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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
-One Year 12.00
'(la^Wilkas aiai Adjoining Countiea)
. One Year IS.OO
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One Year (aujrvhere) 12.00
Entered at the postoffice at North Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, as Second-cla6S matter
under Act of March 4, 1879.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944
LASAXIaT
Public Decency
It has often been said, and most appro
priately, that any boy’s conduct in the
presence of women, children and old peo
ple is a correct indication of the kind of
character, if any, which a boy or young
man possesses.
There are noble qualities about any boy
or young man who shows the proper re
spect for women, children and the aged,
and any boy, youth or man who fails to
show due respect by his conduct i.s definite
ly lacking in character.
There is always a letdown in public
morals during war time, but that does not
excuse bad conduct. It cannot be written
off on the excuse that “it’s the war”.
There seems to be a growing tendency
on the part of boys to use profane and vul
gar language on the streets, in complete
disregard of ladies and children being in
hearing distance. In f^ct, some of the ob
scene language heard on the streets seems
to be deliberate, and intended to reach the
ears of ladies and to provoke embarass-
ment. Some people are so constructed that
they think it is smart, when as a matter of
fact, such conduct is below the minimum
e.xpected of a people who bear claim to
civilization.
Such a tendency is completely ine.xcus?.-
ble, and is a greater evil that one would
con.sider it to be on first consideration. It
is not only an obno.xious evil, but it has evnl
forebodings of greater breakdown in
standards of public behavior.
•Ju.'it what can be done to create a desire
for better conduct in public is difficult to
ascertain. But it should be remembered
by officers of the law and others that there
is a law against profane and obscene lan
guage in public. Folice officers should
make an honest effort to enforce those
laws, and judges who find defendants
guilty of public profanity and vulgarity
should by adequate punishment make the
defendant feel the force of the law so im
pressively that the guilty person will al
ways have a sense of propriety and respect
for public places.
The law cannot force moral standards
upon people, but the law can protect wom
en and children from vulgar approaches
and remarks so promiscously talked, and
even shouted, into the air on the sidewalks
of this or any other city.
Cleanliness Invaluable
'During the polio epidemic in North Car
olina public health authorities are stre.ss-
ing the importance of cleanliness as a pre
ventative measure.
And cleanliness should extend into
homes, places of business, places frequent
ed by the public, and especially to streets
and sidewalks.
Police officers here have already warn
ed that all residents should place garbage
carefully in cans, and put tight fitting lids
on the cans, and the city authorities should
see that garbage is collected frequently,
especially during this season of the year.
Throwing garbage at cans is not enough;
too much of it misses and makes fly bait
around the cans. Extreme care should be
used to keep all premises clean, and to ex-
termius't®
And it is a very well known fact that the
streets and sidewalks in some parts of our
city sometimes reach a state bordering on
filthliness. It is the duty of residents and
those who occupy places of business to
keep sidewalks clean, and the duty of the
city’s street department to keep the streets
Another thing which would help would
be to prohibit the piling of merchandise,
produce, etc., on sidewalks. wWch were
constructed to walk on and not for use as
' storage places.
KHd^t RitaUtoi '
In no other nation in the world has the
average citizen been as well served mth
the necessities of life, and even Imranes,
during this present terrible war, as in the
United States. There is a reason for this
no nation in the world has had as many
free and independent business men seeking
to supply the needs of the people, as has
the United States. *
War restrictions on production and ais-
tribution were inevitable. Hastily drawn
as they were, many of them have been con
fused and some actually damaging to max
imum production and distribution. Never
theless, American business adjusted itself
to the rules and regulations and kept the
supply stream going to consumers.
This never could have been done, nor
would government rationing and price
control have been successful, except for
the efficient retailing system this nation
en.ioys.
V.
» LIFE’S BETTER WAY •
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
Hiddenite, N. C.
THE INCREASE OF HEATHENISM
I was recently talking to a missionaiy
who ha.s been around the world two and a
half times, and she says that heathenism is
t'lcreasing five times faster than Christian-
,. This missionary has visited many
countries, is well educated, and well in
formed. She also stated that only eight
people out of a hundred in the United
States attend church. This is startling.
