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ATRIOfe’'NORTH f'r '■ Tin Joinal-Patriot INlMBnENDBNT IN POLITICS ^irfiliahtd Mondays-and Thursdays at North WUkasboro, North Cardnia D. J. GABTES sod JULIUS C. HUBBABD PsUUien SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Tear ~|1.60 Six Months 76 Out of the State .... S2.00 per Year Botarsd st hs asst sftics st Nsrtk WQkss- bsio, NorHi Osrmos, as secsnd-class msttsr nndsT Act ef Msrdi 4, 1879. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1944 ^^^^^f^^rrr■rrrrrrf Food Stamps Do Not Expire The OPA finally got around to using good judgment in the matter of expiration of food rationing stamps. Hereafter, food ratipning stamps will not expire. You who depend almost entirely on pur chases from your grocer know that you didn’t like for stamps to expire, or to be “wasted”. You just felt like buying some thing, whether you needed it or not, rather than let the “stamps go to waste”, as one consumer expressed it. Now that stamps do not expire, there will not be a grand rush for food buying on the last valid date for any given set of stamps. You will know that the stamps remain good, whether you need them or not, and consequently you will buy less. There is one drawback to the plan, but it does not offset the advantages hereto fore mentioned. The sole objection is that those who do not have to buy much food will find their stamps accumulating and they will give or sell their surplus stamps to tho.se who want them. Of course, that is black market operations, but there is no use to stick your head in the .sand and say there is no black market. That does not change the facts. Every person should realize that full co operation with the- rationing program, in cluding compliance with all regulations, is one very definite way of helping to lick the aris. Need For Cleanliness— Many have been the complaints about the dirty condition of North Wilkesboro streets. We appreciate the fact that the man power shortage may have something to do with it, but we do wLsh to point out that the streets should be kept as clean as pos sible with whatever equipment and man power is available for the job. Shattered glass is often seen on the streets, and some of it stay-s there for days, just waiting to be picked up by automobile tires. Shattered glass working through the rubber and into the fabric of your precious tires will aggravate the rubber shortage crisis. It is going to stretch the endurance of our tires to last until more tires can be available without undue hazards, such as broken glass on pave ments. -V- War and Politics In some respects it is unfortunate that election and the critical year of the war happen to be on the same date. Winning the war is the most important job for the American people. We never have advocated suspension of elections in war time. The right to vote is one of the big things we are fighting for, and it should be exercised by every citizen. But we do plead for a recess from poli tical bickering that hinders the war effort. This year as never before Americans in great numbers should vote their convic tions. But they can do that without all the bit terness, and often rotteness, which usual ly accompany elections. Politicians seeking to promote their own interests usually cause the undesirable things which occur in connection with elec tions. The aim of the people should be to go to the polls and vote for what they con sider the best interests of their country, dis regarding personal excuses for voting for any certain candidate. It is somewhat amusing to see the anxie ty -on the part of professional politicians whose efforts to stir up the people to a pOTt of political bitterness have so far utterly failed. PoftIVair Thoughts As often as practical we attention of the public to some needed ii^ provements which they should plan now for post war construction. Briefly we have stated some of as being an airport, flood control on the Yad kin, a Y. M. C. A., several new school buildings and additions, completion of a number of unfinished roads, collection of new roads, athletic field and pl^ grounds for every town and community center in the county. These are in the category of public proj ects. Of course, the possibilities in busi ness and private enterprise expansion are too numerous to mention. Borrowed Conunent A VERY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT (Twin City Sentinel) Under lend-lease the United States has furnished Russia 7,800 planes, as part of more than 8,400,000 tons of supplies valu ed at $4,243,804,000 which also included 4,700 tanks and tank destroyers, 170,000 trucks, 33,000 jeeps, and 6,000,000 pairs of boots. Very substantial aid, that. What have we got in return for all this? It is known that we have received some repayment in the form of Russian goods, but figures on this are not at elbow. How ever, the greater repayment does not lie in statistics one can put his finger On, al though on the Russian front in one year the Germans have lost 4,000,000 men, 14,000 planes, 25,000 tanks and 40,000 