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Friday, January 10. 1941.
II f Are Ami II e tin I
Hoping that the North Carolina State High- i
?n jy aPi,him Works Commission would in j
the course of time consider the secondary road j
problem in its true light, this paper has follow
ed along with others in opposing the diversion I
of highway funds Events as they have follow
ed year after year are about to turn us in favor
of diversion
Huge surplus 111 the highway fund have in- I
vited a wild highway program in some sec
tions of the State There's the sound bridge
a colorful two-million dollar monument to those
who have gone on before. Now there's a costly :
project in a lake bottom not so terribly far from '
the bridge monument, and if reports are right,
few in the territory really want the lake road
Possibly a great deal of the highway hub build
ing in the several districts was needed and jus
tifiable. but there is no heavenly excuse for ne
glecting the secondary roads and other needed
projects while the all-powerful highway lords
warned a pot of surplus money in Kaleigh
And speaking of needed road projects. Wil
liamston's underpass is a disgrace to the high-"
way commission and a constant danger for pe
destrians.
If North Carolina is going to apply all of its
highway funds to its highways, let the powers
that-be use a little discretion in applying it
Suhverxtre tTroup*
There has been much talk about subversive
activities in this country as they relate to aliens,
communists. Bunds and others, and while they
are dangerous, the real threat to this nation is
offered by a group parading under the head
ing of "No Foreign War Committee."
Hardly before it was organized, the commit
tee supporters were prominently linked with
Germany in a financial way, one report stating
that a liberal contributor was interested in ex
tensive holdings in Germany.
In our democratic form of government, the
group is entitled to be heard, but let it be heard
and then ruled out that Democracy may proceed
with the huge task lying immediately ahead.
Recently, the committee publicity's head
quarters in New York intentionally or uninten
tionally attacked the late President Woodr^w
Wilson, charging him with getting us into war
In the fall of 1916 there was no greater lover
of peace and right on earth than Mr Wilspn.
But when he saw the hopelessness of his course
he turned to Congress, laid the facts on the ta
ble and Congress declared war at the direction
of the people. Yet, those noble personages of
the No War Committee would have us believe
that Wood row Wilson deliberately plunged this
country into war, that he was responsible for
the mess following the last war. It has been said
many times that Lodge, Borah and Company
prepared the setting for the present war when
they fought the League of Nations. Let the com
mittee ponder the real facts, before its learned
leaders throw out a brazen warning to the peo
ple of this country advising them to "reflect
carefully before criticising the No War Group
work."
Born in the middle west, the No War Com
mittee apparently has its support and follow
ing among the German-loving people of that
section with a few coming in in other sections
It would not be the democratic way to hush
the committee or jail its leaders and followers.
The democratic way is to fight them to a fin
ish in the open, to see that the Congress of the
United Stales acts as the majority of the peo
ple want it to act and act quickly. If the No
Foreign War Committee writes one letter, let
olhenrwtiu aie intciestcd in hunriQnity whercv
cr.it may be and in our way of life write two
letters, yes. two hundred letters, advising our
congressmen and senators our stands and urge
for immediate action in extending aid to Brit
am and to those other nations struggling that
Democracy and human liberty and freedom
might not perish from this earth.
filing r/ic Aliens
Page Bob Reynolds. Charlotte is using aliens
to boost its population count to 100.000 or more
Despite the play boy senator, the aliens are
proving of some worth, after all And Char
lotte apparently isn't worrying over its 507
foreigners in its midst. It is also apparent that
Charlotte had rather have the aliens than have
its population count reduced by 507. The Char
lotte News says editorially. "Divide the larger
number into the smaller and you get both a
quotient and a statistic. Charlotte is 99 and 50
100 per cent American .and that's about as close
to 100 per cent as a city could get without
cheating."
l(o<un Fur Improvement
There has been some rotten-egff throwing
around Raleigh in recent days, and an accus
ing finger has made almost a complete circle.
The judiciary comes out on top in the squabble,
but judging from close observatoins there is
room for improvement even in the judiciary
of the Slate
(mii Hit Hut Can't Run
"Man ggts two years for hit-run," reads a
headline It would appear that the man did
hit. but that his running days are over for a
while More sentences like that and there'll be
less of this hitting and running on the high
ways.
Cooperative
Fellowship .
