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CARTER and JULIUS C. HUBBARD
' Publiabers
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year ...|1.50
Six Months 75
Four Months .50
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entered at the post office at North Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, iis second class matter
under Act of March 4, 1VJ9. .
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942
Congratulations
We are pleased with the opportunity to
tongratulate Union Methodist church, its
eongregation and the community in which
It is located as the date of the dedication
»f the new church building approaches.
The modem church building is to be
dedicated in Services led by Bishop Clare
Purcell, on Sunday, August 2.
The building is a monument to the pro
gressive spirit of the members of the con
gregation and friends of the church. They
deserve much credit for erecting a modern
plant, which will enable the church to ren
der even greater service.
“Wild” Driving
The excitement here between midnight
«nd dawTi Saturday morning was because
an automobile driver was sending his ma
chine over the streets at a very dangerous
rate of speed.
A year ago, the instance would not have
gained so much attention as now. We re
fer to the escapade here Saturday morn
ing only as an example of some of the reck
less driving that is .still going on in spite of
the need to conser\’e gasoline and tires.
To waste rubber now is to do something
In conflict with national interests. Every
ounce of rubber in this country is needed
for essential uses. The man who considers
Jiis tires his own to! wear out or destroy as
lie sees fit does not understand the situa
tion or does not care.
Today, a man’s automobile, his tires and
his gasoline really are his only to use in an
essential and legitimate manner. You have
no real right under pre.sent national con
ditions to wear out your tires needlessly or
lo waste gasoline.
Many ships have been lost and several
men’s lives have gone out while bringing
gasoline to the ea.stern .seaboard from the
Gulf of Mexico area. Needless to say, that
gasoline brought at such risk and co.st
should not be consumed by speeding, reck
less drivers who lead officers a merry
Mch motor vehicle driver,^
Ward." ^
In June of this year 60 persons were
killed in 63 traffic accidents oh'streets and
highways of North Carolina. Of the fotol
of 53 accidents, seven or 18.2 percent were
caused by blowouts. In these seven acci
dents eight persons were killed and 11 sent
to hospitals.
In June 1941 a total of 97 persons were
killed in 80 motor vehicle traffic accidents.
Of the total of 80 fatal accidents only two
or 2.5 percent were, attributed to tire fail
ure, according to reports ol investigating
officers.
In further emphasizing the danger to .the
lives and limbs of the motorists of the
State, Mr. Ward declared that thousands
of “border-line” tires are now being op
erated on the highways. “Very few of
these drivers have any chance of relief
from the death menace to themselves and
their families through the channels of tire
replacement,” continued the Commissioner.
“Where tires are thin and treads are slick
the only salvation for the driver is added
caution, alertness, and speeds well below
the suggested maximum of 40 miles per
hour.”
As treads continue to grow thinner from
wear serious traffic accidents will mount
accordingly, pointed out Mr. Ward, not on
ly bringing Another death hazard to the
war problem, but also endangering all
moving traffic on the highways.
Reviewing the fatality increase from
tire failure Mr. Ward stressed that with no
new tires available for the majority of au
tomobile owners the problem is thrown
squarely on the shoulders of the drivers of
the State who must constantly be alert to
the stalking menace of the danger of a
combination |)f speed and unsafe tires.
Borrowed Comment
chase for no good reason at all.
Gasoline ration books .should be taken
from every driver who drives in such a
manner as to wantonly waste gasoline and
tires. The national economy in these criti
cal days has no place for such activities.
WHAT RIGHT HAVE THEY?
(Charlotte Observer)
As usual, the Nazis want to benefit from
what they try to destroy.
Although such a thing as the right to a
habeas corpus hearing is unknown in Nazi
Germany, seven of those Hitler agents sent
here from Berlin to invade this country
and wage war against this nation as sabo
teurs have invoked the civil rights of a loy
al citizen of this democracy—rights which
they and rill their kind the world over are
striving to destroy.
