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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943
Sirap Work—
In one county a group of combine own
ers and fanners who owned other labor
•aving machinery were in a meeting call-
‘ ed to find out just how extensively their
machinery could be used in the county to
do work on farms other than their own.
When the farmers who owned machin
ery were asked for a show of hands on the
proposition of how many would work for
, other farmers, there was only one.
And they were asked why they would
not use their machinery on other farms.
The substance of their replies was that
they would be perfectly willing to work
on other farms, but that they could not af
ford to allow their row crops to grow up
in weeds while working away from home.
Then the fanners who wanted machines
to work for them agreed to do a sufficient
amount of hand labor on farms of ma
chinery owning farmers to compensate for
machinery work, and the farm labor prob
lem was well on its way to solution.
This_swap work idea can do more to re
lieve tiie farm labor problem than any
thing else.
Our Flag—
Monday was flag day, and hot one per
son out of ten can tell you why.
The flag of the stars and stripes is a
symbol of America and the American Way
of life. In it are wrapped the virtues of
America, the land of the free.
We should know more about our flag
and we find that the following editorial
comment from The Reidsville Review on
flag day contains much information:
“June 14 has been for years observed
as Flag Day, because it was on June'14,
1777, that congress adopted the .stars and
stripes as the national emblem. (It was a
somewhat interesting experience to ascer
tain from some of the leading officials and
historians around capitol square in Ral
eigh why June 14 was chosen as Flag Day.
After calling a dozen persons, each of
whom ought to have known the answer
the answer was obtained from the Wake
county school office).
“’The first flag had 13 stripes , nd 13
stars. For some years thereafter a star
and a stripe were added for each state. In
1818 congress enacted a law that the flag
should consist of 13 alternate red and
white stripes, for the original 13 states
and a star for each state of the union. No
rule was fixed for arrangement of the
stars. Once they were shown in a circle,
then as a bigger star. For many years
now they have appeared in even rows,
new stars are added on the fourth of July
next after admission of a new state to the
to I
flag fc ^
iBCtion o^,thi flag eodf which ^
ton viola^d is as ^V ,;
« *|^ction. 6.%Th|t dur^ the cere
mony of hoisting or lowering the flag OT
when the flag is pasing in a parade or jn
review, all persons present should face the
flag, stand at attention, and salute. Those
present in uniform should render the right
hand salute. When not in uniform, men
should remove the headdress with the
right hand holding, it at the left shoulder,
the hand being over the heart. Men with
out hats merely stand at attention. Wo
men should salute'by placing the right
band over the heart ...
“ ‘Sec. 6. That when the national an
them is played add the flag is not delay
ed, all present should stand and face, tp-
ward the music, i. . men removing the
headdress. When the flag is displayed,
the salute to the flag should be given.' ”
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was OBS «moas .s irovp. ’ viujsh
as pot over thA obstacle, cotttsa
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mttMr pond of 'mter.-l^^iiing
tip banks, cUml^ ^vMfcn-foOt
walls,'Bcramblinf fhrouglr 1)081101
and'barbed wise and HoaUy mo
oing up a moQDtalQ.iyAt the
of the jaunt tke.^olonel asked the
Wilkes youth: “Bow do j^n like
it soldi&”? The aoldW:^ p«llMdr
replied; "Where I oonevirom,
sir, we have to go thr^djfh eonut
try Just like this to get. to Ihe
bam.”
I'M FACING HOME
(Miss Nelia Snyder, lYade, Tenn.) -
I’ve left at last, the downward way.
For light has changed to smiling day;
I’ve heard the call of love divine
And now true pr .iCe and joy are mine.
What precious years I lost in sin.
How sad I was, how strained within,
But, praise the Lord, I’m His today.
And singing on the the homeward way.
I know He keeps what He has won.
Hence safe am I with God’s great Son.
He’ll keep me true by saving grace
Until I meet Him face to face.
