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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. C., as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 8ix Months .75 Strictly in Advance MARION, N. C., DEC. 7, 1944 OPPORTUNITY FOR MARION There is considerable talk about providing jobs for the service men "when they come home and the Con gress has enacted a law which seeks to guarantee a discharged service man his former job. In some of the larger cities of the nation, and among the large copor ations one notes activity along the line of taking care of the soldiers, saliors and marines when they come back. Municipalities are naturally interested in providing employment because otherwise the men must look elsewhere for work. There is every reason why the smaller cities and towns throughout the nation should do likewise. Near ly every Chamber of Commerce "wants additional population. They seek to attract new industries in or der to have jobs to attract new resi dents. What about the hundreds of men who will be hunting somewhere to live and work? Marion has many of its sons and some of its daughters in active ser vice. Most of them, if they can, will prefer to live and work here, among the people they know. What are the prospects that they will have the op portunity to work? If they cannot find employment, they will certain ly have to depart for other localities. It is time for civic groups and of ficials to begin to survey the local situation. Not only should a record fee made of every resident in service, feut a systematic check-up should be carried out in order to ascertain ■whether his, or her, old job is avail able. We know it would cheer those fighting for us at home to know that we are doing something about them and getting ready to help them when they come home. The progressive municipality, if it ■wants to keep its service men as res idents, will go further than this. It ■will see that there is available expert assistance to explain to returing vet terans the opportunities available to them under various legislative en actments. Helping some man to se cure a loan, to biuld a home or start sl business, will make him a perma nent resident and, in turn, may pro vide work for others. The people here would probably be very much interested in a new industry that promises to give em ployment to scores of residents and to distribute a payroll regularly for the improvement of buying power. In the ranks of the returning veter ans we have an opportunity to re tain scores and scores of men and women, each adding his or her in come to the combined purchasing power of the local trading area. "GREATEST ... IN THE WORLD" Winston Churchill, Prime Minis ter of Great Britain, has an uncom mon ability to look facts in the face and to draw inferences from what he sees. Recently, speaking in London, the British leader reported that "in three or four years, the United States has, in sober fact, become the greatest military, naval and air pow er in the world." Never more than now have Amer icans had justification for thanks giving, said the Prime Minister, who ■called it a "British and American Thanksgiving" because "under the compulsion of mysterious and all powerful destiny, we are together." Mr. Churchill, who, during the dark days when England stood alone against her continental foes, was buoyed by the thought that, event ually, help would come from the *vest, told his audience: "We are joined together, shed fling our blood side by side, strug gling for the same ideals, and join ed together until the triumph of the great causes which we serve has been made manifest." The generation of young men who wfere going to the dogs a decade or so ago are now keeping the nation from going to the enemy. VICTORY PLEDGE OF AN AMERICAN I am an American. I and my sons have a big stake in victory. While my sons are fighting for free dom, I will work hard here at home that food and weapons in abundance will ever fight on the side of Ameri ca. I will do my part to keep our country financially and economical ly strong. All income from my work, above the need for necessary expenses, will be invested in War Bonds to buy the equipment that my sons—the sons of all Americans —will use to speed the victory. In making this investment in victory, I am also laying up the financial re serve for peace and against the day when my sons will come marching home. When that happy day comes I and my sons will build a better and stronger America in a world where liberty and justice have been made safe for all. My thinking—my money—my time will stay in this war until the finish. DON'T "BUY BUSINESS" Mr. James A. Farley, former Postmaster-General, recently spoke in Birmingham, Alabama, advising the people of the South to balance their agriculture with industry and to make it possible for the people, through increased incomes, to satis fy their wants and their needs. In addition, Mr. Farley urged that no effort be made to buy business, declaring that "I am not one who would advocate giving free sites to industries, years of tax exemption, special concessions and franchises, guarantees of roads and highways, waterworks, etc." The New Yorker puts his finger on one of the rackets of modern in dustrial progress. Very often a community is faced with demands from a prospective industry that it provide, free of charge, certain es sentials which are the legitimate ex pense of business. The people pro posing the new enterprise are anxi ous to get as much as they can for nothing and are adept in playing one community against another. As localities bid against each other, the net result is the loss of considerable revenue and the donation of consid erable public funds. Mr. Farley asserts that "real le gitimate business does not ask, does not expect and would not have these baubles hung in front of their faces." He adds that "the .business that demands these is worth looking into—it savors too much of specula tion and too little of permanency; it rings too much of theory and too little of practice; it's long on hope and short on know-how." We thoroughly approve the senti ments expressed by Mr. Farley and give them publicity. Nevertheless, we have no illusions that what he says will persuade industry-hungry localities from attempting