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Tbe JMrnal-Patriot
OfOmiDSNT Of POLITICS
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MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1937
Olir National Lawlessness
It is one thing to enact a law, and quite
aitother thing to enforce it. Passing a
law doesn't cost the taxpayers anything
to speak of, but enforcing it calls for po
licing, and that may cost more than the
>jrfl which the law was intended to rem-
ly.
[t is also an example of the inability
W Government to enforce any law against
a strong public sentiment in opposition to
it; certainly of the inability of the Feder
al Government to enforce a statute which
reaches into every comer of th? nation,
regardless of whether thv- people of any
given state or community want it en
forced. The increase of lawlessness in
America is directly traceable to our un
willingness or inability to enforce the
laws on the statute books. We have too
many laws and not enough policemen.
ik)metimes the failure to enforce laws
is due to the timidity of public officials
whose duty is to see that laws are obey-
ey. It is difficult to see any other rea
son for the non-enforcement of the laws
in the numerous “sit-do%vn” strikes which
seem to be becoming epidemic all over
the country. Nobody seriously contends
that such unauthorized occupation of oth
er people’s property is legal, yet there
have been few instances in which the
laws have been enforced.
^ery American child grows up with
all around him of hiw violators
going unpunished, wther hiewuse thew
are not enough law-enforcement agencies
or because those are lax in the perform
ance of their duties. Probably ^e most
widespread form of lawbreaking against
which the laws are least enforced, is in
the matter of violations! of laws govern
ing motor-traffic. This is a far more
serious offense than many of the statu
tory misdemeanors for which penalties
are more often exacted. Motor vehicle
laws have as their main objective the
protection of human lives. The terrific
toll of deaths in motor accidents, nearly
40,000 last year, is evidence of the ne^
for such laws and especially for their
strict enforcement. But when a young mo
torist discovers that he can break almost
any highway law without getting caught,
or with a mild reprimand or a suspension
of r.entence if he is caught, his respect
for law—all law—tends to vanish.
Lord’s Acre Movement
A movement rapidly spreading among
rural churches is that of having mem
bers set aside some special plot of ground
or give a definite part of the proceeds
from some special project to the church.
A comment by Dr. John W. Holland in
The Progressive Farmer is as follows:
“This Lord’s Acre movement empha
sizes the farmer’s partnership with God.
It plans something definite for each one
to do. It works in the open where the
results may be seen and measured. It
will take some of the indefinitenesa out
of what we call ’Christian stewardship.’
Thousands of people will find their spir
itual life quickened into newness by the
sight of things ‘growing solely for God.’
Thousands of boys and girls will develop
characters will always feel the influence
of thus working for and with God. One
may not have as much as an acre to
spare, but in that case a smaller plot or
. some other activiV will provide some-
thing for God’s work. The woman who
gives all Sunday eggs to the church is
an ex^ple.
Mae West received the second largest
salary paid in this country last year.
Mae's figure was 9480,000. The fellow
didn’t "^1” it much who said Mae looked
like a million dollars.
The state of Texas comprises one-
relfth tile area of the United States,
iTHSJpt
^ATBIQT, MOSTH
VUJL
SMOliBAY.
Tb«r Legitlatiire ^ ^
While the general aMembly ^Wch
adjourned last week fi^cd • in many
points of Rublic duty, it mviist be jdiven
credit for being one’of tiie hardest Work
ing assemblies to the past decade; lit
tle time was lost in filibuster and busi
ness. was iSBiDMicWd with rapidity.
There are sevdfartiitagflrthat the poo--
pie of the state b^eve d^buld have been
done, notably among ^tieOe rerap-
portionment of representation , in gov^
ernment. The la^ature failed to do
this and in so. doing openjy flouted tiie,
constitution they had sworn to uphold.
Much needed reform in tte election
laws vvas.xalled fo^ the ^attention. of the,
•hririnakers, but cbr^de:^g theto actions
one would almost be led to believe that
the legislators were ignorant of the fact
that anything wrong exists in the elec
tions make-up in the state. The state
board of elections happened to be one
of the authorities which urged reform.
