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Editor ? 1MI8-1938
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The Torres Of Disunity
The forces of disunity are working in this
country. People of good intentions ,iie work
ing over time, contributing to a movement that
is rapidly shattering beliefs and hopes cherish
ed down through the years Possibly our nerves
are on edge, and we little realize what we sa\
or cio, but in no country have the forces of Hit
ler been advanced more rapidly than right here
in America where they have been advanced by
patriotic citizens and without the leadership
of a recognized fifth columnist
"What are the British doing'."' is a common
question. The all-wise tell us.they have done
"nothing." Based on reliable information: The
British, that is those Englishmen who came
from the British Isles, have sacrificed 71.8 per
cent of the men lost in battles while her colon
ies have lost only 5 per cent The Dominions
Australia, New Zealand and Canada- lost 18.2
per cent and India 5.5 per cent. Total figures are
not available, but the percentage ratio should
be sufficient to brand the talk about the Brit
ish as a contemptible lie merely designed to
tear down unity/However, before we heap crit
icism on others, it is no more than right and
just to first examine our own efforts
What have we done'' We were too few and too
late in the Pacific. We have hardly reached be
yond the taken stage in putting supplies to Rus
. sia, China and our other allies who aro doing
the bloody work on a big scale. Why, it will
take years to even offset the advantage given
Japan on a silver waiter back yonder when
scrap iron and manufactured steely were ship
ped in vast quantities
Short and Kimmel dropped the ball at Pearl
Harbor, and now the two gentlemen after be
ing parties to the useless murder of more than
8,000 men are asking to be retired with pensions
ranging up to $0,000 a year, (fur old system of
elite manners and caste ratings in Army and
Navy has been judged and found wanting.
Just last week the last automobile went off
the assembly hni . but that was two months af
ter Pearl Harbor Fabulous profits are being
reported in the high places, and labor is still
striking for its share of the spoils while the
very foundation of this nation crumbles. We
have to have a $4,000 a year dancer to boost
our morale. We have to have more folks in
Washington to unravel the red tape and send
out worthless communications than there are
in the armed forces, almost.
We are told there is a rubber shortage, but
Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones comes along
and tells us we linpurted since last December
7th over one hundred thousand tons of rubber.
We hear much about sugar rationingryrt some
vouch and declare there is no shortage.
Official Washington, there is some hoarding
going on among the common swine of this
country, but the common people are ready to
support the war effort even down to a sugar
less cup of coffee. But they look to you for
leadership and straight-forward instructions.
Get your house in order and the common peo
ple will follow, but as long as the muddle lasts,
we'll talk about others in an effort to cover up
our own shortcomings. Tell the world we are
licked to date, that only sweat, blood and tears
will turn the tide and keep America free. A
crowded payroll in Washington can only ag
gravate disunity.
Empty I'atrioliun
"five minutes after the United States de
clared war on the Axis, I hurig my American
flag across our front porch, there to remain un
til the United States has emerged victorious.
Won't you please urge all other American wo
men and mothers to do likewise, thereby pro
claiming to the world they are Americans?"
"ftle above spurt of patriotism and The re
quest appeared in a metropolitan newspaper a
short time ago. Old Glory, waving in the breeze
and in God's sunshine, is pleasing to the eyes of
every true American. But when the flag is al
lowed to droop in the rain, somehow or other
it represents an appalling picture, a picture of
some young American boy lying wounded on
.a rain-soaked battlefield, lying there helpless
while we harbor our exacting wants inside and
is the midst of comfort and plenty.
There is nothing wrong in displaying Old
Glory; in fact, we like to gaze upon it and re
flect again on all that for which it stands. But
there are more ways of demonstrating one's
patriotism than just attaching a flag to a pole.
