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ptamiigiciEktt in politigs lloedan Tkurid«ys •! ^ WOfcMboro. N. C. B. 2. CABTK& jUd 2UUUS C. flUBBAKD ^ PablialMn SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year |1.60 Monttis .76 Po«r lientta .60 Oat of the State |2.00 per Year Biit«r«d at the poCt office at North Wilkea* bmo, N. C., as second class matter under Act ■f Ita^ 4, 187». MONDAY, FEB. 2nd, 1942 The Blackout Tonight we are to have our first black out in the Wilkesboros. It wil be for prac- Itice purposes and we hope that we shall ■never need the benefit of practice. But, who knows? There are no military objectives here and if the enemy had air bases in striking iistances the only raids we would have, jerhaps, would be for terroristic purposes -nuisance raids—as they are called in Britain. But while we have no military objec- lives here now, the picture could change overnight. A troop movement through a town would transforn it immediately from Its former status to one of a military objec tive. Thus it is necessary that we have prac tice blackouts and preparation for emer gencies we hope shall never happen. And there is the possibility that some lere now may find themselves in places vhere bombs will fall later. Practice gain- pd here could be useful there and then. Commanding officers of U. S. forces at i^earl Harbor thought that Japs could not Lttack them there.. That complacency [osts us the worst defeat in our] history. Distances mean little now and it is much Letter to be prepared and not need the pro- Varation than to need preparations and lot have them. [,-4^t Pearl Harbor we had sufficient fees of men and equipment on December to repel the Japs. But our forces were [ot alert and the surprise attack succeeded a much greater extent than if our forces [ad been ready. In fact, military authori- les have expressed the opinion that if Imerican forces had been ready that what [as a Jap victory w’ould have been a disas- ^ous Jap defeat. Thirty minutes time rould have made all the difference, was lie opinion expressed by Secretary of the Javy Knox. From such mistakes as the complacenc.v Pearl Harbor the people of all allied ations in this war can learn a le.sson. It an all out war and we should be prepar- to combat the enemy in whatever form whatever place it rears its ugly head. Absurdity Incarnate This editorial is about a happening so isurd that it maybe belongs in another lumn in this newspaper but it is too im- •rtant to place in obscurity. Today the pipe line to carry gasoline •m Louisiana to Greensboro, N. C., would ve been placed in operation had it not en held up by an agency of the United . ites government. While German submarines continue to I’lk tankers off the Atlantic coast and jre becomes a real instead of imaginary nger of a gasoline shortage over the iole thickly populated east, the Inter- ,te Commerce Commission In Washing- 1, D. C., plasters an order on Plantation jeline company forbidding them to oper- the pipeline because someone has com- ['Lined that the rate schedule is TOO f)'W! 1 In view of the fact that a gasoline short- I t looms, it is hard to believe that such L|zy action has taken place, but it is a nil MONPlY, FEB. The kedon of the be ble to a recent striko' of welde^ west coast. Both abtions hol4^up tion. '■ , The pipeline should iihin|i#ately; begib^ operation. If an adjnstmMit of rates is necessary there will be plenty of time for that. Borrowed Commeiit owidirr THE YANKS HAVE COME! (Statesville Record) It is with a curious mixture of elation and anxiety that one reads the news that American troops have already landed in Northern Ireland. We know we were in the war, or course, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, when the Marines were making their stand at Wake Island, when MacArthur’s Magnifi- cents began their last-ditch defense of the Bataan Peninsula. An army in Europe, however, brings it all home with redoubled forces. To the winning of the war in all areas and in every phase, we are committ ed. Now American soldiers are actually ready to play their part. When the United States entered World War I, it was almost a month before the first destroyer units reached Queenstown to take up its share of the submarine war. This time they were engaged in such a task long before actual war came, ' Division sailed for France on June 14, 1917, more than two months after war came. This time American troops in the Pacific outposts were attacked as the an nouncement of war, have been fighting ever since, and now only a month and a half after war came, our troops are in North Irelana. What is their mission we do not know, and it is right that we should not know. For any general knowledge of that mis sion in this country would certainly get speedily into the hands of Hitler. It is hard, of course, for the parents and friends of the American soldiers not to know precise ly whither their boys are bound. In 1917 everybody knew. There could be but one destination—France. This is another war, a strange, world wide conflagration in which there are a dozen fronts, with American troops needed on all of them. It need not be surprising at a time to heard of American troops turn ing up in any one of a dozen theatres of war. Theie will, of course, be criticism of the sending of troops to Ireland while Mac- Arthur needs them so badly in the Philip pines, and the British and Dutch ar-> so