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D. J. CARTER and JUUUS C. HUBBARD
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One Year — $1.60
Six Months — .7§
Four Months .* *60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
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’ Act of March A 1979.
THURSDAY, DEC. 17, 1942
Scouting
In times of national stress and the need
for men and women who are prepared to
carry on in the face of difficulties, it is
fitting that we turn our attention to Scout
ing.
And our comments include Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts, both of which have very
active organizations here.
We sincerely hope that the boys and
girls in the Scouting organizations will not
experience another war. But war or no
war, Scouting offers boys and girls train
ing which will be valuable to them and to
the country'.
Leaders of tomorrow will come from the
ranks of those today who prepare them
selves for leadership.
This week the campaign to raise funds
to continue and expand the Scouting pro
gram was carried out.
Every person who contributed to the
fund has made a good investment, which
will have as its return splendid citizenship
to provide future leadership.
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Our Chaplains
It has always been a pleasure for this
newspaper to commend the virtues of
Wilkes county and its people.
This time we wish to publicly call atten
tion to what we believe to be a record.
Prom the five leading churches in North
Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro, three pastors
have gone into the sendee as naval chap
lains.
First to leave was Dr. J. C. Stokes, pas
tor of Wilkesboro and Union Methodist
churches. Next was Rev. Watt M. Cooper,
pastor of the North Wilkesboro Presby
terian church, who entered the service as
a chaplain Tuesday. Rev. F. H. Shinn,
now pastor of the Wilkesboro Methodist
church, has been accepted and is expected
to enter the naval service as a chaplain
soon.
That makes three from five churches
and we believe it is a record for any com
munity.
These ministers recognize the need for
semce to God through the armed forces
of our country'. In the .sen'jce they will
render valuable services to our fighting
meu, being their counselor and confidant
in things spiritual and physical.
To these men of the ministry, we salute
you, and bid you godspeed in your new
fields of service.
Want Big Investments In
War Bonds
The government is asking the loan of
nine billion dollars from the American
public this month.
That is a lot of money, about nine times
the amount of war bonds purchased in
any one month.
But in December the government is ask
ing big loans as well as the little bonds
down to $25 denomination.
This month the government is asking
people who have accumulated substantial
savings to turn them into government se
curities.
If you ha^e a few thousand dollars salt
ed away for a rainy day, the government
needs that money and will give you inter
est bearing bonds that are as safe as the
money itself.
The government must have great sums
of money for prosecution of the war and
that money must come from numerous in
dividuals, organizations and institutions.
The government needs the money which
is represented in the children's banks. It
needs the money of large amounts accumu
lated as savings.
By buying bonds you protect your own
freedom and security. You will be helping
to make certain that yon can live in free
dom to make use of and enjoy your sav-
Ml
Lose this war and your savings will van
ish. Everything is at stake and our cause
needs all toe resources, all toe man power,
all toe available finances and all toe moral
support of—^not a few of the people—but
of all the people.
Call at the bond issuing agent most con
venient today and turn your savings into
war bonds, that you and those to live after
you may live in freedom and with human
liberty.
An Even Break
It will take hundreds of millions of man
hours to do the paper work and policing if
we put the war economy on a wholly com
pulsory basis. This was the gist of a re
cent announcement by Boake Carter, not
ed commentator. Mr. Carter then suggest
ed that voluntary measures be tried. They
worked in the last war. Why not this time?
Most of the restrictions will be in the re
tail field: food and clothing, necessities
which now go in large quantities to our
allies and the military services. And al
though the task that would be imposed on
toe retailer would be staggering, the rec
ord shows that he will gladly do his part
to secure the cooperation of consumers in
every instance where it is decided the
force of law shall not apply.
The merchandising industry, led by the
chain stores, aggressively pursued price
and rationing policies in close cooperation
with government authorities, long before
any laws were passed putting such action
on a compulsory basis.
Every effort has been made by retail
distributors to secure consumer coopera
tion in the fair distribution of meat, coffee,
canned goods, candy, gum and scores of
other terns. Limits often have been placed
on the quantity of goods sold to a single
purchaser. In practically all cases, these
voluntary controls have been accepted
wholeheartedly by the public. One of the
reasons for this wide acceptance is the fact
that modem mass distribution is a closely
integrated industry. Similar controls are
in effect in all sections. Particularly is thi.s
true of the chain systems. Coffee in Kan
sas is no more expensive than coffee in
California. Likewise, rationing of pine
apple juice is not confined to one or two
areas.
Regardless of whether the controls are
voluntarily established by the merchant or
enforced by government, public coopera
tion is essential if the consumer is to get
an even break in the distribution of scarce
commodities.
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Don’t Shoot, Please
A Washington committee, fearful of a
dangerous doctor shortage, has proposed
arbitrary halting of further enlistment of
medical men in the armed services until a
bureau has been created to “supervise and
control the drafting and recruiting of doc
tors.” Apparently, pending establishment
of the bureau, our soldiers are supposed u>
keep out of the way of enemy bullets.
The militarj' services are entitled to
every doctor they need. And they are en
titled to them without awaiting the plea.s-
ure of a bureau in Washington. As the
American Medical Journal observes: “The
least that the nation can do for those who
offer the;r lives in combat is to provide
them with the utmost that medicine can of
fer for the alleviation of the wounded and
the prevention of unnece.ssary death.” The
armed forces are getting the doctors they
need. They are getting them now; the best
medical men in the world.
