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Md Thiiradays at worth WUltertxjro, North Carolina . f> pAaxm iM juuus c. hubbard ^dbliahm SOBSCEiPTION RATES: ©no Yo»r 12.00 t*i Wufctt and Adjoining Coontiae) * ©no Yoor |s.oo (Outside Wilkes and Adjoininc 43«uaiMis} Rates To Those In ^rvice: Gbo Year (anywhere) ?2.00 ' Etet»ed at tlie postoffiee at North Wilkes- •o^ North Carolina, as Seeond-cl'ass matter under Act of March 4, 1S79. MONDAY, OCT. 30th, 1944 The American Navy On FViday Navy Day was observed, and at a most appropriate time just as our naval forces were completing a rout of combined Japanese fleets \ in Philippine waters. There is no state in the 48 which has more reason to be proud of our navy than North Carolina which has furnished more Secretaries of the Na\‘y than any state in the union, and no county in the state has men who have and are serving the navy with more distinction than the men from Wilkes. It has been estimated that more than 1,- 000 Wilkes county men are wearing the blue of the navy, and we would not write that naval tribute without mentioning that Wilkes is also well represented in the wom an’s branch of the navy. Wilkes hks men in the navy in almost every rank from apprentice seaman to ad miral. Our highest ranking officers in the navy are Rear Admiral Percy W. Foote, who is on active duty at Galveston, Texas; Captain Ernest M. Eller, who is on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; and Lieu tenant Commander J. H. McNeilf, in the navy’s medical corps and now stationed in Florida. As Americans, we are justly proud^of our navy. It is not only the greatest in the world from the standpoint of size and pow er, but it is aggressive and has initiative. The United States navy will virtually drive the Japanese from all the seemingly end less stretches of the far-flung Pacific. Accomplishments of our navy are almost unbelievable when we consider the vast distances to be covered in naval operations in the Pacific. The major naval battle last week around the Philippines was over 6,- 000 miles from the nearest point of the United States. That is a tremendous dis tance from the source of supply. Making Life Worth While The war has had a tendency to make people forget that in normal times indus try lives to please consumefs. However, wise industrial representatives have not forgotten. They know the day is again coming when their survival will depend upon giving consumers what they want. In shop and laboratory' a competitive battle is even now raging, the objective of which is to hit the market after the war with bet ter products. After two years of research, the coal in dustry has developed a super-efficient, small soft coal-burning heat unit designed to sell for about $60.00. It is smokeless, delivers half again as much effective heat from the same amount of coal as an old fashioned furnace. It utilizes every bit of coal and can be left untended for three days. More remarkable than the furnace itself 13 the new fuel to be burned in it—coal so clean it can be handled with kid gloves. “It won’t exactly be wrapped in cello phane, says Harry Vawter, director of the Bituminous Coal Institute, “but pretty close to it. In addition to being laundered at the mine ft will be coated with a thin film of plastic, wax or light oil. It will he so free of dust, you will be able to handle it with white gloves without getting them soiled . He Adds that bitumihottt Qoal is miaed is 24 state* and the** enough to last 3,000 veaM. Nine oat ot every ^ tons are now mined mefliMlMllT, «,n» Mlpta* «» »mp Jlmrtme, connUeM other in,din- meir onh h®®^*tons re*4y to H we ever rtopped to ti^,^wouM few it K thie eeeeeleh. WHffC ArndtHdum that wh»«. Ve* ekitlif It 4^i^©rtc^l MatteY Before the war^ mecUcal authorities pre dicted that in a comparatively year* tuberculosis would be virtually eradjcate^. A ihajor tragedy pf the present confltot has been the defeat of this prediction. The incidence of tuberculosis has gone up sharply. It has always been so in time of great stress, and in spite of the best efforts of enlightened medical men, the present emergency has been no exception. How ever, worse than the increase of tubercu losis is the reluctance of the infected indi viduals to take proper action James G. Stone, of the National Tuber culosis Association, declares that: More cases of tuberculosis are being found today than ever before and fewer patients are in tuberculosis hospitals. The temptation^ of high wages in war industries is causing many to stay out of hospitals and accept jobs”. He emphasized that the proper program for control of tuberculosis consists of three parts: finding the cases, hospitalization, and-education of the patient and public to the seriousness of the disease It may surprise some to learn that per suading the public to use readily available facilities, even where the question of finan cial ability is not involved, is one of the most difficult problems of the medical pro fession. -V- Is Everybody Eating Cake? A man in oveiaHs walks into Tiffany’s in New York and plunks down $860 in cash for a watch. Another lays out $1,500 in bills and says "Give my wife anything she wants!” These goings-on, reported by a national magazine, must make strange reading to a soldier—or to a schoolteacher who, after 15 years, still gets only $1,000 a year; or to a widow trying to raise a family on meager insurance