The Journal - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD?MRS. D. J. CARTER
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1932?DANIEL J. CARTERr-1946
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Thursday, December 29, 1949
Outlook Is Very Bright
For The New Year ? 1950
Saturday midnight the curtain will ring
down on the first half of this turbulent
century, which has witnessed more pro
gress than any like period in the history
of the world but has been marred by the
two most awful ware in the knowledge
of man.
In the first half of this century man
has learned how to master many ob
stacles. Great strides have been made in
scientific advancement. In this fifty years
man has conquered the air, and has learn
ed how to bring the world close together
with transportation to any point in a mat
ter of hours instead of weeks and months.
Man has learned how to conquer diseases
which through many centuries had killed
a large percentage of the human race.
Man has learned how to alleviate suffer
ing and to better care for the unfortun
ate. Man has learned how to make ma
chines do the work which formerly had
to be done with human energy. Man has
made it possible to remove from life many
of the disagreeable phases which had
plagued the human race throughout its
existence.
Truly, the human race has learned
much in the past fifty years.
But one cloud of despair today hangs
over the world.
With all the knowledge accumulated
during the past half century, man has not
learned to live together in peace.
Today there is a very definite threat of
war in the world, a threat of war so dev
astating as to tax the imagination.
There are two schools of thought in the
world. One is centered on the free enter
prise system which we enjoy and which
has been responsible for man's material
progress. The other is communism, which
is the opposite and which represents a
retarding of all civilization. The doctrine
of communism does not recognize the
sovereignty of the individual.
If the present disagreement between
the two schools of thought can be wea
thered short of war, the world can look
forward to greater progress during the
latter half of this century.
Americans face 1950 with bright pros
pects for a prosperous year. Business ex
perts shrow no. gloom in talking about the
coming year. Much of this optimism is
based on sound logic. In America today
is a great backlog of need. Meanwhile
industry and agriculture are able to sup
ply those needs with better products than
ever before. And what is more important,
the people have the earning power to
make incomes sufficient to buy the pro
ducts of the farms and factories. The on
ly cloud on an otherwise bright horizon
is the unsettled international situation,
with cold war strife between the nations
of free people and communism.
America today remains the bulwark of
civilization, the land of opportunity and
subsequently the land of plenty. Fortun
ate indeed, in the American citizen with
rights guaranteed as in no other^nation
on earth. ?
Just why there are those who would
change our system to a lukewarm com
munism is difficult to understand, when
under our system our nation in the short
space of less than two centuries has
forged to the point of leadership in the
world.
For the new year the picture is bright,
and Americans everywhere should be
grateful of their opportunity and eternal
ly safeguard their rights against all
<aap-*asors, Joreign and domestic.
Holiday Season Not
Seriously Marred
The people of Wilkes county are to be
congratulated upon their conduct during
the Christmas holiday season.
John Walker, North Wilkesboro police
chief, made this comment: "The quietest
Christmas I have ever worked with the
police department."
Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poindexter stated
that his office had a quiet Christmas with
no more calls than usual for a week-end.
In no cases were there calls because of
violence.
The highway patrol had a number of
automobile accidents to investigate, but
in no accident in Wilkes were there deaths
or critically injured.
Traffic was very heavy on the high
ways in spite of inclement weather, but
motorists had the good sense to avoid
speeding for a bang-up Christmas and
did not to any great extent mix alcohol
and gasoline in their holiday observance.
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Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and
his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.?Mathew 6:33.
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-TH E
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rey. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
i
As 1949 comes to a close we should
look back and count our blessings?
blessings which have come to us from
God in one of the few countries where
man still has a goodly amount of individu
al freedom.
But we also should be thinking about
the direction in which we are going and
what we are doing to preserve the free
dom of the individual man. T. D. Kemp,
Jr., in his column NOW which I make a
habit to read profitably, offers some very
serious food for thought in his December
11th column.
"Two powerful warnings against the
road we are traveling came from import
ant men last week. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.,
head of General Motors, one of this na
tion's greatest organizations, tells a Chi
cago audience that we are 'slowly but
surely losing our liberties and are travel
ing the road to slavery. If we turn back
the pages of history we find indelibly in
scribed thereon the fact that human pro
gress is synonymous with human freedom.
