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MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 15. 1940 MARION PROGRESS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE McDOWELL PUBLISHING CO., MARION, N. C. TELEPHONE 64 S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop. > Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, | N. O., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | One Year $1.50 j Six Months .75 Strictly in Advanctt. North Carolina PRESS ASSOCIATION Builders “Isn't it strange that Princes and Kings And clowns that caper in sawdust rings And just plain folks like you and me. Are builders for Eternity? To each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass and a book of rules; And each must make, ere life is flowTi, A stumbling block or a stepping stone.” MARION, N. C., FEB. 15, 1940 NOTES AND COMMENTS Seed catalogues, about this time of the year, convince nearly every citizen of McDow'ell county that he could have a wonderful garden. * ♦ • Marion deserves the loyalty of all of its citizens. When a community project is underway, it is the duty of everybody to lend a hand. * * * Next Sunday is a good Sunday to begin going to church regularly. No matter how well saitsfied you are with yourself, you will probably find that you can be improved. * ♦ * Marion merchants ask our resi-i dents to patronize them. A majority 32,000 DEAD AND LITTLE dure without calling the country | WORRY 1 thereabouts a desert. j One of the prices the American long as the stations do not so j people are paying for speed on the greatly mar the landscape, as long j highways is the loss of 32,000 lives; as their service is rendered with the j in 1939, the injury of 1,150,000 i courtesy which has become so pleas-! persons and an economic loss which characteristic of them, and as! is estimated at $1,500,000,000 by — their own lookout — as they i the National Safety Council. both ends meet with their! While the death rate on our high-; earnings, their increase of numbers | ways in 1939 was virtually the samedraw no loud complaint from] as in 1938, it is estimated that trav- :^^® public. j el increased six per cent over the' When a motorist drives past 1001 previous year and that, “based on i stations in succession without stop-1 motor-vehicle mileage, there areiP^"^’ may feel that there are 99 j only 12.2 persons killed for each many. But when none is found' 100,000,000 miles of motor vehicle; "^arby at the moment he suddenly travel. It is interesting to observe; and sorely needs it, he is quick to | the apathy of the American public | conclude that there is at least one j to such an enormous death toll. j j some mysterious malady should sud- j • of them advertise order to let | I denly begin to strike down Ameri-! customers know what they have fori'"^"" gg]g ^at a rate that exceeds three every ^ ^ I hour, the newspapers would be fill- The whole truth about what Jap-H alarming stories, constema- anese soldiers have done in China popula- would shock a world accustomed toj' brutality. ONCE UPON A TIME i Once upon a time there was a man, I who lived in a town, and spent all of his money away from home. He was sure that he could take care of him self, and that his town didn’t mean world accustomed to I churches would not be anything to him. I big enough to hold the crowds which ; After a few yeai's, his business j flocked there to pray. {wasn’t so keen as he had hoped it Governments exist for the benefit j However, everybody knows why would be, his friends didn’t seem to of people and when they fail to' there are accidents on the highways.! think he was quite as important as serve the people they should be re-1 It is easy to understand that when: he thought he was, and trade seemed placed. I two vehicles collide, both going at'to flow by his doors. * * * i from 60 to 65 miles an hour, the oc-; He began to watch his competitor, It’s getting so these days you can’t jcupants are bound to get hurt and who he found was an intelligent ad judge the size of a man’s bai k ac- some of them will be killed. There; vertiser, a contributor to the public count by the size of the automobile' is nothing mysterious about the • purse, a man anxious to give some he drives. I cause of deaths and the public is not: of his time and thought to communi- alarmed. : ty projects, and a believer in the fact I that it pays to keep money at home, i CAR SERVICE AT HAND ;where it can keep floating around; For every mile and a half of Uni-! ^^^^ween the stores and businesses I Fussy people should be put in; houses to themselves so that they ■ can battle it out to suit themselves, i ted States highways, says the Ameri-j SERVICE FROM SUN Automobile Association, there is; after noting all these fac- For a long time science has been a filling station or a garage. Is that;*®’’^* continued to wonder why toying with the idea that one day too many? Too many, perhaps, to! some of his customers went to the means can be found to corral and: permit all to operate at a profit, but ■ and why almost every- hog-tie enough of the sun’s energy'not too many for the accommodation' ^ad the idea that he was a to supply humankind with fuel, heat j of the traveling public. jtightw-ad and his competitor a public and other essentials. There is noi For good or ill it has come to pass | leader of community life, doubt that the possibilities are there that the average motorist know’s! “ since it is known that in the tropics nothing whatever about his car. No j FOR FINLAND—WORDS? the sun pours enough energy on a longer, as in the ancient days, does j Americans are cheering for Fin- single square mile to equal the en-'he pull on a pair of overalls and get'land. Her valiant sti’uggle against ergy released by the combustion of |out and get under”; he is as helpless the Soviet giant has captured their 7,400 tons of coal. ito correct the infirmities of his pow-' imaginations. And some perceive No practicable method has yet | er plant as he would be to tinker: ttat the Finns are fighting for ideals been found to convert this energy!