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Marion progress., 1949-10-06
Fire Prevention
|Week Is Planned

North Carolina farmers were
urged this week to join in obser
vance of National Fire Prevention
! Week, October 9-15, by eliminat
ing some of the more common firt
hazards usually found on farms.
H. M. Ellis, in charge Of agricul
tural engineering for the State Col
lege Extension Service, asserted
that the nations annual farm fire
loss including destruction of 10(
million dollars worth of property
injury to 10000 farm residents
and the death of another $500
farm people.
"Six known causes account fol
three-fourths of our farm fires,
Ellis declared. "Action taken to eli
inmate hazards incident to these
causes could save the nation rs mil,
lion dollars a year."
The specialist listed the princi
pal known causes of farm fires as
follows: lightning, 81 per cent
chimneys, flues, cupolas, stacks, II
per cent; petroleum and it's pro-
ducts, 8 per cent; matches and
smoking, per cent; sparks on
roofs, 7 per cent; stoves, furnaces
boilers, and their pipes, s per cent;
exposures adjoining other build
ings, per cent; spontaneous igni-
ton, per cent; misuse of elec-
tricity, 3 per cent; friction (sparks
from running machinery 2 per
cent; hot ashes and open coal fires,
2 per cent; all other causes, 8 per
cent.
"Carelessness in one way or ano-
ther is major factor in 80 per cent
Of all farm fires" Ellis declared.
He added that even the number of
fires started by lightning can be
reduced considerably by giving
proper attention to lightning rods.
Principal lightning hazards are un-
rodded buildings, and poor ground
and poor connections on rodded
buildings. Connections may be
damaged by livestock, equipment,
ice or corrosion. The lightning pro-
lection system should be inspected
at least once year.
Ellis urged that farmers not only
remove common fire hazards but
also see that their farms have the
following:
1. An ample supply of reserve
water (at least 500 gallons) and
necessary fire-fighting tools, kept
handy and in good order.
2. A sturdy, safe ladder long en-
ough to reach the tallest farm build
ings.
3. Well-maintained roads and
lanes leading from the highway to
the farm buildings.
Marion progress., 1949-10-06
CONSERVATION
NEWS
By L. B. HAIRR

M. A. Gillian of Crooked Creek
reports that he is retiring some of
his bottom land to pasture. The
field produced good crops last year.
81 am losing money by keeping
this field in row crops" Mr.. Gill
liam pointed out the other day.
"The soil is being washed away
every time the creek overflows." Z"
Within few years the cost of es-
tablishing a good pasture would be
many times greater than it is now,
according to Mr.. Gillian.
II would not take anything reas-
enable for my meadow STRIPS" G..
C. Tabor of Old Fort remarked re-
Gently. Mr.. Tabor moved his two
meadows last week and states that
he got seven loads Of fine hay off
the one that runs up through the
middle of the field. In addition to
producing good feed this sod has
checked the washing and healed the
gullies that were once in these
draws and in taking care of water
from the terraces, Mr.. Tabor point
ed out.
Thomas Holland of Marion route
1, reports that his cow and calf are
doing fine on kudzu pasture this
fall. He says he has never had a
calf to grow so fast and stay fat all
the while.
Marion progress., 1949-10-06
LOVES LIFE

Saxonburg, Pa.-Celebrating her
1O2nd birthday, Grandma" Susan
Stewart said she likes living so
we'll, "she'd like to do it all over
again"
Marion progress., 1949-10-06

Theodore Roosevelt at AZ was
man to be inaugurated as
President of the U. S.
Marion progress., 1949-10-06

Advertising is good for business
Marion progress., 1949-10-06

Read, rthe,s advertisements. It pays.
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10

Betty Ann Foraker, Carolyn Haw-
kins, Sandra Hutchins, Dorothy
Montgomery, Judith Passmore,
Joyce Shane, Jean Shane, Mary
Jane Shane, Christine Sharp, Ken
meth Gray, Billy Hill, David Price,
Zane Robinson, Richard Reed
Fred Savin, Bobby Bowan.
Grade 2-1, Mrs. Ricards, teacher
Stephen Brittingham, Robert
Keen, Frederick Lamb, Robert
Mahaffey, Ronald Mccoy, James
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10

