Newspapers / The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.) / Jan. 6, 1954, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Every Wednesday in the interest «if Ch.-rryvill !c<' * m*------— Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 10th, 1906, in the1 Post Office At Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of Congress, March 3rd, 1879. FRED K. HOUSER ... Editor and -Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER—Advertising Director - — MRS. CARVE BROWNE—Job Printing . TELEPHONES: Office, 2101 — Residence, 2501 118 WEST MAIN STREET___CHERRYVILLE. N. C. j SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ....... $2.60 Four Months . 8b( Month* . V25_ Thrre Month-* —. ” : , WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1954 FOR 45 CENTS AN HOUR The modern food store, like all modern retail outlets, is a far cry from its counter part of a generation ago. To take just one example, all kinds of foods are now avail able in ready-to-serve form, with little work needed on the part of the housewife. Naturally, these items are more expen sive than foods in an unprepared state, in volving as they do additional labor and i aterials. _ However, the additional cost, according to a study made by the Depart i lent of Agriculture, is remarkably mod est. To make the study, identical menus for four people for two days were used. The foods involved were in three stages of pre paration—for complete home preparation, partially prepared, and ready to serve. It was found that, at chain store prices, the ready-to-serve foods cost $67.0 a day for the four people, and it took the housewife 1.6 hours to get the meals ready. The food cost dropped by 90 cents when parti ally prepared foods were bought, but the housewife had to work 3.1 holms to serve her meals. And the bill went down anoth er 90 cents with foods purchased for com plete home preparations, but it took 5.5 hours to do the necessary work. What this means is that the food has for salje to its customers a difference of about four hours daily in the kitchen at a cost ol about $1.80—or 45 cents an hour. Mil lions of housewives regal’d that as a tre mendous bargain. And it's another exam ple of how well we are served by those two great forces—mass production and mass distribution. TAXPAYERS’ PATIENCE EXHAUSTED ' When any region must depend up n per iodic aj^ion by Congress for tilt? funds to so vide an essential service,' it is risking •t rious trouble. For Congress . na! policy nd thinking, just like Congressional Flees, n change very suddenly. The Tennessee Authority area is very much in point. Congress cut put a iv f ;rested item of $61.000.odd froni T\ A appropriation which would have -gone to build 'steam electric plants. As the Ore Mi Voter said, “It appears that Congress >.ally has definitely decided against a'p ■ opriating any more funds for construc , >n of steam plants by TV A. Reasoning ... is that the region should turn to other power suppliers such as municipally built 'plants and private-management utilities." Representative Dondero has said that the TV A area should look to other sources of electricity if a serious power shortage is to be averted. Then he made this highly significant statement: "It appears that the patience of the American taxpayers has become exhausted in supplying tax-free, interest-free funds for the special benefit of a select area of the country." Socialism, with all its “something for nothing" promises, may look rosy in theory, liut it can be mighty grim in practice. A TIME OF TRANSITION A problem which often confronts indus tries is a change in markets and the needs of customers. That is, one kind of cus tomer may buy much less from the industry concerned and another may buy much more. And, on occasion, the change may involve very difficult adjustments. That has been the case with coal, in a recent speech, the head of the National Coal Association dealt with what has been happening. During the 1935-39 period coal’s best cuttomers, in order, were gener al manufacturing, railroads, the retail mar ket, steel, and the electric utilities. Com paring 1952 with that period, it is found that the amount of coal used in steel mak ing has increased 100 per cent and that used by the utilities 173 per cent. But. on ihe debit side of the ledger, the amount Used for manufacturing has shown a slight decline; the amount absorbed by the retail market has gone down 12 per cent, and railroad consumption has dropped 55 per cent. He then dealt with prospects for the fut ure. By 1975, it is estimated, annual coal use for electric production may reach 350, 000,000 tons—and si eel may require 150, 000,000 tons. And the scientists seem un animous in agreeing that the potentialities of coal consumption by the swiftly expand ing chemicals industry have barely been touched. - Coal is in a period of transition. But that should not obscure the fact that its importance to the national well-being will gfOW with time. Only a fair price for coal -..'