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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMS TON. NORTH CAROLINA. w. C. MANNING Editor — 190P-193S SUBSCRIPTION RATES iAtr^w- Cash in Advance > IN MARTIN COUNTY Six months --—.— OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One yew-— -- Six months ----— l au No Subscription Received Under 6 Month* Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the port office in Wi-liamston, N C, n second- class gutter under the act of in gress of March 3, 18r79. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of/the firm Fnday, May 21, 1943. Martin County's Bund-Buying Record Martin County was assigned a $328,0(fe^juo ta in the second war bond drive recently end ed. The challenge was met with thousands to spare. Those who reached down into their pockets to help reach the goal and make pos sible that record are to be congratulated, ihe efforts and work of those who had charge of the special drive should not be overlooked. While there is just cause to be proud of the record, the drive had its dark spots. It is esti mated that less than three persons out of ev ery one hundred in the county participated in the bond buying during the period. It is to be admitted that many are still unable to keep their heads above water in this day of increas ed living costs, but if no more than three per sons in this county are able to invest even as little as $18.75 in a war bond, then economical ly we are in a helluva fix. And if we are able and did not participate in the drive, then we are in a worse fix still. There is a sneaking cause to believe that many of those who benefited at the expense of society in the past and who are now in good shape financially spurned the call of their country. They, in many cases, found it possi ble to invest freely in the passing fancies of the day, to spend for their own selfish ends. We hate to see it come, but as surely as day follows night, the day approaches when someone will have to pay for the folly of his ways. An investment in war stamps and bonds to day will help win the war and serve as a re serve for the investor to fall back on in the days ahead. If there are more urgent reasons for investing in bonds than ihose two, they haven’t been announced as yet. Dampening Youth's Vivid Flame Note Urgent CAvilian Obligation Raleigh Times. At just about the time Raleigh’s police court magistrate, Paul C. West, was advocating a cur few for everybody in his home town, city offi cials of Charlotte were discussing the matter of night closings for certain civilian activities in the Mecklenburg Capital. While Charlotte’s City Fathers are concerned at the moment with the highly disturbing per formances of juke boxes and other dispensers of lively canned music, that usually is disturb ing to many citizens by day as well as by night, Judge West was thinking of a tight closing of every human activity at the time when most well intentioned persons should be abed. There is no reason whatever, or least no good reason, why anyone should be roaming the streets after eleven o’clock at night, in the opinion of Judge West. He would have every one at home asleep by that hour to assure ade quate rest and preparation for the next day of honest toiLstnttiag^^ly.__ __.. . _ Although no figures are given by either J udge West or the Charlotte officials, it is assumed that the night prowlers are comprised almost entirely of visiting soldiers and youth below military age. With military police usually on hand to assure proper conduct by men in uni form, there seems to be no close checking on that stratum of flaming youth that roams when it should be at home studying, sleeping or car rying. on evemplasw Such is not the procedure, however, as rec ords from both FBI and SBI show that crime is on the increase and that the average age of offenders is on the decline. Closing up all amusement places before elev en or eleven-thirty