THE
>Pvl)lMh«d Mondays and Thursdays at
North WiHcesboro, N. C.
B. J. CARTER snd JULIUS C. HUBBARD
Publishers
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Year |1.56
Six Months .76
Pour Months 60
Ont of the State $2.00 per Yeir
Ibitered at the post office at North Wilkes-
bMo, N. C., as second class matter under Act
>f Mm-ch 4, 1879.
MONDAY, DEC. 1st, 1941
Wilkes And Patriotism
Wilkes county has never failed in time
of national crisis to do its part and more.
The canvass of farms to find out what
Wilkes farmers will do for national de
fense in production of food is a striking
example of the patriotism which never
dies among our people.
They were asked to raise production of
certain foods and feeds, including milk,
poultry, eggs, meat, beef cattle, soybeans
for market and barley, certain moderate
percentages.
Incomplete tabulations of the canvass
indicate that farmers of Wilkes next year
will do more than three times the amount
asked. That is typical of Wilkes people.
They will go all the w'ay.
Early Wilkes .seftlers were among the
most courageous who fought for American
independence and Wilkes people have giv
en their best for their country in every pe
riod of emergency since that time.
We are all sincerely grateful for the
part Wilkes has done in making American
history, and are glad of the knowledge
that the people of this grand old county
are appreciative of liberty and freedom
earned by the sacrifices of those who have
gone on before.
We And Inflation
Inflation is a subject that few people
know. In a vague way, we understand it
to mean that prices would get so high that
money would be of little value.
Various schemes have been considered
to check inflation. Parts of some of them
are practical.
The government leans to the side of e.x-
cessive taxation to check inflation. It per
haps would accomplish that purpose but it
would bring hardships on many poor peo
ple.
It has been proposed that a wage tax of
three to five per cent he imposed in order
to check inflation. That would be good
for those who are making high wages but
what ’about the person with his salary
more or less fixed in the lower, mode.si
brackets?
If a wage tax to check inflation is im
posed, let it be on tho.se who have receiv
ed substantial wage increases.
Defense work has boosted wages dou
ble and triple in some parts of the coun
try. In other parts there have been only
moderate increases. Any tax to check in
flation would of necessity be based on in
creased earnings rather than total earn
ings if the little man was not to be taxed
out of a decent existence.
Wage earners in this neck of the woods
who have enough money to bring about
any degree of inflation are as .scarce as
hen’s teeth. Should they be taxed to a
point of suffering in order to take care of
localities w'here defen.se works have cans
ed wages to skyrocket?
He Will Fight For His Home
A young man in Yadkin county wa.-.
called for service in the United States
Army the other day and sought exemption
from combat service on the ground that he
was a con.scientious objector. But after a
talk with Troy Martin, clerk of the Yadkin
County Selective Service Board, he chang
ed his mind. Bill Rutledge, in The Yad
kin Ripple, tells us why:
During the concersation the boy said, “1
would fight if the Germans came to my
home, because I would defend my family.”
“Where is your home?” asked Mr. Mar
tin.
“In the Deep Creek section,” the boy
answered. x , T.
“Where is the Deep Creek section? the
Clerk replied. ^
“It’s in Forbush township.
“And where is that?” he was asked
back.
“It’s in Yadkin county,” the boy answer-
ed, with a puzzled eJtpresslon.
“And where is that?”
“In North Carolina,” he said.
“And where is that?”
“In the United States,” the boy answer
ed.
“Now do you .see?” Mr. Martin told
him. “It doesn’t take long for a bomber
to come in from the coast, does it?”
The boy sat for a moment without
speaking. “May I have my questionnaire
for a minute?” he asked. When it was
handed to him he took the exemption
form from his questionnaire. He then
walked over to the stove, took off the
cover, and placed it in the fire. “Just for
get about my objection,” he said.—Win
ston-Salem Journal.
RULES OF THE ROAD ^
Bicycles As Vehicles
Article 1, Motor Vehicle Laws of North
Carolina:—“(ff) ... for the purposes of
this Act, bicycles shall be deemed vehicles,
and every rider of a bicycle upon a high
way shall be subject to the provisions of
this Act applicable to the driver of a ve
hicle except those which by their nature
can have no application.”
