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MARION PROGRESS. MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTk 10, 1940 MARION PROCRESS PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE McDOWELL PUBLISHING CO., MARION, N. C. Our Coast Line TELEPHONE 64 8. E. WHITTEN,. Editor and Prop. Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, N. C., as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months .75 Strictly in Advance. MARION, N. C., OCT. 10, 1940 “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth,” certainly describes the gen eral condition of the present world. Even true Christians are fearful and often afraid to speak forth the truth in the face of much wickedness and unbelief. “An uninformed person, observ ing how positive and certain infidels and scoflFers apparently are when they ridicule our faith in Jesus and our hope of eternal life, and how timid and hesitant the Christian of ten is when he speaks of his faith and hope, might come to the conclu sion that the faith of the believer rests on no certain foundation. “But things are not always as they seem to be. Many an enemy of FARMERS IN EXCESS? |twO FREAKS OF NATURE Christ who in his life- Are too many persons living on! DISPLAYED IN MARION “gainst Christianity with farms in the United States? j To this question last week the! Freaks of nature from farms ^ * McDowell county continue to turn: despair.- Anyone 1940 WEEKLY MEDITATION By Rev. Paul A. Boriack, B. D., Pastor St. Matthew's Luth eran Church, Marion. N. C. jsuch positive assurance revealed his jjj 1 uncertainty in the hour of death Federal Bureau of • Agricultural Eco nomics answered “yes,” and it based! «P in Marion with two oddities being can think of numbers of them. its conclusions on two factors: an increase of 2,000,000 in U (1) I seen here this week. J. E. Huffman of j Christian's hope is certain, S. I Marion displayed two sweet potatoes!'" ^eath. ‘I know whom I COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE RELIGIOUS In widely separated sections of the country. Dr. Charles Whitney Gilkey, associate Dean of the Divin ity School, University of Chicago, reports evidence of a significant in- jade, and (2) technological advances ^ college students. I in agriculture. As a result of these j potatoes had twisted around one an- This is interesting, confirming the [two developments, according to the: other, but could be taken apart. opinion of those who have declined j Bureau, the nation has 3,500,0001 On display at the Cut Rate Mar- to accept the nonsensical charges; more farmers than were actually jis an unusual squash, brought in made against youth by many so-call-! needed at this time to meet the de- from the home of K. L. Simpson ed leaders. imand for farm products. jfrom the home of his parents. Two Dr. Gilkey believes that the in-! The Bureau found that the gener-1different kinds of squash appear to crease of interest in religion isjal 1930-40 increase in agricultural I liave grown together to form one caused by the present acute sense of population was far from uniform' large two-colored, specimen. insecurity, the search for realities|throughout the country. A decline! and a sense of something deeply | was noted in areas stricken by dust ^ FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY wrong with our social order and ac-1 storms and drought, while in other] • FOR JESS HOLLIFIELD cepted ways of life. j regions there was an increase . As a j It is easy to believe that a fer-iwhole, the nation’s farm population] Final rites for Jess Hollifield, 95, ■" of college I had reached a total of 32,450,000 in | „^o died at the home of his’sonlition rests in the hands of our Be- students. Any mdividual, boy *or 1940 as compared to 30,445,350 a;Bulo Hollifield, Wednesday of lastijeemer we are a=sured of our in girl who has developed into man- decade ago. During the same period ;^eek, were conducted Friday morn-iheritance. He has declared: ‘And hood or womanhood within the past, the Bureau said, the number of ^t 11:00 o’clock at Turkey Cove' they shall never nerish neither ,hall fifteen years must be deeply im.- available farm jobs had dropped by: cgj^eterv Rev Charles Parker ofiici-' i i ’ T-- t U * onn AAA • 1 I X i cemetery, nev. L^naries t-arKer omci- any man pluck them out of My problems which about 300,000, owing largely to the I hand ’ John 10-28” I Mr. Hollifield suffered injuries' t during the flood that swept over Mc- I Dowell county this summer when his cviuciiwc ux a oigiinii-ajn, iii-^ fami population during the past dec-j here that had grown together to I Crease of *^interest in religion among | ade, and (2) technological advances j semble a put-it-together-puzzle. Thei ^ ^ j ° ^ ^ ■ ' ' ' have committed unto Him against that Day.’ Is there any uncertainty in that? ‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? . . . Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.’ “Our faith is not merely a pious wish but an all-conquering convic tion, for it rests upon the eternal promises of our faithful God and in the love 'which He revealed in Christ Jesus. And since our salva- pressed with the face society. Certainly, they must greater use of machines. be convinced that there is “some- j thing deeply wrong” and anxiously i MUST WE DIE ON THE HIGHWAY? 