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THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1940
Good Advertising
The booklet which has Just been printed
for North Wilkesboro’s Commerce bureaus
to advertise North Wilkesboro and Wilkes
county has received high praise and much
favorable comment.
And deservedly so, because the booklet
is well written and attractively arranged
to gain the attention of the casual reader
as well as the person who is interested in
the material it contains by reason of al-
already having some knowledge of the
subject matter.
The pamphlet’s 32 pages are attractive
ly filled with information about North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes county and con
tains a balance of information concerning
the several types of advantages which this
city and county have to offer industrial
ists, tourists and home seekers.
The Commerce Bureaus are now engag
ed in the task of distribution, which is of
major importance because in order to reap
maximum benefits the booklets must reach
the type of people who should be interest
ed in what this section has to offer.
Those in charge have done an excellent
job in compiling the booklet and all fav
orable comment received has been highly
deserving.
Press Opposes Discrimination
At its annual meeting, the New York
SJfcte Publishers Association passed this
STiPifieant resolution by unanimous vote:
“Resolve that it is the belief of this Asso
ciation that retail merchandising, which so
intimately touches the pocketbooks of
wage earners and consumers generally,
should be free from all unju.st. punitive
and discriminatory taxation, local, .state
^nd Federal, in whatever form imposed."
This is not an isolated instance—pre.ss
associations in many states, representing
big dailies and little weeklies, have gone
on record with similar resolutions. And
that is a hghly important fact. For Ameri
ca’s working newspapermen are second to
none when it comes to understanding and
analyzing America’s problems. They know
full well that millions of families have an
exceedingly difficult time in making both
ends meet—and that the higher co.sts
which inevitably follow punitive taxation
would be a harsh blow to their welfare
and standard of living. They know that
America retail merchandising, under the
open competitive system, has done a su
perb job in serv'ng the consumer at lowest
cost, and distributing the products of
farmer and manufacturer. They realize
the immense dangers political destruction
of this proven, established system would
involve.
Equally important, the American pre.ss,
rooted as it is in the democratic tradition,
knows that punitive, discr'minatory treat
ment of one kind of business will pave the
way for similar treatment of other kinds of
business—and eventually all business.
There is no room in a democracy for class
legislation or class taxation. And the
American press is fighting for democracy
when it opposes them.
Wildlife Week
The third annual National Wildlife
Week begins March 17, 1940. Sponsored
by the National Wildlife Federation, and
endorsed by Presidential proclamation,.
Wildlife Week reminds the nation that co
ordinated effort is necessary to protect
what is left of outdoor resources, and to
restore what can be brought back. Its
aim is education in the fundamentals of
conservation.
The National Wildlife Federation had
its origin at the first North American
Wildlife Conference, called in Washington
by the president in 1936. It is not “ano
ther organization,’’ but an alliance
through which all organizations concern
ed with the future of wildlife and our nat
ural resources can function.
Wildlife Week yf&s proposed at the sec
ond North American Wildlife Conference
in St Lou’s in 1937. It was participated
in bv widely diversifed groups in'various
Ktates—the Izaak Walton League and oth
er sportsmen’s organizations; garden clubs
and 4-H clubs; Audubon Societies and
state conservation departments; schools,
churches; civic and
American Legion and Boy Scouts, Girl
j^eouts, Campfire Girls—a large section of
‘$4,0001 lica!
coiwervi^on.. , ' -
This is the third year for the celebration g
of National Wildlife Restoration Week. As ^ Y^TV ilCuWiwIG
in 1938 and 1989 the distribution of Wild- •' t 1
life Poster Stamps will be carried on. by the
National Wildlife Federation and its state,
county and local affiliates.
The first outstanding achievement of
the National Federation is the Pittman-
Robertson Federal-Aid-to-Wildlife Act,
turning back to the states, for wildlife re
storation projects, all federal excise tax
funds on the sale of sporting arms and em-
munition which will amount to $3,500,000
by June 30, 1940. A majority of states
have already set us their projects, and
others are being prepared for appro . al by
the Bureau of Biological Survey.
Poe On North Carolina
Because it contains some very pertinent
facts which should have the attention of
the public spirited people of North Caro
lina, we reproduce the following excerpt
from an article by Dr. Clarence Poe, who
was frequently mentioned as a candidate
for governor but decided not to make the
race this year:
All along the line from the state house
itself down through the courthouses and
the schoolhouses there ought to be waged
a declared war against that state's un
necessary poverty, unnecesary ugliness, its
appalling neglect otf natural resources and
opportunity—and the still more appalling
waste of human resources.
There ought to be concern for the indus
trial worker out of a job I saw—and you
saw—^today and for his family. For the
little farmer with 11 children I have just
found begging for a tobacco allotment he
probably cannot get. For the tragic plight
of youth just entering manhood, bewilder
ed by the lack of occupational opportuni
ty.
And I also say with equal earnestness
that there ought to be encouragement for
every businessman who, with fairne.ss in
wages, will develop new sources of indus-,
try and employment. North Caro! na de.«-
perately needs both a better balanced ag
riculture and a better diversified indu.'.try.
