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The JoHiial - Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Published Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, ^orth Carolina JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER Publishers 1932—DANIEL J. CARTER—1941 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .. $2.00 (la Wilkes and Adjoining CAnttoi) One Year $8.00 (Outside WllkM and Adjoining Counties) Rates to Those in Service: One Year (anywhere) —— $2.00 Entered at the postoffice at Nerth Wllkesboro, North Carolina, as Seeend-Olast matter under Act of March' 4, 187t. Thursday, May 12, 1949 Hospital Week In North Carolina This week (May 9-15) is National Hearing Week, National Raisin Week, National Packaging Week, National Cotton Week, and Silver Parade Week. It is also North Carolina Hospital Week. Now we don't pay much attention to special "days" and "weeks" as a rule, but with North Carolina Hospital Week, we want to make an exception, and give our hospitals a collective pat on the back. We think they deserve it. We would be among the first to admit that North Carolina hospitals are not perfect. We realize that they could make ■mafty improvements which would help them and the public alike. But in spite of this, we feel that most of the hospital criticism we hear is un-called for and unjustified. You know the kind of criticism we mean. Hospitals have become a favorite target since the war. You hear samples of it leverywhere you go: "Hospital rates are outrageous" . . . "Hospital service certainly isn't what it used to be" . . . "You can hardly get a bed in a hospital nowadays" . . . etc. . . . etc. . . . We think Dr. W. S. Rankin, director of the hospital and orphanages division of the Duke (Endowment and one of the best informed men on hospitals in the South, has the answer for the hospital critics. He gives it in official facts and figures that speak for themselves—and they say a mouthful. For example, in his 1048 report, Dr. Bankin reveals that the 122 general hospitals in North Carolina have only 9,635 beds to provide for our more than three and one-half million people. That's about 2.7 per one thousand population. Experts tell us public safety requires a minimnm of 4 beds per thousand. Fortunately, the Medical Care Commission, through its hospital construction program, is working to bring us up to par, and splendid progress has been made. But these new hospitals have not yet opened for business, and meanwhile our existing institutions will have to continue to carry the whole load. Figure it out for yourself. o . European Situation Is Brighter This Week With lifting of blockade in Berlin today all the world breathes a sigh of relief. The blockade and counter blockade have been the key controversies in the cold war going on between Russia, backed by smaller countries under her power, and the western powers. With experiences of the past four years as indication of what may be expected, the best of relations may not exist between Russia and the United States and Great Britain for many years. But there are now definite indications that matters can be settled short of war. The world is forming lines of democratic peoples versus communism, where are two completely different ways of life. With the Berlin blockade lifted, the powderkeg now is in China, where relentless civil war continues to rage between nationalists and communists with the latter consistently winning. Lifting of the Berlin blockade may mean that communists will seek to further their power in the world by infiltration and peaceful means, rather than armed conquest. Get In The Corners Spring is drawing to a close. The hot summer days, with their special fire hazards, will soon be with us. It's time, if we haven't done .it already, for everyone to "clean up" their property in the interest of both safety and attractiveness. The spring clean-up campaigns, in which thousands of communities participate, are a fine American tradition. Buildings are painted. Yards are groomed. Useless shacks are torn down. Overgrown vacant lots—which have been the starting points of some of the country's worst fires—are mowed and cleared. It's amazing what this sort of face lifting does to a town's appearance. From the fire safety standpoint, the clean-up mustn't be confined to the surface of things. Some of the prettiest homes, for instance, offer fire a constant invitation. Most of us have some of the instincts of the magpie—we store and keep all kinds of junk, from 1930 newspapers to clothes and furniture and various knickknacks we'll never use again. The result is crowded attics and basements and closets, all set for a destructive fire. Another very common hazard lies in the improper handling and storage of paint, solvents and other flammables. Fire likes this too. Finally, during the warm season, get your heating plant