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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA. W C. MANNING Editor ? 1808 1938 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY Dne year $1.75 Six months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY 3ne year 12-IS Six months - _ 1.28 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post off ice in Williamstnn, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Con gressvof March 3. 1878. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday. May 15. 1912. Vnheraided Scandal* Hans van Kaltenborn. the tired and half-cock ed old breath-pusher on the radio, is still toot ing the horn of the multi-millionaires In a re cent broadcast he was said to have directed an other attack against labor, adding his bit against the farmer's claim to a rightful place in the ec onomic sun. It has been Hans' policy to play la bor against farmer and vice versa, but now he is getting mixed up and he goes to bat for the industrialist agamst both farmer and laborer Maybe it is a sign that the farmer and laborer are about to understand that their common causes are closely related, that they have been played one against the other all these years as suckers by a ruthless and dominating few Kaltenborn, when he attacked laborer and larmer just recently, could well have added the names of others, but he and other labor bait ers seldom or never mention the scandals in Standard Oil. in Tungsten carbide, in steel pri orities and on and on Kaltenborn and others of his Uk have not troubled to ask who illegally conspired with the Germans to evade American laws. They have not bothered to ask who coop erated with the Germans in suppressing the manufacture of needed war materials. They have not asked who gave the Germans a rake off on the materials which the rotten system permitted to be produced They have not ask ed who gave the Germans vital information, or who brought pressure in the high places to block criminal prosecution by the government. There are many, many othei questions Kalten born and his labor baiters and wreckers of un ity have failed to ask or discuss on highly-fi nanced programs Why ' Because those ques tions should be answered by American corpor ations, many of whom hold key positions 111 our war effort. Kaltenborn knows and others know that strikes, trifling labor and all other factors of a detrimental nature traceable to the common worker have not delayed our war effort as much as have the faults, intentional or otherwise. 111 the high mdustrial places. Labor, while subject to some criticism we admit, is not responsible for the weak showing made in this country as compared with the record in Germany. Hitler built up his war machine in a hurry, but in this country it has taken us twice as long to build up half as much .according to our natural and other resources. If Mr. Kaltenborn would enlighten his dear listeners, let him answer the questions, not by evasion but with the facts that are being fath ered by congressional inquiries Standard Oil. in a well-prepared leaflet, has painted itself as a martyr by asking its own questions and answering them in a superfluous vein and in its own way. Neither Mr. Kalten born nor Standard Oil can charge the laborer with the poor production showing this country make back yonder when President Roosevelt was calling and begging for an adequate produc tion schedule. And neither can the laborer be charged with the rubber shortage in this coun try today. Possibly, Mr. Kaltenborn and Stan dard Oil and others can explain why and how Germany runs its mighty machine without natural rubber. The people are entitled to the facts, all the facts, but it is dead certain that Hans and Stan will never spill them from their lips The People'* Money The Standard Oil Company, vigorously deny ing all charges that it had connived with the enemy to the detriment of this nation, boasts the expenditure of millions of dollars of its own money for research work. The Standard Oil Company may have spent millions of dollars for research in the synthetic rubber field, but as far as the average man is concerned he finds his means to make a living dwindling as the tread of his tires grows ever thinner. There's no such thing as synthetic rubber as far as he is concerned, and if there is any such thing as synthetic rubber as far as the whole country is ooncemed it is limited to a mere sample the high-powered executive displays in quieting the indignation and wrath of the people who have been in blissful deep while maneuvers COStiy to their welfare and future were going on to the furthermost corners of the world. The Standard Oil may have spent twelve million dollars for synthetic rubber research, but wasn't that money added on to the price of four quarts of gasoline the farmer buys to haul his life-sustaining food to market? Didn't the weary traveler, dependent upon speed, con tribute his part? Yes, the scrap iron dealers sold to Japan. It was legal, but it is death as the bullets come hurtling back, at us. Standard Oil and others, too, did business with