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lot Of‘tfCUBCS |T« aaii nonday* at WllMalKMro. N. C. i. CAKTIE Mi JULIUS C. HUttAKD. SUMCBirnON KATBB: Tmt fai tlM State; |1.M Oat «1 tte Stela ■oteMi at tlM p9tt vtBe$ at Noith ‘WfOnAara, M. 0* aa Mcoai dan matter onier Aflt of Maidi 4. UTt. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1933 Ibcm are only a few people wbo are not abso- ftely certain that they know ererything abont run- f;-;?: V a newspaper—imd they are the ones who are the newspapers—Thomaston (Ga.) Times. Secretary Peridns forbids coercion of editors by agnts of the department of labor. Doesn’t the fed- atal constitatino do something liV? that?—The Chi- Daily News. 'fJayj^aya Hie cAiiervance of Aims brti^ bAck the picture of Ae happy cr^d* which miUed about in towns ah over the narl. ** tion whra news of tihie entt^of th A World War was flashed across the Atiaatic. ** But while it brings bafek^ picture of hap piness, Armistice Day also is a reminder of the horrors of war. It reminds us of the brave dead and the thousands who .weree maimed for life. It reminds us that the blood spilled on the battlefield was not a panecea for the ills of the world. It reminds us of the terrible cost attached to kilhng our fel- lowmen. We are still staggering under the heavy debt load incident to the war. Armistice Day programs serve a noble end. They teach us that we should not forget the sacrifices made by our brave young man hood and that every man who lost his health in that conflict mt't be generously cared for by the American pev/ple. BRUCE BARTON WRITES If the golden bantam corn is a shade or two : ^'H^ter this year, it is well to remember that we are Being in an unfamiliar ecnomic era.—The Toledo Made. The Verdict North Carolina voted overwhelmingly in ' favor of the eighteenth amendment, thereby expressing confidence in the tenents of pro hibition.^ While nothing like a normal vote was cast, the vote was sufficient to convince most observers ihat North Carolinians are bdievers in the prohibition of liquor. Now that the verdict has been rendered, it should be the aim and desire of every citizen to rigidly enforce the provisions of Uie Turlington act. Our state prohibition laws Will not be repealed. Of that we are cwifident. And as long as the laws are in the statute books, they should be enforced. Wilkes county likewise gave a big majori ty against repeal. In view of that, there shuold be rigid enforcement of the laws against liquor. The electorate can be depended upon to ex press its views. There is no doubt what views are held by a majority. With federal officers withdrawn, the duty of enforcement devolves upon county officers. The fact that so many of the state’s counties voted for prohibition is conclusive evidence that North Carolinians desire that the manufacture, sale and use of liquor be prohibited. In view of the vote, all citizens should co- ^rate to the fullest extent in bringing about rigid enforcement. WALKING ALONE When last we caught a glimpse of the people fol lowing Jesus they were cheering his name beside the lake, seeking to force him to be their king. He eluded them and retired into the mountain to think and pray. It must have been a dramatic moment when he reappeared. Only a single “Yes" was needed and they would have lifted him on their shoulders and borne him in triumidi to the city gates. Hushed and expectant they waited for his answer —and what an answer! “I am not come to restore the kingdom to Jerusalem’,’ be cried. “Mine is a spiritual mission; I am the bread of life. You have cheered me because I fed you in the wilderness, but I tell you now that what I have come to give you is — .. myself, that by knowing me you may know your threw his load at their feet. Then Father.” above all the shouting and shots They could not have been more stunned if he had rang his voice; Put Watts Into 'em boys! Put Watts into em! struck their leaders across the face. What did he - - mean by this senseless mysticism, this talk about An ey d. Th t^^^^ . “the bread of life?” Hadn’t they seen him heal the sick and conquer the Pharisees in debate—were not these signs that he was the leader, so long promised, who would rout the Romans and restore the throne of David? “The Jews therefore murmured concerning him. because he said ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ ” It was sacrilege or nonsense, one or the other- Gentiles might continue to follow him, if they chose, but his company was clearly no place .. that tha Preabyter- teaa hafa had Iffreat part in the tpnndlag of our nation, and' evo ry Prasbytarian- boy and girl haa a rlgM to be proud of their Pres-: ’UyteMan forefatbera. The hletorian Bancroft taya: ‘•The Revolution of 177« was a natoral outgrowth of