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| THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. WILLIAMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA. SUBSCRIPTION R \TES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One Year $2-50 Six Months OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY Six Months 1,70 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Ord Furnished Upon Request Entered it the post office in Williarnston, N. C.. as" second-clast matter under the act oi Con gress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. Tuesday. October 1943. ... mo i’T-rrTrn-rmvrmTTiS mmimm The Disunionists After blocking preparations for war before Pearl Harbor, the disunionists have never miss ed a trick when it came to creating confusion and plugging for the hate-Roosevelters. Now they are harping on a new theme. According to their claims, this country is heading into a fa mine, and they are whooping and yelling about food and supplies we are sending to our Allies and to the starving peoples in other countries. The disunionists are not really concerned ov er anything like a food shortage; they are mere ly carrving on their anti-administration attack. But there are so many who listen to the con founded hoodlums that the reaction some time is even worse than the problem at hand. It is true that many can’t get all their favorite foods in unlimited quantity, but according to recognized reports this nation is wasting every day more than enough food to feed twenty mil lion people. As long as any nation can do that, it’s a long way from the disunionist’s famine. This year for the seventh consecutive harvest, American farmers are establishing a new food production record. That doesn’t sound like a fa mine. But the disunionists come in and try to score by saying that the administration is send ing all the food to other nations. President Roosevelt in his recent report to Congress sat isfied most of the nation on that point, but the disunionists keep right on harping, hoping to drive the attack on the administration just an other step. During the current fiscal year the food supply produced in this nation is being al lotted as follows: 75 per cent to civilians at home, 13 per cent to the American armed forces, 10 per cent to Lend-Lease and 2 per cent to U. S territories and special purposes. If food and supplies will enable other na tions to carry on the fight against our common enemy and save the lives of American boys, then we say send more food. We can afford to go a bit hungry if by doing so it will pay a divi dend in lives saved. *.«*%»*• . *«' *r .. an article. “We Aren’t Going to Have Enough to Eat,” by Louis Bromfield. It would appear that there is a growing opposition to the admin istration, but what that opposition la Is to point out is: This nation can further reduce its rations and then live and eat better than it did back in Hoover days when little children roamed the peanut fields right here in Martin County_to get something to eat. We don’t know about Mr. Bromfield, mJi so many of those who are try ing to create disunity and attack the administra tion were in the Hoover camp ter. years ago And it would appear that they will not be sat isfy-d until returned to that status with the iron hand of U>'’ privileged few bearing down heavier on the neads of the common mar sos. _ _ _ . . - MgaMMOM MMMl' ll we wouiv. vTiilie nuiiicui me ieg-nOi where it abounds, we would not be bellyaching about our own lot so much. I Carrying On When the history of this war is written and when the activities on the home front are writ ten, a full chapter should be given to the chief observers of the airplane spotter posts. They have done an unselfish work, and they have had no end of trouble and inconveniences, but in most of the cases, certainly in this county, they still carry on with little or no complaint. In Williamston, and it is the same in other j posts in the county, the chief observer has to 1 beg and plead to get and keep the watchers on duty. So many of them seem to embrace the idea that they are really accommodating the chief observer; they can’t seem to understand that it is just as much their duty as his to arrange their watches When an observer fails to report, the chief is called. When something goes wrong, the chief is called again. Is it that we have so little initiative that we can’t apply a solution without calling one who already is carrying more than his fair share of the burden? The opening of the schools has considerably depleted the observer ranks, and the chiefs are having to serve many hours on watch. Such should not be the case when so many people are doing absolutely nothing in the name of the war program. The Other Half Resuming its work following a long vacation, Congress is very likely to finish skinning the little man before many weeks are spent. The Ruml plan excused the big taxpayer or for gave him big amounts. That was the first half of the Ruml plan. Now a more vicious half is in the making—a general federal sales tax that will hit the little man squarely on the nose. In addition to that contemptible maneuver, the people have been warned that the big con tractors have already shaken the Washington foundations in an effort to kill that law requir ing the re-negotiation of contracts. After de ducting all expenses, taxes and other items pad ded into the general cost system, contractors doing business with the government are requir ed to refund the government all monies made in excess of a stipulated amount. Rut the con tractors are not satisfied with a legitimate prof it; they are now moving to grab it all A Denver musician wants soldiers gently wakened by the soft strains of a violin rather than a blatant bugle. What, no breakfast in MKv- ***■■".Er WJMII M I « «*•*■*»• * "DOOMSDAY BOOK" Prisoners Of War Served Weekly by The U. S. Red Cross