t »s ificK^y table and
b^«n iuir.
l"eraiAle stood empty, puab^ up
to the wall. ■
And Bomebow that treemed the
saddest of all.
In the rusty old stove, the Are
was dead.
vXhere was Snow on the floor ot
the foot of the bed.
one
it’s ei^iinlM j
hardly
indow with
To ,Ke^ out tto
ttte wind
And there, all alone, a-pale woman
was lying.
You need not look twice to see
she was dying.
Dying 'of want, of hunger and
cold.
Shall I tell you her ‘story, the
story she told?
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trs ufm ron
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I 10
cry Payday
BUY
)AR«ON DS
CloUis Co.
North
.N. C.
“No, Ma’am I’m no better; my
cough is so ‘bad;
IVs wearing me out tho, and that
makes me glad.
For It’s wearisome living when
one’s all alone.
.And heaven, they tell me, is just
like a home.
he’s
Yes, Ma’am. I’ve a husband
somewhere about,
■I hoped he’d come in ’fore the fire
went out.
1 But I guess he has gone where
he's likely to stay,
I n:ean to the Drinking-House
over the way.
I It was not always so. and I hope
I you won’t think.
Too hard of him, lady, it's only
I the drink.
j I know he’s kind hearted, for. Oh-
how he cried
For our poor little baby the
morning it died.
You see he took sudden, and grew
very bad.
.And we had no doctor: niy poor
little lad.
For his father had gone, never
meaning to stay
I am sure to the Drinking-House
over the way.
i And when he came back ’twas far
in the night.
And I wos so tired and sick with
fright.
Of Slaying so long with my baby
alone.
-And it cutting my heart with it’.s
pitiful moan.
He was cross with the drink: poor
fellow, I know.
He he swear at the child, as pant
ing it lay.
.And went hack to the Drinking-
House ovei the way.
my
1 heird the .gate slam, and
heart seemed to freeze.
Like ice in my hn.som. and there
on my knees.
'By the side of the cradle all
shivering I stayed,
I w»nted my m6tfierrr cried and
I prayed.
Tet it was eMy^-hls fWhgr
grew more white.
And his eyPB.opoBed wMer to look
for the ilght,
And bis father came in ’twes just
break of day—■
Came in from the Drinking-
House over the way.
Yes, ma’am, he was sober, at least
mostly, I thinlf.
He often stayed that wey to wear
off the drink.
I know he was sorry for what
he had done.
For he set a great store l)y our
first little one.
And straight did he come to the
cradle-bed where
Our baby lay dead, so pretty and
fair.
I wondered that I could have
wished him to stay.
When there was a Drinking-House
over the way.
L«ndon.—RiwBlh-'* mil
lions, bearing alone all the weight
of the war in the absense of a
Mcond front in Europe, have start
ed the tnass eklltlSijion of the Axis
from the country and have put
out of action in 20 months 9i000,-
000 enemy treops, including 4,-
000,000 kitted, Premier Joaef
Stalfn said ;oday.
In the three monUig of their his
toric offensive, Stalin said in an
order of the day on the Red Ar
my s
birthday, the Russians' «on sheets.
while, did not
He stood guite a
understand.
A'oii see, tiil he touched the cold
little hand.
Oh, then came the tears and he
shook like a leof.
And he said 'twas the drinking
that made all the grief.
The neighbors were kind and the
minister eame.
And he talked of my seeing my
hahy again.
And of the bright angels—I won
dered if they
Could see in thot Drinking-House
over the way.
have routed 112 enemy divisions,
kiil'ed more than 700,000 troops
and taken 300,000 prisoners, a to
tal of 1,1000,000 men.
In those three months of blaz
ing battle glorious conquest,
the supreme commander of the
Russian fighting forces said, the
Red Army hag cost the Germans
more than 7,000 -tanks, 4,000
pla-es. 17,000 field ^ns.
