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MONDAY, MlAiRCH 11,1935
MMMytr’a proverb: Where there’s e will there’s^
k way—^to break it.—Florence (Ala.) Herald.
Tfce taxpayers are being stripped so rapidly
IteyOl soon be classed as invol^tary nu^sts.
—iniianapolis Star.
Headline: Budget will be balanced in 1935.
Mfc this is from a Canadian newspaper.—
Florida Times-Union.
Admiral Byrd, the big real estate and lost-
aad-fonnd man, is expected back in New York
this spring.—Detroit News.
By the way, Utah’s proposed tax on unmar-
nsd men exempts widowers. Presumably on the
tteory that they have suffered enough.—Dkllas
Homing News.
Scientists Benefactors
The average citizen pays little attention
to what is going on in the world of science
when as a matter of fact things are being
discovered every few days that are per
haps destined to affect the lives of every
body, directly or indirectly.
Ever since the advent of the widespread
nse of gasoline motor transportation some
people have feared that the supply of pe
troleum would give out and cause an in-
distrial crisis. One colored preacher is
reported to have described hell as the
time when “the people will use up all the
grease on the world’s axies and things will
get so hot that that will be hell.”
But the jest is beside the point. We
are informed by those who have
hand knowledge of the situation that
there is plenty of petroleum left in the
•world yet and that the end is not in sight.
Wells that have been abandoned because
of more lucrative ones could be reopened
for an indefinite supply.
If the supply of petroleum, from which
motor fuel is made, should be exhausted,
scientists ai'e ready to develop motors
that will run efficiently on other fuels,
particularly alcohol. Tests are already
being made with such motors and re
ports that have issued from the inv^entors
indicate that they will be practical and
reasonably economical. Tests have been
made to show that fuel alcohol can be
IHoduced from almost any kind of grain
or even from com cobs. It is more than
remotely possible that faiming may be
made more piofitable in the future if that
basic industry is called upon to furnish
motor fuel as well as body sustenance.
Is Needed Here
The proposed merger of the Wilkesboro
and Winston-Salem Production Credit As
sociations and the moving of the office to
Winston-Salem is not going to be of any
benefit to Wilkes and adjoining counties.
To the contrary, the merger, if approv
ed, will prove a disadvantage to the peo-
^ of this section. This jippears to be an
cwxjrtunity for the civic organizations to
be of service here in asking that the mer
ger not be approved by the Columbia,
B. C„ offices of the FCA.
It is quite natural that the PCA in Win-
did a greater business than
the one here, but we cannot concede that
for this reason the office here should be
abandoned. The PCA has been, we are
told, a valuable source of credit to farm-
CK8 who desire capital to finance their
crops.
North Wilkesboro, bemg geographical-
Ij located as the cenetr of Northwestern
[North Carolina counties, is the logical
place for the PCA office for this part of
the state and if continued would prove a
still greater asset to the farmers.
Although the local office did not do a
tremendous volume of business last year
there was every indication that the
amount would be greater in 1935, due in
part to the fact that many who would
have taken advantage of the credit fa
cilities were not acquainted with the
w*Midngs of the organization.
We sincerely believe that moving the
office as far as Winston-Salem from the
extreme northwestern counties will re
sult in a falling off of the business of the
f»CA that will more than offset any sav
ings that may be effected.
TBE JOUENAL-PAtSIOT. NORTH
^ Tli« liqpibr Option
Ft>r almost two years the I^O]^ of
North Carolina looked forwardto ?the
preset l^rislature witii ^ expectation of
a big fight over the sales tax, only to
find that a question which they Ihought
they had settled at the pdls had stokn
the main show in Raldgfa.
Ours is supposed to be a 'democratic
form of- government and the men in the
general assembly are suppos^' to l^phak
tiie’will of the populace in dealing ^th
state'matters, but the legislators have
reaurrected the quesion of legaliting the
sale of Uquor and have gone so far as to
propose a referendum.
This .appears to be a blantant effort to
force upon the people the expense and
trouble of voting on the question they
thought they" had settled in 1938. The
people of North Carolina spoke over
whelmingly against the repeal of the 18th
amendment—national pndiibition—when
they knew almost for a certainty that the
amendment would be repealed regardless
of how North Carolina voted. They voted
for retaining the liquor laws in North
Carolina and the majority for pnohitition
was rolled up for the express purpose of
giving a mandate to the legislature to re
tain the Turlington act. There was no
other obvious thing they could have been
voting for.
