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THE lAL-PATRIOli%bi Dl JPOUTKS ^ ilBndBTB^ Tknrs^ «t imat^boxo, N. a :Jk CAITER Ud JUUIJS C. EUBBAMK Pvkikktn SUnCBlPTlON IATE8: [ h tiM Stste — |l^p«rT*» I ttt the State -ll tSO per Tear - iBlered at the poet ^ce at North Wilkea- Inra. N. C« aa eeeond daaa matter under Act e Xarch 4. 1S79. THURSDAY. JULY 12, 1934 /l^peal For Safety The Parly Is Challenged k Liberty weekly is publishing a series of ,brief articles on the proper way to drive automobile to avoid accidents. A few days ago, the article was on ‘one- :ann drivers.” Judging from the number ^of persons who believe they can drive just 1*8 safely in this manner, the subject is The article says: ‘The one-armed wonder is another spe- .des of chiseler. You meet him often. He’s an expert in lijditing cigarettes while * driving fifty miles an hour. “Al^, he’s mighty clever in using both bands to light up the old pipe in a breeze. Good at cuddling his sweetie, too, as he sails along under a romantic moon. “This gent feels that one hand is plenty on the steering wheel. So he speeds along, apparently unmindful of the fact that a sudden jolt may throw his car clear out of control. A blow-out, for instance; an un seen hole in the pavement; or an unnotic ed obstacle in the street. “These are the things that make one- armed driving so hazardous—the unfore seen emergencies which requires the full strength of both arms. Common sense pleads with the motorist to keep both haiids on the steering wheel. Two handfuls of safety are indefinitely better than one.” But dear Liberty we expect little results from your articles on safety in automo- bfle driving just as we expect little from this editorial. Something stronger than a mere ai^)eal to the common-sense of the road hogs will be necessary. Until we quit reporting “unavoidable accidents” (there ain’t no sich animule) and letting those involved go serenely on their way to an other collision, our death rate from auto mobiles will continue to mount. Just be- - cause no one is injured in an accident or . BO one is involved except the owner of the car, is no reason the speeding, foolish mo torist should not be arrested and given severe justice. Then and not until then shall there be an effective drive in the in terest of safety. The Winston-Salem Journal and Senti nel used double-column editorial space Sun day to say what The Journal-Patriot has been saying repeatedly regarding the elec tion laws of North Carolina. The Twin City paper, always fearless and courageous, again demonstrates the liberalism which has characterized its serv ice to the state. at takes the same position we have tak en with reference to continuance of the primary. Abolishing the primary plan would not remedy the evils. Journal-Pa triot readers will recall our recent stand on this point. “Shall the people rule?” is the caption of the editorial. In the opinion of the Win ston-Salem paper, they cannot rule unless the absentee ballot law is repealed. We have said that more than once. It denounces the corrupt use of mark ers. We. have also done that. We believe The Journal-Patriot was first in the state to take a stand in opposition to this fea- " ture of the election law which is obvious ly a breeder of corruption. Significant excerpts from the Winston- Salem paper’s editorial are: “People who corrupt our primaries and eleetums ought to speid some time in the ' penitentiary or on the public roads.” -- “North Orolina has reached a low atage of degradation and debasement in the conduct of its primaries and elections. It needs a purification.” a Kaa 'The time has come to call a halt,” “Upon the Democratic party of this state rests the responsibility for a refor mation. For the good of that party, it can not come too quickly and it cannot be too tiiorongh.” "We ought to have a real Australian baSot law.~’ The Twin City publication is right. The sincerity of the majority party in its ef- -lortsio give the citizenriiip of the state an honest government and preserve the fran- fm> V^rii blood has been spilled is challenged. ^ Our siactioa laws look like a tkve da> signed to per^ fraud and corruption to seep tlmiui^. They desme nothing bet ter’than a thorough demising. That alone win satisfy an intelligent citizenship which looks with §hame upon practices which are nauseating in the extreme. =9: TUs Weekfin .jfi jfe. A Stalwart Passes ' Wilkes citizens learned of tfie death of John W. Lambeth, father of Coibgressman Walter Lambeth, with eincem regret. While not so well known here as. the younger Lambeth, he nevertheless had quite a number of friends throughout this section. The Charlotte Observer’s tribute to the deceased follows: The two brothers—Frank S., and John W. Lambeth—26 years ago made venture in Thom- asville, their native town, that was viewed with skepticism by the