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? INPEPENDBtjyiy I m Published Mondays and Thursdays at4 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina ?: JULIUS C. HUBBARD?MRS. B. 9. CARTER Publisher* INS-DANIEL J. CARTER?t*4S SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year j$2.00 (In Wilkes and Adjoining Coon ties) One Year *3.00 (Outside WOkes and And Adjoining Counties) ites To Those In Service: * One Year (enywhere) $2.00 Entered at the oostoffiee at North Wflfcea beno, North Qsroftta, as Second-Class under Act of Marsh 4, 1879. Thursday, Jan. 16,1947 siSijl Be Considerate of Property and Others How would you like for'someone to pass by your home and dump a pile of trash and rubbish in front of your house? That is exactly what many people are doing without thinking about what they are doing. Roadsides at the edge of town have be come dumping grounds for people want ing to throw paper and other trash from motor vehicles. It is a thoughtless habit on the part of those traveling in cars. They should think of the people who live along the high ways, and remember that they do not want their lawns and grounds cluttered up with all kinds of trash. a ? Fatality Rate Now Apalling Col. H. J. Hatcher, commander of the State Highway Patrol, gave some figures before the Safety Council meeting here that bvery citizen should consider. People are killing themselves and each other on the highways of the state at the of 100 per month, and are injuring others each month. During the war every casualty was a tragedy, and truly s<t, but had you ever stopped to think that during the war more people in North Carolina lost their lives on the highways than were killed on all fronts? ? Yet little is done to correct the apalling situation. The public must rise in indignation, and demand that the legislature tighten the traffic laws, and then quit trying to get every defendant out of the courts without punishment. ? o First Degree Murder The laws of North Carolina are so Writ ten that only the ignorant and "dulnb" commit first degree murder, for which the state asks the death penalty. To convict of first degree murder the state must prove that the murder was committed with premeditation, delibera tion and malice aforethought. It is indeed a difficult task to prove that a man meditates knd deliberates murder in his mind before committing the act. The meanest criminal that ever lived could plan and execute a murder without any visible or known evidence of premedi tation and deliberation. It is easy to rea lize that it is next to impossible to prove from visible evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that premeditation and deliberation took place in the mind of the defendant. One other factor which,makes it pos sible for cold blooded murderers to es cape the death penalty is drunkenness. If there is evidence that the defendant was drinking at the time of the crime, juries are inclined to be more lenient. But the cold and horrible fact remains that the murder victim is just as permanently dead when killed by a drunk as when killed by a man who never tasted strong drink. It is difficult to conceive that drunk enness, in itself a violation of the law, is a ground for leniency when life is taken by murder. The shrewd murderer who would es cape the penalty of the law would first take enough strong drink to set up that defense. He would then abstain from any act which would show premeditation and would go still further to execute the mur der to make it look like self defense. It then remains that about the only ones for murder are the poor, unfor ignorant criminals who haven't Borrowed Conmeiti ? ?????' 1 FORECAST FOOD PRICE DECLINE (Statesville Daily) According- to an Associated Press sur vey of commodity futures, food prices are due for a sharp decline by midsummer. There are probably two reasons why they will fall farther and faster than other commodities: first the decline in world re quirements and second the fact that they have risen far above anything else, food costs now being about double what they were before the war against a rise of only about 50 per cent for manufactured ar ticles except clothing, the latter having almost kept pace with food prices. It is pointed out that butter can be bought today on the Chicago market for June delivery at about 53 cents a pound wholesale, which is 22 cents below pres ent prices. The spot price of wheat is $2.20 a bushel, but July futures can be had for $1.79 or 41 cents less than today's mar ket. Coffee, cocoa and other foods