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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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