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c Journal-Patriot CNDBPSWVKHT IN POUXfCB ; Fifcliilied Mondayi «nd Thursdajrs at ^ NiHrtii WiBctsbmro. N. C. J. CARTER and JUUUS C HUBBARD, PoUisken. ^ A ChanMleon Nebetsary; The Greensboro Daily News wonders For SUBSCRIPTION RATES: [RLOO Tear fa> the State; $1.60 Out of the State. ; Wwtarii at the post office at North WSkesboro, II. CL, as second class matter tinder Aot of Mareh 4. 1870. THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1934 Excellent Banks The splendid manner in which the Bank of North Wilkesboro and the Deposit and: Savings Bank came through 1933 is a tri-j bute to both the officers and directors \ who are responsible for the safekeeping: of-the people’s money. I Reports read to stockholders of each j bank revealed that they made money de-1 1^' spite heavy costs incident to the banking I holiday and to audits made necessary be- Jt' fore re-opening. tl. The character of the men in authority has always been a guarantee that money entrusted to these local banks would be «afe. The soundness of the banks was proven early this month when they were « accepted for membership in the Federal ^ V Deposit In.surance Corporation. No money should remain hoarded now that deposits are guaranteed against loss. A Tragic Reminder The death of Ed Atwood is a tragic re minder of the length to which an offender of the law will go to escape the penalties of his offenses against society. While Ihe killing of a man in an attempt to arrest him is tragic any way you look at it, it is high time that Wilkes county officers de fend themselves from the criminals with whom they are called upon to deal. Within two years Wilkes county has lost two brave officers at the hands of unscrupulous criminals. Nath Wyatt and Jim Grayson are dead because criminal bullets snuffed out their live.s. The slayer of one of them is serving a 30-year term in .state prison, while the other is .still at large. Justice may be met ed out eventually in both cases, but the lives of these two officers cannot be re- stored. Wilkes county people have reason to know that law violators of the type of At wood, Wiles and Wai.sh are not the kind to submit quietly to arrest. And a majority of the people will applaud the officers who defend themselves when their lives are in danger and rejoice that another of ficer is not sleeping beneath the sod as the result of a criminal's act. While public opinion will never sup port the practice of firing at anybody as was the case several times when prohibi tion investigators sought to apprehend a rum runner, it will rally behind any of ficer who* prevents the death of himself or his companions at the hands of a crim inal. bdtv it will' be possible to‘ elect anybody for the, general assembly this year^ and gives reasons fctr its wonderment. T^he editorial rWds: Every time anybody says something about the 1935 general assembly, this household journal finds Itself wondering whether or not it’ll be possible to elect any such body. To explain just what "wa mean: The merchants of the state have foresworn, or at least have been accredited by various and sundry spokesmen with so doing, that all legislators must be committed to ditching the detestable sales tax. Without that committal, no prospective solon can expect their vote. The friends of education, it has been al lowed by any nunrher of newspaper boys who profess to know, have set support of the schools, adequate pay for teachers and replen ishment of curricula, as the legislative s’ne qua non. Any candidate who refuses to take. an oath of allegiance on this count will be denied their vote. The united drys, following the same dis tinctive trend, are primarily concerned over a legislator’s prohibition views. If a candi date is positively pledged to retention of the Turlington act. its strengthening if such a thing can ho conceived, o. k. If, however, there is an element of doubt, regardless of construetire views which he may or may not have on other matters facing Tarheelia. strike him out. That, obviously, is .sufficient to show the basis of this household journal's fears. How is a candidate who is faced with the neces sity of iiaramousiting one issue .going to para mount. since paramounting is distinctly in dividualistic business, three .if ’em. And, if by chance, any one group should win the legislative works or. for that matter, the three .should divide legislative control more or less evenly, how is the 19.'55 assembly go ing to view problems of the state as a whole or work out of the general situation in which t!.3 one, two or three questions on which it.s members have been pledged are but integrals. But, after all. what's the lU'ed of worr/? .Maybe no legislature would be better than some of ’em we’ve had anyway. Prendent Ada Title To Gold Stocks ^d Toa Provide For FlexiUe Ddlar -t"- OFFERS A FOUR^FOLD ^ EDUCATION POUCY Dnrbam, Jan. 16.—A four-fold policy relating to' education ' in this state was announced today by Dean Justine Miller, president of the North Carolina council on the emergency in education, fol lowing a meeting of the executive committee of the council at Duke university. I ?The committee announced its support of the fcHowlng policies: i 1—A minimum statewide term I of eight months. i 2—Greater latitude for local 'communities to supplement the! state budget and enrich the cur riculum. 3— Greater financial support of the schools by the state. 4— A broader and more com- I prehensive understanding o f Washington, Jan.:; 15.