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s - • ' J - iii' .r ■ m lf#rtik CmpoMm ■( t? r !>. 1. CASTSB uid JHUllS a ffOBBABD. S.J, SUnCMPTldlf RATES: m Ow T*f» M Oi^ of the State |2.00 per Teii office a* North y MBOttd ol liat^4. JS79. AfONDAY, API^U26, 1943 Hats Off to Retailert The retail merchant has become the man hi the middle—in the middle of that no man's land—where a fighting government collides with a fighting, consummg pub lic. Both of these fighting elements are allies, but like most allies they don’t «et along too well sometimes. A spoiled pub lic which has been'in the habit of getting what it wants when it wants it from an in credibly efficient retail distribution sys tem, cannot'be expected to don the halter Of ^dantages and be led about by dicta- toiial decrees without kicking the day lights out of a few regulatory fences. Un fortunately the retailers upon whose shoul ders fall the responsibility of explaining and applying the restrictions, are the ones who get get kicked most often. For that reason it is only fair to give them a pat on the back occasionally. They deserve it. Retail distributors have shown amazing ability to interpret and put into practical operation literally thousands of new war time merchandising regulations conceived by lawyers and experts with little or no merchandising experience. Most of the reg ulations carry heavy jail sentences and ior vkilatiom Laboring in the shadow ^ stiff i^hKies, thousands of mewhants throughout tlie country work out the rules as they understand them, often without benefit of legal advice, and put them in force. They know it has to be done or the distribution system will break down, bring ing disaster to the country. They try to explain this to customers, while striving to get the government to simplify and ease inequalities in the rules. Neither the pub lic nor most government experts, actually comprehend the heavy responsibility which retail merchants bear in helping to maintain economic stability during the emergency. Consumers should be slow to criticize the retailer for inconveniences over which he has no control. The government should constantly seek to make burdensome re strictions less onerous. And both the pub lic and the government should be less quick to accurse retailers of evil intent when one of ten thousand rules has been inadver tently violated. V ^ , lint ihut «p' by »« ; mtiM «f tkdr “dor -while, »hdl**ve b«4n d^^^J ^ the prwieee ceh be ^j^tswted we trairt to them for light^^Tb Archibald Stuart, 1789. nt k so'diffieuh to draw a clw Ime ^ separation between' the aboM and^the wholesome use of the pressi ^t as y** have found it better to trust the pubUe judgment, thy: the magistrate, with the discrimination between truth and Pictet, 1803. false- “The libertSy of guards our o^er lil) and wri^g .•peakw. Os. 15 of midA kM Mi tkefr snoot 4-«[ Clnb drls and fholr loeal leaOmi from VrakM, Snny, Tadkln and anoskanjr cossty and ‘ thO' tarn and bofaO aseats from tko above ’Ihw R^tb Cnrroiit,^ otatio wM demonotmiUon osen^’:. wao " R«nlv to ad- mooMge teUtag |.rr**P*y ^ VOIIOBS way* that tbo..4« »bt> She SOTO a vary IMpb- olf .^ tUBOS if^'e^'onciiyk'^ wbat bo oMarid to iadMOy^ Mmiisr' of ‘tio b«i d»18p. r . “Thore are rights which it is us«e^ w The Press and Freedom One of the bulwarks of democracy is a free press, notwithstanding the fact that some economic planners would try to make the people believe that a free press is not as essential as some other rights. Last week was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, whose mind was broad enough to see into the future and know with certainty the principles necessary for the preservation of democ racy. From The Editor and Publisher we gat - elr these comments by Jefferson which go to show that freedom of the press is an es sential right in the American Way of Life: ‘Considering the great importance to the public library of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submittii^ it to very precise rules, the laws have thought it leas mischievous to give great scope to its free- iom than to the restraint of it. The Presi dent has, therefore, no authority to prevent publication of the nature of those you com- ^plain of.”—^To Spanish Commissioners, 1793. “No experimoiit can be more interesting than that we lire now trying and which we trust \wll end in edablishing the fact, that man may be governed by reason and truth "Our first object should therefore be, to leave ^n to him al! the avenues to truth The afiii«taal hi^ertp found is the fimr^ore, the surrender to the | governments have , Slnvke/'-^To , “Frenau’s paper has saye^ our Coi|^‘ tution, which was galloping fast into mon archy, and has been checked by nd^means so powerfully as by that paper. It is well and universally known, that it has been that paper which has checked the career of the Monocrats.”—The Anas, 1793. “This paper (The Aurora) has unque^ tionably resndered incalculable services to, republicankm through all its struggles with the federalists, and has been the rally ing point for the orthodoxy of the whole Union. It was our comfort in the gloom iest days, and is still performing the of fice of a watchful sentinel.”