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Toor Months .60
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MONDAY, SEPT. 6, 1988
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The Communist Menace
The Congressional Committee headed
by Representative Martin Dies of Tex
as, which is charged with “investigating
nuAiQ^rican activities,” has been furn
ishing a lot of sensational headlines in
which great numbers of individuals-and
organizations are accused of collabor
ating in underground activities designed
to turn the American government over
to the Communists or the Fascists or ad
vocates of some other form of govern
ment different from our own.
A great deal of the stuff which gets
into print about such subversive move
ments seems pretty silly. There are on
ly two ways in which our government
can be overthrown. One is by force of
arms, the other by the voice of the peo
ple. Some European and many Latin-
American governments have been over
thrown by force. To do that, the oppo
sition must first get control of the army
and the navy. Nothing has been
brought out at the Dies committee hear
ings or hinted at elsewhere to suggest
that the armed forces of the United
States harbor any such seeds of revolu
tion as those of Russia and Germany did.
As to votes, there is nothing in Am
erican law to prevent the Communist
party from putting its candidates into
the political race, or to prevent anyone
from voting for them. For years there
has been a Communist ticket on the of
ficial ballots of most of the states.
We do not believe that the American
people are io danger of surrendering
their fundamental rights voluntarily,
and we see no immediate likelihood of
those rights being taken from them by
force. The danger is that their elected
representatives in Congress may be led
into acquiescing in too many well-inten
tioned strivings for social justice which
in the long run hold the possibility of
curtailing individual rights.
A Hazardous Road
This newspaper does not believe in
spending highway money to make mag
nificent thoroughfares where present
roads are sufficient and while large
populated areas do not have an all-
weather road, but it is apparent that
something must be done soon toward
revision of highway 421 from this city
to Millers Creek, because of the im
portance for interstate and distance
travel.
When Wilkes county issued bonds and
constructed that road with concrete—
heavily reinforced with steel—it was
the pride of this section.
Today it is out of date and its multi
tudinous curves not properly elevated,
and its narrow pavement constitute a
road hazard noticed by all travelers.
As far as local use is concerned the
road is sufficient, alv-hough hazardous.
But highway 421 is one of the state s
main arteries of travel and is the link
connecting a great part of th/..ate with
parts of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky
and the mid-west. It is also the route
of the Tenne-Sea trail through this sec
tion.
It may be possible that a part of the
PWA and state fund for elimination of
road hazards as proposed by Governor
Hoey can be used on the highway from
this city to Millers .Creek, or federal aid
money from some other source may be
secured. The need for revision of the
road is more than a local problem.
Fire Takes 7,500 Lives
/ This year, if past precent holds, some
people will be cremated in burn-
^^g buildings. Six thousand more will
die as the results of bums and scalds,
i?" When an airplane crashes and a doz-
people bum to death, the news
a international headlines and the
-ifiiSrli eallow to the fact that our an-
«r than ^ to8 Se hm
playe§ canyte^ to llanifaiEi
perfionfi each. P >
« Practicallyi ftvary ope of those
aads ^ lire deaths could
veate^i Djie'to
uKs, chilcbten are' among 4^ prUu^Sl
sufferers. Un^oteeted stovea, matches
left afeput, steam an^ hot^aterrrfil®?®
the major causes of death and suffering
among the very young. Death takas no
holiday when those things, which may
cause fires and scalds are 'within reach
of a child’s untaught, exploring fingers.
. EJqually dangerous, particularly in the
case of adults, is the practice of starting
stoves^ and furnaces with kerosene, gas
oline or other inflammable liquids. You
may get away with it a thousand times.
But the thousandth and first time may
mean a job for the undertaker—with
you and possibly others as the objects
atf interest.
Next time you read of a spectacular
disaster, reflect that something equally
horrible can occur in your home. Think
of this b.efore you stir up a balky fire
with kerosene. Think of it again when
children are about. It is easy to pre
vent a fire—but it is impossible to ever
make up for the consequences of a fire
that takes a life.
Serving Purpose
. Fairs—county, community and state
—were conceived with the aim in view
of encouraging production of better
products.
Many so-called fairs have strayed
from sight of the original goal and are
operated for profit, offering only amuse
ments and calculated to entice hard-
earned dollars from pocketbooks.
The move of the directors of the
Northwestern Fair to offer $2,000 in
prizes at the fair here this year was
wholly commendable and the way peo
ple have been making arrangements to
compete for the premiums indicates that
the people appreciate the offer of liber
al premiums and are going to support
the fair with an abundance of exhibits.
The exhibit hall should reflect credit
on the county, its farmers, orchardists
and home makers. We would like to
be able to tell people in other places
that Wilkes people produce the finest
products and that we have seen them
on display at the fair.
No doubt the placing on exhibit of ex
cellent specimens, v/hether it be a high
ly prized cow or just an ear of corn, of
fers encouragement to others to produce
better products.
