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IMk me- (9. J. OOMt «>d JULIUS «. SUMUiS lUBfClIVnOM BATES: OM^ Year at IftMiUb af tiM State |l.Sd .7^1 .50 —V f2.M per Yeitf iWlSer Iffoaiti^ef^'Ma ttee* fowBke s^eni meanbif^ a little nunre Hiaii ane-foorth his eivi^N ipea f»r «f rioos klbmc hlHdaW in the price of I’^'Injithfr ww^, p«p«n ^ho edght hours per^ to «erorit Sfvw in the .mQusingvaad four in the afteipoop lEftJiritt^OttriOE for lunch, would finish his worit'Sap ae-lar sps lumself is conc^ed.^ st 1:45; p. n>., and the remainder of hisJwsorijnjr day,goes to pay taxes. ku5= THURSDAY. FEB. 2S, 1989 Facta About U. S. .*!ne United States has an area Of 8,758,- 400 square miles, about six per cent of the aiirth’s surface. This six per cent contains about seven per cent of the world’s people. The United States with six per cent of Ihe area and; seven per cent of the peo- ple has 60 per cent of the wwld’s tele phone and telegraph facilities, 80 per cent at the automobiles and 33 per cent of the railroads. Two-thirds of the world’s giold and two- ttirds of the world’s banhing facilities are in the United States. The purchasing power of the United . States’ 130 million people is greater than that of 600 million Europeans or 1,C00 Billion Aidatics. The United States has the world’s high est average wage, shortest working hours, greatest percentage ,of home ownership, radio ownership, car ownership, and the greatest percentage of ownership of oth er luxuries. Even when times of panic and depres- «on hit this country, it is still the world’s most prosperous. This great country as it stands today is a heritage of those wh^o founded it and guided its progress always upward and enward. What shall we do with such a Messed inheritance? Evils^ threaten every nation on the globe. Every nation which has rose to .great heights in history some time or oth er fell because the evils which threatened its very existence overbalanced the good. Crime is lone of the forces which wages a relentless fight against any peaceable society. The person who takes no inter- -ost in curbing and .stamping out crime on the grounds that as long as criminals do aot bother them he is not concerned, is grossly deceived. Anything which hurts your nation, your state, y^)ur county or your community will indirectly under mine your own home and your own life if it continues to grow. The following facts about “Crime In the United States”, as told in an editorial in the Reidsville Review, should interest every American citizen: “The criminal army of the United States is compo.sed of 4,300,000 persons. “Two hundred thousand potential mur derers are at large who in their lifetime ■will, in all probability, account for the death of 30,000 persons. “Th rty thousand persons a year are ■victims of murder and manslaughter. “A robbery occurs every ten minutes; a burglary every two minutes; an automo bile theft every two and a half minutes. “idinors commit 13 per cent of the mur ders, 28 per cent of the robberies, 41 per l»nt of the burglaries, and 51 per cent of Ifae automobile thefts. “The average murderer spends less ' ihan 54 months in prison as a result of his crime. "^‘Fifty per cent of all prisoners are be- .. gng released on parole. Of our 13,500 most dangerous criminals, 30 per cent re- '^ceive paroles, pardons, or other clemen- ;Si-cie8 from one to ten times each”. Income Tax Time ?. This is the time of year when about §par million Americans are struggling and .puzzling over their income tax returns. gHightly over half of those who make re- yiurns will be required tq pay tax, the oth being exempt because of dependents. ^ The day is coming, just as surely as day '«» niEbt> when ihany others will have to fay feMome tax to the federal government liOweiring tiie .ihcoipeitax brackets will have it» bwefic^l erfeet. It will make mmoM erf Amerizana who are already -ibjtog plenty in indirect taxes con«ious ‘^attba ana pte'ng the mr is speioit - he^lverafa 4a r -4-’- it to ftffl Ariifbt. He milks a of foi^ di^ cows by sl4±rii» milkfitor WIchfaMM' Isikl cools tte 'j|dlk etodrk coder and fsp^ates ft with electric s«iNintor. Ah deetrie chopper cuts grMto into saidi^ end an etoc- ^ tt^ Bwi^.nss^ the lai'piaESe, wfayi Km come a«a«ai tue ih ^ 1*“ eoBtoay; 'id ft aa ericybe^ knows, ^hd; _ .. _ ‘ipBabfc-.wnlsr# for -HI J^h^'snd the Mvestoek by an st. Birie pump from a ' ■ Hi.