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THURSrXAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1934
Grange Invited Here
Ujiless some unforeseen difficulties
arise the 1935 state Grange convention
will convene in North Wilkesboro.
Prom reliable sources we have learned
that the state executive committee has
looked over the scene and have report
ed favorably. Action by the state con
vention meeting in Lumberton the lat
ter part of this month will settle the
question.
The Grange is the outstanding rural
fraternity adapted especially for farm
people and is made up of some of the
best citizenship in the state.
Although it is more than a year
ahead it is time to think about giving
this representative body of people a
good time and a warm welcome to
North Wilkesboro.
We know of no other organization
made up of a more representative type
of people and their impression of North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes County will
mean much for the reputation of our
community.
Here’s hoping that nothing will get
in the way of the convention coming to
Wilkes, the scene of the first county
Grange in North Carolina.
What’s Wrong?
This is the third consecutive issue of
The Journal-Patriot to carry an editor
ial touching upon the alarming number
of automobile fatalities but since dang
er on the highways can be reduced by
education of the people to the enor
mous risk of carelessness the comment
should be worthwhile.
Reports indicate that 1931 is seeing
more men, women and children killed
in automobile accidents than in any
previous year. Figures supplied by the
National Bureau of Casualty and Sui-
ety Underwriters show that for the fir.st
six months of this y’ear about 20 per
cent more people were killed than in
1983, and the worst driving months are
yet to come— September, October and
November. In 1933, nearly 31,000 per
sons were killed. If you add 20 per cent
to this num.ber it will amount to 37,200,
with more than 1.000,000 persons in
jured. The economic loss v.’ill jump in
to the billions.
What is the matter? It is not possible
that the' drivers of the country have
ceased to think. They would not admit
that they are willing to wipe out or
cripple the population of a large city
every year. It et, they do so, and seem
ingly they don’t care.
There must be some kind of a new
germ in the air which infects us all.
Perhaps it is the speed bug. In any
event, it compels us all to dash some
where or nowhere in our cars day or
.night for no pressing reason. Then we
come back to the same place in the
same hurry. If a man, woman or little
child gets in the way, it is just too bad.
If another car, or bus, or tree, or stone
' wall is in the way, that is just a tough
break.
Our authorities have been liberal in
the matter of driving rules and regula-
lions. On the whole, drivers are legally
■ allowed plenty of speed at all times.
But this liberality does not extend to
\ the point where the authorities are will-
ing to have an army of people killed
every year. The motorists of America
should realize that the time will come
when the authorities—representatives
of themselves and their neighbors—
will pass stricter regulations and en
force more stringent penalties. If peo
ple will not exercise care for them
selves, society as a whole must exercise
It for them. There appears to be no
other way out.
Another thing that makes Hfe In this Ameri
ca to interesting Is an article by Miss Ginger
^Rogers, 21,-of Hollywood, on how to make
gMC68i- of marrlags.—Detroit News.
AdvertuSg Our^Stat®
There, m:e few people who have not
heard of Pike’s Peak in Colorado and
thU mountain has gained so much pub
licity that the average person, not too
well versed in geography, would think
it is the highest peak in the country.
But such is not the case. There are
about a half dozen mountains in the
■ state of Colorado alone which are high
er than Pike’s Peak and doubtless some
of them are equal in grandeur and
scenic interest.
Then why is it that we hear so much
about Pike’s Peak? Simply because
none of the other mountains have been
advertised so widely.
The Carolinas, Inc., is an organiza
tion with headquarters at Charlotte.
The one and only purpose of this firm
is to advertise the Carolinas, telling the
world just how desirable North and
South Carolina are for a brief stay or a
sojourn of a lifetime.
To raise funds to carry on a publicity
campaign Carolinas, Inc., is selling
stamps on which are pictured such
scenes of interest as Grandfather
Mountain, Wright Memorial, Blowing
Rock, Guilford Battleground, Linville
Falls, King’s Mountain, Caesar’s Head
and other places in addition to illustra
tive scenes of industrial and sport ac
tivity.
