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TODAY ?" J m FRANK PARKER .ROCKBRIDGE SPRING .... up our way Spring has come at last up in the Neg England hills. It has been the latest season in recent years ? so late that I hear many of the younger folks in oyr towp say that this May must have been the coldest on record. Well, I can remember one New Eng land summer in my boyhood when snow fell on the Fourth of July! Not much, to be sure, but enough of the rain that fell all than day, and spoiled our"celebration", froze under the chill Canadian north wind to enable us to see the white flakes. And I remem ber one Memorial Day ? we used always to call it "Decoration Day" ? when my sisters and I were looking for wood violets to place on the soldier's graves, we found a snow bank a foot deep in a shaded gully. And just above the snow the violets were blooming. There is no precedent that anybody can go by in forecasting the weather. No two years are ever quite alike. ? ? ? FLAGS .... increased sales The Chicago Association of Com merce reports that three times as many American flags have been, sold so far this year as in the first half of 1934. I don't know that that means that the reaction against Communism has set in, as the Chicago business men seem to think, but I would be glad tC see a general revival of the old-fash ioned "flag-raisings" that used to be a regular Fourth-of July affair in the smaller communities, and even in some big cities, in my youth. Every rural town in the East used to have its "Liberty Pole", and the hoisting of the Stars and Stripes, with a prayer by the minister, a "concert" by the loc*l "brass band," and a pat riotic speech by some local or imported big wig were fitting preludes to the sports and games And picnic feasts in which everybody took part. There is a little hill on my farm where the Liberty Pole used to stand, up to forty or fifty years ago. The pasture ' around it is still known as "the flagpole lot." If I thought anything could divert my neighbors from their holiday Joy riding to an exhibition of patriotism. I'd set up a new Liberty Pole on the old flagpole lot and invite them to an old fashioned Fourth-of-July pic nic. ? ? * RADIO . . fine in country I don't think that any modern in vention has ever brought so much real pleasure and value to so many people as the radio. I drive around in the country a good deal, calling on neigh boring farmers and friends, and it is the exception to find a country or village home where the radio is not going. There isn't any doubt that the ra dio has proved a powerful influence in setting all sorts of people to think - ? ing of social and political questions, to which they never gave attention before. It is bringing religion into many homes whose people, for one reason or anoth er, seldom go to chttrchr- Then the music, the household talks for the home-makers, the entertaining features for the children, the farm market news and all the rest of the good things that are broadcast. r ? ? ? WAR two sides Listening to and reading all the anti war talk that is going around, I am reminded of the most stirring speech I ever heard Woodrow Wilson make. It was 24 years ago, in June, 1911, at Denver, when he spoke of "The Bible and Progress," spoke as a believing and practical Christian to an audience composed of the most of the mem bers of all the Christian churches in that .city. "Liberty," he said, "is a spiritual con ception . . . There are times in the history of nations when they must take up the crude implements of blood shed in order to vindicate spiritual con ceptions. . . . When men take up arms to set other men free, there is some thing sacred and holy in the warfare." That was spoken more than three years before Europe went to war In 1914, more than six years before the United States went into that conflict. Nobody wanted war. But when a situation arose in which America was called upon to vindicate the spiritual conception of Liberty, as Mr. Wilson had phrased it, we went into the war in that spirit. Don't let anyone tell you America ' -went to war for profits or to save somebody's investments. ? ? ? CHAINS .... and gambling How many chain letters have you had? I've only received one myself but my wife has had four or five in the past fortnight and I think my daugh ter's latest score is around fifteen. We have one very simple system of handling these chain letters. That is to throw them in the waste basket without answering them. The chain letter craze is Just one more evidence of the wide-spread