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The Joivq^ - Patriot independent in politics PMbXiihed Mmdays and Thursday* at North Wilkesboro, N. C. D. J. CARTER and JULIUS C. HUBBARD Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year |1.60 Six Months .75 Four Months 50 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 of March 4, 1879. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1941 On Mail Service Mail service to and from North Wilkes boro for all points east, north and south sorely needs revision. The way mail comes in and goes out of North Wilkesboro is a glaring example of inefficiency and duplication. With changes of schedules and other factors, the incoming and outgoing mail service has been going from bad to worse. And of the two, the incoming mail ser vice is worse. There are two mails which arrive in North Wilkesboro from Winston-Salem. One is the star route service which brings only first class mail and newspap ers. It arrives here about seven a. m. The other is the train, which arrives here at varying times from 10:30 up. Mail which reaches North Wilkesboro on the two incoming routes leaves Greens boro, the focal point on the main north- south line, about the same time. Thus it is seen that we in reality have only one incoming mail from the big out side world. Any mail for this section which arrives in Greensboro, Winston-Salem oi other points any time after the wee hours of morning must wait until next morning to come here. The outgoing mail service is not much [ better, the only difference being that a star route to carry first class mail goes out to Winston-Salem about 11 a. m. On outgoing mail there is only one hour difference in the time the train and the af ternoon star route leave. They arrive in Winston-Salem about the same time. In other words, it is almost a duplication. North Wilkesboro and the big territory served from this point deserve better mail service with the remainder of the country. Why Not Do Something? If we understand the matter correctly, the threatened shortage of gasoline in the eastern states is a matter of transporta tion. The subject has been hanging fire and has been discussed for months. It seems to us so far away from all the discussion and yet affected that enough time has elapsed for .something to have been done to avert the threatened short age. We have been told that a pipe line from a point in Louisiana to Greensboro, N. C. would solve a great part of the tran.spor- tation problem. Pipe lines can be laid with great speed. Months have passed and no pipe line is be ing constructed. Meanwhile Ickes keeps threatening to invoke gasoline rationing. We are also told that tankers belonging to several European nations have been taken over and are being used, but that Uncle Sam has not touched any French ships. If we can condemn, take and buy ships of the other nations which are im pounded here, why not those of France? There have been some statements to the effect that railroads have about 19,000 idle tank cars. Rates are higher by rail than by tankers on the ocean. But even in the face of higher costs, it looks like there might be a solution to some part of the transportation problem by rail. The use of gasoline is a great source of revenue for state and federal governments in the form of taxes. That money will be needed and instead of so much talk and working on the idea of curtailing use, why not more effort to solve the problem? “We’d rather die on our feet than live on our knees,” lays the President. Why do either? Why not get on our toes.— Omaha Morning World-Herald. Poise—The’result^ not being ashamed ' Millions of Days Lost An official survey has just revealed that 2,485,150 man-days of employment on ar my defense work have been lost in the first six months of the year through strikes. This is a staggering total when translated into terms of the military equipment that might have been built in that time. It is even more staggering when we re member that these ligures are only for ar my work. They take no account either of navy contracts delayed, of strikes like the soft coal and West Coast shipping disputes which admittedly tied up large quantities of defense work, or of losses of time in plants which depended upon the com panies in question to keep their own oper ations going. An earlier unofficial esti mate placed defense man-days lost in the first five months of 1941 at over 3,500,000, and that is probably nearer the whole truth. Delays like these have a significance that is worldwide in its implications. The real meaning has been well outlined by one speaker: “What does tiiis mean in goods? It means that we could have been nearer our goal by 1,800 tanks. Thermopylae was lost because there were too few tanks. “We could have been nearer our goal by 220,000 machine guns. Greece was lost for want of machine guns. “We could have oeen nearer our goal by 1,600 airplanes. Crete was lost be cause there were not enough planes.” It is bitter to realize the truth when it is presented in those terms. But it is bet ter to face the facts now than to repeat the same tragedies again through failure to understand their ultimate significance. Ac cording to observers, defense strikes have declined lately in number and intensity. It is to be hoped that this Is a sign that the great rank-and-file of labor, shown by polls to place the national safety above all other considerations, are beginning to mr.ke a certain number of misguided leaders and disaffected elements under stand their point of view. Abnormal Absurdities By DWIGHT NICHOLS, et sL ON SAVING DAYLIGHT We southerners are going to get our first experience with day light ssvlng time In a few days. It Is going to b'e an interesting experience and we gladly join In the belief that it will he in the interest of national defense. We have sent out our secretive ■ Huhby can t sleep anywhere operators to find out what the people think about daylight sav- Oives Another Leg j For PreparedneM ''iSreeaville, Tex., July" 22.