Jotermi-P&triot
CfDBPKNDBNT DT POLITICS
THE JOUKNAL-fJI
MamiASB md llmyadays at
North ^ilkesboro, N. C.
D. J. CARTER and JUUUiB C. HUBBARD.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1935
Elmer Twitchell says he doesn’t mind the
canned beer but he can’t stand free lunch in
cellophane.—Chicago Daily News.
A scheme is wanted for popularizing tea in
America. Why not prohibit it?—Punch. (Lon
don).
’Those people who claim the country is ruined
are trying mighty hard to get control of the
■wreck.—Brunswick (Ga.) Pilot.
One of the tragedies of stage life is that juve
nile actors grow up. A talented boy actor re
cently had to quit at the age of 50.—Burlington
(Iowa) Hawkeye Gazette.
We are told that Mussolini’s African adven
ture is going to cost a great deal more than he
estimated, but he hasn’t heard anything yet.
Wait till he begins to run into bonus troubles.
.—New Yorker.
And while the government is paying the farm
ers for all the pigs they don’t raise and all the
com and wheat and cotton they don t plant, whj
don’t they pay the radio .song-crooners for every
radio song they don’t cro'’n? -Aind why not pay
the gals who lecture and do parts in radio
drama for keeping iff the air?—Chicago Tri
bune.
In Same Boat
Although the parking and general traf-
fice situation here has been improved dur
ing recent months by work of the police
department and better care on the part
of motorists who use the streets, we are
reproducing for the co'nsolation of the
driver the following little poem clipped
from an exchange;
When Noah sailed the water blue.
He had his troubles same as you,
For forty days he drove the ark
Before he found a place to park.
Direct Relief Ending
Always Going Somewhere
Direct relief—the dole—is coming to an
■end in this country in the foim administer
ed by the federal government but the bur
den of caring for the unfortunate will al
ways be with the people. We h.Hve Biblical
authority for that statement in “The poor
ye have with ye always.”
W’'e heartily believe in the public works
system as a substitute for direct relief in
it does not break down the morale of the
beneficiaries. A person who works for
what he gets can still hold up his head as
an honest person that does not take some
thing for nothing.
It has l>een brought to our attention by
a noted writer that ever>^ city or towTi is
either progressing or going backward.
Possibly no other statement in regard to
the status of a community is more strik
ing.
ENery day a person stands at the cross
roads of oppcrtrnity to make his city or
comrnunit/ better place in which to live.
Each dr?y hs can make it better or worse.
The collective efffort of a majority of the
people can turn the tide in either direc
tion.
Here is some comment on this question
offered by The Reidsville Review;
“What does a family want in a town or city?
(}ood churche.s. good schools, good neighbor?,
good jobs, and a chance to make a living? Am
I doing my share to make conditions so that
people will want to live here. This is the ques
tion for every citizen to ask himself.
“Every live place wants to grow and prosper.
Therefore it must be inviting. To attract new
enterprises and new residents, its people must
be friendly and fair and harmonious, it must
have leaders with a vision and a definite pro
gram toward which to "work.
"And there must be an organization to carry
out the program. All the visions of dreamers, the
■ inspiration of leaders avail nothing unless the
people are moved by tW right spirit, have a
, clear vision of the coi^nnity’s possibilities, are
^up to a defiyte program, have a good
" Ion to c&rm it out and are willing to
flfish JF-i-k for the good of all.
St jpst a que.stion to consider
' one we can all plant in
1. Hunting Accidents
In Wilkes county the open season for
taking the most popular species gwne
began Thursday and for tiie nw two
months the sound of the hunter’s‘shotgun
will be heard quite frequently in the fields
and forests of the county. - ^
Each hunting season takes a toll in hu-
■man lives through accidental means. Us
ing a little more care can eliminate these
accidents.
The co-called unloaded gun takes the
greatest toll in human lives. A good way
to treat this subject is to advise that every
gun be treated as a loaded gun regardless
of whether or not the one handling it
thinks it is loaded or unloaded. To bant
er or play with another by pointing a gun
at him shows that you are really not to be
trusted with the use of firearms. Very
often the gun that you were sure of being
unloaded has a deadly cartridge in it.
If you have ever been hunting with a
single shot shotgun and pulled the trigger
on an empty gun when you had aim on
a rabbit, squirrel or bird, you can under
stand how feeble your memory is about
what is in a gun.
Then there are always a few of those
ridiculous accidents wherein a human be
ing is mistaken and shot for a game ani
mal.
