The Enterprise
Pjblished Every Tuesday and Friday by the
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WILL1AMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA.
W. c. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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The /Yen- Year
The New Year is with us, and while it holds
Irttle hope for peace 4t <*ffers?untold and un
measured opportunities in other fields. At no
time can a people advance the common broth
erhood of man more than they can when the
going is hard and the times are discouraging.
At no time can we evaluate better and more ac
curate the meaning of those basic principles
propounded by Christ on Calvary than in
times of "stress when men's souls are stirred and
when men's minds are awakened to the suffer
ings and sorrows experienced by others Peace
and prosperity may go by the board, but sure
ly as the Almighty opens another year book,
something will come in to give men a bright
er and more lasting hope for the future.
Breaking away from the past history of
monotonous and questionable events, the world
will, it is now firmly believed, write a brand
new chapter in the year 1942. It is saddening
to think and know as some already know that
many will not be able to read the new chapter,
but the many in the years to come will, in all
probability, look back to the year 1942 as a
time when a foundation was laid to lasting peace
and a renewed hope was given to all mankind.
The going may become hard in 1942. but in
every day of the year we may turn our thoughts
to little Wake Island and abandon hope only
after we have satisfied ourselves that our lot
ceptrd by the little courageous band of men
Sireal. Ithtoil ami Tear* Hal
Not Dark Day* Ahead
Those dear friends who not so long ago look
ed upon the world situation as a huge joke and
who insisted on business as usual are now
throwing up their hanjLs and screaming about
what they call dark days ahead. Sad to re
late, they are looking to the future as a period
when profits may be forfeited and business as
usual will be remembered only in the record
ed pages of history
There'll be sweat, blood and tears and sor
row, and the days and times may be trying, but
there need be no dark days ahead for America
With its vast resources and a highlv developed
industrial system, we need not experience hun
ger, privation and starvation like unto that ex
perienced by millions in Russia when even rev
olution was recognized as a step toward relief.
If our.resources were nearing exhaustion and
our masses were regarded as things not human,
we could with a marked degree of certainty see
dark days ahead. There'll be sacrifices to be
sure, but regardless of the drain all-out war
may exact, American economy can and will re
establish itself in one form or another to hold
suffering and want to an aboslute minimum.
To maintain a spark of light, however, we
must stay off the greedy road, and accept the
bigger responsibilities in maintaining America
as we know America. The fellow who accumu
lates while others suffer is very likely to be
caught in his own trap. We must place our
shoulder to the wheel and first save the coun
try and then hope for our fair share of that
which is saved.
Some may call those days that offer nothing
but sweat, blood and tears dark, but only those
days devoid of hope are to be called dark. Am
erica muct and will accept Its sorrows, but Am
erica has no valid reason to abandon hope. And
if 397 poorly equipped Marines on Wake Island
could maintain hope and carry on as long as
they did there is no reason why we as a people
in this great land can't carry on to the end and
to final victory.
Love Thy Neighbor
?> .
When no one in this town squabbles with
anyone else in town for the period of a year, I
think it is safe to predict that the world can
from then on look forward to lasting peace.
For most of the causes of war, if reduced to
simplest terms, grow out of the same kind of
ill-temper, poor sportsmanship, misunderstand
ing, greediness and bullying which make neigh
bors stop speaking, wives and husbands seek
divorces and boys start swinging at one an
other's jaw.
Nations have the same characteristics as the
people who make up those nations. So long as
people are impatient, easily angered, quick to
jump at wrong conclusions and anxious to get
revenge, nations will continue to play those
,same roles.
Ignoring for the moment the issues of this
war or any other war, there is little doubt that
the permanent end of war awaits the time when
all people will live according to the command
ment, "Love thy neighbor."
How can we expect nations to remain at peace
as long as many of us are unable to solve the
petty problems of keeping peace in our homes,
our towns and among rival groups in our own
nation.?Contributed.
