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rmatmwt MunbB jFAHihwd l|io«dBiy« ■Bd Thwrtdi^ North WBIbmIhji^ N. C,% IK J. CAMm and miUS a HUB8ABD ^ :i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year :.|1.#0 Months .76 .60 Fow Months — Out of the State $2.00 per Year ' Bitatvd st the poet office at Noit^ Wttae* koto, M, C., ee eecMid eleas matter oader Act aflCan^ 4. ifiTI. THURSDAY, JAN. 16, 1941 ■ Disgraceful First North Carolina has scored another ‘first’ this one termed a “disgraceful first” says Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State Health. Offi cer, who announces that this State con- tinue.s to lead the nation in the number of diphtheria cases reported. In the statement for the week ending December 21, furnished health officers by the United States Public Health eSrvice, Dr. Reynolds pointed out, North Carolina was accredited with 28 cases of diphther.a, “that communicable, dangerous, preventa ble and inexcusable disease, an escape from which was made available by the Legislature of 1939, when it passed a law requiring immunization of all children dur ing the first year of life, and as a requisite for entrance 'into any school, public, pri vate or parochial. “North Carolina leads, regardless of population, among the 44 states report ing,” he went on. “New York, with its 13,379,152, according to the final figuro.s of the 1940 census, reported only* 20 cases, to give us ‘another first’! “However, theer is a brighter side to the picture, wheq we consider that, during the corresponding week of 1939, we reported 48 cases. “ParentsL_,rWe are beginning another 'T-'ifi’lw wme of justice to your chil dren, who cannot help them.selves but are dependent on you, give them that protect tion to which they are entitled by both moral and statutory law. Let 1941 be marked by rentless war on diphtheria!” iatelUg«ht Moi|Stop iof a JoT'of individuals and Hona to check the^cunrent upward tren4 in ‘ ^ traffic accidents North CajroHna,’^i^n- ald Hocutt, (kreetdr of thi Highway Sftfe- picked akf wepared. iiuiAdrw Other ad prdwrree. . ~ ^Qtttckty ooell adalitid. _ > Ripened risht, liralltaa Irepeii^ i.vTlnt .it ahatt^CMHr d»il7 ont ee«dss antft eoaverted €.■ Tlutt If'elicit itiiaii i ScvoryTi^il^iieae sti »aee4# colBpcBy, T^pek-'oi^ ^ittf. I'lilTo’a. ^ 1. SktHild J r"good te«p> iPtcL^J ' '1: • z- -ITT’ x iMii'kelbre epeck- «nliorm,^8L.yacoi*« _ ,. * i. * fitriirAii iwdi atmllarity bete^w efctrag'^ rlfer^cjnf'~Tftirtifty' ’ Reporting that provision ^ portrayed lo thla eolnmn and wempnm.^ , ... - J.-11 V n4-..K7 1 nnii iMiipn characters. IMng or dead, ^.v. ia either acoldectal or intention-. 19. Mr hotor- cate a toll of approximately 1,000 killed and 9,000 injured 'On North Carolina streets and high^^y8 during 1940, Hocutt pointed out that accidents in the state since last ‘August have taken an upward trend wKch appears liable to continue in to the New Year. “This slaughter must be stepped, and 1 pledge a more vigorous effort on the pht' vempum XXX.ef 'i^lidnco. ' ■ XaIetisi|P'T^riii»n. bkwb4. MIVUilHr.T. ^ nrat tBiag to do ib auriiBg j., .4^- - - — — - - -.aip. tR. , anything la to aUU if* ;)yjj?po8*..ntilUon thanki and beet wlah The pnrjioae of tfahr edlamn. 1* ea from na both.' ~ ^ ‘ .. oordlcUy .yoaps,’' :: i Arthor TclB»»c® Abernothy. (Am^can and bi^rth Carolina regne and the recaon—;«eH, the only reaaon it ia In hero^ ia be- Muae the boaa didn’t aee It be- lor* it got In print Thia column ia not copy^right of thoHigbwoy Safe^D.vMon_to™»’-^-- NO reducing traffic accidents during 1941, he said. “But we can not do the job alone. The traffic problem is largely a local problem, and definite steps toward eli minating accidents must come, for the Ninety Per Cent A poll wa.s recently taken in Portland, Oregon, by the Oregonian, on the subject of strikes in defense industries. Ninety per cent of the people queried said that the Federal government should take steps to prevent such strikes. Only ten per cent said No. Of the union members queried*, 83 per cent favored Federal action, as ai ainst 17 per cent which opposed it. A large num ber .said they always had believed in la bor’s right strike, but now thought the emergency justified temporary limitations of this right. National defense, they ob served. overshadows all other considera tions. The poll also asked how strikes should be prevented. Seventy-nine per cent of those answering favored compulsory arbi tration by the government. Ths poll undoubtedly represents the collective opinion of practically all the people of this country, including thought ful workmen. It is a bitter commentary that when the government is conscripting tens of thousands df young men and pay ing them a dollar a day, and offering their lives to the country, a radical segment of labor that is being paid the highest wages in history, and working the shortest hours, forces .strikes for more. Most significant fact produced by this poll is the attitude of union workmen. 