guns. How many of these men, planes, tanks and guns would have been lost by the Nazis without our help to the Russians, of course no one knows. The great advantages we gain through our aid to Russia cannot be determined in dollars and cents. It has to do with keep ing on the forward march the mighty Red Armies which are day by day grinding to powder Adolf Hitler’s dreams of world conquest and universal slavery for the hu man family. Russian aid to us is express ed in terms of Russian blood and sweat and tears, in the deathless defense of Stalin grad, in the surge of the Red Armies from Stalingrad, Smolensk, Kharkov and Lenin grad back to the borders of Poland, Es tonia, Latvia, and Rumania. Our lend-lease aid to Russia has kept Hitler’s Wehrmacht constantly occupied on the Eastern front. It has given Allied forces of the west an opportunity to or ganize for the knockout blows that are to fall upon Germany this year. Perhaps we shall never know just what measure of the Russian victories belongs to U. S. lend-lease. But it is not difficult to comprehend the truth that this aid to Rus sia has been and will continue to be one of the most profitable investments this coun try has ever made. V — Be didn't^' ikfwu fn tlM lM|:‘ when .eaxR» fea, vut Mb’ Bout lifor «bett,ke IdUI all' ebpnt.U weijd.to «it with hiflt very ezMtlr hoi It begins to look as though Germany will have a world monopoly on scrap iron when this war is over.—Winston-Salem Journal I LIFE’S BETTER WAY f WALTER E. ISENHOUR Hiddenite, N. C. I’M A PILGRIM IN THE VALLEY I’m a pilgrim in the valley With God’s Spirit as my guide. And I’m trusting Him to lead me Safely to the other side. Where I’ll dwell in peace forever In a mansion fair and grand. There to sing and shout His praises With the happy angel band. I’m a pilgrim in the valley As I travel here below. Looking up to Heaven’s portals Where the saintly people go. Walking in the steps of Jesus On life’s straight and narrow way, Praying, hoping, as I journey. For the homeland some sweet day. I’m a pilgrim in the valley Where so many souls are lost. Groping on a downward journey, 'Thinking not to count the cost; So I'm pointing them to Calv’ry ^ For redemption full a^d free. Through the precious blood of Jesus That was shed for you and me. I’m a pilgrim in the valley Where the sick and suff ring stay. And I’m telling them of Jesus Who will heal them if they pray. And will lead them as a shepherd By the waters bright and still. And along the narrow pathway Where they’ll land'on Zion’s hill. APRIL FIRST— Somewhere ia WUkes, April let—^Thls ie written from a re mote eorp#r pf tte ^OQBtr to which tre hi*# wi# on a wild goose ehasp. As rbvt psfhMS flito line is Apii Bnt, i&| re counts tor 08 h#!li w*®- We I should bare l^t April first means, it thp one dajr in the year espa^il^ made for us. But wo fell for the gag and here we are. We’re npt going to teU how far we are from town, because tbe OPA would surely nis# tbe dick ens about so much driving. Any way, here we are supposedly re porting a Juicy double murder. And when we got here there was no murder, there’s not even a dead person. In tact, things ar,e so healthful around here that they have to shoot people In order to start a graveypxd, and they haven’t started any graveyar^is since hector was a pup. People here live to a ripe old age and then start all over again in a second childhood, If you get what We mean. And since we haven’t got a double killing to write about, we’ll write about April fool Jokes, of which this column Is perhaps the worst..' One of the Incidents has to do with a honeymoon. A couple married on April 1, started on their honeymoon. Some of the groom’s prankster friends slipped out his pajamas and tied them lu several knots. He spent all night trying to get the knots untied. A few years ago the Winston- Salem Sentinel carried an April fool story by some writer with a bright idea which backfired. This writer wrote a big yarn about an ocean liner coming up the Yadkin and anchoring at the bridge 15 miles west of Winston-Salem on highway 421. Of course, the writer didn’t think anyone would take the story seriously,' hut he didn’t know his public. To sustantlate the story, the picture of a big ocean liner was merged with a picture of the river and the bridge. They even had the ship chained to the bridge. The telephone began ringing by the time the paper hit the street, and one after another who called had something to ask about the story and picture. Some had said they passed the bridge that af ternoon and iidn’t see the big ship. When did it arrive? Could they go out and see it? The calls were so numerous that the managing editor finally placed the bridge- idea writer at the telephone and let him do all the answering. We saw an April fool story in a paper today which we didn’t ap preciate a little bit, because it looked like sarcasm aimed at our fighting forces. A headline said "Russians Take Cassino”. True, our forces there suffered a tem porary setback while Russians were making non-stop records on the eastern front. We