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Thursday, IKovrmhrr 9. 1950
Poslm or Irm
Remembering thei rbad guesses on the
political outcome in the November, 194(1,
elections, the ole dopesters have steered
clear for the most part from the risky busi
ness of climbing out on a limb with their
election predictions this year.
Since they chose to play it more safely on
the front end, the dopesters are likely to
have a great field day in interpreting the No
vember 7 election, The Democrats will have
their own explanations; the Republicans
will have thcirs.and then the commentators
and columnists will he in the middle to add
more confusion.
So many of the elections within them
selves are mcaingless unless one would go
hack and uncover the questionable issues
in the campaign. In one state, the candida
cies were based on the isms In another it
is labor. In still another it is capital. In one
state the opposition will blow about com- !
munism, and keep silent on that issue in an
other state. In North Carolina a general elec- j
lion in the off-years is almost mcaingless.
We will he told that if the Republicans
win no more than twenty-five seats in Con
gress, the party is weak. Rut if the Republi
cans win twelve, one can expect the Repub
licans to say they are returning to power
with the 1952 contest in the bag.
So Much Iml \ rt So Lilllr
Reaping a great harvest and enjoying the
largest dividends in all history, Americans J
rcallv are possessors of great material things,
and, yet. they have so little.
Instead of Peace on Earth and good will,
we have an arnament race that could wipe
out all the material holdings along with life
itself. Possibly no generation has ever pos
sessed more of the material things; yet, at
the same time no period has greater possibil
ities of destruction.
W< vote in elections tor leaders in govern
ment, legislative and executive, and talk
much about political appointments hut, pos
sibly. the most vital need is a leadership
more spiritual than worldly.
It is about time that we realized that while
we have so much we, in the final accounting,
have so little, and that possibly it is time to
strive harder for the Spiritual than for the
material things.
Still li fill till f>
Although the over-all farm program is
generally accepted, there are enemies of ag
riculture who are still working to under
mine it and sell the farmers down the river.
Not so long ago certain Republicans who
are known to have had certain Democrats as
their guests in the hog wallow, publicised
the loss sustained bv the Commodity Credit
Corporation in supporting farm prices dur
ing the year ending last June 30. The cost
was less than $230 million, or about the same
amount being proposed for the relief of the
Filipinos.
Others who recognize the farmer as a hu
man being deserving of a spot in the nation’s
economy, are fighting back. They say that
100 percent of parity should be the guaran
tee. They point out that out of ten million
business units in this country six million of
them are individually owned and operated
farms, that there rests buying power.
They sav, “if labor wants high wages and
business wants profits and government
wants taxes, the farmer must be prosperous."
But there are those who continue sniping
at the comparatively small sum needed to
keep the economy on an even keel.
“1 would rather fail in a cause that will
ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause
that will ultimately fail.”—Who said it’
Woodruw Wilson.
That Ulterior Mot ire
So many Congressional Committee chair
men have said that so and so or this and that
should be investigated. No doubt, investiga
tions are needed, and it is also certain that
some investigations have been conducted
in good faith and with success.
But so many investigations have an ul
terior motive. The Republicans and the
Democrats, too, it appears, act to discredit
one another politically, leaving the main
thing to be investigated hanging in the air.
When investigations are conducted to
eliminate the rottenness in public affairs,
to ferret out crime and promote honesty,
and allow the chips to fall where they may,
then there’ll be better government for all.
Let the investigators discard the ulterior mo
tive and stick to the issues at hand.
Confront
In the Middle East, twenty thousand
children report to school often hungry and
in rags and tatters. Most of the schools have
no blackboards, few books, few pencils and
little paper. But they are eager to learn and
take advantage of every opportunity.
Here at home, books furnished by the tax
payers are frequently left on the school
steps over night.
In the Middle East and many foreign lands
youths jump to take advantage of every op
portunity. In our fair land too many have
to be forced to take advantage of even a few
of the many opportunities.
The Hear Echelon Soldier
By Ruth Taylor
Once I hoard throe young soldiers who had
boon wounded in the last war talk of their
experiences. One younster, who looked like
any high school boy in your town or mine,
told us that his job was that of “rear echelon
soldier” - that his unit brought up the sup
plies to the men in the front line. It was in
the performance of this sometimes called i
“cushy’ duty that he was hit - the only man ,
in his group to survive.
That is what we civilians are today - rear
echelon or supply soldiers. We do not go up
to the front lines to fight—but we never
theless have a job to do, each and every one
of us. It is our job in our war. And much of 1
whai our fighting men all over the world ac
complish will depend upon how we do our 1
part. They have the greater task, but we
have an equal responsibility.
