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rAOfi TWO THE CARiTLlKA TIM»S CarSila Clme0 jTJD-iymlSslgftl? published weekly by the CAMOUHA TIMES POBLJSPING OOKPANY 117 B. fttMj Street Dorham. N. C. N-7m «r J-7871 Entered M second clan matter at the Post Office at Dxjrb»m» N. C. undar the Act of March 3rd, 1879. L. E. AUSTIN, WILLIAM A. TUCK. C. A, IRVAN, Publisher Managinff EJditor Business Manager CHARLOTTE OFFICE 420H East Second Street SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 a Year $1.25 for Six Months THE PLATFORM OP « . . • THE CAROLINA’ TIMES INCLUDES: Ekjual salaries for Negro Teachers. Negro policemen where Negroes are in\x)lved, £2qual «iucational opportunities. Negro jurymen. ; 1 Higher wages for domestic servants. Full participation of Negroes in all branches of the National Defense. Abolishment of the double-standard wage scale In industry. Greater participation of Negroes in political af- . ‘ faire. . national governments. J Negro representation in city, county, state and I Better housing for Negroes. THE SILENl BELLS Their old familiar carols play And wild and weet, 'I heard the bells on Christmas Day The words repeat Of peacc on earth, good will to men.” Only in our own land will the bells ring out in free and joyous song this Christmaatide Only this continent will the sound of ringing bells mean the eelebi^ation of the great holiday of the world, which for centuries had brought joy and gladness to all people, even to the humblest homes. Where are the bells of Oormany that once rang oat in such joy th» Christmas season, while happy pe;i- ple gathered around the fir tret’s which Saint Wilfred gave as n symbol of Christmas to the Ger manic tribes—symbol of eternal life as opposed to the blood sacri fice of Thor and Wotan. From their hearts no longer rise the mer ry strnins of “Oh, Tannenbaum.’’ Instead, the Horst Wessel son^ blares defiance of the Prince of Peace. The bells of Austria are mute. By EUTH TAYI«OR The lovely “Stille Naeht," writ ten by a pariak for hit faith fnl flock, no longer riqfs upon the midnight sir. Austria lies crushed, with little heart to sing. The carillons in Belgium, sink ing from their tall belfries, have been stilled, and" there is little hope in Holland this year of the kind Krif Kringle appearing with the bag of toys for good children. The hauntingly exquisite “Noel, Noel,” the sweet carol beloved of nil Christmas singers, will not ring through a France saddened, torn by war and a more devastating peace, and thsMtened koth within anl without by ne wdangers. Russia is long since mute, its golden bells, for all practical pur- jK)ses, silenced by those who f'jar religion as much as the enemy ar my. The bells of Italy, what could they mean this year to the women left at home, their men gone to spend their lives in aggression a- painst peaceful neighbors f Wliat can the grand motif of “Adeste Fideles” moan to a nation locked in closest bonds to the godless Na zis T And in England — where tl’e church bells for centuries rang in Christmas from every village green tha bells now ring only to warn of daaMr and death, instead of t!>.e new life* which Christmas signifies, sending the childi«'n c'' to happy fcmily gatherings around the Yule log, but to deep under ground air-raid shelters. And yet — ring out, wild belVs, in the land that is free — ring out your song, for you may reach and revive the hopes of those in otho?' land* whose Christmas joy is dihi- mefl. Ton rtiay remind all thos’ who hear your cheerful tones oi the joy they still possess. You Any trees or kudzu which was obligated by the district will be furnished to the farmers without cost as scheduled. However, Adams stated, since CCC Idbor is nA long er available, it will be necessary for the farmers to arrange to plant these materials. In order to give assistance in carrying out the program, Mr. James V. Martin, a graduate of the Syracuse Forestry School in New York, has been added to the personnel of the district. Any farmers needing assistance in the program are asked to get in touch with the Soil Conserva tion office over Owen’s Ten Cent Store in Louiaburg. ^ Reforming Ameica Ifow that some chemist has invented rubber glass, hus- bandi can generally expect to see more dish washing, that is if the new glass bounces. CLOSED^ The invasion of Amefican territory by Japanese troops on . last Sunday has brought actual war to the shores of the United States for the first time in more than a hundred years. Al though the attack was a surprise, Americans more accustom ed to big events than the average European and certainly more so than the average Asiatic, will soon recover, after which the fireworks will start. Jai>an, watching the slow, and often blundering method by which a democratic form of government operates, possibly has been made to feel that she will at all times be able to gain victories over the armies and navy of the United States in engagements. She will find, possibly after it is too late, that jeven though a democracy by its very nature cannot, under •ordinary circumstances, act as quickly as a totalitarian form •of government; once it is aroused