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THE MARION PROGRESS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE Mcdowell publishing co. MARION, N. C. TELEPHONE 64 S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, N. C., as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATE One year $2.00 Strictly in Advance SELECTIVE STERILIZATION ADVISABLE A selective sterilization program in the State of North Carolina has saved the State nearly $6,000,000, according to Dr. Clarence J. Gam ble, of Boston, a eugenicist of note, who points out that 2,070 have been protected from trans-' mitting their mental abnormality to children, j The saving referred to by the doctor repre-i sents what it would have cost the State to keep j the individuals in a state institution. Moreover, i the program protects the State through elimi-| jiation of a new crop of mentally-defective ■children, the result of poor heredity, from the mentally-abnormal parents. There is no occasion for us to go into the de tails of the sterilization program but the sound reasoning that lies behind such a plan should be apparent. The time has passed when society, I in accepting its responsibility to all children,! should continue to be burdened by the unlimit-1 <ed birth of children by parents whose defects make it impossible for the children to be nor-! mal. Any individual who will study the record of some of the well known family histories will! understand the importance of protecting un "born chldren from the mental abnormality of their parents. The idea that such a program; is morally wrong or un-Christian, is on the basis of protest, in earlier medical years, that medi cal intelligence should not relieve the human race of suffering, because, if God had wanted it to be so, he would have arranged it. HARMFUL "CHARITY" I Kind-hearted citizens, in Marion and else-j fwhere, often take unction to their souls in the! thought that they cheerfully contribute their bits to the relief of any one who comes to them with a tale of woe, or seeks succor for distress. It would surprise some of these people very much to learn that they are probably making "a mistake. More often, they are encouraging "a habit of begging, which will make of the re cipient a panhandler all his life. The aim of modern relief is to correct the1 condition which causes a man, or a woman, or a, family, to be on the seamy side of want. Very often these circumstances can be so altered as to make the individual or family self-support-! ing and enable them to take their place in so-j ciety as worthy members, earning what they I yeceive. This is much better than scattering alms '■wholesale and without wise discrimination,; "while we would not go so far as to say thatj ]all charity should be controlled by social work ers, we do assert that most of it should be so ^expended. THE NATION'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM The necessity for some emphasis upon men tal health is clearly recognized when we arei /told that $8,500,000 persons in the United j States are in need of psychiatric help of some ; -type, that nearly half of all hospital beds arej occupied by mental patients and that each; year 150,000 persons are admitted to mental! ^hospitals. Dr. Howard A. Rusk says that from thirty j to fifty per cent of all patients consulting doc-, tors have complaints due in part to emotional; disorders, that one-third of the disabling ac cidents occurring each year are due to person ality factors and that mental health undoubt edly plays a predominant role in the 1,700,000 crimes committed yearly in the United States. In addition, the doctor suggests that the problems of 250,000 to 400,000 children un der eighteen, who are sent to juvenile courts each year, those of 600,000 cases of chronic alcoholism and many of those who are granted divorce, reflect the predominant role that men tal health plays in these statistics. Have you done anything to beautify Marion in 1949, or are you waiting for someone else to do it all? The proper life includes a balance between work and play. This applies to grown-ups, as well as to children. SHEEP WITH MOST WOOL Pierce Harris, who writes a column for the Atlanta Journal, tells the story of a young preacher, who was "not discouraged by the onslaught of evil against the citadels of a good-! ness" nor the difficulty of securing money but by the fact that fellow Christians "were sy stematically robbing his little church of its few leaders by a continued system of visitation and appeal." Mr. Harris expressed the view that the church people of any community, if they want to "spread the word," can work upon citizens who do not belong to any church. He goes on to say, on the basis of his experience, that "a family has to be worth at least $5,000 before these evangelistic vandals are interested." The fact of the matter is that many heathen, in foreign lands, have been mystified by the bitterness and hostility exhibited by the vari ous branches of the Christian religion. They find it difficult to accept the doctrine of Chris tianity so long as those who profess the faith seem to be unable to get together on a live-and let-live basis. There is of course, some point to their observation. This should not necessarily disturb the Chris tians because the probability is that those who profess to follow Jesus Christ exhibit a spirit that, on the average, compares favorably with that found on the earth today. After all, it is! easy to stand on the sidelines and pick out the flaws in humanity but it is quite different to serve on the battleline and attempt to over come the defects. KITES AND WIRES This is the season of the year when young sters of various