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MONDAY, ICAY 18, 1985
A adaiater has writtaB a sixth v«ne for the
Ivnn, "America.’* That makes five verses of it
dm*t know.—^Mobile Begister.
Uke all the other powers, Germany is de-
iarmined to enforce peace no matter what nation
phe has to lick.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The Stresa conference was held on an island,
^^tMre it was a ease of agree or swim ashore.—
Indianapolis Star.
George Washington never threw 10 billion
doHars across the Potomac.—Toledo Blade.
More About Accidents
We are indebted to accident insurance
CMnpanies for the greater part of our in-
ikarmation about automobile accidents and
pass altmg to the reader some of the
Sgnificant facts gleaned.
- To better realize the importance of the
problem of automobile accidents let us all
bear in mind that 36,000 persons were kill
ed last year by automobiles. Now if we
can classify the fatalities according to
causes we have a better understanding of
the situation.
In 1934 nearly half of the persons killed
by automobiles were pedestrians. Of the
pedestrians killed 34 per cent were persons
crossing streets in the middle of a block,
11 per cent children playing in streets, 17
per cent walking along roads, nine per
cent coming from behind cars, and 29 per
cent miscellaneous.
The first cause mentioned, crossing in
the middle of blocks, has reference to con
ditions in cities where traffic signals are
in use. Children killed playing in streets
ean be charged up to careless paints
wftu do not keep their children out of the
danger zone and to motorists who do not
exercise the proi>er care. Persons who are
killed while walking along the road usu
ally die because of their persistence in
widking on pavement, although two cars
may be meeting at that time. Walking
from behind a car into the path of anoth-
w is unadulterated carelessness, and the
miscellaneous pedestrian accidents can be
attributed to varied causes.
More than 10,000 persons were injured
last year because many nit-wit drivers in
sisted on passing cars on curves and as
they approached the tops of hills.
Although we have often heard the 'ex
pression that motorists make better time
at night, the accident figures show too
many fatalities to make one think that
night driving is safer than in the day
time. The rate of deaths per accident
.was 22 per cent greater at night than in
daytime in 1934.
The following poem is not an exaggera
tion:
Back in the days when there was less baste.
A checkered suit, a diamond of paste,
A gay cravat and a limber cane.
Such were the marks of male who was vain.
But now he “struts” in a car with flash,
, He’s always out for a crazy dash.
His brakes may be worn and out of line
But both of his horns arc always fine.
He drives like a demon, even though
He hasn’t a single place to go.
He cuts around when chances are slim—
, Danger to others means naught to him.
' He thinks that a “Stop” sign just means
. “Slow,”
And jumps the lights bifore they sa, “Go.”
He shows no quarter to those who walk
And thinks that their rights are so much talk.
And EJddie Cantor, of radio and movie
fame, suggests the following inscription
m every driver’s license:
Here lies the body of William Jay,
Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right as he sped along.
But he’s just as dead
As if he’d been wrong.
Concerning speeding and the ever-in-
creaaing ratio of automobile killings, the
noted actor, singer and writer has this to
Ask a thousand automobile drivers—I mean
teoae recklm ones—going 60 or more mikes per
iipar—what they are going to do with the time
gtey sav«, and see how many can give you an
teMHgcnt answer?
^ **Believe me,” he adds. "I am not trying to be
ftelwiHaM wdien I te8 yon that if automobile ac-
_ I on the increase it will soon reach
where pec^Ie will be saying that a per-
kiopd by a ipeeding automobile died a nat-
i;ptel dsdte.”
which may be claiming a deal,
fiinee nobody deems to r.i|ndeimnd it
very well—rthere Is a great ^al ipore
to the effoH to put the price of the
white metal up to 81.2^ an ounce, its
old parity value with gold, than mere
ly t» favor the silver producers in the
United States. To us it seems like a?
move, ahd a very importantjone, In the
effort to bring about an equalization of
world currency values; an^ that, we
, are ^Id by all the economists, is some
thing that must occur before interna
tional trade can be restored to any
thing like its old basis.
The silver purchase act under which
the Treasury has lately twice boosted
the price it will pay for silver, to 77.6T
cents an ounce at last reports, requires
this Government to buy enough silver
to bring the metallic reserve behind our
currency up to a point where it is one-
quarter silver and three-quarters gold,
figuring silver at $1.29 an ounce. As
we have more than eight billions in
monetary gold reserves, this would
mean a silver stock of at least two and
one-half billions, or more silver than
there is known to be available in the
world.
The natural result of this, and its
purpose, is to raise the world price of
silver, which is moving upward rapidly.
And since nearly half of the people of
the world are on a silver currency basis,
the effect of the rise, already notice
able. is to increase their purchasing
power in trade with the gold-standard
and managed-currency nations, and af
the same time to take away the mone
tary advantage thei^ have had in ex
ports to the rest of the world.
OJT quvouuu «« IJf 1
gr^t deai, ! HeaTMle
er^nd it * ' « ^
THE BOOK
the first line of which reads, “The Holy Bible,”
and which contains four great treasures.