By REV. JOHN L GOFF
Pastor Christian Church
* In the winding course of human
events, as portrayed upon the pages
of history there are many classic
examples where groups, large and
small, have banded themselves in
order that certain definite aims
might be achieved Notably, the
founding of the great city states and
empires of Carthage, Athens and
Rome. The die was cast for American
freedom when a small group of men
in the several colonies pledged their
lives, their comforts and their per
sonal fortunes, to the end that politi
cal freedom might be secured for
themselves, their contemporaries,
and their children. This goodly her
itage included freedom of speech,
freedom of assembly, freedom of the
public press, and the right to wor
ship God according to the dictates
of the heart. This fruitage of the
democratic ideal in order to survive
must be incarnated in the life and
aspirations of the citizenry of a free
state. Therefore, in order that these
priceless privileges may not become
a ' noble experiment" of a" passing
'tige;?those of us who have to?do
with living today must insist upon
the elemental materials out of which
may be built the men and women
who will put the preservation of
these blessings above personal com
forts and security.
From the records of the past we
learn that aroused people to any
situation can by merging their tal
sired goal. For instance, in the set
tling of the western part of our na
tion, when our Federal Government
was unable to furnish officers of
the law to protect and provide or
der and peace, situations undesir
able on the part of the citizenry,
forced the peace-loving and law
abiding elements to unite in order
that these noble ends might be se
cured.
The Church of Christ has ever
concerned herself with the quality
of citizenship practiced both by those
in authority and those who are sub
ject to authority. She has sought to
make available to all persons the
teachings of One Who saw human
ity and its problems from a sympa
thetic viewpoint and offered a
friendly and wholesome solution to
all problems incident to a happy and
free people. It is true, unfortunately
that many persons who have access
to the teachings of the Christ do not
avail themselves of the opportunity,
while others who have enjoyed His
instructions refuse to practice the
ideals taught, and thus reflect upon
the system of thought or upon them
selves as students. Far too <tften, the
religion of the sanctuary and the
religion of the street and social
groups are strangers. The voice of
the sanctuary pleads for justice, not
for one's self alone, but for all with
whom one is dealing; the voice of
tht' sanctuary pleads for temper
ance and sobriety, not alone for
themselves, but for others who have
not learned self-discipline; the voice
of the sanctuary pleads for honesty,
not alone for themselves, but for
others because of circumstances or
position or lack of education, are
unable to protect themselves; the
voice of the sanctuary insists that
our politics be truly "the science of
government" rather than an office
in which the incumbent may further
his aspiration to the minimizing of
tin service due the electorate; the
sanctuary pleads for the equality of
opportunity for all people regard
less of race, creed or color, since all
men are the children of a common
Father; the sanctuary pleads for tol
erance and sympathetic understand
ing in all attempted moral reforma
tions, for what harms or concerns
one member of society, is the con
cern of the whole brotherhood (com
munity). Therefore, when we think
of community betterment, we nec
essarily think of those leaders who
have been and are frequenters of
the sanctuary to be those who should
and will strike for anything worth
while and helpful to their commun
ity; or if anything of a detrimental
character seeks to impose itself upon
give voice1 but take action that it
be exterminated. This would make
for happiness for the whole group
and thwart the imposition of selfish
interests. Thus, if all who have lis
tened to the voice of the sanctuary
and accept it as their "Guiding
Light," were to share in Cooperative
Fellowship nothing desired for the
common good would be denied us lo
cally, or in our county or in our
state or in the world.
Were we to harken to the reason
set forth by, the voice of the sanct
uary and desist in the use of alco
holic stimulants ourselves and ask
for the probation of other undisci
plined users through the suppres
sion of its legal protection we would
go a long way toward removing one
of our greatest menaces. We should
not only ask for the auppression of
this evil among us. but urge that the
privilege of free citizens be granted
us at the voting precincts, which was
denied us when alcoholic beverages
were thrust upon us. Our county is
a part of a great state and we should
function as such. The state proclaim
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Oreomutton relieves promptly be
cause It com right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, ln
laden phlegm, and aid nature
flamed bronchial mucoUa mem
branes Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulelon with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
ouiekly allays the cough or you are
r TgTf r "
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Cougtu.CheitColdt, Bronchitis
CHURCH
NEWS
BAPTIST
Bible school, 9 45 a m
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
B T U., 6:30 p m
Evening worship, 7:30 p- m
Mid-week prayer service, 7:30 p.
m Wednesday.
There is much concern among us
now about the millions in Europe
who are facing starvation this win
ter. In the morning sermon on "The
Feeding of the Five Thousand," a
reference w ill be made to the latest
developments in an effort to give
food to these suffering people.
The subject for the evening ser
mon is, Jesus Teaches Cheerful
ness."
