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Friday. May 7, 1943.
Still Isolationist Bent
Robert Rice Reynolds is still bent on isola
tionism. He made a perfect ass of himself when
he informed the country that no war was in
sight. That was just a short time before the
fire broke out. Repeatedly he has tried to ex
plain away his fumbling. His efforts did not
make sense, and even now he is lapping up
the sayings of the isolationist press. Instead of
looking and digging for facts that would sup
port the war program, he digs de^p into t.he
Chicago Herald Tribune and comes out with
seeds of discord. He has them inserted in the
Congressional Record, apparently knowing that
his action will create more disunity.
Bob Reynolds has erred, and it would appear
now that he will make his job as Senator and
Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Com
mittee secondary, that he will spend his time,
or a greater part of it, defending his asinine
actions as a senatorial clown under a world
tent.
Bob Reynolds, as chairman of the important
committee, has a duty to perform, and that du
ty is not to stir up and create disunity, but to
prosecute the war. When he digs into the iso
lationist press and digs out seeds of discord he
is delaying the end of the war. And when he
does that he is not serving the wishes of the
men doing the fighting and the fighting men’s
loved ones back home.
.Bob ru-ynoids, as chairman of the Military |
Affairs Committee, can well muzzle his dia- j
tribes against our other allies, and realize that !
they are not the only ones that have skin on !
their backs, that we are fighting to protect our I
own selves, that what our allies do helps us
just as much so as our aid helps them.
On The Spot
Like the little chap who throws a spit ball in <
school and then quickly turns and engages his
time ana actions to something else, the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers comes out with
the weak declaration that it has been too busy
to engage in propaganda, and has no interest iii i
school textbooks.
w by did the N. A. M. spend $10,000 investigat- \ :
ing textbooks not so long ago? The N. A. M al
so says its boys are busy obeying laws and
has done little in combatting legislation and j
bureaucratic invasion of their rights. If the
boys are obeying the laws, they have a big job, 1
all right, but why do they say they have done s
nothing to influence legislation when it is
claimed they spend several million dollars an- i
nually lobbying in and around the nation’s and 1
state capitals? i ,
The N. A. M., or no other agency, for that mat- i
! xer. can spend as muen money as that and th«n
j “duck” its head quick enough to throw off sus
i picion.
i lieave it up to the N. A. M., and the common
j man n this countr; would have no rights oth
| or than the one*to fight for their country.
Troublous Times Ahead *
Rationiiig authorities are heading for troubl
ous times. The days of sugar allotments for pre
serving are almost at hand again. Last year, the
-m***., y.,
gar. Those who toid the truth, did not gef cm
ough sugar. There was little complaint. But
those who have played the game fair are tiring
of the inequalities and rppftnr going the rounds
now point to the wholesale manufacture of
liars this canning season. H e are .getting.tired
of being played for suckers while others enjoy
a rich abundance,” is the attitude trial is being
expressed more generally than ever before.
Those who have tried to play the game fair rea
son that if it is necessary for one to conserve su
gar. gas or whatnot., it is necessary for all to
conserve.
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The honor system has about br/ker. down, and
if the authorities continue to place a premium
on lies, the number of liars and cheaters is cer
tain to grown . f
While it is still right for eveyope to reckon
his own basic needs and ask accordingly, it is
also right to protect those who play the game
fair. f
n Finger's
By Ruth Taylor.
Happy indeed are those fortunate people who
live close to the land where they can watch and
tend growing things. And doubly fortunate
are those with “green fingers” who have a kin
ship with the elements of nature, those at
whose touch the earth blossoms forth
My grandmother v'as one of them. Give her
a plot of ground no bigger than a pocket hand
kerchief and she started a garden. It was a
haphazard sort, of affair for her flowers bor
dered the vegetables and wherever there was
a spare inch of earth, she started something
growing. She was a spendthrift of time and hos
pitality, but a miser when it came to buying
anything she could grow. Her garden was also ;
her joy and her comfort for she used to say if i
you had a quick temper and an impatient dis- 1
position, there was no cure like a garden—you j
could watch all of life in it and you learned to •
wait patiently for the fruit of your handiwork. '
This year we are urged to go back to the •
’and, to start “Victory Gardens,” to plant and
tend and harvest from our own soil the fruit
of the earth so that we may all be well fed.
They did not call them Victory gardens in pi
oneer days, nor in our grandparents' times. They
were just part of the family task of earning a
living back in the days when people lived as
families, each member, adult or child, contribut- I
ing his or her share to the common welfare. All |
we are being asked to do now is just what those j
before us did as a matter of course.
We must tend our gardens carefully this year.
But in our g .rdens, both of the soil and of life,
we must take care to plant the right seeds. We
must watch over them, watering with care, not
washing out the young plants with floods of
'motion nor letting them damp out under the
lank chill of indifference. We must weed out
he false growths, the tares that choke, the
lateful smothering things that suck the nour
shment from the growing foods.
in our gardens let us study the immutable
aws of nature fulfilling the destiny of life it- j
;clf. Let us weed out our unreasoning hatreds
md prejudices and throw them on the compost
leap or burn them up. Let us grow only those
ilants which nourish or give beauty—and let
is border our gardens with the bright pinks of
riendliness, the fragrant mignonette of under
tanding, the purple pansies of thoughtfulness.
And let us remember that a garden blooms
lot for one alone, but for all. As Henry Van
Dyke said, let us make a garden for our kind
eelings with the gate ever open to those who
>ass by.