hard-pressed in the South Pacific. Such criticism is ill-founded. We have general assurance that such help as it is possible to , SUGAR AND UQUOR We have H by iint hand in- format iou (not grapeYlne tele graph) t^t the sugar shortage -win play’haTos^' with , the illicit liquor busiaesa. To which we give a hearty AMKN! Rationing of sugar will deprive moonshiners ot their source of raw n^eriais. Prices of bootleg liquor, includ ing anghrhead, have already gone Up and gre Ukely to go sky high since the government will not take time to establish a price celling for something that is il legal anyway. About the only thing the liquor makers can do is start making liquor out of corn, of which there is a plentiful supply. But we pre dict that there will not be enough illicit liquor made out ot corn to drown a flea. From information gained from people who know because they have been engaged in that type of work, there are lew things which take a greater outlay of work and money than moonshin- Ing. Just why people persist in, making liquor, doing ail the work Involved and taking the risk of a penitentiary vacation for the so-called profits involved we cannot understand. If the many people who are Fhp ! engaged in making sugarhead would put that much time Into any kind of constructive labor the ultimate returns would be much greater. We would suggest that they turn their work and investments into dairy farming — producing milk instead of liquor. In the final analysis they would find that they have profited more and that they had produced a drink to henefl* humanity Instead of one to damn the lives of men, women and children. jikii: a)e|«as edPferfiicL^4kii&g^ b(Mue room period. The me^MT pas called to order by thq ekajp* sian, and he preeided over sever al topics of (Usensaion, which in cluded':'(1) A diecusston OB the purchase of a Defense Bondf for the school. All of the j unior class consented to contribute their share towards purchasing this bond. (2) The subjects desired for the 12th grade next year were typing, shorthand, chemistry, higher mathematics, Spanish, ag riculture, higher Home Econom ics, Industrial arts and journal ism. Sports—The basket bail teams of our school this year are not counting their gains in terms of the number of games won, but rather in terms of how the game was played—^We are placing em-1 and coopentlonD tfoi. ^ wiiKiior. set « ehaififiiid^^ fa tb4 ti^ketbsll. loliMiilL^ 4«r thM bo kpent witlfi$ foacher f^ wdll gits pkjMeal traOlng to''the stu dents who don’t go out. tor bas ketball. ' In our senior class home room which meeu every Uonday, we dbenss problems which confront us every day. The class chairman presides over the meeting. We al- have some interesting pro grams planned by different mem bers of the class. On Wednesday, January 21, Mias Williams gave an interesting talk on nutrition and food essen tials we all ought to have each day in order to have an active, healthy body. The Dramatics Club is giving a play called ‘‘Look Out, Lizzie.” The date on which it will be giv en will be announced later. The seed sale campaign which elt 'fiai^Zea tB(ibn.;Aad Iuiv4 goM ^4, Hare>higk;;n||Brd for sefi teaehm and prli^i^, who ar* respoBSiWe for the aatety' and odncatlon k>t..yonr ohlldron and thousands of others as well. EXBCUTOira NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the eetate of Adolphns J. Taylor, ■ WllkeU ‘ deceased, late of Wilkeb Codnty, North Carolina, this is to notify mil persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the imderBigned^ at Salis bury, N. C., Ronte 2, on or before the 29th day of December, 1942, or this Notice will be «Ieadei in bar )f their recovery. All persons faj- iebted to said estate wilt please make immediate payment. This the 29th day of December, 1941. W. C. TAYLOR. Executor of Adolphus J. Taylor, 2-2-6t (m) Deceaaed. Ta reliewe Miaery of pbasis on sportsmanship rather | has been going on for the past than on the desire to win at alt I week has proved to b'^ a success, cost. Here are a few suggestions on The eleventh grade is making ! how the home can help the school an effort this year to lead the 1. Let children do own work. student body in good sportsman- 2. Upper grade pupils usually “Rub-N^-Tlim' COLDS 666 WMUtriul UatsMt HALF WITTY CRAOKS When mone’y talks it usually says “goodbye”. Have you heard of the man who goes to the cemetery every year to mourn for the dea'h of his wife’s first husband? Boy friend—Are you free this evening? Girl friend—Well, not exactly free, but very inexpen sive. “G'ei religion like a Methodist. Experience it like a Baptist. Be sure of it like a Disciple. Stick to it like a Lutheran. Pay for it like a Presbyterian. Conciliate like a Congregatlonallst. Glorify' It like a Jew. Practice it like s Christian Scientist. Propagate It like a Roman Catholic. Work for it like a Salvation Army lassie, and enjoy it like a colored man.” Gene Wike Goes Into U. S. Navy Boone, Jan. 29.