-r-Prq«I- dent Roosevelt today asked Con gress for an epochal vote of con fidence on his monetary plans in the form of legislation approving a 40 per cent cut. In the dollar’s? gold value and giving the treas ury title to all the gold In the country. His request went to the capital in a carefully and forcefully worded special message and' all Indications tonight were that the huge Demorjratic majorities In the house and senate, desidte de fections by conservative mem? bers, would see to it that his wishes are fulfilled. Reduced to its essentials, the presidential message asked’ Con gress for three things: To give the government "by specific enactment,” title to “all supplies of American-owned mon etary gold, 'With provision for the schools and the processes of edu ! cation upon the part of the peo-) payment thereof in gold certlfi- i pie of North Carolina. j cates.” ! research committee will be 'set up by the organization In i order that all angles of the school situation may be studied. , the policies adopted may be best I carried out. Tlie research com mittee will be carefully selected land work under the direction of •the council. 1 Those meeting with Dean Mil- ' ler were Mrs. J. Fred Rippey. 1 Durham, secretary of the coun- jcil; W. H. .Montgomery, Wil mington, chairman of the soiith- ! eastern district; Major W. A. (Jraham, Kinston, chairman of I the northeastern district; B. C. Siske, Greensboro, chairman of I the Northwestern district: Cale , Burgess. Raleigh, chairman of I the north central district; Ted Ray, Hendersonville, chairman of Ithe western district and three j members at large, Mrs. J. L. Hen- I derson. Hickory; Dr. Harold D. , Jleyer, of Chapel Hill and Mrs. E. L. iMcKee, of Sylvia. And to complement this list, other rea sons should be set forth. It’s all right to mention the embattled dry forces, the dis- pieasfid merchants and angered educa- SUES RAILROAD FOR ERROR BY A PORTER High Point, Jan. 15.—For the tons, but the anti-auto tag folks (meaning “w^t^r^rnwaj those who want extensions), the no-prop-1 train a week ago W. H. Morris erty tax proponents and some of the other suH today in High Point 1 * 1-1 1 4. u rr J J -r .Municipal court to collect $2,200 boys are likely to be offended if they company. not included in the list. The plaintiff says that he: Would-be candidates for the legislature! bought a ticket at Christianburg, j should take notice and be prepared. | | ■ Lynchburg the porter erroneou.s- i “With his eWA program, President |*y called out Blacksburg. Morris | To “fix the upper limit of per missible revaluation’’ of t.he dol lar at 60 per ceni of its pre.sent gold content, noting that “care ful study” had led him to a be lief “that any revaluation at more than 60 per cent of the present statutory (gold) value would not he in the public inter est." To give the secretary of the treasury express authority to purchase foreign exchange as well as to buy and sell gold at home and abroad and to establish from any profits on gold stocks derived from devaluation of the dollar a “fund of two billion dol lars’’ with which to make such purchases. Co-op':rative sales of chickens and turkeys by Chatham county farmers have brought them about $8,000 in cash during the past month. Honor .Amlrew Jaclcson Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 8— Tennessee paid honor today to the memory of Andrew Jackson, former President, on the 119th anniversary of the victory won by .American forces led by Jack- son over the British at New Or leans during the war of 1812. . ".We specialize on bfg jobs on big cars and tmelok;; But don't forget jwe want tire little jobs, too. ' REPAIRS Q WASHING, GREASING.: Hi Give'us a trial—We THINK we can please you. .ferWe KNOW we will try hard to POUSHING... That’s where we SHINE. We take special pride ing our polish jobs. Give us a trial on one. It will last a long time but when it's gone, you will be back for another. New ^ttery... $3.95 Top Dressing Big Box Patching Body Pidish . 29 Cents 19 Cents 29 Cents Chains... $2.50 up WILEY BROOKS and JETER CRYSEL' The Motor Service Co. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. -Sf* SAYS LEAS MUST MAKE NEW BOND Nashville—The Tcnne.isee su preme court ruled today that Col. Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., must make new bonds if Gus Kiger. one of the several sureties for each, withdraws. Tlie court ruled against a peti tion to permit substitutions in Nig er’s place on the present bonds, but held that present sureties; may again pledge themselves on the new ones- Kiger asked his release in con nection with the propos?d sale of some of his property. The bonds were posted last month after the court ruled against extradition to North connection with alleged violatiors of state bank laws. After the Tennessee court’s de cision, the L->as asked to make a bond, fixed by the court at $20,000 each, pending action by the United States supreme court on their ap- plicafon for a review. Tragic New Year New Orleans. Jan. 1.—New Or leans reported one slaying. 