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Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ;
prove me, and examine my thoughts.
Look well if there be any way of wickedness in
roe; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139: 23, 24.
A THOUGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR
'rate" ourselves,
see where we
' LET us take the first week of the New Year to
too gloomy introspection, but honest apprasal, to
Maud.
Does Jim Duck, by Kenneth Kaufman, describe us with amus
Ing accuracy?
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'There are three tame ducks in oiir back yard,
Dabbling in mud and trying hard
To get their share, aind maybe more,
Of the overflowing barnyard store,
Satisfied with the task they're at,
Of eating and sleeping and getting fat.
But whenever the free wild ducks go by
In a long line streaming down the sky,
They cock a quizzical, puzzled eye
Amd flap their wings and try to fly.
"I think my soul is a tame old duck,
Dabbling around in barnyard muck,
Fat and lazy, with useless wings.
But sometimes when the North wind sings
And the wild ones hurtle overhead,
It remembers something lost and dead,
And cocks a wary, bewildered eye,
And makes a feeble attempt to fly.
It's fairly content with the state it's in,
But it isn't thm duck it might have been."
But let Ua
change!
remember: Souli aren't ducks MMlU can
A More Hopeful Year
year which holds more promise for the future
dawns for a war-wracked world with 1943. At
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awake the obstructionists and isolationists who
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The end is not yet, but the will to sacrifice holds
promise of fulfillment.
Port-War Pnopoaala
ice-rresident Wallace, in a broadcast commemor
ating the birthday of President Woodrow Wil-
mgi iasi ivionaay mgnt, proposea a post-war worm
piincil to preserve peace and to promote world well
mfe. He suggested that the guiding principle for
ie form of international organization he the
ximum of home rule that can be maintained
ng with the minimum of centralized authority
t must come to give the necessary protection.
His address, which was sponsored by the Wood-
Wt4son Foundation and affiliated historical or-
izations interested in political science, was ap-
ved by the President and was considered as rep-
untinor Vio tninrt nf tli n rim i n i c t r D t inn fnrx nnst-
r reconstruction.
Mr. Wallace advocated not only military but
ychological ' disarmament of defeated nations
t would try to undo through education for the
ing generation as far as possible the diabolical
rk of Hitler and the Japanese war lords "in poi-
ing the minds of the young.
He outlined objectives: To preserve liberty,
ality, security and unity of the united nations
tical liberty ; equality 01 opportunity in interna
nal trade: security against war and QBBaion
to international causes; and unity
the "general welfare' of the w
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Poet's Corner
SOLDIERS' MAIL
While working on the postal car
On the "Tallulah Fall,"
There seems a lot of mountain folk,
The best folk of them all,
I have noticed lots of letters
To boys in Army camps;
Anil lots of answers coming back,
And bearing foreign stamps..
I can't help but take a moment,
And look back a short year,
When those young men told loved
ones 'bye,
And left without a fear.
Young men, who from their moun
tain, homes,
Came down to "Valley" towns,
To sign the Draft for "Uncle Sam",
And soon were Army bound,
Short time was spent in Army
camps,
And loved ones wrote them there;
Then orders came to travel on,
The place they kr.w not where.
But soon they sent word to
Mother,
"When writing me hereafter,
Telling the .news , of loved ones,
and home,
Send it "Care the Postmaster."
So here's the hometown paper,
That takes him all the news,
Of doings of big and little folk,
Also familiar views.
This box is marked "perishable",
Ar&d it smells 'mighty good.
I'll bet its packed by loving hands.
With best of home-cooked food.
And so, as I sort their letters,
And route them the right way,
I picture the thoughts in Mother's
heart,
Ajid what she has to say.
The penmanship's a bit ragged,
But welcome it shall be
To him, who loves that rugged
hand.
Now fighting o'er the sea.
She tells the news that all are well,
"The crops are pretty good;
Daddy and Bub have "got" them
in,
And now are cutting wood.
The hunting's pretty good this fall,
There's lots of squirrel and dove;
We went to church on yesterday,
And Nellie sends her love.
