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Tuesday, November 28, 1950 „
Moving For Favored Position
* Meeting down in Sea Island, Ga„ a swanky
retreat for those who have the fare, some
of the nation’s biggest business tycoons, took
action for favored positions in the tax world
and in the nation’s economy, war or no war.
They did the spade work, designed to un
dermine an excessive profits tax and substi
tute a national sales tax. A national sales
tax has the angelic blessings of the National
Association of Manufactures.
* The group, numbering about 100 of the
top business men of the nation, would im
pose no price controls for at least a year.
They would suspend the anti-trust laws
during the emergency and crop the wings
of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by limiting
its scope.
They have the gall to ask that and then
condemn a struggling working man for ask
ing a living wage.
ft hat Some Iforth/ Do
There is no telling what some people in
this fair land of ours would do to discredit
the present administration. They have fired
one volley after another into it, and then
harp about the administration^ shortcom
ings, shortcomings they helped manufac
* lure.
There's no question but what some would
prefer war on a world-wide front, poverty
at home and a complete break-down of our
economy rather than see the Democrats win.
Once by the grace of God, a truth is born
into the world, and it can never be expelled.
Nor can it be defeated. All who see it are
•thereafter conscripts in its service. We must
have faith in truths, in ideas, in the finer
forces that work quietly, as seeds grow, and
never tire, never sleep. At the same time, we
must use all means within our power to real
ize our ideals in practical life.—Joseph Fort
Newton.
We all like to meet a man who greets us
with a cheerful word and a smile. There nev
er was a man who did not have his share
of troubles and disappointments. The differ
ence is that some let their troubles get them
down and ride them, while others refuse to
bo whipped outwardly, and though they car
ry a heavy and a worried heart they greet
the world with a smile and a word of cheer.
—Theodore Roosevelt.
A building,can rise only as high in the
air as its foundation is sunk into the earth.
No twenty-eight-storv structure can stand
on a four-story foundation. Strive day by
day to lay a secure foundation upon which
you can build a worthwhile future. You can
determine how tall you will grow tomorrow
by how deep you are willing to build today.
—George I. Francis.
In your mind you conduct the great com
merce of daily thought. Every thought you
* think and cultivate contributes something
to the sum total of your life. Resolutely rid
your mind of erroneous, useless, destructive
thoughts by substituting strong, helpful,
constructive thoughts. Stand guard at your
mental door.—Grenville Kleiser.
“A rattlesnake is much safer than a treach
erous friend. The first will give one a signal
of danger before loosing its reptilian temp
er-; the seeond will gladly push one into the
pit of grief without the least warning.”
Every time we entertain thoughts of love,
sympahty, forgiveness, and faith, we add to
the well-being of the world, and create for
tunate and successful conditions for our
selves.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Too many of us forget to put foundations
under air castles.—Exchange.
For War And Loiter Taxes
There’s a group running wild in this coun
try, begging for war and. at the same time,
pleading for lower taxes.
Some would start wholesale atomic bomb
ing; others would pit Chiang Kaishek’s
troops in Formosa against the Reds in Korea.
If such action foments World War III, why,
that’ll be all right, but they would insist on
fighting and lowering taxes at the same
time.
For a while it looked as if the world was
to be divided into just two groups, commun
ists and anti-communists. Now, it seems the
ranks are being deserted with all going into
the ranks of the crazy.
There is a capacity for heroism in all of
us. We never really know the joy of life
until we have loved enough to suffer. The
most unhappy person is the one who has
run away from duty.—Dr. Walter R. Cre
means.
In the very debts of yourself dig a grave.
Let it be like some forgotten spot to which
no path leads, and there, in the eternal si
lence, bury the wrongs that you have suffer
ed. Your heart will feel as if a great weight
had fallen from it, and divine peace will
come to abide with you.—Charles Wagner.
Love your work; turn a deaf ear to slan
der; be considerate in correction of others;
do not be taken up by trifles; do not resent
plain speaking; meet offenders half way; be
thorough in thought; have an open mind;
do your duty without grumbling.—Marcus
Aurelius.
Do today’s duty, fight today’s temptations;
do not weaken and distract yourself by look
ing forward to things you cannot see, and
could not understand if you saw them.
—Charles Kingsley.
I never want to forget that it is more im
portant that I deserve to win than that 1 win.
If I can have the assurance that I deserve to
win, I have the feeling that I am right, and
that is worth more than victory.—W. A.
Huxman.