the princl- plea which the Fraabyterlana of the Old World planted in her aona." And again, "The first voice ralaed in America'' to de- atroy all connection with Great Britain came from the Preabytor- lans.” Henry Walpole said in the English Parliament;. “Coualn America has run off with a Pres byterian Parson.” When Thomas Jefferson sub mitted' his declaration of Inde pendence to the ContlnenUl Con gress, it was the Immortal words of Dr. John Witherspoon, a Presbyterian minister that caus ed Congress to sign the Declar ation. Said Dr.. Witherspoon: “Though these gray hairs must soon descend to the grave, I would Infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hands of the executioner than dtesert at this crisis the sacred honor of my country^” One of the fierce battles took place near a Presbyterian church, and the colonial soldiers found tbemselTes without paper to make wads for their muskets. In these lines Bret Harte has told the story of what a Presby terian minister did: , They were left In the lurch for want of more wadding. He ran to the church, broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed into the road with his arms full of hymn books, and li. ABderton, °tbrr. O.' iason, and aavMti other Mia iatora. Rav. J, P. Taylor of Wln-j, aton-6alem ia the preaeht pMtor, holding ae>r)eea tvice each' :month. Among the msmhera of thiafehttreh ire find the-D. B. Smoaka, some of, if hot all of, the Finieyi, the Dnlaa, and Hlaa Basle Brwin, and there are other members whom I'*do not know. and the Pharr’s and their famtt*; les. State EiipaiBtittg‘"Aid From Pea^iMd Forces Bhringhaua Says State Proposes To Endeavor To Enforce Its Dry laws The name. Dr. John Wither spoon, calls to mind something. The town of Wilkesboro was founded in 1778 by a commit tee appointed by the General As sembly to select a county seat for Wilkes. This committee consisted of John Parks, John Barton, George Gordon, Francis Hard- grave, Roland Judd, George Mor ris and John Witherspoon. John Witherspoon, was, I think, the Raleigh, Not. 10-—North Caro lina today looked to the fei|eral government to protect toe aridity indicated by Tar Heel’a 169,000 majority against repeal of the dry amendmmit. Governor Ehringhaus said the state “propoaea to endeavor to en force its prohibitim law” but also “expects toe federal govmmment to i^d it in enfordng its dry statutes in accordance wito the 21st amend ment” North Carolina’s Turlington law, enacted in 1921, will prohibit the the manufacture, sale or possession for sale of intoxicating liquors in this state after repeal. Beer and wine of 3.2 per cent alcoholic con tent were legalized last spring. The state, under federal prohi bition, left enforcement of the Turlington act to local officers. There were 7,666 prohiMtion cases in municipal and county courts in the fall terms of 1931 and spring terms of .1982, while toe superior courts handled 3,374, records at the attorney/general’s ofHce revealed. Governor Ehringhaus was asked if the highway patrol or other state agencies would be assigned to pro hibition work. He replied that the duties of the patrol were defined by the law, adding: “The state intends to attempt to do its part in enforcing the Turl ington act.” Yhe Rustless Anti-FreeMW' ■ per gidmi CHEAPEST IN THE LONG RUN—DOES NOT EVAPORATE ■ Batteries ^.95 up C- Washing, Grea^, Stwage WUcy BroMs and Jeter Orysei lie MstorSwrieeCo. North WOkeaboro, N. O. “A Little Neatcr- A Little Better” THAra THB WAY WB USE COOK’S c. c. c. DO THB JOB Right-Way Shoe Relieves Flu, Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Croup, Nervons- ness and Stomach Trouble. 4 Shop C. G. PLRXIOO, Prop. Telephone 98 STORY OF ATTEMPTED ATTACK IS RELATED for a self-respecting Jew. John Witherspoon, Silently the cautious people slipped away, and glgnoJa of the Declar- North Carolina Votes Although religious intolerance undoubted ly played a part in the 1928 election when North Carolina voted for Hoover, the vote last Tuesday leads to the belief that Gover nor Smith’s prohibition views had something to do with his loss of the state as well as his Catholicism. Any way you look at it, North Carolina has gotton into the habit of piling up big majorities for the winner. - The electorate has shown more indepen dence of political machines in the past five years than the oldest of those now living can recall in the -history of the state. Just look at the voting during this period. In 1928 when Democratic leaders predict ed the usual majority of 80,000 or more, the voters turned out to Cue polls in unprecedent ed numbers and gavf Mrr. Hoover a majority of nearly 70,000. Net even the most optimis tic Republican had hoped for more than a reduction in the Democratic majority. That was demonstration No. 1. Then