The first thing that all North Carolini
ans need to do is to wake up and face the
stark economic facts about the poverty of
North Carolina and the consequent imper-
tive need—both the imperative need and
challenging opportunity—for making
North Carolina a richer state. The second
is that we shall realize that no matter who
are our state officials, the job cannot be
done without an unusually able and pro
gressive legislature and without an unu
sually aroused and militantly united citi
zenship.
What are the seven basic facts about all
of us who love North Carolina ought to
face? 1 would li.st them as follows:
1. North Carolina is a poor .state.
2. It ought not to be a poor state.
Wo h;i.ve plenty of natural resources
to make- t a rich state.
4. Qur people have plenty of abili*^.v.
energy and character to make it a rich
state.
5. We also have plenty of imstitutions,
agencies and organizations to make it a
rich state—if they could be united in one
inspiring forward movement to this end.
6. To mobilize ail North Carolina for
this purpose is the present supreme need.
7. Sometime, sometime. North Carolina
will be a rich state. It is coming. “Sloppy
with opportunity, there is a con.spiracy of
nature to make it a rich state,” as Bion
Butler u.sed to say. The only question is
a.s to whether our emanicipation from pov
erty shall come in time to reward men and
women of this generation, women who
have yearned and labored to this end for
years. It is for the hastening of “the good
day surely coming” that through the past
10, 20, 30 or 40 years I would plead.
Miami BeacH, Fla., FW. 15.—
For a man who may have to
spend the rest of his life in an
Iron lung combatting Infantile
paralysis, Fred B. Snite, Jt., the
self-styled "Boiler Kid," really
gets around.
Down here to spend the winter,
the 30-year-old son of a Chicago
loan broker arranges his days to
be a lot more active than those
of many of the able-bodied visi
tors who come to Florida each
season.
Hardly a sports event of any
consequence Is missed 'by the
Jolly, plucky chap, who, has been
confined to a massive artificial
respirator s'nce he was stricken
In China four years ago while on
a world tour.
Up at the crack of dawn each
day, young Snite receives hls ns-
u a I diaphragmatic treatments
from a staff of nurses and order
lies and then, accompanied hy his
pretty young wife, sets out for a
motor jaunt in hls speclaUy con
structed trailer.
Horse racing Is one of his fav
orite sports and he makes fre
quent trips to nearby Tropical
and Hialeah parks where he
watches the races through a peri
scope oi^ mirrors suspended above
his head.
Dewitt Page, of the Maemere
farm stables, has lent young Snite
a horse to enter in a Washington
birthday handicap at Hialeah
park. He has his own colors of red
and white, with a big “S" on the
jockey’s sleeve.
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RiUd, IBtyeai Aip ti^e^ itised
70 gallb.DS 6f’n|i>oc, Wfr xlving
rum rannenk a chase in North
Iredell.
The two men In charge of bhik
liquor car when hard prewed by
the officers, jumped out and
made their escape on foot The
rum runners left the motor run
ning and their auto ran off the
highway and crashed Into a
peach tree.
The cargo included 14 cases of
white liquor.
Three Counties Form
Athletic Association
Elkin.—An athletic association
has been organized this week,
comprising three counties—Sur
ry, Wilkes and Yadkin.
The purpose of the organiza
tion is to promote cleaner sports
and broaden the scope of physi
cal education in these counties.
The association will also regulate
all basketball tournaments.
Albert Martin, principal of
Boonville high. Is president of
the association, while E. R. Spru
ill of Honda was elected secre
tary.
SHETIiL LEARN
City girl: “What Is this stuff
I’ve just picked?’’
He: “Woiw! That’s poison ivy!"
City girl: “Well, don’t get so
excited—I’m not going to eat It.”
ADMINKTBATOBS’ NOTICB
NORTH CAROLINA,
WILKES COUNTY.
Havbig qnalSied as admtaistra-
toTs of the eAate of N. Wingler,
late of Wilkes County, N. C., this
is to notify all persona bolding
claims against aafd estate to pre
sent them to the nndenigned, at
Fannoy, N. C, duly verified on or
before the 26th day of January,
1941, or this notice will be plead in
bar of recovery. All ftersoni in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This the 26th day of January,
1940.
A. R. MILLER,
M. C. WINGLER,
Administrators of Estate of N.
Wingler, deceased.
2-29-et (t)
NOTICE ^ AjpPLK»TION TO
i0TO%TEHICLE
carriM^ Snd iSate of
HEARING THEREON
As required by Section 3, Chap
ter 186, PuUic Laws of 1927, no
tice is hereby given that applica
tion. has been made by S. & E.
Transfer Company, for a Fran
chise Certificate, authorizing the
operation of motor vehicles for
transporting freight between El
kin and North Wilkesboro over the
public highways via the interven
ing towns of N. C. 268, via Rbnda
and Roaring River, and that the
Utilities Commission will hold a
hearing on the said application in
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LEGHORNS ^
Brood yonr chidu with else-
tricity. It is eccoon^ and sif»
to use. We eaxi forfifib;
Brooders and Water HeatM..
