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“God is our refug’e and strength, a very
present help in trouble.”—Psalm, xlvi., L
EDITdRIAT
Over 38 Miion Dollars Distributed
To Individuals Under Social Security
Act In North Carolina To June, 1940
Olory U the new-born King!
And hesv^ and nature sing,
JOT TO THE WOIUD
Joy to the world, the Lord it
come;
Let eartr reoeive her King,
but the State division was oper- •▼•y heart prepare Him
atinff earlier.
Public Health Services, $5,-
558972,08 started in February,
1936, The State matches mosx
but not all, of tlM amounts in
State
soma
Just about $38,664,062.24 has
been distributed to individuals
and communities of North Car
olina through Operation of nine|
of the ten divisions of the Social;these five “services”.
Seeuftty Act from its beginning agencies spend more in
and through June 30 1940, it is cases than the Social Security
announced by Chairman Charles fund totals.
G. Powell, of the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commis
sion, based, on figures compiled
by M. R, Dunnigan, Infofea-
tional Service Reptesentative. .
This does not include the
amount distributed in Old Age
and Survivors Insurance in the
state by the Society Security
Board figures for which are not
traiilaUa^ »
The Food Plan For
Europe Ended
By Great Britain
PEACE ON EARTH TO ALL HEN
At this season of the jr^t Amerieans ought to. feel proud, of
the fact that thef ran eelebrate Christmas wit^^out fear of be
ing slaughtered in the midat of their happiness. They ought
to thank God that they live in a land whet« greed and the desire
for power do not transcend the love of one's fellowman. We
ougpt -to thar^ God for America and the spirit of America
whifh ihake tAe people of .this country satisfied with our own
nationaJ resources and not envious of those of other nations.
Here In America the boy and girl frOm the lowest djVa^may _
rise lo the greatest pinnacle of ftime and fortune unmolested by half years, amounted to $14,628-
the tyrant above hitn. He may Wofk fetid find joy Itlid hope 960.01 (plus $274298.26 going to
for biggsr and bettef dayv to some^ American ought I former residents in other
to resolve that so long as God gives him breath he wjll envy states), all paid by employers in
the people of no eeuntry, hate no race or nationality, ^ but at
the same time he will die to defend the American way of life
Great Britain’s announcement
that the blockade will ^ot be lifted ,
Included in the amount areto permit the passage
funds distributed through the ti,,, United States to those
nine divisions by State agencies Europe lying nder
which have cooperated in fur-|
nishing their figures, including Naei domination was followed by
the State Board of Charities the abandonment of the plan to
and Public Welfare's Public As-Lake sueh shij^ents, at least so
sistance and Child Welfare di- ^he Committee on Food for
vision; State Commission for'tj^g gman Democracies is
the Blind; State Board ofl^^^^ned.
Health; and State Commission / , ' ... .
for the blind; State Board of
Health; and State Department If®™®" Resident Hertert H^ver
of Public Instruction’s Voca-lP®!®!^’
tional Rehabilitation division, majority of the p^
Chairman Powell said. of this country agree with the
Old Age Assistance, help for B"tish contention that such
aged needy, in three years, was'shipment® will materially reueve
$9,958,265.09, furnished one-half i Germany of obligations that she
by the United States and one- has aseumed, thus gtrengthening
fourth each by the State and German war maehine.
counties. . . . .
The British poinrad out that
there was nothiiqr ieMth# Nasi re
cord to indioate that any of its
fH«ranteee that food impcrts
would not be eonfiscated coilld be
trusted. Declaring that the BritiA
are themselves risking point out
that Germany, having seised,these
Countries and appropriated their
supplies, is solely responsible ^ for
the ceding of the peopli>- ^
should he find it endangered foes from inthout or Within.
[ Faeism will never be tolerated by
Coamunisni, Naaiim and
liberty laving Anericans, and ew aay to those at this Chrismw wm $8847117.17, one-third each
ae^n liritiUn ^erica and thOM without that its honest White by Federal, State and county
aad Nqgro eitiaena extend to them tlM fight to be governed governments, until Jan. 1 1B40,
•# thef-fcheose and extend to theni all the good cheer of the'when the ratio was one-half by
Yttletio# ■eaaon At the same time we warn thipse same tjrpes of, the United States and one-
g#*er^^te that w» will defend to the last man our right to fourth each by the State and
be goti^ed as tre pleaae without interference of outside people counties.
otaatiMl^ I Aid to the Blind, in thjree
hat never attempted to force its form of govern-'ye®rs, was $972361.44, also paid
iMrtt etlMiy tieople. We hfve been satisfied to go oh our way'one-half by the United States
wiTO • IwiHng that irtliat other nations do or aay is their ownj®nd one-fourth each by the
btiwiM% and there ire millions in this country who will see to State an^ counties.
