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MONDAY, FEB. 14th, 1944
Job Well Done
It is with pleasure that we commend the
record made by Wilkes in the campaign to
raise funds with which to fight infantile
paralysis. The county's quota was $920
and a total of more than $1100 was raised.
C. E. Jenkins, Jr., directed this very suc
cessful drive, with the help of some splen
did workers. Miss Janie McDiarmid was
chairman of the women's division and Bill
Marlow was publicity chairman.
Especial mention should go to the Ki-
wanis committee, composed of C. 0. Mc-
Niel, chairman, Dudley Hill and R. E.
Gibbs. That committee raised a total of
$700.50. Other groups who helped much
were the Lions Club, the Woman’s Club
and teachers and pupils of the schools of
the city and county.
Half of the money will be used in Wilkes
county to treat and rehabilitate victims of
infantile paralysis. Children will be en
abled to work and to lead normal lives who
otherwise would have to go through life
under extreme physical handicaps.
If one crippled child can be restored to
physical normalcy the campaign will have
been more than worthwhile.
Scouts Forge Ahead
Although Boy Scouts are helping to win
the war, no part of the normal program of
activities has been suspended for the du
ration.
The basic fundamentals of Scouting are
health—physical, mental and moral—and
good citizenship.
Nothing in the Boy Scout Oath and Law'
is any less valuable during peace than it is
during war. Patriotism, faith in God,
clean living, doing a good turn daily—^all
of these will be needed more than ever
when peace coines.
Hundreds of the soldiers and sailors who
have been decorated for heroism in this
war were former Scouts. It is estimated
that one-third of the officers and enlisted
men in Uncle Sam’s armed forces were
once Scouts or Scoutmasters. Their train
ing helps to fit them for their jobs, by
teaching them teamwork and ability to
get along under difficult conditions.
Scouting doesn’t have to ‘convert’ after
the war jn the usual sense of the word. All
it has to do is proceed with normal Boy
Scout activities. The results can be pre
dicted from the records. For in peacetime
as w;ell as during war. Scout training builds
leadership and character. The more beys
who become Scouts today,'the more pro
gress we will make toward world friend
ship in the postwar period.
Borrowed Commeat
DR. R. PAUL CAUDILL
(Biblical Recorder)
Nathan C. Brooks, Jr., has sent us a very
interesting editorial clipped from the Au
gusta Chronical, dated January 11th,
written about Dr. Paul Caudill, pastor of
the First Church, Augusta, Ga. Dr. Cau
dill has been called as pastor of the Rrst
Church, Memphis, Tennessee, but it is not
known yet whether he will accept the call.
The editorians In appreciation of the great
luhustry of Dr. Caudill in Augusta. Our
readers will be interested in this since Dr.
Cimdill is a native of Wilkes couj^, this
a graduate of Wake Forest College,
anH at the present time » ’Briting the Sun
day a^ool lessons for the Recorder. 'The
editorial ia as follow:
wHiyy probably^ ha( not been another
dm itt iin 126-year history ^en the
Ibiit Baptist Churrii of Aagusta wfl
inOfa Jfood leason tq ^oiee ih.ita.
ihaii^haatodarr
1987 whimDr. B. Paal
Jaudili Jammed the pSrtorate, this
church “ has grown, and its spiritoal ihi-
fliMnce in the ^ community has widened
because of the many outatandlng qimli-
ties of fts pAstor:v
. ‘‘That Dr. Caudill ajapn would be tail
ed^ to largtf fields has been^the thought
of many Augustans who have h^d the
good fortune to be
And nqir tWs call has como-%x a mes
sage from the Pirat^ Baptist ‘ church of
Memphis, 'Tenn., and on last Sundajr
evening members of his cox^^egatioh
were informed about it hyminister.
“Seldom has h mini^c been as genu
inely liked and admired by all the peo
ple of the community as is Dr. Caudill,
and it is confidehtly hoped by all tiil^he
will feel that his sendees are needed
more here in Augusta than they are el^
where. In other words, we hope that
Dr. Caudill will decide to remain with
-V-
After the war the blockade will end at
once. In matters of relief our Allies will
come first and the Germans must not ex
pect much consideration until the needs of
the occupied territories have been met.
The more they waste the land, the longer
will they have to wait.—^British Minister of
Ek:onomic Warfare the Elarl of Selborne.
