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'!>• J. CAKTSR sod JULIUS C. HUBBARD
Pnblishen
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year |1.50
Six Months 75
Four Months .60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entei^ at the office at North Wilkes-
•oro, North Carolina, as second class matter
under Act of March 4,1879.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 1942
Support Fire Department
There is a splendid organization in
North Wilkesboro which has received
much too little credit for its accomplish
ments.
That organization is the fire depart
ment.
We take their efforts as a matter of
course, always taking for granted their
splendid services.
Firemen get out in any kind of weath
er, at any time, to protect the lives and
property of the people of North Wilkes
boro.
And in every instance when the need
arose they have answered their calls and
performed their services in an admirable
way.
On Thursday evening, seven o’clock, a
donkey baseball game will be pplayed at
the fairground.^ to raise some funds for
the fire department. These funds are bad
ly needed for this splendid organization.
The donkey baseball game will' afford fur.
and amusement galore and the money you
pay in admission to this show will help
the fire department. We urge you to see
the game, and thus help one of our most
worthy organizations.
Why Support The Church?
‘i'hi.- Xoith Wi'kesboro Kiwanis commit
tee on Support Of Churches has very well
answered the que.stion, “Why Support the
Church”, in the following article relea.sed
through H. H. .Morehouse, committee chair-
“The church is generally considered as
an institution of organized Christians for
the purpose of maintaining the teachings
of Jesus the Christ and pa.ssing them on to
others.
“.As in all organizations there are back
sliders and hypocrites—but w'e all know
that at the core there are many true and
conscientious persons who are faithfully
and tirelessly striving to carry-on and pa.ss
the me.ssage to others by thought—word—-
and deed.
“To maintain and expand this institu
tion—the church—should be the desite
and privilege of all citizens. Who of u.i
would care or choose to live in a countr\
w’here there were no churches? Yet there
are many—too many—who treat the mat
ter with indifference and simply depend
on others to support the church. This k-
more noticeable among men than women
and has brought forth the parody on Long
fellow’s P.salm of Life which goes:
Tn the world’s broad field of battle—
In the bivouacs of life—
You will find the Christian soldier—
Fiepresented by his wife.’
“The following excerpts from a churcli
paper are pertinent to the subject:
‘The church, like the human body, is a
rich and complex organksm. It is com
posed of all races, all ages, both .sexes. It
is directed by teachers, clergy, laymen and
laywom.en. This is wonderful. For it
means that each of the.se groups, each one
of the meihbers, will have different in
sights into the truth, and that each one of
,us profits and learns far more in the corr-
munity than he ever could alone. We are
richer and more complete because we arc
together. How thin my faith would be if
I had to rely on my insights alone. How
poor the church would become if only
those who think as I do could belong to it.
“There are people who claim to be
Christians but nht CHUROH-Christian.s.
Thev say they believe in Christianity but
not the church. How silly this is. What
would happen to education if people did
not support the schools? Education would
die in its large effectiveness. Schools, for
all their faults, are the framework which
supports education.
‘It is true that religious people have
grievous faults, and one can spaclaliae hn
detecting them, with the result that he
becomes a faultfinder. Whereas if we
appreciate the Johns and Pauls, we may
hope to emulate them. We will find in the
church that for which we are looking:
either vices or virtues. We will find that
which we seek.’
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OPA And Jackrabbits
To date it appears that the government
has not tackled all sides of the inflation
problem. Great care has been taken to
see that certain classes do not have much
extra money around, while some others,
particularly workers in war industries,
have been allowed to clamor and strike for
more and more money with the sky appar
ently the limit.
Some government officials who lean ov
er backwards to find excuses for the dirt;
done the war program by labor unions
howl loudly at the congressmen who are
asking that the farmer get his share of
price increases.
Harry B. Caldwell, master of the North
Carolina State Grange and once a resident
of our own county, appeared before
OPA representative Friday with an elo
quent plea against tobacco price ceilings.
“In putting a ceiling on leaf tobacco, the
government froze the wages of “the men
who stayed at home and raised food with
out freezing the incomes of those in the
’ield of industrial labor,” Harry Caldwell,
of Greensboro, said.
