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?THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1946
' Letters to the Editor
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"TACT FINDING BUNCH"
Editor Democrat:
You are aware of the tact that
we are going through some extreme
ly cold weather ? especially so with
us over here right in the city limits
of; Boone. But this 'morning when I
emerged forth from my warm bed,
and hit the cold floor with my bare
feet, it was immediately and urgent
ly?urged to write a short article on
the bare facts concerning this ? let
us say, (long lived) fact-finding
committee ? which has been appoint
ed on a fat, greasy salary to get
down to bed rock facts and figures
that the Golden..Rtele might be re
established again for the good of
mankind. Greed, hatred, suspicion
and jealousy, has brought the in
habitants of the earth to this fear
ful atmospheric ? atomic catastro
phe, and in view of these facts ?
let me add right here, that we, as
American people ? and the govern
ment of this people don't stop con
demning and censoring other na
tions, especially Russia, for the
things that we are more guilty * of,
Old Joe Stalin (a very fine man) is
going to be the first man to press
the button that touches off this
mighty atomic bomb? the unfor
seen power, or rather the wrath of
Almighty God turned loose, to bring
back the eternal and lasting peace
to a war-torn, bleeding and hungry
world.
Let me ask, has there been any
thing accomplished by all the dif
ferent conferences that have been
Called; also, the meetings of the so
palled Big Three League. I sus
wer no. And am frank to say that
If the signature of Almigty God is
not attached to all these stacks of
papers and messages that have
passed back and forth from one na
tion to the other, then they just as
Well be handled, transacted in hades,
and signed by the head official,
known as the devil himself.
Only children and fools are capa
ble of telling the truth, and I almost
live in a stare of complexity, to
know in just which brackit I fit best.
However, it is very clear to my
mind in this much, that this fact
f >TKij.ng bunch or committee, also the
high' officials that are connected in
the court proceedings of the Pearl
;Harbor catastrophe, have arrived at
| the very base of one of our atomic
'bombs, so they have solemnly
sworn among themselves to go fur
ther, certainly means death to our
t political career, and probably the
dog house for our abode.
Liberty, in thy name, what crimes |
are being committed. What was
! government created for, if not for
jthe masses of the people! But I fear
'that this freedom of government
has been so whittled down that until
,only a select bunch are permitted
to enjoy and eat at this government
.table.
So long as politics dominates, con
taminates and affiliates this govern
j ment, the working man and our sol
dier boys have got a snowball
chance in hades of getting what they
rightly deserve.
J. OSCAR COOKE, SR.
Boone, N. C.
LAST RITES HELD AT VALLE
CRUCIS FOR MRS. WOODY |
_____
Funeral services for Mrs. J. A.
Woody, age 88, former resident of
Shulls Mills, who died in Bristol on
Dec. 18, were conducted at the Valle
C rue is Methodist Church on Dec. 21.
Rev. S. E( Gregg conducted the serv- 1
ices and burial was in the Mast]
cemetery.
Mrs. Woody was the former Miss
Claudia V.' Caudle, of Laurel
Springs, N. C., but had resided in
Watauga county for 60 years. For
some years she had made her nome
with a daughter, Mrs. W. E. Ship
ley, of Bristol, who is the only Im
! mediate survivor. She was a mem
ber of the Primitive Baptist Church,
and was highly regarded in this sec
tion for her many traits of Chris
ian character.
An American - Chinese mission
bought 35,000,000 yards of Mexican
cotton, textiles for shipment to
China.
THE EVERYDAY
COUASELLOR
Rev. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
January is the month of begin
nings. It is ? time for a backward
look and ? forward look. The an
cient Bo? ana, who named our
moo the, oo doubt had this in mind
when tfeejr gave the first month the
name of January, after one of their
gods, Janus. He ranked high in the
estimation of the people, and often
had precedence in their prayers over
their chief deity, Jupiter.
Janus was known as the two
faced god One head was that of a
youth to indicate beginning. The
other was that of an old man signi
fying the end. With his two heads
he was able to look both backward
and forward.
So January has come to be the
month of the backward and the for
ward look. Business takes its in
ventories. Merchants have their
clearance sales. Men make their
new resolutions and project plans
for new activities.
A traveler in the Alps mountains
told me that once in the upwar
climb he was confronted with this
sign, "Stop! Turn around! There is
beautiful scenery behind you."
As we leave 1945, it is well to stop
and look backward for a parting
look at the old year. All of us can
see some beautiful scenery. V-E
Day and V-J Day are towering peaks
on the retreating horizon. Loved
ones, long absent have returned
home or are on the way. There has
been personal achievement. Kind
nesses have been received and ex
tended. Tender incidents, which
took place in some quiet cleft as we
climbed the mountain-side, linger in
our memory.
Then there have been the ob
stacles; some of them serious. There
may be a vacant chair in your home.
Perhaps there is a white cross on
some foreign battlefield. It's so dif
ficult to understand why that par
ticular chair should be vacant, even
though we realize that selfishness
brings war, and war brings death
from which the innocent suffer as
well as the guilty.
Perhaps we have reached for a
firmer grip on the hand of God, and
our faith is stronger. If so, life is
richer for us. The year which we
thought to be rather empty takes
on a new fullness, and the journey
which seemed so difficult takes on
new beauty as we look backward.