^l^yuarantee adequate production. * Vy1' A SHARE IN OUR BUSINESS SYSTEM In oiu vital respect, the securities mar ket today is a very different sort of institu tion than it used to be. This great change lies in the aggressive efforts that are being made to acquaint the public at large with how the securities business works and why it exists—and to explain how men and women of modest means can invest part ot their savii gs in securities if they so desire, even thou these transactions involve small sums of money. An excellent example is found in a new. profusely illustrated 50-page booklet, en titled “Understanding The New York Exchange.” It was published to meet a widespread public demand for more accur ate information about the nation’s largest organized serurities market, and copies are being distributed to high school, col lege and university libraries; to companies with securities listed on the. exchange; to bank officials; to educators, and to the press. It is written in a clear, down-to earth style, and it answers hundreds of questions that .commonly arise in the minds of potential investors, ranging from "Why is there a stock exchange?” to “Why do share prices change?" In the book’s forward, it is pointed out that the exchange’s job is “to Trfake owning a share of our business system readily available to millions of people.” The more people who own such shares, the safer our free ecOnmic'.system will be from the attacks of those who would destroy it, and replace it with social and .economic dictatorship. THE DEPRECIATION PROP>LEM ON THE FARM Modern farming is a business, ancl the i 'armor most deal M h nib si of the fina-uci-.il ,o- i ' , mo -in inescapable part of { M opera:: a of ag business enterprise. One of these is depreciation of machin : ery. Today good mechanical equipment i-- ai: absolute: "must" it' the farmer is to 1 g‘ • maximum production at the lowest j . . <p ".serve ,m. enrich his land edy . r hi. even •';• ire use. but for the .a i. o'fi-'iug generalmns. That equip -i:, is raggedly ouili and has a long life. Even so. it wears out eventually. And be : u-.- it wears out, it may be made obsolos I -diii b\ the appearance of new and sub stantially improved models. Tier U. S. Savings Bonds' Division of the Treasury Department has proposed a novel j idea, it is calMi the Farm Machinery ' Replacement 1'lan. Under it, the farmer i invests an amount equal to his annual ma i chin ery Replacement Plan. Under it, the farmer invests an amount'equal to his an nual' machinery depreciation costs in the i onus, and thus methodically builds up a fund to take care of replacement. The principle back of that idea is a sound one, whether the farmer buys these bonds or decides upon some other method.of sav ing to handle his depreciation needs. A pieci of farm equipment represents a sub stantial outgo—and for farmers as well as for all the rest of us, it is a lot easier to prepare for a major purchase over a per iod of time than to have to dig the money up all at once. Most businesses set aside money for depreciation as a matter of rou tine. The farmer can profitably do the same thing. LIKE TAKING DRUGS It has been said that “accepting govern men aid is like taking drugs—pleasant at first, habit-forming later, damning at last." Normally,* government aid begins be cause of some emergency situation. But recipients soon come to regard it as a right. The esiergencv may pass, but the aid is demanded and ^ven just the same. Dependence on government, like de pendence on drug's, saps the moral and ethical fiber of the? people. It-makes gov ernment the master, not the servant. And, carried far enough, it can bankrupt us. no matter how rich and productive we are. GRASS ROOTS OPINION MOULTON, TEXAS, EAGLE: “The cat tlemen who marched on Washington were little more representative of the livestock industry of the nation than the “bonus marchers” of an earlier day typified the American war veteran—nor were they any more successful.” ADDISON, N. Y., ADVERTISER: “When one party dominates any unit ot government, and that party is controlled by self-perpetuating bosses . . . good gov ernment is pretty sure to go out the win dow. “There is nothing like lively competition to keep public officials on their toes.” \- / ' • Jin_Li i_ i ■ bus stops ! HERE H I Foe* K| I and points ij | ■■ beyond Bg3 Wi IIP May His Successor Do Better I I_ BEHIND THE SCENES |i ■ , i IN AMERICAN BUSINES ' * I j | -BY RFNQ1.DS KN5CH? - | ( NEW YORK, Jan. 4—Faetor i ing, a highly sperialized method ; of meeting the credit needs of I business* has just begun a year jn 1 which it hopes to surpass its 1953 | volume of $3 billion. 