— Hsnry Courtney, wounded i in the right leg daring the world war, had it amputated in 1929 and re placed with an aluminum one. Today be came to aluminum collection headquarters with hia all-metal leg. ‘‘I gave Uncle Sam one leg and was glad to do what I could in the world war,’’ Courtney said. “I am glad to do now what I can In the program of preparedness.” Ing. In other words, we hasr; as'k- ed that they keep an ear to the from a long cruise, what can Wlfey do? There’s a unique solu tion. Let her consult Instantane- People who fall inordinately in love with themselves are not apt to have any serious rivals.—Roanoke Times. Study busology, to travel under the best conditions.—Manchester Guardian. LIFE’S BETTER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR, Hiddenite, N. C. LIFT UP YOUR EYES “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heav en and earth.”—Psalm 121:1-2. How helpless we are without God! Were it not for Him we could not draw a breath, move a hand or foot, eat a morsel, live a minute. If everybody could realize this we believe everybody would honor, reverence, love, .serve, worship and obey God, and continually life up their eyes unto Him. Here is where the multitudes fail and come short of His honor and glory and blessings in their souls and upon their lives. So few, comparatively speaking, lift up their eyes unto God in honest, sincere worship and prayer. That all our help comes from above is unquestionable, if we would but stop to think and consider. We are so earthly, so finite, so earth-bound, so short-sighted, un til we can't get our eyes lifted up, it seems to me, until God can lift up our souls. This is true of the vast majority of men. How ever, out of the multitudes there are a few who lift up their eyes, their hearts, their souls unto God that they may be wonder fully and supernaturally saved from all sin, directed in the right paths, onward and upward. This is life’s better way. Much is said in the Bible about the hills and mountains. They are typical, it seems to me, of the higher, better, nobler and holier things of life. God dwells in the higher altitudes He is above, yet He con descends to men of low degree and saves them, sanctifies them, blesses them, makes them a blessing, and leads them upward and heavenward, when they give them selves unreservedly unto Him and “pray without ceasing.” Praise our God forever. Reader, lift up your eyes. LIFT THEM UP. God has great and marvelous and exhausless treasures above. He is un speakably rich. Here we find men dwarft- ed and stinted in life, heart, mind and soul all because they live outside of God’s will and plan for their lives. Indeed it is so. Cast your eyes upward, continually up ward from day to day, from hour to hour. You need much grace to stand against the the wiles of the devil. God has abundance. You need protection and leadership, and only God has that power. Don’t look down; look up. It is dark beneath; it is dangerous. It is bright above. Lift up your eyes. Pray much and trust God I^et Him have His way with you. He will lead and guide you .unmistakably right and ground even if it gets run over o" Etiquette, the amusing fea- by a tank l^ve presented in pictures by They have brought back to us brilliant English artist, and answered by iMr. Arthur “Bugs ’ Baer, famous humorist, in The American Weekly with next Sun day’s Washington now on sale. Times-Herald, some accounts of experiments in daylight saving. Some of our peo ple have a great desire to try ont things ahead of time and get ac quainted before the real test. In other words, they want to be able to say “I told you so.’’ One account of our underprivi leged secretive operator had to do with an experiment by a farm er which ended in tragedy. He had a hen >which invariably roused up and laid an egg when the sun peeped through a hole in the hen house and it had 'been the custom of the farmer to have that egg for breakfast. He ran up the cluck one hour and found to his hungry disappointment that the hen had not laid her usual — _ - - _ . , morning egg in time b^^akfast j 1926 Spker, ’to TT^eTederal by the clock which had been turn-|j^^^^ J Columbia, and re ed up one hour. I corded in Book 126, page 173, in But the ingennily of some of office of the Register of Deeds our people, including the farmer | for Wilkes County, the undersign- Use the advertising columns oi this paper as your shopping guide not/ce~6f sale Vorth Carolina, Wilkes County. Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained in a certain Judgment of the Superior Court of Wilkes County in the case of ’The Federal Land Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, versus E. L. Spicer, et als, defendants, authorizing and empowering the undersimed com missioner to sell the lands describ ed in a certain mortgage deed un der date of the 22d day of March, the Church lot and Sehoolhouse lot and the lands of Bull Altotaa- der heirs; on the sonth'snd 'west by the lands of E. 6. Walters. This is the same tract of land tofore conveyed to E. L. Spi- by Emory U., Burchette and heretofore conveyed Jo E. L. Spi ■e^ by Emory 11. “ wife, by deed dated September 16, 1920, recorded September 17, 1920, in Book 110, Page 491, in the iffice of the Register of Deeds for Wilkes Coon^. THE FOLLOWING LANDS ARE EXCEPTED FROM THE LA’-TDS ABOVE DESCRIBED, AND WILL NOT BE SOLD: First Tract: ^Beginning at an iron stake in the center of the highway, Bruce Billings’ comer, and runn- •'■g with Bruce Billings’ line north 87 degrees west 13S feet to a stake in Bruce Billings’ line; thence south 4 degrees 5 minutes west parallel with the center line of the highway 348 feet to a .stake in N. V. AUxanderis line; thence with N. V. Alexander’s