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Thursday, September 8, 1932.
CHAPLIN AGAIN IN
LIMELIGHT.
A little news item has appeared in
papers throughout the country and
many will casually read it and pass
on, giving it no second thought. Yet
should that item have appeared
twelve to fifteen years ago it would
have been considered important. It
is the story of Charles Spencer Chap
lin, the father, once known as Char
lie Chaplin, the comedian, attepting
to prevent his divorced wife from put
ting his two children, over whom she
has custody, in motion pictures.
Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame was
accomplished under great hardships
and difficulties. And that fame, like
the fame of hundreds of movie stars
has been short-lived. The ever-chang
ing world has outgrown the demand
for the old slapstick comedy and
Chaplin's popularity passed with it.
He came into the limelight a few
years ago when his wife, Lita Grey
Chaplin divorced him and was award
ed the custody of the children and
we now find him again, desperately
fighting that his two sons shall not
have to suffer as he did. He wants
them to enjoy healthy, normal child
hood; the kind he was unable to en
joy
As we read of his fight for these
sons of his and are able to understand
the real Chaplin, the father whose en
tire interests are centered around
them and their welfare we forget the
comedian of a past age and think of
him, perhaps for the first time in th?
light of a serious minded man, who
though separated because of marital
difficulties from those he loves is
still working for their interests. Our
heart can not but go out to him be
cause of the things he must suffer.
He has won his fight and the chil
dren will not be permitted to go into
pictures without the consent of both
parents. The trials, the hardships he
encountered throughout his entire life
and which have aged him permature
ly, he wishes to have his children
avoid. He has provided for them to
the extent of $200,000 and thinks this
should place them in a position to
secure the education he was unable
to receive and will render, unneces
sary their entering into the grind of
theatre life at their age. He merely
wants to protect them until th?y are
able to make a decision for themselv
es. Then if they want to take up this
work they may do so.
MAKE FARMS ATTRACTIVE
TO THE YOUNGSTER.
If the farms were made more at
tractive for the young people there
would not be nearly so many of them
leaving and going into the cities. The
average person thinks of life on the
farm in terms of work. . . .work from
the breaking of the day until dark.
One year the farmer makes a big
crop and gets nothing for it; the next
year he makes a small one and gets
a fair price but each year he has ex
pended the same amount of work and
money for the returns he gets. The
young folks are denied to a large ex
tent, the privileges of an education.
Recreation is limited and work is
never ended. It is understood at the
outset that all he is working for is
a living and in most instances it is
not much of a living.
The higljer wages made by city
workers attract them as do the "ad
vantages" of life in the city. Of course
all, or at least the larger proportion
of those who leave the farms and go
into the cities are hastily disillusion
ed. They find that the large wages
are not so large after all when the
added expenses of living in the city
is taken care of and that at the end
of the year there is no more actual
cash than was to be had on the farm.
But it is a sad fact that this is dis
covered after they have left instead
of before.
The farm could and should be made
attractive to the youngsters from the
time they begin to observe things.
They should be educated into a know
ledge of HOW to live. They can be
taught to take a genuine interest in
the affairs of the farm and to plan
for the future. Not a dull, monoto
nous future; an eternal daily grind
but something far more interesting.
It is a part of human nature to
love beautiful things and with this
in mind the boy or girl should be
taught to cultivate flowers and
shrubs. He should be interested in the
beautification of the place he calls
home; make it attractive. A little of
this goes a long jpay and the time
spent in this manner is certainly
I thrown away. Even when considered
j from a monetary standpoint it is a
fact that a farm with lots of fine
i shade trees, lawns, flowers and
| shrubs is going to be worth more than
' one which has never been beautified.
? And the work is interesting and will
' appeal to the young fanners.
? Then there are the recreations
' There could be tennis courts, ball
: diamonds swimming pools and the
! things that "kids" like. All the worth
I while amusements can be had on the
1 farm just as they are to be had m
I the cities. And there is nothing that
j will stimulate the young person to
do more and better work than a cer
I tain amount of the kind of recreation
he likes.
