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DC POLITICS N® ind nursdays at sboro, N. C. CAKTSB «Bd JI7UUS C, HUBBABD. PabUskers^ 8I7BSCB1PTION RATES: b the State $1.00 per Year Oat of the State 41-60 per Year - Batered at the poet office at North Wilkes- bwo. N. C~ aa aMond claaa matter under Act at March 4, 1870. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934 St^ohd Primariea The Journal-Patriot has never agreed with those who would W^e any candidate who eees fit to call for a second priinary. Democratic government—by wh’ch we mean, government of, by and for the peo ple—-is based upon majority rule. A ma jority should always be privileged to have the final say, whatever their decision may be. There is no stigma attached to such a., mjuest. This opinion has no local apphca- tion. It is a fact of which the public gen erally should be reminded occasionally lest they forget that popular government is founded upon an expression of the will of the masses, rather than upon the few. Gowernment And Taxation This matter of government and tax- ; ation is not new. Distaste for taxation is as old as government. It is hot a new story that taxation is burdensome. Just read the histories of the different nations and an idea of the rebellious attitude of the pe^le toward their governmental ob ligations may be obtained. We have repeatedly called the attention of tbii> audience to the true situation— the rdation of taxation to government. Either the public should quit bellyach ing about paying taxes or demand less from their governments. It is easy for stump-politicians to charge extravagance to their opponents in power. It sounds ter rible when we hear that there are too many bureaus, too many soft jobs and too many this and that at Raleigh. May we repeat what we have said time and time again, that if we should do away with every bureau, every executive office, every court position, the General Assembly, and in fact, the whole shebang, except our bonded-indebtedness, schools and high way system, and we couldn’t reduce the tax rate more than six or seven cents. Are we going to quit educating youth? ReaUy, we can’t cut our school appropri ations further. It is a pitiful sum we jxay our teachers. Shall we go backwards in our educational program. Surely we’ve gone jfar enough in that direction.^ " Have wjj[uv*wafiting fPads? Not on Shall we quit maintaining our ways and let the whole system wear If out and then return .o the mud of 20 years ago? We can’t cut taxes except in one of these fields. The answer is we’re not go ing to cut in either. . Then the question arises why in the heck people don’t make un thsir minds to pay for the services they demand and start running mugwump politicians who orate about extravagance off the platform? Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN One Sensible Course One of the first things the Genera) As sembly should do when it meets in Ra leigh next January is to repeal the absen tee voters’ law. Even Democratic newspapers, presum ably expressing the sentiment of the ma jority party, are disgusted with the law. Republicans have repeatedly given it a black eye. At first Democrats charged Re publicans with using it as an alibi, but with widespread allegations of fraud re sulting from it in Democratic primaries, there has been a reserval of opinion. Speaking of the situation in Polk coun ty, the Winston-Salem Journal comments as,follows on the absentee ballot, declar ing “a progressive state cannot tolerate the evils caused by the absentee ballot law”: “The most serious defect now existing in our election set-up is the absentee bal lot law. This has been amply demonstrat ed in the recent investigations by the State Board of Elections. In Polk county it was discovered that in one precinct the absen tee ballot vote was double the ordinary vote. It was also revealed, according to news dispatches, that dead persons and individuals who were bona fide residents of other states, cast ballots by the absen tee route. ‘Such methods of conducting primary or election contests are obviously beyond contempt. But expressing our indignation over such conditions will amount to little unless we translate it into determined ac tion. The people of this state have a right to demand in no uncertain tones that the absentee ballot law be repealed before the 1936 elections are held. The principle of |- honesty in government requires that this kx^hole in the election machinery, created by the desire to give the soldiers in the WoiW War a chance to vote, be stricken /from tiie statutes at the earliest possible ^opportunity. i||“The people can make then^lves heard AHIJAH AND THE DIVIDED KINGDOM Lesson for July 1st. 1 Kings 11:29-39. Golden Text: Proverbs 16:18. In the Third Quarter we plunge into the Old Testament, and acquaint ourselves with troub lous episodes in the checkered career of God’s people- We find the kingdom of David and Solo mon rent in twain, with good and bad kings al ternating in both the north and the south. There is plenty of idolatry, oppression and war. Against these ye witness the protest of Elijah, and the flaming eighth century prophets of whom Isaiah was the greatest- At the close of the Quarter we study the mysterious and appalling judgement that befell the Assyrians at the time of their siege of Jerusalem- Our first lesson introduces us to the disastrous civil war that rent asunder the strongly estab lished monarchy of Solomon. Successful in con solidating the twelve tribes, in completing the overthrow of the Canaanites, and in the promo tion of foreign alliances, Solomon enjoyed a reign of peace marred by few mishaps. But the unity and good-will of his long reign of forty years were soon disrupted after his death. Rehoboam, his son, was indiscreet and arrogant in his answer to the chiefs who demanded that he should lighten the yoke of forced labour pressed so heavily upon their shoulders by Solomon. In the j tribes staged a successful revolt, making Je roboam, a warlike prince of Ephraim, their king. The lesson text narrates the story of the inter view between Jeroboam and the prophet Ahijah who belonged to the sacred sanctuary at Shiloh where the youth of Samuel was spent. It is .