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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 19S4
The only real party lines left are the rural
telephones.—Greensboro Dally‘News.
The heart has nothing to do with love, says a
profe^or. Well, maybe the reaction is similar to
india^tion.—Atlanta Constitution.
“I know where all niy money goes,” said
Dolores Del Rio, "except what I pay for taxes."
And as to that part of anybody’s money, quien
sabe?—Tampa Tribune.
A Kansas man drank 30 glasses of beer and
then became deathly sick after eating a ham
burger. It’s awful what they put in meat nowa
days.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Max Baer says he wants to get out of the
boxing business. There are plenty of husky
youngsters who’d just dearly love to knock him
out of it.—Roanoke Times.
P. )bert M. Washburn describes Senator David
I. Walsh as a “maverick Democrat,” which is not
quite the same thing as a bull moose Republi
can.—Boston Globe.
In spite of what the papers say, we still
think that public enemy No. 1 is the guy who
signals for a righthand turn and turns to the
left.—North Shore Almanack (Great Neck, N.
T.)
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Congratulations
Here’s congratulations to all the pub-
^lic spirited citizens and civic organiza
tions who invited the 1935 Grange con
vention to North Wilkesboro and to the
Wilkes Pomona Grange, the first or
ganization of its kind formed in North
Carolina.
The convention will bring to North
Wilkesboro next year around 500 dele
gates who are representative of the
best citizenship in the .state. Such a
number of men and women in our midst
for three days will do much to advertise
our city and county. It is not too early
to begin laying plans, 12 months in ad
vance, to give these people a warm re
ception.
Higher Education
The colleges and universities of
imerica are in full swing again, and
dth larger enrollment of both young
len and young w’omen than ever be-'
ore. It is not so long ago that going to
ollege was outside the scheme of
hings for most American youth. Now
; is SO much the usual thing that there
i hardly a village or town in the whole
ation that is not represented in one or
nother of the institutions of higher
ducation.
We just happened to look at the fig-
res. In 1910, only 24 years ago, there
rere only 332,000 students in all the
olleges, universities and professional
:hools. In 1930, twenty years later,
le number had almost trebled, reach-
ig almost a million—971,584, accord-
ig to Government statistics. We have-
't the figures for later years, but we
nderstand the million mark wa.s pass-
d in 1931 and that this year the ex-
ected size of the student bodies is
bove a million and a quarter.
Those are important figures. They
lean, if they mean anything, that the
iiture leaders of thought in America
re increasingly men and women who
ave had far better educations than
tieir parents had, and who are more
ddely diffused among the whole peo-
le than ever before. And that makes it
he concern of everybody that the col-
>ges themselves and their faculties
hould steadily increase their efforts to
arn their gtuHeht material into people
apable of doing their own thinking.
No college can put into a student
lore than his or her capacity to re-
eive. No student can get out of college
iore than he or she puts in. All that
ollege can do is to show the student
jow to make the widest and best pos-
ible use of whatever innate powers he
Fire Prevenlioii Week Cominig
Next week, October 7 to 13, will be
“Fire Prevention Week throughout tte
country;, T^Ss ahmfal occa^n deigned
for the benefit of the people will ^be
urshered In, through proclamations^,by
the preddent, governors and mayors.
During the week every citizen mil
have a splendid opportunity 1b learn
the fundamentals of fire prevention
and control. Through speeches, news
paper and magazine articles,’ exhibits
and other means, an intensive "effort
will be made to enlist the citizen’s in
terest. He can blame no one but him
self if he fails to learn.
Fire prevention is a civic duty which
every citizen owes to himself and to
every other person. We all pay for fire
—we pay for it in lost business, destroy
ed jobs, higher taxes and insurance
rates. On the average, each family
contributes ?4.00 a year as a tribute to
Moloch—dollars which are destroyed
as surely as if we tossed them into>.a
stove. Worse still, three people—two
adults and a child—out of each 39,000
of our population, are sacrificed to the
pagan god-^because we are ignorant
and careless when it comes to fire.
