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BIBLE THOUGHT
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing in
stant in prayer; distributing to the necessities of saints, given
to hospitality.
Bless them which persecute you, bless, and curse not.
? Romans 12:12-14.
? * *
When, suffering comes, the great question is, How to face
it? Suppose we are injured or years have been taken out
of our life by the war. How shall we face this?
Avoid bitterness ? a self-centered attitude that shrivels the
soul and keeps us from expanding.
Avoid self-pity? likewise essentially self-centered. Christ
suffered more than any of us will and there is suffering all
around us. Both these attitudes are refusals to accept our
cross.
To accept our cross is to "grasp the nettle of life." In our
Lord's life there was no trace of bitterness or complaint. He
said, "I MUST suffer" and to his disciples, "You WILL suffer,"
passing on a cross to all His followers down to us today. Chris
tiana must suffer and fight for a new world "on earth as it is
in heaven."
A Basic Necessity
|T is encouraging to note that both Major Gregg
Cherry and Dr. Ralph McDonakl. democratic
candidates for governor, are highlighting their
campaigns with constructive programs for the im
provement and progress of North Carolina's school
system. Both have strong records in public ser
vice in the field of education and both stand for a
definite postwar program to improve present con
ditions, including teachers' salaries and equal op
portunities to the children of this state with every
other state.
There is a general feeling that the existing ord
er of things must remain the same at home until
the war is won. However, this does not mean that
citizens of every county should not see that exist
ing faults as are remedied, and plans for the future
clearly laid.
Hardly a week passes that some friend does
not pose to the editor the challenge, "You stand
for better schools, why don't you write an editorial
about" this situation and that situation? And there
is no doubt that there are many conditions that
exist witlh no excuse. The fact that there are yet
schools with leaky roofs, without water supply
and sanitary facilities, without enough daylight,
is because there has been no planning and not
enough caring in the past and present.
There are those who deplore the fact that "Our
schools are in politics, What can we do about it?"
To this question our answer is the same and un
equivocal. Every parent should get into politics
and not expect the other fellow to do the improv
ing and reforming.
We are assured a good governor during the
next term, but that won't change our local situa
tion. Are we going to have the men and women
who will allocate the people's tax money into the
direction of better schools? Are we going to ap
point tfhose who care enough to give their time
and thought to the cause because they love every
single little child?
Are we going to have those represent us who
possess a burning zeal to give every child in Macon
county a chance ? those who are growing up right
now who do not go to school at all, as well as your
Since our schools, being public schools in a land
of self-governing people, supported bv public funds,
must needs be in politics, what is to be the char
acter of the p olitics? Who is going to select the
men and ? by all that is wise ? the women, who are
going to represent us in authority in the improv
ing of our schools?
We do not have to wait until after t'he war to
answer these questions. Indeed, the war in its ter
rible realities should quicken thought and action
in this basic necessity of democracy,
own dieri?hed child?
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Ouft ARMED FORCES FiGHT TO WIN THE WAR ?
WE WORK TO HELP THEM WIN IT.
By CONVERTING WHAT WE REAP
FROM OUR LABOR INTO WAR BONOS.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, LIFE INSURANCE
W? DO OCR PART TOM*KE A SETTER.
TOMORROW FOR THEM
AND FOR OURSELVES.
Press Comment ji
A SPLENDID RECORD
(Asheville Citizen). .
Farm Security Administration
borrowers in Western North
Carolina contracted to pay $69,
000 on land purchase loans in
1943. But when the year was
up they had paid back nearly
twice that sum FSA is proper
ly exultant as it cites this re
cord of the nearly 500 former
tenants, sharecroppers and farm
laborers in the mountain region
who have been established on
their own land by its efforts.
Financial soundness, of course,
is not the only attribute of FS
A's nationwide farm aid pro
gram. Its farm clients here and
in other parts of North Caroli
na are making an enormous
contribution to the war food ef
fort. Crop increases from 10 to
105 per cent were recorded for
FSA producers in this state last
year. As FSA Administrator
Frank S. Hancock told his group
over a statewide radio network
Saturday night, "You are has
tening victory on the battle
front. and at the same time
building security on the home
front ? security not only for
yourselves but for your com
munities."
In these times when every
government program is submitt
ed to the test of practical econ
omics, FSA could enjoy no bet
ter justification. The late Gov
ernor Bickett used to say that
his credo was "To make life on
the farm just as profitable and
just as attractive as life in
town." By every index the FSA
program is helping to do Just
that.
Soldiers To Vote
(Christian Science Monitor)
The compromise reached on
the servicemen's vote is cumber
some. Yet, it seems to be the
best that Congress can do, and
it does contain within itself
pressures on the States to ef
fect improvements.
Moreover, it is possible that
in actual application the Army
and Navy will find ways to
help their members to meet re
quirements for voting.
As it stands, the compromise,
which presumably will now be
adopted by both houses shortly,
permits Federal authorities to
act as little more than mailmen.