We realize at this rate the world is fast
going into heathenism. We already have
heathen temples in the United States today.
Regardless of how well men and na
tions are educated, if they leave Christ
out of their lives and souls, they eventual
ly go into darkness. No nation can long
exist as an enlightened country if it goes
into evils, dreadful sin and wickedness. It
drifts into barbaiism, awful crime, dense
darkness and heathenism. It is a fact. To
day our women in America are practicing
certain forni.s of healthenism. Painting
the finger nails, toenails, and painting the
lips and cheeks, and wearing ear bobs,
and dressing half nude is heathenism.
They practice these things in heathen
countries where they bow down to their
gods of wood and stone, -n worship some
other material object. The trend in our
country today is tremendously toward
heathenism. Why? Simply because the
masses of our people have left God out of
their lives. When God is rejected, then
the devil brings in all kinds of evils, and
this eventually plunges men and nations
into heathenism and all its horrors. O that
we could realize this as a nation and turn
unto God!
Multitudes of our people in America to
day are no better off than the heathen in
heart and soul. They live in a Bible land,
but know nothing much of its teachings.
They never read nor study it. To them it
is absolutely a closed book. They live in
the midst of churches, but do not attend.
Their children are growing up without
Christ, and without any religious and
Christian training whatsoever. They turn
their lives over to the devil and he brings
heathen darkness into their minds, hearts
and souls, keeps them out of the kingdom
of God and shall shut them out of heaven.
How sad! Only Christ can .save the life
and soul, and give enlightenment that will
do to live and die by.. Then turn to Him
fully and completely. This is life’s bet
ter way.
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iumbancements
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were mailed on
More than 15 billion feet, nearly half of
the country’s estimated lumber production
in 1944, will be needed for boxes and
crating, for military and civilian needs.
More than half of the cellulose used in
making explosives comes from a wood
base. Shells of rifle and machine gun size
and also larger calibres, are packaged in
cartons made of wood pulp.
Planking for the decks of the U. S. S.
Missouri required approximately 300,000
board feet of lumber. Some 30,000 pounds
of paper were needed to draft plans for the
battle wagon.
National timber requirements for 1944
have been estimated to include 36 billion
board feet of lumber and 14 million cords
of pulpwood.
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derelict
cause bit
were not'
nouncemeuts
Sunday,
On second thontht, isn’t It silly
to write something to the board ot
stewards In this column, as It a
churchman would read this stutt?
A wedding Is described as a
funeral where you can smell your
own flowers. ... A window
screen Is something which keeps
flies in the house, and vice versa.
... A man placed a want ad in a
paper saying he wanted to “get
In touch with a man with one leg
named Wilson”. Wonder what
was the name of the other. ... A
year is described as a period of
365 disappointments.
PARK NOTES—
Several improvements have
been made at Smoot Park. See
saws, tables and benches have
■been painted white, and they don’t
want any footprints on the white
either. If you get your feet on
the white paint, you’ll hear from
Mr. Shew, the keeper.
One Improvement some of the
young people are clamoring for is
a permanent moon. And they want
somebody to bang out the moon
every evening at twilight. You’ve
heard of kids crying for the moon.
SEEING’S BELIEVING—
The teacher was testing out the
children In arithmetic:
Teacher: "If I laid four eggs
over on the table and four more
on the desk, how many would
there me?”
The class was silent, then one
hand was raised:
Little Fellow (earnestly):
Teacher, we’d like to see you do
it”.
HOME IfSSBIOlf
The Ladies Home Minion cliiile
met Thursday afternoon at A p,
m, with Mrs. Lilly Myers, the pres
ident, leading the devotlonals.
Hie bnainess was brief. The host
ess served sandwiches and iced
melons at the close of tho; meet
ing.
n. Mrs^> tranoi. and bns-
haa'd, '^a^tlslpaf home of
her moili&f. Howell.
Hr. *010)1111 #ent the
week-end and faml-
ly, IfaB. tkomas Is
:irt8lPli«r Mrs;
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Uhlo, ibetore rettuning hos
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w. I. c. OOtOLB—
The W, I. C. Circle of the First
Baptist church, met Sunday af
ternoon with Hiss Thelma Denny.
