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PAGE two: Hie JdiroinHtriot INPgmroSNT IN POLITICS P*lAiali«l Mondav* and Thuradaye at ’;v North Wilkesboro. N. C. B. J. CASTER and JUUUS C. HUBBARD Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ^ne Year |1.50 3ix Monfhs .76 Four Months 50 Out of the State $2.00 per Year Entered at the poet office at North Wiikes- horo, N. C., as second class matter under Act of Mar^ 4, 1879. THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1941 Theuiksgiving Thanksgiving is an original American event and this year more than ever before it seems most appropriate that it be American. America is the citadel of individual freedom, the land of a great people who rule themselves and who are not bound by the words or actions of any dictatorial power. Freedom to live, to worship God as we choose, to work, to acquire property: the right to speak freely; the right to publish our opinions and our desires; the right to commend or criticize—they represent America, for which we are truly thankful on this Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day is proclaimed lest wc forget that we have innumerable things for which we should be truly grateful. Any attempt to name the material things to be thankful for would be futile. It would be better if each individual capable of an in dependent thought would spend a few min utes today trying to enumerate some ot the most important blessings we in America enjoy. Today no bombs drop on America, no enemy troops of destruction have set foot on our shores, blood of our manhood is not being spilled into the soil of gruesome bat tle fields. And w'hile we are thankful, let us re dedicate our lives to the principle that our way of living shall not perish, and that we shall leave a heritage for untold millions in centuries to come in the preservation of freedom and opportunity to serve human ity unfettered and unchained. Tax Collection Agency Of Highway Patrol? After the last legislature we had hopes that the state highway patrol would be al- low'ed to pursue its proper duties: the en forcement of traffic laws as an aid to re ducing the highway death toll. But on our de.sk today is a report indi cating that highway deaths are up more than one-third over last year and keep going up as the months pass. Up to No vember 1 the toll had pased the thousand mark in North Carolina by one life—1,001. This is no criticism of the personnel of the .state highway patrol. We have met many of them and without exception they appear to be very capable law enforce ment officers. Rut criticism can be directed at the rul ing powers in Raleigh who command the highway patrol. Wake county is one of the worst in highway accidents so far this year, having an increase of 100 per cent for the first ten months. Raleigh happens to be the seat of the state government, in case you hadn’t noticed the implication. Keith Saunders, who quit the Hig-hway Safety Division with “utter disgust” at the unconcern of politicians relative to in creased highhway fatalities, said plenty in a letter he recently sent out to newspapers in the state. But to get back to our subject—Is the highway patrol what its name implies or is it a tax collection branch of the .state government? Patrolmen spend many long hours la boring over the collection of license fees, registration fees, etc., while speed demons and drunken drivers crash and kill on the highways of the state. The patrolmen do what they are ordered to do. Sergeant Carlyle Ingle, of the highway patrol and stationed here, said the only way to cope with the situation is for pa trolmen to be on the highways and get the speeding, reckless, drunken drivers BE FORE they kill. But how are patrolmen going to do that when their time is taken up with collection of state revenue? The potential killers must be taken from ihe roads they, kill, them after isilik^ shutting the after the horse gets out." Which reminds us that the state au thorities have put up adequate signs at dangerous points AFTEIR a number of lives were lost. A few good men of the mountains with a few hundred more pounds of chestnut wood on their trucks than their license call far present no great menace to lives on the highway. While the extra fee is being collected from fhe unfortunate wood hauler some reckless demon is killing somewhere on the highway. Irresponsible Hands The coal raining strike, and many other strikes in industries classed by exponents as a “majoh economic reform’,, partial and based on theory instead of practice and ex perience, placed great powers in the hands of labor union leaders. Theoretically, the act was supposed to give labor the opportunity it had long de sired to secure a prosperous existence. Instead, it has given bull-headed labor leaders an opportunity to hamper and per haps badly cripple the efforts to defend democracy in this and other lands. Whether they know it or not, wH'fether the> believe it or not, the labor union leaders throughout the defense strikes have played 'into Hitler’s hands. The strikers are Hitler’s best helpers. If the rank and file of labor in defense industries was made up of good, patriotic Americans like we have here in our own Wilkes county they would tell the union leaders to go where Hitler will eventually land, and work to produce defense ma terials as they have never worked before. In our surroundings here among a peo ple who seem to be well united we cannot understand the action of American work men who would help Hitler by stopping production of defense materials for our own nation, for the British and the Rus sians who are now doing the actual com bat work against nazism. Now w'e find the labor unions taking themselves down by their own efforts, de fying President Roosevelt and biting the hand which fed them. But nothing Tjetter