North Carolina Newspapers

f’AGS PSi IN POU^S «ad Thurtdayt at vKaHk l^esboro, N. C. ./ D. J. CARTEi^ and JULIUS C. HUBBARD PubUsben SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year |1.60 3ix Months .76 Four Months 60 Out of the State $2.00 per Year Entered at the post office at North Wilkes- boro, N. C., as second class matter under Act »f March 4, 1879. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1941 Conserving Gasoline There has been much talk of conserving gasoline in states along the Atlantic sea board and it may be that rationing will have to be put into effect to prevent short age. We understand that there is no shortage of gasoline in the United States and that the matter is entirely one of transporta tion. Some tankers which had been haul ing gasoline and oil from Texas and Louis iana to eastern ports have been transferred into service for Britian and for other uses. The government asks a 20 per cent cut in gasoline consumption. This can be done without any great hardship or rationing provided the public cooperates. There are many ways to save gasoline and some of the w'ays would also mean greater safety of motor traffic. A reduction of driving speeds, together with proper carburetor adju.stment, less hasty take offs and a little reduction in pleasure riding can turn the trick without rationing. It is understood the people will be giv en a chance for voluntary reduction in gas oline consumption and if that fails ration ing may be put into effect. All are hop ing that rationing will not be necessary and their hopes may be realized by full cooperation. Socialism Isn’t Democratic It is much easier for the people to get the government to maintain proper regula tion of private indu.stry than it is to get the government to check on government-own ed industry. In the former case the gov ernment is a neutrai party; in the latter case the government is not a neutral party, and is not likely to regulate without preju dice. For a government to be democratic ii must be neutral. 'The thing that makes democracy is the ever-present existence of a neutral force with sufficient strength to outweigh any dictatorial group. When the government owns and operates enterprise, its neutral relations with society are de- Btroyed. It becomes less democratic and more dictatorial. Socialism isn't democra tic! As a people, we Ameilcans do In a mysterious way. We will do all in our power to help release foreign nations from the hands of dictators. Then we will ac- cept a labor policy here at home'which, if not corrected, will nullify all the help we seek to extend to others. The list of defense industries that have been or are struck'is too long to enumerate. Take but one as an example, the Southern coal nines. Without coal, our defense ef forts would be paralyzed. It is estimat ed there is only a 16 days’ supply of coal above the ground. The mines were closed through April with one strike. Yet labor leaders threaten another coal strike to en force demands, instead of accepting arbi tration. The President’s declaration of a national emergency may prevent it. But all the people have suffered and stand to suffer more from such methods. There are different types of national undermining. Our nation’s, safety is en dangered by the domestic as well as the foreign brand. Vi.;. • Ahsurditifs By DWIGHT NICHOLS, et tl. I - LIGHT MATERIAL FOR WORRIED »UNDS Borrowed Comment NO TASK AT ALL (Statesville Daily) “Today’s boy,’’ says the Christian Sci ence Monitor, “fuming at his chore of washing the car, may think he has a hard time of it, but he never had to .sponge the mud off 64 buggywheel spokes in the pre paved road days.’’ Nor can he call today’s job anything like comparable to coming home bitter cold nights and having to remove the frozen mud from old Kit’s feet before stabling her —the while be smells’ham frying in the kitchen and can’t get to it until the old jar- head has been manicured. And washing the family flivver is one grand sweet song compared with rising long before the burst of dawn to make three-four fires, which happened to be on ly the prelude to a day’s work that was not completed until it was too dark to see—in the days when our dreamers had not thunk up wage-hour laws and such. The modern lad has a veritable gravy train. He doesn’t even have to wash be hind his ears. The ycujiR m-n asked bv Uls proBoeotlve father-in-law If he could support a family replied that he only wanted one of the family. When the preacher dramatical ly ended his sermon with the declaration that all liquor should be thrown into the river, the con gregation stood and sang “Shall We Gather at the River.’’ Jockey (who has just won the Kentucky Derby)—I just kept whispering in my horde’s ear a little poem I made up—“Roses are red, violets are blue, horses what lose are made into glue.’’ Joe, the sailor, had broken with his girl. After ignoring several letters, requesting the return of her photograph, he received one threatening to complain to the captain. Deciding to silence her for the time, he borrowed all the pictures of girls available on the ship, .sending them to her in a large bundle with the following note: “Pick yours out! I’ve for gotten what you look like!’’ A police dog what doesn’t look like a police dog must be in the secret service. Notice in Scotch church: “All in the habit of putting buttons instead of coins on collection plates will please use own but tons and not buttons from the cushions on the pew.s’’. “If this girl is only seventeen I can’t marry you without her father’s consent,’’ said the justice of the peace to the prospective bridegroom. “Consent,’’ yelled the groom to be, “Who do you think this old guy with the rifle is, Daniel Boone’?’’ THE YOr\; FOLKS’? First Old Timer (in a thin, piping voice)—“Say, Lem, ye reckon thar’s as much ...poonin' going on as (liar used to be?’’ Second Old Timer— ’’No, Hen ry, don’t seem that they he.’’ First Old Timer (after a thoughtful pause)—“Don’t quite agree with ye thar. I calc’late thar’s just as much of it goin’ on. hut 1 ’spect it’s a different crowd what’s doin’ it.’’ rOVLI) SHE TRV.ST HIM? Little Girl (to policeman): “Can I trust you?’’ Copper: “What?” L. G.: “Can I trust you?’’ Copper: “Why. certainly, al! little girls can trn.«t policemen.’’ L. G.: “All right, then, pleas' button my panties.’’ Ol'TEN WE.AKKXS Shapely Showgirl: “1 want yoi (0 vaccinate me where it won ( show.” Doctor: “Okay! My fee is ter dollars in .'•dvance.’’ Showgirl: “Why in advance?” Doctor: “Because I often weak en in .-uch cases and don’t chargf anything!"—Clipped. I’RACTICIXG P.ATKIOTISM A state highway patrolm.-n happened along one of our lonely country roads and found a car parked too much in the road. Sunday is dad’.s day, and come the first ppon investigation he found , the of the month he can pay for it.—Green.«-j car, as you may .suspect, occupied boro Daily News. Next to having the door knob come off in the hand, you’d think the emptiest feel ing would be driving miles to “see a black out.’’—Richmond Times-Dispatch. All is confusing with a nearby amateur gardener. He thinks now that the lilac ht planted some years back by mistake for a .syringa may yield a pear.—Detroit News A Berlin spokesman says Germany can not understand Swiss ner\'ousne.ss. Per haps not, but a rabbit in a den of hungry wolves might.—Louisville Coui-ier-Journal. How Not To Pay There has been much di.scussion of how to finance the defense program. Equally important is the subject of how NOT to finance defense. Tiiere is a small, uninformed group. which still feels that the easy way out is simply for the government to issue more money—to turn the printing presses loose, and to pay as we go with crisp new cur rency. That would be the most ruinous course this country could take. That would be direct inflation. The dollar would buy less and less. Prices would spiral upward with ever-gathering momentum. And the result would be a collapse similar to that occurring in Germany after the first world war, when literally billions of marks were needed to buy a loaf of bread. There are others who still believe the government can follow its old policy of forcing more and more Federal securities on the banks. But this, long enough con tinued, breeds still another kind of infla tion credit inflation—which in the long run can be disastrous to a country. What it all comes down to is that that part of the defense program which cannot be financed out of current government rev enue, must be financed by borrowing di- Tectly from the people. That is why the nation’s banks, without profit to themsel- -yes, are doing everything in their power to encourage their purchase. "We’ve reached ?th€ point where all of us are going to have »'finance defense—and no one else can lo it for us. LIFE’S BETTER WAY By Rev. Weaker E. Isenhour Hiddenite, N. C. It’.s great to find life’s better way And walk therein from day to day; To pray and hope and .smile and sing. And to the right forever cling. THE PATHWAY TO THE GOAL There is a pathway to the goal. Though it is steep to climb. And only men of heart and soul. And aims that are sublime, Can ever make the upward grade And reach the climax grand. And show the world the life they’ve made W'hen with the great they stand. No man’s excluded from the race If he desires to run, •And will but use the means of grace Until his work is done; So shall he bless, while living here. His fellowmen of earth, .•^nd when he’s gone he leaves to cheer A life of mighty worth. Whoe’er ascends the upward path That leads to Heaven’s goal Must turn away from sin and wrath That would defeat the soul. And then be good, upright and clean, And sow the best of seeds, •And overcome the low and mean By good and noble deeds. No one e’er fails who does his best, For God will see him through. And at the goal of heav’nly rest. With saints and sages true. He’ll get a never-fading crown And life that never ends, Where sorrows never bring a frown And peace and glory blends. by a yomiK man and a youn? woman. The patrolman asked what they were doins (silly ques tion) and the young man said hr w a s “.iust being ’ “Whadda Ya mean, patriotic?’’, the officer bawled. "We're con serving gasoline,” was the youth’.' prompt