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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23
Warrensville News

Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Eastridge
and Miss Wanda Lee Eastridge
of Beaver Dam, Va, Miss Blanche
Eastridge R. N. of Washington,
D. c. and Mr.. Clay Eastridge of
Fredericksburg, Va, are visiting
relatives in the county at present.
Mrs. Eastridge was the guest of
Mrs. w. H. Jones, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. H. Ashley, Rich
ard Ashley, and J. Paul Jones
were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Jones at WEIGH, West
Virginia.
Mr.. James Barlow of Galax,
Va, has been visiting relatives
and friends near here for several
days James is a former resi-
dent of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ashley are
remodeling tn cir residence.
Messrs. V. G.. Huddler, R. S. Ash
ley and Q. H. Ashley and doing
the work
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Jones and
daughter, of Boone, were guests
of Mrs. Richard Ashley, recently.
Miss Janet Carter was the din
ner guest of Miss Lena Barr, re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Walker
and family, of Purlear, recently
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Walker.
Mrs. Robt. G. Ashley spent
Mothers Day with her mother,
Mrs. Boyd, at Ashland.
]. Elmo Jones, of Elon College,
visited his mother, Mrs. Denton
Jones, last week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Stanley, and
daughter, jeanne, of Matewan,
w. Va, and w. H. Stanley, of
Norfolk, Va, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. S. H. Stanley, last week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ashley,
of Bluefield, w. Va, were re-
cent week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. o. Ashley.
DR.. and Mrs. J. M. GRAPHICAL.
and DR.. and Mrs. j. J. Eller, of
Marion, Va, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. K. L. Eller, recently.
Mothers Day was selected for
the reunion of the family of Mr..
and Mrs. Vance Combs. This
was indeed happy occasion for
them as their three sons, who
have been in service for nearly
four years, were all at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Higgins,
of Chicago, ILL.,, are expected to
arrive here soon to visit %Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Johnson. Mrs.
Higgins was formerly Miss
Blanche Johnson.
DR.. J. H. Armhurst, District
Superintendent of Statesville,
was in Warrensville on business,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyce Hartsoe,
and family, of Clifton, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sc
graves, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Roland,
of Clifton, recently visited Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Eller.
Mrs. Verta Roland, of Clifton,
was in the village last Saturday.
K. L. Eller, Jr., has accepted
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23

in handling the milk should be
rinsed in lukewarm water and
then washed with a brush in hot
water with an alkaline washing
powder. Never use boiling water
first on milking utensils as this
causes the casein to condenSe on
the surface of the utensils. Then,
Sterilize and place in sunshine up
side down away from flies and
dust. Before using again, rinse
with chlorine solution.
In order to have milk that is
pure and safe for drinking pur-
poses, the dairyman should glad
ly follow these rules. He will
find his income increases very
greatly and the people of our ma
ton will be drinking pure and
wholesome milk.
Betty Bledsoe
Fleetwood All Club
Fleetwood, N. G.
Ashe County, 9th Grade
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23

Mccormick, and MIR. Martin ASH
ley, and son, Billie, visited Mrs.
Martin Ashley, who is a patient
in the Bowman-Gray hospital at
WinSton-Salem.
Attention! All official MEM
bers of the Quarterly Confer
ence of this charge. There will
be a called Quarterly Conference
held at the Warrensville church
on Monday, June 3 at 7:30 pm
Don't forget the date and don't
forget to come.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23
The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, d. d.