To me it seems as if when God conceived
the world, that was poetry; He formed it
and that was sculpture; He varied it and col
ored it, and that was painting; and then,
crowning all, He peopled it with living be
ings. and that was the grand, divine, eternal
drama.—Charlotte Cushman.
A man by himself is no man, is very dull,
is very blunt, but if his fellow men come and
quicken him by their presence, speech or ex
ample. he is so whetted by this means that he
is much more comfortable, skillful and bet
ter than he was.—Peter Moffett.
“A more glorious victory cannot be gain
ed over another man than this: When the
injury begins on his part, the kindness
should begin in ours.
“We are constrained to admit that if every
man would do the best in his powci to do
and that which he knows he ought to do,
we would need no better world than this.”
“Don’t expect tp enjoy the cream of life if
you keep the milk of human kindness all bot
tled up.”
There isn’t any map of the road to success;
you have to find your own way.—Exchange.
A formula for youth: Keep your enthusi
asms, and forget your birthdays.—Eugene
Lyman Fiske.
Permit your mind to dwell on pleasant
things if you would be happy. Evil thoughts,
like green apples, upset the whole system.
—O. W. Holmes
Should you happen to stumble on the path
way of life, get up- go again, and do your
best. There never was but one perfect man,
and they crucified him.—Selected.
When you are so devoted to doing what
is right that you press, straight on to that
and disregard what men are saying about
you, there in the triumph of moral courage.
—Phillips Brooks
Look not sorrowfully into the past, it
comes not back again. Wisely improve the
present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the
shadowy future without fear, and with a
manly heart.—Longfellow.
‘‘Yes, each man spoils the one he loves
And gratifies her wishes—
The rich man showers her with gifts;
While the poor man dries the dishes.”
—Exchange.
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False pleasure will be, is chastened; it has
no right to be at peace.—Mary Baker Eddy.
All earthly delights arc sweeter in ex
pectation than enjoyment; but all spiritual
pleasures more in fruition than expectation.
•-Feltham.
|TO CONDUCT SERVICES]
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Rev. J. W. Hassell of Greenville
will conduct revival services at
Roberson’s Chapel Presbyterian
Church near here beginning Sun
day, December 3. The services
will be held nightly at 7:30 and
will continue through Sunday, De
cember 10.
Special music will be provided
on two nights by the Bear Grass
Trio. The public is cordially in
vited to attend all services.
Junior Red Cross
Drive Under Way
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A 2-week campaign enrollment
in the American Junior Red Cross
is being conducted this week in
all grade and high schools of the
Martin County Chapter. Mrs.
Edith Davis, Junior Red Cross
chairman of the Martin Red cross
Chapter announced today.
Members of the enrollment com
mittee include Mrs. Davis and
Mrs. Frances Montieth.
As in the past years, all stu
dents Mrs. Davis said, will be en
couraged to earn enrollment fees,
which amount to 50 cents for each
elementary schoolroom and $1 for
each group of 100 in the high
schools. And funds they raise over
and above that required for en
rollment fees will be used for
projects of the Junior Red Cross
here in the county, as well as for
support of the organization's ac
tivities nationally and for child
ren in other lands.
"The Junior Red Cross affords
fine opportunity for the county’s
youngsters of school age to en
gage in humanitarian service for
which they’re fitted, and badly
needed, not only for hospitalized
and needy in this county but al
so in behalf of youngsters in other
countries who still are feeling the
after effects of war.
| "We not only aim toward enroll
ing every youngster of school age
but we want to develop our JRC
service projects to the point where
every newly-enrolled Junior will
have a chance to take an active
part.
;'Blood On Noon'
! A Big Western
Laid on a western Indian reser
vation shortly after the Civil War,
RKO Radio's dramatic adventure
"Blood on the Moon' co-stars Rob
ert Mitehum, Barbara Bel Geddes
and Robert Preston in an action
laden romantic drama,
Mitehum has the role of a wan
dering cow-puncher and Miss Bel
Geddes that of a wealthy cattle
man's daughter, with Preston as a
ruthless adventurer who plots
with a crooked Indian agent to get
the cattleman’s hoards away from
him. The puncher hires out as a
gunman on Preston’s payroll, but
the more he sees of his employer's
methods the less he likes them,
and he decides to quit his job and
leave the country.
But Preston won’t permit this,
and after a bittei quarrell Miteh
um joins forces with the cattle
man and the cattleman's militant
daughter. How he does it makes
for the exciting climax of the off
ering, with Mitehum, trapped with
Miss Bel Geddes in a mountain
cabin, engaging in a deadly duel
with three of his enemies.
