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The Joaraal - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER
Publisher*
19S2—DANIEL J. CARTER—1945
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year 1 $2.00
(la Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
One Year $8.00
(Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties)
Rates to Those in Service:
One Year (apywhere) $2.00
Entered at the poatofllce at North Wilkes
boro, North Carolina, as Second-Class miatter
under Act of March 4, 1879.
Monday, February 7, 1949
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Mail Service
Improvements Feasible
Inauguration of the highway postoffice
service in northwestern North Carolina
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in mail service are feasible and can be had
if proper efforts are put forth.
For many decades this part of North
Carolina went along accepting what was
offered in the way of poor mail service
without any substantial efforts toward
improvement,
Last summer the Governmental Affairs
committee of the Wilkes Chamber of
Commerce, aided in a great way by Act
ing Postmaster Maurice E. Walsh, began
to make investigation of possibilities for
better mail service. Railway mail officials
were called in and it was learned that this
entire section of the state was badly neg
lected and that improvements could be
had. lij
Firest efforts were centered on obtain
ing a highway postoffice route from
Greensboro to Johnson City, Tenn., con
necting two railway trunk lines, which run
north and south. This proposal which orig
inated here, was practical and gained
favor with postal officials. It represented
something which should have been pro
vided for in some way many years ago.
Surveys were made and it was found
that in the eastern part of Tennessee there
were two obstacles. A bridge at Mountain
City, Tenn. is not strong enough to carry
highway postoffices, and the highway
from Mountain City to Johnson City is
under construction because of a new TV A
lake in the making. Highway officials of
the state of Tennessee, according to our
information, are removing the two ob
stacles to approval of the entire route.
So the highway postoffice route was es
tablished from Greensboro to Boone, and
we shall continue to work for the other
end of the route from Johnson City to
Boone, in order that we will have rapid
and efficient mail service to and from the
mid-west.
In addition to the highway postoffice
route, which will mean two dispatches
daily of all types of mail, Postmaster
Walsh and the Chamber of Commerce are
asking that the schedule of the present
star route between North Wilkesboro and
Winston-Salem be reversed, instead of
eliminating the route.
If that proposal is approved, it will
mean that the star route will leave here
for Winston-Salem early in the morning
and return late in the afternoon. In ad
dition to the highway postoffice and this
reversal of the schedule of the present
star route, the train would continue to
carry mail on its daily trip.
These improvements would give us mail
service on a par with other sections of the
country. We are not asking special favors,
we are merely asking the mail service to
which we are justly entitled.
There is also a movement on foot for
establishing a highway postoffice route
from Charlotte to Boone, and efforts are
being made here to have that route es
tablished by way of Mooresville, States
ville and North Wilkesboro. There areoth
er towns trying to have the route by their
postoffices, including Newton, Conover,
Hickory, Taylorsville and Lenoir. It may
be that a great part of the towns seeking
the service can be served, and we should
overlook no opportunity to gain the im
provements in mail service that we should
have had decades ago.
Heavy Social Drinkers
Cause Most Trouble
Personally I am convinced that heavy
social drinkers actually cause more trour
ble as a group—and this group numbers
into the millions—than do the estimated
three-quarters of a million alcoholics. The
reasons for this personal conviction are
based on some 20 odd years' experience
in psychiatry and of observing the social
climate of "our times."
One need not go far for evidence. At
any hotel, bar or grill you may see at any
dining hour a number.of well-dressed, pre
sumably influential men who, as the!
rounds pile up, become louder, more ar
gumentative antT expansive in movement.
When calm judgment jn business or pro
fession is required, alcoholic states of
mind are comparable to a cut-off in elec
tricity at the peak hour of production.—
Robert V. Seliger, M. D., Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, Md., in an address,
"The Doctor Looks at Alcoholism," at the
National Council on the New Approach
to the Alcohol Problem, University of
Chicago, April 27-30, 1948.
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Hot Ashes Can Cost
Plenty In Cold Cash
This is the season when hot ashes cost
the nation plenty in cold cash, County
Agent Paul Choplin of the State College
Extension Service warned local farmers
today.
"More than 11 million dollars is lost
each year in fires caused by carelessness
with hot ashes and coals," he declared.
