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^iHDiran>Bn.«trouna ISiWrtNil llindtff and Th^bd^ri it Nofth^^esbonK I^. C. ;> JL CARTER Mid JCLTOS C. BCBBAim, PaUMcn "* . to, SUBSCRIPTVON RATES: tk» State Oia cdtlM State 41.0»»erYa per Tear ^ Steered at tbe poet etCce at North Wilkea- '^1 iotek' M. C« ae aecead claaa aiatter onder Act ; «f XMMh 4. 18T». .THURSDAY, FEIBRUARY 7, 1935 GoYemment To many people the word “govern ment” is something indefinite. It is just the great being that is supposed to watch over them and keep them from starving and tc provide work for them at all times. It is the one thing that they would be glad of the chance to rob or loot while in all other deal ings they might be perfectly honest. The essential function of government is leadership and .the next in import ance is protection. Since we have the most democratic form of government in the world we lead ourselves and pro tect ourselves. The purposes of government have greatly broadened since the World War. The nations of the world, with a more educated people, have found that government^ has an even greater re sponsibility now than at any time since the world began. The complexities of civilization have caused the increased burden on gov ernments. As an instance let us consider transportation. One hundred years ago the man who established himself in his log cabin back in the mountains thought nothing of cutting his own road so he could drive his yoke of oxen or team of horses to the nearest store, possibly five miles away. Today transportation is one of the biggest and most complicated business es in operation. The government has had to assume the burden of highways and regulation of travel. The same holds true in communica tion, by letter, by wire, by air, and in other ways. Thus we see that to properly protect the interest of the people, who make the government, that the governing bo dies have had to expand to enormous porportions until now oiu- national go\- ernment is without doubt the biggest enterprise in'the world. Yet it is of the people, by the people and for the peo ple, as .\braham Lincoln visioned. If we were asked to depict an ideai social organization, we would say, off hand, that it would be one under which any able-bodied, intelligent man or w'oman could always find work at wages sufficient to provide for the necessities of life and lay a.side some thing for old age, and after forty years of work be able to retire on his or her savings. W’e think that a Government which concentrated on those objectives and on nothing else would come pretty near to being an ideal Government. Its corol lary functions might well include pro vision for the security of the thrifty in dividual’s savings, and such regulation of terms and conditions of employment as would at least not impair the work er’s chance of living to enjoy the fruits of a life’s work, and would protect him on the one hand against unfair compe tition by the workers of any foreign nation in which a lower standard of liv ing prevails, and on the other hand a- gainst exploitation by unprincipled em- ployers. Such an ideal Government would protect every man in his right to keep what he has earned, and as an essential part of that protection, would be ad ministered as economically as possible, in order that the burden of taxation might rest as lightly and as equitably as possible upon all its citizens. This ideal Government would make it its first concern that every child had an opportunity to obtain the best edu cation of which it was capable. If, in spite of that education, it persisted in making a fool of itself as it grew up, we do not believe that is any part of any Government’s concern. That is not to say that Government should permit the swindler to roam un checked; it should not tolerate imposi tions of any kind upon the ignorant and 'J** N.a the But ve do not conceive it part of Govemnieht's business^ta ricom- penae the victims of theirs owtJj foplish- ■^ness .and^- extravagance, 5, The ideal Government wouW iiither pamper its criminals nor allow'such so^: cial conditions to exist ns tend to make crimes against the body politic alluring to* the young. It would be a Govern ment (rf few laws, and those restrictive upon individual liberty only as the exer cise of that liberty infringes upon the liberties of others. It would be ade quately policed and its laws would-be rigidly enforced. We do not expect ever to see such a Government, either in the United States nor anywh^e else. We believe that what we have set down represents in large measure what our Government is