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Too Much Complacency
The attitude of complacency in America
is the most dangerous development of the
entire war.
Complacency in America can do more to
prolong the war than all the efforts of the
nazis and the Japs.
Complacency is evident in the lack of a
substantial amount of war bond sales to
date in the Sixth War Loan.
Complacency is evident in the way peo
ple are leaving their jobs in munitions
manufacturing plants and in shipyards.
Complacency is evident in the lack of in
terest in salvage campaigns.
Complasency, and the belief that the
war is about over, is a terribly dangerous
thing.
If the wave of contplacency and over
optimism is not halted, the war will have a
much greater cost in lives of men.
It is all right to be optismistic if you back
that optisism with all your efforts.
It is dangerous to be optimistic and not
back your, belief with all you can do to
bring it about.
The nation is seeking 14 billions in the
Sixth War Loan.
War industries are calling for 200,000
more workers at once.
The way in which the people of America
meet these calls will determine, to a great
extent, the duration of the war and the
number of men who will never come back.
Home Front Deserters
In the armed forces a person who deserts
his post of duty is severely punished.
But on the home front people are desert
ing every day.
In great numbers they are leaving their
jobs in war plants which are turning out
vital war materials.
General Eisenhower is calling on the
American nation for greater production of
munitions, and still the people leave their
war jobs.
General Eisenhower has told the Ameri
can people that guns have had to remain
silent because of the lack of ammunition.
This is serious. It means that more lives
must be sacrificed on the field of battle to
gain the victory because the people at
home left their jobs and failed to produce
in sufficient quantities.
The nation is calling for 200,000 more
war workers immediately. If the order is
not filled, the armed forces will not re
ceive what they order, what they need, to
gain the speediest victory with the least
possible cost in lives.
And lives of our fighting men are what
we want to save, what we must save in the
greatest numbers possible.
There are more ways than one of being
a slacker. You can be a slacker by failing
to do your job, by deserting your post of
duty on the home front. You can be a
slacker by failing to salvage waste paper,
waste fats, or other materials needed in the
war effort. j w
No, you don’t have to dodge the dratt to
be a’slacker, and you don’t have to “go
over the hill’' from the army to be a de
serter. Men and women are becoming
slackers and deserters on the home front
just as surely as the man who leaves the
battle on the fighting front.
Chri»tma« Seals
'^S^‘:Tseal time is here apin. This
heartwarming practice of buying cheery
little seals to help combat tuberculosis, be
gan just forty years ago pd since be-
a world-wide tradition. The Ch^
® “ Seals are sold in 46 countries- fip
tr»ar as usual, they make their ippft*
Cw In a war-tom world they ar« W
reminders that we live m a «*ed
' KSf all sad humamty has a streak
fa NNiat will not be put down.
hffore, the Christ-
A B N O il
THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1944
By
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
et al
mas Seals are needed , Tuhwculosis is on
the lncrwwe.% The, steady progress of medl’
cai 'science in the treatenpt of the disease
has not been sufficient to stem the^debili-;
tating inroads of war. Ouir crowded war
production centers, overwork and nervps
exhaustion have been an open invitation
to tuberculosis. The great tragedy is that
too many persons don’t realize it when the
unwelcome guest has found its way into
their homes. . . .
Yes, the Christmas Seal has new signi
ficance this year. It is one means by which .
all of us can take part in the fight against dangerous—
the renewed threat of man’s ancient enemy inr- — i.~—.i*i. i«.i
^the white plape. Wllkestoro. Want to Join In?
As has been the custom for the we have just learned from a
years the North WilkesborO Woman 3 Club magazine article that noise can
will sponsor the sale of seals in Wilke.s do a lot of things, some of the
^ thlrifi'fi nnIftA CRH dO ftTB!
county.
Borrowed Comment
WATCH ON THE RHINE
(Statesville Daily)
“Dear Fatherland . . strong stands and
true the Watch on the Rhine”. So ran the
words of Germany’s national anthem, but
if the Nazi still pin their hopes on the
swift-flowing, high-banked Rhine as an un-
surmountable barrier to invasion of their
“holy soil”, they are in for early disap
pointment.
The German high command knows that,
for in the early stages of the war, German
armies crossed far mightier rivers in theii
conquest of Europe, and when the tide
finally turned their adversaries recrossed
them with the .same case and speed. The
Dnie.ster, the Vistula, the Dnieper and the
Danube are all wider than the Rhine, but
proved no obstacle to the movement of
armies and supplies.
Most of the Rhine bridges are said to be
down, and we may be sure that the Ger
mans will demolish the few still in usable
condition, but to the mighty armies which
first crossed the Atlantic ocean, then the
difficult English Channel, a river measur
ing a few hundred feet across will prove no
serious barrier. Some day the Watch on
the Rhine will discover that thousands of
airborne troops have landed far to their
rear, and onc« they have established a
bridgehead on the right bank, it will be a
matter of a few hours to throw a bridge
across.
LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
Hiddenite, N. C.
REGRETS
There are more or less regrets in the
hearts, minds, and souls of practically^ all
mankind. Even after multitudes of peo
ple seek the Lord, obtain pardon, and rea
lize that they are in sweet fellowship with
Him, and that they are traveling heaven
ward, they regret some things they have
done in the past, or something they said, or
something they left undone as a solemn
duty. Maybe they failed to win a soul to
God that has slipped away unprepared to
meet God. Maybe they did some rash
deed—even committed murder—and they
will regret it the longest day they live.
