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Thursday, April 29, 1948
State Must Not
~ Control Doctors
The strongest argument against social
ized medicine is not the enormous drain
on the taxpayers it would entail, import
ant as that is. It lies in the fact that the
profession of medicine, like the practice
of the arts and the higher crafts, is almost
entirely dependent on individual ambi
tion, ability, and incentive for progress.
The doctor, like the musician or play
write, works in cooperation with others
to gain some given end. But this is not the
kind of flat, unimaginative mass effort
that characterizes the working of a bu
reaucracy, where mediocrity gets the re
wards, and brilliance and enterprise are
frowned upon. The individual must be
supreme. One of his chief assets is the
right to experiment in an atmosphere of
freedom. He must be ready to intelligently
deal with the new and the uncharted. He
cannot be bound by a set of inflexible
rules.
When the state runs everything, a man's
politics are all important. That, and his
ability to earn favoritism from the bosses, j
determine the kind of job he gets. But
when politics and patronage determine
what doctor shall be chosen for promo
tion, or what writer or musician shall be
published and heard, a shameful decline
in standards is the inevitable result—as
the Soviet Union so thoroughly proves. In
the case of the arts, it forces the people
to see inferior plays or read inferior books.
In the case of medicine, it costs lives.
There is no relationship quite like that
between the doctor and those he serves.
The state must not be permitted to de
stroy it.
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Farm Clean-Up Hints
Given By Specialist
The farmer who gives his place a real
spring "cleaning" now will not only im
prove the looks of his farm but will also
make it healthier and easier to keep
"trim" the rest of the year, says C. B.
Ratchford, Extension farm management
specialist at State College.
He offered the following clean-up
hints for farm families: Gather and dis
pose of all tin cans. Either bury them or
punch holes in them, to avoid providing
breeding places for mosquitoes.
Pick up all loose wire. Don't overlook
the old baling wire which has accumulat
ed. It is easy to find now before grass and
weeds have grown. Later it will tangle in
machinery, trip persons and animals, and
cause a great deal of other trouble.
.Be sure all broken glass is disposed of,
thus preventing cuts on children's feet
next summer.
Check fences and repair those broken
or falling down. A good fence adds to the
appearance of the farm; a poor one de
tracts. - * * *
Right along with the fences, fix those
gates so they swing free and easy.
Clean up the feed room, granary, corn
cribs, and wood house. Don't provide hid
ing places for rats and breeding places
for insects. Clean, well-arranged outbuild
ings will save time later.
Burn all branches pruned from the
trees and bushes in the yard and orchard, j
Apply paint where needed. A coat of
paint will help the looks of many build
ings and make them last years longer.
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A foolish idea a day keeps the mind
working, ft !«*• j
In England They
Sore the Envelopes!
We have called attention to the econ
omies still practiced in Great Britain de
spite the fact that the British were on the
winning side of a war to save civilization.
Sir Stafford Cripps, who holds a key
position in the British Government, warns
the nation that it faces the possibility of
bankruptcy by summer. This might be
dismissed as idle political banter but what
would you think if you received a letter
from Great Britain sent in an envelope,
on which are printed these words:
"War Economy: Open by slitting along
the flap edge. Re-use envelope by sealing
with economy label to cover old address
and postmark."
The people of this country can hardly
imagine such economies in the midst of
their free spending. The wonder is that
the people of Britain do not begin to doubt
the benefits of winning a war for the
maintenance of civilization and the free
economic system.
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Democracy must have much more than
political equality if it is to bless the peo
ple of the world.
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Income taxes may be unpleasant but
we know of fewer taxes that we hope to
pay in larger amounts.
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Intelligence tells us that things change
and wisdom indicates that the change is
for the better.
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EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
By Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
^New powerful poison found. One-quar
ter pound in water supply of city of 100,
000 would kill all." This newspaper head
line tells us that this new poison is the
most lethal smiple compound known to
science.
Truly we have opened "Pandora's
Box." To refresh your memory concern
ing "Pandora's Box," I give you the story
briefly. According to Greek mythology,
Pandora was the first woman. After Pro
metheus stole fire from heaven and be
stowed it upon mortals, Zeus determined
to counteract this blessing, so he ordered
a woman to be fashioned out of the
earth, upon whom the gods would bestow
various gifts. Epimetheus, the brother of
Prometheus, married Pandora. Zeus gave
her a wedding gift, the so-called "Pan
dora's Box," containing an assortment of
evils and blessings. Epimetheus told her
not to open the box until given permission
to do so by Mercury. In the absence of her
husband, however, Pandora could not
resist'the desire to take a look into this
mysterious box. She unbound the cords
and lifted the lid. Immediately, the evils,
which have plagued mankind since that
day, escaped before Pandora could re
place the lid. Hope, however, which lay
at the bottom of the box, .she managed to
keep, Pandora having shut down the lid
before Hope escaped.
Sometimes it looks as if our scientists
have taken the lid off of "Pandora's
Box" and thrown it away. This past war
has brought us treirifendous discoveries in
the field of science, releasing agencies
which seem destined to destroy us—atom
ic bomb?, new poisons, new explosives.