And the American democracy accommo
dates these enemies on their mission of dc-
.struction of democracy and all the civil
rights it provides.
The Supreme Court of the Nation
break off its vacation to hear the plea of
Hitler’s commissioned agents of destruc
tion of supreme courts and all o^er courts
of justice!
So the Supreme Court of the United
States convenes in special term to hear the
pleas of .seven enemy agents and saboteurs
who seek to benefit from the system of ju.s-
tice which they and their Fuehrer and
their nation are desperately striving to an-
Give Rubber Industry Chance
"^committee of the rubber industry last
week announced a plan which it claimed
would supply tires for the nation’s automo
biles without jeopardizing the supply of
rubber for military needs.
We are of the opinion that the com
mittee knew its subject and that the gov
ernment should give the plan due atten
tion.
Rubber is vastly important outside of
the realm of military needs. The busines.s
of the nation practically rides on rubber..
If we paralyze transportation on rubber
we do the same thing for business. In or
der to properly prosecute the war, bu.siness
must be kept moving to finance the war
and to provide for the civilian population
which by reason of location and other fac
tors cannot be directly engaged in the in
nermost functions of the war effort.
nihilate!
Are we trying to be so fair and just and
so rigid in our adherence to the letter of
the law that Hitler will have no just
ground for complaint if and when h’s
agents and saboteurs are condemned lo
doath and executed’? Or that he will not
sav evil of us?. Or that he and his fellovv
We renuirked . toa -friend a
few days ago that It seemed to us
that much confusion would have
been avoided by having all gaso
line coupons of the same gallon-
age value.
In that manner, service stations
operatore wquld not have to keep
a -big collection of cards on which
to paste the various coupons.
"Whadaya mean, confusion?”,
our friend says, “confusion la
whet we want. We want so much
confusion that if Hitler should
eVer get over here^he could not
get around".
HERR AND THERE
Some are more interested In
getting trousers on the cutf than
getting cuffs on trousers.
Deflnltlon of nonsense: An #1
ephant hanging over a cliff 'by Its
tall tied to a daisy.
The nurse entered the profess
or’s study 'and told him that It
was a boy. "Well, why bother me
about it. Isn’t my wife home”, he
asked.
The backsliding church mem
her told the minister that he was
worried about how he was going
to get his shirt over his wings in
the life 'beyond. The minister said
that unless he changed hie ways
of doing that hie problem would
be how to get trousers over a
long, forked tall.
REPORTS PROM OVERBIDS
A friend in New Guinea writes
that mosquitoes there are so big
that when one alighted on the
airport a ground crew rushed out
and pumped 50 gallons of 100
octane gas Into It before they
learned it was not a flying fort
ress.
And another report has it that
one of our men on the Philippines
was knocked senseless by a piece
of flying shrapnel. He came to,
picked up the piece of Iron and
found there the motor number of
the flivver he once owned here.
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Boomer News
Items Of Week
Relatives and friends here are
sorry to hear of the death of
Mrs. Jim Ray, of Boone, N. C.
She had been in feeble health
and died July 26 in
Mrs. George R. Wall, of Oon
cord, and Hassle Wall left Tues
day for Texas on a three weeks*'
visit to Ayiation Cadet George R.
Wall, who is stationed at Elling
ton neld.
Mrs. -L. M. ’Throneburg, of
Hudson, was a visitor here Sun
day. She was accompanied home
by her daughter, Elisabeth, who
has 'been spending two weeks
with her grandmother Mrs. Vic
toria Wall. ’
Mrs. J. E. Tidwell and infant
son returned from Wilkes hospi-}
tal Saturday. i Both are getting
along nicely.
Mrs. Elmer Ben-ier aiifl daugh
ter, Sarah, who have been -visit-
ting in the hornet; of Elisha Fer
guson and Mrs. Mattie F. Greer,
returned to their home at Lexing
ton “Monday.
