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m MDSPSNOWwIoit^FbWftCS LV^AiUMd mm uid Tlivnday* nt North Carolina ^ J. CJiltfBR tad miUS C. HUBBAKD *“ PnUiahan r-" SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oae YwZ $i.60 Six MMtha 76 IV>ar Months .60 ’t)ut of the State S2.00 per Year ‘ Entered at the post office at North Wilkes- bwo. North Carolina, as second-dass matter under Act of March 4, 1879. MONDAY. JUNE 21, 1943 Victory Garden Contest One of the best projects carried out here in recent years was the victory gard en contest sponsored by the North Wilkes- boro Lions Club, and which closed last week with selection of winners and award ing of prizes. Main benefits to be derived from the contest came from increased interest in the vital subject of food production. In addition to the increased interest among the 66 who entered the contest, the im portance of food production was impress ed by publicity and word of mouth among the many who did not enter but who are cultivating victory gardens this year. The Lions Club made a good selection in placing L. L. Carpenter on the job as garden contest chairman. The number of entries and the interest shown in the con test reflects credit on his leadership of the project. The judges had a most difficult task in selecting the winners from so many ex cellent gardens. It is not surprising that they grouped four tied for fir.st and four tied for second. Picking the one best from so many would have been next to impos sible with so many factors to consider. Results of the contest show that the people of the Wilkesboros are carrying out their patriotic duty in food production, and there is ample evidence that th^ peo ple throughout the county are producing food as never before in gardens and in fields. It is intere.sting to note the great va riety of vegetables being produced in vic tory gardens. The jud|:es made a list of the things which they observed in gardens and the list as prepared by the judges con tained the following: egg plant, salsify, broccoli, brussel sprouts, celery, carrots, cauliflower, swiss chard, onions (all kinds), beets, ra'dishes, beans (all kinds), asparagus, rhubard, horse radish, rutaba ga, okra, cabbage, spinach, rape, mustard,, lettuce, soybeans, squash, corn,strawberry, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, Eng lish peas, butter beans, crowder peas, field peas, dill, parsnips, celtus, tomatoes, irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage, peppers (all types), sage, collards, ground cherries and kohl-rabi. The first prize was split between Hugh Might Dotson, J. B. Hende.-son, Dan and Smith Hudson, and Mrs. Z. R. Higgins. Second prize went on a four-way split to Mrs. C. C. Kilby, J. A. Buchanan, 0. K. Pope and C. A. Forester. Judges were J. B. McCoy, John Boyles, Mack Moore and J. B. Snipes. The four first prize winners received $7.50 each and the four second were awarded $5.00 each, making a total of $50 in prize money fur nished by the Lions Club. Wage Incentives Proof that wage incentive plans act as an important spur to production has been of fered in a study made recently by the De partment of Labor. The analysis, cover ing three industries—machinery manufac turing, cotton textile ' manufacture, and primary fabrication of non-ferrous indus- revealed medium differences in earnings, represented by increased output, ranging from 12.1 to 18.2 per cent. The findings which are of .significance to other government agencies interested in wages and production, indicate that high er earnings of incentive workers result most directly from more intensive effort by the wer^s. themselves. New pateeufer autos rationed to buyers from Maj?eh to March 1, 1943, to- “The Initiative Is Ours” During his recent baccalaureate address at the Valley Forge Military Academy, Major General Lusius D. Clay disclosed that American war production for the ar my during May exceeded $1,600,000,000 and is increasing at the rate of $100,000,- 000 a month. Comparing present production with that of the first World War, General Clay said that machine-gun output trebled the 1918 peak and that small-arms output was 8 times higher. Seventy-five-mm. gun pro duction w'as twelvefold greater than dur ing World War I, and artillery ammuni tion .seven times above the peak. He add ed that the increases were accomplished without sacrificing quality. “We received constant reports from every battle theatre with respect to the quality of our weapons,” General Clay de clared, “and changes are made as rapidly as the need is indicated and as production will permit. The resourcefulness and flexibility of American production are such that these changes can be made more rapidly here than anywhere else in the world. “We are ready for the offen.sive action nece.s.sary to win the utlimate decision—- the initiative is ours,” he said. V the importance of m preaerra- tion So much are we interested In canning, drying, etc., that we slipped into the Food