THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Thursday by ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. W1LLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA | SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) One Ynir - - ..... 00 Rix Months.— -- 1.7ft IN M ARTIN COUNTY OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One Year . ------- $".50 w Sis Months - - - 2 00 r Advertising Rate Card Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston, & N. C., as second-class matter under the art of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. No Subscription Received Under fi Months Thursday. May 1951 1 Our h um her One Health Problem (Fmm N. C. Mutual Hygiene Society) Mental illness is the number one health problem of our nation, according to medical authorities. Ye1, tlie mental health of each citizen is as important to the future of our nation as the soundness of 1he national econ omy. At present, the signs are not all good. Mental illness is so prevalent that one fam ily in five throughout the country will bo affected by it. in mild or severe form, sooner or later. One person in 20 will spend some part of his life in a mental institution. Today, hospital officials warn us that 700,000 pa tients of the total 1,500,000 people who are mentally retarded, and we readily see we have a problem of direct and immediate concern for each of us. as an individual, a parent, or a citizen. Governor Youngdahl of Minnesota put the case accurately: “The care of the mentally ill is the most accurate barometer I know of our real concept of human values. Mental patient are the 'lostlings" of society, a group three times more extensive than the vie- j tims of cancer, fifteen times more numer oiis than the victims of tuberculosis. When J the legislature convenes, the mentally ill comprise the only social group without a self-interest lobby to represent them.” No lobby, perhaps, but their friends are j increasing. This week has been declared by mayors and governors throughout the land I as Mental Health Week. “Our Children’s Birthright — The Nation’s Strength” is the theme of this observance. The slogan aptly expresses the importance j of mental health, which cannot be underes ! iimated in these troublous times. Tired Except those who hold tjieir own politics above country, the people of this nation are tired and weary of old scarecrows. They are tired of hearing untounded charges that the President is trying to promote war while he works night and day for peac They are tired of the repeated charges that the government is destroying business while industry and commerce are enjoying the greatest prosperity ever known. The peo ple are tired of hearing the repeated charge that the government is going broke because the Democratic Party recognizes the mass es as human beings and would include them in social security and other plans. They are tired of having the administration condemn ed for its every act before that act is given a chance to prove itself. They are tired of being told that everything the President proposes is wrong just because ho advocates it. The people, remindful of the condition tfce country found itself in in 1932 at the end of twelve years of rule by discredited individuals, are tired of hearing the hokum generated by a group that has no policy of its own and apparently with no other desire than to get its snoot back into the public feed bag. Things are not perfect by a long shot, but for a political party with such a record as that possessed by the Republicans and no announced policy for the future, to make a comeback it will have to hitch its wagon to something other than hero worship. Rooaevelt'a Prophecy Theodore Roosevelt was a prolific writer, and a movement is under way to have about 12,000 of his 150,000 letters printed. In one of his letters the former President predicted that if the Czars chose to resist the growth of liberalism Russia would some time experience a red terror which would make the French Revolution look pale. The then President said: It is just as true now as ever it was in the old days that every free people must face the very difficult problem of combining lib eral institutions and wide opportunities for happiness and well-being at home, with the power to make head against foreign foes. T do not suppose this problem ever will he perfectly solved. Liberal institutions mean of necessity gov ernment by elected representatives, who must have a multitude of immediate and pressing personal interests both of their own and of their constituents to distract them from the considerations of great and far reaching policies especially foreign policies.” Possibly it would be a different story to day if the Czars had taken as much interest in the welfare of their people as they did in suppresssing them. Tonn Martinas I n. Prmiire (.roups Bv Ruth Taylor The fundamental weakness of the demo cracies is their vulnerability to‘pressure groups, demanding special concessions or special protection for their own interests. Time and again we have seen the devastat ing effect of these groups upon our political and economic structure. In peace time, it was anonving and aggravating. In war time it is deadly. Pressure groups breed intolerance both from without and within, and intolerance never won a war. For vitally important months we wore held up by those who, quarrelling with one group of our people or another, sat tight declaiming that we were “going too far". These same men are today still obstructing our all-out war effort when they work first as all too often they do for their own constituency. What we need are fewer pressure groups and more town meetings. It is hard for a pressure group to thrive in its own commun ity, if discussion is open. There is nothing so tongue tieing as the steady stare of those who know you. And there is nothing more deflating to the ego than the common sense barb in a neighbor’s homely phrase. The town meeting gives the opportunity for men and women to hear authoritative statements, to join in open discussion. This is an American way of life, as opposed to the pressure group which is the* personifica tion of gang rule. This is the way to unity, not to rifts within the house of the nation. The Government may be the pilot, hut it is the people who run the ship. This is the people’s war—not people in the proletarian sense—but in the ideal of de mocracy—a war of all the citizens of the nation, equal in the i ves of the law. In