ilarkaott ?aunty dlmtrual Entered as second class matter Era at the Post Office Sylvc,, N. C Pre Published Weekly By . DAN TOMPKINS J? #< . . ^ I ' r y^norih Csrulino v_\ . *" /PPESS ASSOCIATION |k ' \?.^ ?i , }' DAN TOMPKINS, Editor So fax in this war. the only deadly eas that has m y %/ been turnd loose is- from the propaganda agencies, in the United States Senate, and from the platform and radio by such men as Senators Bennett Clark and Burton K. Wheeler, and ex-colonel lindbergh. f What have we accomplished toward retaining our liberties by raising food and making munitions for Britain, and then standing idly by and seeing them sunK into the Atlantic.' BUNCOMBE S GAIN Buncombe county,in securing the services of Mrs. Harry Evans as Home Demonstration Agent, has gained a great asset. There is not a better qualified woman in the State in her line of work, and her pleas ing personality will make friends for herself and her work, wherever she goes. She is a real leader among women. Jackson, being among that group. of counties that is not as populous as some others, has been unusually fortunate in keeping her valuable services for fourteen years. _i PLAINLY SPEAKING Let us not deceive ourselves nor be deceived. We have been at war with Germany and Japan for many months. Our liberties and our institutions, our way of life and our form of government are as much threaten ed as anybody's. Our security is in grave jeopardy. All this our government has realized. Hence, we are and have been at war?we just haven't had occasion to do any shooting. We have not, and may not send an expeditionary force to Europe or Asia; and then we may have to do this. It is true that we have not made a formal declaration of war; but that went out of fashion with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and was popularized by Mussolini in Ethiopia and Albania, and by Hitler in Holland and at least a half dozen /v+Urt* nnii'nfvinn imnn tttVi i aIi Vio lonnnlior) linnrn^rnlrorl U UIICI LUUJ.11I ICO, upui: Wiiiuix lit lauixv/Jii^u un^iu?v/i\uu, unnecessary and aggressive warfare. The time has come for us, if we value our liberties, to reverse our minds and begin thinking, not of what the government can do for us, but of what can I do for my government. This applies as much to the wealthy, who get contracts that run into millions from the government, as much as to the families who depend upon the surplus commodities for subsistence, to every person who has been recipient, directly or indirectly/ of governmental favors. The federal government has Deen ounaing up a national defense in the minds of the people, for several years, by letting them know that their government is mindful of them and their humblest needs. Democracy has been made to work in this country for the benefit of the people, all of us. Now the time has come when the people, all of us must put our minds, hearts, and hands to working for Democracy. If Germany should win this war, investments of the rich would be of little value. In that event, the advances labor has made would be lost and'labor would be reduced to the status of that in Germany and the occupied countries, slave labor working.for merciless and avaricious masters; and the plight of the really poor would be pitiable. In fact, we would all be pover - ty stricken, our material wealth gone, and we bereft of our rich spiritual and political heritage. We must all work, all produce, all save, all serve. Provide the munitions and the foods that are neded in rl in "Rritcjin cmH t.hpn SPP t,n it that I UUJL U Wll tuuill/i y cum XXI x-?x xi/wxn, those that are intended for Britain get there.. Therein lies our political salvation. j MOTHER S DAY, 1941 One of the things for which we would find it hard to forgive Hitler and the German nation is all the grief and heartaches that they have brought to the mothers of the world, by ushering in this reign of horror; and for machine-gunning peasant mothers in Poland, as they fell in their fields, or crowded the roads, fleeing as from the wrath to come; for bombing the city of Rotterdam after it had capitulated, killing and mutilating thousands of Dutch mothers, to give the world an example of how far German frigthfulness will go, in impressing the world that the will of Germany must be accepted. For, the mothers of the world are its really great heroes. It is they who suffer in silence, who keep a rendezvous with Providence in the night watches, jvho send their sons forth with a smile to uphold to the death the principles of truth and right, that liberty i % fi ' * ' I? , ' THE JACKSON COUNTS JOURNAL, THURSDAY may be preserved among the sons of men. It is they who hold fast to the spirtual values, and' who trust and love us when all the storms of hell beat about us. On Sunday, America pauses to pay tribute to Mother. In the Old Testament there appears a character, the only woman that the Bible calls "great". We do not l r?TT7 Vior namP' hilt. Txrrit^r nf TTnlxr Writ. RflVS "a XVXAW ?Y 11V1 UIMUV, ??