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Page Tw(5 Beasley’s Farm and Home WeeWy, Charlotte,*N. C., August 1941." Page i"5ro BEASLEY’S FAIIM and HOME WEEKLY 1‘uliliS'hed each Thursday in Char lotte by The Weekly Publishing Company, R. F. Beasley, President. Ent(*red in the post office as mail of the serond class, on Oct. 3, 1928. Office 219 Law Building, Kaat Trade Street. Phone 6204. Subscription Price, $1.00 per year. Th(‘ Weekly goes to press on Thursiay and is delivered in the f'ha»Iotte pos-t office Thursday af- tortioon. Advertisements to be in- se'cted in current issue should be roceived not later than Wednesday. Devoted to the upbuilding of th© farms and homes of Mecklenburg and contiguous counties, of which I3harlotte is the natural center. It believtR this is to be accomplis.hed through the ancient American \ir- tues of honesty, thrift, imagination, and independence, and by growing ■•oWR, hogs, poultry and the feed stuffs to be marketed through them. And he said, I will not destroy i casus than the Germans are in it fo: . ake.” the Ukraine, and it is in this * * * I region that the interests of the Anne Lindberjrh visualizes'British and the Russians meet. Communism, Naziism and Fas- Here, if anywhere, the second front in the Russian war might most logically develop.” cism as the “wave of the fu ture.” An apt reply to her was that this is not the wave of the future, but the wave of the past. One. of the waves of the; pasi that we shaJl .see if Mrs. Lind- berg’s ideas triumph is the fu ture . Man ith the Hoe. ThCj though'.s of the occasions. French artist depicted the Euro-I Captain Ardrey woald have made a near, peasant prior to the French newsijaper reponei- for he picked out interesting- tacts, and gave u'ortli wjiile, detail, iie was a good judge of a sermon, una generally com- meiiCed frankly'ch the ones lie heard. They Had a lilt of Egg Nog on Christmas Day STARl'S Ux\ PAGE ONE IT BEGINS TO TOUCH US War at last has begun to' touch the American consumer, I Mrs. Lindbergh’s Revolution as a poor dumb crea ture resting a moment on his hoe. Edwin Markham, an Amer ican poet, became famous thru I have always felt that^if 1 were a his .descriptioh of Millet’s Man young minister, on trml, I would rath- ''.Vith the Hoe: “Bowed by the weight of cen turies he leans . ■ . Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground. The emptiness of ages in hi.s : face, . : And on his back the burden of ‘ the world.” A cartoonist depicts the ne'V' fays an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor. Lightly. He has paid somewhat higher prices for wave of the future rolls, over Us. The new fig,ure is a Woman, sis ter of “The Man With the'Hoe.” food and perhaps waited for de- the enslayed people of Europe, chained to a plow bear-- ing, the emblem of the Nazis. This artist’does not .label his pic livery of a new car. But the first specific restrictions fall on two typically American luxuries-—if anyone nowadays can define a luxury—gasoline Rml silk stock- I* is “Waiting For the Dawn.” jngs. And the woman is not looking : Perversely enough, the. initial i ^^own, but up. And thinly veiled reaction is to send people hurry-the sky is the shadow of the tr appear m a city cnurch than at i^roviuence Presbyterian or Harrison Methodist church. Now, I am convinc ed 1 have been right all along. January 1872; “I'he coldest winter evQr experienced by our oldest citi zens, nm-y snows and icebergs—all the snows deep, and lay on the ground nearly all winter..'. . .• .“Taug'ht school'January and Feb ruary, niy first, fcxperience. Succ.e'eded' , very well; CJaintjci tne ' tiffectl'On'' of thfe clriTdren and-the confidence of the parents—;from 35 'ta; 45' ptfpils; -pub lic school." ' ■ - ■ ' . 1 nevtjir vyent to School'to C^ptain Aidrey' then for that Was' a- year be-' ioi‘e'1 was born, but P always heard' that ne was popular with the children, and ruled: bad boys by kindness rath- .,ei' than the rod. At ' Kell’s' school house, or when, feeing" a little uppish, it was Carolina' Aceae-ray.; • ‘ ;■ ■ August.' 