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THE HYDE COUNTY HERALD, SWAN QUARTER, N. C. Hyde County Herald the man who came to dinner; PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY A1 SWAN QUAR I ER. NORTH CAROLINA. BY TIMES PRINTING CO., Inc. THOS. E. SPENCER ! Editor Entered as Second Class Matter at the Fostoffice at Swan Quarter. N. C. Subscription Kates: One Year $2.; Six Months $1; Three Months 60c. O- O Vol. 5. Swan Quarter, N. C., Thursday, May 25, 1944 No. 38 DIRTY POLITICS DOESN’T PAY. Dirty' politics and mndslinging in the last days of a cam paign do not pay, arid they are often reshrted to by desper ate candidates who have nothing sensible to offer the voters and little hones of winning. Consider the case of Gregg Cherry and Ralph MacDonald. Cherry has conducted a high toned, dignified campaign without referring to his oppon ent. And yet in the closing stages of the campaign MacDonald supporters bring out and publish throughout the State, a letter from some obscure person in Johnston coun ty, castigating Cherry for an alleged happening at an Amer ican Legion convention and which has now been thoroughly discredited in North Carolina. But of course those things have an effect with many un thinking people. It is hard for the truth to catch up with a lie, one it has got a little start. Many people reading this letter accepted it as true. It was published as advertising matter in many papers. Responsible people come forward and declare the incident never happened, that it was cooked up by friends of MacDonald, and published over the -name of a supporter equally irresponsible. As if the truth or fal- aity of the incident iii regard to Cherry would make Mac Donald any better qualified for Govemo. Yet we never hear the MacDonald crowd explain why he, who came here from Illinois, and who claims to know all about running North Carolina, refuses to pay his taxes in this state, and has let folks sue him for not paying his bills. Let him explain why he won’t list his property nor pay taxes, before he goes to asking for the highest office in the State. INDUSTpy racE EKTERPRISE Rustic SELFISH PRAYERS DO NOT PREVAIL A Sermon By REV. D. B. LAWRENCE M^anchese Holiness Preacher Thursday, May 25T O O SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE. The one-hundredth anniversary of the telegraph oc curred May 24, 1944. On that date. Congress will unveil a plaque to Samuel Finley Breese Morse, an American artist of note, who after years of heart-breaking experiments in working out communication by electricity, saw his fondest dream come true. May 24, 1844. “What Hath God Wrought!’’ was the first message to flash over the first telegraph line, from the Chamber of the United States Supreme Court in the Capitol at Washington to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station in Baltimore. The story of this first great electrical acjiievement is more fascinating than the best-selling novel. Morse, a por trait painter by profession, was often in financial difficul ties which forced him to drop his telegraph experiments. But he always returned to them. While he was painting a portrait of General Lafayette, who sat for him in the White House in Washington, Mrs. Morse died in New Haven, Connecticut. Because of the slow ness of communication, Morse did not receive word until seven days after the funeral. From then on, his struggle to perfect his telegraph idea was unabating. A few courageous individuals backed him. Finally, in 1843, Congress appropriated $30,000 to build a telegraph line from Washington to Baltimore. The Balti more & Ohio Railroad granted the use of its right of way, and on May 24, 1844, telegraph communication became a reality. The railroads encouraged the expansion of the tele graph, and by providing rights of way, agents and offices, helped to promote its rapid development in this country. European system, most of which were state owned, did not grow as did the American system. This is also true of the European railroad system. The United States telegraph net work at the beginning of World War II consisted of about ,two-thirds of all the telegraph lines in the world. On May 24, both Houses of Congress commemorated the anniversary with a special ceremony. The United States telegraph industry that night observed the centennial of the first telegraph message, and pay tribute to Morse and men who assisted him. The companies sponsoring observance are Western Union Telegraph Co., International Telephone and Telegg’aph Corporation, R. C. A. Communications, Inc., the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Tropical Radio Co., nnd