflly
Friday-Saturday July IK-19
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