1, 1872: . “Kle-ction day. Providence township cast 127 radical ture ■ “The. Man With the Ho6;” i'votes' and 'I22 conservative. People I'ejbicing over the repoTted conserva tive victory but alas, defeated in the general, election.” . . ' . . . At that time U. S. Grant was pije- sident ahd Schuyler Colfax, yice-pres- ing to the filling stations and the hosiery counters to stock pp. Thus for the first day the 7 o’clock closing: which was in tended to- reduce gasoline con- fjumption is reported to have in creased, sales considerably, And stores find themselves obliged to limit, the number of pairs of hose sold to each customer. _ This IS. not an auspicious be ginning for a test of democracy. The - practical shutdown of the silk industry and the limitations on motor fuel are reMtively mild measures taken to conserve im portant resmirees for defense; If these, measures do not work, ra tioning, must follow on these and probably .other items. Rationing may be the fairer way and the ultimately necessary way, .but one cannot escape the conviction that if the American people un derstood the danger from with out and the necessity of preserv ing democracy within, they would respond more heartily to the appeal for voluntary re straint. In fact, they must cx)unt themselves very softly treated by fate if they compare these minor' inconveniences with the Stars and Stripes. 'Chained to day, Europe is waiting for the dawn of the rebirth of freedom. :Jc ’ 5K When there is much smoke there is bound to be Some, fir.e, says an old proverb. The New York Tim-es sUms Up what ap-i pears to be behihd some .of the more pronounced clirrent : ru- mons, such as that the British are preparing for an inva^sioh of the continent and that ■Church ill and Roosevelt are about to' meet somewhere in the Atlantic. “The variety of the reports,” it says, plus the fact that they per- AS ONE EDITOR 3EES IT By R. P. BEASLEY . ident; they beiYlg el^ctfed in 1868, for 4 years. The North Caroliita- members of the house of.representatives elect ed that year welfe: C. .L; Cobb, Eliza beth City, ‘ llepublicari;' 'Charles R. oThoinas’, Beaufort,. 'Kepubliean (his- son Charles K. Thomas was elected-as ' a,^ Deniioerat .y,efj.tk later).; Alfred M. \Vadd611, 'Wiirn'ingCon, Democrtit; Sion- Hl- RogfeTs; Raieigh, Democrat; Jarrfes ’M.'; Leach, ' Lexiirgton, ; Pon- ,:servative';- Francis li^. Shober, Salis bury, Democrat-;, Ja'mfes C„ Harper,, ■pajttersoh,' Gopsfrrvative; ‘Matt W.' ■Ranfeon,: of ■‘Weldon, Denlodtat, \Vas- ifelected to: the Senate., Joseph C. ■ Ab bott was clain;ant for, , that . seat', ihottgh Vance had first bfeen elected. The. committee 6-n ' ' Privileges "arid Elections of the Senate reported Feb ruary 28,. 1872, that Zebulpji. B- Vance, had received a “majorit.y of the'whole nui^ber of votes cast in each house,” colate so easily, through ■the. -'arid-Imv “ AbS re'*iV6» 'the- ' n6xt British .censorship, induces cau-j highest of votes;-the next'^ay Mr. tion. When London permits -re-i ya«ce- was.' declared duly ■••ei^edV'Mr. nortprs to intimflfp that n spn .''Abbott restfed his' claim o|i what he poriers to mtimate tnat ^ sen-, a'ssurtied to be tbe'legal result-of the sational; story IS about to break, j cdriceded‘inGligibiiity of 'Mr; Vance, and, this tickler- is .accompanied by hints of all , sorts of‘possible moves who was barred by the provisions of the 14 aniendment; Mr. Vance' made -K-r ,v XT claim to the seat,; 6’n Februaty, in Northern Norway, 5, 1872, credentials 6f Mr. Ransbrri preparations to anticipate,;Jap- ^ 1 • 1 • 1 anese advance into Thailand , t™ „ “ are capped by e.TCit- ing conjectures of a secret meet- Petsamo, Brpst, the Mediterran-, were pre^nted, certift/ing “He' had ean, Iran—the British are ap- ' h^en .elected January .30, 1872,” to fill; parently taking a leaf out of }■ *iy.’ reason of . th§ jT-,1 » 1 1 . , . n . , . resignatio’i of Zeb’ik.n B. Vance; /Iltlers booJc, , rnakmg .femts m April, 1,87'?, the Senate ■declared, by,' all directions to keep him, gUess-[ resolution, that Mr, Abbott had' not ing. But when,; these cobfusing 'J*®®" foUowi,n,g'. threats coincide with new^,,of titlM to*’ hr R. T. Vann died one day last week. He was approaching his ninetieth year. I knew Dr. Vann per sonally for forty years or more, and of him, much longer than that. With the passing of the years his influence and personality gradually receeded in the . state, as that of all old men do, but it W'as for piany years very great. From my childhood I had heaj:d of Dr. Vann at first through my mother, who vs^as born in the same county, Her- ford. Slie remembered the tragedy in which he lost his arms. during the Civil War. He was a lad-mid ran out to help Ms father operate a cane mill whil4 the hands were at a meal. One