in Raleigh, in Charlotte and elsewhere seems eminently fitting, as well as helpful to both attenders and sufferers in the vicinity of celebrants. Most important of all present problems, how ever, would seem some new forms of regulation and control that would keep youth appropri ately busy in educational tasks, healthful rec reation and wholesome entertainment through home and community influences. In the seething industrial areas it is definite ly stated that crimes of youth, including both girls and boys have increased tremendously by reason of parental preoccupation with less guidance and control for younger members of families. Doubtless in other areas also, 'to the lessening of parental attention during the hec tic war err. may be ascribed cause for added youthful ebullience. Much of what may be cas ,.,Maily. accepted..a^Hosying youth to 'burn its flame, has become fn too many cases actual crime or menace to society. Clamping down lids in various manners may prove helpful, closer attention to little details and deeper roots that build permanent charac ter are of the most vital importance now. How to stimulate this kind of fundamental in terest by communities, by the church and by the home is a problem of deepest significance. I TIi4‘ Lesson By Both Taylor. IVJost people talk about the last war as though nothing came out of it. They forget that there was time before the First World War and that that sanguinary struggle changed their lives completely. Debt, depression, new^RBk'els in place of old, broken lives, disjointed relationships, these came out of the war—but so did idealism, awak ened social conscience, a broadening of knowl edge. of opportunity, a self-determination of in dividuals. But the real benefit from the last war was the lessons we have slowly learned, and which it has taken this war to bring home. As a man suddenly wakens to the meaning of what he studied as a child, so we as a nation are just coming to realize what we learned in the holo caust a quarter of a century ago—the lesson which, if had we put its precepts into practice, might have given the world a peace lasting long enough to prove the futility of war. We have learned that patriotism is not meas ured by power; that love of country thrives on oppression and that a man will fight more zeal ously for his faith than for his possession. We have learned that we are not the only people, that there are no Herrenvolk except in their own eyes, that the aristocracy among na tions consists of those who are willing to take responsibility for protecting the rights of the weak. We have learned that we can’t solve a prob lem by ignoring it, that what menaces the free dom of some menaces the freedom of all. We have learned never again to stop a fight before it is won and not to be maudlin with those who come whining lor mercy when they are losing, but who are merciless when their side is on top. We have learned to beware those who never stand on their own actions, but ays seek scapegoats, who always have ai. ubii ready when they are caught. We have learned that more powerful than “in vading armies” is the power of hope for the fu ture. We won the battle behind the lines with the Fourteen Points. That we did not win the peace was due not to the cleverness of others but to our own stupidity. We have learned that no nation liveth unto itself alone—that because we tried to live alone, walking out on the world, we had to pass through a period of distress before we could i agoin have a chance to help establish the kind of world in which we want to live. A lesson came out of the last war. We have been long in learning it and our education has been costly but we can at last say, in the words of Kipling after another war, “Let us admit it fairly as a business people should. We have had no end of a lesson. It will do us no end of good.” Deserting The Farm During the ten-year period, 1930-1940, 2,387 farmers or farm