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THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1938
The New Year
This week will wind up the year 1938
and on Sunday each and every one of us
will enter the threshold of a new j»ar.
With the new year hope arises—hope
that 1989 will be a happier year, not only
for us and the comparatively few of our
acquaintances, but for all the world and
all the people.
Looking' back over the year now taking
Mb bow and preparing to leave the stage
•f performance, we can see many things
that we regret and we can also see things
which look good on the pages of history.
Looking ahead at the new horizon we won
der what lies beyond.
Reflection upon the subject leads to the
conclusion that nothing lies beyond and
that so far the new year is a total blank.
A void lies beyond the year 1938 and
there is nothing awaiting us in the new
year. What will be created or what will
transpire during the new year will be
achieved. Each day of the new year is a
Wank page and whatever is written o
those pages, now spotlessly clean, will be
. written by man.
In other words, 1939 will be just what
the people make it-
There can be no better new year resolu
tion than to cross the horizon into the new
year with a determined spirit of goodwill
toward fellow men. If top many people
do not break that simple resolution, 1939
will indeed be a happier year for every'-
kody.
Beginning the new year, every- person
■hould steadfastly resolve to live a better
life during 1939—a life which wiill be of
greater service to humanity than during
any of the years which are now in history’s
■toreroom and which cannot be recalled.
If a greater part of the people hold fast
W such a resolution, we shall experience
•ne of the best years in all history-.
Happy new year!
Bright Outlook For 1939
Almost without exception the business
prophets and economic soothsayers are
predicting that 1939 will be the be.st year
for business that this country- has seen since
1929.
Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice-president of
the Cleveland Trust Company, the most
famous and the most usually accurate of
these forecasters, warns people not to be
too eager for a sharp upturn the day after
New Year’s, but predicts that after the us-
■Al seasonal decline in the early months of
the new year, business of all kinds will be
gin to boom.
The aigns of the times are all favorable,
■nless something comes out of this trou-
Wed international situation to put the fear
of a foreign war into people’s minds. The
witnesses to'make titstelleiifk'
gympathy on the part of oM^ls of the
Government and' others in high places,
with Communism, Fascism and oiher de
cidedly un-American “isms.”
It is true that much of the “evidence”
submitted to the Dies committee was of
the flimsiest sort and proved nothing bi
the opinions .of the witnesses. It seems to
be true that some persons took- advantage
of the opportunity offered by the commit-
^ .3 hearings to express personal dislike
and hatreds of racial, religious and other
minorities.
But enough was broughc ;out before the
committee to convince most who read the
testimony that, after winnowing away
all the chaff, there remained enough
sound gn'ain to warrant the belief that
movements are on fqot in America today
which are calculated to destroy the Amer
lean system of democracy, if they once
take root and spread.
The best result of the investigation has
been to put- patriotic citizens on their
guard. It is not enough to assume that
the American system is so firmly rooted in
the consciousness of all the people that it
cannot be undermiined by subversive and
subtle propaganda.
When advocateos of other systems are
proclaiming the-r merits to the willing
ears and the susceptible minds of the
young, it behooves good Americans to be
the principles of Americanism,
equally alert and aggressive in re-stating
As Chairman Dies expresses it/ “the es
sence of Americanism is recognition of the
truth that the inherent and fundamental
rights of man are derived from God and
not from governments, societies, dictators,
kings or majorities. Communism, fascism
and aazism all represent forms of dictator
ships which deny the divine origin of the
fundamental rights of n?,.n.” ,
That, it seems to us, is the elemental
truth of which America must never lose
sight.
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ACHIEVEMENT TALKS
B, LUCIUS HUMPHREY
Av4fa*r of SksU Bo Doe UbU Toi^
“Jtnd be not conformed to this world; but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind
.. . —(Romans 12:2.)
How can you solve your individual prob
lem, the problem which affects your own
personal happiness and success?
A thousand and one causes fill your
mind. In contemplation and reflection
you go over and over the causes to find a
reasonable suggestion as to how to act to
solve your problem.
Just as there are many causes for you
to consider, so many suggestions a.s to pos
sible means of solving the problem rush
through your mind, but for various reasons
they all fail. Analyze these ideas and see
if you do not agree that they all originated
in a mental field produced almost entirely
by the influence of negative or depressing
existing facts and the fears and appre
hensions which accompany these.
- These must correspond to t he mental
states which produce them. If the men
tal state is fifty per cent, twenty per cent,
or a hundred per cent negative, the ideas
which arise from it caimy with them the
same average of constructive or de.struct-
ive possibilities for success or failure.
