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= A Thought For The Day
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=Bo the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth
e mouth—Job 5:16.
m-.-&!l avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man;
"o make no effort to escape it is indeed aisgraceful.—
. Thucydides,
| CATTON'S COMMENT
FER A
One’ of the troubles with the relief situation is
that -it won’t stay -»ut. Is figures slide around like
“a globule of mercucy on a glass plate, and about all
yvou can say of tlhem is that they never act as you
expect them to.
For instance: Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins
Lannounces that the current ‘work relief program has
finally reached its goal by putting some 3,600_000
““men to work. You would naturally suppose that
. this would immediatey be reflected by a sharp drop
dn the relief rolls,
- In some localities there has been a drop—one of
:Eixhtly less than 10 per cent, for the country’s large
cities as a group. But in many places the decline
_has been far smaller than that, and in 27 cities the
“elief load has actuaily Increased.
o Nor is that the only gueer thing about it!
. Rough estimates put the total number of unem
_ployed in Septemeber when the work relief program
“pegan to pick up spted at 11 000,000, Yet during
“Beptember there were somewhat fewer than 4,000,000
~©on the relief rolls,
' Unemployment at its peak in this country is be
“lieved to have gone as high as 15,000 000—yet the
_ relief rolls, at thelr peak, carried only 5,466 000 cases.
545 She relief load, in otheh words has not at any time
ded as many as half of the number of people
out of work. That obviously means that most un
“employed people subsist on savings or rely on the
“Help of relatives, without applying for government
~aid at all, - .
/. And that, in turn, helps to explain why the relief
“¥alls are not shrinking today as fast as we might
_expect. The WPA program sis going at top speed
rand business and industry generally are providing
_more jobs than at any other time in the last four
; yet the numbers on relief diminish only a lit
md in some cities do not diminish at all,
#¢ Relief apparently is a rotating affair, A great
Smany of the people now going on relief must be
~people who have utterly exhausted their resources
“through long months and years of unemployment.
' They are people who staved off the necessity .of
= ing for charity as long ag it was humanly possi
~ble. Now, just when things are looking up again
Wy come to the end of their string.
%.. All this seems to show that the business of re
%:t is apt to be with us longer than we ordinarily
“wexpect. There is a lag in it somewhere, due to the
{fact that more than half of the unemployed have
«gonsistently got along without asking anyone for
“All our talk about the need for ending the dole
. 't alter this fact. -
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West Point Under Fire
= A congressman has just been brought to trial and
fiuvmmd of having offered an appointmert to West
wPoint in return for payment of SIOOO. The offer was
g.m to have been made to a star athlete; and one
wdnteresting part of the case lies in a statement by
%:teme attorney.
oo lis lawyer asserted that the appointment was
wanade available to please a number of high army
“officers who were interested in seeing a football star
t to the military academy. ‘“The idea ”he said,
4 that he was a football man going to the mili
- y academy to help out the fcotball team.”
.~ This, it seems to us_is almost as grave a matter
;3& the congressman’g shakedown, The country main
#«tains the academy to provide its army with leaders
%sand it wants the best leaders it can get.
posing young men to West Point “ to help out
&flim footbal, team” is a direct and flagrant perver
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|tg on of the xgason for the academy’s existence
L rond -
= France Gefs a Warning
ws The Dritish government has*-pledged itself anew
“%o make the League of Nations an 'effective force
r peace, following the Hoare peace plan -fiasco; and
n this pledge it is worth noticing that thére. ig a
ficect challenge to France, pat
™ “If,” says Stanley Baldwin ‘“we find ourselves
§t&ndlng alone to do what ought to have been done
y everybody, the country will say this is the last
“time we allow the government to commit itself re-
SEarding collective security.”
wupdßciled down this simply means that it Italy at
wdacks England because of the oil sanctions, Francs
had better come to England's aid—because, if she
does not England will be very busy somewhere else
if and when Herr Hitler dscides to even scoreg with
-the French. e
. It is probable that the French will find the warn
&ing too pointed to be ignored.
* The U. S. Coast Guard was started as the “Reve
..nue Cutter Service” in 1790, and is now 145 years old
ot Man’s sense of hearing is as good ag that of ani
* mals and better in some ranges, tests show.
e et i e
. Birds of prey wear feathered pantaloons, which
.. Serve to confuse the victim at which the bird is
¢« Striking with itg feet,
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"’ The sturgeon is known as the royal fish, because
.. Bince the time of King Edward 11, the reigning king
=of England may claim any sturgeon caught.
. The hog-nosed snake shams death by faking a death
i,scene and then rolling over on jts back. If it is
‘_»tnmed over on its stomach it quickly turns on its
. back again.