Wages now stand :I00 per cent over the
1909-1910 levels, he conntended, while
farm prices are not in line.
Caldwell said he .spoke for the tobacco
committee of the State Grange and be
lieved growers would accept a ceiling that
gave them a wage return comparable to in
dustrial labor.
His remarks were illustrated by the
story of the Yale track star who went to
work on a western sheep farm for the
summer. The star turned down his bos.s’
offer of a horse to ride the range and
round-up the sheep, contending he would
run around and do it for the exercise.
The new sheep herder disappeared until
late at night when he walked in, out of
breath, to tell the ranch owner he had
rounded up all the sheep easily but had
had trouble with the lambs. “What do
you mean, lambs,” he was asked. “We
have sheep here, but not a single lamb.”
“Come on out to the bam and I’ll show
.said the track star.
The ranch owner went to the barn with
him, Caldwell said, and instead of findin..:
lamb.s, he found several jackrabbits which
the collegian had thought were lambs. “In
hunting for the causes of inflation, you
have caught jackrabbits instead of the re.sl
thing,” Caldwell told the OPA official.
you,
LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C. .
GIVING
We are never truly giving
.A.s 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 the way of God above,
:Making of them Christian brothers,
F'ull of Godline.ss and love.
W? should vive them words of warninv.
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 make.s us brothers.
Whether we are great or small;
And it’s this that makes us kingly,
.And our lives a ble.s.sing great,
Helping men in ma.s.s or singly
To a higher, better svtate.
God requires that we be giving
Best of what we have away,
For this is the art of living
Th;'t He plans for u.s es ch day;
And it makes u.s happy-hearted.
Nobly, godly and sublime;
Then when life we have departed
We shall enter Heaven’s clime.
But there’ll be a mark behind us
Pointing up the heavenly road,
Telling men that if they find us
Iney must reach the soul’s abode,
Where the best of all the age.s
Live and dwell for evermore—
Patriarchs, apostles, sages.
And our loved ones gone before.
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The Walsfa xeonion was b«)d at
Mt. Plesaant ehurch Sunday, Sept.
6, starting at 10:80 in the morn
ing and lasting most of the day.
In ■ spite of the very inclement
weather tibout two hundred fifty
friends and kindred of the V'alsh
clan- gathered from tar and wide
to renew acquaintances and to
have one more good time togeth
er.
All the morning program was
taken up with a song service and
conversation. There were sev
eral quartets and song I'jaders
present. Including the Vaughn
Quartet from RhodhisB, the Walsh
quartet from Ferguson, and
Hampalton Jones from Honda that
rendered sevenal numbers to the
enjoyment of the congregation.
The meeting adjourned for
dinner at one o’clock, which was
served In the church. Invocation
by Rev. A. J. Foster. Everyone
seemed to have brought out an
abundance of delicious things to
eat and especial mention and hon
or is due to Mr. John Wakh and
family of Lenoir, who are reported
'to have brought eight well grown
chickens and as much other ap
petizing food In proportion.
In the afternoon session the
crowd began to gather as the
Vaughn Happy Four began sing-1
Ing, “Walking With My King.”
Then Hamp Jones came to the
floor, singing the well known
hymn, ‘‘Oh, How I Love Jesus”,
and the whole congregation join
ed in with him. At this time the
chairman, John Walsh, called the
clan to order. Rev. A. J. Foster
led the devotional by reading the
13th Chapter of First Cor., and
led the prayer.
The chairman called to the
floor, Finley L. German, of Le
noir. who Introduced the speaker
of the day, Hon. V. D. Guire of
Lenoir, a state highway commis
sioner. In presenting Mr. Guire.
Mr. German told something of the
life of Mr. Guire and what he has
meant to the well being of Lenoir
and the entire surrounding coun
try and to the state ms a whole.
Aside from being a member of the
.state highway commission, he w.as
for many years clerk of the court
in Caldwell county and promin
ently connected with the Ap
palachian Teachers college at
Boone. Furthermore he has been
and Is now a foremost business
leader of Lenoir, being connected
with several business enterpr^es
at that place.
