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SERBUSiS^. N. C.* x>7j. cJagrtSi ^ ^rikivs c. hubbasd k0^- '^ymiOten SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ie Yeiur * $1.50 — j76 Mtoths .50v )ut of the State $2.00 Yeat at tbe post oMcs st ilatrth secoad dasa aufter under Act .1879. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1988 New Bus Service Ail northwest North Carolina is hap py over the new bus schedule and Grey hound franchise which will make possi ble daily round trips to Raleigh and im mediate connections with points in the eastern part of the state. Aside from being a great convenience, the new set-up will place this section in closer contact with the eastern part of the state. It should prove advantageous in several ways, and we congratulate the Greyhound lines on being able to obtain the franchise. Should Cl^an Own House Senator Minton, of Indiana, went on a rampage Thursday against the press. He wanted a law passed providing fines $1,000 to $10,000 for publication of false statements and he said in effect that many big publishers publish many things which they know is not true. Referring to a resolution by a press association for a curb on the use of radio for political means, he said that the press should clean its own house before trying to clean up radio. The people of America do not believe Minton’s charges. News of his rampage was spread on the front pages of many leading papers throughout the country. Would a prejudiced press give his rav ings such prominence? The people of America know that the press keeps them informed of current events and developments in a manner that provides more accuracy than any other medium. And in the same address in which he said newspapers should clean their own house. Senator Minton said that Senator Burke had sent out a million letters at tacking an administration measure. It was learned only a few minutes later that the senator in question had not sent out over 40,000 letters and that instead oif being attacks on the Wagner Labor Relations Act that it was letters asking suggestions as to how the act could be improved. From the facts it appears that the house cleaning could very well begin with Senator M»nton. The difference in a million letters and 40,000 happens to be a little matter of 960,000 letters and it also appears that there was a vast discrepancy in the nature of the letters in question. If the press were as inaccurate in ac counts of current events as Senator Min ton was on the floor of the senate, some one would have a right to suggest a cleanup. Publicity For Crime A Public Pulse contribution in The Joumal-Patr ot Monday by Miss Thel ma W'hittington, Wilkes native now re siding in W' nston-Salem, was very in teresting. Her article, which doubtless a great majority of readers of this pa per learned, was in the form of an at tack on reporters who gather news in Wilkes county or an attack ;on the prac tice of reporting crime news. We admire the writer of the contri bution for the stand she takes unhesi tatingly, and although our opinions dif fer she put forth some very strong ar gument. She said in effect that news of liquor manufacture and raids on the illicit bus iness of making “moonshine” in Wilkes county was getting too much publicity and that such publicity was hurting the county. With that stand we take issue. Having done much df the reporting and being familiar with conditions as they are and have been in Wilkes coun ty we say without hesitation that news of the deplorable liquor business has art been exaggerated. ' ‘ We do say, however, that three- . loathe'of the liquor news has its origin -‘in a cotiifflanRies whfcli comprise lOTONi of for liquor jpahirfae^^^dls- or’^Hide'^' ■ V .We ^ke pleasure in: making ^larStlOh that the ,citiaei^p o£-^|lhe.5 coui|i^, generally* speaking, is sober,'in* telHgefft'and industriious and w"e believe that less Kquor is actually consumed in Wilkes than in many countiea^here discoveiy of a still is a rare occurrence. But to get back to the subject of crime publicity, we invariably have in pur 'blinds a comparison of the subject with other maladies. Not many^ years ago people afflicted with tuberculosis would not admit the fact because it caused pther people to shun them. Today, it is different. The disease was brought out into the open by medical sicence backed by a slowly responding public opinion. The first thing a person who suspects he or she has the disease is to find out the facts and then act according to the findings. If you have a cancer and do not learn what is the matter in its early stages it is sure to kill. If kidnapings had not been publicized widely throughout the newspapers we would not t|oday have the federal laws against that crime and murderous scoundrels would continue to snatch ba bies wantomly. Let us suppose that news of kindapings had been suppress ed because people of communities where such crimes occurred were ashamed to let the v^orld know what had hap pened. Several years ago there occurred a bad homicide wave in Wilkes county. The New York Times gave the fact pub licity. Wilkes people, preponderantly sober and law abiding, did not like the unfavorable publicity given the county, but were unable to challenge the facts. What did they do? A largely attended mass meeting was held. An organization was formed. Of ficers, ministers, teachers, professi-onal men, farmers, mothers and even young people began to talk law observance. Re.sult: the crime wave subsided. Suppressing unfavorable news is dangerous in that it lulls otherwise ac tive people into complacancy and a false sense of well being. Reforms are brought about by people who realize the drastic need of reformation. Inconsistency In formation of a wages and hours bill some leaders among the national ad ministration insist on blanket wages and hours for all sections of the coun try. At the same time they advocate the same minimum wage for the north an(T south a comparison of the wages being paid WPA workers in the north, and es pecially New York state, with the WPA wage in North Carolina and the re mainder of the south would be en»pecial- ly interesting. In North Carolina it is a bare existence stipend. In New York, granting that living costs more there, the wage is enough to provide something of decency in excess of mere existence. If it is right, just and proper to estab lish the same minimum wages for indus try in the north and south the same would apply to WPA wages. Food For Thought The value of a good name was told by Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes be fore a graduating class recently at Jonesville high school. Excerpts from his address, as reported by The Elkin Tribune, follow: Four things were suggested as being