Over 2,500,000 packages of food have been shipped and distributed by the American Red Cross to men in prisoner of war camps since Jan uary, 1941 Every able bodied man in a Ger man or Italian prison camp receives a standard package of food once c week, purchased by the Army and Navy and distributed by the Ameri can Red Cross. Japanese prisoners receive the packages whenever de livery can be arranged. The parcel contains a well-balanc ed diet for a week, as well as such items as soap, coffee and cigarettes. The first shipment of two new types of Prisoner of War Food Par cels—the invalid food package and the medicine kit for general camp use—has been discharged in France by the Red Cross, and sent on its way through Geneva to prisoner of war camps. These new food packages, design ed for American prisoners who are ill or who are recovering from wounds, have added nutrition values which make them particularly suit able for rebuilding health. They are distributed weekly to invalids in place of the 11-pound Prisoner of War Package. Red Cross Food Packaging Cen ters are in Philadelphia, Chicago, New York and St. Louis. Evidence of the welcome of these packages is the statement of Morti mer Belshaw, American Field Serv ice ambulance driver, who lived for many months in an Italian prison camp and who was freed in May through an exchange of medical per sonnel arranged by the British Red Cross. Belshaw said: “I don't know what would have been the result if we had not had those food parcels. The chief con cern of the prisoner of war is food, and let there be no doubt about this —the packages mean a hell of a lot. Others cannot know how much they are worth." The Red Cross now is in the midst of preparing Christmas food pack ages. Approximately 2,000 Red Cross volunteers, working in shifts, have reported daily at the Prisoner of War Food Packing Centers to prepare 400,000 standard food packages for holiday distribution. In addition, the New York center is packing an addi tional 10,000 special Christmas boxes for United States prisons, both mili tary and civilian. These special packages contain baked ham, cheese, fruit cake, fruit bars, jam. Army spread, peanut but ter, coffee, sugar coated and sweet chocolate, hard candy, candied nuts, cigarettes and a game. As much as environment will per mit, the Christmas spirit will be conveyed to interned prisoners by International Red Cross representa tives. In Greenville Sunday Mr. Nat Israel visited in Green ville Sunday. EXECUTOR’S NOTICE North Carolina. Martin County. Having qualified as executor of the estate of Allie G. Roberson, deceas ed, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the said estate to exhibit them to the undesigned within one year from the date of this notice or this notx&e will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons inc’ebl sd to the said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 17th day of Sept., 1943. ELBERT S. PEEL, Executor of the estate s2t-6t of Allic G. Roberson. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an order in a special proceedings entitled “Edward L. Wilson et al, Ex-Partee,” the undersigned Commissioners will, on the 29th day of October, 1943, at 112 o’clock, Noon, in front of the | Courthouse door of Martin County •w. WvlivwMton, N. C., offer fm sale ! to die highest bidder, for cash, the i following described tracts of iand: **•' * lot in the Town of Williamston, N. C., in the corner of Biggs and Hat ton Streets, bounded on the North by Gatling & Peel, on the South by Biggs Street, on the East by Katton Street, and on thi^WesMj>jMh^Pe«d house and lot. SECOND TRACT: Beginning at a stake the East corner of W, H Wil son’s old line, running thence South 50 degrees E 59 2-3 poles to a branch. Marion Burroughs’ lino; thence down said branch to the fork of another branch, said Wilson’s line; thence up said branch and Wilaon’s line to a pine, Wilson’s Comer; thence N 37 1-2 W 14 poles and 18 links to the beginning. Containing 6.1 acres, more or less. THIRD TRACT: Bounded on the North by W. H. Wilson land, on the West by Public Road leading from V/iUiamston to Jamesvillc, on the South by Elilah Brown’s land and on -the East by Marion Burroughs' land and known as the “Cub Biggs Piece.” Containing 27 acres, more or less. "hssUbMf^j be required to deposif Arper \S& the bid at the sale. This 27th day of Sept., 3943. B. A. CF ITCHES, Z. V. BUNTING, s23-4t Commissioners. PROTECT YOUR EARNINGS— Pay Every Bill By Check You have a permanent record of pay ing every bill, when you pay by check! And . . . you need make no time con suming trips for money order blanks . . . just fill out a check and mail it! The cancelled check will he your re . . T ceipt. „ BUY WAR BONDS! Branch Banking & Trust Co. WILLIAMSTON, N. C. “THE SAFE EXECUTOR” Member Federal Depodt Insurance Corporation 7, where's the best PLACE TO HAVE MY CAR LUBRICATED FOR LONGER LIFE ? AT STATIONS DISPLAYING THIS SIGN/ «•»- V. »• *0»• wif OIL IS AMMUNITION-USE IT WISELY N. C. GREEN, Agent WIIUAMSTON, N, C. Planters Nut & Chocolate Co, SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA ATTENTION! Peanut Growers I t We have executed contract with Commodity Credit Corporation, Washington, D. C., which authorizes us to pureiia^ peanuts for both shell ing and crushing. Our facilities and organiza tion will be at your service as we expect to co operate fully in the efforts to handle the 1943 crop of peanuts to the best advantage. You are reminded to use care in harvesting your crop in order to assure maximum quanti ty jBGBilliBBt quality do a good job and avoid— penalty for low grants or excess*"*Jit i " eign material. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE B. S. Harrison MU. PEANUT Iff M • I • AM Office Phone 87 WILLIAMSTON, N. C. BACK THE ATTACK Ijfcy ^ BUY BONDS igH§g|
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