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ed a a Second Clafee Matter at
Postoffice at Caaaden, 8. C.
Wednesday, February 22, 1988
It takes a high-salaried radio co
median to make an old joktf sound
Mr.'''
After March 4 every disappointed
. office seeker will think he is that
famed Forgotten Men.
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|;v Hitler is now at bat in Germany,
and the world 4 is watching to see
whether he can really hit.
,
No doubt a good many post-mas
ters -to-be have already performed
their most important duties. '
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? A bishop declares that modern
girls are not indiscreet. Anyway,
not in the presence of a bishop.
Having found a way to escape
from a submarine, inventors may yet
devise a safe means of exit from s
subway.
Sergeant-at-ahns Barry affordp
another illustration of what some
times happens when novioes rush in
to print.
A professor says all bridge fiends
have a* inferiority complex. It'p
safe to bet he doesn't play with his
wife as partner.
The economic value of a boy of 18
is $28,654, according to a life insu
rance bulletin, but we know of no onr
in the market for any at that price.
Considering that Congress and
forty-odd btate legislatures are in
session, all trying to increase taxes
we are perhaps lucky to have any
business at all.
\
That-Nebraska man who confessed
to stealing a piano "in a moment of
weakness" might have carried away
the house if he had been feeling
right s'trong.
A scientist says movements of the
big toe indicate how one's mind ip
working. Thus a young fellow some
times finds out how his sweetie'?
papa's mind runs.
We read that the British cabinet
has recently adopted a policy of
"golden silence" with respect to war
debts. Most debtors are strangely
silent just now, but their silence ip
not exactly golden. f
? .GEORGE WASHINGTON
In a month replete with notable
birthdays and anniversaries, Feb
ruary 22 stands out in the minds
Americans as the date of greatest
significance, the birthday of George
Washington.
As a national holiday it is perhaps
second only to the Fourth of July
while as a matter of fact it is proba
bly an anniversary of even higher
importance, because without a Wash
ington tho struggling colonies might
not have made thqi Declaration of In
dependence effective
Although much that Ifl legendary
has been associated with the life of
Washington, due principally to the
seal of Parson Weems, his early bi
ographer, the main facts of his in
estimable Service stand unimpeached
and his fame takes on added luster
with the fears.
Leading a poorly trained, ill-equip
ped and somtimes 'mutinous army
Washington aflame the fires of
patriotism when a less determined
and less capable commander miokt
have given up In despair. While aid
from France finally turned the scale
in favor of the colonies, Without
Washington s genius and heroic per
sistence the Continental Army would
have been crushed Into submission
before that aid arrived.
It fa well that we should honor his
memory on his birthday and on all
other days, but nothing wr? may say
or do oan add to or subtract from the
priceless heritage epitomised in th<
deathless name of Washington.
g B? Vm PARSING VETERANS
According to the adjutant-gen
eral's office in Washington, 2,128,948
Union soldiers verved in the Civil
Wat> while the best estimate# piece
the number of Confederates At be
tween 800,000 end 900,000, no giccu
irete record belli# available.
The government pension rblt shown
only 27,078 Union veterans, while V
recent survey places the mimber of
living Confederates at no more than
10,406. Ttob It *W H
a fairly equal percentage of survi
vors of the two armies.
Considering that it will be 68 years
on April 9 since Lee's surrender, it
seems remarkable that even the
numbers mentioned are stilt alive,' ar
one who was a boy soldier only Ifc
years old at the close of the war
would now be 88. However, when it
is remembered that the last survivor
of the Mexican War lived more than
80 years after the end of that strug
gle, it may be expected that a good
many Civil War veterans have sev
eral more years ahead of them.
SENATORS IMMUNE
In a Washington news letter a cor
respondent comments on the violence
with- which presidential nominees for
appointive offices are frequently at
tacked by Senators who oppose theli
confiration, and says: "Senators are
immune from civil damages for their
comments in the Senate regardlesp
of how far it approaches blackguard
ism."
In other words a Senator may make
the most reckless and untruthful
statements concerning anyone with
out being held to account, no matter
how much these utterances may un
justly reflect upon and injure the
persons so attacked.
