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Wii flMnia7s«t N.C. CAim Mi'JUUUS C. HUBBARD, ?MfAm SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Yew in the Stute; |14» Out rf the State. . I at the ^ office at North WUkesboro, C., aa aecocui elaaa matter umier Act of «p*«h 4, 1179. ? MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1934 Good To See ^ It is Rood to see the smokestacks of our industriee emitting a black cloud of smoke. It is evidence of activity and «n- fdoyznent Give the laboring man reasonable assur- suoce that his job is safe and the battle will have been won. If he anticipates unemploy- inent, he will spend gingerly. But if he is eoinvinced that his pay check will continue to come in regularly, he will s^nd liberally for the purchase of the necessities of life. Our North Wilkesboro industries, even during the darkest hours through which we passed, have been able to do much_ better by their employes than the industries of many cities. And now the smoke from every major industry here is seen floating through morning breeze. It looks good. The best news yet, however, is that there are very definite indications that we are en tering upon a new era of prosperity—a sound and sane prosperity. The Nursery School As we have previously remarked, the fed eral emergency relief program in education is a laudable effort to aid unemployed teach ers, to eradicate illiteracy and give adjust ment training to children of pre-school age. Through it, many teachers who have given of their time and money to prepare them selves for the teaching profession are being given jobs and at the same time the rest of humanity is being benefit^. The nursery school which opened here today should be of great benefit to the chil dren who attend. Our chief regret is that the school is not all inclusive; that it does not accept all the children of pre-school age over two years old instead of ony the chil dren from relief and needy families. How ever, the position of the federal govern ment is realized. That would be too big a job. The coirective training will prove invalu able to the children. Tlie check on their health condition will be of much benefit. We believe the school will prove to be worth far more than the actual cost to the government. The Kiwanis Code tt&iWmoQs in ffi. - ~ How there could have been anysi^^aion 1^ tween two Rroubliosn eommlHsji^iWs who lad been in omoe less than two years, a BepuUioan county attorney and a Demo cratic bank president is not readily seen. The belief is freqi^tly ^imed that there was none and that existing sentiment at the time of the triid overbalanced the scales of justice. In view of the extreme leniency that has been ^own to confessed embezriers of pub lic monies when coUua^ was known to exist and when no restitution vraus made, it does seem that Governor Ehrin^haus 1^ erred in standing so firmly on the other side of the case. The Situation Abroad While the United States concerns them selves with an economic battle, numerous countries all over the world are in a state of discontent and almost on the verge of Kiwanians are to be congratulated upon the adoption of the code of business ethics which is published elsewhere in today’s issue of The Journal-Patriot. Of course, if Kivvan- ians should by their actions make of it an empty gesture, it is to be regi’etted that any action was taken. Every business man. every professional man and every individual should join Ki wanians in adhering to the higher standards set forth in the code. A careful study of the code will, we believe, lead all of us to examine our own business conduct. “Honesty—Thou shalt not steal, either by the old or new methods.” That is one of the principles laid down in Qie code. It merits consideration. So often we steal within the law and think little about it. What is your standard of honesty? “Fair Competition—Not merely the letter but the spirit of fairness.” Are you as a business man toting fair with your competi tor? In other words, are you practicing the Gtdden Rule? If everybody would simply adopt the Golden Rule, which we studied in our Sunday school lesson Sunday, there would be no need for laws, no need for codes of business ethics, no need for any restraint , upon our libertie.s. We direct attention to the Kiwanis code because we believe it is a sensible standard and because we believe a study of it will be beneUcial. war. » Whether war is likely at any early date is problematical. Observers are pretty nearly unanimous in the belief that there will 1^ another great European war in the not far distant future. The friction between Prance and Ger many, instead of subsiding, seems to be growing greater. The longer time Germany has to get ready, the more certain it is tlmt she will again try to assert her equality with her ancient enemy. Chice France gets embroiled in the north with Germany, those who watch such things say, Italy will be on France’s tail in the south. Italy wants to recover the Mediterranean coast now hdd by France. Germany