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Editor ? 1908-1938
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IJ ill The I autidutitiit lit Dent r<t? I'll?
Visitors to New York and there are many of
them these days, marvel at the great material
achievements bound up in the fair and city
They tell you about the wonders existing in Ra
dio City, how the vast network is interwoven
into a trunk line for throwing the voice into
hundreds of thousands of homes. They are im
pressed with the top and never think about the
foundation; the foundation that is buildod upon
the lowly millions who support the activities
at the top.
Let the awe-stricken visitor close his eyes,
and turn his thoughts to the slum areas, the mil!
sections, the poverty stricken and eroded farms
all over the nation and he will be puzzled to
understand how our great material develop
ments are able to stand up lie will then won
der why there continues a concerted drive to
lower the wage scale. Increase the rents and.,
beat down farm prices
The casual visitor at Radio City might not
think so. but the countless building stones would
fall and crumble into one big pile if the receiv
ing sets were caught off The radio broadcasts
and does little receiving, but if the manipula
tors of men and wealth succeed in their drive
to such more blood from tin- masses, the great
radio stations will then receive news that will
jar them into a lasting silence
Many of our material developments are due
to fall and crumble just because they are based
on poverty and want. No one wants to see them
fall, and no one can deny those at the top in
industry whether they be steel magnate or ty
coon a just return for their visions and thoughts.
But it does seem possible the top and bottom
could be linked together with a common bond
of understanding that t' e top may not crum
ble and tin- bottom perish from the earth
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\ecd For In Antocialivn
The great need for a local merchants' associa
tion presented itself last week-end when a pro
posal was advanced for the observance of a dou
ble holiday yesterday and today. Whatever ac
tion the business operators took is beside the
point here, for, after all, it is the business of
the merchant as to whether he will close one
day. IWo days or not at all. Hut the haphazard
method employed when it comes to determin
mg a holiday 01 the length of a holiday causes
confusion, and possibly results in some tempor
ary damage to the business house.
If the merchants were to form themselves
into an organization and determine holiday
schedules and decide other problems in a busi
ness-like manner and then announce their de
cisions as unanimous it is honestly believed
that the results would be more readily accept
ed and reflect a better judgment on the part of
business itself.
Plans for a chamber of commerce are still
pending, and it is possible for merchants to
cooperate with the proposed agency, help pro
mote its organization and decide their problems
around such an organization conference table
and not let it be aired before the public.
1
Should Be Enforced
?tmin irnniM.
Reports from registers of deeds in North Car
olina indicate that the new marriage law has
reduced issuance of licenses to wed by more
than fifty per cent. In fact they are complain
ing about it, because in the course of a year,
money contributed from this source helps to
pay for the wear and tear of the government
machinery.
These officials figure that many couples are
marrying outside of the State and are failing
to file the required certificates upon their re
turn. Particularly is this the case in the bor
der countries.
The loss of revenue involved is not the chief
concern: defeating the purpose back of the
law?the safeguarding of the public health?
however is a serious matter.
The new marriage law was enacted primar
ily to aid in the fight against venereal diseases.
If it is drastic it is because there was need that
it should be. The objective justifies the caution
and Inconvenience and even the extra cost in
volved. For couples that cannot bear the ex
tra expense had better not wed; those not suf
ficiently interested in the future health of their
offspring to indulge this inconvenience can
hardly be regarded as desirable citizens; and
certainly those whose knowledge of their own
afflicting prompts them to avoid the health
tests are nothing short of criminals and should
be regarded as such.
If there is no decrease in marriages, only
fewer of them performed as the law requires,
then you have a flouting of the law that is om
inous; if marriages have actually been curtail
ed by anything like fift;. per cent, then woe
be unto us. human nature being what it is.
This situation resolves itself into something
that those who are charged wit!i the responsi
bility of law enforcement should be concern
ed about. The law specifically requires that
parties to out-of-state, marriages must submit
to the required i xamination upon their return.
