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The BicyclitU Attain
The bicyclists are i idirig again, ignoring all
the rules of safety and flirting with death it
self Last Friday evening, cyclists joined the
parade to a fire near the river, weaving 111 and
out of traffic after a dangerous fashion and
causing one to come to the conclusion that the
Jimmy Mitchell and other similar but less ser
ious cases had been in vain, that reckless youth
and quite a few grown-ups. too. will risk their
lives in a dashing parade to a lire
When the superior court in this county re
cently gave the bicyclist the right-of-way over
fire-fighting equipment and firemen, that
court did not guarantee his safety Only parents
can work to guarantee safety for their children
on bicycles during a fire; they must tejich them
to withdraw from the race and seek safety be
side then wheels on the sidewalks or at some
other point out of the line of traffic.
Seven boys, some carrying passengers on
the crossbar, followed the fire-fighting equip
ment to the fire near the river last Friday eve
ning. As far as it can be learned not a single
warning was issued against the dangerous prac
tice. but if one boy, just one. had been injured,
the publicTmd~thr courts could be, in the light
of past events, expected to raise up and chal
lenge the right of volunteer firemen to even go
to a fire It is true that a fireman or no other
person should drive unduly fast 111 going to a
fire. It is also true that general traffic is denied
by law the right to travel within one block of
fire-fighting equipment while a call is being
answered
Observe the movement of traffic including
cyclists during the next fire and note the fla
grant violations of the law and the disregard
for safet\
Iii tin? Same of the Lean Fortunate
In the name of the less fortunate, a drive will
be launched again to cheer the souls of the
needy little tots in this community at Christ
mas time. Plans for the cheer movement have
not been definitely formulated, but several
whose opportunity it has been in years past To :
evaluate its merits and spirit of good will and
cheer among the less fortunate are agreed that
the work must be carried on again this Christ- i
mas season . ?
If our people would get the most out of the
season, let them voluntarily enter into the
movement. It isn't how much one gives to the ;
cause, but the extent to which he enters into
-the movement that counts. Pack up that little
toV or article that holds so much potential pleas
ure for some unfortunate tot and deliver it in
person to the cheer headquarters. Dig up the
buried talents and put them to use in a cause
that binds evei closer the spirit of humanity
among all classes and creeds.
Practice A* Well An Preach
Our great trouble with the world today is
that everyone is preaching from housetops, tell
ing others how to live, how to eat, how to grow
fat or lean as the case may be, how to drive
safely, how to keep peace, how to run the coun
try and how the other guy should run his own
business. After the preaching is done, we gen
erally practice as we please
There's the club member who talks to the
group about beautification and then walks
across the lawn and who never thinks to teach
the children to be thoughtful of others and
protect the property of others. No one seems to
teach the children that it is wrong to take ad
vantage of another or to wreck the property
of others. We turn to the welfare agency to
look after the wayward. We turn to the safety
division to teach our children safety. We de
pend too much on the school to educate the
youth. We turn to the other fellow when a dif
ficult task is to be done. But we can preach and
shout about how things should be done
The truth of the matter is that we are all
too busy preaching to find time to practice
those things in which youth might find an ex
ample fit to follow.
There's the automobile driver who criticises
others who spaed by the children, but who
never thinks about others.
If we are to throw a greater safety around
our children, we must stop depending upon the
other fellow to do all the safety work; we must
practice the rules of safety ourselves. We have
got to recognize our own faults and not think
as a motorist on a local street thought a few
days ago while backing an automobile away
from the curb The driver backed into a vehicle
that was passing on the other side of the street
and declared to police, "the other driver ran
right into me."
There's the person who criticises another for
patronizing the out-of-town merchant, but who
will turn and spend extra money to buy out
of town. We somehow or other feel that it is
the obligation of others to keep the ole town
running while we reserve for ourselves the
right to do as we please, to criticise it and deny
it a legitimate support.
We have reached that point where we deem
it an inherent right to dictate to others, but to
resent constructive suggestions from others
and to even think it our right to take reprisal
and damaging action against those who would
even question our motives.
We wonder why there is so much turmoil in
the world today Well, one doesn't have to go
out of town to see the foundation for much of
the trouble
Aitlin/i I nionium
John L Lewis has been charged with creat
ing labor troubles We hold no score for Lew
is, but it must be admitted that he has done
much for "buried" coal miners in this country.
He may have led coal miners, but the real cause
for unions and labor organizations is found in
a little story- about Philip Francis Murray ap
pearing recently in the Philadelphia Record.
Telling how coal mine operators stole from
their workers and how the helpless were held
ill.bondage^ the story dates back years ago. It
reads, in part: "Short-changed by a weightmas
ter, Murray licked him with his fists. Six hun
dred miners struck to back him up, but they
lost The deputies ran Murray out of town and
into trade unionism as a career."
It is reasonable to believe that Murray would
not be at the head of the Congress of Industrial
Organization today had he received a fair deal
at the hands of that weightmaster. Possibly
thousands upon thousands of union members
would he in open shops in every trade and in
dustry today had they not been forced into or
ganizations to protect themselves and maintain
just, human rights against the unscrupulous,
the lords of industry who have stepped to empty
fame and fortune upon the -sweat and labor of
helpless humanity.
