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Pour Montiis .60
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oader Act of Mar^ 4, 1879.
MONDAY, MARCH 1. 1943
Appieciation
Flowers are all right as a post mortetn
tribute to the life of a departed friend, but
all of us sometimes wonder why not spread
around a few commendations to people
who do unselfish things while they can en
joy the tributes.
This week we want to pay tribute es
pecially to the school teachers of Wilkes
county who did a magnanimois joh in dis
tribution' of war ration books last week.
In addition to filling out thousands and
thousands of books for people who sent
for them by their children, the teachers re
mained at the schools until 5:30 o’clock on
three days and toiled to get out books to
those who could not send by children for
them.
This is real service to their country.
They did the task without compensation.
Their services should be especially appre
ciated in view of the fact that many teach
ers are working for low salaries far below
the wage level in war industries where
they could get jobs. Any capable person
remaining in the teaching profession is
making a sacrifice which should be appre
ciated by the fathers and mothers of the
country.
And while we are on the job of pointing
out good services, we wish to commend ra
tioning officials, national and local, for
working out a sound plan of distribution
of war ration book 2 which caused no con
fusion and went along smoothlj', especial
ly in view of the size of the task involved.
It was a splendid plan for newspapers
to reproduce the declaration form and we
commend rationing officials for furnishing
the blank to The Journal-Patriot, making
it possible for people to fill them out and
send them in for their books, eliminating
much waiting and delay.
The job was accomplished in a most ef
ficient manner, and we commend all those
responsible.
boiilrad, if posalWe,
quota is large and cannot be raised by
dollar subscriptions. ' We have got to talHfe
it. Hence, we must pay more. The Amer
ican Red Cross stands in readiness
translate your contribution into life-MVing
and hope-giving ministries to that friend
wounded and fallen on the field of battle.
Don’t dollar a soldier to death!
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By DWIGB^ NICHOLS. «t sL^
Give Liberally to Red Cross
Tomorrow the campaign to raise at least
$10,000 in Red Cross war funds in Wilkes
begins.
The slogan is “Give Double.” For many
it would be a good idea to triple, or quad
ruple, amounts of previous donations to the
Red Cross.
Let it not be said that your failure to
contribute will deprive any soldier of the
benefits which the Red Cross can provide.
There is a scale by which donations
should be governed, and that is ability to
give. The willingness to give liberally
should be in the mind of every person. The
amount of the contribution should be in
accordance with financial ability.
The Renfro Herald last week carried
the following editorial on the subject:
“Dollaring Soldiers To Death”:
Dollaring soldiers to death! That is what
many citizens will do if they do not pause
to think before contributing to the present
Red Cross War Fund. To let a wounded
boy die because we refuse to provide the
money to care for him is stark tragedy?
The Red Cross is an agency of mercy
which sends its Good Samaritans through
out the world to minister with compassion
to those in need. It is the connecting link
between any member of the armed services
and his family. At the front its Field Di
rectors aid the service man in his personal
problems. It delivers the box from home
to the prisoner of war. It gives special
to refugees from sea disaster. It fur-
nishea Iifo^«ving blood plasma to the
wounded. - , , ,
• ‘Every cfti*« of the county can help to
# idlevidte the aafferfo# in the world by con-
4^yoting not li^dly.e^^dollar but fifty or a
Government’s Function
“The accomplishments of science and in
dustry expressed through the American
system of competitive enterprise,” decid
ed David Samoff, President of the Radio
Corporation of America, at a recent meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce of the
Statu of New York, “can be used to create
employment for labor, and capital, and to
stimulate national prosperity.
“Where private enterprise is able and
willing to meet the needs of society, it
should not be the function of government
to create industrial enterprises or to fin
ance them, or .to run them, or to employ la
bor or to operate our vast agricultural sys
tem. ,
“The government’s function should be
that of an umpire to see that each seg
ment of society plays its part in accor
dance with the rules, and fulfills its obli
gations to the community as a whole. In
performing this task, government would
do a great deal to assure the stabiltiy of
our economic life,” Mr. Samoff said.
