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THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1940
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Thanksgiving
When this date rolls around each No
vember we try to write on the subject of
Thanksgiving. This year it seems to have
a deeper significance than ever before.
Far be it from us to try in these columns
to enumerate the blessings of the Ameri
can people in this current year. They are
too numerous to enumerate.
With the other great nations of the
world in destructive war, America today is
the only place on earth where freedom and
^portunity are predominant.
Surely, we should approach this day set
aside for Thanksgiving with hearts over
flowing with gratitude.
Thanksgiving is an American holiday.
It had its origin in America with the ear
ly settlers giving thanks to God for crops
which they had harvested, for life, for
health and the opportunity for pursuit of
happiness.
The significance of this truly American
holiday we celebrate today is more appar
ent than ever before. In America we have
the greatest blessings known to mankind
anywhere. If we should not be grateful,
if we should not guard and cherish those
blessings, we deserve nothing better than
to lose them.
It is not necessary here to go over a
long list of wonderful things we Americans
enjoy. We know what they are. So today
let us ponder them in our hearts and be
thankful to a great and gracious God.
Serious Offense
The epidemic of house breaking in
North Wilkesboro has continued unabated
for the past several months.
There a similarity in the breaks and
from the standpoint of an observer it
would appear that there must be an or
ganized gang entering hou.ses of local resi
dents for the purpose of stealing money.
In practically all cases nothing but mon
ey has been taken and the breaks occur
when none of the residents are at home.
This indicates that persons who know
the families watch to see when they leave
and w'hile they are gone they enter the
homes and take whatever money they can
find.
One would naturally a.ssume that boys
are doing this thievery, probably boys of
high school age who do not realize the
gravity of the crimes.
They perhaps do not know that house
breaking is a felony punishable by im
prisonment in the penitentiary. The crime
is closely associated with that of burglary,
which is a capital offense.
We would like an opportunity to talk to
those boys and try in some way to tell
them that a life of crime and inevitable
disaster is the best which can be hoped
for along the trail they have started.
The guilty ones so far have not been ap
prehended. They have not been hailed
into court and do not have, the infamous
distinction of being classed as lawbreak
ers and criminals. They have a grand op
portunity to quit crime now and begin lives
of usefulness.
Inconsistent Policy
If the national emergency is sufficiently
critical to wah-ant conscription of men for
military training then it certainly must fol
low that the government would be war-
rented in preventing men from striking in
Industries making weapons with which the
men may train to defend America.
In California' a big airplane industry is
Idle because of a strike.
The planes the idle plant could be mak
ing if tiicre were no strike could very well
-mean the difference between victory, and
defeat for democracy, granting for the
of argument that the emergency is as
M the government would have lu
'aev^tii^reasona,' one ’^p^g^^^ the a>^ ^
my hot have thel^uipuient
which to train many additional recruits at
this time.
And while the government has ra^e
conscription of men and industry legal for
national defense purposes it allows a
bunch of labor racketeers to slow up pro
ceeding by instituting a strike in ope of
the nation’s key industries in defense.
Patriotic Americans are indignant be
cause of such inconsistencjr on the part of
the administration and a congress which is
in session but with “nothing to do”, quot
ing and administration leader. If congress
can pass a law to conscript men and indus
try it certainly can prevent strikes which
retard the defense' program, and the
American people are not g-'ing to let any
body tell them differently.
The industry in question has already
conceded to the wage demands of the so-
called union which called the strike. The
hitch now is because the management de
mands a contract for no more strikes for
two years.
The refusal of the so-called union to
accede to that demand bears out the con
tention of the department of justice that
the strike was instituted by Communistic
enemies of our form of government. They
should be dealt with firmly and conclu
sively.
The Old, Old Story
There is one letter that most of us ac
cept as a tradition of Christmas. It is the
letter that brings us our Christmas Seals.
Year after year, we receive that letter. We
send our money. We do this because we
know that something worthwhile is being
done with our money.
Few of us, though, take an active inter
est in how our money is spent to combat
one of our most dreadful enemies—tuber
culosis. The horror of tuberculosis is fad
ing gradually. That is enough for most of
us. We read each year of the der-lining
death rate. Perhaps, we even know the
fact that the death rate from tuberculosis
j among people of all ages has been cut
I three-fourths since 1907, the first year of
' the Seal Sale.
I We have forgotten the despair that once
I struck us whenever we heard the verdict
' —consumption. We know now that tuber
culosis, if discovered in time, can be cured
We know that the X-ray can find early tu
berculosis in time to cure it.
I This year, as in other years recently, the
I tuberculosis associations are asking us to
do one more thing in addition to giving our
dollars. Their request is reasonable.
