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The Joarul - Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Published Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER Publisher* 1#J>—DANIEL J. CARTER—1941 - ? — ,,, 1 SUBSCRIPTION' RATES: One Year $2.00 (Im Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) One Year $3.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) Rates to Those in Service: One Year (anywhere) $2.00 Entered at the postofflce .at North Wilkes boro, North Carolina, as Seeond-Class matter under Act ot March 4, 1879. Monday, March 21, 1949 /Worth Carolina xJfcs HISS ASSOCIATION^ Everybody Invited To Spring Festival This issue of The Journal-Patriot is de voted mainly to the Spring Opening Fes tival to be staged here Thursday, Friday and Saturday by merchants of the Trade Promotion committee of the Wilkes Cham ber of Commerce. This eve^ls community wide, with mer chnats offjjaK Wilkesboros cooperating to carry out^cppbvent which should prove to be very beneficial to their patrons in nor thwestern North Carolina. The purpose of the Spring Opening Fes tival is to prove conclusively that our mer chants can match all competition in this part of the country in merchandise value, including style, quality, price and service. This merchandising event will not be a clearance of items that customers have passed upgfor months, but will be an of fering of ^fc'-'very newest in spring mer chandise tha^s entirely seasonable and up the minute Imktyle, fashions and patterns, and each fjjfrticipatang firm is offering special^ya&tes in new merchandise especi ally for the festival event, and at prices which afford real savings in price. Make it a podt to read the Spring Fes tival advertisements in this newspaper, and mark op your calendar to visit the Wilkesboros at least once during the three-day event. Your visit will be well worth while. U ■■ "■ Mind Deteriorates When Alcohol Is Used Self-criticism, no less than the adverse ppinion of others, is peculiarly irritating to the alcoholic. He seeks to evade all res ponsibility for his maladjustment and blames any circumstance rather than him self. He suffers from a feeling of inferiority and desires excessively the society, symp hathy, and love of his fellows. Boastfulness and confabulation conspi cuously cover his inferiority complex, whilst conviviality and intimate contact with his fellows afford occasion for the release of obscene wit and homosexual trends. Alcohol, by producing euphoria, blunt ing the critical power and progressively (relaxing inhibitions, permits of a flight from reality, which up to a certain point is pleasuarble, but when it is pushed too far regression proceeds to lower psychological developmental levels and the return of the repressed from these levels causes great anxiety and antisocial behavior. Thus, in the long run, alcohol is liable to defeat the ends for which it is taken.— Dr. A. E. Carver, "Alcoholism from the Psychosomatic Point of View," British Journal of Addiction, Jan, 1948. "We have learned that alcohol, as com monly used today, causes more disease, disability and death than any other cause of ill health which is wholly in the power of the individual to prevent and avoid. "Since the end of the war in the theater of European operations, there have been more deaths among American troops in Europe from alocohol than from all com jmunkjable diseases combined, according to the chief of preventive services. Men in the army in the last stages of the Euro pean offensive died in larger numbers from use of alcohol to the point of self-destruc tion than were lost by all the communi cable diseases put together."—Dir. Ha ven Emerson, Professor of Public Health Administration. Columbia University. Spring Clean-Up \ On Farms Urged "Spring is clean-up-time to clean out farmstead hazards which might cause in jury and loss of man-hours on the farm," County Agent Paul Choplin of the State College Extension Service declared thiB week. "A place for everything and in its place" is a good safety slogan, the county agent said. He added that a study by the National Safety Council shows that disorder is res ponsible for hospitalising one out of every five accident victims. The largest single cause of injuries, other than the personal factor of poor judgment, is disorder. Debris and trash, such as paper, scat tered-boxes and boards, rags and rubbish, re fire hazards and ideal hiding places for rats. Removing trash collections redu ces the chances for fire and destroys "rat hotels." Farm families alone suffer about 3500 deaths and lose 100 million dollars worth of farm property annually through fires, about 90 per cent of which are caused by carelessness. "Check through the farm shop," advised the county agent. "Are tools in their right places, hammer and axe handles secure and