The unions are not perfect, but the trouble
brewed by such organizations is to be accepted
lather than the slave conditions created and
maintained by ruthless and inhuman employ
ers and sweatshop operators.
Revirinft Faith in Democracy
Berlie Ledger-Advance.
The Superior court judges of North Carolina
are currently demonstrating that a Superior
court judgeship is one of the most important
public offices in this great commonwealth when
conscientiously and aggressively filled.
And, vastly more important, the Superior
court judges are demonstrating that self-gov
ernment is entirely workable at a time when
the democracies of the world are undergoing
an ordeal by fire.
By their leadership and direction North Car
olina's Superior court judges are instilling a
new respect for their own form of government
in the minds of the rank and lile who comprise
a democracy. Working with grand juries and
solicitors the judges are rapidly putting an end
to one of the most brazen, wholesale violations
of law ever seen in North Carolina?the slot
machine racket. In addition the judges are
pointing out to grand juries the wholesale law
violation of literally thousands of otherwise
good citizens who annually do not list their
polls and personal property for taxation.
To the Superior court judges of North Car
olina go our warmest congratulations on the
good beginning of a good job and an earnest
wish that their enthusiasm in good govern
ment be sustained so that the rank and file will
continue to respect the democratic institutions
of our government.
Doc Anklam used to say: I always figger it's
good to have money and all the things that
money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up
once in a while to make sure you haven't lost
the things that money can't buy.
Sincerity of purpose is not a sufficient ex
cuse for dumb intelligence that works havoc
when it occupies high position.?Salem Times
Register.
Doc Anklam used to say The sermons you
hear always seem to fit somebody else to a T.
Doc Anklam used to say: Lots of fellas figure
they ought to have high wages on their first
job, 'cause it's much harder work when you
don't know anything about it.
Doc Anklam used to say: There's nothin' will
make a man look quite so foolish as a hat store
mirror.
A news item says Moscow residents avei
age one bath In eighteen months. Things Ilk
this are what attract young boys to Commur
ism?Louisville Courier-Journal.
God and Man
In the Bible
By KEY JOHN HARDY
Church Of The Advent
December I u universal Bible
* under Ra purpose is tn eoeour
a<e the wider circulation and
use of the Heir Scriptures. Dr
T. Z. Ken, or Shanchai. China, is
secretary of the World's Studeat
Christian Federation, and in the
article below shows an intimate
knowledce of the Bible
Clearly and definitely the Bible
sets forth the basic truth between
God and man Man is told he is not
the creator and ruler of the universe
The Bible reminds him constantly .
that he is but a created being God |
is the creator and lord of the uni
verse Man's role, therefore, will al
ways be the humble one of the crea- |
lure learning to know somethuig of
the Creator Only as man realizes
this truth will he come into the right
relationship with God That is why
111 the Bible when God is mentioned,
the words "know" and "understand"
are so often used "Be still and know
I am God"?"But let him that glor
lelh glory in this, that he under
standeth and knoweth me."
It is precisely at this point that
man has gone astray in his life today
Ha has forgotten this basic truth
about God and man From the ag
nosticism of the nineteenth century,
he has come into the atheism of the
'twentieth century The nineteenth
century man doubted the existence
of a greater-than-man and other
than-man deity The twentieth-cen
tury man denies the existence of
such a deity altogether. When man
loses his faith in one Supreme God.
he does not cease to be religious
When he does not worship a God
greater than himself, he begins to
worship idols less than himself. He
has made gods of economic deter
minism, nordic superiority, class
struggle, technocracy. New Order in
Fast Asia, and what not. These gods
create havoc with his world of spir
itual values; they exact from him
not service, but servitude which de
stroys his freedom; they soon re
duce his soul to utter despair or
downright cynicism They cannot
give him the salvation he is looking
for; nor the new social order he is
yearning after. The inevitable con
sequence of all this in human life
is compleet chaos and increasing
disintegration. Perhaps this explains
the widespread treachery revealed
by the war in Europe. Indeed the na
tions are sick unto death.
In such a world, the Bible speaks
simply but basically the words of
healing To paraphrase the words of
the prophet Jeremiah, man is bid
den by God not to glory in his scien
tific knowledge; or, in his might on
land, sea. and in the air; or, in the
gold hidden away in underground
vaults. To reestablish the right per
spective in human life, the Bible
says to man: Learn to know and un
derstand God, that He is the Su
preme Lord of the Universe. the one
unchanging reality in a changing
world, who alone gives validity to
the spiritual values of life. To know
and understand something of this is
the true knowledge that is the be
ginning of all wisdom.
Seal Sale Aids In
T uberculosis Fight
Sanatorium, N. C.?Dr. P. P. Mc
Cain, the president of the National
Tuberculosis Association and Super
intendent of the North Carolina San
atorium and Western North Carolina
Sanatorium, sends the following
massage to all North Carolinians:
Preparations for the defense of
our country against those who would
destroy our liberty and our democ
racy is rightfully engaging the at
tention of our whole nation.
