Backwash And Some Sidelights Qn War ??? A massacre of Parisians is being prepared by the Nazis, according to information emanating from various neutral capitals, because of increas ed sabotage and resistance. Already three anti-Nazi leaders have been executed but the Frenchmen refuse to cease harassing the Gestapo. The familiar pretexts have already been given viz. that Communists and Jews are reponsible. Rumors still are be ing circulated that Hitler plar? to "retire" in a gigantic peace offen sive. Other stories say that Franz von Papen is behind this move and has been recalled to Berlin because it was prematurely revealed. From Zurich comes the report that Bruno Mussolini died a suicide, not an ac cident victim. Vichy admits forti fying the African coast?not against the Nazis but against the U. S. Our State Department still insists that we maintain "friendly relations" with the puppet Petain government. Be cause of Soviet resistance the Swed ish government is becoming bolder in its anti-Nazi attitude, reports from Stockholm say. The British Press Service has a sense of humor, the headline on a recent release read: "Russian Navy sinks 14 German U boats in six weeks, Nazi make radio appeal for submarine recruits." Sen ator Reynolds' little fascist outfit called the Vindicators says that it started using the "V" first. Must be effective since so many people are claiming it. The September Ameri can Mercury carries a courageous document by Edward Herriot. smug gled out of Vichy. Willaim J. Good win, Democratic zone leader in Queens, L. I., is running for the N. Y. City Council with Coughlinite support Rep. Philip A Bennett (Mo.) is allowing his frank to be used by D. Leon de Aryan, editor of a little isolationist sheet called "The Broom". That makes two Missouri Congressmen (Dewey Short and Bennett) and one Senator (Clark) who oppose the Government's effort to resist Hitlerism. ? Thing! ;s To Watch For In The Future Plastic tips, instead of metal ones, for shoe laces?of all sorts from ba by booties to cavalry leggings; it's estimated half a billion of them wiH be substituted this year, saving half a million pounds of metals, chiefly tin . . . Novelty porcelain cookie jar equipped to yell "Mama, Mama" when a cookie-cadger reaches in . . Cosmetics vending machines? they are being tried in Macy's, New York, and tor a dime they automatically dispense a portion of face powder, hand lotion, or toilet water . . A new process for shelling nuts that involves "exploding" the shell off the kernel?a tiny hole is bored in the shell, explosive gas forced in, then exploded by electric shock . . . A "pinless and painless " diaper, in which string is used instead of pins. Thirty-Nine Years Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise SEPTEMBER 20, 1901. Rainy week. Judge Timberlake left Thursday | morning. L. C. Bennett returned from Nor folk last week. J. H. Long, of Jamesville. was in town Monday. John L. Rogerson is home from Oak Ridge this week. Mr. B. F. Simmons, of Norfolk, is visiting Mr. Dennis Simmons. Mr. Joe R. Meyers, of Baltimore, was here this week attending court. C. R. Alley, of Washington City, is visiting at Mr. T. J. Latham's. Mrs. J. H. Tucker and son have gone to Greenville, to visit rela tives. Madame Elrado. the Palmist, is at the Roanoke Hotel. Hours 8 to 11; I to 6; 7 to 10. Miss Mary Bonner Hatton, who tas been visiting in Washington, has returned home. Mrs. M. Dawes and mother^ Mrs. Rogerson, of Elizabeth City, are vis iting in town this week. Rev B. K. Mason is in Gethsem ine, N. C , this week conducting a protracted meeting. Mr. C. C. Daniels the' new solici tor had his name placed on our sub scription list before leaving town this week. There is a great deal of dissatis faction among our town people with the way in which this term of the rourt was conducted. The visiting lawyers in Williams ton this week were: A. O. Gaylord, Plymouth; Don Gilliam, Tarboro; W. B. Rodman. Washington; H. S. Ward, Plymouth; R. C. Lawrence, Raleigh, ind W W Clarke, New Berne. Value Of Aluminum Realized By '(711081' The shade of a French emperor who was "born 100 years too soon*' must have been an "interested ob server" as Aluminum Company of America cut its ingot price to 15 cents a pound?the fourth price cut since the start of the war. bringing the metal 16 ~Z5 per cent below the peacetime level. For it was Napoleon III in 1855 ? and not Hitler or Churchill or OPM - who first recog nized the importance of the light weight metal in warfare. He envis aged a mobile army, lightened by aluminum trappings, which would give him an .insuperable advantage Dver his foes. But aluminum then cost $545 a pound, and. despite all the rewards the emperor offered, French scientists couldn't find a way to bring the price within reach. It was still prohibitive, at $8 a pound, when Alcoa was formed in 1888 to use the process discovered by Chas. Martin Hall; and it was more than double the present price during World War I. But the trend has been steadily downward and today, in the face of the greatest defnand on record, it is at the lowest price in history. Attention? Sweet Potato Growers Give us your orders for Sweet Potato Baskets. Contemplate your needs, so we ran supply your requirements promptly. GooD BASKETS At The Right Price Our ba?krl? are made well, yet they ran be bought