in 1930, Democracy turned its back upon the veteran senator, Furnifold M. Sim mons. The senator had refused to support Smith in 1928 and the party turned against him with a vengeance. Bailey was swept in. That was demonstration No. 2. In 1932, Cameron Morrison, the driest of the diys, was kicked out and Robert R. Reynolds, the wettest of the wets, was sub stituted in the United Staes senate. Observ ers say it wasn’t ReynoHs’ wetness that won for him, but Morrison’s stand on the McNinch appointment. Anyway the voters turned out Morrison, supposedly because he stood for a strong dry who led the fight against -Smith. That was demonstration No. 3. But with a wet in the field, dry North Carolina elected the wet by an unprecedented majority. 'The vote was so overwhelming tliat a hundred or two thousand votes didn’t matter. 'That was demonstration No. 4. And finally comes demonstration No. 5, 'When the dominant political party’s national ‘ ^lilatform tmd the minority party’s national platform both called for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, the voterrs say no. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of the jtnfiiibition laws. The last five years have shown us sinne- new in the way of political indepen- afterward denied that they had ever had anything to do with him- Those who were more daring, or devoted, continued with him through the rest of the week, and on the Sabbath crowded into the syna gogue where they knew that he would speak. The days had given him time to reconsider and compose his thoughts: perhaps now he would make a reasonable reply to their hopes. But there was no compromise. Again he repeated his seemingly senseless talk about the “bread of life.” And then the note of tragedy. “Upon this many of his disciples went back and walked with him no more.” The tide had turned. Jesus realized it clearly though the disciples did not- At every opportunity he sought to build up in them an increased sense of their respon.sibilities. He must “go into Jerusalem,” he told them, “and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed.” Borrowed Comment MEANI.NG OF NRA (Dallas News.) The magic letters NRA have been translated a hundred different and amusing ways since they en tered the language of the nation. Thry are said to mean No Republicans Allowed, I j^en a student in the No Re.st Allowed, Next Republican Administration, jeffei-son Medical College, Phila- No Roosevelt Appointees, No Relief Anticipated,' atlon of Independence, and is an ancestor of our townsmen, Mes srs.. John W. and L. B. Dula. On the 17th day of June, 1837, the Wilkesboro Presbyter ian church was organized, and Into the organization were re ceived by certificate, John Fin ley, and wife, Ellen Tate Finley. Collin B. Stevens, and wife, Frances Stevens, Alexander A. Hall and wife, Martha R. Hall. Mrs. Martha V. Roberts was re ceived on profession of faith. These members answered the roll call. Rev. J. S. McCutchan, moderator, with Collin E. Stev ens, Alex A. Hall, and John Fin ley, elders. John Finley was elect ed clerk. Collin E. Stevens ap plied for baptism for his infant daughter, Etheline E. Stevens, which was ordered to be done that evening. (Mrs. Archie R. Ogllvie, of Oakwoods. is I think, a grand daughter of John Finley and El len Tate Finley.) From a letter dater December 26, 1848. written by Dr. A. A. Scroggs, to Dr. Robert Franklin Raleigh, Nov. 9.—Lucille Ray, 22-year-old Wake county woman, took the stand in Wake superior court today and accused Ira Page, young Durham man, of attempting to assault her during an automo bile ride near here the night of September 2. She testified she fought off sev eral advances by Page and was rescued by six men, three of whom had heard her screams and had notified the other three. All six went to the scene, they testified, to investigate the screams. Cosey Ray, a relative of the prosecuting witness, testified that he, with Veda Ray and Tom Harri son. noticed Page’s parked automo bile while walking along the high way nearby and heard Miss Ray’s screams. The three decided to go to the home of Earl Rudd, nearby, and in company with Rudd, Tom Poteat and Zelma Rudd, they returned to the Page car. Earl Rudd testified Page drove off after offering a ride to Miss Ray, which she re fused. Mrs. Lucy Ray, widowed mother of the prosecuting witness, told the jury of finding bruises on the arms, back and feet of her daugh ter when she returned home that night. Tin Can Users Buy Sanitary Enamel lined, rib-braced five - gallon square cans and save losses from tin rust. Uses less packing space and when once used, you will accept no other. Quality guaranteed. Bach can is embossed, “Sanitary Enamel.” We are now handling this excellent line of cans and we can supply your