The Jonrul - Patriot
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Published Mondays and Thursday at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS 0. HUBBARD—MRS. D. J. CARTER
Publisher*
1911—DANIEL J. CARTER—1MI
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One Year $8.00
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One Year (anywhere) $2.00
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Merchants Progressive
In Promotion Plans
Merchants of the Wilkesboros, combin
ing their efforts through the medium of
the Trade Promotion committee of the
Wilkes Chamber of Commerce, are plan
ning a dollar days event August 11, 12
and 13.
This is one of several events for the
year, all of which are of mutual advant
age to the merchants and their many
thousands of customers in northwestern
Horth Carolina.
Modern and progressive merchandising
demands that merchandise be sold, and
not be carried over from season to sea
son or until it becomes outmoded.
In the dollar days event customers will
benefit greatly and will take advantage
of some real savings. Participating firms
will offer special reductions in selling ar
ticles or groups of articles for one dollar.
They will also offer special values in high
er priced merchandise by reducing prices
several dollars.
The merchants will benefit in that they
will sell their merchandise and make room
for more. It is not expected that they will
make any big profits, in numerous in
stances they will sell for less than costs.
But the sales will provide capital for more
purchases and lessen their inventories at
a time when they need the space for in
coming winter merchandise.
The co-operation in evidence among
the merchants of the Wilkesboros will be
a great asset to the community. Not only
will they benefit, but the public will re
ceive more and greater values through
such promotion events, which will attract
a greater number of customers and serve
to show people in the expanding trade
area that no city can offer better merch
andising service.
Monday, July 25, 1949
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Motorists Wo rned
That Speeders Lose
With this warning the North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles launched
its safety program against the dangers of
excessive speed. This concentration on
speed is part of a continuing, year-around
traffic safety program conducted nation
ally by the National Safety Council and in
North Carolina by the Department.
"Too much speed is a contributing fac
tor in one out of every three fatal traffic
accidents," said Jeff B. Wilson, director
of the Highway Safety Division. "This
means that too high speeds play a part in
the deaths of approximately 250 persons
yearly on North Carolina highways."
Fully as important as posted speed lim
its—if not more so—, according to Wil
son, are the speed limits that each motor
ist should impose upon himself.
"Call them 'conscience speed limits' if
you wish," the Highway Safety Depart
ment director said. "But in every driver
there should be a sense of responsibility
toward his driving—a realization that
posted speed limits are an interpretation
of what constitutes safe speed on a road
under ideal circumstances.
"Too seldom, however, is the road
traveled under ideal circumstances. Night,
rain, fog, other traffic, the road surface,
the driver's physical condition, and count
less other factors must be taken into ac
count. Posted speed limits should be a
guide. Often conditions make them too
high for safety.
"Take it easy when you drive," Wilson
warned. "The minute you might save by
speeding is never worth a fraction of the
life you risk trying it."
Wilson gave the following seven tips on
speed:
1. Heed both legal and common sense
speed limits.
2. Maintain control over your car at all
times so that if a qnick stop is necessary
it can be made safely.
3. Remember that intersections and
traffic signals are slown-down spots. Be
prepared to stop.
4. Keep an adequate distance between
you and the car ahead.
5. Remember that there may be a car
right behind you—keep an eye on it in
the rear view mirror, give proper hand
signals, and avoid on-a-dime stops.
6. Slow down at sundown. Your speed
at night should be no greater than that
at which you can stop within the range of
your headlight.
7. Probably the most important rule of
all is never forget that speed kills and
cripples thousands annually.
What would your chances be of walk
ing away, uninjured, after driving your
car off a 10-story building?
According to Jeff B. Wilson, director of
the Highway Safety Division of the North
Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles,
the physical effect is the same as if you
hit a solid obstruction on the highway at
60 miles an hour—and the odds against
your getting out of it unharmed are about
the same.
"At this speed your chances of being
killed, rather than injured, are about eight
times greater than they would be if you
were traveling at 20 miles an hour," Wil
son said. "Special studies of rural acci
dents show that the higher the speed the
greater the chance for death in case of
an accident."
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A new book, "What About Smoking?"
by C. Aubrey Hearn of Nashville, Tenn.,
declares that the average American spent
$28 for smoking tobacco in 1948, and the
average American smoker spent $62. This
compares with $6 given by the average
American to all religious causes in 1948,
and $24 given by the average American
church member in 1948.
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Practicing for an attempt to swim the
English Channel, a young girl named
Shirley May France swam through New
York harbor the other day from the south
ern tip of Manhattan out to Coney Island.
The only thing that surprises us is that
she didn't have to swim right back. A
patch of unoccupied beach must be pret
ty hard to find in these days of all-time
record Coney Island crowds.—Statesville
Daily Record.
9 LIFE'S BETTER WAY «
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
A DEPARTED SISTER
In His mercy, grace and kindness,
In His wisdom and His love,
Jesus calls His faithful children
To a blessed home above,
Where the shining saints and angels,
In their robes of lily-white,
Dwell in peace and joy forever,
Far beyond the shades of night.
There the soul of this dear sister
Rests from all her toil and care,
Joining with the saints of glory
In God's praises grand and rare,
Maybe singing with the angels
Songs that mortals cannot sing,
And in testimony crowning
Jesus Christ as heaven's King.
She was humble, kind and gentle
As she dwelt upon the earth,
Proving that a life of goodness
Is the only life of worth;
Hence we knew her as a Christian,
With a shining, smiling face,
Faithful to her Lord and Master
As she ran life's rugged race.
Many times her testimonies,
And the earnest prayers she prayed,
Helped to strengthen faith in others,
And to make them unafraid,
As they stood for Christ our Savior,
And His cause amid the throng,
Giving grace and giving courage
For the right against the wrong.
To her home and to her loved ones,
And the church she loved so well,
She was always true and faithful,
Which we now delight to tell;
For it gives us strength and courage
When we think of some good soul
Who has gone through tests and trials
And has made it to the goal.