V
Postwar Wonders
According to Arthur W. Hixson, profes
sor of chemical engineering at Columbia
University, the average postwar American
family may own a small helicopter, which
while taking up no more room than pres
ent-day cars, will be able to hover and rise
or land vertically in the back yard or on
the tops of tall buildings.
No less amazing is the prediction that
houses and furniture may be so light that
they can be moved to new sites by giant
helicopters. You coulcF take your home to
the country with you in the summer an'-
bring it back in the fall.
The future can hold a rosy picture for
the common man. He knows that when
improvements come he will benefit from
them because industry’s mass producUon
genius will place new things withinihi
economic reach.
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LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C.
FOLKS WHO KEEP THEIR
FfeELINGS OUT
There’s folks perhaps you know about
Who always keep^their feelings out;
No matter what you do or say.
They’re always getting hurt some way.
It hurts them if you preach the truth.
It hurts them if you warn the youth;
It hurts them if you preach too long.
Or fail to sing their “hobby” song.
It hurts them if you fail to pet.
They have their feelings all upset;
You’ve got to rub their feather right.
Or they are wrong enough to fight.
Sometimes they stay at home and pout,—
You wonder what it’s all about;
Then find it was a childish toy
That robbed them of their peace and joy,
They always blame the other lad
For everything that’s wrong and bad;
Their children are the best in town.
The best of all the folks around.
It’s childish things that cause the row-
The little pettish things, somehow.
That bring so many strifes about.
When people keep their feelings out.
No matter what may mash their toes
They blame it on their many foes;
For it’s the other fellow’s “dirt”
That always keeps their feelings hurt.
They need salvation—^yes, they do—
To clean them up and make them new;
That takes the carnal nature out
And makes them smile instead of pout.
Twill keep their feelings fine and good.
At home and in their neighborhood;
They’ll find their places in church and pew
And praise the Lord instead of “stew.”
'Twill put their feelings in their place.
And put a shine upon their face.
And put a “go” within the soul
To live for God a,nd reach the goal;
IN MIDDLE OF BAD FIX
Here it *1%' Friday afternoon,
time this colanitt: wag already!
written, and nottdng to write
about. We became so energetic
that we cleaned half our desk,
the half which- had the papers and
iruigrazines wi& the good Jokes.
We could write about the ft«ala
recently hiuj^ ' im Nr. Rol
Vannoy, (tf miuM River, hrong]
in a freak en iriikh loto like a
peamit and^uout the same siw.
It is really hiterasting, but it is
not big enough for breakfast.
We like big freaks of edible va
rieties.
Our Victory Garden is doing all
right by itself so far. How’s
yours ?
First thing we gotta do is find
an hour or two of time to work in
the garden, and the next thing to
do ig win a victory over laziness
if and when we get the time to
work. After the br.ttle with lazl
ness, we hope we have time to
plant ’taters, etc.
Alan Browning, '^o writes the
Gub-Bag in the Elkin Tribune,
has nine readers, so he says, and
there was a new one the_ other
day. which makes ten or one more
than capacity. He said he was
going out and shoot one to make
room for the new one.
This column boasts of eight
readers, which is a slightly leas
number because this column is
young and we can’t vnite for so
many people. *1116 eight readers
are: 1, we have to write it; 2,
the linotype operator has to set
it; 3, the proofreader has to read
4, tne man way back who
reads every word as a matter of
habit; 5 and 6, two children afraid
not to read it; 7 one who would
be afraid our feelings would be
hurt’;' 8, never mind who but you
can bet your life that person has
to read it too.
If this column has to shoot one
cf the present readerg to make
room for another, we might have
to begpn at number 1.
TO MY FRIENDS IN WILKES
AND THE ADJOINmO
COUNTIES
NEVER MIND DISASTER
Something funny always hap
pens to a new reporter. In our
early days of newspapering we
were sent to the scene of e major
tragedy to report what had hap
pened.
We wanted to write something
in big style and we started off the
story with this sentence.
.a»A ^-aiands • on ttae
hill overlooking the scene of this
great disaster ...”
