THE
Roanoke Beacon
And
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
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._
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Entered as second-class matter
at tne post office in Plymouth,
N. C., under the act ol Congress
of March 3, 1879.
November 26, 1942
u.4n angry man opens his mouth ami
shuts his eye"—Cato
§v<5 NOVEMBER
,26—U. S. Marines se.-t to
Boxer Rebellion, 1893.
27— Hoosao Tunnel through
Massachusetts moun
tains completed, 1873.
28— Firet auto race, 1895.
23—Bund Leader Kuhr. con
victed, 1939.
^30—\V a sh i n a t o n occupied
Trenton,' N. 1776
Ktsi • December
1— Part-American peace
r.| congress opened, 1936.
2— First U. S. savings bank
) opened. 1816.
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T Thanksgiving Prayer
By Ruth Taylor
With humble and contrite hearts,
we gather together this Thanksgiv
ing Day, 1942, to give praise unto
Thee, most bountiful Giver of Gifts.
The shadows of war darken our
lives. We are menaced by the ene
my from without. From within we
are hampered by our own self-will
and personal ambitions. Our near
est and .dearest are sent into danger
all over the world. The even tenor
of our ordered lives has been shat
tered.
Vet we give thanks to Thee, 0
God, and bless Thy name for Thy
manifold mercies vouchsafed unto us.
We thank Thee for this land of
ours, its fertility, its resources, its
homes, its people who are still free
to fight and work and strive for free
dom for all the world.
We thank Thee that we are
Americans; that the days of pros
perity and [reace have not sapped
the spirit which is our heritage from
those who came to this land seeking
freedom to worship Thee according
to their own consciences; that as
Americans, regardless of class, creed
or color, we can stand firm, shoulder
to shoulder in the struggle for the
rights of all mankind.
We thank Thee that w-e are a
United States that we can differ in
details of theology, of economics, of
politics and still be united in de
manding for and in granting to all
others the same freedom we claim for
ourselves.
We thank Thee for the victories
granted us, not merely over our
enemies on land, sea and in the air,
but on that battling ground within
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ourselves for the day by day clash
between the forces of prejudice and
ill will and the forces of neighborli
ness and fair play.
We thank Thee for Thy purpose
in our lives as peoples and as a na
tion; that we may in Thy good
time establish more firmly the dem
oracy whose command is Thine—
“Love thy neighbor as thyself,'' and
bring Thy kingdom to reign on
earth from now until everlasting.
Amen.
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Anti-British Propaganda
There is a kind of N'azi propaganda
that misses no opportunity to drive
a wedge between us and our British
allies. It seeks to make us hate Brit
ish and to be full of suspicion to
ward them.
One of the Nazi rumors you hear
is that the British have left their al
lies to fight alone while they them
selves have kept their armed forces
in Eigland. The people who spread
this untruth never give you facts and
figures to prove it. But that is for
the very excellent reason that they
haven't any facts or figures to prove
it. But that is for the very excellent
I reason that they haven't any facts
or figures to give. Let us look at
this falsehood and expose it. Before
the Xazi invasion of France, Britain
had promised to send twelve divisions
of fully equipped troops to that
country. Was that promise kept? It
was ... to the letter, and beyond the
letter. After Dunkirk the British
sent more troops to France in an ef
fort to help her in a situation that
was becoming hourly more desperate,
and many of the British soldiers who
went to France after Dunkirk were
those who had but a short time be
fore escaped from France. Tell
that to the people who say that the
British have failed their allies and
have kept their army at home.
Once more, after the fall of
France the British were left alone in
the Middle East. Their forces num
bered only 40,000 men. And, con
trary to what the Nazi propagandist
say, these troops were not all New
Zealanders, or Australians or Cana
dians. More than one-half of them
were men from the British Isles. The
Italians had 360,000 soldiers in
Abyssinia, and 260,000 in Libya as
against the total number of 40,000
Empire Troops. Vet, despite the
British inferiority in numbers, their
army—more than one-half of which
came from the British Isles—inflict
ed severe defeats upon the Itlians
who were driven out of Eritrea,
Somaliland, and Abyssinia with a
loss of 25,000 men.
Victory in Libya against the Ital
ians was within the grasp of the Brit
ish when the Nazis began their in
vasion of Greece. The Greeks called
for help, and who respoded? The
British again . . . this time at the
cost of calling a halt to the campaign
on the Libyan front from which
troops were withdrawn to be sent to
Greece. And one-third of those Em
pire Troops which fought in Greece
were from the British Isles. Tell that
to the people who spread the Nazi
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falsehood that the British have left
their allies to tight alone.
And tell them something else. Tell
them that in the Battle of Crete
nearly one-half of all the British
forces engaged were men from the
British Islaes. Tell them that for
three years British troops have
fought on fronts all over the world
and that up to January, 1942, 71
per cent of all the casualties suffered
on land by the whole British Em
pire were men who came from the
British Isles. Tell that to people who
talk this nonsense about the British
keeping their army at home.