Interest should be stimulated in
, club work. It is educational. No one
! will be so foolish as to say that edu
cation is unnecessary for life on a
! farm. It is not only necessary but it
is absolutely essential. So by ?1
I means encourage the young folks to
1 take an active part in the work of
the various clubs. which will educate
them in the proper methods of rais
ing live stock, poultry, better crop9
and which will train them to be bet
1 ter farmers in every way. The ten
dency is for the older people to claim
that they do not have time for these
' things but it will be far more prof
itable in the long run to spend the
I iime in this manner for the farmer
of the future is the "kid" of today an
the training he receives now will de
termine what kind of farmer he is
to be.
BIG MAN OR
I LITTLE MAS.
i The easiest way in the world to
determine the mental calibre of the
man who has been given a public of
fice is to observe how he treats the
man who was opposed to him in the
election. It is only then that he shows
himself in his true colors. If he is a
LITTLE man he will favor those
who have been instrumental in plac
ing him in office and will exercise
his authority to the limit to work
against the man whose choice did not
include him. He will carry the party
fight on into the office and make life
miserable for all save his "friends.
The man who is really big; the man
who counts and who does justice to
the party electing him is the man who
serves all the people alike, favoring
-none. He will stick to his promises
to the people and will make them all
welcome at any time; He will do a
service for the man who voted against
him as quickly as he will for the ?ne
who helped place him in office. And
that is what the people expect. It is
what they have every right to ex
pect. We can not all think alike. It
is only natural that all the people
will not like the same man for the
office but the duties of the office are
clearly defined and the man who car
lies them out efficiently, whether he
be a Democrat, Socialist or a Repub
lican or a member of any other party
will win the favor and the respect
of the public. What the people want
at all times is a man who will SERVE
them and it is with this in mind that
they cast their vote. You can prove
to them that they were wrong in vot
ing against you. You can make them
feel at home in your office. For
whether you belong to one party or
another one thing is certain; when
you go into office you are serving the
people and not the party.
Little minds are incapable of grasp
ing this. They welcome their friends
with open arms and all but insult
the man who struck out their name
on the ballot, or whose political views
do not coincide with their*.
And the little mind, it is usually
I found, harbors fear; fear that it wil'
do something that might displease
their "bosses" the political contingent
which gave them the office. Politics
are necessary for the operation of
our government but a man in pub
lic office can not effectually serve his
people unless he forgets his party af
filiations in the discharge of his du
ties, except to the extent that he cai
ries out the promises he has made
to his constituents and which were,
of course, incorporated in his party
platform.
LIFE IS A NARROW VALE
I Life is a narrow vale between the
, cold and barren peaks of two eterni
' tirs. We strive in vain to look beyond
! the heights ; we cry aloud. The only
I echo of our willing lips; of the unre
| lyin dead there comes no word; but
j the night of death hope sees a ntar,
, and the listening love can hoar the
I rustle of a wing. These myths were
' born cf hopes and fears and tears,
i and smiles and they were touched ?.p<1
? colored by all there is of joy and b-i"f
\ between the rosv dawn of birth an I
? death's ?ad nitrht; they clqthcd even
? ? f"rs with passion, and gaVo to'
gods the faults and frailties of men.
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FORCED LANDINGS
By R. J. Poole
Todays Nuisance is for the Salva
tion Army collector to catch you in
?he presence of some girls when you
can't produce a cent.
As the Bible says, "Do Unto Others
As You Would Have Them Do Unto
You." But the people of today think
they should do others before they do
them.
1
Heard and seen but have never
understood how some people can
"high-hat" you when they really have
less than you possess.
It has long been quoted by the men,
that a little powder and paint on the
girls make them what they ain't.
Religion is a good thing to have
but there are so many that only pos
sess it one day. during the week. Who,
during the rest of the week will break
every commandment that the Bible
contains.
While standing on the Drug store
corner a fellow stated that a silver
dollar was very light in weight, but
today it was some hard to raise.
Heard but not seen how some
people are 30 educated and broad
minded who never amount to anything
in life.
It would be a little worse than too
bad, it would be three bad if we had
24 hours daylight, because it would
unravel and reveal lots of scenes that
are not visible during the darkness.
