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MEDITATION
"These days demand that wv pay as little attention to
discouragement as possible. Let us remember the ship at .-ea
points its prow toward its harb >r. The train continually
st-eks its destination. Airplanes fly from port to po t Chris
tians are headed for an eternal and universal kingdom where
God Himself is K:njt. and all men are brothers L ve prompts
all tilings in this kingdom. Believe that. Faith less than this
will not suffice. We must put our hand to the plow and no:
look back."
"Rich Man... Poor Man..."
When is a man rich? When is he pocr?
What, really, is wealth?
Economists, philosophers, men and women,
ev erywhere are trying to find the answer.
Textbooks used to teach us that wealth was
simply "surplus capital. Bernard Baruch.
sometimes called the "grand old man of Wash
ington", said recently that any man was rich
who had one dollar more than he absolutely had
to have to meet his needs.
In these days of constantly changing values,
in a world bes^t by constant fear of inflation or
deflation, it would seem that a modern defini
tion of wealth is in order.
i\len and women have become realists about
money. They know, for instance, that dollars
buy more in times of deflation like the depress
ion years, but jobs, and therefore dollars, are
harder to find and deflation does not benefit
them.
Thgy also know that in times likp the pres
ent, with partial inflation, there are plenty of
dollars around but they don t buy much. There
fore inflation too is no help.
All this leads up to one thought . . . What
the average person wants is not fluctuating
dollars, but Security; the kind of security that
gives him peace of mind. That is the realistic
definition of wealth.
Considereed in these terms, we, in com
munities like ours, may consider ourselves rea
sonably secure. We are secure because our
wealth is not in dollars but is in food, forests and
other raw materials which the world must have
for its existence.
Consider one of our industries, for example
? pulp and paper. In I 932 ? in the year of the
great depression ? the employment index in
the pulp and paper industry was 27 .7 ' \ higher
than the index for all other manufacturing.
Today, while most other industries are look
ing uncertainly into the future and trying to de
cide whether inflation is in store for them, the
pulp and paper industry, through the U. S. Em
ployment Service, is hiring new woods and mill
workers in crder to meet the very certain de
mands for its products which lie ahead. This
too is the reason that the mills in this area are
urgently in need of more top quality pulpwood
Now.
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/ PttfSS ASSOCIATION .
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
- By WILLIAM IITT
Central Press Writer ,
'radio BROADCASTING is
now 25 years old Bui. adds
Grandpappy Jenkins, it is still
a mere infant compared to some
of those comedians paps,
though they are infantile
enough
.Grand paps first radio re
ceiver was a crystal set It was
a wonderful device save for the
fact it didn't work
Thi old bey loyi there wo*
quite o thrill in monkeying with
?hot ftr*t set becouse you never
know when it would blow out
every fuse In the house
' Id those day? It wm the
Grandpapa custom to sit up All
nifht tryinf to fet distant sta-'
|ttona The result was always
-be discovered east ?
coast and west coast static
sounded exactly alike
i i t
I The first Jenkins set had
" a huge amplifying horn which
' expanded the static's frying
egg sound into the ' stentorian
growl of an angry concrete
miner. s
???
ly 1938 radio static hod .
reached international propor
tion*. O J rtmtmben That
wat the year Hitler waft making
all thoso ip?ftch?ft about the So
dttftn folk
f ! f !
v In clootng. Grandpap says he
doesn't think his ear# couldn't
have borne up under radios
noisy barrage all those years If
It hadat been for the comfort
ing thought that television was
V"Just around the corner .>
THE CLOCK STRIKES L "ONE'"
5>nuttum 111 i t h vLhc ?fcitor
I HE EDIT C a has d. ne no
Sccuting" to write about for the
.?as: wo weeks- W\h the unsct
Jed i jnditicn in tlu- office. inci
cr?t to m ving into cur m-w buil.;
i'Vu*. there has been little opportuni
:y. However. n moving I came
ac:oss some clippings f om my
. d college papei s and other publi
cations which are g .od lvading and
> il! fill this column for this week.
MISTAKES
There are seven mistakes of life
that many of us make." said a
.'amcus writer, and then he gave
the following list:
Flit delusion that individual ad
vancement is irade by crushing
.heis down.
Tlio tendency to worry about
hir.ga that, can net be changed or
:cc ectei.
? Inssting that a thing is impos
>.-1. .. cause we 01: : selves cannot
. v ir.yli h t*.
:;..usinit iO t aside trivial
? i ences in order that imp >r
int t5iir.es may bi a.-complished.
? iU . Uia dcvi lopment and re
l.n mi: t of the mind by not ac
quiring the habit of r. admit.
