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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1938
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BIBLE THOUGHT
t ,*• » * |
6. , "NO ROOM FOR THEM
f in the inn" (Matt. 2:7)
* * * I
And even in today's HOMES there is so often
little real space for Christ. Our children go to the j
movies instead of the family altar. The Good Old
Botok is still the only safe guide for living. We
must make it, and the Christ whose story it is, the
foandation upon which our homes are based. He
must be given room in our homes if this nation, this
world, is to endure.—Albert Linn Lawson in "The
War Cry." - - - • •
(To be continued)
AS ALWAYS, CHRISTMAS WILL
SURVIVE ADVERSITY
(By BRUCE CATTON)
The outlook for peace 011 earth and fori
good will toward men is probably darker
this Christmas than on any Christinas since
the end of the World War. No one needs
to i>e reminded that the world is moving
rapidly in the direction of a new war, that
bitter fighting rages in Spain and China,!
and that the very opposite of good will is
enahrined as a fundamental principle by
softie of thfe world's greatest nations.
Yet this is not at all the same as to say
that we need to despair. The world may
beo*adly out of tune with Christmas; yet
those who believe in the Christmas mes
sage, and look ahead to the day when it
shall exert a stronger influence in the
hearts of men than it now exerts, have all
the more reason for taking a new hope
and a new courage.
iFor it is of the essence of the great!
Christmas story that it will survive any ad
versity. This poor earth has faced dark
days aplenty, since that miracle of the star
over Judea, and has lived through periods
inNvhich it seemed as if the last hope for a
reign of peace and good will had vanished
utterly; yet the Christmas story lives on,
forever rekindling in men's hearts the
flame that shall some day give us light to
bqild on this earth the city of God.
And it is by* our faith in the certain ar- j
rijat of that day—by our faith, in other
wprds, that there are values above and be
yqnd those of the distracted, trouble-torn
present, values which no war lord can kill
aijd no pogrom or blood-purge can tarnish
—[that we must get on with the business of
livinsr.
^For we don't live by bread alone, and i
th,e rough road through life must be light
ed by a befief in thing9 -which transcend
thle trials and defeats of every-day exist
ence. We have to believe that the verdicts
ofj the material world are not final, that;
mpn lives for a destiny that is beyond and;
above anything which happens to him on|
erfrth, that somewhere and somehow there
is ja force greater than we are which works
siljently and eternally to help us attain our
idfeals. i '
lIt is easy to lose that belief—temporar
ily, at least. The demands which life makes
oq us don't often leave much time for cul
tivation of the things of the spirit. Unless
w4 can occasionally get in touch with some
outside source of strength and confidence,
wf are all too likely to suffer the deep dis
couragement that comes when faith is at
ari ebb. 1 ;»•••* •» *•
'Christmas gives us that faith, and re
news it perennially. The spirit which in-!
fuses every family circle, when the Christ
mas tree is alight and the sound of the old
carols rings in the crisp air outside, is some
thing that cannot die. In the darkest hoars,
it phinetj like a beacon light along the hard
rofed the race must travel; by the vision it
giVes us and by the faith it inspires we can
gq ahead with courage and good'hearts.
a
'Agitation against unsightly parking lots
mfcy fead to development of invisible auto
mobiles.'
I .—
Cheering news for the man of the house
wjio always gets stogies for Christmas is
thjs announcement of a new odorless cab
bage.
• fc* . ..
Alf Landon's selection of Gov. Lehman
fojr the Democratic nomination for Presi
dent in 1940 indicates that now is the time
fot* all good men to come to the aid of the
otjier party.
I NEWSPAPERS' OPINIONS I
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OPPOSED TO THIRD TERM FOR ROOSEVELT
We are opposed both to the renomination 'of
President Roosevelt by the Democrats in 1940 and
to his reelection if he should become the Demo
cratic nominee again. We say this frankly an4 with
all due respect for the" President. It is not merely
a "prejudice" in favor of the anti-third-term tra
dition that is responsible for our attitude. The
plain truth is that we do not believe it would be to
the best interest of the nation or of the Democratic
party for President Roosevelt to be returned to the
White House for another four years in 1940. In
deed, from the standpoint of the interest of the
Democratic party, we think it would be preferable
to experience defeat at the polls in 1940 than to
win again with President Roosevelt as the candi
date. For in the event of such a "victory," there
would not be much left of the Democratic party by
1944. From the standpoint of the interest of the
nation, Senator Murray's arguments leave us un
moved. He says that President Roosevelt's election
for a third term "would guarantee this nation
against participation in a foreign war, insure do
mestic stabilization, and preserve and augment pro
gressive government." We do not "get" his first
point at all. If a foreign war breaks out during
the next six years, how would President Roosevelt's
presence in the White HoUse "guarantee" this na
tion against participation in it? There can be no
"guarantee" against anything of the kind, regard
less of who may be President. And President
Roosevelt himself has publicly stated in unmistak
able language on more than one occasion that
there can be no such "guarantee." The United
States must be prepared to act in the interest of
the American people in any world situation that
may develop in the future, but we cannot see at
alt that Such preparedness in any sense whatever
requires the keeping of Mr. Roosevelt or of any
other individual in the White House indefinitely.