Whether you realize it or not, women
symbolize, what they (Allied soldiers) are
fighting for—^their homes, their families,
and their countries.—Mrs. George C. Mar
shall.
People like to toil ot accidents
which have hapi>ened to'them. We
can’t think of very many. »)f
coarse, there Was the time the
horse kicked ns In the abdomen,
the time the bnll calf Increased
our momentum in flight down a
hill' by well-placed pushes from
behind, both of Which reenited In
superficial Injuries. But we can’t
class either of those happenings
^ accidents. It h^)pened that
way because the animals planned
it that way.
All of you know that wood and forest
products are playing an important part in
our drive toward victory, but no single foot
of woods that bums in the forest can help
supply this need. Take care that uncon
trolled fires do not get into your woods.
Don’t let your carelessness with fire aid
the Axis.
-V.
9 LIFE’S BEHER WAY €
WALTER E. i;SENHOUR
HMdenite, N. C.
WASTEFULNESS
Perhaps the average man wastes enough
time, energy, strengtii and money to make
a success in life. The vast multitudes of
mankind never stop to think of how much
they waste in various ways. If this were
only saved, and put to a good use, how dif
ferent life would be to the majority of peo
ple !
Many people eke out a mere existence,
never accomplishing anything good, great,
sublime and worth'while. In a sense they
live on a plane no higher than that of the
animal, as they make no preparation for
life’s hereafter, and about all they do is to
eat and sleep, and work for% mere exis
tence.
They have no great^im and high,
noble purpose. To them 1if§ is merely
temporal, which is that of the animal and
fowl kingdom,' although every human be
ing has a precious, mmortal soul that
places him in a realm far above the animal
and fowl, if he would but realize it. When
men only live as though there is no here
after, and make no preparation to meet
God, and go unprepared for Heaven, it
shows how wasteful they have been of
their precious ti ne, priceless opportunitie.s,
and maybe with their money which has
cursed them largely rather than blessed
them.
It is a great sin to be wasteful, even in
dollars and cents, food and raiment,
Many people absolutely waste enough
money by spending it for foolishness,
amusements, ungoldly pleasure, liquor,
wine, beer, tobacco, and in various other
ways, to buy them a good home in a few
ye^rs, or to put them in good paying busi
ness, or to build a nice church and help
supjjort ministers of the Gospel, mission
aries, and soul-winners. Their money goes
in a way that curses them oftentimes.
Many a man subtracts years from his life
by spending his money for that which de
stroys his health, and in the Ineantimo
wrecks him morally and spiritually. It is
absolutely wrong to waste money, or to
waste food by throwing it away, or by
overeating and gorging, or to cast aside
good clothing that should be worn much
longer and go and buy more, maybe finer
and costlier, in order to keep up with un
godly styles and fashion, This money
could be spent for God's cause which would
bless mankind, whereas it goes tb. ipm^y
the pride of life.'
.Bat perhaps tHe grealest wastefi
to misspend the, precious time
given us, end one’s Priceless bj
which eb^e hit ttiy tbst he
mi^ll lMdy to amt Goi,
should WBI which to telp AMi
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polatottSa ^ .
tro& Here
wMt to . . vi
bu ttSote ikjje-aftot’
untried bnt .U do btiai isr
good, , . . jMheW&Cse koine
vnii iilown by » cyeunie Mk-
ed it bis hoiiio iNe dniiibSed' -^e
said, he dldn'liknbv beeauee he
hadn’t been abto the house.
AMERICAN OABOOS—
An Engllslunan vho made a
tour ot this country and took in
a county fair,, such as we used to
havb here before Hitler and Hlro-
hito gummed the works, went
back and said the Americans had
game which they called "Aw
HeU”. He aald 'people sat on
benches around a tent with cards
with a lot of numbers on them.
A man inside picked up little balls
and called numbers. Some with
cards put corn on numbers and
some didn’t. After awhile some
one would yell "Bingo” and the
rest would say ‘‘Aw Hell!”
