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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 0«e Year $1.6* Sir MmIIu Fow IfoKths Oit tke State ..... $ .7S S« 0* per Year la tile poat (tfice at NocHi Wflfcaa- w ■ ' - WH«r«h 4, im. 8«eoB4 daae mattar Act THURSDAY, NQV. 24, 1938 Thanksgiving To(J^y is the day set apart for gener al thanksgiving throughout America. The blessings of the American peo ple are too numerous for enumeration. But let us again thank God that we live in a free country. Let us be grateful that we have the liberty to possess something and call it ours. Let us be thankful that we are not serfs of the state. Let us give thanks for the freedom of worshiping God as we choose. Millions in the world today have lost that priv ilege. Let us in America be grateful that we live in a country which has 44 per cent of the wealth of the world and a great majority of the things made to make life more pleasant. Let us give thanks for the privilege of working out our own destiny, even though we make a mess of it often. The early settlers who celebrated the first day of thanksgiving at harvest time had no easy road to follow. We should be thankful that we in .Am erica have such a heritage. If we more deeply appreciated the hardships and toil of our ancestors, maybe we would not complain so much. Let us be thankful that we retain the good sense to remember the warning . . “With all the nations that forget God.” Fate let us be born in this great coun try among so many good people, wh.v shouldn't we be grateful'.' The Trend To The City For years socially-minded people have been bemoaning the trend of the human race toward the big cities and away from the country and small towns. Now, however, Government statisticians have figured that there is a decided move ment of population away from the cities ail d back to the country. The automobile is principally respon sible for this. It is pc.ssible for people to live in rural regions and work in the big towns, and there is a growing de sire to get away from the noise of the cities and to live in smaller and quieter country places. Most people have an idea that coun try life is the normal life of humanity, and that there is something modern and unnatural in cit.v life. The exact oppo site is true, we are told by the anthro pologists who .spend their lives digging into the history of the human race. Primitive man lived in cities, as big cities as he could build. Life anywhere else was too dangerous. Man is not only a gn-egarious animal, fond of the .society of his kind, but very early in his development he learned that the open spaces were full of dangers. There is nothing to be concerned about in the growth of towns. Proba bly the largest cities will not get much larger. Indeed, the largest of all, the Island of Manhattan, is losing popula tion. There are as many people as ev er if not more, who go to New York daily for work, but who sleep in some of the outlying borough.s of the city, or in adjacent counties or even in other states. . The steam engine is responsible for the big modern cities. When large- scale factory industries were staited power could not be transmitted farther {ban the length of a belt. Now elec^ic power is available everywhere, and the tendency is to build factories near where the people live, instead of making them move to the factory^town. Challenge To Congress Nev^s dispatches from the nations •! 1 indicate that the treasury de- '“rtmint may recommend to congress STSlrt income «t mnmed men be tsxhd fjtom ^1,500 up and p^sbijs from $760 up. Congress may balk at the suggestion because it is full of pp- litical dynamite. But a congress convening in a year when the federal deficit is about four billion dollars, more money than the av erage mind can comprehend, has a clear cut duty and that is to do some thing about it. This nation cannot con tinue forever spending far more than • takes in. If congress fails to take rem edial steps and our democracy suffe’ from such failure, then congress will have by wilful neglect harmed every citizen in the nation. There are two things congress can do. It can revise the tax structure to get more revenue, and cut expenses. There is a broader field for the latter course, but it will take both to strike anything with a semblance of balance. Representatives are elected every two years. Lowering income tax bases and finding soyrees of revenue are un popular. Cutting down government ex penses, especially when re-election hing es on patronage, is also unpopular. It will take a courageous congress to per form its whole duty. Returns show 1,146 citizens of Ashe county physically unable to get to poll ing places on election day. And we thought that mountain climate was healthful! Golden Text: “Thou shalt not steal.” Exodus 20:16. ACHIEVEMENT TALKS By LUCIUS HUMPHREY Author of “It Shall Ba Do»e Uito You” “Our Mind Is God.’’—Plato. He was young, tall, well-built and handsome. Yet he entered my office with a lost hand-dog air. He did not look directly at me for more than a mo ment at a time, but watched his feet and his strong, restless hands. I said to ‘Y’ (as I shall call him) as casually as po.s- sible: “You can tell me what the trouble is, for I have talked with hundreds of men with the most serious problems. You might begin by telling me why you think of your own personality as insignifi cant.” This is what he said: “Why do 1 feel ineffective and inferi or in the presence of others'? Why don’t girls like me? Why do men never take me seriously? Why does no one really care what happens to me?” “Don’t you think,” I ventured, “that your apparent unpopularity may be due to your own belief that people don’t like you. For some reason you feel un worthy of their liking. Tell ipe how you really think of yourself, what men tal pictures you have made of your life.” ‘Y’ fairly burst into speech. He w - sure that people held him in contempt. Shamefully he admitted that he had tried to win approval by imitating the speech, manner and ge.stures of men who v;ere popular. “Don’t you know,” I interjected, “thrt an imitator is always weak, because he knows that his poses are nothing but im itations? Do you know that what you really think about yourself—the mental images of yourself whfth you build up are the most potent factors in shaping your whole life?” The poor young fellow at length con fessed that he had felt himself so un loved and unappreciated—such an out- e-ast—that he had .seriously contemplat ed suicide. “Start now, as you sit here,” I