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'pagIe THE Mg!ji)|ii»1iM> > n*i» 8>»f»*»»^»'i»»‘»*»*^^»*y**»****'*******; ^ * ' 1.^. im. -.V M _ ■ a W OCT. ll Tkff‘!Jdiinial> Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS ^blished Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina It J. CARTEK and JULIUS C. HUBBARD Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 (In Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) One Year $3.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) Rates To Those In Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 Entered at the postoffice at North Wilkes boro, North Carolina, as Second-class matter under Act of March 4, 1879. MONDAY, OCT. 23rd, 1944 Baby Beef Returns At this time we take pleasure in com mending the record of Wilkes boys and girls with the beef calves in the Fatstock and Wool Show held in Elkin last week. There are eight counties ipcluded in the territory for the show and Wilkes boys and girls furnished 16 of the 48 calves shown, which, in itself, is something of a record which speaks well for the county. But the number of entries is not all the distinction which came to Wilkes. The reserve championship went to a calf ex hibited by Ruby Hutchison*, of Moxley. A total of about $200 in cash prizes was awarded to Wilkes boys and girls. And it is interesting to note that the 16 calves from Wilkes at the s.ale brought ap proximately $3,000, w’hich is a most en couraging return for the boys and girls. The calf exhibited by Miss Mutchison set a new record for reserve champions by bringing 40 cents per pound on the auction block. It’s weight was 870 pounds, which made the price $348. The grand champion in the show' set a new record for three states by being auctioned off at 60 cents per pound. Local firms and individuals are to be commended for buying several calves at the show, thus helping the boys and girls to get better than market prices. Local buyers w’ere Bank of North Wilkesboro, Northwestern Bank, W. K. Sturdivant, Carolina Mirror Corporation, Insurance Service and Credit Corporation, North Wilkesboro Lions Club, Meadows Mill Company. J. C. Penney company and J. R. Finley. V Improvement Noted Observers will agree that during the past few w'eeks there has been a marked improvement in conditions locally with re spect to public behavior. Not nearly so much profanity, vulgarity and raucous noices are heard on the streets. No doubt some of the improvement has come about by dealers cooperating in stop ping the sale of wine altogether and not selling beer after seven p. m. on Saturdays. It is also observ'ed, however, that some of the worst offenders are 'teen age boys who have the mistaken idea that they are being “smart” by using indecent language, which is often directed toward ladies. It is quite probable that some such mis-fits may insult the wife or lady friend of a man who will give them a sound thrashing, or even more dire consequences might result. Public opinion can do much toward eli minating such obnoxious conduct on the part of smart-alecks by scathing denunicia- tion of that kind of behavior. In appro priate w'ays let those w'ho would try by such methods to appear “smart” know* that thev are nothing less than despicable. V America and Elections We are in the midst of a terrible war, and an election campaign. The campaign, nationally speaking, is “getting hot”, but that is nothing to be alarmed about in America. On the subject of elections, the Elkin Tribune made the following editorial comment: “When you take the time to stop and think about it, American politics is a rather funny business, especially in a year of a national election. "Let a group of Democrats get together and they will agree that Republicans are the most ignorant folk on the face of the earth because they do not think .as they do as to the merits of the Democratic candi date. Yet on the other hand, let a group of Republicans get together and you will find full and complete agreement that the Democrats are not only ignorant, but ras cals as well. , - ’ “This has been going on since ouf -K^ public was founded arid we suppose it will continue to go on as long as our Democratic way of life remains. Yet these two groups, rascals all in the eyes of the other during election years, continue to get along and continue to make this nation the greatest on earth. “But for all the arguments and name- calling and sometimes fist fights which oc cur in the heat of a campaign, we reckon our way of doing things is far .superior to that of many other countries