—To Dabney Carr, 1811. “Printing presses shall be subject to no other restraint than libelness to legal pros ecution for false facts printed and publish ed.”—Proposed Constitution for Virginia, 1783. “Printing presses shall be free except as to false facts published maliciously, either to injure the reputation of another, whether followed by pecuniary damages or not, or to expose him to the punish- merit of the law.”—1794. “The way to prevent these irregular in terpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs through the channel of the public papers.—To Ed ward Carrington, 1787. iad i)on> were aiding okort Ah proMot had Ahupl' ^ a d*)enniaatioii to raaliy"d«r" 'boot hi tlie-food’^odwi^B ipsMm. ;■■■- ' attepdin* from Wllkea' county were: J. B. Snipes, connty agent; Mr*. Annie R. Oreene, kome demonstration agent; Mis. F. T. Moore, Rond* 4-H club leader for girls; Nona Iiee Mathis, Ronds; Norma Jane Darnell, Ron. da; Rosemble Jolly, Ronda; Sue Martin, Ronda; Mrs. Psnl New man, Benham 4-H club lei^er for girls; Betty Jean Newman, Ben- ham;- Magdalina Yocharough, Ben- ham; DorothyN Walkm*, Benham; Diila J(hie Myers, Be^Ms; M!n Beatrice Holbrook; Trapkill 4-R club IMder for girls; Jeon Brew- Tn^hill; - Irene- Par due, Trap- hill; Allene Smith, TraphHl; Mary Hutchison, Tmphill. •V - '■ ^ A’ddre# •d kr a ered.meet Midtal^ tabor ay bndiHit taaghi' tke idak. ‘Vl^eh is til* Qioet iMpd^Mt tat of K ;htrs*-tatt«di . - -- , ,.TIi« nitm wM;trili^to get the histpt)r of' k' eontBAnteahie dis- (frbm a rmaR boy in the fim tnd(i^ to she Mksd blm:^- ,;, eye*;’ ha^^ il ifdr (shaking ^ hla'iit^if and lookin*^ blank) — I ^den^t know. .. Nurse—Have you ever had the mumps? > Small Boy—1 don’t know.' Nurse—Rave you ever had chicken pox? Small Boy—I don’t know. Nttrise (exasperated) — Well, have yoit ever been sick? Small boy (smiling from ear to ear)—^Yes. NnriO-^What did you have? Small Boy—Pills. a-?bk sme—nse .ftdsdo. April- eka^:«:^- __ R. O.^i ^ ‘ lifter j motod .to thellmk ’(tatanM. ; 'JBcCby.* Vdi o ta Wliketboro, (w, Ji, in kit. >1- Iff pro- :*f edtatm' North Yroi* Jlpito Sudir . 8aadt'» ... k taagsr toktaf an- oeftai ,6. T. .(LrjBs. takhtof'IMlBid jidi# thd piMtfrta' taedimf ; icAi)^; InMMd at ' tag tnfo the this slt;^# 111* portion of Ranlcf^^ifiMi OPEN FORUM Hiia ta a otUaniB open to Um pebHc for free axpreseton. THB JOURNAL-PA’TRKyr dosa not ossanie any respetisIMlBy for aitloieB printed under UilB bending, and nettber endorses nor condemns them. Plenoe be os brid oa possible. ' MY OPBRATIONI I used to be mum when my friends disensied their operations,'' ‘ But now t can tell of their carv ing right into my budget, de- Lightfully pruning out twenty- four points, one half my ra tions. But those O. P. A. operations won’t bother me now, be cause I’ll operate too on a little green spot, with nations re ceiving their share of my points —when I harvest my victory. —'Budge Allyn Bays. Eggs Hard to Digest In tostifying before the Truman £mn-. mittee which is seeking information on the possible coal strike and the problem of holding down wages, John L. Lewis'said: “One way to get cooperation is to give the workers of this country enough to eat. . With coal miner’s wages around ?1 an hour, it is hard to digest such a statement In the best-fed country in the world, the public would not want to see any group of persons going hungry, but it would like to see more proof that a hungry condition ex ists with men who are being paid $1 or more an hour. If these men are going hungry, a large percentage of the people of the United States are also going hungry, for it is probable that a majority of them do not make the average monthly wag6 of the coal miner. V COY FOSTER WRITES Since my home was destroyed by fire on April 20, I have heard reports that a man has been tak ing up a collection for me and supposedly taking contributions for the benefit of me and my family. I take this means to In form the public that I have not authorized anyone to take any col lection for me or ask gifts on my behalf,, en^ that I have not re- not expect to re ceive an^of the money collect ed. I appreciate the kindness of those who have contributed, thinking it was^for me, but under the circumstances, I believe it is my duty to Inform the people that the man doing the collecting has been doing so under false pre tense and that the money collect ed has not been turned over to me. —COY FOSTER Congo, N. C. V IN WAR WORK Customer—My goodness! are high! Grocer—Sure, part of the war program. Customer—How ? Grocer—All the hens are mak ing shells. STILL HAD RELIGION An old negro got up one night at a revival meeting and said: Brndders and sisters, you knows and I knows dat I ain’t been what I oughdter been. I’s robbed hen houses and stole hogs, and told lies and got drunk, and stashed folks wld my razor, and shot craps, and cussed an’ swore, but I thank de Lord there’s one for Pete’s sake, “shut up’’ and let me read the funnies. looking for