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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1936
I
Salvaging The Bees
If the project devised by the relief ad-
Tniniatration designed to eradicate
American Fowl Brood among bees
serves its purpose there will be one sum
of relief money expended*for something
Pvthat should pay big returns. The man
being paid by the relief administration
to work among bee keepers and advis-
" ing them about this disastrous disease
is making much progress. He has, ac
cording to reports, investigated a num
ber of apiaries and has found the di
sease to be badly scattered over a large
area of Wilkes county, although it has
not reached to the northern and western
portions.
Wilkes county is a place of varied in
dustry. There are some counties which
depend almost entirely upon one or two
crops for almost all the cash income of
the people. We have no such condition
in Wilkes and therefore it is with much
concern and study that the people
should care for the industries that real
ly pay dividends.
Sourwood honey is beyond doubt the
finest delicacy produces in a bee hive.
Sourwoods grow extensively only on the
eastern slope of the Blue Ridge moun-
' tains and Wilkes county is by far the
best suited for the production of sour-
wood honey, due to the fact that sour
woods thrive even on the steepest and
poorest slopes where other trees find it
difficult to exist. Sourwood honey is the
cream of the grop, sought by people
from all over the nation, and commands
a premium price.
There are great possibilities in bee
keeping in Wilkes county. It is an in
dustry that can be carried on by the
average farmer with little expense and
without sacrificing other work on the
farm. He must take care of the bees and
if properly cared for the busy little in
sects will do the work ana pay a hand
some cash dividend.
The bee disease must be eradicated
in Wilkes in order that the sourwood
honey industry may be kept alive and
■ developed to the extent that every en
terprising farmer will have at least a
small apiary at work saving the sour
wood nectar that annually goes to waste
by the thousands of pounds because of
lack of bees.
Truly A Tragedy
Although we dif not agree with the
platform and teachings of Huey Long a.s
expounded by him on many subjects,
we consider his assasination a tragedy
of the worst type.
'' Long was a great leader and political
dictator. Having never liv^ under his
regime in the state of Louisiana we do
not know much about whether he was
right or wrong and cannot vouch for any
of the reports about wh.it his political
enemies called tyrannical rule in his
home state. But we do know that his
enemies are-not helped by his assasina
tion.
Instead of his death proving a solu
tion to a vexing problem his followers
will be all the more enraged because
of his death and may really present a
serious problem, not only in Louisiana,
but all over the country.
Long had a large following, many a-
mong the class of people who were led
to believe that a redistribution of wealth
would bring a Utopia or a modified
Garden >of Eden.
■ Many of these people will naturally
draw the conclusion, baseless as the be-
• lief may be, that people who feared his
tides would he carried out were plot-
„ j of his death. The man who shot him
.was mowed down by machine gun fire
from bodyguards and unfortunately was
thle to make a statement that more
likely wouidjmve been a deelara
"Atttosins are" like that. They rarely
are^acked by anybody but are of the
type that are obsessed with the idea
tha^ey are doing something great and
good and are willing to die for such a
belief caused by a distracted mind.
Commenting on the ^^Ssassination of
Senator Long the Winston-Salem Journ
al carried the following before the news
of his death was received:
“Democracy must win its battles by
democratic methods and policies. . No
hope for it lies in the dark ways and'de
vious means of conspirators, or in the
butchery of the less gentle ages which
are of the past. There is never anything
hefoic-in murder, it matters not how ex
tenuating the circumstances or how no
ble the cause to the heart of obesssion
and prejudice.
“Whether he live or die, Huey Long
will be the victor in this affair. If he
dies his martyrdom will inflame the
the masses and raise up new converts for
his principles and pplicies. If he livei?,
he will become the greater hero in the
eyes of many.
“But in the event of his death a great
danger faces Louisiana. The leaderle.ss
friends of Long soon may raise up an
other Huey. This man may not possses
the natural endowments of Long. He
may have the eloquence and persuasive
ness, and likewise the ruthless methods
of the Kingfish, and yet lack the bril
liance of mind, the power of logic po.«-
sessed by the latter. And under the
leadership Louisiana might find herself
subject to a tyranny compared with
which the reign of Huey might be term
ed a gentle and benevolent despotism.”