hany wa.s caught; in the roller and while he was trying to free it,'his other hand was'caught in the machine- cogs. iBot'h were . mashed, beyond re pair. There were no doctors and no anesthetics and h6 lay in his fearful suffering till the next day before hny- thing could be done. Then , the arms werie cut off with a handsaw, one at the shoulder ahd the other just below the • elbow. This -was the, first of a number. of tragedies wliich touched him directly or indirectly through his life.: But if any man ever,jwas en titled to apply the words, of Paul to hiniself in summing up his life. Dr. Vann mi'ght have; doile so. “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,.^ which the Lord the righteous' judge shall give their ignorance. Indeed, if there are any experts outside the imagination of the enterprising newspaper people. For myself I have been as cautious as the experts. I don’t want to be hear ing a year or two from now somebody charge another false prophecy to me. But I am getting about where I have decided to “resk one eye” on Russia. I am beginning to think that Hitler’s machine has met its match. I am be ginning to think that he has started on the back track. Sooner or later the gentleman and all his works will bite the dust. But how soon is the question. Maybe the Russians are smarter than anybody supposed them to be. * * * I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By REV. H. C. PENINGER T SEEMS THAT the Russians have had time to study Mr. Hitler’s meth ods, also that one of the liquidated generals—killed by Stalin in one of his purges—had started plans for trap ping the Germans several years ago. He never built forts and concrete wall, nor placed cannon to shoot but one way. His idea , ^vas to let the spearheads of tanks go through and then catch them in the rear. The idea, was to make a spongy, resilient line, not a solid one, and all to the rear there are provisions for guerilla w,ar- fare, of which the Germans are al ready complaining. It turns out that when the Germans claim a great en circling movement they have only en circled one fort and perhaps then the defenders have been drained ' off • through avenues of, escape provided. Gasoline is not stored in large quanti ties’ anywhe^re, but stored in small quantities all over the country and Germans are unable to collect it or to destroy it in large quantities. In short, -the .Russians have planned against the German blitzkreig on the same principle that they planned against Napoleon, to keep the enemy whipping them till he has worn him self. out. And since that is what Hit- me at that day; and not to me only [gj. ^^ay do, we. still have hopes that he' has embarked upon his Waterloo but unto .all them also that love his appearing.”, ' Dr. VANN CAME from that rich- ‘ly endb'wed eastern TSforth Caro lina: stock which so favorably has in Russia. DEATH OF DR. HUNTER Dr*. William Myers Hunter, well known specialist in diseses of chil- w^oUght in the State, much of itj and for rnaijiy years a leading ‘ physician here,, died in a Charlotte Japan and; Germany as the price of a ; ideology of aggression in those countries, or in Great Brit ain as,:the price of resisting,the extension of this brutality thru the world. The Japanese does not like whale meat and bread made of acorn flour, but he puts up with these and with short rations of rice because he > has been told the sacrifice will help win a bet 24, 1872; resolutions, vt’ere siabseqiient- ly adapted allowing mileage and sal ary to Mr. Abbott from March 4, 1871, to April 28, 1872; and fixing Mr. Ransom’s term of pay as begiri- mg at sea of President Roosevelt | ning March 4, 1871. and Prime Min,ist6r Churchill, K, That was the Jjeglnning of a come the rumor barrage is seen to signify something besides an at tempt to blind and distract; the enemy; , . . . ’ “What it signifies is a. change in the winds, of Ivar. The most decisive effect of the Rus.'jian campaign to date Ls an opening up prospects hitherto outside the back for the Dem^/crats of Nort.(i Carolina after the War'between the States. In Pi'ovidenco township they were outvoted by a few votes. ter living. Germans can hardly \ ^ ■, 4.- 4." be enth^iastic about ,atio™ which ,limit, a,ny ^.