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SUBSCRIF^TION RATES:
One Year ..r. $1.50
Six Months .75
Four Months 60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entered at the post office at North Wilkes*
boro, N.(£., as second class matter under Act
of Marcli 4,1879.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938
Boats In A Tea Cup
“What I can’t see,’’ said Alice at the
Wonderland tea party, “is why they
have to build all those battleships. Each
nation builds bigger and bigger ships,
and then they’re right back where they
started.’’
The Red Knight nearly choked on his
tea: “Humph! To a military man like
myself, it’s all very simple. Japan builds
bigger boats, England builds bigger
boats, someone else builds bigger boats.
One must keep up, you know, one must
keep up with the Jones family, as they
say.’’’’
“Bosh, just bosh!” The Mad Hatter
dipped his fingers in the tea cup to
make sure it was still hot. “Why don’t
they build row-boats, then they could
have an international race and work
off a lot of steam?”
“And let the Admirals row,” put in
the March Hare as he reached for the
cooky jar at the other end of the table.
“Or why don’t they build fishing
boats and a fish-catching contest?” said
Alice. “Then we could have flounder
for lunch every day.”
“Don’t like floudner,” cut in the
March Hare. “Why don’t they make it
a gardening race and see who can grow
the biggest carrots?”
The Red Knight smiled a verj' super
ior smile. “It’s very simple,” he .said,
said. “Nations have to have big navie.s
to protect themselves from other na
tions that have big navies.”
The Mat Hatter took a swallow
tea: “If one nation has to have a
navy to protect itself from other
navies, then if no nation had a
navy, the others wouldn’t need big na
vies to protect themselves.”
“Bravo! Bravo! 'Have a crumpet,”
said Alice, and passed the plate.
“He’s mad,” muttered the Red
Knight, “as a military man I can see
he’s mad, quite mad.”
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:,we may remain at peace.*
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Argum^t Aisabist Spaed .
Aside from being tbe major death,
cause on the highways, speed is excess
ively wasteful, according to scientific
tests made of gasoline consumption.
J. F. Winchester, author of “Mileage
Hints” for Esso Marketeers, cites re
sults of tests as follows:
“A recent study revealed that in a
quarter-mile test a car obtained 6.
miles per gallon when it was driven in
first speed to 25 miles per hour, in sec
ond to 40 miles per hour and in high to
62 miles per hour. This same car, how
ever, got 13 miles per gallon, or virtual
ly double the mileage, when it was run
in first speed to 15 miles per hour, in
second to 27 miles per hour and in high
to 43 miles per hour. The rapid accel
eration cost additional gasoline con
sumption.
A similar test revealed how speed
causes additional gasoline consumption.
A car traveled 121 miles on 10 gallons
of gasoline when driven at a speed of
75 miles per When the speed
was reduced to 50 miles per hour the
distance traveled jumped to 176 miles
and at 25 miles an hour the distance was
further increased to 211 miles.
Obviously, if you demand speed and
rapid acceleration you must pay for it.
If you seek gasoline economy you mu.st
first know the motor characteristics o:t
the particular model you are operating.
Learn this from your instruction book,
car dealer or service man, then operate
the car properly. The motorist who
accelerates slowly and drives at a faii
average economical speed not only is, i
general, a safer driver but also a more
economical operator than the driver
who continually pushes his car in a
reckless manner or at high speeds.
Some of us commuters live on bor
rowed time; all of us ride on mortgaged
rails.—Boston Globe.
Why not call those Hitler plebiscites
Ivory soap elections?—New York Post.
Lessons In War
The fighting in Spain and China has
been studied carefully by military men
of the whole world, seeking knowledge
of the effectiveness of modern weapons
of offense and defense to guide them in
determining how their own nations
ought to arm for self-protection. Opin
ions differ, of course, but there seems to
be general agi'eement on some points.
