The JoerMl - Patriot
? INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD?MRS. D. J. GARTER
Publishers
1932?DANIEL J. CARTER?1945
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under Act of March 4, 1879.
Thursday, June 5, 1947
New Traffic Laws Were
Needed A Long Time Ago
The legislature this year passed traffic
laws completely outfitted with teeth.
The traffic laws in North Carolina have
been inadequate for years, according to
opinions expressed by Highway Patrol
leaders.
The officers have stated that they ar
rested offenders on the highways, who
were all but turned loose by sympathetic
magistrates and court judges. In most
events they were required to pay a small
fine and go^theirjrapid way, endangering
the lives of everybody on the highways.
Under the new laws going into effect
July 1 you can either be a responsible
driver or get off the highways. If you vio
late the laws you may get off with a hea
vy fine, but if you keep up the practice
of breaking the law you can also get off
the highway.
The law is going to say that you can be
financially responsible for the damage
you do or not drive. The law will also put
you off the road for continued speeding
and reckless driving, and the penalties
for drunken driving will be much more
severe.
The law will also make you keep your
vehicle in safe condition or quit. You will
also be required to show every four years
that you are fit to drive.
Accidents are caused mainly by driv
ers, and it is more important to cull driv
ers than automobiles. Drivers with a sense
of responibility do not endanger their own
lives and lives of others by speeding and
recklessness just to get a thrill.
"Unless We Work"
Bernard M. Baruch, one of the great
Elder Statesmen of America, recently
gave his countrymen some wise advice.
The world, he said, "can get going on
ly if men work," and "if we accept the -]
challenge-to preserve civilization, it means
greater effort than that exerted during
the war." He pointed to the pressing need
for maximum production, with no strikes
and no layoffs, in the future. And then he
said: "Unless we work, we shall see a vast
inflation. Unless we work, we shall not be
able to manitain our claim to power. That
would be the greatest blow we could re
ceive, for it would strip us of our strength
to preserve our way of life."
We have sought for an easy way to do
things?and we have found that no such
way exists. We have wanted every luxury, !
but we have not wanted to labor to earn
it. Our whole philosophy of late has been
the suicidal one of asking more and giv
ing less. Capital, labor, agriculture, the
consumer?this indictment fits large seg
ments of them all.
No country has ever undergone a great
inflation and kept its institutions free. No
country has ever turned to government
to solve every real or imagined domestic
difficulty and escaped from degrading,
itself into some kind of a totalitarian
state. Freedom is ^iot imperishable.* It
must be earned, and it must be constantly
defended.
Mr. Baruch ponited to a choice that
cannot long be postponed. We will work
and we will assume the clear duties of a
free people or we will lose our freedoms
in a terrible economic and political up
heaval.
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Modern U. S. arfr is appreciated abroad,
says Drew Pearson in the ptferry-Go
Round. Then how about shipping a lot
of it overseas on a one-way ticket??
Greensboro Daily News.
Borrowed Comment
AN OLD BRITISH VIRTUE
(Charlotte Observer)
From various sources, since the British
economic crisis became acute, and since
the Joan from the United States has been
melting away faster than anybody ex
pected, predictions have been heard that
another loan would have to be made with
in a year to keep Britain solvent.
But these predictions have come mostly
from Americans. The British themselves,
and particularly the Labor party, take lit
tle stock in them. On the contrary, they
hate the idea of dependence on the United
States or on any other country and want
most of all for Britain to stand on her own
feet as she always has.
That was the theme of the Labor Parly
Conference at Margate, where the speak
ers were vociferous against becoming a
"junior partner of America," and against
going "as mendicants . . . begging for a
loan."
Hugh Dayton, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, was not so vehement as other
speakers, but he, too, declared that Brit
ain must not count on another loan from
the United States. If Britain is to rule out
credits from abroad, he said, the only al
ternative is to increase exports or reduce
imports of foods. To the Labor Party gath
ering, he put the issue thus: either export,
borrow, or go hungry. As the British do
not care to borrow any more, and as going
hungry does not appeal to anybody, La
bor must buckle down and increase pro
duction in all categories so that exports
can be increased.
It is stimulating to hear that at least
one nation is not trying to borrow, but
is striving to keep from it.
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EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
There is a rising tide of interest in sym
bolism. We use many commonplace sym
bols daily without considering them such.
For instance, a dollar bill is a symbol of
exchange. It is not, in itself, worth a dol
lar. But I?and you?will take all of them
we can get. There is a growing interest in
church symbolism, as seen in modern
churches.
All this has provoked a correspondent
to ask for a brief outline of the symbol
ism of numbers. The Christian symbolism
of numbers goes back to the beginning of
the Christian church, and back into Jew
ish, Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian
symbolism. A brief outline is given below:
One?is the symbol of unity, and means
God.