striving for. Population Drifts Statisticians are predicting that the population in this country will get to the constant point before 1950. It has been frequently pointed out that the increase in population is slowing up. For the birth rate to only balance the death rate would indeed be something new for this country and would be a revolutionary change from the nation’s history in the past century and a half. Only a hundred and fifty brief years ago this country was small in territory and in population. It has grown tre mendously in population and w'ealth until it is the dominating power in the world. Just what effect the decreasing birth rate will have on the future of the country remains to be seen but some see a danger in having too few consumers and too few taxpayers to pay public debts. However, this does not look so bad to the average man as does the drift in population from the people who are able to rear families to the many fam ilies who are hard up to get something to eat, and wear, much less earn enough to provide educations for their chil dren. This situation, together with the fact that the colored race population grows more rapidly than the white in porportion, is taken by birth control advocates as an argument for their cause, who are claiming that the rich may have access to birth control infor mation and that laws should be made to allow doctors to dissiminate such in formation at their discretion. Opponents of birth control see grave dangers should the advocates win out in that population increase might .stop and that the number of people might even decline. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN •EXTEOOST Acts 2. Golden FUmC PULSE i lids te s eotamm op9m *o piditteCorSnK num'Mx ’jiiCitewhiMMBif’-' (ov- artfcile* .Ma hMdtes, nor condeimM tbem. Yteate IM M brief Ml pOMfUe. Where Is Wilkes County Legislator? Editor Journal-Patriot: Thanks for a little .space. Well, all I know is what I read. Last week while looking over the Wdnston-Salem Jonmal, and this Is what I read. A Mr. Williams, of Yadkin county had introduced a bill in the Legislature ~asking that Wilkes county oommlaaioners pay out eighteen hundred dollars per year, for clerk hire for the of fices of Clerk of Court. Sheriff and Register of Deeds of Wilkes county. Have the salaries of these of ficers been cut since Mr. C. H. Spmers, W. A. Stroud, W. H. Foster, T. H. Settle. Sheriff Brown, Woodruff and Elledge were in office? If so, then their salaries should be reimbursed. So they would be able to pay the clerk hire as the preceding offi cers did. I can’t conceive the idea that the present ofice holders are the instigators of this bill, when they are about the only men drawing a salary. There Is Just plenty of men I Wilkes county who are just as competent hs the present of fice holders that would be glad to have the jobs they have at a reduction instead of a raise. This bill surely must be a Democrat scheme to ruin the Re publican party, two years hence. What I want to know is where is Mr. Bryan, our Legislator from Wilkes, that he doesn’t know the wishes of the majority of tax payers of this county? Was he elected to fulfill the wishes of a few, or try to benefit tbe tax payers as a whole? The very idea of raising our taxes at the present time, when ninety-five per cent of the peo ple can’t pay their taxes as they are, and hundreds on the relief. Who is going to pay the eighteen hundred dollars? When Mr. Cimot vent to th# Legialntura four years i^o and got a bill pMsed giving the sheriff.Biz h«tir«d dollars for clerk hire he got motv "custing. ontt^ tiisD B cte has vUakers Who can dispute that? ^ I'm Jnst. ' wondering' If' the bteiny Repttiblicans and Denio- crats, who. are big tax payers of this cocn^'hre golag to stt.^Vif hnd see this outrageous blll^tes^ ed..... ■■ --U14 ' ■ «; Talk about lobbiest at Ra leigh, now Is the time for Ji%a- ential men from ^Wilkes to lel^. I' feel like "the present office holders should appreciate the office they now hold, enough to go to Raleigh and ' ffght this bill in tbe interest ^ of the tax payers of Wilkes county, .^ho elected them to office. This is getting to be an /ia- couraging old world to*'live'in. Its sales tax, com tax, wheat tax, meat tax, tax to collect your tax, and now it’s to be tax to help pay someone to tellect the rest of your tax. I’m wondering wbat the poor little taxpayer will have left to pay taxes oh in a few more years. Respectfully, .MRS. W. P. BUMGARNER. Route 1, Wllkesboro, N. C. If Yon HsCve ■w we waat yea to'^notlify ua lamediaidy as we are ia peedtion io give' yon '‘a, qaick wredeer snrkef We are equ^^ed to do all kinds of anUh mobile body rebnik^Dg and fend^ repi^- ii% ... Our i^eee wffl be found to be rea- sonaUe... in fMt, we are sore that we can save yoa mm^. , If yon want the best new car for 1935;lv »5yfor the price, boy a PLYBIOUTIL New now on diqday ki our riiowroom. Northern Alexander News M8tor Service St^ PORES KNOB, Route 2. Feb. 4.