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rffifivl m 0' " \ll«% l||lliiMiMMr'lt«>A Cardba -.: Jd, t. ctoiBB and JULIUB d HDBBABD ' - ■ - ' FablldMn ■• ;5 '• SliBSK'JiiPTION RATES: One Year Six Montfaa Four Months Oat of the State . Jl. 11.60 J6 '.60 .... $2.00 per Year Saterad &t tba poet offk* at North Wilkea* bo«o, Nbrth Carolina, aa aecond-class matter onder Act of March 4, U79. THURSDAY, NOV. 2S, 1943 Gratitude— According to one of the oldest and fin est traditions of America, this day has been designated as a day of Thanksgiving to Al mighty God for the blessings of the year. Witti the world torn with the ravages of war, there are yet many things and preci ous privileges for which we can be thank ful. We can be grateful that we retain our principal freedoms, even in the crisis of war. We can be thankful for freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom to worship our God. And we can be thankful that we have the privilege to defend these priceless free doms against all aggressors in the world.' We can be grateful that we have the op portunity to have a part in the struggle to retain justice and freedom for our own peoples and to rescue distressed humanity in many lands overrun by our enemies, which are also the enemies of righteous ness. Those of us who remain in the home land can certainly be thankful that our na tion has not been ravaged by the destruc tion of war. We can be grateful that our homes have not been destroyed by bombs, and that women and children have not had to suffer the tcmble experiences of conflict in our own land. Surely we can be thankful that the tide of victory has turned toward our forces throughout the world, and although the struggle may yet last for many months, victory will certainly be ours if we do not let up, if we put into the fight the best we can on the home front and trust to our fighting men to do the excellent job we know they can do against the enemy on many battlefronts. If we have not gratitude in our hearts for the countless blessings which are ours to enjoy, we are not deserving of continua tion of these blessings, and ingratitude is one of the lowest sins with which depraved humanity can be cursed. On this Thanksgiving I?ay let us reflect upon the words of the Psalmist: “Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endureth forever”. V Speeders Saboteurs— It is distasteful to use the word sabo teur in connection with people of our home county and state, but the distressing fact remains’that there are those who disregard the speed laws and who art wantonly wasting rubber. Any operator of a motor vehicle who drives at a high rate of speed is destroying rubber, one of the scarcest and most vital of materials needed in the war program and for essential civilian use. , Now, when you take* your car to the re capper he may tell you that he does not " have any rubber. Why? One reason is that persons who have been driving 50, 60 or 70 miles per hour have left precious rubber on the pavements of the highways. That affects every own er of a motor vehicle, and thus cripples the transportation systems of the nation as a whole. Officers have been making many arrests of speeders in this part of the state, but they can’t catch all of them. The better solution is for every driver to realize his responsibility and to consider himself a one-man committee to save rubber. The Colrt of Slavery “Let us compare our situation with that of the German people. Over there, as I ' ittOW fktto my long residence in Hitler’s f the nation has for more than ', done nothing but work and slave and pey £« the war which the Intuition 0(^ppona sp weatonly unloosed upon the 4#-,“B*4n"sueh e%gedb^ M Ui*Sr(«terE.aAOr»Mj««^A«“ I *'■5: G#man wa^ ^ a^street eoTBiis o»ee l^monA by and ’actre^r hY workers, by .iigh-coUaf»d offietels Foreign bers of the Hitler To««i, went mainly into the coffers of Webrmsclrt^^^.^ infinitesimal fSstotloh to the tress. The pound packages of all Gennmis were ask,id lo donwe o^^ month weye, sfgnfiKcantJyr-prea^^d consist of staples like, lentils, rice, fam flour, sugar, dried betas and peas— er words, of non-perishable foods. . Because these commoditaes were by fio. means intended for the needy poor b^ were hoarded for the war. The one-dish meal every fourth Sunday also had the coming war in view. That is, the families -were requested to prepare but one dish tor the Sunday dinner, and to hand to a colle^ tor the difference between the cotrt of this meal and a regular Sunday dinner. The restaurant keepers had automatically to turn a certain differential into the war cof fers., on these one-dish Sundays. “That was the picture in Germany even without taking into account the numerous, practically compulsory war loans, the com pulsory savings from pay envelopes which, to be sure, were credited to the particular worker, but whose use for war purposes was enjoyed by the government. Nor does this take into account that a special war tax, higher than our Victory tax, was clamped on, and that the large insurance system of Germany, both public and pri vate, were so depleted of theu* reserves, which bad to be yielded up to the govern ment, that no family could draw the en tire insurance sum upon the death of the insured, but had to be content with mere driblets of payments. “Now, that has been going on incessant ly in Germany since 1933, and the squeeze on the financial resources of the people will be even accelerated constantly. And all that at a time when certain, inevita ble defeat is staring the German nation in the face. __V tar vs np _ _ JT «Mnd what tja thovght —good 0h«i.nB«Wtd. va toaaidm same once . we did three, weeks ago. Ther borrowed them back from na. ^ ^ We kn^ a spo* who carries her hose go hii^ aha^, strangles a hole on each hide, tor the ears of the Jackass .who wonld pay that much tor a hatlv I LIFE’S BETTER WAY • WALTER E. ISENHOUR * Hiddenite, N. C. thkEfi CLASSES OF PEOPLE Someone has said there are three kinds of people, namely, “The Wills, the Won’ts, the Can’ts.” Every man, woman, boy and girl who has good common sense, and who has any ability at all, even if it isn’t only to be a worker at some ordinary daily job, ought to belong to tho first class. With one lit tle talent lots of people accomplish great things. They have the will to go forth in life and climb up the hill of manhood and womanhood, and to rise and climb - , , 1. i • r-i spending « usefulness, and live an honest, upnght, home in Hays. beneficial life before God and man. They . j, j. j|. 