which are traded for future delivery show a sim ilar trend, the only exception being eggs. The futures markets reflect the opin ions of the best informed.men in the bus iness, the traders and brokers who make a living by guessing right. So it seems the dollar is staging a comeback and some (Jay may again be worth one hundred cents. ? THE EVERYDAY COUNSELOR By Rev. Herbert Soaup * 1 > Why don t you print more letters from your correspondence in The Everyday Counselor, and discuss them?" This ques tion is raised by readers. The answer is that people who write about personal and spiritual problems don't want them print ed, even if their identity is withheld. This I have learned through the hard way of experience in writing this column pver a period of years. I do discuss the problems raised in letters which come to this desk, but out of regard for those who write, I withhold their letters. Channing Pollock, celebrated author and playwright, wrote an article some years ago called, "The Earth's Slow Stain." He drew a vivid word picture of how earthliness, materialsm, the grind of everyday living, gradually discolor the soul of men, leaving it dingy and drab. The remedy he offered as the only sure one, was that we learn to refresh our spir its in constant communion with our Lord. Just?as the fine dust which is in the air all about us creeps into the best kept house and settles on the furniture, if the housekeeper is not active with the dust cloth, so the fine dust of materialism set tles on our- souls, dulls their luster, and if. not removed, forms a bard crust. That hard crust is usually broken up by some personal problem, difficulty, ca lamity, which, breaks through earthly things, and plows often down deep into our very hearts. You remember what Cap tain Eddie Rickenbacker wrote about at tachment to material things when you are faced with the preservation of life itself. What about being faced with the truth of eternity? v Men and women in such extremities us ually reach out for God. Their hearts are sore; their spirits bleeding; their feelings are very sensitive. They shrink from hav ing their troubles held up for public view. At times such as this they need the re freshing observation written by David as an old man, near the end of the road, with much worry and trouble behind him, "Be Still, and Know That I Am God." , So much of this can be avoided if we keep our hearts and lives clean by con stant communion with our Lord. "They that feared the Lord, spake often one to another: afid the Lord harkened and heard it... It came to pass while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. The Lord is near us. If we accept His companionship daily, our hearts and minds can be kept pure and free from the earth's slow stain. The guy that plans to build his house on a pole?is farther along than most of us that build castles in the air. ABNORMAL By D WIGHT NICHOLS et a! Recent activities of the Cof fee Club have <been numerous. At one session a number of re forms were carried out, Includ ing the traffic situation. Of course, the police department will be most happy to learn that the great deliberative body call ed the Coffee Club, the United States senate's nearest-rival, has solved all the traffic problems. The solution, apparently, Is to place a spotter on every danger ous corner to get reckless driv ers. And there followed a long and serious discussion about the ap parent privilege of taxi drivers to drive at any speed and to go through lights of any color, or how can so many drivers be col or blind? No decision was reach ed on this momentuous Question. And there was also a discus sion of the driver who always honks his hom when behind an other car at a changing traffic light. The concensus of opinion was that all such drivers should be taken out and shot down like dogs, and before a Wilkes jury that would probably be called "dogslaughter." TRUCK DRIVERS? Recently a truck, driver accost ed this reporter ^ith a request in the form of a demand that we write something about truck drivers. He said we flad written about everything else and that he wanted to see something In these hallowed column inches a bout truck drivers. We asked whether he wanted It good or bad, and he said it didn't make any difference, ibut that we had better write about truck drivers, saying further that the truck driver was the forgotten man In height and with a weight ot some 220 pounds. That being the case, we naturally say that truck drivers are wonderful people who never did anything wrong. If he had been Just