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JUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Yew 11.50
a*. Months *75
Four Moothe
Out of the State >2.00 per Year
fctnniil at the post office at Nosth Wllkee-
toro, N. C., as lecood class OMrttar oaSsr Act
of Raidi 4 IVra.
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MONDAY, FEB. 28, 1938
JOUBNAL.PATiaOY, NORTH
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N. C.
Lottery and The Law
The cry of the coupon-seller and the
clink of numbers in a lottery cage may
soon bedome as popular in this state as
the crack of a base-ball bat, if the Ken
ney Lottery Bill, now before Congress,
wins the legislative sweepstakes. Bas
ing their campaign on America’s cur
rent wave of gambling fever, teh pro
ponents of the bill plan to cloak Mon
sieur Lottery in the chaste robes of a
revenue-raiser and budget-balancer.
Why let the nation suffer from an un
balanced budget, they chorus, when the
illness can be quickly cured by a na
tional lottery? Since millions will be
spent on gambling, either legally or il
legally, why permit the lottery profits
to grease the tracks of criminals and
alien governments? Why not finance
our national deficit with an operator’s
share of the 6 billion spent annually in
gambling, pools and illegal lotteries?
The question is, can we gamble our
way to national prosperity? For an
answer, ask Los Angeles merchants
what the huge daily “take” at Santa
Anita has done to their sales and credit
accounts. They have learned that when
a gambler loses, he can’t pay. When he
wins, his winnings are much too import
ant to spend on the butcher and baker.
Easy money, they discover, must buy a
party, not a bill. The 1 ook-maker’s dol
lars come from the pockets of the bread-
maker and boiler-maker.
A national lottery would nationalize
gambling from coast to coast. Will this
nationalized gambling “buy” prosperi
ty? .America should answer that ques
tion before she gives her approval to the
Kenney Lottery Bill.
How Much Do Farmers Make?
What are the comparative incomes of
fann families and town families? As
Dean Paul W. Chapman of the Georgia
College of Agriculture points out in The
Progre!5sive Fanner, “most people work
for a living—and a living is about all
the average person ever gets. If the
average city worker makes more doll.'*
than the farmer, every time he turnv
there is a call for cash.” Dean Chap
man continues:
“in Florida, California, Massachu
setts, -\ew Jersey, and two or three oth
er states farmers make mo’-o than non-
f.arm workers. In the other states farm
ers make less than urban workers. >
Georgia, city workers average making
three times as much as the average
farmer. The same ratio is true in a num
ber of other Southern states. This does
not mean that there are no high-income
fannens in the South; in fact, some of
oui' farmers—mainly those dealing in
specialized farming—are among those
with the largest incomes in the nation.
"The income of any group where the
worker is also the proprietor vari
greatly. This is ti’ue, for instance, of
persoas engaging in merchandising. A.s
a matter of record, 35 per cent of the
fanners of the nation earn 85 per cent
of the income. If you were one of the
35 per cent, your income would be bet
ter than that of 90 per cent of the Am
erican people. You would have an in
come far greater than that of the ma
jority erf city workers.
“It is also a fact that the average
farm family has more property-than the
average city family. The average value
of the property gowned by the farm fam
ilies of America is $9,668, contrasted
with $8,709 for those living in towns
and cities.”
With the boys in Congress acting more
more iMilfiahly. in looking after their
Tovni U w be sad indeed if
“tlHi PreoidR^ slioBld in th« mimr
/«oaie find the Foi^o^n
In inost of the fern both before and
after that day when ^ Ponce de\ Leon
started the original iloridn^ Boom, man^
hap searched for somethinlg ^that ^wiF'
postpone the creaking bones imd feeble
steps of age—a fountain lof youth.
Today,' under the guiding hand of
medical science, one farther step has
'been made towards a jrouthful old age.
Speaking before the Pan-American M^-
ical Association in Havana, Dr. E. L.
Stem recently revealed that synthetic
vitamin Bl, when injected directly into
the spinal columns of aged persons, left
them “actually rejuvenated and much
younger.”
Acting as a food for the nervjous sys
tem, the synthetic vitamin forges one
more link in the chain of the body, spir
it, and mind that may one day lift man
kind into an era of eternal youthfulness.
Dr. Stern’s discovery, of course, is
just one drop towards filling the myAi-
cal fountain of youth. And yet, it
would be amusing, wouldn’t it, if old
Por.ee de Leon’s poo] turned out to be
just a shot in the back?