line north 67 de grees, 35 minutes east 148 ft. to in iron stake in the center of the highway; thence north 4 deg. 6 minutes east 286 ft. to the be ginning. Containing one acre. Second Tract: Beginning in Bruce Billings’ line at the west ward point called for in the above one-acre tract and running north 87 deg. west with Bruce Billings’ line 60 ft. to an iron stake; thence south 4 deg. 5 minutes west par allel with the center line of high way 380 ft. to an iron stake in the Alexander line, thence north , 67 deg. 36 minutes east ^with the N. V. Alexander line 70 tt. to a stabs, the southwest comer of ^ ons- scre tract; thence with the west line of the one-sere tract north 4 deg. 6 minutes east 348 ft. to the beginning. Containing one-half of 'n acre. That the true dividing ne between the Church property nd Die defendants’ Spicers’ prop- .'ty referred to in the order is as ilfowsr Begrfaihing at an ii^ :ake in the Bruce Billings line 93 ft 'West of Bruce Billings’ cor- er in the center of the highway, running south 4 deg. 6 minutes west 380 feet to an iron stake in the N. V. Alexander line, 218 ft. southwest of the iron stake in the center of the highway. The terms of sale are cash. No bid will be accepted unless its maker shall deposit with the com- mi.ssioner the sum of ten per cent (10%) of the amount bid as a I forfeit and guaranty, the same to Jbe credited on his bid when ac- icepted. ' Notice is now given that said I lands will be re-sold immediately : at the same ^ce, upon the same terms,, on the same day, unless said deposit is made. Every deposit not forfeited or accepted will be promptly retum- • . fbe maker uuon expiration of the period allowed by law for the confirmation of said sale. This sale will be made subject to the confirmation of the Court. This the 20th day of June, 1941. ELEANOR SMOAK, Commissioner. 7-21-4t (m) question, is practically unlim ited. He couldn’t work very well without his breakfast egg so he had to devise ways and means of j ;d commissioner will expose to sale. ,t public auction to the highest: idcier, for cash, at the Courthouse: oor in Wilkesboro, North Caro-' ina, at 12 o’clock, noon, on the | SAVE l'/2^ Of The Amount of Your 1941 County Taxes By Making Pay- ment On Or Before • * • • coaxing or forcing that hen to ' 2gth day of July, 1941, the follow- put out one hour earlier. ! ris described lands, lying and te- He rigged up a powerful flash light which automatically went on and flashed its rays into the hen’s face one hour earlier than the sun—in time for breakfast by daylight saving time. It work ed and the hen produced the egg promptly. But here the monster greed reached its destructive tenacles a- roiind the being of the aforesaid farmer and he reasoned incorrect ly that if the light could coax the hen into producing an egg for the earlier breakfast that it could produce one for dinner and one tor supper. The tragic result was '.hat the hen laid herself to death. Why tell all this, you may ask. So you won’t make the same mistake. MCHTW.A'rrHMKX^'WORRIKI) We have it on questionable au- thc-ity that the nightwatchinen are worried about daylight .saving lime. They can’t seem to figger out whether it will make nights shorter or longer. ox SAVING MOONSHINE From Cutthroat Ridge and Hell's Half Acre have come re ports that there is agitation for moonshine saving time. Their ac tivities are best carried out by moonlight and moonshine can be made more safely by moonlight. It is suggested that they ask the president to invoke moonshine saving time. TEASING RAf’KFIRED Two soldiers decided they would tease a boy who came by the camp leading a donkey. “What are you holding on to your brother so tight for?”, asked one of the soldiers. “So’s he won’t enlist in the army,” replied the lad without blinking an eye. ({ROWING PROBIiEM If the U. S. navy gets much bigger will there be enough girls in every port to go around? ALSO RAN “Am I the only girl you’ve ever kissed?’’ demanded the pert young thing. “Well—er—no,” blurted her latest find, “but—” “Then 'buzz off,” was the re ply. "If you know the course, and that’s your top form, I’m not playing.’’ Since pork prices have been on the upgrade, Wilson County far mers are increasing their breed ing herds as much as possible, reports O. W. Deyton, assistant farm agent of the Extension Ser vice. Mig in Walnut Grove Township, Wilkes County, and more particu larly described and defined as fol lows, to 'vit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing 31 acres, more or less, situate, lying and be ing on the Wilkesboro-Traphill Road about 14 milps north from the Town of North Wilkesboro, in Walnut Grove Township, County of Wilkes and State of North Car olina, having such shapes, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof made by Charlie Miles, County Surveyor, on tne 27th day of February, 1926, and attached to the al'stract now on file with The Federal Land Bank of Columbia; the same being bounded on the north by the la..ds of R. F. Absher and Bruce Billings, on the east by Friday, August 1st Payment May Be Made Now At Th? County Accountant’s Office On Estimated Rate. C. G. Poindexter, County Accountant -4' 5^'- ® mm ’4 PI IS to WilGams 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 Acetylene Welding Uhe . i ftOOL Kitchen comfort is one BIG reason why millions of women have switched to electric cooking. With an electric range you get both confined heat in an insulated oven and range-top heat directly transmitted to the utensil with minimum heating of air . . . Why don’t you swing over to cool electric cooking—with the automatic features that release you from tne kitchen so much of the time?- Range Models now on display at leading stores are more Beautiful and Efficient than Ever! DUKE POWER COMPANY ’'I r\ HOURS? to 5 NINTH STREET
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