**W ./ great woman". She was a humble woman, living in a small town, keeping busy about the homely and holy tasks of making a home for her husband, rearing her son in the fear of God, and keeping hospitably ready a room for the Man of God, when he chanced to pass that way. She was humble, she was faithful, and, therefore, she was a great woman. v Thus it is that the names of the truly great of this world remain unknown; and many thousands of these humble, faithful, great people are and have been mothers, who cherish in their hearts and exemplify in their lives the great virtues of faith hope and love, as they reach the heights of greatness through humility. THINGS OF THE SPIRIT i A few days ago, in dedicating the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, at Staunton, as a national shrine, President Roosevelt called attention to the fact that the spiritual values far exceed all physical value, and that it was in this realm that Woodrow Wilson made his greatest contribution to American life. Our heritage as Americans has been great. The physical heritage, the wealth of our country was dissipated to large degree. We were prodigal with it, in depleting our forests and our lands, and in destroying them, in the belief that the store was inexhaustible. We now have come to the place in our national life that we are thinking, planning, and working to rnnsprvp the remnant of that once apparently | boundless supply of national resources that was the inheritance of America. Sometimes we wonder if the same thing hasn't 1 happened to the spiritual heritage. No people any- < where ever had a nobler spiritual inheritance than the native American. Our fathers came to this country seeking God and Liberty under the law. They placed their faith in the spirtual verities and prized ? them above all possessions. That inheritance from our i fathers has made us a noble nation and has carried 1 us far. But, have we conserved those spiritual re- ' sources and added to them, have we increased our ( spiritual inheritance, or have we seen it diminish as t the years have come and gone? They remain today i as our chief bulwark against the tide of paganism 1 and slavery that is sweeping over the world but are ] they as strong as they were in other days? Have we allowed the propagandists to shake our j faith in ourselves, our country and its institutions, to fear war more than slavery, to place self above 1 patriotism, to believe that we are self-sufficient, and { that what happens to the rest of mankind is no con cern of ours? Haven't we, until recently, been taking i the impudent attitude of the murderer Cain, and i asking the Lord to His face if we are our brother's ? keeper? Have we, to some extent neglected to look upon our liberties and think of them as priceless pos- [ sessions? Have we failed to put the proper evaluation i fVimrrc nf tVio cnirit.9 J UjJUil LI 1C tlllilgo UJL V11V/ AW. The spirit of a man needs nourishments just as 1 his body does. Time *was when most Americans knew * their Bibles, that Book from which came not only our 1 religious faith, but also our liberties. Time was when the right or wrong of a matter was settled by refer- r ence to that Book, and "thus saith the Lord" ended * all dispute. That was the last word, and few pepole s cjared to question it. Time was when Sunday was a * sacred day in America, when usual avocations, play, and secular pursuits were laid aside, and the people ? turned their minds to the things of the spirit. Here we have undoubtedly lost much. It is appallingfhow little most people either know or care what the Book ca says. Once it was a topic of general and more or less t intelligent discussion. The great flood of immigration t from continental Europe, brought here to secure f rhean labor for our growing industrialists, and im- \* ' * * I 1! posed upon us with the fallacious doctrine tnat a c super race would come out of the "melting pot" of y races, brought ideals and ideas foreign to our fathers r to the American shores. More and more the continen- e tal idea of Sunday as a holiday instead of a holy day 3 has laid hold upon America. This was one day dedicat- F ed to the necessary cultivation of the spiritual. When ^ we edged further and further from that ideal and t that purpose, we inevitably lost a great deal, for spiritual values were bound to suffer from neglect. "The Sabbath was made for man", said the Master, and he knew full well that man's good, the spiritual gobd of a nation could best be served by such observance of one day out of seven as would tend to the spiritual strengthening of the people. If we fail to feed our bodies properly, they become weak. If we misuse our ! material riches they flee from us. If we neglect the day upon which our spirits are to be fed, and neg- ; lect to carry the Word in our hearts, then as ind'i- J viduals and as a nation, we suffer the loss of spirit- J ual riches and strength. * America, in this time, must learn to put more val- < ue upon our spirtual inheritance, which was prized so ' highly by our fathers. Therein lies at least a part of r the answer to the problems of our times. j ' ; ' -4 r ' .. ' \ . 