Rev. W. F. Preslar will preach
at the- Advent Christian church
at 3 o’clock p. m., Sunday, Aug
ust 9. Sunday School at 2 o'
clock. Everyone Is invited to ht-
tend.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Earp and
family spent last Sunday at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. S. I.
Watts.
Mrs. Clyde Swanson and sons,
Johnnie and Ben, spent last week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Slyvan
Swanson of Roanoke, Virginia.
Miss Virginia Dare Howell
spent several days last week vis--
Ring Jane Jones, of North
Wllkesboro.
Miss Annie Howell is planning
to attend the camp meeting «rt
Advent Christian Assembly
ground at Blowing Rock this
week.
Farmers are happy over the
nice rains which have fallen in
the past two or three days. Crops
and gardens were suffering terri
bly from dryness.
Mr. Ernest Phillips, of Hender
sonville, spent the week - end
visiting his mother, Mrs. Dore
Phillips. He has been making his
home at .Hendersonville for sev
eral years.
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triember
irie tumiiy!
Save precimts,...
VITAMINS
and
MINERALS
fO'i
Miss Mary Lo'Uise Clements is
visiting her sister, Mrs. S. H.
the Boone Price, at Mooresville.
Nutritive elements are often lost when the water
in which vegetables are cooked is thrown away.
Studies indicate that only a fourth of the American
people are rally weU-fed.
So what? Two features of modem cotddng lend
thcsnscives to Mving vitamins and minctals. One
is die method of low-tempenture cooking in smaO
amounts of water. The other is low-temperature
roasting, which prevents shrinkage, keeps food
mote appetizing, and saves ritsl food elements.
BklE’S low TO SAVE flTUIDIS MO COST
1. Cook frith V$1 to 1 inch of water in covered pan.
2. When steaming starts, turn to low; continue cooking.
3. Use liquids not absorbed by vegetables—they con
tain valuable minerals and vitamins.
snUKE POWER CD ★
NINTH STREET HOURS 9 TO
Drive With Care
Reflecting the rubber .-ihortage and the
ipidly fading treads on automobile tires,
gures made public by the Highway Safe-
Di'*lsion reveal the startling fact that fa-
i accidents from tire failures have jump-
1 250 per cent for June 1942 over June
^rar.g.sters will respect us?
If that is the motive, it is wasted effort
and wasted time. Because Hitler and his
beastly gangsters and other Nazi enemies
at democracy would never admit that jus
tice was done in the case of the saboteur
unless they were liberated and set free to
carry out their mission of murder and de
struction.
And, after all, who cares or should care
a "continental” for the opinion of Hitler or
any of his gangsters or followers about
anything we do in the United States;
Nothing we can do can induce them to re
spect us or our system of justice.
And we shouldn’t desire their respect
even if we could obtain it. There is likeh
to be something very low and rotten about
about anybody who has the respect of the
Nazis.
41.
“This is an alarming condition and is de-
ned to become worse,” declares T. Bod-
8 Ward, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
taking cognizance of the situation. It
a serious menace and a challenge to
MARRIAGE DETERRENT
(Reidsville Review) '
The rush w’ar weddings apparently may
I bring drastic measures in Washington.
There the Office of Prfce Administration
has suggested that bakers stop slicing
bread. The proposal purportedly is offer
ed as a means of .saving time, labor, and
paper.
If the prospective bride is well aware
that she may have to slice bread, she’ll
*think again about marrying that lad be
fore he goes off to war. Why, one of these
days they might even ask her to bake it.
Real Estate
Soon To Be
Advertised
For Payment of 1941 County Taios
If you have not paid your County Taxes for the
year 1941, please do so at once. It will soon be
necessary for me to advertise according to law
all Real Estate on which the tax for the year
1941 has not been paid. Also to advertise, levy,
and garnishee for personal and poll taxes for
the same year. Come in and make payment
now — you can save extra penalties and the
cost of advertising.
C. T. DOUGHTON,
Sheriff and Tax C(Jlector of Wilkes County.