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If ednesday, September 26. 1915.
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Small Symbol of Hoftr
hews and Observer
it will not do to say that, with the hand of
dead ancestors, the superstition of emperor
worship, and the mailed hand of the monopolists
removed, Japan may not emerge as a self gov
erning nation. But these must be eradicated.
There are evidences that some young Japan
ese are ready to follow the teachings of Ozaki,
an aged liberal member of the Diet, who in 1933
H'M
ipan. While in Lon
don lie received word that Ins liberal associates
in Japan had been assassinated by political mili
tary terrorists. He printed a pamphlet on “Jap
an at the Crossroads," and discussed the curse
of the rule existing in Japan. He warned un
less it was changed it would bring disaster to
his country, saying:
If the wealth and the people of the world are
atjuc in cijntnWTj,
allowed to circulate freely, economic recovery
will be assisted and the growth of the gap be
tween rich and poor will be checked. Disarma
ment will reduce the difference between the
strong and the weak and will lead to that equal
ity which means safety and happiness to all
mankind.
Though persecuted and charged with dislov- !
alty to the Emperor, when he was a candidate
he was reelected to the Diet in 1942. Though
acquitted of the charge of disloyalty and re
elected, he was impotent and silent while Pearl
Harbor and other atrocities were carried on by
the Japanese. In an interview he denounced
the politicians and militarists anu big indus
trialists who had plotteci military conquest.
Recalling the history of this brave old Japan
ese liberal, Marquis Childs says neither age nor
persecution have dimmed his fiery spirit,
though at the age of 88 he cannot direct a better
government in Japan, and adds:
But it is on younger men with views like
Ozaki’s, if they can be found, whom General
MacArthur must rely in reshaping Japanese
political life. Hirohito and his new surrender
government look and sound very much like tin
old gang that made the war.
These Things Abide
Now York Times
After Noah had come out of the Ark, accord
ing to the eighth chapter of the Book of Gensis,
the Lord made him this promise: ‘‘While ine
Hi
M
nd
and heat and summer and winter, and day an
night shall not cease.” With the memory of the
son.> iie'cFH^nnmTafF
surance. They needed the hope that if they
plowed the eartn and seeded it and cultivated
it in peace, all would go well with them. These
things would abide forever. The fountains of
the great deep would not again be broken up
and the windows of heaven would not again be
opened to destroy the lives of men.
It is so today. We have heard the mourning
dove tins summei Millions have been hungry,
weary, and in peril, and death has marched
through what should have been smiling coun
trysides. But there has been peace, too, for
those who could surrender to the gentle ulti
matum of nature; the peace of growing corn
and wheat; the peace of cattle browsing on
green hillsides; the peace of streams coming
down over mossy stones into shadowed pools;
the peace of small wings fluttering at the foot
of the garden, the peace of a myriad little coun
try sounds—of wind in trees, of insects drowsily
humming, of far-off roosters crow
IFtmring; the peace of ruddy sunsets ana m
stars; the peace of quiet nights and days that in
God’s time heal the broken-hearted.
Man stands pale and awestruck with his new
wisdom and his old sins and errors. But the
ancient and beautiful laws of nature, not one
whit changed, abide. Ignorance and cruelty
are facts. But so are hope and love, the laugh
ter of children, the singing of birds, the quiet
ness of a still night that chokes one’s throat with
strange happiness.
ISol So liiul After All
Conditions may be bad in Japan, but not so
bad that they can’t get worse, according to re
ports coming out of Tokyo. While some ob
servers declare that the Japanese face a doubt
ful future, that much has been destroyed and
that starvation is certain there this winter, a
report announces that the Japanese government
is appropriating six million dollars for a recre
ation center for American occupation forces,
that “in the cabaret section will be cafes, bar
rooms, dance halls and professional women en
tertainers numbering 5,000.”
There is little hope for peace when half the
world fiddles around while the other half is on
the verge of starvation. _
Three First Sales Next
First Sale Tuesday
October 2, at tlie
Red Front Wareh’se
First Sale Thursday
October 4, at the
Central Warehouse
First~Saie F'rIDAY
October 5, at the
Red Front Wareh’se
Although our market is still blocked we are expecting
some relief within the next few days from the rush that
has existed since the market opened.
JIM GRAY, ANDY ANDERSON and
CHARLIE GRAY, Proprietors of the
Red Front and Central Warehouses
Roberson ville, N. C.
Local Happenings
In The Enterprise
Forty Years Ago
September 29, 1905
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I Everybody is expected to be at the
! re-union on Wednesday, October the
11th. The veterans will have a table
to themselves, and reserved seats at
the sp- aking.
Mr. T. G. Long, photographer, of
Washington, is in town for a few days
for the purpose of making photo |
graphs only. Cai! and see him at his
MU
tea
ram
Charlotte Wednesday night and re- j
ports a most pleasant trip to the
The town commissioners are con- !
tempiatirg the erection of a town J
hall. It is to be hoped that they |
will soon make proper arrangements j
for this needed improvement. The !
lown has been without a hall long :
enough.
In this season of plenty every |
body should be willing to contribute
toward making the reunion a grand j I
success. Boil a ham, two or three !
chickens;, potatoes, bread and bring ' I
them with you. Friends of the Con
federacy. 11
Rev. Mr. Coman is preaching some
strong sermons at the Methodist I
Church and is having a full attend
ance His sermons are having a |
great influence and everyone is dis
cussing some phase of them. We |
hope he will he with us some time.
