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MONDAY, AUG. 18, 1941
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No Starvation Diet
The agricultural problem is still here.
The farmer’s overhead has shown great
increases. Labor is much more costly than
it used to be and is difficult to obtain
Taxes are rising. And every manufactur
ed article the farmer buys is more expen
sive.
The farmer’s income, on the other hand,,
has not shown a comparable gain. Even
in the best of times, the average farmer’s
profit is small—today it is too often close
to the point of disappearance.
The drive now being conducted by farm
groups to attain equality for the farmer
with labor and industry, deserves full sup
port. We can't let the producers of our
food live on a starvation diet.
Saving Our Children
Some of the most notable progress made
by the medical profession has been in re
ducing deaths and illnesses in childhood.
Dr. G. E. Wakerlin recently described
the achievements in this direction that
have been made in the representative .state
of Illinois. The number of deaths of Illi
nois children under ten is now one-tenth of
what it was in 1910. Each of the eight
major causes of childhood deaths—diar-
rhae, pneumonia, diphtheria, tuberculosis,
scarlet fever, whooping cough, measles
and meningitis—has been robbed of much
of its destructiveness.
The most important factor in producing
this fine results, Dr. Wakerlin points out,
‘•has been the application of knowledge
gained by prolonged and painstaking re
search and experimentation in labora
tories, clinics and hospitals.” Diarrhea
provides an example in point. In 1910 it
caused the death of 9,000 children under
ten years of age, in Illinois. In 1938, it
killed only 500, despite the fact that the
population of that state increased substan
tially in the meantime. This shrinking re
duction in death and illness from diarrhea
has gone hand in hand with a better un
derstanding of the activity of the dige.stive
tract.
What has occurred in Illinois has like
wise occurred all over the country. Pri
vate medicine has made strides that can be
best described as miraculous in controlling
and eliminating the great bacterial killers.
The result is two-fold—longer lives for the
people, and happier, fuller lives as well.
do
more
Hollyhocks growing in the alleys
beautifying the ci^ than the
naa City
JEpr
RULES OF THE ROAD
Reckless Driving
Sec. 102, Motor Vehicle Laws of North
Carolina—“Any person who drives any
vehicle upon a highway carelessly and
heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard
of the rights or safety of others, or with
out due caution and circumspection and at
a speed or in a manner so as to endanger
any person or property, shall be guilty of
reckless driving ...”
This means that, regardless of speed
laws, every driver is required to drive with
caution and with regard for the rights of
other individuals at all times. You can be
guilty of reckless driving when going only
30 miles per hour on an open highway
where the maximum speed limit is 60 miles
per hour.
“Only the St. Louis Browns have never
won a major league pennant.” So much
for the meek inheriting the earth.—Detroit
News. •
Some think the country is impregnable
with the defenses already undertaken.
Others say it’s as safe as a military secret
with Burt Wheeler.—Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
Amtortttai
Absurdities
E1 DWIGHT NICHOLS, et *1.
WHILE RUSSIA HOLDS
(Christian Science Monitor)
The month in which the Russian armies
were to fold up is now at an end. But the
Russian armies have not folded up. One
gathers as little as ever from the communi
ques. From other sources, such as official
quarters in Washington and London, come ‘he issue vre have been be-
^ , . _ . „ sieged with expressions of regret,
that Russia reverses are expected.
-'ifit.
SAVUl'V EPITAPHS.
Here Ilea the remalna of Perciral
Sapp •
He drove his car with his girl in
his lap.
SURPRISE OR
DISAPPOINTMENT?
Since leaving out this column
Llea slumbering here, one
Ham Blake,
He heard the bell but had
brake.
Wll-
signs
but that Russia resistance promises to last
at least for a while.
One such sign is the removal of Soviet
foreign office divisions and other govern
ment services from Moscow to Kazan,
whither they were accompanied by some
members of the United States embassy.
Another is the accord between Britain and
Russia in which each nation pledges itself
to stay in the fight against the Nazis as
long as the other does.
The Nazis themselves seem to have
modified their hopes of immediate victory
over the Russians. Instead of a mounting
menace of Nazi invasion of Britain in the
event of a successful Nazi campaign
against Russia, reports from the Balkans
and Mediterranean area indicate Nazi
plans for renewal of warfare in the Middle
East. Nazi bases for action southeastward
from Berlin are reported as being heavily
reinforced. These reports are supported
bv Briti.sh-Free French counter-activity in
Syria and Lebanon, into which areas war
materials are still pouring while work on
fortifications is being speeded.