A Ruling Class
The fundamental difference between
the German point of view and that of
America is pointed by the forced retire
ment of the head of the German army.
Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg,
because he committed the unpardonable
offense of marrying a carpenter’s daugh
ter. In the eyes of the German military
caste, this was a mesalliance which made
him an unfit person for officers and gen
tlemen to associate with.
In trying to understand the German
people and their submission to dictator
ship, Americans are prone to overlook
the fact that for scores of years the
Army has been the supreme power in
German life. Officers of the Army have
been a privileged class, exempt from
many of the laws and rules of conduct
which civilians are bound to obey. An
Army officer is within his rights if he
shoves a citizen off the sidewalk into
the gutter: even if lie draws his sword
and kills the civilian on the street if the
offender resists. He would be shamed
by his fellow-members of the Officers’
Corps if he did not at all times assert
his superiority to common people.
Trained for generations to abject .sub
mission to the military, the people of
Gennany have no conception of individ
ual human rights as Americans or Eng
lishmen have. They bow to the man in
uniform as one in authority who must
be obeyed. And, in German eyes, the
man in uniform who allies hfmself with
one of the common herd, by marrying
his daughter, is a traitor to the caste.
If a man talks at all, the general rule
is that the less he has to say the longer
it takes him to say it.
InUnuitidMl Simday SdMal
soil for March
Golden Text: “What I have,
that I give thee.”—Acts '8:A ■
Lesson Text: Mark 6:1-12.
The sixth chapter of Mark con
tains various incidents which can
be applied to the Christian doc
trine of service to immunity,- It
includes the feeding of the fiveL^
thousand with five barley loaves';
and two small fishes, one of the f
greatest miracles performed bf
Jesus, and the only me reported
by all four of the gospel writers.
Twice Jesos went to his home
village of Nazareth and on each
occasion, preached in the syna
gogue. Both times the people
jected beneficial service becantt
of prejudice. It’s true today. Once
these fellow townsmen of Jeros
wanted miracles performed and
then they could not overlook the
fact he was the carpenter’s son.
Thus we see people in real need re
jecting beneficial service because
of prejudice. How often in life
does the well-meaning worker en
counter those who scorn and de
cline efforts to benefit them be
cause of a failure to understand.
Because of their lack of faith in
Him, he -was • unable to do the
mighty works of Nazareth that He
had l^en accomplishing in other
places. Only a few had sufficient
faith, and these he healed. A. B.
Bruce says: “The Nazarenes, with
their demand for signs of Mes-
slanship, and their cold, critical,
temper, piralyzed the arm of the
Lord.Not Ithat Christ’s power
depended for its existence on the
faith of recipients of benefits, but
like every other spiritual power,
it was apt to be thrown bac'k on
itself by a chilling unsympathetic
a.udience; a skillful musician sel
dom. succeeds in bringing out of
his instrument its finest effects
amidst dull, unappreciative listen
ers. Genius is a shy, retiring
spirit, which manifest itself only
to faith and love. Even so with
the miraculous healing power of
Jesus. It existed independently
of popular methods, even as does
the oratorical power of the speak
er, and thfc musical talent of the
performer, but it manifested itself
only amid favoring circumstanc
es.’’
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Question: When should the first
spray be applied for control of
scale insects in my peach orchard?
Answer: If the orchard is bad
ly infested with scale the spray If the lesson tau.ght Nicc/Jemus
should be applied before the buds hy Christ that all must be born ■
j Borrowed Comment
RETRIBUTION IN ORDER
Five years in prison is no mean sent
ence for a criminal and so we would
think it is a very severe sentence for
innocent men.
On the basis of a confession by the
prosecuting witness in the case, two
North Carolina mountaineers have been
released from state prison where they
have been confined ifor five years after
their conviction of a crime they never
committed.
. Laws of the great state of North Car
olina prescribe ik> special favor for
eiToneously confined to prison. There
fore, Jack and Marian Ammons, hustled
away from their family firesides for a
stay in prison after their conviction in
Buncombe Superior court, must petition
the court for restoration of their citizen
ship.
The'r families and the men themselve.'=
have sufl’ered irreparably from the er
ror that kept the Ammonses confined
for five years. North Carolina owes thp
men a debt that cannot be paid in kinc
but the next session of the Legislature
should make an acceptable financial ret
ribution of these men.—Oxford Ledger.
