THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Thursday by f Sis Months IN MARTIN COUNTV OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One Year _ $3 50 Six Months __ _ 2 00 Advertising Rate Card Upon Request Entered at the post offire in Williamston. N C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. No Subscription Received Under 6 Months s ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING GO. | WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in One rV«r . __ $3.00 .—_ i.7o Tuesday. July 10. 1051 Jilontllt ss Revolution firings Prosperity Speaking in 1ho National House of Repre sentatives a short time ago, Congressman Wayne N. Aspinali of Colorado, advanced some timely remarks when he said: It is always with deep pleasure and inner satisfaction that I am able to include with an extension of my remarks, something to show that America’s great advancement in a working and successful democracy has not ceased. We seem somehow unable to con vince men of small dreams and little under standing of human nature that change is not only inevitable but that progress is equally | able and necessary. They, with their eyes firmly fixed on yesterday, pass unwittingly into a better tomorrow which they cannot understand since someone altered some what a stumbling block which they had viewed as a hallowed landmark immutable for time and eternity. So continues the doc trine that some were destined to be rich; some destined to be poor. For some, memory is short, but I well recall the able and learn ed gentlemen who rose to sound the gong of destruction when the other men, more able, proposed to alter the stream of history that a part of that moving force might be divert ed to more democratic usefulness. Thank fully, we need people solidly grounded in the values of the past, and in kindness, we shall not cleave between those grounded and those rooted and immobile. Yes, a bloodless revolution has come and gone, nearly unheralded in our busy affairs of today, for the shock troops still marching firmly under grandpa’s orders, still belay with catch words the stout souls who have inherited the banner of useful progress un der which man continues his advance toward a fuller life. I am also pleased that this mes sage is so clearly told bv an old personal friend and true liberal of long standing. Ros coe Fleming, an independent columnist for the Denver Post and a man faithful to Ids journalistic calling. His article follows: The New Deal begins to be recognized as what it was; the greatest and most < onstmo tive revolutionor evolution—ever peacefully accomplished by any people. The American revolution thus rolls mas sively on as it has rolled since 1776. Peace and prosperity throughout the world de pend greatly on how well others can learn its lessons. j no capitalistic economy the version we like to think of as the American system flourishes exactly as it spreads purchasing power among the mass of the people, and so provides an ever-widening market That’s the lesson. Business Week reports a study by Simon Kuznets of the National Bureau of Economic Research. The headlines in this great busi ness magazines are- "The United States has a bloodless revolution; *ho shift in income distribution in the 20 years has taken tile country halfway toward a classless society ” ! Dr. Kuznets shows that in 1920 the richest 0 percent of the people had 24 percent more than one-third—of the total disposable in come of all individuals. By 1029 thi: had dropped to 27 percent and by 1946, to 12 percent. In 1929 the richest 1 percent enjoyed i f 1 percent, almost one-fifth, of all income. By 1946 its share was 7.7 percent. Now where did this income go? The peo ple got it. The mass of the people got more income to buy homes, and clothing, and bet ter food and television sets and automobiles, and other products of captialisrn. This mass production power went back in to thejeconomy, building it soundly from the bottom. If you want a plant to flourish, you nlow the fertilizer jn at the roots, not sprinkle it Oft the blossoms. It’s even so with an econ 1 biniiiiy is .of. - not take in the equally important fact thal the whole income of the people has grown greatly. Real income. I mean, counted in money, marbles, or chalk. Would anyone within sound of my voice go back to his ]93(1 income and what .j* °ould buy? .. The American Association ol ilomi Build ers point out one consequence, as reported in last Sunday’s Post. In 1940, only 41 per cent of nonfarm family homes in the United States were owned b;> the people who lived Kin them. Ir. ItV-O, had jSLM : to F>r! percent. . For the first time in modern history, more than haif the American people now own their own homes. The reason? Incomes rose faster than the cost of living, enabling peo ple to buy their homes. For those who may want to sow Commu nist doctrine, I can think of better places than a country where 53 percent of the poo pie own their own homes. The Communists do not frighten me so much as those counterrevolutionaries of re action who show bv word and deed that they have no higher ideal or better concept for the American