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T«G88pAY, MAE. 5, 1942
CommiMicmers’ Catos
Ac^n on the part of the superior court
Voniiay in granting a nol pros in the fire
. eases against Wilkes county commissioners
and two former members of the board has
met with the approval of the people.
Many factors enter into this approval.
The three present members of the board
and two former members were indicted bn
a charge of failing to perform their offi
cial duties. The indictment did not come
about by any public demand. So far as is
publicly known, no private citizen of the
county asked that the indictments be
made.
Judge F. Donald Phillips ordered from
the bench that the solicitor draw the bills
of indictment. We do not believe that any
one expected that the commissioners or
former commissioners would ever be con
victed. Opinion of competent attorneys
was expressed that a conviction could not
be secured under the law. The opinion
was also expressed that the action on the
part of the .superior court judge in order
ing the indictments was high-handed pro-
ceedure and improper use of the vast pow
er vested in a superior court judge.
It is true that the commissioners did not
•comply with an order by Judge Armstrong
at a preceding term, but there was a ques
tion as to whether or not they were law
fully supposed to comply with the order.
There is a constitutional limit on the
amount which may be levied for the gener
al fund, out of which such things as im
provements of county property had to be
paid for. It was not until the commission
ers found a way of relieving the general
fund that they were able to appropriate
funds for a heating plant in the court
house, repairs to the jail, and other need
ed improvements.
All the improvements a.sked in the or
der of Judge Armstrong have been made.
The indictment of the commissioners
and former commissioners created for
them unfavorable publicity which might
have made some impression on people
who did not know the facts; did not know
the character of the men concerned and
who did not know just how and why the
cases originated.
No one could charge any of the five men
with any criminal act, using the broader
sense of the word. Without exception, the
public has confidence in them and their
upright character is known by the people
of the county. We believe we speak
without fear of contradiction when we say
that no person in the county under oath
would have anything to say against their
character.
This is a time for unity. Our entire na
tion is laboring at the peak of a dangerous
^crisis. It is no time to harbor any personal
prejudice or try to gain favor by embarass-
‘ing others. We need to give our leaders
cooperative support. It is certainly no time
for indictments against upright 'men to
hang on the dockets of our court, especial
ly in view of the likelihood of their origin
springing from a desire on the part of
somebody to harass and embara.ss or to
ielp somebody grind their bwn axe.
■ Both Judge Clement and Solicitor Hall
Aire to be commended for wiping these un-
lliotified cases from the docket.
preTeiit the Ha
Norway, ffit BHttrfi battleahig^couId m
stop tl^^ehsana at Cretar the afcont tiv m«
■Japanese had aucceerfullf crippli^ a mim-
bwr flf United Stat^ bi^^iS at ^ead
Harbor, % ^ B
The German flight through ppver^a^
howevw, has disrupted th^ conteirtiifo
batUeehipa have becoine«m|«^ts.
now evident that alrdraft caunbt stop ba€^
Toil 'can'Ituy aBot]|efy
klti.■ I .■ ~ sn
^tla .mijr Mtr ' .Sev* bm \
SMi’t' icnow, *re|»ii*4r ie}uAK||Si-''«eeSliiQed' W-
eerlala it dOM not St UMltr So- day .inthilt Mrionv tniwr^
eanw the ontr tlFM itoIm: frnB»% tton except om ^.iTho pdny
idoetiw*« car >-we»liiwai Pr. F/:;C,i*‘Aunt SMlBaaha Ualdr tIMf
tJeShips, if thp la^ are pi#ec«d wd^ ^i^nawed h3r>«i«jjphooi’
" ~ ‘ ‘ ithat’oiae hwanae-tlii# took-rtltaRuity win
Ma ti^ and wlMia -lind'did sotrSatai thli exact Une' whaa the
fighter aityraft.
• t- Thl^British used
BOO plaiMM in im
V xBo ^ leave any nayiaant. " '
effort to stop the Germans; titeir bombm ; *^1 the crariwt tAb« have
au4 torpedo plan«S * wi«u iniareepted by haard yet and whto peo»le a#a
German pursuit planes, thwi battl^
ship remains the backbone of the AeAt, .aAl^
the airplane and airplane carrier becmn^
only,ran integral part of the fleet, just n
the submarine became in the last war.
LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. MENHOUR,
Hiddenite,, N. C.
No#
|t they had not ehaicBed the stdiy
to nak» it a 8hwk iMlead ol' a
calk, Jt would adS haW haea he-
Uavable. Who' waata td’ideara
tire aod leave a chaok. We pre-
■nme the dieek #aa sighed,
which would idmtlfy the thief.
Just like iMTing your ealliag
card. ;
THE NOBLER WAY
Fd rather teach a common truth.
Or write a simple song.
To,bless and save our noble youth
From things that lead them wrong
Than throw temptations in their way
That only curse and; blight.
And get their money^ day by day
And lead them fur from right.
\
No one can estimate the harm
He does his fellow man
By reaching out a tempting arm
And leading all he can
Into the harmful' paths of sin
And evils of the earth.
That holds them back so they can’t win
The things of truest worth.
All this is done for money’s sake.
Regardless of the wrong;
In spite of all the wrecks they make
And heartaches by the throng;
So I had rather lead the way
To Jesus Christ the Lord,
And get on earth but little pay.
But wait for God’s reward.
To yield the heart and bow the knee
To money, pleasure, lust,
Can never make one great you see.
Nor worthy of our trust;
Nor can it lift a fallen race
That’s crushed with sin and crime,
That needs our^Lord’s redeeming grace
And all that is sublime.
Borrowed Comment
REACTION TO DRAFT
man who aj
it«efron a doetoVa «»r and
nKM!«y-!S%»jTBW!i^ tecMhef w!t
h flota which aaid: •‘‘Hare hi, yo
a«wy^
.that’tnSh'.t^pkal
■piwteirtittite.liw %8ro.
-r--Thonfh air.
*’—•'*'* •••wf fvdzcBi tao
I p!*r wHr^»# jpraMnted wtA
i&aounead toon.
afti| Tlih P.TJt. ;whl«aThald Ita rng-
febihih anongh ttf’bcliw* ta the nigr monthlr ..inaetlBg scrae daya
yarn about the i«B.;Who ati?le agb hel^l a 'Very Intw*atlng meetr:
^ wipi_Mr. 8. 1^4 IfiUu’, ,]^1.
ATTBHPTKD 8ABOTAGI; .
We hesitate to write about our-
aclvea. il ut tbla happening wae
did concern newspaper men.
On Monday night some person>^
tried .to sabotage publication of
your newspaper. A person deliv
ering some mateplali vital to the
production of thla paper wai at
tacked en route here. Fortunate
ly 'for us, he ran the gauntlet of
Tfo, patriotic ptaya deie-
tyatfng WMlUpgtpfi’B Birthday
war* well preMirted by some of
th*.. grades dtreeted^by »rs.
Greer and Misa Behastlan. tbheh-
era.
Dtte to bad weathw the' Ore&^dnatrleB opHfsrted by the Nwla
did not nieat at Us, regular time,
bat will probably not bold anotb*
■er meetipg untH the; laid Ibki*
day night In Match. f
Mr. and /Mrs. MoGrair, Mrs.
Lawrence Andrews, Miaaes Mary
of much ImpM^nie «▼«» and Jdnle CarltoB of Lenoir .Mr.
W. H. Laxton, Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Rothrock and two children,
and Mr. Ray Laxton, all of Win
ston-Salem, visited Mrs. T. t C.
Carlton here Sunday. Mr. and
Mrs. James Steele of Tadkin Val
ley also visited Hip. Carlton.
Mr. W..O. Walsh, who runs
enemy attacks and arrived . general merchandise bnsiness, al-
wlth the needed materials, some-1 ^ runs a garage in connection
thing we have not pnl out a pa-' j,jg etore, and Is prepared
per without. But we are glad to of repali' work an
state that he made it and did not I ,.g,.g ^ trucks,
give up to the attacks. 1 ^ ^r. and Mrs. Creed RalJ and
(P, S—It would not be fair children, who have been liv-
end this story without s^iug jjjj, West •Grove, Penn., but who
now reside at Catawba, Va., vts-
(Waynesville Mountaineer)
We hear on all sides that America has
been asleep while other nations have
been preparing for the gigantic conflict
that now engages the major countries of
the world.