-with the mechanism of the Queen! and interests in which the United into the needs of home, factory and ]y[aj.y^ I States has a very large stake. Words shop. It isn’t required now, since j j^or does he carry equipment to'in praise of Finland fill the pi-ess and there are fuel and power to spare niend his own tires, and it would tax:the mouths of citizens. Americans from other sources. But against the j his ingenuity, as well as his temper, | have been eager to send aid to Fin- prospective need of some far future | even to change a spare. : nish refugees through the Hoover date the Massachusetts Institute of | When stalled, therefore, be is | committee and the Red Cross. Technology has ^iven a scientist a; stalled for good until professional j They have applauded all the steps $650,000 fund to be used in re-ex-1assistance arrives. And a three-!taken by other countries to send amining solar heat. j quarters of a mile walk or a five-1 planes and guns and men. An experimental house has been minutes wait is the limit he will en-1 But there is resistance to the fur nishing of the nonmilitary loan just approved by the Senate Foreign Re built with a heat trap on the roof through which water circulates, En- •ergy is stored in the basement in the form of hot water. By this device it is hoped in the course of time to de- ^yelop means by which the house may be cooled by sun’s rays in summer, heated in winter, and supplied with power for a multitude of tasks. If the research proves successful, it is doubtful if solar devices would come into use for many years. But ^dgets to store solar energj-^ would be a welcome reserve for an age of humankind that is increasingly de pendent upon power. GOLDEN GLEAMS Beware of too sublime a sense Of your own worth and conse quence. —Comper. ! lations Committee. Cheers — from a *; gi’andstand four * I away—are cheap. thousand miles But dollars re- * I quire at least some risk. In Berlin * *ithe Voelkischer Beobachter says: * Unselfish and noble acts are * “Small states are pushed into some- the most radiant epochs in the biogrraphy of souls.—Thoreau. TURKISH PROVERBS A thousand friends are few; one foe, many. Contentment is an inexhaustible treasure. The courteous learns his courtesy from the discourteous. Today’s egg is better than tomor row’s hen. i He that accomplishes his ends by deceit shall render up his soul with angvish. Satan’s friendship reaches to the prison door. The heart’s testimony is stronger than a thousand witnesses. It is not by saying “honey, hon ey” that sweetness comes into the mouth. One already wet does not fear the xain. Victories attended with little ad vantage will ruin rather than en large an empire. He had no crown, but he was kind; * He had no throne, but he was strong; Good deeds he did, and loving words He said, the whole day long. — Turner. It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country’s wel fare.—Washington. thing; then big ones avoid action— and take up collections.” America has furnished more than words for Finland and the right instinct of the American people will see that their desire to give further help is made effective. — Christian Science Moni tor. DO YOU KNOW-^ We, too, at times come nigh to lose our hope. When with life’s evils we no more can cope. And in the dark with heavy hearts we grope. But God sees otherwise. —Oxenham. See how the mass of men wor-j ry themselves into namelesS * j graves, while here and there a * i great unselfish soul forgets *} himself into immortality. * j —Emerson. * ; C MeCgireTjCTip«|>er Symlkale ■That the European cran berry, kHHid m Canada and northern United States was the sacred plant of the ancient Druids. There is also a larger berry which is native to America. ^^lir^HEVROLET S££ as FOP THE BEST USED CAR BUYS IN TOWN , too 5 u* too* U**® SHOOtO »0 cHtV- best used car buy from setts- 9,262,068 people boa«ht used cars and used trucks from Chevrolet dealers during the lost six year*. GENEROUS ALLOWANCE on your old car! 5 REASONS WHY YOU WILL SAVE •V BUYINO NOW! All used cars priced to sell fast in order to make room for more trade-ins. Buy now—be fore prices rise —and save the difference. Save winter con- ditioning ex pense. ^Op Only Ckevrelet dealers Save deprecia tion on your old car. Trade up now. Save costly re pairs on your old car. Ch*vroiat D*al*r* or* H*adqitarl*r« for USED TRUCK Vateeai look for yoer Cbevrsiet doalor's lictingt im Hm dossHlad page* of this Ballew Motor Company 438 EAST COURT MARION. N, C. TELEPHONE 225 DO NOT DISTURB A “Purchasing Agent” AT WORK The science of buying, whether for home or business, is a complex piece of work. This means that Mrs. Housewife (the family purchasing agent) must have adequate facilities to do family buying on a sound, business basis which involves qualities, varieties and budgets! Her office force .... her “adequate facilities” are the advertising columns of THE PROGRESS! From her easy arm-chair, Mrs. Housewife de termines the needs of the family, decides what and where to buy! Let THE PROGRESS work for you, too T **Advertising is not an overhead —it’s an investment that pays.” Marion Progress The Kukenaam waterfalls, in British Guiana, are the highest in the world. They rise to a height of ! 2,000 feet. Postage stamps were not used in the United States until 1847. Prior to that time, postage on mail was paid in cash by either the sender or receiver. Land Deeds, Mortgage Deeds, Chattel Mortga ges, State Warrants, Trespass Notices, Etc., for sale at THE MARION PROGRESS office. ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRESS Best Advertising Medium
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