^meal to three and a half, ounces’* of, meat, with little if any fat to cook it in, or about' “ersatz” clothing, substi tute ..chocolate, and an acute scarcity of soap, eggs, cream, or fruit'.. In Great Britain a new gaso line ration has just gone into effect reducing the gallonage for a private citizen to an estimated basis, of 165 miles per month. How many Americans would like to cut their motoring, to that ex tent'?'"^^our British man or wo man ha,s to. count practically ev ery item of clothing in terms not only of shillings but also of ration coupons. If the nations had been wise enough to live without war, all of them—the so-called “have- not” nations included-^would to day be living vastly more com fortably, to say nothing of -tht present expenditure in human lives. To —achieve a world without war, the nations which consider themselves underprivileged must be convinced of two points: F'irst, that they cannot better themselves by aggression and conquest. Second, that they can improve their situation by peaceful, productive means. Thus the two great necessities of the world today are: To win the wai for freedom and international or der, and to assure that the peace is one of economic freedorn a.s well as political justice. And sacrifice is part of the price. egy. The truth behind the cur rent rumors is that Britain and her allies are revising their plans while the; Germans are engaged, in the East. They have actually, begun to consider the possibili-’ ties of taking the offensive and to study the risks involved, in. attacking various points render ed vulnerable by the shift of the Nazi armies. For the first time' they have a range of choice, a chance to carry the battle tp one of several fronts where Hitler^ is not prepared to meet a chal lenge. “The importance of thi.s; change of outlook and psychol-, ogy can hardly be overestimat ed. The heads of the British and American governments must be conferring rn ways and means to take advantage of the oppor tunity for action unexpectedly offered to them. Signs that the, British Navy and Air Force are testing out the possibility of establishing a base "in the Far .North suggest that they are try-, ing to establish direct military contact with the Russians. But invasion at this point calls for SNUBBING HABIT IN WASH INGTON STARTS ON PAGE ONE mighty lady sat. ‘ You cannot sit here, a.s, I ant; not through eating,” growled the suiper- ior ranker. .More good men have, their careers ruined in Washhingt'bn by soeial climbers than the pu’jlic ever iijnag- ,ines. . , , The latae Robert N. Page, for 'years a member of Cor gress from -North Carolina, was ihd' .iced to take a place on the District ,* ,f Columbia coinmit- tee of the -Hc>iis ?. He did not want it, ljut because, t/j his experience as a legislator.: anf a business- man*, the leaders urged him to take it. .After serving ther? for a few weeks h!e tOld hie that allj the glory of the social wHiH of IJbe National ' Capital had been offere\d* to him. One very w,ealthy entertainei); 'who had local property worth a JTiillion or: rnore, called and! lectured i.im for !not accepting her invitatioflj'^' to. receptions' w^ere he would ID eet the bon ton and elite of the ^A^orld. She;, literally roasted him for hi& backwarc.ness or lack'of in terest, Very few can withstand such assauJ'ts. Mr. arit 1, Mrs, Page had other thing^s to think;/about; they were not interested in p .nk teas, cocktail, .par ties, and the J ike, but they were ex- ceptionsl New Year, receptions in Charlotte in the horse and buggy era were de lightful and, democratic compared to some one .'witnesses in Washington nowadays. / Doors to homes of good fellows ar ^^1 chaining hostesses wert thrown'O'; yen to all ’who wished to call, and pari ake of their hospitality. When I came to Washington in through .the Baptist denomination As pastorx, teacher, and for .fifteen years prei?ident of Meredith College, and as a bsloved leader of his denom ination for much mpre than half a century, he shed a. wholesome, a gen uine and a common sense piety such as few men give Out. After the ca tastrophe of his boyhood he went to Wake Forest College' and thence to the Semiiiary. He quickly learned in a surprising d.egree 3aow tp overcome his 'physical handicap it was al- .ways a marvel how ■ with so little help fr(.')m otdlh. In his travels he was‘ a source of constant Wonder to children especially, as well as of charm to older people. He was ■a great singer as well as ah eloqUent preacher. It was not unusual for him to burst out in a mellow solo and sing a hymn in the midst of a