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jT and JULIUS G, HUBBARD.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1984
Congress Finishes Task
Congress adjourned Monday after more
than five months of session—sometimes
qoiet—^but always busy on measures that
will in time affect the life and existence
of every individual in the nation.
We can truthfully say that the last
congress has past into history and that
it has made history. The general opinion
is that the multiple measures enacted
will, as a whole, greatly benefit the peo
ple of the nation but only time and prac
tice can test the changes in government
made in the last congress.
A survey of all the major bills enacted
into law would take too much space but
some of them are the Bankhead Cotton
Act, regulating the production of cotton,
the Kerr tobacco bill on much the same
order, the reciprocal tariff bill giving
the president power to make reciprocal
agreements with other nations, the bill
authorising the president to make large
purchases of silver, and the housing
bill, which should prove of inestimable
benefit to the nation in more ways than
can be enumerated at the present time.
The accomplishments of the last con
gress can be summed up as a continu
ation and stabilization of the policies
and measures enacted in the beginning of
the present administration of President
Roosevelt.
Noticeable among the elements absent
in the last congress were clashes with the
President. Congress cooperated fully with
the administration and passed every
measure in much the same manner as
favored by the President.
Now the members of the house and
senate have gone to the homes to watch
the results of their efforts and to cam
paign for re-election this fall.
The White Plague
Not many years ago a person who was
afflicted with tuberculosis—the white
plague—was doomed for certain death in
a slow and horrible manner. Today medi
cal science has advanced to such an extent
that early cases of tuberculosis are no
longer hopeless.
'But on the other hand tuberculosis is
just as deadly as it ever was. The disease
has not changed one iota and there is no
more hope for the tuberculosis patient
than there was 20 years ago if he or she
does not take advantage of the opportun
ities offered to effect a cure.
Realizing the danger of the white plague
and watching its toll mount into startling
figures, the state of North Carolina has
come to the aid of the populace by main
taining T. B. clinics in various counties.
Such a clinic is now in progress at Wil-
kesboro and will continue thix>ughout,next
w’eek.
The state has furnished the services of
I>r. H. F. Easora, a well trained specialist
Trom tKe state sanitorlum, to the people
of Wilkes county during these two weeks.
To any who have reason to suspect they
have contracted the dreaded disease Dr.
Easom will give a thorough examination
and diagnosis. When he has made his re
port the patient will know for a certainty
whether or not he or she should begin
treatment.
As in all contagious diseases prevention
is the really great objective. The patiens
who find by the examination in the clinic
that they have tuberculosis can take im
mediate steps to isolate themselves and to
use such precaution in hygiene, that rela
tives and friends will not be in danger of
contracting the disease.
With the services of a specialists fur
nished free, there is no excuse for any per
son in Wilkes county hanging on to tu
berculosis and possibly causing others to
have it without knowing the nature of the
affliction.
Only in cases where the disease is dis
covert early can a cure be effected and
the people, know what the first symptoms
are. Having T, B. and failing to take ad
vantage of the clinic is wilful suicide and
neadig^tly causing othcars to get T.
borders on murder.
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^ THie Route -
® At the time this k written the final
Indecision ott whether o3p not
000 park-to-parik highway will traverse
North Carolina has not been made. ^
We are interested in the road for sev
eral reasons and it is the natural inclina
tion to want the road mainly in North
Carolina. But there sound rnd lo^cal
reasons why this grSt mountain boule
vard should ' follow the North Carblina
route along the crest of the Blue Ridge
Mountains.
The principal objective of the road,
as we understand it, is to provide the best
scenic route between the Shenandoah and
Smoky Mountains sational parks. A sec
ondary objective is to furnish employment
in building the road.
The North Carolina route, as we have
said, would follow along or near the Blue
Ridge crest and in that manner would
come very near to our own county of
Wilkes in the neighborhood of Laurel
Springs, Glendale Springs and Deep Gap.
We as a collective body of people in
Wilkes county would benefit by_employ'-
ment on the road while in process of con
struction and the proximity of the great
skyland boulevard would be an asset for
generations to come. For these reasons
we sincerely hope that the predictions that
the North Carolina route will be selected
are based on facts.
Tennessee, our neighbor who is doing
everything humanly possible to get at
least a part of the road, has been im
mensely benefitted by the Tennessee Val
ley Authority project and the inflow of
federal funds. The selection of the North
Carolina route for the park-to-park high
way would do much toward evening up
the score.
As for the scenic beauty along the two
routes it is our honest opinion that the
people of the nation would prefer the
North Carolina route. The road would do
much toward bringing Northwestern
North Carolina into her own and proper
ly advertise this part of the south for its
scenic beauty, a thing that has been neg
lected until this date.
Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
Lesssn for June 24th. Micah 4:1-5. Golden
Text: Luke
At the end of this Quarter we can testify to
the supremacy of that Great Figure near to
whose Person we have, in the course of our stu
dies, all come.
Suppose we think of those qualities in the
’(faster that endear JHim to us. Surely He is
wonderful in those wrtues essential to fullness
of character- Think of His adroitness, His skill
in avoiding the traps set for Him. Think, too.
of His quickness so sharply etched in Mark’s brief
gospel, where “Straightway” is a favorite word.
Then also we remember His clearness, one of
the most important of moral qualities. How
transparent in meaning are the Beatitudes, the
Golden Rule, the Lord’s Prayer, the parables!
