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^. ^ The Journal - Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Published Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER Publisher* 19 SJ—DANIEL J. CARTER—1041 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 (la Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) One Year $3.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) Rates to Those in Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 Entered at the postofflee at North Wllkeeboro, North Carolina, aq Seeond-Claee matter under Act of March 4, 1870. Monday, May 9, 1949 With Eyes Tight Shut i Alcoholic myopia is the same everywhere. Here in the United States, we are spending annually 40 billion dollars on government, 15 billion dollars in toleration of crime, at least six billion dollars in gambling, nearly 10 billion dollars for intoxicants. If we come face to face with war or any other emergency, this will in all probability, mean the sacrifice of the precious liberties which were established by the Divine American Revolution. Consider Great Britain. The only thing which stands between the British and a shocking decline in the standard of living, mass unemployment and hunger, is Marshall Plan aid and heavy borrowings. Despite this and the serious shortage of foreign currency, the importations of spirits into Oreat Britain in 1948, were four times higher than in 1938. On the Continent of (Europe, drinking and drunkenness are prevalent although the entire continent teeters on the brink of final disaster. ^ Realism is not only needed in consideration of the liquor emergency; it is definitely required. * • Who Is Tired Of Freedom? \ This country has had freedom for almost two centuries. That freedom has permitted our citizens to mold their own destinies. As a result we are not only blessed with a fruitful life but ham developed into a nation which more than any other, follows the Oolden Rule in the hope of helping1 others. But like a blight that threatens the mightiest stand of timber, socialism has been instructed in the United States. This type of govemmentalism leads people to believe that they will be relieved of much of the burden of mating a living—that the government will be able to produce and care for them. But no mention is made of the increase in taxation caused by greater government spending. Paying the tax bill has placed a constantly greater demand upon the citizen's pocketbook. Individual opportunity has receded from its crest in this country. Have the people lost sight of the great heritage left to them? Are they like the boy who was given full freedom in the candy store and consequently made himself sick by abusing it? The American'people are headed for a stomach-ache as they swallow bigger and bigger doses of socialism now being fed them in sugar-coated form by Washington politicians. A New Tax Wrinkle |$ Not Insurance Robert A. Taft turned new light on the proposal for compulsory Federal health insurance. He said it is a tax and not insurance and that, "The very term compulsory insurance is a contradiction, for insurance is a free act by which a man pays certain definite sums in order to receive' protection or benefits worth, according to actuarial computations, approximately what he pays. If he is compelled to pay something to the government, that ig & tax, and he has to accept in return exactly what the government gives him, or tldIs to |five him. "Furthermore, the proposed payroll deduction is a tax because the benefit —, ^ promised has no relation, or a very remote relation, to the amount of the payments made. "Thus, a man with a salary of $1,000 and a family of five will pay perhaps $40 a year for services to his entire family, and a man with $3,000 a year, but unmarried, pays perhaps $120 for services to himself only. This is a principle of taxation, and not of insurance." A compulsory government health tax leaves the individual no choice. He is compelled by law to accept government medicine he cannot afford to also subscribe to existing systems for voluntary prepayment for medical care. Borrowed Comment GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL (The Sanford Herald) It has become very popular to talk about the importance of saving our American way of life. As a matter of fact, the only way we can lose it is for the American people themselves to become' so negligent in exercising the rights and privileges they have under our form of government that the liberties they take for granted will go by default. We have to work at being Americans if we wish to perpetuate the blessings left to us by our forefathers. American parents must strive to help develop character in their children which is necessary to combat enemies both from within and without our borders. The essential qualification for the perpetuation of our representative form of government is character, and that is developed on a foundation of religious teaching. National Sunday School Week is sponsored by the Laymen's National Committee, a non-sectarian, non-profit organisation created to bring a better understanding of the important part religion has played in creating and maintaining our government. Helping develop character in children through some form of religious training cannot be delegated by parents to someone else. A good time to reawaken old-fashioned ideas is to go to Sunday School with the family, and thereby help counteract the teachings of alien, godless ideologies. •LIFE'S BETTER WAY® WALfK C. MIHWUR HSgk Pefcrt, N. C, inn 4 BEAUTY OF NOBLE WOMANHOOD Noble womanhood is beautiful. This is attained by Christian principles. We are conscious that apart from Christ there are no principles upon which to build a great, noble, sublime, worthwhile life. Therefore every one who desires to build a great, successful, beautiful life must hare Christ enthroned with the heart. One may be moral without Christ, but not spiritual. One may live without Christ, but no one can reach heaven without Him. If America ever needed good, great, godly, noble women it is today. Surely this cannot e denied. Tens of thousands of America's girls and women are drinking, smoking, dancing, flirting, carousing, thus degrading themselves and leading multitudes of others to degradation. No woman can build a great, sublime life by indulging in bad habits. Sin always takes the beauty and the value out of womanhood, also out of manhood. Every girl, every woman, should so value life and character until she would not stoop to the low, the mean, the degrading. She should value her soul, her life, her character as a priceless pearl. The world should know that the jewels of her life—purity, godliness, hnoesty, truth, virtue and Christlikeness—are for God's glory, and are not for sale at any price. She should value character far above diamonds and pearls, gems and rubies, silver and gold. She ought to let the world know that she absolutely will not sell out for pleasure, for popularity, for self-gratification, for money, nor for anything else. Her highest earthly throne should be her palatial Christian womanhood, and upon this throne she should allow no enemy to sit, or to pull her down, and away from. I She is the master of the situation as long as she trusts God, prays, and ', depends solely upon Him as her leader, guide and protector. In her hands are the keys to her throne of beautiful, priceless, noble, sacfed womanhood, and no thief can take them out of her hands unless she consents. This she ought to refnse to do, even if it costs her the life she holds sacred and dear. At this her character would shine ttke gold and her sotfl would enter heaven. Mrs* Ed M. Anderson Hurl In Accident West Jefferson, May 5.—Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, who sustained painful injuries when her car skidded on the wet pavement this side of Glendale Springs and l,e«t the road last Friday, returned home yesterday after receiving treatment in the Ashe hospital. Mrs. Anderson sustained a number of cuts and 'bruises about the head and her car was badly damaged. ATTENTION CHICKEN RAISERS! Let us explain the time saving, Work Saving and Money Saving Features of Brooding With-;PYROFAX GAS DICK'S GAS ft APPLIANCE CO. East Main Street NORTH WILKESBOttO, N. C. Alfalfa Subject Of New Bulletin Fertilization Is the key to j success! :1 alfalfa production. That's one of several Important points brought out in a bulletin on "Alfalfa Production" j which has just been reprinted by ; the State College Extension Service. The authors of the bulletin, Agronomists S. H. Dobson and R. L. Lovvorn, point out that even the best soils require fertilization to maintain a good stand and produce a good yield over a period of several years. Persona desiring a copy^f^'AIfalfa Production'' may obtain one from the local county agent or by writing to tbe Agricultural Editor, State College Station, iflr lelgh, and requesting Extension Circular No. 307. There is no charge.
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