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LITTLE THINGS
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A little thin* to do;
And yet. the do*. r??mfniitH?rliia.
Was tiliid lilt- whole day through.
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*it- K?vr ?? lunr nuu uir ii.tuu
<>f one who loved It (much;
*r?as Just a rose -but. oh, the Joy
Thai. lay iu its soft touch.
He spoke a wogt so tenderly?
A word's a.wtje -mail thing;
And yet. it stirred a weary heart '
? ' ' To hope again, and sing.
? l*iuis Siuiling.
A CHANCE At SCHOOL
"The true university of these days
is a collection of good hooks." This
war written by Tliomas Carylye In a
tTrmer generation. lie was a careful
observer, and must have meant
what he wrote. His statement hardly
squares with out definition of a university
of any kind, true or not. We
tthink of great buildings, large bodies
of students, world-famed professors,
and teaching and learning processes
ac rkcdr best. Can we put over. ateahiu
this a few shelves of good
books and say we have a true univer
ally?
Probably tor the many who have
the privilege of going to college and
university, and who use the privilege
wisely, nothing cam be said in
favor of . "a collection of good
books' as a substitute. But there is
a chance at school for trose who can
oat enroll in a university, a chance
available hi good books. Besides the
tew years at a university does not
make a mature scholar. Education
does not end with graduation from a
university. The good books must be
aised bv those whn are "th rrmvh ml
Jege" or they wit) not progress far
... "educationally.
Ttr reading and study of good
kjoofc*, have helped many persons
uiho had but few educational advanI'aps
into a state of education of
prtiiedi they ueeii not be ashamed.
What we need Is access to good
boohs, either by owning them or going
to them in libraries. A young per
son hedd not give up the desire for
<ducution because ' conditions prevent
his going to an Institution of
higher learning. He can use good
fooohs. and (Jioeover that Carlyle was
rv?t writing out of turn when he call
vd a collection of good bookj a true
university. Wrote (Veonge MacDonald1;
"As. yon grow ready for it,
somewhere you will find- what is
needful for you in a book."?Select"When
we read the ubove, we Immediately
thought of the Kings
Soantain Public Library and the out
sstandine service it is rendering to1
tfhe citizens, of this community. For
th* year ending June 30th, a total
HE 29.296 books were circulated by
tike Library. Just think about ft, aljbom
30,000 books were read duriQg j
one year through the facilities of
(Chugs Mountain's own Public LIfenvy.
WOULDN'T IT BE FINE?
WOULDN'T Is be a One thing if
very voter in the country could cast
bis ballot as he pleased t^thout being
influenced by professional polltlrtanre
who are paid by candidates '
f? get the vote?
What sort of an election would we
ba ve. If everybody voted as he pleaset
without suggestions. directions,
?vr compulsions from some one of,
8he candidates* . .. fWlll
it ever bo possible to have
dean elections in this country?,
. Is there such a thing as a man
running on the strength of his char
eler and record?
We leave the above questions with
our readers.
Ultone is little doubt that the elections
.nowaday* go to the candidates J
wAa> can hire the moat Jitneys to car- ,
ay (ho voters to the polls, or hire ]
the most workers who bang around
Om galls to 'help' voters with their <
haJlota. j i
JW%en?ver the voter refuse* to be !
f to the questionable machlna
Pob?i then and not before wfll our
VriAe offices cease to go only to
who can afford to buy and pay
%r them.
Johnston County terraces thatt
hHM ?t>wn 'to Wspetfeza. or lespedeia
grass IfeM are? against \ the
tmj sains this past season. but
wham unr crops wwe growing, sad
gba tarracas d*r wot hawe proper out
IM, some of tbess overflowed In >
mm haaTlast Mm.
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Facts, Fun and Fancies
Jin and -Julia
The past week has been both a
ta<ppy and sad one Of course we
were delighted to have JTn home for
the week-end. But one of the hardest
things we've (Done lately was saying
"good?by" to Fat ae she left for
Ilurliugton Moi*Uy-?for good. we
I .'ear.
One ntore victory for Oogte?Henry
trails in her wuke, now.
Right after talking to Bob Hughea
Monday. Cora drove off and bad a
wreck. What U that song???"You
Ixianrc Me Breathless!" ?
Note to Charles and Ksker: You
were both wrong! We call It blond.
How about you, Jewell? ' *
Help Wanted, Male! seemed to be
the cry Saturday night when carl]
came into the drug store aaying ho
had on overflow of girls on his hands <
WftWISH
It's Betty l>ee or Jackie who holds
first place with George Mauney.
