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PRAY YE THE LORD OF HARVEST (By Th*d K. Jones) Jesus said to his disciples, pray ye the Lord of harvest that He will send forth laborers unto His har vest for the harvest Is great and the laborers are few. It Seems to me this is applicable to His true dis- j ciples today. We need to lift up our eyes and look on the fields for' they are white already to harvest. Will we look and consider the great need of workers in the Lord's vine yards and harvest? I want to bej a worker brave and true. I want to j be a worker every day and leadj the erring in tne way. If this desire is strong enough to move you to action we do not have to go to the foreign country to work for the Master. Often there is work in our own home, in our church and community. Truly some one has said if you want a field of labor you can find it anywhere. In II Chronicles 7:13 we read, If I shut Heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pes tilence among my people. If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. The drought is broken, the Lord is -sending the copious reviving Rowers from above. Tokens of His Pe. And there are no locusts to vour the land, but the pestilence of sin and wickedness prevails and abounds with all their dangers, dis grace and destruction. This is worse j than some form of pestilence which ! weakens or kills the body. Jesus said .fear not that which kills the : body and can do no more, but fear j him which *s able to destroy both ; ' soul and body in hell. Let us consider the conditions on which the Lord promises to heal a | smitten land or country. If my people that are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray. Humility. What a precious jewel ftnd a great essential to every true christian. Humility is the spirit of Jesus who humbled Himself and -became -obedient unto death ev?n_ the death of the cross, and He said, I am among you as one that serveth. He that is great among you shall be servant. Wherefore Ood hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every other name. He that humb leth himself shall be exalted. He that exalte th himself ^hall be abased. But, oh, how many peo ple hate humility. The thought is revolting and their soul recoils at the idea. But we will all have to: be humble some time and it is far j better to be humble, loyal, loving christians, following Jesus through this life than go at the end of this short life to an eternity of humil ity and suffering. We are com manded to pray for each other, pray for our enemies, pray for rulers and all who are in authority, that wei live a life of Godliness and hon esty. This is sadly needed and is something every christian should work and pray earnestly and fer vently for. And the Lord said, Seek my face and turn from their wick ed ways. But this is so hard for some people to do. Some have continued so long in sin they will not give it up. They prefer the fleeting and destructive (pleasures of sin for a Jittle while to eternal t>liss and happiness. Not for a crown will the poor worlding pause, but keeps gathering sticks and straws. Will we use the remedy and obey ?tiie Lord's command to overcome He pestilence of wickedness that Hs degrading, weakening and de stroying our beloved country? Crime IS getting more rampant, the forces of sin and satan are waxing strong er it seems to me. The forces of righteousness are weakening, but we must not give up or lay our armor down. The eternal God is our re fuge and underneath are the ever lasting arms. Soldiers of the cross, arise and gird your armor on. Hu mility, prayer, and turning from wicked ways is the Divine com mand. See II Chron. 13:14. Dear people, we are facing a crisis which demands our profound, consideration and serious, sober, second thought and prompt, power ful and prompt prayerful and de cisive action. Stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong in the Lord and the power of His might. Destructive as well as con structive forces are at work. Nation after nation in their history have proved that there may be retrogres sion in morals, religion and civili zation. Religion has been overcome in lands where it, onc^, existed and was effective before the passing of the apostolic founders of the chris tian churches of Asia. There was marked decline and needful warn ings that were not heeded, and the light was removed from many places. Eternal vigilance is not only the price of liberty but it is the price also of effective and ag gressive Christianity, and it is the price of most all great important achievements of virtue, religion and wordly Success and financial achievement. Work Is the ordained law of life. We cannot wish and dream our self into