IN POLITICS
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heeo. N. C.. as aoeond class matter under Act
ef Ibrch 4, 1879.
MONDAY, JULY 28, 1934
The Bolgarian’s coup d^etat was polled off at
^ a o clock in the morning. The deposed govem-
if' nent thought it was the milkman’s horse.—Des
Moines Register.
“Nationwide steel strike threatened.” Going to
Strike while the iron workers are hot?—Omaha
World-Herald.
The Housing Program
^ The “man on the street” is intensely in
terested in how he may take advantage
of the housing program which the Roose
velt administration has inaugurated.
The information is not immediately at
hand, but these facts will doubtless soon
be available.
It is known that the assistance must
come through the regular agencies. That
'-^^eans the banks and building and loan
associations will be asked to co-operate to
the fullest extent in providing help.
The housing program is most worthy.
Whether it will reach out and assist
thousands who still live in unsanitary and
inadequate homes is problematical. The
Journal-Patriot hopes to give its readers
every assistance by furnishing the most
i^iecific information available on develop
ments in the program.
S'
A Drfima Of Life
We pick up the morning papers and
read of tragic accidents costing the lives
of dozens and think little about it. Yet
when little two-year-old Bobby Connor
disappears, we follow the story for several
days.
His discovery unharmed only adds to
tile mystery.
The point of interest is how intensely
interested we become in the fate of an in-
di'vidual, while thinking little of the fate
of a whole group.
We have only to mention the names of
FToyd Collins, the Lindbergh baby, Ma
rian Parker or a dozen other individuals
to bring to mind how a nation was stirred
as they paraded across the pages of the
newspapers.
These are the little dramas of life.
The Connor episode is only one of these.
{.'■* Strikes
It is impossible to give an accurate or
full picture of the strike developments in
the nation today. Almost each hour
brings a new turn of events. Before this
appears in print, the major strikes may
be ended or near the point of arbitration.
But the point at issue remains the same
whether the present labor disturbances
are settled quietly or continue to the det
riment of society as a whole.
General Hugh Johnson, vigorous NRA
administrator, seems to have hit the nail
on the head when he termed the attitude
of labor and capital downright foolish.
For one thing capitalists should take
labor into their confidence. Any business
which is not welching on its employes
should not hesitate to show its laborers—
at least the leaders—^the records on its
financial condition.
As we see it, that is a certain way to
end labor unrest. A business that is not
prospering cannot afford exhorbitant
wages, nor can it operate on SO^hour
weeks. If shown that the business is not
making a fair return on the investmenti
labor should—and we trust would—hesi
tate to make unreasonable demands.
On the other hand, capital does not de
serve unearned dividends. Capital does
not make exhoibitant dividends. It is la-
■ bor that produces the extra dividends. If
a company is making good financially, the
workingman deserves his part.
* /'Capital has an opportunity to render a
service in this emergency by taking
labbr into its confidence. Labor in turn
s hAs an opportunity to take a reasonable
*1 . attitude in the lij^it of the actual facts.
, ■ This idea is new to us. It may have
^occurred to others. But whatever may be
' its age or youtii, it seems reasonable. It
occurs to os that it has great possibilities.
' It seems that here is food for thought.
TTO JOURN^F^^
-Those
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of US who read newspi«>ers reg-
ElecvocuHoiiB
ularly a»d who 'would just as soon miss
oar brealdfast as our newjfipaiier, iwtioe that
during^ the past few ^months electrocu
tions have been almost a weekly occur*
rence at North Carolina’s penitentiary.
However, we are missing tiie point and
electrocution is failing in its purpose. We
venture to assert that not one out of ten
criminals of the lower t3T?e in Wilkes
county know anything about how many
people are being put to death or much of
the horrors of electrocution.
Capital punishment, as we all know,
has two purposes—to punish offenders
and to deter others who may be criminally
inclined.
Everybody knows there is an electric
chair and that occassionally someone is
put to death but serious thought about
capital punishment rarely ever enters a
criminal’s mind.
