Thursday, November 21, 1940
NEWS OF RONDA
Mr. nnrf Mrs. J. B. Bell and
VHRH patsy Ruth Myers visited
Mrs. R. E. Darnell and her little
granddaughter, Louise Smith, at
Benham Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. C. B. Hulcher spent the
week-end at her home to Wilkes
boro. She and Mr. Hulcher at
tended the Duke-Carolina game
at Chapel Hill on Saturday.
Rev. J. M. Wright was the din
ner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Mastto Sunday.
Mr. Gorman Johnson spent the
week-end at his home to North
Wilkesboro.
Miss T.unan Linney visited rel
atives at Wilkesboro over the
week-end.
Mr.' Ernest F. Edwards visited
his sister, Mrs. Walter Holland,
near Statesville, recently.
Mrs. William Booth spent last
week-end at her home to China
Grove.
The Ronda Road Garden club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Ethel Watts on Friday afternoon,
November 29.
We were glad to have Mrs.
John Harris and Misses Louise
Eury and Ruby Dockery with us
in Sunday school at the Meth
odist church Sunday morning.
Friends of Mr. M. C. Jones will
be glad to learn that he was able
to return home from Wilkes hos
pital to North Wilkesboro Sunday
afternoon, and he seems to be
getting along very nicely He suf
fered a heart attack and was
rushed to the hospital last Friday
night.
Rev. J. M. Wright, of Union
Grove, filled his regular appoint
ments at Ronda Baptist church
Sunday at 11 ajn. and 7 p.m.
The school here is progressing
nicely considering the crowded
condition of the school. More
than six hundred boys and girls
have already enrolled —and still
DR. J. R. JOHNSON
announces opening of his offices next to the Eagle
Furniture Co., this city, for the purpose of prac
tising medicine.
Office Phone 330 Res. Hotel Elkin
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Miss Jennie Harris was a week
end visitor in the home of her
father, Mr. Ed Harris, at Wilkes
boro.
The Ronda Road Sewing club
met to the home of Mrs. W. E.
Sale on Wednesday afternoon of
last week. Five members were
present. Delicious refreshments
wofe served by the hostess at the
close of the meeting.
Mrs. Harvey Church has re
turned from a week's visit with
her sisters, Mrs. Walter Holland
and Mrs. John H. Rickert, and
friends in and near Statesville.
While there Mrs. Church attend
ed the unveiling and presentation
of a marker commemorating the
site of Fort Dobbs by the Society
of Daughters of Colonial Wars of
North Carolina. She also attend
ed a tea given by the Fort Dobbs
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution at the home
of Mrs. L. P. Henkle to States
ville.
Please remember that Rev.
Dwight B. Mullis, of Jonesville,
will preach at Ronda Methodist
church next Sunday at 11 ajn.
and you are cordially invited to
be present.
ALL IS FORGIVEN
Judge—This lady says you
tried to speak to her at the sta
tion.
Salesman—lt was a mistake. I
was looking for my friend's sis
ter whom I had never seen be
fore, but who had been described
to me as a handsome blonde with
classic features, fine complexion,
perfect figure, beautifully dressed,
and—
Witness—l don't care to prose
cute the gentleman. Anyone
might make the same mistake.
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WE ARE STILL FARMERS
Until we Americans learn ,to
stop selling the farmer short,
there is no other hope than that
of even greater insecurity than
we have today.
Should we ■
have the courage
to face the fact,
however, there is
a grand and glo
rious future |
ahead for the
American people.
It took a little
more than a yes
generation to get into the mess
we are to at the present. It will
take about the same time to get
out. The question is whether or
not the American people have the
courage to try. Twenty-five to
thirty years seem a long time, yet
the years pass quickly if we are
all busy.
The first thing that must be
understood by everyone is that
our problem is a fundamental
one. Jt has two parts: First, for
a generation we have put indus
trial efficiency above human val
ues. The result has been the de
struction of the security and well
being of our people. Second, we
have forgotten to our mad race
for industrial efficiency that
America is still primarily an agri
cultural nation.
Our policy for the past genera
tion has been that of taxing agri
culture for the benefit of indus
try. Year after year, the Ameri
can farmer has sacrificed one
third of his income to the cause
of industry. Today his taxes are
increasing in order that greater
relief and social protection be
provided to the cities. Legislators,
politicians and the like have used
every special privilege they could
think of to develop industry at
the expense of agriculture.
Doesn't it seem silly to tax our
biggest investment for the benefit
of a smaller one? Based on mon
ey value, one-third of all the
property used to produce goods is
invested to agriculture. This is a
greater investment than we have
to all the manufacturing plants
in the nation combined. If for
estry and timber products, which
come from rural communities, are
included with agriculture, the
combined total represents more
than half the investment devoted
by this country to producing the
things which the American peo
ple consume.
Our industrial spree not only
worked a hardship on farmers,
but it has also taught some of
them bad habits. It was termed
"the application of technology to
agricultures." The result was
cash crop commercial farming,
which usually meant a one-crop
system such as corn, for example.
As in industry, everything went
fine as long as there was an ade
quate market. Suddenly this mar
ket disappeared. That created
surpluses. Heavy fixed invest
ments in agricultural machinery
and over-valued real estate soon
brought havoc to the cash crop
farmer. Finally, so many farms
were being lost by foreclosure
that the situation changed from
an economic to a social problem.
The result was a surge of plans
to relieve the agricultural crisis.
The remedy, like most brought
forth under such conditions of
crisis in a given part of the coun
try, was proposed on the basis of
the needs of the farm group yell
ing the loudest rather than on
fundamentals, or the best interest
of agriculture as a whole.
The fundamental problem is
not surplus, not soil depletion, not
farm tenancy. These are only
symptoms which will disappear
when a cure is effected.
The real difficulty with agri
culture is that the American peo
ple and their government have
overlooked the fact that the ec
onomic policies of our nation
must be based upon agriculture,
because we are still an agricul
tural nation. All other economic
activity should be treated as sec
ondary to agriculture and should
be geared to a sound agricultural
economy.
A generation of progress in this
direction will bring permanent
national security.
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SIX MARRIAGE PERMITS
ARE ISSUED AT DOBSON
Six marriage license have been
issued by the register of deeds at
Dobson during the past week.
Those obtaining license were: Fred
Hinson to Miss Essie Hayes, both
of State Road; Connie Denny,
Pilot Mountain, to Miss Lola Ven
able, Mount Airy; Frank Cave to
Miss Noami Cave, both of Dobson;
Harding Jester to Miss Myrtle
Whitaker, both of East Bend;
Marlin Clifton to Miss Mae Creed,
both of Mount Airy; Claude Bot
toms, Pinnacle, to Miss Ella Bled
soe, Dobson.
SCOLDING THE WAITER
Grandfather was slowly walk
ing along the sidewalk, and Bil
lie, aged four, was about twenty
paces behind, trading along on
little fat legs.
"Why don't you wait for me?"
he called, aggrieved.
"I'm waiting for you," replied
Grandfather, slowing up a bit
and turning around.
"Well, said the panting young
ster, "you aren't waitin' very
fast!"
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