Write for prices cm
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Champion, N. C.
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ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. Laura
Hester, deceased, late of Wilkes
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
. against the estate of said deceased
jto exhibit them to the undersign
ed at Moravian Falls, North Caro
lina on or before the 14th day of
February, 1941, or this Notice
will be plead in bar of their re-
coveiy. All persons indebted to
said estule will please make imme
diate payment.
This the 14th day of February,
rOUIiDX’T DECHDE
Her car stalled at the corner
and the traffic light changed red,
yellow, green; red, yellow, green,
etc. The polite policeman stepped
up beside her car and said:
“What’s matter, ’ady; ain’t we
got any colors you Ike?"
LIQUID GARDENS
(Selma, Ala., Times-Journal)
When agrcultural scientists first an
nounced they had developed soilless tank
gardens—in which plant roots are nour
ished with chemicals—most people thought
that was very nice but they weren’t sure
they wanted to plant com in the bathtub.
They didn’t really see how chemical solu
tions in tanks as substitutes for natural
soil were ever going to be of much use to
anybody.
Then trans-Pacific clipper planes began
taking passengers to China and other
points east, and the airline discovered that
sandy, U. S.-owned Wake Island was just
the right distance between terminals to
make an ideal stop-over spot. The chief
difficulty was that the soil on the island
couldn’t even support a blade of grass—
and station crews and overnight passen
gers had to have vegetables and greens.
The airline called in a University of
California scientist who set up tank gar
dens. Now there are enough beans and
carrots and lettuce to go around for a sec
ond helping.
You can never tell when even Uncle
Horace’s most fantastic inventions will be
useful to a world that keeps hopping
ahead.
NOTICE
By virtue of an Order of the
Superior Court of Wilkes C. "uty
signed by the Clerk therecl on
February 14th, 1940, in the Special
proceeding entitled W. C. McNeil.
Admr., of Robert J. McNeil, de
ceased, and W. C. McNeil, J. T.
McNeil, Mrs. Carrie Church, Mrs.
Ida Brookshire, Mrs. Bessie Par
ker, Mrs. Alda Shepherd, Mrs. Ber
tie Mcl.ean. Blanch McNeil, Mrs
Pearl Engli.sh, Com McNeil, Jesse
McNeil, John McNeil, Wilson Mc
Neil, Ruth McNeil. Edgar Church,
Estelle Church Hunt, and Chelsie
Church, heirs at law of Robert J.
McNeil, deceased, Ex Parte, ap
pointing the undersigned Com
missioner to sell the lands describ
ed in the Petition, Order, and here
in described either at public or
private sale for the purpose of
making assets for the pasnnent of
debts, and for partition among the
tenants in common, the undersign
ed Commissioner will on March
16th, 1940, at eleven o’clock A. M.
at the Court House door in Wilkes
boro, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing de.scribed lands:
Lying and being in Reildies
Township, and bounded as follows:
Beginning on an Oak, corner of
Mr. Clark, and running a South
west course with Mr. Clark’s line
to a Maple, Clark’s corner; thence
a Southwest direction with the line
of Mr. Clark around the foot of
the hill to a branch, corner of No
ma Pierce’s land; thence with her
line up the branch to Oscar Eller’s
line; thence a South course with
Oscar Eller’s line to the top of a
k-nob, in 'Thomas Pierce’s line:
thence Eastwardly direction with
Thomas Pierce’s line to Decater
Minton’s line; thence with Decater
Minton’s line to the beginning.
Containing 30 acres more or less.
This the 14th day of February,
1940.
N. C. McNEILL,
Commissioner
By CHAS. G. GILREATH
Attorney 3 7-4t (t)
North Carolina’s “45”
EretyboSx knows tkat ones vpon a tims^ “45“
meant tbe blue-stecl anthority bolstered on tks
law’* hip to back up his badge.
Today, 45 has a new meaning in North Caro
lina. In only nine months of operation the
Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors
Committee has cooperated with county and local
authorities in bringing about the revocation of
legal beer licenses in 43 places where laws were
being violated. We don't want beer sold that
way!
That's help for the law, too——but a modern kind
of help. It is help for North Carolinians—the
aid of a united beer industry in preserving the
economic and social benefits of a moderate bev
erage providing $1,410,668 annually in tax
Brewers and North Carolina
Beer Distributors Committee
EDGAR H. BAIN, State Director
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IN BUSINESS OVER
We are annually impressed with the
number of people in th:'s country when we
find how many people are getting LL.D.’s
and see how many others there still are
who have to worry along without them.—
Detroit Free Press.
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We congratulate the WILKES TRANSPORTA
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bought from us —
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for the two new buses shown above along with
Mr. H. P. Eller, the manager. These buses of
fer utmost inSAETY and COMFORT. Ride
these new buses. Careful drivers on duty at
all times.
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