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MONDAY, FEB. 12, 1940
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All Power To The Finns
It is truly remarkable how the Finns,
greatly outnumbered in man and -equip
ment, are fighting off the red armies of
Russia. Their valiant defense of their free
dom and country naturally aroused the
sympathy of practically every civilized
country, and now many of these empires
are coming to their aid and we hope that
it will not be too late.
The Russian nation will hardly exist
long enough to overcome its shameful
move against the litthi Finnish country.
The nation should be ostracized from
world affairs.
The Finns so far have held back cheir
powerful foe, but just how long the\ will
be able to save their country is a matter
we consider with fear and doubt. Yet
there may be some way out for the people
inhabiting this little country. Let this be
our hope.
Congratulations To The Tribune
Heartiest congratulations are the order
of the day for The Elkin Tribune for the
.splendid edition i.ssued on Thursday, Feb.
8th, welcoming to that town the new ad
ditions to the Chatham Manufacturing-
Company and its many employees who are
coming from Winsto’i-^^em to Elkin.
fihest"we’re seen come itwi the press of
any member of the group of weekly or
semi-weeklv newspapers in North Caro
lina, and reflects credit in the highe.st de
gree upon the publishers of the newspaper
and the town and community it serves.
The opening of the larger Chatham
plant in Elkin and the incoming of hun
dreds of new residents is a movement tha
should have been welcomed in such a
manner as The Tribune did the job.
The Journal-Patriot also joins in wel
coming the Chatham, folk to our section
of the state, and wishes this old-e.stab!ish-
ed and appreciated business concern the
greatest succe.ss in the future.
Thank You, Highway Officials
Such a difference in the weather, now
and about two weeks ago! Then all of us
were experiencing the coldest weather al
most in a generation, and snow ami ice
abounded every when; in this northwest
section -of our .state.
There was one group of citizens, how
ever, that could not remain by the
fire and keep snug and warm. This group
i.s composed of our highway ofticials and
maintenance forces. Regardless of the
cold, snow or ice these men had to be on
the job, some the whole night through—
keeping the highways open the best they
could under every handicap so that trtms-
portation might proceed. Very few of us
really know the hardships these nien un
dergo in such emergencies, and the job
they did two w'eeks ago s one that de
serves highest praise from every car and
truck owner.
But you hear some folks say; “I don’t
see why the road forces don’t do so and
so”, and they are prone to criticise. Just
suppose some of these critics had to get
out and work in the cold day or night. If
they tried it a few times we don’t believe
some of this criticism would be forthcom-
ing^.
The Journal-Patriot praises the high
way officials and maintenance men for
their fine work during the recent severe
weather. We know of actual cases w’here
highway trucks and men w'ere used to
make it possible for heavy commercial
trucks to negotiate the mountain hig’n-
ways, and travel in this section suffered
little delay and inconvenience because
they were on the job doing their best for
the people they serve.
In our opinion the highway workers
have been, and are new much under-paid
bv the state. They are not compensated
as much as they should be for the long
^i.rs they work. It is a matter that should
b?Tdj;Sd by the state Highway Cora-
mission. ^
THEY HAVE TO WORK?
We are annually impressed with the
number of people in this countn^ '^fen we
f£d how many people are getting IX.D. s
« see how many others there still are
i ifave to worry along without them.—
“ Detroit Free Press.
(Oxford Pubite
It is no easy matter to become a mem
ber of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
On the contrary, the hundreds who have
made application for and have failed in
the preliminary examinations offer some
proof of the extreme care with which
members of the patrol are chosen.
The fact,*too, that hundreds of applica
tions are filed each time a new quota of
men is sought for training makes it possi
ble for highway patrol officials to accept
only those whose qualifications pass close
scrutiny.
It is understandable, then, how highway
patrol officials acted promptly and decisi
vely in discharging Patrolman H. V. Nor
ris, who stands charged with accepting a
bribe of $50. This officer was not of the
character of men who wear the uniform
of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
It is the lack of such cases in the ten-
year record of the patrol in North Caro
lina that has never shaken the public con
fidence in the organization. The officers
have gone about their duties with unerring
fidelity, enforcing the laws of the high
way again.st white and black, rich and
poor, alike.