reply. ON T.AKIXG 0.4THS Trustees of the University of HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES Prepare to earn a good salary —money—and have the good things you are entitled to. A COMPLETE business course at JONES BUSINESS COLLEGE will give yon the surest way to i empl'-yment and of earning money. SUMMER CLASSES NOW FORMING Register now and gain three months’ salary ahead of those who wait till September. You will have here the advantages of one of the best equipped busi ness colleges in North Carolina. College and University trained teachers. Send for information. Jones Business College HIGH POINT, N. C. P. P. Jones, M. A., President Fully Accredited by American Association of Commercial Colleges all thiS'^utty and oHiel Is there take the bath to sulifbrt the eonstitiition of the United States. ^ ■ That In turn gives ua a bright Idea. At a certain young age why not have every hoy and girl take an oath not to break any laws. Then we wouldn’t hfve to have courts, jails, penitentiaries, etc. Far fetched and silly, you may say—hut not more so than the crackpot plan of the University trustees. Son Of Ronda Family Graduate Of Alabama Polytechnic Institute Mrs. Effie Sprinkle and daugh ter, Mrs. Hubert Paff, were guests of Mrs. J. B. Crouch, of Mayodan, last week on their return from Auburn, Alabama, where they at tended the graduation of Mrs. Sprinkle’s son, David Sprinkle, wno received a degree as doctor of veterinary medicine from Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Immediate ly upon graduation Dr. Sprinkle was appointed to a post in a gov- evrnment hospital at Wilmingrton. Young Sprinkle starred in athle tics during his days in Washing ton, D. C., Ehistem high school. His family will be remembered by friends at Ronda where they lived for many years. A U. S. Senate resolution call ing for Congressionrl investiga tion of the federal parity price sy.'tem is aimed to find a more favorable yard.stick for farm prices. Raleigh,i May 5.—^A redaction of .20 per cent > In cash income from the arle of chickens in 1940 compared wlth.l9S9 was reported today iby Rdasell P. Handy, jun ior statiatlcian of the State De partment of Agriculture. - “North Carolina farmers sold 7.289.000 chickens’, last year compared with 9,265,000 in 1939,’’ he said, basing his Infor mation on a Federal-State Crop Report.' “Chickens sold last year returned producers an average price of 50 cents a head for a to tal cash income of $3,644,000 compFred with the 1939 cash In come of $4,628,000.” The value of chickens consum- ed in the farm household was es timated at $5,682,000, or five per cent under the 1939 value The 1940 total gross Inco^me from chickens (which includes cash income from sales plus the value of home consumption) was esti mated at $9,326,000, or about 12 i per cent under the previous yerr. \ Among the South Atlantic states ' last y^r, North Carolina ranked I second in the number of chickens . raised. j “North Carolina farmers raised ! 20.678.000 chickens last year j end of this number, 65 per cent | Tiiras consumed in the farm house hold, 35 per cent sold, eight per cent lost and two per cent kept for breeding purposes,’’ Handy dik ftnntijil iw« • - ' ■' ■ ■ . . of 82 eggj per Wrd for the 1/21,000 heBB end pulley on haBd;^'*‘ Januery 1, 1940. Of the'total eggs ' produced last year, 61.3 fier cent was sold; 46.7 per cent'eonsum- ed In the farm bouiehold and three per cent used for farm hatchings, f “The 344,000,000 eggs sold Irat year, the largest number eold since 1928, brought Tar Heel farmers an average price of 19.9 cents per dozen, or a total cash income of $5,705i000 compared with $5,362,000 in 1939.” Use the advertising columns of this paper as your shopping guide. Williams Motor Company T. H. WILLIAMS, Mgr. ^ BEAR FRAME SERVICE Good Used Cars, Trucks and Tractors • EASY TERMS • Will Pay Cash for Late Model Wrecked Cars and Trucks Complete Body Rebuilding Electric and A.etylene Welding ’PHONE 334-J NOTICE OF LAND ENTRY Land entered by S. M. Estep. Entrv No. i STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,' WILKES COUNTY Office Of Entry Taker June 5th, 1941 I Notice is hereby given that S. M. I Estep of Wilkes County has th's day entered 3 1-2 acres of land, more or le.ss in Wilkes'ooro Town ship, Wilkes County on the waters | of creek, branch and ad-1 joining the lands of James Jones. I K. S. Ogilvie and others; bounded as follows, to-wit; BEGINNING on a red oak, Jim Jones corner in the .John Pearson line running South 8 poles with the Pearson line running to an iron stake in the Harper Adams line, lunning West with the Adams line 71 poles to a stake then North with Minton’s 8 poles to a black | gum Jim Jones corner, thence East I with Jones line 71 poles to the be-! ginning, containing 3 1-2 acres, more or less. And running vari ous courses for complements. If .no protest is filed witiiin 30 day;, warrant for same will be issued. C. C. BIDDEN, 6-30-4tm Entry Taker WANTED! As Usual We Will Pack Black berries. If Interested See Us At Once and Secure Contracts. 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