one Friend—That girl frankly ad mits she is looking (or a husband. Girl—So am I. Friend—I though you had one? Qlrl—So I have, and I spend most of my time looking for him. BONDS Buy more bonds to keep him fly ing, And know that he is not dying. W’e must all buy stamps To keep the Japs from our camps. ST.'VTED HIS ST.IND Husband—^Nonsense, Margaret, I love you more than ever. I wor ship the ground you walk on Your every wish is my command. thrill at y>. r proximity. Now thing I ain’t never done; I ain’t never lost mah religion. Yon must buy bonds for your son To keep those Japs on the run. Buy a bond a day And keep those Japs farther away. Income tax is now paid by 10,- 500.000 Britons, compared with 3,- 800.000 in 1930. Borrowed Comment “WORKING OUT ALL RIGHT” (Elkin Tribune) Says the Winston-Salem Journal: "Yad kin lime mine has crushed nearly 2,000 tons and sold 990 tons of lime. It seems to be another of those ‘impractical’ pro jects that is working out all right.” We appreciate this interest of oui- neighbor. The Journal is one of the im portant State dailies that refused to join the chant that opening the lime quarry wasn’t Worth while. Editor Martin had faith in it too, and said so. This project is not yet out of the ex'peri mental stage. But at least it has been,re moved from the list of uncertainties, ft will either prove “practical” or be sei down as impractical, but not until its mer its have been tried. And that is what this pap^r fought for from the beginning—an honest and aggressive effort to detertnine the value, or lack of it, of this nearby lime deposit. But no matter how much, lime the State manages to process, it won’t *do ai^body any good until it is out in the field ivhere it is so obviously needed. It is our notion that the fanners in this area shou|d Aee .to it that the crushers be kept worldiig full time to fill their demands. That soil food for our farms should be moved as fast as it is processed, and 'we are persuaded' that it will be as soon asvthe farmers shoo^ze it as the asset right,here’‘«t?-fiMi’’hiitt^oor this It is. i ' money when Don’t blow your down t6wr„ But keep the rising sun fai down. Those stamps you buy will help a lot. To keep the Japs on the spot. Those bonds you buy stay in mo tion, Help to sink Japs to the bot tom of the ocean. So remember Pearl Harbor, Guam, and Wake And buy more bonds for his sake. HUGH GALE. Age 11 North Wllkesboro, N. C. V* NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION North Carolina, Wilkes County. In the Superior Court Bulah Baxter vs. James ^xter the defendEnt, James Baxter, will take notice that an action en titled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court ol Wilkes county, N. C., for the pur- rose of an absolute divorce; and the said defendant wiU, furtaer Uke notice that he is required to appear at the office of toe Clerk of Superior Court of said coun^ within 20 days from the service of this suma»ohS'*ud answer or M- raur to die complain m said or the plaintiff Jo the d 'in court for the reE said comptaint. This 6th day of April, I94A (M) C. C. HAYEIS, 4-2e-4t(D) CSerk Superior Court The Tide Ha» Turn^ As the days of Bleitzkreiglng are waning. They’re dropping block-busting bombs on Berlin— Russia they’re rushing the Nazis, The’re advancing again and again; In Africa Rommel is roaming. With the Allies close on his track. While MacArthur is holding the Nippons And giving them slap after slap. How long these things will con tinue It seems that nobody knows— But one thing seems very certain We have got to conquer oufi * foes; So with fighting and working and praying God grant the day will soon come , When war from this world will oe' banished, r And every mother’s son can g* home, —Angle Safford Keeney. WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. T. H. WILLUaS. Her. • BEAR • Frame Serrice icOOD USBta €^. TRUCK8 AND nuycTORs Eafi’t'^nas Will Pay for Wre(»ed|pars a^ ;.,, '>'oatfUitf ■ Bo# Rdbiiit^na Heiadintlie Stetson "STSATQLINER' Put on a toil Stetson ’'Stiatoliner" and walk with your chin up and head high. The zip in its sfaeamlinei, the loiazt Wiyl* in its nanow band and binding will Hit your heart and tpiiili. It's the hot to soar ini Made by the ex- duiiva Statson Vita-Foil* Pioceu. $7.50. a PAYNE mm CO. North Wllkesboro, N. C. >looM Talk con cost livasl—Keep H undar your SMton* Before calling OUI SCW/ICE DEPARTMENT please check these things and SAVE MOIEV and HIBBER ,s your appliance connected / You’d be amazed.how often a disconnected extension cord is all that is wrong. If one light is out, replace the bulb. If several, check the fus es. Replacing a burned out fuse may be all that is necessary. If vour lights are out and those of your neighbors too, then call the service man. Oven won’t heat propwly? Be sure the oven heating units are plu'^ged in tightly. Are you sure you’ve turned on all switches correctly? Is the switch on ”onr automatic clock set properly? Table or floor lamp won’t bum? Maybe thO' extension cord is worn or heeds a new
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