Markets are becoming more discrim
inating every day. Products are being
sold by grades and the time is rapidly
approaching when the producer of low
grade products will not realize cost of
production, and profits for such produc
tion will be something of the past.
Do not become so excited over the
next world that you lose interest in the
things that happen here.
Some men think “good wife”
“hard worker” are synonymous.
and
Borrowed Comment
HAIL AND FAREWELL
(New York Tiroes)
The wind haults round to the north
west, and it turns cooler and stops rain
ing for a while. Real breakers are rid
ing in on the ordinary quiet beach.
Mother says the children mustn’t be al
lowed to go out so far, on account of the
undertow. Father says they’re too old
to be coddled—didn’t they pass the su
per-porpoise tests?
Out ^ the Sopnd the spray is coming
thick over the bows of the knockabouts.
The summer sunburns.have changed in-
;o sunbrows, permanent in appearance,
Dut, like the rose, too soon to fade. Down
trails in the Rockies and the Sierras, the
Green, the White and the Adirondack
mountains, riders and walkers move on
their final excursions. On the Great
Lakes and all the little lakes canoes
glide, sails belly and outboard motors
sing their mechanistis songs—^there is
now a touch of pathos in these things.
Campers on the tall hills and in the
North Woods huddle in their blankets,
and the busy mosquito thinks of his long
home. The summer romance reaches its
quick height, but it will wilter, as a rule.
Shorts are packed away, and it’s time to
get Willie and Jennie back to school.
Why couldn’t vacation last forever?
Must we go back to our decks? Vaca-
t.on, thinks mother bitterly! Try keep
ing ^his cotUge in order and see if it’s’
like vacation. The.bathing suits come
oj(^« .line for the last time."
IBDDT ,
-- ■nie other day the sunrlTore ot
“RooeevelfB Roufii Rldara” jKath«
ered ^ ar YBd
east end of Long Island, to '^1!^
brate the 40th ahniyernsiT of
the retnni of famons reft-
ment, the First U. S> Velunteor
Cavalry, from the SjHuUth-Ainert-
can war. The event tobk ny mMi'
ory back to "Teddy'’ RbosereU
and his remarkable personality
and career, and the political his
tory which he made..
Wihen Col. Roosevelt landed at
Montaug at the bead of his troops
he had the Republican nomina
tion for Governor of New York
"in the bag.’’ He little dreamed
that in three years he would be
President of the United States. I
was with him throughout his
camr’aign and during his term as
Governor. He got In by the skin
of his teeth. It was not a Repub
lican year in New York. If the
Democrats had had political sense
enough to nominate a war hero
to oppose ■“Teddy” they would
have beaten him. As It was, he
scraned through by a bare 18,000
plurality.
Teddy Roosevelt made enemies
ot all the machine politicians, but
how the common people of his
time idolized him! No President
before or since ever had such a
hold on the public imagination,
except perhaps his fifth cousin,
Franklin.
REF'ORMRR showman
The people loved Teddy Roose
velt because he was by tempera
ment a hater of oppression and
in all his public life an apostle ot
political reform. The politicians
of his own party hated him be
cause he was a reformer.
As a young member of the leg
islature he fought the bosses and
put ’hrough the first tenement-
house reform bill. He was a con
summate showman, and could
dramatize himself and the causes
he .advocated in a way which ap
pealed to the public heart. He
took orders from nobody and
was the boss of whatever job he
was in. IT. S. Civil Service Com
missioner, New York City Police
Commissioner and Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy “Teddy" stole
the show and made people like it-
When the p.arty bosses dis
covered that they couldn’t give
orders to the young man they had
made Governor of New York they
tried to “kick him upstairs’’ by
getting him nominated for Vice
President in 1900. He was elect
ed with McKinley and took office
March 4, 1901. Three month.s
later President McKinley had
been murdered and Theodore
Roosevelt was President of the
United States.
RICHES Interest
W'lat made “Teddy’s’’ career so
interesting to me is that, al
though he was the wealthiest
man r/ho ever occupied the White
House, his interest and sympa
thies were all on the side of the
common people. Rich men mostly
hated him, called him a “traitor
to his class.’’
When "Teddv” first ventured
into politics at 23, as a candidate
for the legislature, his friends
and family protested. “You’ll
have to rub elbows with crooks,
bartenders and all sorts of dis
reputable characters ’’ they told
him. “If that’s so, then they are
the governing class,’’ he replied,
‘and I intend to belong to that
class.”
So sickly as a boy that his fam
ily feared he would never live to
grow up: his eyesight so im'-
paried that lie had to have con
stant attention from oculists.
Teddy Roosevelt built himself
Into an athlete by sheer strength
of will. Of all the men I have
ever known, I think of none who
had such indomitable courage
and .such persistence in the face
of opposition.