OUR,PEACE TERMS—
Wben we started this column
at the urgent request at m long
suffering public In need of aome-
tbing good to read, we had mal
ice toward none. ■
But before the fit at column ap
peared the author of Abnormal
Absurdities bed already dwclared
war on Us and Company.
Well, the die is cast, the war
is on and the only peace terms we
are going to accept is uncondi
tional surrender.
Speaking of pictures and why
we don’t put a picture at the top,
let us tell you something. The
author of Abnormal Absurdities,
we are reliably Informed, re
cently received a letter which said
among other things: ‘‘I never
knowed you when you looked like
that. 1 wonder who the photo
grapher used for a model.”
No, we won’t use a picture of
somebody else and claim it is us.
d|iy~Ji« has just nati
OinTnAlitry Uopsrtjne^^
yyba ffu 6a.iinc guiff‘chiif-
ntn^ iininnilttnea, ind'cltfieiM-ot
Kbiih Carolina aro to ha congmt-.
slated.nixin this achlevemofit/’
Mr- Jibhertson aald. “But ' as
piroitd «s we are ot this record.'Ve
pitfit not dwell too long on
lubrtema. We have a big job to
do—quotas to meet every^month
—until peace is 4?on and all men
are free.* '
Administrator Robertson an-
nouneed at the asme time that all
city and county chairmen are be
ing asked to increase their sale of
ail bends for June by one-hqlf hr'
ffloi^ of the regnlny 19 bond qaota
previously set for June.
The purpose of this Increase,
be explained, is to t^elp meet the
shortage in the national goal of
It billion dollars by sales of E,
F, and O bonds tor the fiscal
year set by President Roosevelt
last June. This goal Js now short
by 337 million dollars, and North
Carolina is exp^ted to sell dur
ing June approximately flve-.and
one-half millions in bonds. In
cluding all types, in addition to
the local quota of E bonds ori
ginally set for the state.
Last December the War , Sav
ings Staffs of the various states
were relieved of the responsibili
ty of selling F and G bonds, but
for the month of Juoe, the local
chairmen ere expected to push
the sale ot F and O as well as E
bonds in order to help make up
for the 327 million shortage In
the year’s total sales. Administra
tor Robertson pointed out.
Service Man..
'Hie job of your service man is to help y«u
cobtiBue to eojoy the ole. of your rw^e and re-
frUierator and your other aids to efficient house
keeping.
He cannot come immediately, as he used to, be
cause tires and trucks are rationed, too. Brides
that, many of hi» fellows are among the 740 Duke
Power nien in uniform.
I’m facing home and life is bright,
For on my soul shines love’s true light.
I’m safe at last; I’ve ceased to roam.
Christ holds my hand. I’m facing home.
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LIFFS BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
NOT HIS HEART—
The sweet young thing told her
mother that she knew the soldier
was the man for her because
every time he took her in his
arms she could hear his heart
pounding. ‘‘Better be careful,
daughter, your pa fooled me al
most a year that way with a dol
lar watch.’'
Germans Sterilming
Jewish Men Married
Non*Jewish Women
A WASTED LIFE
union
“Colors of the flag are blue, white and
red. The reverse order of naming them
fcT poetic euphony. The legend that Bet
sy Ross designed the flag has persisted,
despite its repudiation by most thorough
students. Informed opinion leans to the
claim of Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey
as -designer of the stars and stripes.
“The official North Carolina Manual of
1948'devotes eight full pages of text to the
history and proper display of the United
States flag. The flag should be flown on
a, 11 holidays and festive occasions, particu-
lariy on election days around polling
plstses. There is a tradition that it should
hGt be flown at night; yet our national
anthem dedicated to the flag at Fort Mc-
' ite&ry haila it as flying all through the
‘ “Certamly the flag should not be used
adtertkfpg purpose for decorations
ipr 'i* eoveiii tuft tablea. It should never be
A wasted life is more than wasted silver
and gold. It is more than diamonds and
pearls thrown away. One may misspend
his money, or throw it away for the trifles
of sin; or he may bury his diamonds and
pearls and dig them up, or get more mon
ey ; but it is a positive fact that no man
can redeem his life when it is wasted. It is
past all redempton, regardless of how
much he may regret it, or how much he
would give to live it over. It is true, he
may repent of a wasted life, get forgive
ness, and even reach heaven; but it is a
! sad and deplorable fact that he can’t
gather up the fragments of a wasted life,
put them together and suffer no ill con
sequence. When life is once wasted
through sin and folly, it is gone, gone for
ever. There is no return current that will
bring time and opportunity, life and suc
cess back when once gone.
