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The Joirul - Patriot INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS Published Mondays and Thursdays at North Wilkesboro, North Carolina • i JULIUS C. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER Publishers V 1»I3—DANIEL J. CARTER—1M» SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 (la Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) One Year $3.00 (Outside Wilkes and Adjoining Counties) Rates to Those in Service: j One Year (anywhere) _ $2.00 Bntered at the pOstoffiee at North Wilkes boro. North Carolina,^as Second-Class matter snder Act of Marsh 4* 1ST!. ' - ' •* 'Monday, July 18, 1949 Begin With The Boy If you are ever going to do anything permanent for the average man, you have got to begin before he is a man. The chance of success lies in working with the boy and not with the man. That applies peculiarly to those boys who tend to drift off into courses which mean that unless they are checked they will be formidable additions to the criminal population when they grow older. No nation is safe unless in the avterage family there are healthy, happy children. If these children are not brought up well, they are not merely a curse to themselves and their parents, but they mean the ruin of the State in the future. —Theodore Roosevelt. A Tobacco Farmers Should Vote 23rd On Saturday, July 23, tobacco farmers ■will be given the privilege of voting the kind of crop administration they want. It is a democratic process in which every tobacco farmers should participate. A list of the polling places is published elsewhere in this newspaper for all the tobacco farmers in Wilkes county. Meet ings have been held in various parts of the county where tobacco is grown, and the farmers have been well informed on the merits of the proposals for or against which they are privileged to vote. We would not attempt to tell a farm er how to vote in the referendum, but we Would advise that they get the facts and vote according to their own conclus ions. Although not in the heart of the tobac co belt, the weed is an important cash crop in almost half of Wilkes county, with the crop last year in Wilkes reaching a value of more than a million dollars. _____ n Highway Commissioner Hears From The People Highway Commissioner Mark Goforth has instituted a policy which will be very popular among the people of ,the division. One day each month has been set aside for hearing delegations interested in road projects. The second Wednesday morning in each month at Wilkesboro is the date for Wilkes, Alleghany, Surry and Yadkin counties. The road building program is entering a new era. The state will borrow $200, 000,000 for improvement of secondary roads, and in addition will have the large revenues appropriated for highway con struction. It is very appropriate that the people be heard concerning their roads. It is not conceivable that every project requested can be granted, brit the commissioner and division engineer by interviewing and hearing the people can get first hand in formation for formulating a policy of road construction and improvement. After re quests are heard the highways engineers and commissioner will view these pro jects, and the most pressing needs will be filled first. On Wednesday Commissioner Ooforth and Engineer Ashby spent a full day at the Wilkes courthouse hearing people of four counties tell of the roads they want ed graded, graveled and paved. It was es timated that more than six hundred peo ple were in the many delegations. The highway authorities traced each inquest on road maps, and listed each request carefully. The pi-oposed projects — » » will be considered on the basis of travel count, number of people to be served and possibilities of future development and growth of the communities involved. It is evident from the conduct of the hearings that Commissioner Goforth and his aides are going to perform their du ties diligently and serve the people to the best of "their ability. Open-Weapon Defense? The action of the Secretary of Defense in forbidding the Navy to proceed with the construction of a very large aircraft carrier has stirred up many repercussions and will continue to do so. Some think, for instance, that the Secretary stretched his proper authority to the breaking point when, in effect, he vetoed a'project which Congress had approved when it passed the Navy's appropriation bill. In any event, the matter goes beyond the question of whether the country is to have this particular carrier or not. The opponents of the ship were mainly Air Force partisnas who argue that if anoth er war comes we will end it in 30 days of so with A-bombs delivered by land-based aircraft. Before World War II started we were told we could lick Japan in 30, days —we now know the error of that state ment. We would ajj^like to see a war won at the smallest cost in lives and 'money. However, if we place all our eggs in the Air Force basket, what will happen to us if the theory doesn't work and the cot tom of the basket falls ou^? The terrible risks inherent in a. one-weapon defense plan should be apparent to anyone. Too, how can we have a first-class de fense organization unless every service fs permitted to develop the weapons and the techniques which