the town meeting the people can talk out their many problems, with all sides presented so that men may make their own conclusions and learn something of their neighbor’s views. If men are free to talk, they can more clearly crystallize their own thoughts. They can learn to see their case as others see it, and there is time for compromise and change before the heat of combat. Schoolmen on Spoils The National Education Association lias just put out a 100-page report on ‘‘Moral and Spiritual Values in the Public Schools.” It takes a dim view of sports on the cam pus. And it probably would have been even stronger in tone had it been written after, rather than before the collegiate basketball scandals which, apparently, have not yet run their full course. Schoolmen ought to go at least as far as Ileywood Broun, a sportswriter, went in 1925 when he protested against that over valuation of athlet'c prowess which blighted not only the whole life of "the man who dropped the punt,” but even a considerable portion of the life of "the brother of the man who dropped the punt.” They might ask themselves whether it is really wise to center more public attention on the play of boys than will ever again be centered on their careers. Said Broun: To stumble in the spotlight never did auj body any good, and if the man who fails happens to be 19 years old he may j»et an ego bruise which will leave him permanent ly tender. And if he succeeds brilliantly he may be no better off. The American com munity is cluttered with ineffective young men who gave their souls to learn drop kicking and then found there was no future in it. Perhaps it is too much to expect the schoolmen to relinquish sports to the pro fessionals as Broun suggested. But they can act in the spirit of their own report. They • can take school sports out of the realm of professionalism and return them to the realm ol play. They can stop hiring stars and glamorizing them. They can stop putting on spectacles to rival Roman circuses. They can bring winning and losing back into perspective bv deemphasizing championships, tournaments, national standings and the rest of the para phernalia which, in some places, has made athletics considerably more important than education. -« The patient in spirit is bettor than the proud in spirit.—Ecclesiastes CHURCF NEWS PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS N. J. Ward. Pastor. Sunday school at 9:45. Henry Hoel, Supt. Morning worship at 11:00. Youth service at 6:30. Evangelistic service at 7:30. Mid-week prayer service. Wed-' nesday night at 7:30 -<*i CHRISTIAN John L. Goff, Pastor. I Bible school, 9:45. Classes for all ages. The Philathea and Bob Pee! Bible Classes welcome visit ors. Morning worship and cele bration oi the Lord’s Supper, 11 Sermon subject: "Jonah the Es capist." The Albemarle District CYF meets with the Hassell and Oak City groups at Oak City at 3:30. There wdl be no meeting j of the local groups Sunday even ing. Evening Praise and Worship Service at 11:00. Sermon subject: "Concealed Glory." Pastor speaks at both services. Monday, 6:00, Christian Women’s Fellowship j meet at the church. Tuesday. 6.00, choir rehearsal. | Wednesday, 6:00, Midweek prayer and praise service in the | home of Mr. and Mi s Winfield S. Spruill, Jr , ai 101 Harrell Street. ; Subject for discussion, "Day and j Night Journeying." A cordial j welcome is extended to all visit ors. ROMAN CATHOLIC Catholic services at the Ameri-j can Legion hut. Mass every Sun-* Jay at 11 o’clock. -» - ■ HASSELL C HRISTIAN Olin Fox, Mimsler. Sunday school at 10• 00 •George Leggett, Supt. Christian Youth Fellowship, G:30 p. m. Preaching every 1st and 3rd i Sundays at 11:00 and 7:30. Christian Women's Fellowship Wednesday after 1st Sunday, at 7 Lid OAK CITY CHRISTIAN Olin Foy, Pastor. Sunday school at 10:00. Ernest i Bunting Supt. Preaching eve y 2nd Sunday at 11:00 and 7 30. Christian Youth Fellowship on Thursday night after 2nd Sunday. Christian Women's Fellowship Wednesday night after 2nd Sun lay. 'Cliim-li Of The A«lvent (Episcopal) The Iicv. Thomas Hastings, Rector i Weekday (exc. Mon.) Morning ind Evening Prayer, (1 and 5. Sunday, May 6, Sunday after \scension Day. 8 a. m., Holy Communion. 9;45, Church school and men's Jihlc Class. ■ 11 a. in.. Holy Communion. Sunday Collect: “O God, the ers are urged to be present and lie public is invited. METHODIST JAMESVILLE BAPTIST W. B. Harrington, Pastor. Regular services will be held at Jamesville Baptist Church Sun [day night at 7:45 o’clock. All members are urged to he present | and the public is invited. EVERETTS BAPTIST E. R. Stewart, Pastor. 10 a. m., Bible school. G. H. Forbes. Supt. 7 p. m., Baptist Training Union. P-:nt Director 7:30 p, m.. Thursday, Pi ay e/ service at the Church. 8:30 p, m„ Thursday, cottage j service at the hoi,, of Mr. and! Mrs. Joe Shirley, -» HAMILTON BAPTIST E. R. Stewart, Pastor. 10 a. m., Bible school. II S. Johnson, Supt. 11 a. m., Morning worship. 7 p. m., Baptist Training Union. Willie Knox, Director. 8:00 p. m., Evening worship. 7:30 p. m., Boy Scouts meet. 8:00 p. m., Wednesday. Prayer services followed by choir rehear sal. DISTRICT MEETING \Y OAK CITY SUNDAY AT 3:30 P. M. The quarterly meeting of the Albemarle District CYF will meet Sunday at 3:30 at the Oak City High School building. About two hundred young people are expect-. ed to attend. After the program,! refreshments and recreation will be enjoyed by all in attendance. Stale College Tips | To the Honsewife | By Ruth Current i State Heme Demonstration Agent Idle on the hark of many a1 kitchen range stands one of it- s most economical, useful and con venient parts — the deep well cooker. Household equipment specialists .suggest that the mam | families who need to save on the | cost of food and also electricity or »: gas for cooking would he wise to 5 make more use of that covered t kettle fitted into an insulated | well. As a start they suggr'' | reading about it in the booklet j of directions that comes with the range. This thrift cooker is ideal for such budget items as the less ten der cuts of meat, dry beans, or whole-grain cereals, which need long, slow cooking. In the insu lated well foods can cook to deli cious tenderness with a minimum of fuel. It is ideal for simmering soups or for steaming puddings The depth of the kettle makes it convenient for steaming bulky vc I getables like corn on the cob or § kale or other leafy greens. 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