Farm Employment
Farmers have been complaining during
recent years about the difficulties experi-
I enced in securing farm labor.
On farms of any reasonable size it be-
[ comes imperative during the year at inter
vals to secure labor in addition to that
which can be carried out by memberri of
the immediate family.
Farmers have complained vigorously
that the WPA literally “swiped” their la
borers, due, they said, to the fact that the
men did not have to put out out much real
work on WPA projects.
NCw the North Carolina State Employ
ment Service has taken a hand in the mat
ter and on occa.sion has assigned WPA
workers to farms, often with but little de
sired results.
Now the service here has added a farm
interviewer. It is his duty to try to place
those wanting jobs on farms and to assist
farmers in finding workers. The service
will also try to locate tenants and to locate
farms for tenants.
In other w'ords, farm labor service is of
fered in a double-barreled way.
Silas R. Nichols, formerly of Alleghany
county but for six years with the employ
ment service here except during a stay at
Jacksonville, is the farm interviewer here
and is well fitted to accomplish a real ser
vice for all classes of those who make their
living directly from the soil.
The Greensboro Daily News comment
ed editorially on Nichols’ appointment as
follows:
“We noticed with some satisfaction that
the North Wilkesboro branch of the North
Carolina state employment .service has
added an interviewer to serve farmers,
farm laborers and tenants. As we under
stand the relea.se from the N. C. S. E. S. of
fice Silas R. Nichols’ job will be to di.scuss
with farm workers their desire for other
sorts of jobs.
“It is also gratifying to learn from the
same sorco that Interviewer Nichols has ;;
practical background for hi.s new position.
He owns and operates a 500-acre farm in
Alleghany county which is doubtle.s-;
enough to convince him of necessity for oc
casional supplementary employment in ag
riculture. Of course not all farmers can
become interviewers or naturally there
wouldn’t be anybody to interview.”
“Oil Shortage” Backfires
The so-called “oil shortage” .scare on the
Eastern seaboard, promoted for reasons
hard to understand, has vanished like a
morning mi.st. According to a congre.s.s-
ional committee investigation, there is no
serious shortage in the foreseeable future.
The productive capacity of the Ameri
can oil industry is more than adequate to
meet today’s enormous military demand,
as well as the normal civilian demand. A
transportation problem was created by the
tran-sfer of tankers to Great Britain. That
problem is now being met by moving oil
by rail, even though the cost to the indus
try 1-. higher; by the construction of addi
tional pipelines, and, in many cases, by
using coal instead of oil in industrial op
erations.
'his country porduces more than 60 per
cent of all the oil in the world. It pro
duces oils of a quality unequaled else
where. That is what private enterprise
has done—and all the politically-inspired
■ rumors of “grave shortages” can’t hide it.
Friendly cooperation with industry as dis
location problems arises, due to defense
needs, will do more to solve them than au
tocratic, punitive action.
The war in Europe may not be our af-
as some people assert, but if Hitler
■ever manages to control Europe we will
[>now the difference.
National Morale *
In times’ of strew a nation needs to be-
in the pink of condition, physically and
mentally. '.
That is one reason so much attention i
being given the subject of finding jobs foi
men released from military training..
Reemployment committeemen have been
appointed to handle that problem. The
populace will have more stouthearted mor
ale if they realize that the men who are
taken for training to defend America are
not forgetten and that their training will
not cost them in jobs lost and careers ruin
ed.
General J. Van B. Metts and Governor
Broughton have selected J. B. McCoy tf
handle reemployment of released men and
the selection is excellent. Mr. McCoy, .*
veteran of the first World War, is well
fitted for this important task.
Commenting on the subject of employ
ment of returning soldiers. The Thomas-
ville Tribune carried the following editor!
al:
“Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts,
state selective service director, has an
nounced that each community in the state
will soon have a clearing committee com
posed of business, labor and civic leaden
to assist the reemployment committeemen
of local draft boards in obtaining jobs for
returning soldiers, sailors and marines,
which is to say that the adjutant general
hopes to be able to get along without in
voking the law w'hich requires employers
to take back, men whom they return from
Ahsurdities
By DWIGHT NICHOLS, et al.
service.
