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miUJffTT—-- -- THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA. ♦ SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) ^ IN MARTIN COUNTY OHS' Six months . OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year Six months No Subscription Received Under 6 Months $2.00 1.25 $2.50 i.50 Advertising Rate Ord Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office ir. Williamston, N. C.. as second-clas. matter under the act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. Friday. August 20. 1943. Mighty Small When men offer their lives on distant battle fronts in the name of freedom, they must think it mighty small of us to wrangle over a gallon of gasoline for pleasure driving on the peaceful highways and byways back home. Be it fair or unfair, gasoline rationing as it is respected back home, no doubt, has caused many fighting men to wonder if the civilians are will ing to accept sacrifices and support the war program. Let it be recorded here and now that many, many people are accepting gas rationing along with the entire program of war economy without complaint. At the same time there are those who go into the black markets for gaso line, meats and other items. There are those who have relatives in the service and who do not find time to do one blessed thing on the home front There are those who apparently have sufficient money to have a big time but not en ough money to buy bonds or contribute any ma terial support to the war program. These people, no doubt, appear mighty small to the man who risks his life, and their acts, re gardless of how well they are covered now, will find their way into the light in due time and bring contempt down upon their heads. Some get by the ration boards, but they’ll be unable to explain their acts of indifference when the fighting man returns home. It is something to think about as we go along. Even now, a quar ter of a century after the first World War, fre quently the questionable" acts" com milted back home at that time arc mentioned, and there is nothing but contempt for them. Must \<tt Forget On the eve of another marketing season, in terest centers in tobacco prices. It is no more than right for the man who has labored long and hard to expect an honest reward for his ef forts. While millions of men have surrendered their places in every-day life and hardly par ticipate in our profit system, others must car ry on if the system is to be maintained. But it is no more than right and just for everyone back home to gear that system to the fullest ex tent possible to the main task at hand—that of winning the war. When the dollars begin to pour in from the harvests, we should remember that the young men still hanging on to life’s v/aning spark in Japanese and other enemy prisons have a first claim, morally at least, to those dollars. Possi bly not to every one, but those men who suffer .^U -.■' ■■ w •’ ■ -f.w1.- - are entitled to every material support it is oui privilege back home to offer. , Ten lives, one experiencing suffering and agony and death in a Jap prison. Possibly more than two thousand others are in the service, many of them doing their bit in the front lines in tfee jungles of (h South Pacific, others in thrwbleak wastes of the Aleuts.>s. and son e in the Ru ropean Area. We must not forget the sacrifices made and those still to be made by our own brothers, sons and friends. It will be very time l ly and quite fitting for this county to convert its i income or certainly a large part of it this season into war bonds and to direct some into the treasuries of those agencies working to lighten the load for weary men in the service. There is little reason to invest money in articles that we can well do without for the duration. For, however weak our memories are, we must not and cannot forget those who have sacrificed and ! those who are still sacrificing for us on the far ! flung battlefields and in the outlying posts. Protest unfair tobacco prices, yes, but let us not forget or falter in the task intrusted to us. Let us buy bonds and more bonds, let us share sacrifices on the home front as lev&d ones share in full measure their sacrifices on the battle front. Let us support those agencies working for the relief of our young ;nen in the service. It will be shameful if we center our whole inter est in tobacco prices, take the cash and with draw to our own shells in our own individual and selfish interest. Martin County's bond buying record in re cent months has not measured up