Hitler, and it is doggone strange that a vast German army can move on synthetic rubber and in this country there's hardly enough rubber to supply the new crop of war babies with a pair of pants. It is fairly apparent that American business outfigured Hitler when it came to the profit dollar, but that Hitler won the deal in the fi nal analysis. The profits gained by Standard Oil in its deals with Hitler, the profits gained through the salt' of scrap iron to the Japs and the gams chalked up by scores of others in their shady but possibly legal dealings with Hitler are being paid back many times, yes. thousands of times, with other people's money, not to men tion the loss of life, suffering and sorrow. The I hit i tin Mr. Bailey When is Mr Bailey coming into North Car-" olina in the interest of his campaign? Fairly reliable sources state that Mr. Bailey will not dare to come into North Carolina and face the common people. He is doing a bit of politicing by wire and letter, touching the high spots and keeping quiet as far as the common masses are concerned. While Mr. Bailey will hardly dare to come into North Carolina, he is daring to slap the masses in the face with his votes in the United States Senate. Only a few days ago he voted to help strangle if not choke altogether the Tennessee Valley Authority, a governmental agency that has saved the people an estimat ed 100 million dollars. The Tennessee Valley Authority, despite burning attacks from the trusts, is a big pillar in the foundation of our war effort And yet, Mr. Bailey would stran gle it. The Tennessee Valley Authority hangs as a dagger over the heads of the fertilizer trusts in that it can make phosphates and oth er materials for the farmer. And, yet, Mr. Bailey, the same Bailey who is asking to be sent back to the United States Senate, voted to muzzle the TVA. Incidentally. Bob Reynolds voted along with Bailey. He is slipping or jumping closer to the old clique since he has been McLeanized. A Symptom Of Defeneration Nail Battle Lewis in lba News and Observer. Negro spirituals are some of the best and most original native American music. Like many other good things, they were produced spontaneously; they came ouj of the heart of the Negro race, out of simple religious faith, and at a time when this people was bearing the burden of slavery. One of the most touching spirituals rendered over the radio the other day? In swing' Yes, 1 tell you: In Swing! 1 could hardly believe my ears. It was sickening. One of the best known swing bands played it "Nobody knows but Jesus" was "hot" and "right in the groove." At intervals a singer would ejaculate, "Yes. my Lord!" as the hand blared and cut its musical capers. 1 thought to myself Well, if this isn't a s\ mptom of a degenerating society, I don't know one when I hear it! Faith, sincere long ing, deep aspiration set to swing for the enter tainment of "rug-cutters" and "jitter-bugs"! We" n ally are a putrid lot! By far the most encouraging aspect of our present plight, as well as the brightest hope for our future, is the increasing realization, shown in expressions such as this by Mr. Agar in Harper's, that all of us, individually and col lectively. are responsible for this catastrophe that Hitler was only the precipant, or what the lawyers call the proximate cause, of dread ful ills for which we all have long been pre paring the way by our softness, our irrespon sibility, and our moral sloth; and that, just as we brought these ills upon ourselves, so sure ly we can make a new and better world by be coming new and better men. Never truer than in its application to us now was the adage: "Character is destiny!" He Cave The Blind A Staff Labor. "Bob" Wagner, New York's great Senator, has been the recipient of many honors and he deserves every one of them. But this week an honor came to him which must have touch ed his heart as it has seldom been touched in the past. Helen Keller, who achieved immortality de spite the fact that she is deaf and blind, pre sented the Senator with a scroll commemorat ing the great work Wagner has done on behalf of the blind. Her speech, if it may bo called a speech, was a gem. "It refreshes me much in the night of a troubled world to salute the good which comes as the first star," she said. "Charmed by your kindness to the sightless, I present to you, Sen ator Wagner, this resolution: "'We honor you because, despite obstacles and vigorous opposition, you have pushed to new latitudes the movement for the blind. And as a result more than half of them have been given, not a beggar's crutch but a staff on the road of accomplishment. I know your abound ing humanity will never evaporate.'" Self Control By REV. JOHN HARDY Church Of The Advent An eminent scientist has said, "We cannot ignore the tragic fact that while science has given man control over nature, he has failed to gain control over himself." It is for this reason that in a world of plenty mil lions of people are homeless and hopeless while other millions are destroying life and property in huge quantities. The present state o# so ciety has