One thrilling situation after an
other blends witli the dual ro
mances of the story to make an
unusually piece of screen fare.
"Blood on the Moon," plays at
the Viccar Theatre Wednesday.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ad
ministratrix of the estate of the
late Ben F. Roberson, deceased ol
Martin County, this is to notify
all persons holding claims against
said estate to present them foi
pavment on or before the 23rd
day of November 1951 or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar ol
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will plcast
make immediate settlement. Thi.
the 23rd day of November, 1050
I Mrs. Irene Roberson, Administra
|trix. Clarence Griffin, Attorney
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In mm nee Service .It
Srnithuick's ('.reek ('.Inireli
Services will be hold at Smith
wick's Creek Church Wednesday
night, November 29 at 7 o’eloek.
Elder C. P. Made of Lawsonville
will be the guest preacher.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this service.
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our son
and brother, Joshua L. Williams,
who was killed NoV. 27. 1949.
Our son and brothi; v, hi was so
nea r
Has been taken away and is gone.
,It grieves our hearts, it is hard to
pa rt
With one who was so kind.
Where shall we go to tell our woe
or lose our troubled mind.
In wisdom ways he spent his days
Mueh comfort he did find, but he
is gone.
His race is run and we are left
behind.
A loving son and brother so good
and kind.
No friend on earth we will find
For each of us he did his best;
May God grant him eternal rest.
We often sit and think of you and
of the way you died.
That you could not say good bye
before you closed your eyes.
Mrs. Lonnie Williams and
Children.
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NOTE OF THANKS
I am most grateful to my neigh
bors and other friends who were
so thoughtful and helpful during
my recent illness.
Mrs. Josephine Cox.
NOTE OF THANKS
We wish to sincerely thank all
of our neighbors and friends for
every act of kindness shown us
during the illness and death of
our husband and father. We want
to thank each and every one for
the beautiful cards, letters, flow
j ers and visits. They meant so
> mueh to us in this hour of trouble.
The tender feelings and loving ex
pressions will never be forgotten.
Mrs. Joseph R. Harrison
and Family.
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS
$200,00(1
TOWN OF WILLIAMSTON,
NORTH CAROI IV \
WATER AND SEWER BONDS
Stak'd bids will be received un
til 11 o'clock a. m , Eastern Stand
ard Time, December 12, 1950, by
the undersigned at its offices in
the City of Raleigh, N. C., for
$200,000 Water and Sewer Bonds
(consolidation of $1)0,000 of auth
orized bonds for the enlargement
and extension of the water sup
ply system and $110,000 for the
enlargement and extension of the
sanitary sewer system), dated De
cember 1, 1950. and maturing an
nuallv on June 1 $8,000 1952, $5,
000 1953 and 1951. $4,000 19.).) io
1900, inclusive, $5,000 1961 and
1962, $6,000 1963 to 1965 and $10.
000 1966 to 19711, all inclusive,
without option of prior payment.
There will be no auction. De
nomination $1,000, principal and
semiannual (J and D I) interest
payable in lawful money in New
York City; coupon bonds register
able as to principal only; general
obligations; unlimited tax; deliv
er.) at place of purchaser's choice.
Bidders are requested to name
the interest rate or rates, not ex
ceeding six per cent per annum in
multiples of one-fourth of one per
cent Each bid may name one
rate for part of the bonds and an
other rate or rates for the bal
ance, but no bid may name more
than four rates and each bidder
must specify in his bid the
amount of bonds of each rate.
Each rate bid must be for bonds
of consecutive maturities. The
bonds will be awarded to the bid
der offering to purchase the
bonds at the lowest interest cost
to the Town, such cost to be de
termined by deducting the total
amount of the premium bid from
the aggregate amount of interest
| upon all of the bonds until their
, respeeitve maturities. No bid of
j less than par and accrued : .terest
- will be entertained
Bids must be enclosed in ■ • seal
led envelope marked "Proposal for
i Bonds" and be accompanied by a
certified cheek upon an incorpor
I ated bank or trust company, pay
|able unc inditionally to the order
of the State Treasurer of North
Carolina, for $1,000. The right to
reject all bids is reserved. The
approving opinion of Messrs.
Heed, Hoyt & Washburn, New
Vork City, will be furnished tr
purchaser.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION
By: W E. Easterling,
Secretary of Ihe Commission
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