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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945
Defends Guy Scott
The Winston-Salem Journal takes is
sue with a Journal-Patriot editorial recent
ly relative to the payment by the State of
trial expenses for Lt. W. B. Lentz, of the
State highway patrol, and Guy Scott, in
vestigator for the State bureau of investi
gation. The Journal editorial follows:
“The North Wilkesboro Journal-Patriot
brands the legislative act reimbursing W.
B. Lentz, state patrol officer, and Guy
Scott, S. B. I. agent, for expenses incurred
in their trial on charges of growing out of
a whisky seizure in Wilkes in 1943, as ‘one
of the wildest miscarriages of justice, ap
parently, which has ever come to our at
tention.’
“The Journal-Patriot is careful to use a
number of modifying adverbs, subjunctive
*ifs’ and so on, in discussing the case, but
it leaves no doubt but that a lot of people
in the ‘State of Wilkes’ feel that the State
officers made away with some 70 cases of
bottled-in-bond liquor out of the 690 cases'
seized from one Phil Yates, despite the
fact that the State officers were cleared
of any wrongdoing, by the court.
“The principal reason for the lingering
doubt, judging from The Journal-Patriot
editorial on the subject, is that Phil Yates
disappeared shortly beiore the officers
went on trial and did not show up to tes
tify as the principal State’s witness. The
implication is that the State officers had
something to do with his di.sappearance.
The fact that he was not on hand, it is true,
led to a directed verdict of not guilty
against the officer defendants, since he
was the only one who knew how much li
quor he had originally and how much w^s
seized.
“But is it logical to assume that the State
officers were the only ones who possibly
could be interested in seeing that Philip
Yates, prominent handler of bottled-in
bond liquors in “dr>'” Wilkes, was not pres
ent when the gavel fell in the courtroom
and the Lentz-Scott case was called? It
occurs here that a group of prosecutors
who discover that they have no case save
what may lie in the testimony of a law vio
lator whose character and reputation can
not vie with that of law-enforcement of
ficers of unblemished record might have a
motive in seeing that such a witness was
conveniently absent when the unhappily
initiated action was started. Or it is pos
sible that.there were some folks in Wilkes
county, who, for reasons best known to
themselves, would prefer not to have Phi!
Yates undergo gruelling cross-examination
in open court at the hands of brilliant de
fense counsel.
“All of which is said in defense largely
of Guy Scott, who for many years was one
of the ablest and finest law-enforcement
officers of this, his native county, in which
he still has much ‘honor.;
The people of Forsyth who know Guy
Scott intimately are confident that the
reputation for honest, efficient and fear
less enforcement of the law which he es-.
tablished in more than a quarter of a cen
tury of service as deputy, chief deputy
sheriff and sheriff of this county was not
compromised in the Wilkes raid upon the
liquor cache of Phil Yates.”
Yes, a lot of people in t^jlkes do think
that State officers made away with over
11,000 worth of liquor which should have
been sold for the school fund, and that not
half of the facts concerning the liquor
geizipr«’ and alleged disappearance of about
.70 cases have been bronsdit to light.
This opinion does, not necessarily con
demn Guy Scott, nor does it charge th^
he stole any part of the liquor.
The known facta in the case are surii-
cient to warrant an investigation by some
one other than those who would cover up
any wrong doing if found. The so-called
trial of Lentz and Scott was accompanied
by altogether too much back-stopping from
high officials of the patrol from Raleigh
and other points, whose interest was very
apparent toward clearing the men indicted
and who showed no inclination to learn
the full slate of facts in the matter at hand.
The people of Wilkes cannot understand
why men of the character and reputation
of Lt. Lentz and other patrol officials
should have a dinner party with Phil
Yates, then known as Western North Caro
lina’s biggest dealer In illicit whisky, on
the evening before the trial of Lentz and
Scott, in which Yates was to be the prin
cipal prosecuting witness, and that Yates
disappeared the following morning and
was not present in court.