First they come from Bessemer
City, tren Ga?tonla and now from
I Shelby, just to see? Paul Stewart!
A<eordingto the old tradition,
i blondes prefer brunettes-- at least,
J. E S. seems to like Ray Francis.
Things we like to see. Shelby win
Junior Ix-gion Rii'soball games.
K M S. Hand learning new formations
? Fay playing nursemaid to
the little, cousin ?? Buddy" W. doing
his daily good deed having
band chairs ih his pony cart Bud
dy Huffman taking Colleen Campbell
to switii Nora stepping out
with a young physician More
people patronizing our public library
?i?Hal Allen furnishing Dot transportation
to Charlotte Dot Hoke
proudly displaying her new driver"s.
license ? ?A certain black Plymouth
parked In front of Margaret
Ratterree's. <
Washington snapshots .
(Cont'd from front page)
nical words -were given a white "card
Cotton farmers refusing to comply
(and continuing farming as individuals)
received red cards. No one in
Washington has explained why the
color red! was chosen.
Capitol now is wondering if
other farmers (corn, wreat, tobacco
and rice) will be. carded. And if so,
what will Papa with a federal flunk
mark, say in Dlowlmr. do to hi? ann
who comes home from school with
a flung In English?
But the card Idea continues to bo
the official fad. Governmental economists
(not House Members and Sen
ators elected by the people>- are toy
lng with some kind of carding for
all business. In other words the Departmental
Group of the Monopoly
Committee think business should be
"ontrolledi (or carded) by a program
approaching the AAA regulation. If
carried to Its ultimate conclusion. It
.ould .be that you'd ask your grocer,
before buying a pound Of sugar, tho ?
olor of his card issued from Washington.
Note: If the inference between a
pound of sugar and a Washington col
or cardi sounds far fetched. think
of this?In California, to prove that
> garngeman does business in interstate
commerce and not Just in tits
home community, labor leaders have
county tho autcs with out of state
licenses stopping at his filling station
for a little gas.
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Bert Snell, the veteran House Re
A $37,000,000,000
Mortgage
By RAYMOND P1TCAIRN
Again, news dispatches report, Washington
has Indicated that it intends
to give serious study to the problem
of our National Debt. ,
Again the American people, against
whom this debt Is billed, are hoping
that the promise will be fulfilled.
For, as the people know, this mortgage
against their future earnings has
continued to climb until it ndw tops
the $37,000,000,000 mark, and threatens
to go still higher. This; it has been
computed, means a deferred bill of
almost $300 against every man, woman
and child in the country.
For public debt, like taxes, must be
paid in the end by the men and women
who work and save. Government has
no mysterious source of funds. It gets
Its money either by taxing its citizens,
whether directly or indirectly; or by
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?? ? out ?ucm? WII ICQ KlCftlll
more taxation at a later date.
The more government borrows, the
heavier becomes the future tax burden.
And the heavier the tax burden, the
higher the cost of living, with Its merciless
toll on the pay envelope of every
worker, and the pocketbook of every
housewife.
It la this fact that makes a *37,000,300,000
bill against their future so eerl?us
a concern to all citizens. That Is
why they ask a. halt In our steadily
mounting National Debt. That Is why
they continue to demand economy in
lovemment. )
Americans, always giainas, are glad
to help all who need help. But they
appose waste in government, or elsewhere.
particularly when that waste
must be paid for out of their pockets.
What Americans demand is a reallmtion
on the part of Washington that
It it they, the people, who bear the
current costs of government, and in the
rod must pay off Its debts,
^ A debt at ecamrele
be lef|
?t4 him little more in tfc* WJT rf
miii) ? n
from hU hther;
"You will get Hiong in life, 8on, if
you always tell the truth. If yon at*
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WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE:
Kverard Logan, young borrijter,
takes a suite in the Royal
Parke Hotel when he ie detained
by a London jog. The manager
endeavors to persuade him. to
shore his suite with members of
a fancy drees ball, also detained.
After he has successfully repelled
the manager, Logan discovers
that an attractive girl has
forced Her wag into Me room.
She refuses to leave, and perevades
Mm to let Her use the
couch in the sitting room. Bp a
series of stratagems she forces
Mm to take the bed in the sitting
room Mmseif, and usurps
Me bod for Herself, tvgan knows
He is beaten and retreats to the
sitting room.
Chapter Two
Lo|ta mi stirred and ueiUd by
her admission, but be soon slipped
off into the aound sleep of the
I weary. When be awoke it was to
the spatter of water and her
whooping as shs sloshed about in
his bathtub. He lumped out of bed
and rushed to the door, shouting,
"Must you steal my bath at eight
o'clock, fre had a horrible night
and I must be In court at half-past
ten,"
"I eh ant be long," she shouted.
