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Sain,’rain, come and stay! don’t go away till
aoother day.—Detroit Free Press.
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They can’t beat swords into plowshares while
*■ 80 much profit in munitions sharts,—
hpi’ Loa Angeles Times. , ,
Every time France peeps under the chip oiTh*er
" ^ shoulder she finds another spy.—Nashville Ten-
In North Carolina that rattlesnake bit and now
the general public will.—Norfolk Ledger-Dis
patch.
The press is finally given a break in a new
Hollywood film. It shows a reporter wiping his
feet before entering a window.—Detroit News.
jWe Americans have .this condition for which
to be thankful: We have only a depression; the
people of Europe have a depression plus a fear
if war.—Atchison Globe.
250 Lose Lives
The burning of the Morro Castle,
ocean liner, in which approximately
250 lives were lost, was the most grue
some tragedy in the history of recent
water transportation.
It seems inconceivable that a ship
could burn to death so many people out
on the briny deep, with so much water
everyw'here, water and fire being nat
ural enemies.
But on the other hand, wood is in
flammable whether on sea or land and
it seems unnecessary that so much
wood was used in a modern ship when
the natural trend is for fire-proof struc
tures of any kind. Yet, it .seems queer
to us who stick to terra firma, and the
firmer the better, that adequate fire
fighting facilities are not provided on
a shV-
Whatever the cause for the disaster
may have been, the loss of hundreds of
lives should be enough to teach sea
faring men something about fire pre
vention and the pi'evention of another
such catastrophe.
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Who Are Capitalists?
We hear much about capital and la
bor as if the two were in widely sepa
rate classes, but a study of the two sub
jects will show that they are interlock
ing. Some figuring will demonstrate
that there are a great many more
'“capitalists” than we would naturally
Auppose if we had only street corner
convensation from which to gain our
information.
Everybody who has a dollar not in
-use or an interest in any kind of wealth
in any tangible form is, to some degree,
a capitalist. There are, lor example,
ten million individual stockholders in
in 9,000 corporations whose shares are
traded in on the public exchanges.
There are eight million individuals who
own government or corporate bonds.
Twenty-odd million persons have life in
surance policies on which they have
' paid premiums. Eleven million Ameri
cans own shares in building and loan as-
' sociations. More than twenty million
people own their homes free and clear
and. two and one-half million own mort
gaged homes. There are six million in-
/.'dividual farm owners and fifty-three
^^million persons who have savings bank
•deposits averaging more than $500
i'aach.
: Of course, those groups overlap; one
'man or woman may belong to most of
them. But the total of capitalists cer-
I’tainly runs into many millions, includ-
s.teg the two and one-half millions who
'paid income taxes for 1933 and the
utber million and a half who made re-
, turns but paid no tax.
It is the people in this class who pay
Bth® greater portion of the taxes, dis-
-%4KpBting the fact that all classes pay
the famous sales tax. Communists talk
Ahout^ overthrowing the capitalistic
/stem ia this country. They do not
^^hnoW what tiiey propose to overthrow.
^ Adult EducaHon
It is Indeed gratifying that the state
emergencyrelief adniinistration has
made turangei^nts to maintaip adult
education again In Will^,coui^.
Although there has been little “fuss’*
about this4ine of work, there can be no
doubt that the sessions of adult schools
in the various sections 6f the county
last year^accomplished much lasting
good. - ^' —I '
One of the primary purposes of the
work is to give unemployed teachers a
chance to earn a living. The pay offer
ed is by no means lucrative but on the
other hand it gives the teacher a chance
to follow his or her chosen profession
and still not devote their entire time to
teaching. . i i
This class'of teachers should take
advantage of the opportunity offered
to continue teaching and devote them
selves wholeheartedly to the work.
And, as a word to the prospective
students of these schools, it gives the
adult an opportunity to learn the funda
mentals of education. Surely, people
who missed their education in youth
cannot afford to pass up the opportuni
ty to make up some of the lost ground.
According to very reliable informa
tion, We have learned that many adults
in the schools last year learned to read
and write, people who before that time
were entirely dependent upon other
people, even for the current news
through the newspapers. Adult educa
tion will be worthwhile, both for the
unemployed teacher and for the iJitu-
dents. Advantages in these schools are
not for illiterates only, but any adult
who wishes to broaden his or her gen
eral education.