can be expected from people who are not intellectually capable of using vast powers. m Absurdities By DWIGHT NICHOLS, et >1. Borrowed Comment WE CAN TAKE IT (Oxford Public Ledger) We North Carolinians are now begin ning to feel the effects of this country’s great all-out program for National De fense, and while none of us relish the taste we have had, it is noteworthy that every call has been met with a minimum of grumbling and grouching. We have seen food prices go up, up, up, and although we have talked about the rising cost of living we have accepted it with more resignation than condemnation. We see new car production being curtailed and car prices going up, and we see tiro prices rise with a tire shortage in prospect, but we merely have our old cars overhaul ed and our old tires recapped and decide that we can inake out with the old buggy for quite a while yet. We face the prospect of having to pay more ta.xes next year than we have ever been called upon to pay, but we reason that by trimming the budget here and there vve can somehow pay those taxes. We are currently in the midst of a pow er-rationing program which already has blacked out store display windows, service station floodlights, neon signs and stadium arc lights, and if the blackout is not lifted before Christmas we may have to endure a Yule season without the decorative lights and lighted trees without which Christmas can not seem like Christmas at all. Yet if we have to endure such restrictions we un doubtedly will do so without too much complaining. This is the American spirit, indomita ble, irrespressible and adaptable. We like our way of life—the American way—and most of us would rather have this way of life disrupted for a while than to have it crushed forever. What we all want is war-time wages with which to buy things as panic prices.- American lumberman. Crime, says a New York expert,,is cost ing the United States $500,000,000 a yeai Well, it must be admitted that we are get ting a high grade of crime and plenty of it for our money.—American Lumbennan Yet even 'now you find an occasional old-fashioned poor man who gives hia kid only two bits a day to waste.—^Birmingham News. TROOPS INVADE WILKES Events relative to the maneu vers of troops in tl^is vicinity provides a wealth of material for this column. The troops In this nelghnor- bood have been the inspiration for a nuumber of amusing, if not confusing, incidents. On Sunday when we came down town we were asked right off the bat about the great num ber of troops which had been trucked Into the Tadkin river basin between the Wllkesboros. We were told that there was a great flock or army trucks and that the patrolmen and police men had gone to the bridge to handle the traffic. That was ru mor number one. We walker 31 1-2 steps from the points where we heard rumor 1 and took a good look at the bridge. We saw nothing unusual. Having explicit faith in every thing we hear, we decided that It was time to get an appoint ment with an eye specialist but before doing so we decided to ride over in Calamity number 3 and get a closer look to see where the "great number’’ of ar my trucks were hiding. ^e found at the bridge a hand some soldier with a cute miis- tach. Incidentally, he was armed with a new Garand rifle and had ■■ iffi-("li tij^^ vceks Agbr' Ridv .^tinned by saying that It « a i ■>s‘ TOjjpre foolish than many VgaLI the s administration haf ^ IJUIU TUl t&u. - ^'f'i V > GH06E FOR HD^RLF | And that reminds us"‘of the ac count one soldier gave of an inci dent during the maneuvers In South Carolina. In a deep forest an old man with a long, flowing beard emerged from a thicket with his hands high in the’'air. He was noticeably nervous and blurted out: ‘Tm surrendering, I don’t give a d—n what Lee Is going to do". SCORCHED EARTH PPOLICV People ^in the mountains 'of Watauga beard of the troops coming and they had also heard about Stalin’s scorched earth policy in Russia as the German invasion proceeded. That is the why of the big forest fires. The people heard of the troops coming add decided to "scorch the’ earth”^ A number of stills were said to have been scuttled. (Rumor number J,001). State May Quarry Lime Rock Deposits The State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission probably will take action at its next meet ing, November 28, looking to ward the working of the state- owned lime rock properties in Yadkin county, Virgil D. Guire, of Lenoir, commissioner for this district, opined last night. Philadelphia, Lineedh’s letter to Genet^ Hooker- to assume comtu^ of the Potomac brought fl6,00p at an auction disposing of documents in the eolection of the late Colonel Louis J, KoU). , A copy at the Star Spangled Banner, penned and signed by Francis - Scott Key, brought |7,- 760. Alfred W. Stem of Chicago bought the Lincoln letter. In it, Lincoln said; , -“I have heard, in such a way as I believe it, of your reoent saying that both the army and the gov ernment needs a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command." *Charles A. Lindbergh’s letter asking newspapermen' not to in terfere in (attempts to establish contact with, his baby's abuductor. w’as; sold to F. G. Sweet of New York for $20. THURSDAY, RTOV. 20,1941 for pMMa aaA'aaH»-#ay>$:g^i!