TODAY AND
TOMORROW
—BY—
Frank Parker Stockbripge
REVIVAL . . . a new kind •
Several thousand happy, earnest
men and women, mostly young,
have just spent ten days in my
home county of Berkshire, holding
the most extraordinary series of re
ligious meetings I have ever seen or
heard of. They are members f>f the
"Oxford Group” which is the new
est and, it seems to me, perhaps the
livest religious movement in the
world. Its leaders had just come
from a great gathering in Denmark
and will go from America to hold
another great international meet
ing in England.
I attended some of the public
and semi-public meetings and got
the distinct feeling that they have
"something on the ball.”
One of the things that impressed
me favorably was that there was no
suggestion of anything app cach
ing the cant phrases of the old
fashioned evangelicial revivalists,
with which I have been familiar
from childhood.
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PRINCIPLES . . . broad
I talked with Frank Buchman,
the Pennsylvania minister who
started this new movement at Ox
ford University, England, in 1921.
"We are not starting a new religion,
but striving to show people how to
make the old religion work,” Dr.
Buchman told me. "Nobody is
asked to join a church or a sect but
is helped to live up to the funda
mental principles of all sects.”
Those principles are hbnesty, un
selfishness, love and purity. As
Dr. Buchman put it:
"Everybody believes in those
things for the other fellow, but we
try to follow them ourselves.”
He added that one thing the Ox
ford Group did not desire to do was
to induce anybody to leave his own
church. "If you’re a Catholic,” he
said on Saturday afternoon, "go to
Mass tomorrow mfcrning. If you are
a Protestant, go to your own
church. The only thing we expect
of those whose lives have been
changed is that they follow the
teachings of their churches in their
daily lives.”
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METHODS . . . simple
Members of the Oxford Group
are encouraged to search their own
souls and to discuss their own fail
’ mgs, prijrately, man to man or wo
man to woman. The soul-purging
effect of confession is something 1
have long believed in.
They are asked to spend a part
of each day in what they call a
"quiet time.” It is in this quiet
time, those who have had experience
say, they find guidance direct from
God as to whatever problems are
perplexing them. It is not a mat
ter bf choosing between right and
wrong but seeing God’s guidance
as to which of half a dozen right
courses should be followed.
And in their public meetings,
those who have received and been
“helped by this God-guidance are
encouraged to tell their experien
ces, much as John Wesley’s follow
ers used to speak in the Methodist
"experience meetings.”
Much about Dr. Buchman’s
leadership reminds me of John Wes
ley’s work, nearly 200 years ago, to
bring church people back to ele
mental Christian principles.
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YOUTH . . . happiness
I have never seen anywhere such
a gathering of clear-eyed, happy
young people of bbth sexes. Youth
is taking to this new movement
with enthusiasm and gaiety.
"We believe in devotion with hi
larity,” one young woman, the
daughter of an old friend, said to
me. I saw and heard evidence of
that through all the crowds that
thronged the streets and parks of
the little town of Stockbridge. The
youngsters were taking their re
born religious faith seriously but
not solemnly. There is nothing sad
about religion, as they practice it.
I have never been able tto under
stand the notion that so many folk
have, that one cannot be a working
Christian and at the asme time be
merry. Religion, if it means any
thing, ought to mean happiness.
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PEACE ... an objective
It is the hope of these young
members bf the Oxford Group that
they can spread their message
among the youth of all the world
and so reestablish the ancient prin
ciples of genuine Christian brother
hood.
If they can do that, they believe,
they can put an end to war.
That sbunds reasonable ro me. If
the youth of all nations accept and
live up to the principles of honesty,
unselfishness and love, they are
certainly not going out to fight
each other, no matter who orders
them to arms.
The Car< »una Watchman LtrrLLU
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HOLC Begins Drive To Collect Funds
Only Miracle
Can Nominate
Dr. McDonald
Pro-Hoey Attitude of
State Convention
Cited
Early Lead Means Much!
_ i
Bandwagon Boys Havej
Already Started Jump
ing, After First Prim-i
ary Disappointment j
(By LeGette Blythe)
That young Ralph W. McDonald
now has virtually no chance of win
ning the Democratic nomination for
Governor of North Carolina on
July 4 must be the conclusion of
the careful and fair-minded politi
cal observer.
To put it another way, it will
require something little short of a
miracle to give the nomination to
Dr. McDonald over Shelby’s vet
eran Democratic campaigner, Clyde
R. Hoey.
This must be the inevitable ver
dict regardless of any personal feel
ings or wishes any political observ
er may have. The Winston-Salem
college professor faces a iterrific
battle to overcome the very dcfin
te lead—much more definite than
:he 4,000-odd plurality in actual
rotes would of themselves indicate
—that Mr. Hoey obtained.