workers left the farms in this county. It is understood that a majority of that number quit the soil in the. early part of the period when fanners* tWFe "starving with food and feed stored high in their barns. But, even today the trend is still away from the farm. Pos sibly there are several reasons for the trend, but they are difficult to understand when a world is starving. Three out of twenty young men graduated by the Williamston school recently are return ing or continuing their farm wrok. The action still some semblance of freedom in this coun try, and one is free to map and follow the course of his own choosing. But for so few lads to re turn or continue farm work just does not make sense in a section almost strictly agricultural. In some industrial centers, the percentage of graduates going to the farm is greater. Why are so many youths deserting the farm? It is a question to be studied and considered. NO HIGHER CALLING sniD&tf v y -•(, Know The AMERICAS BOLIVIAN TIN IS STRATEGIC WAR MATERIAL The once-fabulously wealthy ver mines of Bolivia, which in the Spani.-h Colonial days yielded im mense treasures to hordes of adven turers and explorers, are now en gaged in producing a far more hum ble, but equally as vital element—tin ore. Tin is a necessary substance in tho manufacture of essential war weapons and equipment, and is one of the most important contributions of Latin American countries to the war effort — more valuable today than ever before, with the Malayan ■states, the other principal source of tin, in enemy hands. Bolivia is sending to the United j States almost the total output of her great tin producing mines which are high in the “Cordillera Real,” 12,000 to 20,000 feet in altitude. Because Bo- , livia is a completely landlocked country, without ports and shipping facilities of its own, uniqueness has j been achieved in conquering the dif- | ficulties of transportation in moving its products to shipping ports on the i Pacific coast. The building of the aerial cable tramway at the Caracoles mines is one of the most spectacular engin- j eering feats ever attempted. Sixteen : thousand feet above sea level, this six-mile, double cable road is per haps the highest one of its kind in the world, supported by half a hun- j dred giant towers. Huge steel buck- ■ ets, filled with ore, speed over this cable system from mines to mill. The route traverses snow-covered Andean peaks, yawning ravines, and almost perpendicular mountain sides. Still another phase of transporting Bolivia’s tin tu the world markets is the arduous mountain route which must be covered from mills to ship- j ping points. Half a cun try ago, stur dy, sure-footed llamas loaded with heavy ore carried their burden over the Andes in true caravan style. But modern railways have long since tapped the mineral regions of Boli via, and a network of connecting lines now permit a constant and quickened flow •>? products to the Pacific purls of Moilenda, Arica, and Antofagasta. Potosi is the leading producer of Bolivian tin, mining about half the annua! production. The wealth of this district has been legendary and fabulous, from ihe century of its “silver age,” when its riches were proverbial, and reckless, adventur ous men flocked to explore the “sil ver soul” of the adobe town on a bar ren terrace, 13,000 feet above the level of the sea. In short, Potosi was in Colonial days a parallel with our modern “boom towns”. In 1545, thousands of Spaniards and Indians crowded the steep mountain trails by mule and horseback; prices of hard-gained necessities soared; flour and eggs were more valuable than silver; silver dust flowed through markets of the narrow streets of the little town in wanton indifference. Thus, the wealth of the town and the resources of the mines were quickly squandered, and today, the far less radiant tin substance is be ing taken from the lodes which in a dim past yielded a more fabulous