1 ' PAGE TWO ' " " I r 3arkfiott bounty Smirttal j Entered as second class matter at the Post Office Sylvc.. N. C Published Weekly By DAN TOMPKINS IAN TOMPKLnS, Editor NoIiM^arohno ,/PgISS ASSOCIATION^) EpraSBJAL As we understand the Secretary of War, if we are to win this war, we will have to fight. We will have to go to the war before the war! comes to us. The only way to win a total war is by total effort. ??? The Journal has been sending the alarm for several years. Now we must either wake up or freedom will go to sleep for centuries. THE PLIGHT OF THE PAPERS Perhaps the burden of the war has fallen more heavily upon the small town newspapers of the country than upon any other class of business. One of the sure foundations upon which Democracy .rests is a free press. And, we are persuaded that the country press of America remains more nearly free to express the ideals of its readers than any other section of the newspaper field. So far, the blow to the newspapers has been heavy. Because of the fact that automobile plants, radio plants, refrigerator plants and other industrial establishments have been turned to the manufacture of implements of war, the great volume of advertising from these sources has dried up. On top of that, the local advertising in many parts of the country has been drastically reduced. Add to that the fact that the cost of paper, ink, metals, and other necessary commodities for the operation of newspapers has greatly increased, and we are face to face with a real problem of survival for many of the papers. This has come at a time when, if ever in the history of our nation the newspapers are needed to hold aloft the torch of freedom, they are needed now. It is a problem not only for the papers but for the nation. One partial solution would be for the Government Printing Office to stop printing envelopes for business and professional people, and return this business to the local printers, where it should be done. WHAT HITLER WANTS US TO DO Many of us are doing just what Hitler and To jo want us to do. They would like for us to pay more attention to finding fault with our own leaders, our own Congressmen, our own administrators than we do with the governments of Japan and Germany. They want us to criticize as severely as we can our English allies; to say the British won't fight; the British don't do anything except retreat; the British are waiting for us to do their fighting; the British want us to carry the whole load. They want us to all think that we or somebody else could do a better job of waging the war than car those in charge. They want us to be busy trying to pile up profits on our ledgers and in our bank accounts. They want us each to try to get every dollar we can out of the situation, and to be ready to strike 01 hinder the war effort, if we don't get as much as we think we should, or as we want. They want us to feel a sense of security. To be convinced that no German or Japanese planes can ever bomb American cities, that we are in no danger and that the job of winning the war belongs to somebody other than us. They want us to seize every opportunity to make political capital for ourselves 01 for our party out of every exigency that confronts us They want us to repeat every rumor we hear, withoul going to the trouble of finding out whether or not it is true. Most of these rumors originate in Berlin, an broadcast over short wave, and paid agents of th< ^2^' ' " I * ' ! v i ?? i THE JACKSON COUNTY JOCRNAl Nazis repeat them, until true and loyal Americans pick them up, and spread them over the country like a prairie fire. All these things that would either lull us into a sense of false security, confuse our thinking, or divide us group from group, person from person, nation from nation, ally from ally, are the things upon which the Nazi beast of conquest feeds. Dr. Goebbles knows all about those kind of things in the United States. When we do them, we are saving his propaganda machine a lot of work. As The Journal has repeatedly stated during the past three or four years, the ultimate victory in this war will be won in the minds of the peoples of the world. The all-out assault is as much against our bulwark of morale as it is against our physidkl defenses. FRED F. BROWN Not in many years have we heard as powerful sermons, sermons that attracted and held our attention and interest, as those delivered for the past three Sundays by Rev. Fred F. Brown, on the Baptist Hour. This hour arranged by the Radio Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, and