WHAT CA^ I 00 FOR YOU, GENTLEMEN?
CHURCH
NEWS
Piney Grove Baptist
Regular services at Piney Grove
Baptist Church Saturday and Sun- |
day at 11 o’clock. Sunday is Mother’s |
Day. Those whose mothers are living I
should try to do something to make I
them happy, and those whose are |
dead should honor there by doiy.g ?
good deed, !o make others happy. \
You can do that by making a worthy
offering for the Baptist Hospital, in
Winston-Salem, to help relieve hu
man suffering. It is hoped that the
membership will attend these serv
ices and the public is invited !,
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CHRISTIAN
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Bible school, 9 45 a. m. (
Morning worship, 11:00 a. m.
Dr. Cecil A. Jarman, of Atlantic
Christian College, will speak at the -
morning service. Special Mother’s ,
Day program. f
3:00 p. m.—Meeting of all admin
istrative officers, teachers and
ithers for an evaluation of church
school program. £
8:00 p. m.—Promotional rally for c
idult and youth conferences with : s
Rowing of conference pictures. The 1
jeneral public is invited. s
Monday, 8:30 p. m., Junior Phi- c
athea Bible Class meets with Mrs. t
rack Hardison with Mrs. Woodrow
ones as joint hostess.
Tuesday, 8:30 r> tn.. choir re
c
c
hear sal at the ertuiXh.
Mid-week prayer service Wednes
day evening at 2.30 o’ciotk.
METHODIST
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 )0 o’clock,:
sermon subject: "'Mother and Home”
Youth fellowship, 7:09 p. m.
Evening worship, 8:39 o’clock
Prayer meeting Wednesday 8:30
p. m , followed by choir rehearsal.
Note change in the hour of all
evening services from 8 to 8:30.
BAPTIST
Bible School: 9:45 a. m., lesson
topic: "Essentials of Christian Lead
ership' .
Worship Service, 11:00 a. m. Serm
on subject: “A Nobie Mother”.
Training Union, 7:30 p. m. The
nothers of the members are to be
quests of the Union.
Worship Service, 8:30 p. n: Serm
>n subject, “Behold Thy Mother”
Fellowship service, 8:30 p. m. on
Vednesday.
(Please note change in the time j
if evening services).
New Appeal Is Made
['or More War Crops
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The nation’s urgent need for food
nd fiber crops to fill war-time re
uirements this year makes it es
ential that farmers plant to the full
mit of their capacity before the
pring planting season is over, ac
cording to G. T. Scott, chairman of
le State USDA War Board.
“This year is probably the most
ritical year in the history of Amcri
tn agriculture," Scott said. "War
j time needs for food have grown
steadily for the part two years, and
it is estimated military and Lend
Lease purchases will take about one
fourth of the 1943 farm output. De
mands for food vary greatly from
' time to time, and each new offen
sive by the United Nations means
more food is necessary . We who grow
i this food must meet our production
feoals if we expect our fighters and
war workers to meet theirs.”
In a recent appeal for increased
plantings Chester Davis, War Food
Administrator, pledged efforts of
that agency to organise the nation’s
dit;onat*^T?acnm95^B!®£irrii.ms can
harvest the crops planted, and to
work for continued adequate price
supperk m protect farmers ->iv. - f
market places.
‘‘With these facts in mind, it is up
to us as fanners to take a greater de
gree of ~bs2iec "li.is year and plant
the full acreage v. e can expect to
handle under the most favorable con
ditions.”
In increasing plantings, he said,
farmers should not overlook the ur
gent need for 4nore feed grain and
hay crops which are essential if rec
ord livestock production is to be
maintained.
News From The Soil
Conservation Front
m
Mr. W. O. Pcele, a farmer in the
Macedonia community, who is coop
erating with the Coastal Plain soil
conservatior district and who recent
ly completed building some nice ter
races on his farm with the help of
the work unit conservationist, has
finished laying off his rows on the
contour or running them with the
terraces as guide lines. This is a new
'imm-amm* 'feJiiMk,
but lie did a very nice job. He told
me that he thought he had erosion
pretty well stopped on this field.
Mr. J. F. Crisp, of Oak City, and
J. L. Knowles, of Dardens, also com
pleted building terraces on one field
each. They will also farm WitiTier
races on these fields. As terracing
and contour farming is a compara
tively new thing in Martin County
these men feel that one field each is
all they will try this year.
f-•-— t
Mr and Mrs. Edgar Johnson of
Robfrsonville visited nere yester
day
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WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
Two New Holland
Transplanters
We have 2 new Holland To
haeeo Transplanters which
are allotted for Martin
County for sale at our place
of business. If you are el
igible for one, be sure to gee
us before you buy.
Better Chevrolet Co.
ROBERSONVILLE, N. C.
PRETTY COTTONS
For Mother’s Day!
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Fresh American cotton—coast to coast favorite
from now on! Sunshine-bright and marvelously
practical—you'll see them scooting off to market,
lunching out, dining and dancing after dark—look
ing mint-fresh and picture-pretty on everyone. Pick
your cottons here today from crisp ginghams, seer
suckers, chamhrays, piques, mattress-ticking cot
tons—in beau-catching dirndls, casuals, “go-every
fehere suii dresses, ruffled cottons! Wonderful
everywhere and so sturdy—they all wash fresh as
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One- and two-piece styles,
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