Harry McNatt. Rodney Reynolds,
Rodney Shane.
Grade Al, Mrs. Piper, teacher
Kenneth Boyer, Billy Bullock, Dav-
id Deakyne, Bruce Ennis, Richard
Nelson, Henry Steller, Marjorie
Colder, Barbara Hahn, Rose
Knotts, Gail Lurty, Shirley Nor
ris, Marian Pearce, Patricia Ram
sey, Gertrude Steller.
4 Grade Az, Mrs. Slaughter
teacher = Dewey Burris, Larry
Dignan, Wayne Gardner, Charles
Gray, Wayne Hurd, Robert Low
man, Freddy McNatt, Presley
Moore, Betty Jane Brown, Mary.
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10

lettie Brown, Beverly David, Bar
bara Lee DeLauder, Barbara
Deamer, Nancy Everett, Jeanette
Fortner, Kay O'Connor.
Grade 81, Miss P. Matthews,
teacher Mary Joan Attix, Peggy
Russum, Nicole Mabrey, Kay Jar
man, Richard David, Donald Jar
man, Ralph Knotts, Raymond
Moore, Kenneth Poore, Thomas
Russum, George Stats.
Grade 3-2, Mrs. Jarman, teacher
Alice Mae David, Barbara Eley,
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10

Janice Burris, Beronica Dixon,
Betty Lee Dulin, Joan Loose, Clara
Mahaffey, Barbara Graham, San
dra Poore, Joyce Spence, Renee
Stevens, Jennie Still, Mary Cullen,
Karl Gebhart, Walter Luckowski,
Bart Luff, William Mabrey, Gerald
Moore, John Drexel Poore, Richard
Price, Henry 7. Price.
Grade 5-2, Mrs. Gee teacher
Dorothy Fortner, Margaret Jacobs,
Patricia Lowman, Isabelle Martz,
Joanne Walls, Edwin Alfree. Rob-
ert Attix, Donald Brown, Howard
Brown, Robert Burge, Robert
Croll, Robert David, Robert Ennis,
Larry George, Kenneth Maynard
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10

waiting for tomorrow's gasolines
to get full performance.
There are other things to notice
about this engine.
It's Fireball power plant uses a
special and exclusive type of piston
that gets more good out of each
fuel charge.
And it speaks with soft, new quiet.
Selt-setting valve lifters automati-
cally keep valves, properly seated,
ending tappet noises for good.
With gasolines getting better, the
swing to valve-in-head design will
undoubtedly grow stronger. But
that is what Buick has had all along
"a power plant that uses its head
to give extra lift and thrill.
Smyrna times., 1949-02-10
T0DAY,S
DELIVERED PRICES

Siofe and city faxes, If any, exir1. Dyn1flow Drive
optional Of exfru cost on SUPER models. White
sidewoli fires optional Of exiro cost on oil models.
All prices subject 10 change without notice. Prices
may vary slightly in adjoining communities be-
of transportation charges
*The above is our lost quoted price on this model.
New SPECIALS ore now under development and
new prices will be announced when production of
this series is resumed.
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Mr.. KreisIer's Gifts

Fritz Kreisler always has been philan-
thropist, and his gift of two valuable manu-
scripts to the Music Division of the Library
of Congress is simply another manifesto
ton of his generosity of heart. Both
donations were withdrawn from a sale of
books and papers which he had collected
during many years and which he finally
decided to liquidate for charity.
The violin concerto by Johannes Brahms
is one of the great harmonic works of all
time. Joseph Joachim introduced 1t in
1879, and it has been "stock number" in
the repertoire of every important violin
ist ever since. Mr.. Kreisler made record
ing of it with the London Philharmonic in
1888. According to report, he paid $4,000
for the original copy. The price was not
too high. Had it actually come into the
market in 1948 or 1949, it certainly would
have brought handsome premium.
Also of high intrinsic worth is the manu-
script of Ernest Chausson's Poem" for
violin and orchestra Mr.. Kreisler received
1t from the famous Belgian virtuoso, Eugene
Ysaye, who gave 1t to him as q token of
Evening star., 1949-01-02

