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BIBLE THOUGHT
Finally, brethren, whatsoev er things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
tilings are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever
tilings are of good report;' if there be any virtue, if there
he any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
We are in one of the critical and fateful hours of human
history. The furnace of life is hotter than ever before. It
is not an overstatement to declare that the world of tomor
row will be determined by the ideals we cherish, the goals we
seek and the convictions .we hold about man, about brother
hood and about immortality . . . The healing of the world's
woes will not come through this or that social or political
theory, or through violent or ill-considered changes of gov
ernment, but through the silent but sure process of the Chris
tian gospel. Arthur J. Moore
The Battle At Home . , .
rVERY day the war comes closer home. Not
only through the papers and over the radio do
we know that the tempo of the struggle is quick
ening for us, but the more active participation of
every citizen is taking shape in every direction.
The forces of the home front are lining up.
Here is an outline of activities for the coming
week :
The first meeting of air-raid wardens will be
held on Friday evening.
The annual meeting of the American Red Cross
will be held next Tuesday evening.
The collection of scrap already assembled on
the farms of the county will begin. The women's
division of the salvage campaign will begin their
activities under chairmen appointed throughout
the county. The collection of scrap will begin in
the town of Franklin.
The Franklin library, which also reaches the
rural communities through the bookmobile, has
opened a department of War Information with
books, pamphlets and periodicals published by the
government to guide leaders and bring definite in
formation about every phase of the war a,nd civil
ian activities.
Another group of Macon men will leave to join
the 'ariued forces, while men previously exempted
are being put in classes to be called before Christ
mas. Men with dependents are now needed, and
there will be an increasing army at home with a
personal stake in this war as a loved one joins the
fighting forces to defend them and their .country.
We at home desire -to become a part of a well
organized home army, with definite duties to per
form, with responsibilities to meet, and with op
portunity for training to help meet them and
knowledge of why and how they must be met, and
how to build for a better world tomorrow.
,Yes, there is a job for everybody, because, per
haps, as never before, this is a war where "every
little bit helps."
The Banks Know Their Job
"THE banker," writes Albert W. At wood, "has a
way of going along with new developments,
of meeting new situations, no matter how many
they are or how fast they come." High Treasury
officials have pointed out that the banks are doing
their war job with quiet and complete efficiency.
In every field the banking system is expanding its
facilities to meet the enormous demand imposed
upon it, as an ally of the government and an aid
to the public in adapting their business to war con
ditions. Money, itself, is an instrument of war and, as
has been aptly commented, "luckily we have no
financial bottleneck." For this, the banks of the
country deserve much of the credit.
Letters to Editor j
Cullasaja, N. C.
August 22, 1942.
To The Editor:
One of the "good old customs"
that have gone' into discard is
that of publishing in our county
paper the I financial statement of
our county! government.
There are many of the taxpay
ers and voters who would like to
know where our tax dollars go.
True, we could go to the court
house and look up-the record, if
we knew how, or if someone
would take valuable time to show
us. But we could not remember
much of it, even until we got out
again if we could grasp it at all
in the noise and hubbub of ui
familiar surroundings. A copy in
our paper, to be studied in the
quiet of our own. home or office,
would reach most of us and would
be a step toward strengthening
our democracy by promoting more
active interest in our government
on the part of a majority of the
people.
Surely the cost would be negli
gible, compared to the good ac
complished. People who are neg
ligent in paying their taxes might
even pay without the added ex
pense of advertising, if they could
see to what good use that money
is being put. Or 'could it be that
there is a question about the good
use, and we are being purposely
kept in ignorance ? We hardly
think so but we'd like to know.
Very truly yours,
A Citizen and Taxpayer.
This and That
By FRANKIE MACON
It is officially predicted that
beef will be scarce and high
priced next year, so we'll ail be
working for "high steaks."
If our forces in the Aleutians
need men who are accustomed to
working in a fog have they
thought about putting on a re
cruiting drive in Washington?
The tire situation would be just
about solved if everybody who
announces a new way to make
synthetic rubber would make just
one set of tires I f
The Department of Agriculture
has just finished counting the
honey - bees and announces that
there are 600 billion of them. Why
not ship them all to Japan and
let them sting the Japs into sub
mission ?
One hitter 'brass hat' in Wash
ington says Mr. Kaiser (the big
shipbuilder) doesn't know how to
do anything. Anyhow, he doesn't
seem to know how to do any
thing the slow way.
M. Laval tells his Cabinet that
Vichy, France must avoid taking
sides in this war.- What really
worries . Laval is the fear that
he has already taken the losing
side.
WPB optimists say there will
be plenty of synthetic tires by
1944. That will be fir. for those
who still have automobiles.
The OPA has put a ceiling on
the price of ice, but so far hasn't
dared to suggest freezing it.
I see by the' newspaper an an
nouncement of the coming of
"something new and novel in the
way of oomic strips." Certainly
nothing as revolutionary as one
that's funny t
The announcement that the
manufacture of phonograph rec
ords for "juke boxes" is to be
discontinued shows that all war's
effects are not bad.
Sound Advice.
State Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. Kerr Scott suggests the
best possible employment of war
surplus income when he urges
North Carolina farmers to "stay
Out of debt and pay off mort
gages." Commissioner Scott re
members the rueful post - World
war era. Farmers who had ex
panded recklessly when prices
were high could not breast the
consequent backwash of deflation.
Countless thousands were ruined.
"Debt-free farms," he points
out, 'We essential to the eco
nomic well - being of agriculture
... a debt-free farmer is prepared
for any eventuality." Happily,
the soundness of this theory al
ready has established itself in the
minds of many farmers. Surplus
income is finding its way to banks
and government agencies that
hold farm mortgages or other
debt obligations.
