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Page Six One Lord and Master The Dixiecrat movement, posing as a championing Qf Southern ideals, is far from being what it claims. The fact is that it is backed by the men who hope to maintain the past industrial supremacy of the north, to keep the South in a state of turmoil by promoting racial hatred, and, most of all, to elect a Republican president. The News and Ob server yesterday spoke of the DixieCrats: “Their real purpose, as shown by their own votes in 1944 is to further the candidacy of Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican candidate then and now.” Their real purpose is shown by evidence other than the way they voted in 1944. Politicians who dash from meetings with Republicans to strategy sessions with Dixiecrats are not, appearances to the contrary, serving two masters; their master is one and the same —Thomas Dewey, who is seeking to destroy the progress made in years of national service by the Democratic Party. Bumblers or Connivers Exactly why the agricultural powers-that-be chose this month to announce the 5 per cent increase in tobacco ac reage for 1949 is a deep mystery and likely to remain one even to the hocus-pocus boys who looked into their crystal ball and decided that this year’s acreage cut should be ex actly 27.52 per cent. The announcement of the increase was greeted by groans of anguish from farmers and warehousemen alike, and they had good reason to groan—the next day a drop in prices of all grades of tobacco was noted. Five per cent less on tobacco this season is two cents a pound and that is a lot of money to a big farmer or a little one. Some farmers have laid the blame for the early an nouncement on the tobacco companies. They say the move proves conclusively that the Big 3 control both the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Tobacco Associates; that when the tobacco companies hold the hoop, government and farm organization officials fight for the opportunity to be the first to jump through it. We are not prepared to argue the truth or error of this statement, but we do know that if these officials were actually on the payroll of R. J. Reynolds or Liggett and Myers, their actions would necessarily have been exactly what they turned out to be this month. * Last year the enormous cut in tobacco acreage was an nounced with the accompanying statement that the an nouncement itself would aid in supporting prices; by their own statement, the responsible officials have convicted themselves of timing their 1947 acreage so as to lower to bacco prices, either by blunder or by design. The situation seems to us to have called only for the exercise of a little common sense Is it asking too much for the tobacco royalists to use their heads? We predict that a few more moves like this last one will bring their palace down on their heads. Such action will result among other things, in a ruling on the constitution ality of Tobacco Associates, a ruling certain to be unfavor able to its leaders. But, worst of all, it will continue to pull the price of tobacco down, affecting adversely the last one of us—except the cigarette manufacturers. A Change Must Be Made This year is admittedly not a representative election year, but it has served to highlight the electoral injustice perpetrated on all the people every fourth year by our out moded system of choosing our chief executives. We can not vote for our choice for president or vice president; we can only choose electors who may do as they please about voting for any candidate. Whatever reasons the founding fathers had for set ting up the electoral system and however good they may once have been, the reasons are no longer valid. Today the system actually operates to deprive many Americans of their suffrage. The knive cuts more than one way. Truman Democrats, States Rights Democrats, Progressives—all find themselves, in one state or another, in danger of not being able to vote for their choice. The one problem common to them all could be easily resolved if we elected our Presidents the same way we do our constables, our governors, and our legislators. The Zebulon Record Ferd Davis Editor Barrie Davis Publisher Subscription rate: $1.50 a year. Advertising rates on request Entered as second class matter June 26, 1925, at the post office at Zebulon, North Carolina, under the act of March 3, 1879. The Zebulon Record By Mrs. Theo B. Davis Mothers who have to look after small children during these days of uneasiness are to be excused and understood if they think first of polio whenever a child is ailing or fretful. But it should be re membered that the little ones con tinue to cut teeth, fall down and hurt themselves, and often eat what they shouldn’t. So look for swollen gums, stone-bruises, in fected cuts or scartches, and plain, everyday stomach aches as well as infantile paralysis symptoms, and it may be a little extra worry can be avoided. A columnist in a daily paper asked last week whether any one ever gets up now in time to see the sunrise. Yea, verily, there are still among us many who rise earlier than the sun. Os course it would be straining a point to claim that all who start the day before it breaks do so because they love na ture and want to observe her manifestations; but at any rate all such have a chance to see the sun rise. By Verna Stanton Cantaloups are plentiful this year and along with their appetiz ing color, flavor and texture, they are a good source of vitamin C. Those of deep yellow color also are good source of vitamin A. Cantaloups today are sweeter and riper than they used to be. This is because of the newer trend toward picking riper and pre-cooling be fore shipping. Many cantaloups to day are harvested at what growers call “full slip”—that is, when the A disabled veteran who was wounded three times and has risen from a Public Law 16 apprentice to a department manager with a large New York export firm has been selected by the Disabled Am