where poli tics take a far more serious turn. For while we have seen some of our leaders fall to the assassin’s bullet in years past, we have never gone in for the frequent killings and dark diplomacy that have seen govern ments overthrown overnight in some Euro pean and South American countries. “We reckon you might say that when the American people elect somebody, they are ’stuck with him’ until his term expires. But we use votes, not bullets, to clean house . V «ontesta~ that are aheaiL'v.;. DWIGHl NICHOLS et al •i,/ ■ T/ Borrowed Comment nothing TO DO (Twin City Sentinel) A contemporary tells of the mountaineer who took a war job in a Western North Carolina town. Someone asked him how he liked the town. He replied that it would be all right if there were something to do during his leisure hours. But in this town, he said, there was noth ing to do but go to the movies and “eat ice cream”. Many war workers in other Southern cities and towns may feel the same way about the leisure hour entertainment af forded by the community in which they work. And odd as it may seem, the farmer who goes on a war job probably is as much “lost” during leisure hours as a worker from a larger city, for on the farm there are no leisure hours during the busy sea sons of the year. This feeling of loneliness induced by the lack of “something to do” or absence of companionship is left by newcomers to a much greater degree than by natives or long residents, since the latter have form ed contacts and found personal interests which keep them occupied in their leisure hours. The larger towns and cities of this area are beginning to provide greater recrea tional facilities and wholesome entertain ment for their residents, soldier visitors, et al. Small towns as a rule are not finan cially prepared to develop elaborate rec reational projects. But the.lack of diverse forms of entertainment can be offset ap- pteciably by a widespread community in- tere.st in newcomers which manifests itself in invitations t^ attend church, visit in lo cal homes, and so on.- This spirit usually crops out in due course in many Tar Heel towns, so the newcomer .soon becomes “ac climated” and discovers as he goes along that the town he thought was so “dull” is a rather sprightly little place, after all. • LIFFS BETTER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR Hiddenite, N. C. SWEET CONTENTMENT AND PLEASURE If your heart is well contented And your soul is filled with peace. Though your home is one you’re rented And your burdens but increase. You are better off than many Who have money, wealth and ease. But in soul they haven’t any Of such blessings rare like these. ’Tis not what a man possesses Of the treasures of the world. Neither what he thinks and guesses To be pleasure’s richest pearl. That will make him happy-hearted. Nor his life a blessing here. But it’s what he has imparted To his soul that gives him cheer. Sweet contentment, then, and pleasure Is within and not without, Which is quite a gracious treasure Multitudes should know about. Who are hunting, seeking, searching For the satisfying goal. While the evils are besmirching Heart and conscience, mind and soul. If you gratify your passions Such will only give you woe; If you seek the world.’s vain fashions You will never, never know What it is to have the blessing Of contentment for your mind. And the pleasure worth possessing Which but godly'people find. OAMPAION RUMORS— Prior to ft presldentiftl oloctlon there are always some wild, but interesting, rumors designed to hurt one or the other of the can didates. You are, of course, familiar with the one about President RooseTelt’s dog telng left on the Aleutian Islands, and how war ships were sent back at twenty- million dollar cost to taxpayers to get FDR’s scottle dog Fala. Now comes a dog rumor in the other direction. FDR’s dog Is a little scottle. Tom Dewey has a great dane, which Is some big dog. Now FDR’s supporters are saying that if Dewey succeeds FDR In the White House that It will take some 120,000,000 of the taxpay ers money to enlarge the dog house to accommodate the great dane. RAMBLING RAVINGS— Eventually, there will he a last ing peace. Someone has predicted that In a billion years maiiklnd fBeekdeperir When he had f(nlaiied. one manp^ Dkf&llBa win alao who evidently cannot associato the word "democracy*' with any thing except the Democratic par ty, leaned over to a man nearliy and said: "What do yon think of ;$(iaetGME.oii the SSth and elect of- ' J ‘ ,.