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■-•I?' JO' oBMraiDBrr in rouncB mi •Rmn^Kjm •% 9 NwOi Wt&e^mnv N. C. JL CABmt wmi JULIUS C. BUmABO. PriUbm 8UB8CHFTION RA1W: tUtfcrTMr I«(tU State 4LM»ttT«n ■s~ ,^.- lOta «t NMta imw- eteta aktUBr iliidar Aet MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1935 Surely A Better Way movement for cheaper automobile fiOBDses in North Carolina is gaining rapid Itaadway and the present legislature will ao doubt thrash the matter out and more than likdy will let the matter stand as it ii with the argument that the state can- taot afford to lose revenue. We are heartily in favor o^ cutting the tag price to a flat five dollars or cutting tte present charges on weight in half, if this can be done without disrupting the financial status of the state. We realize that the state must find a vast amount of money to meet payment on its indebtedness, care for the present roads, construct new ones, run the schools and carry out the general objectives of Btate government. We do not have at hand figures on just how much revenue the state would lose in cutting the price of tags in half or how much of the amount lost would be gained back in gasoline taxes by the additional number of cars that would be placed on the highways. Even if the present high charges must be maintained, and we believe that a sub stantial reduction is in order, some ar rangement shouH be made that would make it easier for the struggling motor ists and make it possible for him to drive his car all the year. It is difficult to raise the money right at the time when holiday shopping has drained our purses. The Cleveland Star suggests: ‘Create a period of ten days grace aft er January 1. Then, when that period ex pires, levy a penalty of 25c a day on all owners who do not procure their tags. If they persist in driving with old tags, hail them into court and fine them. “But give them a chance. Do not force the motorists to buy their tags in advance, for fear of arrest, because it is impossible for them to buy them on the day when the tax is legally due.” Other newspapers have suggested .-hanging the expiration date to June .30 instead of December 31. That might help. It seems that it is little less than an outrage to keep thousands of cars from using gasoline just because the own ers cannot raise a considerable lump sum for the tags on or before January 1. Prevent Accidents Realizing that the almost 1,000 people killed on the highways of North Caiulina last year represents an alaimlng danger, we are glad to clip from the University News Letter the following traffic precau tions and pass them on to our readers: 1. Never pass a car when nearing the top of a hill or approaching a curve. 2. Always watch the other car; make al lowances for the other fellow’s poor or careless driving. 3. Drive carefully in traffic and avoid cutting in and out of traffic lanes. 4. Signal with your arm before you make a turn. 5. Look both ways before pulling away from the side of the road or a curb. 6. Come to a stop at all blind crossings. 7. Don’t be afraid to use your horn. 8. Keep a car’s length between your front bumper and the car ahead of you. 9. Have your brakes tested regularly. Be sure that your stop light is working. 10. Don’t throw out your clutch when slowing up on wet pavement; apply the brakes cautiously. 11. Never pass a car on a railroad crossing—wait until the car ahead is across. 12. Decrease speed on a railroad cross ing—Stop-Look-Listen. 13. i^member that, the car coming from the right has the right-of-way, un less approaching a through highway. 14 Observe all traffic signals and stop mgns. Err on the side of caution. Look out • for the other fellow. 'Think a minute and save a life. Don’t leave anything to efa^oe. Keep your car in good mechani- will note that, the rules take into consideration the other fellow’s careless- f npffg and places the responsibility for his mfety on you as well as your own. If these precautions were taken we would be safe in saying that the number of au tomobile fatalities 'vrauld be reduced to a ; anmimum. ^ Tupping Thi# MiiiEel ^ Staticties ireve^4bdw that retail trade-in Wilkes county for 1988 fdl just a littie short of two million dol lars. Bid you as a merchant or busine^ house get your share? The enterprising mmchant knows his market possibilities and that market to the fullest of his ability by newsj^per advertising, letting the people know what he has and creating a desire to buy at his store. Some merchants and business men make the mistake of thinking that there is only a certain amount of trade and that he will naturally get his share. Has he ..ever stopped to think that advertising increas es trade by creating a desire to buy? Many peoi^e read advertisements and they find that something is advertised that they want. It is quite possible that before they read the advertisement they had no desire to buy the article. Results of advertisers have destroyed whatever argument may be produced .