Our job as rear echelon soldiers is best ex
pressed by a cartoon with a very pertinent
caption - “If you can’t stand besdde him,
stand behind him.”
This does not mean just turning out the
goods and the food to supply the armed for
ces - though that task must come first in our
lives. It does not just mean buying bonds - ;
for, after all. that is as good for us as it is !
for the war effort.
Being a good rear echelon soldier means a
great deal more than producing weapons or 1
purchasing bonds. It means facing the fight
with the enemy, as our men are doing, and t
not fighting among ourselves. It means sac- i
rificing our personal privileges, as they are t
sacrificing theirs. It means accepting restric- :
tions as they accept the curtailment of their '
personal lives. It means disciplining ovir emo- c
tions and putting aside our prejudices as
they have done. It means joining hands with
all our fellow Americans, without regard to
class, creed or color - as they have done - to
work for the common good of all, in that 1
spirit of unity which is as much the safe
guard of our nation as it is of our armed
forces.
And it means somthing more. It means |
that we must keep the supply of the things h
of the spirit moving up to the front lines.
We must keep alight those things for which 1
they are fighting - Home, Religion - no mat- 1
ter by what creed it calls itself - community 1
life, the national credo of freedom and equal- t
itv of opportunity for all. The ideals for
which they are fighting must be kept alive i
for them to come back to. It is little enough
for us to do, when we consider what they,
our sons, our brothers, our fellow citizens
are doing for us in their fight to keep the ag
gressor from our shores, and in their con
quest of tyranny to bring peace again on
earth. » l
We may not fight on the battle fields -
but we can all be rear echelon soldiers. 1
Reports from Italy where millions are in
poverty, declare that members of the cabi- 1
net are drawing one and one-half millions ,
of dollars a year and paying taxes on $-1,000
income. It is also reported that no more than
five percent of the Italian government’s rev- 1
enue comes from income and excess profits
tax, that the privileged boys with their re
ligious background object to tax oaths.
With such conditions as that existing what
else is there to expect of the old country
except a leaning toward communism among
the masses.
The man who teaches men faster than they
lehrn, dobs them harm, not good —Ex.
CHURCH
NEWS
OAK CITY CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00, Ernest
' Bunting, Supt.
j Preaching 2nd Sunday, 11:00 a
j m. and 7.30 p. m.
Woman’s Council Wednesday
afternoon after second Sunday at
3:30.
Visitors are welcome.
EVERETTS CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox, Pastoi.
Sunday school at 10:00. Mrs.
Geo. Taylor, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship
Monday evening at 7:30.
Preaching 4th Sunday at 11:00
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Woman’s Council Saturday af
ternoon before first Sunday at
3:30.
Visitors are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN
Jesse M. Corum and Kay Mis
enheimer, Supply Pastors.
9:45, Sunday school.
11 :()0. Worship.
7:00, Youth Fellowship.
7:30, Hour of Power, 2nd and
4th Wednesdays.
11:00, Women church circle No. 1
met on first Monday, No. 2 on
2nd Monday, No. 3 on 2nd Mon
[lay and a general meeting will be
held on the 3rd Monday.
11:00, Choir, Wednesday.
PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS
N. J. Ward, Pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45. Ilenry
(foci, Supt.
Morning worship at 11:00.
Youth service at 0:30.
Evangelistic service at 7:30.
Mid-week prayer service, Wed
tesday night at 7:30
HASSELL CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. C B
3unoughs, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship at
1:45 p. m.
Preaching first and third Sun
lavs at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Woman’s Council Wednes
lay evening after first Sunday at
:30.
Visitors are welcome.
Chiircli Of The Advent j
(Episcopal) I
'he Rev. Thomas Hastings, Rector.
Weekday (except. Mon.) Morn-1
ng and Evening Prayer, t! and 5. ;
Sunday, November 12, Trinity
13. ■
11:00 a. m„ Holy Communion.
9:45, Church School,
11:00, Morning prayer and ser
non. Nursery.
Collect for Sunday: "O God,
ur refuge and strength, who art
he author of all godliness; Be
eady, we beseech thee, to hear
he devout prayers of thy church;
nd grant that those tilings which
re ask faithfully we may obtain
ffectuully; through Jc.-ms Christ
iur Lord.”
WEST END BAPTIST
J. Thud Ashley, Pastor.
9;45 a. m„ Sunday school. Les
ie Gurganus, Supt.
11:00 a. m., Morning worship.
The mid-week prayer service
vijl be held Wednesday evening
,t 7:30. Choir practice will be
icld immediately after the prayer
ervice.
The W. M. U. will meet Thurs
lay evening, November 9. at 7:30
i. in., at the home of Mrs. Louis
’ippin. All Indies of the commun
t.v and church are invited to at
end this meeting.