treasure. Before the war, Bolivian tin ores were shipped to England and other refineries, and re-exported to the United Stales. Now, however, smel ters have been built on the Texas seacoast, so that both the raw and the finished product may be received and shipped directly. More precious, penL-ap-v^han the silver wealth of Potosi is its produc tion of common, every-day tin. Whereas its silver was scattered recklessly, its tin supplies are hoard ed with far greater zeal, for every available ton is needed to supply armed forcts with mechanized e quipment and materials, and to pro vide preservation of foods which must be shipped to our fighting men and allies in a hundred countries of the world. a Mr. Farmer! BRING US WHAT Peanuts Y ou Have Left Over From Seed Whether SHELLED Or UNSHELLED And We Will Buy Them! WE WILL PAY Ceiling Prices WILLI AMSTON Peanut Company Statistics On North African Campaign —• « If you like statistics hwe are a few released by Allied Headquarters in North Africa: In 46 days, British and American troops fired 38 million rounds of ammunition, 10 shots per second. Ground forces used 300 kinds of ammunition; air forces 220 kinds. The Allies conrvuned half a mil lion pounds of soap, 32.000 casualties were trans ported by air from intend hospitals to those in the rear, saving hundreds of lives. Maze than a mile and a half hi heavy brt&gmg ?/&$■ efecfed; 7,000 tons of barbed wire were used; nine million bars of chocolate and 450, 000,000 cigarettes were sold at the British canteens; <tne number of bottles of beer sold remains a mili tary secret). -—« Wheat The Wheat Export Program, un der which payments have been made | for wheat exported to designated I foreign countries, was suspended by | the War Food Administration on 'May 14. Sweet Potatoes Should Be Grown On Sandy Loams Sweet potatoes should be grown on sands or sandy loams, because these soils produce potatoes of the finest quality, says Dr. E. R. Collins, Extension Agronomy Specialist at N. C. State College. Heavy soils, dark soils, and rich garden soils produce potatoes of poor market quality. When the crop is grown on sandy soils, it is less affected by diseases in storage, especially surface roi. In the new list of fertilii|r grades, 3-9-9 at about ’.000 pouias per acre is recommended. Appreciates Home Paper Writing from down Ja Ssa An ■ loni-a,- Texas, Cpl in-stat ed that he greatly appreciated The Enterprise, that he had been receiv ing it regularly. The ccrporai is one of nearly 500 Martin County service rnen all’ over the world who are now on the pa per’s mailing list. --«— Terracing Roy D. Jones, of Bullock, figures that the $200 he spent in terracing has increased the value of his farm by $3,000, says W. B. Jones, assistant iarm agent of Granville Cnnntv NOTICE (n TOWN TAX SALES » -♦ MartinL SUit(Ja(?feN, Vn, S?nec,tor f°r the town of Wiliiamston, County of a «t 12 odod. noon, for taxes due and unpaid for the year ^942 \iK s?lcI.U-xes penalty and costs are paid on or before th J alio ? . a.?.1 160.12 43.41 132.40 -; — aun t at ^'UUIK, dU ^2 June J5,*7^3, o/,^!tSnet, a,,u V"“ ar- Paia °n or before that date. A charge addt^o^Tftt runmteSnR the sale P,US are to be This the 14th day of May, 1943. L. U. JAMES, Tax Collector. baa_ Town of Wiliiamston. — WHITE BuIlockDL. S. El' Main sfr^ °ffiCe B'dg ^ 1 Haughlon St 2ot Birmingham, F. B., 1 Watts St res Cherry J. B., 6 Haughton & Rhodes St ten, 1 Smithwick St faetorv Cox, Mrs. Stacy, 1 Main St res Cntcher & Taylor, 4 Perry St ten Daniel, H. L., 1 Haughton St res Etheridge, E. L., & J. C. Cook, I Main St lot Everett, J. R., l Smithwick St lot .