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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1941
BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK
BE A GOOD SAMARITAN: Be
not forgetful to entertain strangers,
for thereby, some have entertained
angels unawares. Heb. 13:2.
Farm Labor Shortage
One of the greatest shortages, in
certain sections of the nation, io
farm labor. Higher wages and the
increasing number of jobs resulting
from defense activity have drawn
white and colored laborers from tne
fields.
The Selective Service Act naa in
creased the seriousness of the situa
tion by draining additional man
power away from the farms.
The farm labor shortage threatens
to cut into the productive capacity of
the nation's farmers and, consequent
ly, is hampering defense needs. For,
Lease-Lend officials have promised
Great Britain one billion dollars'
worth of food. This and increased
buying power in the United States
has caused very serious shortages of
pork and dairy and poultry products.
The new farm problem of scarcity,
rather than surplus, makes the short
age in farm labor more serious.
Women and children on the farm
have met the situation courageously
in many instances, doing work form
erly done by men.
James J. McEntree, Director of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, realiz
ing the seriousness of the agricultu
ral situation, calls attention to the
policy of the CCC to furlough, with
out pay, enrolleea who deBire to ac
cept employment on farms, ranches i
or in orchards for the harvesting ol
crops. Contracts, he said, should be
made through Federal; and tate em
ployment agencies.
Naturally, enrolleeb are protected
from exploitation by the requirement
that labor standards be maintained
when they volunteer for agricultural
work.
The CCC has performed excellent
service for the nation since its organ
ization. In times of emergency, it
has rendered valuable assistance in
connection with fires, floods and hur
ricanes. Now, when a labor short
age threatens an emergency on the
farm during harvest time, the regu
lations of the CCC are arranged to
make available potential labor to the
farmers of the nation.
It might not be amiss to point out
that the OCC is one of President
Roosevelt'e favorite organizations
and that it has received generous
praise from opponents of the Ad
ministration and the New Deal. The
Corps h a 8 been managed ex
tremely well, without scandal or' un
due window-dressing. It has won its
way on the record of officers and
men and has become one of the most
popular organizations of its kind in
the country.
More Than A
Dollar Down
Restrictions on installment credit
in the United States at this time
will operate to protect the consumer
against himself and the country
against inflation.
The regulations which have been
worked out by the Federal Reserve
Board and announced for application
beginning September 1 show consid
eration for the different types of
credit and commodities affected.
The limitation to eighteen monuia
as the maximum period over which
installments may be spread is a wise
one. Purchasers frequently begin to
run into repair or maintenance bills
on the equipment involved before the
first cost is entirely paid if credit is
extended even to more than a year.
A requirement of down payments
ranging from 10 per cent r to oi;
third, according to the type of ar
ticle purchased, is unquestionably
sound. Thus the restrioUons wi'l
eliminate only tiie loosest and- least
defensible extremes of credit selling.
Installment credit has become a
big factor in the economic stability
c instability of the Ntfon Rolf
Nfugent, director of consumer credit
studies for the Russell Sage Founda
tion, believe that the volume of in-
stalbnent buying ha directly in
tensified the nrinn nt Otm (nulnuo
: A e9de--thtf Mom and denrMnrfnno-l
i uw last Twenty yean, installment
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DISCIPLINE AND MORALE
The four-year-old dawdled over
his lunch, as little boys will, and his
mother said, "Drink your milk, ano,
youll soon be big enough to have a
bicycle."
How different from the old formu
la for raising children, - "Spare the
rod and spoil the child." The school
to which the modern mother sends
her children does not have "readin,
'ritin,' and 'rithmetic,' taught to the
tune of the hickory stick."
Threats of goblins and boo gey
men are things of the past. Instead
of holding fear of punishment ove.
the child's head, we 'hold hope of re
ward. We stress co-operation, not
compulsion. That applies not only in
raising children, but in almost every
phase of American life. Ia fact,
this country is based on the idea of
voluntary co-operation.
A man who had just returned
from Europe drew a sharp distinction
between the Dictatorships and the
Democracies. He said that the Dic
tatorships have discipline, but the
Democracies have morale. That dis
tinction is as sharp as the difference
between living behind prison bars
and being free.
The dictator way of life is forced
upon the people. Every man or wo
man living under it must comply, or
face the firing squad or concentra
tion camp. The democratic way is
the net of the wishes of all the citi
zens, co-operating . voluntarily. In
this defense effort we are inspired
by our- devotion to the principles we
are arming to defend. We want to
preserve freedom, opportunity and
hope. We have a real goal to which
we aspire because of the zeal within
us.
When the American mother sends
her children to school this Fall she
knows that they will not be taugni
by slaves of a Dictatorship who are
forced to censor facts and distort
truth. In her own home she can talk
freely with them and know that she
is not being spied upon and that she
will not be persecuted for teaching
them her religious faith.