their experience and best judgment deem essential? The big carrier was simply a logical step forward in ship development—a vessel which would be more nearly unsinkable and which would provide a better platform for planes, guns Qr guided missiles. In these days, a Navy which is forbidden to ad vance its own aviation would be a frail reed to lean upon in time of need. To blindly place our faith in Air Force claims which have not been proven could be the road to disaster. A ———— Every generation is entitled to live its own life, which is a principle that older people find hard to accept. o Los Angeles Times: "Man Confesses Guilt in Wife Beating Trial" At the same time, he will face trial on a drunk-driving charge. Drunkenness and wife-beating! Cleveland Plain Dealer (Steubenville, Ohio dispatch): "Constable's Bullet Fired in Accident, Kills Best Friend." The officer had been called to a tavern to stop a fight but had to defend himself with his gun which went off, killing a spectator who turned out to be the officer's long time friend. Liquor hurts no one but him who drinks it? • LIFE'S BETTER WAY • WALTER E. ISENHOUR High Point, N. C., Route 4 WHO'LL GET YOUR PROPERTY Who'll get yooir property, dear soul, When you no longer have control? Will it be left for worldly kin To send them deeper into sin? Will sons and daughters law it out, Or with each other fuss and pout, Because they don't and won't agree Just what the share of each should be? Will someone drink it all away, As sometimes happens, let me say?v Will it be spent, when you have died, To gratify a lot of pride? Will those for whom you've saved it up Expend it just to fill life's cup With pleasures that will curse and blight And send them down to hell's black night? Who'll get your business, or your land, And cash, perhaps, yon have on hand? Who'll get the means that yon have saved, For which yon've sacrificed and slaved? You'd better seek God's holy will * Before yon grow quite weak and ill As to the way your means should go When you are through with earth below. Perhaps the Lord, who ought to rule,. Would have you give to some good school; Or give that orphan children dear Might have the means to give them cheer; Or send the good news far and wide That Jesus Ohrist for sinners died. Most certainly Our God can use What carnal kin would just abuse. Many Places Selling Beer Lose Licenses Raleigh, July 11.—The state has revoked the permits of 27 beer dealers since July 1, Direc tor C. A. Upchurch, Jr., of the A. B. C. Board's Malt Beverage Division reported today. Upchurch said the revocations have come in all cases after evi dence that dealers were violating state laws regarding beer sale.' The division's 26 investigators are making enforcement of fhej new beer statute their biggest job now and more revocations can be expected, Upchurch de-' clared. '! Dealers whose permits are taken from them are 'given the privilege of appealing to Up church and eventually to the state A. B. C. Board. No appeals, however, have come before him in any of the 27 revocations, Upchurch stated. Before July 1, Upchurch's agency granted state permits to 5,600 beer sales places. More than 500 other applications for permits were denied. After the screening of applications was completed on July 1, the 25 in vestigators began devoting their time to law enforcement. Upchurch has said that his di vision, which was set up by the 1949 General Assembly, intends to "clean up'' the beer business in this state. -V learning To Cook Is Secret To Bliss. Wives can keep hus bands content by remembering that, the way to a man's heart is still through his stomach. Read helpful hints on preparing bet ter meals as taught in famous New York school in "Better Learn to Cook," appearing in July 31 issue of The American Weekly, Nation's Favorite Mag azine With The Baltimore Sun day American. Order from Your Local Newsdealer. Tennis Toarney i Entries Come In Midway Pontiac, Jnc., announ-( cea the following entries in their ' • - » all-American tennis champion ship contests: Bill Thomas, Wil liam Gray,! Gene McNeill, and Gordon pii^ley, all of North Wil-j kesboro; BUI Dohson,Frank Falk, and Turner Rich, all of Mt. Airy; j James Knight, Bernie Owens, and Fred Barker, all of Lenoir; Larry and jBoger Mills, of Greens boro; Bub' Terry, of Winston-Sa lem. ) Many mjore entries are expect ed by the deadline July 19. It is disappointing to see that most of tpe entries have come from out lof town people. "We would lik^ for the trophy wia ners in e|ach division to come from Wilkes county", the spon sors statedr Only four have come from Mere. No entries will be accepted af ter July 19. ■ . o ——— puring 1948 Foresters of the State Department of Conserva tion and Development gave near ly 1,000 talks, showed 412 tion pictures, -pot 1500 bonncements on the radio, ticipated in 65 original radio grams, wrote 1700 newspaper tides and feature stories, ANNOUNCING Fall Opening - September 5,1949 BOWLING GREEN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY Inc. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE i Courses of college grade and of purely commercial and vocational rank — all in the field of business. One of the largest business schools of the country. 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