Thursday, March 9, 1950
Of Facts Involved
Honest Statement
Whether wet or dry, practically every
community of any size has establishments
which sell intoxicating liquor. Some sell
it in bottles or fruit jars out the back
door. Others sell it over polished bars is
luxurious surroundings. The effect is sim
ilar in all cases.
On February 24, 1886, a man by name
of James Lawrence ran an advertisement
in the Boise Democrat. The advertisement
contained so much truth that it is worth
reproducing anywhere. The text of the
ad follows:
"Friends and neighbors; having just
opened a commodious shop for the sale
of liquid fire, I embrace this opportunity
of informing you that I have commenced
the business of making drunkards, paup
ers, and beggars for the sober, industrious
and respectable portion of the community
to support.
"I shall deal in familiar spirits which
will incite men to deeds of riot, robbery,
and bloodshed, and by so doing, diminish
the comfort, augment the expenses and
endanger the welfare of the community.
'T will, on short notice, for a small
sum, and with great expectations, under
take to prepare victims for the asylums,
poor farms, prisons and gallows.
"I will furnish an article that will in
crease accidents, multiply the number of
distressing diseases, and render those
who are harmless incurable.
"I will deal in drugs which will de
prive some of life, many of reason, most
of their property, and all of their peace;
which will cause fathers to become fiends,
and wives, widows, children to become
orphans and all mendicants.
"I will cause many of the rising gene
ration to grow up in ignorance and prove
a burden and a nuisance to the nation.
I will cause mothers to forget their off
spring, and cruelty to take the place of
love. 'l&M
"I will sometimes corrupt the ministers
of religion; defile the purity of the church
and cause temporal, spiritual, and eternal
death; and if any he so impertinent as
to ask me why I have the audacity to
bring such accumulated misery 'upon the
people, my honest reply is 'money.' The
spirits trade is lucrative and some pro
fessing Christians give it their cheerful
countenance.
"From the United States Government
I have purchased the right to demolish
the character, destroy the health, and
shorten the lives and ruin the souls of
those who choose to honor me with their
custom.
"I pledge myself to do all that I have
promised. Those who wish any of the evils
above specified brought upon themselves
or their dear friends, are requested to
meet me at my bar where I will, for a few
cents, furnish them with the certain
means of doing so."
If those dealing in liquor want to make
a display of honesty they may show the
above advertisement conspicuously in
their places of business.
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Temperance, be It understood, is a don
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During the past few ream this com
munity has been fortunate in having some
of the best artists of the nation perform
here.
Now the North Wilkesboro Lions club
has secured Rubin off and his Yiolin for a
concert on th^ night of March 22 at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars clubhouse.
• Rubinoff is nationally and internation
ally known as a top artist in his profes
sio, and his concert here will represent a
rare opportunity for a comparatively
small community. Rubinoff has been
heard for years over radio and his violin
is known by million^.
The Lions Club is bringing Rubinoff
here and the success of the venture may
indicate our future in regard to events
of this type. If a capacity crowd hears the
great artist it will be an indication that
we can expect more events of that type.
Members of the club have started the
sale of reserved seat tickets for the con
cert. In view of the fact that the club will
retain for charitable use here a portion
of all ticket sale receipts, the public
should buy the tickets as liberally as pos
MMe.
-THE
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rev. Herbert
Spa ugh, D. D.
"Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect
Peace, Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee."
Make this promise from the Book of
Isaiah your own. Clip it out of this paper
and put it before you where you will start
each day with it. Few there are who do
not need the blessing of that promise.
What a multitude of ills, bodily, mental
and spiritual we carry about because we
do not have the peace of God in our
hearts. Call it nervousness; call it irrita
bility; call it strain; call it hypertension;
call it what you will. But a large percent
age of the troubles you are carrying a
bout right now would head toward rapid
solution if you could get the peace of God
in your heart.
It is not an easy thing to fully yield
your will to the Divine will. It is not as.
easy as it sounds to put your hand in the
hand of God and from the bottom of ypur
heart express willingness to go the way
He leads.
