North Carolina Newspapers

-;v-' r. 3 . 1 TI.is l.-.i LI jl Cans Tcxslay, Rl&rch 9 ' , r A s -.v. 7-"'. :t t ! (O) -Aw ! ill ; - Baiketball hopes and expectations among DupHn'l 'hlgh ichOoU thl week were IXilfllled and spoiled "as the 18M tourney took 'titn lor ' upiets. Two major upaeta m far ' have been tie falling by the way tldeOf perennial' BeulavlHe and Wallace. Also hlhligbting the tour ney bat, been B. T. Grady girls ' setting scoring record for the Duplin tournament, Last night the Grady lassis ran- UP score to 101 points against Jtoae Hill's 87. Also last night the KenansvUle boys dropped the Eeulavllle 80 to S8. Monday night found the Chinquapin boys dropping highly contender Wallace by a score M 48 to 48 after a three snlhute overtime period. . - Friday night's finals at 7:30 finds Grady girls taking on Wallace and KenansvUle boys taking on Calypso. ' Scores through the semi-finals were a follows: , ' Opening night, Friday, Feb. 18th: Magnolia girl 81 to Eeulavllle S3; KenansvUle girls 48 to hlnquapln 83; Rose HU1 boys 85 to Grady 88 and Magnolia boys 68- to Calypso 65. - Saturday, Feb. 20: Rose HU1 girls 85 to Warsaw 84; Faison girls 70 to Calypso 69 (won in overtime period) KenansvUle boys 68 to Warsaw 43 and Chinquapin boys 85 to, Faison 47.- v ' " Monday, Feb. 22: Wallace girls SI , to Faison 61; Grady girls 74 to BeuIavUle 66; Chinquapin boj 51 to Wallace 49 and Beulaville boys 64 to Grady 63. t Last night, semi-finals: Grady girls 101 to Rose Hill 87; Wallace . girls 78 to Chinquapin 73; Kenans vUle boys 60 to Beplaville 38 and Calypso boys 66 to Chinquapin 87. - SMITH DRY CLEANERS of War aowMwill aootv be ready teopen- in Kenongville. (Hop) Smith, t rie ' - he expects to open L out ' He is constructing a v-JJ1 J crete building next ' vto . v jvUle Cafe. Smith uses 4he latest methods , and machinery in dry cleaning, the Sanitone system. - NORWOOD BOONE, deputy -Sheriff from Wallace, went to Nottaway, Va. this' : week to return : Arthur Thigpen, white, charged with aban doning his four children. He and Mrs. . Thigpen left the children several months ago. Shehas not been located. The chUdren are in the home of Fred Bason. - . EJECTION PAPERS WERE serv- : ed on Mrs. Lonnle Newcomb, white, ,' of Wallace, a few days ago to put ' her out of her home. , Mrs. New- ' comb's husband left her and their ,. three chUdren some time ago. He is reported somewhere in California ' - and is wanted by local officers on : charges of abandonment and non- .: support. i A DISTRICT CONFERENCE, two -' aesslohs,- U1 be held at" Albertson Chapel. Church of Jesus Christ, Latter 'Day Saints, on Sunday, Feb. 28th. One session wili be held at 10 ajn. and one at 2 pnv Dinner -: wiQ -be served at noon . Mission '- President C. W.' Naldek and his v wife wUl be in attendance. All mem ' .' toers are urged to attend end the publio Is invited. Only a live wire has the ability to make the usual -Unusual. ,, . . No person with real spunk can , be classified as a good loser, ; v . A'repuiation cannot be strength ' "ened by a coat, of whitewash, ' , ' v Many folk try to lift a mortgage y while riding around, in t, , , fr,;t rw: AI, own. A. T. try, Ei ri-ice. L-Jason Vestal. 1-Jrd OTMo-Cut Courtesy News-Argus) , v ; , , P5 v . CJ Lcccl Drc:J;rs ; hillionibK; Sampson Breeders Association announced today , that their organ ization has inseminated a, total , of 228 cows in 1933 as : compared to 198 in 195Z v. - i " -Sampson Breeders Association buys 1 Semen from, the American Breeders Service stud at AsheviUe. Norm Carolina wnicn nas ooostea the record" of cows Dred from 103, 835, in 82 -to 109,226. in 83'. , Sampson Breeder Assn. is one of the"- 287 cooperatives' and private breeding organizations in 81 states that has conjeibuted to the three quarter - mUlpr first service cows bred by AmericanBreeder Service. The American? Breeders Service is the foremost supplier In the na tion of ' semen from high index proved dairy siresx v. Sampson Breeders Assn. is pleased to announce to their customers and dairymen : In the- county that- ser vice from these-great bull is avai lable to every dairyman, large or small,' at the regular: insemination charge ,as the small farmer rarely can pay - the expense or Keeping a good proved bull. Its technician and directors