Whitewashing does not stand the wear
of time, and amounts to no good for the
highway patrol or the State bureau of in
vestigation.
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Soil Is Basis
It behooves all of us in town and coun
tryside to use our efforts co-operatively for
better and-more prosperous agriculture.
From the soil comes our food, our cloth
ing and our livelihood, directly or indirect
ly. , ,
Erosion is one of the greatest drawbacks
to agriculture in the piedmont and moun
tain areas of North Carolina.
Staton Mclver, in an illustrated ad
dress before the Lions Club here on Fri
day evening, stated that it takes nature a
thousand years to make one inch of pro
ductive soil.
That inch of soil can be washed away
and destroyed for all practical purposes
for the owner, in just one short hour.
The answer is to prevent erosion of
present soils and to help nature rebuild
productivity in the subsoils of places al
ready eroded.
Take one look at the soil of a farm and
you can tell what kind of residence there
is and what kind of people live in that
home, Mr. Mclver, who is a soil conserva
tionist as head of the local disti"ict, said
vin his address.
Take a look at the farm home first and
you can tell what kind of soil the farm
has without seeing it.
By properly hapdling present productive
.soils they can be retained as fertile.
By planting badly eroded soils to trees,
and steep Slopes now in cultivation to grass,
much productivity can be regained.
Steep slopes should never be used for
row crops. Keep the plows out of the hill
side, unless they are needed to place the
soil in condition for grass.
Nature never intended for men to cul
tivate land so steep that you have to plant
com with a shotgun fired from the oppo
site hillside.
Clear up and plow such land and it is
washed away before the season has pass
ed. The soil which nature was thousands
of years in the making can be destroyed
while mere man is trying to grow one crop
of corn.
There is plenty of land not subject to
bad erosion on which to grow row crops.
Mr. Mclver estimated that one-half of
the cultivated land in Wilkes county is too
steep for plowing and should be in grass
for hay and pasture or in forests.
Proper use of land, production of more
hay and pastures with resultant increase in
livestock farming can revolutionize agri
culture in Wilkes county and raise the
standard of living of the county’s people.
With the lieople themselves is the ans
wer. They can continue in complacency
or they can work toward greater farm in
comes with resultant improvement in
homes, schools, cjiurches and other com
munity institutions.
Do you have a truck available for locall
hauling which now sits idle j»art of the
time? You can make good money by using
i:hat truck to haul pulpwood or sawlogs
from your own or a neighbor’s farm. Get
in touch with your nearest timber buyer.
Find out how much he is paying for saw-
logs or pine pulpwood delivered to the
mill or shipping point. These forest pro
ducts are selling at top ceiling prices and
you make money when you do your own
cutting and hauling. But be sure to make
definite arrangements to sell you forest
products before you start to get them out.
See your local forester or county agent! He
will tell you where to find a buyer. He will
also advise on selective cutting to protect
your stand for future crops
Munhu
Who hath never said,
Thia mr tiatlve land.
quotation intro-
duees mr Ijacject. which Is a de
parture htini the absurd and
borders mow nearly on the su
blime.
Regwrdleea of where It Is; there
Is a oertahi'tei^ency on the part
of mauWiid to bare a pardonable
pride In hla native land, his na
tive state, his native county and
his native community.
If the -people of all the other
«ood comnumifiee in ■ Wilkes
county win grant us their pardon,
we’ll -write something about our
native community In Wilkes. Be
fore launching out into that sub
ject, lot us hasten to explain that
you could point with Just as much
or more pride to your native com-
munlty, provided It is In Wilkes.
We-d»w the line there—If you
get what we mean.
And when we reminisce into
the past, let it be distinctly un
derstood that we cannot delve into
ancient history.
That small group of high school
boys from our community who la
bored through high school togeth
er In 1931 Is now one attorney,
one minister, one professor, one
Seabee officer, one farmer, and
one (hlahkety-black).
