The Joarul - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER
Publisher*
1982—DANIEL J. CARTER—1MI
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $2.00
(In Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year $3.00
(Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rat^s to Those in Service:
One Year (anywhere) . $2.00
Entered at the postoffice at North Wilkes
boro, North Carolina, as Second-Class matter
under Act of March 4, 1879.
Monday, January 31, 1949
North Carolina i
PBISS ASSOCIATIO
Law Enforcement
Can Be Achieved
Meeting of a group of about ninety rep
resentative citizens of Wilkes county in
this city last week to organize a law en
forcement committee is significant in that
it represents an awakening to the dangers
of laxity in enforcing the laws of the state.
It is entirely possible and practical to
have the type of law enforcement that a
majority of the people want and demand.
*The laws will not be enforced to any
greater extent than the people demand,
and prior to this time there had been no
organized effort to obtain more rigid en
forcement of the laws against liquor traf
fic, gambling or other vices.
It is generally understood that liquor
of any kind and quantity can be obtained
around the Wilkesboros at several places,
and in recent months, according to our
information, several new outlets have
been opened for the illicit retail distribu
tion of whisky.
The Law Enforcement committee had
an attendance of about ninety citizens,
representing many communities, in the
meeting last week. These people repre
sented the ministry and laymen of many
churches and others are to be included.
The organization will b,e represented in
executiv ; action by a committee of 15
which will act for the entire committee
between meetings.
Such a group can accomplish much, but
the committee must understand that a
spasmodic effort will amount to nothing
and that it will take continued effort and
vigilance year after year to accomplish
pasting results.
Want To Pay Taxes To
Clean Somebody's Wigs?
It is with regret that we sound a note
of alarm here and state that compulsory
health insurance has a chance of being
passed in the present congress, which
thinks it has a mandate from the people
to squander the people's money in vari
ous types of endeavor that border of soc
ialism. Compulsory medical insurance,
government operated and administered, is
socialized medicine, regardless of the
name you put to it.
England has just finished the first half
year of socialized medicine, and that sit
uation there is disgusting.
In England the bald are getting wigs at
government expense. The average price
is $40 each. Total cost for wigs under so
cialized medicine is going to be around
$8,000,000 per year, and the wig clean
ing bill, which the taxpayers will pay,
will amount to about $400,000, according
to an article in a recent Newsweek maga
zine.
Do you as a wage earner want to pay
about $2.50 out of your salary each week
to pay for socialized medicine, which
would include wigs for those whose hair
has become too thin on top?
In England everybody with a tooth cav
ity wants a set of false teeth at taxpayers'
expense and dentists are so overworked
that they have put out signs saying "No
new patients for 12 months." We hate to
think what would happen if you had a
sudden toothache.
In England everybody is going to the
doctors every time they imagine some
thing iray be wrong, or just to have some
where <o go. The result is that people
who need medical care can't get it be
cause the doctors offices are cluttered up
with chronic complainers and those who
are going just to be going.
In the United States a bill ia proposed
which would add another large tax on
the already burdened wage or salary
earner, which means he would have less
take home pay. If this trend continues
you won't be receiving pay. It will be go
ing to the government. Personally, we
think the money you earn is yours to do
as you please with.
It has been estimated that it would take
one million people to administer socialized
medicine, and that 53 per cent of the
money taken in in taxes would go to pay
bureaucrats, offices holders, clerks, sup
ervisors, field supervisors, district super
visors and supervisors of district supervis
ors, red tape, forms, reports, records, etc.
Only 47 per cent of your tax money would
actually be left for medical care.
If you decide you don't want socialized
medicine, and we are sure you wouldn't
like it, let your congressman know at
once that you want him to oppose the
compulsory medical insurance measure
with all the Americanism he can muster.
17
Retain Star Route
On Reverse Schedule
Postmaster Maurice Walsh is working
for additional mail services to all the
people of the "lost provinces" of .north
western North Ci olina. ,
The highway postoffice will start Feb
ruary 4, and will result in speedier service
for parcel post and registered mail.
Now Postmaster Walsh has launched a
movement to retain the present star route
between this city and Winston-Salem, on
a schedule which would reverse the pres
ent route. It is proposed that , the star
route leave here early in the morning, and
return in late afternoon.
This would mean a wonderful addition
to mail service for this entire area and the
movement should be well supported by all
the people. '
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Annabelle, the kangaroo, lost her bat>y,
probably had her pocket picked.
Tact has been defined as the art of
saying only part of what one thinks.
Many a man who hands you good advice
o
doesn't know it is good or he would keep
it and use it himself.
LIFE'S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
THE NURSE
In garments white and neat and clean
The nurse goes forth to serve;
Where suff'ring is she's on the scene
With calm and steady nerve.
Both day and night she walks the halls
And enters ev'ry room;
She quickly heeds the many calls
And smiles away the gloom.
With patient step she goes her rounds,
Though often tired and worn;
From room to room her sweet Voice sounds
To comfort those who mourn;
Or those who need a word of cheer
To help them bear their pain,
And overcome their dread and fear
That health they may regain.
She should possess a lot of grace,
Be patient, gentle, kind;
And wear a bright, sunshiny face
'Mid ev'ry task assigned;
And though sometimes she wants to cry
She has to smile instead,
And comfort those who weep and. sigh
And keep them still in bed.
She watches with an anxious eye
Those who are very ill,
And serves them as she passes by
Wi£h all her might and skill;
And when the crisis tense is on
She wonders how 'twill be,
And longs, perhaps, for day to dawn
And hopes the best to see.
The patient ought to l^ve the nurse
And treat her kind and right,
And never once abuse and curse,
Though she be out of sight;
For she indeed has work that's hard
And filled with anxious care, j
And while her hands may not be scarred
She has a lot to bear.
God bless the nurse and keep her sweel
Whatever be the test*,
And as she goes the sick to meet
May she be at her best;
And when God makes His jewels up
May she be one of them,
Where she shall drink redemption's cup
And wear a diadem.
Tax Infarmatiortal
Returns Explained
"Every three months employ
ers are required to file tax re
turns reporting the name, social
security number and amount of
wages paid to each employee,"
Louis H. Clement, manager of
the Salisbury Social Security Of
fice skid today. "It is not neces
sary that the employee do full
time work," he continued. The
employers' responsibility is bind
ing to report part-time and full
time workers.
• Employees, too, have a share
qf responsibility. They should be
qure that their names and social
iecurity numbers are correct In
Jhelr employers' files'—for the
Social Security Administration
Uses the wage information on
the tax return in maintaining in
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JEWELRY AND
WATCH REPAIR
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livl iual wage accounts for each I
woi ker concerned on which fu-1
tur i benefits may be paid.
I! all of the employee's wages
ire1 not reported, it may mean
that his benefit will be lower
than that to which he could have
been entitled. If care is not tak- 1
en
the
to report these wages under
name and account number of
thd worker just as they appear
on his social security card the
Social
will ha^
Security Administration
e difficulty crediting the
wages to the person who earned
them.
Mr. < Element explained that,
"complete, accurate reporting
will enable the worker and his
family to get all the benefits to
which they are entitled.
Tax returns are filed four
times a year—January, April,
July, aim dctober. If employer#
or employees hare questions cotfc^
cerning taxes or other phases of
Social Security, the nearest So
cial Security Administration field
office will be glad to furnish in
formation and assistance.
Twins occur in dairy cattle on
the average of one out of 25
births.