^against it. The advertisers are the lead ers in retail trade. #Atam SB" Borrowed Comment THE CHRONIC GROUCH (Twin-City Sentinel) It takes every kind of person to make up a world. But for the life of us we can’t see why it is necessary to have to put up with a chronic grouch. There may be anything wrong with him, from hookworm to just not knowing any better, but whatever it is, something should be done with him. We weald advocate an institution. We have institutions for the treatment of the simple minded, for the insane, for the criminal, and for the drunkard. Then why not one to cure, if possible, the chronic grouch? The grouch does everything possible to "run down’’ those who are doing something, but never a thing has he to say about any good that is being done. And neither does he ever offer a solution for the problem at hand. He can always tell the other man he is doing wrong but can’t tell the other man what to do to make things right. It is a great world, but improvement and prosperity have no place for a grouch. Some thing should be done about it. A seven-year-old Brooklyn boy is reported to have an intelligence quotient of 230, but a bat ting average around .375 will get him more money when he grows up.—Rockford Register- Tribune. . Japan Ready to J^nance Big Navy.’’—Head line. This means, naturally, she has the yen for it.—Nashville Tennesseean. TLa P — — 1— the first line of which reads, 1 DOOK Bible,*' and which * contains four great treasures. By BRUCE BARTON ABRAHAM Most of the pioneers since the world began have lived and died and left no memory of their deeds. They blazed the trails which those who followed trod to paths, and by the time that these had become macadamized highways it was too late to find the record of him whose adven turous feet had first passed that way. Edward Everett Hale found himself profoundly moved by his contemplation of the nameless saints whose heroism we have inherited: What was his name? I do not know his name; I only know he heard God’s voice and came. Ni pealing trumpet thunders for his fame; He livetl. he died: I do not know his name. But a few of the heroic adventurers left au thentic records that defy the effects of oblivion. Prince of the pioneers is Abraliam. H- lived, as his ancestors had lived, in the fertile valley of Mesopotamia, a great landowner and shepherd. Ijot, his nephew, was also rich. And there was strife between the herd- men of Abraham’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle. .More pasture was needed for their flocks, and to their neighbors that was a sufficient expla nation of their migration; just as many his torians regard “economic pressure’’ as the whole explanation of the journey of the Pilgrim Fath ers and of so many other important movements in history. Now the Lord said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy Idndred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee. And he went out, not knowing whither he went. In those two sentences, one from the Old Tes tament, the other from the New, you have the real story of Abraham’s migration. He was al ready on the way when the message came to him. God changed the name of Abram to Abraham. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abra ham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. He was given children when more than ninety years old. and he lived to be a hundred and seventy-five, “an old man and full of years." Among many elements which combined to make him great, one is particularly worthy of remem brance—he was the real head of his own house hold. God said: Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed by him. Why? For I know him, that he will comraand his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and jud^ent. If leaders were chosen in our day on the basis of their proved power to govern their own families in righteousness, how many, would qualify ? Lee and'JadcMMi niv£ Pavii IVilMitn tn Boomer last- Friday night. On KrtrT““»-»' “• '' “• day Aimiveraary By NANCT M. WBLLBMtN-.. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, two of the greatest mil itary leaders of the Civil War, were honored throughout ^Dixie this month, since the calendar month of January conUins the birth dates of~both these good and Illustrious men, Lee’s birth day falling on JannaryilS, and Jackson’s on the Slat. Lee’s' career an t^ leader the War of .SeeeMlon was Ud.d again. Duty with him was the greatest word in the English langnage. He ever did his duty as he saw it. In 1861. when the quarrel between the North and the South came to a crisis, he threw in his forces with his pwn people, saying, “right or wrong my people still.” A great warrior and a great general was Lee, but it was Lee the educator and public servant whom we most love and admire. He contributed much to educa tion as president of Washington college, an institution which aft er his death was known as Wash ington-Lee University. L,ee is truly the idol of the South, whose upright and almost perfect character Is admired a- llke by the people of the entire nation. After the surrender at Appomattox he held no animos ity toward the victor, but set his face toward uniting and rebuild ing his own beloved and almost devastated southland. It has been said of Lee that he was greater in defeat than in victory. We all know Thomas Jackson as “Stonewall” Jackson, and re call that it was at the battle of Bull Run, when some of the Con federates were thrown in con fusion, one of the generals call ed out: “There stands Jackson like a stone wall; rally behind the Virginians!” The rally was taken up and ever afterwards Stonewall was the name by which he was known. Though he stood like a stone wall in battle his fame as a gen eral rests chiefly on the rapidity with which he could march his men from one place to another and strike the enemy when they were least expecting. He was a tower of strength in the Civil War, and rendered Lee invaluable aid. -\fter winning a great victory at Chancellorsville, destroying almost