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NOTES AND COMMENTS
There are just a few indications
that honesty is becoming the best
policy.
There are people who believe in
Democracy only as long as their
party is in control.
THY NEIGHBOR
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little
things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations,
given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and se
cure comfort.—Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, 1778-1829.
Who is thy neighbor? He whom thou hast power to
aid or bless;
Whose aching heart or burning brow thy soothing
hand may press.
Thy neighbor? ’Tis the fainting poor whose eye with »
want is dim.
Oh, enter thou his humble door, with aid and peace
for him.
Thy neighbor? He who drinks the cup when sorrow
drowns the brim;
With words of high sustaining hope, go thou and com
fort him.
Thy neighbor? 'Tis the weaiy slave, fettered in mind
and limb;
He hath no hope this side the grave; go thou and
ransom him.
Thy neighbor? Pass no mourner by, perhaps thou
canst redeem
A breaking heart from misery; go share thy lot with
him,
—Author Unidentified.
I GOSPEL LIGHT I
: :
: By R, VON KING, Pastor •
• •
S East Marion Baptist Church S
While some folks debate whether
to have vegetables or flowers their
gardens produce weeds.
Highway fatalities are increasing
but this won’t persuade anybody
that the next accident always invol
ves new victims.
Individuals who ,get hot and both
ered over what is going to happen
to the world, ought to won-y about
something else.
Farmers no longer whack down
the dogwood trees for fuel. When
pasture lands are cleared the dog
wood is allowed to stand like a lone
ly sentinel in a seat of grass or les-
pedeza. When roadsides are cleared,
care is taken to spare the tree that
His name may never get in “Whos' blossoms in a sea of white and yet.
Who” or his picture in the Hall ofjas botanists inform us, produces no
Fame, but the fellow who is indus-jieal flower.
irious, thrifty and honest, who pays! The result is that the traveler
his bills and rears and educates a i moving along in automobile or bus
Japan, like Russia and Italy, is
watching any opportunity to take
advantage of world conditions to
get some territory for nothing.
ALLIES HAVE A JOB IN
NORWAY
ties for an army.
Noi-way is a mountainous country
with limited highways. Advancing
NOW THE DOGWOODS |
Reluctantly Winter releases its
grip- on a land burgeoning and
blooming. Now the dogwoods are be
ginning to sprinkle the woods with
ethereal white.
North Carolinians, slow to learn
the lesson of consei’vation and ac
cord full obedience to Springtime |
beauty, have nevertheless come to} soldiers will not have boulevards to-
love and admire the charming dog- j ward Oslo, more than 600 miles from
wood. jNarvick and about 350 miles from
Namsos, where British and Norwegi
ans are reported to have joined
forces.
From Trondheim to Oslo is a dis
tance of 250 miles, but there is a
railroad between the two cities. To
capture Trondheim would be a ma-
: A MAJOR OPERATION
j Today is a day of marvelous
! achievement among medical doctors
and surgeons. We have great and no-j
jble physicians who have performed;
I hundreds of minor and major oper- j
ations successfully and sent their pa- |
tients back home well on the road toj
recovery. They are doing great j
things for suffering humanity, but}
their power is so limited. How often j
the best of earthly physicians mustj
step aside and tell some anxious!
mother or loved one, ‘'We have gone |
our limit. We know' of nothing else j
that can be done. The case is hope-j
ilesa” We cannot express the emo-‘
ition that grips us as we hear the;
I doctor’s verdict, hopeless, and yet!
; many times in just such an hour our'
hearts are turned to the Great Physi- i
;cian, who alone can comfort our
I broken hearts and bring new life ^
jand hope to us. i
! Tfuly Jesus is the Great Physician
: and the Surgeon of our souls. Indeed
I he is able to perform a major oper-'
I ation, the only operation that will
ihelp a dead man. In Colossians 2:12
iwe read: “Buried with him in bap-j
j tism, wherein also we are risen with i
jhim through the faith of the oper-|
j ation of God, who hath raised him ■
Tha task of British and p„nch!'f""'” "f j
soldiel-s in Norway is difficult. Land.i?“'f' and sms.'