a little bigger, we might use "angelic" as a correct ly descriptive word. SHORT STORY? Once upon a time a beautiful gril was walking through the woods when she came upon a poor little frog who spoke as fol lows: Frog?Lady, puce upon a time I was a handsome prince but a big black witch turned me into a frog. Beautifu( Girls?Oh, that's too bad. Is there naythlng I can do to help you? Frog?Yes, Indeed. If you will take me home with you and put me on your pillow I will be saved. <So the beautiful girl took the poor frog home with her, and the next morning when she a woke there beside her was a handsome young prince. And do you know, to this day her mo ther still doesn't believe that story. PREDICAMENT? Newlyweds were in a restaur ant when a blonde smiled at the husband. Wife: "Dearest, who is that woman?" Husband: "Don't bother me a bout who she is. I'll have enough trouble explaining to her who you are." v Support the Y. M. C. A. ADMINISTRATRIXS' NOTICE Having qualified as administra trix of the estate of Archie D. Rhodes, 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 North .Wilkesboro, N. C., duly verified, en or before the 12th day of De cember, 1947, 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 12th day of Dec., 194C. MRS. MARGARET LOVETTE, MRS. LUCILLE BENTON, Administratrix!' estate of Archie; | D. Rhodes, dec'd. 1-1?T The Dramatics Club tain View high school an es the presentation of' a three act comedy, "Your Fast Is Fa miliar" in the 'high school audi torium on Friday evening, Jan uary 17, at 7:30 p. m. The plot of the play centers a round the ambition of a young doctor, Lewis Girard (played by Bob Bullie) to win, an import ant position in a hospital ope rated by Mr. Harlland (Ralph Miller). Several kinks are thrown into his plans by his pretty young wife, Oracle (Ines El ledge) and her two former fian ces (Everette Felts and B. C. Elledge) who are also after the position and who even resort to female impersonations to black mail (girard. To add to the com plications Snoopy Aunt Sarah (Nell Brown) and mother-in law Girard (Carolyn Ban guess) appear on the scene in time to do a bit of nerve-racking inter fering^ Oracle's best friend Nol ly (Marine Blevins) helps to straighten out the situation, with the aid of Swedish maid Lena \;L Lily (Gladis Huie). The public Is cordially to thiB first major the recently organized clul>. Admission charges will be 15c and 26c. Make plans now to carry work stock to thb horse and male clin ics scheduled for the next few weeks. About 9 out of 10 ani mals need treatment. GLASS! ?DESK TOPS jfc -SHOW CASE GLASS ?ALL KINDS WINDOW GLASS -AUTO GUS| AND All Kinds Engraving On Glass and Glass Ware Wilkes Glass Co. ncated In Walter <Bad) Jones ? Store Building Fairplains Highway (1 JUST RECEIVED! 6.00x16 and 6.50x16 TIRE CHAINS ? ALSO ? BATTERIES For Chevrolets and Late Model Fords CENTRAL SERVICE STATION "Your Firestone Dealer" V , J I ?/ "y V W "? " ~ Ladies'' HOSE Plenty of ladies' Cotton Hose at these good prices. ..Be sore to share this big bargain. 39.-59. Boys' and Girls' DUNGAREES "" " ?? ? I v Boys' and girls' bine deninm Dunga rees, with brass braded pockets. Get some for your girl or boy. '2-98 Men's CHAUFFEUR CAPS Men's Cheanffer Caps. Very popalar where they "fit in". Bay one or two during this sale at, 48* Girls' SWEATERS Any girl's Sweater in the are mow marked low as $1.00. Yon can get a Sweater tor 60c. All sizes. l/2 PRICE Horsehide JACKETS Men's genuine horsehide Jackets, front quarter, fall zipper. Black or brown. All sizes and what a bay St? 16-so Ladies' BLOOMERS Ladies' warm cotton Bloomers witk elastic leg. Tea r?Oe color. Wo hare plenty. Were $1.M. Now? 77' Men's SHORTS About 300 pairs men's white Shorts in Haneg and other fine makes. Sold np to $1.19. Bay now at 50 Men's JACKETS Men's Mae melton Jackets, fall zipper. Fall lined. Leather side straps. In all sizes. Get one of these sore! 8-Q? Boys' SWEAT SHIRTS Something the boy an always ase. Heavy grey Sweatshirts in all sixes. Were $1.00, bat now reduced to 77? Youths' SWEATERS One table youths' Sweeten In slipover or "button front, sad many style* from which to choose. Priced, ] .00 Ladies' BLOUSES Any Blouse in tike honee, regardless of price. Many colors to choose from, in short or long sleeves. All '/i PRICE Boys' JACKETS Little boys' good Jackets; Am for school wear. Solids aad rhsehs. Gat the boy one of these bow at? ] .00 Southern A BUSY STORE?THERE MUST BE A REASON! 10th Street * North Wilkeiboro, N. C.
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