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!>. J. CAKTOR and JULIUS C. HUBBARD
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.60
Six Months 76
Foot Months 60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
fttwed at tlw poat office at North Wilkea-
M_8ocood claaa matter onder A*t
1871.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11. 1940
The Unwelcome Guest
A former official in the United States
Treasury was recently quoted to the
gloomy effect that government is about a
twenty per cent partner in all business.
In other words, government through its
power to tax has made itself the fifth
member of every company's board of di
rectors, the silent partner, the unwelcome
guest who eats off .the extra plate that is
set for each mea! by every family in the
land.
It’s a discomforting thought that one
out of every five dollars earned by the
sweat and toil of average Americans
everywhere goes automatically to govern
ment. And the more the evidence in the
case continues to pile up, th more it be
gins to look as though an.v revision of the
Treasury official’s estimate will have to be
in an upward direction.
Now a careful study into the tax situa
tion conducted by the .state of Wisconsin
puts more of the real and painful facts on
the table.
The Wisconsin study shows that in 1938
the 7,800 corporations in that .state paid
$112,158,743 in taxes to various units of
government, and that those taxes repre-
.sented $20,606,913 more than tho.se same
corporations earned as a result of their
bu.siness operations. In other words, when
John Smith establishes his own busine.ss
the.se days, in the interests of accuracy, the
sign on the door ought to read as follows:
iipvernment. Government, Government,
and Smith, Incorporated.
The same type of sun-ey could probably
be repeated, yielding the same or even
more disquieting results, in aln st every
state of the union. It points once again
to the flood-like ravages of wa.steful gov
ernment spending. And it shows forcefully
how the productive abilities of this country
are being turned away from the job of pro
viding goods at low prices in order to pour
taxes, taxes, and still more taxes into the
insatiable maw of government.
A Bad Start
The king of destroyers, fire, is on the
rampage again.
During the fir.st two months of this yep-,
according to the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, direct fire loss was about
$14,000,000 higher than in the same pe
riod in 1939. If that ratio should obtain
for the balance of the year, the increa.se
would be close to $90,000,000, bringing the
total loss to around the $400,000,000 level.
And remember—the indirect loss caused
by fire is estimated at three or more times
the direct loss. Lost jobs, orders, business
utf all kinds, are just as serious as burned
buildings. Most .serious by far is fire’s
toil of human life, running to 10,000 in an
average year.
What causes fires? A few are caused
by incendiarists, though their toll has been
much reduced in late years due to unremit
ting efforts of prosecuting authorities and
fire prevention groups. A few are unav
oidable. And the balance, which includes
the great majority of all fires, are caused
bv the average man—people like yourself.
They are the tragic fruits of hump care
lessness, human ignorance, human indiffer
ence. "niey represent sheer and inexcusa
ble waste of lives and resources.
Fire prevention isn’t the other fellow's
job. It’s your job—your neighbor’s job—
everj-body’s job. Tlie seeds of fire un
doubtedly exist in your home and your
plac€ of business, waiting for the spark
t^t will spell disaster. We can stamp
oilt fire—but we can do that only if all of
us codperate in fighting it.
Next time you read of a home burning,
reflect that it might have been your home.
Next time you hear of someone meeting a
horrible death from fire, think that you or
a member of your family may be on fire s
future list of victims. Then ask yourself
this question: Is fire prevention worth
while? ^
Catching Diseases in Children
Everyone knows that such children’s dis
eases as measles, scarlet fever whooping
cough, diphtheria, mumps and chicken
Dox have early syirttoms which are quite
SSiUr and not veh- different from tho be-
S^ning of an ordinary cold and sore
Kt An article by Dr. B. E. Wphbum
Progressive Farmer emphasizes the
Srt^at tSe germs of these diseases are
' Sfnr^d not by things but by pewoM—
through discharges from the noi^ and
throat, and in no other way. Says Dr.
Washburn:
“All the diseases are conta^oiis as long
as the child! is evidently ill or as long as
there are discharges from his nose and
throat.
“A thing to be remembered is that dis
ease germs are not carried in the air, but
are scattered in saliva and sputum (spit
tle) . It is very doubtful if any disease is
spread through dust; even if a germ could
cling to a particle of dust it would quickly
perish of cold or light or from drying. But
when we sneeze or cough we usually spray
the surroundings with droplets of saliva
and unfortunate persons who are nearby
may be given an infection in this way.
When common drinking cups are used, or
pencils or food swapped' at school, saliva
containing germs may be transferred di
rectly from mouth to mouth.
“Parents owe it to the community to iso
late a child upon the first appearance of a
simple cold, since no one can tell in the
beginning whether this may be a forerun
ner of measles, whooping cough, scarlet
fever, or other diseases. Teachers, of
cour.se, should send home a child who has
suspicious symptoms, otherwise the re
maining pupijs may be exposed to the dan
ger of a serious infectious disease.
“All cases of catching disease should be
reported to the local department of health
so that the public health authorities may
know of their presence and assist the par
ents and the school in preventing the
spread of the infection.”
