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THURSDAY, DEC. , 1MI
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The Land of the Future
A TIMELY message for young people is given in The
Progressive Farmer by Harper Sibley, president of
the United States Chamber of Commerce and one of the
biggest farmers in America. Besides thousands of acres
of rich corn land in Illinois, he owns Rancho Santa Rita
in California, other farms in New York State, and the
"Round T" cattle ranch in Alberta, Canada facts which
give Mr. Sibley unusual qualifications for writing the
following "Success Talk for Farm Boys:"
"I know of course of the difficulties many ambitious
boys are now laboring under. Many have just been
graduated from schools and colleges into an economic
system unable to absorb them into the type of positions
to which they have looked forward.
"In fact, throughout the world today wide distress
places our very philosophies of government under great
strain. Whole peoples have acquiesced in the surrender
of liberties which our ancestors struggled for centuries
to gain as the very safeguard of democracy, Governments
have in vast areas suppressed free speech, freedom of the
press, free elections, the fre and opn trial by law in
fact, the foundations of responsible government. We
want no such conditions here.
"For the good of our country we desire that thous
ands of small business ventures made by ambitious youth
shall have a fair chance of success. We need a constant
new stream of courage, of vision, and of persistence all
applied to the fields of science, invention, the professions,
trade, and industry.
"We must not lose the conviction that it is worth
while to study, to work, to save, and to venture. Nor
must we allow the opportunity to be closed for a con
spicuous success to be fairly treated ; outstanding leader
ship must not be penalized. Above all we must demon
strate that America is a country not of the past, but of
a great future."
Can We Keep Out of War?
IT IS to be hoped that all of the prophets and sooth
sayers who are so certain that the world is going to
precipitate into another great war before long, are wrong
in their forecasts. But if the catastrophe which they are
so confidently predicting should come to pass, it is a
serious question whether the United States could avoid
being involved. All our history points the other way.
We hear a great deal of talk to the effect thai we
were dragged into the last great war by international
bankers, or that we were the victims of British and
French propaganda, Those are the opinions of either the
very young or the very ill-informed.
We went into the World War because the overwhelm
ing sympathies of the American people were with the
Allies and against the autocratic state socialism of the
Kaiser s government, which we, like the other democracies
of the world, feared Germany would attempt to impose
upon the rest of us if victorious.
We went into the war, also, because of our resent
ment of the ruthless submarine war conducted by Ger
many on unarmed merchant vessels, and the arrogant
attempt of the German government to set a limit to the
freedom of our commerce on the seas.
There have been just two general European wars since
the United States became a nation and this country has
been involved in both of them. The first was the con
flagration started by the French Revolution, which re
sulted in the Napoleonic wars. Every schoolboy knows
that we took part in that war, on the side of France and
against England, in 1812, but few remember that wfcile
George Washington was still President, in 1798, we were
also participants on the other side in that great struggle,
actually at war with France.
The United States is not alone among nations in de
siring to keep out of war. Our people are probably no
more peace-loving than those of any other country. ut ,
the most peaceful-minded people- may easily find them
selves forced by circumstances to go to war. And all the
best resolutions will not keep us out of the next war; if
and when that touches our national interests adversely.
Selected.
The Organization of Labor
THE split in the ranks of organized labor over ,the
question of whether workers are better organizecj in
industrial unions than in craft unions has resulted in the
resignation from the American Federation of Labor of
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers.
This followed the defeat of the industrial union mov-
Sharpening the Old Machete
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ment at the recent convention of the A. F. of L. '
The strength behind the so-called "vertical" uniorj ,
movement was, however, so great that there seems
reasonable expectation of its ultimate triumph. Many
industries, such as the garment makers and the textile
workers, are already organized by industries rather thaij
by trades. The greatest resistance to that forin of or
ganization is in the building trades, where the A. F. of
L. has its greatest strength. If the trade union system
is to be extended to cover fcll wage earners, it is difficult
to see how this can effectively be done oji any b'asis jfoh
er than that of organizing workers, by indusilfes inswad
of by crafts. And all the signs of tfte James p($tit toc-
tically complete unionization, sooner or later. Selected.
There is no merit where there is no trial. Aardn Hilt.
The end of man is in ' action, and not in thought,
Thomas CLrtyle..:
Every 99 men have to have another one to help them
make a living. Henry Ford.
