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The Madison Messenger T. J. ROBERTSON, Editor and Owner Subscription: $1.50 Per Year MADISON, N. C., FEBRUARY 11, 1932 The public schools of these United States constitute the last instiution which should be crippled by enforced economies, and campaigns for a reduction of expenditures in this tax consuming department should be limited to a demand for increased efficiency, rather than a sharp reduction in scope. The political.pot has begun to simmer and we learn that there be many who feel the urge of the call, from President down to the very low est office. In Rockingham many are feeling the pulse of the “deer peepul" as to who they want to aspire for the various offices. Some would be candidates are already a-fieid and asking for votes, while others are on the brink ->f the political pool, ready, on the least encourage ment, to take the plunge. Their hats and bonnets are poised ready to be thrown in the ring. President Hoover saved o'fd man Andy Mel lon’s scalp by appointing him as embassador to the Court of St. James. An effort was being made to, impeach him. while he was secretary of the treasury, but when Hoover “kicked him upstairs” this automatically stopped the pro ceedings. It is a mooted question as to whether or not Mellon is the proper man for the place, but it is pointed out that he is a millionaire arid will lend dignity to office. He certainly has the “ability” to supply the cash, but whether or not he has the ability to til? the-position other wise, remains to. be seen. But, it must be 're membered that Herbert knows how to look af ter his own. Now that Governor Gardner has pardoned ex-banker Brewer, he should not find it hard to extend the esame “courtesy” to those poor devils, both white and colored who have taken a few things that did hot belong to'them , in order to stave off starvation. But the latter did not engage in “high finance,” hence they will stand a poor show when it comes to dealing out “executive clemency.” They should have played for bigger stakes in order to have re ceived favorable attention, in the way of en listing the sympathies of a lot of influentia friends. It‘s a disgrace to steal a chicken oi something to keep soul and body together, bui - when it comes to handling other people’s mon ey in a careless manner—why that puts crime on a highor plane, and makes vthe one guilty worthy of executive clemency. TRIALS OF PROPERTY OWNERS Hard times have forced landlords to reduce rents, make repairs and offer inducements to desirable tenants. Millions of dollars worth of property is assessed beyortd all reason, while inceme on property .has shrunk at least 25 per cent. Rent dodgers are more numerous now than ever. People can’t or won’t pay, making it necessary for the owmers of the property to borrow money to meet their taxes which are excessive. Many home owners find it impossible to pay their high taxes. Their taxes take more of their incomes than do the necessities of life. Its time for the politicians to halt the ever-in creasing tax burden on the fellow who owns a little property. DAWES TO START THAW’S Charles G. Dawes has been chosen by Presi dent Hoover to head the two billion dollar re eonstruction finance corporation designed to assist banks, railroads and other key interests which have been partly paralyzed by the condi tioh of frozen assets. In other words, it will be Dawes’ job to start the thaws. The choice of Dawes for this big job is gen erally acclaimed as being a happy one. He un derstands financial matters and has had plenty of experience in gigantic tasks of this kind. When this corporation gets into operation great things are expected of it. This plan may be the lever which will start to roll away the depression, for what we need in America is more confidence and the putting to work of the dollars that are now idle. Idle dollars in this country are tremendously more numerous than idle men. Let us hope that all will soon be at work. PRESS ON Let’s take the "de” and “i” out of depression. It leaves “press on”. It takes nerve—but what is nerve? Nerve is that which enables a person to hang on and die in the last ditch or win out. It is undertaking more than ordinary things; it is taking big risks on one’s own ability; it is holding the fort against all comers. It is setting your standard twice as high as your associates would set it for you, and then reaching it. It is taking chances that are not chances—to ordinary people the risk would be enormous; but the man of nerve is not even taking chances because he knows he can carry the