Press Wireless, Inc. They have been joined by the Asso ciation of American Railroads because of the part railroads played in development of the telegraph. There will be a re view of the tremendous progress made by this industry in the hundred years, and a revelation of the industry’s blueprint Sov the future. Other Editors ERROR IN HERALD LAST WEEK BECAME A JOKE A MENTAL PROBLEM (Mooresville Enterprise) 1 Take the difference in the way Americans consider their soldiers who have been captured by the en emy and the treatment accorded those Japanese troops who sur render, by their own government. When this occurs the Japanese | soldiers are regarded as dead. They no longer exist as Nippon ese and will not be allowed to re turn to Japan after the war as they have thoroughly disgraced themselves and their emperor. Friends and relatives are not per mitted to send them remembran-; ces, greetings, mail. They are no more Japanese! And how we feel towards our own men who have | put up the good fight, nobly met the enemy and honorably faced de feat. They are honored by us for their valiant effort. This instance of war prisoners alone is a point to make in the fiendish character of our enemy, the Japanese. | An error in the story telling about Judge Luther Hamilton coming to Hyde to preside over the May court session became a joke Monday. As the result of a typographical error the story read “with the Hon. lAither Hamilton, preaching.” It should have been “presiding.” Judge Hamilton made a stir ring speech Monday morning, fill ed with quotations from the Bible. So Monday afternoon the story drifted around Swan Quarter that the Herald had the inside story on what the judge was going to say, but that was not the case. It was an error which the editor was not aware of until he looked it up af ter many questions from readers. ESA WOMEN IN HYDE ARE MAKING CHEESE DISGRACEFUL ABUSE OF POWER. Seizure of the Montgomery Ward store in Chicago at the point of a bayonet, was a disgraceful example of the use pf military power. Hatred of the Nazi regime has been engendered by niil- itary “seizures” of nations, private property and individ uals. The Nazis offered the same general excuse for their acts—war necessity. It has never before been claimed in this country that a private retail store is a war "industry; it has been treated in exactly the opposite manner from the standpoint of priorities for goods and labor. On of the reasons given by our government for forcibly dispossessing: owners of private property in the present cas-e, is that the chairman of Montgornery Ward refused to comply with orders of the War Labor Board and the Presi des., in a labor controversy, although there was good rea son for believing that the facts justified his refusal. During the recent disastrous coal strike which most se riously affected war production, John L. Lewis refused to comply with decisions of the War Labor Board and the Pres- i'lent. But, instead of throwing Lewis bodily out of his of- fi -.e and occupying his quarters, at the point of a bayonet, li' '■’efiance was rewarded with higher wages. Now, the opposite course is taken with the operator of a non-war business. This time it was a big store, next time a little store may feel the mailed fist. Also, bayonets can be turned on labor as v. cll as on business executives. Nationally and internationally, this latest example ot bu reaucratic ruthlessness may awaken the people to the dan gers involved in delegating unrestrained authority to offi cials to make, interpret and enforce rulings having the force of laws. As a people, we can be thankful that we still have a free Congress with the power to correct such abuses. MANNING THE HOME FRONT (Christian Science Monitor) | If America’s 1943 experiences ‘ are a criterion, the Nation’s al ready all-out victory effort will shortly be given mighty impetus, as the closing of the public schools ' releases a huge army of teen-age boys and girls to ease the mount ing manpower shortage. When short-handed shopkeepers some- j what dubiously permitted high-1 school students to take the place | of clerks called to the colors, they found alertness and willingness often compensated for immaturity and experience, so that many of them were retained on an after- j school-hour basis when lessons i were resumed. ( The approaching vacation will see thousands of these miniature | “minutemen” plugging gaps in the front lines on the beachheads of business, taking the places of mil lions of men who are now in uni form. Although far from the fighting fronts, they will once more play a vital role in winning the war. Farm Security women in Hyde