The Book
the first line' of which reads.
“The Holy Bible," and which
contains four great treasures.
By BRUCE BARTON
IN THE WILDERNESS
John drew great crowds. He must have been
a powerfully dramatic figure, his leathern girdle
about his loins, eating his locusts and wild hon
ey, and denouncing the eminent Pharisees and
Sadducees as a “generation of vipers.”
"Who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for re
pentance: And think not to say within your
selves. We have Abraham to our father; for
I say unto you, that God is able of these
stones to raise up children unto Abraham-
Jesus felt the contagion of the movement. He
also went to John and asked to be baptized, and
John looking up and seeing Him on the bank
uttered a noble testimony to the sort of boy and
young man that Jesus must have been:
I have need to be baptized "of thee, and
comest thou to me?
It is noteworthy that no sense of guilt or
shame appears to have had a part in His religi
ous experience at this point. He did not arg;ue
with John about their relative fitness to baptize
each other. He felt that the spirit of devotion
which was in Him demanded some outward ex
pression, and John’s way, through baptism, was
the way that presented itself.
It was a wonderful day for Him. He had made
His decision. He had put the old life behind
Him- John, His popular and powerful cousin,
had recognized His inherent power- From
thenceworth. He would be a carpenter no longer,
but a preacher like John, rebuking men for
their sins, calling them to repentance. The day
ended, night fell, and with it came the reaction.
He went away into the wilderness and remained
for more than a month in solitude^ tortured by
questionings and doubts. He felt power stirring
within Him. How should He use it, and for
what? The Gospel narrative dramatizes that
period of self-searching by the appearance of
Satan in persons with a three-fold temptation.
And wl'.en the tempter came to him, he
.said. If thou be the Son of God, command
that these stones be made bread.
The temptation to use His power for material
success—money, comfort, ease.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy
city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the
temple.
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of
God. cast thyself down.
The temptation to achieve cheap fame by per
forming wonders.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an
exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him
all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory
of them;
And saith um.o him. All these things will
I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and wor
ship me.
The temptation to become a political leader, to
use the popular discontent and His strategic por
sition as a working man’s leader as a tool for
His own advancement.
Borrowed Com
mt" !ii
COST OF CANDIDATING
Those candidates who have successfully run
the gamut of either one or two primaries have
put behind them their chief hurdle, perhaps, but
even after their election in November, they will
be able to sympathize with another runner for
office who turned in the following truthful re
port of what it cost him to get elected:
“Lost, 1.349 hours of sleep thinking about the
election, lost two front teeth and a lot of hair
in a personal encounter with opponent; donated
one boar, four shoats and five sheep to country
barbecue; gave away two pairs of suspenders,
four calico dresses and five dollars in cash; kissed
126 babies; put up four stoves; kindled 14 fires:
walked 1,676 miles; shook hands with 9,508 peo
ple; told 10.101 lies and talked enough to make
in print 1,000 volumes: attended 16 revivals and
contributed $50 to foreign missions; made love
to nine widows (five grass, four sod): hugged
49 old maids; got bit by dogs 39 times, and was
elected by 353 majority.”—Ekchange.
Senator Erickson, of Montana, who fell asleep
while presiding over the senate, is still being
congratulated on his presence of mind.—San
Chronicle-
Riches are sometimes embarrassing, says an
economist. Well, we will have to imagine our
embarrassment—Greensboro (Ga ) Herald-Jour
nal.
Washington,^ July 17. (Anto-'
caster) i^WhenJfie Secretary ot.
the Interior, TIarold Ickes, aall^
ed his sUff lot 4,600 employ^'
togeUier the other day and warn
ed them against “soldiering” on
the job, it sent-a cold chill down
the backe of nearly' half a mil-
lion Federal job-holdera, even
though the thermometer In thla
hot and humid city atood at 100
degrees in the abadC-- ’Ihe idea
that the departmental staffs are
expecteff to do any real work In
the summer is shocking, even to
the seasoned, civil servants. To
the recent political appointees,
who got on the Federal payrolls
because they were efficient
workers In the campaign of
1932, it is almost paralyzing.
