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THE STORM
(Dave West, Coastland Times)
Watching the great combers
brawl in over the shoals—their
crests hurled into spindrift by the
lashing wind, and with hunching
and leading waves behind them
crashing toward shore as far as
the eye can reach—is an excellent
wav for anyone to measure his
own significance: makes you fee!
like saying "Pardon me" and
stepping humbly out of the way
of a dime-sized sand crab.
LIFE
(Waynesville Mountaineer)
Life is a constant process of
keeping your finger to the pulse,
your eye on the ball, your nose
to the grindstone, your ear to
the ground, your tongue in your
cheek. And once in a while it’s
necessary to get your dander up
and put your foot down.
THE LOST CHORD
(Southern Pines Pilot)
Our friend P P. Pelton turned
over to us a little souvenir he
picked up some time ago in the
Seaboard passenger station He
found it amusing, and so did we,
though we can't help wondering—
did the husband for whom this
message was obviously intended
ever to receive it0 Did the wife
forget to leave it in a eonspicious
place at home, then lose it at the
station—or did she hand it to him
as she boarded the train, and did
he, the heel, toss it aside? Or
maybe, as soon as she had left, he
left too—on a train going in the
opposite direction.
Anyway—here's the message,
printed in big penciled capitals:
"FOOD WILL BE FOUND IN
GREENCABINET AND ICEBOX
PLEASE DO YOUR OWN
K P. . . . USE DISH TOWELS
FOR DISHES ONLY . WHEN
THAT THE ICEBOX DOOR IS
CLOSED, AND THE STOVE UN
ITS TURNED OFF . THANK
YOU!”
We think that message ricseiv
rd a better fate.
TOO LIGHT
(Stanly News & Press)
The law has never put speeding
in the properly category, for it
had, there would be less speeding
and less traffic deaths. During the
first nine months of this year, a
total of 17,195 persons were con
victed of speeding in this state.
That sounds like a lot of con
victions, but let s break it down.
It means an average of 172 per
county in this state, and an aver
age per county of 19 per month,
or about two-thirds of an arrest
per day.
Boiled down to the essentials,
the truth is that not enough folks
I arc being arrested for speeding,
and the punishment after convic
i tion is apparently too light.
NOT SO HOPEH I
(Moore County News)
If the Young Democrats can I
ma’te even a dent in the common 1
practices now in vogue they will
have performed a great service
and we hope they can. As to their
i desire that campaign utterances
land writings shall be fair and
reason and an appeal to the
! intellect rather than the emotions
and prejudices, we cannot see
that there is any hope wdiat ever.
We know of few men in public
life today whose speeches rise
above the slop and dregs of cheap
emotion.
NOW, GIRLS! GIRLS!
(Sanford Herald)
Last week we called Mrs. W.
W Robards to ask her for a re
port on the Sanford Literary club
meeting.
“Let me see,” Mrs. Robards hes
itated, “Who did we meet with?”
She paused for several moments,
and then added, "I declare I
can't think to save my life where
we met. Just a minute, Mrs. C.
M. Reeves, is here. Let me ask
her.”
When Mis Robards came to
the phone she was laughing heart
lily. "Why the club met with me."
she declared.
THIS SMOKING WORLD
(Zebulon Record)
How many brands of cigarettes
can you count that are manufac
tured ui North Carolina? Try it,
land then check your answer by
j this list, which we lifted from the
E. S. C, Quarterly. There may be
more, but on the Quarterly cover
were pictured Lord Salisbury,
Cavalier, Pall Mali, Lucky Strike,
Camel, Chesterfield, Fatima, Her
bert Tareyton, M. Medaehrina &
Co, "111,” Coupon, Sweet Capo
ral, Omar. Johnnie Walker, Pied
! mont, Home Run, Picayone, and
Janet Leigh and Paul Douglas are the stars of "Angels <n the Out
field " M-Ci-M’s warmly human comedy-drama concerning the ro
mance of a meek household hints editor and a tough big-league base
ball manager. ’The new picture, produced and directed by Clarence
Brown, opens Sunday at the Viccar Theatre.
Sovereign. That's eighteen.
IT C AN HAPPEN
(Statesville Record)
Children of parents who are in
accord, Di. Johnson said, arc
much more likely to develop emo
tional stability than in situations
where one parent is right and the
other wrong.
We were trying to get that idea
across to our young daughter who
at times accused her parents of
"ganging up" on her. And we
thought we were doing pretty well
until she came up with this ob
servation.
"I know, daddy, but what hap
pens when both parents are in
accord—and both wrong?”
Take it away, Dr. Johnson.
SIGNALS MIXED
(Waynesvilie Mountaineer)
All this uproar about football
is a disgrace,” remarked a well
dressed man to his sidewalk com
panion.
‘You’re right,” agreed the gen
tleman with glasses.
"The way colleges commercial
ize it is disgraceful."
