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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1944)
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) 12 Months $1.50 6 Months 75c 3 Months 50c Advertising rates furnished up on application. Legal advertise ments payable in advance. Parties writing to the paper foi publication are requested to fur nish their names, otherwise the communication will not be pub lished. It will be withheld on re quest, but the name must be given. All communications and news items are received for publica tion subject to being re-edited re-written and changed. Such are printed as a matter of news and do not necessarily reflect the views or ideas of The Times. 1111111111111 m 1111111 < 111111 I . M • I I I M I I > I I 1111 I•111 I 11•■II 11 I THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 19<t4. MllllllllllllllllllllilHIIIMIIIIlllllMIMIIMMIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIH ‘ Drop down, ye heavens, frori above, and let the skies pom down righteousness; let earth open, ana let mem bring ioru salvation, and let righteousness springs up together; i the Lore have created it.”—Isiah 14:8. -- -- Raymond Clapper was the 16tl American correspondent to bi killed in the war. - ★-------- The security ut a Democracy consists in tile right men getting the offices. I don’t mind seeing a good looking woman in a short skirt a local man said yesterday, but these short shirt tails give me the delerium tremens. People forget quickly but its our guess that it will be some time before Americans buy many trinkets and gadgets bearing the label “Made in Japan.” An Englishman visiting a sess¬ ion of Congress for the first time wrote home concerning his visit saying: “Congress is strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens, and then all agree.” Buying War Bonds now is the best way to prepare for the per¬ iod after the war. If you don’t need the money for anything else, you can buy that new car, build that new house, or take vacation that has been deferred for several years. Let a printer or a lynotype op¬ erator write an obituary or a wedding notice and it will be written in a plain, simple, and direct style. There will be no floral embellishments. Printers have no use for flowery wedding notices and obituaries. They pre¬ fer the plain, sensible, simple type. Now* is the time to begin to plan that Victory garden. Vic¬ tory gardens will assume a new importance this year since the announcement that civilian al¬ lotments of canned foods will be cut 43 percent this year. As a result, if you want to eat canned food this year you had better raise it. Wendell Willkie is the first candidate for any office that we have ever heard of who has come out for increased taxes. It is a new thing in American politics. The old pattern, worn thread¬ bare through much use, is to promise reduced taxes and in¬ creased old age incomes. We predict that after the war we will see transport planes loaded with fruit and vegetables at southern points and flown to the markets during the night. The planes will rise to a height that the low temperature will make artificial refrigeration un¬ necessary. it will be possible under this plan to have fruits and vegetables garden fresh for dinner that were picked the night before a thousand miles a- way. I have a good mind to close my place of business and quit, a Trenton man said the other day in a group in which the problem of getting necessary help to operate a business, was being discussed. I can't get called! help and if I do they are soon to the service, and I can't do the i work myself. As the song say. those that are left are either too young or too old. I have felt the same way myself, another ness man replied. All that has prevented me from quitting is the thought that we all ought to try and keep things going un- til the war is over if we can, or there won’t be any community for the boys to come back to. ■■ —wg* THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1944. % . m ' TOMORROW’S SUN By J. C. WILSON Newspaper Features, Inc. mm National interest wall be sted in the appointment ;ov. Ellis Arnall of lammack, to be director Georgia’s penal system. ,ov. Arnall called the ession of the state > consider remedial uoking to reform of the intol- rable prison conditions in Geor- git he sthuck a popular note ound gratifying hroughout the state and nation nd won commendation far and near. In the selection of Mr. ammack, Gov. Arnail definitely uts the directorate of the pris- m institutions outside the pale i politics for the first time, ieretofore, the position has been ,, so-called political plum and ften selection was made with¬ out any consideration to fitness handle the proposition. Wiley ioore, who took the helm in in- tial prison reform activities, ithout pay to straighten