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THE YANCEY RECORD EMMMedJUft 1936 ABNEY and TREE A FOX CO-PVBLISBERS 6 EDITORS MISS HOPE BAILEY y ASSOCIATE EDITOR T. L. BROWN SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY A Partnership * Second Class Mail Privileges Authorised at Burnsville, N. C. EDITORIAL COMMENT “Undetermined origin," they say. 7 common pjHrase in news reports of a fire. In the charred pnd gutted shell of what used to be someone’s home, it is some times difficult to figure out im mediately where the first wisp of smoke curled up—where- the first tiny flame licked out. 1 But given a little -time, trained ( ’ and experienced men can usually I reconstruct the situation. A late i party—people smoking —a cig arette that fell unnoticed among the sofa cushions and smoldered there. An open fire left burning— i sparks that jumped out on the 1 rug or a piece of furniture. Over- i size fuses in the fuse box—over- i RANDOM THOUGHTS} toy Doris Burton *> What does one mean, basically, when one uses the words “good” and “bad”? Is a thing “good’, be cause it’s been tried and proven? When atomic energy was used for the first time, it was “good” be cause it brought a much faster ending of World War 11. Now the world is living in fear because that same “good” thing has boom eranged -and may bring the total destruction of all the earth. “ The Japanese told their fight ing men during the war that at tack was good, retreat was bad. They were interested bnly in men who could attack; they were not interested, to any extent, even in their own sick. Hence, though they controlled all the quinine supplies of any importance, they took no precautions to prevent malaria, and their fighting stren The Fall Story At ANGLIN ANDMSTALL Is You In fraWjH JANTZEN Sweaters lllL JANTZENSkirts M ' JANTZEN S°uits v * Our display for Fall tops every thing we’ve previously shown. ANGLIN AND WESTALL TEI* *M BURNSVILLE, N. C. loaded electrical wiring that burst into flame. Whatever happened, it’s past remedying. It matters only as a guide to the future. But to a fire victim, what matters most is the present. Everything is gone: family heir looms cherished mementos clothing, jewelry, furnishings, valuable papers all the things that went to make up one fam ily’s daily life. »» t • This is Fire Prevention Week. You will be hearing a great deal about fires and how to prevent them. Act pn what you hear. It’s easy to think about the future now —but it’s hard after a fire! gth was materially sopped by the numbers of their men who were incapacitated or died from this disease. So was their idea of what was good or bad a reasonable thing? Are we just as unreasonable in our usage of these words? Is a boy a “good boy” simply because he never talks back to adults and has never been caught in any mischief? Is he bad because he did get caught or was heard using profanity? I believe neither in tar pretation. Goodness is an innate trait of character which can be so easily hidden in the depths of one’s per sonality under certain conditions, but eventually will show itself in small ways, no matter how rough and tough the surface layer of - Overlook On life -- By WARREN’ S. REEVE . Note: The Idea of “Overlook" is taken from the Overlooks provided for viewing panora mas along the Blue Bidge Parkway. I remember well and many of I \ you will remember also that day 1 in 1933 when every bank in the country was closed and all bank 1 funds were "frozen". When the ; bank holiday was over, some banks were not able to do business again. They failed. Perhaps there are people still living in Burns ville who saw their money vanish ih those days. I am no financier and cannot claim any deep understanding of the real* situation prevailing ’in the financial world today. I do feel, however, that the same sub tle, deadly philosophy of mater ialism has infected the minds and attitudes of thousands of people today just as it had in the late 1920’s before the Wall Street crash in 1929. “The love of money iis the root of all evil", the Bible tells us, and it is this love of money and of the things that money can buy that is the root cause of inflation. If there were some way where by the government could take as drastic measures to eradicate the love of money and the love of material™ things from the hearts of people as they do to eliminate the menace of polio or tuberculo sis, then a miracle would ; take place in the American eco nomy! Yesterday was the (feoth anni versary of the death of St. Fran cis of Assisi. St. Francis was con verted while still a youth, and his conversion was so profound and thorough-going that he renounced worldly possessions and deliberat ely tried to keep poor. He risked disease by not only touching a leprous man whose physical con dition was repulsive in the ut most degree but by embracing him and kissing him in expression of Christian brotherliness. Francis attributed his power to renounce the love of money and his revul sion from the horrible, to God. He said, "God gave” mealing that God gave him a radically changed attitude towards life and the personality may appear. I’ve known many people who were labeled “bad" by society, only to find them really very sen sitive, gentle people who, like the Armadillo, had grown a shell of hardness to protect themselves from brutal surroundings . Inside that shell they feel safe; they may do things that appear bad, but given the necessary surroundings, the shell would soon melt away. Moralistic thinking on our part is what makes a thing or a per* son “good" or "bad". What are the values of this thinking? In the first place it Is simple, it