And she was looking mighty sweet.
But kind o' lonesome, too,
Still do we all feel that at times
When thinking, sonv of you.
And we are proud of you, my boy.
Though needs you be away,
Across those seas, a-fighting wrong,
That threatens us today.
We're mighty glad you joined-up,
And 'to your duties true.
We hope the job will soon be done,
So we'll be seeing you.
Don't worry 'bout the home front,
son.
Well care for things here, well,
And think, and love, and pray
God help
You give those Naiis Hell"
J. D. Williams, Mail Clerk or h
Tallulah Fa Ms Ry.
Box 354
Decatur, Ga,
were loaded against him at Ver
sailles and his losing fight before
his own country as President of
the United States for the League
of Nations, John Temple Graves
has this to say in a recent" col
umn, referring to im as the
"fighting scholar":
"Never did a man fight harder
for a more positive philosophy
than Woodrow Wilson did, and
now that he is being recalled to
all minds by tragic events which
vindicate both his domestic and
foreign policies, his birthday is an
ocassion more significant than it
has been in all the years 9inc he
died so broken and beaten a man.
To say that Woodrow Wilson is
out-dated is like saying the sun
is old fashioned or the stars .
are horse-and-buggy stuff. He
stood for something eternal in
vented by God, discovered for
America by Thomas Jefferson and
adapted to America's moder,n day
by himself. He stood for the eter
nal principle of liberty under the
law."
major political parties it appears
obvious that the new Congress will
seek to regain tome of Us lost
powers.
The 77th session scrapped the
neutrality laws, declared war on
the axis nations, granted sweep
ing powers to President Roose
velt and delegated unprecedented
authority to executive agencies.
This session voted more funds
than any other legislative body
in history. It approved the stag
gering total of over twd hundred
billion dollars for war expendi
tures. After declaring war, Congress
immediately smarted clothing the
President with all-out authority to
prosecute it. Two war power bills
gave him authority to juggle ad
ministrative functions of various
agencies, permitted him to re
vise war contracts, order property
seizures, control priorities and to
do other things. It provided for
registration of men between ages
of 18 and 65 and drafting men
from 18 tto 45. It increased armed
forces pay from $21 to $50 per
month. It brought the war to the
home front by the gigantic tax
bill, controls over prices, wages
and salaries.
The number o,ne problem of the
new Congress appears ,to be new
taxation proposals, centering around
compulsory savings programs and
a pay-as-you-go basis.
There are many other matters
slated and it is apparent tlrat this
Congress will be a rather inde
pendent one.
IN MEMORY OF TOM RUSSELL
I
There's an empty chair by the
fireplace ;
But there's a new star in heaven
tonight.
There are lomely hearts in the
home now;
But in heaven there's glory bright.
II
He'll be missed by each oi his
family ;
But we know he waits with a
smile;
As he stands by the River of
Death and waits ;
For each loved one to come the
last mile.
UI
Time will wither the flowers on
his grave;
And it will also heal all the pain.
May it teach us to walk in the
Christ -like way;
So that death will only be our
gain.
IV
Tom's through with all trials and
sorrows,
In this troublesome world of care,
And we know that Heaven is
brighter.
Because another old friend is up
there.
Mrs. Leslie Young,
EUijay, N. C.
(Written by request of the family)
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
(The Transylvania Times)
After almost two years of con
tinuous work, the war-weary, history-making
77th Congress ad
journed yesterday and the new
Congress will convene on January
6, giving the holdover members a
two week's . holiday vacation.
With the balance of power more
equaMy divided between the two
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I hope that 700 had a very Mer.ry ChristaaM
and that the very Spirit of the Season hat visited
your hearts and your homes.
Wishing you and yours a very happy and prat
perous New Year, and lot us hope for "P
Earth and good will to men", during 1943.
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throughout Macon and adjoining counties A thanked
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us. We concede that your patronage has contributed
to our success and trust it has yours
ited our store.
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your good will and trust that you will continue to
visit our store for your needs in our
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