It should be somebody's business to find them
and see that this law is complied with We have
had other marriage laws that should have been
enforced but were not. By all means give this
one a chance to prove its merit by observance
and enforcement and not let it die because of
official indifference.
The Constitution Survives 4 ft (tin
St. Louis Cost Dispatch
The Chicago Daily Tribune has celebrated
the close of the Supreme'Court term with a long
and serious editorial entitled, "The Constitution
Is Dead." "In a real sense," says Colonel McCor
mick's paper, "we are no longer ruled by the
Constitution The reality is that the Constitu?
tion as we have known it and as it has existed
for 150 years, is dead."
Dead. Croaked Kirked the bucket. Ausges
pielt!
There it is ojj tfie word of the Trib. But is it
'?hews? Hardly. Turn the calendar back to 1828.
Chief Justice Marshall is speaking: "Should
Jackson be elected, I shall look upon constitu
tional government as virtually dissolved."
Come down to 1826. Jackson is President and
he lias appointed Taney to succeed Marshall.
Grieves Daniel Webster: "Judge Story thinks
0:e Supreme Court is gone and I think m ten"
And Chancellor' Kent joins in the dirge Says
this great shaper of American law, "I have lost
my commence and hopes m the constitutional
guardians' ~> and protection of the Supreme
Court."
Wh i Taney neared the end of ins service
in .mother generation, he saw the Constitution
dying another death at the hands of the Lin
coln appointees He hoped he wrote, "to lin
ger along to the next term," but "very differ
ent that court will be from the court as 1 have
heretofore known it. Nor do I see any ground
for hope that it w,iJ1 ever again be restored to
the authority and rank which the Constitution
intended to confer upon it."
Countless laments at the Constitution's pass
ing down through the years might be cited. We
call up but one more. It is the day the gold
clause cases are being decided. Chief Justice
Hughes has spoken for the majority. The dis
sent is having its innings. "It is not too much
to say," cries Justice McReynokls, "that the
Constitution is gone."
It has been killed off a good many times, the
Constitution has. But it always comes up stand
ing. 11 the Trib still has doubts, we suggest it
ask I Am Not the Law Hague of Jersey City.
There Art? Other Debt*
Elkin Tribune.
If you aro among those who cannot see any
thing to commend in President Roosevelt's pro
gram, maybe you'll agree that his wife some
times gets off on the right foot. In her simple,
direct way she often points out something
worthy of the thought and consideration even
of our statesmen.
The other day in Washington Mrs. Roosevelt
told a Worker's Alliance conference that she
is more concerned with social than with mone
tary debts affecting the nation's future, and
urged a more intelligent use of the ballot to
guide in such mutters.
"There are some people who are talking about
the piling up of debts our grandchildren must
pay," she said. "I know other ways also in which
we are piling up debts that our grandchildren
must pay?underfed children."
We take it that Mrs. Roosevelt referred to
"underfed children" merely as a symbol of all
those responsibilities that we have been tak
ing as a matter of course,-and not to be shoul
dered; making it possible for everyone to earn
his keep and in all segments of American life,
proper educational facilities; decent health con
ditions; adequate care for the mental delin
quent?all of which we have merely been mak
ing a stab at relieving, and all of which even
now represent national deficits more important
than the dollars we are all grumbling about.
Much of the spending for these things has
been profligate and without studied purpose.
Saturated with politics, in many instances it
has failed in its objective. Yet these are debts
that are cumulative and some day will have to
be paid?with interest?just as our monetary
obligations must be met at the expense of all of
us.
We think Mrs. Roosevelt has something there
It is hard to believe the noble game of base
ball is only, 100 years old. There are umpires
who haven't been right for longer than that.
The charm of vegetable stew is that you put
in whatever you've got and get a nice surprise
when you taste it.?Winchester Star.
