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Monday Afternoon, April 2, 1931
Watch Out For Grafters
The Elkin Tribune seems to have experi
enced an unusual amount of the trouble in
that area recently with grafters, and in a
Jointed editorial, warned their leaders to be
on the look out.
This community is not immune to such
tactics as "pulled'' in Elkin. which prompts
us to pass on the timely information of The
Tribune:
With as many opportunities as there are
nowdays to make an honest living, it is puz
zling why there are always poo-ple around
who insist on methods of "turriinu an honest
dollar" that are anything but In. nest.
A series of robberies that have occured in
Elkin arid neighboring communities recently
is proof that some people had rather risk be
ing caught stealing than to do honest work.
And now, to cap the climax, the report comes,
as contained in the last issue of this newspap
er, that someone has been busily at work
playing on the generosity of people by solicit
ing funds for an orphanage. Needless to say,
contribution dojouumd -leir $yay to the
orphanage, but into the pocket of the solicit
or. This latest outrage on the part of a low
chiseler came to light here when a number of
people reported having been approached by
a person "telling a pathetic story of the Bap
tist Orphanage at Thomasville being in dire
need of medical care," and asking for contri
butions. It so happens that the Baptist Church
supports this orphanage from funds contrib
uted by its members, and has never author
ize any person to go out and make a general
canvass.
It's just another case of someone too lazy,
or too warped in mentality to make in honest
living, seeking to live off the gullibility of
kind-hearted people. And although we have
no way of knowing, we imagine this grafter
has done pretty well at his racket.
With so many "causes" needing money
these days, everyone approached by a solicit
or should first make sure that the cause is
legitimate, and that the solicitor has proof
that he or she is actually working for the
cause represented. Otherwise, many more
dollars might go to further the health and
happiness of those working a racket.
MIRROR OF YOUR
Are most great
Answer: Usually' not In the
same sense as ordinary mortals.
The main difference Is in the great
man's attitude toward what the
' rest of us would v "realistically"
see as obstacles to the achieve
ment of our goals, but which the
gceat man manages tp Ignore or
surmount as, Beethoven, for in
stance, did his deafness. But con
fidence iased on mere wishful
-thinking will not make a man
great, and in so far as their unique
natural gifts make possible for
them what is impossible for most
of ca. great men have their own
special kind f "realism."
men "realistic"?
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3r J H I 1
Can m otter triumph ever mind?
Answer: Apparently, In Some
cases. On the theory that when
obesity is the result of neurotic
over-eating, what the person
. really craves is an emotionally
' reassuring sense of fullness,,
chemists have developed a harm-'
A Thirst For Education
The story in this newspaper last Thurs
day about five Haywood children walking
eight miles daily .to attend school almost
sounded fantastic in this day of "riders."
l et here is an actual case, right here in our
county, of youngsters, interested enough in
getting an education, that they will hike four
miles over a rocky mountain road to school,
and then trudge back down the mountain af
ter school. . '..;
Such interest as that never calls for a tru
ant officer. Such interest as that means the
children are absorbing everything offered
them and they are remembering what they
learn.
This is a remote case, we are glad to say,
and certainly not the general situation for
many Haywood children.
Their determination to get an education
should be a lesson to the thousands of stu
dents who are privileged with more advan
tages of school closer home.
The whole story would not be complete
without just tribute to Major Cecil Brown,
and her co-workers at Maple' Springs, in pro
viding a day school for the hiking students.
While we have never seen the students, we
can visualize the little 6-year-old boy as hav
ing sparkling eyes, and a speller of the "A"
quality; while the 13-year-old girls could out
spell, and out-figure many high school grad
uates. . '
After all, an education is acquiring the
knowledge one wants, and ignoring what else
is offered, because of indifference, or self
satisfaction. A Beautiful Beginning
Within a few years, this community should
be known as the dogwood center. The Rich
land Garden Club members are doing their
part in attaining such a distinction. Their
planting program, already past the 500 mark
for the season, will continue for sometime.
The state flower is beautiful, and a prolific
tree , which takes but little care once given a
.rood start in a new place to grow.
The program started by the Garden Club
shu'uld not stop with the plantings, but should
be stressed year in and year out throughout
the area.
The soil and climate here are ideal for
shrubs, and flowers of many types, and we
would do well to take advantage of this asset.