This means that bicycle riders must obey
stop signs and stop lights, give hand sig
nals when preparing to stop or turn, ridc-
on the right, et cetera. In other words, bi
cycle riders are required to obey all the
general traffic rules and regulations that
drivers of motor vehicles have to obey ex
cept those which could not apply to bi
cycles, such as the 60-mile maximum speed
law. . A k
AbrioimM
AbsurdiHes
By DWIGHT NICHOLS, et «l.
Borrowed Comment
HAROLD’S HARD WEEK
(The Indianapolis (Ind.) News)
It was a hard week for Secretary Ickes.
First, a United States district judge held
that the Aluminum Company of America
is not a monopoly, tru.st, or trade restrain
er. Secretary Ickes decided long ago,
though, that the company was a monopo-
poly. In that ground he refused to sell
federal power to it. That decision is one
reason for the country’s aluminum short
age.
The next day the British said that they
w’ould be glad to return 10 or 15 of the oil
tankers that they borrowed from the Unit
ed States. Secretary Ickes had declared
weeks ago that the British had to have the
tankers or perish. On this conclusion he
based his gasoline rationing order eas
tern states. First the railroads show that
if their 22,000 tank cars were used there
would be plenty of gasoline in the east,
then the British .said that they did not need
all the tankers.
In the parade of the genial secretary’.s
misfortunes things never seem to como
alone. When he has a bad week he really
has a bad week. It was bad enough for an
American judge to decide against him, but
when the British government put him back
on his heels it mu.st have been nearly too
much. However that will not .stop his
quest for evils to correct. He’ll find some
more, even if he has to look in Washing
ton for them.
AN EXAMPLE OF THRIFT
(Wayne.sville Mountaineer)
According to authorities, the scrap alu
minum collected in the recent drive
amounted to 11,835,139 pounds. This is
reported to be short of what was expected,
but even so it is an impressive total when
we are told that 350 big four-motored
bombers could be built from it.
The drive was well worth the trouble.
We are an extravagant people, and it was
a fine le.sson in thrift and saving It nc
doubt will be the means of showing the
American people other hidden sources of
materials that are going to w'astc.
There are other phases beside collecting
aluminum to the drive which includes,
making us more coascious of the needs of
defense, and offering a means by which
the most humble person could do- their
part, as we feel Jhey did all over the
country.
AliMANAC TRIE AGAIN
One of the most sought for
publications at' this time of the
year is Blum’s almanac. It has
been published for more than
100 years and Its popularity doe’s
not appear to diminish.
Many people swear by Blum's
almanac and some who do not
believe in the signs of the sodlac
and whose farming operations are
governed by those who do, swear
at It.
Blum’s is the time honored au
thority for signs about when to
plant, when not to plant, when
to harvest and kill, efc.
Blum’s is also the hook which
contains some very interesting
stories. Many .tier dinner speak
ers have old copies of Blum’s
almanac which they study at
frequent times to get some jokes
so old that they are new again.
Some may think this comment
for the publication is a commer
cial plug, or advertisement, but
such is not the case. We figure
that about everybody will .’buy
one anyway, so this will not
help the publishers.
After we go out and get one
of the almanacs, we may give
you a preview of some of its ar
ticles.
WOITLD GO HOME
Ben Harrison, a member of
Company A at Fort Jackson, S.
C., wrote his father, W. G. Har
rison, something like this on
postal card:
’'If I had a farm in South
Carolina and a home in Hades 11
would sell my farm and go I
home” I
I
THE WIFE’S TROUBLES
The farmers wife has no excuse
for not being cullnred and np-
to-date. All she has to do is cook
the meals and wash the dishes
and mop the floor and scrub the
steps and wash the clothes and
mend the linen and darn the
socks and- milk the cows and
churn the biit’er and feed the
chickeas and bathe the children
and can the fruit and cut- the
children’s hair and set the dog on
‘ramps and chase the cat out of
the milk house and polish the sil
ver and black the stove and
straighten the shades and settle
the children’s scraps and shoo
the hens off the porch and wipe
up the mod father and the bo^
track In and bake the broad and
make-the eake and chase thd pigs
out ’of the : garden and answer
t>'j telephone and sift the ants
out of the sugar and air the
feather beds and heat the water
ior father to .wash his feet and
watch 'out for bed bugs and get
the men ii^> in' the morning and
gather the eggs and set the hens
and keep the neighbor’s baby
while she goes to town and get
the children off to school and
get rid of insurance agents and
spray the fruit trees an^ gather
the berries and trim the lamps
and swat the files and empty the
ashes and slop the pigs and peel
the peaches and rake the lawn
and feed the pet, Iambs and
string the beans, and fill the lan
tern and sort the apples and
the men’s collar buttons and
j carry in the wood and pick the
I geese and answer the door bell
j and tell the men what they did
I with the axe the last time they
j used it and write' a letter to
mother. Then in the afternoon
she can go to the missionary
meeting and work her head oft
for the heathen. — Author Un
known.
