Neu s As Reported
In The Enterprise
Forty Years Ago
May 20. 1910
Miss Pettie Morton, who is
visiting Mrs. A S Coffield. was
the honor guest at a “daisy party" ;
given by Mrs. Coffield at her
home. Tuesday evening The dee- ]
orations consisted of daisies and j
evening commenced with the
“confession book" in which each
one answered very important
questions of a personal nature.
Then a contest of musical terms
afforded much interest. In this i
contest Miss Lottie Critcher and
John >>’ Hassell won the first ■
prize, the booby going to W. J i
Gordon and Miss Eva Wolte. T
i
.vote for tne prettiest man a
j woman was given to Miss Mort
iand Mr. Gordon, several nth
!attractive features rendered t
hours among the most enjoyal
spent here this season Refres
merits gave delight to the guei
after the contests were ovi
Those present were: Misses Nor
Hannah Vick and Louise Fowde
Eva Wolfe, Elizabeth Gordo
Mary and Irene Smith, May Re
nett, Lottie Ctitcher and Sus
Purvis: Messrs. Leslie Fowde
mi T»—■ , !■ » 'I- '
Chase, Harry Biggs, J. P Simpso
J. W. , Jr , and Maurice Watt
John W Hassell and Dr. Rhode
The following invitation hi
teen received:
Re'- arid Mrs George J Down
equest the honor of your pi
:ence at the marriage of the;
laughter, Rosina, to Mr Ruft
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Nazis"Process of Selectivity'
Outsmarted by Polish Scientist!
■By BILLY ROSE
Whenever I’m in the mocd for gargantuan gab, I hie myself ove
to a Russian tea room near Carnegie hall where refugees of a dozei
rations sit around and give out with tall talk about the old days be
hind them and the new days coming up.
To give you a fitting for-instance, tiie other midnight I heard a maca
bre yam from a gent who used to teach science in Warsaw, and while '
don’t know whether it’s history or hokum, it strike* me as being worth mi
■afleteK-'Jrt «* iW«r.ie»4tisj.-.-..— -•» ..*
*, i'uun* ui* iwi jzmr oi in# war,
b. there was a amail concentration
s i camp In east Ger
[S many which had
1 been aet up tor
(two purpose*:
“ (a) to build an
*' underground ffiia
r j chin* shop, and
s (b) to make avail
- able the required
number of human
guinea pigs for
certain experi
ments being con- Billy *«»•
ducted by distinguished Nazi acien
! tints.
• • •
By SS STANDARDS, the method
of aelecting these guinea pigs was
scrupulously fair. Each morning
before breakfast, the 50 men in
each of the wooden barrack* would
atacd at attention until the com
mandant appeared with a list of
their names. He would read off
the top name on the list and the
prisoner whose name was called
would atep forward.
The commandant would then
hand two small leather disks, one
marked with a white circle and
the other with a black, to the
"trustee” of the barrack for ex
amination. Then the commandant
would drop the disks into his hat,
end the prisoner would draw one
I of them.
II he picked the one with the
whit* circle ht wai i*ft until hit
tame came up again SO days
laltr: if ht draw tht black one, ht
would be ibipped out that Satur
day night.
In December of 1944, my tea
room friend—the scientist from
Warsaw—was cattle-carred to this
concentration camp end assigned
to a barrack occupied almost ex
clusively by captured Russian aol
diers. He was asked the usuel ques
tions, end when the Russians found
the newcomer was a Pole, they
quickly let him know that the fra
ternity of races as preached by
Moscow was confined to Kremlin
publicity handouts.
And when he further admitted he
had never Joined the Party—not :
for any big ideological reason, but 1
simply because he was a scientist i
and had no interest in politics— i
the Red ermy men decided he was :
an enemy of the state and began
to plot against him.
i
THE POLE, however, w** more
worried about the disk* In th# hal
than the whispering* going on
about him. Under th# lottery aya
tem, it would be almost two
month* before hi* name wa*
called, and since news bed fil
tered into camp that the Russian
forces were only a few weeks away,
he kept telling himself that libera
tion might come before th# data
for the drawing. But a% the daya
turned into weeks, and atlll no
round of far-away cannon, ha re
signed himself to taking his 50-50
chances with the hat.
The night before the fateful,
morning, the scientist was lying
awake in his bunk when he felt
a tug at his blanket. It was a young
Czech who had been badly mis
treated by the “trustee," and who
had often mumbled about getting
even.
According to the kid, the com
rades had figured out a plot to
make certain the Pole would be
shipped off to the Nasi experi
menters. The "trustee” had cut a'I
leather disk from his sboa and
made a black circle on it, and
when the commandant asked hi/n
to examine the disk, his plan was
to palm the one with the white cir-,
cle end substitute his own, so that
either would mean death to tho
non-Party man.
For a long mo,'- nt, the tries►
fist looked up at the slat ceiling
of the bunk abo-e him. "Thank
you," he finally said to hit friend*
"I think I’ll be able to manage.*
Next morning when bis name
was called, he saw th* ‘•truite#’1
palm the white-circled disk and
substitute another. But be pre
tended net to notice, and when tho
commandant held out his hat ho
smiled and selected a disk. “Whlto I
)r black," he said, "I'm going to '
lave one good meal In thia mla- I
srable camp." And befora the of- ,
licer could stop him, he popped tho
)it of leather into his mouth and i
iwallowed. i j1
The SS man frowned. “Craay I
5ole." he said, “what good will
hat do? There is still a disk left I
n the hat. If it is black, you picked
he white; if it Is white, you picked I
he black." j '
"That is quit# correct, Sir,” j
aid the scientist. ! '
Theodore Coburn on Wednesday,
June the first Nineteen hundred
and ten at three o'clock, Baptist
Church Williumston, North (Caro
lina.
