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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934
One leeson of the Morro Castle inquiry:
SOS should be PDQ.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“Byrd Polar Party Led hy June Finds Vast
Icy Plateau.” What did they expect a banana
plantation?—Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
If silver gets much higher, it’ll be up
n^ere it can line those clouds.—Louisville (Ky.)
Times.
A new gas is claimed capable of putting an
army to sleep. Maybe that’s what somebody
has been using on the Liberty league.—Dallas
Horning News.
The intelligence peak is reached in the
twenties and thereafter dwindles, says a biol
ogist. Naturally the senate wonders about
seating a member who is only 29.—Detroit
News.
'live for something, have a purpose.
And that purpose keep in view;
Drifting like a helpless vessel
Thou canst ne’er to life be true;
Half the wrecks that strew life’s ocean
K some star had been their guide,
Might have long been drifting safely
But they drifted with the tide.”
Work and Relief
News from Washington would indi
cate that the government will need to
spend billions *or relief during the
coming year. It is a recognized fact
that relief must be extended to unem
ployed and destitute people. There is
little argument on that point but the
main question is how will the funds be
distributed ?
We never have been in sympathy
with the dole system and some gratifi
cation is gained from the news from
Washington to the effect that more
work and less direct relief will be the
order of the administration.
There should be no excuse for pay
ing an idle, able-bodied man cash. He
should be made to work for his liveli
hood. Of course there are some cases
who are not able to work and giving
them cash or food and clothes orders
is the only way out.
Employment through public works
will give the people benefit of the pay
rolls and the country the benefit of
what they accomplish with their labor.
The Right to Kill
In some parts of the world there are
those who would give to the medical
profession the right to take the life of
a person suffering with an incurable
disease. To this movement there are
many objectors who say that it is not
man’s right to take life, even to end
suffering.
While they say it is not a physician’s
right to kill under the circumstances
outlined above the general public has
“blood in its eye” when nations go on
the warpath for wholesale slaughter.
Under the laws of man it seems that
people are ail muddled up about their
rights but conscience is the real guiding
factor in determin’ng right and wrong.
This yardstick" often fails when people
who are apparently utterly devoid of
conscience work their machinations
upon the human race.
Today the world is in another stir
over the right to fight and to kill. Dis-
arma'ment conferences are scenes of
hostilities over squabbles for naval
agreements, with every nation wanting
just a little more fighting material und
er the proposed treaties.
Ever since the human race advanced
far enough in numbers to provide ar
mies there have been wars and yet war
is the silliest and most brutal happen
ing conceivable. Millions in lives and
billions in dollars are what each great
war costs but the human race is so
constituted that wars will follow wars
before the bodies of war victims have
decayed into their mother dust. Is it be
cause we forget too quickly or is it
greed that throws ^nations at each oth-
«r’s throats?
It is interesting to no£e the compari'
son the Greensboro D:illy News makes
of murder ■with firearms aad death by
autohioliiiles oif the highways.
As an instance the editor called atr
tention to the gruesome and cold blood
ed killing of Cashier T. C. Barnes by
four men in the Taylorsville bank. Four
men went there as the result of a con
spiracy to rob the bank and one bank
er was killed and another seriously
wounded. Th^ law says that the four
men are guilty of murder and there is
no criticism on that point for their trial
has been fair and they have been found
guilty. They face the chair.
After reviewing this crime and the
penalty asked the News editor com
ments on another kind of killing as
follows:
“From this point, the Daily News is
disposed to move into the realm of au
tomobile deaths and the judicial hand
ling of those who are responsible for
them. Patently, there is no conspiracy
involved, nor is a highway death, oc
curring in what we choose to call an ac
cident, which may after all be a misno
mer, on the same footing as a murder.
But a fatal crash is equally serious in
that it no less takes a life, a man at the
wheel of an automobile is handling just
as powerful a weapon as, more so than,
the individual bel'nd the.trigger of a
gun; and the toll which he takes, in
the aggregate, is far more staggering
than the murder rate. But that is going
astray; a person who participates in a
bank robbery is responsible for what
ever happens, any killing which occurs
therein, while an individual who gets
under a steering wheel, speeds, drives
recklessly, takes too many drinks or
otherwise violates the law and kills
some one while so doing is ruled to be
an involuntary slayer, finds his offend
ing reduced to a misdemeanor and en
joys lenient police court treatment a-
long with chicken thieves and crap
shooters.
“The comparison, with its many
points of difference, may be far-fetch
ed; but no more so than the legalists
themselves frequently offer in their
day-by-day interpretation and applica
tion of the statutes.”
Sunday School Lesson
Bv REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
THK CHRISTLW A.S TE.AC’HER
Lesson for December 9th. Matt. 7:24-29.
Golden Text; 2 Timothy 2:15.
The church, more than in the past, now
recognizes that religion is not simply some
thing to be believed or experienced. It is also
a body of truth to be taught. This is why we
revere Jesus as Teacher, and call His follow
ers, in harmony with the New Testament, di
sciples or learners.