urged “to make a mental motion picture of yourself as you would like to be; actu ally .see yourself as popu'ar and success ful. Then maintain this vigorous, po.s- itive, mental picture, no matter what temptations to fear and doubt arise in your Habitual Mind, that phase of you mind which deals usually only with out ward things and with the works and Jioughts of other men. “By creating forceful and positive mental pictures of yourself, you are us ing the Christ Mind, which is in direct contact with the Higher Intelligence, the God Mind, the source of all strength, inspiration and new ideas — able to transform your entire life.” The boy promised to follow my directions. Within six months ‘Y’ because of the general confidence and popularity which he inspired, had been selected to head and manage a big country club near his city—a highly responsible position fo , a boy of his age. Shortly afterwards an older man saw such possibilities in ‘Y’ that he backed him heavily in an invest ment. ‘Y’ made good in the most thor ough-going manner. • Lesson Text: ..Exodus 20:15; Mat thew 19:16-22; Luke 19:1-10, 45, 46; 20:9-16 The apparent utter disregard of the rights of others, both as to per son and property, is the basis for most of the criminality in the world today. There is a dire need for the teaching of and acceptance of ithe right of ownership. From earliest childhood, individuals should be taught to respect the property of another. Some years ago^ a well known economist, after much study, esti mated that stealing, through fraud, burglary, robbery, and thefts, cost the people of this country more t’.ian two and a half billion dollars e.ich year. This staggering sum could be materially reduced if our people would put into practice this Eighth Commandment, “Though sh^t not steal.” Dr. G. S. Dobbins says, “There are many reasons why there must be a law against stealing. The two kinds of crime that have afflicted humanity most universally tliroughout the ages have been crimes against the person of others and crimes against property. Un less these two types of criminality are dealt with vigorously and suc cessfully, there can be no secure so cial order. “In a stable civilization, the sacredness of human life comes first, and then must be guaranteed the sacredness of property rights. K, without fear of punishment, were allowed to take the prop erty of others by theft or‘by force, there could be no orderly govern ment or industry. Theft degrades the thief, and so brings on degener ation of personality. Theft wrongs the one from whom the property is stolen, since it takes from him the fruits of his labor. Theft is an of fense against God; hence it is in defiance of his moral law and is in contempt of his holy nature. A world made up of thieves would be an impossible world for human be ings to live in.” Selfishne.ss, for the most part, is the basic cause for stealing. The desire to possess something which belongs to another, the desire to gel something without expending the necessary effort in tirhe and physical energy, causes some to sink to the lev61 of taking that cer tain thing, either by stealth, at the point of a gun or through fi’audu- lent manipulations. There are other lorms of dishon esty, however, which are not out right stealing. Hypocrisy is abso lute dishonesty—the pretense of being something when down in your heart you know you are not sincere. Jesus condemned this form of dis honesty most severely. Honesty lives in one’s soul and should be practiced in our everyday living. Jesus’ dealing with Zaccheus il lustrates how he dealt with a dis honest man. Instead of condemn ing one whom everyone knew to be crooked, he had fellowship with Zaccheus in his home and gave him the opportunity of appreciating the beauty and desirability of a pure and good life, with the result that Zaccheus caught the vision for him self and immediately went to work to purify his life by attacking the most glaring sin of which he was conscious. The genuineness of his conversion is attested by the fact that he immediately declared his in tention of giving ha|f of his wealth to the poor and of restoring four fold to those whom he had cheat ed. Jesus used another method in dealing with dishonesty when he men under the und shr shrdlur came to the temple and found tricking and robbing their fellow- men by selling animals for sacri fices at exhorbitant prices and of bringing the business of the world into the sacred precincts of God’s House. Taking a scourge, he drove these men out of the tem ple, exclaiming, “It is written. My House is a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.’’ Regardless of the exigencies of modern times, it still remains true as Pope declared, “An honest man’s noblest work of God:” The same truth that applies to indi viduals also applies to large bus iness corporations and to nations. If all persons and all nations in the world were only reasonably honest in their dealings, how much more pleasant would be the rela tionships in the world. Nations OYSTER SUPPER AT WII KESBORO The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Wilkesbo'o Roisoopal church sponsored an oyster supper in the community hou=e at Wilkeshoro last Thuisday, Oysters w'ern served to an uii- usually ’.arge crowd and every body wei ' away fe°Hng tlial they had been well Vepaid for coming. noil hies Tile Iiitcis»-t Beggar—Spare me a copper, air. Business Man—I haven't time now—call again tomorrow. Beggar—The impudence, ask ing for credit in these hard times. \\ hang “How a>'e you getting along at school, Henry?’’ asked the father. “Fine,’’ answered the son. “1 have learned to say ‘thank you' in French.’’ "Good,’’ came back the father, “that’s more than you ever learn ed in English.’’ land individuals need always to keep in mind the words of this Eighb'h Commandment of God “Thou shalt not steal.” WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. TELEPHONE 334-J T. H. Williams, Owner Oldsmobile Sales-Servic* Bear Frame Service and Wheel Alignment General Auto Repairing Wrecker Service—Electric and Acetylene Welding USED PARTS—For all makea and models ef cars and tmefca Birds Eye View of one reason why ynu need accident insurance NORI K WILKESBORO Insurance agency, inc General Insurance "Proteotlon Phia Serriee” Bank of No. 'WilVesboro Kdg. Norih Wllkeaborw N.4:Cm J. B. WaUau J. 1L SSiaabett Bazlwr ' Nbw CaD (OOee Stiff) Keep Warm THESE COLD DAYS WITH AN Estate Heatrola ONLY RHODES - DAY FURNITURE CO. 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