A Com fort in fi Thimght
While groaning at the thought of higher
taxes ahe ad, pause and remember that times
also will be better. Governmental agencies in
form us that farm prices in 1942 will be 25 per
cent higher than this year, while the national
income will advance from 19 to 15 per cent, or
more than 10 billions of dollars. Wages of work
ers. already at new heights, will soar on up
ward until they are virtually double whaf they
were early in 1940. Cash farm income next
year is estimated at 13 billion dollars, as con
trasted with 9 billions in 1940, and H billions
this year Best of all. the cost of living has not
and will not increase at anywhere near the
-same ratio as wages nnrt menmr And so bring
on the high taxes imperative for a safe and
strong America. We'll have more money next
yera with which to pay them Missouri Dem
ocratic State Committee.
ff 'fw4 In Tim Pattern?
By Ruth Taylor.
There is a pattern to life. Sometimes H seems
vague and indistinct. Sometimes we cannot see
it at all. But it is there?clear and sharp if we
can attain the proper perspective.
Sometimes wo have to get up in the air in
order to look down upon ourselves. Not "down"
in a derogatory sense, but from "above" in or
der to get the full view of where we are head
ing
When we look from from a plane, we see the
whole countryside neatly spread out before us.
The small uglinesses disappear. What we see
is beautiful in form, geometric in outline, a
shading of colors, each distinct, yet creating a
harmonious whole. We see the brown ribbons
of the roads, threading through the countryside,
converging and diverging with relentless logic.
There is a* sense of oneness, of completeness.
There are rio state lines or man-made barriers
of prejudice visible from the air.
So it is in the present crisis. We need to lift
ourselves above the stress of hatreds, the fever
of conflicting beliefs, the horror of the pesti
lence that is war.
We need to look down upon all this turmoil.
We need to see it for what it is?a blazing, sear
ing crucible in which we are being forged into
a united nation of loyal citizens who have at
heart the survival of our nation, the good of
all, regardless of class, race, creed or color. We
need to rise high enough so that the dividing
lines will fade out and the pattern of democracy
become plain.
When we come down to earth, we must keep
this vision with us. For, while we have nation
al unity forged in the heat of emergency, we
must take steps to protect and preserve that
unity throughout the dark war-torn days that
lie ahead so that when the hour of crisis has
passed it will be a living force binding togeth
er all the peoples of our nation.
Rrxolvetl:
By Ruih Taylor.
Two hundred years ago, Jonathan Edwards,
the eloquent preacher of early Colonial days,
carefully penned his resolves?the creed by
which he planned to live. Strict tliey were, for
he was firm with himself, but among them is
one which every American needs to take to
heart on this New Year's Day 1942.
"Resolved: never to do anything which 1
should despise or think meanly of in another."
This is a resolve which can and must be kept,
and which, in spite of its negative phrasing, is
constructive.
It can be kept, because this land of ours is
free. We are still free souls. Overseas the hap
less people of the conquered and subjugated
nations are forced into acts utterly foreign to
their own religious and national ideals, while
in the totalitarian countries, the souls as well
m the bodies of men arc regimented. They hate
and worship at the nod of a power-drunk dic
tator. But here we are still free to think. No
one can make us do anything we do not want
to do. No one can make us lie, or cheat, or steal,
or be cruel, or intolerant, or bear false witness
against our neighbor. We are free to make our
own decisions and we are free to do right. We
can make a resolve?and we can keep it.
It is constructive?for its very negation calls
for action. We despise crueltj^.we can avoid ft
By Beirjtf Kind. We despise treachery; we can
avoid It by being true to our ideals. We despise
lying; we can avoid it by speaking the truth.
We despise sabotage of elected authority or
community programs; we can avoid it by co
operating with our fellow-men for the good
of all. We despise discrimination; we can avoid
it by treating our neighbor as an individual,
never generalizing in derogatory terms about
any group. We despise unfairness; we can avoid
it by being fair.
What the year may mean depends upon each
and every one of us. Let us resolve, therefore,
to set our own house in order, to be the person
we want to and can be?and never to do any
thing which wa should despise or think mean
ly of in another.
Bui
mass fllsli? 'aiMsi
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El DEFENSE
? BOND OF UNITY.?The handclasp of sincerity and partnership
ia used by artist John C. Atherton, of Bridgefield, Conn., to depict the
close cooperation of the American people and their Government in
financing the Defense Program through the sale of Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps. This poster was awarded firi?t prize at the
Museum of Modern Art exhibit in New York out of a large number of
submitted drawings, and is being used on posters by business firms
in advertising, and in numerous other forms to promote the sale of
Defense Bonds and Stamps.