it out, . ill continue to give his aid and ounsel. Mr. Hammack is a na¬ ive Georgian, educated in the ate, and considered exception- tlly well qualified in penology, ie has been with the Federal Jureau of Investigation for ight years, and the exacting quirements of a position with hat organization is an index o the character of man who is he new director. More than that ie held high position in that amous organization and he is videly known and popular tlanta and throughout Geor- ■ia. Four short years ago, when m Farley was attempting to .romote himself for the Demo ratic nomination, to succeed ’resident Roosevelt he gave vent ,o the following sycophantic ilast: “I am a firm believer in the jarty system, but I deplore all his partisan sniping at Presi lent Roosevelt’s administration it a time when extremely im portant questions of foreign poii- •y, involving the future of the ntire nation are at stake.” But temptation swooped down >n “Big Jim” in the form of jig “Liberty Leaguer” with jig bank roll, and whispered one word in his ear, and lo, and be told, in the twinkling of an eye Big Jim’s” opinions on great jrinciples and issues, and his oyalty to President Roosevelt were reversed. The magic word was MONEY. So, he was hired away from the Democratic par¬ ty, ostensibly to sell soda pop, but in reality to work for the lection of a reactionary presi lent and do all in his power to discredit the Roosevelt admini- tration, and the Democratic jarty. This obviously is true, for a man high in the councils jf the company employing him las made the statement that “he ould drink all the soft drinks Mr. Farley has sold for the com- jany during his four years of service, and do it before break¬ fast and it would hardly be more han an appetizer.” All of this in the face of an jbligation he owed—and owes o the Democratic party and ’resident Roosevelt. Thus it vas that Jim Farley left the Democratic party — “taking walk,” he called it, and in this vay he joined A1 Smith and Raskob, in deserting the party in a time of need, standing outside party, but still making an attempt to boss and manipulate t, aided by huge sums of slush This has galled the pride if the Democrats, especially in South and West, and these sections rightfully resent any attempt to give credence and or power to those who forsaken the party in the especially when it is con¬ sidered that these sections have nen of character and ability, have always stood firm in he fold, and they will be friends court when President Roose is again elected. Now comes time when it is not only ex¬ to give the South and recognition, but this is be¬ demanded and will be secur¬ even to the extent of getting in the administration of affairs in the future. the Democratic party there no occasion to cater to the makers and deserters, there are great leaders of that can be depended to serve the party and the at this juncture. A splen¬ capable and loyal Democrat comes to mind is Georgia’s Cason Callaway. He is and AcA respected not L \ only lf ,' he S ? uth aI , ?° ' j w ° uld j " f ; ork ” a,1 f [ on ? r and could ed ‘‘°? aI . ‘ “ andc00p fl ? ra 8 ht 'f ««> fo f. <*>?• ,aI l rates for the South . and ^ Still echoing far and wide are of the splendid which Gov. Ellis Arnall at the Conference of (Continued on Page Four) the'NeIS By PaulMallon — ■■ —I <■ — ■ .n il. — Iteleased by Western Newspaper Union. PRESIDENT WILL RUN; WHO WILL RUN WITH HIM? WASHINGTON.-Mr Wallace, the V.P., divulged no secret when he s;.id he thought Mr. Roosevelt in¬ tended running for the fourth term. In truth, the President has been trotting a trial heat here the past {(w weeks. By his actions, Mr. Roosevelt has let all his associates ki.ow his intentions. His conduct of the Democratic National committee meeting partic¬ ularly informed all his party associ¬ ates in and out of congress in un¬ mistakable terms that he expects to tv-ad their ticket again. The reac¬ tion has been mixed. To a considerable extent, his for¬ wardness has lessened criticism of him and his policies by wayward Democratic congressmen. The Southern bloc has been pushed into the position of accepting the inevita¬ ble or openly breaking. Only one so far, Senator “Cotton Ed” Smith of South Carolina, has stuck openly to his critical guns. Some still talk of running Senator Byrd as the opposition candidate in the South. Organizations working for his candidacy exist in several southern states. But the great majority seems pre¬ pared to swallow silently the Roose¬ velt pill, and organize a real fight on the vice presidency. They are determined to prevent the nomina¬ tion of Wallace or any North New Dealing man. They have not. however, settled upon a man of their own. While Speaker Rayburn is most frequently mentioned in public, many would prefer a more outspoken southern opposition man like Byrd. Who