ready for the cold months that lie ahead. These may seem small things—but they'll prevent an amazing number of fires. • Miami Herald: "Beer Raffle Ban Asked by Church." Trinity Methodist Church in Miami, proposes such ban for the protection of juveniles who attend such functions. o Denver Post: "Waitress, 18, Missing Two Weeks Found Slain." (Las Cruces, N. M. dispatch) The girl had been drinking heavily before she left her job on the evening of her assault-killing. o T u r EVERYDAY COUNSELOR By Rer. Herbert | Spaugh, D. D. J "I made it," admitted a friend somewhat pridefully as I questioned him the other day when he gave me a little gift for my study. This gift now takes a place in the room which means so much to me. It contains objects too numerous to list, including many similar gifts from friends. Some people would call this a junk room, as many of the objects do not hare much practical use. Among these objects there is a small stool which I made when I was about twelve years old. It is one of the first things I made with my own hands, and I still view it with satisfaction. , There is nothing like the satisfaction of making something with your own hands, even if it is not very useful. There is greater satisfaction if it is useful. One of the well known forms of treatment in hospitals for mentally and emotionally unbalanced patients is work with the hands. The value of this treatment is easily understandable. Handwork requires concentration. When One's full attention is given to cultivating the creative instinct, attention is taken from the worries and troubles which have been brought on emotional unbalance. Tense nerves are relaxed, as the creative facilities are cultivated. The old-fashioned housewife, whose many and varied home tasks required constant use of her time and faculties, rarely suffered from nervous diseases. The farmer whose daily work requires the greatest variety of handwork, like the old-fashioned housewife, does not suffer from such disorders. Modern life is so highly specialized, that few of us have much opportunity to exercise the creative instinct. Some people make only noise, complaint, criticism; some only make a living. What are you making? I am perfectly familiar with the timeworn excuse, "I haven't the time." Remember, we have the time to do the things we really want to do. There is great joy and satisfaction in making "things," but there is still a greater joy in making a life—a good life. That joy is greatest when we are able to help another do it—to find God's plans for his life—to make a new life in Christ Jesus. Fruit Growers To Fight Apple Scab By CARL E. VanDEMAN The mild winter was favorable for a number of things; some good and some not so good. Apple growers are having a tough time keeping scab under control because this serious apple disease was ripe and ready to spread as soon as the first green tips were showing on apple buds. No doubt this, early maturity was due to the mild winter. Dr. C. N. Clayton, Plant Pathologist at N. C. Stale College, came up this week and we checked over a number of orchards very carefully to determine the amount of scab infection where various spray programs had been used. Some orchardists, have scab well under control while others have not sprayed at the right time or thoroughly enough to prevent a very serious outbreak of scab from getting started. With the continued wet weather this early scab infection has spread rapidly to the fast-growing fruit \ind new leaves. Many growers do not have a full crop this year but do have a half of a crop or .better and If they do not keep the scab unde control toy spraying thoroughl; with liquid lime surphur (als< lime and lead arsenate for worn control) they will find that thei apples will not bring top qualit; prices this fall. Even grower who have sprayed very carefull; should use at least one mori spray with lime sulphur unlesi they have put one on since th< first of May.Ngrmally a growe: would change to Bordeaux mix ture at this time <but lime sulphui will check scab better at thii time. . O — : Southern Dairies Give Second Milk Price Cul Mayodan.—The second mill price reduction within a moatt was announced yesterday by H J. Williams and Son, Madisot distributors for Southern Dairies The distributors announced t reduction of one cent per quart effective today in Mayodan, Mad' i s o n, Stoneville,' Leaksville Spray, Draper and ReidsVllle. Don't forget to see us foi Shoes. They wear and will' stanc ruff wear. Standard makes direct from the factory.—The Goodwill Store. , 5-16-21 ' Revival Services At At Gospel Baptist i Revival services will begin . Sunday, May 15, at Gospel Bap ; 11 -p ttot church. JJ.er. Gordon Crump, pastor, #111 preach In the services, which will be held at 1:30 p. m. dally. The public dially invited to all servic«P*
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