What is the matter with people
,oday," asked thoughtful med
Icai doctor the other day. Il don't
mean what is the matter with
their bodies. but what is the mat
ter with their emotional lives?"
Medical science has done much
to enable men to have better and
stronger bodies, but the way they
treat those bodies through emo
tional abuse often more than
counterbalances the good that
medical doctors can do them.
A prominent psychiatrist re-
Gently said that so per cent of
the patients in our general hos
pitfalls were there due to unbal-
anced emotions which upset them
physically.
Perhaps our emotional life or
our spiritual life, whichever you
prefer to call it, has much more
to do with our health, happiness
and security than most of us ad-
NIT. If that is true, many peo-
pie are walking through life hav-
ing made their start on the wrong
The man who is out of tune
with God and with his fellowmen
is like the soldier who is out OF
step with the rest of his company.
The others are always walking on
his heels. A good many people
go through life like that; they are
looking for what is wrong with
the world. know some whose
particular delight is, or seems to
be, to criticize unkindly and to
make people feel uncomfortable
1t is needless to add that such
soon lose all true friends.
You can't make much Roadway
against the stream of life. This
is true whether it be of man or
nation. Recently there has been
tremendous growth in this spirit
amongst the nations of the world,
each trying to walk his own way
at the expense of others. Sorry
results are to be seen in the war
shambles of Europe and Asia.
When a man or nation forsakes
and forgets God, catastrophe is
ahead. When a man leaves his
Maker out of his planning and
thinking, he is setting himself
against an irresistible force - a
force that he could have behind
MIN pushing him forward instead
of in front of him against which
ne is matching his efforts.
From Genesis to Revelation the
Bible is full of warning for man
to beware lest he leave God out
of his thinking. With those warm
ings are pleas to let the power
of God come into his heart.
A friend said to me the other
day, IF the average college stu
dent attended his classes with no
more regularity and with no more
preparation tn II the church
member attends the services of
his church, he would funk out
before he finished his freshman
year" The Church is just as
much of a spiritual teaching insti-
tuition as the University is for the
training of the mind. No wonder
the world seems to have run
amuck. Too many have flunked
out of the Church.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23

New cabbage varieties, Round
Head No. 1 and No. 2, have been
tested in Carteret, Fender, and
Pamlico Counties this year and
found to be highly resistant to
boiling and freezing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23

The soft coal strike has al
ready been reflected in the re-
duced supplies of fertilizers COM
ing into North Carolina.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-05-23

Forest. fires not only destroy
our trees but kill our birds and
wild animals.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
GERMANY AFRAID THE U. s.
WILL ABANDON HER

Defeated Germany is mortally
afraid that the United States will pull
out of Europe and leave the country
at the mercy of Russia.
Chaos beyond the widest night
mares of 1918 and 1945 would be
sure to follow such an American
withdrawal and the country would
come under the direct influence, if
not indeed, the direct rule of Russia,
according to an article in the October
issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Nor is it only the Germans who
fear the withdrawal of tie United
States, but also our victorious occu-
patton forces, who see at first hand
the dangers inherent in such possi-
bility.
"They are both afraid the people
of the United States, who twice in a
quarter century have invested in Eur
ope vast amount of blood time and
money to buy peace and security for
themselves and the rest of the world,
may once again decide to abandon
teihr investment and all that it cost, ="
the article states in part.
1.-THE leaders of the American
Army in Germany are afraid that
apathy and Indifference back home
may make impossible the job handed
them after We Day; to punish, then
re-educate and finally rehabilitate
the German people to self-governing
democracy"
A large part of the economic, poll
tical and moral confusion which grips
Central Euorpe today is TIE result of
this common fear, according to the
article.
Despite the current bleakness of
his existence the average German
perceives at least ray of hope for
eventual betterment of his status if
the United States holds to steadfast
policy in Central Europe but sees
nothing but worsening of his status
in prospect if the United States abdi-
Gates.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
COMMUNISM In ACTION

One of the most instructive book
lets ever to emerge from the Govern
ment Printing Office is TIE very re-
Gently published report on Commun-
ism In Action, 140-page document
ed study and analysis of Communism
in operation in the Soviet Union. Thls
document was prepared at the in
stance of Congressman Everett Dirk
sen (Rep. ILL., by the Legislative
Reference Service of the Library OF
Congress and is available to the pub
lie for 25 cents per copy through the
Office of the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, Washington, D. c.
This Unconditional recital of facts
on everyday living in a Communistic
State is not only challenge to vig1-
lance but to aggressive action on the
part of those wko wish to preserve
undiminished the heritage OF Ameri-
can freedom. 1t is a report which
should be read by every citizen who
is interested in maintaining and en-
hancing the American way of life for
himself and his family. 1t should be
placed in the hands of every school
teacher in the Nation; every labor
leader and union member; every So
cial worker, preacher, politician,
businessman, editor, professional
speaker and writer in the land should
read it from cover to cover. 1t should
be compulsory reading for the tens of
thousands of 'spinks," ''reds," and
professional liberals" who are sell
ing America short-especially those
who operate from official positions on
the Federal payroll.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
HAS CHANGED
AND WILL CHANGE