A Russian Citizen
You have undoubtedly at one time or an
other wondered what life would be under a
Communistic regime. You may have built up
lofty idcarf'of--4here beingtapltalistg', in&
everything belonging to "the people,"
No one has been able to say for sure what
life would be under the Communistic code of
laws, for the Iron Curtain, about which we
have heard so much, has been effective in
screening the unfortunate Russian-dominated
peoples from the weaknesses and pitfalls of
our outmoded, capitalistic form of .govern
ment. What we have been able to discover is what
the Russian citizen is forbidden to do:
May NOT own land;
May NOT be tried by a jury;
May NOT choose nis own job;
May NOT absent himself from work;
May NOT strike;
May NOT picket;
May NOT employ labor;
May NOT travel;
May NOT own jewelry;
May NOT ring a church bell;
May NOT be friends with one who is a for
eigner, and is forbidden freedom of speech,
freedom of assembly, freedom of religion,
and freedom of soul.
Think about that for a while, and then de
cide whether or not Communism is a boon or
a bane. Newberry, S. C, Observer.
MIND
By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist
less substance known as "mud
lose" which will fill a person's
stomach without giving him calo
ries which he does not need. It is
said that after having fooled his
sense in this way, a stout person
will "leave food on his plate." Dr.
A. J. Jonas reports that with his
patients, this method of treatment
produced weight reductions Of an
average of 2.5 per month.
Are scholarship awards
biased?
Answer: They would-seem to
be, say Drs. Irving Lorge and
Rose Kushner of Teachers Col
lege, New York. The apparent
bias does not involve' racial or
religious backgrounds, but the
subjects which the jjivers .of
awards seem to think most Im
portant The fact that more boys
than girls receive scholarships
does not mean that the boys are
brighter, but that they more often
specialize in science and mathe
matics, whereas girls are more
apt to choose the "humanities. -
Theyll Do It Every Time
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Looking BackOverThe Years
5 YEARS AGO
John Evans resigns as chief of
Hnzelwood police to accept simi
lar duties at Clyde.
the plant for Dayton Rubber Com
pany. .
Miss Grace Plott Campbell, first
lieutenant in the Army Nursing
Corps, Is ordered to report to du
ty at a base hospital in Puerto
Rica.
Ed Sims is elected president of
the Chamber of Commerce
Lt. Hobart Hyatt received honor
able discharge from the army.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Prevost en
tertain with buffet supper' as a
courtesy to Mr. and Mrs. John Al
len of Burlington, Vt.
T. N. Massie' heads Wild
Life
Group in ninth district."
10 YEARS AGO
Work starts on construction of
15 YEARS AGO
T. Troy Wyche is unanimously
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uCipby JAAES H. POU DAI LEY
ON THE RUN' This session, of
the Legislature has !U iual slim-fl
of lobbyists, tho : s- n'.i. mcn ami
ladies who are some ini" ; i erred
'war is being fought between Dr.
Harold W. Tribble, president of
wane forest college, and vanou ;
prominent members of the Vak;
Forest Alumni Association over
control of athletics at the Baptist
school.
Some of the alumni are claiming
that President Tribble has things
of greater import than athletics
which should be engaging his mind.
They are pointing for instance,
to the recent brochure on Wake
Forest's proposed move to Winston-Salem.
This shows that cost
of the new plant in the Twin City
will total $17,500,000 as compared
with an estimated cost of only $G.
000,000 when the project received
approval.
to as "the third I,' m;.'". Willi the
exception of . on!y a . handful thev'
me mudesi, krjw- h'-W..Ui behave
inemseives ami KCcr out ol the way
of legislators unless interested in
some special legislation.
They don't move a yieat deal in
the lobbies and galleries as a rule.
One thing they fear is being
singled out for recognition. Other
visitors to the Legislature love it
and a great deal of time is used
by senators and representatives in
having the chair extend the court
esies of the floor, the lobby, the
gallery, or what-have-you to dis
tinguished citizens from Podunk.
They are always distinguished,
beautiful, charming, prominent, or
honored. "I move you. Sir, that 'the
courtesy of the lobby be extended
,0 . . . " It's a good way for the
legislators to make and keen
N. C. IN RFC? Although North
Carolina swings a lot of weight in
Washington, it has somehow re
mained free of the semi-scandalous
indictments which have been
made against the administration.