Patrol officers, as they appear in court
as witnesses, present to the court the fact.s
as they know them, leaving to the court
the task of determining the guilt of inno
cence of the defendant. Unprejudiced,
they have always shown a willingness to
a’oide by the ruling of the court
Bv their fidelity, by their hone.sty, by
their official gentility, all of which adds
up into one of the best records of public
service to be found in the state, members
of the North Carolina Highway Patrol
constantly demonstrate their ind'vidual
pride in their organization.
It is, to be sure, a pride that is shared
by all law-respecting citizens of the state.
- UrtP wMed ui
« itq-
^ver a.id1o^ life
tti» slogiuithor t&e tn^pk
daptu-tment., An of 15.1
miles per ciUlon of tool wtm main
tained titronghont 'the 100,000
mllee, at an averare operatl|i8
speed tit 88.07 milea per boar.
Ton miles per gallon areraged
69.91, based on the 4,690>4b. fix
ed ‘'par-load" the unit carrted
throughout the run. CMl vas
changed 44 times throu^ont the
run, and hat five quarta were
added between regular changes.
Miles per quart of oil consumed
totalled 1,072. Of partlcnlar In
terest in the oil story, however,
is the fact that mileage per quart
during the final 10,000-mile per
iod was ahead of the national
average—1,181 miles per quart.
Total operating cost, including
gasoline,' all oil used, lubrication,
work, and replacement ■was |1,
941.70, which Is an average of
$.01942 per mile and only
$.00419 per ton mile. ,
Water was added to the radia^
tor 18 times in 100,000 miles, to
tal amount added being 22 qts.,
3-4 pint. The first pint of water
was added after the unit had
traveled 11,000 miles.
The truck test run was the
Vorifted figures oi ^the ioBgeat
track test ran ever coodveted un
der the auspices of the ’.^erlcsh
Automobile Assoelatltm have been
officially released by that author
itative body, with the eonipletlon
of Chevrolet’s lOO-OOd-mile, rec
ord-breaking truck tour of three
nations.
The run, which has been in
progress since January, 1938,
establishes a nsw world mark for
sustained, certified.operation. A
began and ended in Ottawa, Ca
nadian national capital, on Jan.
10, 1938, and Jan. 21, 19^0, re
spectively.
The unit selected for the test
is a stock model, 1 1-2-ton
Chevrolet truck, selected at ran
dom from assembly lines in Flint,
Mich., by AAA officials. From
the moment It left the assembly
line, the truck has never moved
an inch without AAA certifica
tion Three official observers for
the impartial auto organization
have seen service with unit.
First leg of the record-shatter-
g run was a goodwill trip from
Ottawa to Mexico City, after
which the unit was returned to, ^est
the United States for intensive conducted by Chevrolet, and the
coverage of American highways, j
Exactly four miles inside the bor-
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' rMidjr E&ipiged Jfor
18th, Hoey Announces
RaJeigh, F^h. !6.—The state
Democratic cbuTcntion iprohably
iHll be held (May 17, iaetead «t
May 16, as planned ^ the party
executive committee last Friday.
Governor Hoey revealed to
night that Raleigh memMlal au-
dltoriam was engeged tor May
16, and -that R. Gregg Cherry,
chairman, would write commit
tee memberB tomorrow suggesting
the change.
ITie chief executive explained
that long before the committee
set the convention date, the
North Carolina Funeral Director*
association ihad engaged the au
ditorium for its annual meeting
144f Ihd^^e eouh
hh^clMacedv ' He’4aM
Gi^i^ Ahdrews had
confining, with him
the fnnenl directors couUttduHlCs
their meeting time. ^ rt
Hoey said be did not believe
committee members would objoit
to holding‘the conventioa’’^s dey
later.
Ada. get ettuatian—end neiiHe>
Dr. LS. Coopt
—CHIROPRACTOR—
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OPPOSES ANTILYNCHING BILL
(Charlotte Ob.server)
“Do we need an antilynch law?”
Strange a.s it seem, it is Collier’s, the week
ly magazine, raising the question, in an
editorial in its i.ssue for February 10.
And those who are at all familiar with
the traditional; policies qjf that magazine,
published bj- the Crowell Publishing com
pany, Nev'York, and printed in Spring-
field, Ohio, would never accuse it of sym
pathy for the South. Nor would any one
eve’ accuse it of sympathy for lynchers.
