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WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? 1908-1938
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Defying Democracy
It is really confusing to understand why we
talk at length about Democracy and then turn
and defy it. Sometimes it would seem that Dem
ocracy has been displaced by. individualists
who chatter about and hang on to Democracy
solely lor their individual gains and not lor Un
common good ol country and the masses It is[
a fairh well established lact that we care lit
tle il and when Democracy acts contrary to the
sell-claimed rights ol others, and that we howl
when Democracy treads upon our toes in act
-ing for the common good of all. Principle counts
lor little in this day arid age; it is how much do
"I" get and how much will "I" get hurt il the
rights ol the majority are to be preserved and
protected.
Recently Secretary ol the Interior Harold
Ickes. serving as National Oil Coordinator, ask
ed lor a voluntary reduction 111 gasoline con
sumption. The answer was an increase in con
sumption. A golden, opportunity to bolster
Democracy was offered, but we defied it. The
answer came as a stab in the .back for Democra
cy, and is recognized as a strong invitation lor
the introduction of a new law demanding a de
crease. in gasoline consumption. We were ask
ed to go 6n daylight saving time that the short
age in electrical energy might be relieved. A
majonty went on-tho new schedule, but there
was much growling about it.
We can't drive at reasonable speeds on the
highway; We have to have' laws to make us
conform to safety, rules when our very lives
are~art stake The ineie announcement of a uni
form and safe speed law will not work in this
free land of ours. Even the law itself is defied
It is possible that we are going to east aside
Democracy in its entirety, and depend upon;
iron-rlaH mil's and laws to direct our actions?
We have traveled a long way in that direction,
but in either case there'll be a lot of argument
and griping
The Soldier and the Civilian
Soldier: "Yes, but my lights are being in
fringed upon when I am called upon to serve
in the Army, and 1 am being treated common
and my rights are completely destroyed when
they add more months to my time."
Civilian: "Yes, you may be deprived of your
rights But, back home they are preparing to
deprive me of my earnings with one of the most
extensive taxing programs ever known in this
country. My right to eat is even being threat
ened by increased living costs. My daily work
schedule does not allow me as much freedom?
as you enjoy or have in the Army."
Soldier: "Yes, but my life is in danger."
Civilian: "The record shows that up until the
Russo-German struggle, more civilians were
killed back home than were lost in battle. And
too, you must not forget that the automobile is
still with us despite a call for a voluntary re
duction in gasoline consumption."
It would appear from the conversation that
this is a cruel world, that everyone thinks his
lot is the hardest.
While about a million men art answering^
fhe call of'their country, millions-back home
are answering the call of the factory whistle
their pattern pf living possibly being about as
exacting and tough in some instances as that
for the soldier.
A young soldier back home for a visit dared
say recently that the Army was helping at
least 95 per cent of the young men, that a vast
majority is living better in the army than it did
back home. Contrary to the general saying
that the drafted man gets only $21 a month, the
average monthly pay is in two-thirds of the
cases almost twice that amount. The soldier
gets his board, lodging, clothes, medical atten
tion and in many cases valuable training. Add
to that his salary and he is making more than
the average laborer back home.
When civilian and soldier alike realize the
meaning of the serious threat facing the world,
thereH be less grumbling on both sides, each
realizing that he has a task to perform and
that it is his duty to perform that task well.
There are those who point out that the man
outside the draft age talks freely. One's age
was not determined to fit into the schedule of
world events. The man who, for no reason of
his own, is out of the draft age is not to be call
ed upon to enter the army just as the present
selectee who toddled around in his absorbent
apparel was not called upon to fight in the first
World War The age limit may be changed, and
until it is changed, the man who was 28 years
old before last July 1st has just as much claim
to exemption as the babes had in'the last war.
There are tasks to be done on both sides, and
it is about time that each was handling his
task
That Somebody Ehe
Everybody, with some few exceptions, is for
inflation control?for somebody else. Every
body wants wage scales controlled?for some
body else. Everybody wants food prices con
trolled for their own benefits, but not particu
larly for somebody else. Everybody wants
somebodyvelse to accept and handle the less de
sirable tasks.
