I THEGLEANER ; GRAHAM, N. C., JULY 5, 1945. | J ISSUED EVERT THURSDAY 1 J. D. KERNODLE, JR., Manager TTOO A YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered at the Pietofflce at Graham, N. C.. as seccnd-claae matter. LOOKING ! AHEAD n GEORGE S. BENSON k PmUut?Httduf CtUtft ? Sunjr. JntiMtu Who May Think? Stopped by a traffic signal whila driving in a narrow, busy street a few days ago, my ear caught a fa miliar, musical note. Just beyond the sidewalk, through a big, open door, a blacksmith was shaping shoes for a farmer's heavy team. Horns behind me suggested moving along before I had finished looking, but it was an inspiration to watch this workman, so skillful and ener getic. Moving-picture blacksmiths are elderly gentlemen with droopy mus taches, but not this man. He was about 30, clean shaven and active. The tempo of his hammer was live ly. The hopeful picture he unwit tingly posed of post-war America has come to mind several times since. More recently I have been listen ing to men discuss post-war plans that invnlvoH mnnlrtino niihlio nni rv_ ion. Fabricating Sentiment "Knowledge is Power." The worda ?re supposed to have flowed from the pen ot Francis Bacon about 300 years ago, but I think Bacon lifted ?hi? choice bit of wisdom from Solo mon: Proverbs 24-5. It has stood the test of time. Popular sentiment can be moulded. No informed per son will deny it. Hitler did it. Na tional leaders do it all the time,* consciously or unconsciously, lor better or for worse. For eleven years in China I watched selfish local war lords ex ercise their power over a patient, toiling peasantry. It could be done easily where the great mass of the people were unlearned, as in China, where 80% could neither read nor write. Unlearned masses sometimes rebel, but they usually fail because the energy they exert is not power; only ill-directed force. Common Sense of Most For 156 years the United States has prospered and grown as a re public. This is superior to a democ racy in that it provides for the safe ty and protection of minorities. A democracy places the minority at the mercy of the majority, some times Just as heartlessly as a dic tatorship. Thdt is why minorities have retained freedom in Amer ica; why each individual is still free to think for himself. It is impossible to get a corner on a nation's ideas. Every man and woman has a brain and there is only one way to keep them from utilizing these assets to enrich them selves and the whole race, namely, keep 'em ignorant. The American way is the other way: schooling is free: libraries are ev?r?)i?r. press and radio prosper keeping people informed. Our people have knowledge and our nation has power. As Offensive Figure A country, whose leaders want the benefit of the best thinking of the whole nation, is on Its way up. A nation that confines its thinking and planning to boards and bureaus is on its way down. Central planners rea son thus: "The blacksmith has a head on him, but so does his ham mer. Why bother about eitherT We will do the thinking and the plan ning." Germany planned for the whole ml her people, but her wages were only half as high as American wages in 1939. Russia does governmental planning for all of her people. Wages there were about one-sixth of Amer ican wages in 1939. I am for keep ing our Republic, for drawing on the intelligence of our entire population and for keeping a well apd correctly informed public. "Knowledge is Power." r Per Capita Income I Doublet Since 1939 Average Income per capita more than doubled throughout the United States during the five year period from 1933 to 1943, rising from $311 to an all-time high of $1,031 last year, or 83 per cent more than dur ing the "boom" year of 1939, the Federation of Tax Administrators re pons. The $911 figure represents the so called business "recession" of 19SS, which brought income ?payments down to the 1931 level. Highest income payments on a per capita basis in 1938 were received by persons in the District of Colum bia, the payments averaging $1,011. Among the states, they ranged from t a low of $194 in Mississippi to highs at $796 in Nevada, $7? in New York, $747 in New jersey. In 1941, per capita income pay ments ranged tram $494 in Missis sippi to $1,463 hi Connecticut (In California, Nevada, Washington and Delaware, average income eras high er in 1941 than in New York, New Jersey and the District of Cohim ^.) Lt. Elmer Erector and daufhter, Rebecca Ann, Port Arthur, Texas, in happy reunion. A bomber pilot, Lt. Proctor was shot down over Germany and returned to this country aboard the Grlpsholm. He is presiding (or her future with War Bonds. S/Sgt. Floyd M. Chad wick. Chicka du, Okla., displays fli| captured dur ing fighting in Italy, aa he recovers from wounds. "I think all the boys In my outfit bought bonds," he said re cently. "We will have substantial nest-eggs when this war Is over." T/8ft. Leo J. Hudf eons, Sao An tool*, Texas, whose left leg became para lyzed by sniper's ballets, lay 14 days on battle&eld and- was then taken pris oner by Germans, phones his wife that he bought War Bonds while on "the