money. Are we losing entirely our sense of val ues—and if so, why? Tho^e two instances reported are by no means all of the picture of prodigality. It includes $2,000 mink coats going like hot cakes, $100-a-day for hotel suites, $50 for a pair of theatre tickets, $15 for a bottle of booze . . . Who was it said “Let ’em eat cake?” . . . And who would suggest, today, that bread, now and particularly in the months to come, might not be a bad idea! Borrowed Comment LIFE (Tolstoi) The idea, shared by many, that life is a vale of tears, is just as false as the idea shared by the great majority, the idea to which youth and riches and health incline you, that life is a place of entertainment. Life is a place of service, and in that service one has to suffer a grreat deal that is hard to bear, but more often to experi ence a great deal of joy. But joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. • LIFE’S BEHER WAY WALTER E. ISENHOUR HiddeBite, N. C. DON’T Don’t think you’re beautiful without If you are vile within; Don’t travel on the road of doubt And hope in life to win; Don’t seek the pleasures of the earth And hope to gain a crown; D n’t think you’ll live a life of worth .'hile evil has you down. Don’t think you’re noble and sublime If you are full of pride; Don’t hope in life to rise and climb By drifting with the tide; Don’t stop because the way seems closed That leads to Heaven’s height; Don’t go the way that’s least opposed And think you’re going right. Don’t think you’re making great success Because you're g^etting rich; Don’t think because YQ^’r9 in distress You’re iown in failure’s ditch; Don’t go the way you know is wrong And thing youH win th« wcai Don’t think because you’r* with the throng You've found in life your place. Don’t think with hnhits thet are vile Yen’ll elimb the hill of ^me; Don’t think because a wrong’s in style it nannot hurt your name; \ Don’t think with hatred in yova heart That ypi^ heaven-bottnd.; Don’t stop, for persecution’s dart H God and l^th you’ve found.- HAliIiOWK*BN— Tuesday, Oc'ober 31, will be Hallowe’en. V We don’t know Just what Hal lowe’en means, or how come. Webster’s dictionary says It Is a {estival evening preceding All Saints’ Day, but since we don’t know anything about All Salnta' Day, we are still in the dark on the subject. However, we do know that Hal lowe’en is a specially enJoyaUe time for the children, and more power to ’em In having Innocent fun. But when adults and young people take advantage of Hallo we’en to destroy property and commit crimes, petty and other wise, the festival occasion loses all its glamor and attractiveness. A few years ago some boys thought it was fun on Hallowe’en night to shoot out a numbpr of street lights. The fun turned to grief when they were hailed Into court and were made to pay for the damage. It was never fun In the first place. Once we knew of a community where a city slicker with checker board coat and bell bottom panis arrived one evening about the mid dle of October to call on the belle of the village. 'The younger children gasped In awe. 'Then one said It must be Hallowe’en. They didn’t want to miss celebrating Hallowe’en, and they didn’t have time to make false faces by stretching big sis ter’s stockings over their heads and cutting out holes for the eyes. So they did the next best thing to make them look different; They went home and washed their faces. ' The Blackleg watermelon, de veloped In Florida, shows high re sistance to Fusarium wilt. WILLIAMS MOTOR CO. H. Williams. Manager Frame Service IGOOD USED CARS. TRUCKS AND TRACTORS Easy Terms • Complete • Body Rebuilding Buy More Bonds! > Electric and Acetylene Welding Will Pay Cash for Late Model Wrecked Cars and Trucks ’Phone 334-J TECHNICOLOR Starrihg /f^SKELTON EnWILUAMS PETE SMITH SPECIAL “Football Thrills” Paramount News Continuous Showing At 1:00-3:00 -5:00 7:00-9:00 JAMES-CUGAT t!S MUSIC MAKEilS AND HIS 0RCH. Keep Buying Bonds Until the Day of Victory COUNTY AGENTS, FORESIERS HELPING FARMERS OVERCOME PULPWOOD SHORTAGE! W HILE pulpwcx)d mill receipts are still lagging behind War and Home Front needs, increased pulpwood cutting by farmers has compensated in part for the l3ss in production at logging camps. The mills feel much credit for this accomplishment should go to the County Agents and Foresters who are helping farmers mark their woodlot trees for thinning, and advising them on marketiF'". The Battle is far from Won The pulpwood shortage hasn’t been licked. Pulp mills need much more pulpwood to keep pace with War orders. Much depends upon off-season farmer production this fall and winter. Your County Agent and Forester are on the job again this fall, advising greater pulpwood cutting as soon as the harvest ing of field crops permits. or Forester, will prove profitable not only this fall and winter but for years to come. Pulpwood is a cash farm crop which will be in demand after the war as well as today. A Crop with a Fatoro Propercuttingofpulpwoodonfarmw^od- lots, with the advice ^ your Co«n^ Agent SPtQB BPEOAUV NODtDfllOIV/ Peeled Pine and ©npeeled Pine A WAR-TIMI JOl WITH A PO$TfWAR FUTURI WEST VIRGINIA PULP A PAPER CO. jtt OM fa tmttk wHh Ifce dbofar fa yew mtritrnr/ faem wfioiti «re Wy woodt plU ttAZIER WWOI 0^ FOHBBTER avenue . . . ?TPEtt VMASSEaSO, N. c. * V'CT^PY '»"• 'I !■* '.WV'*' ijri^ "II.Ml' '.■jHii'iify -';4
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