It is high time that the absentee bal
lot be abolished in the state. It has
long outlived its purpose and we do not
believe that such a handy tool of fraud
should be given to people who otherwise
would be scrupulous.
The legislature passed a record-break
ing tax bill and appropriations, gave
some relief in the form of sales tax ex
emptions, and a reduction of one-eighth
in the price of licenses for passenger
automobiles.
California, largest honey producing
state, broke all records last year with a
production of 27,000,00 pounds.
Bruce-
BARTON
IN SIMPLE EASY TERMS
An earnest gentleman with a gleam in his eye
got in the other da,y; He asked m;> to read a
book in which a new prophet sets forth a new
religion. The gentleman assured me that if only
all men and women could be led to think the
thoughts of this prophet every difficulty would
fold up.
While we talked I turned the pages of the book,
and after about a minute I assured him that I
should not need to read it in order to know that
it would have no influence.
He was aggrieved. “You
have a closed mind,” he
charged.
“Not at all,” I said. “I
happen to know what kind
of words move the world.
I’ll give you xm example:
“ ‘The Lord is my shep
herd.’ etc.
“ ‘Four score and seven
years ago our fathers
founded on this continent,
etc.
“Contrast these simple words with a couple of
phrases from your book,” I said:
‘‘ ‘The definitely “anticipatory” value of the
self-protecting mechanism of covenant obliga-
“ ‘Expanding consciousness obtainable through
the direct application of the method of cyclic ev-
olut'on . . . ’
“Nobody is going to overturn the world,” I
concluded, ‘‘unless he is able to make his ideas
understandable even to a little child. Second-
raters are always obscure. But the head man
in any department of life, I care not whether it
be medicine, theology, science or what, he can
make a talk that will fascinate a kindergarten.'’
John Bunyan explained to his readers that he
might have adopted a “stile” much more fancy
but he wanted hb book to be read by common
people everywhere. He has his wish: “Pilgrim’s
Progress” will live as long as anything in onr
language.
GET GREATER EDUCATION
‘‘Your problem la personnel,” I said to the
banker. “How are you solving it?”
‘Well, we try to pick the snvartest young men
from the colleges, men who have majored in ec
onomics and finance. We start them in at the
bottom and let them fight their way up. Some
drop by the waiyside, bet the survivors develop
into very good men.”
I told him I thought they were omitting one
very important step in the process of training.
‘‘After your young man has had two or three
years’ experience in the bank, you ought to pull
him out and send hhn into the heart of the
country,” I said. “Make him spend a year or
two working on a farm, or with a section gang
on the railroad, or clerking in a country store.
Insist that he live on what he earns.
When he comes back to New York he will
have some idea of how hard ordinary people
have to work for their money. He will have «
social as well as a merely financial point of view.
A dollar will never become merely a sign or a
sum to him. It will represent hopes and fears,
ambitions and defeats, human sweat and blood.”
I am one of those who believe that we are en-
teriijg a period of great social changes. No
matter how big and strong an institution or an
industry may be it' is going to be tested. Those
institutions will win out which are headed by
men of broad ayapatbies; men who car.
see the other man’s point of view because they
have shared the other man’s daUy life.
firesH
By BL M. MOK0OB
M^em Code ot Morals-^lt
if one can’t kill all the snakes In
his yajrd^ or dMtroy ^1 the whis
key'In his coihmaidty, K^sloild!-
n’t hottterArith any .of It.
Thousands hf fMple . ate tiP
glad that ■ “patlcM” cars ]uht
can’t
Fihei£.' a.aii>;
'hen t h e.yf
Wm Ao.. .,iiai
|^*y wdufa
oe'm r a,ach
the crpand.
; {Is one ahpjsM
Urae a ihiitbr-
Ity
ing cecpgnitldn,
but It should be blamed for
wanting “domination.”