In the past, it has often been the ex
perience that fire losses dropped dur
ing the week and for a short period
thereafter, only to rise again as the
public gradually forgot the information
gleaned. This year we should look for
ward to the week and devote a little
time during it to really learning the
fundamentals of fire prevention, then
remember and practice them in the fu
ture.
Our Light and Power Bills
This month the local branch of the
Southern Public Utilities made a lot of
folks in this part of the country feel
better. Many light and electric bills
showed a decrease, notwithstanding the
fact that longer evenings are creeping up.
In making a reduction in electric
rates the Duke Power Company and
Southern Public Utilities took the lead
and by so doing hit a strong blow at
those who would like to see the gov
ernment go further into private indus
try.
Since electricity is perhaps one of
the greatest of natural resources we
naturally want to see everybody 4ake
advantage of it who can and at the l()w-
est possible cost. One very pleasing
thing about the new rates is that it af
fects the smallest user of electricity
along w’ith the largest.
Multiplied millions of private capital
are invested in the production and dis
tribution of electricity. The stockhold
ers deserve a fair profit on their invest
ments and it is our candid opinion that
the recent reduction in rates will prove
beneficial to the utility owners in an in
creased consumption, greater goodwill
of the public, and lessened danger
government-owned competition.
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Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
Golden
FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST
Lesson for October 7th. John 15.
Text: John 15:4.
This is the first of a series of studies in the
Christian life. The chapter chosen for the les
son, John 15, belongs to that sublime section
of the gospel devoted to the discourses of the
Master at the Last Supper. It begins with the
wonderful allegory of the '’•ne and the branch
es. Here we have a clear picture of the roots
and fruits of the Christian vocation.
One of the key phrases in this eloquent pas
sage is "Abide in (vs. 4) Do we abide In-
Christ? Is He our living room? Prof. Luccock,
of Yale, reminds us of the parlor of a typi
cal old-time New England dwelling, with its
shut windows, drawn shades, and horsehair
furniture covered with crocheted doilies. The
wall paper and carpet were in hideous taste,
and the gold clock was utterly unable to keep
time. This stuffy room was reserved for pain
ful occasions such as a funeral or a minis
ter’s call. No one actually lived there.
Now it is the business of religion to take us
out of such a stifling parlor into the living
room where Christ dwells. And what a spa
cious, attractive chamber it Is, large and hos
pitable enough to harbor every person of
generous impulses and spiritually-minded as
piration! There Is nothing narrow or confining
about fellowship with the Master.
But how shall we enter this appealing
room? Well, like all compartments, It has a
door. The door stands between Christ and the
human soul. Open it, enter in, and the Saviour
and your own heart will abide together In
the gracious abode of God’s truth and love.
And from this comradeship there will blos
som rich fruit. “He that abideth In me, and I
in him, the same beareth much fruit.” This
Is the explanation of the magnificent success
of Sir Wilfred Grenfell In Labrador, of Albert
Schweitzer In equatorial Africa, of Toyohiko
Kagawa in the slums of Kobe, and of Prank
N. D. Buchma]^ the founder of the Oxford
Group Movement, in reclaiming the lost.
saa.ehare In their reward.
Today “and-’Tomorrow
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LOTTHaMCiS . • and HWnOs
The whole select of lotterf?*
‘has been open^ afresh by the
action of the |few YorkVMunltel-!
pal Aesembly in adoptint a plkd
*for a city lottery to ralsf\ funds
for th^'iwilef of , the destitute.
That la an ancient and still
popular way to raise money for
public Or charitable purposes. It
seems to me that there is a de
cided difference between a com
mercial lottery operated for pri
vate profit and a public" lottery
in which the hulk of the money
paid for tlckets-^goes to a Worthy
purpose
The outci-y against any form
of lottery, which has >been em
bodied in the laws of every state
and in the constitutions of some,
is based upon the supposed de
basing effect upon the winners,
and the temptation to the poor to
waste their scanty resources in
the hope of winning a big prise.
I am not prepared to subserlbe
to the doctrine that it is a func
tion of governnienl to • regulate
any individual’s private morals.
GAMBLING ... lanEe and small
Where one should draw the
line between lotteries, gambling,
speculation and the taking of
risks in business is a matter that
I have never been able to deter
mine to my own satisfaction.
