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Tuesday. October 5, lO.'yd
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lire Prevention
The people of Martin County can well
mark the observance of Fire Prevention
Week with a determination to work for the
elimination of those causes that result in
great fire losses.
It is time right now to do something about
the defective flue or chimney, to check the
oil stove or heating plant, to clean away
rubbish in the closets, basements and at
tics. Fires are more common where there
are shingles. A fire-resistant roof is costly,
but it could be cheaper in the long run.
Consideration given to the surroundings
and conditions comes in handy if and when
a fire starts. A convenient water hose or
even a bucket of water or sand can mean
the difference between a small and a large
fire.
And then in the event of fire, it is well
to know your fire department's number, to
think about what directions you would give
the fire department in directing the fire
men to your property.
It is far less costly to prevent fire than it
is to fight fire, and d is well to remember
that mistakes can’t always be reconciled,
not even by the best fire-fighting depart
ment m the world
(hi Fussing Judgment
Bv Ruth
Would you be content to be judged by
the same criteria by which you judge others?
If you would, then skip this article. It is
not for you. You don't need it!
It is meant for the rest of us fallible mor
tals who are too apt to let our prejudices
run awav with our tongues, who all unin
tentionally -convert half facts to a concep
tion of fact.
What started me on this theme was the
Sunday papers Thev were full of speeches
—and each speaker was vary definite not
only on what he thought and believed, but
on what someone on the opposite side
thought and believed. In short, he was
quite sure his motives fvere misunderstood,
but was equallv sure that he understood the
motivations of the opposition.
It is a good thing to be definite about your
Awn beliefs 1 just wish there were more
people who knew what they believed, and
why they believed in a cause or a program,
and then stood up for it at all times. But
there are very few people who are in a
position to have enough facts to know why
then opponents think as they do
Of course, you want your side to win. You
know your program is best for your group
and—you think—for every one else as well.
But mavbe the other man thinks the same
thing. Maybe you're both thinking in gen
eralities. Mavbe vou both aie talking too
fcroSWP
No one likes being misunderstood. No
one likes having his or her motives im
pugned And you and I know from our
pwn cvp< rimer that name-calling, group
judging, general-assumptions, never really
convince arvone but the person talking and
the un-thinkers who believe onlv what they
want to believe—and who are usually look
ing for a scapegoat for their own shortcom
ings.
If you just want to talk—or if you wish
to start a fight—then let your prejudices
run rampant in your speech. But if you
want to convince your listener, stay off per
sonalities and stick to the facts. Don’t say
anything that vou don’t know—and might
have to retract.
And above all. don’t play guessing-games
: with your opponent’s mind. Not unless.you
are willing to be- judged by him on the same
amount of information you have!
The man who makes no mistake usually
makes nothing else.—Phelps.
The I'eo/tle's Intelligent e Imlitleil
The Republicans promised a lot in 1952
and kept their promises only to the few.
Now. thev are indicting the intelligence of
the American people. The approximately
four million unemployed are being told that
the economv is in tip-top shape. The Re
publicans. led by that little Vice President,
Dickie Nixon, tells in one breath about the
reduction in military expenditures and de
clares in the next breath that the defense
of the country was never stronger. Farm
. i O'- uo ,.ji-W-- H-’t Hi - "CVUUH ...C
ladder. are told that they must go lower,
but that Everything is all right.
The Republicans talked about mink-coat
and deepfreeze corruption in 1952. Now. it
seems, that corruption is sweeping across
the country from the offshore oil fields to
the oil fields in Alaska, with a barren land
policy shaping up in between.
Billions were voted in tax relief, the party
chiefs proclaimed, but the people are learn
ing the painful way that only crumbs were
intended for them
The people are painted a beautiful picture
on the surface, but underneath turmoil and
strife exist. And it is apparent that the
crowd tn Washington will not be satisfied
until the people' have beem stripped of their __
heritage* and reduced to the role' of serfs.