honesty, vir tue, good charaoten or worldly suc cess. The way Jl true sucecss is straight and ngAow. It is dill Irish Beauty Queen Chicago 'a combined Iriah Alliances held their annual beauty contest amid the beautiful flowers at the World Fair horticultural exhibit . . . and ? there selected Miss Mae Murphy as ?' Queen 'i^or 1933. cult. Sometimes it is hard and tough. Will you pay the price? It is costly but failure is far more costly. . Again I say a crisis is on. Our Lord Jesus met His crisis with prayer in the wilderness when tempted by Satan, before Selecting the Twelve, and in Gethsemane. When He confronted the culmina tion of His career on the Cross, and Jesus said, if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven. In view of the crisis which is now on it seems to me every true chris tian could see the .need of true, humble, importunate prayer. Many things are wrought by prayer than the world is aware of. Another cause for which every christian should pray faithfully is peace, nationally and internationlaly. When nation would not lift up Sword against na tion, neither will they learn war any more. War which has been The balnT TSlIght and disgrace- "Of mankind all down the ages will be forever a thing of the past. Let us work. and pray for peace on earth and good will to man, and may the time soon come when love to God and humanity will over come all hatred, strife, discord and fear. Either we must new at long length acknowledge God in all our ways so He can direct our paths into al truistic human progress and pos terity, or our boasted civilization is now as definitely dead and done for us the perished glories of As syria, Babylon. Egypt, Greece or Rome. The only cure is a change of heart. Dethrone satan. Enthrone love and trust instead of fear and hate. The tremendous volume of un ited praver would be the mightiest f~rce this world has eveT witnessed. The sincere turning to God together of nations and races of men in Sin cere Heading for forgiveness, clean sing, healing, helping, leading bless ing. would release perfectly novel and immeasurably infinite resources of divine power and life. Why does not a chastened and suffering Christ endom call an international prayer j meeting of the peoDle and repre sentatives of all nations? I believe [great, grand, glorious and perma nent would be the result and effect of such action. The inspired writer tells us to pray without ceasing and in all things give thanks. Pray ye the Lord of harvest that he would send laborers into his harvest. o NEW RULES (Editorial from Rotarian Magazine) The United States* National Re covery Act is a bold stroke. Over night, it brands as outlaws those Darasitic interests which have long fringed legitimate business and numbed the hands of men who would plav the game by rules bas ed on fairness to employee, man agement, and consumer. It stamps with approval the policy of indus tries and concerns tijat operate on the principle that business was made to serve man. Business and professional men who have convcitions on the sub ject of commercial bribery, fair prices, honest products, and living waffes for workers, now have their innings. Whether their cause is to be vindicated and a new deal per manently written into economics depends, in a large measure, on their response to the challenge. Codes of practice and ethics are to be written bv someone. By whom if not them? o Mrs. Oliver C. Orinnell, of New York for 20 hours, from shortly after 9 o'clock on Thursday morn ing until just after 5 o'clock Friday | morning, battled a 450-pound broadbill sword fish. Mrs. Orinnell turned her rod over to her captain, Wally Baker, after 10 hours of bat tling. The fish was landed It the end of 20 hours. And al almost {within {Routing distance of New York. ? o The word salary means "salt money." NEW RULINGS TO STOP ALL RELIEF WORK Acting Director * Wilson Advises Counties And Cities To Stop Relief Work THIRTY CENTS AN HOUR AHEAD OF FARM WAGES New rulings from Washington to the effect that all relief workers murft hereafter be paid 30 cents an hour or $2.40 for an eight-hour day are expected to end relief work in North Carolina, in which 35,896 per sons were engaged in June, with re ports for July not yet available. These workers have been paid from 50 cents to one dolalr a day (or work days ranging from eight to 10 hours. Ronald B. Wilson, acting direc tor of relief, yesterday . instructed heads of relief agencies in all cities and counties that the new scale of wages must be paid next week. At the same time, Mr. Wilson advised that relief work be ended. "The State Itself pays laborers as low as 13^ cents an hour and the highest price paid on any farm is one dollar <a day, with work from