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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1944)
We note where a train of twen¬ ty-eight cars was loaded with Russian girls and taken to Ger¬ many to an unknown fate. When the Russian army reaches Ger¬ many and begins to even the score, as it no doubt will, let’s remember this and keep our mouths shut and our shirts on. Let’s remember that if it hadn’t been for Russia it might have oeen English and American girls. Let’s let Germany pay in full for this and other similar ar- trocities. Congress is to be commended for freezing the Social Security oax at one per cent. No one mows as yet just what the tax ;hould be. If too much is col- ected some way will be found to fritter away the surplus. If just •nough is collected those in ;harge of administering the tax will be more careful of how it is dandled. The pressure of a large balance in any fund is too much >f a temptation to starry-eyed uplifters and devotees to the full¬ er life theory. We believe that f there is any surplus in the fund the employers and the em¬ ployees should be the ones to spend it, not some bureau. The move to take the control jf the unemployment tax from he states and put it in one fund under the federal government must be watched. This is but an- )ther scheme to take more of the states rights from them and destroy a little bit more of our lemocracy. Once control of the fund leaves the states it will lever come back. From then on he bureaucrats of Washington vill control it. There is not as much concern over the country egardin this as ther should be. Lets not be found in the posi¬ tion of locking the empty barn ifter its equine occupant has been smoothly spirited away. We read an article the other lay by a commentator on things to come. In his opinion, we of this country are in for an in¬ creasing amount of federal regi¬ mentation. This commentator seems to think we have reached a point where we cannot escape it. Regimentation, he says, will continue to take over gradually, moving in a little at a time. Fifty years from now, he says, we will look back to today as the care¬ free and easy days when most government controls were lack¬ ing. Living under regimentation, he says, is all a matter of be¬ ing used to it. New generations that will know nothing else will think nothing of it, he says. In other words, whether or not we are regimented is all in the way one looks at it. Not enough complaint is be- ng made against the unnecess¬ ary complicated income tax law, a local man said yesterday. The time has come when people if they want anything from Con¬ gress have got to make them¬ selves heard and felt. Personally, I will not vote for any candidate who will not agree to work for a simplified income tax, if he is elected. There ought to more people who feel as strongly about this as I do. If there were, we would get something done. You can’t get much action from a congressman by merely scolding because of his dumb acts, but you can scare him into action if he thinks any considerable number of votes are at stake. Members of Congress can’t pass the buck on this tax law. If they had been awake they could have secured for us a simpler law. We have got to find some way of getting them awake long enough to get their feet off the desk when matters like this come be¬ fore them. They can help us if they are made to.” The release of the story of the treatment of American war pris¬ oners taken on Bataan by the Japs has filled every American with the thought and conviction that Japan must be destroyed. The inclination of the Jap sav¬ age not to surrender will furnish an opportunity to do a most ef¬ fective job. There is no place in a civilized world for a people of this kind. A local man calls our attention to the fact that in all the thousands of years of their history the Japs have not made a single contribution to civiliza¬ tion. There has never come out of Japan a great invention, a great medical discovery, a con¬ tribution to literature, art or music. Rather, she has been an imitator of other nations. She has appropriated inventions and methods of industry originated and used by other nations. She has been a leech upon civiliza¬ tion drawing from her life blood from the genius of others and giving nothing in return. The administration recently presented Congress with a re¬ quest for a tax blli calling for $10,500,000,000 in new taxes. This amount it was felt by the ad¬ ministration experts would be necessary to finance govern¬ ment operations and to hold down inflation. Congress has compromised with a tax bill of $2, 275,000,000, over 8,000,000,000 Dade County Times Trenton, Georgia Entered at the Postoffice at Trenton Georgia, as sec¬ ond class mail matter. ELBERT FORESTER Editor and Publisher MEMBER GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In Advance) $1.50 12 Months 75c 6 Months 50c 3 Months ............................ Advertising rates furnished ______ up- on application. Legal advertise- adver meats payable in advance Parties writing to the paper for publication are requested to Eur- nish their names, otherwise the communication will not be pub- l lished. It will be v ithheld on re- quest, but the name must be given. _ All communications and news items are received for re-edited, publica¬ tion subject to being Such re-written and changed. are printed as a matter of news and do not necessarily reflect the views or ideas of The Times. IlHIIIHIIIMMIlHIlHtlMII" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944 ..........................................................*..... “Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.”—I Timothy 6:17. It’s a sign of superconceit when a man past sixty says he is just as good a man as he ever was. We pride ourselves on our in¬ dustry, but the easiest thing in the world to sell is a labor saving device. The editor of one of our ex¬ changes puts it this way: When It comes to keeping one straight, one sneering enemy will get more done than a half dozen friends. These are the times, a neigh¬ boring editor notes, that the smart shopper approaches the clerk with, “I want to get fifty cents worth of what you’ve got.’’ A political convention in many respects resembles a high school athletic eve»t. It has a big crowd of cheering boosters who are plugging for the home team and are apparently without inhibi¬ tions of any sort. When the Romans destroyed Carthage, all the buildings were leveled, the ground plowed and oats was sown on the city cite, few more trips by the bomb¬ ers and Berlin will be ready for plows and the seeders. While experts are figuring out how many man hours have been lost in strikes and absenteeism, why not have some one figure out the number of man hours that have been wasted in figur¬ ing out an unnecessarily obtruse and indefensible income tax law. The story goes that the ration board in a neighboring state turned down a request for a sup¬ plemented supply of gasoline made by a man who desired to take his mother-in-law home. The refusal by the board was for the reason that they regarded it a pleasure trip. (True, brother, true). There is a feeling that the inflation brakes were applied too late. There w T as a disposition on the part of the administration to permit a little inflation with the idea hat it could be headed off before it got out of hand. Controlling inflation is like con¬ trolling flood waters. Once flood waters break over the dike there is little that can be done. Once inflation gets under way it is next to impossible to stop it. Nature favored the Japs in this w r ar. That section of the Pacific is dotted with thousands of is¬ lands, many of them covered with jungles, mountains and swamps affording the easiest type of country to defend, and the most difficult to clear of de¬ fenders. Our troops there are learning the jungle tactis and the island by island campaign is picking up. It is a matter of cleaning the rats out of one hole at a time. - *- Its a rare individual who can spend public money with the same care and wisdom that he spends his own. There is some¬ thing about being entrusted with a large sum of money that they did not earn that seems to upset the balance wheel with many people, and the first thing they | know they are spending it right and left without much thought; of what it is being spent for, or; whether it should be spent. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944 LEAP YEAR STYLE NOTE—1944 TOMORROW’S SUN By J. C. WILSON Newspaper Features, Inc. mmmmmmm' - . .■ mmmmm :■ As this is written it is still im¬ possible for the men who are fighting and dying for their :ountry, to vote in 47 of the 48 states. The other 47 states are still in a quandry over arrange¬ ments for the men and women n the armed forces to vote. Georgia alone of the 48 states las set up the necessary struc¬ ture for this purpose, thanks to Governor Arnall and Senator George. Age alone will prevent upward of 2,000,000 men who are fight¬ ing and dying for their country, rom voting and thereby having \ voice in their government. Al¬ though a man of 18 is old enough to be drafted by his country, on¬ ly one state (Georgia), again thanks to Ellis Arnall and Walt¬ er George, has made it possible for them to vote. A majority of ’he Marines who died at Tarawa were too young to vote in any >f the 48 states, with the excep¬ tion of Georgia. A majority of the Sailors who died when the muiser Atlanta was sunk by the Japanese and who have died so far in our naval battles were too young to vote unless they lived in Georgia. A majority of the soldiers who have died in Italy were too young to vote except in Georgia. A majority of the men now fighting in actual com¬ bat duty are too young to vote in any other state except Geor¬ gia. Approximately 