By BRUCE BARTON
THE BIBLE CALLS HER GREAT
Ask a dozen Bible students, “Who is the one
woman whom the Bible calls great?” and even
they would likely give a wide variety of answers.
Was it Pharaoh’s daughter, whose wit and
courage saved the life of Moses? Was it the
mighty Queen of Sheba, ruler of an empire?
Was it the mother of Solomon, who made him
king, or the mother of John the Baptist, who
consecrated him to his splendid mission? None
of these; none of the women of royal birth;
none whose close relation to kings or apostles
made their names famous for deeds of public re
nown.’ Quite a different sort of woman alto
gether. Let us look a moment at the picture of
her which is given in the fourth chapter of
Second Kings.
First of all. she was domestic, a home-maker,
living not in the city but in one of the northern
villages. Her husband was a farmer, which
meant that he had his house on the edge of
town, as was the custom then. A main road
ran near by, and important people used it. Solo-
moJi, too, appears to have traveled there in his
time.
The “great woman” had executive ability. In
the early days of her married life she" had no
children, and that fact shadowed her life. But
she did not complain. The narrative distinctly
implies that she accepted the situation and made
the best of it, giving hetself to such activities as
lightened the load of her husband. She was re
ligious, and she was hospitable. To these last
two characteristics she owed the friendship
that brought her the happiness which she desired
above all else, and won for her the place of
honor in the Bible records.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed
to Shunem, where was a great woman; and
she constrained him to eat bread. And so it
was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned
in thither to eat bread.
And she said unto her husband. Behold
now, I perceive that this is an holy man of
God, which passeth by vs continually.
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee,
on the wall; and let us set for him there a
bed, and a table,-«nd a stool, and a candle
stick; and it shall be, when he cometh to us,
that he shall turn in thither.
As to what happened afterward, the fulfill
ment of her long desire for a son, the growth
of the boy, his illness, and his miraculous re
covery at the hand of the prophet Elisha—all
these are written in the next thirty verses of
the chapter.
She was just a small-town woman who loved
her husband and wanted motherhood more than
anything else in the world, and baked good
bread and keut a clean guest room. The Bible
does not tell us her name, but of all the women
whose biographies it records it speaks of her
alone is “great.”
^Wiley Post*’s motto seems to be, “If you don’t
succeed at first, fly, fly again.”—Providence
News-Tribune.
In reaching the stratosphere, the cost of liv
ing is having better luck tiian Wiley Post.—
Manchester (N. H.) Union.
Scientists say that only one man In a hun
dred has a perfect Voice. The rest cf them,
however, insist upon singing “Sweet Adeline.”
—Grand Rapids Press.
A strangf, marksman shot two cigarettes
from the month of an Ohio politician wlthpnt
an error,^bnt may have known it waa an Ohio
polUielan.—Atlanta Conatltption.
Attontegr SMila! (»
andCof Coc^eration’^ In^
terestimr Proiraiii
K^ANIANB H»RE>—
Prlvettet-PriTCtte
Saturday evening late a
friends witnessed a lovely
ding at the home of Rev.
Mrs. J. M. Weight, when
Cain Rrlvette and Miss
few
wed-
and
Mr.
lecta
Prlvette solemnly took th^ mar
riage vow«. The bride wore a
beautiful sky blue and white
outfit with accessories to match.
This was not a surprise to
their many friends. And their
friends wish them a long life of
happiness.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of Shady Grove Baptist
church met Saturday afternoon
at Shady Grove church. The
president, Mrs. J. M. Wright,
presided. After devotional was
read and prayer was offered re
ports were given and business
matters were discussed.
The program topic “The Min-
estry of Healing” was discussed
and a short talk on “CatboUcs”
was made by Miss Stacy Haynes.
A special meeting will be held,
Saturday afternoon of May 18,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Lunsford. We want to urrfe
that every member be present.
Mother’s Day was observed at
Shady Grove Baptist church last
Sunday due to the fact that the
pastor, Rev. J. M. Wright, can
not be there on the second Sun
day.
A wonderful sermon was de
livered by the pastor on “Moth
ers,’’ stressing a mother’s love
for her children.
The baby Moses was the theme
topic with the text “Take this,
child and nurse it for me and I
will give thee thy wages.”
A large crowd was In attend
ance.
o r t h *Wllkesboro Mtlwanla
dzb in regular weekly meeting
on Friday noon vrau entinrtelned
by an Intereatlng profram under
the direetlop of 0. O. McNeilL
program chairman for the day.
Qenio Cardwell read a Hat ot
the 67 duurtar members of the
local club and called attention
to the fact that If of the club’s
82 Members today are charter
memhpi^
In an addrets Attorney Hayes
stressed the value of eooper-
aUon by the people Inji oity to
ward advertising the eonmunity,
end more especlglly In having a
courteous manner toward s visi
tors and tourists. The address
was well received.