And now', he said, the firm
foundation has been laid for vie
tnry over the German-Fascist Ar
V
XtVTE OF APPRBCM’nON
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
We use this means to express
our thanks to many friends for
their help and the things given
us when the house in which we
were living and pur honie fur
nishings were destroyed by fire.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE WILES
MR AND MRS. J. C. BAUGUSS
■V-
Guatemala has increased the tax
on matches made in that country..
And I thought when my hahy was
put in the ground.
And the men with their spades
were shaping the mound.
If coniphody only.wonid help me
to save.
.My husband wlio stood by my stile
at the grave.
If only it were not so handy to
drink
Tlie men that make laws, mo’am.
sure didn't think
Of the hearts they would break.
■ f the souls they would slay.
When they licen.sed that Drink-
ing-Hon.se over the w'ay.
The clock, it struck two. ere my
hahy was still.
.And my Ihonghts went hack to my
home on the hill.
Where niy happy girlhood had
spent it’s short doy.
Far. fur from that Drinking-
Honse over the way.
I’ve
Could T fie that girl. I. the heart
broken wife.
There watching alone while that
dear little life
Was going so fast tluit I had te
bend low,
To hear if he breathed, ’twas so
faint and so slow.
And it's templing him Itere and
it's tempting him there.
Four places I've coiiiited in this
vory .squaie,
Wtiere a man (xtn get w'nisky t>v
night and by day.
Not to mention the Diinking-
Honse over the way.
and
hilt von
been sick ever since
cannot he long,
pitiful, lady, to him wlien T’m
goni‘.
wants to do right,
never can think.
How weak «i man grows when he s
jonnri a drink.
Thej-e's a verse in the liitile. the
minister rend,
!^o drunkard shall enter the Kinr
dom. it said.
And he is my hiishand. and I love
him so.
And where I'am going 1 want .tim
there.
Don't yon think ;!ie dear Savior
will answer your prayer'’
And please when I'm gone. ;isk
someone to pray.
For him at that Drinking-Ho:ise
over the way.
Copied from The Radio Mes
senger and .sent in by Mrs. Otto
Hayivs. Reddies River. N. f.
AMONt; THE
COLORED FOLKS
Church — Society .— Personals*
By BEI,I,E THOMAS
The knitting class of the Civ.-
lian Corps invites yon to knit Fri
day afternoon at .1:.1P at the First
Baptist church.
The Young Men's Club wili ren
der a program at Lenoir, N. C..
Sunday afternoon at Rev.. V. C.
Bnvrus' Hinrcli. These young men
are sponsorhig a bus to carry all
who wonld like to go. Round
trip, 75c.
The W. I. C. circle of the First
Baptist churcli met with Misses
Sarah and Pricilla Davenport
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Robei
Thomas a son, Robert Baxter. .Tr.
riiiireli News
Tlie Sunday School choir. Miss
Terressa Ixtuise Pride, teachei',
had several new numbers Sunday
morning, one being a solo Ity May
Alice Davenport.
The morning service at the
F^irst Baptist church .Sunday. was
on the subject: “A Good Work
Once Begun. Will Continue To
TEFFEttSON STANDARD
Grow.’’ Rev. Willie Barber was
the speaker.
The evening service was also h.v
Rev. Barber.
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HIGNLIGHTS FRo\pRE$fDENT
\H2 REPORT-AN^WHAT U
TO OUR P0LI(S|H0I
Fan
1 f
§e%e%son Stai^aiJ 3)olla>is are fi|h]^g in the war
Every %ne you pa^our premium you ore not jjpfy buying the security
and pr^ection of/ife insurance for yourseljj^r® your family, but you
Ing to the war effort, «R!rthe mobility of our notional
'Rivestecl in War Bonds and In
dustry, hefe taYinonce war pro^fEnon. They ilso help to fight Infla
tion ^cou^ mey are not con^spRing for scorep consumer goods.
As a contrMS^ion to the war
-insuranct^nderwriters sold
^ I94fl^otb/ing over 2'/^
Srt, life
far Bonds
!>n dollars.
