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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23,1935
Merry Chriatmaa!
Today it becomes fittina that this news-
p«4>er use the time-honored phrase at
Yaletide and wish cme and all a merry
dutetmas.
Another year has rolled by in its flight
to eternity. As usual, many things have
happened to all of us, some good and some
disappointing, but our wish is that every
reader of these columns enjoy to the full
est extent the celebration of the anni
versary of the coming of the Prince of
Peace, the Son of God and the perfect ex
ample of human living.
“For behold, I bring you good tid-
' ings of great joy, which shall be to
allpeoi^e.”
There is no other event which we cele
brate that should be more full of great
joy than Christmas. The above quotation,
which is familiar to all, expresses the
thought that is contained in the more
modem phrase of “Merry Christmas.”
The 200-Inch Eye
The human race is on the verge of
learning hitherto unrevealed secrets a-
bout the universe. The ca.sting of the
great 200-inch telescope lens for the
great new observatory in California has
been successfully completed. It will take
three years to grind it to the proper
.shape to reflect and magnify the heav
ens. The unaided human eye can see
only six thousand stars. With this new
telescope more than a million and a
half heavenly bodies will be visible and
the moon will appear as if it were only
25 miles away. It is hard to measure
the value of knowledge in cash, but the
more mankind learns about the com
position, the organization and the pro
cesses of the cosmic universe, the more
we may hope, in time, to learn about
how to live on our own tiny speck of
dust which we call the “earth.”
Business Census
Beginning January 2, the federal gov
ernment \nll launch a comparatively new
undertaking—a census of business thru-
out the country.
In 1930 was the regular decennial cen
sus of the population and the agricultural
industiy and in 1935 was the fann census.
A need has been in evidence, high offici
als state, for a census of business in order
that the business man may have some de
pendable figures on which to base his
plans for future expansion.
Previous efforts at taking a business
census fell far short of the plans for the
one to be taken next month. The census
that has been planned will cover every
line of business and the mass result of
the entire job will be tabulated and kept
for use by industry.
a cleai-ing house for ideas of soil improve
ment and the members will have the agri
cultural teacher at Mountain View as an
instructor. We predict that such a club
will prove to be an asset to the communi-
m
Street Repairs Needed
Although much beneficial work has
been done in patching some of the worst
spots on the streets in North Wilkesboro,
there is still many places that need atten
tion if the surfaces are to be saved. We
understand the state highway and public
works commission has ailoted a consider
able sum for street repair and mainten
ance here and we hope that the state
agency will no^ fail in its duty.
Not being i^^neers we do not innfess
to know juflwhat ought to be done on
. of t^streeto, but the street in front
^ the new^postoffice is certainly one that
J.thing in the way of repair.
, snggestion, why not tlw
l4SbB 800th aide aindl^> tlie
ra the north «ide none time
I aaphMI iotfaet? This'
would add i^tly to'tiie appeuanee of
^tiie street and snake it;,po8sible'to elimi^
^nate much traffic cragestion. ^ ^
A Fanners* Club
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The farmers of Haymeadow community
are to be congratulated on organizing into
a club in order to promote the general
welfare of the farming profession in that
part of the county.
According to the report of the first
meeting the fanners plan to gather at
regular intervals and discuss subjects that
should lead them to find more and better
ways to improve their farms and indirect
ly make more profit. We might also sug
gest that the meetings will be of value as
social gatherings for the men who till
the soil. The meetings will also serve as
There is no need for any business man
to feel reluctant about giving the infor
mation desired to the enumerators, who
are bound by oath not to divulge any in
formation gained in taking the census and
for him to violate the oath makes him
liable to indictment and conviction in the
federal courts.
If the business census is carried out ac
cording to plans contained in an article
published in this newspaper Thursday, it
should be well worth its cost in providing
some accurate information about this
thing we call business in the United
States.
Bruce-
BARTON
CANT EVAl5fe PROBLEMS
A man has just been in to worry me about the
children. He points out that taxes are getting
worse and I am getting older, and that if I set
up annuities and insurance trusts and do a lot
of other things, my children may perhaps be bet
ter off.
As far as insurance is concerned, I have been
a booster for it all my life. My father, who was
a preacher with a large family, and a small sal
ary, used to remark that
he had “kept himself poor
paying insurance premi
ums.” But the insurance
premiums enabled him to
sleep peacefully at night
and, having seen us all
through college, he pro
ceeded to cash in his in
surance, and he and moth
er had a good time on it
Bruce Barton during their last years.
How completely they
might l*ve spoiled their days and r'ghts if they
could have looked forward into the future. Sup
pose they had known, in 1900. that this country
was going to do a nose dive in 1929 which would
be followed by the wor.st depression in history.
