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_t|^m]cBgiTmg Day Olde^ of all American holidays, Thanib^ving is the annual oecasion for the renewal of our faith as a- pedple in ■tte beneft;ence of a Divine P^v5dence Qpo^ wliose wate^ful care over us our lives and liberties depend. The spirit in whfch the Pilgrim Fathers celebrated a day of prayer and thanksgivi^ in’ 1621, after the garnering of their first harvest, is, we believe, still the spirit of America. Regardless of race or creed, it is im possible that any American who is not an utter atheist should fail to recognize and to offer thankful prayers to the Di vine Spirit which has so marvelously and triumphantly brought us through the pitfalls and cr'sis of the past three hundred years and lifted us as a peo ple to the highest state of spiritual and physical liberty and the greatest and most widely distributed material pros perity ever enjoyed by any people, any where, at any time in the long, long his tory of mankind’s struggle upward to ward the goal of the mMlennium. Whether we believe in a personal Deity, or hold, in the language of the Westminister Catechism, that "God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangea ble, in His being, wisdom, poweri holi ness, justice, goodness and truth,’’ abid ing in the hearts of men, it is surely meet and fitting that on this Thanksgiv ing Day, when the other peoples of the world are tom between economic suffer ing and the horrors of war, we should ^>.^gtve gr«mul %}id baartfalt thanks for and ivoiei^oii froin th% fate'bf riie peoples who have been se duced into surrendering their physical liberties for false promises of security, only to find themselves bereft of the most precious of all human possessions, the liberty of the human spirit. -.4'’ Drunks and the Law An editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal said that a judge in Massachus etts had turned a man loose although he was guilty of killing two persons with a car which he was trying to operate while drunk. The judge said that in such a state of drunkenes>» the man was not able to formulate his will and was therefore guiltless. If this unbelievable interpretation the law was given throughout the land bedlam would reign on the highways and the automobile driver would be taking such risks that life insurance would be a practical impossibility. And while drunk driving is classed as a crime and rightfully so in this and oth er states, there is one peculiar quirk of the law in North Carolina which should get more attention. Under the law a person with a maxi mum of intelligence could plan and ex ecute a murder without much fear of capital punishment. He would need only to get half drunk, act crazy drunk, pick a fight with h*s victim and “bump him off” at the most opportune instant to make it look like self defense. If the jury wouldn’t swallow the self defense plea, the plea that he was so drunk he did not know what he was doing would be brought up and the verdict would be manslaughter or at the most second- -degree nrarder. The num who harbors hate toward another and kills hiin without such aehmlng, in'some instances because the kfller ia lacking in mentality, is ^ed for life end oUm Imids in the [ state’s ViHi ehuid>er. In Russia, nowadays, the "ex” in the ""title of former industrial executive. e«toet—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot There hM been a change of styles in fc'offone The lateirt is the one ■liii fcirtIwiiPfn aiV' Six UHartned ebtt- Occasionally sofne ftirmer writes ^HOlj^adts that we write somethlhjjf to dis courage sWanton waste of gamei?o® part cit hunfeie ahd their ap^w die- regaid of prop^ rU^ « 4.. ' „ This week recei^d/a comq^oar' tion Cfoin a r^al rerident ‘sayiiii||^ that he has IwpedeM firids and^thai bird hahtere are trampHng do^'the pedeza^' knocking off the^ seled, wlnoh will sprout On waftn daw^^d '^e %- ume not reseed its^ in the springs One would gather ffbm his letter thit he has his land posted, but ihe hunteht go ahead as if they own^ the place. . Courtesy has its place in