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THUSSIIAY, NOYBMBER Jt, 1I8S
November
Cold and fray Novamber
Wbat do you ghre, ipkyT
I give abon^t wo^, and too
1 bring Tliankaglving Day.
Rkh and full the harvest.
Though winter’s winds blow cold.
For winter soon is coming,
When Adds turn white with snow.
The birds have long since left us.
The sheep are in the fold;
For little li^be .were bleating
Because their feet were cold.
And so we srive them shelter
And cover from the blast,
' Just as our Heavenly Father
Calls us home at last.
Calls us home at last.
Into the Heavenly fold;
When we come crying lonely,
Because the world is cold.
—Nina Pride Hoag.
Don’t expect too mneh of any code. Think how
kmg it is taking to put oTer that one Moses prs-
ioited—Tncson Citisen.
Another Epidemic?
Are we to have another epidemic of homi*
odes in Wilkes? That is a question the sob
er-minded folks are asking themselves at
this time and not without reason.
As the evidence points in that direction,
there is no use for us to evade the issue and
pay homage to the gods of silence. Wilkes
has received some unfortunate publicity dur
ing the past several months. It does no good,
however, to blame anyone for the publicity.
The thing that calls for the attention of the
best minds is a cure for this cancerous
growth. What is the underlying cause?
What is it that is making murderers out of
men who in ordinary life appear to be norm
al people ? That is the question that is forced
upon us as a series of tragedies and semi
tragedies are noted.
A Liberty To Be Preserved
Two hundred years ago Peter Zenger, pub
lisher of the New York Gazette, was im
prisoned by the Royal Governor of the Col
ony of New York because he dared to criti
cise the Governor’s actions in his newspaper.
A jury set Zenger free after he had lain
in jail for several days, and declared it to be
the right of every free man to speak and
write his opinions freely on any subject, even
the Royal Governor.
From that day on the freedom of the press
has been one of America’s most cherished
traditions. Numerous attempts have been
made to place the newspapers of the nation
under Governmental control. Under the in
famous Alien and Sedition Act, at the be
ginning of the last century, many editors
were imprisoned for saying what they
thought of those in authority and their ac
tions. But so greatly was public opinion
aroused by these high-handed proceedings,
that the very first amendment to the Con
stitution of the United Siaes was the one
guaranteeing the right of free speech and
a free press.
Lately there have been renewed efforts in
many quarters to control the Press of
America. Not only local and state authorities
have tried to dictate what shall and shall
not be printed, but there have been J.ints
and threats from those high in the Federal
Government itself. Not long ago an agent
of the Department of Labor threatened to
prosecute for treason a newspaper which
printed a criticism of the effort to unionize
certain industries. His threat was promptly
disavowed by his superiors, but since then
similar threats to “clamp down” on news
papers and reporters which dare to criticize
the NRA have been voiced by General John
son himself.
The United States has not yet become a
despotism. We are not ruled by a Dictator.
The first act of those who usurp power is al
ways to try to control the Press. It is time
now, when the trial of Peter Zenger is being
as a great historical event, to de-
«lare mce more that neither this newsiMq>er
any ot^or in America will
to)f)nit(i«a3r..eff^ hy Authority to say what
It may or nay sot pitot
banking system of the nation and only
ferioaoe irith the new pros^ona will Ostab-
Hsh ^finitely prograis that has been
■ade. S
The need fw tome jtoangai that vould
prevent a recurrence of the losses incurred
by depositors throufldt bank faOi^ has been
rather generally recognised hf the pbblie.
That the new code of fair competition fiBs
^e need is the belief in well ii^ormed dreles.
The reduction in interest rate paid on time
depoaita will be more th^n offset by the
fuacantee that hereafter the depositor, par-
tlcutariy the small one, will not in the future
•to his lifis*s sadmp a W
never to bo ston l^jdn. rtost of gs
had lathor have a few hundr^ m .interest
to three per oent and taiow^t we get
tt bask than to have the atone am^t at
Ibur par eeto and Ue awahe at higm: ^n-
deitof whether a bank failare would toacc
ui \mk where we started etodier in m
fha earvito ehargea are not dnxeasonable.
