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.
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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?
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
.... *
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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"
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