^ [m-eas ai»r*^F|plMsir lie«g»iL these dliricnlt dayih'’^?i; ‘ yt! Guire’s announcement followed complete pack for field and post [a statement released earlier in the duty. We learned some facts from day by Governor J. M. Brough- him, found that the bridge had ton to the effect that he had in structed highway officials to in vestigate immediately the feasi bility ot starting operations at the Lime Rock. The Governor acted upon rec ommendation of Thurmond Chat ham, of Winston-Salem, and R. C. Llewellyn, of Dob!son.. They wrote a letter favoring the move after attending a meeting in El kin a week ago yesterday in which Interested citizens expres sed a desire that this great nat ural resource be put to work in the interest of national defense. Attending the meeting were representatives from the offices of the Surry and Yadkin county agents. been "mined’’ as a precaution against Red army forces making a crossing into Blue territory and that the lower Yadkin bridg es had received the same treat ment. . Instead ot there being a "great number” of army trucks, there was one private on guard. Ws’ot one truck was in sight. At the lower bridge we found soldiers placing dummy mines while a machine gun crew on a truck scanned the skies and coun tryside. It had a warlike appear, ance. Having taken possession of the military objectives— the bridges —one guard was left at each with instructions to report by telephone any appearance of the “enemy” to army headquarters at Hamlet. UU.MOItS GALORE Rumors have been running rampant since Sunday. ‘ Rumor number two was that the Red and Blue forces had clashed at Ferguson with the Blues taking many prisoners and with many casualties on both sides. So far we have been unable to confirm reports of any troops being at Ferguson. Rumor number three was that the army had "captured” Wilkes- boro post office, courthouse and Judge Hayes’ home. Jiut why anyone would consider them mil itary objectives, we don’t know. Some Chillicothe graduate must have manufactured that one. Rumor number 37 1-2 was that a big force of tanks was on its way from Boone here Monday night and that North Wilke.sboro would have a complete blackout between nine and ten o’clock while tile armored forces went throug'i the city and forded the Yadkin tielow the bridge. W.AS HE .\ REPfBLK'.^X; It was very amusing to iieav a visitor to town cu.ss about the bridges going to be “blown out’’. “What does this administration in Washington mean?’’ lie tlinn- dered, “tliousaiids and thoii- .sands of dollars have been .spent to build tlie bridges here and now they were going to blow them up. JoRelievr Misery { CAN’T AFFORD IT Lady (to bus operator);’ ‘‘Lo you stop at the Biltmore? Bus Operator: ’’No, Ma’am, not on my salary.” Bishops Favor Strong Defense Washington. — The Catholic bishops of the United States last night branded nazism and com munism alike as "the two great est avlLs ot today,” and pledged wholehearted' support of "ade- ADMfiflstittitw’H.Ncmgi;- HayinK’ninrfiiied aa. AoBmiWxB-. tor of tlte of L. ^nufarli^ lato of W^kia Cot^tar, Nortii Carolma, thia is to persons hnvlBff cifttmi ! estate of said deceased to'ex hibit them to the ondersisDed at Wilkesboro, N. C-, on or befsM the 10th day of November. 1M2, m this Notice will be plead in bar of their 'T«nt to recover. All ^r~ sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 10th day of November, ^^^^CHARLiE G. Bumgarner! Admr. of L. Bumgarner, dec’d. 12-18-6t (t) Beware Coughs froa coiaaMi eoMs 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 sootoe and heal raw, tender, in flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulston with the un derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION forCouffhs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Rev. Baker Thanks Retonga For Relief “I Am Confident It Will Promptly Relieve Hun dreds of Others Who Suf fer As I Did,” Declares Well Known Minister. Tells Of Case. tra big doses of laxatives to get any results, I felt sluggish and headachy, and often I slept so badly I felt as if I had not slept at all. ■‘The relief Retonga brought me from all this distress seems all the more remarkable because I had tried several other medicines with out success. 1 am confident Re- Rev. Jete Baker of the Wilmont Baptist Church, Charlotte, is one succep. i am coniiueni ne- of the many N. C. ministers grate- tonga will bring prompt relief to fully praising Retonga. In a strong others who suffer as public endorsement of this noted t “id. medicine Rev. Baker declares: | Rev. Baker organized the Wil- “Whenever I find anything ex- mont and Oakhurst Baptist good I think it my duty to others to let them know about it, and Retonga relieved me so re- churches and is widely known throughout this section as a de vout churchman and minister. Re markably of severe distress from tonga is a purely herbal gasWc acid indigestion, gas in my stem- tonic combined with Vitemin B-1 ach, and sluggish bowels, I am 1 for digestion, nerves and strength, confident it will help anyone suf-, Thousands praise it. R«tonga may fering as I did. Often meats be obtained in North iWilkesboro would cause so much gas in my stomach that breathing was diffi- '■iilt. I frequently had to take ex- at Horton’s Wilkesboro Store. Drug Store, and in at Newton’s Drug (Adv.) TO THE TAXPAYERS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES Prepare 'to earn a good sal ary. A complete business cotnrM at Jones Business CoHege will give you the surest way to em ployment and of earning mon ey. . Join our fall and winter classes now forming. We have one of the largest and best equipped business colleges in North Carolina. College and university trained teachqrs. Ptm employment service. More calls for well trained office help than we can supply. Send for information. A few girl's can work for room and board. Jones Business Wilkes County I now have the tax books for the year 1941 in my office, and all taxpayers of Wilkes County, desiring to do so, may now make payment direct to me and obtain their receipts. PAYMENT NOW WILL SAVE FU TURE COSTS AND PENALTIES. Save yourself money and at the same time help your county meet its obliga tions. College HIGH POINT, N- C. P. P. Jones, M. A., President Fully Accredited by American Association of CommerciBl Colleges SHERIFF OF WILKES COUNH
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