'They, no less than the public at large, are overwhelmingly opposed to strikes in de fense industries?. This bears out the opinion that the majority of working men are sin cerely patriot c, and want to work for their country’s defense—and that the recent ‘strikes have simply been forced on them by a small number of racketeers and mal contents. The labor leader who falls into that category—and there seems to be too many of them these days—is the worst enemy the honest worker has.' permission is needed tor reprint- ing. In such case the only thlngl needed would be a padded, cell. Opinions, if any, expressed -in this column are those of the wrU- er and should never be construed forming any part of the policy most part, from enforcement offic-als, edu-jof this ne-wspaper. cational leaders and interested organiza-|^ tions and individuals in each and every not disclose the Iden- community in the state. Hocutt said there was considerable safe ty activity on the part of many groups in the state last year, but much of this ac tivity was of the flash-in-the-pan var.ety. “Safety activity, to be most effective, must be carefully planned,' assiduously carried out and well coordinated,” hO stated. “Another thousand North Carqlinians who are now living will be dead and thousands whose bodies are now whole will be maimed and crippled by the end of this year unless every person in North Carol na resolves to do something and then actually docs sorncthine to make our anviCE to »nsoln.Ei) streets and highways safer during 1941. The safety director said his services and were interested in those of his field workers are available journalism as a career, on one in assisting any groups sincerely interested in helping to reduce this state’s traffic toil. Ambassador of Sunshine). tlty of the Other. The Other Is the shock absorber. If there is anything you don’t like about this column, the Other (identity a strict secret) Is the *>ne who did it. And it will be no nbe tu ask for the “Other” because the Oth er will always be out. This column Is the dumping place for notes and comment be neath the dignity of the editorial columns and which conld not be classified as news. If, after the abore introduction we have made ourselves clear, we shall proceed with the column but the Introduction has taken up most all the space. ' BOUBAT NOTES Some school, children. In one Urge Wilkes school reported that their^ teachers asked them to take a nickel or dime each to school' before Christmas to pay for their own Christmas treat of orangee, candles, nnts, etc. That’s what you would call paying for a song and singing It yourself. Or Is it? We offer no criticism directed at the underpaid teachers. Mere ly suggest that If they didn’t have to contribute (pay) to so many funds, etc., they could treat the children without the children paying for It. Or wouldn’t It have been the wise course to never have men tioned the subject? Witi I hAve in the ^ - ^ * ^ A, liiaf. It jhtn‘attend relisious And give lib- «nil. offerfi^ 4^ religions and charity can»e*r'i ■ i y IP. Tenth and last: If my time should cbhie ,to die before I have p.fde peace’wlth my Lord and miker, may 1 fhll' into the arms of Satan an honest and man. sober *Tf I thie ^MUer Ihtn# I’ll M well in the mendngK “Tee—I«n» WANTED TO tinr CASTS DOG M For nrorm, fits, and nui*. . cMHiitioiL BadorMd by h»| dreds of oaer»--fo«id OJL GUAEANTEE© BY ^ T. E. CAIN At City Barber Bhep - , North WOkatore,' N. C. 1 % Penalty On 1940 County Taxes If Payment Is Not Made On Or Before . February 1st, 1941 Services Of Older Men Through at sixty? Not in these days when skill and experi ence and judgment are looked for in plants where defense materials must be produced in record quantities and in record time Nor at 65 or even 70. Lnform.ation beginn ing to trickle into Government agencie concerned