*. Farmvilie-Woodward Lumber Co., 1 saw mill Fowden, L. T., 1 Warren St Gaskins, Mrs. Mary Clyde, 2 lots Leggetts Lane Godard, Mrs. Bell, 1 Hatton St ten Griffin, Geo. W., Estate, 1-2 int. in Grace St lot Gurganus, L. H., 1 Watts St res Hardison, C. C., 1 Elm St res Hardison, Garland, 1 Simmons Ave res Leggett, Naomi Hay, 1 Beech St lot Mobley, Mrs\ J. R., and Nettie Cowen, 1 Peanut factory site, 1 Main St res, i Mam St ten Moore, Geo. E., 1 Main St res and 1 lot Myers, W. M., 1 Ray St res . Norton, M. J., 1 E. Main St lot . Peel & Fowden 1 WasR St ten, 1 Haughton St ten, 1 Main St store, 1 Wash. Rd. ten, 1 Coltrain ten, 1 Bunch lot Peel, Mrs. G. A. & H. O., 1 Biggs St ten, 1 Haughton St lot Roberson, W. A., 1 lot and bldg, S. A. Mobley Simpson, Mack T„ 1 Smithwick St Steele, Mrs. Allie H., 2 Wash St stores, 1 lot (Martin) Thompson, Mrs. Emma, 1 Main St apt., 1 Main St res Ward, J. M., 1 Main St res Wier, Jno. A., 1 Simmons Ave lot Woolard, W. J., 1 Grace St res , COLORED Alexander, M. L., 1 Garrett St lot Alexander, Wm. L., 1 Hyman St lot Bagley, Lucy, 1 Rhodes St res Bell, Eugene, 1 Leggetts Lane res Bonds, Eugene and Rubin, 1 Sycamore St res Brown, Guilford, 1 Wash Rd' shop Brown, Leon. 1 Wash. Rd. store Bryant Lou:..a, 1 R.Rd, St res Bryant, Verna. 1 R Rd. St res Cherry, Armasa, 1 Elm St lot Clemons, Elisha, 1 Sycamore St lot Clemmons, Homer, 1 Franklin St res Clemmons, John, 1 Church St res Cofield, Allen, 1 Hill St res Ebom, Caroline, 1 Harrell St lot Gaynor, Bryant, Est., 1 R.Rd. St lot Giles, Lenora, 1 Elm St lot Gorham, William, 1 R Rd and Slade St res Graham, Lera, 1 Wash. Rd. res Gurganus, Henry, F.st,, 1 Wilson St res Harris, Mary, 1 Elm St res Hyman, Mary, 1 Wilson St res Hyman, Rebecca, 1 Hyman St res, 1 Martin St lot James, J. T., 1 Pearl St res Johnson, Dora, 1 Warren St res Jones, Ella, Est., 1 R.Rd. St res Jones, Naomi, 1 R.Rd. St. res Jones, Willie, 1 White St res Latham, Maggie, 1 Church St res Little, Callie, 1 Broad St res Lloyd, Clarence, 1 Warren St res Mizell, W. B., 1 Elm St res Moore, Eliza, Est., 2 W. Main St ten Outlaw, Leon, 1 Garrett St lot Uuterbridge. James, 1 Hill St res . Payton, Bruce, 1 Wash Rd cafe, 1 Elm St ten Peel, J, W., 1 Wash Rd res and shop Price, Sudie, 1 Wash Rd ten Purvis, Bertha, 1 Martin St res Purvis, Geo. T., 1 Hatton St res .. Purvis, W. T., 1 Center St res . Reddick, Solmon, Est., 1 Reddick St ten Respass, Frances, 1 Elm St res Respass, Millie, Est., 1 Elm St ten Respass, Van, 1 Sycamore St lot Rice, Shepard, 1 Sycamore St res Roberson, Andrew, 1 Elm St lot .‘ Roberson, Rosa, 1 Broad St res . Roberson, Beulah, 1 Blount Rd lot Roberson, Smith, 1 Blount Rd lot . Rodgers, Rosa, Est., 1 Pearl St res . ' Rodgers, William, 1 W. Main St res and store ’ Ruffin, Mary Gladys, 1 E Main St lot . Slade, Berrissia, 1 Reddick St ten, 1 Church St res, 1 Wiliiamston Realty & Imp. Co., 1 White & Sycamore, 1 W Main St lot Slade, John, Est., 1 Church St ten . Slade, Nora, 1 Elm St ten .. Slade, Turnei K., I White St lot, 1 Elm St lot, 1 Sycamore St res Smallwood, Moses, 1 E Main St res . Speller, Colfax, 1 E Main St property . Spruill, Abe. 1 White St rojs. SiLJmmtH&'A'um, 1 Wash Kd Wallace, William, 1 Pearl St lot Whitley, William, 1 Pearl St res Wiggins, Lou, 1 Warren St res Wilder, Ella, 1 R.Rd. St res Wilkins, Joe, 1 E Main St res Williams, Carrie, 1 Hatton St lot . Williams, Pearlie D., 1 Hyrr.an St lot Wilson, Ben, 1 R.Rd. St res Williams, Caroline, Est., 1 Harrell St lot Williams, Joe, Est., 1 Leggetts Lane res Wilson, Joseph, 1 Warren St res Woolard, Jessie, 1 Pearl St ten . 228.54 52.04 48.00 87.48 3.60 14.96 1026.34 4.80 16.33 16.80 21.20 57.64 10.79 15.60 2.40 201.36 25.00 37.90 10.56 97.20 24.00 29.64 44.72 79.84 98.40 27.16 9.60 98.39 1.80 2.20 0.00 4.60 8.40 8.40 12.00 2.40 7.20 1.20 2.40 7.00 18.80 9.40 1.20 7.20 3.60 11.92 7.20 10.80 7.20 6.00 15.00 8.40 4.48 4.80 12.00 4.80 7.20 7.20 12.04 19.80 12.00 2.44 11.40 44.88 13.20 10.80 6.60 7.00 11.80 8.40 4.80 14.40 4.96 8.22 4.12 6.00 1.20 1.20 3.20 27.04 1.40 37.32 13.20 4.80 28.32 3.40 9.40 4.80 0 3.40 16.80 4.80 7.20 8.40 1.20 1.20 9.40 1.20 6.00 32.44 9.60 Final Dog Clinic, Saturday, May 29th At Dr. Osteen’s Office In Williams ton =
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