1 The factor, once a feature of ; textile financing almost exclusive Iv, has of late years moved into ! some 50 lines where the manu facturer or wholesaler needs more cash than he himself com mands, to keep his business oper I ef.ug most economically while various sums are tied up n ac o(Hi n f s receivable due from hi eners at future dates. The factor agrees to buy the selb'r's reee vables for cash, de ducting a small commission, and Ivy o'- the customary term • of ti e trii e. The seller then TiMtitM- th'*. buyer fha' b'- debt i to the, factor and iiot the sup " ■ i-i i foe riVdit extension, collections and bookkeeping. FOUNTAIN PEN TAX — lb e i a' the .11*: ”, Ufae til re r>‘ e' - *.'• f ax on fountain pens is. tie* •J • it'ng * vtmipmeru 'ndifUry'-' prill .••pal 'hope, for ;: '•-! < '■ unit •' with expanding ma*... • * and ni -,ro\ **.l aier< han dising techniques, arla-' rv It ad'ers -aiv. ’ k 1 s co.ulU Ic'ln.■ a ;•< ord sale- yenr. Walter A. Sheafl'er II, president • ’ th-* W. A. SheatTer Pen Uom • . ii er.v* i out that repeal ot the tax would reduce selling •n; (•■,*: ap'd ■Iwal'—r- inventory cost . am! bring enlarged oppor tunities for aggressive sejkng at , m *u| Expansion qf the pr mary j .school age group, and increasing! 'use of fountain pens, ballpoints i a■ d mechanical pencils in all ' school grades gives writing equip ment .makers th* strongest po t’en'ial for sales increases since 19 PI. he aid. He forecast grow ing popularity for ballpoints as "second pens." RKHOkH FOR RUBBER—Pro duction and sales of rubber pro ducts this year will be nearly as great as in 195.3, one of the rub ber industry’s greatest years, John I,. Eollyer, president of B. F. Goodrich Company, predicted in a year-end statement. Consumption of new rubber is expected to be about 3 per cent below 1953’s record of approxi mately 1,340,000 long tons, Mr. Collyer said. This would mean use of 1,300,000 long tons of new crude and man-made rubber, with more than half coming from U. S. facilities. The rubber industry will prob ably do better than 'industry in general, Mr. C ollyer said, because it w dl. benefit from high produc tion of automobile-; n the ■ last three years. Many of these will need replacement tires in 1954. KLE'CJKrOXlC COMFORT ,— Electronic dev'ces. for the first, time, entered the American home in' s.ab.e numbeis in 11 • Tas n--crs ci comfortable tempera tures in all parts of the house, the head .of the world's largest producer of automatic controls, declared in a review of Ji s cam• pane's veai Paul It. Wishao; lovsideit; of Mii.ueajml s-Honeywell Regulator ih vet , liic. r i-.f auunnath- controls cr.t the ei ; .ingle thermostat. He e a-t P at tv - w 1 954 Pv iv \\ old r.O.o (0 Aimr i .-.n, ’.o'mes In which . I ttdooor torn'-. ; VV|,. v . ■ lab months.- ..in J to Mundv I, Peile. "i oiev .f Re!.,roe fl at J n t 'oration. • M''. P "lie estimated that the adreraf; industry in t>)5" deliv.ei ed to the armed forces approxi mately 12.(100 new planes, includ ing s- v. ■■;>! new types of bombers, f! filters and fighter-bombers. He forecast that rht-t rate o’’ .delivery wi aid c<o 'inue vv< into 1954. with variations a- new uodels are developed. Rer>ubl.;c Aviation, i'; mid-1953, closed out, i. •'. n ous Thvinderiet series w’.th a total of 4.45 7 of this ironeer let figiiter-'.oirmer, cap able of carrying atomic bombs, in the service of Pi hat ins. GLASS FSES RISE—Class for ■ construction and for many indus-! trial uses, including automotive glazing, had a record year in 1953 and looks forwaid to continued: good business in 1954. That is the j word from George P. MacXichol, j president of Libby-Owens-Ford j Glass Company. Libhey-Owens-Ford, in the last j three years has invested heavily | in new facilities, chiefly to make plate glass and to fabricate lami- j anted and insulating glass. These I helped bring the company a 25 j op- tent sales gain in 1953 over 1952. Housing.construction. Mr. Mac Vi’hol expects, will decPne some what in 1951 hut building- of hoolv hospitals and similar ser •ice structures will increase. Au. omoti'e