The Enterprise! Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. W. C. MANNING Editor ? 1908-1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $225 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 gress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Tuexday. Auguxt 12. 1'Jll. Defying Democracy It is really confusing to understand why we talk at length about Democracy and then turn and defy it. Sometimes it would seem that Dem ocracy has been displaced by. individualists who chatter about and hang on to Democracy solely lor their individual gains and not lor Un common good ol country and the masses It is[ a fairh well established lact that we care lit tle il and when Democracy acts contrary to the sell-claimed rights ol others, and that we howl when Democracy treads upon our toes in act -ing for the common good of all. Principle counts lor little in this day arid age; it is how much do "I" get and how much will "I" get hurt il the rights ol the majority are to be preserved and protected. Recently Secretary ol the Interior Harold Ickes. serving as National Oil Coordinator, ask ed lor a voluntary reduction 111 gasoline con sumption. The answer was an increase in con sumption. A golden, opportunity to bolster Democracy was offered, but we defied it. The answer came as a stab in the .back for Democra cy, and is recognized as a strong invitation lor the introduction of a new law demanding a de crease. in gasoline consumption. We were ask ed to go 6n daylight saving time that the short age in electrical energy might be relieved. A majonty went on-tho new schedule, but there was much growling about it. We can't drive at reasonable speeds on the highway; We have to have' laws to make us conform to safety, rules when our very lives are~art stake The ineie announcement of a uni form and safe speed law will not work in this free land of ours. Even the law itself is defied It is possible that we are going to east aside Democracy in its entirety, and depend upon; iron-rlaH mil's and laws to direct our actions? We have traveled a long way in that direction, but in either case there'll be a lot of argument and griping The Soldier and the Civilian Soldier: "Yes, but my lights are being in fringed upon when I am called upon to serve in the Army, and 1 am being treated common and my rights are completely destroyed when they add more months to my time." Civilian: "Yes, you may be deprived of your rights But, back home they are preparing to deprive me of my earnings with one of the most extensive taxing programs ever known in this country. My right to eat is even being threat ened by increased living costs. My daily work schedule does not allow me as much freedom? as you enjoy or have in the Army." Soldier: "Yes, but my life is in danger." Civilian: "The record shows that up until the Russo-German struggle, more civilians were killed back home than were lost in battle. And too, you must not forget that the automobile is still with us despite a call for a voluntary re duction in gasoline consumption." It would appear from the conversation that this is a cruel world, that everyone thinks his lot is the hardest. While about a million men art answering^ fhe call of'their country, millions-back home are answering the call of the factory whistle their pattern pf living possibly being about as exacting and tough in some instances as that for the soldier. A young soldier back home for a visit dared say recently that the Army was helping at least 95 per cent of the young men, that a vast majority is living better in the army than it did back home. Contrary to the general saying that the drafted man gets only $21 a month, the average monthly pay is in two-thirds of the cases almost twice that amount. The soldier gets his board, lodging, clothes, medical atten tion and in many cases valuable training. Add to that his salary and he is making more than the average laborer back home. When civilian and soldier alike realize the meaning of the serious threat facing the world, thereH be less grumbling on both sides, each realizing that he has a task to perform and that it is his duty to perform that task well. There are those who point out that the man outside the draft age talks freely. One's age was not determined to fit into the schedule of world events. The man who, for no reason of his own, is out of the draft age is not to be call ed upon to enter the army just as the present selectee who toddled around in his absorbent apparel was not called upon to fight in the first World War The age limit may be changed, and until it is changed, the man who was 28 years old before last July 1st has just as much claim to exemption as the babes had in'the last war. There are tasks to be done on both sides, and it is about time that each was handling his task That Somebody Ehe Everybody, with some few exceptions, is for inflation control?for somebody else. Every body wants wage scales controlled?for some body else. Everybody wants food prices con trolled for their own benefits, but not particu larly for somebody else. Everybody wants somebodyvelse to accept and handle the less de sirable tasks. Not until everybody is ready and willing to accept the role of that somebody else, will we make progress in meeting the emergency now bearing so heavily upon this nation. We contribute aluminum barely worth one hundred dollars and pat ourselves on the back for having accomplished a great deal. The alum inum drive in this county was successful, but measured in terms of real action it can count for litiTe. : We have bought a few thousand dollars worth of defense savings stamps and bonds. That's quite commendable, but compare the purchases with the actual financial need and one Will readily realize that the surface has hardly been scratched. We have heard the call for a reduction in gas oline consumption. In a recent week we burn ed a million and a half more gallons of gaso line than We did the previous week. It is appar ent that we are looking to somebody else to con serve the gasoline supply while we step up our _o w 11 consumption. It is a sad state of affairs for the unity of this nation when we look to somebody else to do it all. Possibly it is challenging the individual rights of our citizens to tell them to walk a bk>ek or two to their work. That is bad, but it is far worse for the citizen, seeing the clouds of danger hovering over his head to ^continue to satisfy his own individual desires and make drastic action necessary to conserve the gas supply and bolster our defense march. There aren't many of us who can't see the need for changing our course of action, but in our individual selfishness we will not act be cause somebody else is not cooperating or con tributing his bit to the program. The action of others is merely used as an excuse for our own shortcomings. And it.' is that way in the many and intricate phases of our lives. We are steering a stubborn course after our own wishes, irrespective of what is right or what is needed for the continuance of our way of life. When the legislation is necessary to get people in the churches, religion and its meaning will be lost. The same is true in our defense efforts, for when it becomes necessary to legislate