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THE
Roanoke Beacon
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
In Plymouth, Washington County,
North Carolina
The Roanoke Beacon Is Wash
ington County’s only newspaper
It weis 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 the post office in Plymouth.
N. C„ under the act of Congress
if March 3. 1879.
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17—Nazis scuttle battleship
Graf Spee to escape
British. 193a
IS—First U. S. Sunday paper.
Monitor,’ appears In Bal
> timore. 1796.
19—Louisiana Purchase,
i 1303
JO—Naiis fly Italian soldiers
to Albania, 1940.
11— Benjamin Franklin, U. S.
envoy, reached Paris.
j 1776.
12— Pilgnm Fathers land at
jjf Plymouth Rock, 1621
13— Cuban amnesty bill
signed, 1938.
Vandalism Run Rampant
“Wanton boodlumism” is the kind
est designation that can be applied
to the cutting of several seats at the
Plymouth Theatre in recent weeks.
Shep Brinkley, the owner, who is
home from the Army for a few days
on furlough, is righteously indignant,
not only because of the loss involved
but also because of the pointlessness
and utter stupidity of the entire pro
ceeding.
There seems to be no way to catch
the perpetrators of such acts. It is
useless to appeal to their better na
tures, for anyone who will commit
such wanton destruction without
reason is not capable of reasoning.
By the very nature of movie houses
being necesarily darkened, it is dif
ficult to set a watch.
About the only recourse is to ap
peal to all movie goers to keep on the
lookout and report immediately any
one who cuts the upholstery of a
seat. There should be no compunc
tion in dealing with those responsible,
for they have put themselves beyond
the place of deserving sympathy or
consideration.
No Short Cut
William M. Jeffers, rubber czar,
recently struck hard at “loose and
careless'’ talk about the rubber
problem. The rubber problem is not
licked; there is a definite rubber
shortage; there will be tires for all
only if the most stringent measures
are applied and received with 100
per cent cooperation on the part of
the public. That is the grim truth.
There is no easy short cut to rub
ber conservation, or to the produc
tion of more rubber. “T he facts are/'
Mr. Jeffers said, ‘‘that the Japanese
cut off 90 per ecnt of our- supplies
and that as a result the United
States is compressing into two years
the building of a tremendous syn
thetic rubber industry which ordi
narily would take a dozen years to
build.
“The greatest reserve rubber sup
ply of rubber we have in this coun
try is in the million tons of rubber
in the tires of our passenger cars and
trucks. We must stretch that mil
lion tons as far as it will possibly go
—and maybe a little farther.”
Streamlined Merchandising
Over a million and a half retail
stores are striving to meet the de
mands of heretorfore pampered con
sumers, in the face of widening gaps
on their shelves, chaotic prices and
other operating handicaps. Retail
merchants are existing in an econo
mic no-man’s-land.
The part that they have played in
helping to hold price rises to reason
able levels during the present emer
gency, is too often forgotten—just as
they too seldom receive credit for
merchandising methods.
The fundamental characteristic of
modern merchandising is mass dis
tribution. The chain stores and the
organized independent merchants are
the nucleus of this system. They
buy and sell on a quantity basis. As
a result, the spread between producer
and consumer can be held to a mini
mum. Consumers are enabled to pur
chase more goods as well as a wide
variety of goods, and the general
standard of living is strengthened.
The smallest merchant, if he is effi
cient, can take full advantage of the
lower wholesale prices brought about
by mass distribution. And experi
ence has shown that when he com
bines this with personalized service,
he can more than hold his own with
any competitor.
It is not pleasant to contemplate
the chaos that would beset the coun
try if we were forced to depend on
the retail distribution methods of
twenty years ago. They contrast as
sharply aa the horseless carriage and
the modern automobile.
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Fire Can Be Final
Millions of people are walking to
their offices and their grocery' stores
because the United States is desper
ately short of rubber. And yet in a
single fire we allowed one-tenth of
our total crude rubber supply to go
up in smoke! We allowed careless
ness to do the work of an enemy
bomber. We allowed the same care
lessness to destroy hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in property and
thousands of lives every year. The
taxes we pay to support fire depart
ments, cannot protect us against our
own carelessness. Nothing can pro
tect us except a final realization that
uncontrolled fire is a deadly menace.
