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; fW POfJTKS » ted TImrtdaTs at North Cardiiia HUBBARD " PoUWim |p.l‘ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .^1... ®i ca Six Months ^ 75 Pour Months *59 Out of the State $2.66 per Year North Wilkes- ■OT^No^^ofma, u second class matter OMer Act of March 4,1879. MONDAY, AUG. 24th, 1942 Getting In The Scrap As furnaces are roaring to produce more j*teel for tanks, planes, and aircraft carri- lers. Uncle Sam’s scrap pile is rapidly di- I minishing. The need for scrap and more ecrap is becoming more and more urgent. And Uncle Sam isn’t the only one who is feeling this shortage. Hitler is also having trouble keeping Axis furnaces fed with scrap. But what a difference between his "Way and the American way of collecting it! Confiscation of all unused iron and steel in Germany has been ordered by the Fuehrer, with the campaign enforced by uniformed police under Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo Chief. We don’t do things that way in this country. The War Productibn Board is sponsoring a vast scrap iron drive on a voluntary basis, and industry, thiough the American Industries Salvage Committee and other groups, is Cooperating to assist the efforts of WPB. No our industries don’t need to have their scrap confi.scated. They are eager to help! A case in point is the “modern, efficient alloy steel plant,” as dedicated by the War production Board recently, which was built of used materials and contains equip ment made solely from scrap material from three cities and two states. Cost of the plant is said by the WPB to represent the “lowest capital investment per net ton of output during the emergen cy. Thus the scrap is now a "monument to American industrial initiative." said the WPB official at dedication cci’ernonies. This is just one of many instances --f in dustries t.iat have gone all-out on their own initiative. dii.>-gi'ig up obsolete m.a- chinery, looking in every corner, and even combing the sweeping-^ from factory floors, so that they might show Hitler who is real ly “in the scrap.” I^ere ia a Ipt of ghi iWar and there are'many Americani^^ fail to understand the. why behind of what is requested So far as we can see it, there are oii|^ i|; few basic facts to, know. ‘First, the States faces a desperate war;" second, tho fighting men must have what they need; and, third, civilians are entitled to what is left. ‘ It is impossible for our leaders to know the right answers to every problem. They make mistakes. They do and say foolish things. It is inevitable but not an excuse for disloyalty. If a democracy, plunged into war, could automatically find a group of leaders, wise enough to make no errors, it would be very surprising to intelligent m^. Wise Americans know that their lead ers will err. Patriotic Americans will sup port their war effort regardless of the fact Ignorant and disloyal citizens will grum ble, stir up discord and sulk. Fc; LIFE’S BEHER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR, Hiddenite, N. C. Does 1% Infa^ s WKA,* flTO WflpSiB BABl John Castibpj .iri^'wO.rltei tOTeral months In Scotland, said he read in an Sldlnhorough paper over there what one good old la dy advised doing in case of air raid. . ' ^ First—^pull down the blackout curtains so no light will get out. Second—^take down the family Bible and read the 28rd Psalm for comfort and strength. Third—Get down on your knees and pray. Last—It the raid Is not over, get In H»e bed, pull the'cover Mi. A "ffovanunest hi Pana- anTBirt* over your ,head, tell Hitler tO go to hell, and then go to sleep. horn ia is bladUidtjv^V ' ’ He «cami"!atb world’^ a^ 1:35 a. m. Tuesday morning, }u«t two houm after the "ell cUaur^ signal was sounded.at 10:8^p. m., bringing the city and county out of the darkness and back in* to the light;(via electricltyt. Furor Begtaw) “ , Auxiliary policemen , ai^-. ^r raid wardens 'patrbUIng^ West' Harper avenue were more than mildly amaced when they saw an' automobile, its bright lights tut ting like knives through the blackness, moving West Harper. JUST THIS AND THAT Reports say that a lady driver reaching heaven knocked off one of the gates. The lady rode a horse so well tbat she looked like a part of it, ■but which part? Giving We are never truly living As we should from day to day. Till we find that we are giving Very much of life away. So that we are helping others Find their way to God above, Making of them Christian brothers. Full of godliness and love. We should give them words of warning. Words of comfort and of cheer. Never scoffing, never scorning As we meet them there and here. Helping them to live far better Than they otherwise would do; For to God we are a debtor As this life we journey through. Giving of ourselves to others— Time and talent, means and all— Makes us friends and makes us brothers. Whether we are great or .small; And it’s this that makes us kingly. And our lives a blessing great. Helping men in mas.s or singly To a higher, better state. God requires that we be giving Best of what we have away, For this is the art of living That He plans for us each day; .