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Nortli Wiikasboro, N. C.
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‘ '!!!*'■■ Pubjishers
, SUBSCRIPTION RATES;
One Year SI.50
, Six Months .75
Pour Months 50
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entered at the post office at North Wilkes-
boro) N. C., as second class matter under Act
af March 4, 1879.
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941
/^WSS ^^yClATlW^
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Too Late To Save ^
We are all familiar tvith the old adage j
about “locking the door after the horse I
gets out.” That seems to be the policy of i
the authorities who place .-^igns to regulate
traffic at dangerous points on the high-
wavs.
For years there were only tho small
signs indicating the intersection of high
ways 421 and 16 at Millers Creek. Four
persons lo.st their lives in one awful acci
dent there. Then the authorities got bu.sy
and erected a large stop sign across one of
the highways to take care of the situation,
but not until AFTER four lives had been
lost.
The highway from Moravian Falls turn.'--
into Cherry street in Wilke.sboro at right
angles and that is where a terrible acci
dent happened Sunday. We do not at the
time of this writing know what the death
toll may be. But we hazard a guess that
the danger of the spot will be properly
marked—AFTER the damage already has
been clone in one instance.
The driver of the car was arrested and
jailed on charges of driving drunk and
reckless driving AFTER the tragedy oc-
cured.
The accident toll in North Carolina will
continue to rise as long as measures and
precautions are taken APFER, in.stead of
BEFORE, lives are killed.
And, speaking of highway intersections,
it appears to the casual observer th'at ther'.-
are not adequate signs at the intersection
at Moravian Falls and that the sto]) sign
is on the wrong road. iMaybe, we are
wrong but if we are. we would like to know
in what respect we err.
More Safety Thoughts
“Scores of North Carolinians now look
ing forward to a vacation nerfod of re.-t
end peace this summer will ‘Rest in Peace'
when the vacation season comes to a close.”
Ronald Hocutt, director of the Highway
Safety Division, made this dire prediction
in speaking of what apparently is going to
happen on North Carolina .streets and
highways this summer.
“I dislike being a pessimi.st and viewing
with alarm,” he said, “bot unless the cur
rent upward trend in traffic accidents i
unexpectedly checked, we may e.xpcct to
see around 300 persons killed in traffic-
accidents in the state from Memorial Day
(May 30) to Labor Day (September 1).”
There were 208 traffic fatalities in the
state last summer, 62 in June, 64 in July,
and 82 in August, he pointed out. The
toll this year, however, is running around
50 per cent above that of la.st year.
“It is horrible to contemplate,” he said,
“that three hundred North Carolinians
who are living today will die between no.w
and summer’s end as a result of the care
less, reckless and thoughtless actions of
their fellow citizens.
“I earnestly appeal to drivers, pedes
trians, bicycle riders and all others who
travel upon our streets and highways to be
on their guard in traffic this summer as
never before. Vacationists must not be in
too big a hurry, must not drink and drive,
and must put their minds on what they are
doing at all times when in traffic.
“Unless these things are done, many
people in our state this summer will go on
i^rrowed Go!
I
THE DAY IS OVER-;-^'
DAY, WE MEAN^ , v' .
(Mecklenburg Tirtes) ‘
We are concerned about the higb school
graduate.^ of this year. ^hile it is true
that many of them will go to college next
fall, it is also true that m^ny will be un
able to pursue what is called higher edu
cation in institutions of learning and must
learn the hard way without benefit of text
book and teacher.
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By PyidHt NICHOLS, et »1. j
WHIMSICAL DIGEST
“W^ll, don’t let It occur ft-
gcln,’^- Is -what the teacher to)d
the little'boy -who wae la-te when
he> told the teacher that hla fa
ther fell and hroKe a leg.
The lUtle fellow *wno was told
by his father that his-every wrong
None need stop learning. In fact, they ^ g^gy jjgjy jn.jiia liead
are merely ready to begin the best study
ing of their lives, whether in a classroom
or on a job. Each can teach us much and
whether we learn depends upon ourselves.
We are hoping that no young person gives
way to discouragement if college seems be-
yong the grasp at present.
Work is a necessity; a college diploma
is highly desirable, but not absolutely es
sential to success. Get it, if you can, i
not, get a job of some sort and work at it
You need what it can give in several ways.
OUR TEETH NEED DRILLING
(Baltimore New.s-Post)
It is now apparent that Young America,
during the Depres.sion Decade, didn’t go to
the dentist often enough.
Striking proof of this, as cited by a
round-table discus.sion at the New York
Academy of Medicine, lies in the high per
centage of draft prospects now being re-
iected for defective teeth. The percentage
is four times higher than in World War
drafts—which followed a decade of nor
mal prosperity.
Skipping regular visits to the dentist’.-
chair during hard times is, of course, on’
part of the story. Improper nutrition,
faulty diets—inevitable during economic
upheavals—are contributing factors.
Whatever the causes, the younger gener
ation now faces some hard “drilling tha
will net take place on an Army parade
ground.