But right into the face of the many
thousands of people who carried a ma
jority vote in 1933 for retaining exist
ing laws against the liquor traffic there
are many legislators in Raleigh elected by
these same people who would cram repeal
of the Turlington act down their throats
or call for another referendum.
Regardless of whether or not what they
propose would be best for the state, our
form of government calls for rule by the
people and where the will of the people
has been stated so emphatically we cannot
see any reason for the legislators taking
the attitude they take when they are sup
posed to represent the will of the people.
North Carolina needs to save money in
order to properly carry on the essentials
of government without additional taxa
tion. We wonder what the attitude of
the referendum-seeking legislators will be
in regard to teachers’ salaries? There is
no doubt but that the cost of having a
referendum would amount to a sizeable
sum and if the state has funds for such
useless endeavor they should be placed to
the benefit of schools or the teachers,
many of whom are working at wages
lower than the NRA prescribes for many
classes of industrial workers.
The Book
the first line of which reads,
•■The Holy Bible,” and which
contains four great treasures.
By BRUCE BARTON
KH, a
PUBLIC PULSE
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■Thto'Jt « ooMlaui opea |o the
public for free expreMkn. Km;
Joanua-pBtrfot doee aot
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bemdlBC, end Mitber
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repeel end et the suae time de
nounce in no nneertela words the;
folks responsible for the'ieselns'
of these (otra. lews on these sub
jects. The. downtrodden tespsy-
en heve enongh burdens to bear
without these extra loeds tielng
pieced On their shoulders.
.a W. C, vnSKLMB, taxpayer.
March 7, 1986. fy,
Mr. Pmitt ^tuaut
Editor Jonrnsl-Pstrlot:
Allow me e blt of epece^ In
yonr paper to say e word in* re
gard to the" WiiUuns-Brysn bill
to raise the seleriee of our coun
ty offlclels. I hope everyone
reed , what Mr. Henderson bed to
say ebbut it. It sure; has caus^-
a lot of excitement in my part
of the county. If it waa left to
vote in my township It would
lose lOd pur cent. No one would
support it except the dollar voter.
It the dollar happened to bo
there, and the crooked politi
cian.
WO sent Mr. Bryan to repre
sent Wilkes county, not Mr. Wil
liams, and he was expected to
represent the people and not in
dividuals. We have had enough
personal favors worked through
the legislature in the past by
some past members. I sure would
not support a bill if I did not
have enough backbone to Intro
duce it.
We are watching the office
holders concerned to see what
they are going to do about It.
Sure enough, no man would ob
ject to a raise in salary If it
was just and fair, but when it
must come off the over-taxed
people, then there are other
views to take. I am wondering
which the present officers will
consider worth the most to them
-the fifty dollars a month or
the future support of their
friends—it is up to them to
choose between the two; and as
for Mr. Bryan, the voters will |
let him stay in Trapbill in the
future. And he need not be sur
prised at receiving a petition as j
long as from here to Raleigh to
have his petty bill repealed.
Who has played ail these poli
tics anyway? Such work as this
reminds one of children’s games.
A few more bills like some of
the past and Wilkes county will
be ail set.
W. M. PRUITT.
Dehart, N. C., March 6, 1935.
Connty Mr. Caudill.
■ Editor JouriMil-Putrlot:
■I was surprised to besr that;
three or more bills‘had heeii^
passed in the present teeislirtviiB
relative to atra'clerk hire and
tax settlements. It does ' look
like our '^presentatlve ^would
have^ eonenlted ^ the jS^yin
twifore passings such ..ri^d|tatioa
which so vitally affeefa^heir in
terests. I know that 98 per cent
of the taxpayers are i^pMed to
ibese. bflls as a matter of person
al interest, and I am sntiiesttttg
t^t Mr. Henderson or some one
call a mass meeting at once' to
devise ways and means of eecur-
ing the repeal of this obnoxious
and costly legislation.
, ♦ D. C. CAUDILL.
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TEN ARE KILLED, FOUR
MISSING AFTER BLAST
St. George, Utah, March 7.
Death and disaster ruled tonight
in this little town where Brigham
Young, who led the Mormons into
Utah, is said to hare predicted
great riches.
In the fire-blackened ruins of a
drilling development near here,
searchers’ poked for four bodies
still missing after 10 persons were
killed in a premature explosion of
nitro-glycerine a happy throng of
men, women and children gather
ed to see "blow in” an oil well—
and the wealth Young prophesied.