Evidently the editor did not
read any farther. He wired beck:
‘Never mind disaster. Inter
view God. Get picture if possi
ble.”
OUR ADVICE
Keep your Ration Book 2 with
you and you'll never be caught
with your 'points down.’
V
CHOLERA
Fourteen Pitt county growers
are protecting their hog crop by
having 332 head vaccinateJ
against cholera, reports S. C.
Winchester, assistant farm agent,
NOTICE
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
In the Superim’ Co art
Before the Qerk
W. W. Carter, Administrator of
H. F. Carter, deceased, and W.
W. Carter and wife, Gertha Car
ter,
W. F. Carter and wife, Alice Car
ter, et als.
Under and by virtue of authori
ty conferred upon the undersigned
Commissioner by an order of His
Honor C. C. Hayes, Clerk Sunerii
Court, of Wilkes county. North
Carolina, appointing Hoke F. Hen
derson as .Commissioner in the
above-entitled action, to sell the
lands hereinafter described for
the purpose of making assets for
division among- the neirs-at-law
of H. F. Carter, deceased, for cash.
Now, therefore, I, the under-
sierned Commissioner, will on the
20th day of March. 1943, at 2;(W
o’clock p. m., on the premises in
Wilkes county. North Carolina, of
fer for sale to the last and high
est bidder for cash, the following
described real estate of H. F. Car
ter, to-wjtr
• Beginning at an iron stake In
C. L. Luffman and S. M. Couch’s
corner, running thenx» porth 86
degrees west 28 chains to a rock;
thence with D. F. McCann line
north 4 degrees east 18:60 chains
to a white oak; thence south 84
degrees east 2 chains to a Spanish
oak; thenre north 13.20 chains to
a pine; thence north 84 degrrees
east 22.75 chains., to a white oak,
Welborn’s corner; thence south 4
degrees west 36.20 chaing to the
pomt of beginning, contaiigng 76.-
16 acres more or less as surveyed
bv E. L. Wolfe, October, 1942.
For further reference see the fol
lowing deeds to H. P. Carter re
corded in book 178, page 467, and
book 181, page 42, Registry of
Wilkes county.
This the 16th day of Feb., 1943.
HOKE P. HENDERSON,
3-R-4fM Commissioner
#rntir
MNflPA
I HAVE PURCHASED THE STOCK OP
MERCHANDISE AND EQUIPMENT OF
BURKE’S JEWELRY
operated during the past few years by Mr. C. T.
Burke, and I am now personally in charge of
the business. I am in position to do
All Kmds of Rqpair Work on Watches
Clocks, and Jewdry
Gome, to See Me In My New Location
YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE APPRECIATED
TENTH
STREET
Watch Shop
Operated By MERRILL WILES
Bare-Miller Furniture
Co. Building
North Wilkesboro
North Carolina
JUST LIKE
CHANGW6
A LAMP BULB!
Help Conserve Precious Tires!
Gasoline! Motor Vehicles—
BY REPLAriXG
YOllR OWIY
FUSES ...
Mi*s Easy!
. . . almost as simple as replacing a lamp bulb! You help yourself, um, be
cause you can restore service immediately without waiting for a service man ...
who may be delayed in these busy war days. Each service coil you eUntmate con
serves critical materials needed for Victory.
PULL CORDS FROM OUTLETS—If
vou’rc not certain what caused the fuse to
blow, disconnect all appliance and exten-
sion cord.s.
TURN ON MAIN SWITCH —If the
new fuse blows again, and you cannot lo
cate the trouble, call your electrician.
TURN OFF MAIN SWITCH—Stand on
a dry surface.
REMOVE BI.OWN FUSE—Replace the
blown fuse with a new one of the same
size . . . generally 15 amperes for branch
c'rcuits.
EXAMINE ALL CORDS—Before recon
necting appliance or extension cor-ls r'-»?e
any necessary repairs.
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DO^”T USE SUBSTITUTE‘S —*’-ver
substitute a coin for a fuse or use a fuse
of too high an amperage.
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