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MONDAY, JAN. 20th, 1941
One’s Loss—Another’s Gain
When W. J. Caroon resigned his execu
tive position with the Northwestern Bank
to enter a new firm here the bank lost a
Sood man and Insurance Service and
Credit Corporation, which has just been
organized, gained a valuable member.
In a public spirited way we are glad to
say that W. J. Caroon remains a North
Wilkesboro cctizen and as such is an asset
to the c,_. find surrounding communities.
Mr. Caroon came to North Wilkesboro a
little over three years ago to help set up
the Northwestern Bank and its branches.
His home was in Newbem but he had been
connected with the Citizens Bank and
Trust company at Smithfield. Not only did
he do a good job as cashier and secretary
of the bank, but he entered into the civic
life otf North Wdlkesboro actively and
energetically. His business training and
wide experience in dealing with, the pub
lic, together with his appreciation of the
value of civic improvement, combine to
make him a valuable citizen to any com
munity.
War On Polio
There has
nerves” in
“War
tWi f
been
Ik of the “war of
ut in America we have
as it is called in an edi-
Baltimore News-Post. To
introduce this subject we quote a part of
the editorial as follows:
“There is a war which has been going
on for eight years, of which everybody ap
proves.
“It is being fought by one party with dol
lars and dimes instead o»f bullets and by |
the other with a poisonous gas of infection
more dire than any that every' cruel nations
have concocted.
“It mostly vents its rage upon little chil
dren. and it does worse than kill them.
“If they survive, they are almo.st sure to
be crippled for life, and handicapped for
all the activities in which children delight
to participate.
“If the victims grow to manhood, they
are still handicapped.
“This enemy’s name is ‘POLIO,’ other
wise. ‘INFANTILE PARALYSIS.’
“Polio sometime.^ attacks adults; o.’.e
such victim fought it resolutely, and after
wards became President of the United
States.
“Having experienced the affliction
which this dreadful disease entails, and
won the (fight, he founded an institution
where other victims might receive treat
ment, the best that medical skill could de
vise, and on his birthday anniversary a na
tion-wide movement v.'as launched to raise
money to augment the facilities of the
institution, and to support war in every'
State in the Union.
“Eight years have come and gone since
this movement was started and in each cf
these years entertainments were, held and
money raised to furnish the war chest.”
John Kermit Blackburn has been named
chairman of the drive for funds in Wilke,-
and every person who finds it possible
should contribute something to the cause,
if nothing more than small coins in boxes
placed in business houses for that purpose.
Hifiihway Patrol
There is talk of taking the highway pa
trol out df the state department of reve
nue. Many "who have clamored for bet
ter safety conditions on highways by more
atrict enforcement of law have often won-
d0ted why the patrol was even in the
treasury department. ,
- a workman will naturally work for the
irf We department and his superi-
desire has made
for collectiiig
a 'p*troln>«" i»
devil the works for feilore to pay eom? toy
or fee due the state,
highway is a drunhon or „n
endangering the lives of every
the h’ghway. We can’t place the bUme
on the patrolman. He is merely carrying
out orders. , .
In this connection we quote here an edi
torial from the Oxford Public Ledger:
“Rumor, supported by some fact, per
sists in Raleigh that Governor Brougiton
will recommend the removal of the High
way Patrol from the Revenue Department
as a means of increasing the efficiency of
the Patrol.
“It is, indeed, a change that, if made,
would have the approval of the great ma
jor ty of citizens of the state.
“In the first place, there seems no very
good reason why it should be directed
from the Revenue Department since the
Patrol is now more concerned with law en
forcement duties than with tax collecting.
“Naturally enough, the State Revenue
Department wishes to do the best job pos
sible of collecting the taxes levied by the
State Legislature, but that is a job that
ought to be done separate and apart from
law enforcement, and it is only natural
that with the Patrol under other more ap
propriate executive jurisdiction, the Reve
nue Department should have more time for
collecting revenue.
“The Patrol is under the direction of a
nominal head. Major John Armstrong ap-|
parently has done a satisfactory job of
handling the Highway Patrol. Certainly
the organization is today at its highest
peak in effective endeavor to law enforce-1
ment on the highways.
