IN pourrcs 3! -] m J. CASTER ud JULIUS C. HUBBARD PaUUm ukd UniTMlaya at rlioK]| WilkMboro, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On* Year |1.50 Six Months .76 Foot Monitis .60 Oat of the State $2.60 per Year Bt the poet ofSee at North Wllkee- hoe«k N. On ea aechod elaaa malter nnder Act at Ma^ 4, IfTR MONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1940 About These Machine Tools The public demands utmost speed from Rovernment and industry in their current job of providing this country with suffici ent equipment to meet its national defense needs. When the public hears reasons ad vanced for delay, it wants to know the facts. And it’s entitled to them. On that account, having heard frequent mention of the problem our national de fense industries are having with “machine tools,” we decided it would be a good idea tn find out more about this matter. This seems to be the story: Of course vast numbers of machines are needed to make tanks and guns and air planes. But did you ever consider that, before the armaments are produced, “su per-machines” must be put to work to make these vast numbers of regular ma chines? It’s the opposite of Dean Swift’s little verse about the little fleas who “ . . . have smaller still to bit ’em. And so proceed ad infinitum!” 'The super-machines in question are known as “machine tools.” Most of these huge machines that can cut metal like but ter and shape it to desired form are enor mously complicated and expensive. Ma chine tools can’t be made in a day under any circumstances; and the increased de mand for them because of the national de fense emergency has made the problem of production even more complicated. That’s why there’s nothing hypocritical connected with indu.stry’s statement that machine tools are causing a lot of delay and defense headaches. These delays are being cleared up as rapidly as possible. In the meantime, public understanding of the difficulties involved will be a real contri bution to progress. In the matter of safe driving, .the.'iver- age truck driver comes closer to ?being his brother’s keeper than does th.e' average passenger car operator, Ronald Hocutt, di rector of the Highay Safety Division, de clared this week. Hocutt said accident records on file with the safety division indicate that truck drivers as a whole have a better safety record than drivers of private passenger cars. During the first six months of this year, 4,841 passenger cars in this state were in volved in traffic accidents, and 828 trucks^ were involved in accidents during the same period. This is a ratio of approximately six passenger car accidents to every truck accident. Truck and passenger car regis trations in the state run at about the same ratio, there being approximately 80,000 trucks and 480,000 passenger cars register ed in the state. “At first glance,” Hocutt said, “it would appear from these figures that the safety record of the passenger car operators and that of truck drivers is about on a par; but this does not take into consideration the fact that the mileage of the average pas senger car is considerable lower than the mileage of the average truck. Trucks are driven many more miles and are on the road many more hours than passenger cars,” The safety director told of the oil trans port driver who recently was awarded a certificate for driving five years without an accident. “It took a h of a lot of dodging to get this,” commented the driver. Hocutt said mo.st truck drivers practice “defensive driving,” which consists not on ly of keeping themselves out of trouble, but also of not forcing other drivers into situations that result in accidents. “Truck drivers generally are more cour teous and more considerate of other traffic than the average passenger car operator,” Hocutt stated. “Many of them stop their trucks to assist drivers of passenger cars who encounter trouble. Most of them dim their lights at night when meeting other cars, and they blink their lights to let cars coming from behind know that it is safe to pass. In general, the truck drivers of this state are a pretty courteous and careful group of drivers.” “Many passenger