wants to recover the Basin, where the iron mines are. Central and Eastern Europe are in a fer ment. Austria is putting up g gallant strug gle against the invasion of Nazi propaganda from Germany, which is design^ to bring Austria under the German flag. Italy, on Austria’s south, is watching, and many be lieve that Hitler and Mussolini naay soon be at war. Over in Asia, Japan and Russia are growl ing at each other across the Manchurian border. Both sides openly admit the possi bility of war. Both Russia and Japan are trying to undermine England’s influence in India and Persia. China is still trying to maintain some sort of an effective national government, largely with the help of the British, but the Chinese people have been for years the victims of one armed force after another. Several nations of South America are still in a state of war with their neigh bors. Reflecting on these things, it seems that we are pretty fortunate after all. An econo mic battle, while serious and difficult to svage successfully, is less disturbing than standing on the brink of war. The Book the first line of which reads, "The Holy Bible,” and which contains four great treasures. By BRUCE BARTON The Transylvania Case The Transylvania county case, which has attracted even more than state-wide atten tion, moved into the limelight locally Wed- nesday evening when the four defendants ’ chose North Wilkestoro as the place for the beginning of a furti ar legal battle to escape the sentences imposed by Judge Townsend. The four Transylvania men were convict- - ed of using the credit of the county to bol- ster a tottering bank, JWhen the sentences V and fine imposed by Judge Sink did not stick, ■ Judge Townsend, into whose hands fell the job of passing upon the case, imposed sen tences of from two to three years each and infonned them that if restitution was made at the $30,000 of county funds lost in "the (Munct baiik were made, he would raoommend clemency. Beemitly, friends of the convicted men helped them get up the money. The lost jg^ey lutf been returned, but Governor . iraiteghaus refused clemency even though PROVERBS, POEMS AND PROPHETS Ten fairly representative people were asked, “What do you know about Solomon?” Four of the ten answer^, “Nothing.” Other answers were: He had two thousand wives; he was the husband of the Queen of Sheba; he built Solomon's Temple; he was the wisest man that ever lived. The statistics regarding Solomon’s marriages as given in the Book of Kings are “seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.” The Queen of Sheba was not officially among this distinguished company. A monarch in her own right, she was so impressed by the stories of Solo mon’s .splendor and wisdom that she made a long journey to visit him and after a series of receptions and banquets returned to her home. The present kings of Abyssinia claim their descent from Solo mon and this queen. If they are justified in their proud boast her visit was not wholly Platonic. It may have been true of her, as she said of Solo mon that “the half has not been told.” All that we know certainly is that she never appears in the Bible again. Solomon did build the temple and it remained the pride and glory of Jerusalem until the destruc tion of the city by the Babylonians in 586 B. C. Bat the most enduring monuments left by this great ruler were not in stone or bronze, but in words—The Proverbs, a rich mine of wisdom wherein every nugget is solid gold. One can only marvel after reading them how a man so wise in other ways could have been so unwise about women. He made a fine start as king. The Lord appear ed one night in a dream, asking him to name his heart’s desire, and Solomon answered: Thou hast made thy servant lung instead of of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come In . . . Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great people? To which the Lord replied; Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life: but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall any after thee have the like. Without this wise choice on the part of Solo mon we probably never should have had* the Proverb8^ bat something more than inspired know! edge went into them. They bear evidence of com prehensive experience with every phase of human nature and o^uet. Some of them, as might be imagined from Solomon's own record, contain warn ing* against the unrii^teous woman. ' ' ®k“ ’^e foTk^lig W I have been^ttiinking for _ . _ , days tiiat I Would -tleii'National Btethday’"»ll eom- try tA prevail on you to ‘use jrour oedunuu to benefit this great moun' to where MrJNortJi WUkesboro Birthday Ball Roosevelt, our Piesident, has set up commissions of diifermit kinds to assist our .people. Some of these emmissions. of course, have upertaed to this territory and per haps certain clasaea of our people have been benefited, hut then. is Me class that has been overlooked entinly. Tbe .