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-Patriot IN POLITIC* ifc.j Published Mendays and Thuradftys at North Wilkesbore, North Carolina nmue c. HUSBARP?Mata. d. j. J. 8ABH Mf & SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.#0 (in Wilkes and Ajfrintsg One Year # $S.< (Outside Wilkes and And Adjstafc* Rates Ts Those in Sernce: One Year (anywhere) Monday, feb. 17, 1947 The Red Cross Carries On Annual Red Cross roll call will get under way on March 1. Slogan of the campaign this year will be "The Red Cross Carries On." This meaningful slogan is self explana tory. The Red Cross, local and nationally, has been rendering wonderful service. The 1947 campaign is for the purpose of carrying on the good work. The quota for Wilkes county has been set at $7,500. Of that amount the Wilkes county chapter will retain $4,900 for use in the county and $2,600 will go to the national chapter for world-wide use. Cecil Adamson has very graciously a greed to serve as roll call chairman. In order that the campaign may be success ful, he will need the cooperation of all ?the people. The Red Cross needs no high pressure .'sales campaign in Wilkes county. Our peo ple know how the Red Cross served dur ing the war and since, and a grateful peo ple need no urging to support it. This is an appeal for the people to give liberally and to raise tht quota as early as possible. Education Creates Incresed Demand of lousiness activity iis higher throughout the country in direct proportion to the the ecountry in direct .proportion to the expenditures for public schools. Department store sales, subscriptions to magazines, number of bath tubs and various other items were taken into con sideration to gather accurate figures. The result is that in states with high ex penditures for education the business is greater. Mississippi is on the bottom of the list in business per capita and is likewise on the bottom in expenditure per capita for public schools. Education and good business go hand in hand. The reason is that an educated person loses his inferiority complex and has a desire to have the things which make for a higher standard of living. Educated people know how to earn more. Educated people are more produc tive. Educated people know how to cre ate jobs and to earn more money. Would Moke Speaker Next1 For President When congress had a Democratic ma jority and a Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, President Tru man proposed that the speaker of the house be made next in line for the pres idency in the event, that a president who had1 been elevated from vice president died in office or resigned. It is much to the credit of President Truman that he holds to that position aft er the congress has become Republican find the house has a Republican speaker. President Truman became president upon the death of President Roosevelt. As the law now stands, the Secretary of State, who is General Marshall at pres ent, would become president in the event that President Truman died or resigned. President Truman contends that a Sec retary of State is not chosen by the peo ple, but is appointed by the president, and that the office of president should be an elected official. Under the present system, he points out, a president could name his successor, which is not consider 7 i ed good for democracy. It is true that a speaker of the house is elected only by the people of one con gressional district, but there is much weight to the argument that he is chosen by at least a majority of congressmen for the position as speaker and as such he would be expected to be a leader with con siderable ability. Regardless of the poliitical complexion of the House of Representatives, the pro posal by President Truman for change in the national law appears to be sound. Fort Knox Exporilflerit The Army is conducting: an experiment in military training1 at Fort Knox, Ken tucky. It is by way of a demonstration and l is popularly called, "Operation Crossed Fingers." Some of the Army's operations here and abroad might well have bben [ called "Operation Bent Elbows," but this is different. No beer is sold in the post ex change, operated for the trainees, but there is plenty of ice cream and similar refreshments. Too frequently, military training has been based on the theory that an Army recruit is a cross between a moron and a degenerate. It is sometimes assumed that he will get drunk at the first opportunity ?and ought to?and if his parents didn't attend to the duty of teaching him to drink, the oversight must be attended to quickly. Many ehlisted men who have