A youth who takes a job knows
that his country has not placed an;
limitation on the height he can reach,
and he knows that there is oppor
tunity to rise, that there is hope of
reward. He works, and thrives and
grows because he is free.
Yes, Democracy and Freedom give
a nation like America morale a
spirit which no Dictator could com
mandeer. An ounce of morale is
worth a ton of discipline.
- Urn. W. P. Lor?, ter C ; -.l Tway afternoon. ' ' -
Evelyn, and Un. W. D. Perry, l I,.r, and Krt. C. J. Raper, 12a.
Bethel, visited Mr. and lire. W. V.CaHie ,Copelnd,-; ..Jean ChajjelL
lira. Laura Ward and lira. W. P.
C&appetf visited 'Mrs. E. N." Chap..
pell Thursday.
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MORE AOUT
Letters From Boys
and ears than of physical body.
The men of Eglin Field have some
thing to be proud of. The United
States is investing more than $9,000,
000 on air field projects in the State
of Florida alone and this field, on
completion, is to be one of the
largest. There has not been a major
accident here to date, although minor
accidents happen every day. There
was an unusual amount of excitement
among the men yesterday when they
learned that two Pensacola Naval
Air Station planes collided in mid
air near our field killing three fliers.
One of the streets of Plew Heights,
a new 200-unit defense housing pro
ject adjoining Eglin Field, has been
named by Colonel Muse, Command
ing Officer, Air Corps, in honor of a
deceased non-commissioned officer of
the Air Corps who died in line of
duty. The project, designed for oc
cupancy by non-commissioned offi
cers is nearing completion. Wicker
Circle is named in honor of Sergeant
Harry Wicker, a native of Jonesboro,
N. C, who was killed in an airplane
accident near Gloucester, Va., on
July 1 of this year.
Since the first day I've been here,
I've heard tall tales of the ever
present mosquito. Here's about the
best one I've heard: "I was awak
ened by a loud hammering noise
much like a riveter at work. Look
ing up to the top of my tent I saw a
mosquito. The fellow was unscrew
ing his bent nose with a wrench and
in his other hand was another sting
er which he was going to insert for
bigger and better stabs at my body."
In closing, here is a poem that in
the same or different phrases, runs
in every soldier's mind.
When I sit in my tent at evening
And the dimming sun goes down,
I think of the folks back home
And life in the old home town.
I wonder if really they miss me
As they say in the letters they write;
Or is it just something they tell me
Something to lighten the night.
I'm sure that 111 never forget them
No matter where I roam,
In Florida, Georgia, or Maine,
I'll always be- thinking or home.
To the folks back home, remember
the boys in camp they never forget
you.
Your cordial friend,
JACK KANOY.
Ray, Mrs. W. L. Pool and son, Larrj,
of Norfolk, Va., left Wednesday al
ter visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. White.
B. F. Harrell of Greensboro, W. L.
Harrell of Winston-Salem, C. E. Har
rell and son, William, of Drivers,
Va., were recent visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whedbee, ol
Washington, D. C, left Sunday after
visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Lewis, of
Pocomoke City, Md., were week-end
guests of Mrs. Maude Chappell. They
were accompanied home by Miss
Dixie Chappell, who will visit them.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Smith spent
the week-end at Virginia Beach, Va.
Misses Margaret, Clara and Lucy
White, Mrs. T. C. Perry, Mrs. R. R.
White and Hemby Chappell visited
Dr. E. S. White, who is a patient in
Rex Hospital, Raleigh, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Shannon
house and daughter, Mildred, ' Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Smith, of Elizabeth
City, were supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. TJ Smith Friday nh$:'
Miss Deborah White returned home
Friday after visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Joyner, in Portsmouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Byrum and
children, Guy, Betty and Jackie, ol
near Edenton, were recent guests ol
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Chappell.
Mrs. C. T. Rogeron and Mrs.
Curtis Chappell were guests of Miss
Meta Simpson, in Edenton, Tuesday.
Mrs. Millard McKeel and Miss
Ruth Lamb, of Washington, N..C,
were visitors in the home of Mrs. H.
P. White Tuesday.
W. S. C. SERVICE MEETS
BELVIDERE NEWS
Miss Alexander, home demonstra
tion agent in Beaufort County, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Waldo
Woody, at the Friends' Parsonage
this week.
Mrs. David Binford and Miss
Ethel Clarke, of Carthage, Ind,
Mrs. Mary Raby'and daughter, Lois,
of Holland, Va., were Tuesday visi
tors with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wins
low. Mra.M. H. Harrison, her eon, Don
the Department of Commerce, reach
ed an all-time high of $4,700,000,
000 in the United States in 1940 and
has doubtless- risen in 1941.