county made the first American cheese made in the county, during May, according to Mrs. Madeline E. Smith, Associate PSA Super visor. Mrs. Smith has held 17 demon strations showing 89 FSA women and 27 other women how to make cheese. So many families have surplus milk which they feed to the pigs and chickens that they now find they can make into cheese, and store up to use when milk is scarce, according to Mrs. Smith. Cheese is scarce and many farm families have had no cheese in sev eral months. They are lelighted with the prospects of making their own cheese. The families are now getting their equipment ready and expect to make at least 2 lbs. of cheese each every week while milk is plentiful. The prayers that prevail are from a sincere heart; not a selfish prayer as the scribes and phari sees prayed. God said the effec tual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 6:16. If we want our boys in the ser vice to come home we must pray fervently. This is not a time to talk about what we are going to do after the war is over, its time for every one to pray, if every one knew just what troubles are before them I am sure they would pray. There have been quite a few peo ple praying since the war begun who might never have prayed be fore. A fervent prayer changes the mind of God. God passed the sen tence of death upon Hezekiah his servant, IIKings 20, thus saith the Lord: “Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die and not live.” Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the Lord, saying I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth with a perfect heart, the Lord said I have hArd thy prayers. I have seen thy tears: behold I will heal thee and I will add unto thy days fifteen years; this prayer wasn’t read from some book, it was a fervent prayer;, this prayer can only be prayed by one who knows God; one who has been bom of His spirit according to Jno. 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto Nicodemus. verily, verily I say unto unto thee except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. Say friends are we going into Apostosy, or frustrate the word of God, by our unbelief: unbelief is a very dangerous thing. Israel be gan to disbelieve and murmur against God and Moses and God sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the peonle: and many people of Israel died. Therefore the neople came to Mo ses and said, “we have sinned, pray unto the Lord that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. So God gave Moses the remedv for for sin. The Lord said unto Moses make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole, and it shall come to pass thab every one that is bit ter when he looketh unon it shall live. Numbers 21: 6-8 that was a verv simple remedy but it’s true. God has given us a plan just as simple in this age. everyone that will acknowledge Christ and pray fer\'ently, he is able to forgive and will if we are honest with Him, if you know not God then pray the prayer of the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto Heaven, but smote upon his breast sav ing God be merciful to me a sin ner. Thev are prayers that prevail. We need to pray for our countrv. that the peace of God would rule in the hearts of all peoples, heart broken mothers pray that God would establish a permanent peace in the hearts of our bovs that are in the armed forces. Pray without ceasing. The Editor's Column \ /ICTOP-^ OM THE FARM FROI*'! Aqrkulfural fxftnsioK A LETTER FROM A GIRL SERVING IN THE SPARS. NEWS NOTES FROM FARM AGENT’S ofTt>t. Buy War Bonds and Stamps. “There are two groups in Congress—one which toler ates bureaucracy in government and one which insists that this shall be a government of law and not of men. That is the line upon which most of this controversial legilsation is divided. It is a struggle which will determine whether the representatives of the people in Congress shall make the law under which we all must live, or whether m the future we shall live under directives and proclamations and orders made by the executive agencies. And I believe when it is settled that government by law will prevail over govern ment by men.”