to "buy business." In the long run, how ever, we are convinced that there is no net gain. FORGET THE ADJECTIVES Headlines continue to tell us of American infantry "swarming" to ward the Rhine, of "desperate Nfazis" and of the battles which are 'decimating" the enemy. No American should be fooled in to believing that the fighting on the western front is not tough. This is indicated by news stories telling of an "audacious" attempt by the Gar mans to drive a wedge between Al !ied forces which captured three or four towns. The Allied armies are up against one of the hardest campaigns of mil itary history. They are fighting men who have demonstrated their tviHingness to die and their readi ness for combat. We think that Gen. Eisenhower ha^ wisely directed an all-powerful offensive against the Nazis, accept ing inevitable losses to gain a vic tory because there is no other way to beat the enemy. In time, and nobody knows when, the Germans will be helpless to defend their coun try or to hold their position but the process is no parade. NAVL RECORD Secretary of the Navy James For restal reports that the Navy has convoyed 61,000 ships, landed 1, 200,000 assault troops on enemy beaches, sunk 1,400 enemy ships, knocked down or destroyed 10,000 planes and cleared the Japanese from a Pacific Ocean area of 8,170 square miles. Buy More War Bonds. HEADACHE IMrLMUjJ Capudinerelieves headache fast because it's liquid. Its in gredients are already dissolved —all ready to begin easing the pain. It also soothes nerve ten sion due to the pain. Use only as directed. 300,300,600. [lEHOIICIl Mobilizing His Forces FARM CENSUS WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY i The agricultural resources and the production of U. S. farms will be measured by the coming1 U. S. Cen sus of Agriculture schedule to be gin on January 8, Basic informa tion on agriculture, including sta i tistics on farm acreage, crops, live stock, farm labor, and other items i related to farm operations will be obtained. Information obtained by the cen sus takers will be strictly confiden tial and the records from individual farms cannot be used for purposes of taxation, regulation, or investi gation, according to Dean I. O. Schaub of State College, who heads an advisory board of all agricultur al agencies in North Carolina to work with census official's. Who is a farmer? Under the census rules the grower must farm 3 acres or more or if less than three acres, his agricultural products in 1944, whether sold or used at home, must have amounted to $250 or more, to be considered as a farmer. The censuse schedule lists 184 questions but happily no one farmer must answer this number of ques tions about his own operations. The census committee working on the schedule began with more than two thousand questions and then boiled them down to one hundred eighty four. "The coming census will give the most complete picture of American agriculture that has ever been ob tained and it is particularly needed at this time," Dr. Schaub said. "Let me urge every farmer in North Carolina to fully cooperate with the census workers and give the most complete information possible. The facts that are being gathered at this time will not duplicate the informa NOTICE OF RESALE OF LAND North Carolina, In Superior Court McDowell County. Before the Clerk Beulah W. Bond -vs Albert S. Bond Take notice that whereas on the 11th day of November, 1944, at eleven o'clock, A. M., at the court house door in Marion, N. C., the un dersigned Commissioner, pursuant to the order of the court, offered for resale, at public auction, the hereinafter described lands, where and when Frank Goforth became the last and highest bidder for the same, which said sale was duly re ported to the court, and whereas within ten days thereafter and with in ten days of the date of said sale, an advanced or upset bid of ten per cent was duly filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of McDowell County as by law required, and whereas said Clerk has directed the undersigned to readvertise said lands for resale as provided by law, Now, therefore, the undersigned Commissioner will, on Thui-sday, the 14th day of December, 1944, at eleven o'clock, A. M., at the court house door in Marion, N. C., offer for sale at public auction, for cash, the following described lands: Beginning at a dogwood, which is located in J. H. Trinks and W. P. Elliott's line N. 87 W. 576 feet from their old Spanish Oak on the top of the mountain, same being an old corner of Jacob Kanipe and the old beginning corner of the Polly Elliott land; thence running N. 88 W. 73 feet, crossing a small branch to a locust-stake; thence N. 70 W. 55 feet to a locust stake on the North side of said branch; thence N. 44 deg. and 30 min. W 54% feet to a stake on the North side of said branch; thence S. 72% W. 31% feet to a stake on the South side of said branch; thence N. 66 W. 201 feet to a stake on the South side of said branch, same being a corner of W. P. Elliott's; thence with El jliott's line N. 79 W. 166 feet to a I large pine in said Elliott's line; j thence S 45% E. 349 feet to an !iron stake; thencfc S. 88% E. 186 feet to a small double chestnut oak;, 'thence N. 62% E. 113 feet, cross i ing a small branch, to the beginning, containing 1.08 acres, and being the same tract of land described in a deed from J. H. Trinks, et ux, to A. S. Bond and wife, Beulah Bond, dated February 1, 1937, and record ed in Deed Book 82, at page 296, of McDowell County Deed Records. This the 28th day of November, 1944. PAUL J. STORY, Commissioner tion being asked by other agricul tural agencies." Be Quick To Treat I Bronchitis i Chronic bronchitis may develop if your cough, chest cold, or acute bron chitis is not treated and you cannot af ford to take a chance with any medicine less potent than Creomulsion which goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Creomulsion blends beechwood creo sote by special process with other time ( tested medicines for coughs. It contains no narcotics. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the under standing you must like the way it quick ly allays the cough, permitting rest and sleep, or you are to have your money back. 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