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ONLY A DAD
Only a dad with a tired face
Coming home from the daily race;
Bringing little of gold or fame
To show how well he played the game;
But glad in his heart that his own rejoice
To see him come and to hear his voice.
Only a dad, with a brood of four.
One of ten million men or more.
Plodding along in the daily strife,
Bearing fhe whips and scorns of life
With never a whimper of pain or hate.
For the sake of those who at home await.
Only a dad, neither rich nor proud,
Merely one of the surging crowd.
Toiling, striving from day to day,
Facing whatever may come his way;
Silent whenever the hcrsh condemn.
And bearing it all for the love of them.
Only a dad, but he gives his all
To smooth the way for his children small;
Doing with courage stern and grim,
The deeds that his father did for him.
These are the lines that for him I pen.
Only a dad, but the best of Men.
REFUGEES NEED ASSISTANCE !
The appeal of the Red Cross for! " *
funds with which to assist the war;
refugees in France and other Euro-1 THE WAY TO SAVE AMERICAN |
pean countries should not be unheed-, I
YOUTH
We are among those
ANOTHER
“TEN COMMANDMENTS”
1. Keep anti-skid chains on your
tongue; always say less than you
think. Cultivate a low persuasive
voice. How you say it often counts
far more than what you say.
2. Make promises sparingly and
keep them faithfully, no matter
what it costs you.
3. Never let an opportunity pass
to say a kind and encouraging thing
to or about somebody. Praise good
work done regardless of who did it.
If criticism is merited, criticize help
fully, never spitefully.
4. Be interested in others; inter
ested in their pursuits, their .wel
fare, their homes and families. Make
merry with those who rejoiee, and
mourn with those who weep. Let ev
eryone you meet, however humble,
feel that you regard him as a per
son of importance.
5. Be cheerful. Keep the corners
of your mouth turned up. Hide your
pains, worries and disappointments
under a pleasant smile. Laugh at
good stories and learn to tell them.
6. Preserve an open mind on all
debatable questions. Discuss, but
don’t argue. It is a mark of superior
minds to disagree and yet be friend
ly-
7. Let your virtues, if you have
OUR GOLD WORTH HAVING
The monetary gold stock of the
ed by the people of McDowell coun-: We are among those Americans! United States has crossed the $19,-
ty. ; who still hope and pray that war can j 000,000,000-IeveI and the experts j speak for themselves, and re
In our interest in the outcome of, be avoided by the United States but! are already beginning to worry
battles, we are prone to overlook the i we do not belong to the tribe that j about what will happen to this huge
hardships which face millions of hu-, believes it can be done by cowardly i hoard if the totalitarian states re
man beings driven from their homes | shrinking from facing the hatred of j form the savings economy of the
by the exigencies of warfare. That Hitler and rfis people. I world.
fuse to talk of another’s vices. Dis
courage gossip. Make it a rule to
say nothing of another unless it is
something good.
8. Be careful of others’ feelings.
Wit and humor at the other fellow’s
expense are rarely worth the effort,
and may hurt where least expected.
9. Pay no attention to ill-natured
remarks about you. Simply live so
nobody will believe them. Discour
aged nerves and poor digestion are
common causes of backbiting.
10. Don’t be too anxious about
I getting just dues. Do your work, be
patient,-keep your disposition sweet,
forget yourself, and you will be re
spected and rewarded.—Selected.
these people, through little fault ofj We fervently hope that American j Bankers and economists in this
their own, have become homeless youth will not have to fight in any | country have expressed the opinion
1 efugees in a foreign land, makes: war but, so far as we can see at this | that the gold standard cannot oper-
their needs more imperative and i time, the only possibility of sparing I ate if Germany and her allies win
should move prosperous Americans I them the ordeal of slaughter is to be i the war and dominate the future
to do something in their behalf. I found in the defeat of Germany by j economic set-up of the world. Their
While we are in thorough sympa- Great Britain and France. ! system of trading, involving barter
thy with the efforts of the Red Cross I This being the truth, in our judg- ' and controled swapping, tends to
to raise $20,000,000 through its 3,- ment, then it appears that the smart j eliminate the necessity of another!