queraQlng IN the garments OF democracy.
Not only in Washington but in the capitals
of various States and in county seats across
the Nation, executive, legislative and judicial
leaders will assume the duties of public office
Among those who, at the convening of the
Senate, will stand with uplifted hand to take
the oath OF Office will be one already tried
and tested as a worthy servant of his State
and of the Republic This Senator elect,
replying to letter of congratulation from
friend, penned words more golden than gold
Here they are, on this first Sunday of January
offered as suggesting an all-inclusive New
Years resolution to readers of this column:
Il am indeed humble when I realize the
weight of responsibility that comes with the
Office to which have been elected. 1t frightens
me when realize how difficult 1t is going to
be to justify even small part of the belief
that these wonderful friends have in me- All
I can say is that with guidance I shall do
my level best to justify their faith"
Any sensitive and contrte heart, greeting
the new, unknown year, solemnized by its
challenge, will face its 1865 new chances with
the consciousness which Daniel Webster de-
clared was the greatest thought which ever
entered his mind-"Personal responsibility to
Almighty God In the white light of that
revealing conception, with all other voices
hushed save that of conscience, what more
appropriate New Years dedication could be
conceived or coined than this, Il resolve to
seek guidance and to do my level best, in every
circumstance and relationship?
Now. guidance is never forced upon any
man. 1t diligently must be sought AS Dean Inge
keenly observes, "If We spend is hours daily
OF our waking life in thinking about the affairs
of the world and about five minutes in thinking
about God,' it is quite natural and inevitable
that the world will appear more than 200 times
more real than God" But If any man, lacking
wisdom, ask of God, and If the kindly Light
Illuminating the next step is followed patiently
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Outlook in Chino

In his New Years message to the Chinese
people, Generalissimo Chang Kai-sl elk has
indicated that he is in no mood to nego-
tiate peace with the Communists. Mill
tary events may yet oblige him, or some
successor, to undertake such negotiation,
but for the present at least, he seems
determined to carry on with the war.
Thus, although he has not rejected the
idea completely and absolutely the gen.
eralissimo has made clear that he will
consent to negotiated peace only on the
basis of several very big 'ifs"-it it is not
detrimental to national independence, it
1t does not violate the constitution, if it
preserves democratic form of govern
ment, and il 1t protects the peoples free
mode of living
These are conditions that the Chinese
Communicative the Communists behind
the Iron Curtain in Europe-are incapable
of meeting. For nothing could be more
certain than this: That if the Nationalist
government negotiated peace with them,
they would do away with that government
and lose no time in attempts to impose
Red totalitarianiSm on the whole of China,
destroying its independence and converting
it-like Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hun
gary Czechoslovakia, etc.-into a puppet
of the Kremlin.
Accordingly, in attaching his "ifs" to
proposals for negotiated peace, General
issimo Chang has served notice, in effect,
that he does not intend to betray his
country but proposes instead to fight on
for what he has fought for throughout all
the long years of his leadership-namely,
free and unified China AS for the Com
munists, they have greeted his stand with
a statement in which they have once again
branded him, his wife and other top Ma
tionalist authorities as war criminals"
and in which they have resolved to con-
tinue the struggle until they achieve total
victory
So the outlook in China appears to be
one of continued war. The big question is
whether GeneraliSsimo Chiang-with no
large-scale American aid in sight at this
time-can make good his promise to hold
the Nanking- Shanghai area "at all costs"
The territory still under his control is vast
and sprawling, and the Communists might
have hard time conquering it If he could
deal effectively with the situation by put
ting through eleventh hour reforms in the
Nationalist political and military machin-
cry under him.
In any event, the Generalissimo has told
his people that unless the Communists
meet his conditions which, of course, they
will not do-he will fight them to a
finish" and he has voiced his firm belief
that free China will Twin out in the end"
Whether that belief is wishful or not
Americans have reason to hope and pray
for its fulf1llment. The bitter thing is
that there seems to be little or nothing
we can do right now to insure Nationalist
victory
Evening star., 1949-01-02
opNes OF the SpKIt
.GuidanCe-and Your Level Best
A New Years Message Personal Endeavor Plus
Divine Help in Meeting Life's Problems
By the Rev. Frederick BroOn Harris, DID, D.
By the Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, d. D, Lift d.