hunting and we have toown people to make enemies by deliberately going over lands without permlss'onf After all, the leipedOza be longs to the la'ndowtti^,- it is his prop erty and he has a right to protect it i’rom dogs attd tramping hunters. Hunting is a great'sport, but hunters, should bb very careful of the manner in which they treat propjpi^-haOT8^^^.ta^^ others. If a man does not want hunti' ers on his place, that is his business, and he has a perfect right under the law to forbid them on his lands. Nine times out of ten a landowner will consent if asked penniasion to hunt, and the re quest is made in a courteous manner- TTie farmer who would not object if' asked may be an enemy if the hunter goes ahead without ask'ng and as if he' owned the whole domain. The Trailer Micration Along all the mafn highways leading South the procession of migrating trail ers is beginning to grow larger every day. Like the birds, the ordinary peo ple of Amer'ca are forming the habit of seeking warm climates in Winter. And like the turtles, many take their homes with them. Life in a trailer is the gasoline age’s answer to the gypsy urge which is more or less univenrid in the human spirit. Ail of us have a tinge of wanderlust in our blood, an inheritance from our nomadiac ancestors of thousands of years ago- The history of mankind is a story of explo ration and imagination. It is no longer practical for most people to set out, as d'd the forebears of most of us, to find new lands and take our families and household goods over-the mountaiBs and tueky rifle and thd curired-iielve axe for protection, subsistence and'shelter, life has become too soft in America for that sort of pioneering. Yet the urge persists to move on tr new lands. We are still filled with curi osity to see what is on the other side of the hills. And the trailer provides the opportunity to wander without detach ing ourselves too far from the conve niences and comforts of the civilized life to which we have become accus tomed, at the least possible expense. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHARLES E. DUNN CHRISTIAN FRUITFULNESS Lesson for November 28—John 15:1-16 GOLDEN TEXT: JOHN 15:8 Jesus was aware of the fallacy of origins, ‘ By their fruits ye shall know them,” he de clared. Fruits, not roots, are the ultimate test of Ohristian Experience. “Herein is my Father glorified,” says our Golden Text, “that ye bear much fruit.” After Darwin had pobUsbed his epoch-making “Origin of Species” it was supposed by many that he had effectively smothered religion. "How can we believe,” cried indginant churchmen, “that man is the best and final creation of God, if he emerged out of the jungle?” Tne answer is that of Jesus. Origins prove nothing. Man has risen, and should be judged by the fruits of that rise. Institutions must be measured by the same test. Consider our colleges. It is helpful to know that Harvard, our oldest nursery of higher learning, was founded in 1686 and named after John Harvard,' a Congregational minister who bequeathed his lihcary together with half of his estate, to the crflege. But tihe primary question is this: “What are the fruits of Harvard’s clus tered halls?” Who are her graduates and what are they doing today?” The Lord’s Day should be judged is like man ner. Scholars.tell. — *h»t the .Sahbeth exmted long before Abnlnun, Aet Hm Hdln^ took it from Assyria aild But Sirndsy ob-^ servance should be appraised, at bottom, by It# fruits. That is a wiae old proverliL “1?ie proof the padding is the eating thereof.” So with the Lord’s Supper. How beautiful was the Lest Sapperl Tbs inspiring words ot our lesson are a part of vAat Hie Maslav then said. But we mast rememter ttat' ths saerimtttt ^of the CommimioB Hiould be'estimaM not so 'muA its begituilag ai hy ftii efTwA ':qKiB the livesbeUemrik eoaweaad of (niy t^ oT Broedwey s^rs,'" pamble In print of essfi^aad giM|ptloB of Ae two eeatpaafeer stalled for an indMSilte Ifer Tork and Chicago, E Rjr IKE : 4' 'aTTImb ^ RiD^csote pfusMAer ^ PricM. ^ dtnU Tda ww: I’freaa a i flfife Of Musing Justice Ready To Make ‘Sensational Chaiges’ New York. Nov. 20.