gambling spirit which prevades the whole country. The trouble with this form of ' gambling is that the odds are so heavy against everyone who tries It. I suggest that anybody who has and which con tains Four Great Treasures ^HAUION MARY OF MAGDALA The name Mary was immensely popular in the time of Jesus because of -the love of the Jewish people for Mariamne, the wife of Herod, who was mur dered by him. Hence there are so many women in the New Testament named Mary that we sometimes find it difficult to keep track of them. Foremost, of course, is Mary, the mother of Jesus. Next in order of her Importance is Mary of Magdala. Of her early history we know nothing except that she suffered with some nervous or mental complaint. And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him. And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and in firmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils. We know the names of a few of the women who followed Jesus on that last journey from Galilee to Jerusalem and "ministered to him of their sub stance." Three of them were Marys. Some apprehension or expectation of crisis, some woman's instinct caused them to leave their homes and be His companions ifi thts'last stage of 'His public work. "Crucified, dead and buried!" Terrible words. The apostolic group was stunned and paralyzed. How the eleven disciples spent the hours from night fall of Friday till dawn of Sunday, we do not know. But on Easter morning, "while it was yet' dark" (John 20:1) these women who had seen Jesus crucified came with spices to anoint His body. They did not know that Joseph of Ari mathaea and Nicodemus had already performed that melancholy service. They reached the tomb, wondering who would roll away the stone for them, antT behold, it wag already rolled away. And the angel said, "He is not here; He is risen," The others hurried back to tell the disciples, but Mary" stood with out, weeping." She it was who first saw the Lord. No wonder Renan, skeptic as he was, marveled at the faith which caused her to see that vision of a living Christ and to proclaim it. He had a skeptic's easy explanation, but he said that no sane person ever saw anything that gave to the world such comfort as the vision of love that the Magdalene beheld. Peter and John ran to the sepulchre and found the empty tomb; the whole city knew of it before night. But Mary's eyes first beheld Him and her glad voice first told the in credulous disciples. In the power of her faith and the blessing of her good tidings only Mary .the mother of Jesus deserves to stand before this other beautiful and devoted follower of Jesus, Mary of Magdala. L HENRY- %X:$ 50H PALCLIFFC CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP International Sunday School Lesson for June 16, 1935 GOLDEN TEXT: 'It is required in stewards that a man be found faith ful."? I Cor. 4:2. (Lesson Text? Deut. 8:11-18; 2 Cor. 9:6-8.) Very often one hears the objection that preachers so often "talk about money." These critics object because the subject touches their sore point. The generous giver never worries about the presentation of an opportunity of service. If he (or she) can afford to help, even with some self-denial, it is a pleasure. If one is unable to contri bute, through no fault, there is no reason for reproach. Hie church mem ber whose religion can't open the pocket-book for a worthy cause should re-examine his (or her) profession of faith and love. Certainly, to one wno believes in a God who created all life, the sharing of a part for th? accomplish u.< vz of his purposes is 'og'.cal and desirous To give back some part of our good :iirt:ine to benefit others less tMtun a?e and in need 't the only way we can acknowledge His ownership by right of creation. Without God p.nd the society of His creatures, there would be no property, nor any value for it. In the Old Testament the tithe or (one-tenth) was the measure of this religious and social obligation. Abra ham gave tithes to Melchizedek; Ja cob made a vow to give God a tenth and ancient Hebrews kept the tithing law of Lev. 27:30-33; Num. 18:21-32, and Deut. 12:5-18. In the New Testa ment the arbitrary tithe is replaced by the Law of Stewardship ? all that a man has should be used for the king dom, which includes feeding the hun gry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, and so on, as plainly taught in' the separation of the sheep and goats money to bet and the urge to get mon ey without working for it would bet ter wait until he can lay his wager un der some