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Tuesday. July .'iff. IV141.
It Did Happen Herv
It has been said that in this a supposedly civ
ilized community with Us ministers of the gos
pel. its extensive law-enforcement agencies and
welfare setups that no one need starve. Possi
bly no one need starve, but an old colored wo
man was found starving to death in her home
here a few days ago. Day after day the victim
of a cruel husband and a thoughtless people
lay helpless in her bed. starvation creeping
ever closer as a coordination of public sentiment
and power of police and welfare forces failed
of action to correct a horrid wrong.
Attempts were made to relieve the victim,
but those efforts were stalled by an impudent
Negro. Possibly all was done that could have
been done, but it is a reflection on society and
laws of the land when one who would deliber
ately starve a human being to death is not re
quired to answer for such a dastardly act. Even
dumb beasts have the protection of the law, but
in this case a human being was for weeks de
serted to the cruelties of an inhuman husband,
society and its tax-supported agencies aceom
plishing little or nothing in relieving the snf
fering of the old colored woman
The vet y fac! that one human would sluivv?1
aiiuthei is bad 111 ltsell, but the most serious
charge is to be answered by society for allow
ing such a thing to happen.
M lio Drafted Koonevelt?
Republicans and enemies of Roosevelt are
now declaring that he pulled the wires which
resulted in the election of delegates committed
to a third term, that he continues blood-thirsty
for power
Possibly Mr. Roosevelt wanted to be re-nom
inated; we don't believe he did. But if he_ did
and even if all the tilings he is charged with
are true, the common people are satisfied. They
are satisfied because they wanted him rn-imm.
inated. Long before the third-term question
was pushed to the front, the masses expressed
the wisli that Mr. Roosevelt would run again.
And this being true 111 a democratic country
then what can be so wrong about running Mr
Roosevelt for a third term?
it lias been the custom 111 years gone for
the people to meet m the precincts, counties
and states and instruct delegates to the con
ventions. The delegates, acting to satisfy the
people back home, maneuvered their vntnc at
ter the first ballot at the direction of the poli
tical bosses Much wool was pulled over the
delegates at the Republican convention in Phil
adelphia last month when a high-powered trust
swamped the delegates with telegrams and
brought about the nomination of Mr. Willkie
Last week it was a different story at the Dem
ocratic convention in Chicago The wishes of"
the common people were upheld They were
not sidetracked as they had been so many times
in past years.
While there are those who will harp 011 the
third term as a major issue in the campaign
now getting underway, the very fact that
Roosevelt was Tenominated for a third term
demonstrates the workings of a true democracy,
and when there is true democracy there is still
hope for the future in this fair land of ours.
Unfortunate
It ii> unfortunate that the Republicans chose
Wendell L. Willkie for their Presidential nom
inee when feeling is running so high against
Germany. Mr. Willkie, while of direct (Serman
descent, is a true American and the fact that
his father came to this country from Germany
should not be given a place in the Presidential
campaign now getting underway. Mr. Willkie
volunteered in the last war, and his record will
stand up as an American citizen. His nomina
tion is not to be connected with the German
problem even though his party has played the
part of hn innocent ally to Germany through
its isolationist theory.
The American people have other reasons for
voting against Willkie, the foremost of which
is4iis power record. If the Democrats can't lick
him on his business record, they will do well
to ignore his ancestral ties.
Good For A While Longer
Walther Funk, the German economist, would
render gold valueless in his plan to make Ger
many dictator of world trade. What Funk means
to say that Germany might be forced to ad
vance a new base for its currency, and his dec
laration leads one to. believe that Uncle Sam
has an ace in the hole, after all.
What Mr. Funk overlooked when he casual
ly declared" that gold was valueless is the hu
man love for the metal. We have placed gold
above honor; we have literally worshipped it,
and no man is going to destroy that love over
night It is reasonable to believe that while it
Tests unmolested in the hills of Kentucky gold
will be good for a while longer
A Strong Ticket
The Smithfield Herald.