I.ootnut! if ter Their Omi
The powers that be in Washington are
looking after their own, turning a political
ear after a token fashion to the farmer and
laborer.
While the kept press and the Eisenhower
administration apologists have never missed
a day in misrepresenting the facts underly
ing the farm program, it is now mentioned
in a casual way that right at five billion dol
lars are tied up in stockpiling of certain
items outside the realm of agriculture. Some
of the stockpile is classilied as “critical and
strategic” defense materials, the promoters
explaining that war could close the trade
routes and leave the materials in short sup
ply. It is not explained why aluminum and
other metals found and produced right here
at home are included in the list of “critical”
materials to be stockpiled.
Maybe it is essential to stockpile the ma
terials. including even aluminum. And,
maybe, it is essential to stockpile food and
feed, but Mr. Eisenhowei and Mr. Benson
don’t think so.
The plan to stockpile certain things to
benetit certain groups that have been taken,
under the wing of the administration and at
the same time cut agriculture adrift is just
•-.n..■ '< the -aw deal that is being
rammer! down the" larmci'S rmoats m wus
eountrv bv that sanctimonious group in
Washington.
hurls Do \»V Support Claims
Free enterprise has been given endless
lip service by the present administration,
but not since the days before the anti-trust
laws have there been so many mergers and
consolidations. The facts do not support
the claims advanced by big business through
its mouthpiece in Washington.
Everv time' two corporations agreed to
bed down together, the poorer the chance
a smaller company has to compete in this
world. Monopoly is running wild with the
blessings of the administration, and mon
opoly has always exacted its pound ot tlosh.
GO Second Sermons
By Fred Dodge
TEXT: "You can lead a
, bov to college but you
can’t make him think.”
Elbert Hubbard
The postman was shoving
letters and magazines into
the farmer's mailbox when
the farmer's son came racing
out of the driveway in his convertible, and
n.ii ; ■ The ;>estn..t-:;-c.^h'd
to the farmer in the yard.
“Your son is a college graduate, isn't he?"
“Yes.'' drawled the farmer, “he is. But to
be fair to the college, he didn't have no
sense io begin vvitn '
College educations are easier to obtain
now than they were 30 years ago. More
young men and women are completing their
college training. This is a good trend, but
not absolutely necessary for a happy, suc
cessful life.
A wise man has said that education is
that which remains after we have forgotten
what we have been taught. Formal school
ing does not. of itself, make a man impor
tant, successful or wealthy. There are three
degrees which no college can give, that have
more to do with successful living. They are.
first, a Degree of Humility; second, a De
gree of Sympathy; third, a Degree of Cour
age. '
Earn those degrees and you are certain to
graduate with honor.
Las! Bites Held
For Mrs. Sullivan
Mrs I.ula Johnson Sullivan, a
naiivc i*i Washington t oitnty and
tlic mother of Mrs. John Swinson
of the Dardens Community, this
county, died at her home in
Hayttsville, Maryland, last Fri
day morning She had been in
declining health ton years.
She was born in Washington
County 73 '.cam a a the daugh
Iha Halt Johnson, and moved to
Maryland twenty years ago. She
was the widow ol Robert H. Sul
livan. She was a member of the
Baptist church in Hayttsville
Surviving besides her daughter
In this county are one son, John
1,. Sullivan, of Washington, D. C.,
three daughter,s Mrs. D. R. Hun
ter. of Hvattsville, Mrs. W. C.
Woodard and Mrs Arthur Mur
ray, both of Washington, D. C.;j
one brother. A. L. Johnson, of
Belhaven. ,
The funeral service was eon-j
ducted in the Methodist Church!
at Plymouth Sunday afternoon [
at 4:30 o’clock by the Rev. D. L. j
Font:, assisted by the Rev. P. B. i
Niekens. Interment wtis in the [
Jackson Cemetery near Plymouth. |
Nehru says war is only alter-j
native to coexistence.