The public is invited to worship
vith us at all services.
BAPTIST
Sunday: 9:45, Sunday school.
11:00, Worship.
6:30, Training Union.
7:30, Worship.
The nursery will he open for
loth worship services.
Monday: 3:00, Ann Judson Class
neeting; 3.00, Y. W. A. meeting at
he Annex.
Tuesday: 7:30, Intermeoiate G.
V. meeting
Wednesday: 7:30, Midweek
irayer service.
Thursday: 8:00, Adult choir
uactice.
The Baptist State Convention
vill meet Tuesday, Wednesday
md Thursday in Durham with the
■Mrst Baptist Church.
HAMILTON BAPTIST
E. R. Stewart. Pastor.
10 a. m., Bible school. H. S.j
fohhson, Supt.
6:30 p in.. Baptist Training Un
on. Willie Knox, Director.
7:30 p. m., Wednesday, prayer
lerviees, followed by choir prac-1
ice.
BROADWAY AND MAIN STMT
Aunt Frieda Catches the Flu
But the Germ Turns on Charlie
-By BILLY ROSE
For as long as I can remember, my Unpie Charlie has been
complaining of good health—not his own, mind vou, but mv Aunt
Frieda's.
P or 40 w inters, to hear him tell it, he has been an easy inark for
colds, catarrhs am rheumatic pains, while his wife has never developed
so much os a sniffle.
Last February, when I dropped in to see them at their Allen Street
flat, Charlie was in bed. runny-eyed and carmine-nosed.
wnat gives!” I asked.
“What always gives?” said m?
uncle. “Your aunt loses the flu
I find It. She's got
like a horse.”
Frieda was in the
kitchen warming up
a plaster. “Like a
pastrami sandwich
she treats me." said
Charlie. "I'm all ov
er mustard. Every
reasonable woman
lays down in bed
once in a while. lint
not her —she won't
give me the satisfaction. . .
MY FAVORITE relatives came
to this country around the time
Teddy Roosevelt was elected, and
the voyage over, according to Char
lie, was the roughest in the history
of navigation. It took 23 days and
even the captain was seasick
Frieda was the only one on board
#ho ate regularly, and she gained
an average of a pound a day. When
the helmsman took to his bunk
still according to Charlie— it was
she who took the wheel. As for my
uncle, he spent the entire trip with
his head sticking out of a porthole
and. the weather being what it was,
it was a miracle he wasn't drown
ed.
Hecanse of this aliiiiirciil irn
tnnmty to disease. irieda has
a!nays been one o/ Ibe l.nor
ile daughters of the I-id S tie,
especially when any ol the neigh
bors are ill. I or years now,
>l*'s been carrying soup an,l
enlace to tl cir homes, tending
a constitutions
Killy Rose
their kids as.d lecturing fami
ly doctors on their therapeu
tic shortcomings.
‘’Herself, she don’t get sick, but
to me she brings back the germs,”
is the way Charlie explains her.
A FEW DAYS AGO, however, my
uncle telephoned and, without both
ering to suppress the triumph in his
voice, said. "Frieda is flat like a
pancake. She’s got a flu, with com
plications yet."
"I'll send my doctor down,” I
said, "and I'll be around in the
morning."
But when I walked up the three
flights to their apartment the fol
lowing day, the door was opened by
an obviously in-the-pink Frieda.
"What arc you doing out of bed?"
My aunt motioned me in. and in
the bedroom, propped up on pillows
as usual, was Charlie.
"What happened?"
”!t hat should happen?" said
Frieda. "Your uncle got over
heated running up anil down
the stairs like a chicken."
"I thought you had the flu."
"Oh, that." said Frieda. "I
fixed it u ith a guggle mug
gle."
For the benefit of the uninltlate,
a "guggle-muggle” is an old East
• Side remedy composed of warm
milk, egg, honey, cinnamon and
whiskey.
' Wish your uncle happy returns,”
said Frieda. "It's his birthday.”
'Yea, it’s my birthday," groaned
Charlie, “and for a piesent she j
gate me her flu.”
yards, farm machinery factories
and meat packing plants.
The last six weeks before com
ing to North Carolina were spent
in New York State. The three
have traveled together from state
to state, but once inside the states,
they have split up for individual
visits to'different counties.
Main purpose of their tour is
to study the workings of State
and county extension offices. They
are paying particular attention to
the relationship of farm organi
zations to the Extension Service
and to the intergration of agri
cultural research, teaching and
extension. In the counties they
make farm and home visits with
the agents and observe methods
of working with people and train
ing local leaders.
■Returning home, the absent
minded prolessor encountered his ^
wife’s dark, countenance. “What
did yi a ri > with the car?” she de
mand,
“Car? What car?”