are making every effort to promote the use of service to these ABS proved Sires.as they feel that one of the mam purpose of artificial -breeding is the use of the best proved sires obtainable, at a cost that a dairy farmer can afford. .': With-the three-quarter, million mark (749,082) first service cows bred artificially in 1953 by the American Breeders; Service's six studs, the desire for, the best pro ved ' sires is becoming . apparent by the nation's dairymen who milk cows' for a living. Citizenship Meet Pinelqnd College ' 'by. Pauline 8. Johnson 'We have been eagerly awaiting the details for our district meeting for Citizenship and International Leaders. They came this morning! Plan now to attend -this meeting: Pineland College Auditorium, Sal emburg,. N. C, Tuesday, March 2.- Registration wUl begin at 10:00 A. M. and the program wUl begin promptly at 10:30 A. M. A registra tion fee of fifty cento wUl De charged e!ach person and lunch can be secured at the College for one dollar per person. - Mrs. Eleanor Roberts, Consultant to the Economic and Social Council, United Nations, for the Associated Country Women of the World,' will be our guest speaker for the morn ing session - and will . discuss the United Nations and her work there. Mr. Mayne Albright Raleigh Attor ney, will serve as moderator and Frances Pressley, State -; CoUege student, will discuss bis experience while Uving in Italy on the Interna tional Farm Youth Exchange Pro gram. ' " jV " ' We would, like very much for you to invite your local pastor to attend. Perhaps you could oome together, AU club citizenship leaders are ex pected to attend.? perhaps . you could arrange to pool your, trans portation by contacting the leader from a nearby club. " , We .shall loot forward to seemg you in Salemburg on Tuesday, Mar 2nd;,, , i - .-4SK4I ie T :j-5 boys bs row: "EUl ton,:coacb; Ly KENJNSVILLE, NORTH CAEOLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1954 r " ri lS Duplin Listed , Ccr.mercial Corn Producing Area RALEIGH .- Corn acreage, allot ments, this year mean- that the loan on corn produced in noncommercial corn counties in 18JB4 wUl drop to 75 per cent of the loan rate in com mercial corn counties; - 1 ' H.D. Godfrey, ASC state admin istrative officer explained today in non-commercial corn counties, , the acreage allotment program does not apply. Legislation specifies that in non-commercial counties the price-, support loan rate is to be 78 per cent, of the . rates in commercial counties. . ... r According to the USDA, there are 834 counties in the commercial corn area, located in the states of Arkan sas, Deleware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mich igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, - Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. . The North Carolina counties are Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Duplin, Edgecombe,' Gates, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pas quotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson. Counties designated as "commer cial" are those where, the average production of corn during the past 10 years averaged 450 bushels or more per farm and four bushels or more per acre of farm land In the county. The area also indues "bor dering" counties which the secre tary of agriculture finds will likely produce 'r comparable amount in 1964,"-rV- f . ' - -'.;." 1 1 . "ti . , 1 f 1 AbouKIational Guard Pictures Last Veekj Times Beulaville, N. C. 16 February, 1954 Last week the Duplin Times .car ried two pictures. of the National Guard in Beulaville, N. C. The com parison between the two pictures shows the strength at the Summer Encampment of 1950 with that of 1953. There was approximately 100 men on the 1950 picture compared with 22 on the 1953 picture. - This Unit went on Active, Duty May 1, 1951 with about 100 men for twoyearg. It was released March 25, 1953 1 with one Officer and 9 enlisted men. Since its return, the strength has gained from 10 men to the present total of 56 men. Since the Governor Of North Caro lina has proclaimed 'the month of February . as National Guard Re cruiting Month,. this Unit has had eight new. enlistments with nine more prospects seeking to get in. - February 2, 1954, Capt. Richard S. Bostlc, Battery Commander of Btry B, 