Not until everybody is ready and willing to
accept the role of that somebody else, will we
make progress in meeting the emergency now
bearing so heavily upon this nation.
We contribute aluminum barely worth one
hundred dollars and pat ourselves on the back
for having accomplished a great deal. The alum
inum drive in this county was successful, but
measured in terms of real action it can count
for litiTe. :
We have bought a few thousand dollars worth
of defense savings stamps and bonds. That's
quite commendable, but compare the purchases
with the actual financial need and one Will
readily realize that the surface has hardly been
scratched.
We have heard the call for a reduction in gas
oline consumption. In a recent week we burn
ed a million and a half more gallons of gaso
line than We did the previous week. It is appar
ent that we are looking to somebody else to con
serve the gasoline supply while we step up our
_o w 11 consumption.
It is a sad state of affairs for the unity of this
nation when we look to somebody else to do
it all. Possibly it is challenging the individual
rights of our citizens to tell them to walk a
bk>ek or two to their work. That is bad, but it
is far worse for the citizen, seeing the clouds of
danger hovering over his head to ^continue to
satisfy his own individual desires and make
drastic action necessary to conserve the gas
supply and bolster our defense march.
There aren't many of us who can't see the
need for changing our course of action, but in
our individual selfishness we will not act be
cause somebody else is not cooperating or con
tributing his bit to the program. The action
of others is merely used as an excuse for our
own shortcomings. And it.' is that way in the
many and intricate phases of our lives. We are
steering a stubborn course after our own wishes,
irrespective of what is right or what is needed
for the continuance of our way of life. When the
legislation is necessary to get people in the
churches, religion and its meaning will be lost.
The same is true in our defense efforts, for
when it becomes necessary to legislate for ev
ery movement, our defense program will flop.
fri?rtime that everybody acted to lift the load
we have boastingly placed on somebody else.
Education For Democracy
Hertford County Herald.
It would make an interesting study for some
educationally-minded person in our town to
start keeping a record of all the children who
enter the first grade of school this year and see
how many fall by the wayside before their edu
cation is completed. The result would proba
bly "be very surprising.
Such an analysis on a nationwide basis, shows
that of the 4,180,450 American children who en
tered the first grade in 1923, only 1,702,206 ever
reached the first year of high school, and only
1.005.375. less than 25 per cent, ever complet
ed their high school education.
One of the hallmarks of American democracy
is supposed to be our excellent educational sys
tem. with its schools supported by public funds,
with its compulsory schooling in the elementary
grades, and with our conviction that only an
educated people can maintain a democracy. But
these figures show there is still a lot to be done.
As Dr. James Madison Wood, president of
Stephens College, points out, it is a vitally ser
ious part of our defense program that we edu
eate men and women for citizenship?that it
-will be futile to build tanks and battleships in
defense of democracy if we overlook the men
and women who must develop and protect our
democratic ideals.
In addition to formal education, Dr. Wood, a
pioneer in practical education for women,
stresses the need for greater availability of
courses which aid in the betterment of family
life and home management, such as courses in
marriage problems, pre-parental training,
budgeting and home management.
Guns, planes and military training can save
democracy from outside enemies, but" only edu
cation can preserve democracy from within. It
is of the utmost importance right now that the
light of education be turned on democracy to
make everything American fully aware of what
it is and why it is worth protecting.
The only liberty I mean, is a liberty con
nected with order; that not only exists along
with order and virtue, but which cannot ex
ist at all without them ?Edmund Burke.
A nation is the unity of a people.?Coleridge.
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Harvey Presided Over Legal and^
Illegal Assemblies, Simultaneously
The story of John Harvey's per
forming two tasks at one time is not
merely an important historical ev
ent. It is of special interest during
this age of dictators, for it is a part
of the story of democracy.
Harvey was a popular colonial
leader during the Revolutionary per
iod when there was trouble with
England over the right of Parlia
ment to tax North Carolina as one of
the original thirteen colonies.
Harvey's experience on April 4,
1775, was a new one. At that time
British soldiers were in America.
Trouble had begun in New England.