The Nazi assault on Russia, while possi
bly postponing an attempt at invasion of
Britain, provides no holiday for anti-Nazi
forces. All the while the fighting goes on
along the world’s longest battle front, the
Nazis busy themselves with actual physi
cal preparations to exploit whatever suc
cesses they may achieve in Russia. Though
they would fail to frighten Britain and the
United States into a “peace” even by full-
pledged triumph over Soviet power, the
Nazis may emerge from the Russian ven
ture somewhat strengthened to carry on a
long war. Of course, should the unex
pected happen in Russia • . . but too many
plans of the democracies have gone largely
on the assumption that Hitler had at last
overstepped himsePf.
America speaks! Answer the call of
your country by buying Defense Savings
Bonds and Stamps for its protection and
defense.
LIFE’S BEHER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
That statement, let us hasten |
to add, is onI}T approximately cor
rect. I
In order to define our meaning
let us give the following illustra
tion of the meaning of approxi
mate as recorded in the conver
sation of two men:
Beneath this stone lies William
Raines,
Ice on the hill, he had no chains.
“Heard you nad the good for
tune to win $10,000 on a little
black horse in a race Ic^t week?"
“Yes, that 1» aipproxlmately
correct.’’
“Approximately? Well, what is
correct?"
“It wae not last week. It was
last year. It was not-a horse race.
It was a dog race. The dog I bet
on was spotted instead of black
and I lost $10,000 instead of
won.’’
YADKIN MONSTERS
AH the articles we have been
reading In Winston-Salem, Surry
county, Yadkin county and Davie
county papers about various and
sundry monsters in the Yadkin
river have had us laughing, for
several days.
We have been laughing because
we knew what the monsters were
but couldn’t tell because that
would have been giving away mil
itary secrets which could have
been used by the opposition.
The monsters were Hell’s Half
Acre submarines on maneuvers in
the Yadkin.
Here lies the body of William Jay,
He died maintaining the right-of-
way.
John Smith lies here without his
shoes.
He drove bis car while filled with been ill for some time.
booze.
Here’s Mary Jane—'but not alive
She made her flivver do eighty-
five.
Here Hee the body of Jimmie
Hoke
He pulled the gas instead of the
choke.
Beneath this stone lies Helen
Sales',
She dyed her hair and finger
nails.
Of dye she had a plenteous store.
But now she’s dead she’ll dye
no more.
MORE OF THISANDTHAT
A banker said he knew what
was wrong with this country—it
has only one vice president.
A British air raid chief told a
watchman that there was an un
exploded bomb on the ground, for
him to keep his eye on things and
blow his whistle if anything ha.p-
pened. “But do I blo$v it goin^
up or coming down?” the watch
man wi nted to know.
One little toe said to the other
little toe: "Don’t look now, but
I think we are being followed by
a couple of heels."
It is not the automobile market
which h&s reached a point of sat
uration. Too many of the drivers
have reached that state.
A negro charged with non-sup
port of a “superfluous’’ child said
he “pleaded guilty and waived the
hearing.” and when asked by the
judge what he meant by “waived
the hearing” he said that he did
not want to hear any more about
it.
■WHAT A MAN
He wanted to impress the girls;
so donned a bathing suit.
And posed beneath the suu ill
day and thought be was a
'beaut.
But when the night came on, oh,
my! His skin grew very red.
And felt as though it were afire,
and he reposed in bed.
He called his family to his aid;
with remedies they tried
To soothe his awful agony; and
how their hero cried!
But lo, within a week this chap—
in lovely coat of tan
Forgot that pain and posed again
to shouts of: “What a man!’’
Use the advertising columns of
this paper as your shonpinsr amide
13,—Rev, "iiirt
Mrs.'JOtijl ,W. Uhnrch vlBited mL
and Mrs.JOnuly Church, Sunday.
Many' I@Ik» from this commun
ity attended the home coming at
Blue Ridge Sunday. A very nice
program of singing and speaking
was rendered end enjoyed, by a
record breaking crowd.
Mr. Herman Waters, of Lenoir,
visited his brother, Mr. Jacob
Waters, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mikeal and
little son, Bobby, visited Mrs.
Mlkeal’g parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Welch, at Deep Gap Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Welch has
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Keys, and
son, Hubert, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Church.
Mr. Ollle Waters, of Lenoir, vis
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Waters, during the week
end.
Mrs. Rachel Dowell and chil
dren, Barbara Jean, Jimmie, and
Joan, of Roanoke, Va., are spend
ing this week with her brother,
Mr. Arnold Keys. Mrs. Dowell and
children ha.ve been visiting rela
tives in this community for the
past two weeks.
PACKAGING
The cost of containers, boxes,
labels and other packaging ma
terials constitutes about 22 per
cent of the factory value of packs
of U. S', canned and preserved
fruit and vegetable industries.
Reins-Sturdivant
North Wilkesboro, N. C-
WE LIGHTEN YOUR TASK
Wanted—Experienced Men For
Mirror Factory
Cutter-Inspector, Bevelers, Scratch Polishers
Hi^h wages, good working condition
Tiie Beauty-Clear Mirror Co.
