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il5-- Pt#o m «#¥!»«'■ I _ ,, _. _ -Pitriot INDEPENDENT IN^POLincS ■#" P^j^UidM! HoimIap* oiul Thor«d«y* at North Winbesboro, North Carolina D. J. CARTER and JULIUS C. HUBBARD Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year — $2.00 (In Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) One Year ....- $3.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) Rates To Those In Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 Entered at the poetoffice at North Wilkes- boro, North Carolina, as Second-clais matter under Act of March 4, 1879. THURSDAY, AUG. 31,1944 Benefits For Veterans Lt. Col. A. L. Fletcher in an address be fore the Midwestern Press Association at Shatley Springs Saturday night reviewed some of the benefits for veterans as pro vided in the “G I Bill of Rights” recently passed by congress. Returning veterans may secure loans for going into business or for farms; they will receive free hospitalization; they will re ceive liberal mustering out pay when leav ing the service; they will have preference over non-veterans for whatever jobs are available; those who had their education interrupted by going into service may re ceive up to §500 per year for completing their education. Those are the major benefits and there are many others. It is eternally right that the nation pro vide every opportunity possible to the men who are defending freedom, regardle.ss of cost The men who have gone into service have encountered a major interruption in their lives, and many adjustments will be needed to get them on their feet. It w'ould be an ungrateful nation w’hich would not protect and provide for the men w'ho have succes.sfully defended its existence. It will take a lot of tax money to provide those benefits for veterans, but it will be fulfilling a moral and sacred obligation and it will be worthy expenditures. Politi cians can find ways to get large sums of money for raking leaves from a vmcant lot, and the .American people will make sure that the money is provided for veterans to have opportunities they justly deservm, even if the leaves must go unraked and slu.sh funds for political expediency have to be eliminated. V Sanitation Suggestions It has been appropriate that more at tention be given sanitation problems, es pecially since outbreak of the polio epide mic. And in this connection we are re producing some sanitarj' suggestions pre pared by S. G. Tugman, ilkes country sanitarian: “It has been very forcefully brought to the attention of the County Health Depart ment that the sanitary' conditions of Wilkes county at large and especially of its two most important towns, the two Wilkes- boro.“f, are far short of what they should be. Granting that this statement is true, let’s ask ourselves whose fault it is. “The Health Department? We humbly admit our short comings. “The police department? I’m sure they are fully aware of their responsibility. But after all, don’t each of us have a personal obligation to be met? “We have been taught ever since our public school days' that flies breed in filth, and only in filth or decaying matter. “We know from our personal observa tion that rats, roaches and flies, feed from open garbage cans. ‘ “Why then do we wait for the sanitanan to come and repeat all this to fis before we take any steps to correct a condition on our premises which we already know is of fensive in it’s nature and a menace to our health and to the health of those around us’ Why wait for the policeman to come, to "our homes with a “request” to clean up an offensive hog pen? ‘*Why should the “inspector have to tell us we need a garbage can with a fly tight cover? ^ x i, “Why should the ‘law’ have to tell us that all garbage should be placed in these containers and not scattered promiscuous- Iv about our premises where dogs, rats, flies and roaches feed from it and are en couraged to return for more? , i»If yfQ have a hog pen the floor should be at least 12 inches above the ground, so instructed that the droppings can be re moved at lepit t^ce or three timei w#kly, and spread on a back lot or put in a pit anq covered with a few inches'of earth, use of chlorinated lime in the pen will greatly reduce odors and fly breeding. » ‘If we use an out-door privy it must be kept in good Repair, the seat cover kept m place, the mound so constructed as to k^p surface drainage out as much as possible and exclude insects and rodents from en- > try. If we use a septic tank it must not be allowed to become too full because that destroys the function of the tank and ni trification field”. V **Paper Bombs^* Spaed V“Day All the bombs falling on Germany and Nazi-occupied cities today aren t filled with explosives although the non-explosive kind are just as surely speeding the advent of V-Day. “Paper bombs” are also pouring over Berlin, over Nazi troops, and to the vali ant underground forces of France and oth er countries about to be liberated from the Nazi yoke. They