Other colonies were active, but Gov
ernor Martin planned to keep North
Carolina inactive by refusing to call
the legislative body into session. Un
der John Harvey's leadership, the
people had elected representatives
and had held the First Provincial
Congress independently of the gov
ernor's wish. /
Harvey's activities during the Sec
ond Provincial Congress seem to
have no parallel in history. He occu
pied the chairman's platform in one
assembly hall, before one group of
men; yet, he presided over two dif
ferent assemblies. He was modera
tor of the legislative body acting in
dependently of King George's gov
ernor, and at the same time he was
chairman presiding over the colon
ial assembly summoned by the gov
ernor. The same group of men, with
few exceptions, had been elected by
the people to represent them at both
metings. The two assemblies had
been scheduled to meet at the same
time and in the same hall.
As chairman of both legislative
bodies, Harvey had the unusual ex
perience of performing two- duties
at one time. The men who voted cast
double ballots, for they were a part
of the governor's legal assembly and
also were a part of the special legis
lative group elected by the citizens
of North Carolina without the gov
ernor's consent. The same group of
men composed both assemblies
The reason why there was a dual
meeting and a dual membership was
the (determination of the people to
meet and discuss their affairs wheth
er or not Governor Martin gave his
consent. When the Governor found
out the people's plans of acting in
dependently, he had summoned the
Assembly. The voters Sent only one
set of representatives to act for them
in both meetings to be held in the
same hall, at the same time.
The birth of Tar Heel democracy
can be traced back to these Provin
cial Congresses elected by the peo
ple of North Carolina to legislate for
them independently of Governor
Martin's will. Thus John Harvey, as
leader of that group, merits the hon
or of being known as the "father of
Tar Heel democracy."
Things To Watch
For In The Future
A built-in tiny light for dial tele
phones in dark rooms, which goes
on automatically when receiver is
lifted, and vice versa .A synthe
tic olive oil, produced by a combi
nation of ail-American animal, veg
etable and mineral oils . ?Some- .
thing new in rubber bands ? one
equipped with button and button
hole ... A new electric coffee-mak
er that can be adjusted to make ex
actly the same brew every day . . .
And in the same field, an electric
toaster that times the toasting auto
matically without any ticking souftd
. . . Still another electric item ? a
plug that requires no screw driver
whatever for making the wire con
nection; the two halves of it screw
together as easily as a cap on a bot
tle, squeezing the wires into tight
connection with the terminal prongs
A fruit-iuice dispensing machine
in which you drop a nickel, select
any one of six flavors, puncture the
lid on a built-in opener, and drink
'er down ... A sunlamp bulb that
fits into ordinary house sockets and
has everything built in, special glass
for screening out undesirable rays,
reflector, and alb
More Growers Turn J
To Barley For Feed
Barley, often referred to as "Win
er corn" is becoming increasingly 1
popular as a feed grain among North
Carolina farmers, says E. C. Blair,!
extension agronomist of N. C. State
College.
This is especially true in areas
a here it is desirable to substitute
soil-conserving for row crops and
where it is necessary at the same
time to maintain the supply of feed
grains.
lite two bearded strains of barley,
Davidson and Randolph, which were
released to farmers on a trial basis ]
n 1938, have shown up exception
illy well. At the Piedmont Branch ]
Station near Statesville relatively
ligh yields have been secured.
During a nine-year test, these
wo strain* outyielded Tennessee
Vinter, the standard bearded barley
n the region, with average yields
s follows: Tennessee Winter, 33.6
iiishels to the acre; Randolph, 38
iiishels; and Davidson, 40.6 bushels,
"his represents a percentage in
rease for Davidson of 20.8.
Blair said the first hooded strains
f barley were distributed in the
all of last year. Hooded selected 23,
lamed Iredell, has produced more
;rain than has Tennessee No. 6 Hood
n seven of the nine years it has been
n nursery trials. On the basis of av
rage yields, Iredell has outyielded
Tennessee No. 6 33.4 bushels to 26.8.
The new selection will be used pri
marily as a forage barley.
In addition to their yielding abil
ity another reason for the growing
popularity of two of these barleys is
their resistance to brown loose smut
collected locally, as well as to sever
al races of black loose covered smut.
Largest
The production of baby chicks by
commercial hatcheries in June was
the largest for that month on record,
reports the U. S. Agricultural Mar
keting Service.
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