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PAGE TWO £hc Jhiftr Camity (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 Months ?5c 50c 3 Advertising rates furnished up¬ on application. Legal advertise¬ ments payable in advance. Parties writing to the paper for publication are requested to fur¬ nish their names, otherwise the corn muni tea ti*on will not be pub- lishet It will be withheld on re¬ quest, but the name must be given. All communication and news items are recived for re-edited, publica¬ tion subject to being re-written and changed. Such are printed as a matter of news and do not necessarily reflect the views or ideas bf The Times. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944. CIRCUS TO CONTINUE The idea that circus, a fa¬ mous American institution, should disintegrate because of a disastrous fire is as fallacious as the thought that a fire in one hotel should result in the clos¬ ing of hotels throughout the land. of The unfortunate death scores of spectators, including many children, when the Big Top caught on fire recently may serve to emphasize the necessi¬ ty for additinal fire protection but not to put an end to the traveling circus. BIG SCALE WORRY Now that the Germans have a one-ton robot plane that is visiting destruction upon Sou¬ thern England the experts are beginning to worry about larg¬ er robots. Constantine Brown says: "A new type—the 20-ton robot— is believed ready." stopped Just why the writer at twenty tons escapes our im¬ agination. Why not make it a story and theorize on the effect of 100-ton robots? If we are going to worry, let's worry far enough ahead to em¬ ploy full capacity. VANDALISM It is hard to understand the motives of miscreants of Port¬ land, Oregon, who invaded a Japanese cemetery, to break grave stones and toss them in¬ to heaps. the Police officers say that desecration is the second of¬ fense within a year and blame it upon adults and express doubt that graves and monu¬ ments can ever be rematched. Vandalism of this type does not express patriotism nor A- mericanism. Nor does it express the judgement of the right- thinking people of Portland, Oregon. The fiendish acts ex¬ press the unreasoning hatred of low mentalities which, for¬ tunately, is not widespread in the United States. ENGLISH DEMAND RETALIATION For nearly seven weeks, the people of Southern England have been enduring the unex¬ pected assaults from flying bombs, which land indiscrimi¬ nately and, at times, destroy important buildings with much loss of life. So far, apparently, no ade¬ quate defense has been de¬ veloped against the robots. Cloudy weather often prevents any effective anti-aircraft gun¬ nery and it is a large under¬ taking to shoot them down with aircraft. The strain, suffering and fear, produced by the flying bombs, is causing the British people to develop a stiff attitude toward the Germans. In fact, there is little likelihood for any support of a "soft peace" in London. Already some newspapers are urging the Government to re¬ taliate against small towns in Germany unless the flying bomb offensive comes to an end. The London Daily Dispatch, for example, suggests that the Germans bo given a list of one thousand small towns, with a warning that they will be at¬ tacked by airplanes and wiped out if the robot bombers con¬ tinue to strike indiscriminately THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGU ST 10, 1944. FREE PRESS NOT A CURE-ALL A world free press is the goal of many American newspaper men. What they demand is the right of news-men to secure and transmit without governmental restrictions anywhere in the world. This, we admit, is an import¬ ant right which should be se¬ cured. However, the world problem is not as easily solved. The necessity also exists that the reports transmitted shall be impartial, presenting the full truth of the situation treated. There is danger in a free press unless the free press is con¬ trolled by high principles of fair play. Very often, units of the press become engaged in campaign to promote special aims and objectives and, as a result, the news is inadequately covered in favor of special pro¬ motion. Let us take Palestine, for an example. Suppose a free press, reporting from Palestine, was intensely partial to the demands of various Hebrew organiza¬ tions which demand a home¬ land for the Jews. Would any¬ body be interested in reporting, or reading, the Arab viewpoint on this vexatious question? If the press, enjoying com¬ plete freedom in reporting, fail¬ ed to adequately report both sides of this question, as in the case in the United States today, what chance would the public have of forming a correct con¬ clusion? The answer is none. Let us assume that the inter¬ ests of the United States be¬ came involved in an argument with Soviet Russia. If the press of the United States were free to visit Russia, collect informa¬ tion and write uncensored news dispatches, would this guaran¬ tee that the news thus sent to the United States would be free of national prejudices or that the people of this country would attempt to understand both sides of the issue? Obviously, while a free press, throughout the world, is im¬ portant, it is not a cure-all for the problems that have beset mankind. Something more is necessary, including high prin¬ ciples and a rare sense of fair play in providing "news" pi- bout public matters. This is