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THE Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News | PUBLISHED EVERY THI RSDAY In Plymouth. Washington County. North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon is Wash ington County's only newspaper. It was established in 1889, consoli dated with the Washington County News in 1929 and with The Sun In 1937. _ Subscription Rates Payable in Advance) One year $1 90 six months .75 Advertising Rates Furnished ttpon Request Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Plymouth. N C, under t*e act of Congress ot March 3, 1879. North (. arohno ^ press ASsocuiiON • o Thursday, June 20, 1940 It may be the young men who sow the wild oats, but it is usually the older ones who harvest them. Kuropes newest war tragedy has brought about added burdens to the American Red Cross. That it may throw its full strength toward meet ing desperate needs behind the bat tlefields and among distressed civil ians the American Red Cross has appealed for SI0,000.000. Your con tribution is needed through your fil ial chapter. Respond today. ———■———^ Universal Compulsory Military Training A revolution of far-reaching con sequence is taking place in our na tional thinking today, as a result of the totalitarian victories in Europe. Two months ago—even four weeks ago—any man who advocated uni versal compulsory military training for American youth would not have received the least attention. Today, we are not only listening to such ad vocates, but a large |>ercentage of us are becoming advocates of such a program ourselves. This revolution in sentiment is brought about by the realization that with the defeat of France and the probability of defeat for (ireat Britain, this nation stands almost alone iri a totalitarian world. There are a few other democracies and al leged republics, to be sure, but none with the resources or the will to con tinue opposition to dictatorships. We are living in historic times, and should the United States follow France and possibly England into defeat at the hands of the dictator nations, the way of life as we have known it will be a thing of the past We would then face an uncertain future as the tin willing vassal-, of one-man militarists whose manner of thinking and evalu ation of human endeavor are entire ly beyond our present comprehen sion. Naturally, we lear trie prospect on such a change. And, just as natur ally, we are willing to sacrifice a great many of our former ideals in order to forestall such a possibility. An Amer ica armed to the teelh, prepared, able and willing—even eager to resist any encroachment on our way of living is the only language the dic tators can understand. Inasmuch as we are inaugurating a program of militarism, let us go whole hog and make universal com pulsory military training the key stone. We must build warships, air planes. and tanks without number, and we must have men trained to operate them. Universal training plays no favorites: rich and pour alike are called, given their period of instruction, and returned to civilian life until they are needed. The ex pression, “millions of men springing to arms overnight'1 will then have a very real meaning to any enemies of the Tinted States, because those men will know how to use those arms. It is late to begin such a program, but it may not be too late; certainly a be ginning must be made, and we can begin no earlier than now. We personally favor the proposal before Congress to give every youth reaching 18 years of age one year’s training in military service. It is, as we see it, to the advantage of not only the country, but to the young men themselves. A soldier who has had a year of training in the held has a much better chance of coming out of a war alive than a soldier who lias lieen rushed through a concentrated course of instruction in a few months -and we have sent men into battle with only a few weeks’ training. A man has only one life to give for his countiy, but the country owes the man a chance to make his life count PLEA TO PARENTS By RON \I.D HOC l I I North Carolina Highway Safety Division N A plea to North Carolina par ents to drill into their children the dangers ol' running into the street or highway was voieed this week by Ronald Hocutt. Di rector of the Highway Safety Division. Noting that the May traffic report showed an increase in child pedestrian deaths in this state and also that several children were killed in traffic accidents on North Carolina streets and highways the first two weeks of June, the safety director said. ‘'The fact that ten or more children in our state have died in the past thirty days as a re seult of playing in the street or running into the street or high way should point a lesson to ev- j ery mother and father in North