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Friday, December H, 1D44.
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It Makes You Feel Good
Martin County recently completed its United
War Fund Drive. The quota was met, but sad
to relate, the drive had about some of the dark- j
est spots imaginable. The indifference in some (
quarters was really disheartening, so much so,
that the publicity committee ruled that it would
not be advisable to acknowledge the individual
contributions. Reports from one of the dark
spots point out that the contributors complain
ed about this drive, that drive and another drive,
and so on and on, one complainer satisfying his
conscience with a 25-cent piece and thinking
nothing about seven dollars or more for a sport
shirt
The contributions to the War Fund are in the
national treasury. Martin County supporters of
the recent drive are assured that their work was
not in vaui. Quentin Reynolds writing about a
USO show says:
“Pat O’Brien was there that night ... I went. I
to see him perform . . . the place was packed j
with American boys hungry for the sight of I
someone who had just arrived from home ... I
hungry for some relaxation and entertainment j
sent to them by the folks back home . . . Pat j
O’Brien stayed on the stage for over two hours
... he told every gag and sang every song he
knew, and when sheer exhaustion ford'd him
to stop, the men arose and cheered for eight
minutes.
"O’Brien stumbled into the wings of the thea
ter and collapsed.
"His lace was drawn; he had lost twenty
pounds since I’d seen him three weeks before
in New York.
“He had been giving three and four shows a
day and flying anywhere the Air Transport
Command had asked him to go. I told him he’d
better take a rest, and the Irishman laughed.
“ ’These guys here don’t get much time to
rest,’ he said wearily. ‘Those guys at Guadalcan
al didn’t get much chance to rest, our men go
out of one scrap into another and don’t get much
chance to rest do they?—What right have we
civilians got to rest?—I’ll give a show anywhere,
any tune, as long as even only two kids in uni
form from back home ask for me!’ ”
In Name Only
We say our Nation is a Christian one, that
we are a religious people It is not to be denied
that religion is a powerful force in this country,
bur "isn't it an Hctoal fact that m any; 'pes, e ma
jority, are Christian m name only.
Less than half the people have their names
on the church rolls. We spend far more for evil
things and things directly opposed to religious
principles and teachings than we give in sup
port of the church, not to mention a rapidly
increasing pleasure bill. We are a bit like the
cynic who knew the price of everything and
the value of nothing.
It would seem that Pr Bennett in, “Christian
ity and Our World,’’ sounds a timely warning
when he says, “Unethical religion is far great
er danger to religion than secularism. It is pos
sible to be closer to God in seeking what God
wills while denying his existence, than in de
fending an unjust order of things while prais
ing him.”
In other words those who profess to be Chris
tians in name only are possibly further from
God than those who do not profess to be Chris
tians, but who pattern thei^jn^lives after the
teachings of the Christ.
Hurtful
Our apparent indifference to the war effort,
our chiseling and selfishness are taking their
toll in the hearts of mothers and others who
have loved ones in the war. Little do we real
ize that our job rides, our spending sprees and
our misrepresentations are stinging the very
hearts of those who have relatives in service and
who are trying to carry on in every way pos
sible that peace may come sooner.
The mother of a badly wounded son writes:
“The people here, living in luxury, do not
seem to realize a war is going on, that our boys
are going through hardships. These things are
very hurtful to me.”
“Love one another, as I have loved you.” No
estrangement, no amulation, no deceit, enters
into the heart that loves as Jesus loved. It is a
false sense of love that, like the summer brook,
soon gets dry.—Mary Baker Eddy.
Faith, like light, should always be simple and
unbending; while love, like warmth, should
beam forth on every side, and bend to every
necessity of our brethren.—Martin Luther.
NEW FUEHRER
fllXTY SIGfc
-he wants ter know,
Ef you dont bottle up sum sunshine
during the glory-days of summer,
hadn't you jest as well git ready to
shiver when ther shadows fall in
ther fall?
Hit looks to me lak North Caliny’s
daughly Doughton is about to mis
step into one thre bog-holes of South
Caliny’s Cotton Ed. Cotton Ed was
u cusser frum way-back, when hit
cum to argafyin that he couldnt
make a mistake. He jest couldn't
understand why, ef he was eternly
right on sum things, he shouldnt be
eternly right on all things So he
jest couldnt be persuaded. And sum
ther things hp couldnt be persuaded
on, is what got 'im on ther outs with
ther majority rule of his own voters.
And right on top of all this corns
Mr. Doughton, that has earned ther
back in of his voters so many times,
fer ther big and right things he has
dun ,and makes it look lak he is
about to play shut-eye to ther nigger
in ther wood pile, on this paramount
question of Social Security. North
Caliny’s Governor Broughton said
he wont a-goin to let his state plav
no more Santy Claus to no more W
P A's. And hit was after ther liltle
$10 W P A checks had kept down
a bread-war, and had saved ther no
jobbers frum starvin in heaps and ,
piles, and had saved 00 percent of
ther merchants frum goin broke fer,
ther want of sum cash trade that |:
they didnt utherwise git.
And now cums Mr Doughton and i
says he's a-backin ther “freeze” on ,
Social Security tax. Now ef ther
boys thats a-giltin from one to two
dollars a-aur, whar they uster git
50c to $1 a day, and bi/.ness-profits
that elum from 40 billion a year to
150 billion a year, ' ant be “induced”
to stand sow. '• per-ccrd? <y* savins
fer ther sake of old age security,
then hits hi-time Govnei Broughton
was gittin ready to see sum uthor
Govner welcurn summo W P A’s,
when ther fat sto s frvin, and ther
snow falls on ther heads of ther mul
titude.