For intelligent action on the peace
time problems of agricultural pro-
duction, there is need that farmers
have an understanding of the nature
and the strength of the forces which
have shaped TIE course of agricultur-
al production in recent years. This is
the theme of the preface of recently
mimeographed report covering stud
les by group of u, S, Department
of Agriculture workers in the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics. The 100
page report published under the title
Changes in Farming in War and
Peace" summarizes the parts of a
comprehensive study started in the
fall of 1914 and intended and to sup
ply facts basic to sound agricultur-
al policy Several reports dealing
with individual commodities lave ap-
peared in recent months. This sum-
mary is by Sherman E. Johnson.
Revolutionary changes in farm
production have taken place in the
last quarter century" says para
graph of the preface Policies devel-
oped for the present and for the pros
pective production situation need to
look forward in the light of recent
developments and of those which can
be foesreen. They cannot be fashion
ed from the pattern that prevailed
before the age of mechanical power
and before other fundamental
changes had taken place."
Forces that had developed in the
interwar years and during the war
will continue to influence production,
the report emphasizes. But new for
ces will be injected" AS an example,
s'the mechanical cotton picker is al
ready on the horizon" But "others
cannot be foreseen. The report en-
phasizes that constant changes must
be expected and says agriculture
must adapt itself to changes that are
inevitable and, for the most part, de-
sirable."
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
CECIL COUNTY DEEDS
RECORDED

Clifford G. Armour and wife to
Arnett Armour. All thise two tracts
or parcels of land situate and lying
at Greenbank, in Carpenters Point
Neck, in the Fifth Election District
of Cecil County.
August ]. Beste and wife to Gladys
B. Realey and husband. All those lots
or parcels of land situate, lying and
being in Charlestown Manor, in the
Fifth Election District of Cecil Co.
Elmore H. Owens, widower, to
Gaetano Nortecola and wife. All that
lot or parcel of land situate in or
near the Town of Perryville, in the
Seventh Election District of Cecil Co.
Irene A. Steele, widow, to Elaine
Steele Webb. All thase lots or percels
of land and premises situate in, the
Eighth Election District of Cecil Co.
Leila Rinehart to William E. Kyle
and wife. All that tract or parcel of
land situate in the Sixth Election Dis
trict of Cecil County. Containing 1
acre of land, more or less.
Charles c. Cole and wife to Fred
erick v. Miller and wife. All those
two lots or parcels of land situate,
lying and beign in the Sixth Election
District of Cecil County.
Archie L. Thorpe and wife to Ellis
Van Reeves. All that certain tract or
parcel of land situate, lying and be-
ing in the Eighth Election District of
Cecil County.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
Thanksgiving
VERY EARLY times man.

TROM VERY EARLY times man
kind has been impelled by
natural impulse to return thanks
TO God for benefits received. The
Bible story of Cain and Abel gives
evidence of the fact that primitive
men felt the urge to express graft
tude for the increase of the field and
flock. The offering of the first fruits
to the creator was carried by Abra-
ham to a point where he was willing
to lay even his beloved son Isaac on
the altar of sacrifice. Until men be-
came more spiritually enlightened it
was believed that such offerings
were the highest form of divine wor-
ship. While such primitive methods
of expressing gratitude may seem in
human to us, we must not lose sight
of the fact that they were the fore
runners of more spiritual concept
of worship.
A day of Thanksgiving was inaugu-
rated by the founding fathers of the
United States of America as nation
al holy day. It was a revival of
very old custom dating back to the
Exodus, when Moses offered his song
of thanksgiving for the salvation of
Israel from Egyptian bondage. Lest
this day be looked upon as merely
holiday and its significance be for
gotten, it may be well to refresh our
memories with few fundamental
facts concerning the meaning and
need of thanksgiving.
Perhaps no simpler example of the
true spirit of thanksgiving can be
cited than the story of two Boy
Scouts who were returning home
from long hike. A woman who had
been gathering apples called to the
boys as they passed her house and
asked them if they would like a
couple of pippins. Both responded
with alacrity. AS they went on their
way, munching the apples, one boy
said, "We forgot to thank the lady
for the apples" The second boy re-
piled, "Oh, she doesn't need our
thanks" NO." said the first boy,
'but we need to thank her, just the
same" Whereupon, he went back to
the house and thanked the woman,
while his companion, not seeing the
point, trudged on, still munching his
apple.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
FERTILIZER AND
CONSERVATION

