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SUBSCRIl^ON RATES o One Tear |1.60 ■^Jlpnty* .76 Month* ... .60 of the State |2.00 per Year ' Jtetercd at the post of^ at North Wilkes- Iro, N. C., as second class matter under Act at March 4. 1879. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936 ^ Men may be divided into two classes: Sinfle men, who are not as good as the . women and sweethearts think they are, and married men who are not as bad as their wives fear they are. The Cost of Government One person out of every ten of those employed in the United States draws his or her pay from some government unit, ' according to a recent report of the f{a- tional Civil Service Reform League. More than 3,000,000 persons are on Meral, state and local payrolls, and 38 per cent of all the tax revenue collected in the United States goes to pay their salaries. The total cost of 34,000,000,- 000 a year for the administration of pub lic affaifs is nearly 7 per cent of our es- thpated national income at present. Seven cents out of every dollar earned bj^-productive workers goes to pay the non-productive. The number of these government em ployes is increasing instead of decreas ing. One single new permanent agency of the federal government, the social se curity board, has announced that it will employ 11,676 persons during the next year, and that is only a beginning. Our whole political party system is based upon putting party workers on t^ pubjic payrolls. An effort to eli- wiliiiitB BfiHJi' of tax-aaiin fail in the face dnhe ffestfe ofiRiBSckfi*" power to strengthen their local, state or national party organizations. The poli tician who stands the best chance of be ing re-elected to any office is the one who can put the largest number of his followers on jobs at the taxpayers’ ex pense. Competence counts for less and political usefulness for more under such conditions. Doubtless we must have government, but beyond .doubt we can pay too high a price for it. Our South American Frontier The dream of a great motor highway from the northern border of the United States to the southern tip of South Amer ica is rapidly on its way to realization. The road to Mexico City is nearly com- p.eted. Work has been begun by sev eral nations south of Mexico. Our fed eral government has offered to give 3400,000 to the governments of Guate mala, Houdinas, Nicaragua and Pana ma, to build bridges for this Pan-Ameri can highway. To the United States, and particular ly to our young men of ambition and enterprise, this new tie between North and South America is a wide door open ing to our new frontiers. The greatest opportunities for the pioneering spirit which made America what it is, lie to the south of us. Never before has there been such a feeling of friendliness be tween the nations of South America and our own country. The Pan-American Airways has done much to promote this feeling. Americans are welcome as never be fore in the vast undeveloped regions of the Southern Hemisphere. Where once the people of the Spanish-American re public*-looked to Germany for the de velopment of their natural resources, to Great Britain for tAelr capital invest ment* and to Italy for tfaw new poppla- tioB, they are now turning their eywV tl^e Uiffte^, States. American motor can. American electrical equip- amnt, American shoes, American com- agfMities generally, are gaining new f^l&plds in tjie South Ameriean mark et, and. Americans of spirit and energy antf'Wde to fee! at home. . T^^e aye *t^ ^jaat-ujarcalized oppor- .hs^ottr own country. B^t in the to.t^e rt4»yi Ihttiioip j^tee Worid women of Wilkes cot^^ hu^^ Ameikan Legion AuxuS^ will 6f^ the poppies on the streets, giving everyone, an opportunity to pay trib^tatl0 the was^ dead and to help the war’s IhJng victims with contributions given for the ;^^^le red flowers. The American Legion poppy not only gives us a means of renderii^ personal tribute to the memory of those brave % young men who sacrificed their lives for America, it also gives us a means of aiding those who also sacrificed but are still within reach of our help. From the annual wearing of the little flower come benefits reaching into every comer of the country and touching the lives of thousands of unfortunate men, women and children. The vast program of welfare and re habilitation work carried out by the American Legion and Auxiliary draws its principal support from the poppy. The'dimes, quarters and half dollars we drop into the coin boxes of the poppy workers supply the means for local, state and national activities for the bene fits of disabled veterans and families left in need through the death or di^- bilHy of veterans. The Poppy Day con tributions make aid available during ibe other 364 days of the year to those who still are pa)ring in steady installments the war’s bitter debt of suffering and privation. When we pin on our poppies this year, there should come to us all a vision of the part we are playing in the effort to heal the nation’s war wounds. We should look upon our poppies not only as flowers of memory for the dead but as flowers of hope for the living. Protect The Fish W. C. Lisk, district game protector, was in the county this week helping W. W, Barber, the county game protector, prosecute a number of people on the charge of dynami^ng fish. Under the 'tsws of Nmth Carilina, destroying fish in such a manner is a serious offense and the minimum punishment is $100 