are playing an important role in undermining German morale and in inciting civilian uprisings. By so doing they hasten the collapse of the enemy and save the lives of American fighting men. These “paper bombs”—even more a product of pulpwood than the block busters—consist of newspapers, periodi cals and pamphlets in the language of the country into which they are dropped. This “bombing” is a part of what military men called “psychological warfare”. Pulpwood is needed to keep these “paper bombs” falling on Nazi Europe. Meanwhile pulpwood is doing its less spec tacular job of making containers for food, ammunition and supplies for our own fight ing men and for our Allies. It still provides the gun powder that fires the bombs and bullets. It gives our officers new maps a.s they advance toward Berlin. Keep the pulpwood moving to war and thus help hasten the return of peace. LIFE’S BETTER WAY— V- G. B. Shaw sees Hitler taking up resi dence in Dublin after the war. Dublin oi nothing.—Greensboro Daily News. • LIFE’S BETTER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR Hiddenite, N. C. LIBERALITY Liberality is a blessed trait of the heart and soul. God loves and richly blesses the liberal, cheerful giver. “The liberal soul shall be made fat”. But on the other hand, the .stingy soul shall be lean. Have you not experienced this in your own life, or seen it manifested in the lives of others? I remember serving a church as pastor once where there was one of the stingiest men I ever saw. He was a member of that church. Although I had to travel around twenty-five miles twice a month to ser\'e the church, and the salary was very small, he never gave me a dollar in cash during the many months I served. He would not give anything to the cause of God what soever, so far as I know, unless it was a little wheat or meat, and then someone had to isk him for it. He was a man of some means. He owned a splendid farm and raised good crops. Of course he never seemed to enjoy the least bit of religion. Poor man, he lived a selfish, stingy life and d'ed in like manner. I held his funeral. There was little I could say in regard to his Nobody in tjie neighborhood mourn- .1 his departure, as he was a stingy, close neighbor through the years. He left his possessions and went out to meet God with no testimony of victory so far as I know. Almost 31 years ago I began giving God one-tenth of all my income, and out of the remaining nine-tenths. I have been giving offerings, which is according to the third chapter of Malachi, and various other Scriptures. I figure that in the years gone by, up to the present, I have given around six thousand dollars. Of course this is a small amount, yet as a minister of the Gos pel serving the poor people of the land, it has meant much to me. However, I have given it gladly, cheerfully and thankfully. God has blessed me in doing so. I have served many people who were far more able to give than me, but they have given far less. I have been figuring that my wife and I give more to the cause of God per year than eleven families of our closest neighbors all combined. Why? Because we tithe all we receive, and give out of the remaining nine-tenths, while they do not God blesses us both temporally and spiritually, and especially spiritually, and we praise His holy and matchless name for it all. Hallelujah, glory to God, AMEN! Liberality is life’s better way. It brings blessings to our souls that are rich and rare. Try it and see for yourself. fCKr :C*- THimgPAY, aOg/: '^erteSt'' THE BEDSPREA1>— UntU a lew days ago we couldn’t realize Jaet how Import ant a bedspread could be, or how raluable. Managing editor ol the Greens boro Daily Newa wrote ua a Irtter, asking if we would go to State Road (That’s near Elkin) wid get a story and picture about a bed spread which Mrs. Dalla Thomp son has just completed alter more than seven years work. The whole business sounded crazy to us. and we put the letter back for consideration at some later date. At that particular time, as well as during the other 1,439 minutes of each day, it was too much burden to think. However, we did think enough to wonder what had gone wrong with the News’ managing ed., and let it go at that. After a few days we got a fur distance ring from the News’ ed., and he wanted to know where was the feature and story about the bedspread, and “wuz we, or wuz we. not”, going to do the story, and if we “wuz not”, it was time he was knowing, so that maybe he could get some “good newspaper man” to deliver the goods. Tien we suspicioned he was serioos about the matter, and af ter fome manipulations secured enough wherewithal to get to State Road and found that the News’ managing ed was really not so batty after all. The bedspread is a thing of exquisite beauty (We think that’s a suitable word), and is worthy of any praise which your humble colum nist can heap upon it. State Road is a long ways from home base in these days, and all the time we were there we half