150th AAA Battalion in Beula ville, N. 1C. contacted by letter the six Local High School Principals nearest Beulaville, requesting . the names and addresses' of aU Senior boys who were between the ages of 17 and 18 years of age. AU but two of the principals responded immediately.: Since . this response from the Principals, a personal let-, ter was sent to each Senior; along with aoine bulletins, stating the ad vantage, of being a Guardsman. Already six boy from BeuIavUle m at KenansvUle are, 1 't to right, !rr tftri Tsst SaiT, rjr Zoic r4 AVi4.aA & B, Potter,naWger. Telephone Official Looks Yilh Favor On. Proposed Line r A A group of interested citizens from Duplin County and Seven Springs met with member of the State Utilities Commission end a representative of the Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Company in Raleigh last Friday to discuss tele phone problems in Albertson Town ship and at Seven Springs. After a careful discussion of the requests Jack Havens, vice-president of the Carolina Telephone and . Telegraph Company assured the residents of Albertson that they would send a representative Into the area, from Grady School to Outlaw's Bridge, make a . complete survey of the matter and give a report on what may be expected within 60 days toJ them and to the Utilities Commis sion. Mr. Haven stated that they had been approached by the Albertson people but that Albertson had not offered .concrete information that is needed to proceed towards setting up plans Jor telephone service It was discussed , and the impression left that should service be gfven Albertson the people . would ' be served from the automatic ex change at Pink Hill. Mr. Havens said the attitude of the Company was to give' every community that met the requirements telephone service after all thafs what they are in business for. Mr. Havens told the Times later that they could not stop one project to start another but if Albertson qualified, and he believed they would, he felt that they could get service before the end of the year. Duplin Hospital Staff Dr. Ewers, Chairman; The Duplin General Hospital Staff was organized at a meeting here last Friday night and Dr. E. P. Ewers of Warsaw was named Chair man of the Staff. Dr. Otto Matthews of Warsaw was named Secretary. Most of the doctors in Duplin have qualified as Staff members and it is expected that all will by time the hospital opens. Class A Basketball Tournament In Kenan Gymnasium Next. Week Section ' 2, Class A basketball I tournament will be held in Kenan Memorial Gymr-"ium here next week. Section '. comprised .of schools at Beulaville, Long Creek Grad, KenansviUe, Rose Hill, Wall ace, Gerro Gordo' (Columbia Coun-. ty). Calypso and Richlands. The tournament will open Wed nesday night at 7 o'clock with Kinston Merchants Fete Grady Farmers - : by Clyde Potter Last Friday night about one hundred farmers of the B. F. Grady section met at Grady School where a chicken and pastry dinner was served by the. 2nd year Home Ec. students. John Ivey Smith cooked the stew. , . The dinner was sponsored by the Kinston 'Chamber of Commerce and about 50 Kinston merchants attend ed. Chamber president W. S. Page, presided.. Elder K. D. Harper, .Sr. of Albertson Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, offered the bless ing. Chairman George T. Skinner of the RetaU Merchants Division serv ed as master of -ceremonies and introduced' some of the prominent people present Mr. Page -extended a word of welcome on behalf of the Chamhpi of Cnmmerae: v . r, v - Tobacco - Sales1 Supervisor R. , & (Dutch) Witherlngton, native son of Duplin, was recognized , and spoke briefly. School Principal H. M. Well of Grady School responded to th welcome, and also welcomed - the Kinston1 folks . to - the community saying that this feUowship meeting was lor aault education on learning how to get along with people. ii ,. . : . ...... - . ! Chamber of Commerce managed Chas. R. McCuUers, spoke on Kin, ston and its i growth and business1, saying Kinston1 was dependant on the farmers for their, produce and in turn the farmer need -what Kin ston. has to offer.