^government has helped the farmm, ei^edally the eottoh and tobacco fymine, by par*, tog them to plow up their eropa, the intention of which is to elimi nate ovet^produetion. Now, Mr. Editor, as far bed: as 1 can re member, and 1 believe as far back as yon can remember, our moun tain county has been noted for its moonshine ami we have been talk ed about from one end of the coun try to the other, about our mooca- shine whiskeys, and I have my first time t ever hear of an out sider saying it was not good. I have not seen to your paper any thing whereby this class has been helped in any way. Don’t you believe that w« ought to petition the government to set up a com mission whereby -lihey would be authorized to go to each one of our moonshiners and say to him that we are going to pay you so much money if you cut up and discon tinue at least one-third or one- fourth of the whiskey you are now making? This would permit them j tlvity. to buy better materials and better equipment and reduce the amount of liquor made and it would be better; they would get a better price for it, they would be benefit ed and the people who buy it Md drink it would be benefited, and our reputation away from home would come back into its own. Now, if we had any tobacco or cotton farmers I would not make this request, but as you know, there is. very little, if any, tobacco or cotton raised in the great coun ty of Wilkes, or any other of our mountain counties. Of course, I would not expect the government or anyone else to help our people if they do not ag;ree' to see to it that their products were tax paid in accordance with the laws of the United States government. I think something ought to be done about this, don’t you? W. B. J. North Wilkesboro, N. C. Feb. 16, 1934. t»gm Kstth Ma«|SB, tjrnmitir- of ralitee Tkmttday monUBg: riSanury lb, 1»4. Mr..J. Ifv AbdersOB, TrMurff for the President, North Wilkesboro, N. C. Amount 1111.09. Dear Mr. Andenon: It la with deep appreeiation that we, acknowledge receipt of your remittance, aS' indicated above, which represents the pro ceeds from The Birthday Ball tor the President held under your direction. We will take pleasure in In- oludtng this contribution In the birthday gift which will shortly be presented to President Roose velt and which he will, to turn, donate to The Oeoigia Warm Springs Foundation to be used by It for such purposes bs he shall indicate. On behalf of the National Com mittee, I wish to take this oppor tunity to express to you and to your co-workers our real grati tude tor the splendid leadership and help which yon have render ed in connection with our efforts to make the national birthday party such a tremendous success. In the years to come, as the batUe against infantile paralysis progresses, under the leadership of our President, I know that you will feel a just sense of gratifica tion In having played such an Im portant part to this worthy ao- Slncerely yours, KEITH MORGAN, Treasurer. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Now Suining In Florida New York.—John D. Rockefel ler, Sr., left quietly for Florida last week behind the drawn cur tains of his private car.. ’The 94-year-old retired capital ist looked “the picture of health,” it was said, as he boarded the car at Tarrytown, N. Y. A special train bore the car to New York, where it was attached to the Flori da Special. Oi^narily, Mr. Rockefeller has left for his winter home at Or mond Beach, Fla,, before Thanks giving. This year his pilgrimage south was delayed by an attack of grippe, and only recently did his physicians find him to physical condition to travel. About Ruth One of my best friends of the other sex has the middle name of Grover, which immediately dates him as 20 years older than I and a by-product of Cleveland’s ad ministration. But not only W. H. H., Grover, Woodrow and Nira date people. So many were named Ruth twenty-odd years ago that there were four Ruths in 14 girls in my class in the North Wilkes boro high school. Three were blondes, but the quartet ran the gamut in avoirdupois; one weigh ed 175: one around 140: one about 98, and ye scribe 112. Color is lent to the Mae Westish theory that the males of the specie wor ship embonpoint, for only one of them has ever married—and that .was the 176-pounder! Webster says Ruth means “beauty,” which is not the chief characteristic of Ruths I’ve seen to the mirror and elsewhere; but the Bible says it means "drunk, satisfied.” Pious parents of the digits felt virtuous in giving their squalling daughters a Biblical name, like that of the Mohabites who was so loyal she couldn’t be got rid of any more than can others with her sobriquet. But they didn’t know Vivian Cas tro, the Kemersville clown, would cast reflections upon the propriety of Ruth for sleeping in the thresh ing floor at the feet of old, whis kered Boaz and call on the preach ers to elucidate. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR QUALITY Micheal Stern Clothes Dobbs Hats — Arrow Shirts Nun Bush Shoes — Cheney Ties HAVE STOOD THE TEST ABSHERS The Cash Store North Wilkesboro, N. C. 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