Borrowed Comment
THE WAR LORD’S PRAYER
(Reidsvll’le Review)
Amid the senseness which exists over the
seemingly inevitable war between Italy and
Ethiopia, and the fear which grips Europe over
the possibility of another world conflict, an al
most forgotten piece by Mark Twain is being re
published.
Mark Twain was a delightful humorist, but
there is no humor in this bitter piece of writ
ing called the “War Lord's Prayer,’* which fol
lows:
“O Lord our God, help us to tear their sol
diers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us
to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms
of tlieir patriot dead; help us to dro.wn the
thunder of the guns with the wounded, writh
ing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble
homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to
wring the hearts of their unoffending widows
with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out
roofless with their little children to wander un
friended through wastes of their desolated land
in rags and hunger and thirst, sport of the sun
flames •■jf summer and the icy winds of winter,
broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring
Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it
—-for our sakes, who adore Thee, Lord, blast
their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bit
ter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water
their way with their tears, stain the white snow
with the blood of their wounded feet.”
Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN
TIMOTHY
I..essoii For September ISth; 2 Timothy 1:1-14;
Gtdden Text; 2 Tim. 2:15
Of all Paul’s friends, Timothy makes the
strongest appeal both because he was associat
ed w’ith the apostle for a longer period than
any other, and was bound to him by the ties
of a very ardent affection. “My own son in the
faith,” Paul lovingly calls him. (1 Urn. 1:2).
Timothy was nurtured at Lystra by a Jewish
mother and a Greek father. He was carefully
instructed in the Holy Scriptures by both his
mother and grandmother (2 -Tim . 1:5, and
3:15). It is probable that he witnessed the
stoning of Paul- by the citizens of Lystra, and
saw him dragged from the city as though dead.
Perhaps he helped to carry the wounded apos
tle back to safety and friendship, and assisted in
the bathing of his wounds. It may even be
that Paul was entertained at Lystra in Timo
thy’s home. At any rate, Timothy was convert
ed by this visit of Paul’s and became his travel
ing companion after the rites of circumcision
and ordination had been performed.
And what devoted service he gavel While
others were fickle and wavering, Timothy, as
“a good minister of Jesus Christ,” gave the
very best he had. No wonder Paul, In notify
ing the Phllipplans that he hoped to send Tim
othy to them, wrote, “I have no one likeminded
with him, who will cherish a genuine care for
you. Everybody concerns himself about bis
own interests, not-about those 'of Jesus Christ.
But you know ’Timothy’s approved worth.’*
(Phil. 2:20-22). Here is fidelity indeed.
’This faithfulness persisted to the end. For
Timothy was with the worn-out Paul as he rot
ted awdy in his filthy Roman prison, giving him,
we may be sure, real cheer and comfort. Per-
hapa be accompanied the intrepid apostle to the
place of bis execution. We do not know. But
dan be certain that Timothy, to , the last,
remained tme to Pasl’s gospel.
,Wasl
caster).-—T$9?>#iB busiest
bera of the ^bin«t these days are
the Secretary of.,State and the
Secretary of the Treasury. Mr.
Hall has several problems to solve
involving America's reUtions with
the rest of the world, and Mr.
Morgenthan is working overtime
trying to evolve a program for
bringing the books ot the Federal
CksfagfiMWlt into balance within a
reasimat^ time.
The State Department is study
ing the neutrality resolution,
paissed jsBt ai^'Congreas adjoqMh
ed, and trying to figure out how it:
jibes wlih the Kellogg peace pail*
and whether it would prevent the
sale of American foodstutts.
mules and other war supplies to
either Italy or 'Ethiopia, if and
when hostilities actually begin be
tween those nations.
Russia and-Jspan
Of greater, concern, perhaps, is
the American-Russian situation.