What goes on down on the high
way at night is noue of our business
but lots of people enjoy hunting for
such sights so they can discuss what
the younger generation is coming to.
One day a dog gone little dog came
down the dog gone street and the dog
gone dog catcher started after the
dog gone dog and the dog gone little
i dog ran under the dog gone fence
, through a dog gone hole and the dog
gone dog catcher said ? "dog gone."
The parents of a boy who goes off
to school, or to some college and
spends the hard earned money that
they have laid by in the past years
sure do need Loving, Kindness and
1 Sympathy when they find out that he
has made a' miserable failure when
, supposed to be capable of passing his
work.
Some time ago during the time of
the Sino-Jap war there was a num
: ber of Canadian fliers without work
in Canada, who offered their services
in the battle lines of China providing
1 China would pay for planes and
' equipment in which to do fighting
i with and pay them salaries to send
, home to their families. When it comes
to the point where men in Canada
have to sacrifice their lives for bread
for their families things are getting
pretty bad.
There is one word now existing
throughout the world that has been
more talk of and has gained more
popularity than any other word that
can be mentioned ? "Depression."
This word depression has been talk
; ed so much that it has actually made
I people hoard their money moreso than
| they would have if it had not been
! talked at all. The only way to elimi
' nate depression is to stop talking
hard times and talk good times and
j then the money will flow from all
j channels that are now holding up the
I money.
i
Comparatively thinking there are
ninety percent of the people living in
the United States that do not know
how the government is controlled and
about ten percent who do have this
knowledge. This ninety percent go to
the polls on election day and vote ac
cording to what they have heard and
of course not knowing how the gov- I
ernment is controlled, think that the
entire country is run by the presi
dent and blame the depression upon
him. According to the ideas of these
people, the United States is run en
tirely by a king, but this not being
true, we have Congress which plays
the great part of running the nation
and therefore it is right to give them
credit for the downfall of our country
I providing the government has any
| thing to do with it.
Today this is the most powerful
and richest nation on the globe, yet
we are howling about being in such
misery by not having the things that
we did have at one time in life We, the
people of the United States, have
never come in contact with the bottom
of depression like the foreign coun
tries. People in foreign countries were
hit by hard times a number of years
before the United States and are still
suffering, which really makes it hard
er for them than it does us. In those
countries they call it deep-pression.
Far Worse
"I'm happy and all that, of course,
old chap; still I wish my wif.
wouldn't talk so much about hev
last husband."
"Forget it! Mine's always talking
about her next."
What State?
Reporter: "And in what state
were you born, professor?"
Professor: "Unless my recollection
?"nils me, in the state of ignorance."
Reporter (scribbling) : "Yes, to be
Hire. And how long have you lived
there?"
' V:. v.? the v,-' ' arid' waves v;<. /:
I music, and all the lakes ard si rot. a:
pvnvfttinns, woods run! per
''ftmied mii ? v/c- v !. ??? * by a thui;
and fairy forms. ? Selected jj
People Bnd the Less,>ns
, . , I Learn by ob
1 Meet ? ? ? serving' them.
(By Harold Brendan)
I used to go into the cafe in which
she was employed every time I could
think of an excuse. A cup of coffee,
a 90ft drink, a cigar, or anything else
I could convince myself I wanted,
would take me there. I didn't even
know her name for I had not been in
the town long. I really didn't know
why I liked to watch her; why her
smile and her friendly manner should
attract me as it did. Perhaps it was
because she radiated sunshine; be
cause my own gloomy disposition
needed the refreshing smile and the
spirit of congeniality she had about
her.
Soon we became acquainted and she
would call me by name and I learned
to address her as Dorothy and later
as Dot. I had neter seen her without
the smile and it. made me feel good to
see it; to talk to her r.nd hear her
talk. Finally I waxed so bold as to
ask her to take in a movie with me.
That was about the only thing in the
town to do. She said she would be
"tickled pink" to go S'o we went. I
really enjoyed the picture, although
I decided later that it wasn't a really
good one and I knew I would have
been bored if she had not been sitting
beside me.
