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PAGE TWO THE -IOURNAL4»ATR10T. NORTH? Wttjt^CTtO^aiC^ > monpay, jyr.M4; The Jogrial-Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITI?S 1 ubiuDed Mondays and Tharsdftys at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina JULIUS C. HUBBARD and H. L. CARTER Publishers l»aa—DANIEL J. CARTER—1*45 SUBSCRIPTION RAIBS: One Year |2.00 (In Wilkes and Adjeminf CeuiitiM) One Year |8 00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjeiaiac OwuJes) Ratea To Those la Serriee: One Year (aajwhere) !*••• binteised at the paataCflca at Narth WIkH boro, North Caroliaa, as S««Md-elasi Matter >i.lfr Act of March A liT*. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1946 Lest We Forget The country road situation recalls the story of the man who didn’t cover his house because when it was not raining he didn’t need a roof and when it was rain ing he couldn’t put one on. Now the dirt roads are practically im passable, and nothing can be done about it because of the weather conditions which make the roads impassable. Much is being said about improvement of the roads, while little or nothing can be done. But the weather will improve, and the dirt roads will be in good shape again, and the people, including the governor, the highway commission and all concerned will forget about the need for better roads in the rural areas. Come another winter and we’ll be reminded that the road'work should have been done when the weather —and the roads—were good. Under the heading of “Horse Gone; Lock the Stable!’’ The Greensboro Record carried the following editorial: “Now that the horse has been stolen, let’s make haste and put a lock on the sta ble! “Or, in other words, now that the state's secondary roads have been permitted to become practically impassable because of washouts and mud, let’s hurry and repair them! “A Gaston county woman write.s her fel low-countryman, Governor Cherrj% that the mud is so deep in the rural community in which she lives that people have to ‘walk in,’ and ‘walk out,’ and in plaintive note, she concludes: ‘They can walk out when they’re alive—but how are we going to get ’em out when they’re dead?’ “Some weeks ago Governor Cherry made a vigorous public statement in which he passed the word to Chairman Graham, of the state highway commission, that the secondary roads must have immediate at tention. But rains, snows and freezes came and the branch roads, serving many rural communities and linking the hardsurfaced trunk highways, became worse than ever. Now the condition of rural roads is such that in many parts of the state school buses and other essential services have had to suspend operations. “These rural roads should have been re built and put in repair long ago. 'The state had the money with which to do it. “Well, better late than never! Now from Raleigh comes news that the highway de partment is making all possible haste to put the country roads in passable condi tion.” Polio Fund Campaign Today marks the beginning of the an nual campaign to raise funds for the In fantile Paralysis Foundation. Briefly, we wish to review the facts. The National Foundation, which receives half of the money from this campaign, carries on continued research in efforts to learn how to prevent infantile paralysis and how to cure the disease. It also finances hospitals for the care and treatment of infantile paralysis victims. The other half of the funds contributed are retained by the local chapters of the Foundation. The local chapters help pay for rehabilitation of infantile paralysis victims, including braces, special shoes, emergency medical costs, and many other very necessary expenses. In 1944 35 children m Wilkes were stricken with polio and the National Foun- dation spent many thousands of dollars m the care and treatment of the Wilkes pa- tients, as well as others from all over the Piedmont and mountain sections (-of the state. The Foundation has already spent for Wilkes children many times more than the people of Wilkes have contributed since the Foundation was starte(i. As a re sult of the expenditures, the patients were treated by the best known methods, and many of them have made remarkable progress toward recovery. Now the time has arrived for another campaign. Wilkes’ quota has been set at $5,000, which is only a fraction of the amount the Foundation has spent to help patients from Wilkes. Liberal gifts will easily raise the quota and every person financially able should have a part in this worthy cause. On Dangerous Ground The controversy over “opening the books” of General Motors Corporation to determine whether or not the corporation makes sufficient profits to pay the 30 per cent wage increase demands by the CIO is more than appears on the surface. There are no secrets about the profits of General Motors. The financial conditi()n of the giant corporation is recorded in many departments of federal govern ment. The demand, supported by the Presi dent, for prying into data profits is noth ing more nor less than an attempt on the part of the unions to take over manage ment of the corporation. If the time comes when corporation profits must be distributed solely as wages, the public will be the victims. Suppose that had been the practice since the beginning of the automobile in dustry. If that had been followed through, very few cars would be produced, the prices would be too high for anyone ex cept the rich, and" the industry would still be very “small potatoes” instead of being a great enterprise furnishing good em ployment to thousands and thousands of workers directly and indirectly. The American system of business pro vides that the public get some benefit of profits in lower prices and better pro ducts. If the unions are to get the profits, the public cannot expect better, more plen tiful and lower priced products. / _ — o— LIFE’S BEHER WAY • WALTER E. ISENHOUR HidJeaite, N. C. USE YOUR SPARE TIME WISELY No doubt the great majority of people have more or less time off from their work, and from the duties and responsibilities of life, which should be used wisely. 