'T.1*^ her mother, Mrs. Ed MoClean build our homes of godliness, our schools, j^rs. McCiean is our churches, and lead the way to the highest and best things in life, them and make them a blessing. They have high aims, n^ble plans and high their grandparents, Mr ideals. They have a great and worthwhile purpose for which to live, and go forth to Mrs. W. J. Templeton left for , „ New York city laat week to spend use their golden opportunities to the best several weeks with her daughter, advantage. They make their mark and leave their influence behind to bless man- 1,^0^ working in Washington, D. kind when they are gone from time to eter nity. Thank God for them. ■ W JDWIW Nidiioii. »mm ■f' f -if’ evarp time it ralpik „ A hat priced, |16 should have TIMB 1W>R FBRBWOBKS— A men who said he reads this column submitted something put in It. That part Is all right, but if he does read It, and some one of the 12 readers has not died without ns knowing it, that makes readers, which Is one above the prescribed capeclty of 12, and we'll have to begin the fireworks. According to our set policy, we can’t hav^over 12 readers and If We have 13, one must be shot, and we begin with nuinher one accord Ing to priority, because everything must be on priority these days. We gave the number 1 priority to the number 1 reader, which, of course, 1s the writer. But to get on with the subject, here is what the reader number 13 thought was pretty good: “SOMD SOtITH”— The setting of this little epi sode is a’small Southern town. The scene Is a grammar school where a new school teacher Is making conversation the first day of school. She Is asking the pu pils questions about their town. “Mary, who gave us this new school house?” “Teacher, you know that; Mr. Roosevelt, of course!” “Now, Billy, who gave us the new post office and that new road that come to school Even Billy, the dunce, knows this; “Mr. Roosevelt, teacher’’. Rnnnlng out of buildings to talk abodt, the teacher then asks little Mary Jones who gave the beautiful grove of trees that are in front of the school building. ‘Mother Nature gave those trees”, came the reply. With this up popped Johnny who cried, “Teacher, throw that Republican out of here!” N^wsofPastWMk At Moiotaio View Mr. and Mrs. daughter, Peggy, Ed Fox and of Burlington, few days at their Mrs. Wllmer Woodruff visited patient in the Davis Hospital In God bless Statesville. Misses Cleo and Gay Watkins spent the week-end in Hays with and Mrs. are visiting their parents this week. Miss Hazel Jenkins and Mrs. Troy Perry spent the day In Wln- The Won’ts simply take the opposite at- ^ titude and stand in life. They could ac- ston-Salem, Saturday, complish good and great things if theyl^^^^'/J^’; c.'c.. would, 0.- if they willed to do so, but they Slevlns Sunday night for a prayer won’t trive themselves to God that He may service. _ _ use them to the good of others and to His glory. They won’t use their time and tal ent for good, but for evil. 'They won’t ac cept their good opportunities which come their way as they go through life. They oppose the people of God; oppose salva tion, and the building of churches ,and schools. The oppose everything that is for the good of mankind and the uplift of the country physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. Thejr could be great peo ple, but they won’t. 'They could dq great good, and make a wonderful success of life, and'reach heaven’s goal at last, but they won't. Now the third class, the Can’ts. Poor people. Multitudes can’t because they think they can’t. They don’t try. They have too little confidence in themselves. They think the other fellow should fill the responsible places in life, should lead the way, should do the worl^ , shonU- go fenth and accomplkih, but Do you know who ctat? .^ust ed, the idio^ the 1lau^wRl.' Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Reynolds attended the Duke-Carollna game at Chapel Hill, Saturday. Cpl. FaiRon Leonard Blevins, Jr., of Madison, Wisconsin, arriv ed here Sunday to spend a few days with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. Pamon Blevins. Blevins is radio technician In the U. S. army air corps.' He expects to be trans ferred to another school for fur ther training upom hie return to Madison. Mor« bonds for victo^. ItelMittLast imn-Uc- tosoottw^ flamed im' Is Your IRON QN THE SHELF? Thar* aran't many Elactric Irons laft, ond lhar* won't b* any now onat until oftar tha war, so taka good cam of th* iron you now hov*. A litti* dttantion now wltt tava you tima and troubi* lotar. Here's How to Keep If Running! • Keep the bottom of your electric iron dacpi. Wait until iron is cool, then wipe oS with a lqmp cloth. If necessary, use tuparsudl. ar i said scouting powder. wHh a clean damp cloth often- words. Never pul the iron in water. e Avoid ironbig ever buttons, books, pets, or other hard ortlcles. e Avoid dropping the iron. a Replace the connecting cord vAen necessary. e Keep the cord away from hot iron, e REMEMBER THIS; It's the eoiUoct of heat with the dampened garment that removes wrinkles, not the pressure or weight So, don't wear yourself out pressing down. Use o lightweight Iren smd let the heat 'do the job. e Be sure the iron is perfectly cold before putting away. Yomr Eitctrieal Sereent Electricity is Vital In War—Don’t Wnste It. DUKE PtWEI? CO. ...ii ,— Jv*--.. \ ,l - .’It.’'- K DELINQUENT Must Be Paid! All persoiw owing any taxes be tween the years of 1928 to 1941, inclusive, must pay these taxes at once, or the County will be forced to turn these taxes over to the Coun ty Attorney for foreclosure. The Property mill Be Sold to The J^i»t Bidder who will receive a deed, as pre scribed by the Laws of North Car olina. If you owe taxes for any of the above mentioned years, please pay at once and save cost of sale, inter est, and penalties. Ihiu hyiKrt 1 Ik Ctnb -S'. ■ ff'pi ■ ’•lv -jR' hpm\ny
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