A boy friend asked' her to go to a
dance with him. Sh? declined. I was
a bit surprised for I knew she
thought a lot of the boy. I questioned
her after he had gone to learn wheth
er it was because she did not care
for dances or just why she did not
go. "I like dances," she said, "and
would have gone with him at any
other time but for some reason I air
not in the mood to go with him. 1
would like to attend the dance al
right." Before I knew it I had "dated
her up" for the dance. I have nevei
cared for dancing and she must have
sensed it for after awhile she wanted
to sit out a dance and took advantage
of the occasion to tell me that she
felt I did not like to dance, although
she politely told me I danced well.
While sitting out that dance 1
learned what I had half suspected,
She had a' disposition that was at
gloomy as my own. There were thing:
in her life that worried her and the
pleasant smile, the cheerful rnannet
she assumed were but a mask to hide
her real disposition. "My entire life,'
she confided, "has been a series oi
ups and downs, mostly downs." She
did not go into detail at that time but
I later learned that she had the
toughest time of any girl I think J
have ever knowj?. An orphan since
she was ten; earning her own way
from her thirteenth birthday. She
had known the pangs of hunger; she
had slept in vacant houses and ir
the open. She had washed dishes in
cafes to pay for her meals when she
was broke. She had been sick and
was taken into a charity hospital
leaving there in a weakened condi
tion to continue her fight for exist
ance.
"In spite of it ail," she once remark
ed, "I like to live. I have never
thought of suicide. And I have found
that if one is determined to fight
one's way through, it can be done
and without resorting to anything in
decent, immoral or dishonest. It's a
tough fight and it takes a fighting
spirit but the man or woman who
fights with a smile is more than like
ly to win. If my smile is a mask it
is an effective one for there are very
few who have ever penetrated it."
And now as I watch her go about
her daily tasks, laughing, jesting; with
a pleasant word for every one I can
not but feel that there is one person
who is serving a noble purpose in life
and one who will win out. Life is
hard at its best and to get the most
out of it one must fight, but is there
any reason why we can't do it with
a smile?
CAROLINA
PRESS VIEWS
On Topics Of The Day
While Greensboro automobile own
ers generally may be in favor of
peace, most of them will nevertheless
agree that what this community needs
is a good gas war? Greensboro News.
That Chicago outfielder who play
ed eighteen innings without a fielding
chance the other day should thank his
lucky stars he is in baseball. In big
business he would have been laid ofi
by the end of the fourth inning ? Hen
dersonville Times-News.
We see by the headlines that a
story "told by a fish peddler" is to
be probed. We've heard of fish stories
that needed probing but they were
not told by fish peddlers ? Asheville
Times.
Most "tax-reduction plans'" arc
based on the ancient principle of not
letting the right hand know what the
left doeth. In other words they shii't
taxes and don't lower them.
It is just as painful to take a dol
lar from one pocket as another ? just
as painful to pay a new kind of tax
as an old one. We will have tax re
duction when we force genuine cuts
in the cost of running government ?
and not* until then ? West Asheville
News.
No matter which way the wind is
blowing it can be made to saii a ship
f you will but set. the sails to the
wind. Likewise every change in busi
ness conditions offers opportunities
to the business man. I say oonfitier'i
hit any man in rny business' v.v.
.v?II take th? ?voub*e to atvj.nr 1
llan- to conditions aa thay ara ?
?fear! of >is hi? giffrM vrs?h t-vm ? -rr
'>e next 12
lofttnS-^CaTiton Enterprise.
HANGING OUT ON
MAIN STREET
By A. Lounger
Some guys are like that. They stand
around all day and never see any
thing nor hear anything. Go home and
say there ain't a things happenin'.
Maybe there ain't as far as real live
things "s concerned but we don't ex- 1
pect mU' h of that sort of stuff in j
Brevard. If somebody steals oTie of j
somebody else's hens that's front
page news and if somebody should b^
darin' enough to get a dee-\orce, boy! '
that would rate a six colluni head.
Wonder what all the young lad- j
ies'll do now that Mark Taylor
Orr has gone off to college.... \
an' maybs you think the-Epworth
league and the Sunday school ?
don't miss 'im he had his ups
and downs tho and I can't help
spillin' this on him. He called up ;
his fair lady recently and wanted !
a date. She said somethin' to the
effect that she was" all tied up for
the evenin'. Mark tells her he's i
disappointed for he would kinda I
like to bowl awhile. She says, j
"Well, I'll tell you what you can
do." And he says, "What?" and
then she says, "You just go right
on down there and bowl awhile."