These stamps are being sold to peo
ple to put on mail going out of the state
in much the same manner as Christmas
seals are used. They have a two-fold
purpose, to advertise the state and to
raise funds for other forms of publicity.
The Kiwanis Club here is entering on
a project to sell stamps of this type in
North Wilkesboro and it is worthy of
public suppoi't. Money used for adver
tising the state is well spent, especially
in view of the fact that the Great Scen
ic Parkway will soon be a reality and
that people will be turning their atten
tion to North Carolina and more es
pecially this northwestern section,
which has suffered from lack of pub
licity more than any other area of
.scenic interest.
Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
HKZKKIAH I.EADS HIS PEOPLE BACK
TO GOD
Lesson for September 9th. 2nd Chronicles 30.
Golden Te.xt: 2nd Chronicles 30:9.
Hezekiah ascended the throne when Judah
was in the throes of a spiritual depression. A
young man in hi.s 2Cth year, he was the good
son of unworthy Ahaz. Probably his mother
Abijah atoned for the wickedness of his fath
er. From her he doubtless inherited a large
share of his good qualities. “A good mother,”
wrote George Herbert, “is worth a hundred
schoolmasters.”
Hezekiah’s long reign of 29 years is of
great importance. It witnessed the invasion of
Judah by Sennacherib’s Assyrian army which
seized 16 cities and over 200.000 prisoners
but was unable, because of a providential af
fliction. perhaps a pestilence, to capture Je
rusalem.
But we are more particularly interested in
Ilezekiah’s religious reforms. They are describ
ed in the 18th chapter of the 2nd book of
Kings where we read that "he removed the
shrines, broke the obelisks, and cut down the
sacred poles; he demolished the bronze ser
pent made by Moses.’’ And the chapter in 2nd
Chronicles before our lesson says “he did that
which was right in the sight of hte Lord.”
The lesson describes the king’s invitation to
all Israel and Judah to come to the temple at
Jerusalem to keep the passover. Hezekiah saw
that everything in both kingdoms was sink
ing from bad -to worse. He therefore decided
to assemble the separated peoples in festival
worship of their common God. It was a wise
and generous proposal inspired by a gracious
spirit. Unfortunately this gesture toward un
ity met with ridicule. But there was a large
enough group in favor of the plan to make
possible its successful fulfillment. Indeed
“there assembled at Jerusalem much people to
keep the feast ... a very great congregation.’’
Thus the passion for the larger view triumph
ed.
In years to come there will be a haughty
society composed of the descendants of persons
who saw Dillinger killed.—Rockford (111.)
Register-Republic.
The silence that ls\ coming out of Germany
is nothing more than the censorship at work.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Washington, Aug. 81. (Anto-
ca«ter)L-Since, (the Vresident’s
return from his vacation, the
poUtical forecasters have been
getting busy again figuring out
what is going to happen next
under the New Deal..And the
smartest of them are saying,
quite openly, that all the . signs
indicate that Mr. Roosevelt Is
rapidly veering toward the ‘left’
That Is to say, the feeling here
is that policies which are regard
ed as “radical” have definitely
won out over the more .oonserva-
tive courses which business men
and Industrialists have been hop
ing he would adopt.
Just how much basis there is
for such a conclusion depends a
good deal, of conrse, on defini
tions. There are lots of people
who slap the label “radical’’ or
revolutionary’’ on anything they
don’t agree with. But what is
behind this growing Impression
of Presidential radicalism is not
only the recent nationalization
of silver, with Its Inflationary
Implications, but some of the
things the President said in his
Green Bay speech, on his way
back to Washington.
President Receives Protest
‘The President is beginning to
talk like Tugwell,’’ is the way
one observer expressed It. Mr.
Tugwell has become notorious
for drawing, what some consid
er, misleading implications from
well-known facts.