If soldiers applying for ballots
from their states do not receive
them by Oct. 1, they may be
given a Federal ballot, provided,
however, that the Governor of
the state concerned has advised
service chiefs by Aug. 1 that
the Federal ballot is acceptable
for counting.
Federal authorities can then
collect the ballots and trans
mit them to the States, where
local officials will pass on the
eligibility of each voter and
count those deemed qualified.
The compromise provision call
ing for an expression from each
Governor on the validity of the
Federal ballot in his own state
fixes a responsibility that many
might usefully transfer to their
State legislatures. These might
be asked not only to approve
the Federal ballot but simultan
eously to accede to the previous
Federal suspension of registra
tion and poll-tax requirements
for those in the services.
Decisive action on the part of
I the States 1n facilitating use of
the Federal ballots, while at the
same time extending every ef
fort to supply State ballots to
those desiring them, appears to
be the only remaining way to
[ clear up soldiers' vote entangle
ments.
Speedy action would be a
great thing for the morale of
the servicemen.
"IN MEMORY OF OUR
GRANDMOTHER"
Mis. Mary Wright Rogers
She's gone away now, we shall
miss her to be sure, but we shall
never forget her.
We remember her's as being
a simple, modest, life, living in
her own little world for almost
a century, a life that was based
principally on being a good
neighbor, and having a good
home with many friends.
We think of her's as being a
small world, nevertheless, her
kindness was great and far
reaching. Writing these few
words, thousands of miles from
where she lived, attests to the
fact.
In an unsettled busy world,
far away from the beautiful
hills of North Carolina that al
ways seemed so peaceful, and
we still speak of as home ? we
pause a brief moment from our
tasks to say farewell to one
whom we loved ? we shall miss
our grandmother, now that she's
gone away, but we shall never
forget her.
A GRANDSON?
Ensign Ralph McConnell.
DID YOU BUT THAT EXTRA
WAR BOND?
Poet's Corner
A SOLDIER'S PRATER
If I should die before this task
is through
And never know the answer ?
why we died ?
There are some things I hope
my people do,
Some things that Christian men
have never tried,
One is the act of kindness to
the young,
Oive them the best In nuture
and in care,
Remembering that their lives
are yet unsung,
Give them the best, this is a
soldier's prayer.
Give them a leadership that
will not still,
When petty men with selfish
ness and guile
Cry, we must this dollar save,
this office fill
To earn some worthless politi
cian's smile.
Help them to find in courage,
' (nature's light)..
Some little answer to men's up
ward climb.
Aid them to see that courage,
and not might
Often can solve the problems of
their time.
Teach them that tolerance is a
kinder way
That out of difference come the
paths of right.
Blood is not spilled when toller
ance can hold sway,
Then men can meet, and great.
They need not fight.
Teach them that gold and hon
or are not kin,
That power should humble men,
not make them lust.
Point them to what is noble
from within
Mention the Master, he was
kind and just.
If you would build some monu
mental thing,
To men who in this war have
been defiled.
Do not pile granite in some
public ring.
Build it in purpose. Build it in
the child.
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IN MEMORIAM
In Sad but Loving Memory of
Our Preeioui Brother,
Pvt. Lester Harding Carpenter,
who gave his life for his coun
try one year ago, March 29,
1943.
Our hearts are sad and noth
ing can flil the emptiness and
lonllness his sad passing has
brought us. But the memory we
have of the few months he
spent In training at Camp Croft,
S. C., and the time he spent
with us while off duty, have
meant so much to us. A soldier
never fought on our front lines
who was more brave, willing or
proud of the prlvlledge of fight
ing for his country.
It's sad to know he can't re
turn to us, but we have a Di
vine assurance that soon we'll
go to meet him, for;
"We cannot say ? and will not
say
That he is dead ? he is Just
away.
With a cherry smile and a wave
of the hand,
He has wandered into an un
known land,
And left us dreaming how very
fair .
It needs must be, since he lin
gers there,
And you ? Oh you? who the
mildest yearn
For the old-step and the glad
return,
Think of him faring on ? as
dear
In the love of There ? as the
love of Here.
Think of him still as the same,
I say,
He Isn't dead ? he is Just away.
His brother and sister-ln-law
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carpenter,
1 Gallon Street,
Greenville, S. C.
Money spent for War Bonds' goes
to the front. Sometimes it provides
spectacular equipment like planc3,
on times it buys a runty donkey
like this American soldier is taking
ashore in Italy. The quicker your
dollars go into action, the sooner it
will be over. Boy M ore War Bond3.
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Phone 164 Franklin, N. C.
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Announcement . . ?
H
I wish to thank all my customers and friends for their
patronage during the years I have been in business.
As I am leaving to join the United States Navy, I have
sold out my grocery and feed store to Baldwin and Liner, who
will continue to operate in the same place. L. B. Liner will be
in charge.
I ask the same loyal support for my successors that you
accorded me. I am sure they will strive to serve your needs in
their line of business. Looking forward to coming home again
as soon as this war is over, I am
Yours for Victory^
GLENN RAY