Paris Fined
For Bombing
Paris, German-Occupied France.
!—The German commander of
Paris fined the city 1,000,000
francs (officially $20,000) yes
terday for the bombing of of a
Nazi-requuisitioned restaurant —
m of reprisal whlcb rb„Y The Oennass also ord^^ all^
Pllicli^^e sbootlBg of hosier j restaurants snd cafes in the
.. The ' announcement by Cdtonel j In' quarter of left-bank Pa
General Ernst Von Sebanmberg > along the Boulevard St. Mil
was the‘ first disclosure of the {and Boulevard Montparnasae* t6
bombing itself.
Those responsible for the
bombing have not been caugh^
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Odie T. Gil
bert, late of Wilkes county, N. C.,
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against said, estate to
present them to the undersigned,
whose address is Boomer, iC C.,
duly verified, on or before the
1st day of December, 1942, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
right to recover. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 1st day of December, 1941.
MRS. ODIE T. GILBERT, I
Administrator or the estate
. of Odie T. Gilbert, dec’d. j
l-5-6t (m)
4*
be closed at S p. m. from Novem
ber 27 to November 30 inclusive.'S.,
ADMINISTRAIDR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as ’’adn^lata
tor of tko estate of W. J. Htartoa.l
late of Wilkes county, N. C., thin
is to notify all persons' having
claims against said estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned,
whose address is Route three, Box
230, Lenoir, N. C., duly verified,
on or before the 1st day of De»m-
ber, 1942, or this notice will be
plead in bar or their ri(rf»t to re
cover. All persons indebt^ to
said estate will please make imme
diate settiement.
This 1st day of December, 1941.
MRS. L. C. HORTON,
Administrator of the estate
of W. J. Horton, dec’d.
l-5-6t (m)
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LIBERTY
George Barnard Shaw’s
MAJOR
BARBARA
NEW SERVITUDE
(Charlotte Observer)
Although gasoline curtailment was sup
posed to have been in effect during the
late summer and early fall, the State finds
its revenue from the tax on motor fuel
nearly 18 per cent above that for the cor-
resp'onding five months of the preceding
fiscal year. People are determined to ride.
They have an ache to get somewhere
quick, \leaving early and go somewhere
else faster.
GADDY MOTOR COMPANY, Inc.
BOONE TRAIL HIGHWAY TELEPHONE 112
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NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C.
November 29th, 1941
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, •
EVERYWHERE:
We have just celebrated the formal opening of our new home located on
Boone Trail Highway (No. 421), just four blocks out. This occasion -was a most
successful event, thanks to the cooperation of the public.
On behalf of all associated with our company, I wish to express my
hearty appreciation for everything—the many written expressions of goodwill and
encouragement of so many firms in our^own business world as well as elsewhere; for
the many spoken words of congratulations; and for every act of kindness and co
operation on the part of everyone. All of us are appreciative to the highest de
gree, and words cannot express our gratefulness.'
Your interest in the success of our firm, your words of encouragement,
your expressions of goodwill, all make us more determined than ever before to do
our share in promoting the best interest of the section we serve, and also to give ’
our many friends and patrons the very best automobile service we possibly can at
all times.
Again, please allow me to extend to you my sincere thanks, and also the
sincere appreciation of all persons connected with our business.
With cordial best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
W. F. GADDY
OWNER GADDY MOTOR CO.
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