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indcu’d Agent^re
rice Gearj^o Warl
ipipped to Give Touj
le Needs /
bene
ifTER^T EARNING/MAINTAl
Company earned 5‘t -bn invested asi
post year. JeffMon Stondard h^
y maintained leatftrship in this field
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TEREST PAYlllENT RATE MAI
NED—Paid 5interest in 1942 on pol
eds held in trud for policyholders and
ies. This ratehas been poid continooi
the Companys organization in 1907
reason why Jefferson Standard
RS ARE LARGER!
/
SUrIlUS FUNdS INCREASE^Su
capiteSand conflngency reserves toty $1
high nterk in additional ft^ds
protecflon.
rent
wo
importi
life underwrj
timely
jronce |
next ti
ssurance«
me
iitions a soun
before.
Jeffi
jnsult
life insurance progrj
son Standard agei]
each well equ|^ped to give you wi|
elpfol in planning
ent
jtfon that will be
our
local
pre
in the market fo# Life
\/
OffiM
Building
ICY
—a n
holder
Ir polic
AIpNUAL REPORT
DECEMB
L I A
2,29*.116
10,335,^0
FINlNgAl STATEMfNT
ids $ E T S
her londs
ASSE
creased
$115,016!
pony's 35
tion and g
again INCRUBED-Asseti
0,2ll,131 durin^n942 and nowJ
[16. i These ass|^ highest in the^
■arifiistory, i^resent a healthy j
iwino sfrei]
i»s carried of
it or co!l value,
is (ower.
!9« Loons •
^fty S6,072,.
property
5T
SALES HM
ing 1942 totd
those already!
ales of new life insuraj
$46,000,000-30'; o|
lisured in the Company.
ce dur-
fthis on
1 our
I OfHcl
'enteen-
uildin9.
INSUR
ferson
190,i
ICE
indord
policyholc
★
FORCE-$470,0
te insurance now
rs-a $20,000,00
^,000 Jef-
vned by
(increase.
EFITS PAID-1
Standard in 19.
organization in 1
$131,465,865 to policyh
V.d/
Telephone 194
ilicy benefits
mounted. t(
the Com)
lers and
aid by Jef-
fc6,170,804.
ay has paid
leneficiaries.
All
stock
Listed
morkefl
whiche'
First Mo
On farm pi
423. on
$51,839;
Real Estai
This inciud
stoiy Hoi
Loans To ..f)ur
Policyhwors
Secured hy^he cath
of poiiciei^
Premium foans and
Liens • y •
Secured by ifie cash vofues"
of policies*
Investment Income in
Course of Collection
Premiums ii| Course of
Colloction ....
All Other Assets . -
3,5S5.20
9,SS6.36|
6,9S 1,841
57,912,3S8
3,762,573
Policy Roiorv]
This r.5.rv. iimquir.d b/
low to 0^1 poyment
of policy »ligotiont
Besorvo jA ^Micy
Claim
Cloiini W courst of ECttlt
menc^ on which proofs
havjf not been r.c.iy.d,
Rcs^o for Toxoi . •
; Prdliums and Intorost
- AJiid in Advonco . •
icy Proeoeds Isft
with Company . . .
idends for
lolicyholdert . . , .
Rokrve for All Othor
Dpbilities
31, l»42
I L I T I E S
. . . . 5 94,042,029
422,997
4IS,188
1,099,339
7,693,864
1,061,669
280,930
13,241,
3,09,861
1,060,35 S
H|iobililies . . . .
CentMenev
ke%vo . $1,500,000
A fun« for conting.nciel,
depreotlon on real e..
tote Ad investment fluc-
tuotioliS
Capital \ . 4,000,000
Surplus
ossigneA. 4,500,000
Tolol SurplinWuodj for Ad.
dilionol PUpfection of
Policyhold
$105,016,016
10,000,000
TOTAL Admitted Assef
We skall be {
L016
furnU
TOTAL .1 $115,016A16
Annual Report SoeAIot on rnquttt
an T. P
Poindexter Building
yni
>rth Wilkesboro,'
C.
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