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the opinion of the people, the very
first object should be to keep that
right, and were it left to me to decide
whether we should have a government
without newspapers or newspapers
without o government, I should
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Thomas Jefferson.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 28, 1939
Speculation would Indicate that fo:one
time at least. President Roosevelt
is going to have his way. in the
matter of instituting the cash and
carry plan covering? the sale of munitions
of war to belligerent nations.
VV lien such autl-yNTew Dealers a=
Glass of Virginia and Smith of New
York take aides with the White
House, it is a pretty sure sign that
enough of the recalcitrants will line
up with the President to lift the arms
embargo.
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The City tax rate has been '-upped"
20 cents to take care of the situation
arising from the continued drainage
of the debt service fund to take care
of street improvements According
to the city officials this is the only
course which could be followed to
keep the town's fiscal affairs in. current
conditio:'., and the action was
taken aft:r a thon ugh au Jit of The
books of the murecipality. The wisdom
of this course is not to be taken
into question, however, it is to be
hoped that ft?lure improvements will j
bo circumscribed by the returns from
this levy, especially since the streets
of the city arc being put in good
shanc under the r> re sent nrosrram of
improvements. A. dollar-eighty plus
the county fax of Si.25 is not s<< bail,
but let's ^strike a line" at that
In a recent survey of industry in
the United States. the University
News Letter gives out the information
that North Carolina ranks filirteenth
in the number of manufacturing
establishments and ^age-eani*
ors employed. In this state there are
2,89^ establishments, employing 258 771
people at a wage of $189,265,474
It is interesting to note that in tile
"border-state" of Missouri, which
ranks next above Tarheiia 186,331
people earn $202,585,847, and in Wisconsin
234.067 workers receive $296,365.346.
and so on. The low wages
paid in the south as compared with
other sections and the correspondingly
lower standards of living, may
have had something to do with the
President's dubbing of the south as
the nation's economic problem NY>. 1.
Living costs are lower among the
masses of the southern people lis
true, for the simple reason they have
lfiSS on wbinh in onhciel
A MAN GROWS OLD
t Winston-Salem Journal)
Look at President Roosevelt's state
picture. The famous grin is almost
gone and lost is much of that boyish
freshness. The presidency is taking
its toll. The man is growing old.
Always the presidency makes its
mark on those who hold this exalted
position. Seldom do we have
two ex-presidents living at the same
time. Where are Coolidge, Harding,
Wilson? Of the ex-presidents who
served since the World War only Herbert
Hoover remains and Hoover had
only one term. Yet of other public
men who were mature leaders during
the World War we have many remaining.
The aging face of President Roosevelt
tells its own story. He is giving
his life to his country in a period
when hstory is being made with a
rapidity unprecedented in the annals
of time.
Wjhether he always sees clearly in
. an era when so many men the world
over are groping in the dark, is a
point for the debating. But it is cer
tain tha- he is giving his whole
thought and energy to the problem
of preservng peace and democracy in
the Americas.
In this nerve-recking task he deserves
the support of all honest and
(patriotic Americans.
TWO PRAYERS
(Gastonia Gazette)
The head of the German Evangelical
church recently offered a prayer
for the success of the Nazi cause,
calling for Divine aid for the Fuehrer
in his Polish campaign. It reads as
follows:
"Lord, it is Tour desire that the
nations live in justice and freedom
iccording to Your eternal laws. Bless.
therefore. our battle for our honor
ar.ri our It,berry and the freedom of
living space for the Oermar. people
and its bread.
"Bless our armed forces on land,
sea and air. B'ess our actions and
labors on tin? Jcnr.nn 'and and bless
an.i protect our Fuehrer as You have
hitherto blessed and preserved him
md permit him to gain for us a true
and just peace for the blessing; of our
people in Europe for Your honor. Iii ..