“The plan is to have the committees re
ceive cases of the ex-sendee men whom
local boards are unable to place in imme
diate employment, and, “it is anticipated,’
Says General Metts “that such groups, be
ing fully conversant with local conditions,
can deal more intelligently and sati.sfac-
torily with such problems than can any
outside agency, and with less disturbance
to indu.stry and commerce.”
“Employers, as a general rule, will, we
believe, string along with the authorities
and reemploy the men as they come back
from service, and no urging will be neces
sary, though there may be many individual
cases where an employer may find it im
possible or impracticable. There will,
however, be few such instances, if any, the
people hereabouts being whole-heartedb
in sympathy both with, the defense pro
gram and the men, and, therefore, will go
out of their way to lessen the hardship'-
encountered by the selectees who have
been discharged after serving their'allott
ed time.
“We have received assurance of whole
hearted co-operation of employers in re-
in.stating men in their jobs,” General Metts
says, and, “while the la-v\' is mandatory ir
requiring former employers to reinstate
these men in their former positions, we
doubt that we shall need to invoke its pow
er in many cases,” 'out “where any em
ployer .states that he is unwilling or unable
to take back an ex-servire man, the mat
ter will be turned over to the local clear
ing committee for inve.stigation.”
So, it may be taken for granted that the
genera! will first try to effect hi.s purpose
without force of a big stick, but, at the
same time, it should be borne in mind that
he has a big .stick behind his back.”
DRAFT EDGAR HOOVER?
Through the malls comes a
communication that rightly de
serves to be under the^ above
heading. It wag the. first chain
political card «e have seen yet
and it boosts J. Edgar Hoover
for i>resident. But stranger things
have happened that elevation of
the chief G-Man to the presiden
cy, so -we ■will waif until later to
pass judgement.
We quote the card, signed by
E. V. Hope and postmarked Sta
ten Island, Ne-«r York, as follovrg:
"Nominate John Edgar Hoover,
chief of the F. B. I., for president
of the U. S. in 1944.
“Who knovrs national and
world conditions better than he?
Who serves our country more
loyally? Start working now. We’ll
draft him.
“We have no political affilia
tions. We are only the voice of
the people. We shall be heard.
How strong are we?
“Write your name and address
on a postal card. Send it to The
Patriots”, care D. S. MacGregor,
Hugenot Park, Staten Island, New
■York. Copy and send this to at
least three friends”.
We cast no asperations but
would pause to mention that J.
Edgar Hoover is serving this
country in a capacity just about
as important as that of the pres
idency. The annihilation of sabo
tage agents is just about as im
portant as anything we can men
tion.
10411
Groups of high Nazi officii^ and their retinues are quite common
n Paris these days. Lone Nazi functionaries run the risk of assassl-
lation. Lieut. Gen. Von Schaumburg, aecond from right, commander
if greater Paris, is shown as he inspected the markets. He is ac-
gtmpanied by Admiral Bard (third from right), prefect of police in Paris.
FOOTBALL PICKINGS
Some of the local football en
thusiasts who -would relish show
ing tip how dumb we are have
asked that we pick football win
ners in a manner similar to that
of sports writers (but with more
accuracy).
They don’t want us to make
any halfhearted prediction.s.
New at that kind of stuff, we
will try only one game this time,
that to be Crrolina and Wake
Forst Saturday.
Now, to get down to the sub
ject. we are convinced that onn
or
will
Garand Rifles In The Army
Some indication of the progress of rear
mament is to be found in the report of
Robert C. Patterson, Under-Secretary of
War, who says that all front-line combai
troops will have Garand semi-automatic ri
fles “by next month.”
While there has been some argument
about the merits of the Garand rifle,
most experts believe that the weapon
makes the American soldier worth four
soldiers of any other nation.
the other of the teams will
unless the game should end
tie (that, my friends, is sin
cere enough).
If Carolina wins, -we predict
thgt Wake Forest will lose, on
the other hand, should the Dem
on Deacons have the big end of
the score Carolina will lose (it
took a lot of effort to dope it
out).
We are making prediction on
the game after long study, much
reading and scientific deductions.
We think all who want to put
any dough on the line concern
ing that game will appreciate the
clear-cut predictions we have
made here as to the winner of
the Carolina-Wake Forest game,
regardless of which team wins,
loses or draws. On the basis of
our prediction made after so
much study, we believe that all
winners should give us a per cent.
All contributions will be cheerful
ly accepted.