\nd it makes us hat^'y-hearted, Noble, gorily and sublime; Then when life we have departed We shall enter Heaven’s clime. P.ut there’ll be a mark behind us Pointing up the heav’nly road, Telling men that if they find us 'l'h(\v must reach the soul’s abode, Where the best of all the ages Uve and dwell for evermore-- Patriarchs, apostles, sages, And our loved ones gone before. Our “Fifth Freedom" It takes critical times like thoe to make us realize what our American wav of life really consists of and what it would mean if we lost it. A unique advertising c..mpaign launch ed a few weeks ago shows the way the wind is blowing today. A well-known food manufacturer took four pages in a homo economics journal to sell home economics teachers, not his food, but free enterprise. It shows that this man, as do many others, considers the fate of our free enterprise system far more important than his own profit. To quote from his mes.sage: “•The American way of life is based on four fundamental principles: freedom of speech, freedom of religious belief, free dom of the pres.s, and freedom to choose the form a.id personnel of government. “These are the ideals of democracy. To make them work for the benefit of the peo ple calls for a fifth freedom—freedom of enterprise. “From our .very start as a nation this fifth freedom has been recognized as a vi- •talizer and nourisher of all we hold dear. It is the freedom that has built the best way of life ever known, on the best set of principles ever adopted. “This fifth freedom was bom of fore sight, initiative and hard work. It has been sustained by fair competition, backed by skills developed through scientific and practical research. This freedom has built up the nation’s outstanding industries which today defend our prosperity, which supply so large a part of the people’s everyday needs, and which give to millions of workers an equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits and bless ings of liberty.” Somebody Needs Your Sympathy Somebody needs your sympathy, . Your words of comfort sweet; You’ll find him somewhere if you look,— I’erhaps he’:? on the street; Or maybe in a lonely room,— An invalid on his cot; Perhaps he’s suffered, suffered long Although you knew it not. Somebody needs your sympathy. Your prayers amid the strife; Perhaps it is a mother dear, Who’s suffered much in life; Or some forsaken girl or boy Beneath the world’s cold feet. Unnoticed by the pas.sing throngs They chance so much to meet. Somebody needs your sympathy— A doctor, or a nurse; Or preacher worried with his toils. Whom men despise and curse; Or teacher who has done her best To educate your child; Or man in bu^ines.s, worn and tired. Whose brain is almost wild. Somebody needs your symp athy— A beggar by the way; Or father bent with many cares. Who longs to hear you pray; Or maybe some poor sinner lost. Because you passed him by; Or wretched soul that’s strayed'from God, Who very soon shall die. Somebody needs your sympathy, Within a prison cell. Though guilty of a crime, yet he Would like to hear you tell The story of redemption trug, And how he can be saved From evils, sin and wickedness That have his life enslaved. Mother: “Did that sailor kiss you?” Daughter: “Trou don’t think he came all the way from U. S. S. Saratoga Just to hear our radio?" Some who get shot in the cheat are not fatally hurt because their hearts are in their throats. SotiHi eli|ir3t Mriwf, •top at the . . *■ Tti'Re»aoii-■' ■ ' ; Tbe^xlliary policemen ran npi and inquired why the driver haA, not bothered to stop his oar when* they called. The driver, Mr. GreerU calmV explained' that^—well, yon know by now. And sure enough, two hours later the physicians of the hospi tal Issued a new Caldwell citizen swiftly - up'into the world. But little did he dream that his birth wonld bring t N, Ilia They yelled to the driver to forth light during a btackout. WillkieToDo Services For j F. D. R. Abroad "the President asked me to per form certain services for the government.” “Weil, that wbuld seem to make your-trip official," a repor- Washingrton — Wendell L. Will-1 ter observed, kie, 1940 Republican president! al nominee, disclosed after e Dr. E.S. Cooper —CHIROPRACTOR— Office Next Door To Reins-Stnrdivant, Inc. -Telephone 20S-R- Offlce aosed Every Thursday Afternoon "Hardly so,” he replied. I He said he was unable to reveal j the nature of the services his j J r, „ 1 V I former political rival asked him I and Russia where he will per- . . . , ", I to perform because "It is appro- White House conference today he soon will visit the Near East McNeil Motor form certain government servi ces at the request of President Roosevelt. He refused to say flatly that the trip constituted a presidential mission, explaining it was “my own idea” and that Mr. Roose- (Mr. Roose- I prlate only for him ivelt) to say.” I Wlllkle, who made a similar trip to BrltalBf in 1941, said he (hopes to see Soviet Premier Josef ' Stalin and to wltnees actual com bat on the Russian and Near East I battlefronts. He is expected to I make a broad swing through the I Middle East and his itinerary I pronounce the blessing. Alter be- probably will include Iran and I ing addressed, the gentleman in HARD OP HEARING | black put his hand to his ear and j He will be accompanied at his No clergyman being present j t craned forward Intently: r‘own request” by Garner Cowles, Company Pontiac Sales and Service KNEW THE SiGNAL Cop (through traffic noise): Wait a minute! Say, lafly, don’t ..... ., . , . , „v,„. I* T velt had given him permission to you know what it means wnen i , . hold up my hand?” Journey. Lady: ”I ought to. officer, I’ve | ^ been a school teacher for ten years.” a recent luncheon, the host sing-' "I can tell you’re talking to director of domestic operations, led out a solemn-looking man Injme,’’ he said loudly, “but I’m so jin the Ofl'ice of War Information, black who had a rather religious damn deaf that I can’t tell what end Joseph Barnes, also of the appearance. He asked him to in hell you’re trying to say.” OWI. General Automobile Repair Work On All Makes and Models • Body and Fender Work • Electric Welding — Painting ’Phone 39-F-31 Highway No. 421 M. B. McNeil, Manager IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YOUR COUNTY TAX FOR 1941.... YOUR PROPERTY S BEING ADVERTIS TO BE SOLD ON . MONDAY. SEPTEMBER Till Payment Now Will Save Additional Costs Which Will Be Added, As Required By Law, To The Amount Now Due For Your 1941 Real Estate Tax. C. T. Doughton, Sheriff and Tax Collector For Wilkes County '!^ !
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