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,I>. 3. CASTER sad JULIUS C. HUBBABD,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year —fl.60
Six Months 76
Four Months - .50
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Entered at the poSt office at Nerth Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, as second class matter *1
under Act cf March 4.1879.
THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1942
Japan Is Losing
Despite some reports to the contrary,
American forces are making steady prog
ress toward the defeat of Japan^ our most
despised and treacherous enemy.
This progress is best summed up by.the
score of naval victories and defeats.
Before we can eliminate Japan from the
war, it is necessary that Japan’s amazing
naval strength be slashed—and that is just
what our forces have been doing in the
Pacific for the past six months.
It is true that our navy has suffered
losses, but the score sheets shows much in
our favor.
There have been three great naval bat
tles, and in each American forces have
scored decisive victories.
First there was the battle of the Coral
Sea a few months ago, when it looked as
if Japanese forces were launching an at
tack on Australia.
Next there w’as the battle of Midway,
w'hen the Japanese—what was left of
them—ran after taking a severe licking.
Next there was the Solomons Island en
gagement, results of which were announc
ed Monday night.
In between were intermittent engage
ments of numerous individual naval units.
Our forces have sunk 243 Japanese
ships as compared to 60 of ours sunk by
the Japs. The score of ships sunk and
damaged shows 502 Japanese ships to on
ly 70 ot ours, a ratio of over seven to one
in our favor.
When we consider that our naval
strength has been divided between the .At
lantic and the Pacific, we have every right
to be proud of the record to date.
It has been neces.sary to keep much
naval strength in the Atlantic to convoy
our forces and supplies to Europe and to
protect shipping off our eastern shore.
A frontal attack against Japan is not
practical until we have weakened Japan’s
sea power.
And our forces are doing that wonder
fully.
We are gaining in two ways. We are
sinking far more Japanese ships than we
are losing and we are building ships at a
rate the world had never heard of before.
Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
was something that Japanese militarists
will regret soon and until the day of their
righteous elimination from this world they
will rue the day they tried to stab Uncle
Sam in the back.
Homes For Homeless
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. thefr own
“Of coutM, thwe ’ are foster^|^ ‘
where the parents want children
work they cap do for **what they tah Vef
out of theiib” so in order to protect. :the
children a law was passed in tee Legisla
ture in 1917 requiring teat every peiwn or
organization receiving or placing cHildren
be inspected and licensed by the
Board of Charities and Public Welfare.
Poster homes are carefully investigated by
the superintendent of public welfare. Fos
ter parents must be morally respectable
citizens financially and physically able to
provide for the child,
“The laws safeguarding the rights of
the neglected and dependent child would
give to every child the right and opportuni
ty to the environment-best suited to his
needs wherein he may become a normal,
progressive, self supporting citizen. Any
person helping a child on it’s way to good
citizenship makes a contribution, to the hu
man race that will last forever.
“There are often boys and girls in our
county of varyin.g ages seeking homes, and
the Department of Public Welfare would
appreciate the names of citizens who
would like to give a home to a child. Any
one desiring information in regard to chil
dren available and the requirements, rules
and regulations governing the placement
of children may write or call at the Pub
lic Welfare Office in Wilkesboro.’’
Charlie McNeill, county welfare officer,
frequently finds that his department ha.'^
homeless children to provide for.
Often a good home i.s found for .some
homeless b.oy or girl, but with transporta
tion facilities .meagre the department is
now having difficulty placing children in
suitable homes.
The following article released by Mr.
McNeill explains the situation:
“At this time of year the desire to help
someone—swells up in every one’s heart
and if w'e only looked about us we wiil find
someone in need on our owm door step. It
may be a traveler foot sore and weary
whose life has been spent or it may be a
child with all of life ahead.