The president, Miss Witherspoon,
was In charge of the meeting. The
hostess served delicions sand
wiches and cold drinks at the close
of the meeting.
gospel singers coming—
The Jubilee King Gospel singers
of Winston-Salem, will sing at the
Woodlawn school building Mon
day evening, July 24, at 8:30 p.
m. Please come.
FIRST BAPTIST OHURCH—
Sunday school at the First Bap
tist church Sunday morning at
9:45. Please come.
The morning service at the
First Baptist church Sunday, July
23rd, will be in charge of Rev. J.
H. Parks of Durham. Please come.
CONSERVATION
FARMING
Doyle Stonestreet, of the'State
Road community, has recently
plowed and further developed sev
eral thousand feet of terraces that
he .started last fall with light
equipment. Mr. Stonestreet says
he now has his terraces up to
standanl and ready for the heavy
rains.
Many farmers of Wilkes county
have established and are follow
ing systematic crop rotation with
proper land utilization, which sim-
plifes the farm operations, saves
labor, conserves the soil, and in
creases the farm income. P. C.
Johnson has a good example of
this system on his farm in the
Hays section. The steepest of
his open land is in pasture, which
he has treated with lime and phos
phate and has ®
natural draws running through
the fields are seeded to hay mix
tures that extend up over the
steep slopes approaching the
draws. A three-year rotation of
corn with soy beans seeded in the
middles at the last cultivation,
small grain, and grass and clovers
is followed on the cultivated fields
which produce far abov'c the av
erage.
V.
To save fuel, many public baths
in England are closed tv.'o days a
week.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. J. M.
Staley, late of Wilkes county, N.
C., this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate
to present them to the under
signed, whose address is Wilkes-
boro, Route 2, N. C., duly verified,
on or before the 22nd day of June,
1945, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their right to recover.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate set
tlement.
This 22nd day of June, 1944.
C. F. POSTER,
Administrator of the estate of
Mrs. J. M. Staley, dec’d.
7-27-6tp(T)
Packages made from pulpwood protect
Red Cross equipment, medical supplies and
food in transit to the battlefronts.
Timber products have advanced, to the
forefront of the list of critical war mate
rials. The South is expected to produce
nearly half of the nation’s lumber require
ments in 1944.
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FAIRPIiAINS NEWS—
The Better Home and G rden
club purchased a $50.00 War
Bond. Mrs. Sinnie Watkins is now
supervisor.
Mrs. John McGrady has re
turned from Oxford, Penn., where
she has been spending sometime
with her husband and daughter.
Pfc. and Mrs. Earl Golden ar
rived in town Tuesday from Tuc
son, Arizona, where Pfc. Golden
Is stationed at the air base there.
Mrs. Golden has returned from a
seven months’ visit with her hus
band. Pfc. Golden will be here
until the 19th of this month.
The Ladles Home Missionary
circle No. 2, of Pleasant Hill Bap
tist church, met at the home of
Mrs. Sinnie Watkins 'Tuesday af
ternoon at 7 o’clock with the
president in charge. During the
short business period the coming
event of the County Union was
discussed. Refreshments were en
joyed by all.
Visiting Mr. C. I. Watkins and
family and his other brothers and
friends are Mr. Garfield Watkins
and wife from East Bank, West
Virginia.
The Doctor C. L. Crane, who is
a returned missionary from Afri
ca, preached a wonderful sermon
at the Beulah Presbyterian
church Sunday afternoon at eight
o’clock, July 9th. The service was
enjoyed by all.
HOO>IEB NEW.S—
Mrs. Lillie Barnes is visiting
her son, Mr. Lewis Barnes, in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Visiting in the home of Mrs.
Mary Hayes the past week were
Mrs. Vashtl Howell from Eckman,
W. Va., also her son, Mr. Edison
Hayes and wife from West Vir
ginia.
Mr. Elijah Carlton and son,
Elijah, Jr., of Panther, W. Va.
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