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THURSDAY, DEC. 23, 1937
Our Good Weather
During the past few weeks we have
had occasion to learn that we have ex
ceptionally fine weather here whe*n
compared with weather conditions not
so far away.
When highways across the Blue Ridge
were impassable because of heavy sleet
we experienced a mild sleet here that
was gone in a very short time and with
out serious consequences. At the same
time, sleet was heavy farther into the
piedmont section.
When a snow comes out of the east
we get the least severe end of it because
it begins to vanish as it hits the moun
tains.
The Blue Ridge on the west and north
gets the blizzards and snow storms from
the west and the fury of the storms is
spent long before they reach here.
All of which gives us the notion to
boost about our weather conditions here
in Wilkes county, which, after all, is a
very good place to live.
The Joyful Season
We now come to the most joyful sea
son of the year, when we forget our
cares in annual celebration of the an
niversary of the greatest event in the
world.
We would not want to be accused of
growing old, and we would be far from
. advo^ting that people go through the
>,^aujjatnum«ai>gpn with gloom i>rri£i«n all |
oyei'thoiv^aitg'iaees^. I
Yet we fiiiiir Hia'i tnillions of people go
through the Christmas season in “riot
ous living” without one thought of the
birth of the Prince of Peace and why
Christmas holidays are set apart from^
the rest of the year.
It should be a season of joy and of
celebration, yet with all reverence to
Him who gave the Greatest Gift and
with a deeper realization of the respon
sibility that is ours in making this a bet
ter place for human habitation.
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We Learn About Wars
“Peace on Earth” sounds like an emp
ty phrase when mankind pauses to r.
view a year of bloodshed in so many
quarters of the world. The Sino-Jap-
anese war in Asia, the gory civil war in
Spain, massacres in Haiti, unrest in Pal
estine, revolution in South America,
“purges” in Russia—all this and more
are scarlet patches on the crazy-quilt of
history bounded by the figue 1937.
Even in our own land, blessed by
Peace at least in name, an economic war
is proving costly and productive of much
strife. When it can be claimed without
serious contradiction that labor strikes
this year cost the nation $5,000,000,OOQ
in lost wages and profits and products
of industry, serious minded citiens pause
to wonder. Five billion dollars is more
than ten times the cost of the Revolu
tionary War. Even in these days of
high prices it seems a steep figure for
what has been called economic “revolu
tion without the R.”
Yet there are some advantages to even
a series of events such as those which
have characterized the year now clos
ing. During the dismal days of 1931-
82. many persons who ought to have
.known better were outspoken iu their
hopes that a war, somewhere else in the
world, would offer a salvation to strand-
,/ed business in the form of profitable or-
^ (dors for war supplies and artificially in-
_id prices and wages due to abnormal
demand. The experience of 1937 dis-
• proyes tiiat. There is war else-
' ldlifij-0 in the world—aplenty of it—and
it ihpiiilW to offer W™>le relief to
dmdd $ pyoftt Tor anybody,
1900 years for hnmani-
„ .,UW Silenicer Fdr Crifice
^ We have little synipathy'fog.
Ists who use every pretext to o*rp abodt
“fre^om of the preas’^wheh itf^ealily,
they are only defending an ^aieumed li
cense to publish half;^th8 and garbled
facts about questions-and persona. Ed
itors have been known to ener^cally-,
supplement a private feud with public
invective published in the.^ c^unana pf_
their papers, but to hide behind Coib-^'-
gtitudonal guarantees when the day of
reckoning appears ^in the shape of a
proper lega] retaliation.
But in the case of Chairman J. War
ren Madden’s defense of a subpoena ac
tion against the editor of a critical trade
journal by the National Labor Relations
Board, a new device is being tried that
can prove of incalculable power in the
hands of bureaucrats who desire to sti
fle the press in what on the surface ap
pears to be a perfectly legal and proper
manner.
To be specific, the editor in question
was outspoken concerning alleged vio
lations of the Labor Act by Weirton
Steel. The NLRB, investigating the case,
sought to grill the editor. Not being
able to force him, as an editor and critic,
to divulge his knowledge of the alleged
violations, the board hit upon the clever
scheme of summoning him as a private
citizen to submit to examination. It was
necessary, however, that he produce an
elaborate display of source material,
used in writing his articles in order to
give the testimony desired.
