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Entered ms 2nd class matter, June
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lon, N. C.
Theo B. Davis, Editor
THE MILLENIUM IS COMING
We are fully persmuaded that
better times are ahead for the
world, but Low far ahead we do
not know, nor do we know how
much the present conflict will
have to do with it. The past is
forever gone; the future to many!
of us may never come; only the
present is ours. To read even ad
vertisements one would believe
that after the war, we shall have
unheard of conveniences and luxi
ries. Throw feed into a hopper
and, presto, out comes milk and
butter. Short cuts in chemistry
will provide medicines and foods
that may be almost snatched
from the air. Men will have mas
tered processes that seemingly
God himself did not know when
he started nature on its long meth
od of growth and production. Yes,
verily after this war is over, a
situation will be confronted and a
condition will exist such that no
one need longer prepare for a bet
ter existence beyond. The mille
nium comes tomorrow!
Our conviction is that when
peace comes once more, we shall
have nothing new. The same old
sinful, selfish nature will be
reaching out with grasping hands.
No new principles will be discov
ered. The ten commandments will
still be the most concise state
ment of right in Divine and hu
man relationships. No problem
that deals with race, nation or
government will be solved. We
shall have the same kind of peo
ple,. the same forms of govern
ment, the some great principles of
justice, truth, righteousness, with
out change of meaning and signi
ficance.
If the experience through which
the nations are now passing does
not teach them that war never
pays, that all are losers, then for
the present the world is hopeless.
There will be nothing new but
another chance —opportunity. No
new means or methods will be
found. The nations will have to
realize that there is no peace, no
prosperity, except by recognizing
and practicing those principles for
regulating society, laid down cen
turies ago.
Today as in Solomon’s day,
there is nothing new under the
sun. Unle s we realize that there
will be nothing new in the moral
and spirtual world, and much
less in the material, with which
we must work out our destiny,
and that we shall be handicapped
for the next hundred years as
never before, then the altermath
of this war will be terrible, in
deed. Much of the old world will
be dead and gone. Only a new
race unlike those gone except in
' what they have learned by the
awful scourge and chastening
through which we are passing will
remain. The new world will not be
a better one ip any sense except
from what we have learned from
experience. In other respects it
will be much less desirable. Un
less God through this war breaks
and humbles the race so it is
ready and willing to hear and
obey him it seems all is hopeless
for a better world.
We may plan, invent, create,
build, progress, but to sum the
future’s hopes, aspirations and ef
forts in one word, we would say
that unless we use common sense
and obey the will and word of
God, then this war is in vain and
it will only be a matter of time
when the whole catastrophe will
be repeated and the race will
again stand on the threshold of j
a chastened ruined world.
Through cycles of struggles, suf
fering, and dying, the world goes
on, ever striving, but never arriv
ing on a higher plane of existence
How soon will God find the race
hopelss, and wipe out this old sin
and battle scarred world and make
a new one in which righteousness
reigns and peace abides forever,
as was forecasted 20 centuries ago
in Revelation?
SOUND BUT NOT SENSE—
ALWAYS
That catchy little phrase invent
ed by President Roosevelt out in
the Atlantic, “The Four Free
doms,” sounds well, so well that
we have almost worn it out just
saying it. We wonder if he might
not have added a fifth nhrase to
his four and still there would
have been a few nice sounding,
impractical things to say about
what an ideal government should
include.
We clip the following, the first
from E. C. Crawford and the oth
er from the Manufacturers Rec
ord. They may border on the ri
diculous, out they show where an
overworked idea will land.
“Only a man in jail can enjoy
the four freedoms. He can pray
all he wants, talk all he wants, get
three meals a day, and his worst
enemy can’t get at him. Surely
this is the final freedom free
dom from freedom.”
“It is true that we must all eat
to live, but it is also true that
‘man cannot live by bread alone’.
The man who places ‘freedom
from want’ above ‘freedom’ should
sell himself to a totalitarian gov
ernment . . . Stimulated by the
New Deal idea—it cannot be call
ed philosophy—the people are
nudging and crowding each other
trying to get something for noth
ing like hogs at a trough. What
will happen to them when the
few with brains enough to mix
s4in Y
Off
V\ %
Jack is head - over - heels! He
has Just met the one—the only
—the most beautiful girl on
earth. And when he isn't tell
ing her so face-to-face he's
using the telephone to e*»
Dress his sentiments at length.
Yes, Jack, iove's a grand feel
ing! Yet if you're using a par
ty line, none of your lAiephon®
neighbors can talk while you
are courting. A tied-up lin®
also helps cause congestion
in the central office. It puts an
added burden on equipment
through which war calls must
pass. This equipment can't b®
expanded to handle all de
mands, for telephone material
is going to battle instead. *
So please, Jack, help keep th®
lines clear—for your party lin®
neighbors, the folks of your
community, and the peopl®
handling vital war business
that can't wait. Go to see th®
lady, and avoid telephoning
her. If you do call, please b®
brief; she'll understand who®
you tell her why.
SOUTHERII BEILTEIEPHOBI
HDD TELEGRAPH COIDPAQS
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the swill refuse to carry it to
them? It will then be up to them
to ‘root hog or die.’ ”
An idea can be worked to death,
or carried to the opposite extreme
so far as to prove itself as obnox
ious and detrimental as the other
view. We need to season our think
ing and actions by a good bit of
old-fashioned common sense and
hard work in these changing times.
We may be in sight of the millen
ium, but there are a lot of sensible
things to be done before it comes.
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STATEMENT
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
Rocky Mount Nashville Whitakers Zebulon
NORTH CAROLINA
December 31, 1943
RESOURCES
Cash and Due from Banks $2,346,114.32
United States Government Bonds 4,495,800.00
Municipal and County Bonds 105,000.00
Premium on Bonds 15,404.15
Accrued Interest on Bonds 21,607.36
Listed Stocks 50,000.00
Loans and Discounts 694.572.71
Real Estate NONE
Furniture and Fixtures 31,616.04
Prepaid Insurance 2,378.74
Interest Earned Not Collected 89.75
Cash Surrender Value Life Insurance on Life of Officers 16,070.40
Overdrafts 5.05
Advances to Trusts 627.16
$7,779,285.68
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock —Common $ 150,000.00
Capital Stock —Preferred 25,000.00
Surplus 125,000.00
Undivided Profits and Reserves 145,811.30
The funds of each depositor in the Peoples Bank & Trust Com
pany are insured up to $5,000.00 by the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation.
DEPOSITS 7,333,474.38
$7,779,285.68
* THE ABOVE DOES NOT INCLUDE TRUST ASSETS OF $3,274,370.57
Peoples Bank & Trust Company
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DEPOSITS
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as administra
trix of the estate of William M.
Merritt, deceased, late of Wake
County, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against ~aid
estate to exhibit them to the un
dersigned in Zebulon, North Car
olina, on or before the 28th day
of January, 1945, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of iheir
recovery. All persons indebted "co
said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This the 28th day of January,
1944.
lola Merritt, Administratrix.
Jan.2B Feb 4, 11, 18, 25, M. 3
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