That circulating library no longer urges
patrons to “treat this book as though it
were v'our own.” Too many did so.—Buf
falo Ev' uing News.
According to one nazi theory. Hess flew
off to Britain on a kind of halucinatory
peace mission—a psychic bid, so to speak.
—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Fort Br^ii, 'MjLy
KradoatinK from" th«ee
camps, the trainees or‘the colon^f
erg?”
13,000 traineea Fort Biggs’!.
Field Artillery Replacement
Training Center were asking that
question today. .
Trainee-graduation is suppos
ed 4o 'be only a few weeks dff in
the Replacement Center. Yet, yes
terday evening the 3rd FARTC
Regiment inarched In a farewell
parade-retreat:—^to'' bid adieu to
itself? No! But to honor Its de
parting commander, Lt. Col. H.
S.- Struble. He leaves Sunday to
join the' new 47th Field Artillery
Regiment.'’^ ■ ,
And tomorrow morning, the
same phenomenon will occur at
the 5th FARXC Regiment- They
will parade, not to bid adieu to
themselves either- They will sa
lute Lt. -Col. C. M. Busbee, their
commander, who leaves on Sun
day for the 79th Field Artillery
Regiment.
And these are not the only de
partures of F'ARTC Colonels. Lt.
Col. E. A. Erickson will join the
“4 7th Field Artillery’’; Lt. Col.
,H. Harding and Lt. Col. J. C.
jcook will join the "36th Field Ar-
Cavities in teeth feel so large/iHery :
i?-'/
,, „ JCc^ into yoiaf.
tt ail you hnYO to'wprry abc^tj,^,Wo
wiH be happy to Miggest a j^ainter and'arrange the
little dotaili for the finest Rogers Point job you
^er seen. '
> You can paint now and st^ payments after the
'job is done on.^the lowest budget terms under the
F.H.'A. Moderaixntibn Plan. >
told his father to take a look at
grandpa and wonder what kind
of a boy he -was before he growed
up.
Rogers Pupils' Two-Coat Job
l^ves 1-3 On Paint and Labor...
Girls who want to get honesty,
good looks, money, strength,
courage, manliness and intelli
gence when they marry must re
member that the law allows only
one husband at a time.
HERE’S HOW . .
1 COAT OF
ROGERS
PRIMER
The beggar asked 30 cents to
get to where his family was—at
the movies.
Children know all the ans-«'ers.
\Vhen asked if there was hot
water at his house the boy said
there was and that he was in it
practically ail the time.
1 COAT OF
ROGERS
HOUSE
PAINT
Per Gallon $3-^®
to the tongue because the tongue
leave for the "17th Field Ar-
has a tendency to exaggerate.
ROGERS PORCH AND
DECK ENAMEL
Tile flint-like hardness of porch
and deck enamel resists wear
and its smooth and glistening
surface is -washable.
Itillery”; and Lt. Col. R. L. Ger-
“Horseback riding gives me a
headache.”
“Quite the contrary with me,
old deah.’’
Moose City Of
Childhood To
Hold Exercises
Seventy-Two Orphan Boys
and Girls To Graduate
From School June 14
vats is to move on to the “72nd
Field Artillery.’’
Since the trainees’• own gradu
ations are so near in time—and
so near to their hearts, too! —
they are not likfng all this one
hit. They complain that these
"graduating" colonels are steal
ing their thunder!
Decoration At Center
Baptist Church 8th
History is not what men wait for. It i-
whtit thev do.—Christian Science Monitor.
LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
PERSEVERANCE
Life’s better way is the way of persever
ance. When you are right, stick to it.
When you are pursuing the right course,
keep on. It is ea.sy to get di.scouraged and
give up. No doubt many great men and
women have been defeated in some good
and worthwhile things, aims, plans, pur
poses and undertakings all becau.se they
lack perseverance. They gave' up too soon
They quit before success crowned their ef
forts and lives.
A man with a small talent and a great
deal of perseverance may accomplish much
more than a man with great talents and
little perseverance. You’ve got to simply
hold on and hold out, stick to your job and
stick to your post, hammer and pound
a wav when it seems slow progre.ss. Little
by little you will win out. Inch by inch
and step by step you will climb the hill and
ascend the mountain.
Maurice Walsh, Governor, and
Tam L. Shumaker, .Secretary of
North Wilkesboro Lodge No. 24 3,
together with the Board of Of
ficers and Committeemen, an
nounce that they will join with
all other units of the Moose Fra
ternity in adopting a large class
of candidates as a testimonial to
the 72 students who will gradu
ate on June 14th from the fam
ous Moose City of Childhood lo
cated at -Mooseheart, Illinois. The
grdauating class this year com
prises 4 7 boys and 2.5 girls all
sons and daughters of deceased
members of the I,oyaI Order of
.Moose. Some of these young men
and women on gn'diiating from
Mooseheai-I will leave the only
home some of them have ever
known, ready to lake their places
in the world as good and useful
members of nioderr society Their
education, training and welfare
has been given to them at the
famous Child City through the
assistrnhe of the almost one half
million members of the Loyal Or
der of Moose.
