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The Journal - Patriot independent in politics Published Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS4D. J. CARTER PibMm 10SS—DANIEL J. CARTER—104S SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year 1 . $2.00 (Im WUkee and Adjoining Coanties) One Year $8.00 (Outside Wilkes end Adjoining Counties) Rates to Those in Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 Entered at the postoffice at North Wltt» boro> North Carolina, as Second-Glass matter under Act of March 4, 1879. Thursday, July 28, 1949 Urban-Rural Relations Sound From the standpoint of relations be tween town and rural people, Wilkes is near the ideal state. Probably there is no community which enjoys more cordial relations between town and rural residents than the Wilkes boros and rural areas of Wilkes county. There is a definite realization that each must depend upon the other, and that the welfare of the town is directly interwoven with the welfare of the country, and vice versa. It is significant that in the state bond issue election the people of the Wilkes boros voted in large numbers for spending borrowed state money for rural roads and for school buildings. That is as it should be, because towns are always dependent upon their rural surroundings for business, commerce and labor, as well as raw ma terials and natural resources. But we would also point out that the pattern which existed here was not gen eral throughout the state. The cities of Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greens boro, along with some smaller cities, vot ed overwhelmingly against the state bond issues for rural roads and schools. The vote in that election shows some streaks of selfishness among city dwellers. The continued close cooperation be tween the people of the Wilkesboros and rural Wilkes county will go far toward promoting progress of the entire county. Who Are Alcoholics? The alcoholics do not all live on the "wrong side of the street" by any means. The alcoholic is not necessarily the man in work clothes. As a matter of fact the so-called "better class" in the United States constitutes only about four percent of the population. Yet no less than twenty per cent of those suffering from alcohol ism with psychosis, are hospitalized in ex pensive sanitaria where the costs are fre quently above $100.00 a week. The idea that alcoholism is a disease of the "lower classes" and not found among the fami lies which supply our feocial and economic leaders, is untenable. The "better classes" share with the lowest groups the "honor" of producing the most alcoholics in com parison with the numbers in their groups. The day laborer is not apt to have the leisure or money to become an alcoholic as easily as the moneyed man. The liquor advertisers make their appeal to the mon eyed people. They want the public to be lieve that the "important" people use liquor as a matter of course. Being human, poor people like to feel important. To some extent then, they ape the ways of the great and the near great. Thus the appeal of the liquor advertiser reaches all classes. A survey made by Judge Zottoli bears out the statement that the alcoholics come from the educated, capable people as well as those of lesser opportunities. Some years ago the judge made a survey, covering a period of years and classifying some fourteen thousand patients who were inmates of a hospital for alcoholics. The list revealed the numbers in various professions. Among them were these from what would be considered the "better gIuws" * Merchants 2735, Physicians 538, At. torneys 480, Jewelers 334, Manufacturers 10, Xditors 12, Judges 7, Brokers 5, Arch itects 2. *: A sad list indeed! No class is immune. If we could only realise that a liquor advertisement is an invitation to ruin!— Nebraska Issue, May, 1949. o — The Right To Work Writing in Newsweek, under the title of "The Right to Strike," Henry Hazlitt says: "We must never lose sight of the vital difference between the real right to quit work peaceably and the spurious right forcibly to prevent others from working. From time immemorial most un ion leaders have tried to tie the two to gether in the same package, and to prac tice the second in the name of the first. "But the right to work is as sacred as the right to quit work, and no less in need of protection." The most obvious denial of the right to work is found in the closed shop which tells the worker, in effect, that he must join a union, adhere to union policy, and pay dues to a union, or he will not be al lowed employment at his craft. It is found in only a slightly less obvious form in the union shop plan, under which the worker must join the union after he has been employed for some given length of time. And it is also found in such a tech nique as mass picketing which is a form of intimidation to prevent people from taking jobs they want. Southern Baptists operate 119 mis sion stations in 25 geographical areas overseas, staffed by 670 missionaries, on an annual budget of approximately $5, 000,000. An advance program now being promoted would increase the budget to $10,000,000, and the number of mission aries to 1,750. • / o "Displaced Baptists" was the term used by George B. Fraser, Washington, attorney, to describe 1,688,000 Baptists who hare moved from their church homes without transferring church membership. A special committee has been set up to make plans for re-enlistment of these "non-resident" members. — THE EVERYDAY I COUNSELOR 1 i By Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D. Has modesty gone completely out of fashion? A troubled correspondent raises this question. Enclosing a tear sheet from a newspaper which displays the usual and now customary "bathing beauty" in ab breviated attire. He wonders what the future children of the girl in the display photograph would think of this in years to come if produced as that of their mother in earlier years. mere is no question tnat tne men ana women of modern society seem to be shed ding their clothes piece by piece. Just how far it will go we have no way of surmising. We would like to hear some sociologist comment on the modern tendency. History in the past has revealed that civilized man has a tendency to wear clothing while un civilized native tribes dispense with them. My correspondent thinks that there is a definite connection between the increas ed use of alcohol, the rising toll of broken homes, and the lack of proper modesty among men and women. His question is thought provoking. There has certainly been a notable in crease in "ser crimes" especially those perpetrated on girls and young women. The Bible reminds that "to the pure all things are pure." A well formed human body has always been considered an object of art, and is one of the most wonderful of God's physical creations. To the pure in mind this is ever so. But not all are pure in mind and heart. Far too many are not, and the over emphasis on sex appeal simply invites trouble. Parents of teen-agers or boys and girls who are growing into manhood or womanhood, should discuss this problem frankly and fairly with their children. Modesty is still a virtue and may also be a protection. In addition the value of con tinued exposure of the human body to the rays of the sun by no means receives the approval of the entire medical profession. Many may think these observations are "old-fashioned." However, wise and thoughtful precautions taken by young people and their parents may avoid future trouble and even tragedy. Yes, modesty is still one of the virtues of true woman hood and manhood. Scott Frowns On Parties Held On State Boats Morehead City." — Governor Kerr Scott says tome parties held aboard State boats have not been to the credit of the State. He added in a speech here yesterday that this was not the fault of ^hose in charge, bnt came through a lack o£ policy concerning who could use the boats for other than State busi ness. The Governor spoke at the opening session of a three-day Summer meeting of the State Board of Conservation and De velopment. He urged adoption of a policy on the use of the boats. The Chief Executive asked the board to spend its fu^ds wisely, with a-minimum of extravagance. He recommended that the board go ahead with the restora tion of. Tryon's Palace at New Bern. That was the; home of colonial Governors North Car olina. Attorney General Harry McMullan drew up a resolution authorizing the ' spending of $150,000 appropriated by the Legislature for the purchase of Tryon Palace land. Mrs. J. E«. Latham of Greensboro has given $250,000 for the restoration. C. C. Crittenden, head of the State Department of Archives and History, told the meeting of plans for the restoration. The Governor suggested that the Commercial Fisheries De partment do Its purchasing through the State Division of Purchase and Contract rather than on its own as at present. He also recommended that membership on board commit tees be shifted, If possible, to obtain different viewpoints. Committees met in separate ses sion yesterday and other commit tees met today. Seven new members of the board were sworn In yesterday. They are T. W. Alexander of Waynesville, Aubrey L. Cava naugh of Warsaw, Fred Davis of Zebulon, Fred Latham of Belhav en, Mrs. Roland McClamroch of Chapel Hill, P. C. Murdock of Troutman and T. V. Rochelle of High Point. ■ • Cool, damp weather in recent w^eks has been very favorable for the development of boll weevils in North Carolina.
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