—Rev. E. V. Bumgarner will fill his regular appointment at Mt. Olive Baptist church the second Sunday at 11 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Deal and family, Mrs. M. K. Deal, and Mr. Max Russell spent Saturday vis iting relatives at Congo. A fev' days meeting began at Mt. Hebron church last Sunday. Lee James, a young minister of ability, will have charge of tbe meeting, assisted by the pastor, Rev. Isaac Watts. Mr. S. P. Lowe is confined to bis home with rheumatism. “Uncle” Bob Lowe, who has been sick for some time, is not much improved. WILEY BROOKS Phone 335 PAUL BILLINGS NHih Wllkesboro, N. C BANK MESSENGER _ IS KIDNAPED AND ROBBED OF $1,500 St. Paul, Feb. 4.—Ernest New man, detective system messenger kidnaped at Sioux City, Iowa, to day by four men who took $1,- 500 in cash and checks, was re leased near here tonight. New "Bride Killed Lumberton, Feb. 5.—Mrs. Jes se Pittman, bride of a few hours was shot in the back of the head Saturday night by an irate broth er who. It was said, was disap pointed in her marriage. Dobson Youth Killed Mount Airy, Feb. 6.—Jasper White, 20-year-old Dobson boy died in the hospital here about 3 o’clock this afternoon from in juries received in an automobile wreck near Dobson eariy Sunday morning. The youth had a frac tured skull, brain injury and punctured spine. South Carolina manufactured more cotton goods for tbe year _ ^ ending August 1 by $60,000,000 than it did during the previous 12 months. Children’s Coughs^ ' Need Creomnlsion Always get tbe best, fastest and sv- esl treatment for your child’s cough or cold. Prudent mothers more and more are turning to Creomulskm^or any cough or cold that starts . CreomulsioD emulsifies creosote witb six other important medicinal dementa —it it truly an elegant prescription. It is not a cheap remedy, but contains no narcotics and your own druggist is au thorized to refund your money on th» spot if your cough or cold is not relief I by Creomnlsion, (adv.) fi I »^ PETER PRE.\^HES AT Lesson for February 10th. Te.\t; Acts 2:38. The day of Pentecost, when Peter preached the famous sermon tliat led to the conversion and baptism of some 3000 souls, is of mo mentous siRniflcance in the history of the Christian church. The common opinion, how ever, that it is the birthday of the cluirch is false, for the church existed before Pentecost. Neiter was it the day upon which be.ean the descent of the Holy Spirit, for the disciples were already under its inspired influence. What makes Pentecost so significant is that it was a day of marvelous power, a power to win others to the Christian Society. It marks the beginning of the evangelistic activity of the church. Here the disciples were called to the task of witness-bearing. The supreme fact about the day is not that there occurred a spectacular visitation of the Spirit, but that Peter and the others gave testimony to “the wonderful works of God’’ with such persuasive energy as to sweep a multitude into the house hold of faith. Consider how Impressive Is this demonstra tion in the light of its immediate background. Christ had been crucified only a few weeks before. His frightened disciples had all fled in dismay. And now In the very city where their Master bad been executed, and in utter disre gard of what the authorities responsible for the crucifixion might think, they joyfully spoke In various tongues, and proclaimed the resur rection and triumph of Jesus! Now Peter’s address Is of more than ordi nary interest because, as Dr. McGiffert says, “It constitutes the earliest extant Christian apology.’’ At Pentecost Peter, speaking not simply for himself, but for all of the disciples as well, offered proof that his Master, though done to death at Calvary, was the promised Messiah. And what a profound impression this sermon made! Stung to the depth of their hearts the people cried, “Brothers, what shall we do?’’ Peter answered with the historic call to peni tence and baptism with its accompanying gift of the Spirit. Group of doctors charge movie producers have no ethics. How mad tbe producers would be if they knew what that meant.—^Nashville Tenn essean. 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