On the contrary, it was Controller
General Lindsay Warren who first
told them that RFC books were in
a mess; and it was Senator Clyde
R. Hoey who first moved on the
five percenters.
Now Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company's Robert M. Hanes is be
ing considered as head of RFC.
He says he won't take it. But he
also said he wouldn't take the EC A
job in Europe. He ended un ink
friends. However, the lohbvists
don't want it
Knowing this, a legislative fi
of three or four lohbvists nhserveri
them in the east lobbv last wnrlt
He had one'of the pages take them
a tiote informing them he was eet-
ting ready to have them recogniz
ed, ihey eared nothjng for the rec
ognition, took it on the ru n ami
at last report were confining their
loubymg activities to the rooms of
the Sir Walter and the rotunda f
the Capitol.
ing the position
job with it.
- A NEW LOW-Whcn the "New
Republic", the most liberal of our
liberal publications, begins lam
basting the Fair Deal, it's time to
go home. In the latest issue of this
bright-as-tomorrow magazine, there
Is an editorial which scorches Pres
ident Harry Truman.
This came in a wock of crime
revelations, RFC inquiries, Alger
Hiss' departure for prison, and in
vestigations in other field's associ
Here is hoping
knocked in the
our Bob Hanes being given the job
of liquidating it. Liquidation
should require three or four years;
and North Carolina would receive
the credit for pulling a bad chest
nut out of the fire.
ated with our Federal Government
Meantime, inflation rode unfet
tered. Many life-long and rock-ribbed
Democrats in the Legislature ad
mit privately that only a miracle
can save the National Democratic
Party from defeat in 1952.
There has mver been a time
wnpn . 'f f' much .'needed great
confidence in our Government Yet
has there been a period in our his
tory when there was so little con
fidence in our Government?
ALUMNI OR TRIBBLE? A pri
vate but rather Important man-of-
Grateful CitizcnTGive
Restored Loot to Cods
TALLADEGA, Ala. (UP) The
vn-uius oi a series of burglaries
here shnivpH that, annM,l.ttnH
...w. aHfci-iauuil oi
a job well done when police solved
uit- caws; arrested three youths
and recovered the stolen property.
wnen the officers made the
rounds to return the loot to the
rightful owners, the victims refus
ed to accept the stolen goods.
Thpv tnlft tho nffiut n u
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a - - -..v w.wvwo ,u BCII 11
oiiu uw ine money ior a police
utmquei, . T
By Jimmy Hatlo
Oh aw Ok am? Om-
FAR lr4TO THE MEAT
couRse-iuem. dq rr
a ever night
ir.TS rnsm
elected Grand Master at a meet
ing of the Grand Council of Royal
and Select Masters of North Caro
lina in Gastonia.
Ninety-two students will receive
diplomas from local high school
in May.
Building and Loan pays $17,600
on matured stock.;
Howard Hyatt, student at McCal
lic's, is spending the spring vaca
t ion at home.
Voice
of the
People
Would you favor a mandatory 5
day jail sentence for motorists ar
rested for driving drunk?
Ben Woodard: "I think he ought
to have a year and a day on the
road and not be allowed to Own a
car in the state of North Caro
lina." Fred Edwards: "Yes."
Lester J. Stockton: "Why sure.
I'd give him life!"
Doug Bailey: "Yes, I think it
would be a good idea."
Mrs. Sam Lane: "Yes, I would."
Mrs. Jack Edwards: "Certainly."
Bookmobile
Schedule
Tuesday, April 3rd
BETHEL
Mrs. Henry Francis ....
Mrs. Wiley Franklin ...
Bithel School
John M, Rigdon
Spring Hill School ....
Ed. Blalock's Grocery
Mrs. Welch Singleton ..
Mrs. Hugh Terrell .....
. 9:10- 9:20
. 9:30- 9:45
10:00-11:15
11:30-12:00
12:30- 1:15
. 1:20- 1:40
. 2.00- 2:15
: 2:30- 2:45
Friday, April 6th
CECIL & CRUSO
Harris Store 9
Mrs. James Reeves ......10
30- 9:45
00-10:15
25-10:40
45-11:30
45-12:00
15- 1:15
30- 2:15
20- 2:35
and doing a grand
Mrs. Edgar Burnett . ..10:
Cecil School 10
Burnett's Cash Groc. ... 11:
Springdale School 12
Cruso School i:
llenson Groc 2
the RFC will h.-
head at. once, with
The Mackenzie. 2,514 miles lone
from its headwaters, is Canada's
longest river.