—Mrs. Stel la M. Crater, whose politically prominent husband. Supreme Court Justice Force Crater, van ished mysteriously seven years ago, was described by friends to day as ready to make "sensation al charges” about bis unsolved disappearance. She would, they said, demand a new and sweeping re-investiga- tlon of the whole case by District Attorney-Elect Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey, vacationing in Bermuda, planned to fly home Monday. Meanwhile, Mrs. Crater was hidden in the city by friends. She is scheduled to speak on a (NBC red network) broadcast tomorrow at 8 p. m., eastern standard time, when she intends to anpUty the charges. -jv.,. Crater vanished August 6, 1930, In the midst of the sensa tional disclosures of th« Sesbury investigation. He was one of the leading members ot the bench, a friend and protege of TTnited States Sen ator Robert F. Wagner and other Tammany bigwigs. Fire Hazards Local Theatre Lovet* Are Advised To HM Everyfltiiig Lovers of the beet in legiti mate theatre entertainment are advised to mark up on their amusement calendar the follow ing date—^Dec. 1, and nold every thing for that time for the gala engagement at the State Theatre, Winston-Salem, N. C. of the 1987 Pulitaer Prise Play, “You Can’t Take it With You.” This hilari ous three act brainstorm which has been acclaimed by the press and public of New York and Chicago, where it haa been pack ing them in for many months, as I the maddest and merriest comedy f I seen in years," is by Moss 'Hart and George'S. Kaufman, two of leading playwrights To guard against firee during cold months, warns David 8. Weaver, of State College, folk should see to it that no in- inieilw’s flammable material accumulates already have to their credit around stoves, fir^laces, cbim- a most impressive list of stage nesrs or flues. HeaUng systems successes. Sam H. Harris, most should be checked, and flues and sueesssful of all of our modern chimneys chMUMd fitewieDtly. thsetriosl fismA' ''■Uci lit ^fanM restte AA Ate eAU A swilEsii ■Dism^ Am eosSp, ges craafcp, Um «A yomr asrwss mm pnbMy amt cj ardor, Hoiet rdax Aen wHh Ai maam Aat'- “dU As wort* far this Colorado gjgL WhsAer your TIsnW* ham ^ tumbled you for hoars ar At peaza you’ll find.vAli 1km* mtrni rsmedr cffecttM. ' ' At Drag Stores 2Sc cud |LML Nervine Sold Locally By HORTON’S CUT4UTE« DRUGSTORE , Al Msaay-Bgi ‘‘THANKS A MILLION'’ FOR ANOTHER MILLION IN mil Again in 1937, for the second consecutive year, motorists will have purchased more than one million Chevrolets; and they are now giving an even greater measure of friendship and favor to Chevrolet Jor 1938, Again this year, at Thanksgiving time, we of Chevrolet wish to ei^>ress our de^ and sincere apiweciation for the loyal firiendsh^ of motor car buyers in 1937 and, in feet, throughout more than a qnarter-oentmy. You who motor have always been exceedingly generous in your response to Chevrolet products, and this year you have been particu larly genmouB, as is dearly indicated by the fdfowing facts; Yon have displayed sneh keen and eatbosiaatic favor for Chevrdet that this is tfte second consecottfoymr in which yon will have purdiased more than one nailfion new Chevrolets! Ton have shown the same eager liking for Chevrdet trucks and commercial cars, with the result that they have beemne known as As thr^-earriers far the nddon! Too have paid Chevrolet dealers an overwhelming tribute of con fidence by pordtasi^ more than LTSO^OOO need cars froin the only men who sell med can beAring dw faihoiH GuanaaMOKU^t And now yoa an giving still baibm evidenoe of your friendship by awatdiiiV tbe new Chevrolet lor Ae inoat etribhiAltic endene* BieXf aijr new Chevrdtt hA evwnedve^ ~ " 'Hwidt yoa for your friendship”... **d)gnka« miffioo” for onodMC maiian A 193T .., and yon may rest Arared tfaA etorAS 'iM'inmrudi^ hriM by coUhA%Yp thiir to mrm camwouix MOTOB UVMNlt, «mnl 'Mhm tSm-eotmedm, UBtAlta.' Mictifetw O rij ■ K i 0 «/-* I %0 .-riW
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