As far as civilian needs are concerned
the American Medical Journal points out
that a weekly survey by the Procurement
and Assignment Service maintains a con
.stant check on physicians in local com
munities. This service was created by the
President of the United States. It works in
close cooperation with the medical pro
fession which does not propose to allow
any lapse in the high and hard-won health
standards of America.
AbhormM
AbsafBiiies
By DWIGHT NICHOLS, at aL,
A CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM
When It comes to real, honest
to goodness, goodness, the child
ren have It over anyone else.
Reading the letters to &intji
Claus In this Issue, we find that
one child told St Nicholas not to
bring him anything. Just to save
what be would bring him for
some poor children. That letter
was by George Livingston of Lo
max.
In another, by Tommy Myers
the writer asked foi a rubber
ball. If Uncle Sam coi’ld spare
the rubber, and asked that the
army not be forgotten on Christ
mas day.
Other letters , also showed a
spirit devoid of selfishness.
Yes. the future of America is
safe in such hands.
But while children shovr the
way to patriotism end unselfish
ness, some of our adults try every
way Imaginable to get more than
their share of scarce articles.
Shame on you!
WINTER POETRY
Breathes there a man with soul
so dead.
Who has grimly turned his head
and said:
‘There Is no Santa Claus”.
OTHER WAY TO WHERE?
At a church a beautiful gate
was placed with the inscription:
"This is the way to h«ven.”
But the painter who repainted
the gate and put up a sign to
keep people off the wet paint
probflbly did not notice the con
tradiction in his wet paint sign
which said: “Please go the other
way”.
SMART OOMERAOK
A sailor, after placing some
flowers on a grave In a cemetery,
noticed an old Chinese placing a
bowl of rice on a near by grave,
and asked: “What time do you
expect your friend to come up and
eat the rice?"
The old Chinese replied with a
smile: “Same time your friend
come up to smell flowers.
GOING TOGETHER
Question: "What did the letter
say to the stamp?"
Answer: “Stick to me and we’ll
go places!”
WAS THROWN OUT
Billy, six. was exasperated.with
the almost continuous squalling
of his baby brother.
“I bet I know why he came
from heaven.” Billy mused. ‘‘They
put him out.'’ - I
NOT HIH N.AMK
I don’t like your heart ac
tion,” the doctor said, applying
the stethoscope again. "You have
h.nd some trouble with angina
pectoris, haven't you?”
“You're right in a way. Doc
tor,” said the young man sheep
ishly, "only that isn’t her name. '
New York.—^The U. S. O. war
fund la richer by f613.650.99 to
day aa the reanU of eontrlbntions
from variona sporta alnce last May
11, Robert F. Kelley, cbidnniui of
the apecial events committee,-an-
‘New Varietiee ot diaeMfHrbii^,
«lit seed,
,
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ber crop )d«idi.
nouBi^.* Baaebali made tbe~ larg
est ‘contrtbntion, - f869.926.66
from the World Series.
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laJwp^^ pegs fbr .A ll
found that chipmunks hs4.
him to it.
Too little air in tirea can ma
them wear out 60 per cent to
per cent faster. -
The Present
with a Future."
© REDDY KILOWATT
The wonderful electric gifts that Reddy has had for you in
years past have gone to war this Christmos ... in their
stead our fighting men have some of the equipment necessary
for success in battle. This mokes it patriotic common sense
for us to take doubly good core of electrical gifts from
Christmases past. Keep them clean. Keep them tight. Keep
them in good repair.
Your present coffee-maker, toaster, washer, iron, Kelvinotor,
mixer, Hotpoint Range and water heater should ease and
speed your homemaking tasks for a long time to come,
DUKE POWER COMPANY
Let The
QUESTIONS
Farm Que.stions Answered By
‘5t»le Cnllege
QUES'nON: What is the beat
type of milk bucket?
ANSWER: Where hand-milk
ing is done, hooded or small top
milk bucket is preferred. This
type of bucket will exclude about
.lO percent of the number of bac
teria which usually get into the
milk during the milking process.
The strainer should be seamless
and constructed to use standard
filter discs. Milk cans and all
other utensils used in handling
milk should be of standard con
struction and free from open
seams.
Ammonia, named for the tem
ple of Ammon-Ra. was used as »
bleaching agent by the famous
linen makers of ancient Egypt,
who never knew that this was the
. ctive ingredient of the magic
powder prepared by temple priests
from dried camel dung.
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CLASSIFIED
Be Your
REPRESENTATIVE!
Reduction by 20 percent in the manu
facture of ice cream a::d frozen desserts
will save 3,300,000 pounds of butter in De
cember, or almost three-fourths of a pound
apiece for every soldier in the U. S. Army
V
Restrictions in sizes and forms of as
phalt shingles will save 2,150,000 man
hours per year, 250 tons of steel, and 60,-
000 tons of asphalt.
V
By preventing purchasers of new' elec
tric motors from buying motors with more
horsepower than their w’ork requires, the
Government will save about 15 million
pounds of copper, 55,000 tons of carbon
steel, and about 150,000 pounds of stain
less steel annually.