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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13.1934
A nickel Isn’t supposed to be as good as a
dollar, but it goes to church more often.—
Oneida (N. Y.) Democrat Union.
“You cannot gather every rose,
Nor every pleasure claim,
Nor bask in every breeze that blows.
Nor play in every game.
So take what joy may come your way
And envy not your brothers;
Enjoy your share of fun each day.
And" leave the rest for others.”
New Relief Setup
If Mrs. Thomas O’Berry is some
thing nearly correct in her predictions
the new setup of relief organizations
in North Carolina is going to affect
economy in relief administration and
at the same time raise the standard of
efficiency.
When Mrs. O’Berry, who is state re
lief administrator, says that efficiency
will be affected by the consolidation of
offices she means that more time and
means will be available for investiga
tion of the cases on the relief lists—
receiving their sustenance principally
from the government.
This should result in purging the re
lief lists of quite a few unworthy sub
jects. There can be no doubt of the fact
that many are receiving relief who
are not worthy and yet at the same
time We cannot cite any definite cases
because we have not investigated them.
But we do know that the relief offi
cers would be superhuman if they had
not made some mistakes and we be
lieve that they have been making a
noble effort to accomplish the purpose
of relieving suffering.
The present administration mea.sures
it success by the number of decreasing
unemployed and it is true that every
body should have a chance to work and
earn a living. But in this nation in the
best of times there are thousands of
people who are not at work. Along
this line the Cleveland Star comments
as follow's:
Tho administration will have been success
ful beyond the criticism of the most acute
fault-finder if it can re-employ the 6,000.000
workers necessary to speed the national busi
ness wheels up to a normal pace.
To attempt to employ everybody would be
to attempt the impossible.
It has been in thi.s attempt that tho fWA
and PW'.A made their greatest mistakes. In
this attempt, they accepted for work and for
relief, hundreds of thousands of persons who
fall Into two classes permanent in the world
since it began: 1. Those who won't work, and
2. those who can't work.
In other words, the federal government
took on its shoulders the relief load that had
been, and should be. the burden of the com-
manity.
Neither threat of fire nor hope of Heaven
can wake class No. 1 .strike a lick of labor.
And no federal legislation can do anything
about the unemployables, who. through ill
ness, or other disability, are unable to work.
They should be the charges of their families,
if they have any capable of supporting them,
and failing that, of their communities.
But the larger truth that emerges from
any kind of reasoning on this subject is that
it isn’t good for the soul of a community to
be deprived of its responsibilities. It isn’t good
tor the people, the churches, the charitable
organizations, to forget that charity does be
gin at home and to insist on saddling a na
tional organization with their personal prob
lems.
We have had too much relief as it is. At
least a third of the persons on the relief rolls
could now support themselves if the flow of
federal funds were checked.
The Cleveland paper contends that
taking all the burden of relief from the
communities is bad for the morale of
•the people, not only those receiving
aid, but the more able class of resi
dents.
The new setup in relief administra
tion with an adequate number of case
workers can find out more of the char
acter of the persons wanting relief.
Perhaps they will check their employ
ment record and find from reliable
sources just how willing they have been
to work.
Wonderful Work
a Dr. R. T. Stimpsb# member of tiie
state board of health, In an address be
fore th# WiUtesboro^ Pare^T^her
^Association last week toWi:;^.bbliife>-the
average" length of life in North Carolina
. had been raised to 53 years.
Public health work has always been
a subject close to our hearts and it is
with much satisfaction that we learn of
some of the results of the health de
partment.
Not 80 many years ago snaallpox ivas
one of the most dreaded diseases in
flicted upon the human face. Today it
is practically extinct and there was but
one death in North Carolina last year
from smallpox. That death can be at
tributed to carelessness and neglect on
the part of the victim or the victim’s
family. There is no excuse for a death
from smallpox, typhoid or diphtheria.
It is in eliminating cases of these
three diseases that the health depart
ment was able to raise the average
length of life. Great strides were made
in the fight on tuberculosis and other
diseases but the work among children,
and more especially v/iccination, is the
greatest cause for longevity.
Vaccinations are given free and
health officers are maintained by the
taxpayers. In some counties the work
of the health department has been neg
lected but in each case the savings to
the taxpayers has been paid more than
doubly in sickness, suffering and death.
Under no circumstances should free
vaccinations for typhoid, smallpox and
diphtheria be taken away from the
people, who are already too derelict in
being vaccinated when immunization is
given for the asking.
Although we believe in strict econ
omy in government and slicing taxes
to the lowest practical figure, we still
believe that the idea can be carried .so
far that the economies affected will be
paid for dearly.
