THE EAGLE
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sad surrounding Community.
Entered u Second Class Kail matter August Idtb, lWd’,
it the Pest Office at Cherryville, N. C„ under the Act et
Congress March 3rd, 1879.
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ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
The word “democracy'* is used so often that to many
people it has become almost meaningless. But it is not the
definition of democracy that is significant. It is its workabil
ity which should concern us all. The administering of democ
racy is not something which goes on behind closed doors. Ev
erybody is supposed to participate in this form of government.
So manv oeool* who comolain •( net kuewfcsg what
it going on in Washington don't try to find oat. They asaho
• -lukewarm effort to understand the various hills nndmr .
consideration and then give an saying: "What I think
wouldn't bear weight anyhow." In this though* h the
downfall of the democratic form of government.
No matter what one’s conception of democracy may be,
one thing is sure: it is based on the foundation that the indi
ridual is important and should hare a right to express an opin
ion in matters of government. Among the rank and file of
Americans, there are very few who take time to write to their
congressman when they want to object or approve legislation.
Furthermore, there are many who do not even know the name
of their congressman.
LHJls UCk-Nbti
YVe never coulu yuiie ace wny a uog shouiu at, -uuject 'V*
capital punishment. xox nut Heating a accuse. -t.-- ns tstoU
■uuUs ox towns n is common practice to lake an um.^ciiwU dog
to the pounu ana execute mm u his owner docsn t luierleie.
much better, we mink, is a plan recently suggested xor li
censing dog owners rather than the uogs themselves, A ad, in
stead-of merely making a license available to anyone who wauta
one, it might be humane to issue them only to those people Who
could prove that they could provide a comfortable home Tor a
dog. in addition, licenses could be taken away from those
who treated a dog cruelly.
It is our opinion that many dogs are better citizens than
their masters. We would like to see a turnabout of dog man’s
legal relationship whereby the owner would be the responsible
party and the dog’s sole concern would bs over wearing his
master’s license plate.
IT MAKES THE WIRES HUM
Few people realize the part coal plays in producing the
electrie light and power with which this nation i* so «bunda*tlj
supplied. For example, in October, 1944, according to Cue
Federal Power Commission, fuel burning electric generating
plants produced 13,450,394,000 kilowatthourg of electricity;
waterpower plants produced 5,771,352,000.
The coal indudstry can be justly proud of the fact that 5.5
per cent of all this electric energy is generated from bitumin
ous coal. Last year, for electric utilities, railroads, factories,
homes and farms, over 600,000,000 tons of coal were produced.
The industry is now working to provide postwar coal far
home heating in more uniform sizes and practically dustlms.
Ne wonder the United {States has outstripped the world in all
manner of production when it has industries that, while meet
ing abnormal demands, plan ahead to give constantly improved
service when conditions become normal.
SAVE YOUR OWN BACON
Knowledge of fire causes and of conditions which permit
a small fire to become serious, is very essential to fire preven
tion. Without such knowledge inspections are valueless. A
simple report that a cellar contained rubbish, or a store was
selling cotton batting in the basement area, means little. But
if this rubbish is beneath the stairs or the cotton is open on a
table at the foot of the main stairway, any experienced fireman
can visualize the inferno he would have to go through to reach
a fire in the basement.
Study shows that a large percentage of fires endangering
life and property originate in basements and cellars. Such fires
may result from an accumulation of paper and boxes, or the
improper use of spigots instead of pumps for the discharge of
oil from drums, or the continued use of defective atevepipes, or
any one of several causes which, even though eorrected, could
develop between inspections.
Repeated fires of this character emphasize the inaccessi
bility of fires in cellars and basements. As a result, the im
portant facts to be considered in controlling such Area, are the
location of stairways and other entrances, and providing means
of fighting fires in basements from othet than an interior stair
way.
Many basements are bound to remain a serious fire men
ace unless they are provided with a sprinkler system which, if
net supplied by a connection to a street main; could be fed by
hose lines from a fire engine.
The foregoing simple suggestions will enable eny person
having the well-being of his property and community at heart,
to safeguard his own premises at little or no coat, -with possi
bility of great saving to himself. .
Listen Again to Lincoln
1+ is for us,flue livir^• • • to be dedicated
to the un-finished work wbicb tbeij who
fbx^ht-‘ bave thus far 9o robltj advanced
That from tbe honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause •
for which thexj dave their last”
|ulL measure •••
that we highly
resolve that me
dead shall rot have
died ir vain •••”
V.'« CeMPLACIMT,
to CRum8linC-,
nku^T-fnoiMC-,
STAV- AT-Home
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CgSTOO
WASHINGTON, (NVVNS). —
Although "President Roosevelt is
generally given credit for being
the father of the New Deal, there
is little doubt, after listening to
the testimony of former Vice
President Wallace before the Sen
ate commerce committee, that
Mr. Wallace is its most ardent
guardian.
