Journal - Patriot
in pounca
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS G. ZUBUW—M*S. D. J. CARTE*
Publishers
1932—DANKL J. CARTER—i*4#
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Thursday, Sept. 25, 1947
The Wilkesboros, A
Growing Community
A number of recent developments, cou
pled with steady and continued growth,
are giving the Wilkesboros the appear
ance and prestige of a thriving city in
stead of the towns as they have been
known.
Listing recent progressive movements,
we would make note of the lighted ath
letic park, radio stations with their spiral
ing towers, new industrial buildings, many
new and highly creditable commercial es
tablishments, parking meters on the
streets, cleanliness of streets obtained
with modern street flusher equipment,
and the multitude of new homes in and
near the Wilkesboros.
If the progressive spirit which has pre
vailed in the past few years continues,
the Wilkesboros will become an outstand
nig commercial and industrial center in
western North Carolina.
The need now is for greater productive
enterprise, which would create more
wealth through production sold and pay
roll distribuuted.
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Wilkes Leadership
In Apple Production
Maybe you hadn't given the subject
much thought, but Wilkes county produc
es about one-fourth of the apples produc
ed in North Carolina on a commercial
scale. In other words, Wilkes ranks far
in front of any other of the counties in
the state in apple production, both as to
quality and quantity.
The Brushy Mountain thermal belt is
the center of apple production in North
Carojina. A land which once was called
worthless has become a great fruit pro-,
ducing center. Apple production has plac
ed the Brushy Mountain area into the
leadership in apple growing.
The orchardists compose a fine quality
of citizenship who have achieved a good
standard of living.
Apple production is an example of
what people can do in this temperate cli
mate. There are the natural resources* in
Wilkes for leadership in other lines of
agricultural and horticultural endeavor.
Great strides have been made in the part
several years in poultry and in dairying.
Efforts along these lines now are for
greater and cheaper production of feed
within the county, particularly in the
dairying industry.
Wilkes can be the leader in dairying
and in poultry production and the key to
greater growth and progress is the effi
cient and economical production of feed.
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Tell It to the Children
Any long-range fire prevention pro
gram that is to produce maximum results
must include fire instruction in the schools
of America—both urban and rural.
Traffic safety has long been taught in
thousands of schools. Fire safety deserves
equal attention. As one authority said, "It
is apparent that if safety education in the
field of fire prevention had been ade
quately presented in the elementary
schools during the past fifteen or twenty
years, the loss of children's lives from
this cause would be greatly reduced to
day."
The methods used to teach fire preven
tion may be of various kinds. Periods of
time may be allotted to it, or it can, in
many cases, be combined with subjects
which are an established part of the cur
riculum. Regardless of method, the main
thing is that the instruction be vivid and
forceful—and really drive home the fun
damentals of fire prevention in young
minds.
Fire prevention study should begin in
elementary schools, and consist of lessons
which are easily understood by very
young children. In higher grades, more
advanced material may be used, including
instruction in fire laws and ordinances.
Finally, in university instruction, mature
students may be given technical informa
tion dealing with the more complex as
pects of the fire problem.
The responsibility for putting such a
program into effect belongs to school au
thorities everywhere. It should be started
now, on a national scale, as a positive and
continuous effort to meet an emergency
condition.
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Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urg
es food rationing on a voluntary basis.
Which may be all right, but Ye Para
grapher can't forget what prices started
doing as soon as they were put on that
same basis.—Greensboro Daily News.
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- Charlotte chamber of commerce terms
transcontinental skyway for private
planes, on which Greensboro has been
designated as a terminal point, "a minor
project," unimportant and inconsequen
tial. Of course anything which omits the
Queen City is all of that.—Greensboro
Daily News.
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T Li r
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
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"Prayer changes things." Sometime ago
I wrote a column on this subject. From it
"have come many interesting and hearten
ing reactions. One of these was a letter
from a successful Christian businessman.
It was a long letter, personally written.
He wrote that he thought it was the long
est letter he had ever written.