in-the development of thfe rfe fense program indicates that age in itsePf is now no barrier to employment. The files of the United States Employ ment Serv ee i lready contains hundreds of reports of the re-hiring of retired workers: and information reaching the Social Secu rity Board indicate.s the retention on thr pay rolls of many who had declared their intention of applying for their old-age ben efits. Hundreds of retired workers have returned to jobs calling for the skill and exper.ence they have. Some of these work- occasion we had to talk 20 min utes to a group about "Advant ages of Journalism as a Voca tion.” Those 20 minutes were hard to fill; first time we ever talked so long about nothing. _ What particular qualifications are necessary In order to he a reporter, editor of feature writ er? That is one question fired at us. Fact of the matter Is, wc don’t know; unless it be “A gentle men, a scholar and a good judge of whisky” (by smell only). To be on the staff of any news- p«p«r you are snpp^aeii (he sure to construe this meaning proper ly) to know everything everybody wants to know. You should know everything from the inside of the war in Europe to whom Granpa Jones’ great niece married on her third venture into matrimony. If you don’t know (and we 1 don’t) you should know a diplo matic way of saying so. First be gin by saying “generally speak ing,” and then say .something— just anything. “Generally speak ing’’ covers a multitude of short comings. Make yourself into a one-man BRASTIC RESWILUTIOXS After getting this far down in the column it doesn’t matter much what we put in'because few ,will have read this far. But we’ll close by a contribution by a read er who thought the following res olutions by a man who lives near Moravian Falls were worthy of some public notice; 1. Drink any intoxicating drinks. (Liquor, wine, beer, soda pop). 2. Not to use profane or vulgar language. 3. Neither lie to anyone. 4. That I .shall keep my hands Pay Your 1940 Taxes Now And Save This 1% Penalty. T. Doughton, SHERIFF OF WILKES COUNTY . j j iviaKe ytjuiscii imu « ers are 61 or 70 years old. Others have information bureau and like it been called back to serve as instructors in vocational training or in industrial plants where intensive training of young worker;, is being done. What is regarded by Government offi If you don’t like it start looking at some other vocation. What does newspaper work pay?, is another question fre quently asked. Perhaps you would like to know what we will get cials as a clear indication df the grow'.ng 'lomethinr--‘'°proha We'll “ "get something — probably get demand of employers for the skill and ex fj,.ed. perience of the aging workers is the slow rate of increa.se of the number of claim ants for old-age insurancTe. Until the do- .ABERXETHY EXPOSTI L.ATIO.S Arthur Talraadge Abernethy in ,-v/. «... v.o« — —« -> his “Mostly Absurdities” column fense program was begun there had been in the Charlotte Observer Jan- a rapid increase in the number of insur- ® made the following com- ance claims filed by workers reaching 65,,"'®"/Relieve I've discovered sub- the earliest age at which a worker become; Istantial proof that the original . .1 V .. I J__ *Via tew HV..OU Ml/ vv aij m »vvx**v^./i 'BLailtiai j/iuiyi iiiav eligible for his monthly retirement pay-1 garden of Eden was over in the w.. 'Rvnahv MnilTltfllnft 1 f Wilkes ments. Officials of the Bureau of Old-Agr and Survivors Insurance attribute this fall ing off in the number of applicants large ly to the insistence of employers that their workers stay on the job and aid them ir meeting the demands for defense goods. It’s easy to be glad if you try. For ‘n- stance, there are no mosquitoes now.—Bos ton Globe. Prairie co-eds vote for suitors with brains, character, an adequate income and sense of humor. There is in all this a faint suggestion of bigamy.—Macon Telegraph. Like a dazzling white light the thought has lately burst on Washington: How cai the Jap throw rocks at us if we don’t hand them to him?—Rbchmond Times-Dispatch Adolf boasts of Germany’s small crime rate, but naturally, that’s where murder arson and blackmail are government mon opolies.—^«con Telegraph. Jones’ little boy sprung this one last night: “Pop, why won’t the British put the lion on a postage stamp?" “I donno, json: ■why?" “Cause it can’e licked!”