“There are often children in Wilkes
county who need a home, right now there
is a handsome little 4-year-old boy abso
lutely homeless—“the orphanage”—we
hear you say and we answer. The wait
ing list is so long! and a good foster home
is better than any orphanage. We must
almays think in terms of the best interests
of children and The Department cf Public
Welfare is always glSd to place on it’s list'
of foster homes parents who wish to rc-
ACCIDENTS’ TOLL
(Statesville Daily)
We have no up-to-date figure on deaths
at the hands of the enemy since Pearl Har
bor. Without doubt, even with Guadal
canal, they are far below the 42,000 who
have been killed by accident in this coun-
tr.v during the 10-month periqd.
Dr. Victor G. Heiser says that this toll
“means a brpad grin on face.s.,of Hitler,
Mussolini and Hirochito — a grin which
must be wiped and wiped off soon.”
To that we say a hearty Amen.
LIFE’S BEHER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD
The judgments of God come upon men
and nations becau.se of wickedness. Hence
the reason of the awful World War we are
now in. When men and nations turn away
from God, violate his holy and sacred
laws, disregard His commandments, refuse
His council and leadership, and reject the
Lord Je.sus Christ, refu.se to repent and
.straighten out their sinful live.s, there is
nothing else for God to do but punish men.
or allow it to be done. There i.s always a
penalty to be paid when natural and sac
red laws are violated, and wlien God is re
jected and His holy Word criticized, scorn
ed and hated.
No doubt individuals suffer the judg
ments of God all along through life be
cause they sin and live wickedly. We have
no doubt that men oftentimes suffer cer
tain judgments from God because they
commit certain wilful acts that are highly
displea.sing to God. For in.stance a man
wilfully mistreats some one, or lies in or
der to cheat and defraud him, or takes ad
vantage of him when he is in a hard place
in order to get his property, he will sooner
or later reap it all back. MLsfortune over
take him and he is made to realize that it
is because of the evil he did to someone
el.se.
Suppose a man deals in liquor in order
to make money, which is the case all over
the land. Later on, because he has made
men drunk, broken up homes, and caused
lives to be lost and souls destroyed in •->
devil’s hell, he suffers and suffers for it,
then he knows the judgments of God are
coming upon him. Maybe his own familj
commits crime and have to suffer the pen
alty at the hands of the law, or get killed
through drunkenness, or go to the electric
chair or the gas chamber, therefore he
reapa the awful harvest for the evil seed
he has sown. He realizes that God’s judg
ments are being poured upon him, eyen ir
this life, with eternal damnation awaiting
him unless^ he deeply and thoroughly re
pents and obtains forgiveness from God.
Maybe someone has made light, or
made fun of a cripple, or deformed person,
or has scorned him, later on in years to
find one of his' children born in the very
same condition. This happens. It is dan
gerous. God’s judgments come upon men.
Life’s better way is that of obedience to
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SBV|LB TfflB THWftS
- This (^nioii wants to go 'on
record as favoring the proposal
for a douMe-header football play
off for New Year’s Day at Duke
stadium.
The double header would set
tle the Duke-OaroHna tie and the
Wake Forest-State tie. It would
be a full
afternoon of the be^
football the state can offer.
The ^ game should net etJouf
$100,000. About one-fourth
could be set aside as expenses for
the teams of the four Institutions
and the remainder could'go to the
Red Cross.
College football,is a hlg busi
ness, and as fir as we hate been
able to learn, bas contributed
nothing to Red Cross, USO or
other service organizations. Base
ball, boxing and professional foot
ball have contributed liberally but
college football has given noth
ing.
Personally, we would like for
the ties to be played off, so that
we would not have to hear sup
porters of the four teams argue
for almost a year about which has
the better teams of the two com
binations.
SHE WAS IRRITATED
The boys in Australia sent us
this one. A mother Kangaroo
had patiently scratched her stom
ach three times, but when the
process was to be renewed a
fourth time, she snatched two
baby Kangaroos from her pouch,
spanked them, and said: “How
many times have I told you not
to eat crackers in t'ed!”
•SOMI-milXO MlSSI.Xfi
He: “I never knew love was
like this.” '
She: “Neither did I. I thought
there were more chocolates and
flowers to it.”
PUIA, OP SURIECT
Toastmaster (introducing the
speaker): ‘'I’m sure that Mr.