broadcast each Sunday morning at 8:30 over a network of independent Southern Stations, from the District of Columbia to Texas, is one of the finest features in these perilous times, that has come to our people. Every American, regardless of creed, who failed to hear Fred Brown's three sermons missed something of great value, something fine that tended to build up the kind of spiritual bulwark that is needed by us as individuals and as a nation. All of which should give every son and daughter of Jackson County a feeling of proud humility, for Fred Brown is one of us. The same mountains where he first saw the light of day are our mountains. The same streams, the same roads, the same fields, that we know, were the playmates of this great preacher, who grew up here among us, and went forth from Jackson county to serve the world of humanity. AFTER SINGAPORE . With Singapore in the hands of the Japanese^ rnminp- hard after the fall of Hong Kong, the Jap anese have broken down the door to India and the Indian ocean. They are now thundering before Rangoon, blasting Mandalay with bombs, attempting to overrun the East Indies, have landed on the Portu- j gese-Dutch Island of Timor, scarce 350 miles from the continent of Australia, and have been strafing ; the port and city of Darwin, probable base for allied ! offensive to recover the lost lands. That's bad. It means that the last vistage of Dutch empire in the east is in danger of following the home land into axis occupation. It means that the ; very physical foundations of the British Empire are I threatened. It means that serious days are upon us, I calling for serious thought and high devotion. The days of high courage, sacrificial loyalty and deep faith are not in the past, but are the days in which we are living. Nothing to threaten western civilization and western, religion has arisen comparable to this, since Charles Martel turned back the Saracen hordes upon the planes of Tours and saved Europe as a land of the Bible instead of the Koran. In all the days of our American history the very 1 auk foi+Vi ni 1 r WfX\T nf j iunaameniais upuu wiuui uui icuiu wm VW4A ft MJ v* I life have never been threatened as they are today. It has become a test between the faith of the ! true believers and the Nazi paganism and of the tenents of the Society of the Black Dragon. It is a test of which will prove the stronger. It is no time for milk and water faith, but for the strong, vital, living faith that our fathers held more precious than life, and for which they were willing to sacrifice even unto the death. It has become a race between the assembly lines of American production and the onward march of ! the Japanese hordes. Any strategist in all history, faced with the dangers that beset us on every side, would order an attack. You can't win a war by continuing on the defense. But, in modern war, we must have planes, and tanks, and guns with which to attack. Therein lies our weakness, and the very riien j who were so blinded with isolation prior to Decem* ber 7, that they refused to lend their assistance to preparation for the present crisis, are the very men who now loudly demand that something be done ! about the situation, and clamor for defense, instead of for preparation for a smashing offensive. Had they 1 read the signs of the times, had they heeded the warn^; ings of the President and the State Departmnt, many r | long months of preparation now would have been L saved, and the Japanese could and would have been stopped without the fearful cost in blood and treasure that it will now entail. In fact, we seriously doubt that the Japanese could have been forced by the Black Dragon to enter upon their present course, had America been really prepared. But, all that is neither here nor therej now. We are confronted with facts, with some of the hardest and most unpleasant facts of history. But American I faith, American industry, American fortitude, can ! fight their way through to glorious victory. We can and we will. , . 