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THE NEWS JOURNAL, RAEFORD, N. C.
THURSDAY, DEC. 30th, 1943
Letters From Our
Readers
Why Should God Bless America?
God has greatly blessed America.
This is true in many ways. God has
blessed America geographically, in its
climate and its wealth; historically in
its happiness, freedom, and true wor
ship of G'd; materially, our national
income has increased more than 80"7t
in the last ten years.
The automobile industry has In
creased 212 in the same period. The
people of the United States constitute
6 of the world's population, own
practically all of the world's gold, 60
per cent of its wheat; 60"r of its cot-
tun; 50 per cent of its copper; SO per
cent of its tin; and 66 per cent of its
banking. Our purchasing power av
erages four times that of Europe. But,
i why should God continue to bless
America? The average American
j home today is no longer a place of
'christian training. Indeed we are
lighting for its very existance. There
is a marked disregard for the marriage
v'ow. America leads the world today
in number of divorces.
Paul, in the first chapter of Homnns,
gives us a picture of a bankrupt
world. It is a world on fire. He says
the world is bankrupt because it is in
the hands of plunderers. A nation
loses its soul when it cannot be trust
ed. The District of Columbia drinks
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SoME day soon we hope
to thcmk you personally for your
kindness to us during 1943. But right
now, with the Spirit of New Year's in
the air we want to say
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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NE'S "home may be frails its roof may shake,
the wind may blow through it, the storms may
enter, the rain may enter", but at New Year's even
such a home may be alight with cheer.
Standing on the threshold of 1944 there is
reason to believe that the new chapter has brighter
pages for all. With this thought we extend to all
OUR SINCERE NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
SMITH'S RADIO SERVICE
David A. Smith
Happy New Tear to the people of this
community! We want everyone to know
that we regard the popularity of this store
not only as an honor but as a grave
responsibility. We will meet that respon
sibility by making every effort to improve
oar service in 1944,
four times as much spirits per person
as the nation. Is it not about time
that we let our Congressmen know
that if that is what Congress stands
for,- that is riot what the nation as a
whole stands for?
One half of the convicts in the na
tion which numbers more than two
million, are under 24 years of age, and,
80 per cent of all crimes are committed
by boys. Arrests of women for drun
kness increased 35 per cent in the first
half of 1941. During the same time
female arrests for all causes increased
16 per cent; drunken driving increas
ed 17 per cent: and burglaries increas
ed 20 per cent. There are today in
America 30 million young people who
do not belong to any church or reli
gious organization what so ever. Our
national liquor bill in 19-42 was over
five billion dollars. The brewers in
the United States in 1940 spent over
twenty-one million dollars for adver
tising. The brewers since 1918 have
spent around half billion dollars try
ing to make the public believe beer is
a non-intoxicating drink. Alcohol is
a narcotic, having the similar affect
as morphine, and tends to put to sleep
the nervous system. Whiskey and
soldiers will not mix any better than
whiskey and gasoline. Does America
think she can win this awful war with
drunken soldiers? We paid ten times
as miK-h to make America drunk as to
make her Christmas. One county in
North Carolina elected the largest
bootlegger the county had. for high
sheriff. Instead of singing God Bless
America we shouU be praying God
forgive America. Jesus has said, "Ex
cept ye repent ye shall all likewise
perish".
Our gifts to our churches have de
creased 20 per cent in the last ten
years.
Our nation spends annually six to
seven billions of dollars on gambling.
We are spending annually fifteen
billion for crime.
Thirty-eight dollars per capita for
liquor.
Fifteen dollars per capita for edu
cation. And six dollars per Capita for
Christianity.
We sing "God Bless America", and
God asks why?
Deivitt Tapp,
Timberland, N. C.
Kudzu Good Legume
For North Carolina
A. A. GRAHAM
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jTO GIVE OUR NEW YEAR
MESSAGE EXTRA FORCE
WE'RE BACKING IT UP
wrm A SOLDIER, SAILOR
AND MARINE. YES. HERE'S
WISHING YOU A GREAT,
WONDERFUL NEW YEAR.
RAEFORD
BARBERSHOP
Kudzu is an excellent legume for
reclaiming gullied lands, for grazing,
for hay or soil improvement in North
Carolina, says Enos C. Blair, Exten
sion agronomist at N. C. State College.