sermon. No one who knew Dr. Vann failed to re late that he was. a good shot with a gun and was fond’of hunting quail, but i I never heard aiiy. one describe how he did it. He has been a legend-in North Carolina. Young people who have come along since the days of such hien are not aware ' of the personal and high moral influence which they wield ed. The death of Dr. Vann is to some of ujs ariiother broken link In the chain which bound thei past and the present. ,r - ; : ' c' ■ _ . :jc * ; , , THe “MILITARY EXPERTS” which ;the nevvspapers like so well to quo^e, have been pretty shy about Russia. You can see that they were greatly surprised that the Germans did not wade through like they had been djoing everywhere. Then you could See that they hoped , the Ger mans would meet a debacle', but feared to risk prophesying one. “If,” they say, “Russian can, hold out till such and'such a time, if the Germahs fail to do so and so, and if something else happens, then it will be bad for the Germans.” All this an ordinary tree dog would know without the help of experts. Tiie ' truth is that the so- called experts knew little or nothing about it and were just camouflaging hospital Moncfay mght after an ill ness of Some time. Funeral was held at §t. Peter’s: Episcopal church Wed- nes.day evening. Dr. Hunter, a native of Charlotte, Was !?8 years old. He is • survived by fiis, wife* and two daugh ters'. Mrs. Lex: Margh ahd Miss Carii- ille Hunter. , (For Sunday, August 10) Our lesson has been taken from four different scriptures found in the Book of James. Tradition tells us that this same James is the brother of our Lord. It also tells us that he was one of the younger sons of Joseph and Mary. As we understand neither he nor any of his brothers were Chris tians until after fchey witnessed the crucifixion, death and resurrection of their Brother Jesus. It seems to me like that he must have already partly been under conviction and needed only the resurrection to convince him. Clement of Alexandria tells us that after the ascension of Jesus that this same James became bishop of the Je rusalem church. He presided at the first church council and it was he who delivered the final judgment of the church on the question of Gentile freedom. James was a stern, bold and vigor ous speaker. He emphasized plainly the importance of Godly living. His main ai’gument in this and all the other chapters is the importance of a careful walk with God. James in his first Epistle gives us some valuable hints which should help us in our temp tation experience. There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding and con fused thinking on the subject of temptation with the sense of guilti ness whifh follows it. - It occurs to me !that somehow the average Chris tian knows liow to take or avoid temp tation. James in this lesson secs the Godly man standing in a fearfully ex posed position. The target and sub ject' of all the slings, slang and ar- lows of outrageous misfortune. He calls' this an experience of fierce trial. Of course it must be kept in mind that this is the work of the devil, for accordin.g to James God does not put temptation in the way of any man. , Men are never, tempted of God to do evil but they, are delivered by God’s grace and power, for says he, every good gift and every perfcct gift is from above. In this lesson we learn that we are God’s children, a kind of j subject or the person they talk about and much or most of the time it is all untrue and without any foundation. Many people speak too hastily. They speak in passion and speak unkindly. I have seen some professing Chris tians who seem to take delight in slinging and slanging and stabbing, and the meanest they can say sounds good to them. Now of course this is not meant for we Methodists, for we are too cul tured and too refined to be guilty of a thing like that. Neither is it meant for the Bapti.sts, for they are as a, whole more loyal ahd have more res pect for church vows than to be guil ty of such sin, neither is it meant for the good Presbyterians for their self-, respect and standard of religion will not permit them to disrespect their creed. So it'looks like we are all & pretty good, looking crowd. Still, if this hits an.y of you fussy, cussing, criticising, backbiting Chris tians just take it for your part and improve your life, for James in chap ter three tells you who you are like. Therefore bridle