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lyfcPATMOT, NORTH THE J )i^, n: c.^ Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, N. C. a. J. CASTKn and JULIUS C. HUBBARD Publishers SUBSCRIPTION PATES; i>ne Year $1.50 Months 75 i^)ur Months 60 Out of the State $2.00 per Year * ttitered at the post office at North Wilkes- horo, N. C., as second class matter under Act March 4, 1879. MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1939 The Fundamentals Modem educational methods are superb in many respects but are lacking in a few of the fundamentals. Schools are desfgned as places where children obtain knowledge but more im portant as places wheer they are trained to use their minds in order to ferret out what they want to know. The first essential of a school is teach ing the three fundamentals. If a child does no learn to read, to write and to solve arithmetic problems it has no foundation upon which to train its mind. And w'e might add to the three funda mentals two closely allied subjects, gram mar and spelling. In order to have the opportunity to which it is justly entitled, a child must be able t'' read and to know what he has read. He must be able to write legibly and to put words on paper in such a way that others can understand what he wants to say, and in so doing he should be able to spell correctly because if there is one think the schools have failed in during the past 20 years it has been in teaching chil dren how to spell correctly. It invariably makes a bad impression when you read a letter with several words spelled incorrectly and where there is ara ble evidence of an absence of thorough knowledge of grammar and the English language. Schools have been turning out too many graduates who are bad spellers and who are lax in knowledge of English. In many others respects the same students are well trained. Schools are great factories turning out citizens. Splendid results are being ob tained each year but there is always room for improvement. It is the duty of every citizen, regardless of whether he or she is a parent, to be interest in the schools. The Pre.sent War Even now the ^eat powers of Europe are locked in conflict similar to that which rocked the world in 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, There is a parallel between the two wars. Britain and France could have patched up the present squabble with Germany by granting Germany the Polish corridor and the city of Danzig. But that would not have .secured peace. Last year they sacri- riced Czechoslovakia on the altar of peace and 12 months later Hitler precipitated another cris s with greated demands. If they had consented to his taking the corri dor and Danzig he would eventually have demanded all of Poland. They were beginning to tire of one crisis and one threat after anotiher as Hitler be came a greater power and a greater threat in Europe. So on Friday morning Hitler began his war of conquest of Poland and disregard ed the warning.s of Britain and France that they would fight to preserve Poland’s independence. And on Sunday Britain declared war on Germany and France followed a few hours later. . " , The war is on and perhaps it will take a long time to settle the issues. With the exception of Italy and Japan, the sympa thies of the world are with Poland, Bri tain and France. They will perhaps even tually destroy Germany in a long conflict and it will cost much in lives and proper ty. But they almost had to go to war to curb Hitler’s power and his continual threat by frequent demands. The fir--.t inkling of what kind of con flict is to be expected came when Ger mans torpedoed and sank the Athenia lin er, a British ship, with 1,400 aboard, in cluding refugees sailing for Canada. The principal thing America wants to do is to stay clear of the war and be the one great nation to carry on the task of adding something to civilization .and to remain the great example of a people who rule themselves. Borrowed Comment THE DIFFERENCE (Elkin Tribune) Britain’s unemployed, 1,256,424 accord ing to the records, is the lowest total Bri tain has had at any time since 1929. Ger many is actually pressing women into jobs meant for men and has no unemploj’’ment problem. Nor is Italy grumbling about her idle. , , , „ These nations are that way because of intensive spending on armament, and it is ngrood that this armament spending has raiM^ purchasing power of so many work men that the increased spending of these workers has produced a small boom in re tail and distributive business. Here in America we have been spending like a house afire; have been priming the pump continuously for six