thing through and doesn’t allow himself to become side-tracked or even annoyed by people who say: “It dan’t be done.” Nerve consists not only in undertaking a hard task, but in ev erlating and unflinchingly sticking to it. That is the truest test of nerve. It is nerve that gives os our steamboats and Atlantic cables, that belts our continents with railroads, and brings us music for a thousands miles. Nerve is that which enables one to calmly face an unpleas ant condition when duty requires it. AL SMITH SAYS HIS SAY And so, according to promise. A1 Smith, who led the Democratic hosts to an inglorious de 1 feat in 1928, has issued his statement. Those i who have studied the man and his methods | were neither disappointed nor surprised. He says that he will accept the nomination if it is tendered him, but will make np effort to cap ture delegates to the National convention. This means that New York will be divided, for Smith has many followers in that State, and so has Roosevelt. It also means that there will be many “favorite sons” in the field, and this means many ballots. Smith realizes this and thus hopes to land as a dark horse. No one will be surprised to see the scene of the 1924 convention re-enacted. We are told that our Republican friends, who had been rather blue during the past several months, are greatly heartened by Smith’s attitude, for their only hope is another rift in the circles of the Democratic party, and it begins to look like Smith has started the riffle that tjrav terminate into a heavy swell. If he cannot land the job he will keep the other fellow from landing it— doing the dog in the hay manger act. That's Smith and Raskob. KEEP YOUR MONEY MOVING One of the reasons why four million people are out of work in the United States—in fact, almost the only reason—is that too many peo ple who have money have stopped spending it. It is estimated that a thousand million dollars has been taken out- of circulation, out of the banks, and hidden away safely in deposit boxes and mattresses by people who are almost paral yzed with fear that they are going to lose what they have accumulated. In the ordinary course of business every dollar changes hands seventeen times a year. To take a billion dollars out of circulation means a loss Of seventeen billion dollars'of bus iness that, the experts say, is a large enough sum to keep four million persons at work. There are much safer things to do with money than to hide it. Money is not of the , slightest value except to speyM? Hidden away it earns nothing. This is n/Jta time for hoard ing money. Until most of tfns kept money be gins to work again, we are going to continue to have hard times. Those with cash should first pay their debts and then buy the things they need. None should be wasted. As soon as this hoarded money gets to work prosperity will | come back almost instantly.^^ ; ’ . - FOR THE FARMER TO DECIDE It's up to the farmer to decide what the na tional agricultural policy shall be for the next decade. He has had a taste of almost every type of economic cure-all. The period of ex 1 perimentation is about over. A stabilized farm policy would seem to be about due. Secretary Hyde sums up the whole situation in a document which is regarded in Washing ton as the final word in clearing up muddled thinking on farm problems—a carefully phras ed article published by The Country Home un i der the secretary’s signature. Interpreted, the main thing about Mr. Hyde’s article is that the administration has decided to stop retreating and squirming, and to defend its agricultural policy forthrightly, largely by means of a head long attack upon detractors. Hyde, the orator of the Cabinet, strikes the keynote of this aggressive defense policy, ad dressing' the farmers of the nation in a vehe ment resume of the Hoover administration’s agricultural achievements and policies. The article of course is the first gun in the year’s political campaign, and is an indication that farm questions will rank among the first two or three throughout the electoral fight. The administration stand, in essence, is that ! of championing the farmer “not alone on the safe and comfortable side of reduced costs of production, but on the tempestuous side of price.” Secretary Hyde says proudly: “This is the first administration to have done this, and it amounts basically to getting agriculture recognized as a partner, not a servant, in the house of civilization. The administration has turned from sentimental double standards of; progress, has sought to stop overproduction rather than to doctor merely the symptoms