to expecta tions Naturally, the dull summer months ac count for the poor showing in part, at least. But with the opening of the markets next week, most of the people in this section will be able to pick up the home-front banner and march in the same direction with those who hold high the banner of freedom and righteousness in Europe, in the South Pacific, in the Aleutians and elsewhere. Living Costs -- During the first week in August shoppers in southwestern Connecticut paid forty cents a pint for raspberries, two dollars for a water • melon, twenty-two cents each for a small lamb chop, forty-nine cents for a pound of cherries, twenty cents for a head of lettuce, twenty-five cents a pound fur lima beans, $1.40 for a small broiler. Closer home, a shopper tells how she found prices for the same identical artical vary ! ing as much as 100 per cent. Have you bought a pair of shoes lately? Clothes do not cost as much as they did in War J, but prices have increased. In the main, the retailer is being squeezed as he is forced to pay more for his goods and has to face the ultimate consumer. These facts and figures have been pointed out by the low-salaried man, but when he pre sents his case he is confronted with some oili er brand of statistics. What appears to be so impressive is the small number who are rising up in indignant protest. Those who are plodding along and doing the best they can are the ones who are forming the backbone to the war effort at home. STOVE Rationing Becomes Effective Aug. 23 SUPPLY YOUR IN ELDS NOVI ami save the time ami ineonvenieuce Ur-tfes -rat-imy -hoa-y*k- ——?•*y&'->;*? -k-Uy-- a really need one. Vi e have a new shipment of Conservator HEATERS \\ orld's Most Economical Coal Heater Burns All Winter Without Rekindling Produces Little Ash S rh« rny«ejla^^^lv (Controlled 4 # Circulating Type Heatc: Easy To Install One Lasts Several l)a>s. $49.95—$52.50 We Have A Reasonable Stoek of I be Following Types of Stores On Hand . Glascock Wood and Goal Heaters-Birmingham Auto matic Wood Heaters — Laundry Healers-Small Cook StoYes. A deposit will reserve yours feu* later delivery. WiUiamston Hdw. Co, GEORGF* HARRIS, Proprietor, _ ■MM another STEPPE ChUDt MEET LITTLE ORtt.Wg1 -JUST ttOHE TttOM RUSSIA* j > - — -—r HiMHtiS Vl'D^Kt SOME 08®*"" a *l\ iX ? CHURCH NEWS RIDDICK’S GROVE Regular services at Riddick's Grove Baptist Church Sunday eve ning at 3:30 o'clock. The members are urged to be present and the pub lic is invited. Piney Grove Baptist There will be services at Piney Giove Baptist Church Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock in preparation for our revival meeting. The members are urged to attend and the public is in vited. ——<♦> CHRISTIAN Bible school, 9:45 a m. Morning worship, 11 a. m. Youth meeting, 7:30 p. m. Union service, 8:30 p. m. Rev. Gow er Crosswell will deliver the ser mon on the theme, "The Modern Message of Habakknk." Worker’s Council, Monday eve ning at 8:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. Mid-week service, Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. _ PRESBYTERIAN V’lliamston—Morning worship, 11 a. m. Special service, ordination and installation of Elders and Deacons. Bear Grass Church — Sunday 1 School, 10:45 a. m. Roberson’s Chapel — Sunday School, 12:00 o'clock. Poplar Point' Chapel — bunday j 3:30 p. m. Bear Grass—Worship, 8:30 p. K. E. Cogswell preaching. Union service, Christ ion Church, Gower Crosswell, Jr., preaching. HOLINESS Our meeting is still going on and will continue through Sunday night. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Young People’s meeting, 6:30 p. m. Preaching at 8:30 p. m. You are invited to these services. -•— BAPTIST 9:45 a. m., Bible School. 11 a. m., Morning worship with Rev. R. H. Lucas, of Plymouth, preaching. 7 p. m., Training Union. 8:30 p. m., Union service at the Christian Church. Intermediate Girls’ Auxiliary will meet on Tuesday at 8 p. m., with Miss Helen Weaver. Mid-week prayer service, Wednes day. 8:30 p. m. -® Timely Suggestions For Farmers During The Current Month Plenty To Do On Farm New, Agru'iiU«r?'TeiiWG?r~ Points Out Tlit following are a few of the accepted indications that a good far mer on his iob in August. It might be safe to say that the move of these things he does during this month the better farmer he will show up to be. Tobacco stalks should be cut or destroyed as soon as the last bam is cured, for the old stalks and suckers furnish excellent breading groups for all kinds of insects and distases l that will bother your tobacco crop next