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,v. t FARM SOCIAL LIFE AND RECREATION SPECIAL - 11 i rmm Sell -'-J jP ! EASTERN EDITION - A Farm and Home Weekly for Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, N. C Vol. XXXIL No. 51. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 $1 a Year; 5c a Copy THE MESSAGE OF "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born qtx?4he sea; A c mo riiofl in mnbo man hr1v: lot it c dio e rtnHntrx9nrt " THAT is what our . soldier-sons, soldier-brothers, soldierygn X CHRISTMAS IN WAR TIME life is sacrifice, let us now make haste to consecrate our prosperity. We must give as we have never giveh-before to the Red Cross, the Y. M.-C. A. the Y. W. C. A. and all the other flfrpnrips that 1 end sir- are themselves doing beyond the seas, offering life itsetSi cor to our defenders. And furthermore, we must, lend to the nation. make the world free, to make it free from the menace of a nation iCfio sacrifice is involved "in buying 'Liberty Bonds"; nb:sacrifice in 1 1 "The poorest twig in the elm tree Was ridged inch-deep in pearl." whose only god is ; Power and : whose1, success would enthrone brute I buying "War Savings1 stamps and certificates. Each form of loan Jo : a ' . rr . In nrsto ti m.n nnl iknolr fA I U z-v 7.y-kr m Am 4 none 1 Ot POtlt fllV fmd 'TTttVl oKollfi COOtT lnC1tA1 ' iorce as ruier 01 tne woriu. lernDie as 10 wai, ici us uuw maun uuu mc uuvu nmtui vj fv .iw,, miuououiuiwouiyi; -. ul a '. '. . t ' .a i. 1 ':n ' -"' dnH vaf wo wn. cpita hv IphHinor of ruir that America did not hesitate to accept its bloody challenge rather than lose her soul in a coward -s peace. Paradoxical, it is yet true that life is worth living only when men realize that other things are of incomparably greater jivbrth than life when men esteem life but a) comparison with honor, duty righteous ness, service; and v our -times are nobler because this generation, tried by this acid test, has shown its metal. ; But while pur. boys in uniform have thus, shown their nobility of soul, what , of the rest of us? Contemptible indeed will we be, if we share not their suffer ings and their high purpose. .The closing year has brought" to most of us -in-the South an unusual degree of prosperity. In the spirit of Him Whose birth we cele brate and Wfio taught that the glory of DON'T FAIL TO READ- p Better Playgrounds at Country Schools . 5 A Neighborhood Club With Neighborlinest as Its Ideal ... . . ' - -k '6 How to Get Rich Lands: A Summing Up . 8 A Happy Christmas to All . . . ' . . 12 For More Rural Recreation ' . . .12 Waterworks: A Christmas Present for the Farm Wife . . ........ . 12 "The Farmer Has a Right to a Joyous Ex istence" V" . , . .. ... 13 Community Music and Community Plays . .14 Have a County Council of Athletics 15 A Review of Market Conditions ' . 22 v: and yet , we can serve by, lending of our substance in this easy way.': Surely no man will refuse jvho has a dollar he can spare: The early fall brought complaints that our fanners had not bought Liberty Bonds,- had not gven to' the Red" Cross the Y. M.C. A;, etc., 'but' we are" confi dent it was because crop money had - not been receive or these objects were not properly presented. Now. with the money, from high-priced cotton, tobacco,' peanuts and , livestock - in our pockets, let ta farmers of the 5outh, having first had the joy of prosperity, now find the yet higher joy of giving from it for the sufferings home, the bfave abroad, and lending to the Governmenf to which we have sworn allegiance. " The message of a war-time Christmas is simple: 'it is more blessed . to give than to receive.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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