Once we realize that, the problem of
fire can be solved.
The National Board of Fire Un
derwriters has published a book en
titled “Fire Prevention Education.”
It is written expressly for the use of
teachers, comunity leaders, fire chiefs,
Soy Beans
Wanted
Prices Delivered at Shipping Point:
Tokios and Yellows.$1.60
Browns and Blacks.$1.40
Receiving Point: Norfolk Southern
Station in Plymouth
SEE or CALL ME at ANY TIME!
R. W. Johnston
Phone 334-6 Plymouth, N. C.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE TOP OFFER
MACHINE GUN
POST NUMBER
FIVE RETIRING*
OUT OF ,
ammunition;
Oil Dealers To Keep
One Year Records
-9
Fuel oil dealers and suppliers who
furnish customers with certifications
of past purchases must retain for one
year the records upon which the cer
tifications are baser, the Office of
Price Administration announced to
day.
Under the fuel oil rationing regu
lations applicants for heat or heat
and hot water rations are required to
submit a certification from their
dealer or supplier showing purchases
for the year ended May 31, 1942. By
requiring these distributors to re
tain the records on which the cer
tifications are based, OP A will have
an additional means of checking the
certifications.
Tlie provision regarding the re
taining of these records is contained
in Amendment No. 9 to the fuel oil
rationing regulations effective No
vember 25, 1942.
LARGEST
Approximately one million pounds
of lespedeza seed will be harvested in
Forsyth County this year, the larg
est crop on record, reports S. R.
Mitchiner, assistant farm agent.
public officials, Scouts and civilian
defense aides. It applies to home
and factory alike. For example, it
points out that 40 fires a day in the
United States are due to careless use
of the electric iron; the bill for this
particular piece of neglect is $1,625,
000 annually. Most of these fires
could be eliminated merely by the
use of an automatic temperature
control switch which prevents the
iron from attaining excessive tem
peratures.
And so it goes. The bulk of our
annual fire loss could easily be avert
ed. All that is necessary is a little
individual effort, something that too
many of us fail to exert until it is too
late. -And then we never get a sec
ond chance because fire is very often
like death. It can be final.
Hillside of Calvary
By PRESTON E. CAYTON
Pastor Saints Delight Christian Church
A crowd of curious people followed j
the soldiers through the gate to the
hillside where the cricifixion took
place. Many in the crowd were ene
mies of Jesus, others were friends
■who longed to help but could not.
As they went, Jesus sank beneath the
weight of the heavy cross He bore.
The cruel soldiers then called a
stranger from the crowds and placed
the cross on his shoulder, for Jesus
was to weak to carry it any farther.
On the hillside of Calvary the mob
stopped .and the soldiers began to
strip their prisoners of their clothes
and to fasten their hands and feet
to the crosses. Then they raised the
cross of Jesus high in air and planted
it securely in the ground, leaving the
prisoners to hang there till death
should relieve them of their misery.
Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them,
for they know not what they do.”
While Jesus hung on the cross he
saw a group of sorrowing friends
standing at the edge of the crowd,
among them was his own mother.
John, the disciple who loved him so
much, was there. Jesus asked John
to take care of His mother from that
time. The enemies of Jesus stood
around the cross, making fun of Him
and telling him to come down if He
were the Son of God. One said, He
saved others, himself he could not
save.” About noonday the sky sud
denly grew dark. For hours the
darkness lasted. Then Jesus cried
with a loud voice, “It is finished.”
The captain said to his soldiers,
“Truly this man was the Son of
God.” Like many today are saying,
“Truly this is the Son of God,” but
it is too late. As they made fun of
Jesus on the cross,they are making
fun of His servants today. Let me
say this, there’s coming a day when
we all shall be paid. A pay day is
coming. With Christ we shall find
rest, without Christ, we are lost.
We too, must bear our own crosses.