He grunted. "We all know what
that means!"
The waiter entered with the two
breakfasts, (shs had seen to that
SL
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8 he had pulled a dreeeing
little detail), end bowed blmeelf g
obsequiously out. C
When Logan wee attired, She bad tl
pulled a dressing robe over the
much too bis pajamas, and they o
faced each other over their breakfast
He carped at the newspaper, tl
complained about the eggs, and she "
* seemed to derive the greatest pleas- b
ure out of deriding his discomfort.
"You'd better eat something," she "
urged. "You've a long day In e
court" t<
"You know, you ? what's your
name?" h
"Leslie. What's yours." p
"Lbgan."
"1 know that, I mean your first Ji
name."
"Everard."
She made a wry face. "You don't o'
like It/' he said. "Who's asking p;
you tor And is there anything else w
you would like to know?" ' w
"Yes, are you always this wav In hi
me morning?" si
' yes, until I've had my first tt
cigarette" He started into the sitting
room to gather up the rest of "1
his apparel.
"Then I pity any woman you "j
marry." , , rl
"I shan't ever marry," he called pi
back. "Unless I can arrange that rl
divorce for you."
"Then you dont take such a ai
grave view of me?"
"You've one priceless asset," he
conceded. "I'm Insufferable In the c<
morning, but you're a perfect an- di
gel. The rarest quality In a woman.
You'd make an adorable wife." ~
"That's a rash statement," she Jj
pointed out. f?
"Not at an. We know more about hi
each other then moet people after wi
years of marriage. We're orphans Lt
of the storm, bound by Invisible n<
bonds. And dying to know more N
about each other. At least I am.
Aren't yon?" Ha paused for answer. <?
There wasn't any. He asked the
question again. Than la sudden ?
alarm, be dashed out Into the sk- JJ
ting mom. She was gone. Out Into Ji
the ban. She had disappeared.
He returned to the room. Over
the mantel she had scrawled a message,
"Thank you, Bverard" with
her lipstick. Her dress was tucked <
HtUr. jul.t at. tm
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Hts look back
Briw Kings Mountain MaraM
IwTNETIEaN YEARS AGO
JULY 24, 1919
K|. O. Milter oI Mt. Holly spent
Hkjr In toon.
I Puller McGill has returned
I oversea*.
Hjs Free tore Black at the HI Beth
Bill hin has accepted work In the
goat office
Haars Herbert and Calvin Plonk
H^erokee Palls spent Sunday
with home folks.
are a geotelman. and If you alH
thre on less than you earn."*1
?
WB to get back to cards: Insiders
I in Washington are planning 'o seek
| annul JI IUI uwiu wmu\ m
I'-. fl.l.S. * 1
w ?? > <? . n? can men add Ibis
card to hie collection of White or
Red production cards.
ItMldtlt RO? O t
LRLE ObbKUJM I
* iauRENCe oifviui ??
ie hues win itaann mam aua
MWTM WMKAM Mmil TV. MM AMHM
into his bed. She had evidentl;
gone in his pajamas. He seized the
dress, held it beforo him. Tb?
waiter entered to remove th'
dishes.
"Have you flnished with the
breakfast tray, madam?" he asked.
"Get out!" Loran shouted,
e e ' e
With an evening wrap, over the
pajamas, Leslie had fled through
the foyer of the Royal Parks to a
waiting taxi. Half an hour later
they arrived In front of her residence,
and as she hurried in she
met Jefferies, the butler, hat and
coat on going out. His Lordship
had just given Jefferies notice
again. Leslie laughed and took his
BR 1KB Rim.
"Go on back." oho nrttd. "Ht'i
probably Just lighting op bla cigar
again."
Sba ?m right. Lord ttiiU, ve-1
nerabla Justice la Temple Bar, was
already getting over tha eroebat
that bad made him giro Jefferlo*
notice. He pretended to Ignore tha
incident. Than Laalla made bar entrance.
And bla Lordship Insisted
on knowing where aba had apent
tha night
"X told you," Jefferlee pointed out
with noma Impatience. "At the
Royal Parka Hotel. Sba waa cauiV
tn the fog."
"Her mother and father are la
India. I'm raaponalble for her,
sputtered tha judge. *T find It ap
palling that my granddaughter
leaves the house at nine o'clock te
tho evening and returns at nine In
tha morning."
"Tou know very well there arc
rob* over tKo pajamas.
iris you ?n trust, and those yo? i
an't, was Jofferles' saga observe
Ion.