output may ued'pe. he believes, but this will be largely ’ ’set, from the glass industry s viewpoint, by added use of glass :i ":u b eav. SAILING ROUGH SEA — American'shipping men head into 195-1 under an economic cloud which threatens rough going for heir industry, said Walter E. Ala'om-y, president' of the Ameri an Aden hant. Marine Institute,- as he reviewed 1953. The shipowners hope, he added, that Congress ional action can dispel the clouds to some extent. Ire.fly needed, asserted Mr. Maloney, is film government ul'c , had ed b.v funds, to insure ■i ••■mg and healthy American an-’ hant marine in peacetime, lather than waiting for war and OarVically trying to create one f oiu cratch when ' becomes an essential to national survival. He reminded the public that World War Id's merchant fleet, built at a cost of $19 billion, would ' be SO per cent obsolete within nine years. News In The We?!J Of Religion BY W. W. REID “We are unalterably opposed to communism, bu-t we know that the alternative to communism is -iet an American brand of fas said the Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church in a statement to the 9,COO,000 mem bers of the Church, signed by Bishop William C. Martin, of Dal las, Texas, the president. “Our time-honored and selt-authenti ented procedures for determining guiR-and disloyalty can so easily be discarded in fanatical investi gations, we must oppose those who in the name of Americanism employ the methods of repression, who speak with the voice of democracy, but whose hands are the hands of tyranny. Victory ever' communism belongs to the triumph of spiritual idealism which has made oui nation and given it any leadership it merits among the nations of the world ...In the continuing conflict be tween. freedom and totalitarian -ni religion is and has been the bulwark of free men.” TRev. 1>:\ Tetsitaro Ariga, oi'efessoi- of Christianity on the faculty of Kyoto University, Ja na i- now oil ieave of absence : n that post and serving as the i! n'--,- W. Luce;. Professor of ”- d Christianity :it Union Theo logical Seminary. New York City. I’ -.' ,\r ’.-a i- an alumnus ot Union Scminai v: lie is a holder'of the Doctor of Theology degree h.-s ab’V- mater, and the Doctor of Letters degree from KVMn Universit v. D". Jeiso MoVcii Bader, direc tor of the department of evange ' - - the National Council of U . -mired- e’l Dm. 31 " 1 vears dedicated to the a i ''h'ri’st ian evangelism. He 'f-.j, the e' angeltsm pro . : .in of the National Council - -u o the oi-gan--/.at ion was found ed::-. ! r>. and for nineteen years 1 * - * t”-at he had been director ‘‘ ■ -. angelisin for the Federal Council of Church! s. Still earlier hi- direct*- I evangelistic work for ’ own don om in at ion:. the Di-c ’■ples of Christ. Bi-evne.'-’-j Jan. 1 h- i.-- g ving full tune y-rvi.-e to the WorhLConventlon of Ch-t" lies of Christl the international or eani-.ation he initiated for the Disciples. \ national conference of U. S. foreign mission leaders has called on the federal government to re store "Point Four” technical a'd to underdeveloped areas of the w ii-’rf on a basis independent of defense maneuvers. Full U. S. support for similar assistance pro grams of the United Nations also was urged by 300 delegate to the annua! assembly of the National Council of Churches’ Division of Foreign Missions. Other resolu tions adopted by the delegates, representing ST Protestant mis sion hoards and agencies, urged: that the United Nations, backed l.v the United States, find just and impartial wavs to end Arah-Israel tensions which imperil world peace: that the U. S. continue full cooperation with the United Na tions in trying to solve the, prob lem of stateless refugees through "Aim High - Shoot Farther” Resolve to smile instead of frown Resolve to praise instead of criticise Resolve to pray instead of curse Resolve to plan as well as work Resolve to save as well as spend. New Series No. 127 Opened January 2, 1954 ' i WE, ALSO, ARE ACCEPTING FULL PAID SHARES IN $100.00 UNITS UP TO $5,000.00 PER PERSON. THESE SHARES ARE CURRENTLY EARNING 3%, PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY. CHERRYVILLE BLDG. & LOAN ASS N. Cherryville, N. C. v otit the world; and that discrimi nation on the grounds of race be fully recognized as “inconsistent with the Christian faith.” When the Rev. H. Ellis Plyler, of Akron, Ohio, rural coordinator for Puerto Rico under the Nation >i Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., appeared on he Columbia Broadcasting Com-5 . oany’s program known as “Dwight Cook Guest Rook,” he told of his work in making livestock avail able to pastors for improving the -took in local communities, of his distribution of garden seeds, and ‘he loaning of his tractor to far mers. One of his projects is the loaning of goats to poor families for milking and breeding purposes ... In a hotel room in Kansas '"ity.