The close relationship between soil
conservation and the use of fertilizer
was called to national attention by
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton +.
Anderson.
Farmers are using more and more
lime and fertilizer in their soil con-
servation program, and they are get
ting less and less of it through Gov
ernment distribution" declares the
Secretary in the current issue of the
Fertilizer Review, quarterly publica-
tion of the National Fertilizer Asso-
citation.
"Our policy is to abandon contract
purchases wherever suitable arrange
ments can be made. But that is de-
tail. The emphasis on use of lime and
fertilizer will continue. 1t is basic to
any comprehensive soil conservation
program. 1t is basic to good farming
"The nation is using far more
plant food material tha evner before,
but it is not using nearly enough to
restore and improve its soils.
"Our needs require that we. work
together for continuation of a strong
program of soil conservation, for ex-
panded research and education, and
for good farm income. We need to
work for our own future.
"And let us remember that ferti-
lizer used for soil conservation and
better balanced farming is fertilizer
for the future of America"
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
OLD AGE-sURvIvORs INSURANCE

More than nineteen thousand per-
sons in the Baltimore area are receiv-
ing total of 1855, 1855 in monthly
benefit checks under the old age and
survivors insurance program. In max
ing this announcement, William M.
Denim, manager of the Social Secur-
ity Administration field office, 80
South Street, Baltimore, added that
the actual number of beneficiaries on
October 1, was 1914 men, women
and children and that this number
represented an increase of 969 per-
sons over July of this year. In ad-
dition, during the period July l to
September 80, lump-sum death pay
ments were made in GA cases and
amounted to $92,121.64. The service
area of the Baltimore field Office in
cludes baltimore City and five coun-
ties, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil,
Hartford and Howard.
The majority of beneficiaries are
residents of Baltimore City, number
ing Is 393 to whom 1921, ,641.59 was
paid. OF tke counties. Baltimore coun
ty led in number of payments with
2,450 amounting to $49,586.24, fol-
lowed by Anne Arundel 566 benefi-
Charles for $1O,877.49; Cecil BIT to-
falling $5,376.24; Hartford 266, $4,-
417.02; and Howard 1872, $3,190.07.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
HOME CANNING SUGAR

Spare Stamps 8 and 10, each good
for five pounds of home canning SUI
gar, will continue to be valid through
November 80, the Maryland Office OF
the OPA has announced. Both stamps
were to expire October 81.
Following the recently announced
decision on joint United States De-
partment of Agriculture-OPA pro-
gram to move western beet sugar into
eastern deficit areas, the action is the
second 30-day extension granted by
OPA to permit housewives to receive
their fair share of sugar.
In granting the extension, OPA
pointed out that local area shortages
of sugar had developed largely be-
cause of the Maritime strike. The
measure, it is expected, will permit
housewives who have been unable to
obtain home canning sugar to finish
putting up the last fruits of the can
ming season, OPA said.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
SUGAR SHORTAGES

Many years ago Louisiana cut
quite 4 figure in raising cane sugar.
Then the industry began to spread
out ana become quite important in
Florida, particularly in the Ever
glades, watered by Lake Okeechobee,
In the latter locality there was posi-
tive proof that all the sugar our
country needs could be grown in the
United States. 1t was pretty easy to
jockey the tariffs on Cuban sugar,
and give a monopoly on tie product
to Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippines.
That is exactly what was done, year
after year, by Republicans and DEM
ocrats.
That's why you can't get cane
sugar at the local grocery even late
in the year of 1946.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