At four o'clock Sunday afternoon,
Dr. George W Truett will speak on
"Christ and Human Suffering." This
is the second of thirteen sermons
coming to us through the Baptist
Hour. Hear every one of them. The
time is 4 00 to 4 30 each Sunday af
ternoon.
PRESBYTERIAN
The regular services of the Pres
byterian Churches of the County will
be under the direction of the Rev.
C. A. Lawrence and a student from
i d itself, and yet our county through
its constituted authority refused to
go along with the state and became
a dissenter. We deny unemployment
and rightly so, but unemployment is
not producing the poverty and brok
en hearts and homes that this per
nicious poison is doing. Why not
know the joy of Cooperative Fellow
ship in the prevention, or certainly
the reduction of this blight upon our
community? If enough of us who
have listened to the voice of the
sanctuary became aroused and real
ly mean to do something more than
complain, we can. Were this bane
ful trade removed from our fair
community and the same diligence
given by able officers of the law in
the suppression of the illicit trade,
as now given, the whole nefarious
business could be throttled. The an
swer lies not in the legislature, nor
the duly elected officers of the law,
alone; the solution lies with every
man and woman in Williamston and
Martin County Will you let the
selfish practices of a few molest and
disrupt the whole community? If
we would know the joy of Coopera
tive Fellowship in a worthwhile un
dertaking, be led by the voice of the
sanctuary.*
the Seminary in Richmond, this
coming Sunday.
The full membership along with
our many friends are invited to hear
one or the other of these two men.
On Friday, January 24th, at 7:30
p. m.. there will be a Mission Rally
in the Williamston Church. An out
standing speaker from our Home
Mission field and another from one
of the foreign fields will bring in
spirational messages Make your
plans now to attend.
CHRISTIAN
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship. 11 a. m. Subject.
"Hie Master Is Come and Calleth
for Thee."
Young People meet, 6 30 p. m Sub
ject, "How Big Is My World?"
Evening sere-ice, 7:30 p. m. Sub
ject. "Who Is This Jesus of Nazar
eth?"
Junior choir meets Monday 7:15.
and the senior choir at 8 p. m Both
meet at the church.
Mid-week service Wednesday, 7:30
p. m Subject. Forgive Us Our
Debts
Junior Philsthea Bible Claw meets
Friday, January 10th. at 8 o'clock
with Mrs. E. E. Holding in the Tar
Heel Apartment.
Piney Grove Baptist
Regular services Saturday and
Sunday at 11 o'clock. It is hoped that
all the members, if possible, will be
present for the Sunday service as
it is the first Sunday service in the
year. It will set a good example for
the rest of the year.
The public is invited to attend.
METHODIST
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Ser
mon topic: "The Goodness of the
Lord.''
Young People's League. 6.45 prn.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m. Ser
mon topic "Good Soldiers of Jesus
Christ."
Mid-week prayer service. Wednes
day night, 7:30 p. m."
CONDENSED S'HTKMKM OK CONDITION
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WILLIAMS! ON, NOR III CAROLINA.
At The Clout' Of Hn?inet? December .'II. I'110.
RESOURCES
< ash und In Bunks $1,552,795.21
U. S. Bonds 478,637.74
N. C. Bonds __ 229,I69.0<?
Municipal Bonds 680.141.66
Total (ash and Marketable Bonds 85,911.343.70
Otber Bonds und Storks 37.6(N).00
Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures (net) 138.779.81
Other Real Estate 3.087.23'
Bond Income Earned But Not Collected 9,790.92
Ixians und Discounts 2,454,387.97
Total Resources $8,584,989.65
LIABILITIES
^ Capital Stock ? Common $ 272,000.00
Capital Stork ? Preferred 160,000.00
Surplus 219,000.00
Undivided Profits 16,577.54
Unearned Interest 23,110.24
Reserve?Interest, Taxes, Insurance, etc. 73,003.42
Reserve?Dividend Preferred Stork 2,400.00
Reserve Preferred Stork Relirenint Fund .00
Reserve?Dividend Common Stork ; 40,800.00
Reserve?Dividends Payable in Com. or Pfd. Stork 68,000.00
DEPOSITS 7,710,098.45
Total Liabilities $8,584,989.65
Member Federal Depotit Insurance Corporation
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Below are some typkal replies
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''*? WIFE MLIGHTED WITH INTERIOR BEAUTY.
'"?El ALSO DELIGHTED WITH FLUID DRIVE
CLARENCE W SCHAEFER
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TUST listen to this telegram from Des
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to handle it almost drives itself... wonder
fully good-looking inside and out...those
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relaxing on long drives."
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