—Eugene Wike, member of the faculty at Appa- and director of send, is already on the way to those places.! That is all that can wisely be announced College. . ,, i £ 4-u 1 £ £ £ ' ihe publicity department, left on lor the pre.sent, for the sake of the safetyf«r ’ •'I Wednesday of last week for of tho.se who tro. The very secrecy of the g ^ was movement to Ireland, trying though it may be to those who wait at home, is the best assurance that every step was taken to in sure the soldier’s safety. MISUSED BALLOTS, SOMETIMES (The Chatham News) The mayor of an important New Eng-'he en'ered the publicity land manufacturing city recently asked the voters to return him to office at a time when he was in jail serving a term for criminal libel. The voters turned him down. To take his place they picked a dance hall proprietor. Without casting reflections upon the dance hall business, it seems doubtful indue’ed into Class V-4 of the naval reserve. This enlistment gives Mr. Wike the rank of chief yeoman of the naval Intelligence. Mr. Wike graduated from Ap palachian College in 1937 and during his senior year most ca pably edited The Appalachian. The year following his graduation depart- Appalachian and also member of the faculty as an instructor in bistory. TiOt the advertisinx columns ot this paper be yonv ehopphix *mM ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO CREDITORS North Carolina, if Wilkes County: i • • • ' J £ „ • Having qualified as administra- th.i training received from running an ^or of the estate of Wesley L. amusement business would qualify a man Church, deceased, lato of Wilkes • 1 County, North Carolma, this is to for the job of running a municipal corpor ’ And it seems more absurd in view of the fit that the order of ICC holds good for I VBN MONTHS unless it is lifted. I rHfe country almost runs on gasoline. Lg pipeline would furnish a bountiful ■ ,piy for several staces, leaving the tank- available to furnish the states which it ^ Iff no* reach. I^d while nazi subs- blast tankers to the ^ iom ot the Atlantic and threaten the ^0 supply of eastern states, the ICC .^gays the pipeline cannot operate be- ff ^ginpetltors have claimed that its ■ ation. Yet, the taxpayers of this particu lar city picked him for a job that requires a knowledge of accounting, of budgeting and of intricate city finances. He appar ently had no special qualifications that would fit him for the job of handling po lice and fire administration, the problems of street construction and repair, sewage disposal, water supply and the many oth er problems that confront the chief execu tive of a city. Cities are constantly electing men to the office of mayor because of their pictures-! que character or personal popularity. Such candidates might never be picked to run a large department store or a manufacturing plant or a bank. Yet the voters seem will ing to place this type of man in a position to decide what their taxes will be for years to come. They place the future of tiieir homes in the hands of men who apparent ly have no special knowledge or qualifica tions to lead one to believe that they can handle the assignment. Someway it just doesn’t make sense. notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceas ed to exhibit them to the under signed, at his office in North Wilkesboro, on or before the 13th day of January, 1943, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their erovery. Ah persons indebted to said estate win please make im- m'' 'ate Payment. This the 9th day of January, 194‘2. J. ALUE HAYES, Administra- 'f Wesley L. Church, dec’d. 2-16-et (m) Reins-Star^vant Nm'tk Wilkesboro, N. C ^WAR f^eace— Your UTILITIES COMPANY does its part— • Toward Production ^ Toward Conseryotion ^ Toward Health and Happiness. • Toward Civic Welfare POWER COMPANY HOURS 9 to 5 NINTH STREET Parkway Bus Company, Inc. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 12, 1942 McGrady-'Mulberry'Fairplains North Wilkesboro • !— AM AM AM PM PM PM PM PM r 565 lOOO 446 Lv. J. P. ItobeS'"^’rvice Stedon 6M IMl 446 m Lv. Brown 8 Store - —— cao ioaq Lv. Halls Mills Post Office J008 4g Lv. Absher’s Service Station ^ {012 467 h''’ Station 725 1020 100 300 506 630 1130 t'v Station' ” 616 726 1021 101 301 606 631 1181 J" btation — 732 1027 107 307 612 637 1137 T ■ 624 734 1029 109 309 614 639 1139 4 Wilkio 630 740 1035 115 315 520 645 1143 Ar. North Wilkesboro - p^^^ pj^ p^^ AM AM PM PM PM PM PM .4M NnrM. Wilkesboro 055 910 1230 240 400 600 945 1201 701 916 1236 246 406 606 951 1206 T • v-lw. *1" 703 918 1238 248 408 608 963 1207 w’ R & E ^^c^'StoUon' """-I 709 924 1244 264 414 614 959 1213 J’''- 711 926 1246 256 416 616 1001 1216 Lv. Bumgarner's Service Station 932 422 1^1 Lv. Absher's Service ^tion 933 423 im Lv. Halls MiUs Poet Office 937 4^ l^ Lv. D. S. Osborne’s Service Station 943 432 1^2 Lv. J. P. Robert’s Service Station 944 1^ Ar. McGrady p^^j pj^j p,^ p^j : • NO SERVICE OPERATED ON SUNDAY In view of the National^ Emergency, causing a shortage of tires and parts, we^ find it necessary to eliminate all schedules which are not necessary fw the^venience and necessity of the public. We believe the service as shown above, which serves all work shifts, is sufficient to serve the needs of the people living in this te^ory. We also find it necessary to adjust and change a few fares on this roRte- Thu is made necessary because of the increased prices on tires and mat^l ^ m- creases in rates are as small as possible. Ask your driver or agent at North Wilkes- boro for mformation concerning rate'changes. We wish to all of you for your patronage and hope you wfll continue to ride with us and cooperate with us in our efforts to save tires and material as we .be- Heve this is the duty of all REAL AMERICANS during this emergency. For information on other lines call 216.
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