natives, for they had estab lished a chair factory, an enterprise of the kind was then regarded as a bold venture. Neverthe less. the brothers were better business men than they had been given credit for, and the factory proved a success from the start, later becoming known as the Standard Chair Factory, It was perhaps this initial venture in the manufacturing industry that gave impetus to the industrialism whch made Thomasville famous. Colonel Frank Lambeth was called to his reward several years ago and now the brother follows, an active busi ness and industrial career having been ended for John Lambeth Tuesday morning. The passing of these pioneer captains of industry robs Thomas ville of two of its most progressive citizens, for they have record as actual “builders” of that town. £ach brother was possessed of many pri- ate virtues. They were churcliraen of prominence and Frank Lambeth was noted for his ability to give life to the old Methodist hymns. John Lam beth was the father of Congressman Walter Lambeth, and a nephew. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, pas tor of the iWesley Memorial church, assisted the beloved Rev. Dwight Ware in conducting the ceremonies. Thus passes away two of the State’s stalwarts and two of Thomasville’s most resource ful citizens. Dams And Damns Deponent admits to no excessive use of that semi-vulgar or vulgar (as you please) word, “damn.” Somehow or other, it never occurred to us to expi*ess our thoughts that-a-way. Somebody recalled the other day the quaint custom of a clean-spoken gentle- man who invariably referred to Beaver Dam as “Beaver Hill” to avoid even the remote suggestion of an oath. Not so uncompromising as that, we are yet. Yet any school boy ought to be able to make a better cussword out of the hy potenuse of a right-triangle or a d-n Latin verb. Speaking of the use of this sometimes- calLd cussword, George Beasley, Jr., writ ing in the Monroe Journal, says: One of the best illustrations of the humorous and therefore more legitimate use of “damn” was provided by an old friend some years ago. He was taking a cow to graze. The weather wasn’t exactly comfortable, and man and cow walked along utterly lacking in enthusiasm- The man, chain in hand, trailed behind the cow. “Where you going?” asked some one who was loitering in the shade. My friend’s reply was so eloquent that damn, as he interpreted it, has remained a part of my vocabuary. He said, without smiling: “I’m just tagging along, to see where this damn cow is going.” Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN GOD CARES FOR ELIJAH Lesson for July 15th. 1 Kings 17 and 19. Gold en Text: Matthew 6:32. Elijah is the most individual and interesting of the early prophets. A rugged, desert figure of flaming zeal, who stood uncompromisingly for the primitive convictions of the fathers, he hurl ed defiant thunderbolts at all who departed from this simple, pioneer faith- He was peculiarly strong both in impulsiveness and in tenacity. The first part of the lesson reveals this strength. There we see him as the prophet-of both judg ment and mercy. Yet Elijah was weak, too, as the latter part of our lesson makes clear. Behold him sitting under a juniper-tree in the wilderness asking the Lord to take his life! What was the matter with him? In the first place he was tired. After the fear ful strain of the contest with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel he was completely ex hausted. Now physical weariness often produces despondency. Then, in the second place, he felt all alone, as though no one were sympathetic with him. “I, even I only, am left." We know the meaning of this, do we not? Loneliness and home-sickness are very common experiences. Moreover, Elijah was Idle. He had nothing now to occupy his attention and save him from intro spection- Few become more gloomy or rebelliotu than the unemployed. We have here a very personal problem. Elijah’s worst foe was himself. He had won a spectacu lar victory, but now he sulks like a spoilt child. One is reminded of that searching declaration of Shakespeare’s Cassins: "The fault, dear Brutus,' is not in our stars, but in onrselvea-" And it was D. L. Moody, famous evangelist who said that he had had more trouble with himself then with any other man be had ever met "v Thf fact is that we are at war with' onreehma But Qod. can ddlver ns from this enpinyt seen as be saved Elijah. Washington, July 10. (Auto-, caster)—piece of .news wbicb the cablM carried the other day is causing more mental pertnr- hation in Administration circles than even the unpaid war debts. That is the statement , officially made that In Great Britain un employment has been reduced, to the point wher® It was five ysani ago. Recovery, according to the cables, began in Europe early in 1932 and has continued .without serious interruption