-:- Peace is not^matter of standing’iidiei. it is an lijj^IJb^e fpnght fbr With dH Ih^ wisdom and all of the'experience the past centuries. ;C; ; - which forsneriy were BUT HOilE PRODUCTS (Reidsvdle Seviear) Campaigns for the epcoiuagement baying products mantrfactared near af home have been carried on in vaiiors 4'isJly replaced. of _ ho said ttah^ arii; fhondattod ctf deiii . they s** the ^tednB’hf deinh^acy.^ .*- / ' f ' U ftsiMdad4>ned systiBB/of goyorniS|nt,t|whe^• the 'common pecq^le %eR vassals of the mtots, md)bdyi cared whether their ■work •was luod or easy, lhare t were plenty of vassals Mid if one ■wroe 'ut from w^» he or she why bother with M ■ — *1. 4 ■n|ah» their Uvea and labor essier? Nearly everyone agrees th-at ^ gt,^rted out in America communities with varying success many years, the idea is sound in principle but many fail to put it in practice when the time acmes to buy. Any small industry which manufactures a worthy product and sells it at a reason able price might be enabled to grow large through the loyal support of home people. Its growth would enable it to increase its payrolls, increase its consumption of lo cally produced raw materials, build up in creased taxable wealth, and in every way contribute to the progress and prosperity of the community. These are trite and self-evident facts which have been put forward time and again, yet many otherwise good citizens deliberately contribute to the upbuilding of distant cities at the expense of their own towns and counties, through failing to patronize home establishments. The policy of buying at home would do more for the average town than can be accomplished by all the commercial or ganizations and boosters’ clubs which may be maintained. These organizations are needed, of course, but their efforts should be aided by supporting the enter prises already present in the community. ff)- jglvh^ Aem tools‘and deviws to Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHi»JlLES E. DUNN to’^xdld a nadon of fiw men, for ontselves and not for some overlord, we began to invent gadgets to make our lives and work easier. Now we have shn' plified the' problem of living to the point where, with far less ef fort, we live in far greater com fort than the highest nobility ever had a century or so ago. We make gadgets work for us, and theiy keep us in luxury. POWER .... electrical Most of our gadgets work by electric power. The main differ ence between the people of- Amer ica and th se of other nations is that we have many times as muci power at the disposal of everybo dy as the others have. Add to the electric power generated in cen tral utility plants the power de veloped by 30 million automobile engines and by gas engines and windmills on isolated farms, and in independent factory power sta tions, and every American worker and his family has something likr the power of twenty horses to dc the hard work for them. We don’t often think of our au tomobile engines as electric. pow er plants, but a large part of their v.ork is generating current which is stored in the battery for start ing and lighting. I was impressed the other day with a statement by Mr. S. B. Robertson, president of the B. P. Goodrich company, that the cur rent used in storage batteries amounts to more than a sfxth of the total electric power generated by the public utility plants. HOME .... check-up It is a pretty poor American home th;!' V.rsn’t some sort or other of electric gadg:et to make doirrstic operations easier Peter Exhorts to Christian Living Lesson For This Week: 1st Peter 3:8-18 Golden Text: 1st Peter 1:15 The First Letter of Peter is one of the more comfortable, most inspired of the New Testament epis tles. While not profound it is full of beau ty for it reveals the finest flower of Chris tian devot’on. In form it is a circular letter addressed to small groups of scattered Christians living like exiles in a hostile world. In the next to the last verse of the final chapter we are given a clue as to the place of its origin. “Your sister-church in Babylon,” we read, “salutes you.” It seems clear that Babylon, as also in the book of Revelation, is here a figurative name for Rome, where Peter, according to tradition, established his residence and met his death. It is altogether unlikely, however, that Peter wrote it. In the first place the epis tle was evidently inspired by an organized widespread persecution, A “fiery trial” as the author calls it. The critical ordeal described suggests the systematic program carried out by Doraitian in 96 A. D., some time after the death of Peter. Moreover