for ev ery movement, our defense program will flop. fri?rtime that everybody acted to lift the load we have boastingly placed on somebody else. Education For Democracy Hertford County Herald. It would make an interesting study for some educationally-minded person in our town to start keeping a record of all the children who enter the first grade of school this year and see how many fall by the wayside before their edu cation is completed. The result would proba bly "be very surprising. Such an analysis on a nationwide basis, shows that of the 4,180,450 American children who en tered the first grade in 1923, only 1,702,206 ever reached the first year of high school, and only 1.005.375. less than 25 per cent, ever complet ed their high school education. One of the hallmarks of American democracy is supposed to be our excellent educational sys tem. with its schools supported by public funds, with its compulsory schooling in the elementary grades, and with our conviction that only an educated people can maintain a democracy. But these figures show there is still a lot to be done. As Dr. James Madison Wood, president of Stephens College, points out, it is a vitally ser ious part of our defense program that we edu eate men and women for citizenship?that it -will be futile to build tanks and battleships in defense of democracy if we overlook the men and women who must develop and protect our democratic ideals. In addition to formal education, Dr. Wood, a pioneer in practical education for women, stresses the need for greater availability of courses which aid in the betterment of family life and home management, such as courses in marriage problems, pre-parental training, budgeting and home management. Guns, planes and military training can save democracy from outside enemies, but" only edu cation can preserve democracy from within. It is of the utmost importance right now that the light of education be turned on democracy to make everything American fully aware of what it is and why it is worth protecting. The only liberty I mean, is a liberty con nected with order; that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot ex ist at all without them ?Edmund Burke. A nation is the unity of a people.?Coleridge. B*?& 5 tarJU/ru^ /forju* f/Z &k>c/D j/rifo Harvey Presided Over Legal and^ Illegal Assemblies, Simultaneously The story of John Harvey's per forming two tasks at one time is not merely an important historical ev ent. It is of special interest during this age of dictators, for it is a part of the story of democracy. Harvey was a popular colonial leader during the Revolutionary per iod when there was trouble with England over the right of Parlia ment to tax North Carolina as one of the original thirteen colonies. Harvey's experience on April 4, 1775, was a new one. At that time British soldiers were in America. Trouble had begun in New England. Other colonies were active, but Gov ernor Martin planned to keep North Carolina inactive by refusing to call the legislative body into session. Un der John Harvey's leadership, the people had elected representatives and had held the First Provincial Congress independently of the gov ernor's wish. / Harvey's activities during the Sec ond Provincial Congress seem to have no parallel in history. He occu pied the chairman's platform in one assembly hall, before one group of men; yet, he presided over two dif ferent assemblies. He was modera tor of the legislative body acting in dependently of King George's gov ernor, and at the same time he was chairman presiding over the colon ial assembly summoned by the gov ernor. The same group of men, with few exceptions, had been elected by the people to represent them at both metings. The two assemblies had been scheduled to meet at the same time and in the same hall. As chairman of both legislative bodies, Harvey had the unusual ex perience of performing two- duties at one time. The men who voted cast double ballots, for they were a part of the governor's legal assembly and also were a part of the special legis lative group elected by the citizens of North Carolina without the gov ernor's consent. The same group of men composed both assemblies The reason why there was a dual meeting and a dual membership was the (determination of the people to meet and discuss their affairs wheth er or not Governor Martin gave his consent. When the Governor found out the people's plans of acting in dependently, he had summoned the Assembly. The voters Sent only one set of representatives to act for them in both meetings to be held in the same hall, at the same time. The birth of Tar Heel democracy can be traced back to these Provin cial Congresses elected by the peo ple of North Carolina to legislate for them independently of Governor Martin's will. Thus John Harvey, as leader of that group, merits the hon or of being known as the "father of Tar Heel democracy." Things To Watch For In The Future A built-in tiny light for dial tele phones in dark rooms, which goes on automatically when receiver is lifted, and vice versa .A synthe tic olive oil, produced by a combi nation of ail-American animal, veg etable and mineral oils . ?Some- . thing new in rubber bands ? one equipped with button and button hole ... A new electric coffee-mak er that can be adjusted to make ex actly the same brew every day . . . And in the same field, an electric toaster that times the toasting auto matically without any ticking souftd . . . Still another electric item ? a plug that requires no screw driver whatever for making the wire con nection; the two halves of it screw together as easily as a cap on a bot tle, squeezing the wires into tight connection with the terminal prongs A fruit-iuice dispensing machine in which you drop a nickel, select any one of six flavors, puncture the lid on a built-in opener, and drink 'er down ... A sunlamp bulb that fits into ordinary house sockets and has everything built in, special glass for screening out undesirable rays, reflector, and alb More Growers Turn J To Barley For Feed Barley, often referred to as "Win er corn" is becoming increasingly 1 popular as a feed grain among North Carolina farmers, says E. C. Blair,! extension agronomist of N. C. State College. This is especially true in areas a here it is desirable to substitute soil-conserving for row crops and where it is necessary at the same time to maintain the supply of feed grains. lite two bearded strains of barley, Davidson and Randolph, which were released to farmers on a trial basis ] n 1938, have shown up exception illy well. At the Piedmont Branch ] Station near Statesville relatively ligh yields have been secured. During a nine-year test, these wo strain* outyielded Tennessee Vinter, the standard bearded barley n the region, with average yields s follows: Tennessee Winter, 33.6 iiishels to the acre; Randolph, 38 iiishels; and Davidson, 40.6 bushels, "his represents a percentage in rease for Davidson of 20.8. Blair said the first hooded strains f barley were distributed in the all of last year. Hooded selected 23, lamed Iredell, has produced more ;rain than has Tennessee No. 6 Hood n seven of the nine years it has been n nursery trials. 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