The members of this years
gi'aduating class hail from 25
States and one Canadian Pro
vince, and represent the 23rd
group to be graduating from
Mooseheart since 1919 when the
original orss of 5 hoys completed
their training there. Since that
time 1,535 boys and girls, all
orphaned through the death of
their fathers, have been gradu
ated. The average time of re,-i-
dence at the Child City for these
youngsters lias been 10 years
and 4 months, end the average
age at graduation is 18 years and
3 months. During their stay at
Mooseheart each child i.s equipped
with a high school education and
is taught proficiency in one or
more of the 23 practical tredes
taught there.
Founded on the .banks of the
People of Center Baptist church
are asked to meet T-hursday, June
5th, eight a. m. to work on ceme
tery, for the decoration .service
which will be Sunday, June 8.
Everyone la Invited.
Drunken drivers killed at least
110 persons in this state last
year.
$1.00 quart
ROGERS RAPID
DRYING ENAMEL
Dries in four hours, brushes on
■moothly, available in 20 col-
ols.
quart $1.25
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AT A U C i 1 O N
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22 years experience
Greensboro, N. C.
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Small leaks and cracks or
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Jenkins Hardware
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
’Phone 74
a vacation that will last for eternity.
Prosperity will have arrived when a res
taurant pie has only four cuts.—Greenville
Piedmont.
Many years ago I used to cut timber in . i
the mountains of western North Carolina River, iilmoLs. just mi m
where we had the giant oaks and chestnut,
sugar maple and hickory. In starting to! g eomplete and
fall the great trees it seemed slow and te-L,ggmjfy, ^ity within itself, it is
dious Stroke after stroke, stroke after comprised of more than 175 fire-
stroke, on and on, while little chips would proof, modern buildings, includ-
fly, or small sawdust come forth from the i ing homes, stores, schools, voca-
saw, but after whii^the mighty tree would tional shops, offices, church fa-
begin to tremble, crack and pop, then a cRiUes. ta™ buildings and spien-
mighty cra.sh would break the silence of j
the hills and mountains and almost shake 1“^® shade
1 i T, - dot the beautiful landscape ana
are arranged along the well paved
Old Dobbin has his faults but you never
gaw another horse hitched in front pulling
him to the bam for repairs.—Greensboro
(Ga.) Herald-Journal.
^Am tor the lUliftn boot, the shape is
the earth about us. Little strokes, and
keeping at it, brought the great timber to
the ground.
Thus it is with gigantic obstacles we meet,
contend with and have to overcome in life.
It takes time; it takes grit; it takes pati
ence; it takes determination; it takes tre
mendous perseverance. Many a man to
day lacks education because he lacked per
severance in early life. Many a man is
down in life, down low and down to stay,
because he lacks perseverance in his en
deavors to rise. He quits too soon even if
k. starts to rise. He gives Up ere the battle
is fought and the victory won. Be per
severing. This is life’s better way. Es
pecially is perseverance necessary in living
the Christian life. It is an absolute essen
tial toward overcoming all sin and evil, in
iquity and wickedness, and for the obtain
ing and retaining o(f all godIin«3s, right
eousness and holiness,
streets making the Child City
have the appearance of a vast
park. Mooseheart represents an
investment of more than $26,-
000,000 and It? administration
calls for a yearly budget of- al
most $1,000,000.
The young citizens of Moose
heart number almost 1,000 norm
el children where hospitalization
and health service Is pritnarUy
one of preventive medicine rath
er than of cure. In employing this
method the health records of
Mooseheart indicate that Its mor
tallty rate is lower than that of
eny similar community of it? kind
in the world.
Pilgrimages to the Moose
Shrine of Childhood will be made
by many outstanding F^erpal-
Ists ht this vicinity over tkie peyr
1 IFT up the bonnet of this darling
^ Buick and you see only one en-
buretor is almost like having an extra
engine to call on when you want it.
gine-a big, efficient valve-in-head
straight-eight.
The net result?
Look again — and you note that Com
pound Carburetionf gives it /wo car
buretors — and what amounts to a dual
personality.
Well, see for yourself what it means
in life pnd lift and unfailing response.
One of those carburetors does all the
work in casual, abcut-town, every
day driving, giving you a car that’s
easygoing on everydiing, from the way
it handles to its consumption of gaso
line.
As to what else it means - the records
show that Compound Carburetion
gives this ’41 Buick a 10% to 15%
edge in gas-economy over its prede
cessors of the same size!
But that other carburetor steps up this
nimble sweetheart into a regular giant
of power any time you give die word I
Important? Sure is - especially when
present prices make Buick the Num
ber One all-round
bargain of the year.
It wings you jightly through tough
going—because having that second car-
Just ask your dealer
what one wjH cost
delivered!
f Available at slight extra cost on some Buick Special models,
ftandard on all other Series* ,
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Twq coats instead of three means a savings
on paint and labor. Rogers new Primer al
lows two coat painting where it used to
take three. Let us show you how it is esusy_
to save and get a much better paint job.
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