We grant that this may be true. But it
is easily explained by the fact that we have
been a peace loving people, and not being
war minded have not been suspicious of
others while they were building up ma-
i terial and spiritual fighting forces.
We are awake now thoroughly, if the re
action of the registrants of the third draft
in the selective service throughout the coun
try matches that shown in the Waynesville
area last week. Just give us time.
'While Uncle Sam leaves little choice
when he notifies a man that he is to report
'at a certain point at a definite time, and
the men registered last week because they
what the materials were. Pacts
were; The delivery _ boy was
snowballed while bringing us a
cpnple of cokes).
GRINS AND GIGGLES
A tailor who never touched a
drop was passing a saloon opera
ted by one of his acquaintances,
who was assisting a drnnk from
the door. Tha saloon keeper call
ed to the tailor and asked if he
would, help the drunk man get
to hls' home. The tailor replied:'
“You should do like I do, when
you finish a good Job put it in
the i|iV« window".'
^Saleiltils kmwdleeovwred-aheep'
in tlM( Himalaya mountainswhich
can run 40 miles per hour. It
would take one of their lambs to
keep up with Mary nowadays.
Best cartoon on the war we
have seen yet was the drawing
of a large force of Japanese on
Wake Island. They were armed
to the hilt with field artillery,
rifles, hand 'grenades, bayonets,
pistols, tanks, armored cars and
airplanes loaded with boralrs
were sitting nearby. The com
manding officer gave the order,
to make ready to advance. “We
think there is a wounded marine
left here”, he told hls men.
One Wilkes man who heard
that children under twelve were
admitted free at a show took hls
wife and only 11 children, leav
ing the others at home.
ited his grandmother, Mrs. Lar.
kln'Hall last week and other rel
atives and friends at Denny,
Ferguson and Purlear. Mr. Hall
manages a large farm at Catawba
WOBKSTOOK
If properly handled, workstock
authorities estimate that 12,000.-
000 bf the 14,000,000 horses and
mules in the United States can
do as much work this year, as
lfi,Q00,0OP''in peace- time.
II^WVsbB '
‘4eid.
emmr. -that.
Iff*®*! -.j
;g 'aUAchs M pdinay
rasthe , ParbF.ar
'Bi
all
•ry W toldi
flWsiwwa tKih
•Wi'
«B|iiMaded city
VbAliUfy andaBaiad affdi* 11m
Tulta; ^ ISMil. "NMbWI
fmmux - eomniandeered' fiiiA Hra 1
p^a in Ibe Faria alrra hav*l»^ TWiaitora, -
thd aoA^ ^ Ttf t: anpiliea 'idr,
AdoJf Btttter'i war aucliiae. and
all ware tarnad over to tha Naals
.vlrtiiMly tatodt-i,;
the bettar-khoim
tabSidMnanta are tha Citroeiii Hk-
pano^^Ca, Potet,. Benanlt^ W4
R^nler; »oto» Forks. , Other-lu-
fo their pwn. purpoaea Inclnde
iwflway shopr,* metal, chemical,
leather and faod factories.
XParis Is only about 160 miles
by air .frbrn the cloaekt point of
the British coast — within easy
bombing range. The British are
believed to have refrained from
attacks on the city heretofore be
cause of poftlble repercussions
among the French people.
Piano Sunday At
Lincoln Height*
The old piano at the Lincoln
Heights high school was in such a
bad condition that it had to be
traded in for a new one, at a cost
of $176.00 difference. .
In order to secure this money,
the school is sponsoring a rally on
Sunday, March 8th, at 2:00 p. m.
at the Lincoln Heights high school.