—James W. Mott, U. S. Representative from Oregon. “COMMON” HEROES (Christian Science Monitor) So much emphasis has been placed on the assertion that this war is being fought for the ‘com mon man,’ we are apt to overlook the fact that it is being fought by the common man for all men. Hon or headlines in American newspa pers this week were shared by a sharecropper, a Creek Indian, and the son of a blacksmith, all reci- pents of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Johnnie Hutchins, the Texas share cropper, while mortally wounded by a bomb explosion, steered his ship to safety out of the path of a torpedo. Second Lt. Ernest Childers, the American-In- dian mechanic though suffering a fractured instep, moved up the Sa lerno hillside, and in his own apol ogetic words: “There were three machine gun nests on that hill, but I only got to take care of two of them.” “Commando Kelly,” the blacksmith’s son from Pittsburgh’s “Dutchtown” section was credited, among other feats with accounting for 40 enemy soldiers. ' If these be “common” men, may we have more of them! And may our postwar planners remember tbe debt that we owe them and their counterparts on every bat tlefield. Charity cannot pay that debt. Justice and the opportunity can. OUR DEMOCRACY- =bv Mat of oti/i /tonq 'tediccL on \Jivuiz : ^IDEALS,ENERGY,THRIFT. ! ! ilif // ^ HOME CHURCH SCHOOL MOLOER.S OF OUR. iDEALS iililll \ 113 il i!!ii| tiiyita FARM FACTORY TRANSPORTATION SVMBOLIC OF OUR ENERGY IVA;?; UFE tONo -'i POLICY , " tNSTRUMENTS OF OUR THRIFT - ALL MUST BE STRONG IN EACH OF US TODAYTO WIN THE WAR AND TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY. FROM A GIRL—I get lots of letters every week. Most of them are business, but some are friend ly; most of them are nice, but one now and then aren’t; most of them are from men, but not all of them. The one which I am about to give you is from a girl. Besides being to me, it is to you. It is from Rebecca Hudgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jarvis of Engel hard who is serving in the Spars, woman’s branch of the Coast Guard. She is stationed 'at Palm Beach, Fla. HER LETTER—Dated May 15, it follows: Dear Tom E, (or shall I say Hyde aper?) Today I received four issues of the paper. My Mom sent ’um. So not to be outdone by the boys from Hyde who are in this “man’s war” I decided to write a letter to you. (April 27, 1944 issue.) I am a Spar. Ever heard of ’um ? The woman’s branch of the Coast Guard. Our motto is “Always Ready.” I am ready to ship out now—boat is over. Thursday is our day. We will find out where we are to be sent. Just in case any of the girls back home are interested in the SPARS—Come on girls if you’re 20 and have no responsibilities back there. Join us! I was going to tell you,. Tom, that I like the paper, too. I think I want it regularly—but until I find a permanent address, just wait on me. Sincerely, Rebecca Hudgins. of soda 2 'fetit Side-Dress Corn , , On soils deficient in ^ side dress with at least pounds of nitrate equivalent when com is high or 6 to 8 weeks A ing. On potash deficient soi I 200-300 pounds of lO-O-l^i dressing per acre. Cover ^ dressing material by soon after application. La*'* dressing when com begins or tassel will not give the b® l f suits. , jtlgj’j.. Be careful in your culb'’jj|,|j j ' not to destroy the roots. P®®,) % y, ing the feed roots will lowyer yields! jj- 4-H club boys have accept" challenge to increase com Jjj If' I this year. A $25 war bond given to the com club bof viding most com per acre ^ club project. Small Grain Crops ()i „ Before combining be grain is thoroughly dry, daJ\; drooped and straw rotten ^ color. Watch frequently ^ spread out to dry if heati”? curs. Gardens jj(lt Do not get too busy in tb* j i' to make successive planti™'j, the garden. The early crop over within a short while- should have other crops to take their place. CARD OF APPRECI atio>’ We wish to thank our friend's for the cards and t; sions of sympathy which ca^ ,,, HUSBAND SERVING — This Engelhard girl’s husband is also serving Uncle Sam in the Coast Guard uniform. He is Spencer Hudgins, formerly of Greenville. us between the time our son. r . was reported missing and bi® burn. , J Mr. and Mrs. W. D. G'*’" HOLE IN POCKET IT DOESN’T MATTER—About the question as to whether letters regarding matters pertaining to the Herald should be addressed to it or to me ... It doesn’t matter. There is little difference. I am the Herald and the Herald is me. That may sound funny but my whole thought and work is wrap ped up in this newspaper. It in turn reflects my efforts, and through the editorial column and this column it reflects my views. The housemaid. stairs the morning after a jji tion, found lying there ‘one e* solid silver teaspons. g; “My goodness gracious! I” sb®,' claimed, as she retrieved the P of silver. “Someone of the coFP had a hole in his pocket.” Buy War Bonds and Stamps. This U a family war- . your Wur BoudbuyiuST^^ ^ the payroll savings m family plan, which Tire 1' ll REPARTEE “If you give me your telephone number. 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