-, He passed out prizes to the lucky ticket holders, prizes donated by the Kinston mer chants. " " i Coy HU1 was awarded the grand prize- for having the largest family (16 children) of any person present If your memory is poor it 1 a good idea to stick to the truth. -" ' v High School have Joined, with sev eral others expressing their desire to loin. - - ;-. r- There Is yet some good openings for well qualified men to fUl key posiohs. We would like very, much to I :-'t , from some' of the other Eih School f nior. -.'"-r, v,gt', Ltitoy J.'Kennedy rtf ; "" Adm. Malnt, U Supply Tech. ( In Albertson A to Seven Springs he virtually assured the .. representatives ; that they could expect some service be fore too much longer. The Company has a crew on a Job now that should be completed in about three months and it everything was in order at the - Springs the crew' probably could go there next "' : Ms B. Holt and LeRoy -Simmons lead the Albertson . delegation and Dallas Price, Mayor Finer and Clay Dale lead the Seven Springs delega tion. It was pointed out that long distance tolls carry a tax which amounts to 18 per cent if the cost of the call is not over 25c and 25 per cent if -the cost is over 25c. Mr. Haven told the Times that his Company was in sympathy with the two areas but that the main reason they have no service' is be cause of neglect -on the communi ties' parts in not doing their job first ;: V.' -,;.yV; r 'fV' V Quizzed about the phone situation in KenansvUle he stated that service across Grove from the high school would be installed in a few day and as we write it appears the residents in the new area wUl have service before this week is over.' He also stated that work was going ahead on plans for -a line towards Chinquapin as far as Ellis Vestal's home and as soon as the people along that route have completed their end of the job lines, will go in it feasible. He assured us that the local exchange VjUl be amply equip ped to take care of the hospital when opening time comes. Organizes Dr. Parrot t Surgeon - The Staff recommended Dr. John A. Prrott of Kinston to be chief surgeon. Dr. Parrott has been offic ially notified and has stated that he is pleased over his selection and wUl immediately begin making plans to move to KenansvUle. He expects to be here some little time I prior to tne opening oi me nospiuu. I ; v KenansvUle meeting Rose Hill. At 8:30 the same night Wallace will take on Cerro Gordo. On Thursday night at 7:00 Calypso and Richlands wUl play and at 8:30 Beujaville will tackle Long Creek-Grady. Winners of these xgames wiU meet on Friday night beginning at 7;00 and the finals wUl be played at 8:00 Satur day. ! . DUPLIN POLITICS i - "r , ........ ; The political picture hasn't chan ged too. much in Duplin since last week's '.issue . of the Times. Ths week found Robert L. West of War saw fiUng for Judge. Sheriff Ralph MiUer comes along with his expect ed announcement and David N. Henderson of WaUace announces for county solicitor. Lewis Outlaw of Albertson, unsuccessful candidate foi the Senate four Years aeo. in formed the Times Tuesday night that he definitely is a candidate for the State Senate this year however he has not formally announced or tiled. In 1 the commissioner's race Lott Kornegay of Warsaw announces and , has filed for Commissioner from District, 1 as has A. P. Cates of Faison, encumbant from that dis trict Dallas Jones of Magnolia told the Time this morning that he definitely is in the running to suc ceed himself as commissioner from District JL although he has not for mally announced or. filed. The long expected formal announcement from J. B. Stroud of Magnolia P. O., Ken ansvUle Tqwnship, for commission er from District. 5 has-come through; Mr. Stroud says he is in to stay. Theatre Grill Opens A brand new GrUl wUl be pfficlal ly opened on Saturday night Feb. 27th at 8:00 pjn. in Warsaw. Irene Yancey is the Owner and Operator of the Theatre Grill which is to be in the Duplin Theatre building in Warsaw., i Giving capable and courteous service wUl be waitresses Jeanne Cline ' and Audrey Garner as well as Irene Yancey at the new Grill. Short order and sandwiches wiU be served at all time along with the usual' soft drinks,' thick milk shakes and coffee. Horn made style biscuits just like' mother used to make wUl be served with . the short order if desired. At the grand opening Saturday night there wUl be thick mUk' shake and hot .dogs for- free to the first 