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The Joinal - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN I POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD?MBS. D. J. GARTER
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Monday, Juty 7, 1947
While You Read
In about the time it will take you to
read this brief article, a fire will occur
somewhere in the United States. Thous
ands of dollars worth of property will be
destroyed. And it is very possible' that
someone will die a horrible death.
The National Board of Fire Underwrit
ers states that a fire alarm is sent in every
53 seconds?and a fire breaks out every
57 seconds. Each day, the property loss
runs into the millions, and several lives
are lost. Finally, for each death, there are
four injuries.
This is the record for an ordinary,
"quiet day." On days when spectacular
fires occur, the toll of death and destruc
tion soars far beyond the average.
The fire that is in progress while you
read this may be far away. But the next
fire may be in your home or your place
of business. Destructive fire has no favor
ites. It strikes without warning?and no
property and no life is safe from it.
Fire is a terrible ' challenge to the
American people. That--?Challenge can be
met only if all the p^tfple understand the
" causes of fire?and act accordingly. The
alternative is an ever-increasing toll of
death and destruction.
Argument i;or
Flood Control
Judge Johnson J. Hayes in an address
Friday evening before the North Wilkes
boro Lions club made some very pertinent
arguments for flood control on the Yadkin
?river.
Answering arguments of those who are
against the proposal on the grounds that
they would have difficulty securing a
just price for their lands in the area of
the dams, Judge Hayes explained that
just compensation would be paid for
lands, according to their market value and
that property owners would suffer no fin
ancial loss.
He also discussed the question of loss
in property taxes to the county. He ex
plained that protection from floods would
so increase the value of property below
the dams that the loss would be more than
recovered in that manner. He also stated
that Wilkes county is already losing great
^mounts in taxes in payrolls because of
the fact that industries have been forced
to leave the valley. He called particular
attention to the fact that the tannery plant
was destroyed by flood and was not re
built. It is probable, he said, that the tan
nery plant had paid more in taxes than
all property that would be purchased by
the government for dams.
Judge Hayes also explained that the
property above the dams could be used
for grazing purposes and that 75 per cent
of all funds derived from grazing rents
would go to the county to offset loss in
property taxes. In all probability this
would amount to more than present taxes
paid, he said.
It was pointed out that everything lost
in a flood is lost forever and is recovered
by nobody. By erecting the flood control
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high heaven about a movement initiated
by Illinois' Republican Legislature to erase
the congressional district so long repre
sented by Representative Sabath and thus
to gerrymander this veteran Democratic
stalwart right out of a congressional job.
We'll join in the protest, for gerryman
dering, in its patent effort to defeat the
minority party and deny representation
which all democratic rules and procedures
decree, is wholly indefensible. But our
condemnation is of ~a general and not a
particularist sort. It is just as despicable
to gerrymander a Republican out of a
congressional, judicial, solicitorial or
what-have you post, as it is to ditto a
Democrat. ? -
So far as we've observed the brethren
hereabouts who are stirred to righteous
indignation by what is happening in Illi
nois have never beat their breasts or rais
ed their hands in holy horror when the
Democratic gerrymanderers were really
working on the minority party apd its siz
able membership as it sought some degree
of participation in the administration of
North Carolina affairs.
Those big, bad Illini Republicans ought
to be told a thing or two about democratic
processes. But, if at the same time, they
don't know exactly how to proceed in
their geographical freezing out of an un
bowed district or two, they ought to con
sult the saga of the late Col. Alston D.
Watts or try to get some of his surviving
lieutenants or successors trained in his
ways to tip 'em off, treasonable as such
an act would be of course, as ta most ef
fective and sustained operating methods.
It really doesn't do for gerrymanderers
in one state to talk too much and too loud
ly about gerrymanderers in another, un
less there is the faint prospect that, like
unto the gingham dog and the calico cat,
they might wind up devouring each other
and thus giving clean, fair and decent po
litics an unexpected break.
LIFE'S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
Hiddenite, N. C.