people' than quickly to re store the “bad old days” of pre-’29 which led to the New Deal the days when the rich got richer, the poor got children. Four signs in particular frighten me: First, the increasing loudness of the shib boleth that production is all we need. Re member pre’29, when production ran out of Uncle’s ears, but no'one could buy? Second, the attempts to keep prices arti ficially high, as exemplified in the fairtrade fraud that the Supreme Court has struck down, but that the cartelists are busy trying to revive. Third, the continuing effort to steal from, the people their natural resources, as in the current effort to turn hydroelectric power over to the Power Trust by forbidding new public transmission lines from the dams that you and 1 own. Note that this effort was cheered on by the cartelists who recently met in Denver as the Edison Electric Insti tute. Fourth, that movement for a proposed con stitutional amendment, now creeping sur reptitiously around the country, which would limit all Federal income taxes in peacetime, to a top of 25 percent. And maybe I should add a fifth—the men tal outlook of those Republicans who would come into power should the country change its leadership. II asn'l Socialistic After All Created in the early thirties, tlie Home Owners' Loan Corporation recently closed up shop. It is recalled that when the HOLC was created, there were those who branded it as a weapon of the socialists to undermine our way ot lite. The fact that there were more than a million families about to lose their homes was overlooked. And now that the agency Has finished its work and made a success of it, those who condemned it don’t even bother to recognize its accomplish ments. The agency refinanced more than orie mil lion defaulted home loans, its investments running up to almost three and one-half bil lion dollars. The fact that the agency was successful in the venture is encouraging, but even if HOLC had lost money, surely the benefits from one million homes saved would have been worth more than the loss. But there is a clique in this country of ours who seem to think the economy is sound when farms and homes fall under the sher iff's hammer, when human beings have to beg for jobs, and the manipulator can call the interest tune. IS'o I'.ntl To 11 Justified or unjustified, there's apparently no oinl to tlu' attacks the Republicans heap upon the' administration. In a 90-mmulc diatribe in the Senate a short time ago one Senator Joe McCarthy, whose acts have been c|uostionod hv mem bers ot hi.-, own party, attacked General George Marshall, declaring that the beloved leader had been a party to ‘‘a conspiracy so immense and an infamy so black as to dwarf any previous venture in the history of man.” The Republicans, in and out of Congress, have heaped endless abuse upon the admin istration as an inherent right. Anyone who would dare challenge them is immediately threatened or called a communist. In Spite Of It Hundreds of firms and specialists are of fering "hints for homemakers,” suggesting ways to hold down costs, maintain styles and prepare tempting dishes. But, lo and behold, costs still go up. It is one endless struggle to keep up with the styles, and the dishes, when stacked against those prepared by mother, just don’t meas ure up. There’s just too much "hintinfr” iroinr on ... Social News ENTERTAIN FOR VISITOR Miss Both Spivey entertained at her homo or, Simmons Avenue last Wednesday night with two tallies of canasta, honoring Miss Patricia Singles >n of Richmond, who was here visiting her grand mother, Mrs Myrtle Harris. Miss Gail Margo lis won high score prize and Miss Betsy Davis, . The hostess served ermelon to the hem - oft* . u/iJ Mi? >c • Sall e G Griffin. Nancy Britton, Jane Peel, Ami Woolford. Betsy Davis, Gai! Mar golis and Genie Glover, second prize i I 1 BARBECUE SUPPER The ladies auxiliary of the | Pentecostal Holiness Church will i have a barbecue supper Friday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. Hor ace Whitaker on Oak Street in l North End. They will begin serv ing at .0:30 and continue until 7:00. j The price will be 75c to $1.00 per j j plate. The public is invited to T come and enjoy the supper. t ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT ' Mr. and Mrs. RiSeben I. Bailey, v Sr. announce the engagement of;f their daughter, Hattie Elizabeth, to Elbert Lee Stocks, son of Mr.lf| and Mrs. Lonnie J. Stocks of Ay- j den. j 1 The wedding will take place on ! July 29. h GRIFFIN REVELS Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Revels of Williamston announce the engage ment of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Mr. Dallas Andrew Griffin, son of Mr and Mrs D. Andrew Griffin of Williamston. The wedding will take place the latter part of July. I 7 ir C tl f( tl n M A STILTZ MIMS Mr. and Mrs. C W. Mims an nounce the marriage of their dau ghter, Judy, to Kenneth Gene Stultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Stult/ of Hampton, Virginia on June 30 at Elizabeth City, N. C. The groom is on active duty with the Navy Air Reserve at the naval air station in