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each year in Willtea coantf are
’ loain; literally thoaaaada rf dollara by soil
^?**ItTl be B«wa, too, if yoa ever read: “Fugitive
fMa Tampa Morning Tribune.
^ “Argood homing pigeon will often bring |100..”
t aar* oewa item* Personally, we would let it.—
Detroit News.
' Ifenutactureri of headache tablets are mak
ing more money than heads of any other
biaaAes of trade or Industry. You must fl-
^ awe ont the reason for that for yourself.—■
New Orleans States.
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j,. Safety First
^ Just what this plan of testing the
■water supply of the schools in the county
is going to reveal remains to be seen, but
regardless of the results, it is a safety
first measure that deserves a good word
of public commendation.
We boast of the purest and most health
ful water on earth and v'e believe the
natural water supply of this section is
just that, but it wiU certainly do harm to
let scientists analyse the school water
siqiply and thus safeguard the children of
the schools in the county.
Water from every well and spring from
which school children will drink water
during the coming year will have the
stamp of approval of the laboratories of
the state health department.
No doubt the water from the better
class of mountain springs will show up to
be as pure as can be found, but on the
other hand there may be a few springs
and wells giving forth contaminated water.
If such are found, other arrangements
■will be made for water for the schools now
being furnished from a contaminated
water supply.
When school children leave the home for
the school room they are under the cus
tody of the state and it is gratifying to
know that the county and state health de
partments are showing enough interest in
their, welfare to look after their most
precious possession—health.
Valuable Information
In Thursday’s issue of The Journal-
Patriot, we published an article telling
how the people of this country may take
advantage of the opportunities ci’eated by
the National Housing Administration, a
[^uct of the last session of the national
congress.
Every home owner or prospective home
owner should keep a copy of that article,
just in case it should prove to be useful
if he should want to put a new roof on
his home, repair his dwelling or place of
business.
The housing act is broad in scope and
if there is not too much red tape it should
prove to be one of the outstanding achieve
ments of the New Deal.
Home owners are the most contented
people in the world. It is the aim of the
housing, act to make it possible for the
average man to own a better home.
Home should be the most sacred spot in
the world and to make it such, the home
owner should take pride enough to see
that his home is just as good, convenient,
aanfortable and beautiful as his financial
resources and physical strength can
make it.
Homes are too often neglected. Too
often they are allowed to depreciate in
value by neglect of a new coat of paint or
possibly a new roof. Too often the home
owner is not able to pay cash down to get
this done.
To meet such ctmditions as these, the
last congress created the housing law,
whereby any reliable citizen can get aid
in repairing his home and putting it in
first class condition. This does not mean
that any man will get a handout from the
government. It simply means that he is
now enabled to spend on his home in
much the same easy payment plan as he
buys an automobile.
Look over the rules for taking advant-
ire of the opportunities and see if they
mid not help you to do just what you
« been hoping you could do—rehabili-
yonr ot abode. ,
erosion.
This is no joke or apiv^n.
Fajrtility of the soQ is being washed away
to the ocean. (.vTlia most effecMve way to
Control soil eroem is by an adequate^sys-
tem of terracing,^w!hich County Agent A.
Hendren wiU lay out for any fi^er
■ who desires his services."-
Probably the greatest loss of soil .‘in.
Wilkes county is in our socaUed pastures,
nvany of which are hillsides scarred with
deep gullies gorging down into tile red
subsoil and the red subsoil in many in
stances is not fertile enoujdi to Sprout a
pea, much less to grow grass to feed milk
cows. ,
If the hUlsides are not excessively steep
they can be terraced to prevent erosion on
a large scale and the planting of the proper
kinds of turf grass will help to hold the
soil between the terraces.
J. H. StaUings, regional director of the
soil erosion staff of the Deep River proj
ect in the Piedmont area, makes the fol
lowing comment on “Erosion as a National
Menace’
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“Soil erosion is the greatest menace to
our agriculture today. This dawns upon us
the more forcibly when we travel around and
see great areas of washed, rundown farms,
dilapidated farm homes, treeless slopes, deep
gullies, thickly mudded. streams . . . and the
yearly migrations of great numbers oi farm
folk, seeking the promise of better living
conditions, less hard toil, and a happier out
look.
“Great numbers of our farmers are tilling
subsoil, the topsoil of their farms being irre
trievably washed away. What chance have
they ? None. They are defeated when
they start. They do bankrupt farming . . .
what chance have they to make firm and
true Americans, good citizens and raise
families of good citizens? Mighty slim!”
In connection with this line of thought
the TVA has published the following
parodies:
“Hordes of gullies now remind us
•We should build our lands to stay.
And, departing, leave behind us
Fields that have not washed away;
When our boys assume the mortgage
On the land that’s had our toil,
They’ll not have to ask the question
‘Here’s the farm, but where’s the soil?’”
“Subsoil farming now reminds us
We should keep our lands at home.