. Two?represents the Incarnation, Jesus
Christ as God and man. It is likewise the
number of division.
Three?is the, divine number of comple
tion. It represents the Holy Trinity, three
persons in one God.
Four?is the world number of comple
tion. For example, the four corners of the
earth, the four seasons, the four primary
elements, earth, air, fire and water. ?
Five?means sacrifice, and refers to
the five wounds of our Lord.
Six?is the imperfect number, being
one less than seven, which is the number
of perfection. In Revelation, the number
of The Beast is 666, which means the very
depth of imperfection.
Seven?is the perfect number, the sum
of three, the divine number of completion
plus four, the earth number of completion.
Eight?means regeneration and the
new order under Christ. It is the seven
days of creation plus the era of grace
under Christ. Most baptismal fonts have
eight sides.
Nine?is the number of mystery?three
times three.
Ten?is the complete number. The Ten
Commandments give man the whole duty
toward God and one's neighbor.
Twelve?is the universal number, three
times four?matter penetrated by spirit.
The twelve tribes represent all Israel, the
twelve apostles represent the universal
Church.
Forty?is the full number, meaning a
great many.
One hundred?emphasizes complete
ness, ten* times ten.
One thousand?means an indefinitely
large number.
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SMMTIES
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By .
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
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FIGURES AND FIGURES?
Unless we read incorrectly, the
Skyland Post of West Jefferson
stated last week that the total
valuation for the town of West
Jefferson is slightly over three
million dollars. We couldn't be
lieve the figures, so we read
them again.
A. check here shows that the
estimated valuation of property
for taxation in North Wilkesboro
Is approximately five and one
half million dollarB.
There has been a revaluation
in West Jefferson baaed on cur
rent values, whirfh must be plen
ty high.
But if three million is a rea
sonable figure for West Jeffer
son, 20 million would be for
North Wilkesboro.
The assessed valuation of prop
erty, real and personal, in North
Wilkesboro is only a fraction of
the total amount of local bank
deposits, to say nothing of in
vestments in bonds, stocks and
other paper securities, and a
tremenduous amount of cash
which does not reach the banks
for fear of income tax checkups.
The total assessed valuation
for real and personal property
In all Wilkes county is slightly
over 19 million dollars. The ac
tual value is somewhere around
60 millions.
Assessed valuations of proper
ty get and remain at a low level
because everybody wants some
body else to pay the city and
:ounty taxes. There are many
families who pay as much as
$500 yearly In. Income and indi
rect taxes and take it as a mat
ter of course, but who would
squawk Tocirerousiy if their
county or city taree went up 50
cents.
The ideal situation would he
an assessed valuation represent
ing the actual market value of
property in normal times, which
would result in about 40 million
dollars total for Wilkes county.
On this valuation a tax rate of 75
cents would pay the county bud
get. In other words, the tax rate
could be cut in half and the
whole situation would have a
much better appearance to in
vestors and the outside public. In
one instance a man with property
valued at $2,000 sold off some
corners of unproductive land for
|7,000 and retained hie home.
Another piece of land on the tax
Dooks at $1,000 brought $6,000
:aeh at auetlon.
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SKIP styling for a moment ? it's
pretty well admitted by now
that Buick has called the turn
on the shape of cars to come.
And for the present, slide over
-* performance ? with that big
bonnetful of Fireball power,
nobody's going to challenge you
much on the open road.
What else has die trim Buick got
that others can't quite come up
toP
You find one big answer where
the cobbles are plentiful, the car
tracks tangled, the bumps big.
This brawny traveler has a ride
? a smooth, level, easy stride #
that makes you think of a canoe
drifting in quiet waters.
One reason: It was Buick that
first introduced the American
public to soft, gende coil spring
ing on all four wheels.
It was Buick that first made it
THESE DO IT
? four biff-hut-gentle coil springs
permit each wheel to "step over"
bumps as it reaches them.
It is this independent action of each
wheel that gives Buick its matchless
buoyancy on any, and all roads.
possible for each wheel to step
over bumps as they came along,
leaving the frame and body to
pursue their level way undis
turbed.
Buick's coil springs keep, their
gentle sottness always. I hey
need no greasing or attention.
They are unaffected by dirt,
wear or the weather, and break
age is practically unheard of.
The net of it all is that you put
yourself on Easy Street when
you seat yourself in a Buick.
You make every road a better
road ? every ride an adventure
in smooth and buoyant comfort.
Why not drop in and learn
more?*Whether you have a car
to trade or want to talk on a
"clean deal" basis, you'll always
find a warm welcome here.
ONLY BUXCK HAS ALL THESE
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* SILENT ZONE BODY MOUNTINGS ABROADRIM WHEELS
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ASTEPON PARKING BRAKE ADEEPHEX SEAT CUSHIONS
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will build them
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