We are certain that President Roosevelt himself
would not undestaKe to "guarantee" to "keep us
out of war" during the next six years, regardless
of world developments. In any event, we do not
want anybody in the White House whose presence
there purported to be in fact such a "guarantee."
Senator Murray's first point, therefore, leaves lis
unmoved, not only because it is meaningless, but
most decidedly because the "guarantee" he offers,
ff it were possible, would be entirely undesirable
from the standpoint of the highest interests of the
American people and of civilization. As for Sen
ator Murray's other two points, they are lacking
in power to convince as. He says the continuance
of President Roosevelt in the White House after
1940 would "insure domestic stabilization." We.
do not have "domestic stabilization" today, after I
six years of President Roosevelt. When, pray tell
us, is this "domestic stabilization" to begin? Fi
nally, Senator Murray wants four years more of
President Roosevelt "to preserve and augment pro
gressive government." This, we suspect, is the
Senator's real reason for desiring a third term for
the President. "Progressive government" is euphe
mistic language for all that we have become accus
tomed to speak of as the New Deal. And we have
no desire either to "preserve" or to "augment"
that.
Our opposition to President Roosevelt's renomi
nation and to his reelection, if he should be nomi
nated again, is part and parcel of our opposition
to the objectives which the President and the "unit
ed front" coalition of organized minorities, known
collectively as the New Dealers, have been seeking
to attain all along. The President describes this
coalition as "liberal." We think of it as "reaction
ary" from a true liberal standpoint, but this is a
disagreement over the meaniaj? -of words. The
President himself, on a notable occasion, said that
he-and a certain opponent, whom he praised as a
man, do not "speak the same language." But it is
possible to get behind the mere language and to
take hold of the meaning itself. The President's
program, regardless of its details, is one of coercive
centralism^ We are opposed to it, with or without
the President. For we.still have full faith in free,
federalism. It is for the American people to choose i
between these in the years ahead.—Texas Weekly.,
. misinformation
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If the Russian press and the Soviet press censors
can swallow th»t story from Izvestia's news corre
sponding in New York regarding: the automobile;
shortage in the United States—-and they seera to |
hate no trouble in doing so—we certainly cannot |
expect they will be either sensible or accurate (
about the news concerning anything from any part
of the world.
According to the Izvestia's story forty per centj
of all American automobiles are parked on dealers'
lots waiting for buyers, and the cars in use arc so
overcrowded that three, four, and even five people
have te ride in"rumble seats.
People who have been in Russia and who have,
talked with Russian people tell us that they have
a mass of the most astounding and fantastic misin
formation about the United States and its people.
This misinformation is deliberately planned by the
Soviet government for the putpose of convincing
the Russian people that they are better off than the
people of America, who have been for many years
the envied people of all the world for our liberties,
our opportunities, our standard of living, and every
thing else that goes to make a people happy "and
prosperous. r ''
• The fact that our happiness and prosperity have
not been one hundred per tent does not make us
less the objects of the world's envy. ' : *
Compared with all but one or two oth^r coun
tries,' America is the land of hope for all the rest
of the world, and the fantastic and outrageous
stories which the Soviets concoct for their people
1 to read concerning America "and- Amfericajis shows
(how well they know it would be the land of hopt
j for all Russians, if they were only allowed to learn
' the truth about and compare it with their own
awful plight.—Rock Hill <Sv C.) Herald.
iv : : " "
Note to Hitler: If you must blame loss of the
'World War on somebody, please don't overlook
our doughboys. They were guilty, too<
, —
Statesmanship is easy now. You just clean your
gun, keep-calm, and hope the tough guy won't go
too far before he sobers up or wrecks himself.
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Herr Hitler has the Indian sign on him. Chief
Delisle of the Qnebec Iroquois charges Der Fuehrer
stole the swastika symbol from Canadian Indian
tribes.
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
I
Bv WICKES WAMBOLDT
REASON TO SHIVER
Jews in Germany must shiver
every time they think of the like
ly possibility of Hitler's being as
sassinated. If anyone_— Hotten
Wamboldt
tot, x« iji isianuer,
Eskimo — should
bump Hitler off,
the Jews would
be blamed for it
and mercilessly
massacred.
AND YET—
It is an ill
wind that blows
nobody good:
Nazi persecution
of the Jews in
Germany us uni-jj
fying the Jews
of the world and
arousing among
civilized nations
such a decree of sympathy lor
that people as has never before
existed.