50 per cent of Waves, Wacs and Spars are neligible to vote except in Geor¬ gia (United States government figures). The British have an ancient tradition that no man ineligible to vote could be compelled to serve over-seas, and reduced the voting age to 19 many years ago. Declaring “Congres as silent as an oyster in doing something for our young heroes,” Governor Ar¬ nall also last week called for presidential and congressional action on a proposed constitu¬ tional amendment to lower the national age from 21 to 18 years. “I think the President ought to go to bat for the young people”, the Governor said. The amend¬ ment by Congressman Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, is now before a congressional com¬ mittee. The Governor said that unless Congress does .something about lowering the voting age, “it would disqualify and perpetuate a fraud on the hundreds of thousands of young people who are giving their lives for this country.” He said that some congress¬ men should “have the courage to speak up for these young people.” Georgia lowered its voting age to 18 last August. Shortly aftter that, Governor Arnall went to Washington and appeared be¬ fore a committee to urge a fed¬ eral statute. Governor Arnall said in ad¬ dress the General Assembly when he called them in an extra session to provide the ballot for our armed forces, “I hope I shall never see the day when the uni¬ form of our country is made a badge of disfranchisement” and Georgia still remains the only state with a governor who ap¬ parently is sufficiently interested in their fighting men to provide them with a means of having a voice in the government they are fighting, sacrificing and fore- ging the pleasure and happiness of home and loved ones for. T«AOC-MAIK less than deemed necessary to properly curb inflation. We do not pre¬ sume to say that the amount asked for by the administration was scientifically and eco¬ nomically the exact amount that j should be levied if inflation is to be prevented. that Congress We do is feel, assuming how- | ever, a most serious responsibility in arbitrarily making such a radical reduction from administration estimates. From the standipoint of politics the administration would be expected to reduce the levy to the lowest possible point. Instead of this, it has asked for nearly four times the amount; Congress appears willing to \ grant. Let us all hope that the study made by Congress has been thorough, accurate and unpreju¬ diced, since a great deal depends upon such matters as to whether or not inflation can be controll¬ ed from her# on out. i SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Lesson for Sunday, February 20 Topic: JESUS TEACHES TRUE GREATNESS Scripture Lesson: Mark 9:30-10; 45. In speaking of greatness, Will¬ iam Makepeace Thackeray said, “To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be dauntted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spot¬ less; to forego even ambition when the end is gained—who can say this is not greatness?” In our lesson for today, we hear Jesus speak concerning true Greatness. Wholly uninfluenced by the traditional and popular claims of the world with refer¬ ence to the character of great¬ ness, Jesus asserts that true greatness can be realized only in genuine service to needy man¬ kind. THE QUESTION OF RANK Mark 9:33-41. After the experience on the mountain top, where he was transfigured before the three di¬ sciples, and following the heal¬ ing of the epileptic boy, Jesus came, with the disciples, through Galilee to Capernaum. Upon reaching the privacy of the house, Jesus questioned them concerning a discussion that had evidently taken place some¬ where along the journey, and which he had overheard. The controversy had to do with the matter of the “rank” of the twelve. Which one of them might be considered to be the greater (than the rest) ? Jesus comes to the point quickly with them, in a stinging rebuke. Says he, “If any man would be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.” In these terse words, Jesus reminds the twelve that “The spirit of service is the pass¬ port to eminence in the kingdom of God” (H. B. Sweete). Jesus then took a little child and said unto them, “Whosoever shall re¬ ceive one of such little children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever receiveth me, receiv¬ eth not me. but him that sent me.” And Matthew adds, “Who¬ soever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:4.) Greatness, then, under the Mes¬ siah’s reign, can be achieved on¬ ly as his subjects become child¬ like. They must be humble and giv^themselves over to the spirit of service, in the name of their Master. If this grand fact could be, somehow, realized in the lives of the followers of Christ, today, there would be some mighty transformation going on within our churches. Love, brotherhood, and understanding