car operators who are prone to cuss truck drivers should examine their own driving faults,” Hocutt added. Jrnpi| Report of dnb For 1BS9-40 • The purpose of the Club is to form a recognized center for so cial and mental culture, to pro mote the educational, intellectual, domestic, and civic bettermen of the City of North Wilkesboro, to aid by organised effort worthy philanthropic cansee and to fos ter a generous public spirit in the community. And to this purpose each officer, chairman, commit tee, and mezabers have worked very untiringly. They have not only been 103ml, but stralg'htfor- ward and unafraid to tackle big things and faith to carry them through. The president looks back on these years as pleasant mem ories In her life. All working in the' simple way with one goal in mind, service to humanity. Trogdon Memorial Park seems to stand out as "Miracle Park" to the club members. It was lovely of Mrs. Sherrill to give the Woman’s Club this valuable piece of property for a park. We are greatly Indebted to Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, Sr., Mrs. J. C. Reins and Mrs. A. B. Johnston for their untiring effohs in'get ting park cleared and planted. Little did we think that we would have the club house so; department, Mrs. W. K tw. Mrs, Jf 0. T. MU l^nor^ imteit Mbkih cr.^.._^ of^^ntef^i^4n home ^mtifylAg and seversl prijOg Warded. ‘Mrs. J. J. Haim chairman of the Aiiieffean CithiSiAip. Oar most outstanding work for this department was a dinner ^ given tor the husbands and Judge John son J. Hayes giving a talk on Citizenship. / Mrs. Paul S. Cragan was chair man of the Public Safety Com mittee. She published several ar ticles, gave programs, and put the matter before the schools about ervery one being "Public Safety Minded." Mrs. C. B. Eller was chairman of the Education Department. Committee: Mrs. I. E. Pearson, Mrs. C. 0. Paw, Mrs. J. D. Schafer, and Mrs. Jack Brame. Tbey have sponsored "Better English" In the schools and also sponsored “County Libraries.” Mrs. T. A. Plnley, Mrs. C. C. Paw and Mrs. Tip McNeil were the committee for the Girl, ^ Scouts. They have sponsored four \ Charley Day, .Mrs. Zollie Eller girl Scout troops for the city. A Vyne Tait. Th? national official has recently been ® snlendl here for a series of conferences during the year 1939. Fror which provoked much interest. ' The Literary department has , given some interesting programs ' during the year. Mrs. Hoyle, Hutchens' was Charman of this | Jack 3ey.R. K A Jr JS. Johaab^, Jcdinsbil, A 9, JettMtda, J«^e A p Kilby, C. Gt UcNef], B. T. ’ Mc- TfidL Jy D. Moore, Ivey Moore, L Pearson. C. 0. Poindexter, J. O, Retas, RaJph ‘ Reins, J.D. Schafer; A. B. Spainhower, J. E. •Spalnhour, Prank Tomlihson, S. V^^fTomllnson, Louise :^Vyne Tan J. H. Whicker, Miss Toby Turner Budding Committee: Mrs. A B. Johnston, chairman, Mrs. Hoyle Hutchens, Mrs. C. E. Jenkfn- Mrs. J. C. Reins, Mrs. R. T. Mc Neil, Mrs. Chal McNeil, Mrs Ralph Duncan, iMrs. Frank Blair, Jr., Mrs. George Forester, Mrs. I E. Pearson, Mrs. W. K. Sturdi vant, and Mrs. P. C. Forester This committee bougl^t material' to the best s'lvantage to spare the club of all possible Indebtedness They completed he Club House In July 1939, at which time the celebrated eame by hav.ng “Ope" House.” Christmas Seal Sale and Wel fare Department: Mrs. R. T. Mc Neil was chairman of this de partment! Mrs. Ed Gardner, Mr,- the sale of S(>als$340.45 was rea lized. Twenty-five per cent of thi was used in the State and Nation al Associations, and the remain der has been used for persons Sturdi- 1 financially able to i»EALTHi* WEALTH! A ifiite oU sBying, b«t " nasm tfao less tnie. Ho ctkly teel Iwaknq^ is the peteonwhoheebeedlfslv let fcie atore of Health dwindle ond disappear. Guard Health I Your most preeioas treaaure. To keep in the Higji- wey of Heahfa eoaault and co-operate with your Pfaysiciaa, and whra he givM you a preacriptioa, bring (t to this phar macy, where ooly skilled idiaraiaeists do uie eom- ponnding. When yon can get the best in Prescription work at Horton’s Money-Saving Prices, why not do BO? Best proof is “send ns your next '‘ne.” BCUABIts PRESCRIPTIOHS HORTON’S DRUG STORE Fountain Phone 300 Prescription Dept. Phone 350 Two Registered Druggists on du ty at all times—C. C. (Charlie) Reins and Palmer Horton. vant was on the committee from j tf®ktment received. Cook Book Committee: Mrs. the Junior Club. ' v.u,,.m,uee: .