1 .* !' MAY 1941 I OUR DEMOCRACY byM.t j fwEHAVEN 'T ALLOURE^ copfto. ?m*~-=- ^ ^ ~~ CoaI - -- Silvb* -= /j- =^~ ^ ~~~" <?ou>i? J/P f&i "=Ei ^icTuXet - Potassium __ L*AO ^ ^= One of the reasons ^ for america's strength is VAR/ETy-D/VERSlF/CAT/ON. //teili!' much 15 due 10 nature - even more to IN/T/AT/VE AND BRA/NS* adventurous pioneer SPiRrr PROSPECTORS FOUND Wmp\\! ? our many minerals.the jsmtfj* great variety of our. j MANUFACTURES 15 BASttf . ON ONE THIN6 ?INVENTIVE GENIUS IN WHICH [FORESIGHT AND THRIFT GAVE US 7*V<? 077/?A AMERICAN DIVERSIFICATIONS ROTATION OF CROPS, ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL FARMING .... AND THE j SPREADING OF THE INVESTMENTS OF OUR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES J J THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, i J i Electric Hotbeds [method is the best way to feed 1 Gaining In Favor ' fattening h0&s- Ifc saves la&or i | and feed, is an ideal way to uti- f Electricity, now performing an lize dT* *eed' *elPs keep feed t ncreasing number of tasks c^ean> aPd enables each pig to i ibout the farm, is finding favor select his own rati?nimong progressive growers in nursin& sows, are self-fed, the < leating hotbeds, according to D. P*^s w learn to eat from the . 3. Jones, rural electrification *ee(*er before weaning time, specialist of N. C. State College. W^en the sows are taken away Farmers who have used the at weaninS time' the P^ may ; jlectric hotbeds say they are bet- continued on the self-feeder P ;er than the old stable compost interruption. 3ed because the plants grow J 'aster. This means that the i? - t slants are younger when they Yrvii?<T?ip>rc N ittain a size sufficient for trans- * lAUlgolCio liccu planting, a desirable factor in JSJq Stimulants! f iruck farming. Another advantage of the elec- t -ric hotbed, Jones said, is that A born idiot has dignity, but one ;he installation may be made artificially created by alcohol has 1 permanent and that the tem- none? Angelo Patri wrote recently in F jerature may be maintained and a rolumn for young people , , , Writing for the Bell Syndicate, he n egulated automatically to the said. leeds of the. particular plants "The reforming of grown people jeing grown. . , never interests me. If we teach This feature permits the fore- children what is good for them and ?d growth and early maturity do our best to protect them from ? >f spring vegetables suited to evil we will not have too many adults n lotbed planting. An electric preform, pat is why the cocktail .. . , ' . .. hour that offers stimulating drinks c lotbed will provide the family to young peopIe fa ^ ,a* >teen, able with early spring veget- g^d early 20's uems so dangerous I a ibles and aid the truck gardener to me. n meeting out-of-season com- "Young people are stimulated by )etition in the market. the wine of youth. There is no drink As the electric hotbed is per- as heady f that with which nature o nanent, considerable labor is has stim * em" 65 _ ;aved every year, and the initallation and operating cost I compares favorably with other ^ sources of heat. . - UflaUlH ? During the past season, many growers with electrically-heated g )eds reported securing several 1 ?? . imes more plants than with the JST^^ ild manure bed. The fact that jh?^ i great many more plants can ml BliFJJiJJ fi >e grown in a yard of the elec>ed makes it possible for the si 0 armer to reduce the size of his (r * >lant bed. This means a saving If j n seed, labor, and fertilizer. The "4E ost of operating an electric IA \l ill lotbed will vary with power S ates, the severity of the weath- lA r, the temperature of the soil, A W. C. T. U. Temperance Poster ? , n d the contruction of the ilant bed. ^ey ^av<k to ^eep 311 even balance p . ; without taking on additional stimula- ir . M tion in the form of a cocktail. >tate College Answers "The afternoon gathering and the Fimely Farm Questions need for rela*atlon and ?aiety are - . " set in me day's routine by nature. Cocktails are not nature's way of re- c QUESTION: How should poul- lieving the situation and we who al ry houses with dirt floors be *** In any way responsible for the n iisinfected? ' welfare of young people should be Ei ANSWER: Dirt floors, regard- quick to save situation b? pr?- St less of the care given them, are the needlul elements witnout ? 