(N. C.), JOURNAL, TmmSDAY, AUG. 5, W65
I at*! July fourth we celebrated Inde-
Mpdence Day. It was a great day,
law ml i many seem not to understand
l iatrdn this greatness lies. One who
| his been around for some eighty odd
ygirs notes a difference in the tone
Md manner of the celebration 60 or
5# years ago Of course, those years had
tifcir fun and frolic which properly be
kftged to the day, but the fun was set
in different atmosphere from that pre
vfling QOW- The emphasis was upon a
g iuine patriotism. There were spiritual
o inotattons then which seem to be ab
» it now. The emphasis is on the ev
e 8, the spectacles, rather than upon
t] s moral, ethical, and spiritual ideals
u MI which the nation was founded-
P its, clashes, hatreds, tensions come
u like mushrooms generated in the hot
b Is of materialism.
Somehow, we forget that Independ
e * was not won by just a declaration,
o that Democracy sprang full-bloomed
o the day that the Declaration waa
si ned. It took long years of fighting,
t t, sacrafice, and much shedding of
bod to make the dream come true-
F iedom has to be sustained by the
si ne kind of faith, courage, toil and
si rifice which won independence.
Past history, and passing events, serve
tc impress us with the fact, that the
w rid in which we live has its changes
ai I chances. Individuals and generations
c pe up for a brief span, make their
« rtrihution—or lack of it- and pass on.
In the death of Adlai Stevenson, Ame
rica and the world, may well moum the
pAeng of a great man, widefy useful
span upon die earth, and whose
inauence will live and increase as the
years go by. He was too great in the
raaptge of his thinking, and the wisdom
philosophy, for the mass of people
tci*; understand and appreciate him. We
seen in history, and witnessed in
oia* lifetime, the defeat of men who as
pifed to high office, because of their
trigthfulness in witnessing to their he
lms, and the demands which they made
(J high living and social justice. In fact,
We remember that a man who made
ta witness, and demanded such
thinking and righteousness in all
s and human relationships, was
to death by crucifixion. A lot of
f#pbets before Him had been persecu
ted and put to death.
was right when he said: 'To
Religion In The Here And Now
Hie great people of the world have
*1 pays had to battle within their own
p iks. We have been moved anew to this
it lection as we read of the one hundreth
w ?bration of the Salvation Army. A
gi at service was held in the Arch
bi tiop of Canterbury. The celebration
w s quite different from the treatment
erf the founder William Booth. He or
gi lized a movement to carry the Gos
p into areas generally shunned or
ig ored by the Churches- He moved into
tl slums the brothels where the sin
nj s were, to communicate the Gospel
m ssage in terms which they could un-
Ic stand. He met opposition from every
qi irter, but results, in time, changed
th attitude towards the Salvation Ar
id and uniform, and the bonnet worn
b; the women workers became objects
el respect and esteem.
There is a strange inconsistency run
n g through the history of religion, and
a ecially the Christian religion. Again
a 1 again Christian nations have gone
ir o wars which denied the teachings of
ft n whom they profess to follow. An or-
*ized body whose stated mission is to
* k and save the lost, has tended to or
g nize itself away from the groups it is
4 signed to save. Organized religion has
M ided to organize itself around cathed
rals, elegant church and heau
tiin liturgies and artistic appointments
six good as symbols, but which more and
oftre tend to become segregated from
sorts and conditions of men- The
gfeat opposition which Jesus met came
fam the reMoMis leadcee of his day
hpeause be did go after that whfch was
Mft. lie charged those leaders that they
tp* their prophets and then garnished
tfito tombs. And se it has been through
tw centuries. Prophets continue to be
jmpevted and data; future generations
wfii huild monuments to than, and keep
a&n garnished The tragedy of tills
I* 'if. . ifi.
Independance Day
A Great Man Powei
By: Norvin C. Duncan
On# reuDA Mi» ** nw # m»|
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WW* Hfe It Otypt'te-* 4Npfe 1
Also, multllwdes have forgotten that
» free people must tafce upon Humming
the responsibility which goes with free
dom. Freedom does not mean the right
of %n individual to do as ha pleMes
without regard to other people- who
make up society, Self-interest can des
troy freedom much more quickly than
Communists can. Freedom can Uvt and
grow only to a community which rec
ognizes the mutual interests and re
sponsibilities of all the people. There
must be a recognition and acceptance
of interdependencies - for "no imnr/Mv
eth. or dteth to Mmaetf."
