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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by tbe ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WTUJAMBTON. NORTH CAROLINA. IW. C. MANNING I Editor ? lM im I SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash In Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year *2.00 Six months I 1.2S OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year *2*0 Six months ? , . ? 1*0 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Wiliiamston, N. C-, as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3, 1078. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Tuesday, November 3, 1942. Holding Back When every ounce of energy is needed for the prosecution of the war, it is difficult to reconcile so many of the actions at home that tend to slow down the war effort. If it is neces sary to save gas and tires, then it behooves ev eryone of us to do his part where he might be?in the service or outside the service. Millions of Americans are doing their bit, but apparently the mad dash for pleasure con tinues. A rank violation of rationing and the general war effort is offered by the gamblers in New York. The thousands of "patriotic" Am sricans, following as so many sheep to slaugh ter, should, according to Judge Nicholas H. Printo, be placed in a concentration camp. The judge continues: It is rather sad to note that while we are trying to win the war and the government is ioing its utmost to collect money from the sale if bonds, there are so many people going to :he race tracks. On Labor Day, they had over 10,000 people at Aqueduct, and the papers also ?eported that almost $2,000,000 were gambled iway there that day? and here the govern ment is looking for help in buying United States bonds. We cannot win this war when people think so little of helping the government as to spend their days and their money down in places like that. It may be all right in normal times, perhaps, to tolerate a little gambling; that seems to be in the blood; but in these days men and women who spend all their time gambling away their money ought to be sent to a con centration camp. They are unpatriotic; they are not helping the war effort. And I suppose they would be the first to complain if anything ev er happened to this country. While on this subject, do you not consider it a public scandal that thousands use their automobiles daily to and from the race track? Of course, we must have a certain amount of recreation in order to keep up our morale, but there must be real sacrifices. That means giv ing up some of the pleasures that were enjoyed during peace days. Our government has ra tioned gas, rubber, sugar, etc. And I firmly be lieve that there should be a rationing of horse racing. Why should race tracks be operated six days a week? Twice a week would be more than sufficient. Imperialism And Indifference Wendell Willkie stirred up the old conserva tives, including many of those who went hll out in supporting his candidacy for the presi dency two years ago, when he lambasted im perialism and called for freedom for all men. No defense of imperialism is offered here because the indifference of the common masses aided and abetted in the system. In short, they sold their birthrights for a mess of pottage, and rather than get down and dig and exert every effort as a group to overcome imperialism, they squandered their opportunities and merely howled because they received only the crumbs from the table of their masters. Imperialism is the handiwork of the master and the servant combined, but imperialism alone must answer for the opportunities due and denied the masses. Imperialism, by iron hand methods, has held the millions in slavery and poverty. It has held the masses in ignor ance and used them for the promotion of self ish interests. One thing is certain, however, and that is that imperialism will never forfeit its position until it is forced to do so. Freedom will not be handed the masses on a silver waiter. The masses must work and strive for freedom. Few opportunities will be given the masses outright. They must realize that it is necessary to work for and then demand opportunities. India's mil lions would have a valid clam to freedom at this very moment if they would recognize their own problems and prepare to receive freedom. While we are in favor of giving India its free dam today, there is some doubt if her people would know what to do with it . la this country today we are receiving high wpgm and fancy profits, for the most part But imamd of taking advantage of the opportuni sm now for favorable action in the future, we are squandering those wages and profits, spend ing billions for the frivolities of life and de laying until tomorrow a systematic savings plan. Surely, there are those who are buying stamps and bonds, but the general trend points to anything but a rational goal. If this nation is to drag through the hectic period ahead, its people must start preparing today, for it may be that there'll be no thoughtful hand in Wash ington when the period of trials and stress comes again. The man who throws away his dollar now for liquor, pleasure or any