in good condition? Is there an accum ulation of barbed wire, glass, scrap metals, loose boards, weeds, grass, etc., about the farmstead?" "If every farm family would conduct a spring clean-up campaign both indoors and outdoors," he declared, "it would go a long ; way toward eliminating fire and accident hazards, provide a more healthful environ ment, and conserve food which is badly needed in many parts of the world." An Arabian Legend An Arabian legend which points a warn ing against wine, says: The Devil planted a vine and watered it with the blood of a bird and three ani mals. When the vine was first planted, he watered it with the blood of a peacock. With a man's first drink of wine, he boasts and struts and thinks himself a very im portant man, indeed. When the leaves began to appear, the Devil watered the plant with the blood of an ape. When man continues to drink wine, his conduct is foolish and contemptible, just as the conduct of an ape excites ridi cule. When the fruit was ripening, the Devil watered the plant with the blood of a lion. When man continues to drink, he becomes ferocious and dangerous. When the fruit was rotten, the Devil watered it with the blood of swine; and the last stage of the drinker is drunken ness, when he falls into the mire and wal lows in filth as a hog does. • LIFE'S BETTER WAY • WALTER E. ISENHOUR ' High Point, N. C.t Route 4 Those Whom Other Folks Pass By I want to give a helping hand To those whom other folks pass by, And lift them up and help them stand For something good and great and high, Thus proving that within their lives There's yet a principal sublime, Where some have thought but evil thrives That can well lead to shame and crime. Sometimes we find within the heart Of those whom other folks pass by A strong desire to do their part To bless the world before they die; But men have dealt them blows and knocks Along life's ruffed, thorny way Until it seems their many shocks Have crushed and put them down to stay. I want to speak a word of cheer To wretched folks that sin has crushed,. And shed a sympathetic tear, Though Satan seeks to keep me hushed. I mean to breathe an earnest prayer From day to day as moments fly, And have within my heart a care For those whom other folks pass by. How sad the plight of those who fall, Or those whom other folks put down, Who seldom hear an upward call, But often see the world's cold frown; These could be jewels in the rough For whom we ought to pray and sigh, Though classed by men as being "tough," And so they only pass them by. If polished by the Master's touch And filled with holy love and grace, .The Savior only knows how much They might in life adorn some place; /Therefore I'll help such fallen men The better way of life to try, And hope to see both now and then > Great souls whom other folks pass by. Preventive Spray Plus Discussed By Health Group Health committe of the Wilkes Chamber of Comerce In meeting here with Dr. G. T. Mitchell, J chairman, mapped a program of work for 1949 and discussed at length two proposed projects. Efforts will be made, the com mittee said, to plan a program of spraying DDT as a health measure this summer. The spray is believed to have beneficial ef fects in prevention of polio and other diseases, and elimination of many insects. The committee inquired into the cost of spray equipment, and found that a motorized spray would cost $1,700, in addition to a truck to carry the machine. This cost, the committee belived, would be burdemsome on any one community and the group will suggest that a number of towns by one cooperatively, or that one town buy one and rent it to other municipalities on a cooperative 'basis. Another subject taken up was discussion of measures to eradi cate roaches and other insects from public places. It was sug gested that the health department purchase hand spray equipment, which would be used by the sani 'tarian on a cost basis. A committee composed of Gil bert Foster, Jim Hauser and Fred Hubbard, Jr., was named to appear before the city councils of North Wilkesboro apd Wilkes boro to present the committee's proposals. I March 28 Closing Date For AAA Grass According to Maude 6. Miller, secretary of the Wilkes county AAA, March 28 has been set as the deadline for securing grass seed through the 1949 AAA pro gram. Mrs. Miller urges all far mers to visit the county office and sign their farm plan if they are interested in seeding per manent pasture this spring. All orders will expire on Mon day, March 28, and any produc ers who have orders on hand are reminded to use them at once as there will be no extention of the grass seed program beyond the aproved date. Last year there were about t two and a half million goats in. the United States—the smallest number in 20 years. ,
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