[ HINTS FOR
HOMEMAKERS I
By Mrs. EUNICE FIGG, Home
Service Director, Virginia Electric
And rower Company
PICKLES AND JUICES TO
BE CANNED
Watermelon Rind Pickles
Cut oft all the green and pink part
of watermelon, then cut the white
rind into small cubes, about 1 inch
size. Let stand in salt water over
night Drain, cover with hot water
andcooiT until tender. Drain, to each
cup o! vinegar, add 2 cups brown
sugar and about 1-2 t?P whole
cloves. Bring to the boil, add water
melon rind and bring to the **>''
again, fill jars with the pickle, add
a few pieces of stick cinnamon and
cover with the hot vinegar. Seal.
Bread and Butter Pickles
8 cups thinly sliced cucumber
2 cups sliced onions
2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 tsp. white mustard seed
2 tsp. celery seed
1 -2 tsp. tumeric
3 pieces 1 inch cinnamon
2 tbsp. salt
2 cups cider vinegar
Combine cucumber and onions
Sprinkle generously with salt. L?t
stand for one hour. Dram. Put in
sauce pan with vinegar and sugar,
mustard seed, celery seed, tumeric
^rnd-cnmaiiium tmd sirnmci?2t# min
utes Boiling makes pickles soft. A
few lumps of alum may be added
if a crisp pickle is desired.
Pepper Relish
15 Hed Sweet Bell peppers
15 green peppers
15 medium size onions
Kun through lood chopper. Boil
ten minutes in enough water to cov
er Sprinkle 3 tbsp. of salt and let
stand a lew hours. Drain. Add 1 qt
! vinegar , I tbsp celery and 2 1-2 cups
sugar. Cook about 20 minutes and
seal.
Chow Chow Pickles
1 qt. chopped cucumbers
*1 qt. green tomatoes
1 qt. onions (small or cut)
1 medium cauliflower
1 large bunch celery
1 lb. snap beans
ITTiell peppers
Let stand for one hour in 1-2 cup
salt and water to cover Drain.
10 tbsp. dry mustard
2 tbsp. tumeric
3 cups sugar
1 cCip flour
2 qts. vinegar
Cook until thick, mix with vine
gur, and cook 15 minutes. ?Boil).
Grape Juice
To 3 cups graps add 1 cup water. |
Cook soft and strain To 3 cups of
juice add 1 cup sugar. Bring to boil, i
heal in steril jars.
Tomato Juice
Wash, scald to peel, cut in sections.
Simmer until soft. Strain. Boil about
5 minutes and seal.
Strawberry Acid
Six lbs. of berries. Sprinkle on
them 2 1-2 ounces of tartaric acid.
Then add 2 quarts of water. Let stand
Demonstrate Netc
Farm Tractor
Detroit ? The mechanized farm
ing unit which Henry Ford asserts
will revolutionize agriculture" gnd
"make the horse and other draft ani
mals economically obsolete" was
brought out for its first public dem
onstration recently.
|t was shown in the process of
construction on an assembly line set
up in the famous "B" plant at Ford's
River Rouge factory, where submar
ine chasers were bpiR during the
World War, and in actio non the acres
adjoining the Ford home in subur
ban Dcai burn.?
Ford invited news writers, rep
resentatives of farm magazines and
agricultural experts to witness and
participate in the demonstration.
The motor manufacturer describ
ed the new tractor and its related
implements .the invention of Harry
G. Ferguson, an Irish engineer, as
in economical, fool-proof and prac
tically automatic unit of mechanized
arm equipment that "will displace
the horse on the farm just as the au
tomobile displaced him on the road."
It will, Ford reiterated, shorten the
work day of the average farmer,
nake farm work more attractive and
bus bring about a "much needed re
urn to the land "
A new age of mechanized farm
mg, Ford saict_^"could have a must
important economic effect, if adopt
ed on a world-wide scale, of reliev
ing the pressure of 'land hungry' na
tions for greater shares of the earth's
surface."