CHRISTIAN
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sub
ject, "An Irrestible Majority."
Young People's meeting, 6:30 p.
m.
Evening service, 7:30 p. m. Sub
ject, "One Generation To Another."
Monday, 3:30 p. m. Woman's Coun
cil meets at the Church.
Mid-week service Wednesday, 7:30
p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Friday, 7:30 p. m.
The following officers were elect
ed last Sunday by the congregation
for a period of rhtee years: Elders
J. O. Manning and J. C. Manning;
Deacons, W. O. Griffin, R. E Man
ning, G. G. Woolard, J. W. Manning,
O. Jarman.
CKUAK lilt AIM II
Regular services at Cedar Branch
Baptist Church Sunday. These serv
ices should be very important to us.
They will be our first services in the j
new year, and to end right, we should
begin right, so/we ought to try and
fill our seats at church Sunday and
on through the year. Our subject for
Sunday morning, "Put on the Whole
Armor of God," dress up and be a
Christian soldier for your Master.
tnday will be uui legulSFcom muii-1
ion sevice. We invite the public to .
attend.
CHURCH THK ADVEN1
2nd Sunday after Christmas.
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Celebration of the Holy Commun
ion and sermon at 11 a. m.
St. Elizabeth's Auxiliary will meet
with Mrs. J. Paul Simpson on Mon- j
day afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet
on Monday afternoon at 3:30 p. m.
Celebration of the Holy Commun
ion on Thursday morning at 11 a. m.
ST. MARTIN'S, Hamilton
Evening prayer and sermon Sun
day night at 7:30 p. m.
METHODIST
-I. (idl m
Morning worship, 11 a. m. At this
hour. Rev T M. Grant, district sup
erintendent, will preach, and at the
close of the service the first quar
terly conference will be held. This
is a very important conference, and
all the church officials are asked to
be present. <.
The Epworth League will meet at
6 30 p. m.
Evening service, 7:30 p. m.
The circle of the Woman's Socie
ty will meet Monday at 3:30 p. m.
with Mrs. Maude Harrison at her
home.
Mid-week prayer meeting, Wed
nesday, 7:30 p. m.
Our church extends a hearty in*
vitation to all who have no church
home to come and make our church
yoflr church also. All are going to
need what the church has to give
more than ever this year.
BETHANY HOLINESS
The regular semi-monthly preach
ing service will be held Sunday af
ternoon at 3:00 o'clock at Holly
Springs All the people of the com
munity are cordially invited to wor
ship with us.
It VITIS'I
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
' Morning worship, 11 a. m.
B. T. U., 6:30 p. in.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
"How Shall I Begin the New
Year?" and "What Jesus Means to
Me." are the sermon subjects for
Sunday morning and evening. Please
plan to worship in family groups on
Sunday?it is very impressive to see
whole families sittng together ir
church worship.
Mid-week prayer service Wednes
day evening at 7:30 p. m.
IN MEMORIAM
Just one year ago today,
God sent death's angel in our home
And took from us our loved one
And left us all alone.
You left us sad and lonely
And our hearts still mourn for the<
But God will always comfort us
If we but praful be.
You left us sad and lonely
And we cannot understand
But we hope to meet you dear
In a far better land;
Where there'll be no more suffering
No more heartaches, no more cares
We hope4 to be with Jesus,
Then we'll know and understand.
Wife and Son.
Special Notice to
City license plates arc now for wile at the
Town Office. All motorists residing in
the corporate limits of the Town of Wil
lianislon are required by law to purchase
and display _.on their cars these plates
at once.
Failure To Do So Is Punish?
able By Fine
THE TOWN OF
WILLIAMSTON
Workers Vote Not
To Hold Strikes
Accenting the generally peaceful
relations which have existed between
labor and industry since the declara
tion of war upon the U. S. by the
Axis, was a new optimistic note as
the nation swung inta the holidays.
In the aluminum industry?certain
ly among the most vital to national
defense? the Aluminum Workers'
Union No. 22438 (AFL) in Mobile,
Ala., headed by L. T. Gourley, pres
ident, voted unanimously not to
strike at Aluminum Company of Am-1
erica's Mobile alumina plant under
any circumstances as long as the
emergency exists.