Preteira- tlon Workshop held ik the Liber ty Theatre recently and was an eave dropper on what Miss Addle Malone and Mrs. Annie H. Greene hod to siy about canning. We heard them tell and .show how to can beans, peas, tomatoes, corn and other vegetables. But what we were Interested In is canning some things that grow in our victory garden. Not one word did we hear and not one demonstration did we see about how to can bean beetles, which is our most plentiful crop. Now, we have heard street ru- more about how bean beetles should be canned in a pressure cooker, which we do _ not have, and we cannot think of anything being so bad as a can of spoiled bean beetles, and if we can ours, we don’t want them to spoil. Just think of the waste! Next day we slipped in the wo men’s meeting again, hoping to learn how to preserve and con serve at least something that is /being produced in our victory garden—maybe something on po tato bugs. But it looks like our crops of big. juicy, potato bugs to going to waste, because we do not know any way of cannAg them. And we have been told by the best Rgricultunal authorities that the potato bugs will die and waste away when the potato .plants are devoured. Only thing we have left to do is to write our congressman and see if he can’t do something about it. About 8 billion points on the red ration stamp.s, and approximately 6 billion points on the blue stamps are put into circulation monthly by consumers of ration foods. Tests show a lower average fuel con sumption in a ceramic heater that in an or dinary coal .stove, and the ceramic heater retails heat longer than a metal one. Borrowed Comment THE TIN-SAVING HABIT (The Skyland Post) With many women the saving of tin cans has become a habit. They have a box or basket in the kitchen into wKich they toss all tin cans they open—and they would feel at though they had done a most unpatriotic act if they ever threw a can away. But a lot of others evidently haven’t bothered with the tin can salvage pro gram. For the government reports that two out of every three tin cans which get into the consumer’s hands are never turn ed in. Thus, whereas the nation is now salvaging 20,000 tons of tin cans a month, it could be salvaging 60,000 tons if every one would co-operate. The need for tin cans is now greater than ever. Our nation used to import 90 percent of its tin supply from Sumatra, Malaya, Ceylon and other South Pacific areas. Now it is depending upon salvage —plus a small portion of (ts needs which it manages to get from Bolivia and the Belgian Congo. A large part of the tin which we get now is being used to make new tin cans for packing food to our army and navy. No substitute for tin has been found which will withstand the changes of weather and severe conditions which exist where our troops are stationed. So it is up to all of us to see to it that the tin which comes into our kitchens goes to war and i|ot to ... agenciee gerted Ptodottloir fsim, Corrin^on C. GiU. > The agency, i^ered in without “is given wide dlicretion and authority, pw- ticularly to assure "the most effective handling of governmental problems in congested production areas.* _ There has been no publicity conceimiB^ the new bureau, no statement concerning its program, activities, or objectives. And, as many Congressmen have pointed out, it can be expanded into one of the most for midable Federal emergency bodies. Its di rector can decide what are governmental problems and which are the congested in dustrial areas. It is said that in the con gested areas” the Committee will concen trate on problems such as transportation, food supply, schools, health, recreation, and fuel. But what it will do about these prob lems as well as many others, and how it will affect the nation’s manufacturers it not known by Congress. As it would seem that this new agency, as well as many others now under Con gressional investigation, needs airing, the Smith Committee in the House is planning to look into its purposes and objectives. F. Moorji, of lu(rirpai»tee« Ball Jirflk- .CouDtr At«nt 0. C. et al rott good 'lii' get hto oat ^^ the o^n. . ^ gat caaght ia .giMtara^to sad' he aru afriiM ofeaea *** .DMnredL renr «aib- “ WaewF-■ Aa ellinUi^ up a hill ho haiurd . ' , 10 la the hfll tiumped ntr fdof** -" ■ 1 ^ The man lifted hla ‘ eree to heaven and said, "Thank 0^, there are Christiana.,on* thlt 1»- Tand". .■- NfiEDBD TWO— ,, ’'Did you notice Laura la get ting a doable chin?’: - ‘‘Tea; l gueas it waa too much work, for one." LAtnVCHED HER— A lady vUitor at one of the buay Kalaer ahlnyarda on the Pa cific Coaat recently atoop^ over to tie a knot in her shoe. The next thin* she knew, a bottle of champagne was broken across her stern and she was launched! GOT ACQUAINTED FIRST— It takes a long time to get ac quainted but only a minute to fall In love, and the tragedy of many Is that they fell In love before theys got acquainted. V SHOULD KNOW— This was told on a local col ored boy when he went,to Fort Bragg in the draft. The officer in charge asked; "Whet is you- name and address?'’' The colored boy’s reply was: "I.and sakes alive, you had orghta know. You sent for rae.” IX WRONG PL.