Honest-to-goodness patriotism is best reflected
in hard work, self-denial and grim determina
tion to do our daily tasks humbly and do them
well. Honest-to-goodness patriotism is best re
flected in our willingness to do our bit without
grumbling, to pay taxes and more taxes cheer
fully, to buy bonds for an offensive, to share
what we have to promote the war effort. We
can fly a thousand flags and be a fifth column
ist at the same time. We can't be patriotic when
we continually harp about our individual lots
while young men march forth to offer their
lives, inadequately armed and equipped be
cause of greed and selfishness hiding in our
questionable acts and behind the Stars and
Stripes of an American flag.
i.unli I'ulriitlium
The following, clipped from a recent issue of
the Charlotte News, fits well into our hollow,
disgusting and contemptible patriotism, ami
needs no comment
Looking behind the figures on the amount of
defense stamps being bought in Charlotte re
veals the startling fact that a large percentage
ol the stumps are being redeemed for cash, not
for bonds.
"Acting Postmaster Keelv Grice today releas
ed figures for January on sale and redemption
of stamps at the Charlotte Post Office.
"Stamps were sold in a total amount of $45,
928.95. That is an impressive figure, but it does
not tell the whole story.
"The figures on redemption of stamps show
that only $10,580.90 worth were redeemed for
defense bpnds, while $20,594.90 worth of stamps
were redeemed for cash."
Possibly Charlotte, despite the millions of dol
lar. spent there by the government, ran head
long into a depression and its people had to cash
their savings stamps to finance their pleasure
spu es and maintain a respectable standard of
living. And just think, Charlotte is not alone
when it comes to squeezing the cash out of the
little green and red stickers. Down here where
there is no sign of war except for an occasion
al convoy and where the 1982 depression would
look like boom times compared with what's
staring up in the face, why the exchange of
stamps for cash would seem quite all right. But
for Charlotte, the very cradle of patriotism, to
go all out for cash causes one to doubt the mean
ing of all the endless talk about the war effort
among the civilian population. And still there
are those who have the audacity to refer to Pearl
1 larboi
(hit Of Date
II this country ever plans to accomplish any
thing, it must stop offering defense bonds for
sale. It will have to be frank with the people
and tell them that "offense" bonds must be
bought and bought in vast numbers.
Fi'g/il On!
By Ruth Taylor. ,
From his room at the White House, Lincoln
looked out of the window at the flickering camp
fires of the enemy entrenched across the Poto
mac. So near had defeat come to the Capital
of the nation. Then he rose and went to meet
his rebellious Cabinet, to stand firm against
those who cautioned compromise. He was re
solved to fight to the end for a united natibn.
Washington walked alone in the snow at Val
ley Forge snow stained scarlet by the bleed
ing feet of his humble followers. His army was
starving. His forces grew steadily smaller as the
toll of those who could not face defeat grew
larger. Congress argued, blamed, and did noth
ing. He was without money and almost with
out friends. Defeat was imminent?but he pray
ed for guidance, tightened his. belt, increased the
discipline of both himself and his men and went
ahoaH to win _J
Down upon Cherry Valley swooped the In
dians in a frightful massacre which devastated
that peaceful community and destroyed in a
night the laborious work of years in carving
homes out of the wilderness. But scarcely had
the marauders left, and while tlie ashes of their
homes were still red, those settlers who surviv
ed, crept out of their hiding places and went
back to rebuild their homes and till their fields
again.
Earlier still, in that dread winter three hun
dred and twenty years ago, pestilence broke
out in the little Colony of Plymouth. Two-thirds
of the colonists polished- but when the sprmg
came, over the leveled graves of their dead the
remaining men and women sowed maize, that
none might know how great was their loss.
Then they went on about their business of liv
ing, dt'tci mined to leinain free tu worship God ~
according to the dictates of their conscience.
To the man of faith, defeat is but a challenge
to carry on. It is a hurdle in his path to be tak
en in stride. It is not the end of the road.
We must face the fact that all news cannot
be good news. That all men cannot be perfect.