Their having to make such a request is
^ ironical. They are forced to ask us to drop
our attitude of complacency toward tuber
culo.sis. Great though the victories of the
past are, tuberculosis is not under control
in this country. It is our lives and our chil
dren’s lives the tuberculosis associations
are fighting for.
More persons between the ages of 15
' and 45 are killed by tuberculosis than by
any other disea.se. And these are the
young, active, productive years of life.
Sixty-four thousand persons died of tu
berculosis last year. That means that the
i diease killed 175 persons a day, or one per
son every eight minutes.
So the eradication of tuberculosis cannot
yet be taken complacently. It can be era-
i dicated—if we continue to regard the dis
ease as a deadly enemy that can be forcec
out of this country through the combiner
efforts of scientists, medical men, health
departments, tuberculosis associations and
every single individual in this country.
We are fairly warned this year that if
our own money must be used to fight our
own indifference and complacency toward
a deadly enemy of ours, as well as used to
fight the enemy itself, complete victory
will be delayed interminably.
We must restore meaning to Christmas
Seals. We must consider them as the sym
bols of the financial power that is impera
tive to free ourselves and our children
from a deadly scourage that, as y “t, we
have not conquered.
Strange language, the English. A man
carrying a mortgage gets rid of it by-lift
ing it.—^Lynchburg News. ,
Raleigh. — Alarmed by a
’aboeklng’^iMpewlng In the nnm-
ber ot> traffic fatalities In
Carolina, Ooremor Hoey a®peiu^
ed to Tar Heels yesterday to
drive carefully during the
Thanksgiving and Christmas hol
iday seasons. •. ^
Asserting that there were 1®
highway deaths last week-end,
the Governor said that the In
crease In fatalities during Octob
er and November had erased saf-
tey gains made earUer In the
year.
Unless the upswing Is baited,
he added. 1940 may be the
“bloodiest yearv since 1987.
Hoe'y’B statement follows:
"I am making a special appeal
to all the people of North Car-
olinf, and to all those who use
our public highways to exercise
more care and caution lor their
owi^ safety and for the safety of
their fellow-travelers. Within
the next 30 days we will have
two holiday seasons: Thanksgiv
ing and Christmas, and I shud-
den to think of th^ loss of life
and the Injuries which may re
sult from accidents on the high
ways during these holiday per
iods. unless greater care shall be
exercised and more rigid enforce
ment of safety taws and rules ob
served on the part of all the users
of our highways. This applies to
those who walk as well as those
who ride.
“I have been greatly shocked
at the terrible slaughter on the
highways for the month of Octob-
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New Orleans, Nov.
British ‘labor leader. appeanhK
for “planaa, plaifea..«i^ mtHra
hlaneB,” ;today s a 1 dGerman
bombings have ibacbme so Integhsa-
they are affecting “our outpiit,”
and added t U American labor
can defeat Germany “without
firing a shot.”
Sir Walter Citrine, executive
secretary of the British trades
union congress, which is a coun
terpart of the American Federa
tion of Labor, told the A. F. L.
convention:
'I say to you something that
no British statesman has yet
said: Bombing is having an effect
upon our output. Speed is of the
essence now as never before be-‘
cause our output cannot keep
upon full schedule because of the
bombings.’*
The British labor leader, whose
position corresponds to that of
A. F. L. President William Green,
spoke as the A. F. L. opened the
final week of its two-week meet
ing.
“How long we can continue,
depends not merely upon our will
but also upon the wiH to hit
back,” he declared. ‘The only
thing the nazis understand is the
power to make them suffer.’’
Appealing for speeded produc
tion of war supplies 5r this coun
try, Sir Walter said “American
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*^(J^sh Immigration'^ to P^es-
tina #aa forbiddea lu dune, 1989,
when the British colonial secre
tary asserted there was an orgsn-
t^d attempt^to thwart the usual
immigraldon quota law).
The Patrla was an 11,885-ton
French freight and passenger ves
sel recently taken over by Brit
ain.
The refugees Were mostly from
Austria, Slovakia, Bohemia, Hun
gary and Rumania.
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HANES _
HARRIS BROS.
DEPARTMENTSTORE
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er, and so far the month of No- labor can conquer the nazis with-
vember has been almost as bad
There were some 12 deaths on
the highways of North Carolina
on the recent week-end. T^ere is
no excuse for this wholesale klll-
Ing.
“For the first 10 months of
1940, 734 persons have been kill
ed in motor vehicle traffic acci
dents in North Carolina, which
means that one person has been
killed about every 10 hours. Of
the number killed, 229 were kill
ed while walking on the high
ways. Only five counties have
parsed through the first 10
months without a traffic fatality,
while 10 counties have had 228
traffic deaths, or 31 per cent of
the total for the whole 100 coun
ties. -
“Daring the month of October
118 were killed In traffic atcK
dents which was the largest num
ber of any month since Decem
ber, 1935. The heavy traffic ac
cidents for the last two months
have cancelled out all of the
gains which we made in the first
part of the year; and unless
more improvement shall be
shown during the next 30 days,
there is danger of 1940 being the
bloodiest year since 1937.