years; spending for bridges, roads, houses, dams, conser vation and reclamation projects. Even the boondoggling of the leaf, rakem may be considered preferable to employing the hands and time and talent, of men to the building of implements of destruction. Yet our unemployment ha.s not noticeably de creased. Professors 'and students of economics can’t figure it out. The.se other nations are spending for implements with which to murder and destroy; we have been spend ing for things that well may be set down as assete of more or less permanency. There is nothing permanent about armam ent. We build it today, tomorrow it is out moded. , But our spending has been extendea to every community in the nation. And there it is turned back into the channels of trade. What becomes of it then ? It is an old American custom for somebody to bCj where money is—with a bag. The federal News In Brief ROARING RIVER, Aug. 2S.— Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Wright, of Statesville, spent Sunday vlth Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Longhottom. r. ana mrs. j. a. uoiibijuiiuiu. , . . , , j Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover her eyes and trickled down upon into somebody’s till. In our national un-1 parks, certainty, maybe it has^^been earned to Betty Porter spent Sun day evening with Miss Carol Me shelter, where it has failed to provide a continuity of jobs. We wouldn’t know We are only saying “maybe.” SHOULD FIND THE ANSWER (Elkin Tribune) The United States has 6 per cent of the world’s population—a percentage that is pregnant with significance in its relation to these other things we have: We have 34 per cent of the coal, 16 per cent of the wheat, 29 per cent of the iron, 62 per cent of the oil, 24 per cent of the roadroad trackage, 53 per cent of the corn. 50 per cent of the cotton, 35 per cent of th« (’le trie power, 32 per cent of the copper, anc 42 per cent of the timber. Some of these assets are ours by inheri tance, they are natural resources included in the title acquired when we either trad ed the original owner a string of beads for his scalping knife or took it from him at the point of an old bunderbus. But some of these assets we created ourselves. Created them under great handicaps that tried men’s souls and hard ened them into rugged individuals who didn’t mind fighting things out on the principle of every man for himself and tfitJ devil take the hindmost. But with only six per cent of the world’s population owning all these other things, something has happened almost suddenly to throw our economics into reveree gear, and we find ourselves at the wailing wall. Instead of happily at the plow or lathe or in the counting houses. We .are wonder ing what is wrong, and not ac all certain that ambitious braggarts in Europe are re sponsible for it. Some claim that we are about to aban don certain fundamental principles of government which have made this country the greatest the world has even known; that individual freedom is being encroach ed upon by government, and that free en terprise is now the exception rather than the rule. And in very great degree these charges are apprehensions are correct. But how come, and what is to be done about it? Those are the que.stions that must be answered, and nobody can answe them except this six per cent of the world’.'^ people who ought to be about the business of trying to find the answer and to write it permanently in the back of the book. YES, THEY WANT WORK (By Will's Thomton.) It may be presumed that a man who wiii wait in line to apply for a job from Mon day afternoon to Wednesday morning is serious about it. And when 3,500^people^get in line_at_9 the steel fragment in her hand. Moved by the tenseness of the world situation, this German World War widow was showing some of the mementoes of the last war—mementoes which she had found In the garden of her home In western Germany, close Watson Is 111 with to the French frontier. There were rusty shell spHnt- which had fallen to the ground; a battered part of an Long- English warplane which had been shot down. J ..—r- She is a proud woman, proud children, Donald and Drusilla, of of the fighting ability of the Ger- Statesvllle. spent Sunday with her man soldier and conylnced they don’t come any better. The war took her husband. And now, she knows, If war comes Longhottom, a fine boy, Grover, Jr. Mrs. Tom Sloope spent Tues day with her daughter, Mrs. Grover Longhottom. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parks and family have moved to their home, the Bud Mastln place. Mr. R. M. neuritis. Mrs. Katie Harris and sister, ers from Statesville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. bottom. • Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Norris and parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. O Blackburn. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parks and where money is—with a bag. ine leaerai t^eir again the chances are fifty-fifty dollars that have been spent ha\e gone Myrtle it will take her "war baby.” He Myrtle it will take her "war baby.” He Is somewhere on the Polish front. Neill. Little Patsy Porter spent Sun day with Mildred and Mary Hunt er. Miss Evelyn Smithey, of Wash ington, D. C., is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Smithey. Miss Pauline Blackburn, of Winston-Salem, spent a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Blackburn. Miss Hazel Sloope spent Mon day night with Miss Gladys Long- bottom. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cothren. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Harris and children. Misses Clyde and Pau line Harris and son, A. G., spent awhile Sunday with Mrs. G. W. Cothren. hours is remarkable—and she Is typical of millions of German men and women today. It is a change all the more re markable because the Nazi-in spired press and the government controlled radio Is working over time to show that the "calm of the German people is unbreak able.” It required Germany’s slve mobilization to shake her full faith in another bloodless victory. In which the Poles, as the Czechs before them, would bow before the mighty German nation. Now she, like the others. North Wilkesboro Route Two News Miss Dorothy Ward, of High Point, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Ward, of this community. Miss Mary Helm Ward return ed home Saturday after spending last week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lowe, of Statesville. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Black burn spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Sebastian. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ward and family, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelom and family, of Mooresville, made a trip across the Blue Ridge Parkway Satur day. Miss Helen Whitley spent Sat urday night with Miss Mattie Lee Elmore. There was a surprise birthday supper given at the home of Mrs. Charlie n'.ackburn Saturday night for Mr.s. Blackburn on her 50th birthday. Evei rone enjoyed it very much. "Fined $50 for Showing Her Pretty Legs.” Young Mrs. Alex ander of Nettleton, Ark., thought it was a modest outfit, because thousands of women wear such costumes, but she was haled in to court and ordered ‘ pay for her “indecency.” Read t.ils inter ITHOyCMT Yoy w{R5 AFUJ5Y fATE;^ HoTANY/AoRt- TflAHKffo _ in the evening, midnight 2, and 3 o’clock wartlngioB Tlmo,-H»r.ia, in the morning to apply for 600 jobs for which applications are to be taken at 6:30, they’re serious. That happened in Cleve land when applications were opened for 600 civil service jobs with tihe city govern ment. Many of the applicants were re cently discharged from WPA. Do people want jobs? Have WPA workers been so long on the rolls that they don’t want regular work any more? You hear a lot of speculation along those line.s. Yet every time a clear test like this comes up, the available jobs are stalked down with hungry zeal by five or six times as many applicants as there are jobs. There may be cases when ill-paid, temporary “fill-in” jobs have been refused. But un til there are regular, de.sirable jobs going begging it is unnecessary to worrj’ about the suggestion that “people just wont work any more.” 376 EGGS IN 359 DAYS (Lenoir News-Topic) A White Leghorn hen, named —o— —, ‘Scrap py," is the world’s champion egg-layer. The record, 376 eggs in 359 day.s! This hen epitomizes the growth of the poultry industry in the Unitjed States. Ir the agricultural field only the cattle, hog and milk industries surj^ass ' luUry in monetary importance. Mjss production in the poultry field be gan with the development of modern i cubators. Trap-nesting served to intensify breeding efforts. As a result the average production of eggs by hens has moved from 65 a year in 1930 to 100 in 1939. In fact, good hens are now expected to la.' 200 eggs a year. years ago, it is estimated, egg pro duction averaged about ndne dozen Over-iodulgaice in food, drink, or tobacco frequently brings od an over acid condition in the ■tomach. Gas on Stomach, Haadarhut Sour Stom&ch, Colds, WlMgam, JfuKular, Rheumatic ar Bdatk Prina, Xb giA ild ol file discomfort and •■not tfaa add condition, take ALKA-SELTZER ilfta-Seltzer contains Acet^- (SB analgesic) in wtdi vegetable and German Horrors Of Last War Berlin, Aug. 28.