unnecessary item for that matter, will, in all fairness, have no claim to succor and relief at the expense of the com mon taxpayer in the future when unemploy ment overtakes and threatens us with want and poverty. " ~WT can't remain indifferent today and ex pect free and easy sailing tomorrow. And we can't squander our birthrights today and blame our plight on the imperialists tomorrow when things are dark and the going is hard. Tearing Dawn the Good Neighbor Policy It has always been a puzzle to understand why the United States spends millions to main tain its diplomatic corps for the promotion of friendly relations and the good neighbor pol icy with other nations and then allow the rob ber barons to tear down the work. The able work handled by Josephus Daniels in Mexico is bearing fruit one hundred fold, but that work, according to reliable reports is be ing threatened by the robber barons. The re port tells how a salesman representing the greedy grabbers tried to sell a second-hand railroad to the Mexicans not at a second-hand price or a price ordinarily charged for brand new equipment but at a 200 per cent profit. That is merely one incident, but apparently there is another move of far-greater signifi cance. It is rumored that the old robber barons, who, for so miyjy years Rooked upon Mexico as a land to be exploited ,are trying to drive out the present ambassador vrtjo has adhered to the Good Neighbor policies formulated by our own Mr. Daniels. Washington denies any such move, but it would seem advisable for the people of this country to get busy and build a good neigh bor policy within their own ranks. Author of "The American'? Creed" Dies Labor. William Tyler Page, a courtly gentleman, died in Washington this week at 74. He was a descendant of that John Tyler who became President of the United States when William Henry Harrison, "Old Tippecanoe," was call ed to his fathers almost 100 years ago. At 13, Page got a job as page in the House. There he remained, serving in many capacities and winning the esteem and affection of hun dreds of statesmen, members of the House and Senate. Fame came to him in a peculiar way. Before the first World War, a Baltimore paper offer ed a prize of $1,000 for the best suggestion for a "Creed" for Americans. Page came in first with a document even shorter than Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. He said he had worked on it for over 20 years. Practically every sentence was taken from the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or some other noted document. Here it is, as it has been recited by tens of millions all over the land: "I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which Am erican patriots sacrificed their lives and for tunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to de fend it against all enemies." It It Not Too Late Christian Harald. We have or will have the guns and tanks, the ships of the sea and air, armies and their equip ment to meet supreme demands, but it is "not by might nor by power," but by the spirit ? or lack of it?that finally we shall prevail or per ish. Today a people born in the travail of "Give me liberty or give me death," are outmatched in the spirit of sacrifice by the militant faiths of Naziism, Fascism, Communism, and Emper or worship. We are the generations of those who fought to help win a war and then desert ed the peace. We are the selfish seeking after security in a world that rocked. We are the fu tile isolationists of a shrunken globe. We are the liberals who denied or ignored the faith of the fathers, who made of pacifism a golden calf, who forgot "thus saith the Lord" and pride fully said it ourselves ... We cannot recall the past . . . The faith that is America must again become greater than all opposition. Must become in us what it was in our fathers ? the greatest thing in the world . . . How shall we find it? By humbling ourselves; by confessing our sins and by doing "works meet for repentance." And where shall we find it? Where we left it?at our mother's knee, in our father's Bible, at Faneuil Hall, on Independence Square, in the words of Abraham Lincoln and in our sons who offer now the last full measure of devotion. /AROUND TH? WORLD k THROUGH OUR GIFTS Poster used by many Christian Churches this fall keynotes Episco pal Church's Forward in Service plan, which calls all Church mem bers to active evangelism, to bring Make Provision* Note To Attend Church Convention In order to expedite transporta tion to and from the convention in Washington Nov. 4-6, all persons de siring to go and having no way of going arc urged to call Mr. E. S. Peel, telephone 175, and provision back lapsed Church members and to seek the unchurched, a part of ten-year advance program inaugur ated by Presiding Bishop Henry St, George Tucker. will be provided if at all possible. Too, all persons going and having any room are also urged to call Mr. Peel. This will insure each car of a load and each person desiring to go a way. Begin by hearing Mr. Olin Fox, of Goldsboro, convention pres ident, and Dr. Clifford A. Jope, of Indianapolis, the guest speaker of the convention. NOTICE of TOWN TAX SALES I, L. U. James, tax collector tor the town of Williamston, County of Martin, State of North Carolina, have this day levied on the following tracts of land, and will sell same at public auction, for cash, at the court house door in Williamston, North Carolina, on Monday, November 9th, 1942, at 12 o'clock noon, for taxes due and unpaid for the year, 1941, un less said taxes, penalty and costs are paid on or before that date. A charge of $1.50 to care for costs in handling the sale plus interest are to be added to each of the amounts shown. This the 7th day of October, 1942. L. U. JAMES, Tax Collector. Town of Williamston. WHITE Birmingham, F B., 1 Watts St res $ 74.00 Cherry, J. B., 6 Haughton St ten, 1 Mattress Factory & res, 1 Groves lot, 1 Main St store. 