It is, of course, not quite cor
rect to say that President Roose
velt subscribes to all of these
radical doctrines, but since he
got back from his trip to Hawaii
he has been flooded with protests
against the tone of some of his
recent utterances, joming most
ly not from ultra-conservative
or political sources hut from or
dinary business men who are
trying to reassure themselves
that business is still going to
have a chance to grow and to
earn profits.
Of course, no President ever
succeeded in pleasing everybody,
and Jim Parley has reported to
the President that he is pleasing
more people than any President
ever did, so much of the com
plaining runs off like water off
a duck’s back. The plain fact of
the situation, however. Is that
the Administration is up against
conditions which were not fore
seen and which seem likely to
result in a considerable readjust
ment of programs, if not of
policies.
It must always be remembered
that Mr. Roosevelt has consis
tently said that he didn’t know
whether any of his projects
would work, but he was' going to
try them, anyway, and if they
failed, scrap them and try some
thing else.
To Revise N.R..A.
It seems now to be reasonably
clear that NRA is headed for the
scrap-heap, at least the more
onerous provisions of that com
plicated structure. General John
son is definitely on his way out.
Business men and industrial
ists like the idea of having Gov
ernment support for trade asso
ciation agreements, and will wel
come a chance to continue,
the major industries, along the
lines laid down in NRA. They
are beginning to get a bit nerv
ous, however, over the apparent
disagreement between the. Presi
dent and General Johnson in the
matter of price-fixing. The Gen
eral’s idea, which was the theory
at the base of the Recovery Act,
is that prices should go up, in
order that business may make
profits and so pay better wages
and hire more workers.
The President, it is under
stood, has come to the point of
fearing rising prices may react
unfavorably upon the Adminis.
tration, particularly in foodstuffs
and other things consumed by
city folks. And there seems to be
no escaping the certainty that
such prices are on the way up.
The AAA, on the other hand,
is bent upon getting better prlc-
tknd Govemmeat’a
ment'itSif 'it will taka ' iSRrer
floiu aR over the world and that
and Issue fl.29' 01 paper,
money agaisst each ounce U caL^
eaiat^_ to have > beUetietal ei~\
feet upon OrlentiU trade ez-
chaniWI''and perhapa lead to a
general stabllii^on. and equali
zation of world cnrrenciea. As a
means of \ domestic' ^^tlatloB,
however, It is not a very lour
step. 3
Mh'ny conservative members
of the Admlnietratlon think that
real inflation is an inevitable
next step, and they are advising
people to pat their funds Into
commodities and tangibles, cer
tain that-dollar values for such
things will go many times high
er shortly. And the pressure
from the great mass of .debtors
for cheaper money is increasing
rather than diminishing.
’ If We appreciate the large volume
' ^‘bf ^isiness ^ctended us dming our
Borah Raps Monopolies
A politician who broadcast a speech the other
night claims that the radio misquoted him—
Washington Post.
This column has quit worrying about the
depression and Is now worrying about those
who still worry about the depression.—Dallas
Morning News.
As we understand the experts, there is plen
ty of food in the United States, but not enough
people who like to eat.—^Newark Sunday Call.
es for farm products; but since
Nature took a hand in the shape
of the greatest drought In Amer
lean history, its administrators
are not so keen about enforcing
all of thejr plans for crop reduc
tion.
The Silver Situation
One definite result of the ap
parent continuous swing toward
the “left” in the Administration
is a further tightening up of prl
vate credit. Individuals and in
stitutions with free capital are
investing only In Government
bonds o r other low-interest
sound securities, refusing to risk
their capital in business or con
structive enterprises until they
get better assurances that they
will be given a chance to make a
profit by its use. The trend In
the opposite direction which the
Government has been trying to
stimulate by its home-financing
plan under the Housing Act has
not yet set in. This may come,
however, If the new silver pro
gram turns out to be the begin
ning of a real inflation of the
currency.