A. tempting to compel other pe: -
? > to believe and live as we do.
"The fa lure t e ablish the
habit of saving money." Sea
m-. n's Log.
1TACIIERS will find some con
t )la ion in the w is onee spoken
oy President Wood;' \v Wilson:
The cnly thing that is worth
while in human intercom se. after
i.ll. is :o wake somebojy up. pro
vided you wake them up to St't
- . m. thing that s w >rth seeing and
to comprehend something that
their spirits have not hitherto
comprehended. I have spent the
greati i part of my life doing what
Exalting Christ in the Life c^F Nation
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL
(The International Uniform
Lesson on the above topic for Dec.
16 is Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 1:26-80;
Heb. 1:1-4; I Peter 3:13-18, -2;
Jude 24. 25. the Memory Verse be
ing I John 4:10, "He loved us. and
?ent His Son.")
THE FIRST part of our lesson
Is concerned with the prophecy of
Isaiah about the coming of the
Messiah. We will have room only
for a brief mention of It. Every
thing In the kingdom of Israel
was In ruin. There was no ktng
Worthy of the name on the throne,
knd It vuas felt that a king must
?ome, that God would take pity
Ml His people and give them a
real ruler.
Isaiah's prophecy must have
brought his people comfort: "For
unto us a child Is bom, unto us a
?on is given and the government
shall be upon His shoulder: And
His name shall be called Wonder
ful, Counsellor, The mighty God;
The everlasting Father. The
Prince of Peace."
"Of the increase of His govern
ment and peace there shall be no
?nd. upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, ... to order
It, and to establish It with Judg
ment and with justice from hence
forth even for ever. The zeal of
the Lord of Hosts will perform
this."
Annunciation to Mary
St. Luke, poet and physician,
tails the lovely story of the an
nunciation to Mary The story
really starts with the priest
Zacharlas and his wife. Elizabeth,
who was a kinswoman of Mary's.
The angel Gabriel had appeared to
Zacharlas In the temple and told1
him his wife would soon have a
child, and they should call him
John. Zacharlas was doubtful be
cause Elizabeth was no longer
young, and because of his unbe
lief, he lost the power to speak.
He would recover it when the
child was born, he was told.
Six months after this "the an
gel Gabriel was sent from God
unto a city of Galilee named Naz
areth." Galilee was the richest
part of Palestine, but Nazareth
was known as an evil city Mary,
betrothed to Joseph, lived there.
and the angel appeared to her and
?aid, "Hall, thou art highly fa
vored. the Lord ia with thee:
blessed art thou among women."
Mary was troubled at this say
Ing, and could not understand.
The angel said, "Fear not. Mary:
for thou hast found favor with
God." Then he told her ahe would
have a child and his nam* should
be Jeaus, and "Ha shall be great,
and ahall be called the Son of tha
Highest: and the Lord God ahall
five unto Him tha throne of Hla
. Distributed br Kla* T<
father David.
"And He shall reign over the
house of Jacob for ever; and of
his kingdom there shall be no
end."
Mary Goes to Elizabeth
Gabriel also told Mary that her
cousin Elizabeth was going to
have a child. After the angel had
left her, Mary hastened to Eliza
beth's home. Elizabeth, hearing
her salutation, knew at once that
something wonderful had hap
pened to her kinswoman, and re
joiced.
Mary said. "My soul doth mag
nify the Lord, And my spirit hath
rejoiced in God my Saviour.
"For He hath regarded the low
estate of His handmaiden: for,
behold, from henceforth all gen
erations shall call me blessed.
"For He that is mighty hath
done to me great things; and holy
is His name," etc. ? the great
Magnificat.
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for
three months and then returned to
her own home, and Elizabeth gave
birth to a boy, and said his name
would be John. Relatives told her
no one of their family had ever'
had that name, and appealed to
Zacharlas, who asked for paper
and wrote, "His name Ls John."
As soon ae he had written this his
mouth was opened and "he spake,
and praised God," beine filled with
the Holy Ghost.
Zacharlas prophesied that the
Lord "hath visited and redeemed
His people. . . . That we be saved
from our enemies, and from the
hand of all that hate us."
And to the Babe he said, "And
thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the Highest for thou
shalt go before the face of the
(Lord to prepare His ways."
John, Forerunner of Christ
This child was none other than
John the Baptist, the forerunner
of Christ. The chapter ends with
the words, "And the child grew,
and waxed strong in spirit, and
was in the deserts till the day of
his shewing unto Israel."
In conclusion we refer to Peter's
advice to the Christians who were
being persecuted for their faith:
"And who is he that will harm
you, if ye be followers of that
which is good ?