“Our car! You drove off in i:
an hour ago!”
"I did? How singular! Ah. yes.
now 1 seem to re member. After i
I got nut. I turned to thank the
■ gentleman who had given me a
1 lift -but he was gone!”
NOTE OF THANKS
1 wish to express my sincere ap
i preciaCon to all those who were so 0
i kind and thoughtful during the re
] cent illness and death of my wife.
Every expression of sympathy will
long be renu mbered.
Essie Jones.
| AT LOCAL CHURCH
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Revival services at the Memor
al Baptist Church will continue
through Sunday, according to an
innouncement today by the pas
tor, the Rev. Stewart B. Simms.
Hie visiting minister, the Rev.
Charles B. Howard of Buies Creek,
M. C., will be in the pulpit Sun
day. Morning services at 10:00 a.
in will continue through Saturday
norning, study being made of the
book of Revelation. The evening
cervices are at 7r30 p. m. through
Sunday night, Saturday included.
“Attendance upon all the serv
ices has been good, and the results
3re gratifying,’’ said the pastor.
The public is cordially invited to
ittend all services.
Jaines\ ille iMnlioilist
Bui'll E. Bingham, Minister.
Sunday schools: Jamesville, Ho
ward Gaylord, Supt.; Siloam, Earl
Sawyer, Supt.
Communion will be given at
Jamesville 11 a. m. and Siloam, 3
P>- m. Sermons by the minister.
Special singing at each service.
7:30 p. m.. Thanksgiving service
m which several people will par
ticipate with poems, songs, and
praise testimonies. Mrs. Bingham
will speak on Thanksgiving,
The minister urges every family
'to the greatest year in your lives
thus far with God, by striving for
perfect attendance for all tile fam
ily at church and Sunday school,
by more Bible study and personal
prayer, by working with our Lord
in helping our neighbor to be more
spiritual."
EVERETTS BAPTIST
E. R. Stewart, Pastor.
10 a m„ Bible school. G. H
Forbes, Supt
11 a m.. Worship service and
“Evangelistic Message."
6:30 p. in., Baptist Training Un
ion.
7:30 p. m„ Evening worshing,
evangelistic message.
7:30 p. m„ Thursday. Prayer
service and choir practice.
Revival meetings with services
each night at 7:30 p. m., will go
on through Sunday night.
The public is invited to attend
all services.
Germans Study
In This State
Western North Carolina is play- j
intj host to three German agri
•ultural teachers who have just
arrived in the State to begin a
month of on-the-job training un
der supervision of farm agents
for thi .State College Extension
Service.
The three visitors are Richard
Seiler of Immenstntt, and Leon
hard Stadelmunn and Gunter
Loeffler of Munich in Bavaria.
Plans now call for the three to
visit two or more counties, most- 1
ly in the Mountain and Piedmont 1
areas.
The Germans arrived in the
United States June It) in com-|
party with 21 oilier farmers and J
agricultural workers from the j
American zone of Germany. After
a one-month training course in
Washington, D. C., they went to
North Dakota for six weeks. An- j
other week Was spent in China- |
go where they visited the stock- j
Pitn»v (irovf* Itiiplist
W, It. Harrington, Pastor.
Regular services will be held at j
the Ptney Grove Baptist Church
Saturday and Sunday at 11 a. rn.
All members are urged to be pre
sent and the public is invited.
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RinmcK’s crove
W B. Harrington. Pastor.
Regular services will be held at
the Riddick’s Grove Baptist
Church Sunday night at*7:00 p. m.
All members are urged to be pres
ent and the public is invited.
CHRISTIAN* CHAPEL
Bible school at 10. H. L. Roe
buck, Supt.
Church service at 11 P. F,. Cay
ton, Pastor.
Evening service at 7:110.
CHRISTIAN
John L. Goff, Pastor.
Bible school at 9:45. Classes for
all ages. Exuin L. Ward, Ji., Supt
Morning worship. 11:00.
Chi Ilho and C. Y. F. groups
meet at 6:30. There will be no
evening service due to a revival
service at “the Memorial Baptist
Church.
The mid-week prayer service in
the home of Mr. jtnd Mrs. C H.
Bland on Beech Street on Wed
nesday evening at 7:30.
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METHODIST
E. R. Shuller, Minister.
9:45, Church school.
11:00. Morning worship.
6:30, Youth Fellowship.
7:30, Evening worship.
7:30, Wednesday, Bible study.
815, Choii rehearsal, and meet
ing of the board of education.
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN
Russell M. Smith, Pastor.
10 00 a. m., Sunday school.
Charlie Cullipher, Supt.
11:00 a. m., Church services.
7:30 p. m„ Evening services.
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