If banka have been maUhg a noss mistake
in any writeular limu it haa btoh in the mat
ter (» zrae aerviea. mo institotioin, whether
it be a store, newtpi^ or bank, ean hope to
aurvive without making a
it It cannot
render service at a loas. And it is far better
to pay for the eorvice a bank renders—and
it must be remembered that banking is
neceasary to the Ufa of butonesa—than to
have no bank at all. It was in that direction
we were headed in the daric days of the lat
ter part of 1982 and the eai^ days of 1938.
The changes, we are convinced, will prove
beneficial to the banka and should encourage,
ratber than discourai^ the peqple to place
their money in the banks. Of a certainty,
these chan^ will restore confidence in
banking.
Patience Is The World
The evidence increases from day to day
that business is picking up everywhere, in
almost every line. Producers, whether of
foodstuffs and other farm products, of
manufactured goods of all kinds, are getting
better prices for their products. More men
and women are back at work, money is be
ginning to circulate more freely, all the evi
dences that the upturn has begun are at
hand.
Yet we hear many people grumbling, de
claring that the President’s recovery pro
gram is a failure, because it has not perform
ed a miracle over night. No sensible person
who has stopped to think about it ever
imagined that this ^at nation could jump
back instantly into its foimer prosperity. It
took us nearly four years to slide down the
hill; we cannot hope to leap back to the top
in one bound. We do not believe it will take
four years, or anything like it, to get back
on Prosperity Peak; but we do feel sure that
it will take more time than some of the
kickers are willing to allow.
It is hard to ^ patient when one is up
against it for ready cash and the means of
livelihood. But patience is the word that
needs to be impressed upon everybody in
these days. If the return of prosperity has
not made itself manifest to any particular
reader of these lines, be patient, for it is
surely on the way. Of that we have not the
slightest doubt.
And if we wanted to pose as prophets,
which is a rather useless, not to say thank
less, sort of endeavor, we would hint that
the next peak of prosperity is going to be
even higher and more attractive than the last
one was.
r HdSvt* to «to i
OAA
iBwislfyln# tlie to^ b -Uk4
begiaiiiis (toto to - •
torn II *0 Itwra But ItoBu kuMli
knows rrlwra to b«tln.
mwi« is tbs OB forr iMk;
Bveryofis kiowt'”tbe hMMr o(:
thst oM tree, and -toere it -Wilt
nse In solm into tbt|i but . the
old tree Is rsptdljr deecjriiic. tad
anlSBs t^kft In hand tomtditU-
ty. It will BOOB be coae. We all
know the elfort that attorOar
Pnnk Hendton Uadh to keep the
old tree a llvlnf landj^k. It
needs lunette attention. Two
sMea 61 th« plot ot;irosad Obovl
It bave been conenied, bnt the
remalolnf two sides are break
ing down, and it it eoats too
much to have them concreted,
tbejr could be built up with rock.
A rock wall U nicely built would
serre the purpose, would be
more artistic, and more In keep
ing With the a|^ of the tree.
Atttir the wall le built up, a
planting of Ikiglish ivy complete
ly around the base of the tree,
and well attended to, would In
about two years cover the tree,
and that would preserve what is
left of the tree for another gen
eration or two. It would not take
many Queen of Sheba violet
plants to border the little plot,
and one dosen each of crocus,
golden emporer Jonquils, Darwin
breeder tulips, white narcisci,
(the poet’s narcisci that blooms
in May) mixed hyacinths, one or
two dosen pansy plants, a few
roots of purple verbena, and
some portulaca plants . . . these
two bloom for about six months,
and the first named plants bloom
from February on until about the
middle of May. That would give
U blooming season of about nine
or ten months, depending on
climatic conditions. Yes . . . and
let us not forget the birds . . . put
a few bird baths close to the ce
ment or rock foundation . . . they
could be placed so that they
would not be in the way of any
thing . . . and the eourt house
caretaker might keep them filled
for us.
