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WOingNDWT ^ POLITIG8 yiliMAMii Moodajra aii4 Tlinr«4Ays : llQttk WilkMborot N. C.^ U t. CASlSft nni JUUU8 a OTBBABP V PnbUthm SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On« Year |1.60 Six 76 Four Months .60 Out of the State (2.00 per Year BatiHi ml at Um poat oMc« at North WOkea- hoco, N. C., aa aecond data outtter ondar Act of March 4, 1879. MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939 Library Services The library services the WPA bookmo- 1>ile is rendering the rural people of ■ Wilkes county should be used and appro priately appreciated. Reading is a tonic for minds and bodies and is often the means of raising one’s standard of living and thinking. We sin cerely hope that the people of the county taJce full advantage of the opportunities offered for free library services on the truck and within easy reach of their homes. Imports Slipping Harry Hopkins, scretary of commerce, •aid in an address Thursday that the ex port trade of this country during the pa.st year was nothing to brag about. The export balance—^the difference be tween value of goods coming in and going —was only one billion dollars. That k, the goods going out exceeded the value of goods coming in by only one billion. A billion is a vast sum but is small in comparison with the export balance ten or 15 years ago. Our foreign trade has been slipping hadly and the decrease has had much to And the amount of imports, especially do with the increase in unemployed. And the amount of imports, especially along some lines, has been growing. The trade agreements which Secretary of State Hull ha? worked out with other countries have had many beneficial ef fects and have kept trade up with some countries and in some lines of business. The situation would perhaps be worse had it not been for some of the agreements. But American people have a high stan dard of -iving, much higher than in many countries where some of our imported goods are made. To protect this high atandard of living we must protect our Markets as well as encourage other na tions to buy here. It is a situation calling for giving and taking and many precautions must be tak en to see that it is not all gi'^ing on, our part. Public Demand* Filled With but few exceptions the public gets about what it demands. This is remarkably true relative to law enforcement and those states of affairs we refer to as law and order. Often a loosely formed public opinion will have a law written on the books and forget about the matter, the people lulling themselves into lethary with a compla cency that the problem is settled. On the other hand, there are laws writ ten because of a solidly formed and arous ed public opinion. Such laws are enforc ed because the people demands it. Peace officers appointed or elected to lerve the public are going to do just about what the public demands. If there is no demand for strict or stringent law enforce ment there will not be any special effort to enforce the laws. The person who takes no interest in maintaining law and order in his home community as long as his own person, home or belongings are not molested is thereby adding to the downfall of his com munity and eventlually his own home or life. If you live in a community where there j* little respect for law and morals, even though none of the violators injure you or your home, you are going to suffer be cause of the bad influence which spreads like a deadly virus from misbehavior. The Hereford County Hearld carried the following editorial comment along this line of thought: ■ "Making laws in North Carolina is^ one thing and enforcing them is an entirely different matter, the recent publicity over Ihe return of Blot madimes in wholesale h«» emph«ri*«d. _ . ^^ paawd s law pern^^ kg t&e State' to Ucenie and tax "non- amuBOaant rtht*. " it ha* kept oii-tihe boMoke all ^its l*wa^gain*t -gambll^, inclu^g the Flahnttan Act which kakas it i crime to opefate or a gambling Alot machiher ^ ■ "Th«%^enue^bepartmeht is a kx col lecting ajlency and when it has collected the license taxes due on the machines its job la done. H the machines are used for * j ^ wasrani gambling, the only'agency for enforcing G«ore» .Que«i the State’s laws against gambling in geri- keir vWt eral or with slot machines in particular is ^ in lihe hands of local sheriffs and police of fleers. ■ few for King Mwaot veto and of . trooa’tuk4)een irCepM ioiaaIm Hoimc fleers. If there is objection locally to the visitEagiron^li deprived of all open use of the machines, licensed by the to any act of the' sLt« aa amusement machines and "non- Sd&i ^ State as amusement machines and "non gambling”, as gambling devices