1 Main St lot 228.39 Clark. C. B. and C. B , Jr., 1 Main St store 79.42 Cox, Mrs. Stacy, 1 W. Main Ht res 61.50 Critcher & Matthews, 2 Main St stores 70.00 Daniel, H. L., 1 Haughton St res 74.88 Everett, J. R., 1 Smithwick St lot 15.56 Gurganus, L. H , 1 Watts St res 51.00 Hardison, C. C., 1 Elm St res 11.21 Hines, Mrs. Ethelyne, 1 W. Main St res 35.00 Hodges, F. K., Estate, Warren St ten 5.00 Leggett, Mrs. W. H , Est, 6 Warren St lots . 34.54 Li ggett, Mrs. J. A., 1 Beach St lot ' 2.50 Moore, Geo. E., 1 Main St res, 1 Main St shop 30.38 Myers, W. M., 1 Ray St res 44.67 McLawhorn, D. C., 1 Academy St lot 20.51 Norton, M. J., 1 river lot 12.13 Peele, H. O., 1 Haughton St lot, 1 Main St office, 1 Simmons Ave ten 46 62 Peele, Mrs. G. A. & H. O., 1 Biggs St ten, 1 Haughton St lot 25.00 Rogerson, B. B., 1 Warren St res 11.52 Rose, H. T., 1 Beach St res 47.25 Simpson, Mack T., 1 Smithwick St res 47.63 Stalls, Mrs. D. D., 1 Mam St res, 1 Hyman St ten 48.75 Steele, Mrs. Allie H , 2 Washington St stores 60.00 Stephenson, W. E., 1 Pine St res 7.25 Strawbridge, J. G., 1 buggy factory bldg 50.90 OOLORED Alexander, William L., 1 Hyman St lot 2.25 Alexander, M. L., 1 Garrett St lot 1.88 Bagley, Lucy, 1 Rhodes St res 7.50 Bennett, Ben, 1 Washington Road res 12.25 Bell, Frank, 1 R.R. res 6.25 Bell, Eugene, 1 Leggett Lane res 4.76 Bonds, Shermon, 2 res & ten R.R. St 20.00 Bonds, Mary, 1 Hyman St res 16.25 Boston, Virginia Slade, 1 Mary Slade res ... 6.25 Brown, Eddie Watts, 1 Washington Road shop 13.75 Brown, Wm. Elmer, 1 Church St lot 2.25 Bryant, Louisa, 1 R.R. St res 2.50 Clemons, John, 1 Church St res 11.25 Clemons, Elisha, 1 Sycamore St lot 2.50 Davis. Bob, Est., 1 R.R. St lot 1.25 Ebron, Caroline, 1 Harrell St lot 1.26 Everett, Florence, Washington Road res & lot - 10.00 Graham, Leva, 1 Washington Road res 7.60 Gurganus, Henry, Est., 1 Wilson St res 11.28 Hyman, Mary, 1 Wilson St res 6.25 James, J. T., 1 Pearl St res 8.75 Jones, Naomi. 1 R.R. St res 12.50 Little, Fernando, 1 res Little St 11.25 Mizell, W. B., 1 Elm St res 13.50 Ormond, W. V., 1 Duplex Pearl St, Blount Road 43.00 Ormond, W. V., Jr., 1 Rhodes St res 11.60 Peel, J. W., Washington Road property 13.75 Payton, Bruce, 1 Washington Road cafe and 1 ten 57.25 Pugh, W. H., 1 Sycamore St res 17.50 Purvis, W T., 1 Centre St res :... 12.25 Purvis, Geo. T., 1 Hatton St res 7.25 Purvis, Bertha, 1 Martin St res 6.88 Purvis, Mittie, 1 Hyman St res ... 7.60 Respass, Millie, Est., 1 Elm St res 15.00 Roberson, Rosa, 1 Broad St res 6.25 Rogers, Rosa, 1 Pearl St res 10.00 Ruffin, Fannie, Est., 1 W. Main St res 7.60 Ruffin, Whit, Est., 1 Elm St property 5.00 Slade, John, Est., 1 Church St res 13.75 Slade, J. D., Est., 1 Reddick St ten, 1 Church St res, 1 Williamston Realty Co. lot. 1 Sycamore St lot, 1 W. Main St lot 31.25 Slade, Turner, 1 White St lot, 1 Elm St lot 7.25 Smallwood, Moses, 1 E. Main St res 3.50 Smith. Phyllis, 1 E. Main St res & ten 16.25 Spruill. Abe^^Vhite^St res 5.00 Wanted'? Swap Tobacco PAYING MARKET PRICE W. I. SKINNER & COMPANY WILLIA1CSTON. N. C. tokes, William, 1 Washington Road rea 10.00 Washington, James, 1 Broad St res 7.23 Whitley, William, 1 Pearl St res 17.80 Williams, Perlie D., 1 Hyman St lot '. 1.25 Williams, Carrie, 1 Jamesville Road lot 1.26 Williams, Caroline, 1 Harrell St lot 1.25 Wilkina, Joe, 1 E. Main St res 0.79 Fruits Vegetables LARGEST STOCK IN TOWN We Carry Every Kind of Frnit Or Vegetable in Season. OUR PRICES ARE LOWER Williamston Fruit Store Front Roanoke Chev. Co. Williamtton, N. C. EVERY MAN HAS HIS HARVEST T* MfE gleanings of some are small? of others great in fruitfulness. But every man has his harvest?as every man has his riches. He who has saved irregularly amasses less than he who has saved as much as possible throughout his earning days. Have you a Savings Account? Branch Banking & Trust Co. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" federal UupaaU Imtanmrm Uerpeetiee Attention? Sweet Potato Growers Give us your orders for Sweet Pota to baskets. Contemplate your needs as early as possible. Due to the scarcity of materials it is necessary that we have your orders early to assure delivery. Good BASKETS At The Right Price Our baskets are made well, yet they can be bought at no extra price. Vis it our plant and see our fine quality baskets in the process of being made. Call or Write WILLIAMSTON Package Mfg. Co. TELEPHONE No. S ?1111.1^^, N. C.
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