Of course, throughout the entire trans
action, the question of press freedom no
where appeared. It was solely a process
of harrassing the editor as a private cit
izen into coughing up what he knew.
As an editor he could quite properly re
fuse to reveal sources for his informa
tion used in writing the articles. But as
a citizen, subpoenaed for examination,
he had no choice than to submit.
This bureaucracy is one round up in
the everlasting war to muffle the sourc
es of criticism. This time instead of us
ing the bouncer they have chosen to
heckle.
GoodwDJ'cMra
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Pmm OB Barth ud Obodwll
to Han, what a^ dreari of l^topiait
realto, aa the hap^ eonsom-
matiojh of that eommaod that re-
soBiidte over the hllla of Beth-
leheu cebtnrloB ago.
A mesaage to the peoplaa of .the
eartli: heard by Jew aud Qentile
alike. Throngh all the
of Time, the echo of that'ftul-
oUB admonishment has g^nab-
ly grown leaa aodlble, and no#
with Ifr.
e»llBhjt Wellbom. ^ o
ii^lfir. M; O. Jonea and M%i|f'
Tialted relatl^
.trMk-end htfore laat.4
iirMeaars. B. M.. Roberts, Boes:
attd R, C. jirrie were
hie the Wlltesboroa
^ Xr. ’*^and' Vrs. .yvifie-^^mba
wese Norili WUke^ro.wihoppwa
one day reeently,.;.^-^^
Hr- and Mrs. OUn Sosther
aiiid Ibn, or Rorth
lilted "liri and'Mra. Qtto Somers'
tenday, b^ore last.
^Anthur Coffey and
Roberts wore ih'tbe Wil-
kedtt«vos one day Mcmitty.
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i — y ^ aa a^HB9 gg geahiie aa\J By
in this the age that is the f *"*'
crest of ciTilisation, that meesa^e
of good cheer ig merely a brol^
whisper to the milMons of peoples
that are a part of thin comnieib
cialised anniversary of the birth
of that Prince of Peace.
The very AeavAna teeeand
with the crash and roar Of the
ghn fire of war; the IVwe ot
Peace has become a Vulture of
Destruction, and our so called
Christmas Nations view this un
holy carnage and destruction of
human life, the ravishing of vir
tuous women, the slaughter of
innocent little children, the deeo-
letlon, despair, hunger and pain;
all the result of the greed of
commerce, and the undeniable
lack ot respect for International
Treaties, which should, aud do
assure to all mankind and to all
nations, Life, Peace and Pros
perity and human happiness.
That love of ancient days has
been ravished by hate, and war,
the child of that ravishment baa
cast it’s hypnotic spell upon the
earth, for nations hate, men hate,
there is strife abroad upon the
land; and as the dawn of that
Holy Day draws near, we as
people of every faith and creed
look to the skies to vision once
again, and hear the voices of an
gels sing;
Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men.
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A Merry, Merry
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Of The Past Week
WITH THE CRISP DHCEMBER DAYS COME OUR GREETINGS OF THE
SEASON.... TO YOU. ALL OF YOU, WE WISH THE MERRIEST CHRIST-
ILLA^VER—HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND SUCCESS IN FULL MEASURE
. AND MAY ALL YOUR HOPES COME TRU]B.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD-
SAYS BABSON
Roger Babson is optimistic.
A member of the staff of the noted in-
dontriaLrtatistiidan say$ ^
group
cBhe In business has'caused a ne'
of pessimists to spring up.
But he says the stage is being set for
a much higher level of prices for 1938.
He also says the underlying trend in
wholesale prices will continue upward.
He says there may be some specula
tion, but the administration can curb
speculation under the present .setup, and
will be able to do so.
He says there will be no disturbance
in the way of inflation, which would
lead to industrial instability.
The noted statistician also says there
there will be an increase in the purchase
of luxuries, and a heavy buying wave
which would precede the increase in
pricey that will follow the enactment of
wage-hour legislation.