At the Democratic State conven
aon in Raleigh, Mr. Hoey was. the
nan of the hour. Certainly not
ess than three-fourths 'of the dele
gates there were strongly pro-Hoey.
Very likely the proportion was even
ligher. But at any rate, the cbn
vention was a Hoey meeting, so
much so that many more thoughful
Hioey supporters were afraid the
Hoeyites may have done too much
demonstrating. It got to the point
where some people were beginning
to interpret the doings as almost
"persecution.”
Dr. McDonald, sitting with his
attractive wife in a restaurant just
off Fayetteville street after rmd
night Thursday, told this reporter
that he knew the convention was
pro-Hoey, was not the least alarm
ed that it was, and that he would
win notwithsanding. The youth
ful candidate, who has a magnetic
personality and who is admired by
many who refuse to support him
politically, may think the road
ahead is straight, but he will un
doubtedly find it beset with many
throns. There is no other way of
viewing the situation, if one is to
be sincere—and intelligent as pos
sible.
In the first place, Dr. McDonald
was supptosed to have led the field.
He did not. The newspaper poll
said he would lead—decisively—
and the pol} suggested he might
win the nomination in the first
primary. Virtually everybody
thought he would be in the first
place. Many of his most euthu
siastic supporters thought he would
win over his three opponents.
But he ran second. That, from
a psychological standpoint was a
tremendous blow. It meant that
the prognostications had been
wrong. It meant that Dr. McDonald
was ton the defensive. It meant
that the bandwagon boys, who try
to ride the winner, had grabbed
off the wrong candidate. It meant,
too, that these bandwagon boys
will jump on the Hbey wagon
hereafter and swear that they had
never been off it in the first place.
Summarizing that particular sit
uation leads to the conclusion that
it will be difficult for the young
anti-sales tax candidate to keep all
his recent supporters in line at the
polls July 4. Many of his enthusi
astic volunteer workers will desert.
It will be difficult (to obtain enough
money with which to finance an
other State-wide campaign.
On the other hand, Hoey has the
advantage of having led. Had it
been but 10 votes, it would have
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| Streamlined Busses lor Exposition Sightseers j
Fleet of the newest type stream- ||j!§|
■ lined sightseeing busses, operated
' by Greyhound will be used to trans- Wmm
'port SfiOOfiOO visitors at Great WKm
Lakes Exposition this summer. W&M
Anar of the mast modern,
bwaUftu, ■ti—mUnM Bight
peeing boM* ever developed will
-airy the 6,000,000 visitor* an sight
■Mhg trip* through the 126 sere*
H uv. front devoted to the Greet
lakes Exposition at Cleveland this
rammer. Tbe Exposition runs from
time 27 to October 4.
These bosses, painted a brilliant
bto* and white, are the first of their
jrtmt ever used and will be operated
0y the Greyhound Bus Lines. The
tractors were bnilt by the White
Motor Company of Cleveland and
were especially designed by Count
Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, intemation
ly famous creator of streamlines.
The long, roomy, open sightseeing
trailers also were especially design
ed for the Exposition.
Preview by G. O. P. Delegate*
Although the Republican Nation
el Convention at Cleveland opens
dr June 9—18 day* before the Ex
position gates are officially thrown
wide—<GOP delegate* and conven
tion visitor* will be given a pre
view of the Exposition under the
direction of Lincoln G. Dickey, gen
eral manager of the great display.
The Exposition is International in
scope and rivals a World’s Fair in
intriguing exhibitions, stellar enter
tainment, and educational attrac
tions. The major attractions of the
Exposition will Include the Automo
tive Building, a mammoth structure
*Uled with animated displays of
Beautiful Yoemenette* will act
as greeters in welcoming visi- 1
tors to Great Lakes Exposition. I
modern products that conquer time
and space; the HalT*frf Progress,
where science will bold sway and
display Its wlssrdry In scores of fas
cinating exhibits; a Museum of Art
featuring a comprehensive display
of the world’s fine art gathered
from leading European galleries; a
Horticultural Building with a 1,000
foot garden.
Radio 8tars to Perform
.
Amusements also will be plenti
ful. The main auditorium of Cleve
land’s $12,000,000 Public Hall will
house Radioland—the largest broad
casting studio la the waiM where
dally the nation's outstanding radio
stars will originate their programs.
Other attractions will Include the
Great Lakes Symphony Orchestra;
military bands; a lagoon theater;
pageants; athletic events; fire
works; song festivals; strolling
troubadours; motorboat races; Par
ade of the Yean; Show Boat;
Marine Theatre; Enchanted Won
derland for the children; U acres
of "Midway," and hundreds of
others.
rlan A Monthly
Check On All
Motorists
Martinsburg, W. Va.—A month
ly road check on motorists in the
eastern end of the State, part of a
State-wide program in the interest
of reducing highway hazards and
cutting accidents, was announced
by Sergeant L. L. Waugh, head of
the State police here, who will head
the drive in Barkelv. Jefferson.
