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THE DADE COUNTY TIMES
Trenton, Georgia
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THURSDAY. JUNE 15, 1944.
Customs Stronger Than Laws
Custom is much more powerful than
statute law in the regulation of affairs,
as will be seen from news dispatches
telling how fanatical Moslem elements
recently broke into a motion picture
show in Syria and attempted to destroy
the French Officers’ club.
What was the cause of the trouble
also emphasized by minor disturbances
at two other places? Simply a rumor
that Moslem women were seeking com¬
plete emancipation and that some had
discard their veils at a dance.
In dealing with the various races in
the Near East the officials of the Unit¬
ed States have to be very particular in
their attitude toward prevailing cus¬
toms of the people. Unrest, discontent
and volence result when drastic re¬
forms are permitted.
Stopping A Racket
An extensive war fraud racket has
been unearthed in a shipyard near Bos¬
ton with the arrest of nearly one hun¬
dred workers on charges of conspiracy
to defraud the Government.
A number of welders, paid for piece¬
work, were credited by countrs for
more than they performed and some re¬
ceived as much as $75 a week extra.
The counters, for their dishonesty, re¬
ceived a’share of the illegal payments
from the welders.
It is not surprising that some work¬
ers attempt to defraud the Government
and it would be a mistake to assume
that similar frauds are the usual pro¬
cedure. It is interesting, however, to
know that the FBI is not too busy to
invesigate what goes on in the war
plants. Maybe the knowledge may re¬
strain grafters in other areas.
To Intellectual Workers
Professor Albert Einstein, world-
famous scientist, suggests that intellec¬
tual workers organize on the pattern
of the ‘working-classes’ to protect their
economic status and “the interest of
society as a whole.’’
It is difficult to understand the fail¬
ure of intellectual workers to realize
that organization is necessary to pro¬
tect their economic interests. Current
events in the United Satates demon-
strat beyond preadventure that any
segment of society, unorganized to re¬
sist pressure groups, will not get prop¬
er political consideration and, except
in rare instances, a fair share of the na¬
tional income.
One naturally questions the reputed
superior intelligence of intellectual
workers, often referred to as the "white
collar class,” when they permit confi¬
dence in individual ability to block
necessary and desirable organization.
Two Economic Dangers
The average American citizen, we
believe, favors the utmost practical
fredom for the individual, including
freedom of enterprise, with fair compe¬
tition and equal opportunities in the
economic sphere.
This being a basic faith of Ameri¬
cans. it is not surprising that certain
business interests attempt to use these
principles to avoid governmental regu¬
lation sand controls. Strangely, they
have nothing whatever to say about
trusts, monopolies, cartels, tariffs, sub¬
sides and other favors that the Govern¬
ment has given to business at the in¬
stance of business itself.
The freedom of the individual and
of enterprise can can be stifled by the
activity of Government or the practices
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of big business. It is immaterial, so tar
the average citizen is concerned,
whether opportunities are denied by
one or the other. Federal control is no
more damaging than agreements to fix
Green Denounces Strikes
"No matter what the provocation,
there can be no justification for the
strike," declares William A. Green,
President of the American Federation
of L.abor,
Mr. Green took occasion to denounce
the strike wave that was apparent
throughout the country sometime ago,
calling it "totallv unjustified’' and de-
daring that ' none ot them has had the
approval of the American Federation
of labor.”
It is encouraging to note that re¬
sponsible labor leaders, throughout the
nation, are openly denouncing strikes
during the present emergency. This at¬
titude on the part of the leaders also
penetrates the membrship of most or¬
ganized unions, despite the fact that
occasionally, unauthorized strikes oc¬
cur.
We agree with Mr. Green that the
strikes that have been so generously
publicized by the radio and press are
relatively unimportant when viewed a-
gainst the total picture of production
that has been achieved by labor
throughout the war.
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Hold Your War Bonds
The nation-wide campaign to secure
subscriptions to the Fifth War Loan
emphasizes the importance of retaining
the bonds, when purchased, unless an
imperati ve demand for cash compels re¬
demption.
In May there were $280,000,000
worth of bonds cashed by holders of
Series E, or about 38 per cent of the
$713,907,992 sold.
The record of Series E Bonds, how¬
ever, reveals $32,000,000,000, or about
one per cent, cashed in. Every time a
holder of a war bond cashes it he can¬
cels the sale of a bond of equal amount.
Of course, every sensible person
knows that there will arise occasions
when the individual, regardless of pa¬
triotic impulses, is faced with the neces-
sitv of getting some cash from bonds.
This is caused, very often, by over¬
enthusiasm in buying and by emergen¬
cies that arise after the investment has
been made.