We are a bit skeptkaJ of the wiafm,
the matives, and eapeetofty the mm
tices, of those qroum who o>gaflip to
promote what they call patriotism- They
are wha* we call' *uper-patirMs'V whaae
idea of fpaedom la to compel toy intiwa
datioaa, greats and ooereioa, everyone
to aeeept tielr narrow, hfcpfrd. toWtofr
ant concept of freedoms Super-patriots
always p am great danger to gentiine
DemooraW- For real Democracy does
everything in the open- ft disdains sec
retive movements, threats- and/fettaida
tiona- Rmpact for athers.totemnce, help
ing alNfnto rise,, are the aswuFka of real
Democracy, i
be great is to lie qdßWfentffttf." ft is
often dangerous* to live upon tfc*
We poor mortak want something
to our prejudia«B and ymnlowg.
Though twic» defeated far ibvfvw
dencV, Adlai Steuemap* withe** bitter
ness or rebuke, position s
in which he cawM), 4P# && sww® his
country with dtatfeetfen- Cri
tical defeat wa* fwwWwMfct *&**> de
feat there moved him mfi&wew where
his character and hi* thinking witt go
on, influencing the world as they
not have done as a President.
As with all great men, he was tile
object of many attacks. There were
many, whose minds could not reach his
thinking, and faulted him for his learn
ing and called him an egghead.
No man is seen and understood while
he lives* Death is a part of the process
through which the real man is re
vealed. In death, Stevenson already
looms higher, and many who criticized
him so harshly, now rush to pay tri
butes to the man and to the service
which he has rendered- But for such men,
and thank God there are always some
of them around, the world would go
down in utter destruction.
our dogmas, and so inhibited by the
world that as Christ tries in our day to
break through organized religion and
traditional cultures and reach the poor,
ignorant, underprivileged it is the re
ligious leaders—though, thank God, there
are notable exceptions,, who try to keep
things as they axe. The underprivileged
are blamed for what the privileged have
created and wish to keep intact The
time has come when Christians must be
willing to be baptized with the baptism
in which Jesus was , baptized, and' to
drink from the cup from which he
drank. The Church, organization, indi
vidual which seeks to save its life will
lose it- The Christian legion has a cross
at the center - which must be shared
by those who would redeem society
cross burnings deny everything that lies
within the Cross of Jesus- So, this gener
ation which their forefathers persecuted
or ignored. Through much tribulation
the Salvation Army has entered into
the Kingdom of God—and brought"
thousands with Am.
The insidious thing about sunburn
at the beach, it has you before you are
aware of it.
——MM* 4 '*
We suppose ft is aU right for 9 per
son to complain; but why do so many
people have to make a business of it?
We hove pmr«p seen any— Hmm
trousiy affected by gptag to church reg
ularly.
There awn fftmya a Um wfce eager
to tear dewn any younger person who
has njgcfc a go o£ it ta Hfe
this Week's
60 SECOND SERMON
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"A fJfTTLE LEAVEN LEAVENETH THE WHOLE
LUMP." I Corinthians 1:8.
t
Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary to Labrador,
was a guest at a dinner in London to which many socially
prominent men and women were invited. During the course
flf the dinner the lady seated next to him turned and
asked,
* "Is it true, Dr. Grenfell, that you are a missionary?"
V Dr. Grenfell looked,' at her for a moment before replying,
it true, madam, that you are not?"
• • • • »
'' Each ef H'k a missionary to everyone we-meet-whether
ire Hfce U er not. We carry a message along the street
•Mil enr frown or —lie. We influence untold numbers of
Unknowns who happen to see us. What we accomplish that
men TP" measure is compared to our influence on
jrthup' a»cosapllsli«ients or failures.
Norman Cousins pot it this way in a Saturday Review
**lllo fell measure ef man is to be found not in the
|uii hwwll w even his ideas and works, but in the colors
textures that cone allTe in other people because of him."
. With this responsibility who dares offer less than his best
InHHsif In whatever he does wherever he does it? Is it
in* that yen are not a missionary?
