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tfiro, N. C.. M second dsas natter nder Act
ef March 4, 1879.
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How About a Light?
jT/: l*0saibly before this reaches print the
vaAMtation will be remedied, but when this
Vwas written people who found it necessary
to get their mail at night at the new post-
office were in the dark.
Possibly those who, go to get their mail
from the lock boxes are required to take
•^aiong candles or oil lanterns in order to
find the right box. Apparently, groping
•‘firar the keyhole would make a postoffice
patron have a feeling that he was acting
rlike a second story burglar.
: - To lay all joking aside, it must be said
that a light in the postoffice lobby for
those who wish to -use postoffice conveni-
SBCes after dark is not only desired, but it
Is a necessity that should be provided
without delay.
]''♦> None In List Yet
Tuesday we scanned a list of projects
to be let by the state highway commis
sion and we were disappointed in not be
ing able to find any part of three of our
most badly needed highways included.
In order to get something done on
highway 16, the Elkin-Noi'fh Wilkesboro
road or the S^a^figyffle-Wilkesboro road it
looks hJc^Twe should get up a delegation
.^^ySJKTgo tell the stsate highway commission
how great the need for the projects is.
About five miles of the MUlers Creek-
Glendale Springs highway was construct
ed some time ago. The end of the newly
constructed road is about ten miles from
Glendale Springs and why in the name of
all that’s holy is not contract let on the
remainder of that road? A great portion
of Wilkes needs it and all Ashe county
would be immensely benefitted.
Security For All
In ssigning the social security act,
President Roosevelt said that the measure
will provide “at least some measure of
protection to 30 million American citi
zens.” We can think of no more worthy
purpose than that of this new law. It is
intended to provide three principal means
of security for the needy aged and the in
dustrial worker.
First come pensions tor those over 65
years, who may be in want. The federal
government is to contribute up^to $15 a
month for this purpose, matching dollar
for dollar with the states. This becomes
effective as soon as the states get their
own system into operation. The majority
of states already have old-age pension
systems, most of which will fit into this
plan, insuring the needy aged of at least
$30 a month.
For elderly workers the new law sets up
a system of deferred annuities, to be paid
out of payroll taxes falling equally on
«nployer and employee. Taxes begin in
1937, the first payment of benefits under
iiie law in 1942. These retirement annui
ties will range from $10 to $85 a month,
jlepending on average wages and length of
"'wnployment. • n ▼ i ; i
The third major feature of the social se
curity act is unemployment insurance.
^ The taxetf to provide for this are levied
solely on employers, and the operation of
the system is left to the states. Taxes will
' be collected beginning in 1936, unemploy-
m»t benefits as soon thereafter as the
: ^ states set up their systems.
We do not know—nobody knows wheth
er this scheme will work out exactly as
^; idanned. We feel certain, however, that
the new law sets up a principl and a policy
whkhr although new in its national as-
- pect, seems to be called for in this modern
industrial age. Doubtless in practice
noany changes in the details of the system
^ be found necessary. Doubtless, too,
there will arise a great demand for the
tension of its benefits to classes not now
Bat we do not believe that the
principle the measure, removal
ime principle n: we measure, removal
the fw of dependent i^ ageand oflos-
^-one’s job “ ttoaea of
viO ever he hghtly lAnoiuQed. ^
MetMki|[« to Friends
^ Will Rogers >»#as asked to mite the in-
troduqfim to-Chartea M. Bussell’B book,
"TraflaT Plowed Under.^The author died
before the book was publMed And \TO1
said that he did not know how to write'
an introduction. Instead he wrote a letter
addressed to Mr. Russdl in Heaven. It is
typical piece of Rtogers literature' and^_ is
worthy of space in these or any other col-
umnSi .It has been printed in a huml^ of
newspapers, and thousands sre sayh^ .it
for thdr scrapbook. If you have already
read it you will want to. again and if you
have n^ you will want to save it, so here
it isf
“There alnt much newe here to tell you.
Too know the big Boss Qent, sent a hand
over and got you so Quick Charley. But I
guees He needed a good man pretty had.