expect the Allies in Italy to bake Cassino several days before the Russians get there, although at the last re port we heard the Russians were headed that way over In Ru mania. Rumania, Yugoslovie, the Adriatic and half-way across latly and all that lie ibetween the Russians and Cassino now. In school one time we pulled an April fool Joke which backfir ed in a big way. Every student tn the entire room stayed out when the bell rang which means come In at the close of play. We all stayed out 1? minutes extra and then went In. The teacher sat there like nothing had happened and didn’t say a vord. School was supposed to get out at 3:30. When 3:30 came she Just sat there un til 3:45, without saying a word, before ringing the bell which meant dismissal for the day. We were the sheepleet bunch of students you ever saw. Nobody said e word. Another April first we placed a short tack neatly In the seat to WILLIAMS • MOTOR CO. ( T. H. WHliuni, Manuger BEAR Frame Sendee GOOD USED CABS, TRUCKS AND TRACTORS Easy Terms ■ • Complete • Body Rebuilding Electric and Acetylene W^in| Pay Caah for Late Mod4 Wredied Cara and Truck* ^Pbone334-J And In school , ,, - AA- rijSSa. in* ‘w^^folng " vf (ipIt-pdtiiatMe wMring. In ease he hit Die ball and na; tt aronld look like a black tail streaipl^M ^hlnd. On the very next flUp f fip from hia bet split our first and aeeond fing er nn our ri|ftt nntiil. The Mood ponred and W* had to tie the two finger's together with twine in or- dM’ to finish the fame. But the hanne* April tool joke we ever heard told us hy e friend. He said the stork sure played a boner Joke on his wife’s grandmother aa well pa on him at the same time for It was on April first that hls mother-ln-la'w. war bom. Such is life. Or, Is It? More bonds for victory. EXECUTRIX NOTICE North Caroling Wilkes Counly, Having qualified as executrix of the estate of E. D. Barnette, late of Wilkes county, fj- C., this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned, whose address is Route 2, WiUcesboro, N, C., dul' verified, on or before the 18t! day of March, 1946, or this notice will be plead in bar of their right to recover. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im mediate settlement. This 18th day of March, A. D., 1944. MRS. E. D. BARNETTE, Executrix of the Estate of E. D, Barnette, dec’d. 4-24-6tM J. Allie Hayes, Attorney. SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina, Wilkes County. In the Superior Court Grover C, Ellis vs. Ennis Ellis The defendant above-named will take notice that an action, entitl^ as above, has been commenced in the Superior court of Wilkes coun ty, North Carolina, to get a di vorce proceeding; and that said de fendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the term of the Superior court of said county to be held on the first Monday in May, 1944, at the court house in Wilkesboro, N. C., and •Answer or demur to the camplaint b said action or this plaintiff \rill apply to the court for Ihe relief demanded in said complaint. ”11113 10th day of March, 1944. . G. C. HAYES, Clerk of Suerior Court J. P. Jordan, Atty. 4-10-4tM A^atural nitrate of soda shipments from Chile are arriv^' ' " ing on satisfactory schedule. Close to half a million aee already herb, delivered or ready for delivery. Anothi 200,000 tons are expected and every effort is being made to gpt it here in time for this season’s crops. ^ If shipping estimates hold, thpre will be about as much Chilean nitrate for top and side dressing as last year. But because all of it is being distributed under the government’s allocation program, it may be impossible to supply all see* tions in the same proportions as last year. If you cannot get Chilean nitrate when you want it remember the inconvenience ie only temporary—one of many dislocotione due to war. Chilean nitrate is here in substantial quantity, but, like every good soldier, it goes where it is told and when it ia told by the government. CHILEAN NITRATE of SODA At Auction I, R. C. MILLER, Will Sell the Following Personal Property Located On the Old Major Foote Plantation Near Roaring River, N. C. Tuesday, Af»ril 11 BEGINNING AT 10 A. M. And Will Continue Until Property Sold—If Need Be to the Following Day 1-1941 Model Ford Tractor with plow, harrow 1-Allis Chalmers Combine, No. 49 1-Complete Cane MiH equipped for power (WITH EVAPORATOR) 1-Hor$epower Hay Baler 1-Mowing Machine and Hay Rake 4-2-horse Wagons; 1 Horse-drawn Disc Harrow 1-4)ntario Drill; 13 Deef Type Cows ALL KINDS SMALL PitiRMING TOOLS. INCLUDING PLOWS, HARROWS. CULTIVATORS, ALSO ONE RIDING CULTIVA'TOR, AND OTHER SMALL TOOLS TOO NUMEROUS TO MEN'OON. 1-Rogistered Hereford Dull, two years old 21-Head of Yearlings, Beef Type 1-Team of Mares, coming 8 years old ^Ib^. 1-Team ofMuhs, coming 12 yearsoM 21001!^. 1-Hamme‘rMiUandCornMill (WITH BUICK MASTER 6 MOTOR POWER) Quantity of Corn and Hay; also some Soy-Beans suita- tble for S^; and Also a Small Amount of Lumbtti^ THE 'TERMS WILL BE CASH AT TIMB OF SAlIt] W'l L K E S B'OR-,0
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