Let us remember that good health,
both in our soldiers and in our ci
vilian population, is one of the es
sentials of good national defense. Tu
berculosis is one of the worst enemies
of our national health. It undermines
the health and destroys the lives not
only of our soldiers, but of men, wo
men and children in every walk of
life. Every year 60,000 of our useful
citizens die 4>f this disease. Since
1921 34,177 soldiers of the World
War have died as victims of this
Great White Plague. Since 1917 tu
berculosis in the soldiers of the
World War has cost our government
$960,000,000.
Scientists have shown us that tu
berculosis is preventable and cur
able Before the disease can be
brought under control, however, it
is necessary to teach the masses of
our people to take advantage of
these preventive measures and it is
necessary to provide the facilities
for early diagnosis and treatment.
The necessary funds for these con
trol measures have to be raised to a
large extent by the sale of Christmas
seals. Everyone who buys liberally
of Christmas seals can have the
double satisfaction of knowing that
he Is helping to control tuberculosis
and also helping the cause of nation
al defense.
Sampson Poultry men To
Keep Records On Flocks
Nine poultry men of Sampson
County will keep complete records
on their farm flocks this year to get
a better picture of this enterprise,
reports Assistant Farm Agent J. P.
StovalL
Onslow 4-H Clubs Show
Interest In Profect Work
All 4-H clubs in Onslow County
have shown more interest in project
work this year, and Indications are
that a larger percentage of projects
will be completed and reported, eeys
Assistant Farm Agent Jack Kelley.
A WONDERFUL SONG.-* THE BRITISH WW
mm ? i rk " W
CHURCH
NEWS
PRESBYTERIAN
The regular services of the Pres
byterian church will be held at all
points this Sunday.
In Williamston at the 11 o'clock
hour the Rev. R. E. McClure, of
New Bern, will spealc on the sub
ject of "The Ideal Church." Mr. Mc
Clure is pastor of the historic Pres
byterian Church in New Bern and
is also the stated clerk of the Pres
bytery.
At the other services of the
churches at Bear Grass. Poplar Point
and Roberson's Chapel the Rev. C
A. Lawrence, of Falkland will bring
the messages
The general public is cordially in
vited to hear these men.
METHODIST
Sunday school. 9:45 a. m
I Morning service, 11 a m. The pas
tor will preach.
Evening service, 7:30 p. m Rev B
B. Slaughter, presiding elder of the
Elizabeth City district, will preach
BAPTIST
Bible school, 9:45 a. m
Morning worship, 11 a m
B. T. U., 6:30 p. m
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
Mid-week prayer service, Wed
nesday evening at 7:30.
CHRISTIAN
Bible school, 9:45 a. m
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sub
ject. "Salt."
Young People meet, 8:90. Sub
ject, "Using the Bible When It
Cotfnts."
Evening service, 7:30 Subject,
"The World Today and the Baok."
Junior choir meets Monday, 7:13
p. m. Senior choir meets at 8 p. m. at
the church.
Mid-week serivce Wednesday, 7:30
p. m. Subject, "The Gospel for
Doubt."
Junior Philathea meets Friday, 8
p. m.. with Mrs. John L. Goff, at the
parsonage.
Senior Philathea class meets to
night with Mrs S. W. Manning at
8 p. m. on Watts Street.
CHURCH OF TH^ ADVENT
2nd Sunday in AdVent.
Blessed Lord, who hast caused all
Holy Scriptures to be written for our
learning: Grant that we may in such
wise hear them, read, mark, learn,
and inwardly digest them, that by
patience and comfort of the Holy
Word, we may embrace, and ever
hold fast, the blessed hope of ever
lasting life, which Thou hast given
us in our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon, 11
a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30
p. m
Forsyth farmer* Realize
Value Of Terracing
As Forsyth County farmers have
realized the value of terracing, the
demand for work by the county ter
racing unit has become so great that
all calls cannot be filled, says As
sistant Farm Agent S. R. Mitchiner
Cooperative Orders For
Trees Result in Savings
Cooperative orders for fruit and
nut trees are resulting in substantial
savings for Edgecombe County farm
families, says P H Jameson, assist
ant farm agent of the State College
Extension Service.
PRESENTING!
The Largest Assortment Of
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In Our History ? Shop Early At
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for The
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i Children'* White
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i Lingerie
i Sock*
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i Orene*
i Glove*
> I'ockplbookt
l Skirt*
i Lumber jacket*
I Galothp*
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Santa Clans Gifts
Wf have pureluined u lew very fine quality toy* for
(IhriKtimiM. The eliihlren would appreeiate the
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time he aervieeable. They eosl no more than or
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FINK QUALITY WAGONS
I'rirtil from
97c
to
$3.49
Tricycles
$1.49
Priced from
? to ?
$2.49
FINEST QUALITY
American Made
DOLLS
97c-$1.49
and $1.98
I
Cowboy Suits
97c ^
Daiden's Dept. Store
WILLIAM8TON, N. C.