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Hev. Finley C. Watts—
Death last week removed from Wilkes
county a valuable citizen—Rev. Finley C.
Watts.
Although he died at the age of 49, in the
prime of his career, he had preached the
gospel of Christ for a quarter of a century
in Northwestern North Carolina.
Rev. Mr. Watts was not educated in col
leges or seminaries, but he was 'an ardent
student of the Bible and was self-educated
through reading, observation, travel and
experience.
Several years ago he made a tour of the
Holy Lands, and his lectures on that trip
have been inspiration to many Christians.
Twenty churches in Wilkes and other
counties in this part of the state benefitted
by his services as pastor during his minis
terial career.
From those churches men have gone out
to become religious and civic leaders.
Although Rev. Finley Watts' earthly
career has ended, his life and works will
live on through those who were led by his
ministry and life into the realm of Chris
tianity.
Rural ministers are often taken for
granted and too little attention is given
their good services. The comment here
relative to the life of Rev. Mk Watts could
be applied, at least in part, to others who
carry the banner of Christianity among the
rural people in out county.
V
Security—What Is It. ;
Washington theorists even during the
war are talking the ultimate in security
for the American people.
Social security from the cradle to the
grave is going to be a popular vote getting
scheme, a sort of promise of Utopia deluxe.
The ultimate in security, if that is what
one wants, is a life term in the peniten-
tiary.
There the person wanting security is
free from want, provided he wants only the
bare necessities of life.
There is no way of getting around the
fact that if you look to and dev^end on the
government to fill every want, you may' as
well look to the government for orders
about your everyday life.
If the government is going to keep y'^ou
up, that same government is going to give
vou your orders, make no mistake about
that.
It is just as natural as that a stone
thrown into the air will fall to the earth.
You can't be free and depend on the
government for everything.
Government should as a protector of
freedom guarantee opportunity to the peo
ple.
• But when government takes over and
supports those who do not take advantage
of the opportunities afforded initiative is
killed.
Already we have heard .some remark,
facetiously we hope, that if .some of the
proposed social security measore.s are
pas-sed that they wifi never .strike another
lick of work ae kmg a« tkey live.
Some things e»n fee ekrried too far, and
social security is one of them.
The American swfion i# Jpreat because
it» people, iudivkliiany a* well as collee-
tively, hmtt been wflHng to iMkh hard
problem* and find solotkm* through indi
vidual en^rrpris* and hrftlative,
Agaiii ire »ay, if you want the ultimate
in security, get Jn the penitentiary for life.
' Jn almort two y««5'w«r tbe Sori^.
We * totat^of 608,MO,600
copies of more than P«m;
lIlBiiWle* Wiare4 were devoted
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in
American war 'V^rkere shooftt
same hdttey^eeli^^Om
of ,^ilit^an-inadb pl^e aftd war eqaip^
melt wd in'oar ‘
pictureraid;
as they, woold froin
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invadorf furaiah n dreBMitic\|pP0rt94g'
fat -preving tp the man Oh the
line,-on the bench, % »h the1^^^P
oat what he considers an insi^ificai^j^^
or nut, the importapee of hie job.
tt should make everyone^, connected ^n
any way-with the aipaaing achievements
of this country’s Induatrial machine proud
of his Jar her part in the war effort^
i Invasions cannot be expected every da;^
nor can sweeping victories,* In the course
of a war, any kind of news is possible. Rut
glorious' feats of our armies ^ s^iould Iw
borne in mjnd always, as a sort of reservoir
of good faith and pride in the accomplish
ments of our combined forces..-:,
• .
Labor Boas.e* Not Needed—'
United States Senator Rufus C. Holman
has called on the Senate Committee on
Education and Labor to amend the Nati-‘
onal Labor Relations Act and protect the
American laborer from “exploitation.” He
has denounced the act as* sesponsible for
-force, violence, intimidation, and
racketeering and says it should be amend
ed to “save the good features of it and yet
reform the mischief-making provisions
contained in it.
“The National Labor Relations Act as
it now reads and is administered permits
and encourages racketeering of a most vi
cious and unAraerican character.
“By means of force and violence, citi
zens—both employes and employers—are
intimidated Jay legal gangsters, so that
many good American citizens no longer
are permitted to, engage in free enterprise
either by use of their labor or capital.
“All this is wrong and immoral, in my
opinion, and it is my honest hope that the
committee will propmtly offer the refor
matory amendments which the existing
chaotic and unAnierican situation de
mands. The present law, in effect, sets up
labor-bosses or .strike-masters or racketeers
who are parasites on the earnings of the
workers and an effective force in regulat
ing the freedom and liberty of American
citizens,.”