The nationalization of all silv
er bullion at 50 cents an onnee.
Pocatello, Idaho, Sept. 3.^—If
the two major political parties
do not break the bold of monopo
lies, the people must rise up and
do it. Senator William B. Borah
(R), Idaho, declared today.
Borah, NRA critic, energetic
foe of monopolies, condemned
the NRA for fostering what he
believes to be monopolistic prac
tices In the country. He declared
that until anti-trust laws' are re
stored, the new deal Is still the
old deal.
Addressing 6,000 persons here
today, Borah praised labor and
warned the average worker to
b e careful before accepting
promises of communism to im
prove their condition.
He declared that labor had not
gone communistic but, despite
pressing problems, stands “four
square for those things that
stand for American people.”
GOVERNOR RETURNS
PART OF HIS PAY
Raleigh, Sept. 3.—Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus refunded vol
untary $1,443.75 of his salary
tor the 1933-34 fiscal year to
the state treasurer, according to
records of the state auditor.
The Governor previously an
nounced he would return 15 per
cent of his $10,000 annual sal
ary. Constitutional provisions
prevented the legislature from
slashing his pay. Several other
state officials also refunded part
of their salaries because of North
Carolina's financial condition.
ENGINEER KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Centreville, Miss., Sept. 3.—
Leaving the rails and plowing up
tracks for a quarter of a mile,
the New Orleans-bound passeng
er train of the Mississippi Valley
Railroad was wrecked near here
today. The engineer was killed
and several other trainment and
passengers hurt, nine of them
seriously.
^ Special sale on tires, tubes, batteries.
Me., during the mfonth of August. The
patronage extended by you went far be
yond our es^ec^tion, and we are sin-
; cerely appreciative. Make it a regular
habit^of saving on your automobile
needs and repairs by trading with us.
We are pleased to announce that W. R.
(Rabbit) Vannoy is now connected
with our firm. Mr. Vannoy needs no
introduction to the people of this sec
tion as he has been engaged in the au
tomobile and service station business
for a number of years. He will be glad
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WILEY BROOKS—PAUL BILLINGS
Ninth tSreet North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Davis, Noted Speed
Flier, Dies In Crash
Airport, Cleveland, Sept. 3.—
Plucky little Dou.g Davis, flying
in the face of a premonition of
death, crashed and died in the
wreckage of fils speed plane to
day while rounding a pylon in
the $10,000 Thompson trophy
race.
Flashing past the mangled
body of his fallen competitor.
Col. Roscoe Turner, of Los An
geles, who had trailed the Atlan
ta speed pilot for 65 miles of the
race, shot across the finish line
to win the trophy and the $4,500
first prize.
The crash occurred behind the
huge grandstand at the national
air races. More than 125,000 air
tans who did not know for two
hours that .the flier had died in
the accident, were saddened
when they learned that Doug
Davis had sacrificed his life on
the altar of speed—for the ad
vancement of aviation.
Davis’ plane, a Weddell-V’il-
liams racer—the same in which
the late Jimmy Weddell set the
world’s land speed record last
year—was ground into a mass of
twisted steel by the crash. The
flier’s body was broken and torn.
Both legs were severed. His head
was crushed.
Flying a plane of the
make, but with a much
powerful motor. Turner
same
more
won
with an average of 248.129 miles
an hour, some four miles an
hour less than the Thompson
trophy record seL-by Major Jas.
H. Doolittle -in 1932 at Chicago.
Miss Booth Is Elected
Salvation Army Head
Commander
London, Sept. 3.-
Evangeline Booth, descendant of
the Salvation Army, tonight was
elected head of that organiza
tion, succeeding General Edward
John Higgins.
Commander Booth won over
Commissioner Henry Mapp, pres
ent chief of staff of the Salvation
Army, her chief opponent for the
post as general. She is 69, eldest
daughter o f William Booth,
founder of the organization and
its first head, and for years has
headed the American branch of
the Salvation Army.
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