THE EAGLE
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and surrounding Community. f
Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 16th, 1906,
in the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of
CongTesB March 3rd, 1879.___._.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1944
mental alarm clocks
This winter, more than at any time since the war started,
the nation's scarcity of alarm clocks is going- to be a major
problem.
Before the war, about 12.500.000 alarm clocks were sold
each year. U-ss than half that number are being made din
ing 1944 and even less were made in 1943. In addition, it is
almost impossible to' get an alarm, clock repaired these days.
Thus there must be a great many people, by now, who
have to depend on a factory whistle, a rooster or good luck to
rouse'them from sleep in time for work.
In the summer it is comparatively easy for most of us to
wake up at an early hour without outside assistance. But on
cold, dark winter mornings plenty of people might sleep the
day through unless stirred into wakefulness by a rasping, irri
tating tingle from an alarm clock.
The only solution seems to be a slow process of mental
training. It is said that, by thinking about it hard enough,
most people can wake up within five minutes of the time they
want to awaken.
UNDECIDED VOTERS
It is estimated that there are still 20 per cent of the
American people who haven't decided which way they will
vote in November—and another 10 or 15 per cent wlm may
not bother to vote at all.
Yet what these two groups do will probably dm i nline
the results of the election. The election is (Xjiuuu to be
close enough so tiiat if a sizeable majority of U.. ■«. now oil
the fence decide to support the same presidential candidate,
he will be elected.
We have no sympathy for those who show no interest in
taking advantage of the right to vote. During a time when
we are lighting a war to preserve our democratic form of gov
ernment, which is the envy of people all over the world, it
seems almost sacrilegious for any American citizen to ignore
his privilege to nave a voice in the administration of our
country.
VOTE THIS YEAR
Surely if ever there \va^ a time when qualified American
citizens should exercise the right to vote as a patriotic duty and
privilege it is this year. \\ e are holding a national election
in the midst of the greatest war in which our country has ever
engaged, and we are lighting this war to preserve to ourselves
and our posterity the right to vote in a free election.
If we stay at home on election day we are in elfect saying
by our action that the right is not worth lighting for, and that
insofar as we are concerned our boys tire dying on the battle
fields to no avail. Surely none of us would deliberately assume
that attitude. And surely we have come upon a time when we
cannot hold ourselves guiltless of a lack ol patriotism if we
carelessly throw away a great privilege.
These remarks tire not addressed to the small minority
whose moral conceptions fall so far below the level of real cit
izenship they desire that someone pay them for doing a sim
ple and easy duty. In fact, they fall a good deal short of a
proper conception of a qualified American citizen.
The purpose of political campaigns is to arouse interest in
public issues, as well as to aid individual candidates or party
tickets. Our form of government is particularly designed for
the rule of parties selected by a majority of the participating
voters. A party entrusted with power and responsibility should
not derive such from the will of a minority of the qualified vot
Vote for whom you choose, hut be sure you vote. And
you are not entitled to vole unless you are properly registered
under the laws of your state. Registration opens Saturday and
during the open period he sure to check if there is any doubt
whether you are registered in the precinct where residence
would entitle you to vote.
This is not intended as a lecture, hut merely as a reminder
of a privilege that should be more precious to us Americans
than ever before.—Lexington Dispatch.
Individualism Divine Right
“The American farmer is the greatest living example of
rugged individualism that can be found any place throughout
the earth. He stands alone. In many of the problems and
mysteries of life he is law unto himself. He gives no orders
to the outside world, neither does he expect to take orders
from others. He tends strictly to his own empire within the
line fence that forms the border of his little kingdom. In
short, the American farmer is a ‘feudal lord’ ruling his acres
with what might be termed ‘The Divine Right of Individualism.’
Do not try to drive (-the American farmer in an unAmerican
way. This has never been done successfully.”—From an ar
ticle by Samuel Harden Stille in the National Republic.
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After 4V’ Day. We Hope!
BEHIND THE SCENES
« .A |N AMERICAN BUSINESS
JBtJOBN CRADDOCK C
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NEW YORK, Oct. 9.— Like the
weather, everyone has long talk
ed about credit for small business
but no one has ever done much
about it.
Recently reported plans ol
leading commercial bankers to do
something for . “forgotten men
of finance, therefore, stand as a
significant demonstration of
private industry’s progressive
and realistic approach to the
postwar problem of re-establish
ing a vigorous free enterprise
economy for America.
In both New York and Chica
go, banking groups are being
organized to provide large pools
of private capital for the special
purpose of granting loans not or
dinarily made by deposit banks.
The pooling method was devised
so that loan applications which
look promising, but which for
one reason or another are out
side the loan regulations of an
individual bank, can be granted
with funds from the pool, thus
spreading the risk over all con
tributing banks.
The clear-cut intent of this
forward looking planning by
our commercial banks is to set
the stage for consideration of
every business loan application
from the standpoint of its prom
ise in jobs and production. By re
lying on pool funds for part of a
loan, and its own funds for the
balance, any individual bank
should be able to view favorably
an increased number of loan ap
plications, without violating the
primary duty to safeguard the
funds of depositors.
QUICK CONVERSION — The
spectre of reconversion which is
haunting some war plants will
not be much of a problem for
; others. One which expects to
; swing into normal peacetime
| production without complications
I is the Pullman-Standard Car
j manufacturing company, largest
j railway car builder in America,
j According to Wallace N. Barker
i vice-president, in four of the
I company’s plants “the character
of our war work was such'^that
i little or no conversion was neces
! sary. Consequently, a return to
normal full-scale peacetime op
eration can be achieved immedi
ately,’’ he said. “Even in turning
our passenger car plant in Chi
cago to shipbuilding there was a
minimum of conversion. The
major changes were the installa
tion of facilities which will not
interfere with passenger car
construction. Therefore, given
the green light, we could begin
work on passenger cars tomor
row. We have given a great deal
of study to reconversion and have
done considerable research on
new and better railway passen
ger cars. This intensive research,
plus our plans for quick recon
version, are our contribution to
the solution of the employment
problem, including the re-em
ployment of returning service
men that is sure to come when
the war ends.”