In a sense we are all gamblers.
We use the term ordinarily to
apply to games of chance, in
which skill may or may not
have a dominant part. The golfer
who bets a ball a hole on his
game is as much a gambler as
the lady who plays bridge for a
prize; no more and no less.
It seems to me that most bet
ting i_ foolish, because the bet
ters have no control over the
outcome of the thing they are
betting on.
But most people are foolish,
anyway, and so long as that is so
there will always be plenty to
bet on the outcome of the
World’s Series or the chance of
throwing seven In a crap game.
SI*ECri.ATION Its scope
The Federal Government has
imposed upon the ^ Stock Ex
change and the other public
markets for securities and com
modities, regulations intended to
curb speculation. About one mil
lion persons, considerably less
than one per cent of the popula
tion of,the country, were engag
ed in speculation when the big
crash of 1929 came. Many got
out with profits; those who lost
made a lot of noise about it.
The ones who lost had nobody
to blame but themesleves. They
were the “easy marks" who think
money can be made by people
who don’t know how to make it.
No sane person would go into the
grocery or hardware business
without knowing something a-
bout it, or expect to make mon
ey out of it without giving it all
of his attention, day and night.
Yet folks who had been success
ful enough in their own busi
nesses to accumulate a surplus
went into stock market oper
ations without knowing the first
thing about the market, and
risked their capital In an enter
prise over which they could exer
cise no control.
That sort of .speculation Is
pure insanity. But that doesn’t
mean that all "margin trading”
is foolish or speculative.
LAND and values
I was In Iowa In 1917 when
the big farm land boom was ris
ing to Its height. Farmers were
paying from J300 to fSOO an
acre for ordinary farm land. Sen
sible men knew that there wasn’t
an acre in Iowa that could earn
interest on such prices, but that
wasn’t what these buyers were'
thinking of. They were thinking
of selling.. .le land next week at
a profit. B.v and by the crop of
suckers failed, and the last buy
ers were left holding the land:
Much of the distress among
farmers has its root In land pur
chases a-t exorbitant prices, on
partial payments with a mort
gage on which the land can nev
er earn interest.
I was in Florida all through
the great land boom there. It
was the western farm boom over
again in a different setting. Peo
ple bought lots, not because they
had any use for them or because
they were worth what they con
tracted to pay, but In the hope
of selling them tomorrow at a
huge profit. For a while It work
ed. Then, again, the crop of suck
ers failed.
Iowa land and Florida land
and corporation stocks and all
the other commodities in which
men have speculated and lost
have real valne, readily deter
mined. I think that anything to
prevent free trading in such
things Is contrary to the public
Interest and runs against the
American tradRion.
What Is needed is wider edu
cation In what constitutes real
value.
LUCK ..... always a factor
There is no question that the
element of luck playp an import-
1 all human affairs.
T^rn’i^f the right Instead of to
^ hift and you may nmet the
* pT the situation which wlllj
line yoii^ whole , future.J;
you would not have met
^a4 Yni turned to the left.
' Bttt Inck fs:r-Bccfiientaf, and
those who stake anything of ma
terial value on it are taking, un
necessary chances.. Nobody qa®
forsee the future. In a minute
anything con vhapiien which will
change the whole connHjj’ .pf hn-
man events. ’ ,^>55-
I know a .man who had |ust
opened a restaurant on Market
Street when the San Frenclaeo
earthquake ocpurrtf and ruined
him-: A?cousin of pine ^ncelled
his passage on the' Tltanljf:, .only
to be killed, five dai^ later In-an
airplane crash at- Hendon; ‘
The only safe rule.of Jjfe Is to
earn your,.money by’ thee meih-
eds of which yoq are; a master,
^pend..iesg than- yp.a^ earn, and'
put ^opr 8url>lU8.. firto cominodl-
tfqs. Of*’enduring .value at prices
ho higher than their permanent
worth. i
MANUFACTURERS ARE
iN^ favor: of^truce
IN INDOSTRIAL WAR
New; y^k, Oct. ■ 1.-^Issuance
of a'proclamation by President
Roosevellfcor a "truce on Indus
trial warfai’e,” during which
present employment relations
would he continued, was urged
today by the National Associ
ation of Manufacturers, chal
lenging the American Feder
ation of Labor to take a similar
action.