needs, any quan tity. Accept no Imitations. Watch for the embossed sign. C. A. LOWE AND SONS North Wilkesboro, N. O. ll-20-8t our serv ice to be just what your needs re quire, and we feel that we are doing our best to make it such by keeping the best in materials, equipment and em ployees wJio under stand and desire to help you. Reins-Sturdivant Ine. “THB FUNERAL HOMB" Phonaa— Day - 86 Night - 86-828 Nominate Roosevelt .4gain, No Relatives Allowed, No Raises Anticipated, etc., etc. But the latest comes to us from Waco. A garage owner signed up. Then he called his employes together. He told them of the changes. One of the employe.s was a negro, an old darky who had spent years wa.shing cars, working seventy hours a week for $5. “Boss,” he remonstrated before he heard the de tails, but knew that he would work no more than forty hours a week from now on, “Ah cain’t hardly make a livin’ wuhkin’ seventy hours, let alone wuhk- in’ forty.” “Don’t worry,” his boss told him. “I’m going to pay you $12 a week for forty hours’ work-” “How come?” the negro wanted to know. “The NRA tells me I have to do that,” was the reply. “Boss,” the negro smiled, “who thunk up this Nigger Relief Association?” BAD SPELLING (Charlotte Observer) An old-fashioned mark of adequate and effectual schooling was the ability to spell. Editors who read letters addressed for publica tion from sundry citizens are usually impressed with the lack of this art in modem usage. And even letters addressed for publication which otherwise indicate tokens of learning and ev«jn of educational attainments sometimes lamentably fall down in this simple grace of good and correct spell ing. And if you don’t tell anybody about it, toe fact is that sometimes school teachers are deficient at this point along with others from whom much less ia expected. .To remove a spot from a light felt hat, apply naptha, which will leave a small ring. Contome applying naptha, thus enlarging ring out to the edge of the brim. Sew binding around KHm ^Tbf Detroit Newa. delphla. Pa., we get this item of interest: "The contract for the Presbyterian church at Wilkes boro was let to old' Dameron for one thousand and forty dollars. It is to be a brick building, with big pillars in front.” This old church stands in a plot of lovely greensward, with fine old trees protecting it from summer s heat, and winter's storms. Sometime after the church was built, and before he died. General James B. Gordon had the spire built, and gave the church, the bell. We are using that same bell now. After an il lustrious career in the Confeder ate Army, General Gordon died In 1864 from wounds received in the battle at Brook Ghurch on May 12th. His remains were brought to his native soil, and he sleeps peacefully in historic old Saint Paul’s cemetery. When the spire which Gen. Gordon had built had served its usefulness, Colonel W. H. H. Cowles (the father of Mrs. T. B. Finley) had another spire built, the one we see there now. Having served his country exceedingly well, Colonel Cowles passed away after an illness, and now rests In the Presbyterian “Garden of Sleep.” Another member of this old church passed “beyond the riv er” a few weeks ago, Mrs. Ellen Erwin, (the mother of Miss Es sie Erwin, to whom 1 am indebt ed for this bit of history) and the grandmother of Ray Erwin, now with toe Charlotte Observer. In the ninety-six years since Its organization toe foUoviDg ininlsten have served the Jtev,.-a. N. One hundred and eighty 4-H club members attended' the four regu lar club meetings held in Gaston county , last week. Big shipment of Peter just received. 91.98 and Payne Clothing Co. Shoes up.— 2t. Nagging Pains an WARNING SIGNALS TEMPORARY pain relief remedies may save you much suffering at toe moment, but putting a mask over a warning signal does not clear np the condition it was tell ing you to avoid. 'Whra periodic pains, due to a weak, run-down condition, dis tress yon, treatment for toe cance of the trouble should be started 'wlthont delay. Take Cardol to boUd up asalnat the nagging symptoms of ordinary womanly aUmenta It haa been In use for over 50 years. So many women praise CARDXJI, it must be good to have the widespread use that it has today. Sold at drug storss. */2 of 1 Per Cent DISCOUNT •n 1933 County Tazoa if paul OB or boforo Dec. 1st, 1933 B/Somer* \ »Mgtfr WilMora, N. C It. PAINT MACHINB MADE JENKINS HARDWARE COMPANY “Northwest North Carolina’s Largest Hardware Store” NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. CAMHS ARE BmiR FOR STEADY SMOKING 1 [STEADY SMOKING TELLS YOU WHAT A cigarette's REALLY GOT. iW BEEN smoking CAMELS ALL I DAY AND THEY STILL TASTE MILD AND COOL AND MIGHTY 60001 ti GuHcli ccidierTc^iuccs titifer jetom ijewrTieiveS,./Heifcr'Ure i|Oter”1^te % { ! !