\CK— And it was told on Jim Allen and Buster Grayson at Camp Croft that by mistake during the process of their army induction ex».nnination that they got into the room where inductees were being given literacy tests. There the examining officer had such things as wooden blocks with let ters on them, like little kids use in play. The examiner w'ould make simple words with the let ter blocks and ask what they were. This was reported to have gone on some time before either the examining officer or the two young men realized they were in the wrong room. KEEP FIRE AWAY— •An elderly woman living back in the mountains fell ill nnd call ed a physician. He prescribed some medicine in the form of cap sules, but found it very difficult to induce his patient lo take them. She finally agreed. A few days later her son, find ing her sitting up and feeling much better, suggested that she celebrate her improvement with a smoke from her old pipe. He filled her pipe and, taking a live coal from the hearth, carried both to his mot.her. Old Woman (crying In terror) —Take that away, son, take that away! Don’t you know better’n to come, near me with that fire while I've got them cartridges in me! STII/L WANNA FIGHT— We haven’t much space to waste this time on the slinking, snooty impostor who writes ‘‘Subnormal Suppositions’’ in Thursday Issues. ^ut after he said what he did Thursday, ,we again wanna fight. Won’t some. a junk pile. WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. T. H. WILLIAMS, Mgr. • BEAR • Frame Service GOOD USED CARS, TRUCKS AND TRACTORS Easy Terms • Complete' Body Rebuilding Will ‘ Pay Cash for Model Wrecked Car* , Electric and Acetyj^ST^dlhi . hiMdqttkrtOT. lA methH pf (•- AeaMtantlirMeh Jnekaott. year and't«4,W-«hwetr'otTmp*r. (Elkin Tribune) Closure .Elwood McCann, 41, of the Pleasant Hill community, west of Elkin, died at the local hospital Wednesday morning at 6:45 following an illness of two weeks. He was a native of Wilkes county and a son of Wesley and Martha Cockerham McCann of Benham. For several years Mr. McCann had been an employee of Chat ham Manufacturing Company here. He was a member of the Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness church. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Hallie Tucker McCann, one daughter, Ethel, and one son. Robert McCann, all of this city: his parents, two brothers. Ira and Robert McCann of Benham, and oae sister, Mrs. Luther Walters, of State Road. Funeral rites were held Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Jonesville Pentecostal Holiness church, in charge of Rev. J. W. Kelley, of Leaksville, a*former pastor, assisted by Rev. F. P. Rob- bine and Rev. J. L. Powers. In terment was in the Charity Meth odist church cemetery in Wilkes county. Coccidiosis has exacted a heavy death toll among chickens in Beaufort county, says Assistant County Agent W. G. Andrews. Good, sanitary practices prevent many poultry troubles. -V BUY MORE WAR BONDS 4ll-Wfi0her Man... This man and the members of his crew were able to take it and dish it out long before the na tional emphasis on physical fitness. Theirs is a battle that knows no armistice—a battle to keep the lines up against the worst old Nature can do. Their job is doubly vital today, because upon them depend.s delivery of electric power to war plant.s throughout the Piedmont Carolinas and, as always, there is the task of maintaining elec tric service in your home. They are a courageous crew, with fighting hearts, skill, and know-how—and fine pride of workmanship. DUKE POWER CO. I ■f Sg5 niL riio.se Who Serve for Vktory rHrvuoijrr mechanic # tium ov'^r (’fcrntial lit .iincri>u ivur ■ *t CIVILIAN DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION DOCTORS EUCTRIC POWER ENGINEERING ESSENTIAL WORKERS FARM SUPPLIES FARM VETERINARIANS HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIAL MANAGERS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS LUMBER CAMPS MACHINERY MEAT PACKERS ... and many other trades, businetses and profes sions whose producti and servieaa art important to the war alTort MEDICAL SUPPLIES MINES OIL WELLS POLICE CARS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBUC SAFETY RED CROSS ACTIVITIES SCHOOLS SHIPYARDS SURGEONS TECHNICIANS VITAL SUPPLIES WAR PUNTS ★ BUY W A ★ A U. S. WAR BONDS A ★ AND STAMPS ★ HIS SKILL helps to maintain the cars which carry mil- liondof war workers to'and from their jobs, day after day. ms EXPERIENCE helps to preserve the trucks which carry vital materials to and from war planto building arms and equipment for our fighting men. HIS SERVICE helps to conserve the cars and trucks of hard working farmers who are feediug America and her alhes. aiEViJei/Lr BEaLEI{ ; t (IV U.l MUvK- >. nil ' K *4 --.tl
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