| Show EDITORIAL This man was instructed in the they way y of ot the Lord and being Lent fervent fervent ent in the spirit he be and taught diligently the things of the Lord knowing only the baptism of John Acts John Acts 1825 A local young thing was heard to express her opinion of or a a local young man recently by saying that he was so stingy that he actually saved sa money during his courtship When it comes to modern con con- conveniences conveniences few feYl things surpass in inconvenience Inconvenience convenience a little ready money We Wo always feel sorry for the children of parents who say I had a h herd Jurd rd time when I was young I made up my mind if I ever er had any children I would make it easier casler for them than I had it It Easy times never help any young person The best builder of char char- character acter and self reliance and thrift and industry and is hard work The world is Ls no place for the softie sortie and softies sorties arc are the natural product of pampered and sheltered lives lies DeservIng as the old gentleman is Fathers Father's Day has never gener gener- generated generated more than a scattered inter inter- interest interest interest est and mild enthusiasm n v uv I Bills have h v been presented for the issuance of 2 and 7 1 cent coins It is ls predicted that the bills will not be passed at this session ses The coinage of or the half cent piece was I i f discontinued in 1857 and coinage of the half dime piece was discon discon- discontinued in 1873 A silver three cent piece coined in 1851 was continued for 22 years another three cent coin of nickel was issued from 1865 to 1889 During the Civil CiU War Con Con- Congress Congress Congress gress authorized the coinage of a abronze abronze abronze bronze two cent two ent piece It was the first coin to bear the motto In God We Trust which now appears appearson on all coins I The Thc federal government is not alone in its spending in excess of its income The 48 state govern govern- governments governments ments spent more than they received cd last year ear the Census Bureau reports The spending rep rep- represented represented represented resented a 13 per cent gain over 1946 19 The Thc railroads still have faith in inthe Inthe the future of or the country as evidenced evi el evidenced by the expenditure of 1 for new equipment of all kinds in 1949 10 9 Cutting another bu bu- bushels bushels bu- bu bushels from previous estimates the Department of Agriculture now forecasts a yield of bushels in the years year's winter inter wheat crop This would be the smallest winter wheat crop yield since 1943 19 No estimate of the spring wheat crop has been made A chicken feed dealer of Alton Illinois Elmer G. G Hoffman HoUman by byname byname byname name recently offered 12 cockerel chicks free to anyone who would stand in line Une for them He found it necessary to hand band out some 10 cockerels Mr Hoffman fig fig- figures figures ures that the sales of feed to the owners of the cockerels will make the deal a profitable venture Automobile deaths will reach a million late next year or early in 1952 according to John Cruick- Cruick Cruickshank Cruickshank shank safety engineer of the U. U S. S Guarantee Company Records kept by Mr Cruickshank since 1907 show that persons lost their lives Jives in automobile accidents in I n 1907 The total killed on highways last Jast year was Vas In 43 years y ears some persons have been bee n killed in motor car accidents This t- t tU U o J compares comp with casualties es in all American wars As a feature to the publicity to t o be given the Independence bond bon d drive the U. U S. S treasury depart depart- department department department I ment will furnish each cach of ot the 4 48 8 states and the District of or Columbia with a bell made to the exact mea mea- of the Liberty Bell Dell The bells beUs were ordered from Henri foundry In France Pac Pac- card Is expert bell founder found r the th family having followed the the busi busi ness for over o years ears After Alter the bell beH is poured and cooled the tun tun- tuners tuners ers go to work The bells are arc tuned to six different tunes All phases of bell casting arc are highly technical and exact The Ameri Ameri- American can Copper Industry is buying the bells for the government I The Thc editor of one of our ex cx- changes in noting n ting that not many dogs arc are killed by motorists ac ac- accounts accounts counts for the fact by saying that either cither dogs are arc smarter than peo peo- people pie or that motorists dont don't like to run over dogs President Truman in a recent speech suggested that the country needs two political parties and suggests that the opposition party speed up How times tunes have chan chan- ged We can recall when plenty of or people were convinced that the country needed but one party part partI party party- the one to which they hey I belonged There are of course secrets to every trade or no reason at all we w e have always as coveted the art to t o a high degree deg ce by Cassidy C of shooting a six gun out of the hand of a belligerent op Ope op- op opponent without scratching the op op- opponents opponent's s hand of marring the gun The Thc consensus of opinion among the experts is that a third World War with Russia would mean our economic destruction and the end of the American way ay of life ilie as we know it The reason A third World War in view of our present nt financial condition would call for financial demands that it would bankrupt us to meet One having baing crossed the line and actually en in war we would have have- to see sec it through to the end even though it took our last bit of re re- resOurce source and multiplied our cash obligations to the government many times We can do a lot Jot of soft pedaling before we deliberate deliberate- subject ourselves ourselveS' to this possibility The Thc question of unemployment obviously ob will be one of the tough tough- toughest est problems we are arc going to face I in the next couple of years Rep John F. F Kennedy D. D Did you ou ever cr stop to think how it would slow things down if every time some one asked you ou how you ou were you ou took the necessary me ime out to tell him One by one old traditions are arc being shattered in this modren world The last one to go is the theory that the postman always raps twice ice Beginning Beg next month he heill will ill only call once A good many remarkable things have been accomplished in the field of medicine and science but the search for a one night cold cure still continues A lot of people do not believe all that Senator McCarthy charges regarding Communists in the gov but there is a feeling that there is something to it and that besides talking about it should be done It is reported that President Truman received letters and az d telegrams in one hour demanding I that Out he veto the Kerr natural gas ps bilL The man I work for lor a local man nun said should be in the em em- employment employment of o the labor boor unions Ills His Inconsiderate considerate treatment tre of his help makes DUkes everyone who works for him a booster for the unions He lie HeIs lieb Heis Is b all the time knocking the unions It is employers like him who are responsible r for the unions and their the r growth Of one thing we c are satisfied and that Is the flying saucers are not originating ori in this country We base our assumption on the fact that a complete write rite up of or how bow and where they are arc made has ms not appeared in our favorite la maga maga- magazine zinc zine which is the system Gusto custo- many marly followed by those who duty it is b to keep secret our military secrets ts An exchange tells of a n local man who is disturbed over o the fact that the government is getting into business and wants something done about it In as much of his appeal was mailed in a govern govern- government I ment went printed envelope elope it was consigned con con- consigned signed to a comfortable berth in inthe inthe inthe the waste basket When I think of ot the many mis mis- mistakes mistakes mistakes takes the smart boys make a local man nun said the other day I feel that the common man isn't as dumb as asit asIt asit it is generally believed that he Is For example in World War I the State Department stopped the soldiers before they had a 1 chance to clean up u This laid the foundation for World War II The smart boys arranged the in incomprehensible comprehensible division of Ger Ger- Germany Germany Germany many and held up action until Rus- Rus could invade into Berlin thus creating a situation that may de de- develop develop elop into the cause of World War Ill III Ono One of our exchanges says that the average man is one who is al al- always alwa's always ways was looking for a n home atmos atmos- atmosphere atmosphere phere in a hotel and hotel service ice at home According to the editor of one of our exchanges one of the most dangerous Reds in this country today is the red ink being used so copiously by the government I do not want much in this world a local man says In fact I want but little little-little little little more than I need |