And. departing, leave behind us
Fields that aren’t allowed to roam;
Then our boys will pay the mortgage
From unwashed tracts of fertile soil.
And have answer to the question
‘I’ve a farm but where’s the toil?”’
The Book
the first line of which reads.
"The Holy Bible," and which
contains four great treasures.
By BRUCE BARTON
THE PROPHET DISHONORED
The death of John the Baptist was the first
warning Jesus had of the fate in store for Him.
Cast into prison for denouncing the licentious
marriage of Herod, John was sacrificed to the
wicked request of the wife, Herodias. and her
abandoned daughter, Salome-
And when the daughter of the said Heror
dias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod
and them that sat with him. the king said
unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou
wilt and I will give it thee. . . ■
And she went forth, and said unto her
mother, What shall I ask? And she said.
The head of John the Baptist. ...
And immediately the king sent an execu
tioner. . .
And brought his head in a charger, and
gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave
it to her mother.
The death of John cast a permanent shadow
over the heart of Jesus and added greatly to
the force and bitterness of His denunciations-
His rejection by His home town, Nazareth, was
another blow. It is easy to imagine the high
hopes with which He had turned His steps to
ward it. He had already succeeded in Caperna
um and nearby cities; He had made a great ktir
in the capital. For the first time in history the
name of Nazareth was linked with the name of
a national character. He would go back to His
old frienda and neighbors, give them the glad
tidings, heal their sick, and sho.re with them
the joys of success- But the town received Him
scornfully. You may have fooled them in Ca
pernaum,” the cynical faces said, “but little old
Nazareth isn’t so slow. You’re no prophet: we
know you- You’re just the boy who used to
work in the carpenter shop.” .
He could do there no mighty work because
of their unbelief.
His mother .and brothers wavered, feeling it
unsafe to he closely connected with one who was
stirring up so much oppsition. They urged Him
V> ICO up to Jerusalem.
For even his brethren did not believe in
him. ,
So, dx!sert«d by those who ought to have stood
by Him most staunchly, abandoned by this
popular following, supported only by His origi
nal little group of disciples, and they wavering
and in doubt, He made His way back to Jerusa
lem to face the events of that last great week
which the Gospels give us in such full detail.
In the final hour of tragedy even His disciples
were missing. Only a few stricken women hud
dled at the foot of the Cross, and the last word
of faith was spoken n»t by a friend but fell from
the iips of a crucified’thief:
Lord, remember me when thou comest into
thy kingdom.
So He died, and those who had demanded His
blood regarded their triumph as complete-
Ea«toi» Potntfiig^/TD
Stea4F In
noar AetMtf^
Actual flgores. n«il estliaatas,
show that the eountry te steadily
plodding toward recovery from
the depths of the depression.
The national recover admlnls-
tintion In Waahlngton has cited
the following instances of busl
ness revival In many lines:
Production dl> lumber rose
sharply for t!w"week ended July
28th. There was more buying
than in,any of the preeedlag
nine weeks, for the first tliw
since April, orders Increased over
corresponding weeks of last year.
Another pointer toward In
creased activity In the .construc
tion field is the annonneement o(
the Ingersoll-Rand Co. of an In
crease In its common dividend to
60 cents. The earning power of
this company is baaed on capital
goods Industries— construction,
mining, road-bnllding and Die
sel engine fields. This dividend
rise, after the' payment ot 37 1-2
cents for six consecutive quar
ters, distinctly Indicates that
business has been on the upgrade
in the past six months, according
to the Wall Street Journal.
Despite increased labor costs
under the oil code, operations in
the oil Industry for the first six
months of 1934 were on the moat
profitable basis for any first half
year period since 1930. Thirteen
oil’ companies, taken as a group,
registered a net profit of 823,-
352,518 compared with a net loss
of $23,761,614 for the 1933
period.
On the strength of Its present
financial position and its earn
ings for the first half of 1934,
General Motors has declared a
50-cents-a-share extra dividend,
the largest extra payment since
1929. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., pres
ident, said that another consid
eration motivating this $20,000,-
000 payment to stockholders was
that this sum “passing into the
channels of active trade, will act
as a worth-while stimulant to
business In general.’’
June exports of raw materials
from the U. S. Increased by near
ly $10,000,000 over the preced
ing month, while other exports
remained about the same. For the
the first six months of 1934, to
tal IT. S. exports amounted to $1,-
018,173,000 compared with
$656,902,000 for the 1933 period
—a gain of 55 per cent. Imports
for consumption increased to
$829,881,000 compared with
$589,7’4,000, or 41 per cent
gain.
Dun & Bradstreet report that
under the stmulus of special pro
motional events and the strong
demand for hot weather goods,
retail sales throughout the coun
try increased 6 per cent to 7 per
cent for the week ended August
4 th over the preceding week. A
sudden release of orders during
this week brought the volume of
wholesale business to the second
highest recorded this year.