After some preliminary remarks
as to his Introduction and referr
ing to the Walsh clan as being a
conr-'tructive force in American life
he branched out on the subject of
freedom and its application to the
principles underlying the great
task now confronting onr coun
try and all the United Nations.
He said that freedom did not
come to us in -America Just by
chance, but by many hardships en
dured by hundreds of fine ftimi-
lies Just like the Walsh clan. The
great challenge now to the Walsh
family and to us all is that we
must continue to meet theite hard
ships and overcome them if we
are to continue to have freedom
with all its blessings. We are
fighting for Chiistwnity. Mr.
Guire said, and in case we were
to loose this war, many of ii--
would not want to be living and
many would actually not be liv
ing for the people of Europe live
by force. In conclusion the
spe-aker said the, world had never
known such a crisis as confroni-
ing it at the present time.
A rising vote of thanks wa:i ex
tended !o Mr. Guire, expressing
pr^rldlns he wss Ilridg tn^wVT'ibr^tlni; the doiiwood
not in the w«r.
J^s JBdmund iToster of Perftu-
son. vras called apon Snd he re-_
sponded by naming many of the'
older members of the clan in
cluding Uncles Burton and Buck
Walsh, telling of the characteris
tics and witticisms of these two
remarkable men who have pass
ed on.
The late Gordon Walsh, who
was a prominent farmer and citi
zen and father of several sons
and daughters who are now miar-
rled and scattered over a wide
area, was mentioned and >Jso Mr.
Alva Walsh, father of the chair
man, John Walsh, who died only
recently at hts home In Lenoir.
Mr. Foster related many Jokes in
his speech on various members of
the family end directed some of
them toward L. Fred Walsh, ?
prominent leader in the Walsh
clan, alfio told of Vilas Walsh,
present county commissioner in
Wilkes, Genlo Walsh, promin
ent merebiut and mechanic of
the Ferguson community, also
mentioned John Welsh, ex-sherlff
and ex-chlef of police of Caldwell
county and of Lenoir. Mention
was made also of Uncle Frank
Walsh of Goshen, who has now
reached his seventy-ninth year,
and who Is always faithful to his
clan, his God and his country. He
was the first to start the reunion
idea.
John Walsh was reelected
president, L. Fred Wash, secre
tary-treasurer. The publicity
committee was then appointed,
composed of T. W. Ferguson,
chairman, Mrs. Lois Foster, Mrs.
Jewel Jones, Mrs. V. T. Walsh
and Mrs. Bob Walsh. The time
and place committee composed of
V. T. Walsh. Bob. Walsh and
Frank Walsh, reported the next
meeting would be held at Beaver
Creek church the first Sunday in
September, 1943.
The Vaughn Happy Pour quar
tet then rendered several well
chosen numbers and the congre
gation sang “Blest Be the Tie
That Binds”. Rev. A. J. Foster
pronounced the benediction.
V
Answered B‘
timber now.
should hot constltutB more- than
40 per cent of ths‘total ^ain
mixture.' ’ ->
Questions
State Colleg'
QUESTION: What are some
feed substitutes for the war-time
ration?
ANSWER: Ground yellow corn
may be substituted for yellow
corn meal, pound for pound,
says C. F. Parrish, Extension
poultry specialist of N. C.^ State |
College. Ground wheat may be ;
substituted for wheat bran and I
wheat middlings, pound for
pound, or vice versa. The wheat .
should be ^ coarsely ground.
Ground barley or a combination
of oats and barley may replace j
ground oats, pound for pound. .
Barley may be substituted for a ;
part of the wheat, but barley i
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They Say-
There’s enough steel in a hundred electric refrig
erators to make a medium tank. That’i why
refrigerators aren’t being made today. The metal
and skill and labor they used are now being de
voted to war prodiiction.
SO TAKE CARE OF YOUR
ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR
It’U give you long service if you’U give it a little
care. Keep the motor oiled if your refrigerator is
the "open unit” type. Defrost at least once a
week during hot weather. Keep dust oS the
radiator plate In back of the refrigerator. Don’t
overload. Don’t slam the door. If acid-containing
liquids (such as lemon, grapefruit, orange or
tomato juice) are spilled, wipe off .'mmediately.
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