Something big and fine may
come out of this Nazi deviltry. It
may foreshadow a gre<|t benefi
cial change. Certainly it is some
thing to make the world pause
and ponder. I
There is one thing the Nazi
bestialities have done for us
Americans — they have made us
thank God we do not live in Ger
many, or that Nazis do not rule
in America.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
A reader writes a newspaper,
"Our gravest danger is not that
we have a few unscrupulous poli
ticians either in or out of office,
but because we have so many un
sophisticated and unstable vot
ers.''
Yes. But the reason we have so
many unscrupulous politicians in
and out of office is that we have
so many uninformed, uninterest
ed, unreliable voters.
The unworthy public official
I who occasions governmental mis
management and corruption is an
effect of voter ignorance and ir
responsibility.
Give us informed, alert, respon
sible voters and we shall virtual
ly be done with unscrupulous pol
iticians both in and out of office.
IS SUICIDE THE WORD?
Constant are the reports of
suicides among the Jews in Ger
many.
If you controlled the police and
the courts, if your word were
law, you or your associates could
do what you pleased to anyone
among the less fortunate, and the
verdict could always be suicide,
ft Untight even be said in Ger
many. "He committed suicide by
reason of being a Jew."
TOO MUCH TO ERECT
While the radio engineers are
working on a device to eliminate
static, won't they please think
about some gadget which will au
tomatically correct radio speak
ers' bad grammar, wrong pro
nunciation, and sloppy articula
tion?
I UPWARD 1
0 0
UPWARD, Dec. 21.—Coming
as a shock to this community was
the death of Mrs. Minnie Hoots,
wife of Ernest Hoots. She leaves
a host of friends to mourn her
loss. Surviving are: three sons,
Jason, Willie and Edwin; four
daughters, Mrs. Ola Brown and
Misses Irene, Essielee and Mary
Etta Hoots. Her death was due
to measles.
Coming as a surprise in this
section was the marriage of Mr.
Rickarjl Jackson to Miss Delno
Hu(kfins. Miss Hudgins- is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maylon
Hudgins. They are at present with
• JOHN T. FLYNN
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BY JOHN T. FLYNIV
MSA Service sin« Correspondent
VV/^HILE in certain quarters men
™are talking about" building
armaments to protect our trade in
South America from the Ger
mans, there is a much more in
telligent approach to the problem
—plans for financing American
trade with our South American
sisters through the Export-Import
Bank. ' • I
One of the first exertions of this
kind of aid, however, is to finance
a large corporation which engages
not in trade between this country
and South America but in indus
trial enterprise within tfcc borders
ot South America.
In all this subject of protecting
our trade to the south, we must
remember that there are %two
Kinds of business men doing busi
ness in South America. There are
American business men and cor
porations who manufacture goods
in the United States and sell them"
in South America. Then there are
the American corporations which
produce goods in South America
and sell them in the United States.
It is this last group we have to
be most particular about. There
is certainly nothing wrong in
Americans investing money in
South American mines and fac
tories. But there are two very
distinctly different economic re
sults in the case of these invest
ments and those of our home pro
ducers who sell to South America.
First, while Americans own
those South American industries,
they are operated in South Amer
!can countries, worked by native
labor and arc far more important
to South America than to us.
Second, in many cases the cor
porations which operate these en
terprises hold them as concessions
exploiting the natural resources of
those countries. This, too, is quite
all right. But in so many cases
these resources have been obtained
in the first place through many
sorts of practices which have left
a very bad odor among the people
there.
These industries have done no
small amount of harm in breeding
a dislike for the great giant at the
north which is pictured by the
southern population as being sym
bolized by the few Americans who
have exploited them.
What Amcrica needs now is
trade between our producers and
the producers of South Amer
ica. We need to sell the output
of our factories there. Selling this
output is a job for the American
producers, their sales forces and
our financiers. In that sales effort
our government should give every
reasonable aid which will not pro«
duce irritation among those neigh-,
bors. One such aid is to finance
export and import transactions be
tween the two countries. That will
win far more for us than battle
ships. i
But in doing that we must dis
tinguish between the manufactur
ers and producers who will thus
make trade for us and those large
American corporations which en
joy monopolies in South American
countries and contribute very lit
tle to trade between nations on
both sides of the equator—con
tribute more; in f.^ct, <to the irrita
tions between those nations.
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Mr. Jackson's parents.
Mrs. Joe Walden was a caller
at the home of Mrs. B. Laughter
recently.
Mrs. Ira Jackson called at the
I home of her son, Mr. Miller
Stepp, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Vol
lie Jackson also were callers
there.
Miss Usula Jackson is visitinp
with her aunt, Mrs. B. M. Wal
den, of this section.
Wait a Minute
By NOAH HOLLOWELL
!