The Old Tory Oak has been
held before the public for so, so
long as a means of death . . . now
let us preserve what remains of
It and keep It before the public
as a resting place for God’s first
musicians . . . the song birds.
titMjt a C^a
Hoi
THB COURT HOUSE
Is it necessary for the house
where Justice is meted out to the
county’s offenders to be so bleak
and severe as it greets the pub
lic eye? A very little bit of dig
nified and sUtely shrubbery
(what 1 have in mind 1s the Irish
Juniper I think) about the cor
ners of the front of that building
on either side of the steps, with
a finish of lower growing bloom
ing shrubbery, would add much
to the appearance of the build
ing. There is much more that
could improve the public square,
but It can wait awhile.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
PAUL IN JERUSALEM
Lesson for November 5th. Acts 15:1-35. (iolden
Text: 2 Corinthians 3:17.
We have arrived at one of the most critical mo
ments in the life of the early church. Both Peter
OUR OOMMUNITY HOUSE
Soon the highway workmen
will have finished the work of
changing the street at the Inter
section of the streets in the east
ern approach to the town. Then
what? A broad open space of
red mud for many weeks. I do
not know what that space be
longs to, the town or the state,
but part of It belongs to the
town, and we could get the other
part from whoever it belongs to.
That plot of ground is about
a central section of the towns,
and we could use it well . . . one
of the things we could use It for
would be a community house and
town library, with reading room,
and recreation place for our
young people. Have we ever
and Paul had preached the gospel to Gentiles with i thought why our young people
gratifying results. But the Christian Jews, in their
zeal for the Mosaic law, insisted that while Gen
tiles could be received into the church, they must
first be circumcised. This demand Paul and Barna
bas. in the name of freedom, vehemently resisted.
They did not want the Society of Christ to be a
mere Jewish sect, but a universal community em
bracing all men sharing the Master’s faith. How far
sighted they were! We cannot be too thankful that,
at this early stage, the fortunes of the church
were moulded by men of such liberal sympathies-
If the narrow “Judaizers” had trhunidied, the
Christian movement might have been condemned to
perpetual obscurity. Fortunately, by the hiatoric de
cision of the Jerusalem council, a broad and gen
erous strategy determined the future expansion of
the church. Instead of becoming the private posses
sion of a Jewish clan, zealous for the legal tradition
of the old covenant, Christianity grew into a world
religion animated with the spirit of a new and liv
ing way. Thus was faith saved.
Note that both sides of the question were pre
sented in the course of the debate. ’Then James, the
Master’s brother, propoi^ an honorable compro
mise. The Gentiles, he suggested, should be asked
to observe only four reasonable regulations em
bodied in the Mosaic law. This judgment, really a
victory for Paul, but also recognizing a certain
merit in the position of his opponents, was adopted
and sent, in the form of a letter, to the Gentile
brethren of Antioch and vicinity.
We have the right to conMder this letter a Magna
Gharta of oar ChristiaB Uberties. The followw of
Jesus is not nnder the yoke of any ceremonial sys
tem, be it Mosaic or othaiwiae. “A Cknistian aiaii,*
•aid Lather, the toOth annivwsary of'wholia^toM^
tolls im Nvmnher “is the most free loid of
aQ, sad ■dtjeet to BOM.”
w
OBtf jroaiS LtbitoY
themt Aid to )|a jtotai
6i or
&06 te
sp^ their lelssrs hpnrsf
tqjaiy th«e irouid be l«iw„
eriUd ana’B^key driaUag
imna time osd thnngltt vrn* gtr-
en to providing a plaoa; not only
for the yosng foUB, but for the
older folks as welt, to spend their
leisure Uaie. Som«,;oeopie get In
to trouble not beeaoee they are
rehlly wicked; but becanee then
it nothing tor interttlnmeot dur
ing leisure hours, and most peo
ple have to be entertained.
What could serve the porpoee
better than a Community House
end Town Ubruiyf
Seeks Federal
Aidh Makmg
Ocean Airwaysl
Washington, Oct. 80.—From
America to the capitals of Eur
ope in last planes flying on regu
lar schedule and touching at
giant floating Islands of steel in
the Atlantic—that was the plan
out lined today to the panic
works technical hoard of review.
nie floating, airports would be
operated by the Seadrome Ocean
Dock corporation, of Wilmington,
Del., which seeks a 130,000,000
loan from .the public works ad
ministration for construction of
five such Islands.