COURAGE boldnees
I had many opportunities to
observe Theodore Roosevelt’s
courage ?n standing up for what
he believed to be the right, no
matter how strong the political
pressure to do something else
might be. He was never a com
promiser for the sake of expedi
ency. He went ahead and did
what he thought ought to he
done, regardless of political con
sequences.
I once heard him say that his
conception of the authority of
the President was that he could
do anything which the Constitu
tion did not prohibit him from
dolfig, whereas his predecessors
ha the view that the President’s
powers were limited to what the
Constitution specifically permit
ted him to do.
It wag that quality of boldness
and aggressiveness which made
Teddy” the most pt^olar Chief
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Paste, Jelly Stock
Can Be Made Easy
A solution for the housewife
who doesn’t like to make gp'ape
paste or jelly in hot weather, or
who finds it isn’t convenient when
the grapes are ripening, is of
fered by Mrs. Cornelia C. Mor
ris, extension economist in food
conservation at State College.
Stock can be made when the
grapes are picked and then kept
in storage until the housewife is
ready to prepare her paste and
jelly, she pointed out.
Paste stock is made from the
pulp left after grape juice has
been pressed out. Cook the puli>6
slowly in a large dish pan until
the seeds begin to separate from
the pulp. Stir with a wooden
spoon, as the pulps scorch easily.
Remove the pan from the stove
and pour the pulp through a col
ander or potato ricer to remove
the seeds. Pour the hot pulp in
to hot, sterilized jars and process
in a hot water canner for 30 min
utes at boiling temperature. Re
move jars from the canner, com
plete the seal and store until
ready for making paste.
Paste is best made in small
quantities. Two cupfuls of pulp
and one of sugar may be cooked in
a ilarge flat-bottomed dish pan.
Stir constantly with a wooden
spoon until the mass will hold its
shape. It should have the con
sistency of fudge. Pour on a
platter or marble slab to cool.
Then cut into one inch squares
and roll in granulated sugar. It
may be packed in wooden boxes
when dry.
For jelly stock, take eight
pounds of grapes, one-half under
ripe, and one quart of water.
Crush grapes and boil in water
for 20 minutes. Strain juice thru
cheese cloth, then pour it thru a
flannel bag. Store in a cool place
until it is used in making jelly.
While the stock stands, the
cream of tartar /crystals slowly
settle to the bottom, and this re
duces to a minimum the chystal-
lization in the joiHy. To make
jelly, lest juice with alcohol and
add the required amount of sugar
usually one-half to three-fourts as
much sugar as juice. Cook to 223
degrees F. or until the jelly sheets
from sides of the spoon. Pour
into hot sterile glasses and seal.
est which he opposed.
HIS'rORY Influence
“Teddy’’ made world history
by one exploit which he under
took on his own responsibility.
'That was the building of the Pan
ama Canal. For the adequate pro
tection of both coasts of the
United States the canal was es
sential, to move the fleet from
the Atlantic to the Pacific with
out a 3,000-mile detour around
Cape Hoin. Without any author
ity but his own high h^ind,,h,e en
couraged the State of Panama, to
secede from the Republic of Co
lumbia, set up its own Indepen
dent nation, and grant a concee-
Sion, for the canal to the United
States.
0 n r government later paid
$25 000,000 to Columbia as balm
for our hasty! recogntUon of the
new Republic of Panama, bi|t we
had the canal.
It seems difficult to realize
that It is only forty years slue*
"Teddy” came back froe»;ttie war
in
MORE COLOR
COTTONSEED GRADING
All alfalfa and red clover seed
imported into the United States
under green coloring regulations
are to be colored 5 per cent green
instead of 1 per cent as former-
Cottonseed produced and mar
keted in North Carolina this year
will, for the first time, be sampled
and graded under supervision of
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ly, the Division of Seed Investiga-1 ture, according to J. A. Shanklin,
tions of the U. S. Department of I extension cotton specialist at the
Agp-iculture has ruled. ^ State College.
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Economy-Plus
—That’s Me!”
Soy> REDDY
Although Reddy Kilowott wos not born in Scotlond, the
Scotch hove nothing on him when it comes to sovlng
money and being thrifty in the home. Intelligent ond
progressive housewives ore not only relieving themselves
of household and kitchen drudgery ond making their
homes heolthier and happier, but they ore octuolly ond
substantially reducing their household budgets through
the wise use of Reddy Kilowatt in their household duties.
Take the two all important matter* of cooking and
refrigeration lor inatance. With all of its advan
tage* of coolness, convenience, the saving of time
and labor, and other advantages, electric cookery
costs no more than the old fashioned waya. And
elactric refrigeration, with all iti advantages over
ordinary refrigeration, actually costs less—much less!
MAKI RfDDY KILOWATT TOUR SiRVANTI