Carrying a gun carelessly or paying lit
tle attention to the safety device is also
another cause of accidents. Occasionally a
gun is dropped, causing it to accidentally
discharge and take a life that may be by
chance in line with the sights.
Hunting is great sport but the ideal
hunter will pay attention to safety first
of all and take no chances with human life
in trying to collect game.
Borrowed Comment
Gas At
Electric Chair Is Bring Sup
planted By More Htmane
Deatii Machine ^ ~
“Death After Dark”
“Of 36,000 motor fatalities last year,
20,000 occurred at night,” writes Gover
nor Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey, in
an article in Liberty entitled “Death After
Dark.”
“The total economic waste of night
time automobile accidents is estimated at
nearly one and a half billion dollars . . .
“Sixty-nine per cent of those killed are
pedestrians. . . .
“As a nation, we have failed to grasp
the fact that as the sun goes down, so
must our speed. We are simply driving
too fast for our eyes.”
Night driving, Governor Hoffman
points out, involves three definite factors,
each of which contributes to the hazard;
1, Overdriving our headlights; 2, Slow per
ception due to poor illumination; 3, The
night pedestrian hazard. The first factor
is probably the most important, inasmuch
as it affects the other two. Governor Hoff-'
man .says that the average man is fortun
ate if he can see 100 feet clearly with his
headlamps. That is less than the distance
required to stop from a speed of 35 miles
per hour, on good pavement with first-
class tires and brakes. If the night driver
is traveling 60, not an uncommon speed
on our highways today, that 100 feet of
visibility will have been passed by the
time he is able to even substantially low
er his speed.
Raleigh, Nov. 29.—North Car
olina’s new lethal gas chamber
was tested late today and pro
nounced ready tor use.
But, before It supplants the
25-year-old electric chair as the
method of legal executions in
this state, it will be cheeked and
re-checked. There were some of
ficials displeased with the re
sults, despite the fact that “ex
perts’’ said it was safe and effi
cient.
Just a mongrel dog—some said
he would have made a good
“possum h(j|^hd’’—was the first
victim of tiie chamber. That was
1 the final test today. Before the
hapless canine dropped to the
floor unconscious and breathed
his last he emitted two audible
howls. The howls were heard even
through the double plate glass
windows sealed Into place.
Capus M. Waynick, chairman
of the state highway and public
works commission, declared that
“We are certainly not going to
put a human being in there to
suffer as that dog obviously did.’’
Some of the dog “experts" pres
ent disagreed with Waynick, as
serting the howls resulted from
fright and expressed belief dogs
have an intuition that prompts
them of approaching death.
■Warden H. H. Honeycutt, of
central prison, was dissatisfied
with the results.
The men who built the cham
ber, however, were convinced the
test was not altogether fair.
A new oak chair has been an
chored in the center of the little
triangular room that occupies
part of the former octagonal
death chamber used for electro
cutions. Later two other chairs
will be placed there, enabling the)
state to carry out a triple execu
tion at the same time.
Under the chair rests a pan,
and in this pan the gas is manu
factured. Thirty cyanide pills,
weighing one-half ounce each,
are dropped into this pan, con
taining sulphuric acid, and hy
drocyanic gas is produced. The
human victim would be seated
just over this container and the
fatal vapors would surround him
as emitted from it the
explained.
ROBESON INDIAN DIES
OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS
Lurberton, Nov. 29.—Willie
Scott, Indian, is dead and two
other Indians, Jasper and Simon
Locklear, were injured in a gun
battle in the Pope’s Crossing sec
tion, near Lumberton, last night
! when Scott and Jasper Oxendlne,
allegedly shot at one another
from behind tree.s while "playing
western.”
Scott was brought here to Bak
er sanatorium where he died ear
ly today. Jasper escaped, but was
arrested today by Robeson coun-
A Three Days’ Cough
Is YourDangerSigna!
, No matter bow many medicines
designer! i^ave tried for your cough, chest
i cold or bronchial irritation, you can
get relief now with (Treomulsion.
I Smious trouble may be brewing and
They thought the test was un ^
fair because the dog w'as tied on 1 aflorJto tate a chmice
the floor at a lower elevation with anything less than Creomul-
,h.„ ,he c.nl.ln.r ,nd o« .. .b. |
side. Thus the fatal fumes rose to i heal the Inflamed mem-
the ceiling and curled back floor-1 branes as the germ-laden phlegm
ward before reaching the canine. | is Joosen^ and expelled.^_
Dr. George S. Coleman, prison discouraged, your
j jg jjytijorized to guarantee
Creomulslon and to refund yom
money If you are not saUsfled wffl
results from the very first Imtue.
