Show Acoss r- r Ideas from ether editors T THE E Smithfield u Herald r Smith Smith- Smithfield 1 field North Carolina had this to say recently y concerning a problem problem lem hem that has been uppermost Inthe Inthe in inthe the minds of southerners since the Civil War Wart Most Moat of 01 us have seen with our own own eyes evidence of 01 the rapid economic co mi p progress of the South in recent years years year on every every hand band are new factories new chimneys new industrial developments But how many of us have bave realized that the South has been suffering from a leakage in one of its greatest assets Its assets Its youth It is an old story that ever since the aftermath of ot the Civil War laid a deadening hand hond on the South it it has had to export annually thousands thou sands of its young men to other parts of the country North and West they go looking for jobs for fora a wider life lite and above all all for richer opportunities For a tune time after the turn of the century this exportation seemed to t fall ll off oU But Du census reports show how that it is still being maintained in some volume Even in North Carolina where o the level of economic well being is being be bee ing gradually raised not a few counties according to official reports re re- ports lost population during the thelast thelast thelast last decade Brains talent energy enero originality will always seek leek a market where they will wW enjoy the most scope Our job jab is not to waste tune time finding fault with this natural na tural tendency but to learn the cause of the migration of youth and to apply the remedy Here nere in North Carolina are we suffering from sloth slot inertia past past- worship outworn prejudices or a crab clinging to old and musty ways If U so 10 we wo may expect to see aee seethe seethe the outbound stream of ot youth continue con cone to widen and swell North Carolina Is a tremendous producer of ot tobacco textiles and young peo pea pie If U a blight struck the first two the whole state would be aroused Yet the third is the greatest asset of all We spend much time worrying worry ing fag about Russia But let us sweep oft off our own doorstep first Pointless Record From The Eufaula Tribune Eufaula Eu Eu- faula Alabama That beautiful new super liner United States State just succeeded in getting across the ocean and back faster than any other passenger ship in history She proved that we can now get across the Atlantic ocean in three days 10 hours and 40 minutes which is ls 14 hours faster than the Q Que Queen u e e n Mary made it on her record run many years back The trip back however took somewhat longer but still Ull established established established a record Now that we know we can get across the tho Atlantic faster taster than ever before by boat the question arises why should we weT The T Lord Takes a Q Hand Nand From the Napoleon Northwest Northwest- News New Napoleon Nepoleon Ohio Our neighboring Fulton county coun coun- t ty tyla Is going to add a new enterprise that that of rain making They were all set to touch oft off the first batch of ot artificial rain when the good goodLord goodLord Lord took a hand In the game and sent good refreshing rain |