to action its speed to de fend itself and overcome its enemfes will be amazing, definite imd certain. « Americans will take the minor gains made by Japanese forces in their stride. There will be no consternation or capitu lation, but a firm determination that is certain to carry the nation to victory in its greatest crisis. If the Jap,'inese government has been misled into believing, use of isolationists, stfiltes and threatened strikes, that the fUiiited States is not united, they are in for the tallest surprise their Uves. The Asiatics will see the replacement of all signs •f div^on with a uni^ front, that can only be created and tuioed under a democratic form of govemnlent where the >le »re free. No- one man or grroup o£ men voted the United States into' iCMinat the Japanese goverrimeiit. It was the r^resentetives e i^ple overwhelmingly backed by the people. It is the to choose, even war against an aggressor nation, that inspire the people of the United ^»tes to victory in this ir of iNtriL So wi in Amerk*, until this «rmr is fought to a successful win put aside our famiijr quarrris until we have ov- eneaiy from ^without that UtrsateM to talre Mmy o$ Ube liffat to mgage in a ftuttiily 4|itarrel, the rigfit to tad the riglrt to strive. 1 ^ 1 If tor a, nnitsd tr6nt oi the people of the United States t lib astiott Inw hr > loraiffn fo« is fooli^. |pi;]|ll«ld|' «H^'thinf in our feflaA, and need ^ ifWtl* How to thote wbo would de- ^a|ld»im iuwelesed. thwe is one and only one aim in ol America, and its waiy of Of bourse things aren’t all per fect in America today. The unem ployed are still with us, even though the need for trained men has never been greater. We are sadly deficient in adequate, well- planned housing. Far too nrany of our people are hungry — though from our arable lands we could feed them all and myriads more besides. Our people lack too many things which our idle factories could -supply. We are confronted with tjidee facta, but what is the solution? There are many sincere reform ers today who are vociferously ad- v^ating all sorts of panaceas. “Destroy the old,” they cry. ‘'^‘Anything is better than what wt have.” But this is not the American way. We need reform. Orante-1. But the reforms must be construc- By BUTE TAYLOR tive .Revolution is too often not a turning over but a turning out. Re form means to remake, to reshape —not to break. In our impatiene® we too often feel that to reform a situation we must destroy it en tirely. This theory of> destruction, not construction, is the Achilles heel of dictators. They tear down faster than they can build up. We must not fall into this way of thirikin§^ —We «STi T^pe out all abuses in jLmerka. We can reform our coun- tr^l’irito the TJtt^tf of -#hiA viw dream, if w"? will'work *togethw. and utilize the thonght and brains and abilities we already posses'^. We can d6 this if we work together —not as a regimented force under a dictator but as individuals be lieving in our republic and in the democratic processes of govern ment. Neither Utopia nor Romo can be built in a day. If we acted as individuals to ad just our own economy, as citizens to stfaighten oat our communities, and as Americans to h«|lp the whole country, thinking less of our rights than of our duti^, we could do -It. And without neglecting in any way onr all-out rearmament program. We do not need to destroy what we have—^but to remold it nearer aad nearer to the high standards toward whieh we aH look. But above all w« seed to remember the one baaie rule of reforiB set forih clearly nearly 2000 years ago in tne Golden Rule: “Do unto others as vou would have them do unto Thailand will fight, says Shcean and Siamese mine owner. LABOR Laiwr - Coital To Freeze Relatiofls In Tte War Crisis Irrespective of what steps are taken fo curb strikes in defense ii^d^stries, it Seems a virtual cer tainty that it will be a long time before the labor jwoblem is solved. There is too much at stake, too mucli to be gained, to make a quick and easy settlement possible. The big labor leaders are driving for power noW| and their opposition ig digging ia for a long campaign. The obvious goal of labor is the 100 per cent closed shop. Industry in general is absolutely opposed to that, and so, according to recent Presidential statements, i's the gov ernment. So far as tiie public is concerned, a late Gallup pool indi cated that the closed shop is fav ored by one citizen out of six. A great sQaay peo|4e think that th^ wisest present strategy woald be tr delay matters antil the emer gency is ov«r. That, for instance, i* tbi* point of view of Wendell Willkit^ who said that no effei-t to effect either the opea shop or the elosed shop shoald be taken now that, instead an attempt should be wad# to freeze matters as they stand at pme*»t. One pend- 4«ig oMigresskmal bill has that as its oMtetive. Bat th«w is roott fOr doabt that such a policy of rela tive inaction is workable today. The temper of Coagress, of the peopl^. and of the labor leaderi may make a real «howdown inevit able before long. In the meantime, there is a growing feeling that the ita|td tak en hy labor is rapidly hee«mifig