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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
'pRe Y««r $1.60
Ox Ifoaths .75
Four Months 60
Out at the State $2.00 per Year
^ B»*yxl U^the post (rfflce at North Wilks^
MM N. C.j n Bocood class asattar oader Act
ft March'4, 1ST».
THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1938
Should Approve Plan
Farmers of Wilkes county will on
Saturday of this week be given an op
portunity to express their wishes as to
whether or not Wilkes shall be includ
ed dn a soil conservation district already
■et up and covering a part of Yadkin
county.
To include Wilkes in the district does
uot obligate a farmer to participate.
Voting approval will mean that fa
cilities for terracing and other means
•f halting soil erosion will be placed
at the di-sposal of the farmers to take it
or leave it and as such the vote should
ccury overwhelmingly for'the expansion
of the district to include Wilkes.
There was a time when a piece of
land “wore out” (washed away), that
the farmer could clear up a new and
fertile field to take its place.
That time has definitely passed. Prac-
tioally all land with slopes not too steep
• for cultivation has been cleared in thi.s
part of the county. It is true that much
•f it was abandoned for cultivation and
has been allowed to reforest itself but
it has not yet reached the stage of fer
tility where clearing it again is pructi-
45al. In fact, it is better to let the young
trees grow because the soil is thin from
cultivation and erosion when the land
was once cultivated.
Therefore, it is of the utmost import
ance that soils of present cultivated
lands be conserved, built up and en
riched. Only through that process can
farmers of Wilkes countj' hope to im
prove their own business.
If Wilkes is included in the soil dis
trict it will mean that a farmer may
have, for actual cost, the use of ma
chinery with which to adequately and
correctly terrace his lands and there
will be government-paid men to super
vise the work.
We do not believe in regimentation
•f the farmer. We want him to pre
serve his own independent status, and
we understand that the soil conserva
tion service will not trespass one step
■pon his liberty. By voting for the pro
posal Saturday he will not incur any
obligation.
Voting places on the proposal will
be the same as for the vote on tobacco
and cotton control and in addition there
will be three others; Mount Pleasant,
Ferguson and Moravian Falls. Ever>'
farmer in reach should go to the polls
Saturday and express himself relative
to the soil district.
Erosion control is badly needed in
Wilkes. In fact it is one of the ver>-
greate.st needs of agriculture.
A Hole In The Ground
The surest way to attract a crowd is
to start digging a hole in -the ground.
The bigger the hole and the less expla
nation of why it is being dug, the big
ger the crowd.
Some say that the attraction of such
operations is that ' everybody would
rather watch some other fellow work
than to work himself. There may be
something in that. Nobody has fully
solved the mystery of where the people
come from who always gather wher
ever someone is digging a hole.
It is not always comfortable for spec
tators. Rain and snow may not stop
^igrgring operations but they make it
harder for the onlookers.
Not long ago workmen started digg
ing a hole in Rockefeller Center, New
York. The usual crowd stood by watch
ing them. One of the workers approach-
^ a middle-aged, spectacled gentleman
and remarked: “Better move on, bud-
j . they’re going to blast.” The specta
tor moved on reluctantly and went to
■iia office, where he had an idea.
Bi» wwne happened to be
«to^efeHer, Jr. He called in some ^ his
-fcgff and told them to «et » sort of
people
^ wanted’H watch the excavation
:^wd of . the SV
ROckefeSer CaStsr, ■ watjhitisr w
era ‘fronj,. a covered,
where tiiey can enjoy Methg/OHier peo-
,pie " Work with no Inconvenience to.
themselves.
Mr. Rockefeller is noted for his ben
efactions. It seems to us that in this one
he did something of real benefit to hu
manity", by giving to whoever wants to
use it a grand-stand seat to the most
fascinating of all entertainments—dig
ging a hole in the ground.
Appreciate The Editor
There is one minister at least who ap
preciates the editor. At a recent ban
quet he offered the following toast.
“To save the editor from starvation
take his paper and pay for it promptly.
To save him from bankruptcy advertise
in his paper liberally. To save him from
dispair send him every item of news of
which you can get hold. To save him
from profanity write your correspon
dence plainly on one side of the sheet
and send it in as early as possible. To
save him from mistakes, bury him.
Dead people are the only ones who
never make mistakes.—Elxchange.
Planning for business and getting
business is different; correct advertis
ing tactics will make the difference.
ACHIEVEMENT TALKS
By LUCIUS HUMPHREY
Author of “It Shall Be Done Unto Von”
“Every idea becomes an action unless
stopped in the transition by a different
idea. . . (Spinoza).
Have you allowed the world to talk
you into the belief that the man of fif
ty is past his prime? This is far from
the truth.
Let me tell you about the apparently
hopeless case of a financial con.'^ultant,
nationally recognized, rich, honoured
and happy. This man built for himself
an important place in the financial
world. Depression came. He was ill and
confined to the hospital during the most
crucial days. He lost everything. Later
he came to me and said bluntly:
“I am here only because my wife has
read your book, and insisted that I
come, but I don’t see how anyone could
help me, because of my age and my
failure in the eyes of the financial
world.” He told me that he had called
on all the big banks, where his name
was once an “open sesame,” tO' no avail.
There seemed to be no place for a
man of his age; his experience had been
in a specialized field, and he had for-
■gotten the routine work which a minor
job requires.