FARE LURE — Agriculture
continues to have a great appeal
to soil-conscious Americans. In a
recent survey of members of the
National Junior Vegetable Grow
ers’ Association who are compet
ing in a vegetable production
marketing contest for $6,000 in
scholarships made available by
the A&P Food Stores, farming
as a way of life is chosen by al
most three-fourths of the boys
and nearly one-half of the girls
now growing up in this occupa
tional field.
Other information of interest
brought out by the survey is that
ft majority of both boys and girls
plan to go to college, it nnanct.
permit. The girls did better than
the boys this year in growing
larger gardens or commercial
vegetable plots than in 19415.
More than 75 per cent of both
boys and girls are full-time farm
workers.
THINGS TO COME— A new
type of electric iron, which
eliminates the need to stand and
press down while ironing; the
user simply sits and guides the
clothes ‘'through'' the iron with
her hands An inexpensive
new kind of porous, fire-resistant
plaster for sound conditioning the
walls and ceilings of homes and
oilccs heretofore considered too
small for such treatment Tooth
polish, a new cosmetic which
guarantees glistening which teeth
It’s applied like nail polish.
DIAPER SERVICE — Though
hardly a dozan years old, the
business of supplying diapers to
homes with babies has become an
important commercial undertak
ing. Its success is typical of the
opportunities offered in this
country to individuals who have
good ideas and are willing to work
hard. Sales of diaper service
companies, now established in
most fair sized communities, are
approximately $12,000,000 a yeat
according to estimates oi busi
ness Week Magazine. Diaper
customers number a quarter of a
million, and, at that, a lot of
people are not being served ba
cause the companies cannot get
material for more diapers.
Those in the trade say that the
business was started in the ear
ly 30's by two boys just out of
college. They launched their idea
in a small way, a washing diapers
for neighbors in the cellars of
their own homes. When enough
profits had been saved, they
bought a truck, which enabled
them to widen their territory
covered Eventually they had
enough profits saved to rent a
laundry. Today the company they
founded in this slow and pains
taking way is one of the leaders
in the field.
IT TAKES NERVE TO BE
A SPY 1
/So you’d like to be a spy? A
lot of people would, but they
don’t understand that the re
wards of sabotage and intrigue
are mostly dangerous. Read ttie
inside story of a dangerous game
in the October 22nd issue of
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LET HIM ‘OUTTALK’ HIMSELF
About two months ago Mrs. Vincent Calli’s husband
came home in a second hand car and announced that he^p
was going to buy it. Mrs. ('alii lives in Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia.
There had been such scenes before and Mrs. Calli
had started to “outtalk" her husband. But did you ever
hear of a husband being “outtalked”? Well, no one
else ever did, either. And Mrs. Calli had always prided
herself on saying exactly what she meant. But this had
never gotten her anywhere.
This time she decided to approach 1he matter differ
ently. Her first decision 'was not to say anything until
she had cooled down—a wise decision. Next decision
was to get her husband to discuss the matter with her
calmly.
Then she asked him why he thought they should
buy a secondhand car at this time. Mr. Calli was full of
whys, and they were pretty good ones, too. lie would
drive to work instead of going by bus. He could go in
one-third the time. There was no argument against these
facts.
Mrs* Calli praised him for this. He had certainly
seen these two points clearly. He did have a good head
and he used it wisely.
Then Mrs. Calli showed him the other side. They
would have to make weekly, or monthly payments yn the
car. On top ol’ this they would have to worry about gas
and tires and repairs that come with secondhand cars.
Then she suggested that it might be a good idea to wait
till after the war and buy a new car, instead. She did
not say this, so much as she suggested it. Wouldn’t it
be a good idea, she asked.
Mr. Calli turned the idea over in his mind. Well
I yes, there was something to support it.
Mrs. Calli asked him what he thought the new cars
i after the war would look like'and what kinds of im
provements they would have. This set her husband s
mind racing and he visualized a new car with the latest
improvements instead of the old secondhand one standing
in front of the house.
The move Mr. Calli 1hought about a new car the
hotter ho liked the idea. Tn no time at all he was talking
in favor of it. without knowing he had swung around.
TTo had talked himself out of one idea into another. Fin
ally he said. “I think nw idea of having a new ear
after the war is better than loading up on an old car now.
I’ll take this old raHVmn hack ”
The nevt mom mar ho took it hack. __
^frate Poll®''** V^JorK
Tax From Beer Sales
RALEIGH, Oct. 11.—The State
collected $612,138.20 in heer tax
es for the three-month period
ended September 30, the first
quarter of the 1044-45 fiscal
Figures, compiled by the Grew
ing Industry Foundations North
Carolina Committee, disclosed
that $272,027.68 was collected in
ust and $142,432.10 in July.
■p.tit'p'- mnnuficturerc wi" not
b<> require' to n°id« anv of
their output for Government
purchases until next sprimr when
n>'oV)action will be seasonably
higher.
Twenty - eight. Liberty Ships
have been named for 4-11 u>‘tkfe
agricultural leaders. Names frothy
Ui other states have been sub
i mitted. The North Carolina ship
I is the Cassius Hudson._
' September, $197,079.33 in Aug
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