And to Btretch our memory over
a greater span of years we can
recall that duHng the brief space
of our llfetlijie, our native com
munity has furnished the Judge
of our federal court, three pres
ent-day praeticihg attorneys, five
ministers (tuelnding widely influ-
eutlsl pfsaehefs), a physician,
some very excellent teachers,
North Wllkesboro’s mayor, sev
eral bnsiness men and some top-
notch men in their chosen lines
of work and some good farmers.
And We are also reminded of
the many good neighbors whose
lives were upright and good and
who recall to mind Gray’s famous
description of obscure, but good,
people: ,
“Pull many a gem of purest ray
serene
The dark, unfatbomed caves of
ocean bear;
Full many a flower is born lo
blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the
desert air.”
Yes, our native Purlear com
munity has produced leaders, and
it also produced plenty of good,
substantial citizens, unheralded
and unsung, but of the type
which makes Aiaerica great.
Doubtless Other communities
have as good a record, perhaps
better, and may the time never
come that you cannot feel an up
lift In your Inner self when you
say to yourself: "This is my own,
my native land!”
And as we conclude this
column a smart aleck says over
our shoulder: “And why didn’t
you add: one black'sheep who
tries to write a column for 12
people who have nothing else to
read?”
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A serious shortage of stove and
furnace smoke pipe is apt to de
velop this year, industry repre
sentatives have warned the WPB.
Bating more egg-J at this sea
son will have the double-barreled
effect of bolstering the wartime
diet and utilizing a plentiful
food.
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II AMY MAN will
oj^ the door . . .
I will come in.
^ -iuill-M
TIm door to tvtrt Me't
Heart open* only on the
IDiide. HE MUST OPEN
for milSELF.
A plea for an understanding
nf a basic Christian truth
ALL MEN have the
right to direct access
to God.
Each man must deal
with God for him^If.
He has both the Capac
ity and the competency;
he needs no human go-
between.
"Every one of u* shall
give account of himself
to God."—Rom. 14:14.
This direct relation of
man to God sets true
Christianity apart :rom
oU other religions.
It also marks as false
any so-called branch of
Christianity which
erects hindrances to
any man’s direct deal
ing with God.
Barriers lo This
‘ Freedom
• Church membership
requited as necessary to
salvation.
• Any ordinance, such
as baptism or the Lord’s
Supper, when made a
means to salvation.
• Man-devised ceremo
nies standing in the
way.
• Formal creeds which
block the path to God.
The Bible excludes
acceptance of salvation
by proxy. No one can
repent or believe or obey
for another.
"Whosoever shall call
upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved."—
Rom. 10:13.
We Have a Mission
Southern Baptists
hold firmly to the New
Testament teaching of
the direct approach of
man to God. We must
teach this distinctive
doctrine to men every
where.
Haau MUtioa Board — Soathen Baalitt CoaveatSaa
(THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF MESSAGES, BEING PRINTED IN 'ITIE CEN-
' TENNIAL YEAR OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN-nON. TO SET FORTH
THE DISTlNCmVE BELIEFS. (XINTRIBUTION AND MISSION OF THE SOUTH-
EBN BAPTISTS. IT IS PRINTED IN THIS PAPER BY VAROIUS CHURCHES
OF ’THE BRUSHY MOUNTAIN ASSCKIIATION IN (X)-OPERATION WITH THE
HOME MISSION BOARD OF ’THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION).
Another Drop In
TIRE QUOTAS
For the third consecutive month there has been a drop
in the number of passenger car tires available to essen
tial motorists. The national total is less for April than
were March quotas. There can po question in your
mind that the tire situation is critical. So take care of
your tires ... have them repaired and recapped.
MORE TIRES ARE NOW GOING TO THE ARMED
FORCES—^THAT MEANS FEWER TIRES
FOR CIVILIANS
Never wa* tire conservation more urgent than now!
PLAY SAFE!
HAVE YOUR TIRES EXPERTLY RECAPPED
• NOW! •
WE STILL HAVE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF
GRADE A RUBBER—BUT ACT NOW!
Recapping Service
telephone 241
NINTH STREET
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