Our rebuke to Russia for breaking
her promise not to - countenance
plots to overthrow our govern
ment was received with very bad
grace by the Soviet government.
The possibility is not remote that
we may wind up by recalling Am
bassador Bullitt and breaking off
our lately resumed diplomatic re
lations with Ruse a.
Perhaps more important than
either of those is the friendly ne
gotiation that is under way with
Japan, conceniing the “dumping”
of Japanese textiles on our mar
kets. Out of that may well come
a larger jnarket for American
cotton, and a -better understanding
between the two nations.
Secretary MorgenthaU, who nev
er pretended to he a financier, has
won the respect and admiration of
official Washington by his devo
tion to the study of Government
finance, largely under the able
tutelage of Comptroller-General
McCarl. LIr. Morgenthau is re
garded as one in the Presidential
circle who can say “No” to Mr.
Roosevelt. In a group which some
declare is composed chiefly of
"yes men” such a personality
stands out. Mr. Morgenthau has
now begim to say “no” to some
phases of the Administration’s
spending policy. He is working
now, and will be engag;ed for
months, on a budget plan to be
presented to Congress in Jan
uary.
The Federal deficit—excess of
spending over income—for the fis
cal year just ended was about
4 1-2 billions. The schedule in
force for the current year, to
July 1, 1936, will show a deficit
of about 4 billions. The Morgen
thau plan is intended to cut this
to 2 billions for 1937, half a bil
lion for 1938, and then have a
surplus of half a billion in the
fiscal year 1939.
Fulfilment of that program de
pends, of course, on many things
not clearly foreseeable, among
them the result of the 1936 elec
tion. Few Democrats admit to any
doubts about Mr. Roosevelt’s re
election, but on the other hand,
there has been a great uplifting
of hope in Republican hearts in
the past fortnight.
Borah Gains In Favor
Perhaps the most interesting
political phenomenon of the mo
ment is the strong swing all over
the country to Senator William E.
Borah as the favorite G. 0. P.
candidate. The movement started
with the “Young Republicans,”
curiously enough, as Mr. Borah is
past seventy and would be the
oldest man ever elected President,
were he successful.
’The Borah qualities that seem
to appeal to the young Republi
cans are his liberalism, in the
classical sense of that tei-m, his
independence of the party ma
chine, and his individualistic point
^siiiRtyCi
of view. Those same qualities have
made him many enemies inside the
party organization, so It is rather
significant to hear members and
adherents of the “Old Guard” ad
mitting, now, that Borah might be
a good candidate.
Here and There
Fifty members of Congress are
going on a junket to Hawaii and
the Philippines and on around the
globe, as the guests of the Phillip-
pine government. Vice-President
Gamer will head the party, which
will also include Speaker Byms
and Senator Joe Robinson, the Ad
ministration leader.
Although there are no funds
available to start the Social Se
curity program in full operation—
due to Senator Huey Long's fili
buster, the President is looking
over the field of available persons
for appointment to the Commis
sion which will administer the
law. Gossip has it that Madam
Secretary Perkins may be its
chairman, resigning from her post
as Secretary of Labor.
TO~BUILD SHIPS
Washington, Sept, 9.—The navy
took another stride forward in its
treaty-strength building program
today when contracts were let to
private yards for 12 vessels cost
ing $59,225,500, and construction
of 11 more ships was allocated a-
mong government yards.
Clontracts were scattered among
four shipbuilding companies for
one aircraft carrier, ttree 1,850-
ton destroyers, five 1,600-ton de
stroyers and three submarines.
’The navy itself will build one
10.000-ton light cruiser, seven 1,-
500-ton destroyers, and three sub
marines. Estimates of cost of the
government work were not made
public. "
MD. FLOOD COST $500,000
Pcderalsburg, Md., Sept. 9,—^As
residents of this town strugrgled.
with debris, mud and filth in an
effort to make their homes ten
able again, fear was expressed
that the damage from last week’s
disastrous flood would pass the
$500,000 mark.
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