it is up to local officers to enforce, the criminal laws of the State against gambling. For North Carolina, as a state, has an effective agen cy for collecting the taxes levied by the State in its Revenue Department, but h does not maintain a police force to enforce its criminal laws. “Responsibility for maintaining the peace and apprehending criminals is left entirely in the hands of the locaf police of ficers. Thus how well the criminal laws against gambling slot machines or again.st stealing or rcoonshining or what have you. are enforced depends.upon how well the local police enforce the laws that the State entrusts to them. And, generally speaking, they enforce them just about as well as the public demands that they be enforced and in comparison with the cooperation given them by the public in abiding by the laws.” BLAME IT ON THE WOMEN (The Sylvester (Ga.) Local) It begins to look as though the blame will be placed on the women. An Oakland man charges that the wtomen, in follow ing health fads, are to blame for the huge pile of uneaten wheat in our country. Oth ers blame the women for the big cotton surplus because of their preference for silk and rayon products. If there should come a time when there is a huge tobacco sur plus they will probably blame it tlo the fact that women have almost discarded tht snuff-dipping habit. Sunday School Lesson By REV. CHAJRLES E. DUNN PAUL REVIEWS HIS LIFE Lesson for June 25: Philippisms 1:12-24 Golden Text: 2 Timothy 4:7 A very early tradition describes St. Paul as a man of forbidding appearance, for it tells us that he had scanty haair, crooked legs, and a long nose. In addittion, we know from his own writ eorm and .Qaem ^^EHsiuM^,pa» ^rr whteli tke Kin* mat appoint, fe9m Hs own Biamb«nUp,-sdk tbs ao i^qiointed ia esdUd and 'aetoallx ia “the Government.'’ stWhtn Ch«M I triad to ParUamant the poople roao If ^0" ghida. 'vnisth.nnd eat off bia head. Eng^ hire .5aeB' ’kettyi can- nb^ 01"“** Persona eonvietod of IsaNnie^,')'-! laaaanlt, and (twnbaaneaa, .-fa of ui^ei n |hat order, make np the larger 'percentage of North Carolina dinoa kknbe egA ■maO'' mrlaoners placed dladpltnary thesfiklwiA the __-awfB* Siering. , wiUidaif YHI, G«^’so^^;breU^ ■fwaa toted to reaign. tbe tlnqne' ^ ’ 1aa Giaa tlnee years ago. I can report that King George VI la a pleaaant-faced, intelligent- looking, slender gentleman' Of 41 who looked and acted as if he were having a good'time,'and his wife, Queen Elisabeth, ia mneh prettier than her pictures show. She is a little woman, about five feet two I should say, decidedly in contrast to Mrs. RK)sevelt’s six feet. Washington has .lever been so gaily decorated, nor its, inhabi tants so enthusiastic, over the vis its of any other celebrities. That is quite natural, since no celebri ties of such world importance have Tlunre is one way the King can get rid of a 'member, of Parlia ment whom he dislikes. That is to elevate him to the Peerage, by making him a Baron, Earl, Vis count, Marquis or Duke. That makee him ineligible to sit in the House of Commons and shunts him into the House of Ixmls, where he can talk but not vote. PRESIDENT .... power By comparison with the King of England, the President of the United States occu|)ie8 a position of enormous jwwer. He is the sole executor of ,|he nation, charged with administering the laws rr firicted by Congress. he dis UA oucii wvAiM *ii**^w« ^ ^ i.rrttLru uy ^ * ever visited Washington before. • approves an Act of Congress he The titular head of the world’s j can veto it. He can and does recommend legislation to Con- polities. The President, like the King, has a Cabinet, but the members of the American Cabinet are appoint ed solely by the President and are in effect merely his personal clerks or executive assistants. And he can do many things, without consulting Congress, which no English King would dare to at tempt. Our Government, too, is less democratic than England’s. Be- greatest empire paying a call on the head of the world’s greatest republic was occasion to cele brate. I have seen, at more or less close range, many heads of nati ons in the past sixty years, but few who made as good an imipres- sion. MONARCHY .... symbol It is a good deal of a joke to call the British Empire a monar chy. ’The word means govern ment by the rule of a single indivi New mriubJa Inggag* compartment, complatuJy eoaetmled ba- neatb windetreamed tear enaambic, yet actoaBy 2756 larger 1 dual, as contrasted with anarchy,' sides the House of Re^senta- which means no government at all,jtives we have a Senate, vmich is and democracy, which means rule' supposed to represent the interest by the people. 1 of the several states. Britain , is su far from being a^ CANADA ...