100 customers after the official; opening time of 8:00 pjn. so come one, come alt and bring . your friends. Irene Yancey is the sister of Mrs. Cleo Hobbs and give promise of having tine HCBHCKIPTIOli BATE: tJW First Grade Registration Preschool Clinics For County Are Announced Beginning on Wednesday, March 8 registration and pre-school clinics for chUdren who wUl attend first grade next school term wUl begin. If chUdren have had a physical ex amination from their famUy physi cian and have certificates of im munization against smallpox, , dip htheria and whooping cough, weU and good. ; However, they should attend the registration day at their respective school in order to get registered' tor school for next school term. Parent are urged to accomlfor entrance to first, grade is that pany their children to these clinics. Booklet 'for parents of beginner have been prepared by the Office of the Board of Education with the help of first grade teachers and a committee of parents from the dif ferent schools. These booklets, which wUl be given to parents on registration day, were prepared to answer1 some of the questions fre - quently asked by parents concern With Revival At Uni The Church Attendance Crusade of Unity Methodist Church enters its third month next week with plans for a Revival. The Crusade began last January with the hopes of increasing - Church Attendance and stimulating more Interest in . the total program of the church. During the past two months, there has been visitation by members of the church to most homes, publicity to every famUy, and pointed pro grams on Church Attendance dur ing the Church School and Worship Services. The efforts of the various com mittees has brought forth encour aging reports. The Church School attendance has increased over 20 per cent with attendance being over a hundred for four consective weeks. The attendance at the Worship Ser vices has also shown an increase during the Crusade. Perhaps the most important results of this ef fort has been the finding of un churched families in the community. It .is hoped , that these families ean be brought into the feUowship of the church during the Revival Ser vices being planned for the week Millie Burch Wins Contest Miss Millie Burch, senior in Ken ansvUle High School, won the coun ty elimination American Legion oratorical contest Tuesday night when she took a unanimous decision over Miss NeUie Faye Parker "of B. F. Grady. The contest was held at Grady School. Miss Burch will enter the Duplin-Pender elimina tions at .WaUace tomorrow night and the winner there wUl compete in the Division contest at Burgaw next Tuesday night. The winner there wiU go Into the State contest in Siler City. Winner tomorrow night will receive a $100 bond. Miss Burch went into the state finals in the same contest a few years ago. Her subject this year is "Our Constitution, a Defender of the Freedom." Infant Brown Dies In Rose Hill . Deborah Carr Brown, 8 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carr Brown of Rose Hill died at James Walker Hospital Tuesday at 12:15 P.M. Funeral services were conducted from the home Wednes day afternoon at 3:30 by Rev. Char les Vale, pastor of the Rose Hill Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. C. F. Kirschl, pastor of the Warsaw Methodist Church. Surviving besides her parents are ond brother, Ronald, of the home, her maternal grandparents and her paternal': grandparents. Pallbearers were: Archie Herring, Henry. Ward, Tracy; Lanier" and William E. Herring of Rose HUI. rous Meeting Dr. Joseph' DCampbeiL. horticul turist of Ontaria, Canada, working with the Kathison. Chemical Cor poration but of (Baltimore,, Md held a meeting et v Wednesday , of last week in the Mt OUve High School Auditorium 'at 'which ,: about '125 farmers, agricultural workers.,coun-ty-agents and agricultural teachers attended. They snowed interest in the uses of Anhydroua-AmmOriia and it "easy application which Is cheaper than, solid ( nitrogens, he aid,; &;t A s W, r. :;';i' -' Dr. CempbeU wUl -return to Mt Olive in the near future and give demonstrations on uses of Anhyd rous-Ammonia, Watch this news- eating place. for Just a snack of to eat out at meal times. tec ymr ta 0l an MUMtfif ' ing first grade programs and to give a summary of things expected of first grade children. -j In order fot; a chUd to be eligible to attend school next school term he must be six years old OK or BEFORE October 16, 1954. Thi is a State. law .foe, the well-being of chUdren, In ; ordet. to verify the child' age, the Board of Education is requiring that each parent pre sent their chUd' .birth certificate to his teacher. Another requirement a certificate of Immunization against smaUpox, diptheria and whooping cough be presented to the teacher. This is another State law for the protection and weU-bemg of chlld len. 