What sort of a reward is it, any
way, to have to do some work as
well as drawing a salary?
The idea is gaining strength
here that Mr. Ickes is about as
efficient an administrator, with
in the sphere ot his department’s
activities, as has been seen in
Washington for some time. He
Intends to get things done if
everybody in his department has
to sweat to get ’em done. What
started him off on his disciplin
ary program was an incident
that occurred when he went into
the office of a minor bureau as
sistant and saw the occupant of
it with his feet on his desk, read
ing a newspaper and smoking a
cigarette.
How Work Drive Started
The young man didn't know
Mr. Ickes by sight, so when the
Secretary of the Interior asked,
mildly: “Is this the way you
usually receive visitors?” the
nonchalant reply was: “What's
that to you?”
Then the Secretary identified
himself, and one young man in
the. Federal Service has been
shaking in his boots_ ever since.
That incident started Mr. Ickes
on a quiet tour of inspection of
the Interior Department. He
found, as he told his assembled
Win Meet In
To DbcRW
RehaliMtatim
FWday
Raleigh, July 2l.—NGSRA farm
and garden rapmrviaors, case work-
^ and ^ Vocational agrieultnre
teachers will meet in Bome July
27 to formulate pli^ for a fall
and winter farming program under
the rural KkabiUtatton division of
the The meeting was
ciAed by George Ross, stete direc*
tor of rural rehabilitation, and R.
Thomas, state siqiervisor of
agricultural education.
Coimties to be represent^ at
the Boone meeting are Alleghany.
Ashe,, Wilkes and /Watauga. “
Aims of the program which is
to be launched in the district em
braced by the above counties, and
in all sections of North Carolina,
are to increase the vocational abili
ty of farm families not on relief
by teaching them better methods !
of planning producing food[
for an all-year-round supply and.
better methods of caring, storing
and preserving foods. j
The program also is aimed to-i
wards giving instruction on rural!
problems and assisting in planning!
local rural rehabilitation programs'
by planning rotations, farm lay-|
outs, terracing, pastures and othT
laird improvements and instruc
tions in new and improved prac-i
tices for both agriculture and local
industry.
The vocational agriculture teach-
lers, -farm and garden supervisors,
and case workers in each county
will direct the work of the pro
gram and its supervision.
AND LEFS HGURE ON
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Batteries $3,95 op
WILEY BROOKS, Manager
THE
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NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.
Chevrolet June Sales
Highest Since June 1929
Detroit, July 17.—Chevrolet’s
record-breaking sales continued
having his offices enlarged, June shattering
the whole wing of the White j
House will -be air-conditioned. I 1®”’
Some parts of the new Com-1“^9. officials
merce building, the offices occu- the Cheyolet .Mo or Co. an-
pied by the Secretary and some I
of the higher officials, are also
. , , „ . I dealers reports, were the basis
so equipped, but Congress has T ’ ^
never been willing to appropri
ate money to extend the system
to entire buildings.
of the announcement.
The showing is considered es
pecially notable in light of ex
perts’ predictions that automo-
Under the present Govern-: five volume in general would
staff, many men and women n system, n^hereby thelfan off some 12 per cent during
the cafeteria, after the time t ey p,.-sident Is handed a few bil-jjune. Instead of receding, Chev-
were supposed to be at I Hens to spend about as he pleas-1 rolet sales showed a gain of
desks, eating their it is expected that a fair slice! more than 12 per cent. Dealers
on Government time. He d ^ p„i,iic Works Adminlstra-1 credit Chevrolet’s new low pric-
many others spending more im funds, which Secretary Ickes es, which took effect June 2,
in the rest-rooms than in their |
offices. Some of the feminine j
employees had got the teet-on-
manages, will go toward remov- j upsetting the prediction so
ing the last excuse of Govern- ^ far as Chevrolet Is concerned,
ment clerk.s for loafing on theLnd pavjng the way tor this sub-
the desk habit. Those things, he stantial increase,
told them, must stop. The heads' '
of departments and bureau
chiefs are
I to loafing, but they will have to ]
discover new excuses. No busl-
Cotton production in Egypt,
working o^^tlme I world" o'p-i this year is expected to be dou-
days, night and Sundays, in all
of the Federal offices, and he
expected the subordinates to at
least put In a full day’s work.
