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Page Eight Thrift Week in Badin Thrift week was made quite notable in Badin by a series of I’emarkably fine addresses, including the sermons on Thrift Sunday and the speeches of Mr. H. R. Wake, Mr. R. E. Parks, and Lieut.- Gov. 0. Max Gai'dner. The opening ad dress, according to the plan, was to have been delivered by Mr. J. E. S. Thorpe, but unavoidable absence from town pre vented. Mr. F. A. Cummings in a short talk on the purposes of Thrift Week, and the wisdom of saving now, opened the series, on Saturday evening, January 17. Mr. H. R. Wake’s speech on “Own Your Own Home Day,” January 20, was packed full of sound wisdom and com mon sense, well delivered. The Lieutenant-Governor’s address is given below. A profound impression was made on the large audien'ce assembled for the occasion. The Band contributed greatly to the pleasure of the evening, and was highly compli mented by the distinguished visitor. On Thursday evening, January 22, Mr. R. E. Parks spoke to a very large audience on “Thrift in Industry,” "'de veloping his subject in a delightfully clear cut and convincing manner. Altogether, the Thrift Week program broght much pleasure, and, we hope, profit to our people. Lieutenant-Governor’s Address Lieutenant-Governor Gardner’s ad dress, amplified and illustrated with abundant material, humorous and other wise, was substantially as follows: If we would live simply, practice thrift, and work hard, for six months, it would do more to stabilize '.values, decrease the cost of living, and increase the purchasing power of the dollar than all the resolutions, investigations, agita tions, and legislation of the State and Nation. Present-day prosperity is bound to be a curse if it brings nothing more valuable than the epidemic of wild ex travagance, and teaching nothing more wholesome than the lesson of aimless expenditure. Money has multiplied and multiplied many, many times, but money is not wealth. Production alone is wealth. We can only use money for what it will buy, and if we should quit producing for even a short time our money would be a vain and valueless thing. Everybody despises a miser, and practical thrift is by no means to be confused with the miserly hoarding of money. Save some, spend some, bearing always in mind the foresight and vision I of Biblical Joseph, who in the years of plenty planned for future famine. The political economy of Joseph has been un equaled and unqxQplled throughout the centuries. Not many years ago the supreme polit ical and economic cry and demand was for money, more money, and we honest ly believed that abundant money meant abundant wealth, happiness, and univer sal contentment, but we now realize that this is a mistake. We all know that the human race loves money, and largely hates work, and as many of us make more money we plan to do less work. This scheme gives ample time to con template and complain about the in creased cost of high living, and blinds us so completely that we fail utterly to understand that what the world needs most today is work, and that every na tion on earth is badly behind with its work. In the last analysis, work is but another name for production. There is no better material on earth out of which to make a worker than a native-born North Carolinian, and the racial strength and stability of North Carolina’s citizenship has never been more splendidly reflected than in the total absence of a single citizen of this State from the governmental round-up of Reds. I thank God that there is no room and no sympathy in North Caro lina for the un-American element that has been tearing at the life of our na tion. There are no citizens on earth more jealous of their rights than our people. The average North Carolinian ^ is willing to fight to the limit against any form of social, industrial, political, or religious autocracy, and there is inter woven jnto the very life of our State an abiding respect for the basic principle of good government, that we have the right to do as we please only so long and so far as our doing so does not interfere with the sacred rights of others. North Carolina will not tolerate an archy. An awakened State and Nation of a hundred million people do not pro pose that a few thousand anarchists and bolshevists shall overthrow this nation of hope and this land of equal oppor tunity. The Elks’ Show On Wednesday night, January 28, an array of talent from Salisbury de scended upon Badin, and gave a show which was called a Minstrel, but which was in reality a very creditable amateur vaudeville performance. The scenic ef fect of the first part, intended to repi sent, according to the program, “ Italian marble palace at Madrid, Ita (!)” was elaborate. (We are glad have our geography rectified—we h formerly cherished the illusion th Madrid was a rather well known ci in Spain.) The feature of the show was the dai ing of a number of Salisbury's attrJ tive girls, announced in the program a “Galaxy of Terpsichorean (sic) Cel rities, in Intricate Dancing Noveltiei This “Stupendous Production,” wi its “glittering Scenic Investiture,” p sented by “an Aggregation of the Soutl Most Talented Performers,” in a ser: of “Marvelous Musical Offerings,” V given under the auspices of the Sal bury Lodge of the B. P. 0. E. It is only fair to the Elks to stJ that responsibility for the verbiage the program I'ests upon the gentleifl from New York who coached the ticipants and produced the public' feature of the performance, which itself was mainly enjoyable. Is It Nothing To You? Think of them. Mother, passing by The firelit door of your child’s wl' room, Hearing his laughter passing by. What if he hungered in Erzeruifl' Is it nothing to you—to you? Think of them, Father, even as yo^J But old with the eyes of a tortu^ man. Starved and tormented without a ca' Broken and gaunt at Marsovan. Is it nothing to you—to you'? Think of them. Children; it might you, Tossing in pain at Erivan! Is it nothing to you that it may be ! Who shall send succor to TeheraTi Is it nothing to you—to you? Think of them, pray for them, aid t'’ now. Tarsus is cold in the Winter rail’ Succor the little children 7ioiy; They will not pass this way again- Is it nothing to you—to yon? —ReicH^ Mr. L. E. Wilson is spending se''‘ days with his family, in Reidsville, ^ Mr. E. Lamb and family have i*etu^ from a visit to his home, in Lumbe^
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