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-Miwteys and *nroradajB«t
NoHk Wftcsbon^ N. C.
J. CASTEE »m JVUVB a HUBBARD.
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SUBBCRIFTlOiN RATBS:
L.OO Ywr iB tike State; «1A0 Oat ttw State.
Xatared at tha poat efflee at North Wilkeeboro,
[M. (Xi aa eeooad elaea mattor under Aet of
Hatch 4, 187».
MONDAY, FE^UAKY 6, 1984
After almoet a year of unceasing war
against the forces which wei|^^ down the
depreai^on upon Oie baeka of a discontented
people. President FrahkHn D. Roosevelt
Some days ago a Nebzaaka mas
e»iefned himaelf edih Uie femi*
nine' dreas iashiou ^ urrota
- - . - Dr. S. Parks Uadmaa «d adnd
characterises his 62nd birthday as “happi^ fa
Schodit For lUHersttoa
*: Every person unable to read and write,
vHu) resides within convenient distance from
one of the schools for the illiterate whldi
are to be operated in the county, should
take advantage of the oiqwrtunity that is
offered.
These schools should go far toward low
ering the illiteracy rate in Wilkes county.
The rate is alamoingly high.
We take pleasure m sriving our endorse
ment to this worthy enterprise. Govem-
hoent money could not be spent in a more
worthy cause.
A Sufirgestion
Some civic organization of the city has an
qi>portunity to render Wilkes county a serv
ice by looking into the matter of getting an
Official weather observer for this vicinity.
Why other nearby cities have been given a
man to record high and low temperatures
and other valuable data and Wilkes passed
by is not known. It is a fact, however, that
tae government has failed to provide offi
cial thermometers for use in this immediate
territory.
The cost would be small to the govern
ment. We do not know the exact figures,
but the amount paid for this service is
small. At the present time Sam Craven is
keeping the rainfall records without pay and
certainly temperature records are just as
easily kept.
The fact that there is no official weather
obseiwer in the county was brought to our
attention again only the past week when we
attempted to obtain some definite and ac
curate idea of the high and low tempera
tures during the cold wave which swept
this section. Ordinary thermometers regis
tered varying degrees and whether it was
seven below or zero or four above, no one
knew officially.
This suggestion is passed along for the
attention of our enterprising civic organi^-
tions which can, we are confident, obtain
action from the government weather bureau.
’ Hunting And Fishing
There has been a great revival of inter
est in hunting and fishing and outdoor life
and sports generally in the past few years.
The movement for the protection of wild
game, by limiting the hunting season and
extending the cover of forest and brake
in which they live and breed, has received
a great deal of encouragement from Pres
ident Roosevelt’s reforestation program.
There seems little doubt that the Civilian
Conservation Camp movement will result
in developing in many thousands of young
men not only a taste for outdoor life
which they will strive hereafter to gratify,
but an intimate knowledge of woodcraft
and the ways of the furred and featherec’
denizens of the woods.
It is the dream of those who are most
active in promoting the idea that some
lay all the poor farm land in the nation
will again become a cover for game, or at
least so much of it as is not turned into
lumber-producing forest. Probably that
dream will never be fully realized;
dreams seldom are. But it is certainly true
that a high percentage of so-called agri-
eulfural land is fit for nothing but a refuge
for wild animals and birds. Nor is it neces-
, aarily unprofitable to let the brambles and
.' brush overrun such unproductive land.
In many parts of the country farmers are
T * fretting a revenue from the sale of shoot
ing permits over their land, and that idea
.-is receiving a great deal of impetus and
encouragement.
The American Game Association esti-
mates that approximately 7,000,000 men
.take out hunting licenses in the various
^states every year, vrhile more than ten
million are interested in fishing. If the
New Deal produces the larger leisure for
every man which it promises, together
with a surplus income with which to en-
.1 joy that leisure, the number of hunters
i. and fishermen will be greatly increased,
r That will make the movement for the con-
-servation and protection of wild life even
of my Mfe." 1
That statement demwuttratea anew the
type of man tile American people
head of their governmemt Time and time
ngain, the Chief Executive has shown that
he can take it Striking with a boldness that
had the nation gasping and wondmiiig adiat
manner of man had been called to lead tiM)
battle against econmnic cfaaoS) Mr. Roos^.
vdt first ctoclared a banking holiday. Thmi
with characteristic courage, be set about
eUminating extravagance in the veterans ad
ministration. And then came the NRA, the
PWA and the CWA, all of them leading the
nation into new paths.
