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Tuesday. July 23. /*>/6
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On Joy and Sorroir
By Ruth Taylor
I don’t like unhappiness. 1 don'1 like sor
row.
Who dors? No one But too often when
sorrow strikes us we close not merely the
windows of our houses, but the windows of
our souls. We sit in the dark with our grief.
We keep away from the light, from the
things that give happiness.
It was Whiltier who wrote “The window
of my soul I throw wide open to the sun.”
He had the secret of peace of mind of joy.
- He had learned the truth which he express
ed in another poem, "God’s ways seem dark
but soon or late, they touch the shining hills
of day.”
There is so much joy in the world — if
we would only take time to enjoy it. My
favorite hymn when 1 was a tiny tot was
“weeping may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the norning.” It was such a pro
miseful sort oi hymn No morbid repinings.
No carrying over of sorrow, but a know
ledge that such things had an end, that
happiness could and would follow grief.
It you have ever been seriously ill. you
know that thrill that comes when first veil
realize that you are alive, that health is com
ing back. So it is with any suffering. It
but breaks the shell it makes you conscious,
of the beautv in the world. It is as though
you were a tight-closed crocus bud that Ihe
sunlight ;s just opening
In pain you have learned to understand
fnd to want to share that understanding.
The more you have suffered the deeper has
become your capacity for enjoyment. It
need not be much to make you happy just
the everyday things of life, the beauty j
around you, the pleasure1 of work, of com
panionship. of friends.
-1 have often wondered how different the i
world would be if people felt free to enjoy
life. To say “I am happy” and to spend
more time thinking of -that happiness, no
matter how simple, than to ponder or- the
’ sorrow Sfhal preceded if' A'great mat oraee ;
said: Joy is the grace we say to God."
Be happy. You cat. he. it you will but I
open the windows of your soul to God's j
sunlight.
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The (rMnl Samaritan
By George E Sokolsky
it ought to mean something loan Arneji
“ran that .feiH I'OHRitfv
M 'is i-t, O'tu-r.f,lids . \f---tf Sf "':u j
be good hia -efto trip the count;:.' - we
occupy, to destroy fhr- economy of tire pe<j
pie, to move out foodstuffs.
But wc do not do that.
The Morgenthau plan proposed that we j
■"fflPSPWu any rate, lot Germ.apt, reduce
that country to the lowest standards of liv
ing in Europe.
But wo have- not done that even in our
zone in Germany. We have tot done it in
Japan. We have not done it anywhere.
We fight but we do not steal. Gh, ngis
Khan is not our model. We, the capitalists,
continue to give. Maybe it is smarter to
take than to give, hut it goes against our
grain to be that smart.
We r-annot pick the bones of starving peo
ple, even if those people were our opponents
in war. We defeat but we do not conquer;
we can deliver a knock-out blow and shake
hands afterward.
What a blessing is a country that in a few
months forgets hatred and feeds it enemies.
Maybe all this is sentimental emotional
ism to the materialistic dialectician who
reasons only from scientific facts, but we
Americans are not scientific. We are tra
ditionalists—and our traditions are based
upon such expressions of the human spirit
as the Ten Commandments, 1he Psalms, the
struggles of Job with truth, the Beatitudes
of Jesus Christ.
Who can say that we an wrong? Cer
tainly not the little boy who is puzzled by
the pangs of a gnawing hunger, by tire soft
bones of rickets, and by the parched mouth
of bitterness.
That child cannot understand that he is
a warring power and that the peace-loving
nations are taking it out on him. Nor can
he understand that democracy demands that
he is to live- Ins years with a warped brain
and a twisted soul.
Nor can any American, really.
America's answer to the cry of the hungry
is still, Love thy neighbor- even tin enemy
as thyself.
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hitarfetencv
On a rock bound coast there lived a few,
who like vultures, sat around waiting for
their prey. Shipwrecks werp fairly numer
ous m that spot, and when shippers propos
ed the construction of a lighthouse there, the
few who preyed upon the misfortunes of
others objected, declaring that it would in
terfere with their business.
Such selfish and murderous practices may
enrich a few for a short time, but repeated
too often they will strangle free enterprise
and democracy to death.