4. x ^ , falling back on stimulants. a distinct menace to the wel- "Music > will help tremendously fare of the poultry industry, says provided it is selected with an eye Roy S. Dearstyne, head of the to its effect Tea is a good stimu State College Poultry Depart- lant A good drink?tasty, sparkling, in ment. If conditions actually snappy?can be made by combining C( necessitate houses * with such tea' J11106? and g^ger-aie. 11 W floors these should be scraDed can bc lovely 1x1 color and n cnoors, inese snouia De scrapea gerved da glasses is quite as , Mice each month. Pour to six attracUve ? any cocktaii. ? will lcl inches of dirt should be removed 8meU fetter and taste as good and and replaced with sand or soil it will do its work without robbing from unpolluted sources. The youth of its charm and its brains, material removed should be tak- "A body without its mind is an tic en to some place where chickens awful ***** especially when that eo iQ not range occupied by an in- ^ Tm, ? u * telligent, able mind. . . . It's an ' ^ . N' ^Vhat . n beS awful sight and one no young person nethod of feeding swine? would wish to imprint on friends' | ^ ANSWER: The self-feeder memories." *a: I Housewives Begin Blanket Storage * W ' The arrival of warm weather means putting away those blankets which will not be needed again until next fall, says Miss Pauline Gordon, extension home. management and house furnishing specialist of n. q State College. A warm spring day when the sun is shining and a light wind hlnu/incr ic q>-> ' cAccxieni time to wash out the soil of winter and store blankets out of the reac; of moths. Miss Gordon explained thax the warmth of a blanket depends Upon a SOft. flllffV nan uta-, f ??U01 fibres are soft, crimpy, and scaly. When a wool blanket is placed in warm soapy water, the fibers become softened or plastic, if the blanket is subjected to hard rubbing or wringing, the fibres tend not only to creep up on each other, but to stick together. Because of the danger of this shrinkage and matting of the wool when it is washed, every homemaker should understand the rules of washing blankets properly. Since wool cannot stand too much cold or too much heat, only lukewarm water should be used for washing and rinsing. The temperature of the water should never be above 90 degrees F. ? The second thing to remember, Miss Gordon said, is to use soft water and mild neutral soap, never': a strong laundry soap, rwo tablespoonsful of borax to jach tub of water should be ? J J * ? 4U A ~ luueu u. wic waici xiccus suuenng. If a sediment forms, the jvater should be strained. Water should be squeezed, not ;wisted, out of a blanket. If a vringer is used, the blanket should be folded flat and the ;ension on the rolls released to tvoid crushing the nap. Summer Shelters Prove Profitable ^ Summer range shelters will >ay as much on the investment is any other expenditure the joultryman can make, according o T. T. Brown, extension poulryman of N. C. State College. Where more than 100 birds ,re kept, the shelter results in eed economy and healthier, tiore thrifty pullets. This assures he producer of a more economical egg production and a lower >ullet mortality . "In order to face competition lore successfully," Brown tated, "the poultry raiser should >e interested in any piece of quipment or practice that really ives results such as the sumler range shelter does." When the shelter is placed on lean land where ample tender reen feed and shade are availble, it will cost much less to eed pullets than if the birds rere confined to a small yard or are lot. Where the pullets range on a reen crop such as lespedeza or oybeans, they will get somehing that the feed manufacurer has not been able to put i the feed bag. The shelter that Extension ervice poultrymen have found ^ be the most economical and I lost satisfactory is A-shaped I rith the eaves about two feet I rom the ground and the peak I f the roof about five feet, ten I iches. The shelter is 9 by 10 I ^et in size and will accomodate I 00 pullets. I "The use of the summer range I belter helps to eliminate di- I ?ase and intestinal parasites. I uts vigor into the pullets, and I lakes for better egg size and I roduction by properly develop- I lg the birds", Brown said. I DIVERSIFY I Madison County farmers are I iking advantage of diversified ^riculture to increase their an uai cash income, reports P- J* lam, farm agent of the N. & rv?nonra TTYf.pnsion Serv J<\ OC POWER 1 Contracts will be let soon ^enty-two miles of P?^r ^ I nine communities of ^ I )unty, according to ^ I heeler, farm agent of I State College Extension ** e. VALUABLE Sol Wright, unit I >n farmer of the Jac untv. I mmunity of Yance^"Iirne W I ys the phosphate and 1 is used during the t0 tiis I ars has been worth 5 rm. (

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