'é“z:; A wmedical censug at Enfield PEnglani, showed
that 50 per cent of the 549 pupils attending the
< Wealthier schools were ‘below par,” while only 25
per cent of the 332 poorer chndren examined received
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS
The year 1936 will be a hectic political
year, from the election of a president of
the United States on down the line of fed
eral, state, county and municipal offices.
There has been much interest shown on
the part of the people as to the qualifica
tions of voters. Those who have paid all
poll taxes, including the poll tax of 1935,
will be eligible to vote in any of the pri
maries or general elections held during
the year 1936. Those becominy of age
in ‘1636, prior to the general election in
November, by registering on or before
May 3rd, 1936, will become eligible to
vote in all primaries and general elections,
Females who have ncver registcred can
do so without the payment of the 1936
poll tax, but after this year, they will be
suhject to a poll tax, which is one dollar,
if they vote in future elections, i
In a number of counties in Georgia,
county executive comniiftees have called
primaries for the nomination of county of
ficers prior to May 3rd, 1936. In such
cases, the Attorney General of Georgia
has ruled that such primaries or elections
may be held, but that the registrars must
keep the registration hooks open until
that date and file with the Clerk of the
Superior Court z supplementa] volers list.
The rulings of the Attorney General
relating to such cases are as follows:
“Before offering to vote in any county
or other primary held before May 3rd,
1936, to nominate candidates for the gen
eral election in 1936 all past due poll tax
es, if any, including poll taxes for 1935,
must have been paid. In addition, the
person offering to vote must also Gave
been duly registered as provided by law
and his or her name must appear on the
voters’ list prepared by the Board of Reg
istrars and filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court. A voter must be
thus gqualified to vote in the general elec
tion for which candidates are being nom
inated before he or she can vote in any
primary to nominate candidates for the
general election.
“In any primary held before May 3rd,
1936, the Board of Registrars may at any
time file supplemental voters lists in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior Court
giving the names of voters not on the reg
ular voters list that have aqualified to vote,
and when a copy of the same has been
furrished to the election managers, such
persons then may vote.”
In this county, it is likely that a pri
mary for the nomination of county offi
cers will be held early in the spring. Usu
ally this primary is held at an earlier date
than the state primary which cannot be
held earlier than about the middle of
September. The presidential preferential
primary, the date of which will be fixed
by the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee, will likely be held early in March.
The voters of Athens and Clarke county
will be treated with a variety of elections
this year with numerous candidates from
whom to select their choice,
GETTING HIS JUST DESSERT
The self-imposed kidnaping by Caleb
J. Milne, 4th, was an unusual case. The
young man was stage-stiuck, broke and
framed a kidnaping scheme which came
near working. His alleged purpose was
to get money and notoriety, Hi« grand
father is a wealthy man and devoted to
his grandsen. The young man decided to
get spending money easily, so he kidnaped
iimself and wrote a letter demanding a
ransom cf $20,000. In order to convince
hig relatives that he was really kidnaped,
along with the letter, he sent his watch
home, which he hoped would be convinc
ing evidence that he was in the hands of
kidnapers. His schemes carie near work
ing, but G-men were too smart for him.
They suspicioned a frdme-up and when
questioned closely, the young man broke
down and admitted that the attempted
kidnaping was of his own making. Now
the young man is in jail awaiting a trial
on the charge of using the United States
mails for the purpose of defrauding. He
should be dealt with severely and punish
ed in keeping with the crime.
Kidnaping had grown to be a profitable
industry until congress enacted what is
known as the Lindbergh bill or law—then
the Department of Justice in Washington
took a hand in the enforcement of the law
and since that time, few kidnapers are
now at large. The young man should be
made an example of and sentenced for a
term of years to be served in prison.
TOWNSEND'S OLD-AGE PENSION BILL
While we feel that the proposed Town
'W‘gd old-age pension bill is impractical,
ye it‘is remarkable the following that has
been chegted for its support in both
branches of*econgress. The amount of
S2OO to be pthhly to those over 60
years of age wou mGrupt the nation,
unless some feasable plar can be found
to increase the.revenues of the govern
ment., .
We believe in the old-age pension sys
tem, and hope that some way can be found
whereby the aged can receive a stipulated
sum monthly, sufficient to support those
eligible for the pension, However, an
unreasonable amount would defeat the
purpose of the plan and prevent future
legislative action that might bring the de
sired results.
We are of the opinion that when the
bill is introduced in congress, amendments
will be made to it that will enable its
friends to agree and cause to be enacted
such a measure as will relieve the pres
ent situation and provide for those who
are dependants. S
The last religious census taken in the
United States proved that the country was
nearly “half religious”. Figures showed
that approximately 54,576,350 persons, or
44 per cent of the total population, were
churchgoers, |
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’ by Man: Reymond
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Against the wishes of her
grandmother, aristocratic Mrs.