—Tears filled er and to the market. In her band she crushes the new rationing slip and tries to figure out how she can best take care of her family. "She doesn’t come back with much from the store. "Imagine! A thimbleful of milk,” she exclaims. She watches silently as crews of men with acetylene torches cut down iron fences. Steps like these have awaken ed the German people—almost overnight—to the danger of an other war. It has made them nervous and irritable. Friends call on friends, to comfort each other, to talk over chances of war or peace. "We went through one war j and haven’t recovered yet,” one j says. “And now we face another. | God, I hope everyone can get to A gwlno MBttlitlon profi»« will be started In Hoke county M 0 once to aid in preventing ijs .a breaks of_^ preventable dlseaa^^^ says Farm Agent A. S. Knowl€ CO. ' FELERHONE S.14-J r. H. tVilliams. Owner Oidsmobile Salea*Sei Bear Frame Servtee and Wheel AligniMat General Auto Repalrinf Wrecker Service—Eiectnc and Acetylene Welling USED PARTS For ’aU miJum and models ef ears aad traeka HOW TO GET FREE SAMPLES Bomewnere on cue ^ "If I only knew where, she conference! says. The change which has taken I place In her within the last 24 ; table.” i "Well, at least we won’t have | to fight the world,” Interposes i another. "How can the English. and the French help the Poles? , I think reason will prevail In j London and Paris and that if! force must be used it will be lo- ^ calized against the Poles.’’ Someone turns on the radio to catch the last-minute news. But only martial music blares forth, as it has almost constantly for exten- tjje last three days. SCHOOIi liUNCHRS Plans calling for the enlarging Of its free school lunch program to include 5,000,000 undernour ished children and provide a larg- Everyone envies the fellow who gets lots of interesting an’d important-looking mail: and it’s even better to get packs of food, medicine, cosme tics, novelties, and other valua ble and useful articles free from big companies as adver tising samples. Some persons receive many dollars worth of goods free each month just that way. You may do it too—get all kinds of mail, circulars, cata logs, special offers and free samples for months and years to come. The i’’ederal Bure.-.u of Pub licity is in position to place your name on mailing lists of big companies all over Ameri ca. This service will cost you a small mailing and handling fee of only twenty cents if you take advantage of the offer right away. Just place the twenty cents m envelope with your name and address and mail it today to the watches tight lipped. Around the er outlet for s-urpliis farm pro corner automobiles and motor- ducts have been announced by, cycles are being commandeered, the Federal Surplus Commoditic.s | In the school yard, hundreds of Corporation, horses are being examined and FEDERAL BUREAU OF PUBLICITY Box 802-Y, Muncie, Indiana assigned to the front. A policeman explains: "We need the horses because those lazy Poles haven’t got the roads we have. There’s nothing but mud and sand over there.” She nods understandlngly be cause, she says, “in the twenty years since the World War I’ve never really known what peace means.” She rushes past signs reading "to the nearest air raid shelter” to the grocery, to the milk and dairy products store, to the butch- ofVeort of the «nge lt«U and the cost of operation. A recent survey made by nstional organisation reveals three outetanding fatU: I 33% of the housewives Interviewed (not osers of electric ranges) said that I their next range would be an cleetrie. A S5% of the housew'ves Interviewed were of the opinion that the modem 2 ^trie range Is the best cooUng appliance available. A Guesses of ths housewives interviewed •• to the ««i* »* 3 deetrle range, AVERAGED MOWS ^N TWICE THE ACTUAL COST OP COoiroJo ON ELECTRIC RANGES. On the Duke Fewer eystem, the real facte are these: It li Just ae easy te purchasa an cleetrie range aa It la an ordinary ell. wood, or coal gteve. A The cost el an eleotrlo range per year of service k lees than that of any A other stove on the market. A At Dnke Power ratea It costs no more to cook on an elMtrlc ^e th^ 3 tie. « iTPe of cob stovo-Thls.ls the,«pjnlon _tho«s«^ of^riwtHc iS:: X to^TrlT ^ Sther types of cook stoves. rf ^t^ ^kery is done by s cost of 2 cenU per kUowatt hour. 'bTS per^mo^ft f“*c“ To thousands of small families the coet is even leu. whUe, of course, the cost to many others is considerably more. POWER COMPANY telephone'420 — NCSRTH WIUCESBORO, N. C
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