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N. C
Wilkes Poet Has Interestiag
Meeting on Friday Night;
Activities Planned
More Skill, More Money
It is an accepted tenet of economic.s that
the ability of labor to secure the training
needed to transfer from crowded and low-
paid occupations to those less crowded and
better-paid tends to increase the national
income. When workers of energy and
capacity must continue in low-paid com
mon labor because of inability to secure
training requisite to entering high«r-paid
callings, the national income tends to be
decreased.
Occupational mobility of labor is of in
creasing importance in a dynamic econo
my- in which new discoveries are continu
ally creating new vocations, many of which
involve technical training. Education in
the past has ar.si.sted in thinning out the
ov'ercrowded ranks of unskilled labor by
increasing the the proportion of workers
in .skill and professior'al occupations. Its
contrbutions in this area in the future
should and can be made far more effective.
This vital economic responsibility is recog
nized by many leading economists.
Says Fairchild, Furniss and Buck in their
“Economics”:
“To remove the obstacles which pen the
mass of people wdthin the lowest income
classes we must rely upon education and
vocational training. When a large section
af the population is underpaid it is not be
cause the [y onomic function they perform
ol' iittif v;; ue in it.sclf. On the contrary
the labor of society’s machine-tenders,
clerical workers, and even unskilled la
borers is indispensable in the sense that the
productive sy.stem w'ould collapse ff these
functions were not rendered. The fault
lies, not in the vocation, but in the number
The/ April meeting of the
WUkes county post of the Ameri
can Legion was held in the Le
gion-Auxiliary club rooms on Fri
day night, April 5th. The meet
ing was called to order by Com
mander Nelson. The invocation
was given by Chaplain Gordon
Finley.
The local post was pleased by
the report that Miss Ina Lee
White, of the Ronda high school,
was the district winner of the Ed
die Cantor Scholarship contest.
In the regional conteet held re
cently Miss White was third.
The Legion went on record as
favoring the Girl Scout program
and will be pleased to render
such aid as may be possible to
the local council.
A (-omraittee was appointed by
the coair consisting of W. J.
Bason, A. G. Finley and W. P.
Kelly to investigate the work of
the Boy’s State and report at the
May meeting of the post.
The Legion is again sponsoring
the school award medal. One
school QAvard medal is to be giv
en to a boy in each accredited
high school in Wilkes county who
pxeells in courage, honor, schol
arship, leadership and service.
The medals are to be presented
during the graduation exercise.s
of the schools by the American
ism Committee of the I.«gion. of
which W. D. Halfacre is chair
man.
Service Officer Andrew Kilby
reported that a Wilkes County
Veteran had recently suffered the
misfortune of losing his home and
its contents by fire, .\nyone who
has an extra bed or bed clothing
is requested to please call Mr.
Kilby at the Yadkin Valley Motor
compa{iy and he will bte glad to
deliver same to the Veteran.
HONDA. Route 2.—MrA J. T.
Triplette, who has ibeen seriously
U1 st the Hugh Chatham Homor-
iat Hospital at Blklo, for the past
week, is some better, we are glad
to note.
Quite a number from here at
tended the funeral of Mrs. C. L.
Morrison held at Jonesville Bap
tist church last Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Morrison, a resident of
this community, numbered her
friends iby her acquaintances.
She was much loved with her
Christian spirit, kind and friend
ly personality, being always ready
to lend a helping hand where she
was needed. We extend much
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stroud of
Wilkesboro, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Ferlazzo, of Winston-Salem,
were here last Sunday seeing rel
atives and to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Burchette
had as their guest the past week
end their daughter, Mrs. Jesse
Church, Mrs. Sam Price and Mar
garet Church, of Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Green and
children, Gladys, Mary Ann and
Jack, visited Mrs. Green’s rar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Durham,
last Sunday at Swan Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Feinster Morri
son, of Greensboro, came up to
be at the funeral of their grand
mother, and visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Morrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Stroud
were the guests of her sister, Mrs.
Carl Rose and Air. Rose, of .Ar
lington, la-t .Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Longworth, . of
Roanoke. Va.. is visiting her
cousin. Miss Mary Lou Mathis,
here this week.
Mr. and .Mrs. Paul Newman and
Air. and Mrs. Jay Alyers spent last
Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Alorrison.
.Mr. and Airs. T. N. Green vis
ited their daughter. Air. and Mrs.
Frank Finney, and family, last
Sunday, of Jonesville.
ia«t Tfifoday faiSt.
^T6in.- W. A, lltieaC xrfoWtlkw^
8^, Jrta ltvre Wedneeday to
be wttli reiativM and h^r cotuin,
Xn. ^^pleUa, who' is ill.
-Hr. and Mrs. Cbas. Jones vis
ited bis aunt, Mrs. J. B. Arm
strong In Winston-Salem, last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Jones Vanhoy, of State
Road and Mrs. A. P. Woodruff,
of Boonvllle, spent a few days
here last week with their mother,
Mrs. W. A. Pardue, who has been
confined to her room with illnees
for the past two weeks.
Mr. G. F. Pardue and family
visited his sister, Miss Emma
Pardue, who is being treated at
the hospital at Elkin.
litli terNwInfi iragniii.te*
of Ifie counties In' the State,
H. M. Bills, EJxtenMon sgrleul-
tnral engineer.