come from homes of culture have com plained that their position in the Army has been one of humiliation, not to say degradation. The Fort Knox experiment indicates that Army officers with a differ ent idea have been thinking a little, too, and are now prepared to put their think ing to practical use. The food is not slopp ed out, the servings are "family style," and Brigadier General John M. Devine, experimental unit commanding officer, even said, "One thing we are going to cut down on is swearing and bad manners by men in uniform. I have heard soldiers us ing language that positively turned my stomach. Loud vulgarity is no indication of bravery or manliness. We are going to attempt to life up those who use that kind of language rather than allow them to lower the others." This country does not want universal military training if it can get out of it; there isn't any doubt of that. If it does have universal military training, it shouldn't be of a character which encour ages drunkenness and degeneracy, and degrades a man in his own estimation. It ought even to be possible for a gentleman to be an enlisted man and retain his self respect.?Methodist Bulletin. t LIFE'S BETTER WAY ? WALTER E. I SEN HOUR HUMesite, N. C. IF AND WHEN WE LOSE OUR FREEDOM If and when we lose our freedom As a nation great and grand, And we find ourselves in bondage To some foreign foe and land, It will be because our preachers Compromised God's blessed truth, And because our modern churches Failed to warn and win our youth. When we fail as Gospel preachers To rebuke a nation's sin And reveal the plans of schemers ? That come creeping slyly in, We can't hope to stand as guiltless When we meet God at His throne, And be crowned with saints and sages When He welcomes as His own. Plans are being formulated By the foes of Gospel light, Who despise our flag and freeedom And the principles of right, To destroy our schools and churches And our Constitution great, And to bring us, soul and body, ' To some dreadful end and fate. If and when we lose our freedom Sad, O sad, will be the way, Though we call on God for mercy It will be too late to pray; Then don't sell to godless people, Who would rule our nation wrong, Freedom which our God has given For a vote or for a song! ABNORMAL ABSURDITIES II By D WIGHT NICHOLS et al ' PINS? This discourse is ahont a small, But Important, subject. A pin is a very small piece of steel, brass, or other metal which has a more or lees sharp point on one end and a head on the other. PtaB are different from nails in that nails are larger and are made to hold two or more pieces of wood together. Pins, wh$n correctly used, are very valuable in holding two or more pieces of cloth in a more or less fixed position. Onco upon a time a pin which we purloined was of extrem'e Val ue. In our younger days of cuh re porting we attended a commence ment in an auditorium which had wood seats of veneer. We scrouged in on the second row of seats from the front and in getting by a pair of knees which were much too big we had to rub the .back of the seat in front. As veneer sometimes does, it had splintered on the back of the seat and said splinter viciously tore our pants. ' ? It was a gaping tear at right angles, measuring four inches in two directions from thve same point. That kind of a tear has an obstinate tendency to lay open. The predicament was em har assing and aggravating. At that time we wore a hat, which came in very useful, but not to wear where a hat should be worn. We sat there stiffy with that hat heled firmly over the tear in pants. Then there was a decision Jto make as to how to get out of that crowded auditorium with a minimum of attention to said tear. Until this day we can't tell you what the program was all about, because we were concentrating on ways and means of getting from the place with torn pants. An 'old gentleman on the front row perhaps does not know it yet, but we reached across hjs snouider aria extVs6ied a straight pin from the lapel of his coat. Under the hat still resting over the mutilated, pants we fash ioned a knid of repair job which by no means was invisible, and just beford the program ended we managed to squirm out by said oversize knees again and in to the open. By dashing from the building and holding the hat in a certain position we made our way with a minimum of public attention to a pressing club three blocks away and had the tear at least temporarily repaired. If there is a moral to this true story, we don't know what it is unless it be that small things, pins in particular, can be very important. Mrs. Neoma Moore Claimed By Death Funeral service was held Fri day at Liberty Church for Mrs. Neoma Parsons Moore, 65-year old resident of the Brushy Mountain community who died Wednesday. Rev. A. E. Watts conducted the last rites. Mrs. Moore is .survived by six children: Mrs. Leila B. Moore, Arlington, Va.; A. E. Moore, Pores Knob; K. F. Moore, High Point; Grant Moore and Mrs. Vena Baker, Maxhaw; Mrs. Faye M. Hayes, Gilreath. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. The undersigned, having quali fied as administratrix of the es tate of Lee R. Mahaffey, late of Wilkes county, this is to notify all parties having claims against said estate to present them to the un dersigned administratrix at Union Grove, N. C., on or before the 16th day of February, 1948, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All parties indebted to said estate will make prompt pay ment to the undersigned adminis tratrix. This 15th day of Feb., 1947. MRS. WINNIE PREVETTE, Administratrix of the estate of Lee R. Mahaffey. 3-24-6tM ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. The undersigned, having quali fied as administrator of the es tate of Howard Brown, late of Wilkes county, this is to notify all parties having claims against said estate to present them to the un dersigned administrator at Route 1, North Wilkesboro, N. C., on or before the 16th day of February, 1948, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All par ties indebted to said estate will make prompt payment to the un dersigned administrator. This 16th day of Feb., 1947. W. A. MILLER, Administrator of the estate of Howard Brown, dec*d. 8-24-fltM -1 Aged County Man ' ''Keep ibuey if you want to live a long time!' That's the philosophy of Clay Dorsett, seventy-year-old farmer who lives near Efland in Orange Oounty, and, according to reports from B. P. Barnes, assistant county agent for the State Col lege Extension Service, Mr. Dor sett practices what he preaches. Without any hired help, but assisted by bis grandchildren? the oldest 1b 12 years old?he looks after a herd of twenty milk cows. He recently completed the construction of an up-to-date milking barn, which stepped up the quality of thg milk produced on his farm to Grade A, accord ing to Barn68. In addition to his dairying en terprise, he found time . last spring to purchase and feed out thirty shoats, which he sold as top hogs in July, after a feeding period of slightly more than three months. In January, Mr.: Dorsett bought twenty shoats. averaging seventy-five pounds each, which are being fed prin cipally on two year old corn. Last fall, Mr. Dorsett bought tqfo baby beef calves for his 12 year-old granddaughter, Mary Smith, a member of the Efland .Junior 4iH Club. I* Claude Casey And Sage Duster Show At Courthouse 21st Claude Casey and the Sage Dusters, popular radio entertain ers, will give a show on Friday, February 21, 7:30 p. m., at the Wilkes county courthouse. The show will'be sponsored by the Mulberry Home Demonstra tipn club and everybody who at tend is assured b.n evening of excellent eentertainment. Beware That Hang On Creomulsioo cause it |*es trouble ^soothe and hail hmwrfilld m Tell your df of UB CREOMULSION for Coughs, Cbwtxofdt, Bronchitis Have You Made a Check At i WALLACE RADIO SERVICE For Electrical Supplies and Appliances? Fluorescent Desk Lamps Hospital Type Heating Pads CirtiilriAnl Biffttiwn electrical Heaters Door Chimes HotPlates Toasters Radios and Reeord Changers And Many Other Items RECORDS MADE OF YOUR VOICE OR MUSIC WHILE YOU WAIT Records ? 10-Inch Size BUILD YOUR OWN -RADIO ? We Have Meissner 6-Tube AC-DC Kits Broadcast and Short Wave YOUR FACTORY AUTHORIZED Philco and Motorola Service Dealer WALLACE RADIO SERVICE "SERVICE THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF" Telephone 245 9th Street FOR THEIR SAKE Let's Make North Carolina The Number One Health State North Carolina ranks among the nation's most progressive ~ states, but one long unanswered need?good health?still poses a challenge. We are desperately short of hospitals, doctors, and other health personnel. We can get them with the Good Health Plan, arrived at after three years of careful study and now presented by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission for action by our legis lators. The opportunity is here, now, to make North Carolina die nation's number one health state instead of 42nd. For the sake of our children and the generations to follow, we must not fail! The North Carolina Good Health Association Thi? 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