and humbly and selflessly, the sincere pilgrim
shall be led on, o'er moor and fen and crag and
torrent, to the desired haven The formula
always is guidance and ones level best.
~
Depending on guidance alone is never sub
stitute for our own utmost effort Once when
the famous evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, joined
circle OF farmers seeking for guidance" with
regard to what they ought to do about their
church debt, he was asked to offer prayer.
Knowing that these well-to-do farmers had the
ample wherewithal to easily answer their own
prayers, Mr.. Moody blurted out: II wouldn't
bother God about this mortgage, If were you;
I'd just pay it," And they did
God takes over when we are at wits end:
That is, mans extremity is Gods opportunity.
That does not mean that wits end is the only
place we meet God or need Him. We need Him
when, in crucial or humdrum tasks, we are
just doing our best. When one of the most
celebrated OF surgeons had been invited to op-
crate before distinguished group of fellow
surgeons he was asked afterward how he
could possibly work with such a crowd around
him. Well he said, 1T IS like this There are
just three people in the theater when I op-
erate-the patient and myself" Three" said
MS Trend; but that is only two Who is the
other?' And the surgeon answered, God"
1t Is lamentable that a man should 90 on
working year in and year out and never see
the thing he tolls at with the light of the
Divine upon it. That light touching into glory
even the commonest toll and the trivial round
gives for every task strength that does not
bend or break even in a crisis It gives the
kind OF stamina that cannot be bowled over by
calamity. 1t gives the kind of faith that falters
not, though pressed by every foe. It gives the
kind OF purity of heart that sees God and the
Godlike everywhere.
This Is the only way to true greatness: The
humble acceptance of responsibilities not dodg-
ing them but graphing them; trusting God
and doing our best, and then, at last greeting
the unseen with cheer.
Guidance-and our level best this is COM
bination which will solve every problem, sur
mount every obstacle, dissolve every doubt and
in all the glve-and-take Of life, bring beauty
for ashes. Our best is the pavement over which
God hastens to our help.
Guidance-and his level best, that was ever
Robert Browning's secret And so he sings:
BE sure that God
Neer dooms to waste the strength he deigns
impart.
see my way as birds their trackless way.
I shall arriVe-What time, what circuit first,
I ask not;
In some time, His good time, I shall arrive
He guides me and the bird. In His good time" :"
Evening star., 1949-01-02
I OOk1nO A head Some Shado,vs of Coming Events
D. ~ Are Noted Here and Abroad
(By the World Staff of the Associated Presso

The SLOW but steady. fall in living costs
presents President Truman with a neat prob
lem. Shall he insist that the Democratic
Congress enact the renewed price control and
other imitation legislation he urged on the
Republican Congress a few months ago?
When he asked for controls before living
costs were climbing. Now it seems that the
levelng -off influence of competition-so long
predicted by industry-may be coming about.
Congress is likely to think twice before author
izing controls while prices are edging down.
Pegging prices at any level on falling price
structure might serve to prevent further de-
creases The President may ask for standby
controls to be used in case prices rise again.
He is more or less committed to do this be-
cause of the Democratic platform and his
campaign speeches. Living costs reached an
all-time high in August and September. In
October they declined u Of one per cent and
in November AS of one per cent. You can
look for the downtrend to at least hold its
own when December figures are made public
this month by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Evening star., 1949-01-02
Republican Revolt

All is relatively serene on the Democratic
side of the Capitol. The contest for Presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate between Sem
ators TydingS and McKellar (Won by the
latter was close but in other respects the
Democratic task of organizing forAa new
Congress has proceeded smoothly. There
are storm signals flying, however, in the
quarters set aside for the Republican con-
tingent.
Thirteen-poSsibly an unlucky number
of the forty-two Republican Senators who
survived the November debacle are trying
to retire Senator Taft as chairman of the
all-important Republican Policy Compit-
tee. These rebels profess to have the high
est regard for Senator Taft personally. But
they say that they want to replace him in
the policy-making post with Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts, in order to. rebuild the
Republican Party and bring its philosophy
into line with existing conditions"
The Ohio Senator, never a man to run
away from fight, is not running away
from this one. Perhaps he remembers
what happened to the effort to drop Presi-
dent Truman overheard at last summers
Democratic convention. But in any event
he does not propose to step aside. He is
confident, he says, that he will retain his
post (probably through a change in COP
Senate rules by substantial majority
vote of his Republican senatorial col
leagues.
The chances are that he is right For
one thing, although there is room for dis
agreement with some of his policies, he
has been a hard-working, conscientious
and competent policy maker for his party
in the Senate. This will carry weight with
the twenty-nine COP Senators who have
not yet aligned themselves with the re-
bellion. For another, the position of the
insurgents is weakened by their failure to
come forward with clear-cut program in
opposition to that which has been spon-
sored by Senator Taft
As Senator Taft points out, all or most
OF the dissenting Senators have supported
the essentials of the Republican program
In the past. Possibly this may be at
tributed to an instinct for party regularity
Yet the fact remains that the position of
the insurgents would be stronger if they
were prepared now to present as their own
specific and different position on the
important issues which confront the coun-
try and their party. There is reason to
sympathize with their view that a more
liberal legislative outlook is essential to
the political future of the Republican
Party. But If these dissenters have a
philosophy of their own their chances of
success would be enhanced by stating it in
specific rather than general terms
Evening star., 1949-01-02