for its background a con fidence in human wisdom together | with the failure of men to get con-1 trol over their earn lives. To my mind one of the greatest proofs of the value of the Christian Gospel is to be found in those who reject it and in the consequences of their rejection. If it is true, and it undoubtedly is. that the lives of Christians are not inspiring, it is also true that the lives of those who reject Christ are even less attract ive? The disciples of Chiial at least are trying ot do something to make this a more decent world. It is some thing to seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness even though you make little progress Possibly the greatest proof of the need of religious faith lies in the sit uation which ariseF from its ab sence Gods presence is like the air we breathe. I do not believe in the air because I observe it but because of gasp for breath when it is taken away. The best way to impress upon one that air is a reality is to take it away for a short time. The most im pressive argument- for belief in the Christian gospel is to be found in the social order which has rejected it. It is so very true that in man's con ceit over his scientific attainment he has lost control over himself, and so is destroying the values that his mind has created. The need for the future is for man to attain such control over himself that he loves God with all his heart and his neighbor as himself. It is only so that we can profit from the products of man's mind. With all our ] boasted knowledge the present gen eration is as savage as primitive man ' and as cruel as brutal gangsters. Men need control over their own pas sions and this is the province of re ligion. It is only as man i ?sponds to God's gifts that he attains the true goal of life, whether it is in the search for truth, beauty or goodness. Someone has said hopefully that God never creates a new earth with out creating a new heaven. Whatev er the drag of the job down here, there is always the lift of strength up there The test of the days like these is to have faith in the strength up thejre This is the source of our second wind In a burst of patriot ism or fine feeling,' we declare a stand on what is wrong, or make a firm i< solve to do what is right. And then comes the test. Our stand means change. We must give up this and cut out that. We grow critical of de lay, become attracted again by cau tion and compromise. The self-con trol we hope for seems a long time coming. Mystics searching for God called this delay the dark night of the soul. Soldiers waiting for rein forcements know that this waiting is harder than fighting. This is the -time to -remember that?when?you steady yourself God will not let you lose heart. Your repeated resolve is j His repeated assurance. Your stand is His strength. Stay with Hup in shaping His new earth, and He will stay with you with the strength of. His heaven. THE LETTER-BOX To thr Editor COLORED MINISTRY I usi' thr adjective Colored, be en use I know the colored ministry, a position I very much disliked dur ing my childhood, but when my eyes like Paul were opened, and 1 was chosen to preach good tidings unto the meek; to bind up the brok en-hearted, to proclaim the accept able year of the Lord, from then I have had highest regard for those who filled that saered office, for In deed those who discharge such a grave responsibility: in intercession -for individual and the nation The act of our Government in classifying the minister as one of the nations' essentials of defense, should heighten each ministers' religious moral to that extent that while the authorities are assembling them selves from one to two hours week ly to study the problems of civilian defense. I feel that the heads of the various denominations should proclaim an hour of prayer say each Wednesday, 8:00 p. m., or Sunday. 5:00 p m., for the victory of the nation, for prayer in every instant has been the road which our fathers traveled to vic tory, for with all our equipments for war, we cannot be victorious with out the help of God. C. S. Graham. Pastor, Williams Chapel. Williamston, N. C. Peanut* For Oil Compare Favorably With Other Crop* Recent studies made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the State College Experiment Station show that, on the basis of the price supports set for peanuts and 85 per cent parity for cotton, returns per man hours of labor should be about equal for cotton and peanuts grown for oil in 1942. Returns from peanuts grown for oil should greatly exceed returns from com. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as Administrator }f the estate of J. T. Daniel, deceas ed, late of Martin County, North 'Car olina, this is to notify all persons laving claims against the estate of laid deceased to exhibit them to un lertigned on or before April 29, 1941 >r this notice will be pleaded in bar CHURCH NEWS BAPTIST Worshfc) service, 11 a m. Subject: For Hii S?ke." At the morning hour Miss Laura Hiiliard will be introduced and in stalled as educational director of the church. All members of the congre gation are urged to be present. Worship service, 8:30 p. m. Sub ject: "How Much Does It Matter?" Teaching service, 9:45 a. m. Training service, 7:30 p. m. Woman's Missionary Union, Mon day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Daily Vacation Bible School be gins Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Prayer and study service, Thurs day: 8:30 p. m. Subject, "The Holy Spirit in the Study of God's Word.' HOLINESS Services Saturday night at 8 .00 o'clock. Sunday school. 9:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m If you are not going to another church, come and be with us 1 RIDDICK'S GROVE Revival meeting will begin at Rid dick's Grove Baptist Church next Monday night, May 18th, at 8:30 p. m , and continue each night through the week, closing the following Sun day. We especially invite all to come out and be with us in these series of meetings, and let's have an old-time revival meeting. Jamesville Baptist Regular services at the Jamesville Baptist Church Sunday at 11 o'clock. We especially invite the Sunday school people from the other churches to come and worship with us. and the general public is invited to attend METHODIST Church school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship and sermon, 11 a. m. Sermon subject, "For Such a Time as This." Epworth League, 7:30 p. m. Evening worship and sermon. 8:30 p. m. Sermon subject: "Wandering Sheep." The W.S.C.S. Bible Study will be i held at the church Monday, 3 p. m. All of the members are urged to be present promptly on time. Prayer and Bible Study, Thurs I day. 8:30 p. m. v The Daily Vacation Bible School I liegins Monday morning at 9:30. All | the children from the beginners I through the intermediates are invit jed to attend. ? HOLLY SPRINGS METHODIST I The pastor will fill his regular ap pointment at Holly Springs Sunday at 3:30 p. m. The community is cor dially invited to this service of their recovery. All persons indebt ed to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 29th day of April, 1942. HAKKY E DANIEL, Administrator of Estate ml-tit of J. T. Daniel. NOTICE OF RE SALE North Carolina. Martin County. Under and by virtue of the order ?^^^saU^signedJj^^oi^^^^ruce Ifynne, Clerk of the Superior Court f Martin County, in the special pro eedings entitled "Ephriam Peele, Ixecutor of the Will of Alexander 'eele vs. Roscoe Peele, Homer Peele, loan Peele, et als," the undersign d Commissioner will, on the 25th ay of May, 1942, at 12:00 o'clock 4., at the Court House door in Wil iamston, N. C., offer for sale to the lighest bidder for cash, a certain ract of land in Martin County, North larolina, and more particularly de cribed as follows: Beginning at the South end of the ement bridge across Harris Branch n the road from J. R. P. Griffin's to he old Corey School House, thence unning up the run of said branch 1.25 chains to the center of the Al xander Peele farm road; thence ilong the center of said road South ' West 14 25 chains to an iron mark er on the old path; thence South IB* West 37.46 chains to an iron mark er in Foreman-Blade Lumber Com pany's line; thence South 53' West 5.52 chains to an iron marker, I. F. Griffin's corner; thence North 40 chains along L F. Griffin's line to an old road; thence North 85' West 1.40 chains to the canal in Harris Branch, S. Peele's line; thence down the said canal 8 chains; thence North 13.05 chains along S. Peele's line to an iron marker on the edge of the aforesaid road; thence down said road South 85' East 16.45 chains to the beginning, containing 67 acres, more or less, and being Lot No. 1 as shown on the map in the report of the Commissioners in the above en titled proceedings. This the 7th day of May, 1942. CLARENCE W. GRIFFIN, m8-2t Commissioner. PEnDER ] Quality Joca Store i. Buy Southern Manor for EXTRA Quality Southern Manor Tender SWEET PEAS, No. 2 can 14c Southern Manor Pear,, No. 2'/-> ran __.25c Southern Manor Peaches, No. 2 ran ..23r Southern Munor Cat,up, 2 14-oz. bottle, 29r Southern Manor String Bean,, No. 2 ran 23c Soiithern Manor Asparagus. No. 2 ran 31c Houble-Freth Colden Blend COFFEE, lit. pk? 22c i.olonial "Enriched" I1HKAI). 16-oz. It>af 8c Buy Colonial for Quality PLUS Economy C.olonial, Deliciout, Healthful TOMATO JUICE, 24-oz. can . 10c Colonial Sauerkraut. 2 No. 2\A can, __25c Colonial Crushed Corn, 2 No. 2 ran, __23r Colonial (.rifle,. Spinach, No. 2'/4 ran _17c Colonial Fancy Rice, lb. pkg. 11c Colonial Lima Beau,, 2 No. 2 ran, 23c Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Florida ORANGES, H Ihs 42c Large Stalk CELERY 6c Fresh BEANS, pound 10c CARROTS, hunch 6c Fresh SPINACH, IS pounds . . 20c White or Yellow Squash, 2 Ihs. . 15c New POTATOES, 4 Ihs 17c Fancy CUCUMBERS, 4 for 25c Time Marches On And So Do Tax Penalties PAY NOW AND SAVE A penalty of only three pereent is being charged on 1911 taxes during the month of May, hut on June 1st the penalty will rise. Pay your taxes during the remaining days of May and save the additional cost. MARTIN COUNTY M. L. PEEL. Tax Collector.
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