H. H. Morehouse was a guest
of A. A. Finley and Dr. H. B.
Smith was a guest of Qenio
Cardwell. There was a good at
tendance of club members.
Shady Grove Itms
Wine Is Legalized
In North Carolina
By Assembly Vote
By
Cobum’s Measure Passes
Safe Margin; Two Other
Acts Favored
Raleigh, .May 9.—The senate
today wended a weary and wet
way towards adjournment. Par
behind on its calendar it sat from
10 o’clock this morning until 7
o’clock this evening, barring a
short recess, and then began
work again tonight at 8:30 o'
clock. It joined with the house
in legalizing the manufacture,
sale and distribution of wines in
North Carolina after previously
having killed the Day liquor con
trol bill; passed on second read
ing the bill which repeals the
Turlington act for New Hanover
county and also passed on sec
ond reading the bill which will
' Wadungton,' May Id.—
Senator Huey Long waa
this aftcruoon in wTiriilng _
colleaguea that Preeiifent Roi^
velt, Itt reaiitlng euactmeut' of
the ooldlen’ bonus lagialatiea
was :laa41ng bis party throug%-A|
slaughter bouse Into- ’ iA' - open
grave, Senator Bennett Clark, of
Miaaonri, who looked after the
Vinson or rtko American legion
1)111 on the floor, was telling his
frieilda that,, the Patman ' bM
would in all prohabUlty ha trans
mitted to the W|blto House on
Monday. The aenate will first
have to dispose of the pending
motions to reconsider the vote
on the Patman bill. *
Those snpportlng the Patman
bill still harbor some hope that
they Will somehow get a break
that will enable them to find a
suftldeiit number ot votes to
override the expected veto. In
this connection there , waa much
talk about sending cablegrams to
Senator Reynolds, who is now
in thd Virgin Islands, SOS mes
sages appealing for his immedi
ate return by airplane to help
out his brethren among the Pat
man forces, who are fighting
with their backs to the wall.
At the office of Senator Rey
nolds it was explained that the
investigation at St. Thomas, of
the Pearson administration, was’
just getting under way, and they
bad no idea that the North Car
olina senator wohld respond to
such appeal. It was said, more
over, that a pair would be ar
ranged for Senator Reynolds.
permit the manufacture of wines
and brandies in Moore county
from fruits grown In North Car
olina for shipment to and sales
in places where these wines are
legal.
MM
Camels
give my
energy
a
MM
Camels are mode
finer, MORE EXPENSIVE
TOBACCOS.. .Turkish and
Domestic ... than any
other popular brond.
I, ^tgORd )
E. J Rf VNOIDS T08ACCC OMP/iNV
J. R. Pomdexter la Named
-Mayor In Elkin Election
R. Poindex-
Elkin, May 9.
ter, elected mayor of Elkin to
succeed Dr. M. A. Royall, re
signed, bad no opposition in the
municipal election here this
week.
Aldermen elected at the same
time, wltivonly one ticket in the
field, were C. C. Poindexter, C. C.
Fnlp, C. C. Myers, H. P. .Gra
ham and R. C. Freeman, Fuiy;.
Freeman and C. C. Poindexter
are the new members of the
board, succeeding Vf. A. Neaves,.
M. R. Bailey and J. R. Polndex-
^tica and Headache Bamshed
Under Chiropractic Adjustments
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
April 3rd. 1936
My health had been very
bad for several months, and
on May 22nd, 1934, I took
my be4. I tried all known
remedies but gradually gre^
worse. I suffered agoitia
with my back, hips %nd
legs. My feet and legs were
swollen to twice their normal
size. My hips and knees were
drawn and it was impossible
to straighten them. From
having to lie in bed so long
in one position a bed sore
formed on my right hip. I
had a severe splitting head
ache all the time, and my
doctors could g^ve me no en
couragement.
but my back was so
MRS. ALICE STONE
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
A friend advised me to try Chiropracticj
sore and huirt me so badly I was afraid the adjustment would be
too painful. I was so sore I could not turn myself in bed and
the least jar caused me to scream. Finally I decided to call Dr.
E. S. Cooper as a last resort. To my surprise there was very
little pain to the adjustment.
From the first adjustment I received some relief, and in two
weeks I was walking some. I gradually grew better until now
I enjoy good health, keep house for six, and do all the laundry,
mending, sewing and cooking. I will be glad to answer any
questions any one wishes to ask.
MRS. ALICE STONE.
Try Chiropractic if you suffer with headaches, stomach
trouble, lumbago, rheumatism, sciatica, paralysis, diabetes, fe
male trouble, colds and catarrh, heart trouble, nervous diseases,
liver trouble, kidney trouble, Bright’s disease, high blood pres
sure, appendicitis, constipation, dizziness, asthma, gastric ulcers,
anemia and arthritis.
9B. E. 8. COOPER
CHIROPRACTOR—NERVE SPECIALIST
OFFICE HOURS—16-12; 2-5;
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