a full regiment, at 9 o’clock of the same night, while returning to camp after a recon- noitering expedition, he was ac cidentally shot by one Of his own men. His loss was a severe blow to the Confederacy. When Jack- son fell mortally wounded, Lee said he had lost his strong right arm. From that time on the Confederate cause began t o wane. While we remember Jackson as an outstanding general, it is especially as an earnest upright man that we admire him. On the march he always car ried his Bible and Napoleon’s Maxims of War. To his study of "The Little Corporal’s’’ maxims, he probably owed his success as a general; to his study of the Bible his success as a man. It is said that he interpreted the Bible almost literally, and observed the injunction to pray without ceasing. Even on the battle field his lips were often seen moving in prayer. The Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau announces the offer of 300 and 200 pounds of Chilean nitrate as first and second prizes for corn club mem bers in each county of the State in 1935. District and State priz es also are offered. ’ GET THE JUMP ON “COLDS YEAR Does winter find you “run down”—a victim of the first cold that comes along? If so. there’s an easy way to combat this treacherous ailment. Build up your resistance now—vrith MCKESSON’S VITAMIN CON CENTRATE TABLETS. These tempting chocolate- coated tablets bring you an abundance of vitamins A and D. A helps you resist infec tion.. D furnishes the eirtra “sunshine” your body craves in winter. Each tablet brings you all the vitamins in one teaspoonful of U.SJ».X. (revi^ 1934) god Liver Oil. In addition it pro vides the .needed minerals, cal cium ,'knd pitospfai^M. Take six tabletf'daily !and the jump on colds this year. At all g^>od drug stores. Oiie dollar per bot tle of 100 tablets. Begin figh&ig colds the vitamin way today with MCKESSON’S VLTAION CONCENTRATE TABLET^l Sedd and RecMiiaciided by HORTON DRUG STORE North Wilkedtaro, N. C. and few* I PEBOUSONi Jan. 16.—Flfgu-; son high school carried the siATv The Poor Married Man,^’ to weather the crowd wae not large, but the actors dfj 4 W >portod tbooMlvos creditaMy and every*^ body eajoyed tho play ^very much. ^ _ On Friday night,' January 11, folks of the Boomer and Little Rock vicinities gave the play, “Closed Lips,” at the Ferguson high school building. The pro ceeds went for the benefit of Little Rock and Beaver Creek Baptist churches. The faculty oit F^giuqp school wish to expreea Itk^'appfeclaMoB tor being invited to a special mih per at Messrs. T, W. Fergtuoh’e' just before the holidays and at Mr. Hail’s a week'ago. The tee- timony of those who prepared such splendid suppers the teach ers enjoyed the repasts is strong er than any etatement that the teacher can make, so we let it stand at that. A Parent-Teacher meeting will be bald at the school building Wednesday night, January 30, at 7:00 o’clock, for the purpose of attending to some particular business. The following program will be rendered: Song “He Keeps Me Singing”; devotional, Mr. Rash; business meeting; talk, “What I Expect the Teach er to Do for my Child,” Mr. W. A Proffitt: solo, Mrs. Tom Fer guson; talk, “What I Expect From the Parents,” C. .M. Dick son; music, James and Magda lene Barlow. It is hoped that new curtains and stage scenery will be ready to put up by this time. Refreshments will be served. All patrons are cordially invited to attend. It is reported that the Millers Creek basketball teams did not come to Ferguson last Friday on account of an epidemic of flu. At the beginning of the spring session, the classes in English are taking up Literature and Life, but occassional lessons will be given in the most essential parts of technical grammar. 18 Qua^ Ttfes Gom Strn^ Battny (anj yoor eU Battery) $ee the benitif«l 1935 nymouth now on ih^lBy in ear Bhowiooms. This is just the ear te give maximum moterii^ sattsfac- tloo. Mator Service Sten VACCINATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA PROPOSED Raleigh, Jan. 24.—Every child in North Carolina between the ages of six and 12 months would have to be given vaccination against diphtheria if the bill in troduced in the state senate this morning by Senator Griffin is written into law. Ninth Street North Wilkesboro. N. C. WILEY BROOKS — PAUL BILLINGS cMTOOwn. (BtUwy Chon Day ura: ”I often work 10—11— 12 houn at a ttreteb -and am smokioc Camels all the dme. Tfaer help to increase my ’pep' when 1 feel tired or slum,” HMHtTECT. (BWktr) "'When 1 feci Uedeta. a Camel rcatorea my energy,” aayt W. R. Ballard. “I canamoke all the Camcla I want, withont navi Of the tiigbiest tuggeatioa of ruffled oereet,” PROSQMSHCHMIlP.Miaiw) John L Snmmers, Squash Racquets Champion of the V. S., says: "I often fight my way through a tourna ment— come out exhaust ed. Then—I Camel. My energy is brimming again. ” Come in today and see the opera tion of this remarkable achieve ment of science. The nnerring xTinTiyipr in ■which it locates and identifies trouble so that it can be quickly corrected is uncanny. It answers every question between poor performance and peak per- for^iapce. It know* and shows the * exart 'tamdition of yonr'ear. We have installed the Ford Lab oratory Testing set so that we can thoroughly analyze the condition of your car with more than human accuracy. See it. Let ns “laboratory test” your car today. For all makes of cars. Yadldn Valley Motor Co. Ninth Street SALES SERVICE NorOi Wilkeeboro,
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