since. Whe ther it had not already started in America at the same time, and whether it might not have pro gressed as rapidly here as there if there had been no experiment al efforts to stimulate it. Is what is worrying some of the Presi dent’s advisers. Not that they admit there is anything to the Idea, but they are terribly afraid that the Re publicans will pick up the theory that the New Deal has hamper ed, Instead of stimulated, eco nomic recovery, and adduce so many facts In support of it as to make a convincing campaign argument out of it. And nobody in Washington forgets for a minute that this is a campaign year. “Outs" Must Have Issue In all fairness, It ought to be made clear that unless the Re publicans do find some definite, positive issue between now and the beginning of the Congres sional campaigns in September, they haven’t any chance at all of capturing the lower house of Congress or the Senate. Their chance of an opposition major ity Is slight, at best; but If the only campaign arguments they are able to put forward are the stale pleas of the “outs” to be put back “in,” based upon noth ing constructive but merely up on dislike of the New Deal pro gram, then they will capture mighty few seats in either house. It would not be a novelty If they did even gain control of Congress. That has happened more than once In our political history—but never when there, was as good a poll.lo'ar’ popular personality as At r., Roosevelt in the White Hons'’. | In 1890, for exauip.e. .. | greatest oposition landslide in our history occurred. Benjamin Harrison had been elected Pres ident in 1883, with a strong working majority in both houses of Congress behind him. But in 1890 the combined Democrats and Populists captured 85 Re publican seats in the House of Representatives. In Taft and Wilson Ibeigns In 1910 President Taft had a Republican Congress, elected with him in 1908, turn sour on his hands and go Democratic. In Woodrow Wilson’s second term, the Congress elected in 1918 was dominated by the Republican, op position. But in these and alt the other instances of a mid-term upset in the complexion of Con gress there was a definite issue before the people upon which they were thoroughly aroused. No such issue has as yet shaped itself. So while the President’s friends conceded that they will probably lose some seats, they are not greatly scared of losing control of Congress. They have a feeling, which many old politi cal observers with Republican leai.ings share, that there is not, at the present moment, enough political acumen and smart lead ership in the Republican party to do much damage. There is, however, a good deal of money on the Republican side. Campaign funds are going to count heavily this year in most districts. Here, again, the feel ing in Washington is that the distribution of immense sums of Government money in various forms of welfare activity, such as the PWA, CWA, CCC, FERA and the farm benefits and bonus es will go a long way to make voters friendly to the Adminis tration, and presumably to the Democratic party. Cong^te.ss Faces the Voters Doubtless all the beneficiaries of Federal spending are grateful to Mr. Roosevelt — but Mr. Roosevelt Is not running for re- oleetioQ _thla year. It _ that haa tcFfaeo tba votora, and mingled vitb the teelins that Congress has been nothing more than a rubber stamp which the President used to make Jils 9«r- Bonal actiona.legal and^Constitn- tUnial. is a good deal of dfsaatls- faotlpn in many agrieultaral sepr tiohs over the way some ot the recovery projeets have worked out.- Farm prlros in general have gone up, but prices of goods the farmers have to buy have gone up farther and faater: The NRA has done a better job in Its field than has the AAA. That has caused a. lot ‘ Of dlagmntlement. Nobody^ yet knows how far and how deep that kind of diesatls- faction extends. , ^ / ^ Busy PoUtl^ Snmmm' The drought has offset much if not most of the gains for the farmers as a whole—the meet severe drought in all history, authorities say. Probably nobody seriously will blame the drought on the Government, but it has beyond doubt created an under current of discontent which may express itself at the polls, in the states affected. And if it should result in a definite food short age elsewhere, which seems not at all improbable, it may affect voters all over the country. Then there is the great block of inflationist voters, lineal de scendants of the Populists of 1890 who wrecked the Harrison administration and all but wrecked the Republican parly. Some of these ar.^i sure to ask embarrassing questions of their Representatives as to why they let “Wall Street” stand in the way of monetary inflation, by either the silver or the green back route, when they had the power in their hands. 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