Criticisms, Mr. Roosevelt has declared, are
welcomed by the administration. He can
take that, too.
Any TTwri who can term a birthday which
comes in the midst of a ceaseless and tire
some battle such as Mr. Roosevelt is ex
periencing, possesses a characteristic of im
mense value. Such a President will not be
embittered by criticisms or be tunied aside
from the path of duty by trivial partisan
politics.
A Business Census
The impression is left by the district
supervisor, H. J. Thurman, that the govern
ment considers the business census now be
ing made of great importance. If the data
gathered will aid the government in any
way—officials assure us of its value—then
it is the duty of every business man to co
operate to the fullest extent.
The point that all information furnished
the census takers is held confidential is
stressed. No one should hesitate to furnish
the requested information for fear that pri
vate affairs will be made public. Not even
the tax collector has access to the census
files.
Mr. Thurman requests that we state this
fact for the information of those who will
be interviewed by the census takers in
Wilkes.
say abottt wonm’t fasid«iu
dress.«Dr. Cadniaa's reply la a
claaeic. He says all there la to say
—« about all-—and yonH agree:
“Bsoauae it troold be iovefa labor
lost Skirts that look Uke sleeves
«d sleeves that look like aldrts,
eAan so Midi >ad rtiff that they
strangled, dlmfantive hats
pezoM Jauntily on hj^ mounds
hair, and the pinebed-ia walsta
Kd the female form dhrfae now be*
longAto’forfottwLtfdfaieB of jres*
'teryte. When tloee or four
have hmcheon together fa Paiia
and dedde ed the foregofag or.
any other fashions, not even ilw
Po^ ean arrest the hosts of worn-,
in who fhQ fa One at the itofd of
command. Skirts end shove, at
bMow the knee or trail fa the dsat
exacHy as these male despots of
style decree.
“No matter what the pulpit aays,
eoata will have sleeves that droop
or no sleeves at all. The real
eaoae of these fleeting dumges,
even to pafadng the toenails of
female feet already cmdfied in
hiidi-heeled shoes, or sHddng pn
artificial eyelashes and phidd^
the natural ones out. is sometbfag
too deep for me. Snrdy wom^
would never sabmit to appeaiipg
as frightful as these and other
cosmetics practices make them if
there were not some profound mys
tery in the whirl of fashion which
I tor one do not profess to under-
ataod. Moreover, if I did under
stand it, what differenca would
that make?”
THE BOOK
... . the first line of which reads, “The Holy Bible”
and which contains Four Great Treasures . . .
By BRUCE BARTON
SAMUEL, SAUL AND DAVID
Finally there was Samuel, stem, uncompromising,
incorruptible. He was not a particularly lovable
character, and his powerful one-man rule does not
seem to have left a place for any associates- At
least the people saw no one capable of carrying on
in his place, and reminded him brutally that his
own sons were failures.
Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in
thy ways; now make us a king to judge us like
all the nations. |
Three of One Nome
Former Mayor W. A. Bnllis sug
gests that the Carter-Hubbard
Publishing company has seemingly
indicated a pi^erence for men
whose first name is Willard. And
the snggestion was passed along
that there ought to be a “write
up” about it- We agpreed and de
cided to put it fa this column
where few people will see it. There
is iWillard Beach, our efficient
composing room man and linotype
operator, as one of the three, "nien
there b Willard Taylor, in charge
of the circulation department, who,
is he hasn’t already seen you, will
call around for your renewal when
your subscription expires. And
finally there is your humble editor
with the same name. However, no
two have the same so-called mid
dle name. Mr. Beach has Marion
as a prefix ti the Willard, Mr.
Taylor’s middle name is Seymour
and your scribe has Glover (it
used to be Mallallieu until it didn’t
suit us). And the name of Wil
lard hasn’t been given to many in
this section, either. Perhaps that’s
why Mr. Bullis thinks it unusual
that three of the same name are
employed by this publishing com
pany.
Also Unusual
While talking with Mr.
Bullis
NOTICE OF SEIZUHE
Charlotte, N. C.