Carolina. "Children are not as well ac quainted uiCti traffic hazards as their parents, are. and it is the duty and responsibility of par ents to pass un to their ehilcl ren the benefits of their knowl edge and experience in coping with traffic. "And nut only must parents impress upon their children the danger of playing in the street or running into the street or highway, but they must go far ther and prov ide safe places for their children to play away from traffic. "Our children deserve every protection we can afford them. Let’s all work together to stop this slaughter of the innocent on our streets and highways." fur something besides mere cannon fodder; :ind if a year’s training will improve a man s chance of coming out of battle alive one iota, then we owe that man such training. “Thank God For America" Last Friday, June 14. was the one hundred and sixty-third anniversary of the adoption of our glorious flag. Let us thank God for America and the Stars and Stripes! When we offer that prayer, we have in mind America s "rocks and rills, her woods and templed hills/' We think of "sweet freedom's song." and render thanks for the blessings of se curity and pros|>eritv our nation en joys. I nailK l i(i(l lor ainrma. Somewhere in France a Belgian mother whispers those words, and they have a different meaning for her. For fifteen days she trudged wear ily and in fright along roads choked with soldiers and other refugees like herself. She carried a whimpering and starving baby in one arm. With the other hand she led a frail little girl, who cried for food. This was all that remained of the mother's family. Her house had gone up in flames, her husband killed or taken prisoner. What few belong ings site had taken with her as she tied were lost along the wayside. She was weak with hunger, and beaten down by despair. She stumbled into a schoolhouse. Overhead a white Hagwith a red cross waved in the breeze. Other refugees, women, children and many old peo ple, were crowded about the entrance. The smell of soup cooking through the doorway and caused the little girl to break lose and run for the school house. But it was too much for the mother. She fainted and fell to the ground, as someone grabbed the baby out of her arms. When she awoke, the mother tound herself in a clean bed. bathed and rested. The baby lay beside her, smil ing and contented. The little girl slept |>eacefully on a cot nearby. A nurse stood by the bed and told the mother that this little schoolhouse— an oasis of compassion in the middle of a desert of gloom this school house had been equipped with medi cine, food and beds by the American Red Cross. That is why lhe mother sighed, Thank God for America” and meant it. What the Red Gross did for this broken and pitiful family, the Red Gross is trying to do for the millions of other refugee families upon whom bo.S Broof. 7»% grain neutral spirit-). ( stairs Bros. Distilling Co., lue. New York City the full furs of total war' has brok en loose. It is a work in which every Ameri can takes pride pride tempered with sorrow. For it is only a little over two decades ago since thousands of our finest men died in hope that their deaths would erase war from the earth forever. In succeeding years the United States did everything in its power to keep the world at peace. Now. all our hopes lie shattered bv the horrible and titanic war ravag ing Europe. I oday it i' too late to talk of ap peasements, trade treaties, diploma tic conferences and embargoes. The people of those stricken nations Holland, Belaiunt. France, Kngland, Norway and Finland cr\ for mer cy -and merer is all that counts to night. Mercy is not a cheap commodity. Tears alone cannot buy it. Medicine costs money. Food costs money. Clothing costs money. Dollars, mil lions of dollars are needed ,if the American Red Cross is to continue it - labors of translating our sympathy into ease for the sick, shelter for the homeless, and clothing and food fur the needy. The American Red Cross is asking the country for twenty million dol lars to answer the heart-rending cries for help coming from Furope even day. Have you given your share? It is needed today not next week or next payday, but NOW. Hunger does not wait. Disease moves swiftly. Bombs bring horrible wounds 1'ime is essential, if we are to help. Fortunately the ramparts we watch in this war are the ramparts of mer cv, compassion and sympathy, bet's reinforce these ramparts now, today. Let's give as much as we can to Un American Red Cross war relief fund now, today. Let’s give to the local Red Cross chapter now, today. Then both we and the miserable refugees receiving Red Cross help can say, “Thank Cod for America!” Ra tabling ...About Merchant's Exam fit. merchant was handed a sheet of paper and asked to keep his own score in answering the following questions, being advised that a man who cheats himself is the worst cheater in the world. Are your employees trustworthy? Do you listen to the customer’s side? Is your store neat and clean? Are your employers courteous? Do you keep your promises With your customers? Does your place have a reputation for square-dealing 1 Are you prompt in serving custo mers'.’ Do you act as though you sincerely appreciated the patronage of each customer? Are you sympathetic toward your customers? Is your store convenient for the clerk and customer ’ Do you attempt to oversell your customers? Do you keep the merchandise dis played, clean and in an attractive condition? Is your store easy to enter? Do you give proper attention to small details? Are your charges reasonable for the merchandise offered? Is your location convenient ’ Home-Town Paper— When the evenin' shade is falling at the end of the day, An a feller rests from labor and smokes his pipe o'clay, There’s nothin' does him so much good, be fortune up or down, A the little country paper from his Ol Home Town. It ain't a tiling o' beauty ami its print ain't always clean. Hut it straightens out his temper when a feller's feelin’ mean; It lakes the wrinkles off his face an’ brushes off the frown, That little country paper from his or Home Town. Ii tells of all the parties and balls at Pumpkin Row: Bout who spent Sunday with whose girl and how the crops’ll grow; An' how it keeps a feller posted 'bout who is up an' who is down: That little country paper from his Ol Home Town. Now. I like to read the dailies and the story papers, too. ) An' at times the yuller novels an' some other trash—don't you? But when 1 want some leadin' that’ll brush away a frown. I want that little paper from my Ol' Home Town. H u bits— A dissertation on “habits." Some think that only smoking, chewing gum or personal peculari ties are habits. But walking, skat ing, or catching a ball is habit also. The movements of the eyes in reading or the hamh in playing a piano is habit. Habits are formed like mak ing a path across a field. After the first person has trodden down the grass, the next is likely to follow the same route until after awhile the grass is worn completely away and every one follows the same path. Some habits are formed by per sons while young. Correct habits should be the goal of every one. Ha This new kind of road is called Soil-Cement. . . based on the discovery that when you mix cement carefully wirh roadway soil, and compact it, you have a strong, durable pavement for your light traffic roads. The method, though scientific, is easy. First come laboratory tests to learn the exact amounts of cement and moisture needed.Then the high way engineers use these tests to guide them in construction. Inexpensive equipment is used. Soil-Cement Proved in Service 1 hind reds of milesof Soil-Cement roads now in use have proved the durability of this construc tion for light traffic roads. Soil-Cement is not intended for use on heavy duty roads. For such roads portland cement concrete is the most economical pavement. Soil-C ement does offer new economy and uniformity for light traffic roads. Urge your offi cials to build with Soil-Cemeut. PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION State Planters Bank Bldg, Richmond, Va. y. A national organization to improve and extend the uset of concrete . . , TJ through >cientific research and engineering field work *>• *.■■”mr ---- --- ■ ■! r YOU'RE TELLING ME! - Kv WII.l .1A \* HITT Cental Pres- Writer THE MAN' at the ne\t tesk says he hopes we don't have many more severe winters such as tins otic was The poiar bed- < are liable to start com me ■ each autumn True equality cannot be achieved in this wO'IJ It a impossible tor everybody to have their breakfast served in bed One of the better rate horses of ttie current - ea -mi is a n .it Known as W out Woof Sounds Just like a fugitive from a dog t rack. Zadok Dumbkopf says a pea nut politician is a woutd-be statesman who isn't all he* i i irked up to be. ,S. >nce has discovered e method of extracting the stings from bees More important would be a method to take away all cannons from human beings. fwo tramps were tossed un in |ored into a snowbank when a t unadian train they were riding smashed Into another. With their luck, how ceoie they're (tamp* i l l A spider, we read, has 82 ryes When he’s been up late the night before, how can he crowd a bag under each one of them? bit gradi i'!v determines ones char acter. It has been said that a good habit is just as easy to form as a bad one and is just as hard to break. Some say it is just as easy to form a habit of saving money as it is spend ing it. Habit of thought, thought habits and emotion habits are culti vated just like other habits. What has been thought or felt voluntarily or involuntarily repeats itself. Church Books— A negro walked into the office of a newspaper editor and said: "Mistah Editah. day is forty-three in my con gregation which subscribes fo' yo' pa pah. Do that entitle me to hab a church notice in yo' Sat'day issue?'’ "Sit down and write it out." said the editor. And this is the notice the parson wrote: "Mount Memorial Baptist Church The Rev. John Walker, pas tor. preaching morning and evening, in the promulgation of the Gospel. Three books is necesary, the Bible, the hymri-book and the pocket-book. Come tomorrow and bring all three." On Chain Letters Some say the chain letter nuisance has stancd again. But this time it is novel in that no money is required. Says the letter: "This chain was started in Reno iri the hope of bring ing happiness to all. Unlike most chains, this one does not cost you any money. Send a copy of this letter to five male friends, then bundle up your wife and send her to the person who heads the list. When your name works up to the top of the list, you will recehe 15.175 women. Have faith! Do not let the chain break! Let the good work go on!" Contradicted Proverbs— How about this for a list of pro verbs that contradict each other: Many hands make light work. Too many cooks .spoil the broth. Look before you leap.—He who hesitates is lost Where there's a will, there's a way. —You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. If the mountain want come to Mo hammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.—Everything comes to him who waits. Absence makes ttie heart grow fonder.—Out of sight, out of mind. Happy the wooing that's not long a-doing. Marry in haste, repent at leisure. Enough is as good as a feast.— You can't have too much of a good thing. One man's meat is another man’s poison.—What's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander. Discretion is the better part of val or.—Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. There's safety in numbers.—Be tween two stools you fall to the ground. Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves. Penny Wise, pound foolish //p Was Worrit'd— To this banKlng story was added the one about the Kansas City man who went to his banker and asked. • Are you worried about whether l can meet my note next month?" "Yes. I am." confessed the banker. "Good." said the client. “That's what I'm paying you six percent for " LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of a judgment made and entered in the cause en tered in the cause entitled "Washing ton County et al vs. Johephine Smith et al" docketed in the Judgment Docket of tlie Superior Court of Washington County, the undersigned Commisisoner will, on the 8th day of July. 1940. at 12 o'clock noon, at the Court House door of Washington County, in Plymouth. North Carolina, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash.subject to the con firmation of the Court, the property hereinafter described as follows: A certain lot in the Town of Plym outh. Washington County. North Ca - rolina, and more particularly des cribed as folows: Bounded on the East by the land of Elizabeth Jones, deceased: on the South by the Wolfe property: on the West by W. M Johnson: ond on the North by Water Street, fronting 50 feet, more or less on Water Street, and being 200 feet deep more or less, and being the same lot conveyed to Josephine Smith by Benjamin Howcott and wife, by deed dated May 10th, 1887, and of record in Book AA. page 302. ofTice of the Register of Deeds. Washington Coun ty. North Carolina. The successful bidder at said sale will be required to deposit ten per cent of his bid to be forfeited upon his failure to comply with said bid This the 3rd day of June. 1940 Z. V. NOMRAN. je!3 4tCommissioner The Job Is Being Done! North Carolina law officers, accepting the help of the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee, haw established a worthy record of weeding out the men or it y of objectionable beer dealers. This program of industrial cooperation in law ub servance is continuing—without “fuss or feathers." Quietly, earnestly, the North Carolina Beer Indus try is carrying oat its “dean up or close up” pledge. like rlrnlrm who will not be fair to their industry and their state are becoming fewer and fewer. We lrunis'. —»d so do they, that the job is being done. The earn help by patronizing only legally operated places where beer and ale are sold—-and by reporting any objectionable conditions to . . . Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee EDGAR H. BAIN, State Director SCITK 813-17 COMMERCIAL BCILDINO RALEIGH, V. C. 1915—1940. EVERY YEAR FOR 25 YEAR* more people have ridden on Goodyear Tires than on any other kind. 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