fine or 30 days hnprisonment. It is regrettable that while public spirite(^ sportsmen labor to stock the streams with fish that there are degen erates who would destroy the fish with dynamite. Here’s to the success of those who would prosecute the offenders. The proposed fishermen’s club is a good idea and no doubt many lovers of the sport will wish to join and help to make the county a fisherman’s paradise. Yet we urge that people co-operate with the authorities in protecting the few native fish that now inhabit the streams of the couny. Bli/; 0^« Valu* ot' Our Orti^in^ tiotL” tbe theme ot the pr^ Joai*; of the let- and TPifti ^GtlrertS. iTOot^ ^mS, made abort talka. M|t. Jonee bowed the responsl- bilitjr ot the nnderVrltilp io th* eltlariui in^tt eomiiiliiiltV. TolBtv£ In* out that the layman in erciry community depends for bis in aurance on hi* inauraace trienda, Vbe succeea ot hnaineea and the protection ot.rSriTee and children are in the hamds ot the under writing profesalon He further emphasized the great need of the profession tor the observance of professional ethics and cooperation. Mr. tnireath stressed tbe legis lative value of the organisation in proteeting tbe people of the community in keeping their sav ings intact. Remindlag the mem bers of tbe various inroads of the national and state legislatures on the Incomes ot our land, he stat ed that a great service could he rendered the community in effort to plead the causa of wi dows, children and the aged to our representatives in the various legislative bodies. He said, far ther that this was a source of revenue which in the very nature ot its certainty was looking very tempting to legislators who were confronted with the problem of securing revenue to run the varl OU8 governmental departments. SUSPECT IN ROB KILLS SELF RY TAXI Goldsboro, May 18.—A man identified by. papers in his pock ets as Rudy Bllers, 20, was shot to death in a taxicab here today and offliera said he committed snicide to avoid arrest. Motorcycle Policeman Carl Pmith and Harry Morris said they saw the young man fire a pistol bullet into his head as they came alongside tbe cab to question him. The Goldsboro police depart ment had just received a request from Greenville, N. C., police, ask ing apprehension of a man said to tally with Bllers' description on charges ot having held up a fill ing station. The two officers had spotted Ellers in the taxi and wbre In the act of stoppiu t^e car when the shooting too»tfia«V Win Speak Here William H. Griffin, candidate for senator In the June 6 primary on the Democratic ticket, has an nounced that he will speak in Wilkes on tbe afternoon of May 26. 1 $97JS0 t% httdiget Pay- ■MBt PlUl Sealtd-in-sUel G^E tHRIFT-UNIi Givt$ ^'IXoubie the Cold** and Uses Less Current Thau Ever Before / Noc only does a G-E Refrigemoc protect yoor food by fnaintainiog coostant "Maw 3r".cM on every thcl^ hot tbe Genctal Electric Thkipt-UNIT also pro tects yonir purse with lower operadng coat Asa ever before. meedrtoed Ubilcsllwi ud 1 Tho 0-E THRIFT-UNIT is the only ro^BOroter machoniem with thaza axciutiva fatSutaa that maon qwiatar eparotioii, lohsar lifa ond lewar eparating coif. Be sure you tee the new General Electric Refrigerators. You will find every modern convcnieocc featntc to the beapdfol new cabinets. G-E Thrift- UNIT in both Monitor Top and Flatop modela. 5 yean petfornsaoce proteedoa. - *r' Wilkes Plumbing Co. Lyon Oedric Co. PHONE 208 NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. “YOU CAN RELY ON LYON” PHONE 22-W WILKESBORO, N. C. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Lesson for May 24th, Luke 20; Golden T Luke 21:19 This is a temperance lesson, and so presents an opportunity for a study of the best way in wdiich to promote liquor control. We can agree that alcohol and gasoline do not mix, that drun ken drivers are a menace of major proportions. Investigation shows that liquor lengthens the reaction time of a motorist from one-fifth to two-fifths of a second. 'Hus is sufficient to cause a fatal accident. Sobriety is obviously in dispensable. It should be the first law of safe driving. Another problem which must be studied care fully is the possible choice between moderation and total abstinence. Tlw recently formed Council of Moderation believes that reasonable, sensible attitude toward the consumptifo of al-' cobolic beverages can be developed by umng the most modem methods of publicity and education. But many authoiities a^, convinced that liquor mn^ never be encoura*^. that moderation is dangerous because it may eaally lead tp excess. IMs unfortunate th*t .tbe li^or industry in our eoun^ is (^>«»ted for private profit This mmms t|tat censumption is stimulated through the expansion technk of conventioDat busineas.' We all kaour what rnttHons tlW btewers pour Into tbe advertisement of tMr wares. One mjitiiod of control, strot^y advoo^ by ^petent students, is a goverao^t .monopoly. The retail sale of liquor,say, ahoul4. bd ouried on by the state tiwKigh iis own afeiw under a-control boaid with'autibotity tu de^rmine prices, fix the location*stor^ and control advertising. To be sure, thm nmold not sdv« the problem completely. But pottbit the govemnunt into the Bqudf busineas would atJbottaknthkpniM out olit. and so kaag deasuraptioa ■ndtliGa rea- •anabk holds. MMSniridld orir wbeiirii 'and cefiHiel iaujl^'fflce ersWi«,'f«^h^ a ’
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