700 chapters in the United States, i thing for the United States to do is j medium of exchange, j
we are also in favor of a direct ap- to give every possible assistance to j While it is within the realm of
propriation from the United States, the Allies, “short of war,” as quick-j possibility, in the event of a Ger-
Government, to be made available ly as possible. We would extend I man victory that gold will lose some
immediately for the purchase of food [credit, ships, planes, tanks, munitions!of its importance in international
in .this country for the benefit of the and foodstuffs as rapidly as possible | trade, the disability wiN be tempor- WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
"civilian victims of warfare. ~ Ito bolster the fighting forces of the jary. In fact, we do not think that “ . . . . C h r i s t i a n i t y is not
j nations now at war. j the United States need worry about merely a scheme to in-
ANOTHER BILLION FOR ARMS ! Certainly we would not sit idly by I having a worthless gold stock o^ [crease the population of heaven.
Less than a week after making a'®"** democracies j hand. We might worry about the'ltg purpose for its followers is not
spirited fireside talk to the American of a me-, possibility of losing our gold stock i primarily to get to heaven, but to
people, in which he called attention iarmy. Such a victory would j if this nation is ever attacked by ajijj-ijjg heaven down to earth. Jesus
to the need for extraordinary action' hitler for an attack upon ^ coalition off powers, such as Ger-j himself once said that he came to
to prepare the defense of this na- ^^^’® hemisphere. We would immedi-j many, Italy and Japan, after the to-i give men a larger, fuller life,
tion, the President has requested ad- even j tahtarian states have conquered! The healthy Christian life is lived
ditional sums to speed up the arma- *ake some of them from i Europe, I in the world among men and is in-
ments of this country. 1*^® Army and Navy. j jterested in their everyday aflairs. It
Despite the fact that he has asked | This would not be as foolish as itj LET’S DRIVE FORWARD jjg lived at Ihe primary and in the
Congress for an appropriation of $1,-'™^^* see|ji. Many of the planes nowj We must take steps to improve' labor union. It is lived in the shop
200,000,000 for increased prepared- belonging to our fighting service will | cof^jitions ourselves in Western and in the office. There is nothing
ness, and that this huge sum tops obsolete before many months | North Carolina—not look to the oth-' which concerns the well-being of
Tegular appropriation bills of more; passed. They will help the hard- j er fellow or the government to do | men which can be alien to the Chris-'
than $2,000,000,000 for the Army now. They can be re-,jt for us. If we are going to achieve jtian life or to Christianity as such, j
and Navy. Mr, Roosevelt urges that ^ short time when the ac-jthe purposes of democracy we must! It does npt involve a belief in an
another billion dollars be made avail-;‘^®^®*^^*®*^ production schedule gets j pursue improvement with relentless impossible dogma. It asks merely;
able at once. under way, j energy. We must work out ways to that a man shall bring his life into i
New methods of warfare, based! There is a chance that such a j make a better living on the farm, conformity with the life and purpose
entirely upon the striking offensive' is»jand start and operate constantly im- of Jesus, helping to carry out his will,
power of mechanized armies, coup-1 opinion, a smaller risk than \ proving marketing services. I and plan for the redemption of the!
led with the knowledge that war;^® f ^® defeat ofj Hitler has aroused the German | world. j
comes suddenly, leads the Chief Ex-1 there are other people to great energy and great ef-| When enough men actually believe j
ccutive to recommend new expendi-|fighting the potential foes of jflciency in the art of destruction. He' in this plan and try to put it into ef-'
tures that will give the army modern j policy for jig driving Europe back into the Mid-! feet, so that it will be the dominat-l
weapons for modern warfare. { ® United States to assist them with jjjg Ages. He has instilled into these j ing purpose in the life of the nation,;
Even a month ago such requests j that may save the lives of j Germans the spirit of unremittingthen it may truthfully be said that
toil, and the tragedy is that this en-jthis is truly a “Christian nation.”—'
I ergy and this efficiency are directed ■ Michigan Christian Advocate,
but SK) greatly shocked are the Amer-J DUNKERQUE Ibackwords and are forcing the world j j
ican people at the outcome of recent] So long as^he English tongue sur-jback to barbarism, FOLKS I LIKE 1
■would have been equivalent to the
political annihilation of the President!
our sons.
battles in Belgium and France that;the v/ord Dunkerque will be| We must use equal energy and effi-
they not only support, almost unani-‘ spoken with reverence. For in thatjciency and unremitting toil to i’l^-'has
mously, the President’s requests, but i harbor, in such a hell as never blazed prove the world about us — that isl^v,„
lously, tne I'resident s reques
they wait eagerly for him, and his ad- j earth before, at the end of a lost | our own county and our own town-
visers, to call for additional funds inihattle, the rage and blemishes that j ship. We must use our time and our
I like the person who realizes he j
never gotten anywhere without |
order that there may be no doubt
about the ability of this republic to
wage war successfully against any
possible combination of enemies.