Little Things Affect
Destinies In the World
Its the little things that affect the
destiny of any person, man or wo
man; its the little things that mar
or glorify the destiny of a nation.
The first little thing may not amount
to more than a tracing or dent on
character, but it paves the way for
better character if a good little thing
or dented character if a wrong little
thing. The little things, right or
wrong, grow into big things as they
become more and more abundant.
A parent may tell an innocent lit
tle lie to a child, who cannot discrimi
nate and sees no wrong in also tell
ing a little lie. Too soon the child
may become a proficient liar. Or a
child may pick up a penny left on a
table; get in the habit of picking up
loose change and become an able
thief. Lying and stealing lead to
greater wrongs and the character be
comes badly dented. Ill humor
shown in the home is reflected by ill
humor in the child.
A child may have merry parents
and learns to be merry, hears noth
ing except kind and courteous words
spoken and learn to speak likewise,
see kind deeds done and learn to be
T^eligious News
JX an^ Views
By Rev. W. B. Daniels, Jr.
Thanksgiving Thoughts—
“O most merciful Father, who
hast blessed the labors of the hus
bandmen in the returns of the fruits
of the earth; we
5 give thee humble
| and hearty thanks
| for this thy bounty;
| beseeching thee to
continue thy loving
| kindness to us, that
| our land may still
| yield her increase,
| to thy glory and
jour comfort;
jthrough Jesus
I Christ our Lord.
Amen.” Collect for
inanKsgiving uay.i
"God has blessed this land of ours
with such an abundance of good
things as no other nation has ever
had. Not only material blessings has
He given us. but such intangible but
none the less real gifts as justice
and democracy; life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. We are en
gaged in a great war to defend those
blessings, We must wage that war
as Christian soldiers; and when it is
won, we must share those blessing
kind, is inllunced both by precept
and example and develops a good
character. The responsibility of the
parents to the child in this respect
is as great as the responsibility of
providing it with food, raiment and
shelter.
Its the little things in daily life
that count in the home and lead to
greater things, good or bad, outside
the home. Precept and example
count for much more than punish
ment, for punishment may be in
flicted for what the child has learned
by example and lack of precept and
the child rightly feels it has been
wronged.
THE OLD JUDGE SASTS.::
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“Quite a discussion some of the boys were
having down at lodge meeting last night,
Judge...you know, in the anteroom before
the election of officers.”
“Sure was...and Herb was dead wrong.
The alcoholic beverage industry does ac
count for more taxes than any other indus
try. I checked the figures in my office this
morning. Why the figure on alcoholic bev
erages is pretty close to a billion and a half
dollars a year. Lucky thing we haven't got
prohibition or the government would have
to make up the money some other way. And
there’s only one answer to that—more taxes.
You know what that would add up to?-...
about $25 more taxes a year for every
man and woman in the country. In other
words you and Sue would have to pay
about $50 more in some form of tax. I
guess about the only ones who’d come out
ahead on that deal would be the bootleggers
and gangsters.”
Copyright, 1942, Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industrie*, Inc., N.Y.Cj
with all the world. Then we shall
be partners with God in the estab
lishment of the epace for which we
Pray—the peace which is the fruit
of righteousness, through which the
kingdoms of this world may become
the Kingdom of Christ our Lord.”
'The Living Church).
"It is a good thing to give thanks
unto the Lord, and to sing praises
unto thy Name,, O Most Highest;
To tell of thy loving-kindness early
in the morning and of thy truth in
the night season . . . Thou visitest
the earth, and blessest it; thou mak
est it very plenteous. The river of
God is full of water; thou preparest
their com, for so thou providest for
the earth. Thou waterest her fur
rows; thou sendest rain into the lit
tle valleys thereof; thou makest it
soft with the drops of rain, and
blessest the increase of it. Thou
crownest the year with thy good
ness: and thy clouds drop fatness . . .
The folds shall be full of sheep; the
valleys also shall stand so thick
with corn, that they shall laugh and
sing.” (The Book of Psalms).
"Jesus said, ‘be not anxious for
your life, what ye shall eat, or what
ye shall drink; nor yet for your body,
what ye shall put on . . . For your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things. But
seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you.” (St.
Matthew vi).
Meatless and flshless Wednesdays
in Washington's 52 government cafe
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of the two products weely.
The complicated instruments for
operating a modem ocean liner are
matched by around 300 engine, navi
gation and communication gadgets
in a big bomber.
India turns out 8 million pieces of
army clothing a month, in addition
to fleets of small war vessels and
quantities of ordnance parts and oth
er military equipment.
Copper for 4,187 rounds of .50 cali
ber cartridges is contained in the
typical household bronze door hinge,
check, and door stop.
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NOTICE
To Washington County
TAXPAYERS
The Tax Books ior the year 1942 are now
in my hands ior collection oi taxes.
We urge you to pay your Taxes now
and take advantage oi the savings.
On all taxes that are paid alter February 1,
1943 there will he the usual penally.
I. E. Davenport
Tax Collector Washington County