Sketch of Life of Cdond W^im
The Book
the first line of which reads,
“The Holy Bible,” and which
contains four great treasures.
By BRUCE BARTON
THE ROAD AND THE WAY
The Jew^ of the first century were widely scat
tered. They had large families and a small coun
try. There were colonies in almost every import
ant city in the Mediterranean section, but they
had tinies of home-coming at the several annual
feasts in Jerusalem. The disciples took advant
age of these occasions to preach to crowds that
came from widely scattered places, and so quite
early t’nere began to be followers of Jesus, not
only through Palestine but in Egypt and as far
north as Antioch.
It was in AntiocTi that need was first discover
ed for a name that should distinguish between
ordinary Jews and the Jews that recognized the
leadership of Jesus, and “the disciples were first
called Christians at Antioch.” Up to that time
the followers of Jesus had simply spoken of
themselves as of “the Way.” The first name of
Christianity was “The Road.”
In all these early movements Peter was the
foremost figure. He developed a gift of speech
that surprised his friends, and he never lacked
courage. But presently there came on the stage
a new figure of vast influence. One of the early
preachers, Stephen, had given special attention
to those Chri.stians in Jerusalem* who had not
been bom Jews but had come in as proselytes.
He was arrested and condemned to d,eath, and
was Executed by stoning.
Doubtless the people who did the actual
throwing of the stones were for the most part
of the rabble, but “a youlig man named Saul,”
•a zealous Pharisee, looked on with approval at
a sentence which he as a member of the San
hedrin, or high court, had helped to pass. Thosp
who threw the stones
laid l(>wn their clothes at a young man’s
feet, whose name was Saul.
This young man named Saul was an ardent
persecutor. He heard that the Christian faith
was spreading as far as Damascus and he ob
tained letters to the Jewish authorities there for
the arrest of any who were of “the Way.” He
left Jerusalem very‘eager to carry out his er
rand, but with a growing inward uneasiness. He
was mentally “kicking abainst the pricks” or
goads of his own conscience. He remembered
Stephen, whose face during his trial and eieeu-
tion had been “like the face of an angel.”
Riding along the road toward Damascus at
midriay, which is not a good time for a man to
be riding th“re, he was stricken down by what
may have been a sunstroke; but with it came, as
he believed, a voice saying. "Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?” Saul’s companions saw
the blinding light but did not hear the voice. Saul
asked, “Who art thou, Lord?” And again the
voice came, “I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.”
Hitler’s leading supporters have adopted his
style of mustache. We suppose that could be
considered the supreme test of loyalty.—Savan
nah News.
They say television’s biggest problem is solved.
The fellow who gives setting-up Zeroises has
ag^reed to get out of b ed while broadcasting.—
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
China is erecting a $21,000,000 arsenal. Those
Chinese will become civiUzed yet.—Chicago Daily
News.
Perhaps the style in millinery will resolve it
self into patch work over one eye.—^Buff,alo
Courier-Express.
MorgpBarber, Gojp|ekuite Soi£er
Of ,all the heroes who offeredl ma#y blood;^; fields by several
thelritves upon the al^r ;0^ thelrf general .offloers, and esgj^aHy by
countiy, then was . hone'' Gen. A- P- Hill. He a|fo served I
freely given than that of , Col. | with dlstlnctton ad' Judge adv^
William M. Barber, ot thd^ 87th cate of hls'^ffivlslon. On ?lay ll?
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oi thd" 87th
regiment of .i,^NhrtI) Carolina
Carolina troops. Fearless and
generous, he was a true type ot
the Confederate soldier. And by
bis division to principle and duty
be left a priceless legacy to his
country and kindred. From the pla^ under fire of the Cenfed-
beginning, his success was assur
ed In any undertaking, for so
much energy and determination
as he possessed was rarely seen
In any Individual.* *'•
Col. Barber was a native of
Rowan county, N. C., he being a
son of William and Margaret
Barber ot that county and was a
grandson of Elias and Elizabeth
Barber, who came to Rowan
county from St. Mary’s county,
Maryland, in T794, and settled
near Cleveland, N. C. Cot Barber
graduated at St. James’ College,
Md., In 1853. He studied lew,
and settled In Wllkesboro, N. C.,
and soon became one of the lead
ing lawyers In western North
Carolina. In 1859, he married
Miss Ada S. Alexander, of Meck
lenburg, a charming woman who
proved a helpmeet indeed. ,,
At the beginning of the war,
he raised a company and Joined
the 37th regiment then forming
at High Point, and was elected
lieutenant colonel. C. C. Lee, a
Westpointer, being elected col
onel. The regiment, one of the
best In the service, was first In
Branch’s brigade, and afterwards
in Lane’s, A. P. Hill’s Light di
vision, Army of Northern Vir
ginia. Col. Lee having been
killed at Frazier’s Farm, Lieut.