not always evident in the United States where newspapers play to the prejudices and ignorance of their customers on a fairly large scale. TRADE MUST BE FREE One of the problems that will confront the world, when peace comes, is whether every nation will atempt to be self- sufficient or cooperate in cre¬ ating a world-wide economy that will encourage all peoples to produce goods in order to exchange with others. The basis of commerce, as well as wealth, is in produc¬ tion and the exchange of goods. It must be facilitated if the world is to increase the living standards of its people and a- void another debacle shortly after the war ends. U. S. CAN'T RUN THE WORLD For some strange reason, exists a belief in this country that we are qualified tell the British, and other nations, what they should do in regard to vexatious problems. While we have displayed no unerring ac¬ curacy in the solution of our own domestic problems, we seem to belive that, as a na¬ tion, we have rare ability to solve problems for other peo¬ ple without reserve. For example, there are people in the United States today who think, when the war ends, we should attempt to solve the problems that involve India, China. Korea, Poland, France and other areas. Regardless of the location of the problem, it is blithely assumed that the Americans have the correct so¬ lution and that any nation which does not accept our prof¬ fered advice is evil-minded and attempting to tyrannize over others. When the war ends, the world will require men of firm¬ ness, courage and intelligence. It will not need weaklings, a- fraid of responsibility and fear¬ ful of the destiny of their own people. in England. Meanwhile, the Germans boast of a new and more pow¬ erful secret weapons which will be utilized against the British and, maybe, the invas¬ ion forces. U. S. SECRET WEAPONS From Tinian Island, in the Marianas, comes the revela¬ tion that the Americans are us ing a fearful instrument of death. The effectiveness of the secret weapon,- according to newspaper corresp o n d e n t s, "has been definitely proven." There have been repeated intimations that the United States has developed some powerful weapons for use a- gainst the enemies of this coun¬ try. It has been known for some time that some American sol¬ diers were occupied with some¬ thing that was being kept a sec¬ ret. Apparently, the weapon has been tried out at Tinian. With no hint as to the nature, contstruction or manner of use, it would be futile to attempt to guess what secret weapon has been used against the Japan¬ ese. Certainly, if it works, it will be seen in Western Eur¬ ope. RESEARCH Research and public educa¬ tion, in regard to post-war prob¬ lems, are now underway by 197 public and private agen¬ cies, according to the Twentieth Century Fund, which says that this includes 39 government and 158 private agencies. While there are undobutedly a number of private agencies concerned with the general wel¬ fare, most of them are solely interested in the welfare of a special group. This applies par¬ ticularly to business-sponsored agencies, devoted strictly to the promotion of goodwill and pro¬ fits for businesses represented. We are not opposed to re¬ search by business groups, es¬ pecially if their information is openly sponsored and given out plainly as the product of the parties interested. To bal¬ ance this partisan source, how¬ ever, it is important htat gov¬ ernmental agencies conduct similar studies and make pub¬ lic their reports. The break-through, on July 25, sealed off putting about five more seatports withing our grasp. stirs sentiments in such old as I, who went in at St. Nazarie in mid-April of 1918, and at Brest in February of 1919. there is still more work to before St. Malo, Brest, and St. Nazarie are finally our hands. And I hardly pect the Germans to make very stubborn final stand any of them. Their seems to have been badly —which is no wonder. We even hope that there will not be a hard fiqht for Paris. And when Paris and fall, and Finland and Bulgaria quit, there will be another ef¬ fort within the Reich to dispose of Hitler, Goering, Goebels and Himmler. This time it must suc¬ ceed. And the old Reactionary "governments in exile" will be wanting to return and resume in Poland, Greece, etc. For these nationals this war will have been fought in vain if that happens. Still, British and A- mericans will favor just that. But it won't happen;i predesti¬ nation is against it. Last week was a momentous one; this week will be such al¬ so. We sank a Jap and a Ger¬ man convoy. Philadelphia bus drivers were forced back to work by the government. There is a presidential cam¬ paign on. This will remain a pole show if the Nazis don't soon break. Think back on my predic¬ tions, always too optimistic. It doesn't embarass me. It is necessary for a number of folks to be hopeful. We can't live on despair. I can look back across about make of car, model, year see that I have lived richly on things that never came to pass, savoring them by hope. It is worthwhile. Hope is a sustain¬ ing habit. At my age, even in normal times, not one out of a thousand men with nothing can establish himself. But the hopes I have would surprise you. So long as you can keep hope you'll never die. (August 7, 1944). 