YAUPON TEA: Our reference
yesterday to the yaupon tea bush
among the few evergreens of
coastal Carolina moved the city
editor to peer over his specs and
call for more. It is his privilege
to ask for more on a subject, cut
down, or, as a last resort, throw
it into the waste basket.
Yaupon tea was a drink of
southeastern United States that
natives drank when they could
not afford to buy coffee. "It is
also written yapon, youpon and
yupon (botanicallv rex vomitor
ia). It is a member of the holly
family, and native from Virginia i
to Florida. The leaves were used (
as a substitute for tea and were
formerly used in preparing the
'black drink' of the Indians of
North Carolina; also called South
Sea tea," says Webster.
Families had yaupon bushes
the same as fruit trees and it fig-1
ured with more importance be- (
cause it was used almost daily the
year 'round. It was the poor man's
coffee.
In the reverse order of the pop
ular cartoon, I was born almost
too late to have first-hand ac
quaintance with yaupon tea. As
a domestic, cultivated plant, grow
ing up to 15 feet high, it passed
from general use when I was a
boy.
HARD TIMES: The use of
yaupon tea recalls the hardships,
denials and self-sufficiencies of
those post-war days when there
was little cash for purchases.
I am wondering if the people
then talked about hard' times'as
they clu now when we don't know
the taste of yaupon tea but im
port our teas from across the
seas and have it boiling hot or ice
cold; our coffee served hot or ice '
cold, according to • the seasons, j
and caffeineless if preferred,, and !
dated at that, along with pos'tum,
cocoa and other drinks.
CRY BABIES: When I think
back upon conditions just one
generation ago and of the hard
ships of our forefathers I have to
come to the solemn conclusion
that we have developed a great
big family of cry babies, about
one-third of us having hands
stuck out waiting for a hand-out,
pension or something from Uncle
Sam.
Shame on this generation!
WIPES OUT DEBTS
FAYETTEVILLE', Ark. (UP)
Dr. Andrew S. Gregg, who was
a practicing physicians here for
57 years, left provisions in his
will that debts owed to fcim by
"widows, orphans and others un
able to pay" be cancelled. The
will directed the trustees to give
receipts in full to persons owing
such debts.
• Nearly 500,000 weddings take
•place in England nnnimlly.
Jap Fishermen
! •
Are Accused Of
Mexican Spying
Charge Applies to Coastal
Areas Near U. S. Mexi*
can Border
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 21. (UP)
Japanese fishermen operating in
Mexican waters with permission
of this government yesterday
were accused by the Pilots and
Engineers union of the Pacific
Merchant marine of spying activi
ties along the Pacific coast near
the United States border.
The union, in a note to Presi
dent Lazaro Cardenas, charged
l that the Japanese fishing fleet,
which obtained a concession over
four years ago, is "engaged in es
pionage on tho Pacific and espe
cially alonp: the coasts of Sonora
and Baja California."
Both Sonora and Baja Califor
nia touch the United States along
a 500-mile stretch of the border,
and the two are separated by the
island-dotted Gulf of California
whose waters reach close to
American territory.
The union's note protested that
several earlier memorials to the
president have gone unheeded
and urged that action be taken.
The note declares that the
; Japanese, who in accordance with
{their contract with the govern
ment are under obligation to train
.Mexican f]v;,
emfploy Moxicai
they are not ?''■'•*£,
"Under th, , IP%y
contract, the ,■ ,'lf ! ft,0ri of!
anjfforeigi
pionage and \ j. 'flIc^,;
cilrtes of our '<«,*
our labor
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the note
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Hoopers
will elect a pa,:,/ *
for the eoiii.n- "U*
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land Visited h . 2* M
Suttles. last M <fc
Mr. Edwai : '
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comber ">. 'p
wi?|? th«»
Mrs. Ralph C:..tor
week-end with her naS i
and Mrs. Ho™,. .Iffe)
Mr. Parlie 8
destroyed i,. ^ J* ^
night of last w(.0k. ^
Mr. Burgan ,
ed to the In
Mr. James Ba ... **
ill at Bee Tree. "'^i)
Mr. Barnie Melton I
into his new ho;.u-. "
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are sorry to learn „f';
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Mrs. J. R. ai
Caiton visited Mrs. I £*5
of Mount Ziun re»-ent!v
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is 8.4 years.
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hero.
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solo
Atlantic flight
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political
disorder.
15 Studio.
17 Resembling
ere.
18 Keno.
20 To cut ofT
21 Conjunction.
22Thr:o who
pity.
24 Twitching.
26 Common
verb.
27 Tanner's
vessel.
28 Dye.
30 Sound of
pleasure.
31 Metal string.
32 To contend.
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15 Yellow.
16 Sand hill.
18 To. chatter.
19 Doctor.
11 To embroider
12 Half an em.
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disturbance.
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