‘Vh'j>h who informs Jeroboam that he is to be promot.u into the leadership of the ten stalwart tri’of.' of the north- Best of all, continues the prophet, he is to reign as king. Jeroboam had been hoping for this very consummation, and now it was to be realized- If only he had been faithful to the trust reposed in him! Borrowed Comment THE EMERGENCY IS PASSING (Winston-Salem Journal) A local speaker on the radio Monday night cited figures supplied by the National Recovery Administration which are deeply significant. These figures show that 210 corporations earn ed profits of $98,000,000 during the first quarter of 1934- This profit of $98,000,000 is set up against a loss of $23,000,000 which these same corporations reported during the corresponding period of 1933. The speaker also said; “I have on hand the re ports of 64 miscellaneous companies, engaging in a wide range of activities- And once again we see the story of losses turned into profits. These companies reported in the first quarter of 1934 that a deficit of $29,500,000 had become a profit of $27,151,396.” If such figures as these prove anything, they prove that the emergency which caused the en actment of sales tax laws in this country is rapidly passing. Whvn losses of $23,000,000 are changed into a profit of $98,000,000, and when a deficit of $29,500,000 is changed into a ptofit of $27,151,- 396, it is not at all difficult to figure that the time is not far distant when revenue from a just income tax will make sales taxes unneces sary. A Florida man was arrested for making a de vice to run an electric meter backwards- That’s no way to treat genius.—Greensboro (Ga.) Her ald-Journal. m this question by carrying it directly to the maiabers of the next General Assemb- . ly. They^ itoould sound out the attitude of candidates to the assembly on the issue. A progressive state cannot t(^erate the evils caus^ by the absentee ballot law.” Uncle Sam’s international lending advertise ment now reads, “Money to loan, only Finland may apply.”—Omaha World-Herald. Russians have seized two Japanese crab boats —Jap crabbing making Russians crabby.—Chica go Daily News. Disarmament is having its difficulties abroad- It is impossible even to disarm suspicion.—^Wish- ington Star. It was a week to be remembered. Hitler met Mussolini and MAx Baer knocked out Primo Gar ners—Boston Elvening Transcript. ffcw Than Bifore Worfd Conffid (By^'Joha Evans, Associated Press Foreign Stitff) Twenty years^^after the "great | spending about $4,500,i^. 000 war" the world talks of another^ today, '■ Ail these figures are g.'ven as one. ” It was just 30 years ago on June 28 that a shot, cracking across a square in Sarajevo, kiii- ed Archduke, Fran* Ferdinand and led to the greatest war in hlsiory. Fifteen years ago the Versail les peace treaty was signed, hut the situation in Europe today is alarming to those who believe disarmament the key to interna tional peace. Europe’s war preparations now are estimated to be twice as cost ly as daring the year before the war. More men are under arms now than then, except in the disarmed”' countries of the vanquished. Annies Potentially Stronger Twenty years after the war, in which 66,000,000 men were mobilized and more than half were casualties, the armed forc es available are much more de structive potentially than those which ravaged a good part of Europe for four years at a cost many times as much as all the gold in the world. Peace treaties and agreements on reparations and debts have been modified almost to extinc tion. War "scare” speeches no longer attract much attention. There were 3,000,000 men in the 18 principal European arm ies (excluding Russia’s) before the war. In the same countries (and those carved out of them by peace treaties) there are now 2,865,000 armed men, although Germany, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria have more than a mil lion fewer than they had in 1914. When Hitler reaches his goal of 300,000 men, today’s armed force will be greater than that which saw the start of war. Total Costs Mount . The world is calculated to have spent about $2,500,000,000 annually on arms and soldiers in 1913 and is estimated to he cold facts by the leaguo^hf tions, army general staffs and war^experts- v> , Man^tor man and gun for gun, military experts agree, the,total armed effectlvenees of today tar surpasses the 1914 equipment. Navies have reduced their ton nage through the Washington and Lrf>ndon naval conferences, but the increased efficiency of ships and, guns makes actual nav al disarmament another ques tion. The war cost the United States government $40,000,000,000 and as debts are not being paid and pensions and bond interest "con tinue the total amounts yearly. Other nations spent less lavishly, but the total nibney cost to 1916 is estimated at $186,000,- 000,000. Bond interest since then probably is as much, and most of the bonds still are un paid. Europe's armies are not much larger than in 1914. But overhead there flies in every country a fleet of planes whose great potential destruc tiveness can only be guessed at. Rifles and machine guns, too, have been improved markedly since the war. Twenty-Seven Nations In War For more than four years the war shook the world as no other conflict in modern history has done. When the end came, 65,000,' 000 men bad been mobilized in a huge combat that swept within its mad whirl 27 nations, includ ing the four central powers, headed by Germany. The war Itself was divided in to three great periods: First, a desperate six weeks struggle on the part of the French and Brit ish to keep the German military machine from smashing through to Paris; second, a dreary hut bloody period of three and a half ■ ars of practical siege warfare '^3 :CIAL 9 s. LtfW PRICES “ p " nsK TIRES5- " soli31/2...V $4.40 « 4.40x2r. 4JI5 "150x21. 5.40 4.50 X 20 :. 5J0 ^ 4.75x19 ... 5.70 BUY THEM NOW AND SAVE THE DIFFERENCE WILEY BROOKS, Manager THE MOTOR SERVICE CO. 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