One public opinion poll found that
more than two ont of five of the
persons questioned would approve a
complete cessation of credit selling.
This would be an unduly severe and
disruptive step. But the moderate
restriction the Reserve . Board has
announced should win wide approval.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service of Woodland Church met on
Thursday afternoon at the churcn.
After the roll was called and the
minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved, a brief business
session was held. Mrs. Earl Hollo
well, who was in charge of the pro
gram, then took the meeting over.
The topic for study was "Stewara
ship of Values," with the Scripture
lesson from Isaiah, John and Ephes
ians. The hymn, "Let the Lower
Lights Be Burning," was followea
with prayer by Mrs. Earl Hollowed.
Mrs. Ernest Cartwright gave a
reading and the hymn, "Work for
the Night Is Coming," was sung.
Mrs. Henry Cartwright gave a read
ing on "Failure", and Mrs. Eddie
Harrell dismissed the meeting with a
prayer.
Eight members were present.
PINEY WOODS NEWS
Dinner guests in the home of Mr.
and Mans. C. J. Raper Sunday were
Mr. and-Mrs. Ernest T. Chappell,
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Mitchell, of
Rich Square, Mr. and Mrs. M. 2.
Reed and daughter, Dorothy Mae, of
Weeksville, and Jtfias Gladys; Toxey,
of Ocean View, Va. Other guests m
the afternoon were Miss Minnie
Reed of Weeksville, Elsberry Chap
pell of Elizabeth City, Mr. and Mm
Hillard Bunch of Sunbury, Elmer
Jordan of Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. IS.
N. Chappell . and son, .Thomas,
Zenova; Jean, Willie Mae and Billy
Chappell. .
Those visiting in the home of Mr,
and Mrs. V W. W. Chappell Sunday
evening were Mr and Mrs. N. W.
Chappell andv children, Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Raper and children, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J., Reed and daughter,
Dorothy , Mae, Miss Glady Toxey,
Mr.' and Mr. E. N. Chappell and
son, Thomas lira. W. P. Long and
daughter, Evelyn, Mr and Mm W.
D. Perry, Emewon Aibell, E. T.
Chappell and Verne Mitchell. . -
W. : WvCbCp-iiktiU very DL ;
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Give Your Car High Anti-lnocl( in DOW Speed Ranges
Don't you find that you drive your
car mainly in the two speed ranges
symbolized by these boats? You use
the low speed range in traffic and the
high speed range on the open road.
Therefore for knockless driving, you
need a gasoline that gives high anti
knock in both these speed ranges
not in just one.
Sinclair H-C Gasoline gives you
this Double-Range Anti-Knock. The
reason is that H-C goes through two
special processes in refining. Try a
tankful of Sinclair H-C Gasoline today.
It gives you Double-Range Anti-
Knock, yet sells
at the price of
regular grade.
Hertford, N. G
Saturday August 30, At fJoon
Hilda's Dress Shop will make its formal opening at noon Satur
day. The first ten customers entering the Dress Shop will be given
a pair of $1.25 Silk Hose for One Dollar. Other specials will be
offered during Opening Day.
Mrs. J. E. Everett, formerly with Stokes Store, will be manager
of Hilda's Dress Shop and she cordially invites all her old friends
and customers to visit her at the new Dress Shop.
SPECIAL FOR OPENING DAY ONLY
One Lot $6.95 Silk Dresses $4.95
We Carry a Complete Line of Ladies' Dresses and Lingerie In AH
Price Ranges From $1.00 Up
Complete line of Ladiea' Berk
shire Silk and Nylon Hose
79c up
A Complete Line of
Ladies Sweaters
SlipOvers and Coat Styles
Ladies' House Coats
Skirts, Gowns
Pajamas - Silk Slips
$1.00 up
Visit Our Store For
Custom Jewelry
Yardley's Cosmetics
CHILDREN'S
Wash Suits
Sizes 1 to 8
CHILDREN'S
Wash Dresses and
Sweaters
Sizes 8 to 14
We carry a complete line of
Baby's Wear, including:
Pillow Slips
Carriage Robes '
Sweater Sets
Blankets, Dresses
Hand-made Dresses
Slips - Gowns
Rompers
""We Have in stock a mce assortment"of Piece Goods and" Pillow
Cases, either in sets or separately. See these items Saturday.
. . ., rv L Hilda's Dress Shop Is In Con-
InlS LQUDQil IS VOrUl J lid i section with the Hilda Beauty V
Shop. Come in
now for your new'
Fall Permanent.-; 1
Satisfaction
Guaranteed. -
On the Purchase of Any Piece,
of Roseville Pottery During t
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