And P. S Hit don’t look so good
to see that ther biggest backing Mr
Doughton has got fer ther “freeze”,
is a solid frunt frum ther Republikin
side. Ther boys back home hav just
voted YES to sum Congress support
to Mr Roosevelt.
PROITTABJ E CROP
Red cedar for Christmas trees is
a profitable crop for idle land, re
ports R. W. Graeber, in charge of
Extension forestry at State College.
SUNNY OCTOBER
A sunny October aided U. S. hens
in laying 7 per cent more eggs than
in any like period in years. Milk
production per cow was also larger.
The high cost of living
The low price of electricity
Look at the cost of living— up
25.4% since 1939.* Or would you
rather not?
Then look at the cost of elec
tricity — down 3.2% during the same
period!* Feel better?
Of course, the reduction is a nation
wide average, and partly due to in
creased usage, which earns lower
rates. But it continues a long-time
tread.
In fact, the average American
family gets about twice as much elec
tricity lor its money today as it did
15 years ago!
*SsM f funs Uum <J. $. lira) at USat tiaHahu
(So why isn’t your bill cut in half?
Because you have more electric ser
vants now. Kilowatt-hours are cheaper
— but you’re using a lot more of ’em!)
Will you pardon us a moment while
we point with pride tq our wartime
record? Production up — price down
— no rationing — no thorlages.
Thanks to far-sighted butinett
management, every war plant making
weapons has had plenty of electric
power. And to will every peacetime
factory making Jebtl
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TiteSr Exile Entls
EN ROUTE to their home in Rutland,
Vt., are Capl Truman Hem in way,
with his wife and littfc daughter
wlio. after four years, finally are
able to leave the Philippines Capt.
Heininway escaped from Mindanao
when the Japs took over and joined
a Filipino guerrilla group He was
a coast watcher when the Yanks
came back. (International)
Speed of Black Bear
(s 18 Miles Per Hour
How fast can a bear run? A 150
)ound bear can run at least 18 miles
in hour, according to J. L. Rea, Jr!,
•esident superintendent of the N. C.
department of Agriculture Test
?arm in Washington County.
Rea reported that he saw the bear
ibout dusk one day recently while
'driving down the old swamp-lined
Pungo Turnpike *rom Plymouth to
Wenona. Tliere was a large canal
on either side of the road, and th-1
bear did not want to go into the
! water, so he changed his pace from
a jogging trot to a full loping gallop.
At IB miles an hour, said Rea, the
j bear saw it was the car or the water,
and he chose the latter.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
j North Carolina, Martin County—in
the Superior Court.
j James Everett vs. Elmcra Everett
I Defendant is notified that an ac
r wp» BPffgTc1 vji1, rarwrerg*
1 menced in the Superior Court, Mar
tin County, North Carolina; mat a
duly verified complaint has been fil
ed with the undersigned Clerk in
which it is alleged that plaintiff and
defendant have lived separate and
i apart as man and wife for two years
| or more prior to the bringing of this
i action. This process is returnable at
the office of the undersigned Clerk
i at Williamslon, N. C., on Monday,
! January 4, 1945, and defendant is
| required to answer or demur on said
date or within twenty (20) bays
; thereafter as provided by the laws
'• of the State of North Carolina.
This 28th day of November, 1944.
-tm ■ ,
h-t 4t~ .. Superior Court.
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HOILYWOOB EVERY SUNDAY AmRNOBN
Public Audience Thrill
BIG MONEY PRIZES
Riot of Fun & Excitement
WE BUY
Scrap Tobacco
WE FAY
Highest Market Prices!
W. I. SKINNER
AND COMPANY
WILLI AMSTON, N. C.
Auction Sale
Farm Equipment, Implements & Team
VVe will sell at Public Auction to the highest
bidder, a large number of farming
implements and team oil
Thursday, December 14th
AT 1:00 O’CLOCK P. M, ON THE
O. T. EVERETT FARM
NEAR HAMILTON ON HIGHWAY 125
(BETWEEN OAK CITY ANI> HAMII,TON)
Farm has been sold to new owner and the following must be sold:
8 Double Horse Plows
7 Single Horse Plows
4 Section Harrows
3 Peanut Weeders
Several good horse-drawn discs
3 ('arts
3 Wagons
Several Thousand Tobacco Sticks
1 Livermon Peanut Picker
1 John Deere Power Hay Press
I John Deere “A” Tractor
8 Tobacco Trucks
Several Guano Sowers
1 2-row Fertilizer Sower
1 Deli .nger Hi. miner Mill
3 Ayers Peanut Planters
1 Seed Drill
16 Young Mules
1 large gasoline storage tank & pump
I large store, known as Peel Store
1 Sales Stable and Lot
1 Hay Rake
1 Boyette Tobacco Sprayer
1 New Case Mowing Machine
2 Stalk Cutters
7 Gang Plows
I Tobacco Transplanter
l I urner Peanut Shelter with 5-horse Electric Motor (complete)
Collars. Haines, Traces, Gear, Hoes, Forks and Shovels, and Other
Small Farming Implements.
1 1941 Model Ford Pick-up Truck (six cylinders)
All items are in good condition. Several hundred bushels of
corn will be offered subject to prioi sale.
JOHNSON-MATTHEWS COMPANY
HAMILTON, NORTH CAROLINA.