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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1934
Sixteen Years Ago
Sixteen years ago November 11, was the
«ad of the greatest conflict among men
that this old earth has ever witnessed.
In previous wars men had been slain in
what was more or less man-to-man con
flict but in the World War all the in
ventions of science were called in to
make the slaying and maiming more on
a wholesale basis.
Well do we remember the morning
when the news was received that an
armistice had been signed and that the
great war had ended. Whistles were
blowing, church bells were pleading
from the countryside and everywhere
there was tearful joy that the slaughter
of men had stopped.
Sixteen years have elapsed and on
Sunday we paused to pay a tribute
to those who fell for their country and
those who returned from foreign fields
and were fortunate enough not to have
stopped an enemy’s bullet.
And when we pause to think of the
last war let us look into the future and
try to picture what the horrors of an
other great conflict would be after six
teen more years of development in
scientific research. Let us imagine that
the terrible means which would be used
would take their toll, not only of the
prime of manhood, but everybody in
the path of conflict.
When we have considered war in
this light, let us teach peace, talk peace
and live peaceful lives toward our fel-
lowmen, setting an example for nations.
For nations are made of states, states
of counties, counties of townships, and
townships of homes—^the starting point
of all government and endeavor.
At The Beginning
Crime and the crime wave that has
encompassed this nation for the past
ten years has been the subject of more
comment than any other subject with
the possible exception of politics.
Crime is one thing that is talked
about too much in porportion to what is
done about it.
The recent war on gangsters by the
department of justice has been a signal
success in killing off the maniacs who
reached the top of the criminal profes
sion. For these victories of the forces of
law and order we are grateful.
Let us consider, however, that those
who reached the heights of gangdom
left a trail of blood and took their toll
of human lives before they were stamp
ed out. Considered in this light, it ap
pears that there is much to be done yet
for the law only gets revenge but can
not bring back the murdered lives.
Regardless of how good your com
munity may be there are boys and girls
growing up under adverse circumstanc
es, who are failing to follow a course of'
honesty and diligence. There are boys
who no doubt have hours each day to
loaf and improperly spent leisure time
breeds criminal instincts and the desire
to get easy money.
The cure for criminal ills seems to be
furnishing youth something interesting
and wholesome to occupy all their time.
By education, discipline and teaching
diligence in the home, school and
church the trouble can be stopped at its
source. It is all well and good to slay
the arch criminal but even more can be
accomplished for the present and fu
ture generations by preventative meas-
.ures.
^ Election Comment
> Our readers are familiar enough with
-'i local politics and the results of last Tues
day’s election and any comment we might
^ make (would be that many words of little
wwrth, but a glance at the national situa-
"tion might be worthwhile.
Never before has the Democratic party,
^^or any other party, held such power in
^Faiational politics as it will in the next
ooBgrl^ asid jMPedHctikmi ot writers Oiat
ocmgreM wodld i>e i>«nocratfc_jtt)p4ieftyy
have come to pass.
The riectkm was truly an endcoeement
of New Deal pdicies and Preri!^ Roose
velt. In only a few seetions of the coun
try there were other issues, but it seems
as if the people, generally speaking, voted
- New Deal or Conservative instead of Re
publican or Itemocrat.
Thus we see party lines aifflost entirely
abolished in the next congress and the
alignment will be along the'lines of so-
called progressive and so^alled conserva
tive. It is to be expected that some of
the few Republicans will side with the.
conservative element of the (Democratic
party and there will be the division- The
Republicans will not have enough votes in
either the house or senate to amount to
much in regular party lines, because the
Democratic party has the necessary two-
thirds majority if the oM-time party
alignment was the order of the day. Some
Republics senators and congressmen,
termed progressives, are backing the Pres
ident’s program with far more enthusi
asm than the more conservative element
of the Democratic party.
As it appears now, however, President
Roosevelt will have no more obstacles in
the way of getting the legislation he
favors than he did in the last congress
and the New Deal will have full sway.
Yet, President Roosevelt is not a radical
in the extreme sense of the word and he
may find danger in the new congress
wanting to go too far “to the left.” The
President is regarded as a well balanced
executive, who, though (he experiments,
goes about the business of government
with a marked degree of caution. Many
people are prone to think the changes he
has brought about are the stepping stones
to a more radical shake-up of the form of
government and in this attitude on the
part of the people—^not the president—
lies the danger.