And did little Mark's face turn j
red?
Pat Kimzey tellin' a couple of love :
birds parked out in front of Long's
that they look more like spring than
the approaching fall. .. .That young
Bob Plummer rushin' round gettin'
I his new store in readiness so he can
' begin takin' some of the community's
i j loose change in exchange for what
' I have you .... Dock Galloway tellin'
[ some of the boys about the preacher
I j who ? well, spose you get him to tell
? it Mr. Ferguson tossin' duck pins
: with the speed of cannon balls and
I occasionally makin' a strike irri
i pressible Henry Henderson accom
! panied by ? well it won't take any
i three guesses for that one-? gliding
along ir. his Chivvy ... .Mack Sitton
strollin' home for a bite to eat as if
he had all day. . . .Dick Poole askin'
"Pug" if he's sober and startin' a nice
little argyment.
Seems kinda lonesome with all
the camp folks gone. Wouldn't it
be nice if they didn't have to. go
home? However, they won't be
mist for long 'cause business is
pickin' up everywhere and this
old town ain't never been known
to lag far behind iri anything
good. So just stick around felks
and be here to see the livest win
ter in several years.
; "Times" Douglas askin' somebody
[ if they want plain or self-risin' flour
and somebody says plain and he says
| the only kind he ain't got Long
I "Bill" Bridges runnin' round takin
up a collection from fellows he's
' "trusted.". .. .Tony Trantham's mind
on squirrel huntin' for the squirrel
feast the Methodist church is goin' to
put on Friday night ''Archie"
down at Long's wishin' fellows who
! ain't got their girls along wouldn't
' try to show off by honkin' their horns
' for a pack o' Camels just to see him
bring 'em out.
The Upward
Trend.
Little News items that offer
conclusive proof that business is
on the upgrade.
Price of Mill Stock Advances
During the past two weeks there
has been a rise in the price of stock
of the Dan River cotton mills and of
the- Riverside mills at. Danvilie. V'a.
Preferred stock is said to have in
creased from $35 to $45 while the
common stock has increased from \
$3.50 to $6.25 per share. This increase
is said to be due to the increased ac
tivity in the mill and better pros- [
pects for the future
Employment Given to 200
Employment has been given to 200
operatives of the Wallbrook Tobacco
company has been buying tobacco in
the border counties of North and
South Carolina.
500 to 700 to Get. Work
Between 500 to 700 persons will be
at work in the plant of the J. P. Tay
lor company soon following the open
ing of the tobacco market in Golds- !
boro, if the plant goes into full swing i
as it is expected to do.
Plants Operating at. Capacity
Plants of the Industrial Rayon
corporation located at Cleveland.
Ohio arid Covington. Va., are operat
ing at 100 percent capacity due to |
the unusual number of orders receiv- j
ed during the past few weeks, which j
have come in so fast that inventories
have been completely exhausted.
I
750 Employes Recalled
750 employes of the American Sup- !
plies, Inc., tobacco steamery have been
recalled and announcements have been
, made to the- effect that the plant
will be on a full-time schedule for
several months, probably.
Engineers and Firemen Recalled
51 engineers and firemen of the
Lackawana railroad have been recall
ed and others may be recalled in the
near future as tha railroad officials
state that traffic increased sharply
during the latter half of August.
Biy I iter case Jit Orders
In its review of the condition exist- i
intr in its territory the Atlanta Fed- [
era' - bbank has found that.
? of more than 150 j
tiei in Jiih orders over last year, ?
? ' < "of the sixth district. '
j V.: 'iY-i seven inor.ihs of the
year retail trade was below that of
The Practical
Religion.
Little applications of Religion
to the Daily Life.