Your hands we iay our body and our
soui, our nation and our people"
And here is reprinted a satirical ^
war prayer by Mark Twain:
liO Lord. Our God, help u. to tear sc
their bodies to bloody shreds with our *
? hells; help us to cover their smiling
fields with the pale forms of their
patriot dead; help us to drown the '
thunder of the guns with the woun- ^
de-i. writhing in pain; help us to lay
waste their homes with a hurricane
cf fire; help us wring the hearts of
their unoffending widows with un- ef
availing grief help us to turn them ej
out roofless with their little children >:
to wander unfriended through vj
wastes of their desolated Jan? in rag?
and hunger and thirst., sport of the
sun flames of summer and the icy fc
winds of winter, broken inspirit, worn !a
with travail, imploring; Thee for the %v
refuge o: the grave and denied it? ufor
our .~ukes. who adore Thee, Lord, ^
blast tilth- hopes, blight their lives.
protract their bitter pilgrimage. ^
make heavy their steps, water their
way with their tears, stain the white 11
snow with the blood of tlieir wounded.
feet' We ask of One who is the v
spirit of love ami who is the ever 11
faithful refuge and friend of all that "
are sore pest, ami seek His aid with
humbie and contrite hearts Grant ^
our prayer. O Lord. and Thine shall
be the praise and honor and glory a
now and forever Amen."
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Methodists to Meet
In Greensboro Oct. 18
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Charlotte. Sept. 25 Plans for the
50th session of the Western Korth jN
Carolina annual conference to be held T
in West Market Street Method 1st
church in Greensboro from October '
is to 2:i w.UU Bishop Clare Puree 11 of ^
j this city, presiding, were jumounted ^
hero yesterday, p
The conference Opens Wednesday i
evening". October J8; at V 50 o'clock
with a meeting of the Confcrcnoe g
Histot ii-ai Society, with W. A. Sen- e
presiding Br w a. Parsons;
'VXfr.V nf thi> PjMifn-nr.H pIm i f/?li of
f - v;
Stntesviilc, will give a sketch of the h
history of the Blue Ridge-Atlantic ,1
conference and Rev. X E Carroll, F
pastor of Grace Methodist church in g
Greensboro, wilt talk on the history J
of the North Carolina conference of n
the Methodist Protestant church p
The Western North Carolina confer- li
ence from 1890 to 1039 will lie discussed
by Dr. S B. Turrentme, presi- (
dent emeritus of Greensboro college.
! Bethel School News v
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Bethel school ended the first month r
of the 1939-10 school term Tuesday \
The indications are that the school t
is beginning what promises to be a|
very successful term. The student j ^
body is manifesting a splendid attitude,
and there seems to be a spirit (
of co-operation prevailing, both in- {
side the school and on tlio part of 3
the people of the district.
The high school has enrolled 99 *
students Indications are that tins i
number will soon, be increased to 100 ^
or more. The attendance in the high {
school is very satisfactory. The first (
month ended with a percent of at- .
tendance slightly above 98 ,
The elementary school has about ,
270 on roll. The first grade, with o3
is the largest class. The grades are ,
also having very good attendance ,
during the pleasant autumn weather, j
The school organization is fairly ,
complete. The high school division <
is functioning on the home room ,
basis. The student activities are as .
varied as possible, some of which are i
just now taking form.
Mr Brady, history and English j
teacher, is sponsoring a book chib j .
which is closely connected with the j
I English department. This club is ,
(formed for the -purpose of giving enj
joy merit, acquainting the members j
j with new books, and aiding in the t
improvement of reading deficiency in ^
some cases. i
The glee club is also to be under j
the direction of Mr Brady. An at- j
tempt .will be made to builo up a ?
fuller, more complete music program t
at Bethel. 5
The athletics and physical education
classes are being handled by Mr. j
Dale and Miss Rudisill. A conscrva- 1
tive program in physical education is <
being formulated. This program is '
greatly enhanced by the completion
of Bethel's new gymnasium.
The dramatic organization will
soon begin operations in preparation
for the Harvest Festival, which is to
be held at A. S. T. C. on November
20 Plans are also being made to
give a number of public performances
in the school auditorium during the
year. AJ1 efforts to make thi3 school
year an enjoyable and profitable
period are being put forth.
