*HowLfc&tgShfeH We Permit
liquor testers -to tetewcb
^Obr^fldjrs *«fid 4Sris?
- ’Scarcely a week passes with
out % *t*agedy iff seine kind in
■mite Community Which is ihbst
‘frequently, if not in evCry case,
l due te the handiwork Of the li
• quor maker and dealer. Boys
and girls are debauched, inno
• *cent citizens :are slain 'by
drunken drivers, murder is
rampant^and the bootlegger
and blockader are the real
criminals. Don’t attribute it to
prohibition. L e-ga l liquor^
even beer, is as deadly as the
■bootleg variety. Note in yester
day’s news how-a man drunk
on beer Killed; a U* S. Army of
ficer who had given him a ride
in his car. “We were riding
several hours,” he said, “drink
ing beer all the time ; I told
him to quit driving so fast over
the bumps or I would hit him
with a hammer. The next time
he bumped me I drew back
N. L. GIBBON
Lake View, MPope County.
Candidate, for the House
of Representatives.
’ and hit him as I said I would.”
• Beer had made a crazy fool
of the man and perhaps had
; something to do with the man
ner of the driving which the
hitch-hiker resented.
The -State has decided that
it does not want to approve a
public supply of hard liquor,
' and would likewise, doubtless,
have vetoed the legalization of
beer if given a chance. Legal
ized liijuor is entrenched and
can withstand ^attack. . But
there is no reason under the
sun why the "-people Of this
• community should longer suf
fer the debauchfnent of their
pons and daughters, the death
of innocent '“citizens at the
hands of drunken wretches,
and the ruin-of whole families
by slaughter. anduced by the
bootlegger’s b oo z e. Th os e
dirty scoundrels,, cannot ply
their trade ^without m a ny
knowing it—mapy Whose fam
' flies and perhaps whose very
lives are hazajrded by the re
sults of the nefarious trade. If
• it is cowardice that prevents
' the prosecution . and punish
ment of the "dirty dogs, God
pity our plight. But the Same
men who know and decline to
aid in prosecution w o-uid
doubtless prove themsehres
’brave in deadly war or ^per
haps have already done so.
‘ Is it indifference? If so God
pity as in that ease. -Men -who
have mo'regard the moral
or-physical safety of their-own
families sahd that of their
neighbors ha’ve lost their senses
or never had their’full quota.
- Is it that alj who dcnbw are
, themselves in sympathy with
' . W" ■ V ‘ *** -• > V1'* 'S T. - V . . U ■ ' •* -" “''- £>" ■
the-hellish t^de-rhavs tl*em*
selves become so debauched *ty
-its use that they are unwilling
to see the source of their sup
plies removed? ,« the^oot
leggers are so sly as to 'avoid
revealing themselves to any
body except of the booze
bitghted ilk, they are ponders.
Yet the writer, for ope, gets no
information about their dirty
work. And that may be true
as to every other citizen who
has the decency and the grit/
to see that the rascals are
brought before the courts. In
any case, it is a discreditable
condition—that a community
cannot or will not prevent the
debauchery of its youth and
the continuance of the folly bf
those who have long been' de
bauched by the death-dealing
concoction. At least, recent
tragedies, physical and moral,
in this community should serve
to put every officer and every
decent-minded citizen on edge
- •— tt—ViitTV
H. ■ Fi SEAWEtl, JR.
y Carthage, N. C. -1 .
in a determination to see that
the evil, if not utterly destroyed,s
be at least minimized. If the
officers will etop the flow of
booze they will have much less
to do in gathering in the
drunk, the wounded, and in
seeking, the killers. Booze is
the arch criminal'—destroy
the sources of booze and the
source of much contention, of
much strife, and of much of
the loss of a sense of decency
f " 1 .." -. ■"
“CANDIDATE ;POR
$0 LltlTO’R
. OF
Fourth Judicial District
I herfeby announce my can
diiJacy for Solicitor of/the
xfitoairy on Saturday, June
Yo^rsupport will 'be greatly
•p'H££t.twuy
Johmton County ^
SBff ffeSSftra
sexual '**»<
“tu atop tlie'Sow ofjJooze fa
the J»e reiil w0* «*
manity at Hus tiros. Cowardli
ness and severest «Jg2j
m two greatest hindrances
ignorance and Jne Sl
ice which grows frpm .lt.
jpalher
Nomina tion for Afe House
ft is a situation
^exists in the hottie of S. H.