And we recall His charm. We qo not know the
physical characteristics of Jesus. But we can be
sure that He was goodly to look upon, that He
had, as the poet says, “a sweet, attractive kind
of grace.” There are references in the gospels
to Jesus “looking.” He looked upon the people,
on His disciple.s, and on the rich, lovable young
ruler. We can picture to ourselves something of
the beauty of that look.
And how deep was His emotion! It is said that
Marcus Aurelius had a face that never changed.
But the face of Jesus continually revealed the
play of lights and shadovcs inspired by His
deeply sensitive nature. He “rejoiced in spirit,”
He “sighed deeply,” He became angry. And al
ways was He “moved with compassion.”
And what patience! How long-suffering -with
those petty, quarrelsome disciples! Peter was a
sore trial, yet He called him a rock.
And how astounding His achievement! There
Seehis lo be no decline in the authority of Jesufi-
The old, old story is as compelling as ever. With
Lamb we can agree that if Shakespeare should
come before us, we would rise, but that if Jesus
appeared, we should kneel.
The New Tokyo program is Asia for Asiatics,
born in Japan.—Macon Telegraph.
“Tear Gas Disperses Mob Demanding Food.”
Not a very good way to satisfy hunger, however.
—Omaha ^World-Herald.
It takes a pretty good architecture to look well
in these modem brevities. The old slogan will
have to be changed to “Don’t sell Americans
shorts.”—^Dallas Newws.
Oklahoman is running for governor on a two-
bit platform—only 26-cent contributions to be
accepted. Well, if elected, he won’t be tiie first
two-bit givemor the country has had—Pitts
burgh Gazette.
Wai
wishing^,' June itt. (Anto-
euter)—A- great deal mora Fed-,
eral money is to be distributed
lia vTirlous ways dMlgned to get
ready cash into the hands of the
eonsnmers, within tfie next- few-
months. It will, begin about the
first of July,, after the close of
the Government's fiscal year on
June 30, and the present pro
gram calls.for expenditure at
the rate of about $400,000,000
a month, tor an indetlnlt» per-
iod.
This money will go out through
numerous channels. The newest
of these pipe-lines from the
Treasury to the individual Is the
drought relief fund of |B25,-
000,000, to be distributed In the
ten states where the record-
breaking drought has wrought
navoc among all classes farm
ers.
There is still more than a bil
lion and a quarter dollars in the
fund for home loans to distress
ed mortgagors. Some of ♦’•'j Is
to be put to work to pro.ide em
ployment in the building trades,
by the process of making addi
tional loans for repairs and m-
PTOvements to property on which
home loans have been made or
which are eligible for such
loans.
Money will go out faster now
for public works, under the P.
W. A. More of the money will go
out to finance rural schools. Still
more will be spent to continue
the C. C. C. camps. The Federal
Emercency Relief Administra
tion will put another billion and
a half into direct unemployment
and poor relief, mostly through
and in cooperation with state
and local agencies.
Then there are the payments
under the wheat, coin-hog, cot
ton and tobacco contracts,
through much of this does not
come directly out of Government
funds but Is collected through
processing taxes and distributed
by Government agencies.
The belief in Administration
circles Is now that It will take
about another year pf Govern
ment spending at this rate to
frii^ piwte"e^ijNil"i»in
profitable to come out of hidlt^
aid go to work la|[^|pictiv« in-
duetriea. **
El It la admitted tv the Adj^hls!-
trgtion’i friends that recovery
has not come as fast as had
bees exited, and that aome of
the Government’s projects to
stimulate it have not woriced.
There Is also a growing realiza
tion that bustness men and eapi--
tallsts are net showing any
great amount of confldeiiee in
the Govemibent! TTntil that con
fidence returns, there will nat-
Bi^ly be little inclination on the
part of prttAte capital to risk
its .money. . -
Where Investments are most
needed right now are In the
building industry. More than S,-
000,000 men, uormaily, are em
ployed In the bnildlng trades.
It has been Eresident Roose
velt’s hope that under the care
fully worked out plan for insur
ing mortgage capital against
loss, private funds in enormous
amounts would becchne available
for new residential construction.
It now begins to look as If, while
there is a great need for new
homes, few people are willing aa
yet to run into debt to buy or
build houses.
With Congress out of the Way
until next January there can be
no new legislation, and the na
tion cap take time to sit back
and evaluate what has been en
acted, and find out whether it
looks, on the whole beneficial or
injurious to private capital and
enterprise.
There seems to be a feeling
that the President will not wil
lingly use the broad powers
granted to him in any Injurious
way, that he is ^sentially con
servative. In his I recent state
ment expounding bis plans for
the future he took pains to lay
stress on the statement that
there is to be no interference
with fair and reasonable profits.
The Administration’s friends
believe tha* as things quiet down
during the Summer,f business
men will begin to realize that a
good many of the things that
have frightened them are bogies,
without real power to do them
harm. Also, it looks as though
the whole Administration pro
gram has now been disclosed.
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Mary Pickford says there should be a school
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fish. Any way, there ought to be a school
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Houston Post.
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Superintendent of the Dallas schools sent out
a questionnaire to the high school boys ^d girls
to test just how much they knew about history.
0!ne declared Washington was “tiie hero of the
Alamo, a river near Austin.” That boy will land -
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