Apparently, some men would
be glad to go. blind to keep from
seeing something to do.
If some men ever receive grace
at all. It Is like veneering—a very
thin coat.
If a duck has troubles, he
takes them under the water,
while an eagle takes his skyward.
No man regrets not doing his
duty except the man who just
doesn't do it.
If a white woman has her hair
kinked and calls it a “perma
nent,*' it Is reasonable that a
colored woman who has hers
straightened will call it a “tem
porary.”
If heaven is what we say It is,
shouldn’t we mend our ways to
get there?
A colored man, upon receiving
a letter from his girl was heard
say, “ ’Mongst all de bitters dere
am always one sweet, and I know
dat gal of mine am do one.”
Sometimes, Jest one ‘‘sweet’’ can
leaven the whole heap.
Mrs. Ennice Johns, the young
Tennessee bride, who recently
took unto herself a husband, has
at least two primary requisites
for rearing a family; namely,
age and education. She was nine
years old, and In the third grade.
Experience, which may be very
costly, will be “added unto her.”
Those who oppose voting liqu
or into their counties probably
haven’t thought what an Impetus
It will put on business In the way
of building additions to county
homes and Jail houses.
Ker. 8i L W«tta fQtod Us regu-
Ur it Beibel
LiU0oviiSaad«y.
||U. 3.9, Caudell, vto .has b*ei.
a patient at tfte Wilkes bospiw^
has retnraedApiM and is-b«ttar.
Mr, aa4 Mnx BIU
vMton to tte home
Mr*, W. A. XUadlUr-Sooday. .
Mr. nr. A. CaidUI baa a hen
Of; «r^4fttter
of them'
^ wniber othet^
■TSgf hei
1st& 91^7, *n
of
..luw,. toied .bU;
r^iar Little
Kd& ,
J. J, 0nit]7 catod at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Can-
dtP^ Si^ay..
■ ' Mn'Say Pay|^ and Miss Ruby
Worley were yWtors to tho home
et Rev, and Mn, ,8. 1. Watts Fri
day and wwe maitled- In the pres
ence of a few friends. Including
Miss Dare Howell, Mr. Junior
Costner, Miss Nlta Parller and
others. Rev. Mr. Watta perform
ed the brief ceremony that made
then husband and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McOee and
children were visitors to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Beach,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Meadows
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Meadows
were visitors to the homes of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Howell and Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Carlton, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Phillips
were visitors to the home of Mrs.
Julia Phillips, Sunday.
IbaUh-Wreckind' FBngttonal
PAINS
Suit Headquarters
, Fok MEN AND BOYS
Mr. and Mn. 9. Gr«*r wom
visitors to tho home of Mr, and
Mrs. B. 8. Fergnsow Sanday *d«*
tting. ■ ' •-.•V ■ -
A nainber,(tf the people of tbia
community are! listenhig. ln over
W. 8. O, 0,, Charlotie ouh 8un-
dajr'at 1:16 and bedHng and
Joying the Chapman .Qiuurtet. as
they sing tb^ fine gospel songsi
'v-Th* ianaim tbseag^t the
county are .getive “ preparing to
plant their aprlnr crops. ,
Mr. Wltl£er''P4a^b,‘'Of Bhstot,
Va., formei'lA:,'^ kere,
died in ASiUDfbniddNiiiNtM and
waa buried ber»last Thursday.
Words of eomfw were spoken
by Rev. S.'f. wftti.c
Mr. t^niijey Thurs;:
dsy and-Wii#Mred' PriW in the
Sired Graveyard. Last rites were
. {j'
eondnstsd by Raw. 8.1-
-•Bimdsy wee -* '• heantMu* .
ghd and many attondedQ*
end JMkitT school tbroogh tb* '
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Bnvlnf qimIHUd ad> AtotoU- M
trator^ JJAAiEate of P. V
nedy. deee«adl, late of HHIlne ^
liocify
ngni^'
to eikb^ them’to fbe
at Hnya, Nottb Carolina,
before t2nd ci
J9S8, or tiite aotip will b* ^
In bar of Aeir yeepf«y, se^
tons indebM to sakl eetaU,wlll^
please make tmmwllBte paymmt.