controlled and well-policed scheme where he at least has a chance of collecting his winnings if luck should happen' to be with him. o , Rambling 'rqund NEW YORK ill wUh -HUGW KENNY Ship's visitors must be on shore fif teen minutes before sailing time. That wait of fifteen minutes to see the big greyhound of the sea pull out seems interminable. By the time the ship actually does sail, both visitors anu passengers are hoarse and Irritated They Thade good use of the situation lh a* musical comedy two years ago. With all the shouting from railing to the dock, nobody can understand anybody and the irritation grows until the whistle blows. Everyone is immense ly relieved when the ship moves the first fraction of an inch! ? ? ? Seeing a* "ship off last week Though the visitors and seer's -off were merry they didn't reel Into taxi cabs the way they used "to before repeal. In the Parable of the Last Judgment. Certainly, the obligation of the Chris tian to share in love his good fortune as far as possible with those in need and distress is stronger than the Jew ish tithe-ideal. The end contemplated for Christians is, as Alexander Mac laren points out, "evidently not money making, but character-making, the de velopment of a hardihood of temper and a firmness of will which can be turned to good account when the obscure traitors shall have, been turn bed into distinguished leaders." The Christian whose love impels him to help others receives more benefit than the recipient of his generosity. Just before the Children of Israel were to enter the Promised Land, after years of pandering in the wild erness, Moses warned them against forgetting God in the more prosperous days to come. Read Deut. 8:12-17. Paul in his letter urges systematic and pro portionate giving ? on the first day and as one has prospered. "To spend my income rightly is one of my first tasks as a Christian," says Harris P. Rail. "I should set aside a definite propor tion for the church and the service of others. . . I should invest this money for God as carefully as in my tempor al business and keep strict account of this fund . . I should pray with my giving." "The stewardship movements of the church have been too shallow," says Ralph C. Cushman. "They have been almost wholly with the matter of giving a financial system to the church. Thtft may be a good place to begin, but it is certainly a poor place to end .The stewardship movement needs a deeper conversion to the so cial ideals of Jesus. Not merely to give financial resources to the church was the stewardship movement born of God, but to Christianize the whole idea of property, in order to Christianize all industry and all business and all of life." "Three men on a Horse," the cur rent race-track comedy, seems to be the funniest thing in town, and bids fair to make a million bucks for the producer and author, what with six companies playing it in various places including Australia! ? * ? Robert Ross who directed Roland Young's last Broadway appearance called up the other day. "I don't like your play" was the substance of his conversation . . . Ho, hum. Just an other 20,000 words to make the rounds of theatrical offices. But then, "Three Men on a Horse" went to twelve of fices before it landed. ? ? ? That private carriage on Fifth Ave nue ? you're only likely to see it on Sunday mornings. It's the last one in New York, I believe. And it's no affectation, for it cdnveys a frilly old lady who'd surprise me if she didn't wear lavender and old lace. ? ? ? ? Each year, toward the end of school terms, domestic science students, . fu ture dietitians, future teachers, flock in droves from midnight to dawn in in spection tours of food markets ? to see the huge supplies of fruits and vege table^ that come into New York every day. The Erie Pier and the Pennsyl vania Pier on the Hudson receive many carloads every day, freighted across from the New Jersey side of the river. And fragrarit, colorful warehouses they become each morning! WHEN CHANGING TIRES IS EASY Many motorists would be thankful for a machine like this when a blow-out or puncture occurs out on the highway. This machine spins tire on wheels in about the time it takes you to count three. The scene is in the big Hudson Motor Car Company plant at Detroit, where activity is greater this year than in many years, due to increased demand for the new Hudsons and Terraplanes. The NEW PICTURES (Opinions are based upon the re ports of p. S. Harrison, noted New York critic, whose reviews serve as confiden tial guides to theatre men all over the United States.