For in his statement to the com
mittee Mr. Wallace f: :.kly and
clearly expounded, all of the
principles' of New DealiBm and
went several steps farther than
the President has ever gone in pi o
posing government controlled so
cial reforms. It was obvious while
listening to Mr. Wallace that this
committee hearing was an histor
ic event. For his appeal really pul
it up to our representatives in
Washington to decide, once and
for all, whether our government
should become a loving and- gen
erous parent to the people, or
should consider personal social
responsibilities to be outside of its
province.
Mr. Wallace made it crystal
deaf that the kind of government
he dreams about, and will work
for, is one which will guarantee a
job to every man, will assure each
: citizen a comfortable home, ade
quate medical care, protection
sgainst economic worries, and a
good education. He wants to make
:he President’s “Second Bill of
Kights”—the proposal which in
cludes all of these social programs
—as important as the original
Bill of Rights. And he thinks the
government should spend whntev
ev number of billions is necessary
to carry out this plan lor “pros
perity and security for afi.”
Although there are many
la Washington who bitterly
oppose Mr. Wallace’s goals,
sad consider them highly im
practical, even they wilt ad
mit that he put his cards on
the table and left it up to the
people aid their representa
tives to decide whether they
want his socialized type of
government or whether they ,
don t.
Mr. Wallace said that the chiel
■juestion in deciding whether he
should be secretary of commerce
■ind head of the RFC should hinge
on whether RFC funds should be
jsed to help small business or on
ly large business. But he later
made it clear that there was a tot
more to the decision than that
when he expounded his social
philosophy of government and hist
determination, if put in power, to
give life to that philosophy.
It ia believed by many here
that Mr. Wallace baa high
hope* ef being the neat Pres
ident ef the United State* and
that Praeident Roosevelt <■
working .with him toward that
end. It i* evident that the man
who control* billion* of dol
lar* of RPC fund*, and who
will have a major hand in the
peat war employment program
may bo iu an encellent posi
tion to run for that office.
Although the Wallace debate
took the limelight temporarily
away from the national service
act, that measure undoubtedly it
the most important war measure
which congress has to decide up
on in a long time. And from the
political viewpoint it is one of the
most difficult decisions congress
haa ever had to make. For it is
supported by the President, by
the army, by the nevy end by war
agencies, Put ia oppeaed by rapra
sentatives of labor and industry.
That means a definite split in
Congress, even though under
secretary of War Patterson, in an
interview with the North Ameri
can Newspaper Alliance, tried to
make it entirely a war problem
when he said, “The issue now be
fore congress is whether the home
front is really ready to go all-out
in backing our men at the fighting
fronts, or whether it is not.”
TODAY
aa4 T
TOMORROW
Bj DON ROBINSON
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COUNTERFEIT . . . coupons
The office of price administra
tion seems considerably cheereti
because, in a two-months’ check
up, only 3 1-3 million counterleu
gasoline coupons were picked up.
“These counterfeits,” Adminis
trator Bowles proudly points out,
“are a substantial reduction from
the estimated number of counter
feits a year ago.”
In a statement on the situation
Mr. Bowles goes on to pay high
tribute to the members of the pe
troleum industry who have given
whole hearted cooperation ami
“to the many American people
who have shown their disgust for
black markets and those who pat
ronize them.’’
Somehow, however, I am not
too impressed by this record.
Having been in Washington,where
everybody talks in terms of bil
lions, for some time now, Mr.
Bowles may feel that a few meas
ley million arent worth worrying
about. But among motorists, who
scrimp and save on gasoline in
order to get along on two gallons
a week, the mere mention of milli
ons of gallons is enough to make
them start seeing mirages.
I don’t blame Mr. Bowles
or the OPA for this condition
1 realize that it is practically
an impossible job, without
employing a 10,000,000-man
police force, strictly to en
force any kind of rationing.
But when we realize that to
many men in this country
who will deal with racketeers
in order to get more than
their share of essential pro
ducts, it is hard to continue
to feel much faith in the in
tegrity of the American peo
ple.
An even more disturbing story
of counterfeiting was the recent
seizure in Chicago of counterfeit
meat coupons totaling 2 billion
red points. That is enough red
points to buy all of the beef sold
to our population for a three
yveeks period.'