TbU 22adddr arUMUifU97.
KBNMBDT,
Adminlstcatior Estate of A-
Kennedy^ Dee’d. 4-dd-dt(M>
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—for less money. 'Try it
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t ran DOZEM
2St
BAYER ASPIRIN
“AFTCR RUSH DAYS.'
Casoels help me pull aiy-
scIftogether,”say« Hdca
Nolan, newspapn report
er. "I enjoy Camels often
for their mildnen ssd
CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS
their rl^ ddicate fltvoti"
A SIZE FOR EVERY CAR OR TRUCK ... A
PRICE TO SUIT EVERY POCKETBOOK
CENTRAL SERVICE STATION
H. P. ELLER, Prop.
Phone 27 North Wilkeaboro, N. C.
A modern substitute for the
Bible and family devotions—a
deck of cards and a “bridge .par
ty.”
By no means does merely sing
ing in the choir on Sunday morn
always atone for what may have
happened on the night before.
Though one runs hard and
reaches high to win a prize, the
prize Is usually worth the effort.
When one sits down to strike.
It looks like that the last mile
post has been reached.
Hard to outgrow—an environ
ment which Is surrounded by
beer, bottle-in-bond, and slot-ma
chines.
WHY DO SO MANY FARMERS IN THIS
SECTION CHOOSE
W. F. Welfare of Snow Hill,
Green coubty, planted 600 black
locust and 600 pine seedlings
last week, in beginning a pro
gram to reclaim abandoned land.
FERTILIZER
ADMIMSTRA'rOB’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Adminis
trator of the estate of Mrs. M. A.
‘Thompson, deceased, late of
Wilkes County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons har
ing claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Thurmond,
North Carolina, on or before the
8th day of March, 1938, or this
notice will be plead In bar of
their recovery. AU persons In
debted to said eatete will please
make immediate payment.
This 8th day of March, 1937.
J. A. THOMPSON,
Administrator Bstate of Mrs. M.
A. Thompson, Dec*d. 4-I8-6t-M
BECAUSE, ACTUAL RESULTS OBTAINED IN THEIR OWN FIELDS,
WHERE INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER WAS USED, WERE HIGH
LY G^TIFYING, AND HARVESTS CAME UP TO THEIR HIGHEST
EXPECTA'nONS.
IN ACTUAL TESTS, INTERNATIONAL WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST
RESULTS possible, AND EVERY BAG OF INTERNATIONAL CON-
TAINS DOLOMITIC UME FILLER THAT EVERY SUCCESSFUL
farmer WANTS MIXED WITH HIS SOIL
YOU, TOO, MAY HAVE BUMPER CROPS IF YOU USE^
FERTILIZER
Severe functional pains of
menstruation, eramjtinc ^ells
nnri jangled nerves goon rob a
woman of her natural, youth
ful freshness. PAIN lines In
a woman’s too often grow
Into AGE lines!
Thousands of women have
found it helpful to take Car-
dui. They say it seemed to
ease their pains and they no
ticed increase In.thelr ap
petites and finally a etseogth-,
ened resistance to the dis
comfort of monthly periods.
‘ZVy CaMnL Of coarse if It doesn’t
help yon, see your doctor.
DROB IN THE VERY NEXT TIME YOU ARE NEAR THE STORES
USTED BELOW AND GET YOUR SUPPLY FOR THIS SEASON’S
planting.
North Wilkesboro Grocery Co.
NQRTO WILKESBORO, N. C.
V -•■rts,. . .
CA.
NORTH W1UU3BORO, N. C.
PURLEAR, N. C.
ABSHERS
Y£As mr vZAit Bg^D upoH
UriERNahonAl TO bring Th|W the |ot harvBbtsi
■gist'*