Grove City, Pennsylvania
TRUST JESUS
Trust Jesus. This is life’s better way.
There is no friend like Him. He loves us so
much that He died for our sins and our
souls. He is our only Savior. No one'be
side Him can save us. Sinner, come to
Him, repent, give up your sins, your evil
ways and trust Him to redeem you. With
out Him you shall perish. Believer, conse
crate your life, your time, your talents,
your means, your all to Him and trust Him
to sanctify you. Trust Him for holiness.
This is life’s better way. It is the “more
excellent way,” of which St Paul speaks.
Trust Jesus. You need Him along life’s
rugged pathway. You need Him in health,
in poverty, in wealth. You need Him in
the home, on the farm, in the school room,
in the ott^ice, in the shop, in the factory.
You need Him at work at play. You need
Him when the sun shines brightly and
when the clouds hang low. You need Him
in the calm; you need Him in the storm.
You need Him when you are sick to heal
you. You need Him when you are sorely
tempted, tested and tried to enable you to
stand your ground, to endure, to overcome.
Trust Jesus. You need Him to deliver
you from the snares of the fowler and the
dangerous pitfalls of the enemy. You need
Him to give you strength. Within your
self you are weak and faltering. You need
Him when you are discouraged. Trust
Him- You need Him when things go
wrong. You need Him in all the battles
and conflicts of life. You need Him -n
every battlefield. You need Him to help
you bear your burdens and carry your
crosses. .
Trust Jesus. You need Him when you
are young; you shall need Him when you
are old. All ages, classes, all colors, all
men need Him under all circumstances of
life. You need Him to live by; you shall
indeed need Him to die by. If you live for
Him, if you serve Him, if you obey Him, if
you worship Him, if you are true and
faithful unto Him, He will never»leave you
or forsake you. He will accompany you
all the way through life. His presence will
lead you; His love will bless you; His
grace will sustain you.
Trust Jesus. He is a mighty stay to
every man’s life and soul. He is “A Rock
in a weary land, a shelter in the time of
the storm.” He will lead you upward and
heavenward always, and finally give you a
beautiful, wondcfrtul, marvelous, glorioua|
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ClilPl’ED ADVER'TISMENT
Parties wishing to .prepare for
the hereafter may possibly be able
to obtain some supplies by at
tending an auction sale scheduled
to be held at Southport at noon
on August 28 ... at that time At
torney S. B. Frink, acting for par
ties who held a chattel mortgage,
will sell to the highest bidder five
adult size coffiius, five child size
coffins and various accessories to
match, including everything from j
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ES'l'A’TE
Under and by virtue of the pow
er and authority contained in a
certain Deed of Trust executed by
Spencer L. Sparks and wife, Minda
A. Sparks, dated December 12,
1938, and recorded in the office of
Register of Deeds for Wilkes
County in Book 184, page 306, to
.secure the payment of a note
therein mentioned, and default
having been made in the payment
thereof, and demand having been
made on me;
I will, ’THEREFORE, on Thurs
day August 28, 1941, at the hour
of ten (10:00) o’clock A. M., at
the courthouse door in Wilkesboro,
offer for sale for cash to the high
est bidder, the following described
real estate, to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
in Wilkes County, N. C., adjoining
the lands of W. F. Hendren Heirs
an(J Dr. L. P. Somers Heirs on the
South; also said Somers Heirs on
the West; J. W. Smith on the
North; and J. T. Benbow on the
Sast;
Containing Fifty-eight (68)
acres, more or less:
The same being the tract of land
purchased from Gaston Somers by
Spencer L. Sparks.
This the 28th day of July, A. D.,
1941.
A. H. CASEY, Trustee
B-18-4t (m)
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish to announce to the public that we have leased
our brick buildinsr on 10th Street for another type bus
iness more suitable to the building and location, and
are moving our plant to the
Phillips Three-Slory Ware
house On Forester Avenue
where we will welcome our many friends and custo
mers. We will continue to handle all kinds POULTRY,
also EGGS, BUTTER and DRIED FRUITS.
We appreciate the generous patronage the people of
Wilkes and adjoining counties have given us through
the vears and promise for the future the same high
class service we have given in the past.
We will continue to pay top market prices for POUL-
TRY and PRODUCE. We want especially to call at
tention to DRIED FRUITS. In this emergency no
fruit should .be allowed to go to waste. Cut and dry
peaches and apples. We will guarantee to pay fair
Williams Motor
Company
T. H. WILLIAMS, Mgr.
BEAR FRAME
SERVICE
Good Used Cars, Trucks
and Tractors
• EASY TERMS •
Will Pay Cash for Lat* Model
Wrecked Cars and ’Tracks
{Complete Body Relmildmaj
I ElectriC:^aad 4^1*^ Wt
M'
have produce to sell for cash.
Se us at our new location on Forester Avenue when you
have poduce to sell for cash.
E ELLER
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