sidelines." Pvt. W. H. Edwards, Hayii, Mo., flsd he can still bay War Bonds for wife and six children while awaiting artificial leg. He lost his leg in Euro pean action, Nasi wired him as a booby trap and he lay 70 boors on field. T/4 Jamei O. Kahlo, Los Angeles, Calif., wounded In Luxembourg and transferred to McCloshey Hospital, wears rray beard as evidence of his hardships. "There is no better invest ment than War Bonds," he says. V. S. Treasury Diportrntnt In County Court j Seventeen cases were heard by j Judcre A. M. Carroll in County Court Monday as follows: I' Robert Whitfield, 18-year-old white youth, and a 36-year-old negro, Roy Mitchell, larceny of four tires, four wheels andl four innertubes from a car at Pleas ant Grove; 12 mon;.hs on roads suspended on fwo years good be havior and that neither violate any criminal law cPuring that time. Timothy Phillips, aged negro, illegal possession of homebrew, 30 days on roads. Andrew Wall, drivinor drunk. 12 months, suspended, $80 aruS costs, and two years good be havior. On charge of driving af ter his license was revoked, 6 months, suspended on two years good behavior. George Whivt, failure to com ply with a judgment of non-sup port of his four minor tjhildren. He must provide the children with $90 per month and pay in advance the sum of $10 monthly until the debt is paid. James P. Tyson, driving drunk, 4 months, suspended, $75 and cost. On charge of reckless driv ing, suspended, cost. Irvin Fogleman, illegal posses sion of whiskey for sale, eight months, suspended, $200 and cost. Ed Brown, illegal possession for sale, 8 months, suspended, $100 and cotft*, and 12 months good behavior. Walter Lee Payne, driving drunk and without a license; 60 days, suspended, $80 and cost. W. T. Norris, driving drunk, found not guilty. John Oliver, possession o homtfcrew; $10 and cost. Edwin G. Ross, driving drunk, 4 months, suspended, $75 and cost Mary Long, aiding and abet ting in transporting whiskey for sale, 60 days jail, suspended, $5 and cost. Cleo Nash Sellars, transport ing whiskey for sale; 4 months, suspended, $50 and cost. D. A. Isley, non support, 12 months, suspended, $12.50 week ly for support of defendant's wife and three children, and cost. Ed Goner, non support, failed to appear; case continued and capias issued. Carol Ruth, abandonment and non-support; prayer for judg ment continued upon payment of the coat for six months. Rationing News PROCESSED FOODS Blue Stamps: T2, U2, V2, W2, X2, expire July 31. Y2, 7,2, Al, Bl, CI, expire August 31. Dl, El. Fl, Gl. HI, expire September 30. .11 K1 1.1 Ml Ml ovitinw October 31. MEATS & FATS Red Stamps: K2, L2, M2, N2, P2. expire July 31. Q2. R2. S2, T2, U2, expire August 31. V2.W2.X2, Y2, Z2, expire September 30. Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, El expire October 31. SUGAR Sugar Stamp No. 36, good for five pounds, expires August 31. SHOES Airplane Stamps No. 1, 2, and 3 now good. FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons from I last season. Periods 1,2,3,4 and 5 from this season all valid for 10 gallons each. GASOLINE A-16 coupons now valid ex jire September 21. RENT CONTROL All persons renting, or oifer ing for rent, any living quarters whatsoever niust register each dwelling unit with rent control office in their rent area. Persons who feel that they are being over-charged for rents may sub mit complaints to OP A. Com plaint forms are available at the local War Price and Rationing Board if your area does not have a rent control office. Rationing rules now require that each car owner write his license number and State on each coupon in his jjossession as soon as it is issued to him by his local rationing board. Make ration applications by mail?save time and effort. Behind Your Bonds Lie* the Might of America VEGETABLES AND BERRIES Towering waves rolling on miles of broad beaches, acres of factories, smoke-plumed and glass walled? that's the picture Mr. and Mrs. America get in passing through New Jersey.. But in the shadows of those rambling industrial plants and bordering the wide concrete high ways, stretch thousands of acres of food-producing fields which will re main among the most fertile in the country as long as War Bonds are purchased to insure their future. More than 29,000 farms covering 40 per cent of the state's area grow 1100,000,000 worth of corn, potatoes, beans, strawberries, asparagus, blueberries and other nourishment for millions of Atlantic coast dwell ers with tons to spare for export U. S. Trtanrj Dtpertm** ?? ???? ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having Qualified as Administratrices of the estate of L. E Klrkma#v de cMu??d, late of Alamance County, North Carolina, this is to notity all persons baring dims against the said estate to present them to the under signed at Burlington. North Carolina, on or before the 15th day ot Julie. 1946. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of thler recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment. This, the 1 Jth day of June. Ii45. KATE N. X1RKMAN. ELIZABETH K THOMPSON. Administratrices of the estate of L, B. Kirk man. deceased I