untenable. The closed shop ideat canied to its IneVlta'bld eondlnsioa, means a labor monopoly. A hand ful of labor leaders could stop the production of the entire nation on ’s ^otiee. I^y woold, for examplp, be immensely more pow erful than the President. The htead of the government, oven in these days of crisis, can be checked by Congress and the Courts, and the Constitution itself platses definite limits upon his freedom of sponsi ble to no one save their members. And in actual practice, the mem bers of major unioi^s often have absolutely nothing to say about policy and union maaagement. - Many friends of labor, as a re sult, are beginiiing to have qualms. In a recent column, Dorothy Thom pson, who has always been pro labor, said: “The closed shop— gives the. union organization an immense club over the workers, for they cannot express their opposi tion to union policy or officials either by resigning from the union or withholding their dues. They cannot strike against the unfon. And once the closed shop is insti- tuted, it i? almost impossible to re voke—There can be no groups in this country that are above the we throw the Constitution over board, abolish the courts and adopt a Hitler-like forced labor system, we can’t make a msn work if he doesn’t want to, and by the same token a man should not be prevent ed from forking if he wishes to. Troops can be ordered to break strikes—^hnt troops can’t run the machines and get the products oiit. Public opinion, on the other hand, can certainly make labor leaders think twice before defying the gov ernment, ignoring the. findings of unpprejudiced boards of mediation, and calling strikes that imperil de fense. There is. much criticism of the failure of the government—^Execu tive and Congress , alike—to take a really definite stand. The signs in dicate that the Executive and Con gress are now taking heed of that criticism. Congress knows that de fense strikes must be stopped. And the people, with this country fac ing all-out war on two oceans, want planes and ships and tanks SANTA CLAUS CAN HELP AMERICAN DEFENSE! ^8 poster, drawn by J. W. and W. J. Wilkinson, a father and son artist team of Baltimore, reminds Americans that they can help the Defense Program this Christmas by givingDefense Bonds and Stamps in addition to the usual present. Nation-wide distribution of this poster has been^ made, especially ia the windows of 500,000 retail stores where Defense Stamps—as low as 10 cents—are now on sale. have at last bitten off more than thev can chew. ANECDOTES -n law arid above the copimunity. The and gUns. The labor leaders may very fact’of the growing power of' unions demands that they accept social disciplines.” “Social disciplines,” of coursc, is simply one way of saying gov ernment regulation of the ftnions. That is very likely to come in the long run. The goverameot, in that ease, would be the dominant ~*aotor in all labor-industrial relatione. It would protect the worker against exploitation by his employer on the one hand, and it would protect the tmployer .against union raek- eteerii^ en the other. But it is ob vious that many a moon must pass kpfore the goal can be ceached. And the immediate question is what can be done to keep produc tion going. The President, perhapis, has the that arbitration and call off the captive coal mine strike because it was clear that public opinion would prove the dsiiid^ Xactm Unless ■ight formula. There^ is no doubt hat ne foi’ced Mr. Lewis to acc^ipt □- I □- George S. Me^sersniith nareeo Ambassador to Mexico. Free French in Syria hall Icase- lond grant from United State.^. Over-aU control of prices, ig re jected by the House, 218 to 63. BITS’ CHRISTMAS SEALS Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Haw kins of Union avenue, a son, on December 3rd, at the Alamance General hospital- Davidson County ranked firsfc in the number of horses and colis on farms as of April 1, 1940, with Ashe County following a close sec- liM BUY 0H&I8TKAS SEALS Wi Test Railroads And Civilian Traffic Qiristmas Military With hundreds of thousands f furloughed service men going'home for the holidays, in addition to the usual Christmas traffic, the na tion’s railroads are get to ha'id'e this year what will probably he t’le largest mass movement of long distance passenger travel in ail their history, the Association of American Railroads said today. rfPl«ni*^r \taking eare of the MOVenjent mclude the operation of hundreds of special trains and ex tra sections, with 'thDusaml?'''of cars added to regular trains. Dur ing the rush period, the railma.ls will run more than 20,000 passen ger trains daily, or 2,000 a day more than ordinarily are neces sary. The Army has relaxed its regu lations to permit as many as half the troops to be absent on leave at the same time between ; ecem- ber 13 and January 11\ Under this arrangement, it will be possible for almost three-quarters of a mi”‘on men to go home at pnoe. This is double the entire strength of the Army just a year ago, Since the center of popu!a*;ii)n is in the North and East and the center of military training is in the South and Southwest, the avern;'e journey