"Nevertheless I demand a full a?
ount."
Leslie seemed wrapped In her
loughts. "Grandpa," she spoke.
Do you happen to know a man
y the name of Kverard Logan?"
"Logan, Logan," toe repeated.
Walt a minute," toe consulted his
alendar. He will be In my court
)day."
"Splendid," sho cried. "I think
o will marnr me. What sort of a
erson Is he?"
"Did toe propose?" queried the
idge.
"Ho doesn't know yet!"
Lord Steele felt himself slightly
ver bis depth. His eye caught the
ajama leg extruding from lier
rap, and he demanded to knoyi
hat she was wearing. Leslie told
!m the whole story blithely, and
te concluded by saying, "And he
tinks I am a wicked woman."
"Nonsense," sputtered the Judge
How could he oe such a fool?" '
-well, ha did," countered Logan.
Vnd he caught grandma'* wedding
ng ? the qne you gave me for a
cscnt ? and thought X waa mared."
"He ta a blockhead!" the Judge
tnouneed with certainty.
"He la not," countered Lealle.
"If a altp of a girl and a Mng
raid deceive him, he muat be a
toot," the Judge perelated.
Laalie changed her tactic*. "Wen
>u never led down the path by a
Ip of a girl?" ahe countered. Jerri
e* lifted a hand to hla mouth to
da hla amlle. "And you now are a
lae and great Judge. 80 will
wan be. He Juat nee da time, and
> girt will be able to trick him.
ot even L" /r
"Row much time?" aaked the
dge.
"Oh, forty or fifty year*," aha
lawared airily, and at rolled off
tvlng the Judge in poeeeaslon of .
field.
(He be 00 matted)
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The ROUND-UP
By "George"
We've tried everything In wrltlut
thts column and it still manages to
get a tittle worse each week. How
ever, last week was the worst. li
happened on the spur of the moment
and a reader would have thought
that we knew no baseball rules a;
all. So this week we go back to the
old "Dukes-Mixture." And here goes,
Col has one very enthusiastic sup
porter ? namely, "Speedy." Hiey
say. that 'Speedy' worked himself into
a sweat trying to get Col elected
as beauty queeta at the tee cream
euppr Saturday night
Who Is Reichers red-headedtfriend
.... ? Pansy Fulton is realy interested
in tT C. K.?and that's not a wttn
surmise....! Gloria's boy-friend out
tatnly has a personality which women
can't resist.... He talked Mrs.
Ctash Into letting his party (including
Col, her fricud, Gloria and tathnself)
see a half hour of the picture
Sat-nite, on the house "Gin"
dropped In rather unexpectedly Sat
urday after telling ue that she didn't
think she could make it You
| probably know that "Sowce" came to
I town Saturday night Aside to
Julia: Margaret R. wants to know
what that reward Is and who's supposed'
to pay.... Some of the Charryville
lads are really interested In
Dot !
Stuff: If you haven't read the an
tlclo "They See With Their Ears'
in Colliers for Julv 23. vnu'vs
something It reveals the fact
that Raymond Scott (the Quintet
man) Is Murk Waroow's brother. Al
so a lot of other Interesting faots a-1
bout Scott's music.... Lost: white
"slouch" cap witr white visor
finders please return and 110 questions
will be asked). (We know how
it got lost.) ..
Lagniappe: We wonder Just how
nrainy broken hearts Pat's departure
caused .... that after all. was a coun
ty-wide catastrophe ......... These
peasant dresses are the stuff .. even
tho, as C. A. Paul declares, they do
add a few inches to spots.
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Everybody So Tired I"
> Ashe County fanners pooled 2,648
pounds of wool live other day and
sold It for 1619.29. Clear wool brought
25 cents a pound> and reject wool
20 cents.
, R. C. Howell, of Yancey CountY.
' reports that triple superphosphate
has done a lot to improve his cropland
and check erosion by making
legumes and asture grow more luxuriantly.
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One hundred and twenty two . Insane
persona were confined ta 84
. N. C. Jails durlg May, 1938. ,t<*
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Do you feel tense, and keyed ?pl
u? the cere of the home and
children, the obligation of aocial
or community life, the worry of
finances, 'get on your nerves"?
"NERVES"
_May spell the difference between
happiness and misery for
you and your family,
t *?, ??u S.n Nervous, Sleepless.
utiuipie, nesriess, it may b? due
[ to an overwrought nervous coriS*U?,i.
X* so. you win find Dr.
MUee Nervine a reel help.
Toor Druggist has Dr. Miles
Nerviite both Liquid sad Effervescent
Tablets.
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