If Religion were given the practical
application to our daily lives that it
should be there would be less sick
ness, discontent and unhappiness in
the world chan there is today. No
physician, no dietitian can give more
valuable information for the preser
vation of health than is to be found
in the Bible. All through it we are
admonished as to how we may be
healthy and happy. Maybe we are not
told in so many words that fee should
eat spinach or other greeiflRfcjvhich
our mother used to- require xSPro' eat
as a part of our daily diet, nor do
we find any specific reference as to
the evils of tobacco, or coffee or the
use of dope. But we do find other
things there which, with the proper
interpretation, we will find to exclude
from our daily lives the things that
ere injurious and harmful and to par
take of the things which will keep
our bodies in as nearly perfect con
dition a3 we possibly can.
Drinkers are prone to excuse them
selves on the ground that just a lit
tle bit will not be injurious to their
health. Those who are harmed, they
claim, are thos? who drink to
^ excess. Is this true. Or is it a fact
| that if an excess of anything harm
ful will harm to a large extent then
| there will be harm done in the pro
' portion to which one indulges? If
liquor is harmful then what excuse is
! there for taking .it into the body at
all? There is not one thing t.o be gain
! ed from it and there most assuredly
is a great deal to be lost for the liquor
habit, like all others, grows with use.
' There is no such thing as continuing
! in moderation. The same is true of
| tobacco. The injury it does to the
body may not be readily apparent but
; it does some harm, even in modera
tion. What excuse is there, then for
! partaking of anything that is admit
tedly unfit to be taken into the body?
To the extent we indulge in these
things to that extent are we render
ing this "temple" unfit for Christ to
dwell in. And He says we are His
temples.
Can you, by any stretch of the
imagination, picture Christ drinking
liquor, even in moderation? Tjan you
picture Him walking down the street
smoking a cigar or^ f. cigarette or
chewing tobacco You say that is
a different thing. But i sit? Christ
came to this earth and lived just a?
you and I live. He was" born the same
manner, differing from us only in
that he was conceived of the Holy
Ghost and not of man, that his con
ception might not be in sin and that
His Father should be God. Many say
that it was this Divine conception
that marks the difference between
Him and us; that because he was not
born in sin he had an advantage over
us. But we learn that He, all through
his life was tempted in all things, lite
as we are." He came into the world
a tiny babe. He grew up and was
taught by his mother. He worked in
| the carpenter shop of His father, and
played with the children of the com
munity in which He lived. He, was
no doubt, constantly tempted to do the
things that other children do, and hr
may have yielded. We have no proof
that he did not do some of th?
"naughty" little things that all of us
do as children. It is, of course not
to be expected that he did them to
the same evtent as did the others
for his home training must have been
superior to that of the other children
for we all know that home tiaining
is an important factor in the develop
ment of the individual. What he did
before he was twelve years of age
would have no bearing on the life we
love to study for he did not reach
the age of accountability until then.
At the age of twelve we find Him
"going about His Father's business.''
He was, as we say today, converted.
He, from that time dedicated His lif?
to the work of His Father. He was
perhaps tempted to eat to excess at
times when he had gone for long peri
cds of time without food. The beau
tful young wjsmen of the communities
may have had some appeal to Him.
With His wonderful mind, His great
personality, He may have been offer
j ed important positions which would
have served to detract from the work
of the Father and which He of course .
would have declined if they had been i
offered-.
All this to show that He startfci.1
out in life as every other boy or girl i
starts out. That He was subject to!
the temptations we are subject to and
that He overcame them just as it is
possible for us to do. He was our ex
ample. It may not seem possible that
we can live the same perfect life He
lived but all that is required of us
is to live that life as nearly as wp
can. And the yielding to temptation,
whether it is the drinking of liquor,
th? use of tobacco, intemperance in
our diet or any of these thin^?and
the rendering of His temple unclean
is not following the example He set
for us.
V
Mrs. Snapper ? You can cut some
people by ignoring them.
Mr. Snapper? I wish I could cut
the lawn that way !
Lopher ? How does Snigglefritz
like his new typist?
Lazier ? She's just his type.
"You say the garfgsters were
'covered' by men who had neither pis
tol nor gun?"
"Yes, newspaper .reporters were
getting an interview."
the same period last year hut after
adju.-tment for the seasonal decline
and the number of business days
there i~ nn increase over #?? +???
past two months.
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