Sunrise to sunset, and I do not see how we can Justify paying workers for whom positions are created more than twice those figures," said Mr. Wilson. "The whole situation has me wor ried; the pay is in line with that recently established for industrial workers, but no such scale has been adopted on the farms or by the State or local governmental units. It will mean that the unemployed will be on a straight out dole in stead of working for what they get" Funds for relief work continue to dwindle. Allotments tor July totaled $467, 000, considerably less than any other month this year, and there will be only $400,000 available in August and $300,000 in September with lit tle prospect for substantial Federal; funds thereafter unless more dis- 1 position is shown to match those funds. For this quarter total ex- ! penditures will total $1,600,000, of which the Federal government will furnish $1,200,000 and local units $400,000. The government is now requiring ' three for one on matched funds, with its own funds used to match themselves. Wilson's Instructions. Acting Director Wilson's instruc tions to head of relief departments in all counties and cities follow: ' "Your attention is called to copieg attached of Rules and Regulations Nos. 4 and 5 issued by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. "You will note that Rule No. 4 provides for minimum pay for work relief wages of 30 cents per hour with an eight-hour day. This rule must be obeyed after the present week, closing pay rolls for the cur rent week on present prevailing [ rates of pay. "In the opinion of this office it will not be practicable to establish j and maintain the minimum rate of pay as directed for work relief ( I projects through North Carolina. Within your discretion and with the advice of your advisory council you are authorized to discontinue all work relief projects after the cur rent week. On all projects of the Federal Emergency Relief Admin istration must be followed U to rate of pay, hours of work and age lipiit. "Pleate note further Rule No. 5 with regard to personnel on admin istration pay roll. You will at once revise, if necessary, your office set up to comply with th& regulation. "The relief of destitution Is, of course, the only reason for the ex istence of relief administrations. Careful Investigation should be made and adequate direct home relief supplied where needed." ? o Birthday Celebration On Saturday, July 29, about 11 o'clock, the family of Mr. J. C. Brann assembled at his home to celebrate his fifty-fifth birthday. All the family was present except one daughter, Miss Onie Brann, who lives In Greensboro. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brann and children, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Brann and children, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Brann and son, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Tatum and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Oakea and children, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Briggs and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Denny and daughter. Elder and Mrs. E. C. Oakes and daughter were afternoon Visitors. About 12:30 o'clock a delicious and bountiful dinner was served under the big oak which stands In the yard. The table was lovely in its appointments. , The cake with 65 pink candles was arranged In the center. Late in the afternoon delicious ice cream and cake was served. The day was enjoyed by all, and they left hoping father many more happy birthdays. ? A daughter. o ? H. C. Jones, emergency Negro agent in Winston-Salem, reports the planting of 3,160 gardens by Negroes of the city. The gardens have been well cultivated and the surplus veg etables will be canned. Wilkes farmers who are keeping cows and selling milk to the local cheese factory say they would not give up dairying for any other kind of farming at present. Coming Attractions At The Palace ' - Lionel Barrymore and j Miriam Hopkins Co Starred in New Picture "The Stranger's Return" At Palace Monday and Tuesday, b Taken From Story of Rural Life Lionel Barrymore and Miriam Hopkins are co-starred in "The Stranger's Return," which comes to Palace Theatre Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 14-15, at a Metro OoldwynrMayer picturization of the currently popular Phil Stong novel of rural life, which follows his re cent best-seller, "State Pair." AS the 85-year-old patriarch of a farm founded and pioneered by his family, Lionel Barrymore is said to have one of the most In teresting characterizations of his brilliant career. His histronic power is declared by preview critics to havfr attained new height in the cli mactic scenes. Miss Hopkins, among the most