It is to be regretted that the church has
failed to fulfil its teaching function. The first
reason for this failure is sectarianism, with
its heated controversies between sects. The
second cause is the church’s dependence upon
revivals. Since the Reformation Its history
has been largely a succession of remarkable
evangelistic awakenings, with periods of arid
depression in between. A third factor in this
forgetfulness of the educational ideal is an un
enlightened ministry. The majc rity of our
ministers have not had a full college and sem
inary training, and are therefore not truly cul
tivated.
But we are happily entering a new era.
Roused from her lethargy, the church is re
penting of her mistakes, and is now fully alive
to the vital necessity of educating her con
stituency. It is a stupendous task, for two out
of three of our Protestant children and youth
receive no formal religious instruction.
Undoubtedly a place must be found for re
ligious instruction in our public schools, for
the burden cannot be borne alone by the Sun
day schools, with their poor equipment, un
trained teachers, and inadequate time. But the
responsibility of the home is central. Parents
should read the Bible regularly with their chil
dren, and talk with them simply and frankly
concerning the meaning of the Christian faith,
and the grandeur of the Christian society.
Most fathers and mothers are grossly negli
gent. Let us labor for the day vhen every
child will be reached for Christ both by con
secrated parents and trained teachers.
If France and England are drifting apart,
what will the channel swimmers do?—Omaha
Wiorld-Herald.
Some people are born mute then others get
elected vice president of the United States.—
Greensboro (Ga.) Herald-Journal.
Upton Sinclair is a strict vegetarian, but
spinach doesn't seem to have helped him as
it does our Mr. Popeye.—Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
It is reported that the remaining public
enemies are clamoring for the employment of
Frank Buck to replace Melvin H. Purvis as
chief of the department of Justice agents.—
Atlanta Constitution. . .
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Rik«rd of Geoi^ W. Sale jn Wur
Between £e States b Revk
Mr. -Georgs W. Sale, who for
a namber of years waa*
mapider at Camp Kokee off #rapped ia blaakets and eorered
Wilkes Valley' Quanta, Confedi^
ate' Veterins,'^enlisted la *.iSe
Confederate army in September,
.1881 and be^me an orderly
sergeant in Company F, c 87th
Regiment, North Carolina Ihfan-
trir. Jlr. Salehs first Captain was
W. M. Barber, of Wllkeaboro—
he was killed In- battle, another
captain was W. A. Redding who
was killed also—his last captain
was T. B. Petty, son of Col.' Pet
ty. Mr. Sale considered C. C. Lee,
Colonel of the 87th Regiment
one of the best men he ever
knew, as well as a good officer.
In relating his war experiences a
short time before his death in
1930, ,Mr. Sale said “the first
battle I was in was at New
Berne, and BUI Carmichael was
killed. Then the 37th-Regiment
went to Virginia and threw up
breast-works along the Potomac.^
I was in all the important bat
tles of the war up to the time I
was captured. I came home to
Wilkes, once in 1862 for some
of our men who had deserted.
They were scattered over the
country and not all were found.
I waded the Potomac five times.
I marched to Maryland and back
twice and then went to Gettys
burg, but was taken prisoner by
the Yankees and did not come
back that way. 1 was in prison
at Point Lookout from August,
1863, until March 10, 1866.’’
In the same prison with Mr.
Sale was an Alexander county
man. Jay Gwaltney, who later
became a preacher, anj is re
membered by many for his work
in that capaefiy. Some lof Mr.
Sale’s other friends during the
war were Capt. John T. Forester.
Bill Mastin, Doctor Lawson Har-
rill, Capt. Company 1, 56th Regi
ment, Capt. A. H. Martin, and
Sergeant James F. Mastin, of
Company G, 54tb Regiment. Mr.
Sale said he saw Generals Lee
and Jackson every few days, he
said, “I was within a few hun
dred yards of Jackson when be
was shot at Chancellorsvllle. If
it hadn’t been dark I would have
seen him fall.” Quite often we
wonder what our reaction would
be if we had to suffer the priva
tions that the Southerners did in
^Os. Would w« h»To' - the
Stamina to sloop on the iroand
with snoV;. like the Confederate
aadtef-did'l Mr. Bale said that
often he was so hungry that be
would eat bis days ratios all at
one time as soon as it wae girsn
to him. falling hack from
Pennsylvania,' I marched three
days and nights without any
thing'to eat or drink. At anoth
er time, when I fonntl a mouse
baked in my "pea meal cracker, 1
just threw ont the mouse and
continued eating the cracker.*’
While he was in prijoU he heard
of several confederate soldiers
who swore allegiance ' to. the
Union, jdhied the Northern army
and were taken ont of 'prison.