The necessary cashing of a bond im¬
plies no reflection upon the holder but,
just the same, it is very important for
us to realize the importance of making
every effort to keep our bonds as a per¬
manent investment. By so doing, even
at personal inconvenience, we really
“back the attack.”
Policy and Strategy
By W. C. SKAGGS
Generals are the ones who deal with
strategy; statesmen properly concern
themselves with policy. But at times
these two things get mixed up, so that
the resultant situation is insoluable to
generals and statesmen alike. There¬
fore, since President Roosevelt will not
handle with DeGaule, we make an as¬
sault on the beaches of Normandy
without French soldiers in the spear¬
head, although there are French units
in England eager to go. There is no
French army striking the French sou¬
thern coast from Corsica to make a
pincers movement with our Normandy
thrust.
Roosevelt will not handle with De¬
Gaule. What’s wrong with DeGaule?
He is stubborn. Oh, ves! So is Church-
hill; so is Roosevelt; so is Stalin. So is
any leader worthy of the name.
We are making a great mistake by
telling the world there is no French
leader worthy of consideration. It is
humiliating — nay, insulting. What
with the treatment the American gov¬
ernment has been giving the fighting
French, they are “boiling made at us.”
That is a failure of statesmanship that
may have serious military results. It
will cost us many thousanrs of lives
that we need not otherwise have spent.
Life does have its compensations. A
news dispatch tells us that shirt and
pajama manufacturers are having
trouble getting enough pins.—Wall
Street Journal.
The march of the human mind is
slow.—Burke.
» SCHOOL
ft g SUNDAY
| LESSON
GOOD SOLDIERS OF JESUS CHRIST m
International Sunday School Lesson for June 18, 1944
GOLDEN TEXT—"Suffer hardships with me, as a
go, d soldier of Christ Jesus.”—II Timothy 2:3.
Lesson Text—II Tim. 2:1-4, 8-12; 5-8
Tlie two espistles of Timothy 1
the epistle of Titus have 1
and
been called - The Pastorial Epis-
ties.” because they were written j
by Paul from the pastorial view-
point. Paul not only preached
and founded churches, he al so
continue his work m those
churches. It is believed that both
of his letters to Timothy were
written while Paul was a prison¬
er at Rome, but that several
years intervened between their
writing.
The Second Epistle to Timothy
is believed to be the last letter
Paul ever penned, and is refer¬
red to as “The last will and tes-
! tament of Paul, and swan song.”
This letter is a very personal
letter to a young preacher whom
Paul thought of almost as a son,
referring to him as “my child.”
The relationship between Paul
and Timothy is not only merely
a beautiful story, but is repre¬
sentative of one of the greatest
forces for righteousness in
Christian history. All down
through the ages of the Christ¬
ian era. the greatest moments
in the history of the church
have been those unseen, unno¬
ticed moments when one man of
God, perhaps grown old in his
service, places his hands on the
shoulders of a young man, and,
in the name of Jesus Christ,
claims him for the gospel min¬
istry.
The story is told of a mission¬
ary to the Indians in Alaska,
who, on his death-bed, handed
a Bible to the young Indian who
was attending him, telling the
lad to read the book and then
teach it to his people. The young
Indian, who had never known or
cared much about the mission¬
ary’s work, did as the old miss¬
ionary had bid him. After bury¬
ing the missionary, the lad sat
sat down to read the book. Then
he went back to the missionary
settlement and asked to be
taught, with the result that he
is now carrying on he work be¬
gun by the older missionary.
In asking Timothy to carry
on his work, Paul did not offer
him a bed of roses. Paul’s life
had been a very hard and tem¬
pestuous one. He had suffered
severe persecutions and had
passed through a great many
perils for the gospel’s sake. When
he invited Timothy to come in¬
to the Christian life and take
up the work of a Christian ser¬
vant, he told him: “The times
are hard; there is much danger
in the life of a Christian; there
THE LESSON
“Simple
A M il lion - Dollar
Reduction
In Electric Rates
Reduction in the electric rates of the
Georgia Power Company which will save
more than a million dollars a year for REA
rural electric cooperatives, municipalities
and business firms went into effect June 1.
Here are the details:
REA Cooperatives
Thirty-two rural cooperatives buy their
power from the Georgia Power Company
and resell it to their own members. The rate
reductions will save about $45,000 a year,
or 10 per cent of the amount they are now
paying for electric power. The average price
per kilowatt hour to the cooperatives will
be reduced to the low figure of 8 mills
(eight-tenths of a cent).