Maybe they wounded a loved one, or some
body else, by a rash, harsh, thoughtless
word, and the soul of that person slipped
away without the offender even apologiz
ing, asking forgiveness, and making it
right. Maybe they felt deeply impressed
to speak to someone about his soul, but let
the opportunity pass forever unaccepted.
As they think back over the past they deep
ly regret it.
The greater number of all our regrets
could be avoided, and would be, if we
would only surrender our lives completely
unto God, take heed to His commandments,
obey His Word and do His blessed and holj’
will. This is the only safe way to pursue in
life, and the.only safe thing to do. No one
ever regrets obeying God as he journeys
through life; but everybody, sooner or
later, regrets disobeying Him and living in
sin and wickedness. Absolutely. Then,
why not take the sure way ? Why not take
the way that not only means the salvation
of the soul for time and eternity, and Heav
en at last, but that also marvelously saves
many sad and sorrowful regrets? This is
life’s better way. Why not follow it? It
is wisdom on the part of any and every
person to do this; but folly on the part of
all people to fail to do it. The safe way is
the best way, the most honorable, peaceful,
blessed, beautiful, holy and sublime way.
One of the great wonders of life is that
people will serve th^ devil instead of God,
Bnd tljen suffer mipy 9 regret along life's
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things which noise can do are:
soft boll an egg, cause men to
commit murder, cause dea(ness,
high bipod pressure, low blood
pressure, insanity, nervous condi
tions, put out (lame, burst ear
drums, cause indigestion, cause
insomnia, start stomach ulcers
and bad tempers.
Now If those reasons are not
sufficient to cause this column to
start an anti-noise stampede,
what Is?
This is a noisy place, maybe be
cause it is so busy, but all the
same it is often too noisy. '
Big trucks with noisy motors
wake everybody up, and In case
there is someone too doggone
tired to wake up from the noise
of trucks, there is always some
shouting and loud talking on the
streets at late hours of the night.
Since we have found out that
noise can do so many terrible
things, we think there should be
a law agin’ it. Don’t you? Let
us hear from you on this subject.
WHY IS A PIG A PIG—
Have you ever heard of the con
versation which took place be
tween a pig and a cow? If you
haven’t, here it is:
Pig—Humans are very unkind.
If they weren’t they wouldn’t call
me a pig. I don’t like it. I give
them everything I’ve got to give,
and they love my bacon, my hains,
my (at and my sausage. They
keep their money in purses they
make from my skin, and even use
my bristles. Then they call me
pig, and I’d like to know why.
They don’t call you a pig.
Cow—I know, and I think I
know the reason why. I also give
them everything I’ve got: my
flesh for their food, my hide for
their leather, my milk for their
babies and their puddings, but
they don’t call me a pig because a
great deal of what they want
from me I give them while I'm
alive.
RAMBLING RAVINGS—
The girl asked her boy friend
to say something soft and sweet.
He did. He said “custard pie.’’
. . . A news item from Columbia,
Tenn., the largest mule market In
the world, says a mule parade
was held there, headed by the gov
ernor. . . . One traveler said he
stopped at a farm house way back
in the hills and was awakened
the next morning by the little boy
who told him to hurry and get up
because “ma wants the sheet for
a tablecloth”. ... A good looking
lass seldom passes a good looking
glass. ... It Is said that some
girls proclaim their beauty from
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of a judg
ment of the Superior Court of
Wilkes Ci ‘ ' '
,,...,0 ...ounty, signed by His
Honor Wilson Warlick, at the Oc
tober teml, 1944. in the case, Mre.
Lillie McNeill, vs. Eugene Whit
tington el als, in which judgment
T. E. Story, Esq., was apfiointed
by the Court as Commissioner to
go upon the lands in controversy
with a competent surveyor and de
termine the number of acres that
belong to Rosa Walsh, Everett Lee
Walsh and C. B. Walsh, and also
the number of acres to be offered
for sale in the settlement of tht
estate, and said survey having
been made and the Walsh allot
ment laid off, the Commissioner
above mentioned will, on the 20th
day of December, 1944, at 11:30
a. m., at the Courthouse door in
Wilkesboro, N C-, offer for sale
certain tract or parcel of land in
to the hghest bidder for cash that
certain tract or parcel of land in
Lewis Fork Township, Wilkes
county, N. C., adjoining lands of
Jud McNeill, John Cardwell and
others, and more particularly de
scribed as follows , to-wit:
Beginning on an old comer at
a beach near the bank of Dorsan’s
branch, running south 7 deg. east
and crossing the branch 19% poles
to a maple at the mouth of School
House Brench; thence southweat-
w.^rdly up and with the meanders
o.' the branch 86 poles and 8 links
to a stake in said branch; thence
south 21 deg. and 30 min. west %
poles to a tneech stomp at a spring,
an old corMr; thence south 73%
deg. west 16 poles to a stake on
side of the hill; thence with a
marked new line north 4 deg. and
45 min. west 64 poles and 16 links
to a twin poplar on the ri(^;
thence continuing with said line
north 12 deg. west 32 poles to a
twin sourwo^ comer in a wire
tonce and near Huffman's old
chestnut comer; thence south 87%
deg. east 41 poles to a btmch of
dogwoods, an old comer in the
Hi^fman line: thence south 84%
east 61 poles to a stake; thence
south 2% deg. west 43 poles to
the be^nntng, eqntauiinf 48.8
acres, more dr less.
This 20th day rf November,
1944
T. f. STOBX,
12-14-4tT Oommisaloner
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