••• title monarchy that the present King- King George visited this country has about as much authority or not in his official capacity of j control over the government of the head of the whole British Empire, • Empire as the lowliest of his sun- but as king of one of the mem^ns j jects. Not really quite as much of the British Commonwealth of ^ when you consider that he cannot Nations, which is now the official [ belong to any political party and title of most of the domain owr, cannot vote, even for a town coun-1 .^hich the British flag flies. He PKEEPROOFTHATDODfiE SAVES GAS! cilor, let alone a member of Par-'came to call on us as King of our Thi. fr.. “G..om.t.r" t..t ■th. the American Flag or the Great-British Government relinquishes, Seal of the United States. He all authority over Canada, Austra- cannot give advice to his Govern-^lia. New Zealand and the Union of ment, but must take the advice of i South Africa, but provided that the Cabinet and sign where he is the Ki.ng of Ehigland should also told on the dotted line. , be King of those independent na- All this is expected of the King tions, who are members in their of England, and the Dominions, own rights of the League of Na- Emperor of India, etc., etc., is that tions, send their own ambassadors, he shall behave like an English to other countries, and make trea- gentleman and uphold the dignity ties in their own names. ' of the Empire. He does that ex-j The King of Ehigland is repre-j tremely well. I sented in each of the nations of i DEMOCRACY .... people the Commonwealth by a Governor-; iWhen you stop to think of it. General, who has about as much to' the British Govemment is a great say about public affairs as thoj deal more democratic than our King does, which is alm6st noth-^ All of the power is in the ing. So the pleasant young inan I T’8 easy to understand why people are amazed at bow little Dodge costs this year. For never before has any Dodge car offered so many brilliant new engineering ideas...so much breath-taking luxury... so much extra value at no ex tra cost! Yes, it is true! With all the brand-new values that the 19.19 Dodge Luxury Liner offers, it is priced even lower than last year’s Dodge! No wonder Dodge can afford to sayv “Take a look...that’s all Dodg^ asks I’’ TakmaLookI Why don’t you do as Dodge suggests... go to your Dodge dealer and take a look at this magnificent Luxury Liner from every standpoint — beauty, luxury, new ideas, roominess, economy? When you have done all this, then take a look at your local delivered prices. You’ll be amazed to find that this hi&i Dodge actually costs onJy a few dollars more than a small cart Tns Is SB nwtew. s «• M P. M.. E. •. S. T. ’ hands of the common people, who and his beautiful wife who called ings th-at his health was frail. He speaks elect the House of Commons. The on us lately were merely the King of a thorn in the flesh. He says that he Commons selects the Cabinet, and Queen of Canada. “dies daily.” And in the beautiful ami tender letter to his Philippian friends, from which our lesson text is taken, he re fers to his “humiliating body.” It seems clear that the apostle was very sensitive about his bodily weakness. It was indeed a sore trial. Yet by way o compensation his physical frame was um commonly tough. When we recall his amazing adven tures, involving him in three shipwrecks, many beatings, imprisonment, hunger and thirst, danger from brigands, and endless worry, we can agree with a great scholar that his career “as a mere physical perfor mance challenges our admiration.” But we are most of all interestd in Paul’s magnificent qualities of mind and heart. This same tradition which speak.s of his unprepossessing body, goes on to add that “he was full of the grace and pity of the Lord.” We are impressed by his ex traordinary gift of winning and holding friends. j* EJverywhere he went people were held j spellbound by the charm of his personali-r, ty. Consider the long lists in his letters oi T men and women to whom he sends greet-. ings. Or take such an appealing personal' word as this: “God, who comforts thej downcast, comforted us by the coming of I Titus.” j To be sure, Paul had a quick temper. It [ has been pointed out that, like Luther, he j. was a paradoxical mixture of tendemes.si and fierceness. Yet he was anything but'^ quarrelsome. While firm in an issue involving a sac red principle, he was patient and tolerant,f even suffering fools gladly. In his eager ness to help thie stupid he became the e . bodiment of that love he describes so eloy quently, the love that "beareth all beU^veth'^1 thin^ hopei^ durath a!! thing*." 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