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JOt ^■nal-PabM m POLiTica;^ «n4 Thvrsdafs «t tiicirlk WifttlK»o> N. C. ~i. CAXm tcai JULIUS a aUBBASD V PsUidMn - ’ V SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year — |1.50 SBx M«ntlu 76 Feur Menths 60 Oat of the State $2.00 per Year Bntered at the poet office at North Wilkea* kora, N. C., as secood class matter tmder Act of March 4, 1879. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939 Pay For Teachers Teachers this week received some good news in that they were to get consideration ftom the group who sets their salaries. , Teaching is one of the hardest profes- «'pns and teachers deserve all the consid eration they can get. As for financial remuneration, almost any good workman can do better else where. Their jobs lasts only eight months in the year except for the fortunate few who are able to land jobs where the school term lasts for nine months. Teachers must spend more for clothing than an ordinary workman and they must continually strive to keep up with the times along educational lines. That calls ifor additional study, summer schools, magazines and membership in various or ganizations. All those things cost money. Teachers are targets for those who are %eeking donations and contributions of various kinds. They are in such a position that they cannot afford to refuse many of the requests. The yearly salary of the average Ijeach- er is low. The chances for advancement in the field of teaching are limited. These facts account for so many good teachers leaving the profession for more lucrative jobs. The influence of a good teacher lasts long in the lives of students. There are many, no doubt, who would leave tjhe teaching profession but for the fact that they conscientiously believe that it is their pijofession and that by following it they are doing something beneficial for the coming generation. Elducational authorities should not only try to pay the teachers all that is practi cal but they should make efforts to protect the teachers from so many items of ex pense in order that they might have some thing left after living expenses and costs incident to the profession are paid. Silliness Personified The way many people are climbing all over themselves to try to make themselves ■ appear important before the King and ■Queen of England on their visit to the United States no doubt causes the Royalty to grin behind their ears. The Shelby Daily Star sums the situa tion up in the following manner and the summary is adaptable to almost any com munity : “King Geforge and his queen, of Eng land, will arrive in America at the height of the silly season and their visit here i.^ expected to send silliness in America to all time peaks. “Already the well known American characteristic, worship of royalty and n ) ‘ bility, is asserting itself in the silly antie.s of those tha| go in for that sort of thing. And it is surprising the number of good Americans who do go in for form and ceremony. “For example the rector of the church where the king and queen will worship while visiting President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt at their Hyde Park home, already i. besieged for requests for pew reservations. That must irk the good rec iter mightily for he knows that perhaps many of those who are now straining to go to church June 11 ordinarily pay little at- , tention to church services and attend, if at all, irregularly. “Then in Washington tjjere is a bitter contest on for the right to attend recep tions honoring the visiting British rulers. Persons high in the official family of the government are vying with each other in 'the matter of where they shall be placed - and what they shall do when the king and ' ^een arrive. “It-is all so utterly silly. All of it must "be ntteriy boring to the king and queen. **B«t it is but a demonstration ojf the '1.1 ijrfrit iknt ta found iiT evety citF» W hiitttet; to tbrtond, and ttelby ' jjftoit Hie Sttttade ot eateitog Jto otiiers to a rid^ulooa degree;^ order wtipi!0ve one^ aOclal’^position isjabout as! p^valent to Shelby itt it of s^kr sise. AH^towna are^lito. All towns have these ^limbm ami always will heve ironic, “Such a spirit is basW on selfishness. Instead of seek^ to make newjpomerSi rixangens risitors> fesl at home, fe^ wel come, feel* free to help in the building of the communify, that climber spirit is baaed solely on dotog aorndtiiing for someone^Iie in order to gain some personal social' a3 vantage or benefit. “The silly people who are falling^'all over themselves on the occasion of the vis it of the British rulers, and make them selves ridiculous at the same timer—are but exaggerated examples of the social climb er spirit that is found to an unfortunate degree in every town in America.” Personally, we believe that the king and queen would enjoy their visit to this country more and would gain a more fav orable impression if there were less for mality and sham in the greetings of the people and if Americans acted their nat ural part of free bom citizens who believe that they are just as good as anybody, or maybe a little bit better than some. The silliness of the situation is fbest shown by the fact that when two senators decide they will be informal and wear white, comfortable, clothes instead of cut away coats and striped pants in the pres ence of the king, their decision got into the headlines. A WORTHWHILE MOVEMENT (Reidsville Review) Rev. J. H. Armbrust and his oiommittee assistants are going right ahead with the ambitious program of city playgrounds in Reidsville. This in spite of the fact that funds are mighty, mighty low. But these deserving men are satiu'ated with the abiding faith that gets results. Some of the communities’ philanthropic (not necessarily wealthy) souls might profit by coming to their aid. Years hence the children of today will no doubt bless those who "come across” in this present time of need. This prayground project is certainly a worthwhile movement. Marvelous good has already been accomplished. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CH>JRLES E. DUNN Paul Solves Church Problems Lesson for June 11: 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 Golden Text: Philippians 1:27 Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is a document of the utmost value. In the first place, it contains one of the most precious passages he ever wrote, chapter 13, the wonderful hymn to love. Secondly, it deals directly with two of the most significant happenings in the gospel record, the Last Supper and the Resurrection. Again, it unfolds some of the apostle’s deepest, most profound and mature reflection on theological questions. But it is also of the highest practical sig nificance for it illustrates so well how the ethical teaching of the gospel is to be un derstood and applied. Finally, it is our principal source for the study of early Christian institutions and customs. With all of this varied wealth we are not surprised to find the epistle highly miscel laneous in its contents. The Christians at Corinfih placed before Paul a number of their problems, and he tries to solve them one by one without any attempt at logical arrangement. For example, there were party divi sions; there was a distressing case of gross immortality; there were lawsuits; and Hhore was the perennial difficulty concern ing marriage and divorce, a.*; well as other perplexing questions. Not all that Paul said is valid for today. In some of his comments be is distinctly uld-fashioned, and therefore his remarks are of historical rather than of permanent interest. But in the early chapters, fromwhich our lesson text is taken, where he grapples with the problem of party strife, he lay.s down a principle of universal force, name ly, that all sectarian divisions must be transcended by a common loyalty to Christ. , If the great-hearted apostle were now alive, he would be among the first to give his blessing tjo the recent merger, at Kan sas City, of the northern and southern Methodist Chiurhes and the Methodist Protestant Chareh, the largest reuoicto to the history of Christendom. W&kt a glori-. ous falfilhnent of Mends at Corintli« **For %e ar# log«(|u» witit Gbd”l.. . mKjr .. railt .ITOMIIl ^2 ; Sfe— THten the first coSonlsU. New. Soslaad toj^lorio the iwitural re«onree« qf World, they tonnd tbo aMe thlBS for esoort was baover skina. Thera war® plenty of beay- vn, they'' were otey to csteh, and thMr fare brought hlfh prlcee in England, for the beaver fnr turn ed out to be the very beet ’’ fur from vrhlch to mako felt bate. A good beaver hat would last a lifetime or longer. It would shed water and was much lighter than hats made of rabbit or cheaper furs. I haven’t been able to find out when or by whom the shape of the hats worn by Englishmen was changed from the peaked crown to the flat-topped hat with out-curved sides, hut it wm some time In the 1700’s. Then a Frenchman, In 1760 Invented the silk hat, which Is no good at all as a hat except for show. It spoils In the rain and It’s a lot heavier than a good felt hat. But by the early 1800’s every body who had the price • was wearing silk hats. No politician’s outfit Is complete without a silk hat. Every "stuffed shirt” wears one. There are more milk hats sold in Washington than any oth er place In America. • • « WIMON dignity Shortly after Woodrow Wilson had become Governor of New Jersey I was talking with him a- bout the troubles of being a Gov ernor. He said that he had been notified by the head of the New Jersey National Guard that one of hl9 duties was to review the state militia, riding a horse and wearing a silk hat. There’s no position I look worse In than on horseback," Mr. Wilson complained, "and no kind of headgear 1 despise as I do a silk hat. I tried to get the Adju tant General to let me review the troops riding a bicycle and wear ing an old soft hat I’ve had for ten years, but he said tt>at would not he dignified enough.” By the turn of the wheel of fate, Woodrow Wilson became President, and bad to pose and he photographed wearing a silk hat oftener than any President before or since. He never was really happy In the stiff, uncomfortable topper. He stuck to his old, brown soft bat, however, whenever he could get away from public view and wear something really comfort able. • • • eR'";8n)KNTS pomp I have known, or at least met in the White House, every Presi dent in the past sixty-odd years, beginning with President Hayes. Most of them cared very little for the pomp and circumstance of their official position, and pre ferred to wear old clothes and old hats when not on display. The two best-dressed Presi