The Senator raises an issue which must
be settled fairly for employes as well as
employers if freedom of oppoTtunity'and
liberty for the individual survive in this
nation.
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ckned.--'
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trista, di^tajyottr hdi^aa^mehts .
in research, medfclne’Jipd^sclence ~
—it still tabes nine montiu.'*
It will take about two and one-quarter
million cords of pulpwood to manufacture
the paper needed in 1943 to package the
food, .supplies and munitions for overseas
Borrowed Comment
ENDING “BOUGHT” ELECTIONS
(Winston-Salem Journal)
Senator Carl Hatch, author of the Hatch
election act, has “hatched” up another
idea. He would have the Federal govern
ment to finance the cost of elections for
Federal offices.
The plan has logical and ethical bases.
Election campaigns i^ickly run into mon
ey, a fact v.Iiich tends to bar many able
men without means from participation i»
contests for Congress-or the Senate fof
example. To begin with there is^a sizable
filing fee. Then come expenses involved
in personal travel and subsistence during
the campaign, stationery, postage, print
ing, advertising, radio time, the expenses
incurred by other campaigners in the can
didate’s behalf, the cost of distributing
letters, circulars and posters by means
other than by mail, telephone and tele
graph bills, etc., all of which lie within the
limits of legitimate campaigning.
If expenses of this sort were taken care
of by the governnient, capable and Vnest
men of lower income could enter the pri
mary and election • contests. This might
lead to overcrowded fields in some in-
•stances with comparatively heavy govern
ment expenditures ensuing, but if it result
ed in the elevation of the standards of
statesmanship the Hatch program would
be well worth the cost embra'ced.
* If tife plan were buttressed by a-revi
sion of the original Hatch^act providing
for the efiminatioir of campaign contribu-
tiona altogether the evil of "bought” elec
tions might be eliminated in toto. With the
government itself 'meeting all the legiti-
nwita
would hardly be i^.plauMble axeuse^f^^
private dbnationa, f|^ if they were* pro
hibited,, the rival i^irents for !FederaI
.elOcrive Q^iee wobld be comi^lled
the contests on the ^ssare and. '
merits.--
U.t
August Teriii^ 1943
Hon. J. Will Pless, Judge Presiding
MONDAY. AUGUST 9
No.
No.
No.
No. 1 —State vs Herman Owens and Grover Wil
moth—Appeal.
—State vs. George Farmer—L. & R.
—State vs. H. W. Huggins—0. C. I.
—State vs. William V. Osborne—Man
slaughter.
No. 5 —State vs. Garland Dollar—V. P. L. & O.
C. I.
No. 6 —State vs. J. C. Adams—0. C. I.
No. 7 —State vs. Talmage Byrd & Mozell Owens—
F. & A. & P. & A.
8 —“State vs. Grant Holbrook—L. & R.
9 —State vs. Sidney Anderson, Jr.—0. C. I.
10—State vs. Sidney Anderson, Jr.—Reckless
Driving.
No. 12—State vs. Beamer Hemric—O. C. I.
No. 13—State vs. Glenn Brooks and Huey Pinnix—
Disturbing Religious Congregation.
Not.1.4,—jState vs. Vester Perry—O. C. I. & Hit and
run.
15— State vs. Robert Glenn Adams—Incest.
16— State vs. Clarence Childers—O. C. I.
17— State vs. Jack Holloway—^IVlurder.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10
No.
No.
No.
No.
18— State vs. Roy Brewer—A. W. D. W.
19— State vs. Grant Hplbrook—L. & R.
20— State vs.' Clarence Shew, James Shew and
Annie Shew—Assault of Female.
21— State vs. Aldine Wiles—Murder.
No. 22—State vs. Webb Byers—Bastardy.
No. 23—State vs. James Elmore—Reckless Driving.
No. 24—State vs. Beamer Hemric—Reckless Driv
ing and Hit and Run.
No. 25—State vs. Jesse Lee Bowers—Manslaugh
ter.
26—State vs. Jack Graydon Russell—0. C. I.
27*—State vs. Jack Graydon Russell—Reckless
Driving. ' \f
28— State vs. Henry Anderson—Bastardy. •
29— State vs. Jack Reynolds—Murder.
30— State vs. Ray Davis—A. W. D, W.
No. 31—State vs. Hill Allen—Non-support.