Improving after Operation
Friends will be glad to learn Mrs.
Jack Horner, of Plymouth, formerly
from here, is improving following a
major operation in a Rocky Mount
hospital.
NOTICE OF SALE
?Under and by "virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersign
ed Trustee by A. E. Taylor and wife.
Maggie Taylor, dated the 1st day of
January, 1930, and recorded In Book
B-3, at page 349. in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Martin County,
North Carolina, default having been
-made in the inent nfTTurifidetit
edness thereby secured, and said
deed of trust being by the terms
thereof subject to foreclosure, and
at the request of the holder thereof,
the undersigned trustee will offer
for sale, at public auction, to the
hgihest bidder, for cash, at the
courthouse door of Martin County,
Wj^hani^or^^Niirth t'.-iriilina at
twelve (12) o'clock Noon, on Tues
day, the 3rd day of February, 1942,
the property conveyed in said deed
of trust, the same lying and being in
Cross Roads Township, Martin Coun
ty. and bounded and described as
follows, to wit:
A one-half undivided interest in
the following tract of land known as
the J. Louise Taylor Home Place,
deeded to her father, the late Stan
ley Peel, and contains 77 acres, more
or less and described as follows:
Beginning at a gum, a corner in
the run of Cow Branch in the late
Charlotte Price line; thence with run
of Cow Branch down the various
course a Southwestern course to
Henry D Peel's line, a corner; thence
an Easterly course along Henry D.
Peel's line to a lightwood stob; thence
a Northern direction along Henry D.
Peel's line to a gum in the run of
Cow Branch, the beginning, contain
ing 77 acres, more or less. It being
the same land deeded to Maggie Tay
lor by J. Louise Taylor, and is rec
orded in the Public Registry of Mar
tin County.
This the 31st day of Dec., 1941.
D. C. PEEL. Trustee.
Hugh G. Horton, Atty. j2-4t
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and signature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Reita Theatre?Washington
Sunday-Monday January 4-5
uMOB TOWN"
Deud End Kills and Dirk Eoran
Tuesday DOUBLE FEATURE January 6
"Kid from Kansas." Dirk Forun, la-on Uarrillo
"The Slork I'ay* < f,,'< Korlielle Hudson
Wednesday-Thursday January 7-S
"ELLERY QUEEN AND THE MURDER RING"
irith Ralph Hrllamy and Margaret Lindsey
Friday-Saturday January 9-10
"GAUCHOS OF EL DORADO"
iril/i Tom Tyler and Bob Steele
PEHDER
Quality JooetStoui*.,
Add To Your 1942 Savings ? Buy
PENDER'S Lower-Priced FOODS
TIIE PERFECT TWOSOME FOR ANY TABLE?
Blackeye PEAS, Dried, 2 lbs... 15c
Smilhfleld JOWLS, 2 lbs 27c
SAILORMAN
Blackeye PEAS, 2 No. 2 cans.. 19c
COLONIAL
SWEET PEAS
2 No. 2 cans 23c
HURFF'8
VEGETABLE
or TOMATO
SOUPS
2No.lcans. 9c
WHITE HOUSE
Apple Butter, 2 38-oz. jars 29c
CALIFORNIA Sliced or Halves
PEACHES. 2 No. 2i cans 35c
D. P. BRAND?PLAIN OR QUICK
OATMEAL, pkg 7c
UPTONS
Tea Bags, pkg. of 8 - 10c
RED MILL
Mustard, 2 8-oz. jars 15c
8-oz. Jar RED MILL
Peanut Butter 10c
RED MILL
Vinegar, qt. 10c
No. 2 Cans?COLONIAL
Lima Beans, 2 cans 23c
No. 2 Cans?For Soup?Colonial
Succotash, 2 cans 25c
TRIPLE FRESH
Our Pride
BBEAD
21g. loaves 17c
DOUBLE FRESH
Golden Blend
COFFEE
2 lbs 39c
IN OUR MARKET
PORK CHOPS ...lb 30c
SMOKED SAUSAGE .' lb 20c
Branded ROUND STEAK lb. 35c
BOLOGNA lb .20c
SMITHFIELD HAM lb. 45c