way expected a dozen OPA inspec tors to be taking down our license number to report back to the ra tioning board about our car be ing 30 terribly far away and there would be a demand for explana tion of where so much gas was coming from. Fact is, we can’t explain it. and it they can, o. k. with ns. And while we are on the sub ject, let us say the OPA big (?) wigs up Washington way have it in for newspapers, because they have been trying for so long to find out from OPA rulings just what is the ceiling price on cat^- bage seed. JUST ROIORS— Those tales you hear about yours truly eating two pieces of chicken and the same of ham at the press association dinner at Shatley Springs are just plain prevarications. The truth is it was three of chicken and an un determined amount of ham. And speaking of the press meet ing, there were about 50 news paper people there, and that’s a big crowd of freaks. The natives in the community didn’t know what was going on, so they guard ed the place with shotgun.s until they could send out a messenger to find out whether or not the state hospital for the insane had been moved to that point. MORE .AliOOT SNAKB.S— bast time, we tried a column about snakes, and after it was printed we found that Mias Emoryetta Reeves in her column in the Alleghany News had so much better snake tales that we were ashamed of our feeble ef forts on the subject. She tells of one farmer who found a big rattler in an unfinish ed well and three others on the same farm, one with 14 rattlers; about a lady who found one while picking beans and who now car ries a hoe just to kill rattlers. Next item in the column was EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as Executor of the estates of M. P. BlevinR and E. E. Blevins, both deceased, leav ing a joint Will, both late Ae (bounty of Wilkes, State of North Carolina, this is te notify w per sons having claims agah^ the es tates of the said decei'!>«i to exhibit ftem to the und««*i^ on or before the 26th day of July» " r, N. 1946, at Glade Valley, N. C., or this notice will be plead fa bmr of their recovery. All P««om fa* debted to said estates will please make immediate Executor of the estates of M. P. Blevins and E. E. Blevuw. 8-31-otT ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTIOB Having qualified as *dmfalstr*- tor of the estate ot J. M. Strfey, late of Wilkes county, N. C., this is to notify all persons having lid esta claims against said estate to pre sent them to the undersignM, whose address is WilkeaMro, N. C., Route 2, duly verified, on or before the 15th day of Angu^ 1946, or this notice will be plead in bar of their right to rMover. persons indebtM to said please make immediate settiment. Admr. of the estate of J. IL Staley, dec’d. 8-21-«tT • Mr. and Mra. D.i"C, have rettined to.qij^r home Rays after igieodtag serenu idiyi on a wedding trip fa - -western North Carolina. ’ 'They spent senrersl 4aya at Grandview, Blowing Rock and Grandfather Mountain but one o( their most fatereatfag vislte was, with Mrs. Mary Gragg, who is 87 years old, and who lives alone fa a'nine-room log house built with hewed chestnut logs twenty-four inches wide and about five inches thick. Mrs. Gragg said she and her hui^epd huilt the house and moved uere about slXty-sa years ago. The house has the same roof, which Was covered -with shingles made by hand from chestnut blocks. They moved there before there were any roads or cleared land in that section. The woods were full of hogs, and bears would kill hogs and her husband would scare them from the hogs. Mrs. Gragg stated that she car ried food to Grandfather Moun tain, which Is three miles from her home, and camp and cook for as many as 22 people at one time. Her husband has neen dead 15 years. She Is the mother of five children, has two grandsons and one great-grandson In service and has seen her fifth generation. 5 * Ih about an Alleghany soldier home on furlough who found one 17 inches around. We were begin ning to doubt the veracity of the yarn until we found out that item was about a potato and not a rattlesnake. Jk'-' to HEIP- You’ve a lot of jobs I might be helping with, but I can’t get out of here until you give the word. Call on me wherever I can help, be sure to take good care of your hous hold aids to more convenient, more effi ent housekeeping. Keep bonds at the head of your shopping list! MIKE POWER COMPANY Wilkes Implement Co. Announces Its Readiness For Business As DEALERS For International Harvester Co. Sellinsr and Servicing- FARMALL TRACTORS INTERNATIONAL POWER UNITS McCormick-Deering Farm Machinery GENUINE I. H. C. REPAIRS Repairs and Mechanical Service On All International Equipment Pronpt Service On Any Type Wdding Job Ten Years Experience In Farm Machinery Business TELEPHONE 499 Wilkes Implement Co. G. S. WINTERS, Manager Between the Wilkesboros'^"^ Junction of Wfaston- lonville * ways . . . (Branch of Sample-Winters Implement Co. SUtesville)
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