ages delight in the flying of kites. Some of the youngsters with gray hair and many years have to enjoy their kite-flying proxy but boys and girls will go them one bet ter putting up their kites in the breezes. It is well to warn the youngsters to stay away from electric power lines and highways. Don't use wire for a kite-string or a cord with tinsel or wire in it. Be sure the cord isn't wet. If your kite breaks loose and the cord falls across elec tric wires leave it alone. Of course, we know that very few boys and girls who actually fly kites each spring, will | read this editorial. However, the retired kite flyers, remembering the day of their youth, might be reminded to caution their youngsters. A few words of warning, sometimes, might save a young life. STABILIZING FARM POVERTY The Department of Agriculture's proposed new farm program is getting rough treatment' in committee hearings. Testifying before a House agriculture subcommittee last week, Al lan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, warned that Secretary Brannan's plea would lead to "stabilized agri-! cultural poverty." He pointed out that under the Brannan plan the income of the American farmer would be dependent on annual appropriations from the Treasury and asserted that "no economic group in this country would be willing to stake its future on such precarious possibility." "It means government administered farm; prices and farm income, with government con trol of all land and livestock" and "place a ceiling on opportunity in agriculture, penaliz ing efficiency, with food prices eventually re flecting this inefficiency." The Farm Bureau chief, who speaks for 1,325,000 farm families, might also have add ed that the plan eventually might lead to col lective farming as predicted in the Soviet Un ion, where the tiller of the soil has become the slave of the State. In order to make the plan at all workable farmers would have to be made subject to most rigid controls, and these would become progressively more objectionable. Another objection voiced at the hearing was the cost of the plan. It was asserted that in the case of fluid milk alone the cost of that part of the program would be nearly two and one half billion dollars. And farmers know thatj they would have to help pay the subsidy grant ed them by the government. They and the con sumers who would be chief beneficiaries under theBrannan plan would not only have to foot the bill, they would also have to pay for the •vast army of administrators, inspectors, di rectors and snoopers needed to carry out the program. For—and it cannot be repeated too often— the government has no money except what it takes away from the people in taxes. What ever it gives it must first take away from them. And while it is true that those from whom it is taken are not always the same as those who are given, in the end all are the worse off in the socalled "welfare state." The Brannan plan is a huge political pill with thin sugar coating. The bitter core is an unpalatable political economic philosophy. . —Statesville Landmark. A racket is somebody else's formula for making a living without too much work. OUR DEMOCRACY by Mat Tools to work for those who will". "To THE PIONEER, CLEARING THE LAND,THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL TOOLS WAS A <SOOO AXE. But not until IS2o, when SAMUEL COLLINS OF CONNECTICUT INVENTED A METHOD Of MAKING AND TESTING PROPERLY-TEMPERED AXES IN LARGE QUANTITIES, | COULD A MAN &E SURE OF GETTING AN AXE OF PROVED OUAUTV AND DEPENDABILITY. '///.- , . , Throughout cur history, we americans have help the SECURITY or OUR FAMILIES AS A PRIME OBJECTIVE. BUT ONLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE INSURANCE ANJ> OTHER. FORMS OF SAVINGS, HAVE MOST OF US HAD AT HAND A MEANS — TESTEO AND PROVED FOR. OEPENOABILITy~ OF ASSURING THE ATTAINMENT OF THE GOALS WE SET FOR OUR* FAMILIES. Looking Backward From The Progress Files JUNE 1, 1922 "On Thursday, May 25, Mrs. J. M. Coldwell was a charming hostess to the members of the Dixie Club at the attractive home of Mrs. Geo. W. Kirkpatrick on South Main street. The room was prettily decor ated with roses and sweet peas. Six tables were arranged for a game of 108 after which the hostess, assist ed by Mesdames Tyler and Kirkpat rick, served a delicious salad course, followed by ices, cake and mints. Adding novelty to the menu were cunningly devised sweet pea favors containing salted peanuts." JUNE 15, 1922 "The site for a new country club in the vicinity of the lakes has been selected and a force of men com menced work clearing off the new site where a $75,000 club building is to be erected. The project is being promoted on a membership plan. Certificates of membership have been issued to a number of local people and to people residing in several Southern states. The man agement is exercising considerable care in the personell of the mem bership, as only the most desirable are being solicited as members. "When completed the building will be one of the nicest of its kind in the State. It will be handsomely equipped and all the appointments will be strictly up-to-date. It is thought it will be a great medium of advertisement for Marion and vi cinity as v eil as a means of enter tainment and pleasure for the members." "Mrs. S. H. Yancey is visiting friends in Tennessee. "Miss Allie Trogdon, of Toccoa, Ga., is visiting relatives here. "Miss Geneva Link is attending Summer school at Boone, N. C. "John M. Tate, of Hickory, was here on business during the week. "Miss Blanche White and mother, Mrs, Buck, of Columbus, Miss., are visiting Mrs. T. A. White. "Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Greens boro, are