The visiting attorneys not men- I
tinned in last week's paper were: 1 ,
Col. Jno. L. Bvidgers of Tarboro, Col. |
•'no. W. Hinsdale of Raleigh, and Mr. ,
Oscar Everett, of Durham. Mr. Ev- |
erett is a native of Martin Cpanty 5©-- ,
cated at Durfiarh of |
tan. He was down here to argue an i
insurance case with Col. Hinsdale be-11
fore Judge Webb.
There will be a big crowd of Mar- |
tin County people in Williamston i
Wednesday, October 11th. Men, wo-1 j
men and children, the brave and fair j
of all classes will pay tribute to the (
hero of '(11 and ’65 on that day. Come,'t
bring your wit, your good feeling, I
smiling countenance and let it be a j
day of real joy for the men who *
faced the shot and shell. ■ i
The market up to Friday night had *
sold 125,000 pounds more tobacco, up i
to the present time, than any other *
year in the history of the market. 1
The prices are excellent consider- *
ing the quality of the tobacco. The i
buyers say all of it is diseased. Rob- I
ersonville claims and is getting her
share. It all means money to Mar- *
tin County. ~
Prof. B. T. Cowper left last week
to enter upon his duties as principal
ot the Graded School at Haw River.
His family will remain here for a
while. Prof. Cowper is a man of i
line parts; a patient and thorough :
instructor in ali parts of school work,
and greatly endeared himself to the
pupils and teachers of the school in
the past two years.
Messrs. F. F. Fagan, E. H. Hardi
son, B. Frank Godwin, Jr., Geo. L. 1
Whitley, Jr.. J. Dillon Simpson and !
Willie Watts attended a dance in
Washington Wednesday evening.
Misses Annie Peele and Nora Fow
den left Wednesday afternoon for
Washington, where they will enter ,
the Tayloe Hospital to train for pro- 1
fessional nursing.
In order to have early spring on
ions next year, it is necessary to1
plant seed or sets sometime during j
the fall, advise horticulturists of the!
State College Extension Service.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County.
The undersigned, having this day
qualified as administrator of the es
tate of W M. Ayers, deceased, late
of Martin County, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned on or before the 21st
day of August, 1946, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This the 21st day of August, 1945.
WALTER AYERS,
a24 6tw Administrator of
W. M. Ayers, Deceased.
C. W. Everett, Attorney, Bethel,
N. C.
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Rated Expert In
Digging Foxholes
Keturning from the European
Theater of Operations a short time
ago, Sgt. Jasper Weaver recalled!
while visiting relatives here a few
of his experiences lri enemy terri
tory. It seems that the young man
developed into an expert and pos
sibly a world’s champion in digging
foxholes. The soldier is unsually
large, the dimensions running way
up in every direction, and it was no
Jkttkytask^e^rjii^^imle^he^rai^h^h.
two minutes flat were all he needed
in the hardest ground, and in soft
in, the time spent :n t.ie task de
pending upon the urgency of the act.
One of the most objectionable feat
ures about the war for Sgt. Weaver;
was the repeated command to aban
don a foxhole and move farther into .
enemy territory.
Weaver, who has a son in the Pa
cific area, went through the war
without a serious scra.ch, and
strange a* it may. seem he declared
1 his rendevous with real danger came
while flying from Memphis, Term.,
to North Carolina.
“They packed me into the tail gun
ner’s position on a bomber and we
started flying. I hardly had room to
move a finger, but I knew we could
make time in traveling toward home.
Then T saw fire spurting by the lit
tle window, and not knowing it was
IttSUft ,v ' - -i1 TOS
.scared to death. Then we would hit
those air pockets, and my heart,
’w’ould sink. Our radio went, out of
i thought it was our destination, land
ing with hardly enough gas in the
| tanks to start a fire If I had known
;all that while in flight I don’t think
11 would have survived the trip,”
! the sergeant was quoted as saying.
DDT, the new insecticide, is the
i perfect answer to the bedbug prob
' Jerri, say the scientists. Follow in
structions in applying the material
I in different forms and strengths.
i
Women do you suffer
simple ANEMIA
Doe to Loss of Blood-Iron?
lou girls who suffer from simple
anemia or who lose so much Curling
monthly periods you feel tire*, weaJt,
“dragged nut”—-this tnay he due to low
'tslooa-uroz trj
TABLETS at once. Finkham s Tablets
are one of the very be$T iioirve way*
help baild up red blood to give more
streneth and energy—in such cases.
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Follow UJTTel directlorss
Lydia E. PiBtoani 1 TAClSfA
We Have
First Sale Wednesday
October 3. at the
Adkins & Bailey Whse.
2 First Sales Week After Next
Ture s d a v Oct crb er 91 h
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and
Friday October 12th
Don't forget these Sales and Hake Your Plans Now to
sell with us on one of these First Sales.
W. H. ADKINS, MAYO LITTLE And ROBERT ADKINS
Proprietors
HOWDY, NEIGHBOR!
“Now there’s a guy who under
stands my problems!’’ That’s
probably what both of these
good neighbors are saying about
each other as they wave their
friendly greeting.
Joe, the Traffic Officer, knows
he can depend upon Carolina
Trailways bus drivers to follow
the safety rules. And every
Carolina Trailways bus driver
knows that his best friends along
his route are the State, County
and City traffic officers.
They’ve been neighbors for i
long time... Good neighbors...
depending upon each other and
serving each other. That's the
way it should be . . . that’s the
way it will always be . . . that's
the American way!
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