the excellent Greek of the letter and its strong Pauline coloring are additional arguments against Peter’s au thorship, for Peter, a simple, Galilean fisherman, knew Greek only imperfectly, and his interpretation of the gospel was at odds with that of Paul. But we do not need to dwell on the dis puted problem of authorship. It is our privilege to read and enjoy this precious little book as a triumphant call to pa tience in the midst of harsh suffering. Its watchword is hope. At the very begin ning the Christian Way is defined as “a life of hope”, and this thought is repeated again and again . The present is v«y evil,'lq|]^ the future is glorious. Therefore ChuRitiaiui^Rbald never be down-hearted, but must perse^ vere, with joyful enthusiasm, in- fafs al legiance to ^ Master. • And the writer drives his point hoine eonhidiag his readers of the (xmsp V ^nTbenChr si: end you follbv His fobtimps' Taking my own house as an av erage American midd!e-'’lass home I started to check up on the gadg ets we use. I didn’t count the electric Tight bulbs, the first d"- mestic use of power, but t.h ■ household census of gadgets in cluded the electric motor that runs the oil-burning furnace, an electric water heater, range, washing and ironing machine, electric toasters, waffle-irons, percolator, mixing gadgets, and an electric flatiron. M!y wife reminds me that I’ve overlooked the electric doorbell and the telephone and the electric grinding and polishing wheel that she intends to give me. And we botih forgot the vacuum cleaner and her electric sewing machine. We are so- completely surrounded wonder if we haven’t forgotten some others. FARM . - . . . production One of my neighbors has a large and profitable general farm equipped with a lot of gadgets at which I never cease to marvel. I drove over witJi bSm the (other day. As we approached the ga rage he turned on his headlights. 'That started an “electric eye’’ to work, and the garage door open ed as if by magic. oc i ,c«a Amr MKAAtr wrt of olBBkeo ligr «iu b« Oble IW iB -'tome ta what he I tora 1^ afanoat almoet any- e anjblrha^^; tong oredlt ’Tito bubfilitoaDt ayxtem of bay- mad to be limited to doB’t •A hqtote it into .th^;^ mt yeity file toMtb he ‘ift'VwiMtoly Sfc'.- W; ■ ntoahtf'. wfiwP 'ThBt fiyee SlW m ■ 5^. or a footniglrfs Ibart . ' his produce to market aUd^wtHif ing tow Ugh ]tfto8a'’-'(bofdre"';flW ofli«;i|6riB(W». btodn 1 to ' CBRpn' . ’c iMtoWtoito Anybody ib America Bn have any ‘gadget he,, yrants, Now the oirife. •tortW' bee rrbefto devei^lBd ito tom pc^^wlpte^fwr- Bul Ib^eetoit ■and- .iepatation af a blute tor ih^ affiA a chto^ since mjr y«^ toward ^bt“‘iWe ^^hOTe, teld, fa fay young- % days, that one; not spend OHfaey-^^aiiiil^ Hm eerbed it. Now the yoimg are too|ht to get what they desire now^ and pay for it later. ' 1 think we are heading toward a new economic order, if we are not already in H. Perhaps I am ■ T. H. WMBatoiO^. ; OMnaoUw jdirtlm Bear ThiuM iorriit atti ABihmeil G«a«r«l Ako RiqMrfaig Wrecker Service—llMtrto aad • - Acetjdaw Weliiag USED PARTS—Per aB makaa aad aMdeto' ef care $ai tiwcka THE Blealtli and Happiness. How weU they ao tegetber. And how comiMttoy one depends upooLthe othcrl For who can hare happiness without the blessing it health? Make yonr Health pro grams matter of first impor tance. Conaoit yonr pbyai- eiaw frequently. Make him your partner. Be sure to follow the aonnd ennnaol ha gives and bring his pr*> scatotk«s to this pharmacy where ekiUed* eonseien- tlona» reglaterM pharma cists will eompoond iheav Do You Have a 1939 MODEL IRON If not, we urge you to trade in your old iron—bring it in or let us call for it—on a new American Beauty adjustable-automatic electric iron The best iron made Tfaia new iron is so much faster, more comfortable, so raiiah eaner to uae. The heat is controlled automatically at just the ri^t tenqierature. For more or less heat, just turn the cootroL J^ra tor dainty things, high for linens or anything in betwesa. $1.00 4Dowance for Your Old Iron Only 95o Down Balmee In easy monthly payment* . I I 1 M A A Ih ■ DONTFAIITOPAY Your 1938County TIAXES ON, OR BEFORE, M 1.1939 R Yon Halt to Save Ae Ad&MMial Penalty of (XfEPSlCB^ ’rHERE Hils ALREADY BEEN ADDED I PER CENT PEN- ALTY TO iUXtWrAM) l«88 TiUCRS. IF YOU FAIL TO iijiE%nijaii# the L AliWOT^Tb a PER C«NT. JOIN THE 1M5NALTY THRONfiS AHi> o arraying SAi^ THE FEALTIES. TiKiR 1938 TAXES NOW. m ^■1 W fiarCdIMtor. 55?'
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