1t is true that God does not need
our thanks, our personal sacrifices,
or our praise. But we need to prac-
tice these virtues because they
quicken our capacity for apprecia-
tion. Appreciation of Gods goodness
is the first step toward the attain
Inent of genuine happiness. Thanks
giving without appreciation would
be an empty formality. 80.
The faculty of appreciation can and
should be cultivated by everyone. 1t
is perhaps the greatest single asset
that one can have. True appreciation
not only discerns true values wher-
ever they may be, but is prophetic, for
it believes in latent goodness which
is capable of being brought out. In
word, it accepts the fundamental
fact that the universe, including man,
as God formed it, is inherently good,
and that all appearances to the con-
trary should be discounted. -.
Grace is the essence of gratitude
because it recognizes that all good
gifts come from God and that gen.
uine thanksgiving begins with the
exercise of appreciation. Mary Baker
Eddy points out, on page 300 of the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
tures," that finite sense has no true
appreciation of infinite Principle,
God, or of His infinite image or re-
Election, man." Again, she says
Up. 81: "Are we really grateful for
the good already received? Then we
shall avail ourselves of the blessings
we have, and thus be fitted to re-
ceive more"
We see, therefore, that lack of ap.
probation implies blindness to the
good we already have, hence an un-
fitness to receive further blessings.
Thanksgiving Day offers a special
time for self-examination. Nor is II
the only time when one should bal.
ance his accounts with God. Like
the boy in the story, we cannot be
truly happy when, having received
gift, we fail to return thanks for it.
The true Joy of life is in spiritual
communion. We commune with God
only as we appreciate His ever-pres-
ent love and thus behold in all man.
kind the reflection of His abundant
grace. = The Christian Science Mon,
it0r.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Persons who have had an eye lens
emroved can see objects clearly in
ultraviolet light that are almost in
visible to those with good eyes, ac-
cording to the Encyclopaedia Britain
MICA 1946 Book of the Year. In the
normal individual the lens absorbs
almost all of the light in the ultra
violet portion of the spectrum SO that
very little of it reaches the retina.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
MARYLAND,s WAR CONTRACTS

Maryland's total of over five and a
half billions of dollars in war supply
and facility contracts we're broken
down as follows: Aircraft, $2,116,-
900, 900; Ships, $1,015,712,000; Ord
nance, $394,119.000; Communica-
tion Equipment, 1913, 3,69S,0O0; Mis-
cellaneous Supply Contracts, $780,
$4,000; Facility Projects, $514,-
100000.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08
The Plague OF Strikes

Important labor strikes were few
and far between up to about dozen
years ago, when the automobile in
dustry became the main target. Tken
the strike disease spread rapidly to
include the other principal indus
tries.
For the first ten years after the
passage of the Wagner Act the rec
ords show that there were more than
1900 cases of labor disputes
brought before the National Labor
Relations Board
Have we got to go on and on end
lessly with labor strikes? Do they
promise any reasonable way of i'm
proving our National economy, or in
tke relations between our employing
Industries and wage earners?
Isn't it true that the time lost in
most all of these strikes results in
greater losses of wages than can be
made up in months, or possibly
years? On the other hand, our great
American industries have lost tre-
mendous sums of money and worse
still, every major strike has affected
the public and pushed up the cost of
living, higher and higEer year after
year.
Strikes have been encouraged un-
der the policies of the party in pow
er. Congress made futile 'spasses'
ever since 1888 to solve the strike
problem. Now, there is more hope in
asmuch as the politicians are trying
to find way to stop strikes-for the
protection of their parties-and of
course, the American public.
So, there is hope to expect SHOW
down when the new Congress gets
into action after the first of the year.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Dogs which have been '.dead" for
as long as eight minutes, have been
brought back to life in recent labora-
tory experiments reported in the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica 1916 Book Of
the Year. Revival was accomplished
after period of no breathing and no
heartbeat by the use of a pump to re-
place heart action, stimulant drugs
and artificial respiration.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Only the shell of the crown of
some baby teeth falls out of ckild's
mouth and the root is absorbed, ac-
cording to the Encyclopaedia Britain
MICA. This is true of the central milk
incisors which generally fall out dur
ing the seventh year.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

National Service Life Insurance
has no restrictions on occupation,
travel, or place Of residence.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

The value of refined oil products
produced during 1916 was in excess
OF four billion dollars at the refiner-
les.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Farmers consume approximately
one-fifth of the nations gasoline pro-
duction.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Putty smears on window panes
may be removed with household am
monia.
The midland journal., 1946-11-08

Keeps you busy these days wonder
ing whether it's third strike or fourth
down.