And there was. the foreigner
who watched a baseball game and
went back and gave an account
like this:
"Four hags are placed in a
square out on a puture fleld-
There are nlde men In short pants
of one color (and nine of another
color: Then there Is a man In
white with a muzzle on who
stands behind another with a muz
zle. Out in the middle of the
square stands a man who throws
a white ball at a man at what they
call home plate who has a stick
He appears to throw like hell at
the man but never seem|i to be
able to hit him. The man with
the stick hits the ball and then
for no reason at all he runs like
hell, Ball goes way out In which
they call right field while man
who hit ball passed first bag and
goes on toward next bag, where
he sides on ground and men on
bag catches ball thrown from
right field. Man In white yells
“out” and people watching game
call him male child of female
dog”.
Betty Halfacre
Honor Student
MIDDLE OF BAD FIX—
We have a letter here from
female reader of this column who
may be the 13th but won’t admit
it. She his a complaint to make.
She points out that the town of
North Wl^esboro has an ordin
ance wbi^ prohibits display of
merchand^ on sidewalks, which
she Insistg were made to walk on
and not tor mercantile wares
Probably what made her decide
to enter a''complalnt was the fact
that she snagged her nylon hose
on some fa^lement on a wldew-alk
Instead ofi inside a store. That is
real damage this day and time
and she threatens to sue the store
which put out the stuff which
ruined her one and only nylons.
What she wants to know Is why
the stores don't do more advertis
ing in The Journal-Patriot. Then
the peoplo can sit In the comfort
of their homes and find out what
the stores have wlthou humping
Into stuff on crowded sidewalks.
^ WMtohto pm^ art
ht«i|l snbMShwtoA for thoM of aai-
far«*yg ttwt mteh
tlui Blaonl tad vHiaifn Iwlaam
hi fMdiag ntioiui, sags Dr. 0. D.
Th« pnetiee of leti^odh*
za on small grain in Into febraniT
nnrljr lurch to heootttng a^p-
and profltatao oos in the 1^-
Cnssk 8oQ Catawvatlim
toEr
Chr^alto of tha Atri^toral Ex-
parteei
tent SU^n at ftote O^Boga.
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MilMUBlSMMLl
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hara ioi^ wM
mo^oo, piitM
Iprovn
ir ~
hi the rotatten,
a^iai^-
ifhbtatttw
«f abda hi atiptted,
|r^ vriflt »aee-
MlUSlHdlD
^^iMd itafdt the
swiu when a
d, |lr. DuBn
oht. ‘V/hne it to plowed
aofl.improvenieftt, many
njgnrt cotton and
tile following year are
tiie yields on
IgTid wiaM no lespedesa
has been gront.
Most of ttie farmers cooperating
with the district have estittdished
kndu or s^een. le^^eza tor
perennial haijr and erosion control
on their steeper land and in mea
dow strips on,terraced fields, and
where s^icient acreage of tb^e
crops has come into production to
take care of the bulk of the hay
needs of the farm, a larger propor
tion of the lespedeza can be left
on the land for soil improvement
If additional hay is needed, les
pedeza can be hsirvested for hay
and the stubble can be turned nn-
der for soil improvement Al
though not so effective as leaving
the whole, eropi on the land, lespe
deza stubble helps to control ero
sion and has considerable value
wlmn turned under for soil i
provement
^ Cor^ and proper use can do won
ders to insure efficient service from
your household appliances. Just os o
good officer looks after his men, so the
Household Commander is taking core
of her electrical oids in order to get
the best results.
K
Fredericksburg, Va.—The name
of Miss Betty Halfacre, a junior
at Mary Washington College and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Halfacre, of Trogdon street, North
Wilkesboro, has been placed on
the Dean’s list for having attained
scholastic honors during the fall
quarter of the current college
year. The roster, compiled re
cently by the registrar’s office and
released by Dr. Edward Alvey,
Jr„ dean of Instruction, Includes
the names of 311 students, ap
proximately one-sixth of the col
lege’s enrollment. Eligibility for
the honor requires that a student
achieve an average of "B” or ‘‘su
perior” in her courges, with no
grade on her record rated less
than satisfactory.
Miss Halfacre, a graduate of
North Wilkesboro high school, Is
making commerce her field of
major study at Mary Washington.
If cooking is to preseive nutritive
values, if refrigeration is to cut down
spoilage, then the electric range and
the electric refrigerator must be used
and cored for properly. The some is
true ot all vour appliances
fVhj/ not look up and review your appliance
instruction manuals?
KEEP SFABE FUSES ON
HAND. Help conserve man
power and transportation by
calling our service men only
when necessary.