'I call upon all law enforce
ment agencies to exert themselves
to see that the laws of safety
on the highway are enforced,
and that the public give proper
consideration to these laws un
der penalty of punishment for
their violations. I further call
upon all the drivers of motor ve
hicles, and those who travel up
on the highways in any capacity,
to observe these laws. We know
what causes accidents. The five
prime causes are excessive speed,
passing cars on curves or grades
when the view is obstructed, en
tering the highway without look
ing both ways for traffic, failing
to dim glaring headlights, and
Many Drowned
As Refugee
Ship Explodes
Haifa, Palestine, Nov. 25.—
The refugee steamer Patria,
packed to the gunwales with 1,-
771 wandering, homeless Jews,
exploded and capsized in Haifa
harbor today with an undeter
mined but possibly heavy loss of
life.
The refugees, who had soiieht
illegally to settle in Palestine,
had been placed aboard for trans
portation to some other British
colony for the duration of the
The United States is a strange country
in which everybody talks and nobody lis
tens.—Washington Post.
Oh, for the good old days when it took
a gallon bucket to hold a pint of beer.—
Statesville Daily.
There are many tough persons in this
world to whom you cannot afford to be po
lite. They mistake politeness for weak
ness.—WashingtOB Post.-
Low Prices Eve
HEALTH is
WEALTH!
A trite old saying, bnt
none the less true. The
only real bankrupt is the
person whohasbeedlesaly
let his store of Health
dwindle and disappear.
Cnaid Health I Your
most precious treasure.
To keep in the High
way of Health ooosult and
co-operate with your
Physician, and when he
gives you a prescription,
bring it to this phs^
macy, where only skilled
(diarmacists do the com
pounding.
Beware lhat cold! See your
doctor at once. His knowledge
is valuable, and may save your
life. If he presodliM medicine,
remember ns. Prompt prescrip
tion work.
out firing a shot. I want you to
make your workshops the first
line of defense for all democ
racy.”
"I've weather-stripped
my kgs, too"
‘T used to fed like a sprinter in winter ... half-
bare in tuauner underwear. But now X slip into
my Hamm Crotch-Guard Wnd-Shidds for com
fortable leg-protectioo.”
Oentlemim, here’s a nudd/eweiaht garment
that gives you outdoor warmth with indoor com
fort. You’re really urunvara of ttndmrwmar! No
buttons or draw strings to bother Fou- • • • Xasy
to puU on and take The
all-round Lastez waistband is
comfortable—after any meal.
And the Hanbsknit Crotch-
Guard provides gentle athletic
support. See your Hambb
D^er todayl
HANES
WINTER SETS
50'-‘l
THI eARMlNT
Cboote the Kt you like
best. Wear m aleerelett
or abort'tleeve shirt.
Then select a pair of
Crotch-Guard Wind
shields (figure at top)
or Crotch-Guard Shorts
(•bosm at left). All cot
ton (combed) or cotton
wool mixtures.
39'-65
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HANES HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMHON
Anlde-length legs. Long
or shert sleeves. Accu
rately cut to match your
measure. Yon can sit or
bend—writbout binding.
Buttons, buttonholes.
—^Hanes Underwear—
BARE’S FAIR STORE
Tenth Stmet — North Wilkeshoro, N. C.
ear
PRESCRIPII0H>
HORTON’S
DRUG STORE
Fountain Phone 300
Prescription Dept. Phone 350,
’Two Registered Druggrists on du
ty at aU times—C. C, (Charlie)
Reins and Palitor fiorton.
Low Prices Every Day
However Humble the Home
Vie Should Be Thankful!
Those of us living in America
today have much, indeed, for
which to b4 thankful ... our lib
erty, freedom of speech, freedom
of religious ^vorship, land free
dom to do the things we know to
be right and helpful to our fel-
lowman. That privilege, unfor
tunately, is not granted to man
kind everywhere, and as we ob
serve the Thanksgiving season
may we pause to take stock of
our tremendous wealth in Liberty.
And as we inventory our as
sets, let us not forget our liabili
ties , . . our obligation to civiliza
tion to make this land a better
place in which to live by giving
our full co-operation to the nu
merous programs now being un
dertaken to safeguard these li
berties for us, and for future gen
erations. Let’s make no faulter-
ing step in our efforts to safe
guard American shores and
American Thanksgivings.
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Bank of North Wilkosboro
NORTH. WILK iSBORO. N. C.