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wis miw/mmi Washington. ? (Autocaster) -r A piece of news which the cables car ried the other day is causing more mental perturbation in Administra tion. circles than even the unpaid war debts. That is the statement officially made that In Oreat Brit ain unemployment has been reduc ed to the point where it was five yeers ago. Recovery, according to the cables, began In Europe early In 1932 and has continued without serious Interruption since. Whether It had not already started in Amer ica at the same time, and whether It might not have progressed as rap-, idly here as there if there had been ho experimental efforts to stimulate It, is what is worrying some of the President's advisers. Not that they admit there Is any thing to the idea, but they are ter ribly afraid that the Republicans will pick up the theory that the 'New Deal has hampered, Instead of stimulated economic recovery, and i adduce so many facts In support of It as to make a convincing cam-, palgn argument out of it. And no body in Washington forgets for a ? minute that this is a campaign year. "Outs" Must Have Issue In all fairness, it ought to be made clear that unless the Republl-. cans do find some definite, positive Issue between now and the begin nlng of the Congressional campaigns j in September, they haven't any chance at all of capturing the lower t house of Congress or the Senate. heir chance of an opposition ma jority 1s slight, at best; but If the only campaign arguments they are able to put forward are the stale pleas of the "outs' to be put back 'in," based upon nothing construc tive but merely upon dislike of the New Deal program, then they will capture mighty few seats In either house. It would not be a novelty if they did even gain control of Congress. That has happehed more than once in our political history?but never when there was a good a politician and popular personality as Mr. Roo sevelt in the White House. In 1890. for example, the greatest opposition landslide in our history occurred. Benjamin Harrison had been elected President in 1888, with a strong working majority in both houses of Congress behind him. But in 1890 the combined Democrats and Populists captured 85 Republican seats in the House of Represents - tivee. In Taft and WUaon Reigns In 1910 president Tilt had a Re- ' publican congress, elected with him In 1900, turn sour on his hands and go Demoaratlc, In .Woodrow Wil-i son's second- term, the Congress! elected in 1918 was dominated by the Republican opposition. But lni these and all the other Instances of i a mid-term upset In the complexion i of Congress there was a definite is-' sue before the people upon which they were thoroughly aroused. No such issue has as yet shaped Itself. So while the President's friends conceded that they will probably lose some seats, they are not great ly scared of losing control of Con gress. They have a feeling, which many old political observers with Republican leanings share, that there is not, at the present moment, enough political acumen and smart leadership In the Republican party to do much damage. There is, however, a good deal of money on the Republican side. Cam paign funds are going to count heavily this year in most districts Here, again, the feeling in Washing ton is that the distribution of im mense sums of Government money in various forms of welfare activity, such as the PWA. CWA, CCC, FERA and the farm benefits and bonuses will go a long way to make voters firendly to the Administra tion. and presumably to the Demo cratic party. Congress Faces the Voters Doubtless all the beneficiaries of Federal spending are grateful to Mr. Roosevelt?but Mr. Roosevelt .s not running for re-election this year. It is Congress that has to lace the voters, and mingled with the feeling that Congress has been nothing more than a rubber stamp which the President used to make his personal actions legal and Con stitutional. is a good deal of dissat isfaction In many agricultural sec tions over the way some of the re covery projects have worked out. Farm prices in general have gone up, but prices of goods the farmers have to buy have gone up farther and faster. The NRA has done a better job in its field than has the AAA. That has caused a lot of dis gruntlement. Nobody yet ' knows how deep that kind of dissatisfaction i extends. Busy Political Summer The drought has offset much if not most of the gains for the farmers u a whole?the moot severe drought' i ably, nobody seriously will blame In all history, authorities say. Prob the drought .on the Government, but1 tt has beyond doubt created an un lercuTrent of discontent which may express Itself at the polls, in the states affected. And If it should re sult in a definite food shortage else where. which seems not at all im probable, it may affect voters all over the country. Then there is the great block of Inflationist voters, lineal descend ants of the Populists of 1880 who wrecked the Harrison administration and all but wrecked the Republican pnrtJ. Some of these are sure to ask embarrassing questions of their Representatives