I hear they been working short handed
orer there pretty much all the time, I
guess its hard for Him to get hold of
good men, they are Juat getting scarce .ev
erywhere ... ♦
"... I bet you hadn’t been up there three
days until you had out your old pencil and
was drawing something funny about some
of their old punchers . . .' I bet you Mark
Twain and old Bill Nye and Whitcomb
Riley and a whole bunch of those old josta-
ers was just a waiting for you to poy in
with all the latest ones, what kind of a
bird is Washington and Jefferson. I bet
they are regular fellows when you meet
’em alnt they? Most big men are. I would
like to see the bunch that Is gathered
around you the first time you tell the one
about putting the limburger cheese in the
old nestors whiskers. Don’t tell thee
Charley until you get Lincoln around you.
He would love that. I bet you and him
kinder throw in together when you get
well acquainted. Darn it when I get to
thinking about all them top hands up
there, If I could just hold a horse wrang
ling job with ’em, I wouldn’t mind follow
ing that wagon myself . . .
“You will run onto me old dad up there
Charley, for he was a real cowhand and I
bet he is running a wagon, and you will
pop into some well kept ranch house over
under some cool shady trees and you will
be asked to have dinner, and it will be
the best one you ever had In your life;
well, when you are a thanking the women
folks, you just tell the sweet looking lit
tle old lady that you know her boy back
on an outfit you used to rep for, and tell
the daughters that you knew their brother,
and if you see a cute little rascal running
around there kiss him for me. Well
can’t write yo.T any more Charley, dam pa
pers all wet, it must he raining in this old
bunk house.
"Of coursse we are all just a hanging on
here as long as we can. 1 don’t know
why we hate to go, we know its better
there. Maby Its because we havent done
anything that will live after we ar© gone.
“From your old friend,
“WILL.”
n&Mrii
W’hat may be the perfect accident has been
achieved in Santiago, Chile, where a concert
soprano fell from a hotel window on to a
dentist.—Atlanta Constitution.
Japan cannot have very much on its mind
when it will let a cartoon in an American
magazine v/orry it.—Indianapolis Star.
Now they’re debunking cod liver oil. Is
nothing sacred?—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Give a politician a free hand and he’ll
it in your pocket.—Grand Rapids Press.
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Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
20:83-85;
PAUL
Lesson for September 1st; Acts
(R>lden Text, Acts 20:85
In personal appearance Paul was unprepos
sessing. Various authorities describe him as
dwarfish, hook-nosed, round-shouldered, and
bald-headed. The apostle himself says that his
enemies found bis personal presence unimpres
sive. (See 2 Cor. 10:10.) But it Is clear that
he had a genial winning expression which drew
men to him through its contagious warmth.
Perhaps his inelegant personal appearance
was due to his ill-health, what he calls his
“thorn in the flesh.” Just what this malady
was we do not precisely know. Some think he
was troubled with acute inflammation of the
eyes. Another suggestion is that he was sub
ject to malarial fever. ’The most satisfactory
theory is that he had epileptic seiiuree.
We are profoundly impressed by Paul’s cour
age, energy, and enthusiasm. In 2 Cor. 11:2'3-
27 we read a most remarkable catalogue of mis
haps. Only a man of iron nerve could have
gone through such a sea of trouble. And how
Incessant was Paul’s toll! The record of his ar
duous missionary tours testifies abundantly to
his ceaseless activity. And how his letters shine
with enthusiasm!
This glow of emotion is the overflow of a
happy heart. Paul was happy in his convefts,
and in his gospel. Her© was a man who. felt,
despite every rebuff and disappointment, the
constant and joyous pressure of the Holy,
Spirit.
And how he rejoiced in his friends! Nothing
in his letters is more beautiful than the numer
ous expressions of tender affection for Timo
thy, Luke, and many others. But, best of all,
he was devoted to Christ. His passionate love
of the Master was the mainspring of his noble,
heroic career. The supreme seal of his burn
ing heart is summed up fn those thriUiBS voiidis,
,,."To me to live Is ClulsL” and -*’l UVi;*^yrt nrt.