Scarcely a day passes while Con
gress is in session that some member
does not indulge in unrestrained and
unwarranted attacks on citizen?
against whom he holds enmity. These
remarks are broadcast to the country
through the Congressional Record
and by sensational newspapers, and
the victims are powerless to protect
themselves. ?
Whit? members of Congress should
have reasonable latitude in criticising
persons or policies which they oppose
the wholesale immunity which legis
lators enjoy works a grave injustice
to many honorable citizens. And
unfortunately, it appears that somr
Senators who make a specialty of
reckless talk find no difficiilty in se
curing re-election.
UNFAIR COMPETITION,
In a recent address Representative
Joseph B. Shannon of Missouri, chair
man of the House committee to in
vestigate governmental competition
with private enterprise, declared:
"The government, which pays no
taxes, no insurance, and which takes
no account of man 3' other items of
undispensable overhead which pri
vate enterprise must pay, is able un
fairly to undersell the enterprises of
its taxpaying citizens. This, the
committee held, constitutes unfair
competition."
Mr. Shannon oit?d many specific
instances of war-time bureaus which
still exist, although the war has been
over for 14 yeats. He charged that
In many cases the chief activities of
these agencies were in connection
with the operation of business enter-,
prises in competition with local mer
chants and others.
This condition exists especially at
Army and Navy posts, where gov
ernment stores and restaurants not
only serve persons in the military
service, but through the abuse of
lawful privileges serve a large por
tion of the general public to the
detriment of taxpaying business men
"The conditions which have been
revealed to this committee of the
House of Representatives of which I
anl chairman are almost unbeliev
able," said Mr. Shannon.
It is an undisputable fact that the
gradual encroachments of the gov
ernment in the field of business haVe
made conditions more difficult for
thousands of small .merchants whc
pay taxes and otherwise contribute
to the support of civic enterprises.
The finding of Mr. Shannon's com
mittee should lay the foundation for
action to abolish these abuses.
While dcathn from automobile ac
cidents in the United Stated were a*
bout 18 per ceat leas laut year than
in 1981, the total was more than 29,
000. A total of more than 900,000
were injured.
THE ANNUAL TOLL
' Several factors contributed to the
lower casuality rate last year, but to
what extent each factor figured can
not be determined. Car registration
were about ft per cent less and gaso
line consumption was off about 7 per
cent, indicating that less miles were
traveled in 1981. ' '
v But, owing to fewer replacements
of old cars by new ones, it is believed
that more accidents may have result*
from mechanical defects. It seems
then, that the safety warnings and
the campaign of education which has
been carried on by newspapers and
safety councils have had * consid
erably effect A marked reduction
In the* number of children under 16
years old who were ran down In the
streets Is encouraging.
Statistics show that the moat daft'
gerous driver* are those between the
aged of 20 and 24, thouaands of
whom paid with their Uvea for the!*
foolish speeding and general reck
lessnesa.
N More Americana have . been killed
in automobile accidents in the last
15 years than were killed in all the
wars in the history of the United
States, the .total being around 325,
000, while the war toll was only a
bout 800,000 dead. ,
The deplorable thing about all this
is that at least 90 per cent of all au
tomobile accidents might be prevent
ed by the exercise of ordinary cau
tion and common sense on the part
of the drivers and pedestrians.
FLIRTING WITH DEATH
It is an amazing fact that the ap
palling number of deaths which re
sult from sheer carelessness make
no greater impression upon the aver
age person. This is especially trur
with respect to drivers of automo
biles.
Persons who are ordinaryily care
ful in protecting their health and
property often throw discretion to
the winds the moment they grasr
the wheel of a motor car, and flir*
with death through failing to ob
serve the most elementary principle?
of safety. (
They will take a chance at a grade j
crossing, speed while rounding r
blind curve, pass other cars under
dangerous conditions, and do other
foolish things which menace life and
limb ? seemingly oblivious of the fact
that one slight mistake of judgment
may prove fatal to them or to thoaf
who happen to be passengers in
their cars.
The jaywalker is equally reckless
taking the chance of being run down
for the sake of saving a few steps
or a moment's time. In fact, many
pedestrians are even more careless
than the average motorist.
Safety education has been thf
means of reducing accidents to
some extent, but the lamentable
fact remains that no amount of
warning has any appreciable effect
upon the majority of people.