«rs. C. Mrs. A. P. Kilby, chairman of j ' chairman. Mrs. J the Music Department, and Mrs. Frank Johnson have put on pro-,' grams in the past year which , soon, but Mrs. A. B. Johnston, with her co-mmlttee pushed the work through and July 24, 1939 an Open House was held in our new Club House. We will always remember the citizens of the town for their do- j were very interesting and success- | nations and furnishings of the ful. The art department was pro- building, and to all those who moled by Mrs. Ralph Reins and have helped in any way to make Mrs. W. H. Cooper. They have these projects a success, we are put on several programs in the greatly indebted. Thanking you Art Department and have given a .Continued on page three) Use the advertising columns of thiA naner as your shopping guide. one and all. Respecifully submitted, 'MRS. F. C. FORESTER. Accomplishments of Woman’s Club Looking back over the most outstanding accomplishments of the Woman's Club during the hand painted picture to be sold for the department. , House Committee: Mrs. Ralph j Duncan, cha rman; Mrs. A. B. i Johnston, Mrs. R. T. McNeil. Mrs. J. J. Hayes, Mrs. Edd Gardner. Mrs. Quincy Adams, and Mrs. Hoyle Hutchens. They have per- their duties in looking last five years in the develop- formed ment of the Trogdon Park, -build-' after the house F^Unig the ing and furnishing of club house and making of an out door thea tre. Borrowed Comment WHILE HITLER RANTS Sound Talk From The Past P. T. Barnum may have had some of the weaknesses generally gredited to show men, but he was highly successful and he ran a good circus tvhere you generally got your money’s worth. A word of advice from the man who operated the “Greatest Show on Earth” is therefore apropos at the present time. Here’s a ver>- pithy declaration from Bamum’s own lips: “Advertise, or the chances are that the sheriff will do it for you.” The Great Showman’s estimate of the value of advert sing is surely worth the attention of certain individuals, even some in high places, who are irclined to view it with contempt. Those who argue that advertising is a waste of money for get that it sells goods widely, helps to make mass production possible, and thus in the end leads to far lower prices for the average consumer. Barnum understood these matters. It was perhaps when he ran into folks with a contrary view that he made a second famous remark: “There’s one bom everj' minute!” Drinking Drivers Calling attention to the fact that 117 persons were killed last year in this state as a result of drinking and driving, Ron ald Hocutt, Director of the Highway Safe ty Division, recently termed the drinking driver as the most dangerous if not the most numerous type of offender on our highways today. “Drinking and driving do not mix,” Ho cutt said. “Even one drink can so effect a driver’s reaction time as to make him a potentially dangerous driver. The High way Sefety Division advises anyone who does any drinking to let someone else do their driving for them.” The officers for the past two years were Mrs. Floyd C. For ester, president; Mrs. W. E. Jones, first vice president; Mrs. A. B. Johnston, second vice pres ident; Mrs. J. C. Reins, secre tary: Mrs. C. G. Poindexter, treasurer, and Mrs. J. D. Schafer, correspondence secretary. A11 these officers have been very faithful and efficient in all their duties. Mrs. Ivey Moore was chairman of the finance commit tee. The committee composed o: Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, Mrs. J. D Moore, Sr., Mrs. C. G. Poindexter ' Mrs. J. M. Crawford, '.Mrs. Ralph Duncan and Mrs. Hoyle Hutchins. I Mrs. C. 0. McNeil was chairman of the Garden Department and has done most outstanding work We wn our Vemer Cup about two years ago and last year we won a cup for the most outstand ing Civic work. Mrs. Frank Tomlinson has hostesses for each meeting. .Mcnihers of Woman’s