Mr. Roosevelt wants, no one knows. Mr. Wallace obviously is waiting nervously for an invitation. Some high Democratic gossip, how¬ ever, suggests the President might even choose a Republican running mate (Willkie) in order to strength¬ en his candidacy. Final choice, no doubt, will be made on the basis of what man will contribute most to the ticket polit¬ ically. Thus the trial heat has somewhat watered down to the President’s op¬ position within the party, but all the old coals still burn underneath. It has had little effect on the Repub¬ licans who are extremely confident they will win more than those states now having Republican governors (26). POLITICS INFLUENCE ALL WASHINGTON ACTION Politics have guided the final con¬ siderations on the soldier vote bill. Some of the administration senators are acting as if they thought a great¬ er advantage might be gained by dragging out the fight over methods as long as possible, rather than ac¬ cepting a compromise solution. They know Mr. Roosevelt has obtained more favorable publicity on this than on any other pending subject, and therefore do not want to hurry the final enactment. Also Mr. Roosevelt’s endorsement of the civilian draft bill (Austin- Wadsworth), which seemed mysti¬ fying to me at first in view of the satisfactory manpower situation, now can also be clearly recognized as a political move. The endorse¬ ment of such a stringent action (which congress will not take) will thus safely add to Mr. Roosevelt’s popularity among the soldiers and sailors who already have been drafted for military duty. In short, if there is any Washing¬ ton news you do not understand these days, the law of averages will justify your interpretation of it as politics. No other motive for doing anything exists here in a campaign year. OUR TAX PROBLEM Praises for bravery are being heaped upon Mr. Willkie for daring to demand $16,000,000,000 more taxes but not by taxmakers. Mr. Willkie denounced the President for having failed to submit a program to raise half that amount, but he himself failed to mention a single additional way of raising the money. The federal tax bill now is $43,000,- 000.000, state and local $11,000,000,- 000. The national income is running- around $153,000,000,000. Theoretical- ly it is therefore possible for the government to take $16,000,000,000 more, as the country now has two- thirds of what it earns left to live on. But it would require something like a 40 per cent withholding tax, meaning that the man earning $50 - week would get only $30. — * The Truman committee quietly ca.led in James Landis, the Presi¬ dent’s Lend-Lease commissioner in the Near East, who stomped back to Washington unannounced, com¬ plaining the British were circum- venting him at every Lend-Lease turn. None of the testimony will be ' made public, and Landis will not resign. Apparently, he got the ac¬ tion he wanted here. At least, he the senators he would take back Cairo an enlarged staff of experts would enable him to meet bet- the shrewd British. Renew your Subscription! wife- -: ijwii mm few „ - SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON i r -CyMr-M. Lesson for Sunday, March 5, 1944 IESUS URGES HIS DISCIPLES TO WATCH Lesson Text: Mark 13:1-37. In the passage often before referred us, we to j have what is as “the great eschatalogical dis¬ i course.” That is to say, it is a discussion of “last things.” The time of the discourse is Tues¬ day afternoon of Passion Week A. D. 30 or 29 (Robertson), anc the place in The Mount of Olives. As the scene opens, Jes¬ us, for the last time, is going forth “out of the temple.” In the background is his approaching death. In a short time Jerusalem will be destroyed “as part punish¬ ment for this crime,” the catas¬ trophe being in itse.f “a symbol of the end of the world and in one sense a coming of Christ in power and judgement” (Robert¬ son) In dealing with this dif¬ . ficult subject, Jesus employs the rich, apocalyptic imagery of the Jews. A TWOFOLD QUESTION Mark 13:1-8. After delivering his terse, pro¬ phetic words about the de¬ struction of the temple • Vv. 1-3), Jesus is confronted by a two¬ fold auestion on the part of Pet¬ er, James and John. They wish to know two things: When will the temple be destroyed? What will be the signal (sign) for its approach, “Tell us when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign when these things are all about to be accompli ti¬ ed ?” The answer of Jesus con- titutes what has been called ‘The Little Apocalypse.” He warned them about the coming of imposters, and the danger of their being led astray, and of the fact that they need not ex- oect “the end,” merely because of the presence of “wars and ru¬ mors of wars” and other out¬ ward disturbances. “Take heed,” said he, “lest any man deceive you.” How oftten. today, are men de¬ ceived