Suppose they had said to themselves: “What a
terrible ordeal that may be for our children and
grandchildren. We ought to do something about
it.”
Well, they couldn’t have done anything about
it. And, as things have turned out, we are still
eating regularly; we have a dry place to sleep,
and so far have neither applied for a dole or
sought admission to a nudist camp.
The changes that are going to come in the
United States are beyond the inr.agination of any
one to forecast. Our children and grandchildren
will have to meet them, as we have had to meet
the problms in our own lives. What we can do
for them beyond health and education is not
much.
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SELF RELIANT ARE EDUCATED
President .Tames A. Garfield was asked:
“What is j*T.ir definition of a college?” To which
he replied: “.Ahirl- Hopkins on one end of a log
and a student oii the other.”
Not luxurious di rraitories or Gothic recitatiOT
halls; not rich endowments or mammoth foot
ball bowls, but a great teacher in personal con
tact with his pupils, stirring their imaginations,
ctimulating their minds.
Mark Hopkins had the teaching genius in the
top degree. What was the secret of his success?
Answering that question in his autobiography,
Bliss Perry quotes his own father, who had been
one of Hopkins’ pupils: “After beginning by ask
ing the pupil what the textbook said about this
and that topic, the doctor would invariably
inquire, “What do you think about it?”
It stole the hearts of young men to hear such
a man as he was plumping down upon them
from his desk, as if it were a matter of much
importance, such a question as that. It .suddenly
increased their own self-respect.”
And Bliss Perry adds: “To discover that you
had a mind—^narrow, commonplace, or ill-trained,
perhaps—^but a mind of your own, was a thrill
ing experience.”
Many students graduate from college without
ever making that discovery. For them educa
tion has been twenty years of mental message.
They come into the world with no plan except
to find a boss who will keep on telling them
what to think and do.
You can go twenty miles from a railroad into
almost any cross-roads town and find men and
women who have self-formed convictions and
operate their minds under their own steam.
Such folks, however ignorant of books, are edu
cated.
Th* 6.4>P . ia stmtgUng with a tough prob-
' Wt Arfioi to tib&ik of touMdUar to offer
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Ndrth Cardina
(By W. J. Sadler In The State)
TLKBS county’s first con
tribution to the guberna
torial chair of North Carolina,
attor Biora than half a century
of Amorican Independencet was
In the person of Hontfort Stokes,
who was elected governor of the
state on December 18, 18S0, re
tiring after two terms on Decem
ber 6, 1832.
Stokes, who came from a
splendid western North Carolina
family, had an Interesting back
ground at the time he was chosen
as chief executive of the state.
At the outbreak of the Whr of
the Revolution he had enlisted In
the United States navy, where he
rapidly advanced to the rank of
an officer. His services to his
country, however, were destined
to be of short duration. After
serving less than a year, he was
captured by ^the British and
spent the balance of the war in a
New York prison.
Served in Many Ways
Liberated after the conclusion
of hostilities, Stokes followed sev
eral vocations In a number of
states, finally returning to North
Carolina where he made n name
for himself in the political life
of the sUte. He served several
terms In the house and senate of
the general assembly, and In
1816, was selected as one of
North Carolina’s representatives
in the upper body of the Uni
ted States congress, where he
served until 1823.
Stokes was selected for the
governorship over J. J. McKay
of Bladen, and succeeded John
Owen,, also of Bladen, who had
refused to accept election for a
third term. He was one of the
last chief executives to be chosen
by the legislature, which soon was
to enact a statute placing In the
hands of the citizens of the state
the right to select their governor
through a popular vote.
Capitol Is Burned
It was during Stokes’ first ad
ministration that the old capitol
building in Raleigh was destroy
ed by fire. Shortly after he as
sumed office, the structure was
found in flames, but heroic work
on the part of volunteer fire
men had held the damage to a
minimum. However, several
months later, soon after the top
of the building had been covered
with metal roofing, fire again
was discovered, Und this time all
efforts to prevent its destruction
were unavailing.
Newspaper accounts of the con
flagration devoted considerable
space to the attempts which
were made to save the splendid
statue of George Washington,
which had been placed in the
rotunda of llie building some
years previously. This splendid
piece of statuary was the work of
the famous sculptor. Canova, and
was the particular pride of a
great many citizens of the state.
‘‘Of that noble edifice, with its
special decorations,’’ says the
Raleigh Register in an account of
the fire, “nothing now remains
but the blackened walls and
smouldering ruins . . . The statue
of Washington, that proud monu
ment of national gratitude which
was our pride and glory, is so
ruUtilated and defaced that none
can behold it without mournful
feelings. The most active exer
tions were made to remove the
chef-d'avoeure of Canova from
the ravages of the devouring ele
ments, nor were they desisted
from until the danger became
eminent.’’