•Then there will be many new members
of congress wiho may be so badly fooled
as to think that they were nominated and
elected because of their supremacy and
ability and may feel that they are capa
ble of fostering great and revolutionary
changes. The fact is, a great many of
those who wer^ elected won because of
their pledge to support the administra
tion- How long before some of them will
think they are supermen and try to fos
ter some move that is not at all to the
president’s wishes.
County, state and national officers are
elected. They have been chosen by the
people. In turn the people should give
them every support and co-operation so
long as they think their leadership is
sound.
The Book
Uie first line of which reads,
"The Holy Bible," and which
contains four great treasurea
By BRUCE BARTON
P.41L’S GRFAT WRITINGS
That white-hot letter to the Galatians, prod
uct of Paul’s intense moral indignation, whose
curses remain untranslated because the trans
lators have feared to put them Into plain Eng
lish, is the Magna Charta of Christian liberty.
It is the rebuke of bigotry and the battle cry
of freedom.
Paul soon set forth on his third and last
missionary journey. He s'srtcl northward as
he had done before, passing from Antioch by
land around the cn:l of the Mediterranean,
preaching a.s he went, till he came to Ephesus.
There be seemed to find an opening In the
Jewish synagogue, but after three months a
sharp clash arose, and he rented a schoolroom
from a philosopher named Tyrannus, the phi
losopher using it half a day and Paul he other
halt. He took a two years’ lease of this place
and developed his extension service so fully
that all they which dwelt in Asia (the
province, not the continent) heard the
word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.
The growth of his body of adherents was so
remarkable that in this city, where the beau
tiful temple of Diana stood, and her shrine
was sacred, the idol makers were almost out
of work. A large mass meeting of the silver
smiths and allied trades convened in the thea
tre. There was a great shout for two hours,
“Great Is Diana of the Ephesians.’’ Bat then,
as often,
the more part knew not wherefore they
were come together.
So the crowd shouted Itself tired without vio
lence, and the town clerk said a tactful word
that dismissed the assembly.
In Ephesus, before this riot made his with
drawal wise, Paul heard occasionally from his
churches in Macedonia and Achai, and he kept
in touch with them by means of his letters,
which were increasingly comprehensive.
From here he wrote ' his two letters to the
Corinthians. If you will read them you will
see that he canvassed pretty nearly every sub
ject of church organization and of practical
sociology: Ought the church to retain in 'its
membership a fornicator? Ought Christians to
observe the festivals of the moon? What about
eating meats that had been offered to idols?
Ought Christians to marry? Ought women to
have part in public worship? Ought Christians
to have lawsuits?
Prompted in part by questions submitted to
' him, his letters grew to Include more and more
of doctrinal instruction and of practical ap
plication of truth to life. Read these letters
and see how there came Into them such sublime
passages as the chapter on charity (I Cor. 13).
fame!
By JOHNSON |] . HiiYE3
BOI
Rev. George McNeill’s sons,
Joseph and Thomas, have ^ many
descendants living in Wllkef
county and I will gl^e below snch
information as I have concerning
them.
Joseph McNeil, son of Rev.
George, horn 17S7, died-' 18BS:
married first time Hanneit Wilson
and aecond wife was Bhudietti
Vlars., His children were.
(a) -^ Larkin.- Married N^lie
Ferguson October, 1887, relative
of Arlie Wilson. By first mar
riage:
1. Franklin died in war.
2. John McNeil married Rebec
ca Fergnson.; .
8. Rev. Milton," born Jan. 8,
1846^ married Martha Adeliade
Barlow, daughter of Braxton Bar-
low.
4. Louisa married William
Parsons, of Boomer.
Second 'uarriage to Elizabeth
Viars:
5. Rebecca, my grandmother,
married Franklin McNeil, her
cousin.
(b) Rev. James McNeil.
(c) William McNeil (Little
Billie), born Oct. 20, 1818, died
August 15, 1869; married Nov,
20, 1843, Martha Elvira Robin
son.
1. George Bartlet, born August
31, 1844, died February 10, 1905;
married Mary Ann Vannoy.
2. James Oliver^ born May 11,
1846.
3. Mary Evaline, born April 19,
1846, died December 26, 1916,
married William Harrison Stout,
son of Jonathan Stout.