“You were a well-known financial
specialist,” I began. Well, I have been
a specialist in giving mental help for
over thirty years. Why not give to me
the same serious attention which I
would gladly give to you, if we were
discussing my financial affairs?” At
last he gave me his full attention. ,
“Are you not unconsciously impresvs-
ing upon the people whom you inter
view your owai negative thoughts about
yourself and the hopelessness of your
Situation? Have you employed many
men yourself?” He said he had em
ployed hundreds of men.
“Then you must know that all that
any of us has to sell, at any! time, is his
state of mind. The successful man
sells merely his successful state of mind,
but it is impossible for a mind of fail
ure to breed ideas of success.
“In telling me of your rise from a
poor boyhood to a manhood of wealth
and power, you said that you used to
imagine vividly all the things that you
wanted to do and to become. Now, tem
porarily, you have lost that gift of
imagination, which is the very founda
tion of creating anything. Also, you be
lieve you must accept just any job that
is offered to you, and yet you formerly
succeeded by doing new, brilliant and
original things in your own field.
“Why not try to recapture your fpr-
mer attitude of mind? Remember the
feeling of success and deliberately feel
that way again. And why not try to do
again the original and unusual things?
At last I had his interest and confi
dence! He shook hands with me warm
ly and said that he would take my ad
vice.
♦ A few weeks later he capie in, smil
ing, and said: “Well, I am on top a-
gain! Better still, you have shown me
the power of creative thinking, and I
shall never again be afraid or despon
dent!”
fev. I
SHOP EARLY!
Gift Values
Gift Values
Men’s Dress Shirts
Men’s Dress Gloves
75c value 39c
$1.50 value 97c
Men’s Melton Jackets
^HEMO 1
Men’s Pocket Books
$2.98 value .$1
14 1
50c value 2Sc
Men’s Heavy Sox
Men’s Handkerchiefs
35c value 19c
15c value - 0^
Men’s Christinas Ties
Men’s Scarfs
35c value 11 C
$1.00 value 4Sc
Men’s Dress Sweaters
Men’s Tiedright Ties
$1.50 values .. 07c
97c value 48c
Men's Suede Jackets
$4.95 values . $2 0^
Men’s House Slippers
unmCHRIiTinfli
Buy Now!
Men’s Belts
$1.00 value 48c
Men’s Dress Sox
$1.50 value 97 C
50c value, 3 prs. $|^.00
Everything
has been greatly
Reduced
during this sale through
CHRISTMAS
Buy Gifts Now!
SUITS ANALYZETHESEPRICES SHOES
REDUCED!
Hanes
Unions
Children’s
Coats
H
REDUCED!
Winter weight, the
underwear value of
the year.
89c Value
Reduced to
69c
These short
Ckiats are the
newest in design
and style.
$7.50 Value
Reduced to
New shades and
styles to select from
—all sizes, shapes.
Newest
$1.95 Value
Reduced to
EACH
$3
.95
$j[;oo
EACH
Plain
and
Sports
$1 98 VALUE
BOY’S MELTON JACKETS
$1.48
$1.50 VALUE ,
BALL BAND Womens GALOSHES..
97c
$5.00 VALUE
COMBINATTION RAIN COATS
$2.98
$8.00 VALUE
MEN’S LEATHER JACKE’TS
$5.9*5
$3.95 VALUE
MEN’S HOUSE ROBES
$2.95
CmufREN’S BED ROOM SLIPPERS 48C
19c VALUE
MEN’S HEAVY SOX
10c
$1.69 VALUE .
MEN’S LINED OVERALL JACKETS
$1.24
$2.00 VALUE
BOYS’ DRESS OXFORDS
$1.48
SIZES 4 TO 16 IN
BOYS’ OVERALLS
39c
$2.00 VALUE
BOYS’ HEAVY SHOES -
$1.48
$1.79 VALUE
HEAVY PLOW SHOES
$1.29
BED ROOM SLIPPERS 33
97c
Men’s Men’s Men’s
COMPLETE
SIZES
X
'm
Priced Unusual Low!
Women’s SHOES
MEN’S SUITS
Work
Shirts
Hi-Top
Shoes
Every suit has been greatly
reduced for this sale. $10
to $16.95 Suits reduced to
Heavy covert and
blue chambray ma
terial; and the very
shirt for the cold
weather.
Made for sturdy
wear; 16 - inA
tops; all leather
throughout.
$7.95 •”
79c Value
Reduced to
48c
EACH
$4.00 Value
Reduced to
$2-95
EACH
Cowhide
Overalls
All women’s Oxfords now
greatly reduced during
this. sale. $1.50 to $2.Q5
Oxfords reduced to
220 weight denim—
made for long wear.
All sizes, and all
are bargains at our
low prices.
$J.24 $\M
MEN’S SHOES
$1.25 Value
Reduced to
79c
have been greatly reduced
for this sale. All Shoes
priced from $2.50 to $4.00
reduced to
EACH
OVERCOATS
$J.98‘»$2-95
Children’s
All overcoats have been re
duced. One special group
priced at $12.95 to $14.95,
reduced to
$0.95
THE CL9SE -9UT STORE
All children’s Oxfoi^
greatly reduced.
priced at $1.60 to
reduced to
to 4
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