ings on the west coast do not, as yetj done. Man’s;
offer adequate transportation facili-i "f"
life that is needed. When men who
I are surgeons operate upon the body I
they usually take something out, but
when God operates on the soul he
puts something in, a new life- A pro
fessor took his watch to the jeweler
several times to have it adjusted but!
still it failed to run correctly. Final-1
ly, in despair, he said to the jeweler, |
“I have about lost faith in this
watch.” The jeweler replied, “It's
pot faith you need, professor, it’s
works.” The watch needed a new.
jor accomplishment. The Non^^egian' '
coastal forts are in the hands of the I
Germans but the job might be done hf
by a land attack. chrome case of religion like many:
As the situation seems to be taking' bothered him atcer-^
^ood family is as worthy a citizen of |over North Carolina’s well-paved |form in Norway the British and Nor-never brought peace,
this republic as any whom the crowd:^i&^ways, experiences the thrill ofjwegians may hold the northern ^ ® •
so generously honors i passing almost literally through a tion of the country but the German, « j? x h i. '
i light shower of snow flakes, crystal- forces operating from Oslo should I who have a ,
One of the greatest perils in thisi«!>' sparkling. Only there is no j be able to maintain themselves for “ | re^eneratio^"” Th'e Apostle;
Paul had an acute attack of heavenly |
country today is the pressure group
! discomfort, the sun shines ardently, long time.
—^the group who force special legis-
the air is tinctured with the attar of
jHoly Ghost conviction, cried out,
i “Lord, what wilt thou have me to
Jation through Congress because i ®ing and flit about inthis j^p^ ROAD ALLOCATION
they control a block of votes. As «iJ!’,' EXPLAINED BY BAISE;do?” and submitted to a major op-
mle pressure group legislation is bad;’’I's- •‘j! jerationfrom the Great Physician
for the country. Most of it is promp-■time in North Carolina, and | Raleigh, April 26. — W. Vance that changed his whole life. When
ted only by selfish interests of the|®'''®^y ^ j Baise, chief highway engineer, said i we ^undergo such an operation from
particular group who many times j ^ beauty must be-, today that approval of allocation of i God we become new creatures in
have little or no concern as to l^ow i oP®" i $13,000,000 in WPA funds for high- Christ Jesus. “Old things are passed
it affects the balance of the country. Journal, jways “in nowise means that such a, away; behold all things are become
I I sum necessarily will be spent,’’ I new.’’ The most common ailment ' !
The time will never come in this .HIGH HOPES FOR MUSIC WEEKj The allotment is expected to cover; among people today is heart trouble,!
country when there will not be a National Music Week, we under-1 WPA road work for the next 12 to, «Thy heart is not right with God|
pressure group demanding higher old [stand, will be observed early in May, 115 months, he said, where formerly j a bad heart will show itself in bad!
age pensions regardless of the size , but we are afraid that even this cel-i several requests for allocations were, language and a bad life, for Jesus I
that pensions may attain. No one ev- ebration will not remove from the air! made during the year. isaid: “For out of the heart cometh i
er got so much that he did not try! some of the raucous sounds which i The recent allotment means that evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, I
to get more. Unfortunately there ; now afflict the human ears under the ' “we do not have to return each proj-^ fornications, ' thefts, false witness!!
will always be a class of office seek-! guise of music. \ ' ect request to Washington lor ap-j blasphemies: These are the things'
ers who are willing to pledge sup-| This slam-bang, pop-gun, whiz-|proval but can complete the entire which defile a man.” God’s major op-'
port to such demands, regardless of , whistling concatenation of tumultu-' details through WPA headquarters j eration is the only remedy for such !
the ability of tHe country to pay. jous screams and howls is, it seems to in Raleigh,” said Baise. “In reality’a condition. In Ezekiel 36:26 we I
us, a thing apart and not to be con-: it corresponds to a letter of credit, read: “A new heart also will I give'
More than 250,000 families are fused or associated with the “con-1 It does not oblige the commission to [ ^ spirit will I put vdth-!