visiting the latter's daugh ter, Mrs. W. Boyd Jones at Elhanan. "Mrs. L. A. Neal and little daugh ter, Elizabeth, arid Mary Nelson Bettis are visiting relatives in Rog ersville, Tenn." JULY 11, 1918 "J. H. Tate, chairman of the lo cal merchants committee for the sale of War Saving stamps, reports the activity of merchants in the sale of stamps to July 1 as follows: "J. W. Streetman, $54.15; W. F. McPeeters & Co., $490.21; Marion Bargain House, $109.47; Marianna Hotel, $32.18; J. H. L. Miller, $34.31; The Peerless Store, $2260 50; P. A. Reid & Co., $2178.65; J. C. Rabb, $368.54; McCall Bros. Each year forest fires burn an area the size of New York State! Who can stop them? You can. 9 out of 10 are m a n-caused ! Please be careful! flCMC&K&L- Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES! . ■> _ y $2418.74; Davis Pharmacy, $572.86; W. B. Lassiter, $34.11; and Gaston & Tate, $6669.52. Total sales to July 1, $15,351.00. . "The above figures are for cash i Sales, approximately 3,730 stamps at a maturity value of $18,650. The allotment to the Marion merchants was $6617, and the local merchants have sold three times this amount, leading all other towns in the State." "The Hotel McDowell was reop ened last week, P. E. Brooks as suming the management. "George Streetman left Saturday for Annapolis, Md., where he will enter the United States Naval Aca demy. , "R. L. James has removed to Ma rion from Ellenboro and accepted a position with the Carolina Hosiery Mill company. "John T. McDonald and little daughter, of Greeneville, Tenn., spent the week-end with relatives in Marion. They were accompanied home by the former's .niece, Miss Sara Margaret Neal. "The following from Black Moun-! tain were members of a week-end party given by Mr. Wright Guy at Buck Creek lodge, near Marion, last week: Messrs. F. A. Perley, Herbert Dunn, A. A. Hegeman, James Many, Roy Dickey, Frank Lundy and Char les Steiner. The party motorfed to Marion in Mr. Perley's machine." FARM-LAND PRICES For the first time in ten years, the general level of farm real estate values has declined. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports that the index of lanJ values on March 1 this year was one per cent below that of November 1 last, the first time since 1939 that the index has shown a decrease. Values are still 3 per cent above March 1, 1948, how ever. ^Liquid CAPUDINE HEADACHE \^u Jck, Lonb i^Tf^ Us* only os dir«ct«d Health and "Beauty . . . Dr. Sophia Brvnioa Part ! THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS In a world in which hate is -on the march and fear is gripping with its icy fingers the hearts of men, nothing is secure. Everything that we were brought up to consider sacred is being re viled and jeered at. The world is upside down and threatening to de stroy itself. Can anybody remain serene and find a message of peace and happi ness amidst such turmoil? Yes, by finding the source of happiness which depends only secondarily up on material things. You must educate your heart as well as your head, if you would invite happiness to abide wvith you. If we would think more, we would forget ourselves in trying to make someone else happy. Merely contributing money, or sitting on a committee, or attend ing meetings, is not enough. It is the personal self-sacrificing work that counts. The writer was listening to a con versation one day among a group of educated people. One of them re marked that a work of art brought her happiness; another said that she derived great joy from her love of nature, a gorgeous sunset, a lovely flower, the lilting melody of a bird's song, the thrilling story of a strange adventure. | It is true that all these things 'make life fuller and sweeter. The | appreciation of the beautiful, es pecially in nature, is an unending I source of enjoyment, but nothing j can give that d«ep satisfaction to | the human soul as can a love-filled life. (To Be Concluded) WHO KNOWS? 1. Who said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?" j 2. Where is Dharhran? j 3. Identify these monetary units: the rupee, the ruble, the cruzeiro, j 4. Is one light year equal to one j million, five billion or six trillion | miles? | 5. Which boxer held the heavy | weight championship crown the J longest? 6. Name the Postmaster-General? | 7. The Missouri River bounds ; what four states? | 8. For what are battleships and i cruisers? | 9. How many people speak the Russian language? j 10. Who was Stalin's predecessor 'as Soviet Premier? ! (See "The Answers" on page—) ! (See Answers on page 9) i FREE CROSSCOUNTRY TRIP j San Francisco—Someone — and j the San Francisco Municipal Rail jway would like to know who—made | a cross-country trip on one of the j company's new busses and didn't | pay his fare, either. The bus was j being shipped cross-country on a ] railroad flatcar from Kent, Ohio, j The nonpaying passenger rode in i the bus, converting the rear seats j into a bed, and living on food he ; had brought with him. He vanished | at the end of the journey. — . —— RACCOONS DO IT j "Jim, I'm going to have a new fur coat, this winter." "I can't afford it." "Do you expect me to wear that raccoon coat all my life?" "Well, raccoons do." GOING TO TRADE OR BUY A NEW CAR? For Information regarding financing and automobile insurance, it will be to your advantage to Insure with full coverage Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insur ance—which will fully protect your in terests and those of the financing organ ization which you select. FOR FULL INFORMATION—CALL OR WRIT! J. H. TATE, Agent Office: 32 N. Madison Phone 120-X ItepfMMflnv * Fn Bna Mibul AitHNbh ht Ci.
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