of the trouble, and has moved to organize Ameri | con agriculture powerfully so that it can meet | economic problems on economic grounds.” The aim of the Farm Board activities is | stated as "not to put the Government in busi j ness, but to put the farmer in business—to set up great cooperative institutions which shall serve agriculture in the same way as the United States Steel Corporation has served for steel, Standard Oil for oil, and the Federal Re | serve for finance.” ! Taxes, Mr. Hyde suggests, “should be raised i from wider units with a readjustment of bur dens away from’ farm property.” On the tariff, Mr. Hyde insists on protection for farmers in a significant paragraph which makes a partial admission as to the shifting popularity of a pro tective tariff among Republicans: “Now that industry, well established, is beginning to call for free trade,” he remarks, “agriculture should doubly insist upon relief from invasion. Ad vocates of lower tariffs would make the Amer ican farmer manage to live on the same basis as the cheapest producer on the cheapest land i of any country in the world.” JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER -BY CARL GOERCH “Call the next witness,” in structed Judge Frank Daniels, who was presiding over the January term of Superior court in Beaufort county. “The next witness, please.” “Praise Lee!"called Attorney Clay Carter. “Coming!” sounded a voice from among the spectators, in the crowded court room. A white man, 25 years old or there abouts, shoved his way to the front and took his seat in the witness chair. “Your name?” inquired the stenographer. “Praise Lee,” replied the wit ness. Solicitor Herbert Leary turn ed to Attorney Sam Blount, who was sitting by his side. "What did he say his name was?” whispered Mr. Leary. “Praise Lee,” replied Sam. “Rather unusual name. How in the world did he ever get it?” “His father gave it to him.” “Why?” “Well, you see, eleven girls had been born in the Lee house hold. When the twelfth infant arrived, the happy father shout ed with joy ‘Praise God, it’s a boy! Praise God it’s a boy!’ So they decided that Praise God would be a fine name for the young man, and that’s the name they gave him. He has dropped part of it, but his right name is Praise God Lee.” A few similes: As genial, as Josephus Dan iels. As austere as Wilton Mac Lean. As bombastic as Cameron Morrison. < As hard-boiled as Judge Sin clair. As rustic as Dick Fountain. As mysterious as Albert Cox. As shy as Dennis Brummitt. As well informed as Dr. Po teat, the elder. . As jovial as Dr. E. L. Brooks. As Chesterfieldian as Sher wood Upchurch. As discontented as Frank D. Grist. As interesting as Frank Gra ham. As quick-minded as Hallet S. Ward. As eloquent as Clyde Hoey. As rotund as Charles L. Ab ernethy. I’m the bright member of our family; the one who’s always saying the snappy, witty things, r The other evening **iy wife an^ I were attending a social gath ering and I was called upon to say a few words. Sort of an extemporaneous speech. I told about meeting my wife for the first time down in Tex as. That’s her native state. “It’s a wild and wooly section of the country,” I explained to the attentive audience. “I’m kind of ashamed to say it, but before I married her, my wife had had only one pair of shoes in her life.” “And I’m still having to wear the same pair,” she spoke up from her seat at my side. Did that end the bright and witty saying for the evening? It did, so far as I was concern ed. The audience howled with glee. Every time I tried to open mv mouth, they’d howl some more. I finally, had to sit down and couldn’t say an other word during the progress of the occasion. I’ve never been so completely squelched in all my life. “Gimmie a nickle mister!” It was a rather timid little voice. 1 Was walking along Fay etteville street in Raleigh. Look ing down I observed a young ster about ten years old. As a rule, I don’t give money to beggars like that. “I haven’t got a nickle,,” I replied. “Give me a penny mister.” “I haven’t got a penny.” “Well, then,” continued the kid, “give me a smile.” I grinned despite myself. And then, like a chump, dug down into mv pocket and gave him a j quarter. It’s rather strange how dif ferent folks can remind you of different kind of dogs. I never think of Sherwood Brockwell that Idon’t think of a water spaniel. Ted Johnson, district governor of Rotary, reminds me of a great dane; Tom Bost, a fox terrier; Col. Fred Old, a Scotch terrier; Max Gardner, a German police; Josh Horne, president State Press Associa tion,a bull dog. and Dr. Dave Taylor, Sr., a