We also predict that after the
game we can proudly say “I tjld
you so”, just like the footliall
scribes who predict and add a
lot of “ifs. ands and huts’’.
When you want something else
predicted, just give us a ring.
We’ll he most certain to be
out—lliank goodness.
Congress has a few hard jobs ahead but
seems unable to get expert advice in uni
son.
If you want to punish your enemy, see
that he catches a. bad cold, and that it
stays with him.
Educational experts make a mistake
when they fit a school to the opinions of
their students.
There are no rules that apply to every
human beinng and no human being that
obeys all the rules.
The cost of national defense indicates
that, unless the world becomes stabilized,
the chief burden of governments will be
armaments.
North Wilkesboro is not your neighbor’s
town; it is your own and you must dc
your part in perfecting it as a good placf
for human beings.
RED HEADED LEAGUE
“Reds!” yelped an alert “Blue’’
soldier fn a forward element of
the .59th Infantry Brigade as they
moved up into position during a
phase of hot fighting in Arniy
Corps maneuvers.
The Brigade -two infantry reg
iments and supporting artillery,
halted.
A cautious patrol wormed its
way forward to determine the
enemy’s approximate strength
and dispositions.
At the road junction ahead
they found, reading from top to
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Ijottom; .average degrees, but the extreme
Albert, Clarence, James, Dury j degrees. By that. I mean, that is
Lee, Minnie, and Elizabeth Me-1 hottest rnd the coldest if
Waters-—waiting for the school i gets here. The trade winds are
in setioii; , Y -4'
Tbere are several more
which I think might interest yon,
bat I have written enough, in
fact too much. Incidentally, I
hrve a new Joh here at the Dis-
pensery. I am the new pharmacist
I mix all the medicines, fill the
prescriptions, at the Doctors or
ders, of course. The only draw,
back Is my lack of medicinal
knowledge and my disability to
pronounce some of those Latin
words, such as potassium per
manganate, ollum rlclnl which is
Castor Oil, and a number of the
others. My only wish is that I
had studied Latin a little harder
in school.
I hope that you have enjoyed
this as much as I have enjoyed
writing it. If there are any ques
tions that you would like to have
answered, why, just drop me a
line or two, and I will do my best
to answer them. Until the next
time, “Aloha’’.
I remain as ever,
LUTHER D. SAYLOR
bus.
All were flaming red-heads.
Luther Saylors Writes
September 28, 1941
Fort Huger, T. H.
Dear Sir:
I have noticed that my last two
articles were published, so I am
writing another one. I believe
that I promised to write on Pvt.
Edward Hight and .eome story
about Hawaii. T regret to say that
I am unable to write on Pvt.
Hight because I haven’t seen him
for some itme. But I promise you
I will send you' something just as
soon as I can see him.
I believe I shall write this
time, not only on one subject,
but On several interesting topics
most of which, I am sure will be
of some interest to yon.
The Island of Crhu, although
not the largest of the Islands, is
the most densely populated, Hon
olulu, being the chief city. Of
course, being stationed here, I
have no chance of visiting any of
the other Islands, except the Is
land of Hawaii. Every soldier, at
some time after his first year ov
er here, hrs a chance to anend ap
proximately fen days at Hilo
(pronounced, He.o-Iow), Hawaii.
There are many beautiful plac
es on Hawaii. One of the most
interesting, or at least it seemed
so to me. were the volcanoes and
craters. Of course, none of them
are in action now, but it hasn t
been so very long since they were
active.
Another wonderful thing about
the Islands is the climate. The
Fahrenheit never goes beyond 88
degrees and never below 56 de
grees. These degrees are not the
the reason for the wonderful cli.
mate.
One of the most beautiful
places I have ever seen, here in
Hawaii or any other place, is the
Mormon Temple, locsted at Laie,
Oohu. There are not enough ad
jectives in my vocabulary to de
scribe this place. All I can say
is, that its a marvelous piece of
structure.
The Upside-down Falls is more
curious than any thing else. It is
on the road going from Honolulu
up to the Nuuanu Pali. The cliff
or mountain, is, I should sry, ap
proximately 300 feet in height.
The odd thing about it is, that
Use the adverusmg columns ol
thin paper an yohr nhoDPinir (ruida.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back. '
CREOMULSION
when it rains, which is very fre- for Coughs, Chest'Colds. Bronchitis
for that man in uniform
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