On Christmas Buying
We are now entering the most joyful
season of the year when people are be
ginning to feel the joy of the holiday
season. In connection with Christmas
people are thinking of buying and re
ceiving gifts.
Of course, the early shopper will
have the advantage of the last minute
buyers in that he or she will have more
time to make selections and for this
reason people are asked to shop early.
But it does not matter ■whether you
shop early or late there will be more
Christmas spirit to your buying if you
buy at home. Since Christmas is the
season of giving and receiving, giving
your trade to local people will enable
them to give an enlarged and better
service.
There is no better practice than buy
ing at home. You are buying from the
people you know and the people you
know can give you better service in
supplying your needs. Trips to larger
cities are costly and after all nothing is
saved on the price of merchandise. A
glance at the quotations in advertise
ments from large cities will show you
that North WTlkesboro firms are offer
ing the same merchandise at the same
price. Why not everybody work togeth
er for the common good of our city and
county?
Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
THR CHRI.STLW’ AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
Lesson tor December IG. 1 Cor. 1 1:23-34.
Golden Text; 1 Cor. 11:26.
Tbe Lord’s Supper is a pledge of loyalty. We
call it a .sacrament, a word derived from the
Latin “sacramentam” meaning an “oath taken
by newly enlisted soldiers.” The Holy Com
munion is such an oath. When one partici
pates in this feast of love he says in his heart;
“I am for Jesus. I dedicate myself, my all to
Him.’’ Thus the Lord's Table is tbe occasion
for ■! solemn rite of consecration.
Then, too, this holy meal Is an act of thanks
giving. It is sometimes called tbe Eucharist
which, in the original Greek, means “a giving
of thanks.’’ At the Lord’s Supper we express
our gratitude for Jesus and all He has done
and said. 'We reveal our appreciation for the
fullness of His beauty and the warmth of His
friendship.
The Communion is also a memorial. “This
do,” said Jesus, "in remembrance of Me.” We
remember the Master when we gather about
His Table. Especially, as our Golden Text re
minds UB, do we recollect His death on tbe
Cross. “Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for bis friends.”
Ten years ago two young Englishmen, Mellory
and Irvine, lost their lives In a heroic attempt
to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, the top of
the world. Nobly did they die, and golden is
their memory. For they "were lovely and
pleasant in their lives, and in their death they
were not divided.” But Jesus’ achievement is
still more magnificent. For He gave His life
not to capture a mountain, but that men
might forever know the meaning of goodness,
and thereafter live the kind of life God meant
them to live.
Finally, the Communion symbolizes fellow
ship. It represents the loving friendship of tho
members of a particular parish. But it betok
ens also the unity of all Christians in the Holy
Church Universal. 'Wliat a thrilling fellowship!
THE BUnJUNG
Wtshlngton, Dec. lO.i; (AUtili*
CMter)-^The Tmlde4t’> eQprta
to Iron Qttt the cUeh' . ai i- Hwa.1
honsing itfogretRs have resalted
in a temporary trace'^’Tietween
FHA Administrator Jim Moffett
and PWA Administrator Harold
lakes, but the whole matter is in
such a tangled mess that it 'is
beginning to look aa If some en
tirely new set-ap, to cover the
entire 'Governmental scheme of
stimulating buildingIndustry,
will bate to be devised. '''■
The' return to .the Presidential
councils of Frank C. Walker,
who was the original sponsor ot
the FHA plan to fndnee private
capital to put money into build
ing repairs and construction, by
guaranteeing investors against
loss, was followed by intimations
that perhaps the whole future
system of Federal stimulation of
business might be worked ont on
a similar plan.
Reason of Uncertainty
Soine of the President's clos
est advisers do not yet under
stand that tbe reason why credit
for business is not available from
the banks is not unwillingness of
the banks to lend but unwilling
ness of those who know how to
make profitable use ot money to
borrow, so Ipng as uncertainties
of Government policy obscure
the clear view ahead.
But the realization that this
is the case is gaining ground,
and consideration is being given
to measures which would amount
to a guarantee against loss to
any competent person who Is
willing to take business risks
with borrowed money, as well as
guaranteeing the lender against
loss.
That would tend, it is believ
ed, to enable men and corpor
ations of proved business ability
to go ahead with great enterpris
es, of which there are many “on
ice’’ waiting for the go-ahead
sign from Washington.
Any such program will have
to wait for Congressional action.
So will any such huge appropri
ation as Secretary Ickes wants
for home-building for the very
poor who are unable to finance
any part of the initial cost of a
residence or a subsistence home
stead. Congress will not meet
until January 3. It will take it a
week or two to get organized.