Willard Cameron, Dana West
brook marries a struggling
physician, Dr. Scott Stanley.
Before her marriage, she had
broken with wealthy Ronald
Mcars, Dana’s half-sister,
Nancy, is in love with Ronald
but hides it behind an antag-:
onistic attitude.
Both Mrs. Cameron and
Paula Long, who has loved
Scott for years, hope the mar
riage will go on the rocks.
Paula, patient of Scofit's,
is alwd ca'ling him, and,
managiny to see him at par
ties. Dana has become aware
of Paula’s infatuation. Scotty
deeply in love with his wife, is
uncomfortable over the situa
tion.
One stormy night Paula’s
housekeeper calls Scott -and
tells him Paula is ill. He gofi?”
to see her. He stays away al
night, and Dana, not know
ing Paula has attempted sui
cide, calls a cab and goes to
her grandmother. Mrs. Cam
eron determines to do all she
can to make the separation
permanent.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Scott awoke at noon to a full
and complete realization of the
catastrophic events of the night
before. Within the last 12 hours
a girl had tried to kill herself and
him. Seven hours had elasped and
Dana had not telephoned.
Scott picked up the crumpled
note lying near his pillow., e
118 t have gone to sleep with it in
his hand. He read it again, grim
ly and Dbitterly.
In the cold, reasoning light of
day the words had sounded worse
than they had a few hours ear
lier. They had a calculating ring,
“I'm going while I can leave with
some dignity.”
What «id she mean by that?
Was she ashamed of being poor
and having to skimp and retrench
when all her friends lived so dif
ferently? That must be what she
meant. What was really_in her
heart must have come out in that
damned silly note. She had seiz
ed upon the pretext of his going
out last night, and had rushed
home to her grandmother.
“Don’t ask me to come back,
Scott, because I don’'t want to.”
He reread the words, his anger
growing momentarily. Dana
didn’t want to come back to him.
She had not written that note in
an emotional outbreak, but cold
ly calculatingly. Well, he wouldn't
ask her to come back. Not until
she had suffered plenty for mak
ing him suffer as she had. Not
until she had made some move
toward reconciliation.
~ All of their friends probably
knew by this time that Dana had
left WPm. If ithey Were pitying
him they could Kkeep their pity.
He didn't want it.
The longing to see Dana, to
shake some sense into her stupid
head, and then to feel her soft
lips against his, seeking forgive
ness, was setting him crazy. He
caught a glimpse of his face as
he passed a mirror. It was easy
to see why men cracked up When
women played such tricks on
them. And Dana had pretended
that all she wanted was his love.
Like hell she did!
The telephone rang and he
raced for it, feeling a surg= 7
pure relief. But it was not Dana's
voice that came to him; it war
Miss Paine at the office, asking if
he coud comg down immediate
ly. There was work to be done
work that could not wait. .
Miss Pane told him, as soon as
he reached the office that Dr.
Osborne had called and wanted
to see him, {
Scott found the older man sit
ting at his desk, his arm in a
sling. Dr. Osborne said abrupt
ly, “Stanley, I'm out for a while
as you can see. Slipped on some€
damn steps. This sprained arm
is going to put me out of com
mission as far as operating is
concerned. for some time.”
“I'm sorry to hear it, sir., When
did it happen?”
“Early this morning. The worst
of it is there’s a ticklish opear
tion somebody's got to perform.”
Scott sat down. A ticklish ope
eration somebody' had to perform,
Dana had left him. She’d gone
back to her grandmother after
ariting something nonsensical
about dignity.
‘He brought his wandering at-
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A sruroy old philosopher once remarked, “There is nothing new under the
sun except babies.”” In that same phrase, it seems to me, he tried to tell us that the
worries, the trials, the problems which confront us in the daily round of life—new though
they may be to us—are indeed old problems which men before us have met and overcome.
As we turn to a New Year in our chronicle of time, this should be a heartening
thought, “What man hath done, man can do.”” Indeed, for us in a country rich in natural
resources, the solution should be easier—provided, we all pull together.
Ne one is more conscious of his responsibility in the work of furthering fun
damental prosperity than the sound-thinking banker. Within our bank the subject
is before every officer and many hours are spent in earnest study of methods
whereby the utmost co-operation can be given to this end.
Thus it is that I presume to say to each business man, to each employer and em
ployee, “In every way tending toward improved conditions, you can count to the fullest
extent on co-operation from the Citizens & Southern National Bank to the end that 1936
may be for all of us
A Happy and Prosperous New Year” @
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tention back to find the older
man regarding him anxiously.
“You're not looking so fit your
self, Stanley.”
,“I was out late last night. Had
an emergency call.”