Municipalities
1 orty-one Georgia towns will receive an¬
nual reductions of $120,000 or 10 per cent of
their present power bills. These are towns
which own their electee distribution facili¬
ties. They receive power from the Georgia
Power Company and supply it to their citi¬
zens over the municipal electric lines.
Georgia Power Company
A Citizen Wherever We Serve
are many perils to pass through,
Now do you want to come on
and take your share of these
hardships as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ?”
It is relatively easy for one to
be a member of a Christian
church today, but it takes almost
as much bravery and courage for
a man, woman or child to be a
real Christian today as it did
in the days of Paul. Too many
people, we fear, have their
names on the roll of Christian
Churches who never consider
what it means to be a follower
of Jesus Christ. That accounts,
in large degree, for much of the
criticism of the church by those
outside the church — there’s so
little difference in the lives of
those who profess to be Christ¬
ians and those who do not.
As a soldier it not allowed to
tangle himself in tthe things of
the world, so a Christian should
not hold on to the things of the
world with one hand, while des¬
perately trying to cling to God’s
hand with the other. Christians
are commanded to ‘‘come ye out
from among them and be ye
separate.” Instead of living the
transformed life, too many are
living a life of “conformity.”
When Paul caught the vision
of Christ, his old life was put
behind him and a new life op¬
ened out before him. He com¬
pares his life to a race-course
and himself to a racer. He says,
“I have fought the good fight,
have finished the course, I have
kept the faith; henceforth there
is laid up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord,
the reighteous judge, shall give
to me at that day; and not to
me only, but also to all them
that have loved his appearing.”
Spurgeon once said: “There ar
Spurgeon once said: “There
are no crown-wearers in heaven
who were not cross-bearers here
below.”
There are two forms of pa¬
triotism; the soldier facing
death at the front and people
at home who gripe and grum¬
ble.
* * *
Not every time you see two
men talking in low tones are
they swapping jokes; one might
be a bill collector or a solicitor.
If Germany can withstand the
combined assaults of Russia and
the Anglo-American army it
might be a good idea to ascer¬
tain what makes the Teutons
tick.
NEXT WEEK
Living ”
Business Firms
Business firms served by this Company
will receive annual savings in their electric
Wills totaling $895,000. Stores, filling sta¬
tions, restaurants, hotels,, and all other types
of businesses will receive reductions.
The new low rate takes the place of the
old commercial “inducement rate” and the
old “immediate rate” as well, but it is lower
than either of those rates, so that all com¬
mercial lighting customers will get reduc¬
tions. (The minimum bill remains $L0(&
(hese rate reductions totaling more than
$1,000,000 annually are made at a time when
nearly all other costs are going up; when
the cost df living is up, when other costs of
doing business are up, when our own ex¬
penses are up.
Electricity is one of the very few things
that hasn’t gone up in price since the be¬
ginning of the war, but ina4pad has come
down.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS
kabOOOC
What we don’t know may not
hurt us, but it hurts others.
* * *
Never judge the value of a
product hy tthe shouts of the
auctioneer.
* * . *
The nation has too many
loud-mouthed and “patriotic”
profiteers.
* * *
An orator is a man with a loud
voice and a copious supply of
adjectives.
* * *
It is good judgement to listen
to advice but often poor judge¬
ment to follow it.
* * *
A blitz victory in Western
Europe would make the Ameai-
can people happy.
* * +
Whenever you find an extra
dollar you can put it in war
bonds and rtamps.
* * *
The man who hurries his work
probably has an impatient wife,
with a nasty temper.
* * *
It is getting so, around some
homes, that the youngest mem¬
ber of the family rules the roost
* * *
The Germans retreat in Italy
because they have more im¬
portant jobs to do closer home.
* * *
Bamum was not the only A-
merican to believe that the peo¬
ple will swallow anything.
* * *
Whenever a man tells you
something “confidentially” you
might as well be a little bit sus¬
picious.
* * *
Incidentally, does anybody
know whether that pile of gold
at Fort Knox is helping us win
the war?
* * *
The pessimist probably per¬
mits knowledge of himself too
influence his judgement of his
fellowman.
♦ * *
There are individuals of the
human race that w^Ar them¬
selves out acceptingcavors from
other people.
* ♦ *
The world is not interested in
the excellent excuse that you
have for your failure to deliver
the goods.
♦ * *
Make your plans to spend a
reasonable part of your life
sensibly; after all you are sup¬
posed to be smart.
* * *
The trouble with much of the
war news that we hear and read
is that it is not as much news
as adjectives.
♦ * *
If you want to cooperate with
fighting men, now at the front,
buy War Bonds to the limit of
your capacity.
* * *
It’s about time for somebody
to write a novel that will omit
dirt and filth and tell the grand
story of decent people.