He told how from his own experience
he knew that "Prayer changes things." It
started back during the depression when
he, with his wife and little girl, went to
a strange town to go into business. There
his little daughter became critically ill
with pneumonia and he was among strang
ers. He went to a business meeting in an
adjoining town. It was held in the hotel.
On one of the walls of the dining room he
was surprised to see a large framed mot
to, "Prayer changes things." It made an
impression on him.
Driving back home after the meeting
he carried the impression of that motto
with him, and did some honest and des
perate praying. His little girl recovered,
but he didn't forget his prayer lesson like
so many others do. He took it into his
business, where the Lord has prospered
him greatly. In less than four months
from the time he had seen the wall mot
to, "Prayer changes things," he was back
in his own home town with a good posi
tion which put him on his feet. He left it,
established his own business, was suc
cessful in it, boughit a good automobile
and paid for it, bought a home and paid
for it in four years.
He recounted many incidents, conclud
ing each one with, 'Prayer changes things.'
He concluded this happy cheerful letter
with the statement, "I have, I think, the
best wife on earth, and two fine children.
Both finished high school with honors and
my prayer is that the Lord will continue
to bless them as he has blessed me with
them.
Along with the many problem letters
which come to this desk, come also let
ters of faith and encouragement such as
this. Many of us know how to pray in
emergencies, but then when the difficulty
is past, by our actions we say, "Goodbye
Lord, thank you. I'll call on you when I
need you again." The writer of this let
ter has never forgotten his lesson learned
in the Depression. The Lord is his daily
partner in business and home, and as the
result, as his letter indicates, he is a happy
man. He knows what the Sacred Writer
meant when he said, "The joy of the
Lord is your strength."
Prayer changes things, and will keep
things changed if we keep on praying.
It's the best daily habit we can have.
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
et al
UNUSUAL VERDICT—
Pudley Hill, who specializes In
coming up with something rare
and out of the ordinary, handed
ub the following clipping:
Coroner's verdict (1786)
"That the said Tatum's death
was occasioned by the freesing'
of a large quantity of water in
his body, that had been mixed
with the rum he drank."
ADVENTURES OP PANSY—
This column prides Itself in
carrying any and all kinds of
articles about any and all kinds
of subjects. This time we come
up with a rare article, which
was not written by us, although
we wouldn't mind taking credit
for it. We believe you will enjoy
It, so here goee, and then you've
seen everything:
Misg Ruth Linney sold her old
est and best cow, "Pansy Blos
som," Labor Day. She weighed
1065 'lbs. and brought $158.82,
or $160.82 before the commis
sion was deducted. Poor old Pan
sy had -lived rather a charmed
life. Born March 2, 1937 in
North Wilkesboro, she was
brought to the old Tilley place
April 19, 1937, nonchalantly
riding in a pickup and eating
meal. At the Tilley place she
sucked a foster mother> "Spot
ty." At 19 months' Pansy found
a calf. Mrs. Laura Lniney had
two or more slight strokes the
winter and spring of 1938-1939
and put Pansy out to "board a
mong the scholars." Pansy staid
from Aug. 25, 1939 to Jan. 13,
1940 with Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Jarvis and from March 1, 1940,
to Sept. 13 with Palmour Trarpe
at Roaring River. Because of
the swinging bridge, MV. Tharpe
brought her home by North Wil
kesboro and old Wilkesboro in a
trailer. Mr. Tharpe, Sam Parks,
and many others, including two
amateur veterinarians, declared,
"Pansy is one cow who will nev
er find another calf.'' In fact, she
did not find a calf for two weeks
after returning <o the old Tilley
place. She found four calves aft
er their prophecy but one was
premature. r
Pansy, a black Jersey, was one
of the best grade cows that ever
lived. More than 2'5 persons had
milked her. She gave nearly the
same amount of milk when an
old stripper as when fresh. It
was sad to sell a cow like Pan
sy. Fortunately, she came to
more than twice the price offer
ed for her in 1940 for a milk cow
and more than four times the
price offered for her then for
beef.
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Production of late summer
snap beans is now Indicated at
840,000 bushels. •