Domestic and foreign ship
ments of the Addressograph-
Multograph Corporation for the
first half of 1934 increased 54.8
per cent over the 1933 period.
International Business Machines
corporation reports that its do
mestic sales for the first seven
months of this year were the
NOTICE OP SAEE TO SATISFY
MECHANICS LIEN
North Carolina, Wilkes Coun
ty.
Pursuant to section 2435 of
the Consolidated Statutes of
North Carolina I will sell at pub
lic auction for cash at my gar
age located on Boone Trail High
way one mile west of North Wll-
kesboro, on August 25, 1934, at
12 Noon, to satisfy mechanic’s
lien the following described per
sonal property of Goldie Atkins;
“One Buick Coupe, model
1929, motor number 2285375,
original serial number 1971394,
substituted serial number inci
dental to repairs 2157454.’’
This August 4, 1.834.
JAMES F. WILLIAMS.
8-13-21.
FOR ANY KIND OF
RADIA’TOR or WELDING
job see the old reliable
Williams Welding
& Radiator Shop
■oil, '^78. E. C. Blair. ex|ens^
itirroBomiM at State eollege. - ’
The^peaa at« equal’to'crimson
clover or vetch in soil building
qnaliUie and fhe seed la eompani^
lively cbeapeir to tow althoogh
more seed Is fsqalMd7‘'the plant
ing rate being 30 pounds to-tho
The beat time for sowing is in
September, preferably before the
l‘5th. Blair aald. 'fihe Anatrioa
winter pea seed' may be obtainM
from almost any seed dealer.
The seed may be l^oodeaij^ cln
standing corn, cotton, or.,:totta6-
CO and covered with ah ordinal
walking cultivator. ..-To avoid
loss of cotton, the sowing should
be Just before the bolls open or
right after the first picking;
Another way of seeding la to
prepare the seed bed by shallow
plowing or disking, then sow the
seed' and cover with a section
harrow, Blair recommended.
The peas should not be sown
with rye, as the two crops will
not be ready to tarn under at
the same time. But they may be
mixed with vetch or crimson clo
ver to get good results.
Sown by themselves, the peas
may be turned under earlier in
the spring than either vetch or
crimson clover.
Blair said that although the
legume is new to this section of
the country, it has proved to be
an excellent legume and will
probably increase in popularity
as more farmers learn of its
merits.
Reporter Loses Sleep
wins Interview With Famed Fly
er During Wakeful Honrs
“Too hot to sleep,” so our re
porter sought comfort in the
early morning coolness of a near
by woods.
best in 5 years, with July volume
running more than double the
1933 month.
'PeSc ^nsoally low lUkes will be otfmteA Mly a f
t - Few Days Longer.
READ|- COME! BUY!
Tii*^ and Tube
# 29x440 -
$4.40
MOTOR OIL
49c
PER GAt£ON
Car Washed
& Greased
Tire and Tube ^
30X3%
$3.80
Tire and Tube
29X4.50
Tire and Tube
28X4.75
$5.05
13-PLATE
BATTERIES
$3.79
EXCHANGE
Motor Service Store
WILEY BROOKS—PAUL BILLINGS
Ninth tSreet North Wilkesboro, N. C.'
Here, he was fortunate In ob
taining an interview never before
granted to a “gentleman of the
press.”
From a famed flyer, the well-
known Early Bird, whose pre
sunrise activities are known to
all, our reporter gained words of
wisdom for the benefit of local
residents.
“I prefer worms,” said the
Early Bird, “and winter heating
is no problem to me. I just fol
low the sun around.
"But, for those lacking wings
and loving June warmth, I’ve
just learned of an opportunity
that has worms beat a mile.. It’s
the offer made by the Rbodes-
Day Furniture company, to de
liver a supply of coal with every
genuine Estate Heatrola ordered
before September 1st. I’d like to
urge that you human early birds
grab that worm now. Oh, yes, I
just beard, too, th:it there are
eight genuine Heatrolas this
year. And the new “Spirit of
Progress’ model is a beauty.’’
Read Journal-Patriot ads.
tmcuuumid
CHEVROUrS
KNEE-ICTION RIDE
the pleasure of motoring it
(JAS. F. WILLIAMS)
Now located one mile west
North Wilkesboro on Boone
Trail Highway,
We also do all kinds of Body
and Fender Work and General
Automobile Repairing.
DO NOT BE MISLED!
. PHONE 334-W
The best way to prove that Chev
rolet’s Knee-Action actually makes
motoring twice as pleasant as be
fore is to drive the new Chevrolet
over all kinds of roads. Yon will find that the continu
ous jars you used to get even on smooth pavements
are ended. The steering wheel is free of vibration-
Back seat passengers are comfortsible and relaxed.
You lean maintain higher speeds over rough roads
that used to slow you down. Yon will find, in fact,
that probably for the first time in yonr experience,
every foot of every mile is equally enjoyable. Per
haps that explains why so many people are buying
and recommending this extremely low-priced car.