■ Mo.. Thurl Metzger, execu tive of-Heifers, Inc., which has furnshed livestock for better breeding in European countries, 'heard the broadcast, and offered liOO pure-bred goats, from Ameri can farmers for Mr. Plylcr’s use among the Puerto Rican people. The first “00 goats are now arriv ing Puerto Rico by airplane. Two somewhat contradictory stories concerning the Christian chur hes behind the iron curtain hi Poland have reached the United States press fn reent days. One ‘■’■cm the Polish Embassy in Washington, D. C., announces I bpi the supreme council of the j Evangelical Augsburg Church ; (the largest Protestant body in I Poland! meeting is Warsaw “has , -■* ronely condemned efforts abroad i to use religious groups within the ; countfv for hostile political pur ! noses.” The other renort, from j T.ondon, Eng., tells of the meeting in that city of the “first synod of Polish Lutherans ever held out side of Poland.” This synod elect ed the Rev., Wladyslav Fierla—a . former pr-''nor o1- the Nazis, a member of the Polish under ground. a chaplain in Italy, now . in exile in Esgland—as bishop of the Polish Lutheran Chiirch-in exile; and its resolutions con demned “any violence and any kind of injustice against human dignity.” PVT. DWIGHf L. POWELL RECUPERATING IN JAPAN 40th Div.. Korea—Pvt. Dwight L. Powell, whose c >fe, Ruth. liv* at '20o S. DeKaib st., Shelby, N„ C., recently spent ■» seven-day rest and recuperation leave jn Ja pan from his duties with the 40th Infantry Division. While in Japan, Powell stayed at one of the country’s best resort STATE COLLEGE HINTS By Ruth Current State Home Demonstration Agent SHEARS AND SCIS,SOKS—,.ood scissors or shears even though ex pensive are a better buy than poor quality ones. Look, upon them as 1 fe time investment. They should be made of high-grade steel, prop erly hardened and tempered. . When they are chrome plated they fl will resist rust Hind stay sharpen-f " ed longer. When cutting a garment from a pattern use sharp shears. Tfcce material on a flat surface and use long, clean strokes. Shears are suitable for this purpose. They have a certain weight and are made with a bow handle eonsist ihg of a large oval and a smaller oval. This type of handle is made for the light hand or for the left hand. Two or three lingers of the cutting hand can be inserted in the large oval, thus making possi ble greater force and long, clean strokes, even on heavy material. Pinking Shears have blades with jagged edges and produce a satis factory finish for closely woven fabrics. They are not planned for cutting out a pattern from fabric and if so used, will produce a very poor result. Scissors are light and have ling handles, slightly oval and of equal size. Only one linger is used in each handle, since no special ef fort is required. They have slim blades ond sharp points. iii * * * FRLSII FRUITS — Wipe oft' newly-bought fresh fruit with a clean, slightly damp cloth before yon,put it away. Th> not onlv cleans the fruit but helps to check rot that may have been transfer red. from other fruits. Oranges and grapefruits are more easily peeled if you put them in boiling water for a few seconds fir?t. Tar Heel farmers recc ved $6.79 million from the federal govern ment for soil conservation prac tices carried out in 1952. hotels a id enjoyed many luxuries unobtainable in Korea. Powell, soil of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Powell, Route 1. Moores roro, N. C\, is a jeep driver in the 224th Regiment. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INSURANCE i . . . . I I Von cars rel'eve yew rrtir.d of a !o,’ of worry, protect yourself from financial loss arising from an automobile accident, end meet the requirement of the new financial responsibility act wi*h an. automobile liability policy. HEMAN R. HALL INSURANCE AGENCY Office 115 S. Mtn. St. - Phone 4111 NOTICE IT IS A STATE LAW THAT ALL DOGS MUST BE CONFINED TO THEIR OWN PREMISES. THIS LAW WILL HAVE TO BE ENFORC ED IN CHERRYVILLE. WARRANTS WILL BE SERVED ON THE OWNERS IF THIS LAW IS NOT ABIDED BY. ALL STRAY DOGS WILL BE SHOT BY OFFICERS. W. W. BENNETT CHIEF-OFrPOLICE
The Eagle (Cherryville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 6, 1954, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75