—Christian Science Monitor. When Italy ented the war last June, Mussolini solemnly promised that Greece need have nothing to fear from him. Wt begin to suspect that il duce thing there.-—The New Yorker * ' s . Brushy Mountains o f Wilkes county. .My life-long-friend, Mr. H. H. Morehouse, sent me a box of his fine limbertwlg apples, for a Christmas gift, and after eat ing a few of them I am convinced that Adam could never have re sisted the temptation to taste such fine flavored fruit." And In addition to the high praise in the paper Mr. Abernethy wrote Mr. Morehouse personally as follows: Mr. H. H. Morehouse, Oakwoods. N. C. Fine pViend: Appetising applea allotted to Abernethys add admlyition. Best beautiful biting. Cannot convey competently commendation in complimentary communication. Delightful delicacies develop digeetloh. driving doctors desper ate. Eating enjoyable, everyone en- thusiaatic. Finest favorite flavor, for fas- tidions folks. Grand, glorious', giving good graces to gourmets. Healthful, hike happiness high. Invite incomparable impulse to innards. Jnlcy joyfnlness. Keep kidneys from kicking. I/uscious, leaving lovely linger- ing longing on Uiia. • Mastgrideew n"wingticatlon. * NotMng bAus nkegnsn. Oidy OB« ohieetlon—oV(aMH4. S DOES FORD PAY GOOD WAGES? ifna BUS SOMX FAC^ about Fofd Labor. During the year ended November 30th, 1940, the Ford Payroll throughout the United States averaged 113,628 hourly wage earners, not including office em ployes, students, or executives. They were paid $185,105,639.12. On this basis, the average annual wage was $1,629.05. According to the latest available govern ment figures, the annual average wage of all workers in emplo ment covered by old age insurance law was $841.00. parison of compensation insuranoe cpsts^ The national average rate in automotive manufacturing plants as computed by the National Association of Underwriters is in excess of $1.50 premium on each $100 payroll. 'The Ford cost of workmen’s compensation is less than 50c This indicates that the chance of injury in a Ford plant is much less than in the 'average automobile plant. If the 45,000,000 workers of this country rec"!ived the same average wage as Ford employes, they would have bad additional wages of more than $35,000,000,000, thus increasing the national income about 50%. ThiSc what such an increase would mean to the workers of this country and to the American farmer, whose prices axe based on the national income. The Ford Motor Company has no age limit for labor, and in fact deliberately attempts to keep older workers working. The average age of Ford workers at the Rouge and nearby plants is 38.7. A recent check-up shows that nearly one- half the workers at these Ford plants were 40 or over, falling into these age groups: Wage scales in the Ford Rouge plants are divided into three classifications: Unskilled... Minimum hiring wage . 75c per hour Semi-skilled,.. Minimum hiring wage . 80c per hour Skilled... Minimum hiring wage . 90c per hour Higher wages are in consideration of abUity and years of service. Minimum wage scales for unskilled labor at the Rouge plant are the highest in the industry. Top wages for skilled labor compare favorably with, or are higher than, wa^ in offier automobile plants. Now some facts on Ford labor conditions: 25,819' between 40 and 50 14,731 between 50 and 60 3,377 between 60 and 70 417 between 70 and 80 12 between 80 and 90 In addition to the so-called regular em ployes, the Ford Motor Company has hir^, and now has on the payroll, at the same regular hourly wage, thousands of workers’ who are blind, crippled or other wise incapacitated for normal productive work. They are not selected for their ability to build cars or to maintain the plant. They are on the payroll because of Henry Ford’s belief that the responsibility of a large company to labor goes be yond the point at Which the unfortunate worker can no longer produce profitably. Not only are sanitation and other health conditions the best in the industry, but Ford also leads in safety devices for the protection of employes. Proof of this is found in the following com- The above are facts. They are open to anyone who really wants to deal in facts. Anyone who wants to get a job ... buy a car ... or place a national defense con tract on the basis of fair labor treat ment must place Ford at the top of bis eligible list. ORD MOTOR COMPANY Yadkin VaUey Motor Company Sal^Forcl-Service H|ip^60 Nortk ■■ti.