The result is that 80,000 or more
persons are killed and about 750,
000 are injured in automobile acci
dents in the United States every
year, while at least 90 per cent of
these casualties might be averted by
I the use of ordinary common, sense.
. WHITE LIES
The old question e/t -whether e
falsehood Is ever justified is brought
to mind by the death of MrB. Minna
PreiskeL in_Xo^i, N. J., at the age of
72. A series v of falsehoods had
cheered her old age for years.
Mrs. Preiskel * was critically 111
when her son, Robert, was killed, in
action in France on March 26, 1918
Doctors warned that if she were told
the sad news it would kill her. i She
was never told. '
Her family caused a letter to be
sent to her, supposedly from her son
telling her that he was employed in
Prance. Each week a letter written
in the United States and sent to
Prance to be remailed to the mother
was received and read to her, telltng
of her body's imagined doings abroad
In all 520 of these spurious letters
were received by the waiting invalid
who until the last had hopes of see
ing her son again.
Similar "white lies" have plrevent
ed mental anguish in thousands of
cases the world over. Who can say
with assurance that it was wrong to
tell them?
Think A Bit
By R. E. C.
PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS
"But pleasures are like popples
spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is
shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white ? then melts for
ever;
Or like the borealis race f . r
'fhat flit ere you c*n point >. their
place;
Or like the rainbows lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm." f
What a sad thought to be so beau
tifully expressed by Bums in "Tam
O' Shanterf Yet* this is only half
true. His lines describe false pleas
ures without explaining that they do
live on ? in remorse for our rashness*
Many of those things which seemed
so valuable In youth are recognised
in the sAner light of maturer age as
having been totally worthless. The
coquettes very soul dies with ibex
youthful beauty arid popularity I Pwh
quant suicides mark the tragie arid off
lives which, selected a fading; faW
happlnan* (n place of the gomdhfrj
Their selected pleasures proved Cdo
small an anchor to staythe ship of
life from the destructive storm of
life's despairs. He who ,:{ lives oftl*
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for today will do well to die before
tomorrow unless be can bear the ag
onizing anguish which is sure to be
the culmination of yesterday's folly.
Yet, "While there's life there's hope,"
and the bitter school of experience
may succeed in training one to build
a beautiful and durable mansion ou'
of the sad ruins of fragile former
dwellings. ' ' .
The desire for real happiness, of
the other hand, is one of man's great
est blessings. It is' his stimulus, hir
| inspiration from day to day. It ir
the one thing that makes life wortV
living. ' In a single the lowly is lef'
behind and the divine reached for.
The help one rendera others, th
kindness one shows the undertrodden
the cheerfulness dispersed among th?
gloomy, the dozens of other thing
we can do to help the less fortunatf
? are not these attributes of true an<? 1
true and lasting happiness? And ar<
they not. also the things which cause
our conscience to whisper to us "wel'
done!", allowing us to finally to com'
before the grave with a minimum of
nnd trembling? <
Woman Loft 20
_ Pounds in 4 Weeks
Mrs. Mae West "of St. Louis, Mo.
writes: "I'm only 28 yrs. old an^
weighed 170 lbs. until taking one box
of your Kruschen P;\lts just 4 weeks
ago. I now weigh 160 lbs. I also
have more energy and furthermore
I've never had a hungry moment."
Fat folks should take one half
teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in e
glass of hot water in the morning
before breakfast ? it's the SAFE
harmless way to reduce as tens of
thousands of men and women know.
For your health's sake ask for and
get Kruschen at DeKALB PHARM
ACY or any drug store ? the cost for
a bottle that lasts 4 weeks is but e
trifle and if after the first bottle you
are not joyfully satisfied with re
sults?money back.
DIZZINESS
relieved by Black-Draught
MI decided to -take Thedford'e
Blapk-Draugfct, as I had been hay*
Inf bilious spells," wrlte? Mr. Chaa.
KL Stevens, of Columbus, Ind. I 'When
I get bilious. T feel sleepy and tired
and do not feel like doing my work.
I get awfully dlssy. X know then
that I had better take something.
After I found how good Blaok-Draught
if, that le what I nave used. 1 'guess
it lids me of the bile, for I feel bet
ter?don't feel like I am dropping
off to sleep every time X sit dowifc
'pit, te me, is a very bad feeling.
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