"With the country's fire losses at an all
time high—700 million dollars was burn
ed up in 1948—there is no excuse for
such waste."
Mr. Choplin suggested four fire safety
rules for farmers during February and
March.
1. Never empty hot aches or coals into
wooden, cardboard or flammable con
tainers. Use, instead, a metal trash barrel,
preferably of the lid type.
2. Keep the area surrounding the furn
ace, stove or fireplace free of refuse and
combustible material.
3. Be sure an Underwriters'—approved
fire extinguisher of the type designed to
put out coal or oil fires is handy.
47 Always use a fire screen in front of
the fireplace to prevent sparks from es
caping into the room.
Good habits of fire safety should be
taught each member of the family, the
county agent said, because "tending the
fire" has become everybody's job in spite
of modern inventions which have made
many parts of the job automatic.
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Nobody enjoys being bothered—but it's
still a lot nicer than being totally ignored.
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Failure is the only thing that can be
achieved without effort.
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Envy provides the mud that failure
throws at success.
• LIFE'S BETTER WJY «
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Paint, N. C., Route 4
OUR BLESSED LORD IS NEAR
Oft Times along life's rugged way
We have to weep and sigh,
And then go on our knees to pray
Lest we should faint and die;
But in the midst of ev'ry woe
That would defeat us here,
We should have faith to truly know
Ouf blessed Lord is near.
0 lot us look unto the hills
.From whence our blessings flow,
And know there's balm for all our ills
Wherever we may go;
For if we pray to God above
He'll bring us peace and cheer,
And let us feel, that through His love,
Our blessed Lord is near!
Sometimes the clouds may gather o'er,
And gloom may hang around,
Till we can't see the other shore
Where glories rich abound;
But if we trust and do not doubt,
Nor give away to fear, t
Our blessed Lord will bring us out,
For He is always near.
Let ev'ry tried and tempted soul
Look up to God in prayer,
Though waves of sin around us roll
To sink us in despair;
But if old Satan's robbed your life
Of things that seem quite dear,
Have faith to know, 'mid all the strife,
Our blessed Lord is near.
SPORTS
BRIEFS
Njorth Wilkesboro boys pulled
a genuine surprise when they de
feated Mount Airy here Tuesday
nlgljt. If they had played all
season like that they would now
havi an excellent record of vic
tories. Mount Airy girls have the
bestj female team we've seen a
mong high schools. Franks, tall
forward who wears spectacles
and • a muzzle to protect them,
has t uncanny accuracy.
T{ie game Millers Creek boys
lost to Jonesville was a heart
breaker. Millers Creek had a one
poict lead with 15 seconds to go
when they elected to take a free
thrcrw outside. A Jonesville boy
intercepted the pass, dribbled all
the way and shot the winning
goaj.
"Vfilkesboro showed excellent
defensive form In defeating Ap
palachian high 22 to 21 Tuesday
nigit. The score doesn't look ex
citing, but there were few points
in the game when there were
moie than two points difference.
Millers Creek all stars and
Ellir's Bluejackets are both par
ticipating in a tournament at
Frepklin in Surry county. They
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will meei
a ceptral
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boro'and
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are lp s< parate buckets In the
[rlbble derby, and at
Df this -writing it looks
rs Creek and filler's
in the finals. They
couldn't fare a better finale.
Se}ectl< n of Wilkesboro <as
scene of the Highlands confer
ence. bas :etball tournament will
be vtjelco: led by lobal fans. It Is
location. At present it
Elkin, Sparta, Wilkes
Boone boys will put on
for conference title.
One Jof s iveral teams among the
girlsj cou d finish tops.
Plans ire shaping up for the
1949" edit on of the Flashers. Tom
Dad<^ino nay prove to be a high
ly p9pult r choice for manager.
Just 'how good the team will be
will .tfepei d on the type of rookies
San
P. Mitchell
C vi\ Engineer
CITY A ND FARM SURVEYS
PROPERTY PLATS
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Office 2jid Floor Bank of North
Wijkesboro Building.
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Residence 566
obtained, because the club must
have eight of them. Not more
than seven of last year's players
will be back.
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Cold weather means more heat ^
from stoves and furnaces, and
the chance* for an increase in
fire losses are greater.