Morgan and Mineral counties.
There will be at least tone road
check monthly, * possibly more,
starting this month, he said.
Many accidepts are believed due
to excessive speed and the depart
ment will enforce the speed limit
of 45 miles on State highways, he
said, and pleaded with motorists to
slow down when passing through
smaller communities and watch
the road signs. There are recent
cases where children have been fat
ally hurt in thse small communities
which casualties might have been
averted had drivers exercised care
and caution, he pointed out.
—
DULL TOWN
"How’s the old Wome town
now?” Have not seen it in 30
years,” remarked a Westerner upon
meeting one of his old neighbors.
The friend replied: "You can’t
imagine how dull things are. You
remember Bill Watson? Well, he
dropped dead in fX>nt of the post
office Sunday an<f they didn’t find
the body until Thursday.”
A FOOL’S MONEY
Uncle John came to visit, and
before he left he gave his nephew
a dollar bill.
"Now, be careful with that
money, Tommy,” Jhie said. "Re
member the saying, 'A fool and his
money are soton parted’.”
Congress May
Adjourn Saturday
Washington.—A break in the
long deadlock over the adminis
tration’s tax bill was hailed Wed
nesday night when Senate-House
conferees finally reached a tenta
tive agreement on the controverted
question of taxing undistributed
corporation earnings and cleared
the way for a final compromise on
the measure Thursday.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat
of North Carolina, of the House
conferees revealed the break, say
ing he thought that "by Thursday
night we shall be able to turn the
bill over to the drafting service.”
The disintegration of the dead
lock which has gripped the tax
bill began to appear after a new
compromise corporation tax pro-,
gram was brought into the con-;
ference deliberations.
A final clean up of the contro
versy over the widely differing
Senate and House revenue billis
would open the road to the goal
sought by cbngressional leaders—
adjournment by Saturday night.
Doughton said the conferees had
agreed tentatively also on the mat
ter of treating debt-ridden cor
porations. He added that he be
lieved Senate provisions for increas
es in individual income surtaxes
would be elminated fom the bill if
enough money could be produced
without them. The sur-tax
boosts were estimated to produce
$50,000,000.
Doughton did not reveal imme
diately How closely the tentative
agreement reached would follow
the compromise on which the con
ferees met.
The compromise under discussion
was closed in theory to the original
Hluse bill.
Several conferees said the tenta
tive understanding did not reach
as far as an agreement on specific
rates, because those will depend on
additional revenue estimates re
quested of the treasury.
They revealed, however, that
the House conference delegation
finally had yielded to the Senate
in favor of a formal tax on cor
poration income. That has been
one of the focal points of the
whole bitter tax dispute.
With that hurdle ibehind, some
conferees said remaining points at
issue sWould be disposed of with
comparatively little trouble.
The latest compromise corpora
tion plan, proposing a normal cor
po-ate income tax graduated from
8 t!-» 15 per cent and an additional
tax on undistributed profits rang
ing from 6 or 7 to 27 per cent,
was reported to have been one sys
tem on which the treasury has been
asked to figure out the yield.
The new tax plan was closer in
theory to the Wiginal House bill
thm any of the previous proposals
seriously discussed by the con
ferees. It would cut taxes foi
small corporations which distribute
their earnings, but would raise the
rates materially ft>r big companies
retaining their income.
Chairman Doughton said he
thought the widely divergent tax
programs of the Senate and House
were being brought into closet
proximity.
Twice during the jjay, Wednes
day, the conference delegates of th<
two chmbers assembled separately,
Several indicated they were wbrk
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;
GOOD
MORNING
NOT SO S-L-O-W
A little girl of five was enter
taining while her mother was get
ting ready. One of the ladies re
marked to the other with a signifi
cant look. “Not very p retty,”
spelling the last word.
"No,” said the child quickly,
"but awfully smart.”
TOOK SECOND LOOK
"Bill isn’t ^oing to marry Dolly
after all.”
"But I thought he fell in love
at first sight.”
"Yes, but he took a second
look.”
HARD LUCK
"Jimmy says that hospital was
built at his expense.”
"Yes; when his rich uncle died
he left Jimmy $1,000 and the re
mainder of his fortune to the hos
pital,”
MAKING IT WORSE
Lady (at a dance): "Do jtou
know that homely fellow sitting
on the other side of the room.”
Partner: "Certainly. He is my
brother.”
Lady: "Pardon me. I hadn’t
noticed the resemblance.”