at no extra priee. Visit our plant and see our fine quality baskets in the proeess of being made. Call or Write WILLIAMSTON Package Mfg. Co. TELEPHONE No. 5 WILLIAMSTON Dare Devils At The County Fair One of the oustanding attrac tions of this year's Martin Coun ty Fair will take place on Fri day afternoon. October 3rd. when Buddy l.umar and His All American Death Dodgers will of fer a thrilling exhibition of "What Not To Do With the Fam ily ('nr." This spectacular auto troupe is only one of the numerous events which will be presented to make this year's fair better and better than ever. Fair week will be observed from Monday, Sept. '!9 through October 4th. JLofr St&iLurui' A 'XL o MTttfr Xfar (ftdhb Long Ago There Was an Kdenton Tea Party; They Would lTse No British Taxed Tea . . The Boston Tea Party is known throughout the land. It was sav age in method, for men dressed as Indians destroyed British property under the protection of the darkness of the night Destruction of property is not legal. North Carolina's Edenton Tea Par ty is pictured as a dignified and re fined protest against English tyran ny. In 1925 a sixth edition of Rich ard Dillard's story of the Carolina tea party was printed. He points out errors that .tradition had added to the story, and gives his corrected facts. His pamphlet specifies fifty one as the number erf patriotic ladies who met with Mrs. Elizabeth King on October 25th, 1774. The "old-fash ioned, long wooden house fronting directly on the beautiful courthouse green" has, since 1850, "yielded to the ruthless hand of modern Van dalism." It was in this house that the fashionable ladies signed the agree ment against drinking tea . I Dillard gives this statement as having been taken directly front the American .archives for the correct wording of the paper signed by the ladies of Kdenton "As we cannot be indifferent on any occasion that ap pears to affect^tlie peace and happi ness of our country: and it has been thought necessary for the public good to enter into several particular resolves, by meeting of members of deputies from the whole province, it is a duty that we owe not only to our near and dear relations and con nections, but. to ourselves, who are essentially interested in their wel fare. to do everything as far as lies in our power to testify our sincere -adhrrenre to the snmr. and we do therefore accordingly subscribe this paper, as a witness of our fixed In tention. and solemn determination to do so." The account of the Kdenton Tea I Party found its way into the London papers and Kichard Dillard quotes a letter from Arthur Iredell written to his brother in Kdenton. This let ler to the distinguished patriot, James Iredell begins: "I see by the newspaper the Edenton ladies have signalized themselves by their pro test against tea drinking. The name >1 John I see among others; are any ?f my sister's relations patriotic her oines'' Is there a female congress at Edenton too?" The society in this Carolina town was "charming in its refinement and culture" and was a rival of such cen ters as Charlestown and Williams burg The tea party was one of the SUPER SUDS BOTH rOR 15c I'almolive Soap 3 for 20c Palmol'e liath Size (100's) 4 f'r 31c Kick <48's) * 2 for 27c Kick (48's) 2 for 27c Cone. Super Suds (24V) 2 for 47c Cone. Super Suds (48's) 3 for 27c Octagon Soap (100's) 4 for 19c Octagon Soap (420's) 2 for 5c Octagon Powder (GO's) 4 for 19c Octagon Powder (129*1) 2 for 5c Octagon Toilet Soap 3 for 14c Octa'n Soap Flakes (48's) 3 for 25c Octagon Cleanser (48's) 2 for 9c Oct'n (Iran. Soap (48's) 2 for 18c Moore (?rocery Co. More Americans Arc S| lending For "Fun" Mure Americans arc spending' more money on amusements and rec-!1 reation than ever before. Probably ; what psychologists call the "escape; mechanism" is responsible- a desire' to get away from world woes for a few hours at a movie or ball game j j Defense-boosted payrolls. ly>wever. j lire at least an equal factor. The amusement world was startled by a spending "explosion" on the Fourth ) of July week-end, and thought it I was a flash in the pan. Hut it contin I ued through rest of summer, struck new all-time highs Labor Day. Air lines, railroads, bus lines all report I free-spending trend. Movies are get I ting weekly attendance 10 to 18 per most popular modes of entertaining but the fifty-one ladies who signed were willing to entertain without serving tea. To Conduct Revival At Riddick'? Grove Church ? Beginning next Monday night at 7 30 o'clock. Rev. James H. Smith, pastor of the Williamston Baptist Church, will conduct a series of re vival services in the Riddick's Grove Church, the pastor. Rev. W. B. Har rington. announced today. The meat ing will continue through the fol lowing Sunday, the pastor announc ing that services will be held each evening. The public is invited. cent ahead of a year ago. Even sum mer theaters, traditionally thread hare. this year showed some profits. The book business, which normally hibernates in summer, "throbbed", u iili increases of 20 and 30 per cent reported by some publishers, a few even higher Pro-season all-star football games drew huge crowds Candy business better than ever, boosted by big demand at army post exchanges . Summer opera in Chicago s? t new records. - oim:nin<; Of Our Gin I II IS Vf i : K K Our ^in? art' modern ami ^iiaranlrril In