Come To Onr Convenient Store
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Garden club members through
out the state are every much In
terested In Candidate Maxwell’s
proposal to establish nurseries at
all of the prison camps for the
propagation of native flowering
shrubs and trees for beautifying
the highways.
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of people who occupy it. Any policy whose
effect is to reduce the numbens in the low-
wage groups by transferring some of them
to less crowded occupations will raise the
lower incomes and reduce the higher, at
the same time increasing the average.”
land,
feed
For Successful Farming
The University of Kentucky College of
.Agriculture made a study of outstandingly
good farmers to find out the factors which
make for success in farming. The Pro
gressive Farmer reports the following sum
mary of the answers: »
1. Since control of expenses is easier
than control of prices, successful farmers
reduce costs. They produce the most at
th« smalle.st cost.
2. Good farmers also use limestone and
phosphate.
3 . They grow winter cover crops on
plowed land.
4. Seed mixed clovers and grasses.
5. Grow enough vegetables, meat, milk,
and eggs for home use.
6. Keep 40 per cent of tillable
other than bottom land, in pasture.
7. Purchase only concentrated
that can’t be produced on the farm.
8 . Keep enough cattle and sheep to
use all hay and pasture, and enough hogs
to eat all the corn not needed for other
stock.
9. Do or supervise all. labor themselves.
10. Do work on time.
11. Have fencing and stock water ade
quate for all fields to be pastured at the
right time.
12. Successful tobacco growers give
special attention to curing.
13. Dairy farmers who succeed, cull,
select, and feed for high production.
14. Those who raise sheep provide
small grain pasture, house and care for
their flocks.
15. Hog raisers follow sanitary meth
ods in feeding and farrowing, save most
pigs, and push them through to early
market condition.
Each reader might like to ask himself
this question; check up and fill in his' ans
wer: “Of these 15 approved practices of
successful farmers, the number I practice
on my fann is ”
The T'nited States Civil Service
Cammissioii has announced an
open competitive examination to
secure student nurses for employ
ment at the St. Elizabeth Ho.-;-
pital (Federal Institution for
Treatment of Mental Disorders),
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. "C. Applications
must be on file with the Com
mission’s office at WashlnRton,
D. C., not later than April 29 if
received from States east of Colo
rado, and not later than May 2.
1910, if received from Colorado'
and States westward. ,
I'he hospital offers a 3-year
llraiiiinK course for tlie student
nurses, and i>ays them a salary of
$2SS a year with quarters, siitt-
sistence, laundry, and medical at
tention. Tliosp who satisfactorily
complete the trainiiiR course and
receive certificates of Rraduatioii
will ! e eliRilile for promotion In
po.sitioiis on the nursing staff, if
vacancies are available.
-Applicant-s must have Iteen
graduated from an accredited
high school giving a 4-year course
upon completion of at least Ifi
units, including certain units of
English, mathematics, science,
and history. .Senior students now
in attendance in their last year
of high school will be admitted
to the examination under certain
conditions. They must have reach
ed their eighteenth but must not
have passed their thirtieth birth
day. These age limits will not be
waived in any ca.se.
Full information may be ob
tained from the post ofifee in
this city, or from the Secretary
of the U. S. Civil Service Board
of Examiners at any first- or sec
ond-class post office.
ROND.A, Route 2.—We have
just learned of the death of Airs.
C. L. Morrison, a well beloved
woman of this community. Fu
neral sen'ices will be held af
Jonesville Sunday at 2:00 p. m.
Tile many friends will regret to
learn of the serious illness of .Mrs
J. T. Triplette. who is at tb«
Hugh Chatham Hospital at Elkin.
Mrs. Lillie Holloman is very
sick at her home here, we are
aoiry to note.
Misses Ruby Faye Hurt, Nancy
Tharpe, Grace Dean Bentley and
Vivian Blackburn of Ronda,
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WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE
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Tenth Street North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Young Democrats of Fuquay
Springs, in southern Wake coun-
• y. are sponsoring a little "Green
Pastures’’ convention for one day
next month. All of the candidates
for state office have been invited
to attend. They will be fed free,
but the rest of the folks will have
to pay for their barbecue.
Passing on curves and hills is.
dangerous practice. After you are
caught at It, It may be too late.
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—One Cent Sale—
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aad MaAeh of can aai Iradw
Dreams?...well maybe...
I
Wbtre did 9Mch^rtat achitvtment
actually atart? Wasn't it with an idea?
Wtot if Edison had not dreamed of the first
electric lamp? What if Fultbn had not
dreainel of fiteamboat? Each dreams
arc priedan. ^Properly directed daiydreams
are aa valuat^ as work Jtadf •. . often
times providihg the'.that gives the
adwle nation tiew comrcmcnees and oppor
tunities, thus putting millions to work-
# * #
Speaking of ideas, millions of people have
found it a good idea to have Bndweiaer
available for their hours of relaxation. It
hdps them to become the Perfect Host to
a .host of friends who prefer it—and it has
been, wisdy stud that friends often direct
our destinies.
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