Setting the tap-root deep and making the spreading
roots firm this is the way to insure long life to the
tree. Lao Tze.
Every person is responsible for all the good within
the scope of his abilities and for no more, and none can
tell whose sphere is the largest. -Gail Hamilton.
THE FAMILY
II ft r TOR
JOHN JOSEPH GAINESvMm
From the Files
of
THE PRESS
j TEN YEARS AGO
L. E. Lentz. Jess Conley, S. L.
Franks," W: B. " Ferguson, E. W.
Long, J. J. Mann and the Rev. A.
Smith., took the' Knight Tem-
VCefwratirtg the new electric pow-
'er service, Miss Margaret Rogers
turned on all the lights in Rogers'
There were no fires during the
year, according to Joe Ashear, volunteer-
fire chief.
t THIRTY YEARS AGO
'Willie' A41man killed a fourteen-
'mnfith nm Vine utpicrtinir S(I nrtnnrU
W. W. Sloan and family return
ed from Virginia.
L; " A., L. H. and Bill H,igdon
'returned to Ellijay; after a trip
selling scrub brushes.
F, S. Johnston put a new roof
on his house.
SEASONABLE TALK
Well, the "summer colds" have
had their day for 1935. We all
agree that a cold at any time is
hard to get along with winter or
summer.
The family doctor gets all fussed
up at times. He must decide wheth
er it is "flu," or "intestinal flu,"
or just a common cold. He ho
ards many guesses from his ex
haustive study of such things. JUst
what kind of germ it is and which
is the best way to slaughter that
particular germ. It does not mat
ter, so the patient recovers nicely.
I do not believe anybody can
tell the difference between an or
dinary attack of influenza, and the
common cold. It makes ,no differ
ence anyhow the treatment is the
same.
There is no danger in either case,
provided the conditions are not
complicated with other, more dangerous-
things. Either one may toe
followed by pneumonia, an exceed
ingly dangerous disease.
The proper treatment at the very
beginning of a cold or "flu," is
to ward off complications. Just
going to bed is the most important
step to be taken at the onset of a
cold or influenza.
Go to bed and stay there. Call
your physician. He may beahlc
to advise you over the telephone
but get in touch with him. Don't
wait until the thing has run into
something serious! Be safe. Use
common sense. Better lie in bed
two or three days than as many
weeks or months.!
Your physician may tell you vac
cines are of no use in either . the
cure or the prevention of colds.
I grant him that right. But I cer
tainly use them, both for immuniza
tion and treatment. Ample try-outs
confirm my belief and practice.1
No Leak in Reports
A man was "jailed" or a day in
the crop reporting room of the
U. S. D. A. in Washington. He
happened to wander in there acci
dentally looking for a friend, and
to and behold when he tried to
leave, he ..could not get by the
armed United 6tatfts; ''marshal at
the door. He had to remain until
the report was released. It just
goes to show how secretly these
reports are prepared and how lit
tle opportunity there is for a
"leak." The Progreesive Farmer.
Steeplechase Obstacle
The highest jumps in the British
Grand National F. C. are thorn
Fences 5 feet high and 2 feet thick.
One of the fences is 4 feet 10
inches high and has a ditch on the
take-off side 6 feet wide and 4 feet
deep. Becher's brook is a thorn
fenoe 4 feet 10 inches high with a
brook on the far side 8 feet wide
and 4 feet deep.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EX
ECUTION North Carolina, .
Macon County:
In the Superior Court.
S. H. Lyle
,vj. .
S. A. Harris
By virtue of a writ of Venditioni
Exponas directed to the undersigned
ffom' the Superior Court of Macon
County in the above-entitled action, I
will, on Monday, the 6th day of
January, 1936, at 12 o'clock M at
the courthouse door of said Coun
ty, sell to the highest bidder for
cash to satisfy said writ, all the
right, title and interest which the
said S. A. Harris,, the defendant,
has in the following described real
estate, to-wit: Lots Nos. 6 and
7 in the Ella T. Lyle lands, in
the Town of Franklin, Macon
County,, as surveyed by W. N.
ludiu, june iin, ly, wnicn piat
is registered in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Macon Coun
ty, in Plat Book No. 1, page 11.
(This 3rd day of December, 1935.
A. B, SLAGLE, Sheriff.
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