“I have never held It agalnsi
those men.- Some of them were
as green as a gourd and would
have died in a few more days in
prison. But for my part, before
I would have Joined the Yankee
army and turned my gun a-
gainst the South, I would have
been right there at Point Look
out now.'*
He also said “the war was the
most wicked and cruel event in
which I ever bad a part.’’ He was
ever a lover of peace, and he was
always loyal to the Confederate
cause, its memories and heroes.
Among the war relics owned by
Mr. Sale, he prized a little Testa
ment in which he said he found
comfort from Manassas to Get
tysburg. Also he had in his po-
session a knife, fork and spoon
On one handle which he took
from a havesack of a Federal
soldier at Manassas Junction.
Another interesting relic is the
portfolio which he captured from
a Yankee following Jackson’s
brilliant victory at Harpers Per
ry." We have proof to the fact
that Mr. Sale was a very good
shot for we are told that while
out hunting at the age of 91, he
shot and killed a rabbit. He was
a man of fine physique and alert
mind, with a friendly spirit to
ward those with whom he came
in contact.
It is through the kindness of
his daughters. Misses Mattie and
Armisa Sale, that we have these
facts about the war record of
.Mr. Sale.
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Big Subsistence Homestead
Plan To Extend Five Years
Is Now Under Consideration
Government Program Calls
For Expenditure of Over
Billion DoHars
Washington, Nov. 27.—An un
precedentedly large subsistence
homestead program, calling for
federal spending 0 f between
1500,000,000 and ?1,500,000,-
000 over the next five years, was
reported under serious consider
ation today as part of a new
public works program.
The proposal would furnish
opportunity to Secretary Ickes to
carry out his government-financ
ed bousing idea. The PWA chief's
recent exposition of a federal
low-cost housing plan brought
so strong an objection from
James A. Moffett, bousing ad
ministrator, that AVhite House
intervention was necessitated.
At that time, however, Ickes did
not mention the homestead plan
as what he bad in mind.
May Spend Big* Sum
Reports of the subsistence
homestead plan were heard co
incidentally on Capitol Hill and
in the executive section of Wash
ington. In one government quart
er it was said that a billion and
a half development was under
consideration.
Representative Fulmer, Dem
ocrat, South Carolina, said he
had beard of a proposal to spend
1100,000,000 a year for five
years in this work. He said he
believed it would receive hear
ty congressional approval.
Meanwhile, Ickes’ already ope
rative subsistence homestead or
ganization was disclosed to be
selling homes to families in the
low Income class at 3 per cent
interest, giving them 30 years in
wfajch to pay.
The present efforts of Housing
Administrator Moffet to encour
age home building with private
funds are based upon govern
ment insured 6 per cent mort
gages. He had . declared tbnt
Ickes’ previously' expanded plan
would wreck the national hous
ing act.
Fairplains Baptist
Church Is Scene Of_
Revival Meeting
Doughton li Ready
To Study Taxation
Ways And Means CSudrauui Ar
rives^ At Capital to Begin
Woric With Commltt««
A two-weeks revival meeting
is now in progress at Fairplains
Baptist church. The meeting be
gan on November 25 and will
continue through this week.
Many conversions have resulted
in the services, which are held
at 11:30 a. m. and seven in the
evening.
Rev. A. E. Whtts, the pastor,
Washington, Dec. 4.—Repre
sentative Doughton arrived here
today and will Join a special
committee of the ways and
means committee, of which he is
chairman, in a study of tax mat
ters. Mr. Doughton said there
will be no Increase In taxes, un
less it should become “absolute
ly necessary’’ to provide addi
tional revenue for the treasury.
Mr. Doughton said be would
confer with President Roose
velt and Secretary of the Treas
ury Morgenthau shortly to get
their views as to what they
thought will be needed to run
the federal machinery during the
next fiscal year, and then his
committee would shape its pro
gram accordingly.
Mr. Doughton will be here
until the week before Christmas
In connection with his work with
the special committee on tax
ation, and other routine depart
mental work connected with his
office.
Asked as to his position on
the cash payment of the bonus,
Mr. Doughton said he would
like to see a plan worked out
for paying the veterans, especial
ly to the needy ones.
Wilkesboro’a First C*Sa
Games Coming This Week
Wiilkesboro high school bas
ketball teams will begin the
county title race on Friday aft
ernoon, 2:30, when the boys and
girls meet the teams from Fer
guson High School on Wilkes-
boro’s court.
Two hundred 4-H club boys
and 20 club girls have filed rec
ords of their year’s work with
the county and home agents ofl
Stanly county.
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To Begin Revival At
Mountain View Church
is doing the preaching and is as
sisted in the song and worship
services by Rev. H. A. Bullls.
Two new 4-H clubs have been
organized in Union county re
cently by County Agent Tom
Broome.
A series of revival services
will begin at Mountain View
Baptist church Sunday evening,
seven o’clock, with Rev. H. A.
Bullis in charge. The meeting
will continue for 10 days or
more. The public has a cordial
invitation to attend.
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