We realize that our Lord, who at
times seemed so far away, was al
W. R. Spainhour
Dies in Hickory
William R. "BUI" Spainhour, who
wm manager of the Spainhour (tore
here in 1926, died unexpectedly
at his home in Hickory Saturday
Oiec. 22. 17 -Mf: Spainhour had been
back at his home ih Hickory about
a week, following two major opera
tion* at the University of Virginia
hoapifelr Charlottesville, Va.
Funeral services were' held at the
First Presbyterian church in Hick
ory on Sunday afternoon and burial
was in Oakwood cemetety.
Mr. Spainhour entered the mer
cantile business in North Wilkes
boro in 1921 and remained there
until 1929 when he took charge of
the store in Boone.
After remaining here for a year,
Mr. Spainhour took over the store at
Elk in and remained there until 1929
[when he went to Hickory, where he
| was actively engaged in the mer
cantile business until his death.
437 PERSONS ARE KILLED
IN NEW YEAH ACCIDENTS
I The nation's accident toll for the
four-day New Year's holiday climb
ed to 437 Tuesday night, divided al
most evenly between traffic and
miscellaneous mishaps. The traffic
toll stool at 213. Only six states
failed to report any violent deaths.
Archives of the United States Li
brary of Congress will be the per
manent home of Nazi oil industry
secrets, some of them gathered from
ruins of wrecked plants before Ger
many's surrender.
The United States consumes each
year about 7,000,000 tons of sugar.
ways at our side, even when we
walked through the valley of the
shadow. So we face the New Year
with new strength and new cour
age.
There have been barren spots, too
? failures and shortcomings. The
bad is there as well as the good. We
should look at it all, then seek for
giveness for our sins from Him
whose birth we have just celebrated
and determine to carry the true
spirit of Christmas out into the New
Year, instead of throwing it out with
the Christmas tree. We can show
kindness toward those whom we
failed last year, and so remove some
of the possible regrets of life's even
tide.
And now to all of you, my read
ers, the Everyday Counselor ex
tends his sincere wish for a blessed
New Year. I
4 January 31
4 THE LAST DAY
JL FOR MEN NOW IN THE ARMY TO
i RETAIN THEIR PRESENT GRADES
f BY REENLISTING . . .
Men now in the Army who re
enlist before February 1 will
be reenlisted in their present
grade. Men honorably dis
charged can reenlist within 20
days after discharge in the
grade they held at the time of
discharge, provided they re
enlist before February 1, 1946.
t
There's a long list of attractive
reenlistment privileges in the
new Armed Forces Voluntary
Recruitment Act of 1945. The
ability to keep your present
grade is onlv one of them, but
this privilege expires on
January 31.
There are plenty of other
reasons why many thousands
of men have enlisted, and more
thousands are enlisting every
day. YouH certaitjly want to
know all of the opportunities
open to you. If youH read
them carefully, you'll know
why a job in the new peace
time Regular Army is being
regarded today as "The Best
Job in the World."
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW
ENLISTMENT PROGRAM
1. Enlistments for IVx, 2 or 3 years.
( 1-year enlistments permitted for men
now in Army with 6 months' service.)
2. Enlistment age from 17 to 34 yeers
inclusive, except for men now in Army,
who may reenlist at any age.
3. Men reenlisting retain present grades,
if they reenlist within 20 days after
discharge and before February 1, 1946.
4. The best pay scale, medical care,
food, quarters and clothing in Army
history.
5. An increase in the reenlistment
bonus to $50 for eech year of active
service since such bonus waa last peid,
or since lest entry into service.
6. Up to 90 days' paid furlough, de
pending on length of service, with fur
lough travel paid to home and return,
for men now in Army who enlist.
7. A 30-day furlough every year at full
p?y.
8. Mustering-out pay (based upon
length of service) to all men who are
discharged to reenlist.
9. Option to retire at half pay for life
after 20 years' service ? increesing to
threo-quarters pey after 30 years' ser
vice. All previous active federal mili
tary service counts toward retirement.
10. Benefits under the O I BUI of
Rights.
11. Family allowances foe the term of
enlistment for dependents of men who
enlist before July 1, 1946.
f2. Opportunity to learn one or more
of 200 skills and trades.
13. Choice of brench of service and
oversees theater in the Air, Ground or
Service Forces on 3-year enlistments.
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INLISTID MEN
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Technical Sergeant
Staff Sergeant .
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POST OFFICE BLPG.
LENOIR, N. C.
Turin, Italy, estimate* that about
268,000 of the 020,000 rooms in that
city were damaged during the war.
Nazis drilling lor oil in the Neth
erlands found oil-bearing strata at
2,500 feet and sank three wells.
Marigolds are grown in pots h?
England as a choice kitchan haffc.
which is used for flavoring soups.
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*1 can? carry
it - safer t"
Now, there's no
more danger from
Spilled Milk!
Small hands and feet need no
longer fear broken glass -
with- Coble Pure-Pak modern
milk cartons - the first in
the South, yet tested else
where for yeefrs. They are
safer, lighter, handier.
For modern mothers'
There are other conveniences
for you, mother! No bottles
to wash o? return. No bottle
deposit I They're more sani
tary; take- less space; weigh
half as much; noiseless , etc .
Truly, it is the Modern Milk
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-for finer flavor I -r
D VITAMIN ADDED
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New Year
Greetings
Victory does not only apply to nations at war.
We can win victories over ourselves, too, and
' - over the problems which lay in our path.
As 1 946 sweeps in upon us we wish for each
of you an unbroken series of victories over any
and all circumstances that may tend to retard
your progress towards every individual's cher
> ished goals ? healtji and happiness. Good luck
r to you -every step of the way!
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