A total of 172,000 young men tried
to join the navy in the year ended
in July, 1938, but only 15,570 were
accepted.
ATAUUA DEMOCRAT?EVE!
TODAY and
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IOUS1NG nicrcifui
The reports I get of the newest
Ian for housing the very poor com>rtably
and at low cost point to a
>lution of that vexing problem which
have long advocated. In Fort
fayne? Indiana. the community. with
ie aid of tlie FHA and the "VVPA, is
iikling" three-room houses at a cost
?r materials of $1H)0 a house, plus
TA labor.
These are substantial homes, far
:ntcr than average slum dwelling,
1 nipped with a1! necessary conveniices.
but no luxuries, and rent foi
2.50 a month. which brings them
ithin the reach of the very poorThey
are built on vacant property
>r which tire owner is paid one dolir,
with a provision that the houst
ill be moved if he finds a better
se for the land. The houses art
put in sect -ns so they can be taker
own -ilid set up again hi a day 01
ted.
For large part of the very pool
i ev r*. part of the country", thi;
ehenw - crns to me the most prac
leal way of extending the mercifu
elp to which the American peopl<
re co mm it ted.
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WINKING decline
Five years ago the constitutiona
mcndnient forbidding' the sale o:
'coin?-. liquor in the United State,
|-as repealed. It didn't work. Wheth
r it could have been enforced if tin
overnment had been willing t<
liend more money on enforcement i:
question to which there isn't am
nswer. Anyway, the sale of iiquo:
; legal now everywhere except ii
'Tiyac r\L" 1 n hnm'i XficuicitnT*?
'taiiiesseo.
Both the liquor industry and th<
mpcrance organizations agree tha
iere has been a great decline ii
rinking; i(i the past year. Now tha
is not illegal to .1, a ict of peo
le who did jv t care fbr the stuff any
ray but drank the prohibition hoot
g liquor just to defy the law, hav
one back to their old habits of mod
rate drinking or no drinking" at at
As liquor sales decline, gasclin
onsumption has gone up. The num
or of motor accidents attributed t
runken driving steadily grows lesf
*eople are learning that alcohol an
asoline make a dangerous mixture
'erhaprs the automobile will prnv
no re effective in promoting tern
ierancc than prohibition ever coul<
lave.
B * * *
X)INS comrden
I've just seen the first of the ne<
effersoo nickels. It looks odd. bu
ve will soon get used to it, as w
lid to the buffalo nickel which wa
tew in 1913. That caused a lot c
eminent. In that peaceful, prosper
ills, pre-war time people didn't hav
my tiling much more serious to tal
'.bout than whether they liked th
ooks of the new coins.
Before the buffalo nickel, the fiv<
rent piece with a big V on it wo
joined for 25 years Before that th
nickel had a big figure 5 almo:
covering one side. I don't .remembc
my nickels of the present size b?
"ore that one came in, in my bee
lood. We had nickel coins the si2
>f the silver dime, but labeled "hal
limes" in ray childhood, and thei
iVere still in circulation the tiny si
ycr half-dimes, so small and thi
Lhey were easy to lose.
They still coined three-cent ar
two-cent pieces when I was a bo;
rhe first three-cent pieces were tir
little coins of silver. Then came tl
nickel pieces, a little smaller than
dime, with the Roman IH to indicatheir
value. The two-cent piec<
ivere made of bronze, like the pre
fflt cents, but were as large as tl
present nickels, or larger, but not ?
large as the old copper coins, whic
Acre bigger than a quarter.
CURIOSITIES collcctoi
Al! the official coinage of the Ur
.ed States is round, but used to na\
some six-sided gold coins made in
private mint in San Francisco m tl
L850'.s. Almost everybody has set
.he. Chinese copper coins, from tl
lame of which we got the woi
'cash,' which have square hoies
die middle so they can be strung <
i cord or wire.