The transformation of public op
inion in this country has been mirac
ulous. It is but a sign of what will
happen in these United States if Hit
ler turns loose the full force of his
aerial armada against the civilian
populations of France and Great
Britain, Awakened to the frightful
ness of the attack, the public will de
mand immediate action to assist the
democracies and popular sentiment
may even force the United States to
declare war against Germany and
her allies, if any.
Let it be recorded, very plainly,
that we are not among those who be
lieve that a German victory would
work for justice, equality and liber
ty throughout the world.
Those who believe that the United
States is not concerned with the out
come of the war in Europe should
etand up, and be counted.
have hidden the soul of democracy i money, limited though it may be, to
fell away. There, beaten but uncon-^set up markets and devices .that will
quered, in shining splendor, she fac-
increase income and better condi-
ed the enemy.
They sent away the wounded first.
Men died so that others could eS‘
cape. It was not so simple a thing as
courage, which the Nazis had in
plenty. It was not so simple a thing
as discipline, which can be hammer
ed into men by a drill sergeant. It
was not the result of a careful plan
ning, for there could have been lit- i News,
tie. It was the common man of the
free countries, rising in all his glory
out of mill office, factory, mine,
farm and shop, applying to war the
lessons learned when he went down
the shaft to bring out trapped com
rades, when he hurled the lifeboat
through the surf, when he endured
poverty and hard work for his chil
dren’s sake.
This shining thing in the souls of
men Hitler cannot command, or at
tain or conquer. He has crushed it,
where he could, from German hearts.
It is the great tradition of democ-
tions in Westeri) North Carolina. In
the help of others. No person can ■
live unto himself. Then the more j
you share, the more you have; the'
more you give, the more you get. j
I like a person who keeps an open [
mind and an open heart. The very|
,, I minute you and I think we know ev-[
this country we have freedom to do j |
this. We have freedom to invert, to , something, |
I not always against something. Life !
{is an opportunity, not an ordeal. |
I like folks who work, who do
sweat-bringing work. I like people
who make money — who can take
plan and to work. We must use these
priceless possessions with all the
ability at our command, to work out
a civilization where bur fellowmen
and our children will have a more
abundant life.—Farmers Federation
The world might be a lot better if
some people were not so anxious to
prevent anybody else from succeed
ing.
Speeding may be safer but death
resttlts from trying to set new rec
ords.
The number of people in a com-
rnjunity is not as important as the
type of peopler.
racy. It is the future. It is victory.
—New York Times.
PULP MILLS
There are now 51 pulp mills in
the South, consuming 14,000 cords of
wood a day in making kraft papers
and other types of paper products, a
recent checkup revealed.
Only the last battle of a great war
is the decisive battle.
It, seldom pays to hurry—^too fast.
MAN’S SEVEN MISTAKES
Man’s imperfections lead him to
make many mistakes in life, and the KRA.^'^our quoted
pointing out of these frailties has
engaged the attention of philosoph
ers and reformers in all ages. A re
cent writer enumerates what he con
siders to be the seven greatest mis
takes of man, as folloxvs:
1. The deluaon that indivMual
advancen>ent is made by crushing
cithers down.
2. The tendency to worry about
things that cannot be changed
corrected.
3. Insisting that a thing is im
possible because we ourselves can
not accomplish iit.
4. Refusing to set aside trivial
preferences in order that important
things may be accomplished.
5. Neglecting development and re
finement of the mind by not acquir
ing the habit of reading.
6. Attempting to compel otheT
persons to believe and live as we do.
7. The failure to establifeh the hab
it of saving money.—^-Uplift,
hold of a farm or a business and so
organize it that it will come through
with a profit.
Put into your life above all things,
good will,—^From a talk made to an
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