Airplanes are an effective weapon of
defense, as has been horribly demon
strated. but the best defense against an
air attack is not airplanes but anti-air
craft guns, say the e.xperts. Before the
defending planes can get off the ground,
the attackers have dropped their bombs
and passed on. But modern long range
rifles, accurate at ten miles, can bring
down the enemy planes, provided there
are enough of such guns.
As a defensive weapon again.st naval
attacks the experts seem to agree that
airplanes are of the highest value.
Whether bombs from a plane can ac
tually sink a battleship remains to be
demonstrated, but that they can sink
cruisers and smaller craft has been amp
ly proven.
So far these current wars have not
proved anything about the efficacy of
poison gas, one way or the other. There
is great difference of opinion as Ijo
whether gas can be as effective as many
fiction writers represent it to be. It
seems the wise course is to prepare de
fenses against gas attacks, as European
nations are doing; though it seems ex
tremely unlikely that .any enemy ven
turing to attack the United States would
be ableto bring across the ocean and use
enough gas to do any material damage.
The lessons for the United States
which have so far been drawn from the
gjjisstly warfare abroad are that we
Ugl$t protect our coasts by a navy large
eiwtfh to beat back any
Borrowed Comment
COMPETENCY IN DEMAND
(Oxford Public Ledger)
Joe DiMaggio has signed a playing
contract under which he will receive
$25,000 for playing baseball in 1938.
Baseball has some high-priced play
ers and it has others who are not so
high-priced. Banking, manufacturing,
merchandising and all other lines are no
different in that respect.
A competent man can earn his way.
Unemployment will reach him after all
the incompetent have been dismissed.
DiMaggio is a competent batter and
outfielder and he can get his price.
Grace Moore as a vocalist, Guy Lom
bardo as an orchestra leader, Joan Blon-
dell as an actress, just for illustration,
are competent in their respective fields.
They can deliver the goods and they get
their price.
So there is a demand for ability, there
has been in the years gone and there
will be in the years to come. Certainly
no ambitious person should be satisfied
with no less than the best.
FIFTH ^
S' PW
ISean up leek , ^ .
Hbmrs «r clean up attic and
ment,
.Aim: To create an interest ‘ In
making our homes as clean and
orderly as is possible to make
them.
Procedure: Each child decides
on which of tlw two projects he
wooM rather do.
The Back Yard group decided
that the yards should be raked
thoroughly, all trash Should be
carried away to the garbage heap
to be carted away, then the bar-
bage can^ should be cleaned and
lined and kept covered. Where
possible, plant an attractive bed of
flowers.
The group that decided to clean
either the attic or basement took
their soap, rags, and warm water
with them to wash windows,
shelves, etc., after placing articles
in their proper places.
A committee of three gfirls and
three boys visited the homes to
see how well the work was carried
on. A favorable report was giv
en.
Ektch child submitted a written
report of his own work.
ORIGINAL POEMS FROM
GRADE V
Winter is over
And spring has begun,
Now is the time
To get your work done.
Clean up the house
And then rake the yard,
To make them clean and bright
You must work very hard.
Willa Jean Hayes
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«i^m«k‘gna. «nteiwrla I
abOTe-enMtled cailg4 .|h ttd Supe
rior Court of WillEeigCai9^,.A^
April 4, 1938, the uhderM|med
Commissioner will, on me
of May^}988. at 12 o’clocl^ noon,
at^th% ed'Jrt house dodff> ox the
Wilkes County Courfhouse, in
Wilkesboro, North Garol&m, snl at
public auctfcm to the hB^st bid
der for cash, subj^t to the con
firmation of the Gmirt, the prop
erty hereinafter desmbed, foiat-
ed in Traphill Township. .Wilkes
county, ana more particularly de
scribe as fo&oWB
Beii^ 26 aqres, more or less, in
Traphill Township, listed in the
name of Mrs.' S. P. Brown in 1934,
and being all the land owned in
tiffin'
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^ Your body cleans .out excess Acicb^aml'
dus waeui in your blood thru 9 niillioo ;*'
ieate Kidney tubes or filters. If fu
orders deu to germs in the Eidnej
’ make you suffer from Getting Up
ouaness, Leg Pains, Circles Under Eyes., J
ness, Backashe, Swollen Joints, .^idHy, cr^.