What the representative from the
Babson Industrial Institute is trying to
say is that there is no need for pessim
ism.—Reidsville Review.
CYCLE, Dec. 20.—Mr. and
Mrs. L. Wi. Coleman and daugh
ter, Evelyn, of North Adams,
Mass., arrived Thursday to spend
the Christmas holidays here.
Mr. and Mrs. Boss Reid and
Mr. Curt Reid spent Sunday at
Union Grove with relatives.
The fox hunters of this section
enjoyed one of the best hunts of
the season Tuesday morning de
spite the sleet. The dogs of Mess
rs. Maheie. Ro^rts and D. C.
tbA- ft# attw i
Ifvei^race that' lasted about an
hour. Hie hunters finally decid
ed by Thursday to turn the fox
loose to enjoy the pleasure of
robbing chicken roosts for a sea
son yet.
Mr. Mint Robbins moved his
family from the farm of Mrs.
Sarah Jane Mayberry to his place
near Temple Hill church.
Mrs. Lois Roberts and sons,
Jim Frank, and Shirley Roberts,
THOMPSON
RETREADING CO.
T. H. THOMPSON, PROP.
Telephone 413 North Wilkesboro, N. C.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE I
Ha vinGj qualified as executor of •
the estate of M. S. Miller, decea-s-l
ed, l.iie of Wilkes County, North i
Carolie.i, this is to notify all per-]
sons havintr claims against the i
estate of the deceased to exhibit
them to the '.indersigned, whose
addres.s i.s Cricket, N. C. on or
before the 22nd day of D ecember,
1938, or this notice w:’l be plead
in bar of recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will ple.ase
make immediate settlement.
G. B. OWINGS.
Executor of the estate. M. S. Mil
ler, deceased l-27-6t-(T)
CLYDE HAYES, Atty.
Sunday School Lesson
By REV. CHi>jRLES E. DUNN
CHRISTIAN CONSERVATION
Lesson for December 26th. Phil. 1:12-26
GOLDEN TEXT: PHIL. 1:21
'The need for a fresh consecration to' the Chris-
tior. ethic and ideal is very real. There are 10,-
000 villages in America without churches, 30y-
000 without resident pastors, and 30,000,000 chil
dren under twelve who are receiving no training -
in the disciplines of religious faith and practice.
Moreover, hostile forces are now at work in an
attempt to defeat the Christian program. “We
are no longer confronted,” writes Dean Sperry,
of Harvard, “with old, dying religions in the
Orient; we are faced by new and powerful reli
gions of political and racial nature. Further
more, within Christendom itself, we are now
confronted by organized and fully self-conscious
theories of race, class, and state which are cand
idly anti-Christian.”
In the face of this critical need and stubborn
hostility conventional Christianity, has a hard
fight indeed. There are too many nominal church
members who live in a state of faded religiosity,”
paying verbal honors only to their Master. They
want comfort rather than a «dl to arms. They
are full of good will but they play safe on aU
controversial issues. They rarely move outside
the pleasant circle of their particular group.
They have no convictions for which they would
make a genuine sacrifice.
Over against this soft, lazy, immatare type of
faith one thinks of the blazing passion of the
apostle, Paul, as voiced in the inspiring'passagie
chosen for our lesson. Confiacd.iB a filthy jail,
and knowing that he would some he put to
death for his loyalty to Chi^t, he would yet say,
in the spkit of exaltaticm, the uoble words of our
Golden Ttat. “To me to Bve is Christ, snd to
die is gsin.”
It is Ugh time thst %h^lt&[tis esery^ritsnv
Xnder the spell of PsnPi
the doon on their Aipbts,
^smnieMy set to
may pressil in "
spintnal decay.
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jMerry
: Christmas
To ^I Our
FRIENDS
I and
J. G.
TENTH STREET
Ho!
Everybody
and to every patron AND FRIEND
_ A HEARTY —
EACH PERSON CONNECTED WITH OUR COMPANY JOINS
WITH THE MANAGEMEINT IN WISHING YOU YOUR MOST
JOYOUS HOLIDAY SEASON, AND HOPES YOU WILL EN
JOY UTMOST HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT.
AGAIN WE ALL SAY—
Merry Christmm!
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