ANOTHER TAX STORY
“In 1927 the Curtis Publishing Com
pany filed fourteen tax returns with
Federal, state and local governments.
It cost $860 to prepare them. In 1937
this company filed about 44,500 tax re
turns, the cost of fM^paring which-wa
$21,000. V '1^ filed,
Thoueh rejected by the re.siidents
of His home town, Nazareth, Jesus
was not discouraged. Confident
that hi.s ministry was God-given,
He determined that it sliould be
spread as far as possible in as
.short a time as possible. Calling
the twelve disciple.s together, Je-
'sus began to send them forth in
to the country around about, pair
ing them off by twos. To them
He gave authority over unclean
spirits and the power to heal the
sick. He also gave them definite
instructions as to their prepara
tions for their journey. They were
to take nothing with them iKcept
a staff, their sandals and one coat.
Their food, lodging and money
would be provided by those to
whom they ministered. After se
lecting their place of abode, they
were to remain there until they
departed from that place.
It is interesting to note that Je
sus sent the first missionai-ies out
by twos. Had there been three
together, the danger of argument
between them would have been
gi-eat and the tendency for two to
pair off, leaving the third alone
would have been almost inevita
ble. Had they been sent out one
by one, the tendency would have
bw-n for that one to have become
discouraged at the first sign of »-e-
jection, or to have become too ex
alted should .success have followed
his effort, with the temptation to
take the glory to himself. Two
going together would act as coun
ter-balances in discouragement or
in success. “When two men go to
gether, not only does each repre
sent to the other the purpose with
which be i^ sent, but also each
supports the one, and this does
good to both.”—Henry Latham.
The disciples, following the ex
plicit directions of Jesus, went
forth, preaching that men should
repent of their sins, casting out
demons, annointing with oil many
that were sick, healing them. Hav
ing been constantly with Jesus,
they had imbibed his spirit and
iiad caught his passionate warn
ing for the lost. U.sing their God-
given talents, augmented by the
training they had received from
Je^, they found that they could
teach others those things T^kh
they had learned from Him. Hav
ing received, they were willing to
give to those who had not. Oh,
that every Christian was willii^ to ^
say with Peter and John, “Silver j
and gold have I none, but that
which I have give 1 thee m thcj
name of Jesus Christ. . . . Soi
many have feceived the wonderful
blessings of Christianity but are
not wUfing to do anything that
those who have not hoaid of Christ
might also share these blessings.
COFFEE CANS
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used is recommended for this pur- ■
pose by the manufacturer as only
certain oils will mix with the lime
solution. If the spray cannot be|
used before the buds swell, u.se I
the concentrated lime-sulphur. I
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Tablets.
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COW
and
FEVER
first day..
Healfachei M
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OroDs tninates
(>» “Rub-Mv-TiRm”—World's Best
Liniment
swell. An oil spray should be
used and applied as directed b.v
the manufacturer. If both scale
and leaf curl ai’e bad, the lime-
sulphur or 4-4-50 Bordeaux mix
ture, with oil added, should be ap
plied. Oils do not control leaf curl
and when adding to lime-sulphur
be sure that the particular oil
again be true—and it is—the soon- j sh
er one gets at it the better it is |
for him. j
BARGAINS IN USED PI-
ANOS. Come in and see them.
Prices are right.—Rhodes-
Oay Furniture Co,, North i
{filkesboro, N. C.
DU. HOBSON’S
TEETHING POWDERS’
Pleasant to u.se; quick relief
— Sold By
Horton’s Cut-Rate Drug
Store
Farmers - Poultrymen
We Are In the Market For
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Bring It to Us In Any Quantity. Slop In and See Us
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M. ALBERT, MANAGER
FORESTER AVENUE
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Location: Building Formerly Occupied by Blue Ridge Hatchery
reminders
COST OF TOBACCO
COST OF CASeUhll
BLC^HtCfTY
one tax retoro in Cani^a. In’^ tU37'
filed one^Mtura therel’*-—6MurdaF
ning Post
A row of empty coffee
nafifd-to t^, side of-the garage
'wBI-aerye. M
Ths ptopla ot the United States
spent $1,414,610,000 last year for
tobacco — that is more than dou
ble the,electric InII for all the
hwnes in' the United States,
ftetideixfial users of eloctricity
f76l,^Z»000 last year for
^ntho
kWvhan
.the stnatbilUfor th(Miirtwn-r4wo-
tM^nf wssuipoiit
Ytmr Strvtmi.