Hobbs, *Sr., -at Clinton. Mr.
!Hobbs, who served as a sena
tor a few years &fco, is a can
didate for the Democratic
fiotnfnation for the House,
while his son Walter, who lives
in the same home, is a candi
date for the Republican nomi
nation for the same position.
It would be interesting to see
what would happen if both
should win in the primary.
v tHOMAS
County 'Superintendent of Stliools,
Moore County.
An orange may. be placed In a new
mechanical juicer without being cut,
and all its juice is extracted quickly.
To keep lettuce crisp for several
days wash thoroughly in c61d water
and place in a paper bag close the bag
tightly and place it in the refrigerator
near the ice or freezing unit.
Moore County tobacco growers say
the $19,000 delivered to them last
week by the farm agent for adjusting
acreage in 1934, will 'be very useful
at this t*me.
...
for
SOLICITOR _
' of ■ J I'i
Fourth Judicial Dhl&tet
I %fereby announce my Wit
didacy for the Deihodriftife
Isomihation ^or Solicitor
Fbitfth tfddfdRl District, ?mj
the Jirtie Primary,
will ; o :
a >,*?$
, PjtUboro, Chatham jCoiiiitx i
ution
ifi. "Governor” r& A. Doughtoa
-has epme out ill opposition to
4he proposed revision of thl
Constitution of Worth Caroling
tFor months, A. J. Maxwell «
^member of the constitutional
commission which wrote the
'-proposed revfeion, has been,
atannchly upholding the work
of the commission’s hands. At
torney-G’eneral Brummitt has
been as staunchly opposing the
ratification. Maxwell has been
assisted-in his championship 0{
'pie, revision by Judge Parker;
GeOrge E. Butler, and others!
Now Mr. Bruinmitt is cheered
by the positive support of the
veteran Dbughton.
The revision will come be
fore the people of the State for
ratification or rejection at the
November election, presum
ably, despite the fact that the
election to which it was as
SiANTFORD MARTIN
Editor of the Winston-Saleni Journal.
■flair. Martin delivers’ the address to"'
the graduates of the Drum High school
•Friday evening, June 1. Mr. Martinis
one of the best known journalists in
the State and an orator of no mean
ability. . In both capacities he stands
unflinchingly for what he deems the
highest interest of the people.
j
■signed by the Legislature which'
proposed it has already been
held. 'The Legislature one day;
passed the act or resolution
presenting the revisal to the
people for ratification or rejec
tion at “the next general elec
tion.” The next day, or the
day after, the same legislature
submitted the repeal amend
ment ;to the people for ratifica
tion or rejection at a “general
election” to be held last No
veihber 7, which ‘‘general elec
tion” was duly held. But the
revisal of the constitution was
not voted upon on that occa
sion, though if the November 7
election was a “general elec-1
tioh” at all1, it was inevitab y
‘the “i'yfEXf general election.
/ Burt what is a matter of mah
ihg & “general election” of a
Special -electibh when the “re‘
pealers” were SO certain that
North ^Carolinians were pr?c'
130^% Wild fbr the legalization
i>f boozfe? Mt question set
tled, it is a 'n&tter of course to
>hs&tiihe jthat-thOre has been n®
^endral election” Since the
vised !cdnsMtUtidn was submit'
*tion.” Thbi'eiefre, without a«
‘tfcbtfty of‘law the new const*'
HutiOh 'VtflPfeb %tibmitted to tfl
pie in November. As tn
oOblidnns have a say in
the
'nwftfcer ’and as ' Judge Par!cKe ’
George E. Butler, and P°s?* .
’Other* are favoring the rat”1
ftion, ^Attojney-t^en^ral om
*nitt, Doughton,and °^f„ ,
j