They are really not new, but are newly
discovered.
Perhaps if St. Paul had been allowed
to edit this story of "Pandora's Box," he
would have left in the box Faith and
Love in addition to Hope. He reminds us
that these three offer an antidote for all
of the evils of the world: "And now abid
eth faith, hope, and love, these three; but
the greatest of these is love/'
Truly we are going to need these three
virtues in greatest abundance to act as
antidotes for our new discoveries, and en
able us to use them for the blessing of
mankind instead of our self-destruction.
If we have faith, hope, love towards our.
Lord and towards our fellow man, we!
can view the new age with happy antici
pation instead of fearful speculation.
Science can help us instead of destroy us.
Poisons have their antidotes. First aid
books give them. Man's great spiritual
First Aid Book, the Bible, gives us the
antidote for this new deadly poison—
Faith, Hope, JJove.
By
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
et »1
Chief Petty Officer Walter
Frankoff, navy recruiter here,
has two interesting souvenirs—
rain checks, from tickets numbers
1 and 2 of the North Wilkesboro
Flasher8 in the Blue Ridge
league. He bought th&, first two
general admission tickets . ,v J
Paul Pryor, pitcher, Jack Leon
ard, second baseman, and John
nie Mercak, catcher, are from
New England states near the
home of Chief Frankoff . . It's
a small world.
Bill Robertson, talented .first
sacker which the Flashers didn't
have a place for, was optioned to
Warsaw of the Tobacco State
league, where he is playing regul
arly at first base . . . Jimmie
Ledbetter, who was another good
first sacker in Flashers training,
was traded to Newton for Sulli
van, a fleet outfielder at the age
of 17 . . , Johnnie Mercak,
catcher, ha8 just graduated from
Catholic university. Last season
he caught for Yale's top-flight
pitcher in a fast semi-pro out
fit, hitting 322 . . . When Big
Mike Brelich hits a line drive
the other players use that bat
until it Is broken . . . Apparent
ly, Wilkesboro high has two good
pitchers in Whlttington and
Groce; and Craig looks like a
sure bet for college or pro base-1
ball after this spring . . . What
happened to the proposal to or
ganize a Wilkes county league?
. . . The American Legion Ath
letic Officer Frank Allen has
only 120 boys signed up for
American Legion Junior baseball
this summer. There should be a
good team picked from that num
ber. . . . The grapevine has it
that Grier Mills will have a
baseball team this summer . . .
Public officials should be getting!
in shape for the league^ open-1
ing game here Saturday night
. . . From our point of view the
Lincolnton Cardinals managed by
Johnnie Allen, erstwhile big
league chunker, has the best
team we've seen against the
Flashers. They really robbed us
of six hits at Lincolnton . . .
Marionvhad the biggest turnow
of fans* there being about 2,000
. . . Memorial Park here is far
ahead of any park we've seen
this year from the standpoint of
lighting and general layout of
the field, but the infield here is
not yet in good shap®. Th*
Rutherfordton job where Forest
City plays is inadequately light
ed and oost $2,000 more than
here . . . Lincolnton's grand
stand and bleachers are on the
same plan as here.
NOTICE OF SALE OF PER
SONAL PROPERTY
The undersigned executor of Al-j
lie T. Treadway, deceased, will, on
Saturday. May 1, 1948, at 10 A.
M., at the late residence of the
deceased, located on the Cove Gap
Road in Wilkes county, and near
the Alexander County line, sell at
public auction to the highest bid
der for cash all the tangible per
sonal property belonging to the
deceased, consisting of household
and kitchen furniture, among
which is one antique cupboard,
tools and other personal property.
This 9th day of April, 1948.
J. P. TREADWAY,
Executor of Allie Treadway, de
ceased. 4-26-lt
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Wilkes Truck In
Fatal Accident In
Winston - Salem
WinBton-Salem, April 27.—
Warren Gray Edwards, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Edwards,
King, Route 1, was killed In
stantly yesterday while riding a
bicycle and holding to the side
of a truck on Northwest Boule
vard, near Patterson Avenue.
Policemen said the youth was
holding to the right side of the
two and one-half ton truek, go
ing uphill, that he lost his bal
ance and was thrown under the
right rear truck wheel which
crushed his head.
Officers said the truck. involv
ed in the Edwards youth's death
was driven by Oble Broyhill, 39,
of Wllkesboro. The vehicle was
going at a slow rate of speed
when the accident occurred, and
was in second gear at the time,
police said. Mr. Broyhill was
charged technically with man
slaughter and a hearing was set
for May 12 in Municipal Court.
AUTO GLASS
CUT AND INSTALLED
For All Makes Cars and Tracks
Reasonable Prices
Williams Auto and
Plate Glass Go.
One-Half Mile West of North
Wilkesboro On Highway No. 421
Telephone 131-R
The Edwards boy hajV been
working on a farm In Bart
Bend, it wae learned, and was
visiting friends on Northwest
Boulevard.
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North Carolina soils generally
have continued too wet for ade
quate preparation for spring
planting, but good progress has
been made in the east and in
many sections of the Piedmont.
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