WaBhiagtoiLVAugtirt 2fi. (Aute^
caster)—With Senators^ end Rsp^P
resentativea and alm&t every-^"
body else startingf on kof-defer-
red vaeaHoni, the obaerven In
WashihfftoD are - surveying- the
aeOM -and uttnins prophertes
with-inors apparent coedMence
than for the part six moi)thB
jfoth the Prudent’s supporters
and his opp^nenta are in sobstan-
Idal agrprtnrtii .« several points.^
Bvewybody leeOgniSee noVr that
the fundamental issne of the po:
litical campaign ^ of 1986 will be
whether, the nation’ is to go for>
-ward along the lines of social re
form. advocated by the President,
or can a halt to the efforts of the
Federal Government to function
in this new field. AU , observers
agree that toere has as yet been
no general test at the polls of
public sentiment on the major
phases of the President’s social
refonn program. AU agree, like
wise, that the leadership of the
Democratic Party, as represented
both in the Senate and the House,
is far from being completely
“sold” on the reform program, al
though the 74th Congress, so far,
has taken its orders from the
White House almost as complete
ly as did its predecessor.
Security and Relief
Two major acts of this first
session of the 74th Congress stand
out as embodying the New Deal
principle of Federal responsibil
ity for social welfare. They are
the Social Security Act, providing
for old-age and unemployment
pensions, and the Works Relief
Act, -with its appropriation of $4,-
880,000,000 of Federal funds to
enable the National Government
to give employment on public
works to the nation’s unemployed.
The full effects of these measures
are not yet apparent, but the
principle behind them Is clearly
defined. Mr. Roosevelt’s support
ers are insisting that that princi
ple must be the major issue of
the 1936 campaign, even if it
should be necessary to amend* the
Federal Constitution to establish
the Government’s right to occupy
this field.
The Administration’s augurs
are coifident that on that clear-
cut issue of social reform Mr.
Roosevelt can be re-elected, while
the Republican soothsayers are
equally confident that he can be
beaten on any such platform.
Looking ahead politically, one
forecast can be made without fear
of contradiction. That .is that, ex
cept for the accident of death, the
upper House of the 76th Con
gress, to be el'dcted in 1936, 'will
have a Democratic majority, no
matter which i>arty wins the
Presidency. For there are now in
the Senate 49 Democrats whoM
terms of office do not expire until
1939 or 1941. That is one more
than a majority of the entire Sen
ate. So that even with a Republi
can President and a Republican
House of. Representatives, a Re
publican J Administration taking
office in January, 1937, would
find itself handicapped from the
start.
G. 0. Pk Outlook
The possibility of electing a Re
publican Congp^ss in 1936 is as
yet merely a plaything for the
statiaticians, who have figured
out that about 180 of the present
Democratic members were elect
ed by majorities of 3000 or less,
so that a change of 1600 votes
per district would alter the entire
complexion ef Congress. To con
trol the Hoube the Republicans
must elect 116 members in addi
tion to 102 seats which they now
hold.
Interest in Reptlbli^* Presi
dential poertbilitie^ ye been sim
ulated ®f Republican
leaders, dbi^cted'hy Robert H.
Lucas, who qas been active in Re-
pubhean National Committee af
fairs for years. To the surp^e
of most observers, Senator Borah
of Idaho is far and away the first
choice of those who have been
heard from, out of 2,600 Republi
can Committee Chairmen, with
Frank Knox a poor second, Gov
ernor Landon of Kansas, Frank
0. Lowden of Illinois, Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan and Her^
bert Hoover: trailltag in the order
named. Senator Borah has not on
ly been the leading choice from
the begiiming, but has increased
his lead with each fresh batch of
returns.
In the meantime, however, Mr,
Hoover, as the latest and only
living ex-presldent, remains, as
one of his friends remarked re
cently, the only Republican who
can always mtJee the front page
whenever he says anything.
22 Highway Projecto
Inchided In Letwg
Raleigh, Aug. 26.—Twenty-two
highway projects, the largest
number in many months, will be
included in the letting to be held
September 6 by the State Hlgfc
way and Public Works Commis
sion. Most of them are in the
new program, in which the state
and federal govenuneuts pay 90*
60, bdt seven are on ,die 93^
gtfua, the federal
1 paying the entire hilk^
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Tws, cr>teiis—
AUGUST 31sl
is the
Deadline
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Last chance
of the year
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