***“* ■hoilld thfc hour ertrer come for its people to! Distributions in the five
t*ee e|F-tiw ewerd. ^ j “services", or minor divisions,
AmeHw thaak Ood frt Our ^unti*y, for its peo- of the Acts follows: Maternal
send forth the mes-^ and Ch^ld Health Service, $1,-
12! n 5***® ^ 633742.92, started in February,
the|l936. Services for Crippled
^ happiness brought Children, $1419744.12 started in
Unemployment Compensation,
job insurance, Th two and one-
the state.
Aid to Dependent Children,
those deprived o f natural
breadwinners, in three years
t# 6fet^ bjr Him who was bom on Chrittmaa morn.
Ha iHio atld nothing luti laravei
bif9f IfttUnd. itid th« WPA.
Ihttat have spoken
iMmblieaas tar Rooeevelt'i luck still holds—the Democrats
wfll kNm ottt iust lii time for ths RepuUieaiU te get blame for
fcki tmH AMMh.
II fttt 40 not Mieve in flag-waving—tell an audirace they
••i Uw fliMi InlelUgwit you evw saw—f®r applause.
February 1936. Child Welfare
Services, $219010.47 started in
April 1936.
Vocational Rehabilitation—
$426059.64, Social Security
Board help started July 1 1936;
room,
And keav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n, and hcav’n and na
ture aing.
Joy to tha world, the Father
rei^s,
Let m«a their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks,
hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
Repeat the sounding joy^
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
He rule* the world with truth
and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love.
And wonders, wonders, of His
. love.
■ ■
WHXLB BHEPHEBD8
WATOHED THEm FLOCKS
While shepherds watched their
flocks by night
All seated on the ground.
The angel of the Lord came down.
And glory shone around.
‘Fiar not,** said li« for mighty
dread
Had seis’d their troubled mind;
“Glad tidings of great joy 1 bring
To you and all mankind. ’
“To you, in David’s- town, this
day
Is born of David's line
The Saviour, who is Christ the
Lord^
And this shall be th« sign;
The heav ’nly Babe you there
shall flfid • ,
To human view display’d
All meanly wraiq>’d in swathing
bands, ,
And in.amanger laid.*'
Thus spake the seraph, and forth
with
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God, who thus
Address’d their joyful evong;
“All glt*y bo 0 God on high.
And io th« earth be peace;
Gk>od will henceforth frota heav’n
to men »
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C«ptritnt 1940
Lincoln Inf
AWAY IN A MANOER
Away in a manger
Ko erib for His bed.
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head.
The stars hi the sky,
Looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep in the hay.
The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes,
But little Lerd Jesus
No crying he makes,
I lor eThee, Lord Jesus,
Look down from th^ sky
And stay by my eradle
Till morning is nigh.
THE HESAU)
AiTdELS snros
Hark, the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born Eling;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild—jBegin and never cease.
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful all ye nations rise;
Join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic hosts proclaim
Christ is bom in Bethlehem
Hark, the herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King I
Hail, the haav'n-born Prince of
Peace! i
Hail, the Son of Righteousness 1
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris’n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Bom that man no more may die,
Born to raise the sons of earth.
Born to give them second birth.
Hark! the herald angels sin^.
The end of a year is asually
taken as the oocasion for solemn
reflection upon the course of the
individual and the beginning of
the New Year is eagerly seized by
nany souls as the era of the new
day,
0 LITTLE TOWW OF
BETHLE^^EM
0 . liittl^ Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless
sleep,
The silent stars go by;
Yet in they dark streets shineth
The everlasting light,
Field and fountain, moor and
mountain, ^ ^
Following yonder star.
Ohonw
0 Star of wonder, Star of night,
Star wjith reyal beaoty bright,
Weatward leading, still proceeding
Qaide us to Thy perfect light.
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice,
Alleulia, Alleluia,
Earth to the Heavens replie*.
MOEE SCREEN PLANTINOB
ABE NEEDED ON THE FARM
Make all plants serve a pur
pose, says John Hi Harris, E3x^
tension landscape specialist, and
he added, “very few farm people
have sufficient screen plantin*.”
