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Thi Yancey Record Itlabllihtd J»ly, 1936 TBBNA P. POX, Bitter * Publisher , 1088 ZOKYOUNG, Associate Editor IgQJKICAN £ MOWN, Shop Manager ARCHIE BAIUW, Photographer ft Pressman PtIUSHED EVERT THURSDAY BY YANCEY rUILISHING Commit Saeend Class Postage Pali at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 7, lMi jujmßEß FORTY-FIVE SUBSCRIPTION RATES RM PER TEAR THE GOOD OLD DAYS Old timers look back with nostalgia to the good old days, when the Fourth of July was a real hoJday with parades, speakings (es pecially political, picnics, and pink lemonade, with an oc casional fight to make things eveji more exciting and, of course, flags were on dis play at almost every home. If there were any flags wav ing this Fourth (with the exception of the post office) we failed to see them though doubtless many hom es did have them ; What we are leading up to is the fail ure of the town and com munities of the county to heed the request of the Am erican Legion and Legion THE JONESES AGAIN! The Joneses must have been talking to Indianapolis builder Jack Albershardt. He says an increasing num ber of homes now need three-car garages. And only a few years ago we were all worrying about getting a chicken to go into the pot for Sunday dinner! The gentleman from In diana says that about on* of every two new home own ers needs a three-car garage and about one in 25 is able to afford it. And of course, naturally, the Joneses are in this group who can afford it, or have the credit, thus upsetting the economic sta bility of the entire neighbor hood. Os course Junior has to have a car and the Mrs., natura'ly has hers and Dad Desecrqting American Flag Must Cease A bill, making It Illegal to desecrate the American flag Is apparently bogged down in Congress with no indica tion it win be put to a vote any time soon. The bill was Introduced af ter some rights workers hauled down a flag at Cor dele, Ga.,. months ago and tearlnng It asunder. A wave of indignation swept the country and rightfully so. It was an unpatriotic act. It happened again during the Mississippi march, and even Dr. Martin Luther King criticized the Action. Marchers ye’led “these flags dos’t represent you." And they took the banners and tossed them In the dirt and dust beside the highway. An aide of Dr. King retrieved them. It was bad enough for the marchers to chant “black Auxiliary to ring the bells at 2:00 p. m. on Ju’y 4th. We are happy to report that at least one community did this. The Junior 4-H Cub of Pensacola were the little bell ringers pea’ing out 190 strokes one for each of the 190 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We cannot help wondering If a great many of the grown-ups would not like to introduce the'r children to a good o’d fashioned Fourth— even at the risk of being called “squares” or is there a "pw name for it now? The children m’ght not ret. a kick ont. of it. hut, we believe the oldsters would. wouldn’t think of giving up his. So the three-car family just has to be cons'dered. But there is another rea son, too, says Builder Albers hardt. Those who have two car garages have to leave one car on the street because the second space is taken by a col’ectton of barbecue gadgets, badminton sets, patio shalrs. garden hose, o’d tires, bicycles, fertiliser spreaders for the lawn and of course, the lawn mower, to mention Just a few. If the Joneses wou’d Just stop buying all these gad gets and get back to borrow ing from the neighbors, then this problem of what to do with the seend. or even the third car. m'ght be served. Plus, if the Joneses would Just stop buying automobiles. powder” slogans but showing a lack of respect for the flag was too much. It was a s'ap of the most disgraceful kind at the country where even today, with the disadvantag es the negro has advantages he has in no other country In the world. Dr. King said also there Is a decreasing sentiment for civil rights movements. Tramp’lng on the fag Is Just another reason for this dis interest. . The civil rights movement needs a house e’eaning to remove some of the radical elements. The sooner it comes the better. KVanwhlle, Congress shou’d see that the bl’l mak ing It a crime to desecrate the flag is passed. Then these punks who pull down Old Glory dlsret>»ctfu”y can be put where they belong— In a Jail cell. Tor vearg mr. & mrs. upright HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT BLAB about the great work Their bon is doing in college— 7oh, GERALD JuST|Yt’ / wrote us That I Be walkin' Jf l HE’S 601N6 TO J IN WITH A % V GET ANOTHER;/ DIPLOMA ANY I SENATOR 4 SAM ERVIN %SLgk * SAYS * £dpfSl». WASHINGTON This is the season of the year to meditate on the value of freedom and the virtue of responsibility. The supreme value of civilisation is free dom. The premium that we pay for freedom is Individ ual responsibility. This calls to mind that good government haa certain attributes that are as im portant today as they were more than five generations ago when freedom’s battles raged in the Carollnas and Virginia and throughout the trirteen colonies. All of Its attributes are konwn, but more than ever Americans need to reflect on sound principles that are the life blood of a well-governed nation. Good government derives its powers from the consent of the governed. Good gov ernment is government un der a written constitution, which estab’lgres a govern ment of laws and put It be— yond the control of impa tient public officials tem porary majorities, and the varying moods of public op inion. By a government of lews, I mean a government in which certain and con stant laws rather than the uncertain and inconstant wills of men govern all the • officers of government as well as the people at all times and under all circum stances. Good government esteems freedom to be civilization’s most precious value, x and knows that Thomas Hobbes spoke eternal trpth wren he said: “Freedom" is political power divided Into small fragment” Accordingly, good government divides its pow ers among different deposi tories to prevent despotism. The Constitution of the Uni ted States does this in two ways. First, it allots to the Federal Government the powers necessary to enable It to discharge its functions as a central government, and leaves to the States the pow er to regulate their Internal affairs; and second, it di IT NEVER FAILS vides the powers it vests in the Federal Government among its three departments in this manner: The power ti make law in Congress, the power to execute law in the President, and the pow er to interpret law In the Supreme Court and the in ferior Federal courts. Oood government secures to each cltlaen political, eco nomic, and religious freedom by specific rights which he is entitled to assert, even against government Itself. To this end, it guarantees to him such rights as the right to speak and worship free.y, the right to earn his liveli hood in any lawful calling, the right to acquire, use, and dispose of property, and the right to perform such acts and enter into such contracts as may be necessary to do these things. In the nature of things all government operates through the agency of men, and no government-can be better in practical operation than the men who operate it. Our system of government, properly administered, vir tually insures good govern ment. But, even this we’l nlgh perfect system will not produce good government unless two conditions are met. ' The first is that the peo ple must be eternally vigi lant, and the second Is that public officers must be faith ful to the trust reposed in them by our government of laws. One of the greatest dan gers of our day is that men seek to govern by their own notions rather than by the rules established by our gov ernment of laws. This Jeo pardizes not only good gov ernment, but the system of government of laws itself. This Is the chal’enge of our day. The seriousness of the challenge is that it Is directed against freedom in se’f. It Is a challenge that ‘ emohaslzes the indispensable need for individual respon sibility as a saving restrain. But instead of walking in with a Diploma—he walked in with This ( HOWDY, ‘FOLKS—) . —k. meet th 1 ■RSbs^ How do you own a stack of Savings Bonds when you’re older? Start young. Start small, if you want to. but start steady. The impor tant thing is to have a regular program of setting something aside every payday. So start now, start young, building up the savings that count so much later on. Buy U.S. Savings Bonds NOW PAYING 4.15% WHEN HELD TO MATURITY The U.S. Government XTBJv P*T *•' *■••• odeertieement. It it pro • fai I) °> « public tervice (i ? in ceeperotion with the Treeivry Deportment end “ The Advertiiinf Council. P)t renoire The meatballs too spic) so I \prinkled them with bicarbonate of soda!” RERDRHN
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