They would be strung across
the Atlantic at intervals of ap
proximately 460 miles. The
Azores would serve one, with
four located on the American
side of the Asores and one on the
other.
Each seadrome would be
equipped with hotel accommoda
tions for 200 persons together
with a restaurant, barber shop,
beauty parlor, swimming pool,
gymnasiam, fishing accommoda
tions and regular stock quota
tions.
Advocates of the project, led
by B. R. Armstrong, inventor of
She sea-dVomes, claim that with
fhelr use regular 24-hour flights
could be made between the Unit
ed States and points in Europe.
Appearing before the board to
day, Aranstrong said his plan was
"feasible and practical.”
The seadromes would be simi
lar to aircraft carriers used by
the navy, bnt with “legs” 200
feet long extending down into
the sea to assist in stabilizing
the landing platform and keep It
afloat high above the water’s
surface.
Armstrong would agree to re
pay the loan by 1946. Tolls would
be charged for use of the dromes,
which would be available to air
planes of all nations.
Let (^Dge your oil to ^per ,,
for feolder weather. ' ’
to., 15.
us adjust your caihuret^, cluitn or
renew sparl^lugs.'
Let us sell you a heavy duty Batt^.
Let us check your cooling system—to
avoid anti-freeze leaking out.
We have a good line of Anti-Freeze at
a cheap price.
WBey ■rooks tad SeSar Oyael
He ItorSatioe
MaMk ITOetosM. M. a
/Met
At Summit Sunday
Nine Choirs Parildpsta la Pro
gram; J. G. lioIfeMI is Be*
Elected Ghairntaa
BETTY COMPSON WILL
APPEAR IN TWIN CITY
Betty Compson, famous and'
popular star of stage and screen
will make her personal appear
ance at the State Theatre, Wln-
ston-Salt ui Tuesday night, Nov.
7, only, In the elaborate Variety
Revue, High-Lltes of 1934. Miss
Compson haa more successful
pictures to her credit than any
other Hollywood celebrity. Her
return to her ‘first love, the
legitimate theatre, will be one of
the outstanding theatrical events
of the season. Among Miss Comp-
SUMMIT, Oct. 80.—(The great
est and best session of the Blue
Ridge Singing Assoeiation met
at Yellow Hill church Sunday.
There were seven classes present
besides Yellow Hill, which hsd
two, making a total of nine who
took an active part in the steg-
Ing. The classes were as follows:
Yellow Hill Nos. one and' two.
Stony Fork, Big Ivy, Blue Ridge,
Mt. Pleasant, Cricket postoffice.
Arbor Grove and a visiting class
from West Hickory, led by Mr.
M. M. Phillips, a great leader of
Binging and a highly esteemed
Kormer resident of this section.
AU the classes except the class
from Hickory belong to the as-
Boeiation. Besides the classes
there were the following quar-
|tets who sung: Yellow Hill mOle
quartet. Stony Fork male quar
tet, Big Ivy male quartet and a
mixed' quartet from Blue Ridge
and West Hickory. The classes
and quartets sung only one song
Bach before noon and after lunch
eon three each. One of the larg
est crowds ever seen together in
this section were entertained by
the singing classes and all were
unanimous in praise of this ses
sion of the association.
The next regular eeeslon of the
association will be held with Mt.
Pleasant church, near Champion,
the fifth Sunday in December,
this year.
Mr. J. C. McNeill, of Cham
pion, was unanimously re-elected
as chairman.
There wlllTie a county-wide
singing at the court house
Thanksgiving day.
Olaff Tbaliiftp
i
champion tkalar, sayi
of HANES WondcrwoalC
Reading that the United States
has a total of 3,040,000 miles of
highway, the holiday motorist is
son’s excellent and versatile com-' inclined to wonder why some of
go to so many places they should
not go, or why they do so much
of their visiting along the high
way in parked cars? It is large
ly because there is no other place
for them to go.
It would not cost so very much
to begin a library. I have in mind
a building something on the style
of an old fashioned cottage, with
a wide hall and open fire place,
and on one side of the hall a
large, long room, or wbat could
be devlded Into two rooms • • •
this would serve for library and'
reading room, and on the other
side of the hall have a combina
tion kitchen, workshop, and of
fice, (that would be a mrt of the
long room divided) and have the
larger section of that room for
entertaining clubs, and other or
ganizations, or where the young
folks could have parties if they
desired to.