Ford, ardent exponent of the phi
losophy, that there is a use for ev
erything grown in the soil?"even
weeds"?added that "a widespread
application of mechanized farming
would concentrate the mind of peo
ple upon productivity and do away
with fundamental threats to world
peace."
The new tractor, a four-wheeled
vehicle, has many revolutionary fea
tures, including an hydraulic mech
anism that keeps the implement au
tomatically at any desired depth re
gardless of the irregularities of the
land surface, and a principle of auto
matic weight shifting that mukos it
impossible to up-end the tractor
should the plow point become wedg
i*d under tree roots, rocks or other
obstructions.
Of unusually light weight, the trac
tor operates on three forward speeds
and a reverse, the speed being reg
ulated by a small hand throttle. The
tractor has a device for braking sep
arately the huge, cleated, rubber
tired rear wheels. Thus, turning in
a .small space is possible. The plow,
h.urow, spreader or other imple
ment coupled to the tractor can be
lowered from the driver's seat.
48 hours. Then drip from a bag To
the juice add 1 1-2 pounds of sugar
to each pound of juice, stir well.
When sugar is dissolved put in good
bottles corked. To serve, fill glass
with crushed ice and pour strawber
ry acid over ice.
Settles Old Debts
From His Pension
Man tec ? The board of commis
sioners of Dare County were much
pleased the other day to set a letter
from a citizen in this county, thank
ing them for the county's help in
setting him an old age pension This
citizen, who always was a public
rpirited man, who helped his com
munity and who paid his debts, but
who, in his older years, got in hard
luck while trying to make a living
from his fishing, was much distress
ed over being behind in his taxes.
He did not feel right about taking
tax without squaring his own obli
gations. Here is what he wrote:
"1 wish to express my thanks and
appreciation to the county commis
sioners through and by Mr. A. J.
Daniels, Chairman of the board for
the Old Age Assistance check which
I have been receiving. By no fault
of mine, but through hard luck at
fishing, I had gotten behind in my
taxes. So when 1 began getting the
Old Age Assistance check, I at once
started making regular monthly pay
ments on them with it. Up to this
date | am very near caught up on all
my taxes. It has been a great pleas
ure and benefit to me to get my taxes
paid up this mqch as well as some
other small bills I have used it on.
"Now again, I wish to thank one
and all who had a part in getting my
name on the list to receive the ?)ld
"Age Assistance Check. I assure you
it has been a pleasure to me to re
ceive it, and } will greatly appreciate
anything you can do for me in the
future."
Things To Watch
For In The Future
Leg cosmetic, ? new liquid prep
aration to make stockingless legs
look more attractive during the sum
mer. Sales slogan is "Pour yoursell
a pair of stockings" . . . The Trike, a
tricycle propelled with a chain drive
like a bicycle ... A new wood fin
ish. which requires only one coat in
stead of the three used in present
finishing methods. It is expected to
cut time for finishing furniture from
20 hours to five hours or less. . . . A
parcel post egg box made wholly of
paper, yet able to stand a compress
ive load Of 5,000 pounds, according
to Designer Frank Watson, Baltimore
packaging engineer. The box has
double thickness at top, bottom and
sides, holds four dozen eggs ... A
new concoction which produces bub
bles in bath water.
Attending Chevrolet Convention
Mr. John Henry Edwards is at
tending a Chevrolet convention at
Wrightsville Beach for a few days.
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having this day qualified as exec
utrix of the estate of M. D. Ayers,
deceased, late of Martin County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
estate to exhibit same for payment
on or before the 2nd day of June,
1940. or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persona in
persons having claims against said
debted to said estate will please
come forward and make Immediate
payment.
This the 2nd day of June, 1939.
MRS. ANNIE AYERS,
Executrix of the estate of
june6-6t M. P. Ayers, Deceased
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Our bank is conducted to give efficient,
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