President Roosevelt, in his ad
dress to the nhtion last night, de
clared he would call for an in
dustrial truce between capital
and labor while thC newly-orga
nized NRA evolves legislation
designed to safeguard the rights
of each.
In commending the President’s
address, William Green, presi
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, now in session in San
Francisco, said last night that
he hoped the National Associ
ation of Manufacturers would
take the “President’s requests to
heart.” -
The association said that "un
doubtedly the public recognition
by the President in his talk to
the nation that recovery must be
based upon the system of fair
profit and through the process of
individual initiative will be a
helpful factor in supplying the
confidence in the future which is
essential for business progress.”
"The manufacturing employ
ers of the nation have been and
are now ready to co-operate with
President Roosevelt In sound
measures to restore cordial An-
ployment relations and . speed
economic recovery,” the manu
facturers’ statement said.
Johnson Weeps, Smiles and
Scolds'^In Leaving NRA Job
Washington, Oct. 1.—Tears
streaming from eyes that once
blazed defiance at the mightiest
captains of American Industry,
General Hugh S. Johnson today
said good-bye to the NRA.
Lately, he said, "there seemed
to have been a regular ‘last call
for dead cats’.’’
Johnson appeared a lonely fi
gure as he strode on the barren
stage at the Commerce Depart
ment auditorium. As he spoke,
members of the new recovery
board who will take over the
duties the blustery general has
abandoned, were moving Into
the administrative suite.
STREETS OF CONCRETE
ARE BEST
Safety, beauty, long life, low cost
Concrete torts less than any oth«
pnvement of comparaWe durabil
ity and carrying capacity. It cut*
upkeep' . . • inoreaaea property
values.. .and reduce* driving cost
by *aving on gat, oil, tires and car
repair*.
If the *treet* in your city that
need paving are eatennons of Fed
eral Aid highway*. FederM hinds
may be available for doint the
work... a big benefit for tax pay-
era, property ownera and labor. ,i
Insirt on concrete—the IdeM ma
terial fot 1^u3dhig new street* or
resurfacing old ones. "
13-FLAtE
STANDARD
BATTERY ^
AND OLD BATTEaiY
You can weD afford to have a new Batteiy placed
'll
your ^ ai this tow price ... then you will be ready
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for cold weather..
Motor Service Store
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WILEY BROOKS^PAUL BILLINGS
Ninth Street North Wilkesboro
WATCH IS FOUND
AFTER 11 YEARS
Elkin, Oct. l.-^Almost 11
years ago, C. A. Coram, of the
East Bend section of Yadkin
county, lost a handsome gold
watch -while on a hunting expe
dition'On the Arsle Dajfis farm
near East Bend. A pro£ract«4
search lit* which every foot of
the ground was covered did not
reveal the valued time-keeper.
The incident had almost been
fori.otfen, but last week Mr.
Davis, while sauntering through
the woods on his farm observed
an object. Imbedded in leafmold.
Kicking it up with his foot, it
proved to be a watch which was
found In fair condition and will
ing to tick again after cleaning.
Suddenly he recalled the lost
watch of 11 years ago and
promptly communicated with
Mr. Coram, who Identified the
watch as the one which slipped
from his pocket in 1923 and
which had battled the weather
safely for nearly 11 years.
Attention
To any member of the
Reins-Sturdivant Burial
Association who does not
get a statement for as
sessments due for Octo
ber 1st quarter on or be
fore October 5, 1934:
Please see your secre
tary at once after Octo
ber 5th, as we have been
unable to deliver some
policies of our members
on account of incomplete
addresses.
REINS-STURDIVANT
BURIAL ASSOCIA-nON
(Incorporated)
POtnAND CIMINT ASSOCIATIOM \
HartBalUiaa. Attat*.
rirnT nail “PAmihwiw Modern
XmOc.”
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Cold Weather! I
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