'vM'.',itV' '.,.''',' Registration and pre-school clinic days for th respective schools of the county are listed in an ad on 1 another pigs Jn this issue. i-V' '''-;:M4v ' ' . .'i-'5 of March 7-M. There-is no doubt that the Crusade has increased in many homes' and' families. To begin, the 'thud month of the Crusade, Revival Services have been planned 1 for 7 the week of March 7-14. The pastor, the Rev. J.1 G. White, wUl conduct the services which wUl begin each night, Sunday through Saturday, at 7:30 P. M. Next week, February 28 - March 7, lay members of the church wUl do visitation evangelism each night of the week. They wUl go forth Two By Two as, did' the early disciples of Christ It is hoped that through, this Visitation Evangelism and the Pulpit Evangelism that many of the unchurched families can be brought into the, .feUowship of the church. The pastor and the congre gation Invites all of the county to come and be 'with them in these services. V '"-'. ' The fine results of the Crusade are due tp the combine efforts of all the congregation,' and to the . splen- did..werjt ,tCr.1he! "Publicity, -Visita tion and Registration Committees. The Crusade win continue through March and April. ' Duplin County In Commerce Dep'f Business men of Duplin County and others interested in services of the United States Department Of Commerce are invited to communi cate with the field office of that agency located in Charleston, S. C, following a realignment of territory which brought part of North Caro lina under the supervision of that office. The realignment was brought about by the discontinuance of the regional office set-up of the Depart ment of Commerce Field Offices, the regional and district offices be coming field offices. According to C. W. Martin, man ager of the Commerce Department's field office in Charleston, twenty two North Carolina counties, Anson, Bladen, Brunswick,, Cabarrus, Col umbus, Cumberland, Duplin, Gaston, Hoke, Lincoln, Mecklenburg;. Mont gomery, Moore, New Hanover, On slow, Pender, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson. Scotland, Stanley, and Union have been added to the Juris diction of that office. " -i . The Department of Commerce in Charleston has a vast store of ma terial available to Duplin countiana, Mr. Martin said, including final figures from the recent decennial censuses of population and housing, the agricultural census, production and distribution data of the Bureau of the' Census and Office of Business Economics, reports oh technical as pects ef business operations of the Office of Technical Services, month ly information on retaU and whole sale sales, and many special publi cations concerned with improving a firm's market potentials . and business techniques. The Canteen Club of - Duplin County , wiU hold- a "Contest Night" this Saturday night at x the Eastern Star Lodge in KenansviUe. Contest are being planned for all those pre sent with prizes for the winners. The program WUl begin at 7:30 p.m. The Canteen Club is an organiza tion of young people from through out the county to promote clean and wholesome recreation' for the young people of the ' .county. The Club meet every 2nd arid' 4th Sat urday, nights of each month-, All young people . are welcomed to come and Join the activities of. the club. aper for announcement. Anyone de siring information can Contact the Mt' OUve . oftica or any Mathison dealer.- ?