your tongue. This same James in verse 20 call^ attention to our temers and to our passions. It has always been a strange and amusing thing to me how so many people who call themselves Christians and who say that they have been converted and God has pardoned their sins, yet many of this crowd will fly up and get mad and are even ready to fight at the least provocation. To all such I want to say do you think that this sort of' conduct is the spix'it of Christ? I want you to know that both the old and the new Bible denounce^ anger and madness. In the Bible we are told that anger resteth in the bos om of fools. I wish to be well under stood on this anger point. I believe . that there is' an anger that is con sistent with holiness and with the pro fession of religion. But I believe it is an anger such as Christ manifested when he cleaned the temple of its guilty defilers. I think that we chriis- tians ought to have and keep some iron in our souls, just enough to defend first fruita of his creatures. You and the cause of God at all times and un- I with every living soul come-, under | der all circumstances. I think that the , la^y of redemption and recovery from the ravages of , sin: Some day that recovery so well begun in us will ,be completed in a' new heaven and a new earth w'herein dweleth righteous ness. James again points out the fact that we should be careful lest we talk too much. He says let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak. The trou ble as I .s.se it today, the average per son talks too much. They never know when to stop. In fact I think that most of mine and your troubles come out of under-hearing and over-talk ing. Many professing Christians speak and talk without knowledge of the we ought to have spunk and grit enough, so to speak, so that he whp'i’s. an avowed enemy of God and to right-' eousness dare not insult our holy re ligion. I don’t want my devotion to Christ to become anemic or apathetic. That anger that is hateful, venge ful and malicious, from such ;turn away. In conclusion let me say that St. James, the brother of our Lord, has given us the best standard of living rules that the world knows anything about. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF SODOM STARTS ON PAGE ONE venture ten shall be found there. could ,'»)me, drink arid .be merry with them, -Jt. few such occasions are to be enjo^(l now, but class distinction has .divid'ecl people into little groups, where cocktails doaminate. such large contingents of ships>^ supplies ai?d . men. that it must' be regarded as an extremely' risky venture, at this time. In ■fact, any invasion of Europe may well ^ be dismissed as premature until the German war machine is more weakened. .If a large- scale offensive: is undertaken, it is much more hkely to be in thf .Near or the Ivliddle East. The Nazis have practically abanfJ'jn- ed the Mediterranean to 'tneii feebler partner. It is impossible for them to move in force; if the British should create- a (’aversion in Syria, Iraq> or Iran. Yet these countries are nearer to the Cau- WHAT TO DO WITH THAT SOUR MILK Interesting contribution from a reader, who tells-of mariy dishes in which sour mil'k-ca'a be used -instead of sweet milk and bf.king powder. One of many interesting features in the August 10th is.^ .ue of . , The Am erican Weekly The Big Magaz' he Distr^ibuted with the BAtTlMOKE SUNDA.Y ’AMERICAN .X On Sale At AU N^wsstanda jiifc BUY UNIlFED STATES IRVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS % ON SALE Af>l)l!R I’OSTOFFICE OR B^’K America On gvarj^ Above is a r^prodtiction of the Treasury Department’s Savings Poster, showi^ an exact .duplication of the original “Minut* Man” Btatue by famed -sculptor Dani^ Chester French. Defensa Bonda and Stamps, on sale; at your bank or pc^t office, are a vltajl % THE Kitchen comfojt is one BIG reason why millions of women have switched to electric cooking. With an electric range you get both confined heat in range-top heat directly transmitted to the utensil with nimimum heating of air , . . Why don’t you swing over to cool electric cooking—with the automatic features that release you from, the Kitchen so much of the time?) Range Models now on display at leading stores ire more Beautiful and Efficient than Ever! Tune In WSOC 12:15 Daily Except Sunday Tune In WBT 12:45 P. M. Tues., Thurs. and Sat. 430 South Church St. Phone 2>4112 i : H is i j: :q ' !