We must have brave and enduring hearts in
our hours of trouble. We must know that only
the last battle determines the victory, and we
must battle through to the end, without stop
ping to allocate blame. Only as we put defeat
behind us, can we go forward to Victory.
Talk to the point, and stop when you reach
it. Be comprehensive in all you say and write.
To fill a volume about nothing is a credit to
nobody.?John Neal.
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Horses, Mules Claim
Attention On Farm
Much has been said and written
about "Old Dobbin" resuming his
place in the "agricultural sun" ?
about a return to the horse and bug
gy days, now that war-time short
ages of tires and metals threaten to
restrict the use of modern labor-sav
ing tractors and machines.
Sam L. Williams, assistant Exten
sion animal husbandman of N. C.
State College, says the horses and
mules have never lost their import
ance on the farm. "The value of
workstock on North Carolina farms
is twice as great as the value of all
hogs and sheep," he declared.
"Horses and mules furnish a large
percentage of the basic power essen
tial in the production of all agricul
tural commodities," he continued
"This has always been true, despite
the increase in tractors and other I
machinery in use on the farm.
"Raising horses and mules is a j
profitable business when they are
used as a source of farm power, and
Phosphate And Lime Causes
Hi# Increase In Crop Yield
J. W. Howell, of Jefferson, Ashe
County, has phosphated and limed
his entire farm in the past three
years, causing his crop yields and the
grazing capacity of his pastures to
double.
as a means of supplementing the
farm income through the sale of sur
plus animals produced. Four good
animals can plow four, disc 15 or
harrow 30 acres a day in the spring;
do other kinds of farm work at a
proportionate rate; and raise enough
| colts to furnish replacements, if
wisely managed
"In this way, the work animals
reaching an age of 6 or 7 years can
I be sold each year and younger ani
mals bred to replace them. A good
team of well-broken horses or mules
will demand a much higher price
! than matched pairs of yearlings or
two-year-olds."
Williams says that pasture is the
first consideration in properly feed
ing workstock. He also called atten
tion to the need for controlling par
asites and diseases of work animals.
Third Of N. C. Farms
Are Raising No Hogs
Southerners have a reputation for
eating more than our proportionate
share of pork. Yet, says Prof. Earl
H. Hostetler, State College animal
husbandman, the 1940 census show
ed that 86,604 of the 278,276 farms
in North Carolina were raising no
hogs. Pork is one of the most im
portant of the "Victory Foods."
"Pigs reproduce more rapidly, and
can furnish the family table with a
greater quantity of tasty products
in a shorter time than any of the
other farm animals," Prof. Hostet
ler declared. "Then too, the initial
cost of the pig is now; it will eat and
utilize a wide variety of feeds, and
will do equally as well when fed
alone or with a group of other pigs."
The State College leader says
these are some of the reasons why a
farmer with only a few acres of land
can produce his own supply of pork,
and thereby contribute to the "Food
for Victory" program by relieving
other producers who are equipped
for the commercial production of
beef, lamb, milk and other livestock
products. This will also relieve trans
portation and storage facilities for
other purposes.
Hostetler says that swine can be
raised far more rapidly and econom
ically now than formerly, due to
more vigorous, prolific breeding
stock and more knowledge of the
value of sanitary management and
efficient feeding.
"Good pasture, clean water and
! sanitary quarters are all very im
portant in hog production," the an
imal husbandman declared. "Exper
ience also has proved that it usually
pays to full-feed pigs from the time
they begin to eat until they are mar
keted or slaughtered.
Lengthen the Life
Of Your TIRES
Dik* to the serious xliiirlugi' of automo
bile tircK, we suggest lliut you do every
thing possible to make your tires lust us
long us possible.
HAVE YOUR TIRES CHECKED
AND BALANCED!
We have recently installed u wheel bal
ancing machine which will detect an un
balanced condition in tires. We have
men experienced in the operation of this
machine. Start saving your tires now!
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