OUR WONDERFUL BLESSINGS
To be a child of God means ^that we
have wonderful blessings bestowed upon
us along life's pathway. Even a sinner is
blessed with the temporal necessities of
life, which are many, and for which he
ought to give himself unto God; but the
blessings of the Christian far outnumber
those of the sinner. Temporal blessings are
wonderful, but spiritual blessings are far
more wonderful. The heart, mind, soul
and spirit that feeds on spiritual food has
a joy, peace, contentment, satisfaction,
sweetness and blessedness that no sinner
in all the world has. We don't have to
run after the evil things of the world in
order to have pleasure, because we find
pleasure in Christianity* God satisfies the
longing of our souls. He fills us with His
blessedness, therefore the amusements
and so-called pleasures of the world do
not appeal to us. We have that within
our hearts, which comes from our Lord,
that makes us happy; while the sinner
seeks happiness from without, thus turn
ing to dances, picture shows, exciting
games, foolishness, strong drink, social
indulgences, pleasure resorts, traveling,
night clubs, pool rooms, skating rinks, sex
literature, bad company, and so on. All
this is outside the Christian's realm of
living, and foreign to that which he de
lights in and enjoys. Hallelujah!
Paul said, "Therefore let no man glory
in men. For all things are youPs; whe
ther Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the
world, or life, or death, or things present,
or things to come; all are yours; and ye
are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1 Cor.
3:21-23). That is to say we are not to
glory in men, or make of them a god, or
let them come between us and God Al
mighty; but good men are our helpers,
and are a blessing to us. Then we are to
have the good things of the world enough
to get along with; the good things God has
in store for His dear children. Life holds
in store many good things for the follow
ers of Jesus. Death even works for the ad
vancement and good of God's saints.
?Things present and things to come, which
COULDN'T HAPPEN?
Pat got a Job moving some
kegs of powder and to the alarm
of the foreman, was discovered
smoking.
Foreman;?Heavens! Do you
know what happened with a man
smoked at this job two years
ago? An explosion blew ? up a
dozen men.
Pat calmly-?Well, that could
n't happen now.
Foreman?why not?
Pat?There ain't that many
men here.
IMPORTANT DATA?
Minister?Good morning! I'm
so glad to see you at Sunday
School, Harold. What do you ex
pect to learn today?
Harold?I expect to learn the
date of the Sunday School pic
nic.
HOW NOT TO?
Talkative Lady?A big man
like you could find a better occu
pation than catching poor little
fish.
Wise Fisherman?Maybe so
ma'am. iBut if this poor little fish
had kept his mouth shut, he
wouldn't have been on this hook.
IT TAKES SO LITTLE?
It takes so little to make us sad
Just a slighting word or a doubt
ful sneer
Just a scornful smile on some
lips held dear
And our footsteps lag, though the
goal seemed near
And we lose courage and the hope
we had
So little it takes to make us sad
It takes so little to make us glad
Just he cheering clasp of a
friendly hand,
Just a word from one who can
understand
And lose the doubt, and the fear
he had?
So little it takes to make us glad.
?Exchange.
TRUTHFUL?
Husband, shouting upstairs to
wife?For the last time, Mary,
are you coming ^
Wife?Haven4t I been telling
you tor the last hour that I'll be
down in a minute!
AIT?
A drunk was swaying back and
forth on the sidewalk when the
cop stepped up and asked him
what he was doing and where he
lived.
"Right there," he said, point
ing to a house, "but I rang the
bell and nobody answered,"
"How long ago was that?"
"About three hours ago."
"Well, why don't you try them
again?"
"Aw to hell with 'em?let 'em
wait."
SLIGHTLY MIXED?
His wife asked him to copy a
radio recipe. He did his ibeet, but
got two stations at once. And I
this is what he wrote down:
"Hands on hips, place one cup
of flour on your shoulder, raise
kneea and depress toes; mix
thoroughly in one-half cup of
milk,, repeat six times. Inhale
quickly one half teaspoon of
baking powder, lower the legs
and mash two hard-boiled eggs
in a sieve; exhale breath natural
ly and sift in * a floor and roll
in the whites of two bowls. At
tention: Lie flat on the eggs
backward and forward until it
comes to a boil. In 10 minutes
remove from fire and ruib smart
ly with a rough towel. Breathe
naturally, dress in warm flan
nels and serve with tomato soup."
Sidelights on Life Of Ameri
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ing story of G. Edgar Hoover,
America's ace G-Man, reveals
that this country is still the land
of opportunity. Read the illus
trated feature of a man who
never lost a friend, one of many
articles in the July 20th issue of
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