"Right again," his friend agreed.
"And the idea of all these peo
ple going out to see a bunch of
high school kids play -why it s
' silly on the face of it .”
“Right."
Then eame a few moments of
talk about the weather and the
conversation was concluded with.
"Well, see you at the game to
night.' said the first speaker.
“Right," agreed the second.
NOT EXACTLY
(Sam Ragan, News and Observer)
Every newspaper reporter gets
the word "accuracy" drummed in
to his head day after day One
story along that line which we
like concerns the young lady just
out ol journalism school who won
some praise for her first story.
The editor, however, pointed out
some inahcui acies "Remember,"
he said, * it was Joseph Pulitzer
who declared that accuracy is to
a newspaper what virtue is to a
woman.” "That in itself is not
entirely accurate." said the girl,
“a newspaper can alwys print a
retraction.”
Anti-Freeze Sup/tly This
II inter II ill lie Sufficient
The National Production An
i thorite- reports that a survey
shows an adequate supply of anti
| freeze for motorists this winter,
I despite increased military de
Inlands Well over 100,000,000 gal
j Ions have been produced, which
j is more than two gallons for each
I vehicle m the nation.
Ways To Combat
Nervousness Are
Briefly Outlined j
Psychiatrist Offers Ten
Suggestions To Head Off
Nervous Breakdown
“Nervous breakdown" is not a
scientific term but it does express
picturesquely those conditions of
the mind that made us touchy, ir
ritable, cantankerous, fearful, de
spondent. suspicious. n'aUiona!
and very unhappy. WWen
personality wallows in the sea of
life like a ship with a broken rud
der.
An able psychiatrist suRgests
ways to avoid a nervous break
down."
1. Neither run away from your
emotions nor try to fight them.
As till' word applies, "E-motion"
generates "motion" or bodily ac
tion of many kinds, including at
titude and mood. Emotions are
like spirited horses left to them
selves they run wild. Hut they
can, within wide limits, be con
trolled by the will. You eannot
safely suppress them but your
will can guide them in the direc
tion you choose.
2. Be efficient in what you do.
That means doing things with .just
the right amount of effort needed
to get the results you desire. You
can drive a tack with a sledge
hammer, hut that is fatiguing
there's a better, easier way.
Watch a lumber jack c‘ work—
| with easy, well-aimed strokes he
fells the mighty oak, and he is
the picture of grace while doing
it.
3. Do one thing at a time It
may be dramatic to answer twi
phone calls al once, meanwhih
• A WREATH FROM IRAN'S PREMIER
ESCORTED BY HIS SON, Dr. C.holam, Iranian Premier Mohammed Mossa
degh places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the
National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. While discussing the Iran oil
crisis. Mossadegh has been under medical treatment (International)
I wallowing in a son of disorderly
j papers and waving directions to
| the stenographer; but it isn't in
Indigent. Fix your attention on
one tiling at a time. Mental eon
eentration is tin- art of gently'
I culling from the stream of
| thought that which has meaning
I at the moment, and ignoring till
I else You'll get around to other
I .
j important items later.
t. Make clean-cut, practical de
risions. The first step in making
a derision is to state the problem
clearly Free that problem from
all prejudices, all irrelevanetes.
look at it cooly. just as the ento
mologist examines a new beetle
he has found. And when you have
made your division do not regarc
it as an oath you have sworn in
blood Decision must not, of
course, be changed at the slight
est whim, tutt they should lie sub
jeet to change '-.hen new facts ot
slants are brought to bear on the
problem. That, bv the way. ex
plains ’the difference between
firmness and stubbornness. Once
a mule has made up his mind,
neither Socrates nor Salome will
budge him.
5 Do not accept hurry as a ne
ce.-sary part of modern life. Hur
ry isn't speed The whole world
may seem to be in a mad rush but
that is largely foam and froth.
Hurry usually means lack of fore
sight, poor planning, postponc
rru .it of what should have been
done earlier. Sometimes hurry is
the result of trying to crowd two
or more things into the space of
one. Take it easy. Hurry de
strnys the quality of work anti
■wears vo<4 out
(i Avoid •« orry. Ease ad vice
*. can it be done? Not
always, peihaps, but there is a
I wav of tackling worry. Consider
: first if the problem at hand is
I actually your business. That will
I eliminate some sources of worry.
Ilf it is, decide next whether it is
your won y now. It may be a
! bridge to be crossed when you get
to it If it is your business now,
decide what to do and do it at
once That will break the circle
in your mind. Don t postpone ac
tion even if it is unpleasant. If
you cannot decide what to do
now, seek the knowledge ncccs
sary to decide and again, don t
wait, seek it now.
7, Keep work, play, and rest in
•heir proper relative proportions:
and keep them separated. Each
item has its values—too much of
one unbalances the whole. If you
are at piesent bedridden, rest is
the main business of the day, do
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