'house caved in on him under a land- TrafRc fatalities showed a decided' slide. He is survived by five sons and WEST MARION NEWS alert to discover the cure for exist-] ing ills. } It is refreshing to believe that increase in the United States during two daughters. the young people of this country are: recent months and safety experts | approaching the problems of;are at a loss to explain the spurt in life without the handicap of accept-1 deaths due to automobile travel. i , mi 4. i ^ ing everything that exists as the j This reminds us to remind you, as | Clark spent the week-end best that is possible. j a potential driver of an automobile, j ^ When people are thoroughly sat-■ to resist the little impulses that] ® Brown of Boone spent the isfied, there can be no progress. It: sometimes lead an automobile driver jparents, Mr. and is only when the minds of men com- to take a chance. Not only does the! prehend facts and question conclu-[habit endanger the safety of the? sions, that civilization moves forward — »—■*. ix;_|home Hollis Early has returned to his There’s nothing that can sever Me from the love of God; No want, no pain whatever, No famine, peril, blood. Though thousand foes surround me And in their base design A sheep for slaughter count me The victory still is mine.^ SHELBY JAYCEES SEEK SHORT ROUTE TO MARION Shelby, Oct. 5.—The Shelby juni or chamber of commerce seeks a Another step. FEEDING OUR ENEMIES “If thine enemy hunger,” said the Apostle Paul, “feed him.” driver, and those in his car, but it i from the Marion Hospital! shorter and improved highway route perilous to others who have ^ Marion to Shelby by Polkville. nothing to invite increased danger. \ Regfulations for traffic control rep- week. jAt a meeting this week, the Jaycees Rev. M. G. Lyerly will preach at j decided to seek the route as a major the West Marion resent the careful study of those 1““ Presbyterian t project over a period of the next few , who are giving their time to a serious I»t 11 months. With this thought in mind, there' effort toj^n^ ^ spending L^LnTo'sUy^s^T ^hlrJr ^d Grelt tLrn wlo Msttt^^f* ='> i steps should be taken to feed and to: includes parking regula clothe the destitute in the European _ P’**’;'’'™'",/"*, lands, occupied by German armies. . There are some who insist that, if “> ““ke cases agamst Town, Va. oth- I j cees will work to secure a paved high' j way through Polkville and the well :er officers of the law should not hes-' employers in .North | known Golden Valley area into Mar- those who i normally those with eight; ion a distance of 37 miles. A road necessary, food should be sent to in^hichthev appear should not be'Unemployment Compensa-1 built, but 17 miles between Polkville prevent , . f _. ^ „ i ^ , reluctant to inflict fines. i Of course, a fine is not sufficient! more employees, are subject to j over the proposed route is already built, but 17 miles between and Marion are not paved. violate the rules of safety and courts population of Germany to Prevent jtio-n Law. suffering and starvation. We are not inclined to split ^a^ | a person who " operj One-third of all pedestrian acci- j Slavery was abolished in Brazil in itil lflOS6 AVIlO WOUlci UDilOlcl 3. lit” j ^ ^ « t HpYi'f'Q in jit'p ^ 1 eral observance of the instructions ^ wh.le under rte 1I888. of the Apostle Paul, but. just the ^ same, it seems to us that it would be i ,'T\ ^ ® rec ess y ^ the height of folly to send supplies ^ould be treated as: J. 4. 4.1. jf 4.1. 1, a national peril. He should be pun- to augment the strength of those who ! are bent upon destroying the civili- ] * I zation of free peoples. So far as we have been able to ob serve from what has happened to Europe already, the success of Hitler j would mean the end of freedom* fori peoples everywhere. . The German Fuehrer seems to i AN early winter AHEAD | I Well, folks, it looks like an early } winter is about to descend upon us. j Dr. Irving Krick, weather expert jat the California Institute of Tech-i nology, who uses the air-mass system i of forecasting, says that many of , J 1. J J c -J.- iour old weather proverbs are reliable en when we accord a broad definition, „ . ^ . -u j i j ^ , J 1. • He points out that wild ducks and to the word. Certainly, he is an ene-1 ... 4.1, 4. -i • j 4-1. be definitely against the interests of religion, ev- my of the liberties that encourage; the spiritual growth of individuals: and his triumph would mean the end of opportunity for free - minded 0OUls. In view of these facts, we are ut- geese are riding the tail winds, south !and that there is a heavy growth of fur on rabbits. The dope from Nature appears to coincide with his air-mass information. Our own system records that the sending food or! people under the terly opposed to clothing to any domination of Hitler, or his To do so would relieve Germany of much responsibility and insure the past summer has been cooler than Drs. Ramsey & DeVere A Complete Optometric Service Eyes Examined Corrective Treatments Glasses Fitted Lenses Duplicated' Lenses ground in our own Laboratory Dr. K. W. Ramsey . Dr. P. N. DeVere Daily Every Friday Hours 9 to 5 Daily Phone 214 205-6 Blanton Building i usual and, consequently, we suspect allie"' mercury will get down fast- ‘ er than usual this fall. If any of our readers have a better system, we: would like to hear about it. • Nazis against the discontent of con qtiered people. There is no reason for us to be come alarmed about the possibilities of starvation as long as the German leaders have the power to prevent it by giving up their nefarious schemes! \ .. , ^ . J • 4. 4.U The people of the United States, to dominate the world. I. ^ . . „ ., ^ ^4.1 , » ;in our opinion, are well able to settle Moreover, so long as German ,, ... .. , ... . . ^ ,'all public questions and we will 1>ombs ram upon the inhabitants ofl great cities, indiscriminately killing men, women and children, one can not blame those fighting Hitler for the use of any weapon that will strike a blow in their defense. The youngsters who started to ! school for the first time this year are beginning to wonder if education , is what it is cracked up to be. As October comes along it might; If you don’t go to church regular- Jy, you ought to know why. those things that you were going to do in 1940. Every man can vote like he pleas- jes if he pleases to vote that way. 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