The followup: invitation has
been received,
Mrs Joseph Henry I Vole invites
you to he present at the marriage :
of her daughter.
The Martin County Building
and Loan Association was orga
nized Thursday night t» tire e
lection of J G Godard President;
W C Manning Vice President;
S. A Newell Secretary and Trea
surer; A R Dunning Attorney;'
J W Watts, C. H. Godwin and
W H. Biggs, Finance Committee,
with all the above officers Con-j
stituting a Board of Directors We
welcome the organization, for
where such have operated much
■las be* rs done in the building up
d the community There is no j
stay whereby people ean more!
easily own their homes
Miss Harriet W. Mears, of Wii-!
mint'ton, is file ipiest of Miss An
nio Lamb on Smithwiok Stieot.
II II MaCay, who was former
ly with Saunders and Kuw'den,
has at 11 (tied (he position as phar
macist with them iij-ain, and ar
rived Thursday np'.ht to enter
upon his duties.
Mrs. (’. W. Keith ami Miss Mol
lie Moore went to Washington
Saturday
Chillies Hassell has accepted a
position in the Smithsonian In
stitute at Washington City
Miss Bert Gardner went to
Everetts Wednesday.
The census enumeration for the
town shows about 1,(100 people.
HUGH G. HORTON
VniliuniKlon, IN.
For
State Senator
SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Priimirv Mav 27, 1950
(Those who are always wagering
jon a 2.000 population are out in
I the colrt
I Mrs A R Dunning went to
, Robersnnville Mnndav
I Misses Clifton and Blount, of
,, Bethel, were guests of Mrs (1 W
I j Blount Tuesday.
I t C. C'haee made a demonstra
tion with a chemical engine here
Monday. This engine generates a
] gas chat will check any fire. The
I Town Commissioners are consid
i ering the purchase of one or more
: of these engines.
•A,, .*w ■ tc-cvef I—«-;d‘ s*
j <>t the finest Irish potation this”
j week that have been seen. The
j variety was the ‘‘Irish Cobbler”
j and grew on his farm near town.
j Fndmerl.v 30% cf Joan up to!
(maximum of $4,000, GI loan guar-!
! anty tc World War II veterans j
! was recently raised to (50% up to I
I $7,500 maximum.
Merchants Study
Advertising Plan
Development of a Statewide
flash-warning system designed to
protect merchants >f North Caro
lina against worthless advertising
schemes, fly-by-night peddlers,
and cheek-flashers will be devel
oped by officials of the North Car
olina Merchants Association this
week, it is announced by Thomp
seVi ~Gre <: n w.» s»v.~ ra*, af4w• rw\* ■>
tarv of the organization.
“Businessmen of this State lose
Men’s Dress and
Work Shoes
For I,ess.
WILLARD’S SIIOF SHOP
2 KINDS
You know. voii'vi* got TWO kinds of ex
penses. There are IMMIIH Vli! nist» of
living, and then there are thing* von'vr
gnl lo buy and pay for in tin* future.
How about those Ion" ran"*' »,\pi,n*ts?
Yon should he saving \tt\\. possible for
a home of your own or •Junior** eduea
lion.
I Trust Company
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,, Guaranty Bank &
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j an estimated million dollars each j
{year through advertising in media
! which has little- or no value, de
clared Greenwood in urging mer
chants'to support their local news
papers and radio stations and to j
"look with a critical eye on spe
f rial booklets, programs, and ad !
vertising media of that nature
He said that merchants' prob
j lenis relating to purchasing adver
tising space in high school and i
i college annuals with a view to
I ward developing the idea of find
ing other ways and means of fi
nanrioK thepc publication? is up
f0!- consideration by the board of
directors of the North Carolina
Merchants Association.
• y.Y.o ,<r;ipcrlj organised rn
npcration between merchants and
the local and State associations,
we hope to curtail sharply ped
tllirt", check-flashing and various
advertising rackets and to work
toward more uniformity in me ■
chants' attitude as regard? varioi s
solicitation programs," said Seer -
tary Greenwood.
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ATTENTION PLEASE
A! The Red Fronf Warehouse in Robersonviiie, N. £., Wednesday aft
ernoon, May 24, we will serve from 7 o'clock 'til 8:30 o'clock
You Are Cordially Invited To Attend The
BIG BARBECUE SUPPER
in honor of Henry Johnson. We don't mean just men, hut ladies too. Where there Mill
he harheeue, slaw, sweet potatoes and corn bread. No doubt this will he one of Marlin
County's largest supper ever served.
These 58 pigs were donated by the friends of Henry Johnson throughout Martin
County. The bread, slaw and sweet potatoes will he prepared hv sixty ladies from vari
ous parts of the eounty who are friends of Henry Johnson and family.
W'e will expert people to begin gathering around 2 o'eloek in the afternoon. Pos
sibly there will he 20 to 22 from 3 to 5 minute speakers due in the afternoon. These
speakers ure eomposed of farmers ami business men of Martiu County.
Your presenre is earnestly desired.
This invitation is extended to von hv Henrv Johnson and his mam friends.
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