We could do this. The women
of this town, in their various de
nominations have made much
money for church und other re
ligions work, and I feel Confi
dent that if the women put their
efforts together In one common
cause, to make money for this
library 'we can do it. It might be
that we^ could grt the builfSng
through the Bnfliing and Loan
Asaocfotion.
Wilkes county has fts share oT
iliasirfeOs lioidi Tie^ did apt mltf
die on tha battle fMd. bat
an to 'Ml' ahtotttoto! -'‘HMta
pany of 60 players are: Frank
Gaby, leading comedian of Ar
tists & Models, Gay Paree, A
Night In Venice and many other
successes. Gale ft Carson, well-
known vaudeville headliners and
featured In Sidewalks of New
York and other Musical Comed
ies; Bert Matthews and Beth
Clarke, featured players In Good
Boy, Lucky, Marx Bros. Animal
Crackers and Spring is Here;
Federico ft Francine, Continental
Dancing Stars; Irene Cody, a
really funny comedienne; Lucille
Matthews, leading Ingenue and a
dainty Hollywood Prod’nct; Lee
Kramer, winner of Paul White-
man’s radio coast to coast con
test, Winona, featured dancer
with Paul Whiteman and Ben
Bernle; Ned Wayburn’s all
American beauties noted as the
world’s greatest dtncing ensem
ble; A1 Johnstone ft Company’s
Xylophonla, musical novelty from
Cochrane’s Revue, London, Eng
land and Harry Underwood’s
Sllvertone Radio Grenadiers
Band and' Orchestra, long favor
ites of the Radio Audiences.
High-Lites o f 1934 contains
every possible variety of np-to-
dj^te musical ' entertainment.
Speed from b^inning to end,
funny and tpieey comedy, fkjts>
Bensatlonal dancing, beantitnl
scenic settings snif novel eleetrtc
^ects at prices to salt every
body. Mail orders now.
the other 3,039,999 miles are
not in use.—Christian Science
Monitor.
BRAME’S RHBUMA-LAX
FOR RHEUMATISM
Quick Relief
S. M. BRiW ft SON
Nortk WUkctoMh N. C.
I ’
V
^^Warmest in
the world, and
have lots o^
freedom”
TSEBB’g BO sneh persoB aa Olaf
Thutoff. Bnt thousands any what
ws say hs said. No matter bow
sridud His Winter they wear,
and swear by, Hanes I Shove
yoBT legs into the fluffy lining
... poke your arms through foe
sleeves . . . button the heavy,
•oft ribs across your chesg ..
and M tb» tbenaomettr
Hanes is knit and cat to tmc
sizes, and marked by an honest
measure. You can retch to foo
top of your closet, without it
pinching the
crotch! Button
holes, cuffs, S|d
scams arc sewld
to lust foe U{b
of the warm
fabric Stock-up
for Winter
with Wonder-
wear. P.
Hanes KnitthW^
Con Winston*
Ssl^ N. C.
Aeeept BO Imltattoas. WsMb
Now s eatUesMB propoees that
ifld bulls ho •Unghtorod' and the v
meat glvenOo foo •unomployed^^,"*’*
As though- foft BEtfoPlSMfl kto
B’t swalloiiidi ’to*
iBOdy.—-Duabar*s Wookly (Phoo-
•ii*).
“A Littie Nfoftter-
A Little Better”
THArS THB WAT WH
DO. THE JOB
R^-Way SIloe
OL O. FSMXXO, Prop.
Talsg^oue f
Tm Can Users
Buy Sanitary Enamel lined,
rih-braoed five - gallon SQuan
cans BUd save losses from tin
rust. Uses less paekiBg sp«me gad
When onee used, you wlli oeoept
no other. QaaUty guuraateed.
ean Is embossodi “SaaltBry
Mnapel.” We an now luuidling
ezoeBent Une of oasa and we
as.
aapi^ yosr needs, any
C* to. UOWE AND lOMS
Heath Wmnshsro. It. O.
U-IMI.
On Sale
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Dept. Store
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