To the degree that you feel tne Creative
Mind can and will reproduce your desires,
just to that same degree will It manife.st
Itself in creating them. Hence according
to your understanding it shall be done un
to you, and a one hundred per cent posi-
t ve mind becomes the ideal. How can we
Peter Sees dirist's Glory
Leeson For This Week: Matthew
* 17:1-18.
~ Golden Text: John 1:14
The XranaSiguratlon scene is
reminder of the naxratlTe of the
Baptism. In both cases a divine
voice from heaven gave the glad
assusaace tlbat the Master was in
deed Ood incarnate, God in man.
“This is my .beloved Son, In whom
I am well pleased.”
But there is an 'additional
touch of great significance in the
Transfiguration story. Moses,
symbolizing the Law, and Elijah,
representing the prophets, both
appear and converse with Jesus.
Obviously the meaning is that the
Master, in his capacity as the
long awaited Messiah, fulfills
both the legal ami prophetic an
ticipations ot the Old Testament.
The disclplee were hardly pre
pared for such a revelation, and
it must have impressed them pro
foundly.
Luke tells us that “Pet and
his companions had been over
come by sleep, but waking up
they saw ihlg glorious appearance
and the two .men standing by
him.” One commentator; suggests
that Peter woke first, and that
his cry aroused the others. This
is mere conjejture, but we are
definitely Informed that Peter,
with characteristic foolhardiness,
proposed the erection of three
tents, one for Jesus, one for Mos
es. and one for ElijaJhi.
How often silence is golden!
How many occasions of high and
holy significance are spoiled by
irrevalent and infelicitous chat
ter!
Employers Advised
To Secure Forms
For Return of Taxes
BUdn. Dee.;2S.—Cbarlaa Rtobl-
ud 61, imomiaeiit eftt-
len ot. State Road, died last
night at hla home. ^
Mr. Walters had long been a
member of Mount Pleasant Bap
tist church and was one of ,the
most esteemed citizens ot' the
community. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ehnma Key Walters,
four children; Mrs. J. W. Hamby
of Salisbury, George Walters ot
Blkln; William, Boimt and Oliv
er Walters of State Road and
fourteen grandebUdren.
For one to be elirlble, and to
catlonal instUntions^whetber to
employ men to teach who have
“Degrees” but who cannot tecch,
or whether they be men who can
teach, but who have no degrees.
A chapce for some men to
maka money and thereby aid
America *n her present fight for
high ideals—to put up some
gladiatorial arAnes, buy some
Mexican bulls, and charge admis
sion.
No man has a right to stand
in the bread-Uue and be fed by
the government merely because
he refuse? to work at any other
than a “white-collar” job.
ADMINKTEATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. Margar-
ette Elledge, deceased, late of
Wilkes county. North Carolina,
this is to noti^ all persons hav
ing (laims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at 814 First Na
tional Bank Building, Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, on or be
fore the 1st day of Decemiber,
1939, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery.
This December 1, 1938.
ARCHIE ELLEDGE,,
Administrator of Mrs. Margar-
ette Elledge. l-5-6t(T)
Tax returns required .by the
Social Security Act should be
sent to the Collector of Internal
Aevenue and not to the Social
Security Board. It is the Collec
tor of Internal Revenue who
mails out to North Carolina em-
pl'Poyera the form known as SS-la.
Ajfter this form is filled out, it
should be reutmed to the Collec
tor’s office at Greensboro, '-lb-
cording to W. C. Spruill, Manager
of the Salisbury office of the So-
jcial Security Board.
Mr. Spruill emiphaslzed the fact
that the Social Security Board is
in no way responsible for the col
lection of taxes and does not dis
tribute the form (SS-la) used in
filling Social Security tax returns.
“We have had numerous requests
for these blaaks during the past
week and in every case we ad
vised the caller to contact the
Collector’s office,’’ he added.
Attention Is called to a state
ment issued recently by the Bu
reau of Internal Revenue, which
advise.s employers to include In
their tax returns the name and
social security account number of
each employee and the amount
of taxable wages paid the em
ployee. The last quarterly return
and remittance (due not later
than midnight JanuaiT .31) will
cover the three calendar months.
October, November, December.
All wage earners should he sure
that their employers have a rec
ord of their social secuj-ity ac
count number so that proper
credit can be given them by the
Social Security Board Bookkeep
ing Division, according to a state
ment made by Mr. Spruill
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
Having qualified as administra
tor of toe estate of Rebecca Mar
tin, deceased, late of Wilkes
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed at Wilkeaboro, N. C. Route
1, on or before the 16th day of
December, 1989, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said
perso)
estate will please make immediate
TWa
16th day
payment,
cember, 1988.'
J. W. MikBUN,
Administrator of Rebecca Ifortin.
Clyde Hayes, Atty, for Adnw.
