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m w _____ K JSifrt;. THE J0uML-P*TR10T^RTtWILKESBORO, S. a^ it-.M-z-'-n^ l-'nifnnl mm>r WKttJtlCS t;.’ ^P4i))UsHed UondajDi And Tbundays at JJottt #Bk«ri>o?o,\Nortlj Carolina' .;a£Ki. 111^9 d B^msiMa^^iats. o. i. ctaam m Bf SUBSCRIPTION BATES: One Tear ^.,-«.|2.00 p-SXa. W»M and Adjtinlair Gcnntiep) tOi^Yekr .1 |8.00 (QuiMe Wflkw and And A^liaiiiinf Cmtiaa) yT i .'.Batea To ’Rtose In Service: One Year' (anywhere) ‘82.00 Bntcnd at th« postaffiee at Narth WlBcaa- Iwro^ >North Caralnia, as Second-Class inattar tinder Act of Maiek 4, 1879. Monday, Dec. 23, 1946 Greetings Of the Joyful Seoson The Journal-P*atriot extends to all its ■readers sincerest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Christmas has a special significance to the Christian people of the world. It marks the anniversary of the beginning of true Christianity, on which their spir itual lives and eteraal hopes are anchored. But even to many of the heathem peo ples of the world, Christmas means a time of happy celebration—a’ holiday sea son. Never before in the history of the .world has the world been in greater need of applied religion than today. The world today needs to apply the remedies for sin which the Baby Jesus brought into the world 1947 years ago. The Chrsitian religion, if followed, is sufficient to solve all the problems before •the United Nations. Universal application of the one Golden Rule would be sufficient to banish all wars, for in the Golden Rule are included the elements of Christianity which apply to relations of one people toward another. The true spirit of Christmas calls for consideration of others, and as never be fore we should learn the lesson of “It is • more blessed to give than to receive.” He who counts his returns in Christmas gifts with an anxious eye knows nothing of the deeper and fine meaning of Christmas. Prevent Holiday Tragedies If history repeats itself hundreds of people will die violent deaths within the next few days because of holiday acci dents. Drunken drivers and innocent victims will be maimed and killed: blood will run freely on the highways. Children will lose their hands by ex ploding firecrackers. There will be those who are killed and injured in holiday fires. 'All of these deaths will have been in the preventable class. It is not a matter of ignorance. Every person who drinks and gets behind a steering wheel knows better. Every adult who handles firecrackers knows they are dangerous. The accidental deaths during the holi day season can be chalked up to reckless carelessness. That is why we have laws against such practices. If people must get drunk they can re frain from driving automobiles, or being in public places. If they must handle fire crackers, keep them away from innocent 'Children. Let us make this a safe and sane Christ mas. Diit Roads Are Robbing ‘FoVm'ors Dirt roads from farm to town are tak ing 8144 out of a farmer’s pocket annual- ^ for each car and truck he operates, Charles M. Upham, engineer-director of the American Road Builders' Association, jpoints out in a statement to county high- ■^ay officials here today, f', As proof of the actual dollar-and-cents Ine of better roads, Mr. Upham cites ^ analysis of. individual car expense ac- iirfa of 800 rural letter carriers driving m^tian 8,0^,000 miles in a group of Middle,Westm, and.Southern states. In fWa atudy,‘ Si|hardi«tancBS Of paved, ei and ei^ roads.wert travelled. Fottp elem^ttte of post.w^)cooridertid—gaso-' line,-oil. tires and maintehaiite.Vr'" " ‘'In Mississippi, a typical stater the post .of gMolirie In driving I2;000‘mfles ovei^ paved roads Was 8146. or' 1.2^ cents a mile,” Mr. Upham said.' "Over ^ayej roads, the gas cost was 8168. or, 1.4 cents a mile, while over eartt^ it was 8162. or 1.36 cents a mile. Oii consumption was .11 cents a* mile over paved roads, .15 cents a mile over gravel and .21 cents a mjle over dirt. , ^ ■ Gra^tel roads took the greatest toll in tires with .44 cents a mile, against .27 cents a mile on pavement and .33 cente on earth. Maintenance costs were in di rect ratio to the quality of the surface .10 cents a mile on paved roads, .66 cents a mile on gravel and 1.01 on earth. The total of the four cost items are 1.7 cents a mile for pavement, 2.56 cents a mile for gravel and 2.9 a mile for earth,” Mr. Upham continues. “It therefore costs 1.2 cents a mile more to drive over dirt roads and 0.85 cents more over gravel than over pavement. Therefore if a farm er operates only one car and one truck, an unsurfaced road to market costs him 8288 a year. Even if gravel has been add ed, there is an annual outgo of 8204. It is a cost he cannot avoid as long as his outlet highway is unpaved. But it is a cost he can save, if the roads he drives over are paved. Anno A L0 ^ Itv ftdi of mfton DWHJHT NICHOia ' ct al — THE- EVERYDAY eOUNSELOR By Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D. Blind Cpl. Chester R. Perkins’ letter to Santa Claus- written from Valley Forge Hospital, where he has been a patient for 21 months, has attracted nation-wide at tention. He wrote it to the Indianapolis News with only the hope that it might be published in the section set apart for letters from correspondents. Instead it has plucked at the heart-strings of the na tion. This is an encouraging sign for a nation confused and entangled with the trap pings of Christmas. It indicates that down underneath all of the man-made exter iors of Christmas there is a deep yearning for the peace which Christmas should bring, the peace proclaimed by the Prince of Peace whose birthday Christmas com memorates. His letter indicates that acquiescence to the will of God which all men should have if they would have true peace in the heart. He pleads that he may not "forget the true meaning of Christmas,” and