of the special trains ou which mosf of the service men will travel will be about 800 miles, with some specials running moi’e than 2,000 miles. Men who have the longer distances to go will be al lowed furloughs of 16 days, and the others will be given 10 days I e- tween December 20 and January 4. Realizing to what extent the large number of furloughed men would tax transportation facilities at this season of the year, the mil itary authorities have cooperated closely with the railroads in work ing out plans to handle the greatly increased traffic with the least possible difficulty. Furloughs for the holida^ period will be stagarer- el with regard to the availability of transportation facilities. Kail- road ticket offices at the var’ors SATURDAY. DBt^BMBER 13, 1911 i A PRAYER From Ths WriMlncs of Dr. OharlM Stslsle Thou Qrsat Sovereign of all na tions, Iliou King of Kings, and Lord of hosts, in th«ee perilous times of war and ruaion of war, aihen all the powers of have been loosed to kill and to destroy, we pray that Thy Spirit, may stea dy the minds and quicken the hearts of those who call themselves by Thy name, aeknowledgii|g Thee as Father. j We pray especially of ^e''Presi- dent of these United States, upon whom hag been laid he^v^^b^dens ^ of grave responsibilities,, as he speaks for our country an^ for iti people. „ Renew his strengtb as 4,aily his burdens increase. Give hinj^pie wie- dom and understanding thi^t,,eomf>- th only from above. Project him from those whose motive aptj meth ods are prompted by the spirit of selfishness or personal an^bi^ion. Show him Thy will. Out of the conflict of eounsel may Thy voice come unto him saying: Thin is the way—walk m in it. And as Thy will is revealed, increase hif^ faitit. so that he may go forth in the consciousness of having fulfilleJ the task committed to himl ^ And we pray that he, with us, shall seek above all tMngs lelse to honor and glorify Thee, hastening the coming of Thy Kingdom up-an earth, and the rule of the spirit of brotherhoond in ,th«^ lives and hearts of all people of the earth so that all nations^ ta4y dwell gether in peace and unit]^. Amen. Replacement ^ten Changed To Soldiers Faster * And Better Se^ce .. camps, posts and stations will reduced-fai’e tickets and * furnif^ information about departing ,9nd returning trains. Everybody assails ‘ * un can ideas, ” • but Very few people try to define them. Our Oun Dictionary: Self-c0w‘- trol—something we tell our chil dren they should have. Cheerfulness, it is rumored, is largely a matter of one’s ineonie being above one’s out-go. The Bible still outsells any book know, is still being widely read. No mother in-law thinks that the mother-in-law jokes Avere aim ed at her kind of mothers-in-law. People who know nothing about a major, problem can give you the answer without waiting to think. Successful business does not de pend upon the elimination of cl-mn competition anywhere, at any time. Compliments are paying invest ments, but they must be true and sincere if they are to have the de sided effect. ^Jl^tl^nta, Ga.—A soldier>a'trouif-' ' ^ay \^ar put ■ftriHn 18b Bitting on the seat of a ^Hoping i' jjeep, but he won'H” hate to wait T -Ameri- long for a new pair und^r, a plai ' nnrit.io anuounced today by Brigadier Gen eral James L. Frink, Fourth Corp9 Area Quartermaster. The new sys- tem puts replacement of clothiu? and equipage on an exchange basis. This plan, already in operation, as f&r as motor parts and general rep^ work on the army’s vehicles are concerned, does away with the ' J red tape of requisitions by repl».c* ing worn-out goods with new ones in a simple exchange. Under the old system, if a sol- BETWEEN THE LINES The Correct dier’s trousers wore out^ he had to report that he needed new ones to hia company commander who in turn took the matter up with the- supply officer of his unit through a great deal of paper work in req uisitions, correspondence and the like. Under the new set-up, the sol dier turns his worn-out trousers in to his company commander who in turn takes them, in a bundle with other clothing, to the supply of* ficer of his unit. The suppljr offi cer then turns them in to the elas- [sification officer in the office of the post Quartermaster. ; Immediately after the trousars are turned over to the classifica tion officer, the post Quartermast er property officer issues new clo thing for all the worn-out ones turned in. These are, in turn, reis sued to the individual soldjers. Not only does this new plan save both the enlisted man and the of ficer’s time, but in the cast of or ganizational equipment, such as of fice machines, tents, certain items of specialized, clothing, and the like, a great deal of money is sav ed through the repairing of turned in articles. For example, two worn- out tents may have enough good sections to make one good shelter. The same is true of office furni ture, machines, fyid in some in stances even blothing. ^ The classification officer of the post Quartermaster’s officer de cides whether the articles turned in under the new system «^n be Tppaired or whether then:, only practical destination is sah^e. ♦ I mgjjggy