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL \ LESSON ^ ' 't, ' * mmmrn mm ' THE PRIEST IN THE LIFE OF ISRAEL International Sunday School Lesson for August 13, 1944. GOLDEN TEXT: "For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God."— Hebrews 5:1. Lesson Text: I Samuel 2:27-30; 4:12-18. The lessons for the rest of this quarter will be taken from I and 2 Samuel. First Samuel consists of two parts—the first (1-8) relates to the closing period of the judges, while the sec¬ ond part of the book is devoted to the foundation of the mon¬ archy and the reign of Saul. For our lesson this week, we study the judgeship of Eli, who was also the high priest of Shiloh. In the Bible the word "priest" denotes one who offers sacri¬ fices. Before the time of Moses, sacrifices to God were offered by the heads of families but after the Mosaic law was given, the nation organized and a place was set apart for sacrifice, a special order of men was ordained with solemn ceremony for this service. Because of their loyalty and obedience to God at the time of the worshipping of the golden calf, the tribe of Levi were set apart to care for the tabernacle, to assist the priests and to be teachers, scribes and musicians. One family of this tribe, Aaron and his sons, was set apart to be priests and from that time on the candidate for priesthood had to prove his descent from Aaron; had to be free from bodily defects; should not mourn outwardly; and had to marry a young woman. The book of I Samuel opens with the familiar story of Han¬ nah and her long-desired son, Samuel, which means "asked of God." When her dearly beloved son was stil avery small child, Hannah took him to the sanctuary in order that he might grow up in the service of the Lord. The story of the relationship between this young boy and the old priests, Eli, is a beautfiul one and is an example of the beneficient effects on the life of the young is a kind, helpful and godly man. However, to Eli one day, came "a man of God" to rebuke him, not of his own sins for the sins of his sons, because o fwhom, the priesthood was to be taken from his family and given to another. Eli had, somehow, failea- injimpart to his sons what he, himself, had. These sons are described as "sons of Belial (worthlessness); they knew not the Lord." Not only that, they were greedy, not being satisfied with their legal portion and robbed the people. When the people complained, these wicked men resorted to force and violence. Not content with such sins, they went to even more shameful lengths. They flagrantly dese¬ crated the worship of God by their gross immorality and openly violated the commandments of God in a most shameful manner. How did Eli act toward his disgraceful sons? The people certainly expected action from him, for Eli held the place of highest authority in the land. Instead of giving fl’ssm the punish¬ ment they so rightly deserved, Eli only rebuked them mildly and that was all. The sin was mainly the sons' but the guilt was largely the father's. Thus Eli became partner in their sin (I Samuel 2:22-25). As a result of such an example in high places, the Israelites turned from the worship of God and their punishments swiftly and inevitably folowed. They went into battle without the con¬ sciousness of the divine presence and they suffered terrible defeat. The story of the battle as told by the courier to Eli is regarded as stating the greatest climax in all literature: "Israel .... fled.. .there was a very great slaughter____the ark of God was taken and the two sons... .were slain." It is no wonder that the ninety-eight year old priest, upon hearing the news, fell from his seat and died of a broken neck. To quote R. F. Horton, in Verbum Dei: "Evil men may serve as priests (ministers), no doubt. Evil men may make vigorous and loyal ecclesiastics. But, as in the old external covenant, they must be pure who bear the vessels of the Lord, so in the spiritual society of Christ, no man can either receive or deliver the Word of God unless he is inwardly cleansed, his unclean lips touched with purifying coal, and his conduct made a not altogether imperfect mirror of him whom he is called to preach. The preacher must himself be a true sermon, to adapt Milton's noble thought about every poet himself being a true poem, and he must be so far better than any sermon he can preach, that he really in some degree expresses the sum total of all his sermons." The Lesson For Next Week "THE PROPHET IN THE LIFE OF ISRAEL" NOTES AND COMMENTS 1 loo o oo uo oooo G o a ooo G aaao* The typist who can't spell overprints. * » * The Nazis are setting new records for strategic retreats. * * * Farmers who produce their own food seldom go hungry. * * * Free speech is anything which does not displease a minority. * * * Vacations serve a useful pur¬ pose in life if you have time to take one. * * * Insurance companies are not writing policies on the lives of dictators. * * * Promotions in war do .not al¬ ways come to the men who do the actual fighting. * * * It's fast getting to £he day when the son of Heaven will be glad to leave Tokyo. * * * Note: You can subscribe to this newspaper any day and enjoy it every issue. * * * Any Congression district is entitled to the kind of a repre¬ sentative that it elects. * * * The present war will probably go down in history as the crisis in the cigar market. * * * If the war ends in October, the isolationists will begin talk¬ ing out loud in November. * * * One reason why people are so easily fooled