FALSE FRONT
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Rambling m
Bits Of Human Interest Nevvs
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Mr. Barnum, the world-renown
circus owner, once made a remark
that has become famous and just
ly so. He Said "There's a sucker
born every minute." And how well
he might have added to) that re
mark "and most of them live"'. B
reading and listening to the gam
bling investigations going on in
New York at the present time, one
can readily believe that the gullib
ility of the average public is be
yond belief. It is like the motorist
who believes he can make it safe
ly over a deep mudhole into Which
he has watched a dozen cars mire
up and have to be hauled out. It
is a terrible thing that so wonder
ful an aid as Faith can be so des
ecrated! ;'
There's no use in looking bark
when traveling this one-way
street named Life . . . you can't
return and pick up something
you left on the way.
The reference to the melted but
ter recently brought to mind an
incident which happened to yours
truly. We brought home two bottles
of milk and put them in the win
dow over night; The next day (af
ter a near-zero sudden drop) we
found the two bottles . . , com
pletely empty and with both bot
toms neatly broken as though cut
with a sharp knife. Frozen and
then thawed out before we thought
about them.
Advice is something we donate
freely but nev.-r
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MARCH OF EVENTS
Red Cross Today Faces
Enormously Vast Task
Twenty Million
Trained in First
Special fo Central Prcs
TCTASHINGTON The Red Cross is eoing on a wartime
W with a difference, because the "wartime" is different. .
drawn-out "cold" war that may turn "hot" witli trie awm
atomic bomb presents staggering problems to this agency.
Thpsp nrnhloma nro mnHp nn liphtpr bv the fact that the Rf
is a .quasi-governmental agency; expected to carry a largntj
.. . ... j.r A nmorany rail H
me national Civilian aeiena: 1"".-
any military or government atithonty iot ;
ment funds) to get the work don'
. This is what the Red Cross is faced J
Training 20 million or more m.
children in first aid, including new rears ot
vict'ms of atomic attack. ,
Training (or retraining World War irj
9n nnri nunu aides for hospital i J')'
the' civilian nursing shortage caused by fl
Organizing disaster units in wry ntm
fSTMrm emergency duty in feeding am. i -
wJmJW ior victims of war.
n..a,i.r a o.knilfi of one million i
blood rilHsrna for use by the al
.! ,., no.tnolf million llvlWtl1
pile one mlltion units of plasma. And this dor.
donations needed for civilian use or donations oi
immediate shipment to Korea.)
could tackle it if they could find some way to ''al'e
people out of their inertia." (
"We just can't get them up onto their feet am
things on which their very lives may depenu, o n
omciai very informally put it. take tN
Thft moat nhuinua wiiro rxf recruit inf VOlflntH r.i 1
aid training though schools, factories and ofrii.n"'1
empioyea Dy tne Ked Cross. v enters sr
Trained Instructors from more than 300,000 lf"';J
a ,w.wf brauicij ntu
Instructors. These teachers and foremen in tuin
am memoes to meir classes and ienow v.---
Even the smallest of school Children are bein)? t:Jin ' -
14 years of age are given, a Special "Junior " toiif
TtlA natir Otnrr,! .II..I, .nlr,lnff IK it dlfll'T
standard courses taught during World war
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instructor explained: "The radiation injuries are m
the public's imagination. But actually most of the
attack, that could be helped, would be victims w
shock." i
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THE GREATEST PIFFERENCE in the World J
the new first aid classes is the emphasis put on i- (( ,
great masses of victims perhaps 100 or more to eacn
o ucuir given in now to aetermine wnic - ta.ion. i
tion; which are able enough to walk to a first
The national Red Cross is working very closely '
Civil Defense AdministraUon in planning for i
Is being followed in every community, large and sM-
o .... . .. wranire.l. ul
u tiviuan aeiense setups re ,r
organized Chicago, for example, the Red Cross f" VA
oeen asked to Uke over the training in nrsi -
home nursing of all civil defense workers.
10 meet its semi-war needs and to keep u l uiuvi
time program as stable as possible the Red Cross
iU roster of 225,000 trained, regular volunteers, i"
Miai am insiruciors, nurses - .iji',
The Red Cross can't "draft" recruits. It must uept
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