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NEW
%
!
While we are standing on the threshold
of the New Year, we want to extend to
all our friends and to all our patrons
heartiest best wishes for Good Luck and
Good Fortune during the coming year—
1989. May the New Year be one filled
brimful of Happiness and Prosperity,
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We
Appreciate
toe friendship of our friends, and especially
those who have patronized us in a business way
during the past year. To every one of yon we
extend our most sincere thanks for making this
year another good year for our business. We
most sincerely hope that we will be privileged
to serve you throughout the New Year, and we
most respectfully solicit your continued patron
age and good will.
Sentinel Insnrance
Agency, Inc.
“THE DIVIDEND AGENCY”
W. B. Gwyn, Pres, R. W. Gwyn, V-Pres.
W. A. BulHs, Secretary-Treasurer
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
A
biggest boom is already under way. That | arrive at this 100 per cent positive mind?
Although no very clear defini
tion of wild hey in North Caro
lina is available, it is estimated
that the state will produce 34,-
000 tons in 1938. reports Chief
StatLstician W. H. Rhodes of the
State Department of Agriculture.
K the building boom. The coming ye.ar,
the prophets say, will see more new homes
built than any previous year since the
middle 1920’s.
Industry is hiring*more help. The num
ber of unemployed workers has declined
by hundreds of thousands ’in the past cou
ple of months. People are buying more
new cars than they were a year ago. The
Christmas trade of the stores all over th-.
country has been ^axcellent. There is a
■ew spirit of confidence in the air and in
the minds of men of affairs. New capital
is coming out of hiding to finance great
new enterprises.
There is no promise in all of this that
everybody will become prosperous over
night. 'There is a distinct promise in the
business outlook, as the experts see it, that
another year will see the natidn safely
past the “emergency^* perio^
A Warning To Americang
' Many people have ridiculed the activi-
Mea of the Congressional committee which
IMS been conducting an Investig ition into
hAsswiKcnn aetititt«-‘ '
IHea has been abused,
Without considering the causes of your
present situation, observe by introspection
the way your Habitual Mind is reacting to
it. Focus your attention on the thought
and feelings that are dominating you.
You are aware that in your mind are
manifested worry, fear, joy and sorrow
love and hate, doubt and belief, in degrees
varying with your reactions to specific
things and circumstances which definitely
pertain to your happiness.
Instead of giving up to despair allowing
yourself to sigh and cry or give in to any
of the ordinary emotions of hopelessness
look upon every lack and limitation as a
void |formles3ne.ss and darkness to be ov
ercome. Take paper and pencil and note
the things which you would like to experi
ence—^the positives which would evercome
these negatives. Then focus your atten
tion upon these positives as specific images
to be held and gradually unfolded in your
outer life.
Remember always that yjur past suc
cess, your present and future success, your
failures and misfortunes, the satisfaction
or dissatisfaction which these have brought
you, are all the result of the epa^ioos pr
’ Ijmcpniseious operattop
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
FOR THE YEAR 1935
Under and by virtue of author
ity conferred by Consolidatod Sta
tutes governing the sale of land
for taxes, and a judgment of the
Superior Court in Wilkes County,
North Carolina, judgment affirm
ed by toe Supreme Court for the
State of North Carolina, and by
virtue of an order passed by the
Commissioners for th® Town of
Wilkesboro, North Carolina, I will
on Monday, January 2nd, 1989, at
the hour 12 o’clock noon, at the
County Courthonse In the Town of
Wilkesboro, North Carolina offer
for sale at public auction to
highest bidder for cash tile la^
hereinafter described, sltnated a
toe Town of Wilkesboro, N. C.
and listed in the names of persons
hereinafter mentipped, to sati^
delinquent town taxes for the
year 1986, including accrued pen
alties. (Cost of advertisement and
sale to be added to the amounts
shown below).
Ed Crysel, 1 lot |10.76
Chas. G. Gilreath, 1 lot, SSM
William H. Barber, 1 lot, - 7.81
Roxie Barber, 1 lot,
Winston Brown, I lot,
Jnlia Jonea. at
Roscoe Selltiy,
J. JL Watk&
This the 2nd
1988.
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1.60
.. 8gl
Est, 1 lot, — 2.46
1 lot,-.
I M, -
day of
Happy
New Year
TO
ALL
To All Our Friends and Patrons
We Wish a
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Happy and
Prosperous New
Year
Much Joy, Much Happiness, and
Much Prosperity
We wish also to express our sincere appreciation
to those who have patronized our trucking firm
during the past years, and also to those who have
extended thrir co-operation to us in any way.
S. W. QUEEN, OWNER
TdqdHMK296
Nordi WEkesboro, N* C.-„
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