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The BicyclitU Attain The bicyclists are i idirig again, ignoring all the rules of safety and flirting with death it self Last Friday evening, cyclists joined the parade to a fire near the river, weaving 111 and out of traffic after a dangerous fashion and causing one to come to the conclusion that the Jimmy Mitchell and other similar but less ser ious cases had been in vain, that reckless youth and quite a few grown-ups. too. will risk their lives in a dashing parade to a lire When the superior court in this county re cently gave the bicyclist the right-of-way over fire-fighting equipment and firemen, that court did not guarantee his safety Only parents can work to guarantee safety for their children on bicycles during a fire; they must tejich them to withdraw from the race and seek safety be side then wheels on the sidewalks or at some other point out of the line of traffic. Seven boys, some carrying passengers on the crossbar, followed the fire-fighting equip ment to the fire near the river last Friday eve ning. As far as it can be learned not a single warning was issued against the dangerous prac tice. but if one boy, just one. had been injured, the publicTmd~thr courts could be, in the light of past events, expected to raise up and chal lenge the right of volunteer firemen to even go to a fire It is true that a fireman or no other person should drive unduly fast 111 going to a fire. It is also true that general traffic is denied by law the right to travel within one block of fire-fighting equipment while a call is being answered Observe the movement of traffic including cyclists during the next fire and note the fla grant violations of the law and the disregard for safet\ Iii tin? Same of the Lean Fortunate In the name of the less fortunate, a drive will be launched again to cheer the souls of the needy little tots in this community at Christ mas time. Plans for the cheer movement have not been definitely formulated, but several whose opportunity it has been in years past To : evaluate its merits and spirit of good will and cheer among the less fortunate are agreed that the work must be carried on again this Christ- i mas season . ? If our people would get the most out of the season, let them voluntarily enter into the movement. It isn't how much one gives to the ; cause, but the extent to which he enters into -the movement that counts. Pack up that little toV or article that holds so much potential pleas ure for some unfortunate tot and deliver it in person to the cheer headquarters. Dig up the buried talents and put them to use in a cause that binds evei closer the spirit of humanity among all classes and creeds. Practice A* Well An Preach Our great trouble with the world today is that everyone is preaching from housetops, tell ing others how to live, how to eat, how to grow fat or lean as the case may be, how to drive safely, how to keep peace, how to run the coun try and how the other guy should run his own business. After the preaching is done, we gen erally practice as we please There's the club member who talks to the group about beautification and then walks across the lawn and who never thinks to teach the children to be thoughtful of others and protect the property of others. No one seems to teach the children that it is wrong to take ad vantage of another or to wreck the property of others. We turn to the welfare agency to look after the wayward. We turn to the safety division to teach our children safety. We de pend too much on the school to educate the youth. We turn to the other fellow when a dif ficult task is to be done. But we can preach and shout about how things should be done The truth of the matter is that we are all too busy preaching to find time to practice those things in which youth might find an ex ample fit to follow. There's the automobile driver who criticises others who spaed by the children, but who never thinks about others. If we are to throw a greater safety around our children, we must stop depending upon the other fellow to do all the safety work; we must practice the rules of safety ourselves. We have got to recognize our own faults and not think as a motorist on a local street thought a few days ago while backing an automobile away from the curb The driver backed into a vehicle that was passing on the other side of the street and declared to police, "the other driver ran right into me." There's the person who criticises another for patronizing the out-of-town merchant, but who will turn and spend extra money to buy out of town. We somehow or other feel that it is the obligation of others to keep the ole town running while we reserve for ourselves the right to do as we please, to criticise it and deny it a legitimate support. We have reached that point where we deem it an inherent right to dictate to others, but to resent constructive suggestions from others and to even think it our right to take reprisal and damaging action against those who would even question our motives. We wonder why there is so much turmoil in the world today Well, one doesn't have to go out of town to see the foundation for much of the trouble Aitlin/i I nionium John L Lewis has been charged with creat ing labor troubles We hold no score for Lew is, but it must be admitted that he has done much for "buried" coal miners in this country. He may have led coal miners, but the real cause for unions and labor organizations is found in a little story- about Philip Francis Murray ap pearing recently in the Philadelphia Record. Telling how coal mine operators stole from their workers and how the helpless were held ill.bondage^ the story dates back years ago. It reads, in part: "Short-changed by a weightmas ter, Murray licked him with his fists. Six hun dred miners struck to back him up, but they lost The deputies ran Murray out of town and into trade unionism as a career." It is reasonable to believe that Murray would not be at the head of the Congress of Industrial Organization today had he received a fair deal at the hands of that weightmaster. Possibly thousands upon thousands of union members would he in open shops in every trade and in dustry today had they not been forced into or ganizations to protect themselves and maintain just, human rights against the unscrupulous, the lords of industry who have stepped to empty fame and fortune upon the -sweat and labor of helpless humanity. The unions are not perfect, but the trouble brewed by such organizations is to be accepted lather than the slave conditions created and maintained by ruthless and inhuman employ ers and sweatshop operators. Revirinft Faith in Democracy Berlie Ledger-Advance. The Superior court judges of North Carolina are currently demonstrating that a Superior court judgeship is one of the most important public offices in this great commonwealth when conscientiously and aggressively filled. And, vastly more important, the Superior court judges are demonstrating that self-gov ernment is entirely workable at a time when the democracies of the world are undergoing an ordeal by fire. By their leadership and direction North Car olina's Superior court judges are instilling a new respect for their own form of government in the minds of the rank and lile who comprise a democracy. Working with grand juries and solicitors the judges are rapidly putting an end to one of the most brazen, wholesale violations of law ever seen in North Carolina?the slot machine racket. In addition the judges are pointing out to grand juries the wholesale law violation of literally thousands of otherwise good citizens who annually do not list their polls and personal property for taxation. To the Superior court judges of North Car olina go our warmest congratulations on the good beginning of a good job and an earnest wish that their enthusiasm in good govern ment be sustained so that the rank and file will continue to respect the democratic institutions of our government. Doc Anklam used to say: I always figger it's good to have money and all the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while to make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy. Sincerity of purpose is not a sufficient ex cuse for dumb intelligence that works havoc when it occupies high position.?Salem Times Register. Doc Anklam used to say The sermons you hear always seem to fit somebody else to a T. Doc Anklam used to say: Lots of fellas figure they ought to have high wages on their first job, 'cause it's much harder work when you don't know anything about it. Doc Anklam used to say: There's nothin' will make a man look quite so foolish as a hat store mirror. A news item says Moscow residents avei age one bath In eighteen months. Things Ilk this are what attract young boys to Commur ism?Louisville Courier-Journal. God and Man In the Bible By KEY JOHN HARDY Church Of The Advent December I u universal Bible * under Ra purpose is tn eoeour a