Jacksonville, Florida where the couple will make their home. 11 fi w li if p< l;j in ei Mr. and Mrs. .1 Lawrence Peel have returned home from a visit with relatives in Granville Coun ty. They were accompanied home0' for the day by Mi s. Haskin Lof tus and Mr. Dennis Humphrey. Jai NOTICE T We wish to advise that we have 1 A purchased the interest and good-i h will of Henry A. Johnson in radio <,i station W1AM. All bills or obli- n gallons of said radio station must 1 tl be approved by Bob Armstrong,! manager of station W1AM. The 1 T interest of Mr. Johnson* was pur- o chased on July 3, and creditors of ! k the station are asked to present! h bills or statements at once. | p This the 3rd day of July, 1951. I ■ > i James A, Gray, Sr., and Charles R. Gray jl 10-17 Notice of publication North Carolina, Martin County. In Superio- Court James F. Godard v. Barbara God' ml. The defendant, Barbara God >rd. will take notice that an action entitled as above V.a? been com nenced in the Superior Court Marti:. County. North Carolina, to ibtain an absolute divorce on the -rounds of two vears' separation, )nd the said defendant will take that she is n-oyrpi^gli at tbe iffici superior Court of said Countv in he Courthouse in Williamston, T C., on the 6th day of August, 1951, or within twenty days there ifter, and answer or demur to the Complaint in said action, or the daintiff will apply for the relief lemanded in said complaint. This 2nd day of .Tulv. 1951. ' L. B. Wynne. Clerk Superior Court Martin County. 1 10-17-24-31 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having this dav qualified as ad ninistrator of the estate of the ate Calvin Avers, deceased of fartin Countv. this is to notifv 11 persons holding claims against aid estate to present them for avment on or before the 26th av of June 1052. or this notice ill be pleaded in bar of their re uvery. All persons indebted to :iid estate will please make im-< if-diab- settlement. This, the 26th ay of June 1951. A B Avers, Sr. Administrator. 28 iIv 5-12-19-26 au 2 NOTICE orth Carolina, Marlin County. In Superior Court stelle C. Frazier V’s. John Fra The defendant, above named, i ill take notice that an action en tlerl as above has been instituted the Superior Court of Martin minty for absolute divorce from in bonds of matrimony, the* >. 555. This 2nd da" of 1051 WHEELER MA,5T!N. iv .1 5t Trustee. Critcher and Gurganv.s, Attv’s. NOTICE North Carolina, Martin County. In Superior Court Before the Clerk Edgar Parker Executor of the (late Susie Parker v. Hattie Coun cil. Li'lie Purvis and husband, | Willie Purvis, Hattie A. Williams. • Tester Brown, David Brown and i wife, Mersie Brown. Cornelius i Brown and wife. Mollie Brown, j Effie Mizelle and wife, Joe Miz ',l|p. Bettie B. Brown and hus band. Russell Brown, Lena Tav lor. Arthur Tavlor and wife. An nie Tnvlor, Lb-Re Taylor and hus band. James Tavlor. James Swa nee and wife, Annie Swanee. ni ,eces and neohews and devisees and Roosevelt Parker. The defendants. Cornelius Brown ;>r>d wife, Mollie Brown, Arthur Tavlor and wife. Annie Taylor. James Swanee and wife, I Annie Swanee, Russell Brown, | Mersie Brown, David Brown, Hat ! tie Council and Hattie A. Wil | liams, will take notice that an ac I tion entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court Martin County to sell a house and ; lot in Oak City, N. C\, to make as i sets to pay debts, and in which the j said defendants are devisees un der a Will, and said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the of fice of the Clerk Superior Courg of said County in the Courthouse in Williamston, N. C., on the 30tl i day of July, 1951, or within ter?, days thereafter, and ansr er or de mur to the complaint, in said uo jfj tion, or the plaintiff will apply tfj j the Court for the relict demanded! in said Complaint. This 25th day of June, 1951. L. B. Wynne, Clerk Superior Court jly 3-10-17-24 - _ -Tr'-e - - ~ - Notice To Farmers Farmers and Other Non-Highway Gasoline Users That Sat., July 14th is the lust day to file for Gasoline Tax Refund on Gasoline used for seeond <|uuiier. April, Muy and June. We'll he glad to assist you in filing for rehales. Harrison Oil Co. TEXACO bring MORE MONEY your way save NOW 9 Tin* mouey-wise folks who save with iis have just profiled hy another of our regular semi uiiniiul dividend payments. And six months from now, on January I, we’ll be paying out more thousands of dollars in earnings. Art now. and gel your foil share of the profits for the last six months of 1951. 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Mercury's price tag you can understand—'gives you a big dollar's worth for every dollar invested. Will you be ture of good gas oline mileage? Mercury has proved its more-miles-per-gallon by winning officially sponsored economy tests. Ii it famous for long life? It it indeed! 92% of all Mer curys ever built for use in this country are still on the road, according to latest annual official registration figures. Will trade-tn value stay high? Mercurys keep their value, and used car market reports consist ently prove this to be true. —WiHkiit&im N, t. „””T?!S»«^iW[j*ujU»li