The program will be furnished by
various choirs, including those of
Damascus Core club, Lincoln
Heights high school glee club,
Rickerd Chapel choir, and Boomer
choir. The sermon •will be deliver
ed by Dr. J. C. Stokes, pastor of
the Wilkesboro white Methodist
church.
All are invited to attend and en
joy tho program, and contribute
what *Jiey can toward this worthy
cause.
rix %■ irntoto of Stoffly
toump, decMsed, late bf'WlBes
Cpnntyt Nori}i Cardiaa, tiiia iw to
notity all persons bavhig
agnintt the estate of the ssSToi^
emmed* to exhibit them to the nn-
dersigacd on or before FbbnuixT 4,
194S^ or Htia notice will bepleMed
in bw of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to the aaid enate
will pleaise make immediate pay
ment .
the 4th day of Fabrnary,
1942. ' ,
BEATRICE CHANDLER,
Greensboro. N. C;; admin- _
istrator of the estate of Stella'
Blankenship, deceased.
By William £. Coiner, Attorney.
S-12-at (t)
Let the adverttsinx edtnmaa of
this paper be your shoeing guide.
^HA^eifau
CDUGMiNfi
ITTEky
Tbst cough from
a cold may rack your
body uBtit you nave
the coughiBg 'iitten. Let ooe darn
of Nentn^MulsIoa start
yoo feel
ing easier, ooieler, more comtort-
abh
SntinfacUon or money back.
•Oe sad >LOO ataes. Tiy It
t^tff mm» *!• *• c«M wMi I
R. M.
BRAMEA80NS
Mirnsn
The Le*»on From France
[;he French nation, whose people were
ylyi 4^v«ied and quarrelling over do-
hJc issues, was slain on the battlefield
Ut army that blindly followed one man.
•he United States, preparing to meet its
can profit by the tragic spectacle of
downfall of FVanee. There is no time
••V J'^'. ■'" —
iuid, iB.#^ilWM>cracy, must be
ior boeome a. M«fe.
Rockingham' Suigar
Situation I* Acute;
Molasse* At Still
Reidsville.— The sugar short
age has become acute la Rocking
ham.
Mhmber* of the sheriff’s de
partment from Madison, Reids
ville and Stonevllle raided a still
In New Bethel township and
seised a 150-gallon still. Two men
and 25 gallons of whiskey and
several barrels of mash were tak
en. -
The officers found 42^bucketp
which had been filled with molas
ses, which they said indicates
moonshiners are now using a
substitute .dlnce they are unable
to secure sugar.
Dip YOU SAVE THE PENALH
— On Your—
Those who paid their 1941 Taxes before March 3rd,
1942, saved the additional penalty of 1 per cent. Were
you among the thrifty to save this penalty? If not, you
can save an additional 1 per cent penalty if you make
payment on or before
today and lunched with His Ma
jesty. ‘ '
Farm equipment and tractor
dealers have ibeon requested by
Price Adml'iistrator Leon Hen
derson not to advance the'priess
of ipacblnery this Tpar,
•London, Feb. 24—Prime Miidster
.Churchill was received in audience
had been ordered to do so, we liked their by the lyhg at Buckingham Palace
spirit, as expressed on all sides. ’ ' ’ ' ’
There were many who “signed up” who
would not be expected to go. There are of
ten reasons why a man should be exempt
ed, yet as our citizens filed in the draft of
fice last week, they seemed to be of one
accord, they were ready to go, if they,
were needed.
We see such signs everywhere. America
is settling down *o fj*ce a'^long stpSj^lr
Each day events bo^ personal and nati
onal bring home to as all the urgency of
the situation. Only through such reali|si
tion and the attitude of the men who *pe
registering for aervice atid answering tiie
call as our own folks here are doing, wilt
victory be aainred. for Our ehend^ star^
iu the game ftf .Wiar far ahead us.
Wiirtaite .tiime to catch up"wRh them, much
April 1st, 1942
Tax collections were good last month, Many taxpayers
saved the penalty. Be among those saving the extra
pen^ty this motath by paying your County Tax before
the pbove date. A 3% penalty will be added to all Conn-
ty Taxea not paid on or before April lat, 1942.