con cludes with the affirmation that even if he must spend his remaining days in blindness, and if on Christmas mom he does not find those “two bright, shiney blue eyes brimming over with good health and true vision,” that, “I will still be grateful to God, for haven’t I still a good mind, a strong body, friends who love me, and a desire to justify the reason for my existence. After all, aren’t these the important things in life?” It is tragic that most of us have to be compeled by suffering and anguish to ap preciate the “Important things in life”— the love of friends, the love of God, the true reason for existence. We poor mortals become so entangled with the things of life. I recall during the last depression a conversation with a prominent business man who was facing tremendous financial loss. He said, “It looks as if I am going to lose everything I have,” I then asked him if he had lost his -wife and family, if his church had closed, if God had forsaken him, if his friends had deserted him. He paused thoughtfully, then said, “No, even if I lose my money and my business, I will still be a wealthy man.” Most of us are far richer than we rea lize, and even deserve. Christmas should remind us of these riches of home, fam ily, friends, Church and above all, for the Christmas gift of the ages, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, the Prince of Peace, of whom the Prophet wrote, “His name shall be called. Won derful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” tmi imik tiai neinpepor re ceived « mort imlqae Jetter . to Santa Claaa, and -without tnrther Introduction, iw prewnt the let ter aa received.' Champion, North Carolina. ' Decemlber 18, 1948. To The Bdltor, The Joumal-iPatrlot, North Wllkeehoro, N, C. Dear Sir: Please print In the next issue of the .paper the following: Dear Santa: We are 18 little girls and boys In the 12th grade and we are wanting to learn to sQuaro dance. Will you please bring us some dancing Instructions, and a per mit to use them because such things as that are outlawed In this community. Please don’t forget us, because everyone else In the community has. Love, THE SENIORS OP MT. PLEASANT SCHOOL. Far ibe it from us to get Into any controversy relatlire to the merits or demerits of dancing, or the benefits or evils thereof. However, It does seem that the objection to square dancing as voiced by many people Is due to a lack of knowledge of what square dancing is. Perhaps they have heard from the pulpit that dancing Is evil, and far be it from us to contra dict any conscientious talnlster who berates dancing as such. But has it ever occured to those who object to square danc ing that square dancing Is Just about as different from ballroom dancing as day is from night. Square dancing Is more or less a game carried out with the rhy thm of folk or hillbilly music. To put all types of dancing in to the same category would be like reaching Into a barrel of apples, coming out with a rotten one and saying that the barrel msM- stranras—-?#: “ W* TMilly. dlda*i kooiv wiliat ahtfl >09 \4aae," .KW* rmtttrk a goo$ to mlhlttor. toilowing bUi mhka tb« wfhnftt: etusk t&s i&iti...'. as water heat .. i'Aa4 tot a w|i'at afwpt’^ilii.titwiattoB: “ths wlss Buih 1$ eoatfnt Jtlim - gains kts owa- aii^nbdtoN^ bm the fool Is .be;^ only wtoto -ba h#trs the applan ae ot those'about him,” SHOia SHOOT sjeoBr.^ It. was a d'u’fc la-owpf the wotot parts of town. men were waiting.’ One dt tkj^ pulled a ejoneb hat down over ^ eyes ai^'Baid: . > - ' 'i-% - S^nt Man-^D’ye see him? ' - -iSecond Man (taldnc a quick peek around t)ie comer)—yes, here be comes. - The man wUh the slonoh hat picked np a short thick section of a pipe. Another took a heavy wrench and the third grabbed a smaller wrench that was nrine- theless effective In close quart ers. First Man (whispering)—All right, fellers', let’s go. And thus, when the boss get around , the corner, he found his three plumbers busily at work. Bom Afcpg 1 JffOIKl ‘ MaWIICCm. IxuuvisCm 0opi«s esn^ IWBi'aa tor / «' Itobraaka. •nd’.M tor east ape > tbs bpriia «irtqppfri w«inai|^ 9 joiUar catoettof Vm IP a • 1 wto'asM to thsir toud Sataiw tor atolt swpf sr. wbsa thy sayr old -seats, tontadi bser asd elder, reminisced. Dark Cappers and whstoar ITa .tarto tor gattpn totaiat, baac er ddar. - C. 1944, UNtTtb STATES BREWEIS SOUNDATION, Nortk Cantina ’ SvH« 406-607 Intinwace Evildlng, lattigh, North CoroSaa Tomatoes on the winter mar ket that are packed in transpar ent, molsture-pfoof film,, may smother in the carbon dioxide which they generate, say spec ialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. nd the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother? And he said, I know nob Am I my brother's keeper? WILLIAMS • MOTOR CO. • T. B. WiUisms, Muagsr BEAM Frame Serviee GOOD nSBD CARS, TRUCKS AND ■ntACTORS |31irougboot Pis winrld this ChristuiM season, are .•tretchliiS forth thsir hands to other psi^iiat. Pood, sheltar, medidns, suppUssofslI kinds an tffsal$ aavs life In a world ravaged by yean of etntggle. But as we give abroad, let us also give to our fellow Ameri cans: Let us each contribute his part to safe driving on our streets and highways. Let this coming year at home give life by saving lives. Less speed, more care, more courtesy — these cost so little—mean so much. 4 Easy Terms • Complete • Body Rebuilding Electric and Aeetylene Weldiiu This Christmas message is reprinted from a statement in the Saturd.\y Evening Post by Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company and is brought io vo-i by— Will Pay Cash for Late Model Wrecked Ctuta and Trucks 'Rhone 334-J Newspaper to set Agent’s name and address here SENTINEL INSURANCE AGENCY, Inc. I^nk of North Wilkesboro Building Sipport Y. M. C. A. Effort
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