“That's bad.” Dr. Osborne
was tapping the edge of his ma
hogany desk with a nervous
hand. “You see, Stanley, I had
made up my mind to ask you to
perform this operation for me.”
Scott’s pulse leaped. It was the
professional instinet, savoring op
portunity and Dbattle. “I'd be
happy to do it.”
‘“Are you sure you're up to it?
As a matter of fact, I hyve al
ready recommended you to these
people, who are perfectly willing
to put the case in your hands.
It's a ticklish job, though.”
Scott asked quickly. “What's
the operation ™
“A boy, fine young son of a
friend of mine, shot himself ac
cidently while hunting. The bul
let lodged. It's within a fraction
of the heart. A man who didn’t
know exactly what he was doing
and didn't work with the utmost
surgical precision — well, you
know, the bullet might just as
well have knocked off the young
ster.”
¢ ‘Where is the boy?”
“They are bringing him by
plane. If you feel you want to
tackle it, go ahead. But if you
have any doubt of your fitness to
day, be honest with me.,”
“Mi-do .7 Scott sald. 'Tm
all right. Don’t worry.”
That reservoir of vitality which
could always be tapped for emer
gencies already was giving him
new strength.
Dr. Osborne, watching Scott,
saw the somber, strained look
drop from his face and the calm
professional mask take its place.
He nodded with satisfaction, “Go
on out to St. Armand’s. The boy
will be there in half an hour.
Miss Paine related the story
to an eager listener. “It was
exciting, Edith. First about Dr,
Osborne having the accident, and
then the news that they were
bringing the little fellow home in
a plane.
“And the most exciting thing
bf all was when Dr. Stanley walk
ed in, white as a ghost. He look
ed as though he didn’'t know or
care where he was going. 1
thought that if I ever saw a hor
rible hangover, he had it.
“I felt so sorry for him, having
an opportunity like that and hav
ing to pass it up. But when he
came out of Dr. Osborne’s office,
he didn’t look like the same man.
His voice was steady and he said,
'Get St. Almond’s on the phone
and tell them to get an operating
room ready for an emergency.’
“ llt's ready now,’ I told him.
‘Dr. Osborne took care of that.’
“Then he dashed off. He still
looked white and worried, but
different, somehow.”
There was the smell of ether
iln -the spotless, - white-walled
room. Nurses moved swiftly,
Isoundlessly. Grave eyes stared at
Scott’'s hands as he worked.
There was that ugly bit of lead
lodged in some fatty tissue. So
elose, so perilously close to that
throbbing, pulsing oval. One slip
of the knife, one fraction of an
inch closes as his instrument mov
ed toward the deadly leaden bit,
|and it would be all over for the
slim, blond-haired younster whose
'life had been entrusted to Scott's
hands.
Strange, that one coud go about
‘such business with unemotional
detachment, Scott felt the ten
sion Ilift, It was that psychologi
cal moment when the worst of a
critical operation is over.
The rest was simply a matter of
tieing up the job, retracing steps
with sure, steady fingers. It had
been a long time, but is seemed
only a metter of seconds now.
They were wheeling the little
chap away. The boy was going to
be all right. :
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1936.
Scott was, all at once, the cen
ter of a group, talking in the vi
brant, but muted tones doctors
use in an operating room. “It
was a beautiful job, Stanley,”
“One of the prettiest pieces of
work I've ever seen.”
! Voicer all round. Congratulat
‘ing him. The admiring ' eves «f
nurses, paying silent tribute 10
profssional skill.
. And then the deep voice of Dr.
Osborne: “I had to slip in én
ithis, Scott. You measured up.
Somehow I knew you'd turn the
i trick.
And now the drama was over,
and the deadly weariness wa¢
stealing over him again. Scott
was tired. He must get back
home and rest. Tog his empty,
lonely home. The boy in the
v, ite hospital bed was going to
live. But Dana had gone.
(To Be Continued‘ ?
Prominent Figures in
Hotel World to Attend
Georgian Celebration
Ralph Hitz, manager of the Hotel
New Yorker, will be among the
prominent guests of Luther W
Nelson when the gala opening of
the newly remodeled Georgian
hotel is held. The date of the cele
bration will be annouj"ced later by
Mr. Nelson. f
Julian Price, president of the
Jefferson Standard Insurance com
pany and Howard Holderness,
treasurer of the company both of
Greensboro, N. C, will also bhe
among the guests. The hotel is
modernized and is being remodel
ed from the basement to the top
floor. Work has been in progress
for the past several weeks.
NO SEARCH NEEDED
HARTFORD, Conn. — Dr. Le¢o
F. Gervais didn’'t want a search
started for.his body.
He fell through the ice and,
rescuing himself, lost his derby.
“l thought the hat wmight ke
found floating around and you
1 ight start looking for a body,” he
told police.
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