“The Patrol is entitled to its own chief,
so as the change is being made, why not let
the agency have its own?”
A Primer For Americans
A primer, as everyone is more or less
aware, is a book that tells in simple term.s
the fundamental facts concerning any giv-
en subject. Most of us studied primers,
when we were very young, and they help
ed us learn to read and spell and become
acquainted with our country’s history. We
draw upon the things we learned from
these primers every day of our lives, with
out ever really being conscious of our debt
to them.
In other words, merely because the
truths contained in thees little volumes
were simple and seemed elementary in na
ture, it does not inevitably follow that
they were unimportant. On the contrary,
we probably drew more of value from
them than from any other single source.
And that’s why it appears to us that the
b tle of a recent booklet for American wo
men is particularly well chosen: it’s called
“Primer for Americans.”
This booklet, written by the noted au
thors and specialists at making economics
intelligible, Ryllis and Omar Goslin, come.s
at a time in national and world history
when “primary truths” are more impor
tant than ever before. It tells about the
stake of the United States citizen in indus
trial produefon and distribution, and why
the freedoms we enjoy in this country are
so inexorably tied up with our economic
wa\- of life here. It tells what the role of
being a free consumer in a free land can
•ind does mean to the American woman
It expla'ns the.se things and many nv)re in
a simple and understandable fashion.
We never need more than we do today
to understand our country and the mean
ing of the forces that make it the greatest
nation on the face of the earth. Book.s
like “Primer for Americans” can go a long
way towards satisfying that need.
I KOBttl'liriimBOltorN. d
Of
Wblle North CaroiiBa
In a great many waya " Vrtjr.
1640 a* compared With
ware In Europe and A8ta,^^ja:M
with certain economic opdithbha
and regulation* mad* h'scMUry
thereby, have practically dwtWy-
ed foreign markets for the ifrtm
products of the| state, as well as
of the nation. « ?, w-a
Since North Carolina is primar
ily an agricultural state, this has
been reflected In Its economics,
and had It not been for Ih* as
sistance rendered by the V. 8. De
partment of Agriculture through
Its rarious agencies, especially
the Surplus Marketing Adminis
tration, the result would have no
doubt been far more serious.
Wherever and whenever a sur
plus of any agricultural pro
duce develops, the Surplus Mar
keting Administration moves in,
seu a price, below which the
particular product will not he
allowed to fall, and begins pur
chases of the commodity. Pur
chases are continued until the
crop is marketed or until the
market improves to where such
support is no longer necessary.
In following this policy the
Surplus Marketing Administra
tion spent more than $2,000,-
000,00 in 1940 for North Caro
lina farm products and items
processed therefrom, while in
1939 it was found necessary to
spend only a few hundred'thous-
and dollars for similar purposes.
Instead of undertaking to store
the surpluses so purchased a-
gainst some possible better day
and more promising markets, the
Surplus Marketing Administra
tion disposed of them by allocat
ing them to the various states
for free distribution to their
needy poor families, school lunch
room.s, institutions, and organi
zations.
-lit
tad'
4tb. land* s^lafilA tii .tijlf
-A ■■■"'
|?W,firn.atlpn of the. la^irt^h'Bls,
nUirt. school lunch rooms, ip.
Ititutions, and organiiatlons that
were to receive these foods hiis
been left to the county welfare
deartmenta in the various coun
tier..
The Work Projects Adminlstra.-
tion furnished all of the unskill
ed, semi-skilled, skilled and pro
fessional labor, and a i portion of
the supervisory labor necessary
to carry on these operations.
During 1940, as in previous
years, the State furnished the
necessary administrative labor,
equipment, materials and sup
plies, and the counties furnished
the warehouses, storerooms, and
a small portion of the supplies
needed to complete the opera
tions.
All surplus foods distributed
In the state were dispensed as
supplemental and in addition to
the recipient’s normal purchases,
in no instance being dealt out in
such quantity as to constitute to
tal subsistence.