Col. Barber succeeded to the col-
olnency of the regibent and with
his regiment participated in all
the principal battles in which
that army was engaged.
He was ever ready and able to
take the lead In battle, and was
complimented for gallantry on
CB% of his'^aivlslon.
At the Battle of. gpeUsyl*,
vanis, Cc|l. Barjier was captured
by the enemy,'and wlth_^‘‘the si^
Tiuhdted ’ Confederate^” bffloers”
was taken to Charleston, 8.
and afterwards to Savannah, and
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erate batteries at those places.
After enduring this savage
jnode'ot warfare for many days,
which was ’^eanaHed in atrocity,
only by the acts of tha Duke^ of
Alva In "the Low Countries; the
Spanish Inquisition, or the march
of Sherman and bis bummers to
the sea (in whose wake the wid
ow’s wall and the orphan’s cry
will be heard'for many genera
tions to come), he was finally
exchanged, and although very
weak and emaciated by the treat
ment he had received at '” the
hands of the enemy, he rejoined
his command, and entered at once
upon his duty with extraordinary
•vigor. Col. Barber was wounded
at Frazier’s Farm, Fredericks
burg, Chancellorsvllle, Gettys
burg, and received his mortal
wound On September 30, 1864,
at Petersburg while gallantly
leading Lane’s brigade—from
which he died on October 3, after
suffering intense agony. He was
buried in St. Paul’s Episcopal
cemetery at Wllkesboro.
At his death, the heart of the
great Lee was touched, and he
afterwards wrote a letter to his
little son, Eddie Barber, now a
distinguished lawyer of Spring-
,field, Mo. Read it, young men
of the south, for It Is worthy of
your iconsideration. Henceforth
the extract is the common prop
erty of all the Confederates of
the younger generations:
"Permit me to urge, upon
you to study In your youth the
precepts of the Holy Bible, to
practice virtue In preference
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to all things, and to avoid fal
sehood -and deception of every
kind, which will be sure ta de
base the mind and lead to ev
ery vice and misery. Keep
constantly In mind the conduct
ot your father, and endeavor
to equal him in goodness,
though you may fall short of
him In greatness.”
Col. Barber was rather low of
stature, frank and decided in
manner, generous and noble In
dispoeltion. With a countenace
beaming with intelligence he
made friends everywhere. North
Carolina sent no truer patriot
than be.
Welfare Conference
Northwestern North Carolina
District Welfare Convention will
be held at the Robert E. Lee Ho
tel in Winston-Salem on October
11th, Charles McNeill, county
welfare officer, stated today.
The conference 1s for all wel
fare officers and others interest
ed In the work. If there are those
wishing to attend they should
get In touch with Mr. McNeill.
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Let
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Chevrolet tell its own story
riding and driving comfort
yhakj2 th£ cr:—
T he best way to get at the truth behind
t
the fine things you hear and read about
the new Chevrolet, is to get in the car and
drive. Take this car, drive it over the same
routes, in the same way you drive your present
automobile, and let the results you can see
and/ed tell their own story. You have heard
that Knee-Action makes had roads good, and
good roads better. A ride will prove it. You
have heard that Chevrolet provides shock
proof steering, Syncro-Mesh gear-shifting, a
remarkably flexible 80-horsepower engine, and
cable-controlled brakes. A few n^utes at
One Ride
is worth a thousand
words
the wheel will show you what a differenco'
these advancements make in safety and driv
ing ease. And when the ride is over, and you
step out refirshed and ready for more, you ^
will know why so many thousands have fonnd
it impossible to return to ordinary driving
after an experience like this. That is the
Ownership Test—easy, enjoyable, and the
most practical way to choose a car.
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Labor troubles are epidemic. The strike is one
of industry’s contagious diseases.—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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