The rarest of all American coi;
s uie suver aouar 01 JMU4. -Nmetei
thousand of them were coined, b
only a dozen are known to exit
rhey are all owned by collectors, a;
the last time one was sold it broug
$3,500. Their scarcity is due to t
fact that the price of silver went i
so high in 1805 that it. paid to mi
up dollars and sell the silver.
[Nobody knotes what became of i
the "eagle" cents of 1856. If y
come across an old cent, whitish
color, because it had nickel mix
with copper, you have one of t
first cents ever made of the prest
size. If it is dated 1856 you can ?
from $20 upward for it from a c(
collector.
MINTS initis
I saw a report a little while a
(Continued on page eight)
RY THURSDAY?BOONE. N_C. _
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p A great mar, leaves the world two ]
f j legacies.
i| One is the idcaJ -which inspires!
t ptn.^ people to become more service
able and worth \vhilt.
The other comprises those ?peceft->
ca ?ii commoa-serwo and idealism that !
e we reWiuher at;?d repeat and riyore i
- because the ^reat man said thesr.
I. In time they become part of the i
e thought of those who repeat them |
i- and have ;m influence upon their j
a ; lives.
?. Such arc Thomas Jefferson's "Let i
d error bo free so long as truth is free!
to combat it": Theodore Roosevelt's I
e "The law of worthy life is funds-!
- men toll v the law of strife": arid Ben- (
d jam in Franklin's "Diligence is the
mother of good luck "
Few men have left a richer legacy ;
t of the second form than Abraham
V Lincoln
t Put this nugget from the mine of j
e his understanding >iji somewhere in
s a place where you will see it every
?f day:
"Stand with anybody that stands
e right. Stand with him while he is
k right., and part with him when he
e goes wrong."
Only the rare and the great man
i- is able to do that,
ts Here are two tests:
? "When the one you dislike most says
Jt something right, can you take his
-r side?
5- When the one you admire and like
>r- best, is on the wrong side, does the
fact that you like him blind you to
f" the error?
*e Everyone has his pet hate.
It may be a man in public life, a
newspaper, a writer of books, or an
attitude of mind.
I(* When he. meets it, it acts like a red
y- flag on a bull The test of that |>eriy
son's character is whether he can
ie recognize the right when it comes
a from one of his hates.
te You can't go very far in life without
meeting the problem.
s" The easy thing to do is to condemn
ie all the ideas of those with whom
15 you disagree in the main.
Most people don't like the ideas of
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:OLN'S LEGACY
Yom the Writings ofR.
FRANK CRANE
the ones they don't like. They judge
ideas 0:1 the basis of who said them.
Kvcryono is a mixture of truth
and error Rven the people we dislike
Only a SLiuri&r* -brained individual
eon gel up a pure unadulterated
hate.
Oite .-itch the occasional gleam
of godness and truth that is present
in tin worst.
Fhnenkm says somewhere th;it a
man is cultured "as soon as he sides
with his critic against himself, with
joy."
Similarly, a man begins to become
great, in the Lincoln sense of thi
word, when he arrives at the place
where he can stand with anybody thai
stands right as long as they art
right, without regard to his likes anc
dislike*.
When Lincoln was assassinated tht
i mortal part of him disappeared, bu
I the better part, his spiritual influ
c-neo, still lingers.
Around him has grown up. perhaps
a wealth of myths, but most of then
serve u> give point to his charactei
He will remain for all time as th
inspiration to the youth of th
world, who can do not better than t
imitate his sterling honesty, his sens
of humor and his strong sense c
right.
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IN NEUTRALITY FIGHT
Washington. Sept. 2(3 Alfred E.
j Smith, often a bitter critic of the
I Roosevelt administration, has come to
j the President's assistance on the
neutrality question, it was announced
today, and will present his views
m a radio speech next Sunday The
address will be made at 7 p. m under
the auspices ol the American Union
for Concerted Peace Efforts.
in JNew xorK faly, more tci-m fc.- tfSfia
000 couples take out ir.arrage licenses sHH
annually ami never use them.
Iiubby (absent-mindedly): '"What jtyT.J;
does it say stay single?"
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