Yet, for those of us who do that, there
is promised PEACE. Perhaps in despera
tion some of us may in these days be led
to try God's plan for our life; we've tried
everybody else's.
Of the seven material wonders of the
ancient world, only one remains today,
the Pyramids. Everything else is gone.
One hestitates to name the seven wonders
of the modern world, because as fast as
we build one new machine or erect some
new material wonder, someone invents
another one to destroy it The rate of
property destruction in Europe during
the last war was utterly staggering. Now
we plan more atomic bombs and the man
ufacture of the hydrdgen bomb.
All of these material wonders may pass
on, yet we have one link with the past
which goes back beyond the Pyramids—
GOD'S WORD. And it is God's Word
which gives us these promises—promises
backed by the living proof of men and
women throughout centuries.
Upward of three thousand years ago
the .prophet Isaiah made the promise
which heads this column. In another place
he wrote, "I the Lord thy God will hold
thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear
not; I will help thee ... In quietness and
confidence shall be your strength . . .
They that wait upon the Lord shall re
new their strength."
Two thousand years ago Jesus said to
those who accepted Him as Saviour,
"Peace I Leave With Your My Peace I
Give Unto You: Not as the WJorld Giveth,
Give I Unto You. Let Not Your Heart Be
Troubled, Neither Let It Be Afraid."
The Apostle Peter who had to learn
by bitter experience that this was the
only peace, said, "Humble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God,
that He may exalt you in due time: Cast
ing all your.care upon Him; for He careth
for you." .
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Spaugh in care of this newspaper if you
have a problem on which y«u seek advice.
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The Mt. Pleasant Horn* Dem
onstration Club held it* second
meeting of the new •» the
school lunch room on Monday,
February 17th, at iiOO p. m.,
with twenty-two preeeot, includ
ing visitors and new members.
In the absence of oar presi
dent, the vice president, Mrs.
Mabel Bller, took charge. Mrs.
Annie EL Greene led In the aing
ing of "It's A Good Time To Get
Together." Mrs. Annie Bills, sec
retary, read the minutes and
called the roll.
During the business period tne
rice president read off the elnb
project leaders, which had been
selected bj the president, to
serre for I960. 8ue Kller and
Gladys Shoemaker volunteered
to be hostesses for our March
meeting -which was necessary to
change to meet on the fourth
Monday of each month Instead
of the second.
Mrs. Annie H. Greene, Home
Agent, gave,an interesting dem
onstration oh "Improving Our
Home Grounds." Think it was
enjoyed by all and will help us
to ipake our Home Grounds more
beautiful.
Mrs. Verlee KHer, our presi
dent, slipped in while the moot
ing was under way and took
charge of the latter part of the
meeting. Since most of the mem
bers forgot about the seed ex
change, she asked that we have
onr seed exchange next month.
Mrs. T. O. Minton was nominated
by secret ballot to be lady of the
month from our club. .Heart
Sisters were drawn for this ysar.
Thtf meeting was closed by a
prayer led by Mrs. G. C. Hamby.
The hostesses for the. after
noon were Mrs. T. O. Minton and
Mrs. ftlnsa Ellis. At the, close
of the meeting they served spice
wood tea, Ritz crackers and Val
entine hearts candy. A game was
played in which everybody got a
laugh and Mrs. Novella Foster
won the prize, an apron.—Re
ported.
Representative Deane
Files His Candidacy
Representative Charles B.
Deane of Docklngham, member
of Congress from the Eighth
Congressional District, filed his
Notice of Candidacy for re-elec
tion with the State Board of
Elections Monday, subject to the
Democratic Primary on May 27,
I960.
Mr. Deane .fame tp North Car
olina Mm Washington over the
past week-end to file his candi
dacy for re-election. On yester
day he 8poke at the All Soulf
Chapel in Monroe and on Tues
day evening, March 7, 1950, Tie
speaks before the Laurlnburg
Lions Club and on Wednesday he
will return to his duties in Wash
ington.
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