ISeirs As Reported
In The Enterprise
j forty Years Ago j
JITLY 20, 1000
Mr. N S. Pro], who roomily
visited Lake Waccamaw. where
hf lived thirty years ago. bar this j
interesting story to toll of " Mar
lin ci unly “riMiimc" darker. !li =
name i (k-rrv Cherry and he left
70 vcars old When living 1
hue i\. ;’;r.-".trcl so many
many time: fot dr orderly eon
duel on the o-f-1 rend placed in
pfSdeedings and left the county
He left a family h'-rc with grand- j
children, and now h< has ffrggjy
children nv an entirely new will
on the farm of Mr. Henry Short,
who is also n native of Martin
County. Mr Peel says 'he old
man is still vigorous physically
and intellectually, cultivates a
crop and does a R.I! Jays work,
he centinarinn says there is one
thing that he has noticed, that in
all his life he has never seen a
bald headed negro ir, jail.
A1 their home on Main Street
Mi. and Mrs. J. S. Cook gave a re
ception on Tuesday night in honor
of their guest. Miss Gladys Flem
ing, of Greenville.
Those present were: Mr. Her
bert Poole and Miss Olivia
Hodges, Mr. Don Godwin and
Miss Hannah V. Fowden. Mis Jack
Bigg- and Mi Lottie Criteller,
Mr. Julius Peel and Miss Louise
Fowden. Mr. Richard Suggs and
Miss Hattie Kirby, Mr. Hubert
Ward and Miss Lucy Gurganus,
Staggs: M 'sr:. Clayton Moore
and Wheeler Martin.
Miss Anna Pope left Wednes
day for Norfolk, where she has
gone ori a visit to friends.
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WASHINGTON, N. C.
It is reported that about a him
dred and forty Democrats of Mar
tin County attended the judicial
convf ntir.n at Rocky Mount, Tues
day.
Mr. A. D. Mizell has gone to
Virginia Beach to spend several
days.
Mrs. Mary E. Bennett and
daughter. Me Mae Bennett, left
lor Bethel Wedm sday on a visit.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Adminis
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. d H ESitSai}
Martin, Cnurd" this is 1o notify
r. 11 pt"-ons having cl...ms against
the said estate to exhibit them to
too oroorHpne I administrate; at
or b< a ’'’ "oT .mhT T!) * ,
or this notice will be pleaded in
MHk i '
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 22nd day of June, l!)4fi.
R. L. Cobui n,
Administrator of the estate of
Eva Woolard Harrison.
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NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County.
COUNTY OF MARTIN against
Leo Slade, \V. T. Roberson et ids.
The defendant W. T. Roberson
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Martin County, North Carolina, to
foreclose the taxes on land in
Martin County in which said de
fendant has an interest; and the
said defendant will further take
noth- that he is required 1o ap
pear before L. 11. Wynne. Clerk of
tho Superior Court of Martin
County at his of tier in Williams
ton, North Carolina, on July 28.
3946. or within 20 days thereafter
ward to answer or demur to tho
complaint of the plaintiff in this
notion, or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court, for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
This the 28 day of Juno, 194(i.
L. B. WYNNE.
Clerk Superior Court of
i dy 2 4t Martin County.
NOTICE
!\ C u ’’ip.a, Me: C-.-ur.ty <
:,, .jjjjg ‘' ■ or r urt.
( (K ,\Tt Of \f UillN. Asainst
S. E. ANDREWS anti Wil l.
’ri n a, r. prl-oits S. L, Andrews
and wife ———-—- Andrews, wi'1
,rr, i . - 1 re,.actfor* erditled
. : above has been commenced m
the Superior Court of Martin
County, Ninth Oaiuijnn, to tore
close the taxes on land in Martin
County in which said defendants
own an interest; and the said de
fendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear
before 1.,. B. Wynne, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Martin County
LOTS FOR SALE
FAIR GROUNDS
PROPERTY
Sec
J.S. Whitley
& Son
/cm tyoui /tome
fat /e//et /ir iti fy
The house you live in should
provide maximum eomfori and
happiness for every memher of
your familv ! If il doesn't, a
well spent sum of money ran
improve il to meet present and
future needs. New home or re
newed Ilium-we ran help yon
have il sooner!
Marlin (lounty E!iiii<Iiiiv
ami Loan Association
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jit his office in Williamston. North
Carolina, on Aug. P. 1946, or
within 20 days thereaftcrward to!
answer or demur to the complaint
of the plaintiff in this action, or
the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This (he 11 day of July. 194G.
L B. WYNNE,
jly 16 4t Clerk Superior Court
of Mnrtin County.
HENRY RENFREW—^
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now for immediate delivery. We can
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this winter.
ATTENTION FARMERS!
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Firing Your Barns.
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