as to why they let "Wall 8treet" stand In the way of monetary inflation, by either the silver or the greenback route, when they had the power In their hands. Sunday School GOD CARES FOR ELIJAH I Kings 17 and. 19 Golden Text: Matthew 6:32 Elijah is the most Individual and interesting of the early phophets. A rugged, desert figure of flaming ze?l, who stood uncompromisingly for the primitive convictions of the fathers, he hurled defiant thunderbolts at all who departed from this simple, pio neer faith. He was peculiarly strong both in impulsiveness rnd in tenac ity. The first part of the lesson re veals this strength. There we see him as the prophet of both" judge ment and mercy. Yet Elijah was weak, too, as the latter part of our lesson makes clear. Behold him sitting under a juniper tree in the wilderness asking the Lord to take his life! What was the matter with him? In the first place he was tired. After the fearful strain of the con test with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel he was completely exhausted. Now physical weariness often produces despondency. Then, in the second place, he felt sympathetic with him. "I" even I only, am left." We know the mean ing of this, do we not? Loneliness and home-sickness are very com mon experiences. Moreover, Elijah was idle. He had nothing now to occupy hi* atten tion and save him from'introspec tion Pew become more gloomy or rebellious than the unemployed. We have here a very personal problem. Elijah's worst foe was him self. He had won a spectacular vic tory, but now he sulks like a spoilt child. One Is reminded of that searching declaration of Shake speare's Cassius: "The fault, dear Brutus, Is not in our stars, but in ourselves." And it was O. L. Moody, famous evangelist, who said that he had had more trouble with him self than with any other man he had ever met. The fact Is that we are at war wtth ourselves. But God can de liver us from this inner conflict even as he saved Elijah. Short Sermons By J. B. Cnrrin THE DIVIDE When a youth I once visited a' home that stood on the top of a' ridge, the house being so situated that two raindrops falling within an j inch of each other would flow to diflerent streams. The ridge of the, roof was small indeed, but location in reference to *t determined the direction and destiny of a drop of water! This illustrates the fact that there is another divide of far greater im portance to us. Out on a mountain near Jerusalem stood three crosses. On one was Jesus Christ the Son of God. On each side of him was a robber pa;dng the death penalty for his crime. While the Master hung there, free ly giving his life for the salvation of men, he was jeered by the crowds. Even those robbers cast reproaches at him. Then one changing his at titude said to the other, "Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condition? and we in deed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deed6:' but this man has done nothing amiss." And turn ing to Jesus he said, "Remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom." To which request the Savior replied, "Verily I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in paradise." Those two men, perhaps, had I been partners ill crime; they were associated in death; but, doubtless, 'they were separted in eternity. Why the difference in the destl nies of these two thieves? It was due to their attitudes towards Jesus Also our eternal destinies depend I on our attitudes towards Jesusj Christ. We read, "He that believeth , on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned al ready, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of Ood." John 3:18. ? a ? BOXERS 'DUMB' SAYS JUDGE IN CARNERA CASE New York. July 5.?Most Prize fighters are not very bright. Su preme Court Justice Peter Schmuck observed today. He made this statement during a court consideration of Primo Car nera's financial and amorous diffi culties. "Except one or two priae-flghters who kept their money," he said, most of them are of so low a men tality that they don't know money when they see it." r The specific question which Jus tice Schmuck was asked to decide was what part of $8g,000 deposited by the Madison Square Garden Cor poration before Camera's fight with Max Baer should be held in escrow to satisfy a $15,773 breach of prom ise judgment obtained against the deposed heavyweight boxing cham pion by Emelia Tersinl, London waitress.v Justice Schmuck reserved deci sion; h? thought, however, that the Italian pugilist ought to be put in jail for contempt of court. " Threatens Jail "Put him in jail," declared Jus tice Schmuck after counsel for Miss ;Tersini told him that Camera had ?not obeyed a court order to testify , as to the extent of his bank ac | counts. I Miss Tesini's attorney moved tc .examine Camera and his manager Louis Soresi, before a referee foi the purpose of determining whether jthe two had conspired to keep the .boxer's money beyond the jurisdic tion of the court. Justice Schmuck also reserved de cislon on this motion. OfTers $16,000 Pledge j Counsel for Camera pleaded thai ! Soresi- be allowed to withdraw $72, 000, leaving $16,000 on deposit witt the Commercial Trust Company oi New Jersey to cover Miss Tesini's judgment in case the claim is fi nally upheld. Camera's manager was willing tc have $16,000 of his money tied up for the fighter's benefit, the attor ney said, after testifying that Car lera was indebted in the amount of ti >47,000 to Soresi for purcbaaes of n iroperty here and in Italy. c PLAN PROGRAM jv FOR FARM WEEK r several thousand North Carolina v Farmers and farm women are look ng forward to an "educational va- ? :atlon" at Farm and Home week aii' State College, July 31 to August *. |> Periods of study. In which they..' will learn more about living an ' abundant rural life, will be alter-,' oated with delightful recreational i activities and' Informal gatherings 1 In which they can chat with one t another about their experiences.4 during the past year and their plans ' for the future. .' The discussion of mutual prob- { lems will give the men and women i new ideas for tackling those prob-jJ lems when they return to their homes. Each will be helped to profit from the experiences of the others. i During the classes and demon- j strations, trained experts will show I the farmers and their wives the lat-' i est developments learned In the 1 scientific study of agricultural and i home-making subjects. One of the features will be the': series of messages brought to the Farm and Home week gatherings by' agricultural leaders of the State and Nation who will explain the agri-1 cultural policies of the government and outline the plans that are be ing made for th^ future. In recognition of the self-sacrlfic-1 ng work of cotton and tobacco com-' nitteemen In pushing the- sign-up ampeigns to a successful finish, ertiflcates will be presented them t a joint meeting of aU farmers Vednesday, which has been deetg lated Cotton and Tobacco Day. Cherokee Indians from the reser atlor In western North Carolina lave been invited to attend Parm ind Home week and take part In he program of entertainment. Last 'ear their exhibition of Indian lances rich In the symbolism of trl tal lore and ancient legends at racted wide attention. Parm and Home week leaders are >reparing in magazine form a pro p-am or activities along with ar lcles of interest to farm men and vomen which will be distributed free a all who attend the convention. o FLA. YOUTHS GET DEATH SENTENCE Bonifay, Fla., July 5.?Florida's 'Lindbergh law" decreed death to day for two youthful kidnapers In the first Instance In which the ab duction law has been Invoked in this state. A Holmes county farm jury found Millard Keith, eighteen, and Bar nard Retherford, twenty-one, guilty of kidnaping a seventy-seven-year old woman, Mrs. J. L. Phelps, in a ransom plot. The verdict was without recom mendation of mercy, automatically fixing death as the penalty. The youth heard the verdict with stolid indifference. TOO TIRJD TOR DANCING AND THEN SHE SMOKED a CAMELJ Pon't let listlessness or fatigue threaten yourfenjoyment of gay summer parties! When your energy sags, light a Camel. You quickly get a "lift" which sweeps away that tired, cross feeling. Smoke all you want. Camels are made from costlier tobaccos. They never ruffle your nerves! "Get a LlfX with a Camel! WORK SHIRTS One counter men's blue chambray work shirts. All sizes, at 48c UNIONALLS One counter boy's seer sucker unionalls, at 59C or Two for SI Dept. Store - "Roxboro's Shopping Center" I LADIES' HATS Special close out-prices on all ladies' summer hats. Visit Leg gett's millinery section today and see the new summer hats at a reduced price? 48c 69c 98c PRINTED BATISTE New arrivals in sheer goods. Just in for this week several new patterns in printed batiste and dimities. Regular ' 29c quality, on sale at yard? 25c VOILES, DIMITIES, ETC. One special counter printed voiles, dimities, batiste, in as sorted colors. Regular 29c and 39c quality. On sale this week at yard? 23c ? . CREPE "'One /counter solid color crepe in assorted light colors, at yd. 59c Several new num bers in printed voiles, dimities, ba tiste, and organ dies. One lot of ladies' voiles and batiste dresses in printed colors. Regular and extra sizes? 98c Another special lot of dresses in the season's newest colors and styles. Regular and extra sizes, at? $1.95 Special Values In Ladies Sheer Dresses One rack of ladies' silk crepe dresses in assorted solid col ors and prints. Reg ular $4 and $5 val ues, on sale ?at? $2.95 Another... spec i a 1 group of these dresses^ in assorted dark prints. Regu lar $3 and $4 val ues. On sale this week at $1.95 SHOE VALUES Special close out shoe values for this week. One special group of ladies' cloth linen sandals. Styles: pumps, straps, ties. Regular $ 1.69 val ues, on sale this week? 97c WHITE DRESS SHOES All ladies white dress shoes re duced to close out. All styles. All prices, at pair? SI.98 S2.95 S3.48 MEN'S SHORTS Basement special for this week: I counjter men's shorts on sale at? 19c WHITE PANAMA HATS Very special close out lot of ladies' ~ white panama hats. Regular 75c values, on sale at 29c
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