Jones of the Soils and Fertilizer
Department, will give you a
pleasant half-hour. He is just
full of his subject.”
laxsT
A young lady, with a touch of
hoy fever, took with her to a din
ner party two handkerchiefs, one
of which she stuck in her bosom.
At dinner she began rummaging
to right and left in her bosom
tor the fresh handkerchief. En
grossed in her search, she sudden
ly realized that conversation had
ceased and people were watching
her. fascinated.
In f-ontusion. she munuired, “I
know I had two when I came.”
DEPIMTIOX
A bachelor is a man who never
Mrs. an>Hhing.
CATASTROPHE
Lone chick, taking o look
around the electric incubator full
ot unhatched eggs: “Well, it looks
like I'll he an only child. Mother's
blown a fuse."
MISUNDERSTOOD
A young candidate tor the navy
was being prtt through a gener.il
knowledge test by a board of, ad
mirals.
“What kind of animals
grass?’' one of them rsked.
The candidate fidgeted
stared out of the window,
said nothing. The nuestion
eat
and
but
we 8
but he still remained
repeated
dumb'.
“Surely.” said one of the ex
aminers, kindly, "you can answer
a simple question like that? 1
will repeat it. What kind of ani-
muKs eat grass?”
“Animals!” gasped the hoy, “I
thought you sfid ‘admirals.’
RUIXED
And there was the cow which
after jumping the barber wire
fence said, “I’m uddeiiy ruined.’’
CARO OP TIIAXKS
We wish to th^nk our many
friends for their sympathy and
kindness at the time of the death
of our darling little Ruth, who
departed this life November i.
1942, for the be>jiUiful flowers
which were carried by a number of
the friends; also the pallbearera,
chusins and uncles of Ruth’s.
She leaves her father and mother,
two sisters. Reba and Rachel, one
brother, Kirby, also a grandmoth
er, Mrs. T. M. Kirby.
MR. AND MRS. MILAS
LOWE AND FAMILY.
were Mrs. J. D-.'1^kes,>
the teschers in the locsl school.
Mrs. Stokes has been ill for (Ur-
eral days, but we Irarned she ex-
pecte to return to her work sdtne
time this week. The little son at
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. 'VYalsh, Larry,
lias been sisek also, bat we under-
tHand is very much improved at
ithhi time. A slight , epidemic of
colds and flu have been going the
rounds.
Armistice day passed off iuiet-
ly here as we believe It did
throughout the country No oha
feels very much like celebrating
that day now altho that is not
speaking In any way discrediting
to those who fought and died in
World War I. They certainly de
serve as much credit and honor
as those who are now engaged In
the present grim struggle. “We
first see thru a gkiss darkly but
not face to face.” Many mysteries
have unfolded and are still un
folding to those, who would pur
port to lead the van guard of civi
lization. The first World War had
to be fought for experience, dwr
tho it was. Who is It now that
does not realize fully that the
world, like our cities and towns
will have to be policed after an
equitable and fair peace has been
won? . "Eternal vigilance is the
The Om«g«
toil be101^1^'%^'
iriUrUe gfren tenn the tMte CoA-
‘ ‘fenSon held In Bnrliii^it' and
]i^olM#l|t frop. the NatldeiU Con
tention’ no# betag he^ In the
price of liberty.” This will call
for a concerted force and influ
ence eternally supported by the
United Nations. Surely with the
grim experience that is now being
gained by the slaughtering of mil
lions of lives and with the de
struction of billions of wealth a
fatal mistake cannot be made
again. Like Jonah of old, Uncle
Sam can never afford to run away
from his world responsibility. Let
us hope that the next Armistice
Day we can celehrete for a thous
and years.
Miss Janie Spicer, who has
been visiting i-elatives in Dalzell
and Sumpter, S. C.. for a week,
returned last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hemphill, of
Wilkesboro, visited retatlves here
Sunday afternoon.