| , "BREAK OF HEARTS" (RKO WITH Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boy er. This should entertain the masses fairly well even though the story is the old familiar theme ? a triangle drama. The production is lavish, the acting good and the musical score ex "AGE OF INDISCRETION" (MGM) with Paul Lukas, Madge Evans and Professional Cards Dr. Robt. E. Long Dentist Wilburn <& Satterfield Building Main Street..- Roxboro, N. C. B. I. SATTERFIELD ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Roxboro -Durham, N. C. Roxboro Office: Thomas & Carver Building. In office Monday & Saturday Durham Office: 403 Trust Building. In Durham Office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week. DR. G. C. VICKERS Office at residence, on Route No. 144, near T. H. Street old home, Mill Creek. N. LUNSFORD Attorney-at-Law Office over Thomas & Carver Building, Roxboro, N. C. DR. J. H. HUGHES Dentist Office in Hotel Jones, next door to Dr. Tucker's Office. DR. J. D. BRADSHER Dentist Office over Wilburn & Satterfield's Store Building. LET JOHN CASH Repair your shoes and repair your chairs. Under Wilburn & Satterfield. David Jack Holt. Pair entertainment, with too little action. The natural and touching per formance by David Jack Holt, a youngster with charm and ability holds one's attention and sympathy. The romantic interest is pleasant and the comedy touches amusing. "RUSTLERS PARADISE" (AJAX Pic tures, with Harry Carey.) Past action, suspense and human in terest are combined to make this a good western. The spectator is held in suspense because of dangers threaten ing Carey. There is human interest al so that helps make the picture inter esting. Suitable for children. "MUTINY AHEAD" (MAJESTIC) with Neil Hamilton and Kathleen Burke. Well produced but only fair enter tainment owing to a disconnected and somewhat ambiguous plot. The closing scenes are exciting and the romantic interest is pleasant. "MEN OF THE HOUR" (COLUMBIA picture) with Richard Cromwell, Wallace Ford and Billie Seward. Just a fair program melodrama, with a few exciting situations. On the whole tt is slow-moving and the story is not particularly interesting. The closing scenes are fairly thrilling. There is some human interest and romance. "KENTUCKY BLUE STREAK" (PUR. ltan Picts.) With Eddie Nugent, Jun ior Coghlan and Patricia Scott. A mildly entertaining program melo drama, which should please horse -rac ing fans. The scenes of the big race, that of the Kentucky Derby, are made more realistic by the use of background shots actually taken in Kentucky dur-" ing Derby Day. While the story is somewhat trite and slow moving, there is some human Interest. The closing i scenes are fairly thrilling and the f romance is pleasant. "ONCE IN A BLUE MOON" (PARA mount) with Jimmy Savo. Terrible! The story is absolutely ri diculous and there is not a name in the cast that means anything to the box-ofBce. Jimmy Savo, a fine panto minist, has screen possibilities, but this picture wont do much for him. The rest of the cast walk listlessly through their parts. , "OUR LITTLE GIRL" (FOX), WITH Shirley Temple, Joel McCrea, Rose mary Ames and Lyle Talbot. A nice picture, with considerable hu man interest, but not as strong as Shirley Temple's last two pictures. The reason for it is because her environ ment is depicted as being unhappy most of the time, with her parents separated. The reconciliation brought about by Shirley, Is touching. Good for the family. o Two Scotchmen were watching a football game; one had a bottle, the other had only a thirst. The bottle man was talking very largely about his knowledge of the game and what a fine player he was himself. During the conversation he helped himself very liberally to the contents of his bottle, whereupon the thirsty one said: "Weel, I notice ye 're a fine dribbler, but ye "re nae guid at pass ing." ? Humorist (London) YOUR HOME IS YOUR CASTLE Admit only clean, constructive new* by reading THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR A Daily Netctpaper for the Home II give* all the construct!*. world ntwi bul do?s not exploit crime and acandal. Haa interesting feature page. for all tha family on Womin'i Activitiea. Homemaking. Gardana, Education and Booka. Also pagea for tha Children and Young Folka. Vigorous editorials and an intarpratatioa of newe in th? "March of the Nations" Column ara of apecial interaat to man. The Chrlatlan Science Publljhlng Society . One. Norway Street. Boston. 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