The fact that a few criminals
would look to the ration coupon
field as a juicy source of dishon
est revenue is to be expected.But
the revolting side of the story is
that they knew there would be a
market for these coupons— that
they knew there were thousand
of butchers, restaurant owners
and housewives who would jump
at the chance to buy these coup
ons even though it would rob
others of meat and could lead to
a total breakdown of our ration
ing system.
It is estimated that the meat
coupon racketeers expected to
make about $2,500,000 out ot
the sale of these stamps. The gas
oline stamp counterfeiters did
collect over a million dollars from
their racket. Either field otters
excellent opportunities for the
future for promising young
crooks. And it is quite possible,
unless some method is devised to
bring this type of counterfeiting
to a halt, that all rationing cur
'•ency will become worthless and
the black market will become the
sole source of scarce products.
The OPA is taking effective
steps to control the counterfeit
r menace. But in the final anal
is, the only adequate control
f, come from a decision of the
erican people to refuse to con
bute to the welfare of crtmin
ITIES.blame
It is significant to note that
fhe sale of counterfeit gaso
0
AnAor tf
•row to ww rasNDi «n4 ATwbowci rftmr
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY ESSENTIAL
If you are one of those who put a job off till the last
rninute — well, then you are in good company. Homer
Croy, the writer, tells me that Will Rogers did that. As
an example he had to tile his newspaper comment by two
o’clock each day; but he always waited till the last possi
ble moment to bang it off on his old portable. If he was
at the studio he would go out to his car, where he kept
his typewriter, climb into the back seat, spread the type
writer on his knees, glance through the newspapers, then
begin to pert out his copy. And usually he would get his
copy onto the wire by a nose. Rut he always got it. there
except once when he was down in Mexico and miles from
a railroad.
He was a man of prodigious energy. He slept only
seven hours a night ; often was up by six o’clock in the
morning and would so! a pace that wore others ragged.
When he and the late Frank Hawks, the aviator, went out
to raise money for the Red Cross, they flew from one town
to another. During this time Will would make three
speeches a day. Ho was gone a month and came back in
fairly good condition. Most of the movie stars of today
who go out on bond-selling tours, and do one show a day,
come back completely fagged. But not Will Rogers.
He had an energy-saving secret that was inval
uable to him. When he worked, he worked; when he
rested, he rested all over. And when he was not work
ing, he was resting. Right there is a most valuable se
cret. If you are driven tp the full of your energies,
then rest every possible moment. Relax fully, com
pletely.
He could tall asleep anywhere, at almost any time.
He would even fall asleep reading- a newspaper — then
wake up refreshed. This ability to doze off to sleep for
five minutes, even one minute, was one of the secrets of
his amazing energy.
Here is another example of men who have to do long
and sustained jobs and must conserve their energy. Dur
ing the first World War Eddie Rickenbacker was, for a
while, chauffeur to General Pershing. Naturally General
Pershing was working to the full of his powers. So when
he was being driven bom one place to another on the line,
i he would lean back in the car. in the rear seat, fold his
| arms and go to sloe" Winston Churchill conserves his en
ergy by going to bed in the aftetrnoon._
line and food coupons is con- |
fined almost entirely to met- |
ropolitan cities. “Large rural
areas that have practically no
counterfeiting, ” says Air.
Bowles, are offset by cities
that are turning in an appal
ling number."
Part of the reason for this is
that there are more customers |
per square m le in cities than m
the country. But it also undoubt
edly is true- that the country peo- |
pie wouldn't do business with the
racketeers, and the counterfeiters
know it. Racketeers know that at i
all times, country air is unhealthy \
for crooks—and in wartime they
realize that farmers and small
town people, imbued with a high,
form of patriotism would feel it j
was about time to start shooting)
if they were offered the “oppor
tunity" to join a plot to under
mine rationing.
Lemon Juice Recipe Checks
Rheumatic Pain Quickly
If you suffer from rheumatic. arthri
tic <-'r neuritis pain. try this simple
inexpensive home iccipe that thousands
aie using Oct a package of Ru-Ex
Compound, a 2 wusupply today. Mil
>t with duarr. iff water. add the
June of -4 lemon*. It's easy, pleasant
and no trouble at all. You need only 3
tabic-spoonfuls two times a day. Often
vvithiii 48 hi nils sometimes over
night —- splendid results are obtained.
It the p.«m» Jo not quickly leave
and if you do not feel better, Ru-Ex
will cost you nothing to try as it is
•old by your druggist under an abso
lute money-back guatantee. Ru-Ex
Compound is lor suie and iccoxnmended
ALLEN DRUG CO.
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keep your car serving dependably for the dura
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