friendship in 1881. 1t will be preserved in
the Library in association with the letter
of transmission and is doubly interesting
on that account.
Both scores serve to enrich a treasury
of music which gradually has been increas-
ing in scope and significance for half
century. They call attention, incidentally,
to the contributions of musical instru-s
ments and manuscripts donated by Mrs.
Gertrude Clarke Whittall, including the
originals Of Brahms Third Symphony and
Song of Destiny" and numerous other
documents of almost priceless character.
The American people owe Mr.. Kreisler
and all of his contemporaries who have
helped to build up the Nations principal
photographic establishment a vote Of
thanks not only for their gifts but for the
ideals of cultural democracy which have
inspired them
Evening star., 1949-01-02

watched closely by others in radio who
have been reported to be interested in
selling themselves as incorporated prop
critics, rather than as employees.
The Internal Revenue Bureau is on
sound ground in scrutinizing carefully
every such transaction, with view to
exposing any illegal tax avoidance tricks.
But the bureau Should take care to see
that its rules are clearly defined and i'm
partially applied. On the basis of what so
far has ben revealed it is difficult for the
average person to see how the line was
drawn between the tax-reduction plan
engineered by Messrs. Gosden and Correll
and that of Mr.. Benny.
Evening star., 1949-01-02


Theater appeared in The Star of December
n, 1898 n part as follows:
he telephone Little, very little catchy
GiH' music, which might have
been composed by the un-
interesting persons singing 1t, some graceful
dancing and brilliant costumes and scenery,
q lot OF nonsensical horseplay, and, lastly, too
much vulgarity, inexcusable and obnoxious,
and there you have 1.-THE Telephone Girl.
1t Is said much Of the raciness has been
eliminated since the Girl left New York, but
the elimination has been in the matter of
business and not in the lines There is much
more that might be spared. Miss Clara Lip
man has very little to do, and neither sings
nor dances during the entire performance
James F. Macdonald is the telephone Office
boy, who sings My Estelle,' the bright original
sorg OF the play. Ben T. Dillon, as the butler
IN the suspicious apartments, does some Irish
songs and dances. The others are not note
worthy"
The Star on December %, 1898. printed q
long obituary article two portraits and two
editorials concerning Senator
Senator Morrill, Justin g. Morrill, of Maine,
Decd whose death had been an
nounced at 1:25 am. His
"later years in Congress" 1t was explained,
were marked by his persistent efforts to beau
tfy Washington by the erection Of public
structures commensurate in size and design
with the developing proportions Of the Gov
ernment and its Capital. He was always In
terested in any proposition which looked toward
the establishment Of permanent betterment.
In local affairs he was especially alert to pre-
serve the Inities. He was vigorous in his
denunciation of the steam railroad corporations
for their encroachments upon the public spaces
and their refusal to provide modern terminal
facilities In other local lines he was always
to be relied upon to stand on the side of the
best interests of the Capital City, His ideal
of Washington was lofty and inspiring and
his services were given ungrudgingly, gladly,
for any enterprise looking to the development
of the citys original plan and scope" Among
other editices advocated by Senator Morrill,
were proper home for the Library of Congress,
a museum building and judiciary building
all ION large scale"
Shortly before u o'clock last night" said
The Star for December 80, 1893, flames were
discovered raging fiercely on the
Midnioht first floor of the Eleventh street
BIoze SIDE of the seven-story building
occupied by Barber & Ross. Before
the fire had been controlled the entire Fire
Department, with the exception of engines Nos
II and IS, located, respectively, at Mount Pleas
ant and Anacostia, was put into service; the
stock of Barber & Ross which occupied the
three lower stories and the cellar, was damaged
to the extent of $50OO0, or $4,000, while the
loss on the building itself reached about SIT 500.
Only the devoted efforts of the members of the
Fire Department prevented what would have
been otherwise conf1agration of immense
proportions, and in their heroic determination