mastiff. MRS. LETTIE VIOLA AMOS On February 2d the death angel visited Uncle Moil's home and took from us a dear wife and a loving mother. She was the daughter of W. J. Hawkins. Born March 9th,1002; died February 2d, 1932, making her stay on this earth 29 years, 10 months and 23 days. She was married to Willie Moir Amos October 15th, 1931. There is left to mourn - her a hus band, one little daughter, Lo rene, and a precious little in fant son,a father, W. J. Haw kins, and a step-mother, Mrs. W. J. Hawkins, one brother. Powell Hawkins, one half-sis ter, Mrs. Eunice Mitchell, all of Sandy Ridge, besides a host of relatives and friends—for to know her was to love her. She loved her home and her little family. She said all she minded dying was leaving little Lorene. All that loving hands, and kind friends could do was done but a pearly gate was opened wide, a gentle voice said come, and with all my heart I i believe she is in heaven Where God will wipe away all tears from her eyes, and if anybody has ever viewed heaven on earth, 1 believe she did. Al though it is hard to give her up we feel that our loss is heaven’s j gain. But now she is happy—-she has no pain and sorrows to bear and all her sufferings are over and I feel like tonight she is waiting in glory for us. It seems that the loss is more than I can bear—she was as dear to me as a sister. While | she was sick I would go over there and she would talk about j what all she was going to dc ■ when she got well. But the Lord I had a place for her and she has gone to her reward. She can not come back to us but we can go to her. and I have a sweet hope in my Savior that I will meet her some day and never be separated from her again. Uncle Moil-, Aunt Lettie, is wait ing in glory Jor us. Funeral services were con ; ducted by her pastor, Rev. J. A. Joyce at the Oak Ridge Bap j tist Church, w'here she had been a faithful member for 17 years. MARIE JOYCE. SOCIAL ITEMS The Dolly Madison Book club met in regular session on Tues day afternoon, February 2, with Mrs. C. L. Martin as charming hostess, After the club collect and song, the roll call was next in order, after which the min- : utes of the last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Guy H, Simpson, president, was in the chair and presided over a short business session, after which Mrs. Robert Labberton j had charge of the program. The I first number on the program was a paper very ably present- ' ed by Mrs. J. C. Lassiter on the life of Thomas Jefferson. Mrs. Tatum Lauten also presented a most interesting paper on Corra Harris. Two musical numbers were given.bv Miss Luna Tay lor and Mrs. W. H. Gentry. Mrs. Tunie Martin assisted the host- j ess in serving a most delicious ; course of refreshments. Opening with the singing of j “America,” one of the largest audiences of the P.-T. A. met I Tuesday evening in the school auditorium to celebrate Wash ington’s birthday and also Founder’s Dav of the society. Shis evening session drew any fathers also. I "* Occupying the stage were ! Mrs. Alice Cardwell Hughes, Mrs. Tatum Lauten, Miss Mary ! Ruffin Robertson, Walter Byer ! ly and Rev. W. H. Willis, j The president, Mrs. Hughes j gave a resume of the hot lunch ' and dinner program effective for 35 undernourished school children. Some town homes are | dining one or two children and several citizens have contrib uted the $2.00 per month for j other extra school dinners. Mrs. Tatum Lauten read a paper on general apreciation Of the society, paying especial tri bute to its founders, and after reading she was mistress of the remaining ceremonies. Walter Byerly of the board soke briefly, extoling Mrs. Hughes’ work in “going all the .time in school interests.” Mary Ruffin Robertson, sen 1 ior, gave a lengthy and well spoke briefly, extoling Mrs. ington’s Character. Rev. W. H. Willis followed with an ex 1 ortation to measure the next j presidential candidates strictly for character as was George ‘ Washington. Several musical features en i livened the intervals. A quar tette of piano, saxaphone and two violins, personnel, John i Oscar Busiek, Jr., Jerry Gen try, Bob Moffett and Janie Mof fet, gave three selections. Nine Which would ! you rather buy A little Black Box" , or Guaranteed „ Battery Service Most batteries look much alike ... “a little black box”. But is that all you are buying? Per formance is the answer. Unless the service is dependable all year through, you lose. We are prepared to protect you . . . with every GLOBE quality battery we give you a positive, printed GUARANTEE. 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