The Democratic national ticket of Franklin
Roosevelt for president and Henry Wallace for
vice president is the strongest ticket the Dem
ocratic party could have put forward in this
year of 1940 ^
President Roosevelt stands head and shoul
ders above any ? >1 the liberal Democrats and
is the only representative of the New Deal
laritv enough to assure a Democratic victory
in November. Had the Democrats nominated
a conservative for president, it would have been
the equivalent of handing the presidency back
to the Republicans, who specialize in "stand
pat" conservatism and cannot be surpassed
when it comes to administering this kind of
government.
Secretary Wallace is perhaps the soundest
thinker, philosopher and practical administra
tor of all the New Deal leaders President Roose
velt has gathered about him in Washington.
While agriculture is his forte, he has a broad
concept of the functions of government in all
holds thai fully equips him for the presidency
should he ever be called upon to assume that
office For the Democrats at Chicago to have re
nominated Vice President Garner or named
some other conservative as a running mate for
President Roosevelt would have appeased very
few opponents of the New Deal and would have
seriously weakened the Democratic cause, the
strength of which lies in 100 per cent endorse
ment of President Roosevelt's record and con
tinued advocacy of measures designed to lift
the living standard of the average American
and those at or near the bottom of the econom
ic ladder.
I he anti-New Deal press charges that the
action of the Democrats in choosing President
Roosevelt for a third term and in naming the
Piesidems choice lor vice president represent
ed a flout of democracy. Such charges, while
easily understood, are misinterpretations of
what went on at Chicago.
The anti-New Deal papers played up reports
that while the convention voted practically 100
per cent for the Roosevelt third term, actually
a great many of the delegates supporting the
President were uncomfortable throughout their
stay at Chicago and suppressed their true
wishes under political duress applied by New
Deal politicians The papers also played up the
laet that boos and catcalls came from the con
vention floor when Secretary. Wallace was
nominated for vice president and when it was
mentioned that he was the choice of President
The anti-New
1940 convention was a farce, that it was vastly
different from Democratic conventions of the
past when the delegates were free to do as they
willed, that this year's convention was a slap
in the face of democracy
A great many of these charges are true. Many
of the delegates supporting Roosevelt were un
comfortable and they were voting against their
wishes. The Chicago convention was different
from conventions of past years^m that the dele
gates generally were not free to vote as they
willed. But those commentators and editorial
writers asserting that thp delegates were hog
tied while a few machine politicians rammed^
the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket down their throats
missed the point.
The delegates at Chicago were not free to
manipulate the convention as in the past be
cause the people back home in primaries and
conventions had instructed their representa
tives to vote for President Roosevelt for a third
term and there was an implied instruction that
the vice presidential candidate ought to be a
100 per cent New Dealer. Instead of the Dem
ocratic convention of 1940 being a slap in the
face of democracy, it represented the truest
expression of democracy that a Democratic or
Republican national convention perhaps has
ever shown.
The issue hi this year's national election is
not. whether- American shall break the myth
of the anti-third term tradition. The real issue
has been stated by no less a person than Wen
dell L. Willkie, the Republican nominee for
president, who declared during the course of
the Democratic convention that he hoped Pres
ident Roosevelt would be renominated because
the President was the foremost representative
of "the other side" of the question. The ques
tion is whether the Roosevelt New Deal pro
gram should be continued. Mr. Willkie says
that it should not. Mr. Roosevelt says that it
should. The people will have their seyso in
November.
Seaman Sam says the little girl who used
to want an all day sucker now wants one for
just one evening when she desires to go to a
swell dance or to see a new show.?U. S. Ten
Tar.
Uerchantt Turn To C otton
Cottcm merchants of the exchanges of Now Orleans, Dallas, Houston
and Memphis recently celebrated a special Cotton Day by ooming to
the floor in complete cotton outfits. In New Orleans exchange mem
bers endorsed the idea by giving a unanimous observance to Cotton Day.