4. Thomas Iprin, born Novem
ber 20, 1849, and now living at
Purlear.
Thomas/McNeil, a son of Rev.
George, was born 1782', died Sept.
8, 1865; married Mary Hannah,
daughter of Rev. James Parsons,
of Surry county.
(a) Polly married John Par
sons (lived above Odell Parson’s).
1. Franklin married Elizabeth
Lenderman, daughter of Henry.
2. Gordon married Nancy,
daughter of Johnny Phillips on
Big Lump.
|b) Sallie married William
Blackburn.
1. Thomas died in war without
children.
2. Malinda died without issue.
3. Adelaide married Calvin
Thomlinson, brother of Levi.
4. Adolphus married Lydia,
daughter of Sol Green.
5. Finley married Rhoda Mich
ael, daughter of Dave Michael.
(c) James died February 16,
1865. Married Fannie Dula.
1. Eda, born July 28, 1858;
married George W. Bradley Aug.
4, 1881.
2. George (Hill’s father) mar
ried Mary Miller, daughter of
Jesse Miller.
3. Mary Ann married Bennett
Welsh.
4. Fanny married Joseph Jones.
5. Martha married Jno. Thomp
son.
(d) George W., Sr., married
Levisa Triplett January 30, 1847.
1. John married Frankie,
daughter of 'Squire Yates, and
sister of Scotty of Idlewild.
2. Sallie married Alfred Prof-
3. Salina married W e s 1 e y
Green.
4. Albert went west.
5. Thomas lives near Lenoir..
6. George William, born March
9, 1860, married Sallie, daughter
of Jim Messick and Mary Triplett
Messlck, !
7. James died in Alabama and
left a child or two.
8. Rutns, Boomer R. F. D.,
married Cora Foster, daughter of
Killls Foster.
9. Alice married Jackson Wil
son, Zionvllle.
10. Mary married Joe Good
man.
11. Alverta marrried Senter
Stansberry, Zionville.
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Idaho veteran said in an intc*!-
view, "and I believe ir edfi .lie:
done-and .shonld be done iiaib
farther, t^t it it isn’t doAa. tte
Republican party will dip like the
old Whig party when it showed,
political cowardice."
He examined the wonnds hid
party had snffered in ’PoMday's
election and obMrved:
"It will hare to be rataeltat^
I don't think there is room
in this country for an old edniMihr-
atlve party. It the vRepabHean
party is reorganised, it will take
a more liberal oonrM. It not, it
won’t. ■’
“Under Theodore Rooeevelt the
Republican party ivas the most
liberal and there is plenty of op
portunity tor that kind now. It
is the only kind of Republican
party that can exist.
"There is no reason to give up
the name, principles and teachings
of the party. Abraham Lincoln
and Theodore Roosevelt were lib
eral leaders, it doesn’t take very
long to shake off what you call
conservatism."
The senator indicated he did
not believe the new and ssuceess-
ful progressive party in Wiscon
sin was the instrument for the
transition.
In traveling over the coun
try," he related, "I find the rank
and file very anxious to retain
and rebuild the party. I don’t
want to get personal but they find
certain people do not represent
their views.”
25 PER CENT CUT IN COTTON
ACREAGE FOR NEXT YEAR
Washington, Nov. 8.—A 1935
program for America’s principal
export crop—cotton—which calls
for the largest possible acreage re
duction and increased payments
to co-operating farmers, was
drafted today at the agricultural
adjustment administration.
As yet the plan Is labeled “un
official” but authoritative quar
ters report Secretary Wallace al.
moat certainly will order an
acreage cut of 25 per cent below
the average in the past of around
41,000,000 acres.
TO CANVASS VOTES
The state hoard of elections, as
required by law, will meet in
Raleigh on November 27 to can
vass returns from Tuesday’s elec
tion.
In addition to checking the re
ports from the 100 counties in the
state, the board itself must can
vass the returns from the voting
in the solicitorial, judicial, con
gressional and state officers elec
tion, as well as the results from
the five counties which, because of
their population^ have one state
senator each
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1-2 of 1 Per Cent
Discount On 1934 Taxes
If Paymentis Made 1 ct*
On or Before . . . 1 *wVo iwl.
Due to postponement of sale of land for
■ taxes for the year 1933,1 have the 1934 |
Tax Books m my office.
C. H. FERGUSON
County Accountant