161 arrests for drunkenne.ss, 26 per sons treated at hospitals for burns and other injuries caused by fireworks, 10 people injured in automobile accidents and four arrests for drunken driving, two of them women, as a result of the big new year celebration that Carolina,' was featured by a rousing recep- where they have been convicted in Hon in Canal street. Roosevelt has taken care of the Republi- cans just the same as he has the white posed the station was Biacks- children.” Will Rogers said over the i burg, it was not until he was 44 radio Samlay evening:. Sometime., Will, ’ funny though he is, ceases to be funny. ia mistake. He told the conductor. Frven a joke is not a joke when it advances who, the plaintiff says, instead of beyond the bounds of decency. sympathetic began to abus. Borrowed Commt-ni rSKLHSS GH.WD .H RIK.S iCIevelaml Star) If (iraiiti .Juries would perform their sworn fuii.'tions. all of thorn, there is no doubt thatll’^.OOO for iiuiiitive damage • very hootle.g.ger. moonshiner and Ramhliiig-joint , plaintiff and to use rough lan guage. The conductor insisted 'that Morris pay extra fair which ‘ he said he did rather than to have the train stopped and be put off. I Of the total amount asked '$20U is for actual damages and A damage suit to collect $10.- .iperator in rievelum! county would he summarily 200 was brought in the High Every category of crime would he ! Point court today by T. M. Wood. Viola i administrator of Mary just as Judge John Oglesby said when against C. H. Thornton; 1 cause of action arising from A Property Tax The next general as.sembly will be call ed upon to remove all property tax in North Carolina. What strength the move ment will gather unto itself is a matter of conjecture. A few newspapers have taken up the figL„ and are denouncing a tax on prop erty as unjust and iniquitous. But the great majority, realizing that any fight to defend the tax is unpopular, have chosen to stand pat and await developments. Something better must be advanced be fore the movement to remove the prop erty tax reaches serious’ proportions. A ' lot of the folks who stood by the bedside of the late, lamented Eighteenth Amend ment and gave to the utmost of the cura tive power.s of their votes did so not be- Ctiuse they were convinced that prohibi tion had been such a signal success, but because the repealists had not offered them a desirable substitute. And a lot of those who would be glad to get rid of a property tax will stand by it until some thing else is offered. 'As we see it, if other means of raising revenue 'Can be found, ir, will be necessary ^ that certain restrictions be placed upon ^ ' ownei’ship of land. Non-taxable land I'weald offer too good a place for the rich invest and it wouldn’t be long until a few rich owned about all the land there rmuiJfd up clK'ckod. ■iiurt opened here .Monday. But .since we know that no Grand Jury has per- 'fatal auto accident on East Lex- I’ormed all of its technical function.s for at least ington avenue last October. half a century, we side with .ludge Hoyle Sink in i'is campaign to abolish these juries as a waste- ! Over 75 per cent of the tobacco f'.il drain of lialf a million dollars on the ta.xpay- growers in Person county have rs of .\orth Carolina. i signed reduction contracts. No -According to law. the Grand Jury is supposed . ^ I) investigate and to report all crimes. It is snp- oo.sed to go even farther, it is supposed to report ind indict all lawbreakers known to them. But hese functions have long been usurped, for con- .'•nience, by police and county officers, justices ;)f the peace and prosecuting attorneys. Systems of communication are now so good that crimes tre immediately reported: it no longer requires. I P.S it did years ago, wh:n long interv.V.s passed' letwcen the commission of a crime and its in-j estigation. twelve good men and true to deter- j mine probable guilt. i What the grand jury does today is sit in the I court room and examine the witnesses put be fore it by the prosecution. It has the right to in vestigate anywhere it sees fit, but it never does 'lO, save in extraordinary circumstances, and gen erally at the behest of the prosecuting attorney. .4fter decreeing “you may or you may not prosecute’’ on a number of cases already fully prepared for them, the Jury inspects the county home, the jail, the. court house, and other county properties, and makes a report. This report is the .same year after year, as examination of the clerk’s records will show you. I fused to sign. riinada Ready Ottawa. Jan. 10.—If the Unit ed States congress followed Pres ident Roosevelt’s suggestion and ratified the St. Lawrence water ways scheme, the treaty would come before the Canadian parlia ment this session for similar ac tion, officials indicated today. Engineers estimated it would take seven years to complete the seaway. flTH a sincere de sire to be of ser- land aftd property are to be omitted Jtom the^ajatera of taxation, there must b« «>me protedfcn from the large invest- \V’e agree with Judge Oglesby; if the Grand Jury did act as it is empowered to, there would be better law observance. But the Grand Jury Joes not so act. Moreover, it is not really neces sary for it to act, for all of its functions are to- :!ay performed by other officials. If Grand Juries performed the strict functions Judge Oglesby believes they should perform, we should ail applaud; but since it is fairly evident .hey have not and never will perform them, we .must string along with Judge Sink in the belief that the jury is archaic and costs the state just •$500,000 a year too much. vice, W(j, orsranized a Burial Association. Num bers of people are joining daily and we hope you. too, will help by coming to see us. We need your help and you peed the protection. Reins-Sturdivant The brain trust is now starting to provide eco nomic cloud with a silver lining.—Indianapolis Star. “Yes, Madam, Your Elec tric Appliances Will Work for You for Just a Few Pennies a Day” It is not necessary for you to spend hours of work in the home when your electrical ap pliances will do your work at such an INSIG NIFICANT cost. 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