It was feared the missing would
never be found. Five other persons
killed instantly by the blast and
the accompanying flames last
night were identified by bits of
clothing. One died in a hospital.
If yea wuit Che best new car for 19S5 for >
the price, boy a PLYMOUTH. New model
now on display in ear showroom.
NMir Senice Sim
WILEY BROOKS
Plume 335
PAUL BILLINGS
North Wilkesboro, N. C.~
Man Receives Broken Back
When He Falla From Wagon
W.
C. Winkler Against
Clerk Hire Bill
JEREMIAH
It is a terrible handicap to the memory of a
man when a descriptive phrase or adjective at-
tache.s to his name, for people feel that tl'.ey are
thereby relieved from learning anythin'- more
about him. Thu.s "the patience of Job” ha.s ef
fectually cloaked the real significance of that
heroic figure; “as meek as Moses” has distorted
the grandeur of one of the really great leaders
of history, and the adjective "doubting Thom
as” has libeled the brave soul -who cried, “Let
us also go up with Him that we may die with
Him.” Similarly. Jeremiah hts been labeled the
‘‘weeping prophet” and, though ther-3 is hardly
any Old Testament character about ■whom we
have more biographical material, this totally
unworthy phrase constitutes his entire biography
for a majority of people.
He did weep, and gc-od cause he had to do it.
God laid on him a tremendous burden, and once
when he cried out because he was carrying every
bit that he possibly could God’s answer to him
w'as, “Cheer up, Jeremiah, the worst is yet to
come,” or. in the fine phraseology:
If thou hast run ■with the footman, and
they have wearied thee, then how canst thou
contend with horses? and if in the land of
peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied
thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling
of Jordan?
Only a courageous spirit could stand a message
like fhat, and Jeremiah was, on the whole, the
bravest figure in the Old Testament He was
the kind of man who would have enjoyed a home,
but it was denied him.
The word of the Lord came also unto me,
saying,
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither
shalt thou have sons or daughters in this
place.
He was a priest, but he h.«l little to do with
the temple. He wus a man of property, yet he
encountered continuous privation. A friend of
kings, he was cast into prison for reproving
royalty. A. stem patriot, he was under suspicion
of giving aid and comfort to the enemy and was
compelled at one period to take shelter ■with the
enemy against the friends whom he had vainly
sought to save. A natural optimist, loving peo
ple and desiring to be loved by them, he was
forced to utter truths which estranged him from
companionships.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast
home me a man of strife and a man of con
tention to the whole earth l I have neither
lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on
usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Jeremiah was a Countryman, bom in the little
town of Anathoth. When fne call of God came
to him to stand forth as a turbulent prophet in
stead of a quiet priest, it found him modest and
reluctant.
Editor Journal-Patriot:
Wilkes county used to send
that able legislator, Charles H.
Cowles, to the legislature for
the reason that they knew he
was a veritable watchdog and
would not permit the passing of
any legislation affecting their
interests without first giving the
txpayers a voice in expressing
their approval or disapproval. It
is a pity that he was not sent
back to Raleigh this year. The
present legislature has passed
legislation at the request and ap
proval of the man w© sent down
there this year, that will cost us
taxpayers of Wilkes county many
thousands of dollars this year
I and the years to follow. I refer
to the extra clerk allowance bill
which will cost $1,800 a year
and to the two bills ratifying tax
settlements from 1928 to 1934,
and giving the sheriff the same
fees for 1935. The taxpayers
should demand the repeal of all
three of these acts and some one
should call a meeting at once to
meet at the courthouse in Wil
kesboro to make plans for the
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CARD OP THANKS
We wish to express our sin
cere appreciation for the many
kindnes.ses shown us in the loss
of our father, grandfather and
great grandfather, Lowery Dula,
who passed away at his home in
Ferguson, N. C., February 28,
1935.
THE DULA FAMILY.
Hickory, March 7.—Earl C. Bar
ger, 42, near Hickory, received a
broken back which (resulted in
paralysis when he fell from a
wagon this afternoon. He had
jumped on the moving wagon after
chasing back some hound pups. He
lost his balance when he stepped
on the wagon and fell beneath.
His body wus not found until
half hour after the accident. His
condition is regarded as critical.
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Fifty new trench silos will be
dug in Alleghany county next
summer, due to the favorable
results secured with those dug
last season.
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