1 J [ I YOUR HOME MERCHANTS I j ASK YOU TO "BUY AT HOME" j ' Hi, -AND EVEN MORI THE STEEL IN Oi State College Answers Timely Farm Questions QUESTION: Can electricity be used to brood baby chicks eco nomically? j ANSWER: C. F. Parrish, Extension Service poultryman, says the mattery of economy depends of the price the farmer pays for his electricity. Where current can be obtained for as little as 2 cents a kilowatt hour, the electric brooder is not out of line in cost when compared with other standard methods of keeping chicks warm. An infra-red blub in the brooder is being tried now in North Carolina and offers much promise. QUESTION: Would you advise digging up a flower garden to plant vegetables this year? ANSWER: James G. Weaver, horticulturist, say if you must sacrifice your flower beds for vegetables, don't. While the family on the farm has plenty of land to grow a vegetable garden, the city or suburban dweller sometimes hasn't and would have to sacrifice his flowers for r QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms of Dlstrsss Arising from STOMACH ULCERS DUE TO EXCESS ACID FrooBookToll* of NonoTroatiMnt thai Must Htlp or It Will Cost Y6u Nothins Over two million bottles of the WILLARC TRE ATMENThare been told for relief ol symptoms of distress arising from Stomaeh and Duodenal Uleors d?e to Kxcoss AcidPoor Digestion, Sour or Upsot Stomach, Gasslnoss, Heartburn, Slooplossnoss, ite., due to Excess Acid. Sold on 15 days' trial! Ask for "Wlllard's Message" which fully explains this treatment?froo at SYLVA PHARMACY HOW FAMOUS A DIONNE QUIMTUPIITS raltaua mieara aI WI|V V V IIII0UI J Wl' CHESTCOIDS Mother?Give YOUR Child This Same Expert Cere I At the first sign of e chest cold thi Quintuplets' throats and chests art rubbed with Children's Mild Musterol ?a product made to promptly relievi the distress of children's colds and re suiting bronchial and croupy cough* Musterole gives such wonderful re snlts because it's MORE than an ordinary "salve." It helps break up loca? congestion. Since Musterole is'used on the Quints you may be sure you're using just about the BEST product made! IN S STRENGTHS: Children's Mild Musterole. Also Regular and Extra Strength for grown-ups who prefer a stronger product. All drugstores. CHILDREN'S PDSEK i i . '-V.JIB I i !i H ' " IMPORTANT /S 'JR BACKBONES. , I ' c a few tomatoes. Weaver says he hopes the flower gardeners will continue to grow their blossoms i because of the beauty they add to the home and community. | QUESTION: What should be done with scrap iron and steel liiSi ^O'mQU OAlka-S And Th*y Say I Do the members of YOUR fam If not, perhaps it is because yo a thorough trial. All over the world people wh enthusiastic in its praise. . If Alka-Seltzer is as good as we icine cabinet; if it is not, it won't < the purchase price to any new i Your family may need Alka-S< you think. Our guarantee of s o. ^ covers^ KLJIQIj a. WVWWTHCiS^S^^^MS I RAILROADS WHEN WAR WAS ^ THIUIST SUDOEMLY UPON THE UNITED STATES ON DECEMBER7 WAS C1TIP BY THE WAR K- A PMTTMENT IN ITS COMMUNIQUE JM N02 OF PECEMSEft 10 * FEBRUARY 19, collected on the farm? ANSWER: If possible, this ma I terial should be hauled to the H nearest licensed junk dealer and sold there. This will assure the I farmer of the highest possible I price for his scrap. However I there are peddlers going through I the country who will buy the I scrap at a price considerably I lower than what the farmer I could obtain in town, since they must make a small profit and H pay their transportation costs. H MOST people who use Dr. Mils H Anti-Pain Pills say that 014 H pill usually relieves their head, H aches. In the regular package, H Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills cost | nni ln f ?? *" "ic economy packages, one penny buys lu pills. Why Don't You Try Dr. Milt, Anti-Pain Pills? I They taste good, act promptly, do not upset the stomach, co^ H tain no opiates or laxative medi. cines. You may be miles away from i drug store when you are suffer, ing from a Headache, Neuralgq or Muscular Aches and Pairu, Why not get a package of Dr. H Miles Anti-Pain Pills today and I be prepared for emergencies? Regular Package, 25 Pills, 25? Economy Package, 125 Pills, (fiSfk (P&\ I tei is) I Ji|| I eltzerW I t With a Smile! BBBUi I ily say this? H u have never given Alka-Seltzer H o have used Alka-Seltzer are ra say it is, you want it in your med- Mm 2ost you a penny. We will refund' B| iser who is not entirely satisfied ?ltzer sooner and more often than satisfaction or money refunded its use in all conditions listed beon Stomach, Acid Indigestion, HartMorning After", Muscular Pains, Sea... Cm. Headache, Distress of coias, m Minor Throat Irritations. .. i I ?'.w. 11^" ; rT^ I ESB3I (?ARS EQUIPPED WITH SAILS K* MOTIVE POWER WERE EXPEWMW* I TEO WITH BY SOME OF THE EAW AMERICAN RAILROADS. !??* "/,h c?lunas- \v ML I f / DtMMf Sunday ? ">? u>e HV. . . . At / I "Si RAILWAY EXPRESS A6E*X WITH MORE THAM^'^ THE 1AR6EST COMMERCIAL! TRUCK RJEET IN THE UMITEO ST UH0ER0HEMAMA6EMENT.