!ng Passages, don’t rely on ordinary medicines. Fi^it’saifilr‘l
with the doctor’s prescription Uritex. Uritehi starts working fa:
hours and must prove entirely satisfactory in one week and IW'^tMM
ly the medicine you need or money back is GUARANTEEDI R
HORTON'S CUT-RATE DRUG STORE Nerth Wilkesboro, N. C.
or Newton’s Cut-Rate Drug Store, Wilkesboro, N. C.
Raking, sweeping, cleaning.
Working with well meaning: :
We boys and girls can give,
You a better place to live.
Clay Combs
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office of District Supervisor, Al
cohol Tax Unit, Bureau of In
ternal Revenue, Baltimore, Mary
land. April 14, 1938. Notice is
hereby given that on January 9,
1938. one Chevrolet Pickup Truck,
model 1930, Motor No. 2104084,
with acce.sscrie.c, was seized _ in
Forsyth County, North Carolina,
for violation of the Internal Rev
enue Laws, to-wit: Section 3450,
United States Revised Statutes.
Any person claiming an interest
in said property must appear at
the office of Investigator in
Charge, .\lcohol Tax Unit, Char
lotte, North Carolina, and file
claim and cost bond as provided
by Section 3460, United States Re
vised Statutes, on or before May
14, 1938, otherwise the property
wiil be disposed of according to
law. R. E. Tuttle, District Super
visor. 4-28-3t- (T)
NOTICE W SALE
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
Wilkes County vs. W. C. Spark:!
and wife, Mrs. W. C. Sparks.
Under and by virtue of a judg
ment made and entered in the
above-entitled cause in the Supe
rior Court of Wilkes County, dated
.April 4, 1938, the undersigned
Commissioner will, on the 3rd day
of May, 1938, at 12 o’clock, noon,
at the door of the Courthouse in
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, sell
at public auction to the highest
biddei' for cash, subject to the con
fiimatior. of the Court, the proper
ty hereinafter described, located
in Walnut Grove Township, Wilkes
County, and more particularly de
scribed as follows:
Beir.g 36 acres, more or less, in
Walnuc Grove Township listed in
the name of W. C. Sparks, and be
ing all the land owned by W. C.
Sparks in 1934- For ftirthcr de
scriptcn '.-eference is made to de
scription-: found in book 158, page
40. in the Register c-f Deeds office
of Wilkes County.
This 4th dav of April. 1938.
W. H. McELWEE,
4-28-4t(T) Commissioner
WE WONDER
(Twin-City Sentinel)
How long the recession would last if:
Every woman who needs a new dress
would buy it;
If every motorist who is wasting time
and money trying to make a w'^orn-out
car run would buy a new or good used
car;
If every manufacturer who needs to
expand his plant wtpuld expand it;;
If every man who needs a new suit
would buy it;
If every home owner who needs a
larger house would add to his old one,
or build a new one;
If ever.v farmer who needs new tools
and machinery would stock up now;
If every Gloomy Gus who sees disas
ter in every dull period would shut up
his trap;
If every housewife would buy the new
stove or refrigerator she’s been thinking
otf buying for the last five years;
If all these people who spend most of
their time attacking business or the gov
ernment would resolve to say nothing
and saw wood for the next two or three ^
months.
We wonder—^yes, we wonder.
Cast Your Vote
FOR
BILL BURGIN
For Congress
Democratic Primary June 4
IWIUJAM O. BURGIN)
UBERAL IN MIND--
CAUTIOUS IN ACTION-i
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SHOES
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