going to move from rented homes in-^ cord of sweet sounds” that “hath iask for one dollar more than it can | you- j away the sto-i
to their own homes this spring ac- charms to soothe the savage breast.” I efficiently handle or have funds to | heart out of your flesh, and I will i
cording to the estimates of the Uni- Anyway, let’s look hopefully to-1 match.” j gj^g y^y heart of flesh.” i
ted States Savings and Loan League, ward May 5th, when we may have a j The state must furnish not less j God’s surgical knife is the Word. |
Last year the number of new home week devoted to the harmonies of i than 25 per cent of the total amount, “Poj. Word of God is quick and >
owners was 190,000 and in 1936 it immortal souls in “linked sweetness i involved in materials and equipment | powerful, and sharper than any two-i
was 100,000. The trend, if appears,! long drawn out”. As much as we; for each project, Baise said, and the! edged sword, piercing even to the di-
has started. Home ownership makes! hate the idea of so many weeks, with'WPA funds would care for payrolls. I vising asunder of soul and spirit,
for a stability of a people. It gives | so many purposes, the musicians may | ' and of the joints of marrow, and is
one a sense of being a part of a com-1 win us to this one if they can pro-| NOTICE TO BUILDERS ia discemer of the thoughts and in-
munity that a family in a rented I duce their melting airs to entrance SUPPLY DEALERS j tents of the heart,” Heb. 4:12 James
shelter never knows. jour senses, . Xotice is hereby given that bidsi tells us to- “receive with meekness
will be received for the purchase by!the engrrafted word, which is able to
GEN. O’RYAN’S VIEWS
Major General John F, O’Ryan, j office,
who commanded the Twenty-seventh 1
It tak^ an optimist to run for any j McDowell County of 46,000 brick, i save ,your souls.” We must come to
brick toj Jesus, the Great Physician, under
Division in the World War, has al* ♦ • * * * * * » * *
few opinions on the present crisis I * GOLDEN GLEAMS
which we pass along, * Earth sounds my wisdom, and
He says that if the Germans win i * high heaven my fame.—^Homer.
this war, the peace terms will make *
the Versailles treaity look “like a|
Christmas card” by comparison.
He also insists that the Monroe
Doctrine is “only as good as the gun
fire behind it.”
The general may be prejudiced
against the Germans. After all, he
fought against them. Just the same,
his ideas have a background of
fiense.
Nor fame I slight, nor for her
favors call;
She comes unlooked for, if she
conies at all. —Pope.
What a heavy burden is a
name that has become too soon
famous.—V oltaire.
Sloth views the towers of fame
with envious eyes
Desirous still, still impotent to
rise. —Shenstone.
HOW TO REDUCE TAXES
There is always a campaign for
the reduction of taxes. Everybody
wants the “government” to spend i * It is a fine thing to be pointed *
money on favored propositions and, | * out with the finger and have peo- *
at the same time, reduce taxes. j * pie say, “There he is!”—-Persius. *
The way to reduce taxes is simple. ♦ ♦
if that is what people want. Let the * Who fears not to do ill, yet fears *
government eliminate activities that I * the name, *
are not essential to the functions of! * And free from conscience, is a *
shade 40 (fallston type
match present brick in McDowell
County courthouse.)
All bids must be received on or
before 10 o’clock A, M., Thursday,
May 9th, 1940, when all bids will bf
considered. Those interested may file
sealed bids, m -writing, with the
County Accountant, at her office in
the courthouse in Marian, N. C.
The right to reject any and‘all
bids is reserved.
This the 29th day of April, 1940.
I. L. Caplan, Chairman,
Board of Commissioners
for McDowell County.
government. This will cost some peo-,
pie their jobs but it will cut the cost j
of government. i
slave to fame.
—Sir John Denham.
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|;he influence of the “ether of humil
ity” as did the publican of old, say
ing, “God be merciful to me a sin
ner.’* Through the lowly door of re
pentance we enter the palace of faith
and feast from the King’s table on
the heavenly manna. The greatest
sinner should not turn a deaf ear to
God’s “whosoever,” We must make
our reservation for heaven while on
earth, A lady was once turned away
from the hotels in a crowded city
while scores abont her were receiv
ing accommodations. She had failed
to make reservation ahead. The new
birth from above is the only reser-
v^ion that will assure us of heaven’s
Accommodations. Have you had this
major operationi? If not, just now
put your case into the’ hands of the
Great Physician.
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