is that so few of them are seriously hunting the truth. * * * Despite statistics we hear nu¬ merous complaints about the plight of farmers, laborers and millionaries. * * * People who puzzle about somebody's inside information never suspect that it is a mat¬ ter of brains. * * * There seems to be a general idea that the Russians will reach Berlin first and stay there the longest. * * * It is about time for all for¬ ward looking prophets to put their end-of-the-war talk on a month-to-month basis. * * * Did you ever wonder how the people of the Philippine is¬ lands happened to print their newspapers in English? * * * Half of the "off the record" stuff that you hear is bun¬ combe and the other half isn't worth putting on the record. * * * The editor of this newspaper does not expect to please every body and finds it somewhat dif¬ ficult to please anybody. * * * If you must head the political speeches of the campaign there is no reason why you should believe everything you hear. ♦ * * The United States can sell its goods to other nations, after the war, only if it is willing to buy something in return. * * * Little boys who write naughty sayings on sidewalks and barns grow up to be very critical of nearly everybody except them¬ selves. * * * It is regrettable that our own bombs sometimes kill our spl- diers but war is not a pink tea and there is hardly any way to avoid mistakes. • * * When the time comes to in¬ vade Japan it might be agood idea to send some of our love- the-enemy boys to the beaches to try their power. * * « It would be nice for the cor¬ porations if the government eliminated their income taxes but we wonder where the ordi¬ nary citizen comes in. The best way to express gratitude to service men, when the war ends, is to see that they have jobs that will enable them to support their wives and children. “When EXHAUSTION leads to Headache Don’t let headache double the mis¬ ery of exhaustion. At the first sign of pain take Capudine. It r . quickly brings relief, soothes nerves upset by the pain. It is ¥// -*1 liquid—already dissolved—all (' £-) **4 ■ ready to act—all ready to bring comfort. Use only as di¬ rected. 10c, 30c, 60c. CAPUDINE Freedom From Fear /'"\NE of the ideal conditions 1 1 for mankind, suggested in the Atlantic Charter as one of the Four Freedoms, is freedom from fear. If this state of mind could be legislated out of exist-! ence, no one would want to wait an instant before starting the ma¬ chinery with which to accomplish , it. Freedom from fear of aggres¬ sion, invasion, and other obvious forms of terrorism, was no doubt in the minds of the framers of this charter o f liberty; b u t thoughtful persons are free to go beyond this and consider the elimination of fear as a pattern of thinking, as a motive for actions and speech, as affecting health, and as a determining factor of hu¬ man experience. . . . There is a form of personal, in¬ dividual legislation which may be exercised in one’s own mental realm. Mary Baker Eddy says on page 61 of "Retrospection and In¬ trospection,” “If you rule out every sense of disease and suffer¬ ing from mortal mind, it cannot be found in the body.” Accepting this as true and acting upon it, one may actually legislate over fear in himself. It is not possible to rid oneself of fear merely by declaring, with¬ out understanding, that one is not afraid. This would be meeting one form of mesmeric suggestion with another. One must understand w’hy one is not afraid. The reason a man does not need to fear evil is that God is good and God, good, is omnipotent and omnipresent. If God is all-powerful and man is His image and likeness, as the Bible tells us he is, then man re¬ flects His power, the power of good. The statement, then, that we are not afraid is based on thi* «trong foundation of fact, spirit¬ ual truth. It rests on the allness of God and on His all-powerful, protective goodness. In the Bible story of David, the shepherd boy, who with a sling and a stone killed the giant, Go¬ liath (see I Samuel 17), it is very plainly shown that David consid¬ ered himself as representing the army of the living God, not as a solitary lad with an ineffectual weapon. He saw that a threat irade against God, or against those win* relied wholly on the one and only God, could have no power. If God is all-power, how can there be any opposite? We can think of our brave sol¬ diers as the representatives of the army of God, never helpless or isolated, but reflecting God’s all- power, one with His omnipotence, protected by His encircling love. We read in the Bible (I John 4:18), “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.” To hate an eneip.v as a personal entity does not cast out fear, but to love God, good, so completely, to love Principle so entirely, that we trust our very lives to His keeping while we serve Him in whatever way He chooses is man¬ ifesting the love that casts out fear. This is our protection. . . • No physical compromise, no standing aside, can assure safety; but the clear realization of the perfection of God and His allness can remove the insidious mesmer¬ ism of fear and its accompanying threat of danger. Man is safe, for he is fully conscious of his one¬ ness with the omnipotent God, his Father and Mother, whose sub¬ stance is Spirit, and whose in¬ corporeality his true selfhood re¬ flects.—The Christian Science Moni¬ tor. Renew Your Subscription!