Among those who have recent
ly left for the armed forces are
Worth German and Ardell Parks,
the first mentioned going to a
camp in Alabama and the latter
to Columbia, S. C. Joe Horton is
now with the Field Artillery in
Return Of
2 GREAT SHOWS
By Popular Vote!
YOU REQUESTED THEM
HERE THEY ARE!
• MONDAY •
ONLY
1st Lieutenant
James STEWART
KATHARINE REPBURN
CARY GRANT
RUTH HUSSEY
4
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Story”
ONE OF THE ALL TIME
BEST PICTURES
AND
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ONLY
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L A M O U R
«
The Fleet’s In”
WILLIAM HOLDEN
And a Great Cast!
These Two Pictures Were
First On the List of Pic
tures Requeste.d That We
Return! . . SEE THEIM
NOW
• Now Showing O
St9te ot^ Washtagton. 'If
How To Relieve
Bronchitis
Creomulsloo relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to hem loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and h^ raw, tender. In
flamed bronchial mneous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Czeomulsicm with the un
derstanding you mart like the waylt
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money badL. ’’
GREOMyiSION^
for Couchs, O^^oU^INvMbiflt
A I^nksglVlng program is be
ing planned ttf the school for
Thniaday morning, November 26.
Short plays will be given and mu
sic by th«^ glee club and possibly
a kpeaJter of prominence will ad-
dregs the gathering.
Hege Ferguson, colored, died
after a lingering illness at the
home of hls^’son In-law, Odell
Ferguson at Grandin, last Tues
day and was buried near there
Friday. Hege had, grown children
In New York and at other places,
all of whom came home for the
funeral. He was rather an inter
esting character, being an expert
in watch tinkering end a rather
skilful maneuverer in the courts,
often pleading his own cases.
We alwa.vs like to see the
cheerful face of our friend and
neighbor, Mr. G. Lawrence Liv
ingston, probably one of the
largest land owners in the county
and a good farmer. He has a ce
ment silo and lots of farm equip
ment and keeps quite a few live
stock. Like many of us he may
hajre reverses in his rathered
checkered career, he even having
lost one of his legs in an auto ec-
um, OZHty
all timit but ha
that^^F^^iBabia
■.‘afnm'.akbr'l#
.mccMd'.
raif-paopto of bur too^ty;;
prbiid to MO/ffae bus
ly froupr. WlikeBboro. to tho (Mid
wqU coa^ Itoe. It has a.abb*i»;j
dUTe ths^mpeta the convenieiul#*'
of most of the people and they^'
should patronize It. ^
-1. ■ ^’’1
A survey of 80 typical New ;;
Jersey farms gave an average of
more then one ton of scrap per
farm. It this average were malnr
talned throughout the country,
the nB(lon*s farms are capable of
yielding at least sjx million tons
of scrap.
WANTED
Pcm4e hams.
market prices. IA1 «l.
PEARSON GROCERY CO.,
Tenth Stiwt. 11-16-tf
- Nice, fredi
Hisheet cash
TAL a.
MSTRFETf
SHOE SHOP
All Kinds of Shoe
Repair Work At
Reasonable Prices
N. A.Howel
• PROPRIETOR ' •
WANTED!
Hickory Logs
Cut 29 Inches, 58 Inches or 87 Inches
No. 1
No. 2 $30.00
No. 3
Delivered
HICKORY FIBRE CO.
Saw Mills, N. C.
M0VIN6? ”
Before You Do^
About Avai
ELECTRIC SERVICE
Ask Us
able
B efore you sign a lease or sales contract, we sug-
' gest that you check with us to see that ample
electric service to meet your requirements is mailable
at your new location.
As you doubtless know, wartime restrictions have dras
tically curtailed electric service extensions. Copper
needed to make electric wire must go into the produc
tion of tanks, guns, ships, planes. Consequently, in
some instances, we may not be able to make extensions
or enlargements of our electric facilities which you
require.
PLEASE GIVE US ADVANCE NOTICE
WHEN YOU MOVE .
Service trips to discontinue your electric service at
your old address and connect service at the new ad
dress may be combined with others, conserving use
of tires and service cars.