-'S -i-x: .:u ' fEJCE TEN CETJTEb ins Ma.y i r. I I a a I ail r 1( lyai l'i J ' Sunday, February 28th wUl begin" : the Week of Dedication for Metho- ' , dlst m four local churches, Kenans-. ' ' vllle, Magnolia, Unity, and Wesley. The? .Week of Dedication is an an nual observance of all Methodists. It i h week set aside at the begin-. - , nlng of Lent when pastors are urged to call their people to prayer, medt- " Ution,' and renewed dedication of life. It is an opportunity for spirit- . ual cultivation and growth in graca: for pastor and churches that d .' ire to observe it It concludes with) a Day at Dedication, when a freew , wiU. offering is received for critical missionary needs. During the Week, special services) wUl be held at each church with . caU for a reded ication of life. Ser- " vices in the four churches will bet ' held a feUows: KenansvUle, Friday. ' March 5. 7:30 PM.; Magnolia, Tues- Amt ' Ifnuk : , D.OA tllf . ', f f-U , .''T Wednesday. March. 3, 7:30 P.M.; Wesley, Thursday, March 4, 7:8 P.M. A free-wUl offering wUl be taken at Magnolia and Unity on Sunday, February 28, and at Ken ansvUle and Wesley on March 7th. T This, is ' an opportunity for every Methodist to go the second mUe in ' spreading the Word of God to all corner of the earth. :,-. ..J:-; a Special Week of Dedication De votions and Lent Bible Readings V have been sent to each member for this week of Spiritual Rededication. These devotions are suggested for family and private meditation. It is hoped by the pastor , and the Commission on Membership and , Evangelism along with the Com mission On Missions that this will be a high spot for every member. TAX TROUBLE ' . - ' ( "In reply to your present request to send a check, I wish to inform you that the present condition of my bank account makes it impos sible. My shattered financial con dition is due to federal laws, state laws, county laws, city' laws, cor noration laws, llntinr Iaw tnnfhwd in-laws, romer-4n-law8,-ster-fn-rs laws and outlaws. "Though these laws,' I am expect. ed to pay a business tax, sewer tax, parking meter tax, amusement 'tax. ' head tax, aehool tax, gas. tax, light tax, sales tax, liquor -tax, carpet tax, income tax, food tax, furniture tax, and excise tax. Even my brains' are " taxed. I am required to get' a busin ess license, car license, hunting and fishing license, truck Hcensevand dog license. - ..,.,' Jflu- I am required to , contribute to every society and; organization which the genius of man is capable Qf bringing to life; to women's re lief,' the unemployment relief,, and the gold digger' reliet ,AJe to every hospital., an A : charitable, or ganization in the city county, state. and nation: to the. Bed Cross, . tiie Purple Cross and the .Double Cross. , For my own safety I am, required to carry life insurance, Property in surance, liability insurance, burglar insurance, accident insurance, busi ness insurance, tornado insurance. . unemployment insurance, old 1 age and tire insurance. v My business is so governed that it Is no easy matter for me to find - out, who owns it t am protected. . expected, disrespected, rejected, de- . jected, examined, re-examined, in formed, required, summoned, fined. commanded and compeUed until I" provide inexaustible supply of mqW ' ey for; every known - need of the. human race. i. . -. : . '.! ., Simply because I refuse to donate to something or other I am boy cotted, talked about Hed aboW held up, held down, and robbed un til I am almost ruined. -" ' Tbe only reason I am clinging to life at aU i to e what in the hell is coming next" ; .i A i. hr Sarah T.'Ieaea The trend toward more part-time farming and more rural Uving Is . likely to continue in the future, according to the Si "Department of Agriculture. Increasing indust rialism, Improvements-in transpor tation and in labor-saving facilities for the home. wiU make It possible -for more people to Uv in rural areas. --j.,-;.-.-:-vs.'-'-'i t - Though about two-thirds o our increasing number of people iver" the age of 85 now UVe in or near Cities, the situation may be revers ed in the future,. a, rtodern on- . yenlenoes in rural . areas increase atjd make it possible for retired and elderly people to have more comfortable living in the country.v Part-time farming, like part-time hOmemaking, has been, increasing. the Department reports. Nearly one faimer out of every tour worked at an off-farm Job for itWor more days out of the year, 19 19. In con trast only one-out bt 10 farmers worked thi much time oft the farm 30 year ago. -.':- '', Country L 1: ) ' " r. f V, 'Axyy. VA 1 AAA-A; 'j';;;W--A:-V'. rr ''-Jl.