NOT INTERESTING
Chauffeur: "Why, ma’am, the
axle is sprung, the mudguard bent
and your husband’s neck is Woken.
Woman (a bit interested):
"And how about those brand new
lamps?”
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NEEDED PLENTY OF
STITCHES
"Ten stitches did the doctor have
to put in my husband after the
fight with your old man last
night?”
"Ten, was it? Well when the
doctor sten me pbor husband car
ried in, sez he: 'Has any way got
a sewing machine’?’”
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WRONG WORD
Jimm: "Why are the women
campaigning against Bagley?”
Jamms: "Hadn’t you heard? The
woman’s club put on a big parade
in his honor and that night he re
ferred to it in his speech as a
'monoster’ parade.”
A SMALL FIRE CAN BE
STOPPED
When a fire breaks out, we sound
j the alarm; we huity-skurryi,
'breathless, excited—call the depart
' ment—turn on the hose—a house
j is burning! If the fire is discovered
in time, the building is saved.
! Now these bodies of ours are the
I the veritable houses we live in, and
i they sometimes catch fire, as physi
; cians know. Then we begin to pro
crastinate; we wonder if the fever
—fire won’t die out of itself, if we
keep on at work and let it alone.
We hate to go to a doctor—and we
j can’t really afford to lay off and
' be sick! You know how it is.
The fire’ grows into a holocaust.
The physician fire-chief, is called in
a hurry; he finds the building in
great danger of destruction, if not
a total loss—just by neglect of the
small fire.
If you are running a temperature
—a little every afternoon—which
breaks into a perspiration just after
| going to bed at night, consult your
J physician at once. The stitch in
i time may save a hundred later on.
1A fever invariably means that some
thing is radically wrong; it is a
i warning. A battle is going bn in
j side—the forces of good against the
' demons of evil. The cause of the
j warfare must be removed,
j If your child is running a temp
! erature, look after his throat, his
1 lungs, his digestive tract; he has a
poisbn somewhere. Find it and
force its elimination. But, be sure
you are right before you do any
thing. You cannot afford mistakes.
They cost lots of money, and may
dost a life. Don’t neglect the small
fire; it is the easier put out. "First
aid” is, to clean house. Apply water
.outside and inside. And put nothing
into the body that might feed the
flame. Call the doctor in time.
Home/.vners
St>< Paying
vS Uncle Sam
Federal Agency So Far
Has Lent $3,000,000,000
Few Defaults Recorded
Maximum Loan $14,000
Country-Wide Average
Placed at $3,000
The "loans here” signs in 286
offices 'of the Home Owners Loan
corporation throughout the coun
try were ordered taken down at
midnight Friday night to make
room for "pay here” notices to
more than a million home owners.
Officials of the Federal agency
that has lent more than $3,000,
000,000 since June, 1933, said all
eligible demands for emergency
home loans had been met, most of
them months ago.
But they added that work of
the HOLC was far from completed
—that the job had been shifted
from lending to collecting. Only
a small reduction in personnel of
the agency’s present staff of more
than 16.000 workers appeared in
prospect. ,
Under the home loan act a 1$
year loan at 5 per cent interest
was granted distressed home own
ers while the holders of their de
faulted mortgages receivd HOLC
bonds backed by the Federal treas
ury.
HOLC officials already have be
gun collection of the nlonthly
payments from the more than a
mil-lion home Owners. Several
thousand owners, they said, have
defaulted and foreclosures have
been started. But the defaults, they
added, were comparatively few and
chiefly by "misguided or dishon
est” persons.
$50,000 Bonus
Checks Arrive
At Local P. 0.
Government checks amounting
to $5 0,000 in payment of the
"baby bonds” have been received
at the Salisbury postoffice, it is
announced.
Some of /these checks arrived
Wednesday night from the disburs
ing office at Asheville and were
delivered to veterans.
It is understood that from 71
to 100 of these checks have already
been received.. 1
The bonds were received Monday
and distribution began that day.
Postmaster J. H. McKenzie imme
diately began certifying these se
curities, and \londay night more
than 1,200 of the $50 bonds went
to Asheville for payment. Equally
as many were certified the follow
ing day and sent to Asheville. It
is anticipated that every package
will be in the hands of veterans be
fore the end of the week.
INFORMATION WANTED
A girl from the city was visit
ing on the farm and was watching
with great interest a six-weeks old
calf that was nibbling the grass on
the lawn.
"Tell me,” she said, as she turn
ed tp the farmer’s wife, "does it
pay to keep such a small cow as
that?”
HER HANDICAP
"Did you ever win an argument
with your wife?”
"Yes, once. It was years ago.”
"What 'was it about?”
"I cannot remember exactly. But
I do remember very distinctly that
we were laying carpets and her
mouth was full of tacks at the
time.”