eBsential to the making of a grood name. They were, first. Intelligence, second. Industry , third. Honesty, and fourth, Craracter. Referring often both to the Scriptures and to his 4’y>erience as a judge he drew graphic pictures oi the tragic experi ences of those who had failed in Itfe because they had failed to make themselves a good name out of the above named materials. In conclusion he said: “If you will build for yourselves good names that will signify intelli gence, industry, honesty and character, I will guarantee that you will not have to receive mon ey from the fweral government, that you will not have to go to the poor house and that you will not have to go to jail. . By applying the above statement by the eminent jurist to people you know you will discover that the statement in full is justified. Some who are intelli gent have failed, some who are indus trious have fell by the wayside, some honest people become objects o!f charity, some who have character land in the poor l^ouse or on relief rolls. But it would be a good pastime to try to think of some .person who builded a good name signifying the four, essentials, in telligence, industry, honesty and char acter—and who failed to such an extent that he or she had to receive money fjiem the federal government or went to Jail. lUSTI^ IntonwrijUttl'i.. ■oa for May ll, IMS GoU« SC««w, low ijdVen ruler,” on MS' be took - Jerea, east of met i he 'adMMd here to the reftgi^ ' may From ^ briet us of there are wiftiie f learn about Btefc (l) -fHe was in terested in be was honeet 'ud (S)~ be was Courageous; f4)#b«- W** “rabrally clean; (S) fae -sns for the best; (6)'be (7) he bad had tmoWM^ of Jesus; (8) he was cdnaeious of a lack in his life; (9) he was lorSbie. But in spite of all of hia excellent qual- iites, Jesus declared, “One thing thou lackest.” Just what Was tids “one thing” that 'was lacking in the life and personality of this admirable young man? One writer suggests the following: “He had the wrong conception of Jesus. He regarded him as a great and a good teach er, but did not accept him as the Son of God.” We learn this from the first statement which Jesus makes after his question: “Why c‘4'lest thou me good: none is good save one, even God.” On this statement are based the claims of those who refuse to accept the deity of Jesus and claim that he was and is no more divine than any other person is divine. How ever, Jesus is simply pointing out the young man’s inconsistency in calling him (Jesus) good, and at the same time denying or refusing to accept him as the Son of God. Jesus is either God revealed in the flesh, or he is the greatest im poster the world has ever seen. Then, too, this young man, while following the command'- ments of God to the last letter had failed to grasp the spirit of all of God’s commandments—love. Ap parently, his T^s a negative reli gion, a religion of dont’s instead of do’s. He admitted readily that he knew and had kept all of the commandments, and, Jesus look ing on him, "loved him.” ■ What a chance this young man had to have made a name for himself here. However, instead, we know of him only as “the rich yoimg ruler.” Jesus realized that the young man needed to surrender his heart, his entire being, in or der that he might be really used of God. Therefore, he put his finger on the sore spot in the youth’s life when he told him “One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven; and come, fol low me.” That he was not will- irg to do. He was unwilling to use his possessions in unselfish end consecrated work for man kind. He has many like him to- dayi—many whose selfish worship of money hurts society and post pones the coming of the kingdom of heaven. The sacrifice asked was too great for the young man to make. His “countenance fell at the say ing, and he went away sorrowful: for he was one that had great pos sessions.” We do not interpret this advice of Jesus to this young man as apulicable entirely to every man, for wealth has its mis sions to perform and the conscieu tious realization of this truth by rich men often create gpreat and lasting beneficial agencies f mankind. However, Jesus knew the heart of the rich, young ruler, and he knew that he, like many moderns, guaged every man by his wwltii^Qat hr intoUgan^ du^ aetar, X Mrvfee. How km, J4 Ja-tt for anil th« auprenacy to •a «haA:^;toiB jm4 hot __ which indicator -tbc «moa]iit,v « to be ML .'' ■.NiBver .'WM tJwwf-*' jgecded BUM in the worn TN giawblii liW-^ the 'JeBtth"'^for 'be£i^^ EraenioB wi| Hgh4'w&tn declared, “Ike that ii ■0 often eoslis so much.” ‘kUMMlT. .May 9."- We *^ve been having ’ some very ittee jihowers in thia community for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mikeal, aud ebildron, visited friends and reta- tlves In Deep Gap community, Sunday. ■The people of this community are very busy planting this sea sons crops., Rev. Lee J. Church filled his regular appointment at Bridge port church near the Wade ITar- rls bridge Saturday and Sunday. Miss Nina Church and little brother, Johnson, spent Saturday night with their aunt, Mrs. Mat- tie Church, of Stony Fork. Mrs. Sherman Beshears, of Stony Fork, and Mrs. John Wel- born, of Pattons Ridge, visited in the home of their parents, Mr., and Mrs. William Beshears. There were singing and prayer meeting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Beshears, Sunday afternoon, quite a few from this community attended. Miss Ruth Pleenor visited Miss Winnie Perkins. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Church and children, of Stony Fork, vis ited in the home of Mrs. Church’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Greene, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Pressley Church and little daughter. Novella, spent Saturday night in the home of Mr. Church’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Church. Rev. J. W. Church, spent Sat urday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Blackburn. A tree overhanging a clear stream casts a reflection, but over a muddy stream it casts a shadow. f Oatsid'e A house gleaming with fresh paint nearly always indicates a happy family that takes pride in a beautiful home. Paint your house now with Rogers House Paint. Rt^rs Madiine Made MOUSE PAINT A superb, linseed oil paint that gives many extra years of beauty and serv ice, Available in all modern colors. Gal. Screen Enamel , a Rapid-drying. Will not clog screen mesh. May be used on frames also. Easy to apply. Pmch-Deck Enamel a For all exposed porches, steps, etc. Quick drying. High gloss finish that stands wear and weather. Quart 88^ Quart May We Recommend a Competent Master Painter or Decorator? HardwareCo. North Wilkesboro, N. 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