SENATOR JORDAN REPORTS...
WASHINGTON Another
big step was taken this week
in making North Carolina the
outftanding tourist attraction
pf the last Coast when the
Senate approved a bill es
tablishing Cape Lookout Nat
ional Seashore as a new nat
ionftl ftarfc.
HM>' proposed parte, which I
hop* wiH receive early ap
proval of the House of Rep
resentatives, will go a long
way toward rounding out our
state-wide network of tourist
attractions which has received
national and international ac
claim.
The" proposed Cape Lookout
National Seashore project will
make the string of islands on
the Outer Banks from More
head' to Qcracoke Inlet
a part of the national park
system.
The National Park Service,
which has been very interested
in this project, is planning to
spend several million dollars
to install various tourist faci
lities as well as preserve the
area in its natural state and
protect the islands from hur
ricanes and other weather haz
ards. Hie Park Service estim
ates that within a few years
after the project is completed
about a million people a year
wiU visit the area.
Adjoining the Cape Look
out National Seashore is the
Cap* Hatteras National Sea
shore, which has become one
of our major tourist attract
tions.
These recreational areas are
key parts of our total tourists
aryjl recreational complex in
North Carolina which has be
come a rapidly growing and
tremendously important seg
ment of our economy.
Anettaw mww ftwto* in ow
tourist industry is the trem
eryious popularity of the Blu*
Ridge Parkway, which leads
the nation in National Park
Service attractions with about
7.5 millipn visitors per year.
More afyd more we are real
izing how important such at
tractions cap be to our total
economy, and they are closely
-elated to, other recreational
areas such as Fontana Lake,
the W. Karr Soott- Reservoir,
Kerr Reservoir, and the pro
posed reservoirs at New Hope
Qanv in, the Cape Pear River
saain ' apA* the .Falls of the
Neuse Dam in the Neuse River
Basin.
A recent analysis of the
tourist indvistry published by
tfie Travel Cpuncil of North
Carolina dramatically illustr
ates'how important recreation
and tourism have become as
one of our major industries.
This analysis showed that re
ceipts by firms serving trave
lers in our state exceeded a
billion dollars last year. The
analysis also showed that the
growth rate of the travel in
dustry in North Carolina is
far exceeding the national av
erage.
[ North Carolina has become
recognized as one of the most
tourist-minded states in the
nation and facilities such a;
the Cap* Lookout National
Seashore will greatly assist uf
in continuing to expand this
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Woodleaf News
By. C. H. Wetmore
Truck farmers are at their
busiest season; with tomatoes
and cantaloupes about gone.
They are busy getting their
late peanuts set out. Some are
setting out late tomatoes, and
cabbage, and planting late
squash, for the late markets.
Flake Coulter is improving
in Davis Hospital at States
ville, from injuries received
about a month ago when his
truck wrecked near Martins
ville, Va. His injuries includ
ed a broken jaw, and lacera
tions about the face, and
bruises his body.
Janice, and Lynn Wetmore,
are spending several days this
week in Garden City, South
Carolina near Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. Frank Moyer of
Brentwood, N. Y. is spending
several days here with her
sister, Mrs. Heber Wetmore.
Danny Dam arson, is spend
ing this week in Toccoa, Ga.
with his cousin, Mike Means.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Painter and children Ray, Lin
da, and Ricky of Chattanooga,
Tenn., are visiting his parent*
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Painter.
A. G. Etheriage, remains
very seriously ill at Rowan
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Bryant
and children of Birmingham,
Alabama, are spending this
week with her patents Mr.
and Mrs. O. T. Nesbit.
Uncle Charles Deal, who
had been real sick is some
what improved
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Alien
l of Cleveland, Mrs. Maude
Nichols of Woodleaf and Mrs.
Cora Page of Cooleemee vi
sited Miss Rosa Turner in
Lancaster, South Carolina
and Rev. and Mrs. Jimmy
Steele of near Charlotte.
Those enjoying a swimming
party at the river and wein
er roast this past weekend
were Jean, Dale, Keith and
Kent Halloway, Jim, Reba,
Ann and Robert Mclntyre
and Jimmy and Tiny Steele
of Woodleaf, and Lester, Di-
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