The hours are not onerous, seven
hours a day for five days a week,
and he didn’t see any reason why
they couldn’t stand that amount
of work.
Mr. Ickes, however, reckoned
without the Washington climate.
Every new administrator who
comes to Washington, especially
from the North, always tries to
speed up the Federal machinery.
Hundreds of earnest men have
tried It ever since the National
capital was established in this
swamp on the banks of the_ Poto
mac. All that any of them have
ever succeeded in doing was to
wear themselves out and finally
succumb to the climate.
Air-conditioning Essential
Some of the new Federal
buildings are air-conditioned,
equipped with modern mechan
ism to keep the temperature and
humidity at a comfortable de
gree all the year around. But
none of the old ones and not all
of the new ones have yet set up
erated for profit could keep out ble that of 1933.
FREE Hou^im
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toaotbor wltb oOroroUto
for tbo cortiAcoto. Only
ncco^od wUb ooeb cortiScato.
Wo aw*a*** tbo •Ororputo will da-
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this modern method of enabling j ,,},ere, so Jim Farley and his
people to work in comfort. Both
houses of Congress have air-
conditioning systems, and so has
the President’s private office.
Mr. Hoover had that done when
the structure was rebuilt, after
the fire that destroyed it In
1930.
Now President Roosevelt
of bankruptcy if Its employees "=
did not work two or three times |
as hard as most ol the Federal i r
civil servants ever work.
The City Beantifnl
The completion of the new
Post Office Department building
adds another to the majestic
group of structure which are
making Washington what Its
planner dreamed, more than a
hundred years ago, the most
beautiful city In the world. A
good many Republican leaders
are getting pretty sore, however,
over the claims' being broadcast
by Democratic partisans that the
present Administration Is re
sponsible lor all the new archi
tecture. So far all that the Dem
ocrats have done is to continue
to carry out plans which were
completely formulated years ago,
and to finish some of the build
ings which had been begun und
er tbe previous Administration.
Some ot them are not quite ] 1 ■ W
finished yet. The contract for. | 1.1 IBnfn A BwAMIWbI I
window-shades for the new Post | VIGl O HU-S- Wllfl O WCllllI?! •
Office Department got tangled
Do you ever go to work feeling “done in"...dreading the
long, hard day ahead of you ? Then light a Camel. Fatigue
and irritability slip away in a few minutes. You feel a
delightful “lift” Enjoy it as often as you please. Camel’s
cosJier tobaccos never interfere with healthy nerves.
- 1
up in Government red tape some-
aides keep the glaring sun out
of their offices by the simple, if
not decorative expedient of past
ing sheets of typewriter paper on
the window-glass!
The temperature of the moon
goes down as low as 400 degrees
is I below zero
The ever cynical Atchison Globe knows some
men who think they are in business because they
read trade journals.—Detroit News. - ^
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Not For Sale
There are no markets in tlie
world where even the richest
can buy health. It is not on
counters: it is not listed on
the stock echange; it is not
for sale. Nothing is more
precious, yet it is practically
within the reach of all- .
W!hen other methods fail,
try Chiropractic for Head-
Aches, Ringing in Head and
Ears, Palpitation] of the
Heart, Kidney, Stomach,
Liver, and Female Troubles,
Lumbago, Sciatica, Constipa
tion. Biliousness, Gas on
Stomach, Rheumatic Pains in
Musc^s and Joints, Dizzi
ness, 'Asthma, Appendicitis,
High and Low Blood Pres
sure, Paralysis and Diabetes.
HRr E. S. COOPER
CHIROPRACTOR—UfipsVE SPBCIAl^T
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