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?.?iS THE JOURNAL-PATRIOT JUT. lerving 100,000 people in __ . .«* r ' n Kor^western Carolina. The Journol-Potriot Hos Blazed the I roil of Progress in the • State of Wilkes" For Over 44 Years Vol. 44 No. 30 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WHKES80R0, N. C„ Thursday, July 27,1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center RALEIGH ROUNDUP BY TOM OUTLAW GREETINGS! ... Do you feel i draft on your neck? If so, it sn't a summer breeze, it's Uncle Sam blowing greetings In your lirection. State draft officials lere are requesting all county lraft boards to go through their iles and to look with loving care >n the Class 1-A registrants — >articularly those born since Au gust 31, 1924. ONLY YESTERDAY . . . That late seems *>nly yesterday to thou iands of people in North Carolina, fohn W. Davis was running for he Presidnecy against Silent Cal Joolidge; Jilliam Jennings Bryan vas lecturing on temperance to Chautauqua groups about the :ountry; Rudolph Valentino was ;he rave of the women; disarma nent talks were well underway, ind Russia was not evern recog yzed by the United States as a [tfltole Government. The Scopes :l*lal in Tennessee was still a year »way, Floyd Collins ("the man ve loved so well") was still alive md breathing, and Franklin D. Etoosevelt was an incurable para ytic with his best years behind lim. Angus W. McLean of Lum berton had won the Democratic nomination for Governor. It seems only yesterday — Au gust of 1924 — and yet the little tikes born that year may soon be ■>n their way to far-flung battle fronts across the world. WAR CASUALTY! . . . The ;olks in Western North Carolina —up around Haywood, Buncombe, tahe, Watauga, and Alleghany :ounties — up through there — lave been quietly figuring on a riBit from President Harry Tru man within the next two months. Congressman Bob Doughton has been working on the matter and a month ago they felt confident. Now there is some fear he may not be able to make it — what with the Korean incident and the national emergency brought on by it. Report is that President has thrown in the sponge on his plans for some whistle-stop campaigning this fall and the proposed trip to North Carolina may be included in the deletion. Not that he was planning to do any fence-mending in those areas, but he is just going to find it hard to get away from Washington for anything, even Key West. If he does get to make the trip, there are some fine old Democrjtfs who could certainly use him along about frost for a few crossroad speeches in Wilkes and Yadkin counties, not to men tion Mitchell, Avery, Madison and Cherokee. NOW THE CITIES . . . Gov. W. Kerr Scott looked with kindness on the cities last week and brought sighs of relief from civic officials hard pressed to make ends meet. He said—and the statement came like a bolt from the blue—that he thought it might be a good idea for the State to take over the business of keeping up city streets. This is not exactly in keeping with plans to route heavy traffic around [cities, but is in line with Scott's left-handed approach and is cer itainly something n|W. MORE TAXES ... Of course, there is the little matter of money involved. The gas tax, which took a sharp jump last January when we started paying on the road bonds, must be hiked about three quarters of a cent per gallon. Now as to what the people in the rural areas will say — that's a gray horse Of a different color. They don't use city streets much. How ever, the Governor says he thinks he can swing them along on the idea. After all, he points out, didn't the city people help in pass ing the hugh $200,000,000 bond issue which is converting grass root pig paths into all-weather highways? It will take a vote of CREAJE BAHAMAS PROVING GROUND " ' " ' ' i SECRETARY OF STATE Dean Acheson (left) looks on in Washington as British Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks signs an agreement covering the creation of a long-range proving ground for guided missiles in the Bahama Islands. Witnessing the signing of the 25-year pact between the U. S. and Great Britain are Sir George Sandford (standing, left), the Governor of the Bahama Islands, and Brig. Gen. William L. Richardson, Commanding General of the Florida proving ground. (International) the Legislature to bring about the change — and maybe a vote of the people. Its success will depend to a great extent on how much influ ence the Governor will have with his 1951 General Assembly. NOTES . . . Jar Heel Evangelist Billy Graham, whose father-in-law lives at Montreat . . . will hold a big revival in Greensboro in September of next year . . . When you were a kid, old hemp sacks were as necessary around the place as that big gallon lard bucket to milk in . . . Ag. Comm. L. Y. Ballentine last week kicked around on hemp sacks just as vigorously as you used to when you came in from feeding the stock and had to get the mud off your snoes De fore you could get in the house . . . He said farmers should demand their fertilizer delivered in cotton bags . . . This would be another use for cotton . . . and would re quire 40,000 acres of land to pro duce the cotton which would be used in these bags . . . And, since N. C. uses one-sixth of all fertilizer sold in the United States. far"i"r could supply a lot in demand to. | cotton by turning their backs on [those old hemp sacks. . . . CITY OF RALEIGH . . . Willi Smith, after the Primary, went to Morehead City for a few days . . Came back to Raleigh and then hurried on to New York and into !New England .... Sen. Frank Ora-1 ham is in Washington in the mid dle of the Korean talks . . . C. A. Upchurch, Jr., who handled Gra ham's publicity, is back as chief of the beer division of ABC ... Hoover Adams, who so ably looked after Smith's newspaper and radio outpourings, has just returned to Dunn from his father-in-law's ranch out in Nebraska . . . Judge Jeff Johnson. Graham's manager, lis back in Sampson county . . . and Charles Green has returned to Franklin County . . . All safely accounted for . . . Both Adams and Green may go to Washington with Sen. Willis Smith . . . And don't be surprised if Sen. Graham cames up any day with an impor tant appointment from Pres. Tru man. . . . There seems to be some chance, also, that Judge Johnson will move to the State Supreme Court if a vacancy occurs while W. Kerr Scott is Governor. FAREWELL! . . . Remember that Baptist minister in your old home town who delivered an even dozen "farewell sermons" before old age finally kept him out of the pulpit? He was like Charlie Justice, who, if you remember, used to play a little football for Carolina. Choo Choo has played at least three "this-is-the-last time" football games, the most re cent one being a practice to-do last spring which attracted 25,000 people to Kenan Stadium. Well, he's not through yet. He will play in the famous All-Star game now in about three weeks. . . . just can't let it alone, as they used to say about the fellow Who would, absently-mindely, hand you his TUXEDO FEEDS FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION F Co. Phone 94 N. Wilkeaiwni 4 glass when at dinner you asked him if he would have a little corn. ROADEO .... The N. C. Truck Roadeo (to select N. C. safest truck drivers) to be held in Greensboro on Saturday may at tract approximately 60 drivers this year . . . and will be the biggest roadeo ever held in North Caro lina. Practice sessions in first aid, mechanical, trouble shooting, driving, and fire fighting begin early this week. Conducted by the N. C. Motor Carriers Associa tion, the N. C. Roadeo winner will represent this State in the Ameri can Trucking Association Roadeo in New York this fall. A North Carolinian, Grayson Thomas ot Burlington, won the national championship two years ago . . . The champion driver has to know his stuff . . . He has to be a champion in appearnace, be well mannered and courteous and par ticularly he must be skilled in the use of his equipment — accurate (Continued On Page Eight)
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