The nation as a whole is show
iag a disposition to save the in
rrnneou of wv proiptnty. Thu
is true of city as well as farm.
A sample survey of the Federal
Bureau of Labor statistics reveals
that savings ot wage earners
were about 70 per cent higher
in the first quarter of 1942 than
in a similar period of 1941. War
bonds and income taxes arc tak
ing a large portion of the sur
plus, but it is safe to assume
that debt repayments are ab
sorbing much of the remainder.
This evidence of individual
thrift is a salutary development.
The months and years ahead are
clouded by uncertainty for every
citizen. There is no lack of con
fidence in the future, but there
is a firm resolve to prepare for
every possible contingency. If
private debt is reduced and' sav
ings continue to accumulate at
the present astounding rate, the
nation will be much better equip
ped to face whatever future the
post-war era introduce.
Aiheville Citizen.
I've discovered that ...
If I was quick, 1 was fast ;
If I was tied. I was fast:
If I spend too freely, I was
fast;
If I do not eat was to fast.
The OWI announces the gov
ernment s decision that one
scheduled day of rest for the in
dividual in approximately every
seven should be a universal and
invariable rule." A man named
Mo$es beat them to this an
nouncement by about 3,000 years.
Clark Gable has just enlisted
in the U. S. Army and it seems
only yesterday that he joined up
with the Confederate army as it
retreated from Atlanta.
NOTICE
Wade Pickens, having qualified
as administrator of Joseph John
Martin, deseased, late of Macon
county, N. C, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to he undersigned
on or before the 22nd day of
August, 1943, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
settlement. This 22nd da of
August, 1942.
WADS PICKENS,
A27-(n Admiaiitrttor.
The shape
Of
THINGS TO COME
In material advancement there leemi no
final stopping place for inventive genius.
God grants that the time shall come
when blueprints for man's spiritual prog
ress shad find their way into mass production.
We lit
act family
we serve to
arrange a
funeral la
keeping wHk
Ht plant at
the price It
cfcoesst to
pay.
M Sltuvi. Obit WAeJUuuJKoit
NONE 106 NIGHT PHONE
Wt SilVI AS WI
WOULD IE SIIVIO.
You Have a Job, Mr. Farmer!
REPAIR THOSE BUILDINGS!
Every farm in America is enlisted to produce
for Victory! That means barns, storage bins,
chicken houses every farm building you
have should be in the best possible condition.
Lumber is available for your building and
repair needs. Let us do the job!
We have a fine stock of the Bert
Lumber . . . Phone 117 for estimate
on your job.
Uf .M IJII II . MJ I.M-IJ.I
frWOHt 117
Poet's Corner
FARM WOMEN REPORT
THEIR WORK
By Mrs. J. M. Gurthrie
(At Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs)
Millions of jars of fruit we've
canned,
Not a vegetable was wasted on
our land ;
We've worlds of fruit juice on
our shelves.
We've saved everything except
ourselves.
We've registered soldiers and
rationed gas,
And doled out sugar for apple
"sass";
We've made couches, pillows
and mattresses, too,
And then the comforts were
made by you know who.
We've repaired our homes, put
in electric lights,
And made charming kitchens
from horrible frights;
We've raised thousands of chicks
hundreds of calves ;
Farm women never do any
thing by halves.
Our curb markets feed our city
sister,
And in the fields we often help
the "mister";
We've gone to the radio to
express our views,
And for our soldiers we've had
chickem stews.
We've se,t out trees and shrubs
and flowers,
To adorn our home and
brighten our hours;
We've gathered scrap iron,
rubber aind paper in lots,
And through the Boy Scouts
semt our aluminum pots.
Them when our Club members
become too raw,
Mrs. Estelle T. Smith gives us
parliamentary law; .
We've had Red Cross courses in
nursing and first-aid,
And oh, the Red Cross clothes
we have made !
You can never tell if our coat
suit is new,
r made from tow sacks
freshly dyed blue ;
But we've "got there" hale and
happy and hearty,
With August recreation in a
family Club party!
UNION MEETING OF
COUNTY BAPTIST ASSOC.
The uniou meeting of the Ma
con County Baptist association
will be held at the Buck Creek
Baptist church on Sunday, Aug
ust 30. Rev. Lee Crawford will
lead the devotions and Rev. R.
W. Williams will speak on the
subject of "Disgruntled Church
Members." At 11:20 a.m., Rev.
D. C. McCoy will preach, and
dinner will follow at noon. Rev.
C. F. Rogers will speak at 1:30
p.m. on "A Christinan's Duty in
A Changing World."
Fight! Work! Save!
A War Message on WAR BONDS
from the President of the United States
. . . The American people know that If we would
raise the billions which we now need to pay for the
war and at the same time prevent a disastrous rise
in the cost of living, we shall have to double and
than double the scale of our savings.
"Every dune and dollar not vitally needed for absolute ne
cessities should go Into WAR BONDS and STAMPS to add
to the striking power of our armed forces.
' If these purchases are to hare a material effect in restrain
ing price increases they must be made out of current Income.
MIn almost every individual case they should be big enough
to mean rigid self-denial, a substantial reduction for most
of ua in the scale of expenditure that is comfortable and
easy for us
'We cannot fight this war, we cannot exert our maximum
effort, on a apend-aa-usual basis.
We cannot have all we want if our soldiers and sailors arc
to have all they need."
Franklin D. Roovlt
&m War Savings Bonds
snoot snurCrtr with out tors.
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