popular feminine stars rn the screen today, Is afforded the best opportunity she has had In her role of the city girl who goes to her grnadfather's farm and finds there the peace and contentment she couldn't get in the city. Here is a role of exacting demands and she is said to have exceeded in power the strength written into the original part. Stong, the author, is quoted as extremely pleased with the film version of his book. He assisted on the adaptation and served in an ad visory capacity on details of farm life, having been raised In the Mid West. He Is the owner of two farms in Iow^.the scene of the current story. ' Kin* Vidor Directed. King Vidor, one of the screen's fcremoSt directorial minds, was In charge of the production, most of which was filmed on a location rep resenting the Iowan countryside. An Friday, (only) Aug. 11 It might have been ANY GIRL v ?WHO, TOO LATE, FOUND HER SELF ON THIS PATH OF LIFE! A story from life, of a firl whose beauty no man could resist! LORETTA YOUNG RICARDO CORTEZ FRANCHOT TONE Morning Matinee 10:90 a. m. Afternoon Matinee 3:Q?--3:30 p. m. Evening Perform. 7:30?9:16 p. m. entire farm was reproduced for an appropriate setting for the dramatic action. Vidor, who directed "Big Parade" in the silent days, has such talking pictures as "The Champ," "Street Scene," "Bird of Paradise" and "Cynara" to his credit. Franchot Tone heads the sup porting cast in the role of the col lege-bred farmer with whom the ! city girl falls in love. The fact he i already has a devoted wife and baby son serves to dramatize a hopeless romantic situation that turns into small-town scandal. Tone, a com parative newcomer to the screen, was a Broadway sensation on the state and scored equal success in his first pictures. "Gabriel Over the j White HouSe" "Today We Live" and ["Midnight Mary." V'" Stuart Erwin fills a featured spot as Simon, the corn-lickered farm I hand who knows more than he ap I pears to. This is by far Erwin's most important rote in many | months. He recently played in | "Hold Your Man." Irene Hervey is Hettie, the farm wife; Beulah Bondi is cast as Beatrice, the scold; and Grant Mitchell plays the part of Allen. Tad Alexander is the boy and Aileen Carlyle plays the role of Thelma. The pictorial beauty of the pic ture cannot be too greatly stressed. Camerawork by William Daniels is the most effective the screen has offered out-of-door lovers. A num ber of the farm scenes are breath less in sheer rural grandeur. 'Midnight Mary* Story of Girl Faciner Electric Chair After Wild Life The melodramatic career of a New York tenement girl who comes' perilously close to the electric chair is depicted in "Midnight Mary," a new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture coming Friday, Aug. 11th, to the Palace Theatre. The picture was filmed from an original story by Anita Loos and features Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine and Ina Merkel. The story centers on- Mary Mar tin. a young girl who grows up in adverse circumstances and is finally induced to Join a group of crooks who progress rapidly from pettv larceny to robberies on the grand scale. She falls in love with a wealthy young attorney and tries desperately to start a new life on an honest footing. The gangster who has dominated her youth theratens to kill the man she loves, and against her will. Mary Martin is forced back into the underworld. An Exceptional Cast. The pivotal role is played by Loretta Young, one of the most popular of the screen's younger starts. Ricardo Cortez plays the gangster who forces her to become a crook, and the romantic phases of the plot are handled by Miss Young and Franchot Tone, the much talked about newcomer who received outstanding- notice for hiS work opposite Joan Crawford in "Today We Live." Andy Devine and Una Merkel insure the pteture of numerous comedy moments, and the group of supporting players in clude Frank Conroy, Warren Hy mer, Ivan Simpson. Harold Huber, Sandv Roth, Martha Sleeoer, Charles Grape win, Halliwell Hobbes and Robert Emmett O'Connor. The Story starts with the tensely dramat'-c moment in which a Jury is deciding on the fate of Mary Martin. Did she kill the gangster, and if so why? It is during this suspenseful interlude in which the Jury deliberates that the past life of the girl is unraveled in a series of highlighted incidents. William Wellman, who directed "Midnight Mary," is said to have filmed his story from an entirely different ansrle than the usual crook drama. Wellman has achieved a scoring reputation as a director of the raw side of humanity with his produc tions of "The Public Enemy" and '"Hie Conquerers." ^ . O Some women love to live, other .live to love. 