There is little likelihood of any
important major legislation get
ting through the new Congress
much before March. Therefore,
whatever plan is adopted to set
the unemployed building trade
workers at work in large num
bers can hardly get under way
until well along in the Spring.
Tile Relief Outlook
Meantime, Relief Administra
tor Harry Hopkins, who is en
thusiastically for the Ickes idea
of great public appropriations to
build new rural or semi-rural
communities and sell subsistence
tracts to the unemployed on no
down payment, while providing
work in new industries set up
in such communities by Federal
subsidy, is facing a hard Winter.
The number on the relief rolls
all over the nation is steadily
growing, and is expected to
reach five million heads of fam
ilies by the first of the year.
So far. Federal efforts to force
the 'states and localities to carry
a larger share of the burden have
not been very effective, but Mr.
Hopkins is hopeful that this can
be done, and that in a couple of
years or so the Federal govern-
-a«Bt will^^t direct .
to admfnlstor. lAl'' the ^
lutvo to Uke e«r« of
OB|y the BQftmployehle.
Totff cortoepoii^t cen stste
with contiddncethe PresL
ie hejurtUp-'lla atoord . vritlt
Ifr^HopkiiM. alto iri« Mr. Ickea
and Mr, Moftett. The PtHilppi
asi^ with all of those #hiiu
watntatB that^the hoBtoig >pto«
gram is the bitgeet item is ^
whol# recoVery plan, alnce hj^
far the greateat proportion oit
nnemp'ioyment ia In the huilding;
trades. He is inclined to be a
.trifle Impatient with Mr. Moffett
for not having got. his organita-
MODEL T FORD Sm>AN
tlon Working faster, but
BIG NEWS!
SPedal Low Prices On
SINGER SEWING
MACHINES
For Cash
D. M. WILES
Office at Cart W. Steele’s
JewHry Store,
NORTH WILKBSBORO, N. C.
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rotary of the Treasuir Morgen-
then takes a strong stand ia Mr:
Moffett’s behalf.
The one definite thing aboet
this, whole sltttatton seems to be
that the new Congress, as soon
as it is organised, will receive
from the Administration a broad
plan for 'eliminating all relief
payments which do not call for
actual, real, constructive and im
portant work.
liejgtolature Tiends
■Vice President Garner has re
turned to Washington and Is re
ported to be taking an active.
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I^jrmouth at
though under-cover, part in the
effort to make Representative
Sam Rayburn, of his own state ^
of Texas, Speaker of the ^ouse..
It Is no secret that the Admlnls-I
tration prefers Mr. Rayburn to
Representative Joe Byrnes of I
Tennessee, who is th® most ac
tive candidate for the Speaker-
ship.
Motor Service Store
Active lobbying is going on al
ready among the returning Sen
ators and members of Congress
for the immediate payment of
the 'Veterans Bonus, and there
are some signs that the Admin
istration may yield a point and
propose some compromise plan,
which would provide for an is
sue of new currency to take care
of this demand and remove the
matter from the public arena.
That would involve a moder
ate amount of currency inflation.
The extreme ihflatlonlsts are
withholding their program for
the present. Senator Elmer
Thomas, of Oklahoma, leader of
the Inflationist bloc, says they
will not make any new demands
unless they think further devalu
ation of the dollar, another in
crease in the price of silver, and
perhaps some printing-press mon
ey, are essential to speedy re
covery.
•More attention is likely to be
focussed on new tax measures.
There will probably be a strong
drive for a national general
■sales tax. No proposals for in
crease in income taxes are Hke-
WILEY BROOKS—PAUL BILLINGS ,,,
Ninth Street North Wilkesboro, N. ^
ly to bo made, however, by the
Administration, until after the
middle of March, when returns
for 1934 incomes are filed.
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Radiator Shc^
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For Every Member of the
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TOYS! TOYS!
Kiddies! We Want You To Visit Us and See AU
the Wonderful Things!
We’re proud of our beautiful and use
ful line of Christinas gifts this year.
And we’re proud of the fact that our
prices are so reasonable that the entire
Christmas list may be selected hne at
a minimum expense to our customers.
We have so many gifts it is impossible
to list them here. We ask that you
come in and see for yourself.
Everything that’s new in Toys are
on display. Fine, sturdily construct
ed wheel goods, mechanical toys,
games, books, balls . . . everything
the heart of a youngster could pos
sibly desire. And prices are so rea-
sonaUe. Mtdte it a p^t to visit our
Toy Department without delay.
Complete Stock of
CHRISTMAS CANDIES
United Variety Stores
Opposite Hotel Wilkes $ CENTS TO $5.00 North Wilkesboro, N. C.
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