by the false notes of those who attempt to present their clever time-tables with regard to the detailed course of last things. Some of them, charda- tans„ attempt to fix the very day and hour of our Lord’s re¬ turn. With deft fingers they jug¬ gle their fascinating calendars and schedules and outline with “unerring certainty” the final PERMANENT WORK 11$ ■ If Large Paper Plant II at Savannah, Georgia WANTED II LABORERS 55c PER HOUR II II TIME AND HALF OVER 40 HOURS II No Experience Necessary 0 ill Pleas-ant Work Under Pleasant Working Conditions 11 t! Your Transportation Will Be Paid to The Job II m \ ou will be assisted in finding a room or housing. is This Plant Will Operate After the War I! IS Work for a Firm Now Where You Will Be Secure *i Bi After the War. 11 m WORK ESSENTIAL TO WAR EFFORT II §1 Essential Those or employed War Production full time Industry in 1 will not be considered. it S:W>: UNITED STATES APPLY EMPLOYMENT II ■ | SERVICE of the 1 WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION 1 ^ TRENTON te ilfefe GEORGIA _ COURT HOUSE I Tuesday, March 7 — 1:00 to 6:00 P. M. ccure of future events. But uc makes it clear that all these outward disturbances to be considered merely as beginning of TRIVAIL, and THE END IS NOT YET. The will come, all right, but it not be an expected moment. why it is necessary for to proceed further with the ciurse. He must issue other jf warning and guidance THE CHRISTIAN’S FIRST CON- CERN Mark 13:9-13. In answer to the query of the disciples concerning “signs times,” Jesus not only warned about the danger of being led astray, but reminded them of the terrible price some of them would have to pay, as followers of his v/ay of life. Said he, “But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to and in synagogues shall ye be beaten ...” Nevertheless, in the face of all this they are to continue to PUBLISH THE GOSPEL. This is to be their pri¬ mary concern, presecution or no persecution. The gospel must first be preached into all the nations.” And, as they are brought before those who would block their efforts, they are not to be distracted concerning what they are to speak with regard their defense, but are to re- member that they are to speak “whatsoever shall be given” in “that hour”; for, after all, it will not be their message, but the message of the Holy Turit speaking through them. Moreover he holds out to the faithful the glorious hope of sal¬ in the end: “And ye shall hated of men for my name’s but he that endureth to end, the same shall be This is our basic mission, as Christians, this matter of preach¬ the gospel. It must be car¬ on in season and out of irrespective of the per¬ cost and sacrifice—yea, unto the uttermost parts of world. ABOMINATION OF DESO¬ LATION Mark 13:14-23. “But when ye see the abomi¬ of desolation,” said Jesus, where he ought not (let that readeth understanr), let them that tare in Judaea unto the mountaains . . As Dr. A. T. Robertson remarks “Mark personifies the abomina¬ tion as personal (masculine) while Luke 21:20 defines it by reference to the armies of Rome, (as it turned out). So the words of Daniei find a second fulfill¬ ment, Rome taking the place of Syria (Swete).” Certainly, as H B. Swete suggests, it was an ABOMINATION of the worst sort to have the Roman army round j f he Holy City, and one whose j presage could only be that of impending ruin. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN Mark 13:24-31. “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall be falling from Heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory . . . But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in Hea¬ ven: neither the Son, but the Father.” Here Jesus clearly states the certainty of his coming, but boldly declares that no man konws the days or the hour, j Those who would attempt to set a specific date for his gior- j ious return (as have many from veneration to generation) might | well ponder the above Ssripture. The important fact i? that he is to come again. That grand truth vershadows all other considera¬ tions: “I go to prepare a place for you, and if T go and prepare a place for you, I will come a- ;ain, and return you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”. (John 14:2f). In verse 27 there is a striking figure: “And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gath¬ er his elect from the four winds from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of Heaven.” Or, as Dr. Robertson expresses it “from the tip of the earth to the top of Heaven.” We used to know a man wno contended that the best way to make a short winter was to have one’s notes come due in the spring. This matter is taken care of now by the income tax. time between the receipt of ire blank and the dead line for fil¬ ing the return on March 15, flies on swift -wings.