'This spare time can mean much indeed toward one’s success or failure in life. To spend the spare moments, minutes and hours foolishly, or in sin and wickedness, certain ly is unwise. Men go down largely in life by giving their spare time to the devil, or they succeed largely by using their spare time for God and His cause. To hang around public places, tell fool ish jokes, or laugh at foolish jokes, or talk idly, or play idle games, or spend one’s nickels and dimes for things that are un necessary, or gad about, or read cheap novels and tra.shy literature, or engage in something that is downpulling rather than uplifting, certainly doesn’t make for suc cess. Rather it makes for defeat, even on a large scale. Men should regard their lives and their time very highly. As a boy growing up I remember how boys and men in my community would gather in the stores on rainy days, or cold, rough days, and especially in winter, and spend their valuable time in idleness and foolishness. Days, weeks and months were spent in this way by numbers of people. Not one of them ever accomplished any thing good, great, commendable and worth while that I know of, especially as long as they kept this up. Spare time should not be given to the devil. He will always use it aganst one’s life and soul, and against the lives and souls of others. In fact, no time at all should be given to the devil. God gives us our time, and certainly none of it should be given over to the enemy of our souls. God would have us use our time in such a way that it counts for something good and worth while. It is wise to engage in that which will uplift and bless us, and will uplift and bless our fellowman. There is so much good we can do until we should fefel that we have no time to spend on anything that is bad. Why not read God’s holy Word, pray, read the very best books, literature and publications, write something good, or look for opportunities of doing good, thus rising and climbing heavenward? ABNORMAL ABSURDITIES Alfalfa Gaining; As Favored Hay Crop coTery that' DDT Is actually leas deadly to bees than the arsenical sprays now commonly used. Bee keepers now are beginning to re gard DDT as a promising rellet for bee losses by arsenic polson- By virtue of its high produo- ing. SCANNING THE BRIBES— Grit Is accredited with the phil osophy that burning the candle at both ends Is no way of making ends meet. . . • And the litU# boy who prayed for a baby sister added this to his plea: "A'nd, please, if you have one about fln- Ished, don't put in any toneils, adenoids, or appendix, 'cause they cut them out anyway." ... A woman's hat is something that looks as If It had made a Sorced landing on her head. . . ■ Most people can’t stand prosperity, says one economist, and most of us don’t have to. . . ■ The fellow who goes home late at night dressed In & barrel le not a poker player. He Is just one who has been with a poker player. . . . Lo cal girl on telephone: “No, 1 can’t see you on Wednesday night. I’m going to he operated on and will be sewed up for the rest of the week." ... A person off the wagon should not drive a car. ... A woman shopper has been described as a person who can slide through a narrow aisle In a department store Without knocking china from the coun ters, and then drive home and knock down the door posU of a 12-foot garage door.. ... A wom an who lost her balance and fell from a window Into a garbage can was observed by a passing China man. who remarked: "American velly wasteful. That woman good for ten years yet. The hardest thing about learning ice skating is the ice. . . . A girl’s opportunity does not knock at the door nowadays—he sits outside and honks. . . . Be fore marriage he used to catch her In his arms. Now he catches her in his pockets. . . . and tivlty and quality alfalfa Is fast replacing other hay crops in Wake county and the Piedmont section of the state. Working in the manner of a self-winding watch, alfalfa will reseed Itself from crowns that survive the winter and grow as long as eight years without ad ditional seeding by the grower, according to H. Bruce Butler, as sistant Wake county agent. Agent Butler describes the work of Herbert Jackson, route four, Raleigh, in seeding 10 acres of alfalfa last fall aa ‘’exeelleBt’’ and suggests that other planters in the area follow his lead. Thie is how the Jackson crop was pre pared: The land was limed with two tons of dolomltlc limestone and seeded to oats In 1944. In Febru ary, 1945, lespedeza was seeded in the oats. The oats were com bined and the straw left on the land. The lespedeza and oat straw were thoroughly disced Into the soil in Setember, 1945. Two additional tons of dolomltlc limestone per acre was applied after the first discing In Septem ber. Three tons of chicken ma nure were applied to the tract during the fall and added fertili sation consisted of 1,200 pounds of 2-12-13 fertilizer with boron, also spread after