sav es effort, it permits us to form rapid judgements concerning a great many things. It is an easy guide to the course to be taken. If a thing is “bad” then an effort must be made to limit, to avoid, or even destroy it. If it is “good", then it is to be accepted, promot ed, or indulged in. Isn’t that an easy way to settle any situation which might arise? Just find out what other people consider “good" and “bad” and act accordingly. I wish it were that easy for me! “Black is black and white is white" to most people, but no matter how hard I try, I always find shadings of both those col ors. I’ve never met anyone who was all bad, and very, very few who were all good. The right to think for oneself, to try to understand how things or people work, rather than to classify them “good" or “bad" in one’s own group’s approved guidebook to values, is a wonder-, ful thing. Use your own judgment when confronted with such a de cision. Good is to be found in so much that is considered bad. We can be, and are frequently confused and puzzled, and quite often misled by those two little words. We are told that humility and piety and happiness should be our chief ends. Happiness is es sential, but it is not the root; it is a derivative. The root, I believe, is an open mind, a mind uncluttered with what “they* say, so that we can see a thing for ourselves, clearly and without distortion, and so choose the good or the bad for our own lives according to our own concepts. THE YANCEY .RECORD L . - _ « —I 1.l wprld. Three results ensued. One was 'that he experienced marvellous happiness. Song bubbled out con stantly from his heart. He called himself and his followers "min strels of God”. Even on his death bed, he called for song. The second result was such un broken closeness to Christ in prayer that finally, during a mountain-top experiesce, there emerged on his body marks (call ed “stigmata”) that were exact copies, so it was said, of the scars left by the cross on the body of Jesus. A third result was a delight in nature. “He considered nature as the image of God”, says one inter preter of Francis’s thought. He loved the flowers and the birds, the stars and the sun. Even fierce beasts felt his tenderness and were tame and affectionate with him. Part of nature is the fact of Death. So he loved Death also, and he called “Death” his brother. "Welcome, Brother Death”, he said, when he knew' the sickness be had incurred would be fatal. But most of all he loved people and he preached ceaselessly, call ing on them to be pure and turn from the world and love God. If he were preaching among us today, and if people really re sponded, I could guess that that would do more to check the on rush towards inflation and possi ble financial collapse than any thing else. The ROOT of a vast number of our local ” 1 and world troubles is not money but the love of money (which includes love of things, love of pleasure, and finally love of self). God’s j commandment is for us to love) Him, and secondarily, to love oth ers. Therein lies health, both phy-1 sical and spiritual, both for the individual and for society. SERVICE AT GREEN MTN. CHURCH SATURDAY NIGHT Mrs. Edith Paula of Erwin, . Tenn., will preach at Green Mtn. Free Will Baptist Church, Satur. day night, Oct. 6. The service will begin at 7:30. Everyone is invited to attend. It’s 0 wonderful feeling! ; when the things ** YOUR FAMILY you value ; -most Iffiiit-jJi ; are g|| “ YOUR HOMO protected policies r YOUR CAR with the & ps: YOU* iUSINUS * PERSONAL SERVICE ! ROBERTS INSURANCE AGENCY l WEST MAIN ST. PHONE *7O | BURNSVILLE, N. C. Aina Casualty and Hartford, Connacticut \EpRT Obituaries W. W. FORTNER Funeral services for. William W. Fortner, aged 58, who died Sun day, Sept. 23, at his home near Micaville, were held Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Crabtree Baptist Church. The Rev. Wade Boone officiat ed and burial was in the Micaville Cemetery. Nephews served as pall bearers, and nelces were flower bearers. . « Yancey County Coroner Willard Hensley said Fortner died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot [ wound and ruled the death as sui cide. Members of the family found Fortner’s body in the front yard of the home about noon. Nn inquest will be conducted. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Talmadge Wilson of Balti more, Md„ and Miss Virginia Fortner of the home; three sons, Arnold of Burnsville, and James and Stanley of Baltimore, Md.; Protect yotir g family with § Blowout-ansf steel 1 . <*• . * It’* here—and we have Ws The cniooth-riding Safety Age, U. S. 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Circumstances prevent our list ing this week the “ten command ments of gun safety” referred to. in this space last week; these will be presented a little later. Mean while, let us consider another in vention, which like fire-arms catt also bring tragedy if misused namely, the automobile. Here it is worth remembering that “acci dents don’t just happen—they are caused”. Most motor vehicle acci dents are due to speeding or some other violation of traffic laws. In latdr weeks we hope to discuss some of these unsafe acts. four sisters, Mrs. Fred McCurry and Miss Carrie Fortner of Burns ville RFD 2, Mrs. J. W. Staton of Micaville and Mrs. Bill Gilles pie of Morgan ton; four brothers, Lloyd, Forrest and John of Burns ville, Rt. 2, and Roy of Hender son; and six grandchildren. THURSDAY, OCTOBER % 1958 w BU3ICK NEWS A series of revival services will begin at the Mt. Mitchell Baptist Church this Sunday. Everyone is invited to attend. 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