Let me ask you these questions dear
reader: What is'your life amounting to?
Are you making anybody better by living?
Are you uplifting anyone? Are you doing
anything to make better your country?
What will your life amount to? What are
you doing with your time? How are you
spending it? You should realize that it is
very precious. Every moment that passes
from you never returns. What are you
doing with your means? Are you saving
them for your children to fuss and quar
rel over? What are you giving to the
cause of God?
One of the most sickening sights on
earth is to see men of means either wast
ing their possessions, or keeping them
like a miser and giving nothing 4»;rthe
cause of God. They live for self. They
want all they can get and give nothing to
help support the Gospel, send the Gospel
forth throughout the earth, and nothing
toward winning lost souls to Christ. They
cultivate God’s good acres of land, breath
God’s good air, drink His good water, eat
His good food, enjoy His good sunshine
and rain, and live amid His blessings in
many and various respects, yet act as
though all this is theirs by right, and
never live for God, nor do His will, nor
bring honor and glory to His name; but
serve the devil instead, which is always
dishonoring God, then die and go to a
deWl’s hell. Now life’s better way is to live
godly, soberly, righteously and holy, bless
humanity, pjease God and reach heaven at
last.
L.ANGUAGE DIFFICXTL’rV—
A Frenchman, struggling with
the English language, turned to
an Amerloan friend for counsel:
"What,” he asked, “is a polar
bear?”
“Polar hearts--Whx-.. livea
'way up north.”
"Bnt what do he do?”
‘‘Oh, he sits on a cake of ice
and eats fish.”
“Zat settle! I will not accept!”
‘‘What in the world do you
mean, you won’t accept?”
"Ah,” explained the other, ‘‘I
was invited to be a polar hear at
a funeral, and I will not accept.’’
London. — Dutch government
officials announced that the Ger
mans had begun sterilizing Jew
ish men married to non-Jewish
women in the Netherlands but
that the program was falling
short of expectations because of
a shortage of German doctors and
refusal of Dutch doctors to co
operate.
P. G. Seaman of Warrenton,
recently turned under 18 acres of
Austrian Peas over knee high.
They were planted Ini December.
But he is hard at it day after day, repairing
here, patching there, lending a helping hand
somewhere else. He is proud of the service he
renders; he appreciates your friendly co-opera
tion in calling him only when you absolutely have
to and—above all—in taking such good care of
the equipment you have that it will require no
mending.
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DUKE POWER CO.
HAPPENED ONE NIGHT—
They had been sitting in the
swing in the moonlight alons. No
word broke the stillness for half
an hour until—‘‘Suppose you had
money,” she said, “what wouid
you do?’’ He threw out hie chest
in all the glory of young man
hood and sold, "I’d travel!”
He felt her warm young hand
slide into bis. When be locked
up she was gone — in his hand
was a nickel!
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Japs Have Used
Incendiary Bombs
In Oregon Forests
Eugene, Oregon — Incendiary
bombs carried by free balloons
have been dropped on Oregon for
ests by the enemy in attempts to
start fires.
The balloons, probably releas
ed by enemy submarines, carry a
cluster of incendiary bomkf, tim
ed to drop and explode when they
are blown in from the sea over
the forests.
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Growers in Camden, Pasquotank
and Currituck counties recently
made a shipment of 12 cars of
hogs in one day, the largest sin
gle shipment ever made by the
Mutual Livestock Association.
Sixty-four growers In Chowan
county cooperated in treating ^a
total of 50,750 pounds of seed
peanuts, reports County Agent
C. W. Overman.
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