Snooky
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Still Hopeful
Of Cooperation
Moscow.— Alexander Troyano
vsk.v. first Soviet Ambassador in
Washington, nas emerged briefly
from retirement to express faith
in ‘cooperation" between the So
viet Union and the United States.
The veteran diplomat opened
the first Soviet Embassy in the
United States after President
Roosevelt accorded recognition
In an article in Net*,^ the So
viet English-language magabine,
Mr. Troyanovsky described him
self as "a man who continues, to
believe firmly in the possibility
of understanding and cooperation
between the United States and
the Soviet Union."
Mr. Hroyanovsky, Ambassador
in Washington until 1939, said:
"Plans for atomic war . . . can
only involve the nations, the Am
erican nation included, in un
paralleled disaster, in a catastro
phe which would endangei the
very existence of civilization.
"We are Firmly convinced that
therp i? tod*;'.' no ? *n
ternafional issue which could not
he seltled peacefully by mutual
agreement between the parties.
All that is required is strict non
interference on .ill sides in the
domestic affairs of other coun
tries and a desire to safeguard in
ternational security and promote
business and cultural intercourse
among all the nations of the
woi VI."
Commenting on t^e American
Declaration o‘ ; dependence. Mr.
Troyanovsk.y said; "very influ
EjatiSTg-l1 Vm • it . ’..r, ’i:e
rather strange vir-v that what
was the lawful right of the Am
erican people back in the 18th
century cannot he acknowledged
as the right of the Chinese, Ko
rean, Indochinese, and other peo
ples in the middle of the 20th."
Little is now heard of Mr. Tro
yanovsky in Moscow diplomatic
circles, although he was known
until recent years as a lecturer at
the Soviet Foreign Ministry’s
School of Diplomacy.
His son Igor, educated in the
United States, is English inter
preter to the Soviet Foreign Min
Plan- I p Iron Ore And
Ship It Off Their form*
Birmingham, Ala.—Farmers in
south Alabama are plowing up ac
ceptable iron ore nv the ton and
shipping it to North Alabama
steel mills. More than 1.050 car
loads of iron ore have been ship
ped from pastures and cotton
fields since January. About five
loads of unwashed ore will pro-.
duce one load of ore ranging from
ister. Vyacheslav M. Molotov, and
accompanied him to the Geneva
rot it" er: •<..
50 to 56 per cent metallic iron, it
i? said.
ARTHRITIS?
I hove been wonderfully Metted hi b*iAg ^
restorer to octive life ofter being tripplej
m neorly every joint in my body and with
muscular soreness from head to foot, I
hod Rheumatoid Arthritis and other forms
of Rheumatism, hands deformed and my
■nfcles were set.
limited space prohibits telling you more
here bv4 if you will write me, I will reply
ot once and tell you how I received this
wonderful relief.
Mrs. Lela S. Wier
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We're out to break
a record in October!
There’s a mighty good chance that
October 1954 will he the biggest
October in Buick history
3n fact, we know it will—if we canfeccp
Buick sales rolling as they’ve been roll
ing thus far this year.
This is the car that has romped ahead oi
competition climbed up into, the circle
of America’s three top sales leaders
It’s the car that has been winning cus
tomers because it has the power, the
ride, the room, and the styling that make
it the buy of the year.
So we’re in the mood to talk turkey, if
you are in the market. Come in today
for a car — and a deal — too good to miss.
THIS IS THE
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1. Tomorrow’s Styling
True year-ahead beauty with long, low
yianiOf lines, keynoted by that spectacular
new panoramic windshield that most other
cars won't have till 1953 or later
2. Higher Resale Value In
the years to come
From the far-in-advance styling th^'w^T****
keep your Buiek new and modern-loo''ing
well into the future as other cars catch up.
3. Bigger Allowance from
our volume business
For the huge soles success that has moved
Buick into the circle of the "Big 3" means
we can offer you a higher trade-in on your
present car. Cqme in and see for yourself
that we can make you a better deal.
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