New Cornerstone Laid
Following the oestruction of
the capitol, there was consider
able agitation for the construc
tion of a new building In some
city other than Raleigh. A num
ber of bills, favoring and disap
proving of this suggestion, were
introduced in the legislature, but
no definite action was taken dur
ing the remainder of the time
Stokes held office. It was not
until the assembly met late In
December, 1832. that a decision
on the site of the new capitol
was reached. It resulted in Ra
leigh remaining the location of
the governing unit of the state.
The cornerstone for the building
was laid on July 4, 1833, and
two years ago, on that same date
in 1933, the one-hundredth anni
versary of the event was cele
brated in Raleigh with appropri
ate exercises.
.Vik Vnhealthful Condition
Prior to Stokes’ service as gov
ernor there had been a consid
erable migration of residenU of
the eastern section of the state
to other areas of North Carolina,
and In many instances to other
states. This was caused, his
torical accounts say, by the wide
spread Impression that the low
altitude, swamps and other nat
ural causes in the east were not
conducive to good health. When
Stokes assumed office, he took
cognizance of fhl* situation and
urged the legislature" to adopt
measures looking to drainage and
other methods of orercomlng an
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lie education In the state, and
was successful In having auth
orized a number of free schools
In Johhston county. However, a
widespread and comprehensive
system of schools was not to
come into the state until more
than half a century later when
Charles B. Aycock served as
North Carolina’s governor.
Slavery Vueetlon Perplexing
The first faint predictions of
what later was to be known as
the War Between the States oc
curred while Stokes was gover
nor. The agitation for the oman-
cipation of slaves, started among
the British West Indies, spread to
northern states of this country.
Stokes, realizing the seriousness
of the situation, issued a state
ment in which he said that the
slavery situation 'was "an evil
which it is impossible at present
to remedy.”
home gardener can do it with a
little care.
In the fall, or early winter
where the climate is mild, set
out evergreen cuttings five to
seven inches long. Do not remove
any more foliage than necessary
to insert the lower end into the
sand bed.
Set them in rows four inches
apart, with the twigs two to
four Inches apart In the row.
Shade them with laths or burlap
during the following summer.
‘They often require 12 to 18
months to develop roots so they
can be transplanted.
Read Journal-Patriot adz.
Set Out Cuttings to
Start New Shrubbery
Winter and spring months of
fer the home gardener a good op
portunity to enhance the beauty
of the home grounds by propa
gating more shrubs and flower
ing plants.
One of the moat popular ways
of propagating deciduous shrubs
is setting out cuttings of stems
six to eight inches long, saifi J.
G. Weaver, floriculturist at State
College.
The wood of last season’s
growth should be taken during
the fall, winter, or spring, he
said. Be sure that all twigs
taken are alive, and do not cut
too close to a bud.
When the cuttings are made
in winter. Weaver advised that
they be stored in a cool cellar in
damp sand or peat. Or they
may be buried outdoors in well
drained sand.
As soon as the soil is i® good
workable condition In the spring,
the cuttings may be set out in
the garden in rowo 18 inches
apart, with the cuttings four
inches apart in the row.
Next fall, after the cuttings
have grown a liU’e, transplant
them to a place where the spac
ing is wider, so they may de
velop Into a good shape before
they are set around the house.
Evergreen shrubs are a little
harder fo propagate, but the
f^ano ^cials!
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chance of a lifetime to get a fine COCC AA
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Good Used Pianos as low _ $35.00
Don’t say you can’t afford a fine Piano for your
home. You can’t afford to deprive your family of
the advantage of having a piano when you can
get one at the above prices.
Come in and look them over. Terms can be ar
ranged if you wish.
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PEACE ON EARTH
GOODWILL TO MEN
It is nearly tw’o thousand years since the Angels
brought the Good Tidings of Great Joy to all peo
ple. And still the world goes on, unheeding, in
ways that never fail to stir up strife and ill-will.
We talk about peace and goodwill, but go right on
hating and hurting. Why? Because we are sel
fish and ignorant. Each wants for himself the
best place in the sun, never stopping to realize the
truth that there is room and to spare for all.
And so, at this Christmas-time—1935—every
member of the Reins-Sturdivant organization feels
that he would like, for a space, to cease from his
labors in service and voice his own goodwill to
men.
We are convinced that good times must forever de
pend upon two things—goodwill and peace which
come to men through the outgrowth of goodwill.
You have expressed your goodwill to us, and it is
our honest desire to be worthy of your continued
goodwill
REINS-STURDiyi!OT,IiM:.
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