the first disc-' Ing. Seeding of the alfalfa was; done after thorough discing and i harrowing. Using a small seed attachment and grain drill with the disc running about an inch | and a half deep, the seed were I covered by an Inch of soil. The field was cross drilled with 2 8. pounds of carefully inoculated seed to the acre. 0 I Usual objections to the new pest control have been predi cated upon the contention that It would “upset the balance of na ture’s theory that beneficial in sects, 'birds and other predaters can Bufficienly control ' Insect pests. So, intensive tests of DDT are being made to determine its effect upon fish, birds, beneficial Insects and other wild life. In regard to the widespread use of the chemical. It now ap pears for the first time as a prac tical control for tome forest In sects. The current “crop” of beetles and other injirioue pests la North Oarollsa has been de- serlbe4 by Isteasloa specUlists as normal with no dangerous out break Indicated. Shortages of fphp and other es sential housebom-articles which depend on industrial faU and oils point to fat salvages aa a number one duty of all honse- wlves. • Expert • RADIO • Repairios ALL MAKBI, ALL MODELS Parts anai Sbpplias Fheneffraph NeeAes WALLACE RiiolHirile Tiliptin— 24S NINTl man with soul Breathes there so dead Who doesn’t look back at a chic redhead gen- blg It may he great to be : tleman, but it certainly is handicap in an argument. LAZIE81!'Wn— Mary—You’ve got to hand it to him when it comes to petting. Elsie—What's the matter with him. 1s he that lazy? NO FAR.MERS IN GROUP— A group of sailors got Into a discuBsion over the kind of anl- 'aal a heifer was. One sailor claimed that the heifer belonged to (S»e hog family, the other that It was a variety of sheep. Finally, they called In Boatswain Smith. Sailor: Bill, what’s a heifer— Is it a hog or is it a sheep? Boatswain Smith (thinking se riously a moment): To tell you the truth, mates, I don't know much about poultry. AGREEABLE— Young Oswald was surely an officious young man as every one In the firm’s employ agreed. He always was horning In where he was not wanted, and, too, he had a highly exalted opinion of him self. There were two partners in the firm and one of them happened to die. The young man approached the surviving partner with whom he was not exactly a favorite: Young Oswald: I’m so sorry, sir, to hear of Mr. John’s demise, and I have come to ask if yon would like me to take his place? Partner: Yes, I would like it very much If you can arrange it with the undertaker. SITUA’nON IN HAND— An ensign and a lieutenant (jg) were seated in a cafe. Across the way sat a seaman sec ond class with a beautiful girl. They (the gold braid) wanted to meet the young lady, but they didn’t know how to get around the sailor without pulling their rank which they didn’t want to do. Finally the Jaygee wrote a note and sent it to the sailor by a waiter. The note read: “I believe I studied with you at Yale, and the ensign believes that he stud ied with you at Princeton., Please come over and straighten us out.” The seaman replied by return note: “I didn’t study with the en sign at Princeton, nor did I study with you at Yale. But I did study at the National School of Taxider my, and I’m taking care of this pigeon myself.” The Union Electric Member ship Corporation has been awarded a loan allotment of $211,000 by REA. use 666 Cold Preparations LIQUID, TADLETS. SALVE. HME DR*H Caution—Use Only aa Directed DDT Not So Deadly To Bees As Feared DDT, highly effective supple ment to nature’s own method of controlling insect pests, is still under intensive study by re searchers and the results of tests made to date are encouraging, according to specialists of the State College Extension Service. One of the early fears—that DDT would destroy too many bees which are useful as honey collectors and particularly valu able as pollenizers of crops such as legumes and fruit—has been virtually eliminated by the dis- Important Announcement By ALEXANDERS & JOHNSON EXCADATING CO. We have purchased from A. A. Cash- ion his interest in the Shovel formerly operated by C. & A. Excavating Co., and will operate in the future under the name of Alexanders & Johnson Exca vating Co. Our dirt-moving crew is well experi enced in' dirt moving of all kinds, in cluding basement excavation work. If you are planning to build, or want grading work of any kind, or dirt re moved, see us for estimate. See or write... J. S. ALEXANDER North Wilkesboro, N. C. 9 I’m not sayinj the Army is the right career for everyone, but here's the way I look at it: I was in for four years which gave me $300 mustering out pay and will give me a $200 en listment bonus ($50 a year). Right off, I get a 90-day furlough with pey and the Army pays all the trainfare. I’m reenlisting in time—within 20 days—so I get back my old rank: staff sergeant. And tfiis pays me the equivalent of $55 a week. Even a privete’s pay Is equal to $10 a we* these da^ Plenty mere benefits, tee; 93-day vacatien every year with pay ... Monthly family allotment checks ... All G I. Bill of Rights benefits . . . Retire in 20 er 30 years. Yeur nearest recruiting office can give you the whole stor>'. ENLIST THE NEW ARMY North Wilkesboro Posloffice When Announced Lenoir Postoffice Every Day ® A* ^ THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS SPONSORED BY WILKES FURNITURE EXCHANGE, Inc. TENTH STREET NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C.
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