He names, the chief uses of plants
as follows: To decorate the house,
infr^einent, shade, border and
to s^re^ unsightly building and
equipment.
^‘Border and screen plantings
require very little pruning,” Har
ris istated, “They should be allow-
flRousehold Hmf
' Angel food and sponge cakes
I should be cut carefully sinee they
^ are so delicate in texture. Use a
I regular cake breaker or try two
forks for separating them Into
I serving pieces.
The hopes and fear
yearft,
Are met in thee tonight.
How silently, how silently,
Thy wondrous gift is giv’n,
So God imparts to human hearts.
The blessings of His heav’n.
No ear may hear His coming,
But in all thtf world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive
Him still,
WE THREE EIN08
OF ORIENT ARE
We three Kings of Orient are,
Bearing gifts we traverse far,
ClK nativity
of all'the ed to grow large and as natural
as possible. Avoid mixing plants
up to much; use several plants to
gether for maxinrum eceot in foli
age or flowers.'*
The landae^e specialist recom
mends native plants for borders
and screening, “With so many na
tive plants ^available, and with
the ease of rooting common shurbs
there is little excuse fof lark
of screen planting,” Harris de-
Harris also recommends privet
TOdge because of its rapid growth
and .defense foliage. The privet,
hedge should be cot once or twice
a year, permitting it to stay in
formal in outline, rather than
.nopth and formaL
iwiMrai
iDioatt Escape
Bjr Dr. Oharka Stelila
Mot all murders use “gats” and
Far example, it is quite
IpoMRUe to murder a little child
I with a roAten tenement as it is to
[do it with s baitle axe- It takes
(■iv, bat it h just as effective.
When an industriai concern
jark, dirty shacks for
Iti tufifr tsok, denying them even
eooMftoaae^ conveniences—no
no waiter, no sanitary
ritb the result that
wta live is them are al-
M 'ike undertaJter’a list, it
factory owner fails to
■4«1MiV> pnmdon for es-
tnp. tvf, whmi he refuses
orM die miniwuM o€
l^caa, he ie a intential
Wkcmrveraly to add to
* mwfiftwrrr iue«
asd Mlhi .them
to
Md jUoy that aaaa
rm
Ip^eeme iadigm
• dooe to
•iMBt na^
r»thWi1y de-
P4Kf>l^ dcatroying
ilo instito-
x«iiarea #nd
its lands, de^tstating its accumula
ted riches of cuHure and religion,
and killing thousands of it wo
men and children—at the same
time piously declaring that they
have “the divine right to rule”
and that they are “doing the
will of Godf" ,
To auch nations comes the same
condemnation —^although n larger
meaaure—that came to the first
murderer. And here is the con
demnation as recorded in sacred
history: “The Lord said unto
Cain, Where is thy brother t And
he eaid, I know not: am I my
brother’a keeper? And' the Lord
eaid, What hast thou donef The
voice of tliy brother’s blood crieth
unto me from the ground. *•* A
fugitive and a vagabond shalt thon
be in the earth. And Cain
eaid unto the Lord, “My punish-
ment u greater than I can bear.”
Todaj, the voices of vast roulti-
tudea^jare crying 6ut against the
apprmaon of men and
women of various races, re^^ions,
and social status. Whether
theao oppressors consits of nationa
or individuals, the voices qf the
oppeeeed will^be heard, and fheir
condemnatioa will be just ««
« that of the first murderer.
Each other now embrace;
This hdy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface.
(St. Luke, n, 1-20)
1.And it came to pass in those days that 11. For unto you is born this day in the
there went out a decree from Caesar Augus- city of David a Saviour which is Christ the
tus^ that all the world should be taxed. Lord.
2. And this taxing was first made when 12. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye
Cyrenius was Gk)vernor of Syria.) shall find the babe Wrapped in swaddling
3. And all went to be taxed, every one clothes, lying in a manger.
into his own city. ‘ 13. And suddenly there was with the an-
4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, a multitude of the heavenly host, prais-
out of the city of Nazareth,*^ into Judaea, G(^, and saying,
unto the city of David, which is called Beth- Crlory to God in the highest, and on
lehem; (because he was of the house and peace, goodmll toward men.
lineage of David.)
5. To be taxed with Mary, his espoused S'one away from them into heaven, the
wife, being great with child. shepheirds said one to another. Let us now
6. And so it was, that while they were ven unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
thei"e, the days were accomplished that she which is come to pass, which the Lord hath
should be delivered. *nade known unto us.