' But Collier’s confesses that the new’s
\hat lynchings in the United States during
the year 1939 hit an ajl-time, )ow—^three
for the whole nation, with, one of the v’e-
tims a white man—makes it “wonder
whether we need the antilynch legislation
that bobs up in almost every session of
Congress.”
Editor Chenery reminds that “without
.such a law, lynching has b-’^en cut down in
this count’-'' from a peak of 231 mob mur-
f'ers in to the three reported last
year. The thing has been accomplished
by education of public opinion. Press, edu
cators, clergy—all of the forces of civic de
cency—have crusaded again..t this barba
ric cu.stom for 60 years.”
Ob.serving that “lynching seems to be
definitely on the run in this countfr”, the
magazine editor concludes that “until and
unle.ss lynching threatens to go a long way
toward that 1892 peak of 231, we’d say it
would t)o wise to keep up the non-political
criKsading and sidetrack the proposed leg
islation”.
Com'ng from such a source as the influ
ential and venerable Collier’s, long regard
ed a.s an exponent of Northern and anti-
Southern sentiment on matters dividing the
two sections, the views expre.ssed should
earry weight with those Northern senator?
who have been championing a Federal
antilynch law.
Southern senators, however, may be ex
pected to read the Collier’s editorial from
the Senate floor and see that it goes into
the Congressional Record — and they
should.
der of tihe 48lh state the unit had
visited, the oid world record of
50,000 miles of similar operatinR
was equalled. From the state of
Washington, where the mark
was broken the unit continued to
Pikes Peak, where It imade the
climb on "the world’s highest
motor road’’ in time favorably
comparable with that required by
the average passenger car and
with no motor or carburetion ad
justments whatsoever.
With the completion of the
first phase of the test in 193S,
|!he unit was taken to New York,
where it was exhibited dismantled
at the auto show. Heassemhled
under AAA supervi.sior;, it again
took to the highways, and in the
past
onee again adding more mileage.
On Jan. 19, the 100.000-mile
mark wa.s pas.sed as the unit en
tered Detroit. The Detroit-Otta-'-’
PUNISHMENT
(Statesville Record)
Earl Browder, head of the communist
party in the United States, has gone to jail
to join Fritz Kuhn, late leader of the fas
cist German-American Bund. Both are
serving time not because of their undemo
cratic beliefs or preachments, but because
they thought themselves just a bit above
the ordinary laws of the land. Browder
goes to jail because he forged passports
and traveled on them, Kuhn because of
embezzlement charges.
In the conviction of both these advocates
0-' the revolutionary overthrow of govern
ment in America, the courts and the juries
leaned backward in an effort to keep the
social and political philosophies of the de
fendants out of the picture. Both Kuhn anf
Browder received fair trials, were convict
ed, and must stand punishment because
they believed they could break commo i,
everyday American laws and get away
with it.
So the bosses of Doth the American
“reds” and the American nazis are in jail.
There it will repay them to ponder the
fact that the United' States is still a nation
oif law and order, not a government of
self-appointed fuehrers or home-made die
tators.
longest operation of its type ever
undertaken. Driver of the unit
throughout was Harry Hartz, old-
time race driver. Stanley Reed,
official AAA observer, accom
panied the unjt.
Teacher: “Give the principal
parts of the verb ‘swrm.’" I
Johnny: “Swim, swam, swum.” |
Teacher: “Good, now give the.
principal parts of the verb ‘dim’.”
Johnny: “Aw, quit your kiddin!”j
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE i
Having qualified as Executor I
unde’- the Will of H. L. Houck, late ,
of Wilkes County, this is to notify |
all persons having claints against,
the said estate to present them to!
the undersigned within twelve)
month.s from the date of this no-1
tice or .same will be plead in bar
year has visited every slate recover.
This the 26th day January, A. I
D., 1940. i
JAMES D. MOORE, Executor.
Bv A. II. CASEY. Attorney.
3-4-fi*
2% Penalty
On 1939 County Taxes If Payment
Is Not Made On Or Before
March 1st, 1940
Pay Your 1939 Taxes No'w And
Save This 2% Penalty.
C. T. Doughton,
SHERIFF OF WILKES COUNTY
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