It is only when men were free to exer
cise their initiative, their talents, their
ambitions, and the incentive of individual
advancement that civilization really be
gan and has since developed.'
"And Dr. Vannevar Bush, the eminent
scientist, tells an audience at M. I. T. that
Soviet Russia is building a big war ma
chine and will use it against us when and
if 'the Kremlin gangsters' think they can
defeat us. 'And a people bent on a soft,
security, surrendering their birthright of
individual self-reliance for favors, voting
themselves into Eden from a supposedly
inexhaustible public purse, supporting
everyone by soaking a fast-disappearing
rich, scrambling for subsidy, learning the
arts of political logrolling and forgetting
the rugged virtues of the pioneer, will not
measure up to competition with a tough
dictatorship,' he said.
"When, you wonder, will the American
people awaken? ... We are the last
great nation on earth seeking to preserve
the private enterprise ideal, the last that
stands against world domination by the
Communists. It seems incredible that so
many listen to the politicians and propa
gandists who would soften us up for the
?kill.
"In Washington's Smithsonian Institute
. . . there is displayed a completely recon
structed dodo bird, the last of which died
in the 17tli century. The dodo bird, once
powerful, became extinct because its life
was too easy . . . Though not pleasant to
think about, what happened to the dodo
could happen to us."
Too many of us are being taken up
with the idea that the world owes us a
living, looking to a benevolent govern
ment to provide those things which our
own initiative, effort, and courage should
provide under the direction of Almighty
God. We need to remember the advice of
Oliver Cromwell, "Trust God and keep
your powder dry." The national motto,
"In God We Trust," is still on the coin
of our land. We had better practice these
mottoes and practice them hard.
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Bethany News
During; Week
Rev. L?. T. Younger filled his
regular appointment at Bethany
church Saturday and Sunday.
Bethany church gave a very
interesting Christmas program
Saturday night. A number of
carols were sung by the train
ing union boys and girls. Carold
Grey Hendren, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendren, sang
"Holy Night," which was very
enjoyable. Old Santa, of course,
was the most welcome guest
?here.
Mr. Ralph Tedder, of Wilkes
boro, spent the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ted
der.
Mrs. J. A. Costner and son, J.
D. Costner, spent some time
Sunday with Mrs. Costner's mo
ther, Mrs. J. M. Barnette, of Hid
denite, who has been ill for
some time. Her condition is
very much improved, we are glad
to learn.
Friends and relatives of Mrs.
Carl Moore, of Statesville, who
has been a patient at Long's
Hospital, are glad to know she
has returned home and is great
ly improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moore
and f mily spent some time Sat
urday with Mrs. Moore's moth
er, Mrsv J. M. Barnette, of Hid
deni'e, who is ill with vino
pent'monia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendren en
tertained at their home Satu"
day evening a number of Beth
any Training Union girls an
boys. A good time was reported
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Hayes, of j
Hun ing Creek, and Rev. L. T. ]
Younger, of New Hope, were'
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. M. Costner Sunday.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dan
iel Tedder regret to learn they
are moving front Bethany com
munity. Mr. and Mrs. Tedder
are very popular with the young- j
er set, as well as the older ones ,
and they will greatly be missed. |
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Costne" j
of Bethel community, were wel-j
come visitors at Bethany Sun
day.
Miss Betty Hayes, of Hickory,
spent the week-end with her'
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Costner.
Mr. Ernest Tedder has accept
ed work with the Goodwill De
partment store.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hayes, ot
Hickory, spent the week-end
with their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D, Costner.
Little Helen Costner spent a
few hours Saturday afternoon
with her Sunday school teacher,
J^iss Marion Hayes.
Mr. Hix Hendren, of Hidde
nite, who has been ill for some
time, improves slowly.
Mrs. Morris Hendren and Mrs
Herman Moore spent Monday in
town shopping.
Mrs. John Hendren was in
town Monday shopping.
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The Baptist Foreign Board re
ports that 98 of its total staff
of 200 missionaries in China
are still in the Orient. There are
20 Southern Baptist missionaries
in and near Canton, which was
recently occupied by the Chi
nese Communists. There are now
38 missionaries under appoint
ment to Japan, double the prev
ious high figure. The* Japanese
Baptist Convention has asked
that 20 Southern Baptist min
isters spend a month in Japan
next spring on a preaching mis
sion.
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