No. 32—State vs. Fred Kilby and Quint Elledge—
A. \/. D. W. -
33—state vs. Roscoe Weatherman—O. C. I
A. W. D. W.
No. 45—State vs. Mrs. Margaret Bynum—V. P. L.
No. 46—State vs. Philmore Rhodes—V. P. L.
No. 47—State vs. Conley Shumaker—Slander.
No. 48—State vs. H. E. Pheling—Vio. Town Or
dinance.
No. 49—State vs. Fannie vannoy Reynolds—Cruel
ty to Animals.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12
No.
-A. W. D. W. with
50—StAte vs. Calvin Groce-
intent to kill.
No. 51—State vs. Carl Walker—H. B. L. & R.
No. 52—State vs. Lawrence Brooks—V. P. L.
No. 53—State vs. Baxter Bullis—Breaking Jail.
No. 54—State vs. Hansel Sheets-^Breaking jail.
55— State vs. J.*C. (Jim) Adams—Bastardy.
56— State vs. Welborn G. Mullis—Non-support.
No.
xNo
(SECOND WEEK)
MONDAY, AUGUST 16
V.
L.
Out
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
&
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
No.
No
No,
34— State vs. W. M. L. Miller and John Henry
Miller—Perjury,
35— State ys. Claude Smith—A. W. D. W.
36— State vs. Carl Pardue—A. W. D. W.
No. 37—State vs. Chester \Valsh-A. W. D. W.
No. 38—State vs. Vaughn Blackburn—O'. C. I., V.
P. L. '& Reckless Driving. '
No. 39—State vs. William Church—Manslaughter.
No. 40—State vs. Toipmie Atkins—Bastardy.
No. 41—State vs. T. H. Ashley-;-Vio. Motor Vehicle
Laws. -
No, 42—State vs. Willie Foster and Esther Foster—
V. p:l.
No. 434-StateVv^ Bud Dodson—V. P. L.
No, 44--State vs. Claude Bell—A.' W. D. W. with
intflnit to kill. ‘ ' J .
No. 57—State vs. James Stamper—Murder.
No. 58—State vs. Adalou Howell—Assault.
No, 59—rState vs. D. P. Yates and J. F. Myers
P. L.
No. 60—State v^. Mrs. Branson Benton—V. P.
No. 61—State vs. Marvin Holloway—Setting
Fire.
No. 63—State vs. Doss Nichols—L. & R.
No. 64—State vs. Robert Wyatt—Trespass.
No. 65—State vs. Coyt Parlier;—Non-support.
No^ 66—State vs. C. C. McNeill—Trespass.
No. 67—State vs. Charlie Dimmett—Assault.
No. 68—State vs. Nelson Caudle—Appeal for costs.
69—State vs. Carl C. Hester—0. C. I.
71— State vs. Monroe Mathis—0. C. I.
72— State vS. Monroe Mathis—Aiding and
Abetting O. C. I.
73— State vs. Monroe Mathis—Permitting Un
licensed Operator to Operate Car.
74— State vs. Monroe Mathis—Public Drunk-
eness.
75— State vs. Monroe Mathis—Hit & Run. »
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17
vs Millard ' Staley—Public Drunk-
No.
Millard Staley—'Public Drunk-
76— State
eness.
77— State vs.
eness.
No. 78—State vs. Will F. Blair—Poblie Drunk-
eness.
No. 79—State vs. Millard Staley—Public Drunk-
eness.
No. 80—State vs. Millard Staley—^Escape.
No. 81—State vs. Eldward W. Cline—V. P. L.
No. 82—State vs. Herman Dula—C. C. W.
No. 83—State vs. Herman Dula—Destroying Prop
erty. I
No. 84—State vs. Herman Dula—C. C. W. .
No, 85—State vs. Jack Barlow—Incest.
No. 86—State vs. Turner Marley—^Non support.
No. 87—^tate vs. Isaac Prevette—Bastardy.'
No. 88—State vs. Robert Hendrix and Ruby Barnett
F. & A. and P. &. A. *• • *
No. 89—^te vs. Mrs, Vena WatsoiK-^:. C. W.. ' -
No. ll.-^ate vs. Bill Garfield 0^ C-1, ' •
No.^„62-^tate vs. J. A. Tedder—^NoMupport.
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All defe^nts who are in jail, regardl^ of Wheh their; appear on the calendar, are subject to be
called at any tfiwe., , _
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to casiib nbj reached qh.
until the dMie is (Rtrpqsed of or untR^Ay