erican Veterans as “The Hero of The Month.” He is William Mindlin, a Flush ing native, who is employed by A. V. Morano & Company in New York City. He enlisted in the armed forces in 1942 and served in Africa and It- The lesson for Sunday, Aug ust 22, concerns itself with Dorcas, the lady of Jaffa who was raised from the dead by Peter. Emphasis is placed on the service of Dorcas in her city, and the service we should render to our community as Christians. Particular emphasis is placed, fittingly enough, not on the fact that Peter was able to perform the miracle of resurrection, but on the reason behind his being willing to undertake prayer in her behalf. This reason was that she was a Christian woman, “full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.” Only a hypocrite would place This, That and the Other Hints for Homemakers Rehabilitation of Veterans KW.I>M., Sunday School Lesson This month is about the last chance for completely satisfac.ory blanket washing. September days are too short for woolen blankets to dry thoroughly before the early dew dampens them again. And I can’t remember when or how I got the impression that August is the time for this work anyway. Com mon sense indicates that early summer would be better for clean ing all bedding not in regular use; but August sticks in my mind whenever washing woolens is mentioned. Maybe it’s because it must be done now, if at all. If you use a washing machine, be sure not to let the blankets wash or rinse nearly so long as is taken for cotten clothes. That will mean hardening and matting of the fibers. And speaking of the season re minds me of the delightful nights we are having. It is as if summer reigns all day but sleeps at night allowing autumn to reconnoiter before coming to take possession. Neither my youngest son nor I stem breaks easily from the vine indicating ripeness. At this stage the melons ripen easily to their full sweetness. Iron with the grain of the fabric —it makes ironing easier, though the difference may be almost im perceptible. An even more import ant reason for ironing with the grain is to keep bias-cut garments from sagging out of shape. “Pressing” means to set iron di rectly down upon fabric and lift it aly. He w r as wounded three dif ferent times, and was hospitalized each time. He holds the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and five Battle Stars. The selection is part of a nation al program to honor each month a seriously disabled veteran who has successfully rehabilitated him self. Zebulon has its share of these men Braxton Eddins, for one. But here as in every town in Am erica the mental readjustment as pect has been of greater import ance than physical rehabilitation. And here the readjustment is not a matter with which the Veterans Administration can help; it is a great value on what people thought of him to the exclusion of what he knew himself to be in his heart, but it is a wonderful thing to be loved by one’s neighbirs for living a life of Christian ser vice. We have dozens of such women as Dorcas in our community; they are, by their works and their ex ample, our salvation. We have men, too, who serve the Lord with good works, but they are over shadowed by women in both number and service. These souls who show us the way to live the golden rule should serve as an inspiration to us and also a warning. We are a short Friday, August 20, 1948 had been to the home of my son Ted in Fayetteville until last Sun day, and so did not know just how to find Glenville Avenue where he lives. The best idea was to ask directions and a filling station was the logical source of information out on Fort Bragg Boulevard. The first young man we spoke to said he knew exactly where Glenville was, but couldn’t tell us. I think it was not a military sec ret, however. He went inside the station and came out with another young man who said he could di rect us, not right to where we wanted to go, but to the vicinity. “You keep on this way,” he said, “till you get about two hills over and then turn to the left.” We started off, I counted hills, and after we went down the sec ond little one, there was Glenville Avenue waiting for us on the left, nice as you please. Coming home Sunday we saw from a car just ahead a left arm extended, the hand holding to the car’s top. We imagined the driver (Continued on Page 7) directly upward without to and fro action. Wools must always be pressed to avoid distortion of shape and damage to surface fin ish. Delicate laces, nets, and the like should also be pressed, lest the iron tear the delicate meshes. Use a pressing cloth. Avoid “lost motion” when you iron—it causes fatigue. Avoid us ing a wobbly iron handle or a wobbly board for they increase “lost motion’ and thus increase fa tigue. matter between God and man. Hundreds of factors enter into mental rehabilitation financial loss from having to leave good jobs and businesses, feeling of re sentment against those who were not called, homes broken by war conditions, misunderstanding of motives by civilians—every veter an has been required to readjust himself and his thinking in some way. Most of them did a pretty good job. There will be no “lost genera tion” resulting from this war; the rightthinking and right-acting members of today’s society al ready include most of the veter ans of World War 11. time living, and a long time dead. Aside from the partially selfish desire to assure our place in the hereafter, we should feel impelled to make the world a better place for our having lived here. The Christian recognizes and re sponds to his obligation to his less fortunate fellows. The manifesta tion of his love may come in hun dreds of ways—contributions to organized charity, work in such organizations as the Masonic Or der and Rotary, taking an active part in the work of the church. But the most important service —and the service which may be rendered by all of us—is that of Christian example.
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