'Storm At Daybreak' Is Torrid Romance 'Of Middle Europe! I Kay Francis, Nils Asther, Walter Huston Proponents of Trianjrular Conflict Baised on Celebrated Continental Play The triangular conflict of a man i who falls in love with the wife of his best friend is treated from a new angle in "Storm at Daybreak," which comes Wednesday, Aug. 16, to the Palace Theatre with Kay Francis and Nils Asther co-starred, and with the brilliant character ac tor, Walter Huston, and Phillips Holmes heading a large supporting cast. Produced by Reinhardt Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer secured the rights to the Sandor Hunyady play, originally known as "Black Stemmed Cherries, fonowftir Its triumphant run in Budapest and In Vienna where It was produced by the celebrated Max Reinhardt. TTie direction of the film version was entrusted to Richard BoleSlav sky, who achieved such meritable results with "Rasputin and the Em- i press." As was the case of the former Boleslavsky production, "Strange Rapsody' 'Is a mixture of roman tic fiction and historical accuracy, the story opening at the tense moment in which the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his bride are assassinated in Sarajevo. HuS- j ton, in the role of a Serbian noble- j man, is rescued from an angry mob by Asther, a young Hungarian officer, an act which binds the two men in a lifelong friendship. When, however, Asther subsequent ly falls In love with Huston's young and beautiful wife, this: friendship is brought to the straining point and eventually culminates in a series of engrossingly melodramatic incidents. The role of the wife who is torn between loyalty to her husband and love for the man of her own age is said to give Miss Francis one of the most effective charac terizations of her career. Asther's part of the lover is a deviation frcm hig previous villanous roles, while Huston, in a characterization j which entailed a difficult feat of [ makeup, is said to surpass even his memorable work in "Hell Below" and "Gabriel Over the White House." large Supporting Cast Together with Phillips Holmes, prominent supporting roles are played by Eugene Pallette, C. Hen jry Gordon. Louise Closser Hale and I Jean Parker. Colorful settings and I spectacular episodes involving use of hundreds of extras form an inte gral part of "Storm at Daybreak," and the picture is further enhanc ed by a distinctive musical score written by Dr. William Axt with lyrics by Gus Kahn. o Twenty - five Catawba County farmers attended a terracing school held by the county farm agent last week to demonstrate the building of proper terraces. Barrymore Donned Fireproof Whiskers For Film Role .... * ? ? ?/ Because ne emokes cigarettes down to the stubs, Lionel Barry- " more had to have his whiskers fire proofed wheo he played the part of the 85-year-old farm patriarch in ? "The Stranger's Return," in which ; he is co-starred with Miriam Hop kins. Barrymcre's whiskers, flowing and white, did not flt in very well with his cigarette-smoking habits. To cbviate danger of fire, the beard was treated with a chemical spray every morning when he put it on (for -the picture | i Although the flre-proofing of ar tificial whiskers struck Barrymore as a Hollywood "gag," he was in formed that in many cities it is an ^ordinance that such beards.. wom. i by "Santa Clauses" on the public '.Streets and at other public gather | ings must be so treated to prevent ' casualties. King Vidor directed the Merto Goldwyn-Mayer film which comes Monday and Tuesday to the Pal ace Theatre, from the new Phil Stong novel of Iowan farm life. Includet in the cast are Franchot Tone, Stuart Erwin, Irene Hervey, Beulah Bondi, Grant Mitchell, Tad j Alexander and Aileen Carlyle. Most of the picture was screened on a farm location for whic hfarmhouse, barns and silos were constructed I after Mid-Western style. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, AUGUST 14-15TH Morning Mat. Monday 10:30 a. m. Afternoon Matinees Daily 3? 3:30 p. m. Evening Performance Daily 7:30?9:15 p. m. RUSHED TO THE SCREEN EVEN BEFORE IT APPEARED IN BOOK FORM, THE NEWEST STORY BY THE AUTHOR OF "STATE FAIR" IS PACKED WITH THE PASSIONS, HOPES, TEARS AND LAUGHTER OF FOLKS CLOSE TO THE SOIL. IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART OF AMERICA! THE SOUL OF AMERICA IS IN THIS STALWART CHARACTER, THE GREATEST AND MOST LOV ABLE EVER PORTRAYED BY LIONEL BARRYMORE. FROM CITY LIGHTS SHE CAME BACK TO THE FARM? TO FIND LOVE AND HEARTBREAK AMONG HER OWN KIND! FROM THE NOVEL BT PHtL STONG WITH FRANCHOT TONE, STUART ERWIN DIRECTED BY THE MASTER OF SCREEN SOUL THROBS KINO VIDOR On The Program Screen Song 4 4 Sing Sister Sing" Paramount Sound News
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