7. And she brought forth her first-born with haste, and found
son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in
GRAIN BnXTURES FOR DBT
DAIRY COWS SUOOESTED
Five factors should be consider
ed ih making a home mixture or
buying a ready mixed grain feed
for dry cows, says John A. Arey,
dairy specialist of the State Coll
ege Extension Service. They are:
1, Digeetibilitp, 2, quality, 3, pala
tability, 4 bulk, and 5, cost.
“The dry cow’s mixture should
contain slightly less protein and
corn'meal thtui the grain mixture
for producing cows,” Arey
stated, “and the mixture shouli
be mfore laxative. The protein con
test usually runs from 14 to 16
'^he moat recent relates that the
Germaoa attempted' invaaions in
August and in Beptember and that
bot failed because of the British
using tanks of oil and gas(Aine
set »n fire by incendiary bombs
from airplanes, literally cmsumed
the invaders by fire.
This time the narrative comea
from Bois N*kokiyevsky, described
as a distinguished Russian publi
cist and historian, who lived in
France many years before his
arrival in this cojintry laet week.
He is said to have had close con
tacts with French officials and
political leaders. «
His story is thjit the British,
looking for an invasion, sowed the
Channel oil tankB anchored
suffieien^/Deiie*^ the surface to
be hilfli^froib view. Parallel with
these wey anchored thousands of
gaA>line tanka and waited for the
Germans.
In Aufuat, with 1,200 specially
coneti^ttcted aluminum barges, each
bearing about fifty soldiers and
equipment, the Germans eame
About half-way between the
French and British coasts they
struck the oil and gasoline line.
British planes ^ rained incendiai^
cendairy bombs and in a few min«
utes the water became a mass of
fire enveloping the Gerwan bar
ges.
Only a few thotisand Germane
managed to escaped, the remainder
perished in the sea or were burned
to death. A similar fate befell th*
second expedition in September.
The Rossian journalist says that
people in occupied French {/0#ta
estimate that 80,000 German
troops iwrished in the two at
tempts and ''the fact is that
hospitals in occupied France are
filled with Nasi soldiers, all of
them suffering from severe buma"
Thousandfl of dead washed ashore
and “ there waa a wave of tau-^
tinies in the Oermany army"
when a third attempted iavaston
was planned, -
Let’s Vote Od Taxes
The idea that there should be a
referendum, before the United
States goes to war, ie a catchy
idea but if the politicians wi|nt a
percent. Com meal should be fed
15, And it came to pass, the angels were sparingly dunng the dry period, prt>pose a referen-
° Since it la a heating feed.
“If the com is dry during the
summer or early fall and is on
and laid him in a manger; because t!
ho room for them in the inn.
re was
the mangef,
17. And when they had seen it> they made
8. A^d there were in the same country known abroad the saying wMch was told
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping concerning this child.
watch over their flock by night. they that heard it Wondered
9. And, lo, the angel of the Lot*d came up- things which were told them by th6
on them, and the glory of the Lord shone ^ .t.
round about them; and they were sore Mary kept all these thmgs, and
afraid. ' ponder«i them in her heart.
10. And the angel said unto them. Fear. 20. And the shepherds returned, glorify-
not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings j j ^ things that they had
of great joy, which shall be to all people. heard and seen, as it was told unto them. ^
a good pasture, she will need
little extra feed provided she was
in good condition when dried off*
tf, rowever, she waa in poor con
dition when dried off, she should
be fed sufficient grain of a laxa
tive nature to put her in good
flesh before she fretheng.”
German Invaders
Burned? Or So The
Story Goes
' There thlivc! been several reports
of German attempts to invade
Gi^eat Britain and despite semi-
offioial denials the stories continue
to appear, with considerable de
tail
dum m taxes, before any can be
collected.
‘ This would eatch the wise boya
as well as the yokels. Big business
men would vote against taxes and
the gumpd who ^ay none would
also vote against thom. Every
thing would be duokyt
The people fight wan and they
pay taxes. Why not let them
have a referendum? C^tainly,
there are enough sa{« in this
country to diaapprov* taxes and
to except to get the benefits of
government free.
tendcii through the partioipatiflg
groups. The purpose of the dinner
was il)x|daised at the maeting' aa a
fitting farewell *'not to t flae
Governor, bttt to a fine citiien of
of Raleigh as well.*'
Mayor Graham Andrews of Ra
leigh is extending the formal invi
tation io the Governor and Mrs.
. : -'jJ-adil*
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