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One of the things closest to our hearts is THE DESIHE FOR. CjREATER WELL' BEING ANO SECURITY FOR OUR. FAMILIES . WERE IN AMERICA , PLANNING AHEAD FOR THE NEW YEAR. , WE HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND FREEDOM OF ACTION, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A FREE SOCIETY*.. AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ? - THKOUOH OUR. OWN EFFOR.TS ? ? TO translate our a/jew year's aspirations INTO ACCOMPLISHMENT. Dr. Tames S. Bailey OPTOMETRIST Examination, Diagnosis, Glasses Fitted Office open each Friday 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. 250 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING With BIG BARGAINS McCarter's Cash Grocery Phone 223 Wv V WHEN HE SAYS. "POP YOU RE THE STUFF* THAT UTTLE UINT SHOULD BE ENOUGH. You've beard about Itl You're rt?d about ltl But do you know from experience bow truly delleioua CHKBRWINE let There* no other beverage Uke M to aJI the world I Great for Keep ft supply at home. Boy ft ^-Bottle carton or ON ALL OCCASllDNS cheerwine ss good taste ?dt? Patterson Grove News and Comments Bv Mrs. Thurmon Seism .(Following are items of Patterson ? Cro\o community omitted in last j week's issue): . Here is a Hi tie poem that tells j how 1 and a lot more people feel a bout drink: "THE FLY AND DRINK" I crawl on the cje^i li n j* upside down, j 1 live in the country and 1 live in town, ; I crawl on ".your nose and on your face I am hated by every race. People swat and spray me with j DDT, i I They are out to get me you can see, | ; I am not as had as people might think, : Not half as bad as alcohol ihcy drink. The scientists plan how the fly they might kill, But never try to stop the flow of whiskey from Capitol Hill. My wings are short, I fly very slow, They would rather kifl me and let the whiskey flow. ? I am not rear so poison to man, AsJ the whiskey and beer they hold in their hand. ! I have been in society arid where there is fame. But the way they drink is an awful j shame. But in society low or high, They bring in drnik, and kill the fly. i So when they get drunk on whis key, beer or gin. When they get over it they wilt do ' it again. And what they get oui of that I can not' see, Why they spend so much money j trying :o poison me. So to the people of land and sea, ? Let God open your seeing eye. And ki!; the whiskey and not the fly. Mr. and Mrs .Taft Halloway and family of Uastonia were Sunday ; guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Seism. | Mr. and Mrs. Albert Logan and children were Saturday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Seism. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barber of Concord, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Teague and Miss EsteH Barber of Charlotte were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wright and family. ?Mr.- and Mrs. Sloan Wright and daughter, Sandra, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Turner and son, Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Queen ami daugh ter, Patay^ visited relatives jn Ten nessee during the week. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Logan and children, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman ? Thurman Seisin, Nell and Charles, were Monday dinner guests of Mrs. I Robert Love and children. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seism and 90ns visited Mr. and Mrs. Travis Wright and family and Mr. and Mrs. Grady Seism and children Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Wright had as their Christmas day dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. William CarroH of Clo ver, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hedge path of Gastonia, Mr. and Mrs. Ira ' Wrlghr and children, Mr. and Mrs. i I Thamer Wright and family of Bes- j semer City, Mr. and Mrs. Travis Wri ' ght and children, Mr. and Mrs Way- ! ne Puinam, Mr. and Mrs. Russell I Putnam and son, Mr. and Mrs. Shi- ' ney Hfcks and family, Mrs. Beulah . Bridges, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bridges and children. Mr. O. L. Fry of Hickory, and Mips' Annie Roberts of Kings Mountain > visited Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Teague Wednesday evening. Rev. B. F. Austin of Kings Moun tain and evangelistic singer, Ed Powell of Gastonia were guests of Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Teague Thurs day evening. Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Teague, For rest and Ruth are visiting relatives near TaylorsvHle this week. Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Teague, For rest and Ruth were Christmas ev ening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Seism, Nell and Charles. Misses Beatrice and Patsy Bridg . ea and J. P. virtted Mr. and Mrs. I Thurman Seism Christmas. Miss Sarah Palls <Hf Florida is VOTERS LETS FACE THE FACTS * An Approach To True Temperance: The use of alcoholic beverages is a custom as com mon to mankind as the desire for food and drink and social relaxation. Every religious, moral or social lead er, faintly worthy of the position he holds, knows that human intemperance can be controlled by statute on ly to 'a limited degree; that man cannot be made GOOD by law, nor can he be compelled to follow the pattern of living adopted by another. Many nations, America, Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden and oth ers have tried statutory prohibition and found it a fail ure. It has been left, as it rightly should, to the-individ ual to decide his behaviour in the matter even where the law permits its sale. v . We believe the answer lies, in the promotion of true temperance and moderation in the use of alcoholic beverages through an orderly system of lggislation and rigid legal control and to foster through education a spirit of tolerance. We are opposed to statutory pro hibition whether, local, state or national. Prohibition Does Not Prohibit: The Alcohol question has been with us from the ear liest times. No prohibitory system has ever worked nor can it because, alcohol can be easily and simply made so that no one who wants it can be prevented - from manufacturing it for his own use or for sale. If the era of prohibition is too fa; back to prove this, two late exper iences will demonstrate the fact. In the state of Missis sippi, which was Dry before National Prohibition, and is still dry for distilled spirits, the legislature of 1944 passed what is known as the Black Market Tax Law, which imposed a tax of 10% on the sale price of any ar ticle the sale of which is illegal. As a result, Mississippi has been collecting close to one million dollars a year on illegal sales of liquor. A report for the first six months of 1946, as furnished by the state tax collector, Carl N. Craig, disclosed that for ihis fiiat p eriod the citizens of Mississippi consumed $5," 29,930 worth of illegal liquor, and that the bootleg gers handling the same voluntarily paid $512,839.00 into the state treasury. These figures may be verified at the state tax collectors office in Jackson, Miss. In the light of these facts, is it possible for any fair minded person to say that prohibition prohibits? There is probably no state in the Union where prohibition or ganizations have been so active <;nd where sincere people have worked so ardently to enforce prohibi tion. * < An International News Service release from Jeffer son City, Missouri, on July 31, 1944, and carried widely by the newspapers, revealed that a ten gallon still with seven fifty gallon barrels of mash was found in the Missouri State Penitentiary. The warden estimated that the still probably had been in operation for three years. The Wickersham Report discloses that in 1930 the Federal Government appropriated 14 million dollars for enforcement of the Prohibition Laws. At the same time, public consumption, illegal brewinq and distill ing was the highest in the history of U. S. The above fig-' ufes does not include State and local government spending lor enforcement. Here again we have much money spent and nothing accomplished by prohibi tion. Yet in the face of this evidence and facts, the "DRYS" are trying to vote out beer in Cleveland County and at the same time making an effort to push through a plan for State-wide referundum in the hope of returning prohibition to this State. They would consider no pro gram short <A fttaiutcry, total prohibition, with the old out-worn view that if the lav/ prohibits it, men would not drink it. Can one forget the victims ol jake-leg, paralysis and blindness which existed during the years of National Prohibition? Cleveland Count; Committee Tor Legal Control of Beer "?j, ?>* ?' ?' ' *'v :<_ V."7 / v*'" - ' >? 2'i J t3 :? ? '"??? * k
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