"But if ye suffer for righteous
ness' sake, happy are ye: and be
not afraid of their terror, neither
be troubled;
"But aanctlfy the Lord God in
your hearts: and be ready always
to give an answer to every man
that asketh you a reason of t>ie
hope that Is In you with meek
ness and fear.
"Having a good conscience;
that whereas the/ speak evil of
you, as of evildoers, they may be
ashamed that falsely accuse your
good conversation In Christ."
?aturss SjradleaU, las.
Is called teaching, but many of
he pupils of most of our univiersi- '
, ios systematically resist being
taught. I remember being some
what comforted ani reassured
same years ago, after I had taught
for ten or fifteen years, by being
;old by a friend of mine at Yale
University, who had taught for
:wen:y, that he had found that
he human mind possessed infinite
esources for resisting the intro
ducton of knowledge."
? * ?
rWELVE THINGS WE SHOIXD
REMEMBER
The value of time.
Tlie suc.ess of perseverance.
The pleasure of working.
Tlie dignity of simplicity.
The worth of character.
The power of kindness.
The influence cf example.
Tlie obligation of duty.
Tlie ws.i m of economy
The virtue of patience.
The improvement of talents.
Tlie joy cf originality.
Marshall Field.
L'ENVOI
When the last red can .lie has
ad. d, and the last of the tree has
een burned. When the last card
of thanks lias been written, and
he last duplicate been returned,
we should rest ? L .rd knows we
hall need it. after all the worry
in i stew ? but instead we must
work like the dickens to pay all the
bills that fall due. ? Alice McBride
in The Kansas City Star.
THE LIMIT
An Englishman and an Ameri
can were discussing the merits of
heir respective fireproof safes.
The Englishman said he locked up
a little dog in his safe and put
under it a quantity of coal and tar.
which he lighted. After the fire
!>ad burned out and the safe cool
ed down, the door was opened, and
the dog was found to be all right.
The American said he put a
young rooster into his safe and
surrounded the safe with wood,
petroleum, coal and coke, which,
when lighted, brought the safe to
a white heat.
"I suppose," said the English
man, "you are going to -ay that
when you opened the safe the cock
came out and crowed?"
"No, sir," said the American,
"it was frozen stiff."
Circle Has
Christmas Party
The evening circle of the Wom
an's auxiliary >f the Presbyterian
viurch held its annual Christmas
varty at the home of Miss Hattie
Palmer Friday evening, with Miss
Iiances MePherson serving as joir.t
hostess.
The home was beautifully deco
luted in blue and silver, with the)
usual Christmas tree about which I
gifts were placed.
Mrs. George Phillips presided
over the meeting. Christmas
carols were sung and the "Joy
Gift" offering for ministerial re
lief was taken. A gift was pre
sented the pastor, the Rev. T. G.
Tate and Mrs. Tate. Gifts were
exchanged among the members
and Mrs. Dixie Palmer assisted the
hostesses in serving fruit cake and
coffee.
Those attending were. Mr. and |
Mrs. Tate, Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. R. H.
Foard, Miss McPherson, Miss Mai- 1
vie Walker, Mrs. Palmer and Mlss |
Ka'tic Palmer.
It's a good time for i-ural health
cjmmittees to induce doctors and
nurses returning from war to set
tle in their areas.
In 1940 there were 143.563 func
tionally illiterate adult persons on
>Jcrth Carolina farms. About one
ihird cf the group had completed
no grade in school.
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WHERE CIVIL WAR ROCKS CHINA
CHIXIANG | NINGPOjjSS
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HOURLY MORE CRITICAL becomes the spread of undeclared civil war in
China, with almost a million Central Government and Chinese Com
munist troops lighting it out for the control of some 11 provinces.
Shaded section in above map indicates the vast area generally involved,
while numbers point to specific zones of conflict: (1) Kaifeng section,
where trouble in Honan province is centered; (2) Fuchow, where rail
lines are being contested; (3) Paotow, in the Shansi trouble zone; (4)
Tsinan, important rail center, and (5) Kiaochow, toward which the
fighting appears to be spreading. Arrow points to Changcheh, in Shansi,
roport* ? taken by Communist regiments. ( International )
Turkey production in the U. S.
is at an all-time high, and chicken
production is up about 5 per cent
over last year.
Low yields of small grain are as- !
sociated with late seeding, say re
search men of the Agricultural Ex- [
periment Station at State College.
The N. C. State Mutual Hatch
ery Association will hold its annual
meeting in Raleigh on December
5 and 6.
There are 1,700,000 boys and
girls in U. S. 4-H clubs and more
than 90 thousand of them are in
North Carolina.
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Christmas Gift Giving
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gift? Here are purses to suit
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fect complement for the perfect
c stume.
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