Whereas, on September 24,
1932, Ford Roadster, Model A
1929, Motor No. A2590406, was
seised by Federal Officers, in
Wilkes County, N. C., while be
ing used by unknown parties in
thn« «n ItaMi
taeh M Bfa
mother of tfatiai^j,^
god one IwMijiji in'
the youngaer^Hfe tilil
is a b9. U ttat isn’t a iitOspi-
nsaal, of this eidtafai
oBgfat to us a inoVe unosuai
case.
AU Nainw Begin With the
Same Letter
Speaking of namea, toera is an
unasual family over fa Aahe eonn-
ty. The name of every member of
the family, inelodiag the father
and mothw and she cMldren, be*
g|ai with the letter “C”. Here’s
Claade (the fi^ther),
(the metherl. Ccoale, Gar
ris, Orol, Cone, Claris and Cor*
taie^ if thera fa g similar fkmily
fa WiUys, we'd like to hear
about it.
AiMkt a Sign
Now that the new bridge across
the Tadl^ has been completed,
Kiwaniaat should move their wM-
come alga to a point nearer the
new Mghway. Perhaps the mat
ter haa been overlooked. Any
way, it’s a snggestion.
Baby Is Bonied To Death
In Crib In Wake County
Raleigh, Feb. 1—^It was cold
today BO when Mrs. 0. C. Council
left her home to Wake comity for
a few minntes she poshed the crib
fa which her eight-months-old
baby, Joan Elizabetb, was asleep
close to a roaring fire.
When she returned she found
her home filled with smoke, and a
charred, lifeless little body in a
burning crib. A spark evidently
had popped into the crib and ig
nited the soft baby clothing.
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Proposes Nathmal Psrk
Washington, Feb. .1.—A national
park commemorating die Battle of
Atlanta, sanguine conflict in the
War Between the States, was pro
posed in a bill introduced today by
Representative Ramspock, of
deorgia.
Angrllj, ag^Ki, but .'Slid ".U”-
ing. The king would be tyrannical, he told them, therefore, notice la hereby
they would repent their demand. None the less given to all persons owning or
he acceded to it, and searching through the tribes I claiming right, title or interest
cto-cut young U..U named Saul who Mu.t. pro.oul
he found
f certified claim thereto on or be-
stood head and shoulders above all the rest. Him|jjjj.g February 21, 1934, in de-
“A LITTLE NEATER—
A LITTLE BETTER”
THAT’S THE WAY WE
DO THE JOB
RIGHT-WAY
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C. G. PLEXICO, Prop.
Telephone 98
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he selected an anointed as Israel’s first king. | fault of which the same will be
“God save the king.” shouted the people happily advertised and sold at P“bHc auc-
.. a- - /.TO End heenition, as provided by law. J. A.
—the first time in history that the cry had Clifton, Jr., Acting Investigator
raisod—and indeed it looked as though their hap- jjj charge. Alcoholic Beverage
piness were justified. They had a brave and hand- Unit. 22-29-6
some monarch whose modesty was as striking as
his courage. What now could stop them from
complete success? But Saul’s career is one of the
great tragedies. He might have been the George
Washington of his people, but he could not stand
prosperity, and so little permanent imprint did he
leave that the writer of Hebrews, in enumerating j
the great characters of the nation, does not even j
mention his name. He was modest and likable, but,
he was a prey to sullen moods and the slave of i
jealousy. j
He was jealous of Jonathan, his son, and would j
have slain him but for the determined protest of,
the people. Most of all was he jealous of David,;
who, when the armies of Israel were standing fa
helpless terror before the giant leader of the ,
Philistines, Goliath, took his shepherd’s sling,},
pick^ up a smooth stone from the brook and|
planted it squarely in the giant’s forehead. Forj
this victory, and the acclaim that followed it, Saul
never forgave him. [
Saul was not without military genius. He led^
his people more than once to victory.' Throughout,
his career fighting was constant, with the .Amale- j
kites, the Philistines and other hostile tribes, and
sometimes one side won and sometimes the other, j
But much of the energy* and time that ought to
have gone into the nation’s battles was spent in the
vaiu effort to destroy David: and the net. result of ^
Saul’s -reign was little. “Tomorrow,” said thef
ghost of Samuel, appearing grimly before him, “to- ’
morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me.” Saul]
marched into battle on the morrow knowing thatj
his fate was sealed; and when the final moment of
defeat arrived he called upon his sword bearer
run him through.
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young heutenant leaping to the throne of an em-^
pire; if your imagination Is warmed by Uie rise of
the gaunt, homely, country boy Lincoln to t1
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