Kudzu is usually started by setting
two or three year old crows, or rooted
sections of the vines. Seedlings may
also be grown in a nursery. The
crowns should be set in late winter,
before the plants start growing.
"On gullied land, growers dig holes
about 20 feet apart, 18 inches square.
and 15 inches deep. These holes are
tilled with a mixture of soil, manure,
and one pound of superphosphate or
complete fertilizer. Two plants are
set in each hole", Blair says.
On cultivated land, he reccommends
that furrows be run about 15 feet
apart, and that manure or fertilizer
be applied in the furrow. The land is
then ridged as for cotton and the
plants set 5 to 6 feet apart, with about
500 plants per acre.
Row crops are grown between the
rows of Kudzu for two or three years,
dropping back with cultivation as the
Kudzu spreads. This cultivation ena
bles the plants to root properly in the
freshly cultivated soil.
As the ground is covered by the
Kudzu, great masses of upright shoots
grow from each rooted joint. It is
these shoots that are used for grazing
and for hay. The crop may be grazed
about five or six months each year,
but it should not be grazed too closely.
It takes about three years to produce
a good growth of Kudzu on cultivated
land.
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Cattle Can Use
Many Proteins
There is a large abount of informa
tion showing that the quality of pro
tein feed, which is very important in
the production of pigs and poultry, is
of little importance in the feeding of
cattle, says Dr. F. W. Sherwood, mem
ber of the animal industry department
of the State College Experiment Sta
tion. The reason for this, according to
Sherwood, is that the microorganisms
in the paunch of cattle, sheep and
goats use the protein as food for them
selves. The cow later digests and us
es this bacterial protein, which was
developed from the original protein in
her feed.
"Consequently, within limits, it
makes little difference what kind of
protein the cow eats, just so long M
the bacteria in her paunch can male
use of it", Sherwood says.
He points to the relatively low di
gestibility of the protein and other nu
trients of lespedeza hay under ordi
nary conditions. Digestion trials with
late-cut hay clearly show the impor
tance of cutting lespedeza hay at an
early stage.
Tests have shown that "intermediate-cut"
hay averaged 37 per cent
higher in total digestible nutrients
than the late cut hay. There is strong
indication that an acre of hay cut be-
Money spent for War Bonds goes
to the front. Sometimes it provides
spectacular equipment like planes,
eft times it buys a runty donkey
like this American soldier is taking
nshore in Italy. The quicker your
dollars go into action, the sooner it
will be over. Buy More War Bonds.
V. S. Trniury UtWlmnt
fore bloom will yield a much greater
quantity of digestible nutrients than
an acre cut after the bloom stage.
Children Ban VUU4
Landlords in Southern Rhodesia are
no longer allowed to bar people with
children. It is now an offense to re.
fuse applicants with children, or even
to ask if an intending tenant has chil
dren, according to the new regulation,
published in Salisbury. It is also made
an offense for prospective tenants to
advertise that they have no children.
This form of advertising was common
in the "houses or flats wanted" classi
fications of newspapers.
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Football Splits Erie.
Rugby and "soccer" have split Erie
into factions. Recently the Gaelic
Athletic association opposed the play
ing of these games in the Irish Army.
Now the Minister of Defense in Dub
lin rebukes the association, declaring
that its attitude is an attempt to divide
one section of the people against the
other, and that the man who plays
these socalled foreign games is as
much entitled to justice as anyone
else.
FIRE CALLS
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HEAR THE MUSIC
OF THE BELLS
Ring out wilJ bell your New Year's greet
ings. Blow, whistles, blow! On with the
dance, let the joy be unronfmed !
Again we wish for you all the good things
that 1944'g cornucopiae may contain.
C. P. KINLAW
JEWELER
1944
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More and more our armies are
landing our fighting troops by para
chute, disrupting enemy lines, en
emy communications, but paying
heavy price in casualties.
Silken fineries and their substi
tutes are fast passing from the mar
ket to provide safe landings for our
distant fighting men. We can still
buy silk ar.d nylr.n for them with
War Bonds ar.d Stamps.
V. S. ImjurjDlfrtmtnt
Our entire business has been built upon
friendship. We look upon all our customers as our
friends, and are determined to give them the friend
liest service possible. It Is our aim to wrap up a little
friendliness in each transaction.
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Thanks, friends, one and all, for the privi
lege of serving you. And we want to say right now,
as fervently as we can say it . . .
HAPPY NEW YEAR
MclAUCHLIH COMPANY IMC.