dents In my time were Arthur and Harding. President Arthur took great pride In being well- dressed. He was a very handsome man, and knew how to wear good clothes properly. War.en Harding always spent a lot of money on clothes, ever since I first knew him, when he was a small-town editor In Ohio. He also wore his clothes well. The first thing he did after being elected President was to give an order to his tailor for thirty new suite. President McKinley told me, soon after he came to the White House, that to him the greatest satisfaction he got out of his new job was being able to afford a pair of suspenders for every pair of trousers. "I’ve never owned more than one pair of suspenders at once,” he said. • Ot>BFOBT awanclpatioii Most of US ordinary Americans, unless we have to dress In stiff, formal clothes for special occas ions, wear much more comfort able attire than we used to. We men haven’t yet got onr Suikiner clothing down to the few onncee which the ladlee wear, hut we don’t wear eneh heavy clothes or s« many of them as our fathers did. Men in the South dress for hot weather more sensibly than those in the North, though It can and does get as hot in July and Au gust in New England as In Tex as. Most of ns wear ready-made clothes, and I suppose there isn’t as much profit for the makers and dealers In cotton goods as In the wool they still try to clothe ns in in Summer. We men hate, ho'^ever, aohiev- ^ a^eonslderahJ^i^f^ o.f;Mi»n- „ , . KloiTtir tot ito iM«t ianua .19UA8Hcii}tm (ioaservktioti jnfotran ' km detiraM niidk tte prevMm tf-tte UW^AgHtattml CoMsnto»> Pregram ^icret ofcrppisnd, thti pSymeA (bat CM to - 2^ Acres I. Am Fluecira tobitooou. Burley tutoooo. Cotton___ Fhtatou. Peannta. Caamcrdal vegetables. Other sofl-dtpletihg acreage. To«e «nlUUfl»*iiiy ThHotowiW MiHiuildinf practices have been agreed upon as being I on the farm, and when carried out wtofl^earrie aiMdhittnclIei AmiM tatvewMi ♦ The meximuni pnment may be earned by planting within the acreage allounents and by carrying out loil-building practioet to meet the aou-bnUding goal. If aay acreage allotment ia exceeded, or if the soil-building god ianot met, the payment wti be dscremed. If tbe acreage planted to wheat, ootton, poutoea, or commercial vagetablee is k» than 60 percent of die acreage aDotment, tbe maximum rayment will be degeaaed, tbat is, the payment wi'U then be com- psted on an acreage equal to 125 percent of the planted aoeege rather than on the acreage alwtment. Tbe pmpoac of thia farm it to help tto farmer arrange bit farming opmtiont in order that he may cooperate fuBy ia the 1939 pnigram. la awiiag diil form, the operator indicatci bia mtentioo to participate in the program. Dan Holler, Wilkes county agent, is calling attention of all Wilkea county farmers to |ho feet that they are required to sign a blank like the one given above before June IS^if they au-e to receive a payment for compliamce with the Government’s farm pro- grama this year. Those who have already signed may disregard this request but those who have not signed sue asked to caII at the office of the county agent and sign before June IS. occasions. We still wear too many folds of cloth around our necks in hot weather, but give us time. We may yet be as tree as the girls. * * • PAJAM.4S nighl''*hirtfi I don’t know what proportion of American men stick to the old- fashioned nightshirt; probably more than one would imagine if he tried to buy one in a store. Pajamas are a very modern inno- TODAY AND TOMOBBOW—2— vation for sleeping wear In this country. I never saw or even heard of them until I was In my thirties. Paj.-ima* which are nronounced "pyamas” In the Hindu tongue whence we get the name, origi nated in the hot lands of India, where two simple cotton gar ments, tied in the middle with a string, are about all that anyone can stand, even for drese-up. The English administrators of the Indian government adopted pajamas as semi-formal loui^e clothes for strictly "stag” affairs In the hot Indian nights. They came to America "from England. I don’t know why any man should prefer pajamas to the more comfortable long night shirt, cotton in summer, cotton- flannel or wool In winter. I su spect that a very high percentage of American men feel the way I do; uncomfortable In bed with a string tied around the middle. I suspect, in fact, that many men still stick to nlghtshirto. ■NHM $1.11 POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES •1.00 to *3.95 ^ ALARM CLOCKS n.00 to «2.9S LOOK FOR ON THE DIAL DOG GETS MEDAL AS SCHOOL ENDS Durham, June 1—JigtrS’ a mon- grey canine, dahned the apotlight today as B. K- Fewa junior high acdiool here passed oat awards for the year. Jigga, pet of Mary Pal mer ^kee, eljrhth grradp pupil, presantpd a ^^certificate ’ for perfect school attendaime for eight yeai. and another for ,“A-plus conduct” daring the school .term just clpstiK* , JiggB has not missed a suiri*. day front school for eight years and his cemdutt. haa always been perfact' adwmF wtlriala aaid. to toe totoi feed aaare afcd ■ smAsb h easy lo pa* omay, sMy tm rsaaki more conataat «eld f«s> hea ler feU prMeelion.' Tea eave tfaae, eihat, MNy. to hAikhM, yaa asjoy every Other fiae iidWtoMlM fiMMrel Como to-rooe hi ysaHhYSsr i^pu^aot Hutto wakhAoto, N. e ^
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