(Jet Creomulslon right now. (Advj
physician, expressed the opinion
the dog proljably felt pain or dis
comfort when he howled just be
fore death, but he added that hu
man victims sitting right over the j
container would he enveloped 1
immediately by the ga.s and prob-{
ably would die almost instantane-1
OHsly. Dr. Coleman will deter-1
mine when the victim.s are dead j
by means of a “long distance ’ j
stethoscope. i
105-Year-Old Woman
Dies Near Asheville i
Asheville, Nov. 28.—Mrs. My-j
rale Wallen, lO.T-year-old resi-1
dent of thp Slocksvilic section, 1
died this afternoon at her home. |
Mrs. Wallen was a member of |
Morgan Hill Baptist Church. She|
is survived by a son, Tom Wal-1
len: 18 grandchildren and 37
great-grandchildren.
Payroll in steel industry
per cent larger than year ag
50
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ty officers at the home of his
grandfather, Hartman Oxendine,
near Pembroke, and is held in
Robeson jail, pending the out
come of a coroner’s Inquest Sat
urday. Simon Locklear was
struck by a few shot and his
automobile windshield was shot
out when he attempted to halt
the shooting.
How Calotabs Help Nature
To Throw Off a Bad Cold
Millions have found in Calotabs a
most valuable aid In the treatment
of colds. They take one or two tab
lets the first night and repeat the
third or fifth night If needed.
How do Calotabs help Nature
throw oS a cold? First, Calotabs is
one of the most thorough and dc-
pendablf of all intestinal cUniinants.
thus cleansing the intestine! iracv ot
(he germ-ladeu mucus and toxmes,
Second, Calotabs are diuretic to the
kidneys, promoting the elimination
of cold poisons from the system. Thus
Calotabs serve the double purpose of
a purgative and diuretic, both of
whicii are needed in the tr-*atmcnt
of colds. a . .
Calotabs are quiln econni. icj.,
only twenty-five cents fov iii'?
package, ton cents fo'i
package. (Adv.)
,4I’TER TOIOKROW
WHAT?
You have perliaps tried ev
erything in an effort to re
gain your health. You are
probably trying something
now. If it doesn’t get you
well, then what are you go
ing to do? Give up and go
through life haudlcaped by
poor health? Many people
have tried Chiropractic as
a last resort and have got
ten well, when they were
suffering with: High blood
pressure, dizziness, consti
pation, headache, stomach,
heart, liver, kidney or fe
male trouble, asthma, ane
mia. arthritis, nervoii.s dis
eases. lumbago, neuritis. St.
Vitus dance, hay fever, skin
eruption, sciatica, catarrh,
biliousness, gas on stomach
and colds.
DR. E. S. COOPER
CHIROPRACTOR—NERVE SPECIALIST
OFFICE HOURS—10-12; 2-5: 6:30-7:30
Telephone 203-R Office Second Floor Cilreath’g Shoe Shop
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lily study and practice.
WHO S GOT THE BLTTON?
(Mecklenburg Times)
1 ou may remember the old game. “Button,
Button,iWho’s Got the Button”? The person who
got the “button” was the goat.
The modern craze of “button, button” has been
going on of late years in the special and class
ta-X movement.
Here in North Carolina it is a big game at this
time with all the classes trying to give the “but
ton” to the other fellow, and it is giving our
hunierou.s candidates for governor .somewhat of
a problem, as these classes wont (he candidate
to say whom he ■will give the “button." The real
estate men, the merchants, the power companies,
the farmers, and others are asking the question
and telling the candidates what to do.
One of the first and biggest “buttons” was
se^wed onto mortoists ■when the gas tax went like
a case of measles from coast to coast. The in
surance industry has come in for its turn with
various special taxes. The electric companies
have them. There are special food and other tax
es and many laws and proposals on up to the
“.share the wealth” plan which is just another
clqss taxes on them, levied or proposed.
TTie trouble is that there are plenty of “but
tons” to go around. Politicians’ pockets are just
full of them and they ■would rip them off their
clothes, if necessary.
Maybe you haven’t been passed a “button” yet
with a class tax on your business, but you may
get one any day.
Think it over the ndxt time a tax is proposed
that -will hit only the other fellow.
NOTICE!
Pay your electric light bill before the lOtb of
each month. 5 percent will be added after the lOth.
Southern Public Utilities Co.
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