Wearing cotton suits at the New Orleans Exchange are (left to right)
Henry Plauehe, secretary; Garner H. Tullis, president, and /no. N.
Stewart, vice-president.
Liquor Taxes Are
Highest lrt Nation
For several years the alcoholic
beverage industry has been among
the nation's leading industries in ;
total federal, state and local tax
payments Last year the industry |
paid more than a billion dollars in |
taxes, according to Schenley Distill- I
ers Corp. On July 1 there went into j
effect an increased federal tax of j
75 cents a gallon on distilled spir- j
its for national defense funds.
Trade observers point out that
with public sentiment so united in
favor of adequate national defense,
the government stands a better
chance of realizing the full antici
Farm People Should Cull
Out Their Poultry Flock
Edmund Aycock. assistant farm
t
agent in Johnston County, is telling
farm people to cull out all the non
layers from their poultry flocks and
to eat those hens which have quit
producing eggs when they want
chicken for dinner.
pated revenue from liquor taxes than
if the increase had been made for
general tax purposes. It is felt that
state governments will be less like
ly to add new taxes on liquor at this
time for fear that such action would
increase the cost to the consumer
to a point that would encourage illi
cit production of liquor and there
by reduce the revenue which the
federal government expects to col
lect for national defense.
l ake Chance On
Weather, Farmers
Weather conditions are sometimes
unfavorable for the (rowing of veg
etables in late summer and early fall
in many sections of tjie State, but
H R. Niswonger, Extension horti
culturist of N. C. State College, says
the odds in favor of good weather
for vegetable-growing are high en
ough for rural people to take a
"It is said, "he declared, that na
ture will contribute 90 per cent to
the growing of vegetables if you
will devote your energy to the bal
ance, or 10 per cent. If this is true,
then plant during the next six weeks
a few vegetables for an early fall
harvest."
Niswonger recommends that, for
Eastern North Carolina, cabbage
plants be set between now and Au
gust IS; beets and carrots should be
planted from August to 20; col lards
nips and turnip salad, in August;
and spinach, Swiss chard and toma
toes. in July and August,
and sweet corn. August 1 to 10; tur
For Western North Carolina, sow
lettuce seed in rows during August
and thin out 12 inches apart, and
sweet corn, kale. Swiss chard, toma
plant snap beans, carrots, collards,
toes and turnips.
ine extension special is l also rec
ommends that in making plans (or
a garden, it is wise to consider the
lowing small fruits: strawberries,
youngberries and raspberries. "Two
or three hundred strawberry plants
growing of one or more of the fol
and 25 each of Young or Boysenber
ry variety of dewberries and the red
raspberry will supply your family
with these home fruits," he says.
Niswonger reports that many farm
families have grow small fruits in
the home gardens for the first time
this year, and they are delighted
with the results.
Lenoir Report* The Be*t
Corn Crop In Many Years
What is probably the best corn
crop in many years is now growing
in Lenoir County, says Farm Agent
G. M. Swicegood, who also reports
that other crops are in excellent
condition.
Visiting in Hertford
Mrs Charles Godwin, Jr., is visit
ing relatives in Hertford this week.
Industrial Activity
[To Continue High
The other "good bet" is that busi
ness between now and fall ia going
to continue at present high levels.
The Federal Reserve Board reports
that the June index of industrial ac
tivity was 114 per cent of normal,
which shows that the "old nag" still
has some life left after all. On the
other hand, it's not likely that bus
iness will expand much beyond the
current point for the time being, ac
cording to an opinion expressed by
the Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics in Washington. This thought is
backed by private observers too. Ec
onomic Statistics, Inc., a New York
forecasting agency, for exampH,
holds that general business activity
is beginning to level off after a rise
of more than 20 per cent in la
three months.
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