year. Peanut poles are to be set in the field well before the rush of digging time is here. The winter wood supply is cut and stored in the dry. This will pre vent many headaches due to wood j shortages during cold wet weather. Ditch banks should be shrubbed ; clean for looks, insect shelter, and the drain on available plant food. Those weeds in pastures, lots, and ' other places will have a hard time \ keeping healthy if they are cut close .,i (his time For best results be sure and cut before the seed ripens. The fall garden should be well un derway. Much good food can be pro duced in it before cold weather ar j rives. It will be well to cull those hens I and pullets as feed is too expensive for anything but ihe bes* 'hickens. I Work stock should get some rest | in a good pasture. There is also some lime for eom ! munity service in making it a better ' place in which to live, without look ing for the dollar and cents return. Now is also a good time to help that boy or girl get something out of farm , ..—i Navy Recruiter To Be Here Two Days U. S. Navy Recruiter D. R. Taylor will be stationed at the post office in Williams ton August 26-117, to in terview persons seeking information concerning the U. S. Navy. between the ages cf 20 to 16 seeking information concerning the Navy or Waves arc cordially invited to come of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. for an inter view with the recruiter on the above dates. -g, , -- Judge Saves Towels And Family Dishes Chicago.—William H. Boulton, ap pearing before Judge Francis Borel li recently on a disorderly charge made by his wife, explained: “It all started over the dishes. I tried to get her to wash lire pots and pans last because I wipe the dishes | and when you wipe pots first they ruin the towels.” The judge dismissed the case. “Go home,” he told Mr. Boulton. “You wash the dishes and let her wipe them.” The Boultons smiled and de parted arm in arm. life except long hours and hard hot work Let them visit Uncle John or j Aunt Kate or catch up with their j fishing. As for the farmer himself, if he has not already taken a vacation in j “piece meal” at the local filling sta | tion this summe \ it would do him good to take a few days vacation. EADACHE C&S* After hours of anxiety, a headache i* the last straw. But it quickly yield* ta Capudine, which also soothe* nerves upset by the pain. Capudine is liquid. No waiting tor it tc dissolve before or after tak ing. So it’a really quick. tJaa only aa directed. 10c, 80c, 80a. CAPUDINE IMPOSSIBLE ?. .NOT IN AMERICA ! ON A KEGENT Eli i IP A V EVENING. Over the phone .came word from the Philadelphia Army Ordnance of a rush call from North Africa. A totally new kind of petroleum product was needed —a product never before made. Shipment |f must bo made in eight days. How soon could 45,000 pounds be ready? In less than twenty-four hours our chemists, working from a rough description of the material, had an answer. MONI). 1Y MORNING. Via Army Jeep a sample arrived at the laboratory. Chemists took it apart, analyzed it. Refinery experts worked out manufacturing procedure. The Army pitched in to help gather needed - - - 'fMterMis. ’Ey TJ7ednesdH»; -Uc-iaa*»!sed, jyjsatUjif /*. jwtacsl««m product never before manufactured was being produced on schedule. THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. Another call from Army Ordnance. Could we make an additional 150,000 pounds in less than a week? By mobilizing another plant, we thought we could.. .even though some of our equipment was breaking down under the strain of making a product it hadn’t been designed for. As the deadline i •.ached, sVi'A . the Aiw for SR'ffxrra 50,000 pounds! 4 A. M. IRIDA \, OISE W EEK LATER. Express cars had been coupled to fast passenger trains.. .even giant Army botnbers were helping to speed delivery. But the job was done! 245,554 pounds of new material for a job that had never been done before —and for an invasion that wrote a new page in history. s A little more than was asked^ja little sooner than was promised!...That is how all of us ran help to shorten this war. It is the way the people of this and other organizations all over the country are getting the job done—the American v,a\. e Latest headline new* four times a flay (twice on Sun days) . . . Tune in your Kuo Reporter! THE FIRST "B" AWARDED TO PETROLEUM RESEARCH WORKERS (SfW LabaiaSariat, Bayway, N. J.) Where America gets the world'* Cos.uo.1 STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
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