Must Jesus bear the cross, and all the
world go free? No, there’s a cross for
every one, and there is a cross for
i
THE OLD JUDGE SATS...
“How soon do you leave ior camp, Bob?”
“Next Tuesday, Judge. Bill and George
are leaving the same time. We’re hoping to
wind up in a tank outfit.”
“Well, the way I’ve seen you handle a
tractor, Bob, you ought to be right at home
in one of those tanks. You’re going to like
the service—they’re a great bunch of fel
lows. Just last week I went down to camp
to see a young nephew of mine and he
introduced me to some of his buddies. Fine
fellows—real he-men just like you and Bill
and George—from good American homes.
Handle themselves well, too.
“You know, I’ve been checking up on it,
Bob, and I’ve found out that the American
army today is healthier, better disciplined,
better trained, better taken care of than
it has ever been in its history. And you can
take my word for it, Mary, he’ll come back
to you a fine man in great shape. Best of
luck to you, Bob.”
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l^eligious News
an^ Views
By Rev. W. B. Daniels, Jr.
‘THE TWELVE APOSTLES”
A drawing of Grace Episcopal
Church, Plymouth, appears in the
Decern Der issue or
i “Fort," the widely
I circulated magazine
1 of the Episcopal
I Church which is
| published by the
| National Council.
I In the foreground
| of the drawing are
| the “Apostle Trees”
I and the following
^explanation is at
tached: “Twelve
sycamore trees in
the yard of Grace Church, Plym
outh, N. C., were named after the
Twelve Apostles—The one called Ju
das was struck by lightning soon aft
er planting.”
This interesting fact concerning
the local Episcopal church has been
widely publicized in the past several
years. Robert R. Ripley’s famous
column, "Believe It Or Not” featured
the story a few years ago. Pictures
of the church, together with its well
known "Apostle Trees” have also ap
peared in the Raleigh News and Ob
server.
"BETHLEHEM”
"O Little Town of Bethlehem,” one
me. On the cross He paid the price
for the soul of man. Ye are bought
with a price. Today the church
needs you, and you need the church.
Will you find your way to some
church next Sunday? Help the
church. Will you find your way to
some church next Sunday? Help the
church to bear the cross. Jesus was
willing to take up his cross. You,
too must take up your cross and fol
low Him.
of the best known and best loved of
the Chirstmas carols, was written by
Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massa
chusetts and the greatest preacher in
the history of American Christianity.
Brooks was inspired to write this car
ol while at student at Virginia The
ological Seminary in Alexandria, Va.
During his seminary career (1856
1859), Brooks often went up in the
school's tower located on a hill which
overlooked the then little town of
Alexandria some three miles away.
Late one night, as he was watching
the scattered lights of Alexandria
twinkling in the darkened valley be
low, Brooks was caught by the sim
ilarity of this scene to what Beth
lehem must have looked like on that
first Christmas long ago. This vivid
scene and its inspiration stayed with
the student even after his gradua
tion, and several years later he
penned the words to that tender car
ol that we all love so well.
Alexandria today is no longer tne
peaceful little town which gave the,
poet his inspiration. Located just
across the Potomac from Washing
ton, D. C., Alexandria now is a large
city, overflowing with people and bus
tling with the hectic activities of war
industry. A huge torpedo plant sings
its song of destruction, large apart
ment houses crowd every space,
bombing planes zoom overhead on
practice flights, searchlights send
their arrows of light through the
night sky.
The scene of the poet’s inspiration
has been changed by the hands of
man and is no more. And yet, cities
may prosper and decay, wars are
fought and won ... or lost, nations
rise and wane ... we know, we know
deep within our souls, that we still
have our “Bethlehem" . . . the Beth
lehem that lives in the heart of those
who worship the Christ.
“O little town of Bethlehem!
How still we see thee lie;
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by;
Yet in thy dark streets shlneth
The everlasting light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.”
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would make five victory suits.
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With men In the Army, Navy,
Marines, and Coast Guard,
the favorite cigarette is CameL
(Based on actual sales records
inPost Exchanges and Canteens.)
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