This assured stabilization in
the volume of retail and whole
sale food sales in the state.
During the year 1940 a total
of 47,996,058 pounds of food,
worth $2,756,075 at retail, was
distributed to the needy of the
state, as compared with 27,677,-
430 pounds, worth $1,691,950
distributed in 1939.
Included in this were such
foods as white flour, graham
flour, wheat cereal, corn grits,
corn meal, salt pork, smoked
pork, lard, butter, cljeese, evapo
rated milk, dry milk, apples, or
anges, grapefruit, pears, prunes,
raisins, Irish potatoes, sweet po
tatoes, cabbage, dry beans, green
beans, and rice, all of which are
good wholesome foods.
Of these amounts 39,283,650
lONHAy, /ANT
'oft
$>9 wie
“dttttabutjjrfAe ah i^rtage of 711
school lunch rooa|srtq Msist them
In aorvlng fm lunhhhl. to an
average of 52,431 and un-
derwMtrfihed school children' each
month of the school year. In 1939
a. toUl , of 1,750,76$' pounds,
worth $106,009 was distribnted
to an average of 386 school lunch
rooms serving free lunches to an
average of 24,162 needy and un
dernourished children.
The greatest number of schools
serviced In any one month in
1940 was 1,876, serving free
lunches to 132,460 children, as
against 814 schools serving free
lunches to 46,103 children dur-,
ing the largest month in 1939. j
School principals and teachers
generally report that with the
Installation of the free lunch |
programs attendance records and I
scholastic grades have shown :
marked improvement. I
In addition, an average of 85 |
institutions and organizations
serving an average of 5,517 per-I
sons were delivered 578,718,
pounds worth $30,965 in 1940, j
as compared with an average of j
33 Institutions and organizations!
aiding 7.008 persons who were'
given 567,794 pounds worth $32,-
061 in 1939. i
As The Doctor Orders
• That’s what we rapply
—filled prescriptions, first
aid needs, and all sick
bed comforts. When yon
need drug service call os.
Wheatamin Tablets, and a
complete line of ail Vitamin
health - building products.
RE
PHARMACY
“Your Service Drug Store”
10th Street Phone 98
WANTED
Reliable local citizen to represent us in this terri
tory as Dealer for one of America s roost out
standing nine of Passenger Cars and Trucks. No
intrusive factory policies—No Quota’s—You are
the Boss. For twenty years you have waited for
this opportunity. Now is the time to cash in on
one of the most prof’table businesses that re
quires limited amount of Capital. We can ar
range Finance Compsuiy connection*. Write con-
fidentally to P. O. Box 1719, Charlotte, N. C.
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Borrowed Comment
REWARDING THE SAFE DRIVER
(Ahoskie Herald)
It has probably often been wondered
why the State of North Carolina does not
institute a system whereby the safe driver
would be awarded to the same extent that
the unsafe driver is punished.
“Turn about is fair play.” So much at
tention has been directed to the road nut
and h s nefarious habits that no one recog
nized the steady fellow who motors about
hither and you for year after year without
denting a fender. Instead he goes safely
along until his family car collides with
another salfe driver and then they both get
their rewards, a line or a dressing-doyin
from the bench.
In the meantime, why not reward hiir.
when he buys his yearly set of license
plates, with a small insignia to clamp or
his license plate; a badge of safety.
Would not the hope of reward bring
better resulta than the fear of pi|Bi$lunM(
alone? iV.'? ^ .
APPRECIATION
We genuinely appreciate the fine re
sponse to our **open house” or formal
opening Thursday. It was a pleasure to
have so many of our patrons and friends
inspect our new quarters and greet our
employees who daily strive to give you the
best of service in your electrical require
ments. The occasion has inspired us to
make even greater efforts in the future
that our service may be all that you antici
pate an electrical service to be. We ap
preciate the fine spirit of co-operation
shown our organization since it became a
part of this community, and we shall
strive to merit the continued patronage
and good-will of an ever-increasing num-
ber as the years unfold in the future.
Evesieht Is Priceless-Guard It Carefully
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Phone
POWER COMPANY
309 NINTH STREET
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