would pre¬ vail, where now there Is jealousy and stiff#. THE NECESSITY OF CHILD¬ LIKE TRUST Mark 10:13-16. In the above passage, Jesus further emphasized the necessity of simple childlike trust, as we relate ourselves to the Messiah’s kingdom. It is merely “another lesson for the still spiritually crude disciples’-’ (M. Dods). In the words of Dr. A. T. Robert¬ son, “Jesus here presents the little child with trusting and simple and loving obedience as the model for adults in coming into the kingdom.” It is at this point that we find the head and front of our chief difficulty in soul-winning. It is so hard to get people to exercise the spirit of childlike faith in the matter of religious experi¬ ence. They are, for some reason or other, so often unwilling to venture out, by faith, in their quest for God. They lack the true spirit of scientific inquiry. They back off from the miracu¬ lous element in the spiritual realm, despite the fact that they live constantly in the midst of the miraculous element in the natural realm. Why, every breath that one draws is a miracle; ev¬ ery heartbeat, every thought! It still remains, as from the be¬ ginning, that if one is to enter into the joys of Christ’s king¬ dom, and lay hold of the great¬ ness that comes through service, he must do so by simple, child¬ like faith. There is no other roy¬ al road to salvation. GUARDING AGAINST STUMB¬ LING Mark 9:42-50. Here we have the words that stab us wide awake: “And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off . . . And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off . . . And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out . . . rather than ... to be cast into hell.” Jesus could not have spoken more terrible words than these; and yet humanity needs them. We need to be reminded of the tragedy of stumbling, and of the necessity of erecting safeguards to keep us from stumbling. Those who mar their lives by known sin and who permit conditions that make for sin to continue to exist in their lives will never know true greatness. They may succeed for awhile, in the eyes of the world, but not in the sight of Jesus. He looks upon us as we are. His all-seeing eyes pene¬ trate the superficial veneer of outward things that so often be¬ guiles the gullible ■world. THE PERIL OF RICHES Mark 10:17-31. Someone has said that when the American people learned to make money, they lost their re¬ ligion. Whether or not this be true we do know that there is altogether too much emphasis on material things, in the world : today. We know that “th« love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching aft¬ er have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced them¬ selves through with many sor¬ rows” (I Tim. 6:10.) In the light of this solemn truth, it is easy to understand why Jesus warned his'followers about the peril of riches: “children”, he said, “how hard it is for them that trust in riches to enter into the king¬ dom of God.” This statement followed the woeful example of the rich young ruler (Cf. also Luke 18:18ff.), who, when chal¬ lenged by Jesus to turn loose of his possessions (“If thou wouldst be perfect”—Mat. 19:21) for the sake of the richer life in the realm of the spirit, went away with a fallen and sorrowful countenance, “for he was one that had great possessions.” Said Jesus, “It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter in¬ to the kingdom of God.” In other words, man cannot lay hold of | instrument the kingdom through the mere of wealth. The king¬ dom of God is not something that can be bought with ma- | teriai things. It is not a pawn. Men, to enter the kingdom, must trust in something far greater than riches. They must have childlike faith, even as the poor¬ est disciple on the earth. Thus, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.” Praise the Lord! THE TRULY GREAT Mark 10:32-45. Again, we come back to our original promise. The truly great are those who serve—those who serve in the name of Jesus. Oth¬ erwise, our service would profit us nothing (I Cor. 13:3). For, “the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a i ransom for many.” Let us ponder these words long and well. They, as few others, furnish us a challenge adequate to the needs of our war-torn world. Let them become for us as a sort of watch¬ word, as we prepare to bind and heal the wounds of global war! APPLICATION FOR TWELVE MONTHS’ SUPPORT GEORGIA, DADE COUNTY: To all Whom it May Concerns Mrs. Myrtle Gerald, having made application for twelve months’ support out of the estate of G. A. Gerald, and appraisers duly appointed to set apart the same having filed their returns, all persons concerned are here¬ by required to show cause be¬ fore the Court of Ordinary of said county on the first Monday in March, 1944, why said ap¬ plication should not be granted. This 7th day of February, 1944. J. M. CARROLL, Ordinal