■■■ ' ■ ■ -> J. B. Snlpee, Wllkee oonnty agent, is asking any Vrilkas beo- keepers who can to atteiu^ the a man getting up there and praj^meetlng. Those wishing to make Ing for the Democrats to win?"We ought to shoot him". POKER IGNORANCE— Some writer on this, newspaper has a funny Idea of what would be an nnbeataUe poker hud, saying that four pairs would be one. Four pairs would make the kind of hand you’d get shot for having, especially if yon were the dealer, because you are supposed to have only five cards. And that brings up an age-old question. In a pok er game where one player has two aces and another has three aces, who Is supposed to get shot? And at another place In your newspaper ’Thursday there was something about a "beautiful Jap officer’s sword". Our opinion Is the Japs don’t have officers you could class as beautiful. V- reservations are asked to contact Mr. Snlpee. •V Camp Davis May Be Converted Into A Demobilization Site Washington. — Camp Davis being considered by the army for possible designation as one of 18 ,,, ,, , tu. demobilization centers to be es- wlll entirely disappear from tne • don’t believe it i tabllsbed shortly for discharge of earth. If you wait and see. . . . The Ten Com mandments, one student said, are a perfect example of broken Eng llsh. . . . Taking advice is one way of getting the benefit of experience without having to pay tor it. . . . Women worry about their futures until they get husbands. Then they start worrying about their husbands' futures. . . . We read the other day about a man who lived to be 90 and never used glasses. Yes, we have known men who preferred to drink from bot tles. ... It Is not unlucky to post pone a wedding if It Is kept up long enough. . . . One man who traded his wife for a pint of whisky said he wished he had her back, because he was thirsty soldiers not needed following vic tory over Germany. Although war department au thorities have said that Ft. Meade, Md., is the only cantonment so far designated for use in the demobil ization program, it was learned here that Rep. Graham A. Barden, of New Bern, Rep. J. Bayard Clark, of Payettesville, and Wil mington leaders have received en couragement from the office of Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- Bon in their efforts to keep Camp Davis in operation. The Student’s Best Friend again. MOTHER GOOSE UF-TO-DATE There was an old, old woman And she lived in an old, old shoe She had so many little kids She didn’t know what to do So she got them all a ration book. The naughty little scamps. She made a hundred dollars Bootlegging all the stamps. —W. R. Shaw. Proper lighting habits are re- .fleeted not only in your children's grades at school but also in healthy eyes and nerves. HllRE AND THERE— “What’s the matter, is my mouth dirty", asked the girl of the sailor who asked to kiss her hand. . . . The difference in weather and climate is that weather lasts only a few days and climate lasts forever. . . . Girls, take a tip from radio advertisers. Never say you are fat. Just say you come in the large economy size. Try Great Tonic Many Doctors Advise See how good-tasting Scott’s Emulsion helps tone up your system; helps build up stamina and resistance against colds— if there is a dietary deficiency of A & D Vitamins. It s easy! Simply take Scott’s daily throughout the year. It’s great! Buy at your druggist’s today! POLITIG-VLLY ML\DEI>— This was supposed to have oc- j curred at a recent revival meeting > p 7^ SCOTT'S ill EMULSION Great Year-Round Tonic Be sure the light is adequate and that it falls on your child’s work wit’ ' shadow and without glare. Clean the shades, reflectors and bulbs as a routine practice to insure your mo’iev’s worth of use ful light. DUKE POWER COMPANY Have a “Coke”=Jom in the fun ,, .or adding life and sparkle to Halloween What’s a young folks’ party without refresliment? “Coke” is naturally a meml>ec io excellent standing with any group of young«ers. And there’s no better place to enjoy Coca-Cola than at home, served ice-cold right from the family refriger ator. Have a ""Coke” is the invitation that starts a party off right and keeps it going. Coca-Cola adds its own life and sparkle to the natural gaiety of youth. When young people get together, Coca-Cola standj for the pause that refreshes —symbolizes the sunny side of life. iOTIUD UHDtl AUTHOBITY Of TH* COCA-COIA COMBAHY SY * NORTH WiUkfciiBUKU c.v>cArCl>LA tiOlli-lNG COMPANY “Coke^CodtCola Id* nannal fat popular nanm to acquire friary abbrevia tion*. Thad* why you hear CoewCok called "OAe”.
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