Club Mesdames W. R. Ab=her, Quin-1 cy' Adams, A. L. Aycock. R. M. , Brame. Jack Prame, A. H. Casey. ; R. P. Casey, Rufus Church, Clar-1 ence Call, A. A. ‘Jashion. J. M. ! Crawford, W. H. Cooper, Ralph | Duncan, Charley Day. C. B. Eller, j E. E. Eller, Zollie Eller, P. W. Eshelman, C. C. Faw, F. C. For ester, T. A. Finley, Edd Gardner, j W. P. Horton, J. J. Hay"s. ,T Join The MOOSE Now Protect Your Wife and Family! Campaign Now On Membership Fee $5.00 for short time only PHONE, APPLY OR WRITE: CARR DANCY, W. H. DUHLIN, Phone 491\V 914 C St. Phone 477 CHARLEY BROWN, Phone 272J A. Jack Mount, Membership Director Phone 45.1 Box 295 (Statesville Landmark) Hitler answei-s the British complaint that he is off schedule in his announced i . • . . ’ invasion, and tells Britons to be patient:,been chairman of the American that in spite of General Revolution, Gen- Home for the past year. Programs eral Winter and General Hunger, he will !"! be seeing them in London; declares that he alone will set the date of his official visit, will set the date for war’s end and himself announce the terms of peace. . \ NOTICE OF re-sale It’s the first t'me for a long while that! REAL ESTATE der fuehrer has elected to get funny, and North Carolina, Wilkes County: , J a. XU i. . U xr T. -X • . • ’ PURSUANT to an order of the he admits that it iS because of Bntain s air were very interesting and helpful h.me making. Chairman of Christmas Light- Mrs. R. P. Casey and Mrs. OF raids on German^^ It ■was ai definite bid for them to stop it pronto. “For three months,” he declared, “I have waited for the British to cease the nuisance of these nightly, planless bomb-throwing. Now we will g ve answer, night after night.” To admit that the royal air force has become a nuisance is something. He had to take note of it, for here was something that couldn’t be censored. So he employs the usual Nazi technique and bolsters the mo rale of his own people with threats that are meant to bring fear and trembling to Britain. Yet it is significant that it didn’t bring fear and trembling. On the contrary British fliers gave answer to his warning in more extensive and more emphatic bombing of German bases. Now it is up to Adolf to make good his promises to eat an early dinner in Britain, and be served with food that is denied the German people. Herr Hitler’s bluff doesn’t work, and his threat doesn’t click when directed against a people with the will to defend themselves to; the last. He may keep his promise to invade England, but it will be the most expensive indulgence of his sus cessful life since he left off paper-hanging for the more fruitful avocation of pillage. Superior Court, directing the un dersigned commissioner to re-ad- vertise and re-sell the lands as hereinafter described, I will on the 14th day of October, 1940, at two o’clock, P. M„ at the courthouse door in jWilkesboro, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described land: A CERTAIN tract of land con taining 6 acres, more or less, in the town of Ronda, N. C., setting in a northeast direction from the Ronda Railroad Station, the same being the homeplace and residence of N. E. Pariier. and since the death of N. E. Pariier the resi dence of his widow, M. A. Pariier, said boundary of land measuring 350 feet, more or less, on the Northern boundary; 700 feet, more or less on the Eastern boundary; 375 feet, more or less on the Wes tern boundary, and 700 feet, more or less on the Western boundaryi, same being bounded on the Nortl by the lands of E. M. Blackburn, on the East by the Ronda Cotton Mills Company, on the South by the Public Highway leading to Elkin, and on the West by the lands of the old Choate estate property. Tliis the 12th day of Sept.. 1940 JOHN R. JONES, 9-16-2t (m) Commissioner Some of the, farm mothers of the long ago would be astonished to know how val uable some of their home-made secre taries, “cupboards” and beds have become as “antiques.”—Winston-Salem Journal Dr. E.S. Cooper —CHIROPRACTOR— Office Next Door To Reins-Sturdivant, Inc. —^Telephone 20S-R— Offtee Cloeed Every Thmtey Ajftor—ea Pm, GADDY MOTOR CO. tenth street NORTH WUXESBOROb UL^C.