The JoHml - Patriot
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North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
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Monday, September 26, 1949
Association Time
For Baptist Churches
September is the month for annual
conventions of Associations of Baptist
churches, of which there are more than
100 in Wilkes county.
Reports from the associations already
held are very satisfactory. In each group
there is much evidence of growth, not only
in number of members, but in work and
activities among the churches. In addition
to greater growth in membership and
church activities, a great majority of the
churches have carried out building pro
grams to expand their churches plants by
erection of new buildings or the additions
of rooms to be used in Sunday school
work.
Similar progress have been made among
churches of other denominations in Wilkes
counyt, all of which shows that the people
of Wilkes have not neglected the Lord's
work during the period of monetary pros
perity through which they have passed
during the past decade.
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Fires Blamed As Hidden
Killer In Smoking
Smokers who are inclined to worry a
bout the effect of cigarettes on their lungs,
hearts and blood pressure usually overlook
the greatest danger in smoking, which is
fire. Almost 250,000 fires yearly are
due ta careless smoking and matches, de
clares John H. Boyle in the October Journ
al of Living.
Some of the worst fire tragedies in
America have been caused by mis-handled
cigarettes. The terrible Texas City dis
aster in 1947 which killed 512 persons
and caused more than $32 million dollars
in damages was attributed to failure in
enforcing the "no smoking" rule on a ni
trate-laden ship. In 1946, both Chicago's
La Salle Hotel fire and Dubuque's Hotel
Canfield fire, with a death toll of 80 per
sons, were officially blamed on cigarettes.
Besides the fires which make national
headlines because of their huge loss of life
and property, countless other tragedies
caused by cigarettes occur every day with
equally heartbreaking results. The bride
whose wedding turned into a funeral when
her filmy gown went up in flames, the mo
ther who disfigured her infant for life
when she dropped a lighted cigarette into
its crib, the motorist who took his eyes
off the road to light a cigarette and car
ried his wife and three children to death
over an embankment?all provide a back
drop for the flaming drama of horror pro
duced by the careless smoker.'
To prevent cigarettes-caused fires, the
Journal of Living article urges smokers to:
1) Avoid smoking in bed?Americans'
most dangerous habit. 2) Put out cigar
ettes and matches before throwing them
away. 3) Use big, generous ashtrays so
that cigarettes can't fall off the edge. 4)
Always chaperon your cigarette?never"
let itl?o out alone.
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"Alcohol has little value as medicine,
and it certainly carries distinct dangers to
those who use ft as a drink. I have never
found it necessary to use it for medicine."
?Dr. William J. Mayo.
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Dr. J. B. Rhine, Duke University psv
chologist, has been put in a novel by Up
ton Sinclair. Well, he can easily live that
down if his foolisher friends will stop talk
ing about it.?Greensboro Daily News.
Oil Has A Birthday j
On August 27, the American oil industry
will be 90 years old. On that historic date
in 1859 Colonel Edwin L. Drake brought
in the nation's first commercial oil well
at Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Today oil is one of the basic necessities
?practically every American uses it in
many forms each day of his life. But mat
ters were very different then. Colonel
Drake was ridiculed. He was harassed by
creditors. He was forced to contrive his
own tools and techniques as he went a
long, on a trial and error basis. But he
had a full measure of perseverance and
ingenuity?traits which still mark the
great industry he founded.
We have demanded oil, for the arts of
peace and war, in an ever-increasing
flood. We have demanded more pro
ducts, and better products. The industry
has never failed. It has built up our
proved reserves to an all-time high, even
as consumption was outrunning all the
forecasts. It has devised conservation
measures to prevent waste. It has per
formed miracles in its research labora
tories. It has reinvested a large part of
its profits to expand and modernize and
improve its facilities, so that we can ob
tain the oil products we want at any time.
LIFE'S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. 1SENHOUR
High Point, N. C., Route 4
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
I'm sure that many people feel
They're handicapped along life's way,
And think they've had an unfair deal,
Or they would see a better day,
Because they're poor in earthly things
That men and nations value high,
Therefore their poverty but stings
Until their aspirations die.
0 this should never be, dear soul,
If you would stop and think a bit;
For those who reach the higher goal,
And with the best and greatest sit,
Are not the richest men of earth
Who live in mansions fair and grand;
But they are those who prove their worth
By blessing men across the, land! -
But first of all, the men who cleave
To handicaps that would defeat.
Rise up and then resolve to leave
For some exalted, higher seat
Within the realm of God's good will,
With God enthroned within the heart,
Where they on earth a place can fill
And in life's drama act their part.
The men of noblest, deepest thought,
Who've left their wondrous mark be
hind,
Were those who deeply, deeply sought
The blessed truth of God to find
In spite of poverty and need,
And maybe lots of suffering too,
Therefore they sowed the righteous seed
That's bringing forth a harvest true.
YOU MAY BE DULL
You may be very dull in mind
And cannot grasp a lot of truth,
Although you seek and search to find
Great knowledge in the days of youth
That may prepare your life and soul
For some good place you'd like to fill,
Wh^re you could gain the honor roll
Upon the top of manhood's hill.
Don't stop because you find it hard
To gain the truth you'd like to own,
And sometimes find your hopes are marred
Ere you have- gained the longed-for
throne;
But forge ahead and never quit,
Though oftentimes you may feel blue,
For faithful souls will surely sit
Beside the noble and the true.
You may be dull in books and art,
In science and a lot of things,
But you can have a godly heart
That lifts you higher up than kings
Who fill a high position here,
And maybe gain a lot of fame,
But God they do not love nor fear,
And bring no honor to His name.
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It's better far to love the Lord,
Though dull in sciences and books,
And know you'll have a good reward
Borpuse you've filled life's little nooks
The best you could along the way
With just a heart to bless mankind,
Than hear the worldly wicked say,
"Indeed he had a master mind."
Chatham Will Move
Va. Plant Ta Elkin
The Chatham Manufacturing
Company disclosed yesterday
(Wednesday) that It Is working
on plans to more its Waynesboro,
Va., blanket operations to Elkin.
Vice President Hugh Chatham
said the firm would retain an
option to purchase the leased
Waynesboro plant, however, un
til December in case plans should
be changed.
But he said it was the present
intention of the Chatham firm
to move the Waynesboro opera
tions, which involve approximate
ly 300 persons to Elkin, in order
to centralize all of the company's
manufacturing activities.
The Waynesboro plant was
leased last December for one year
by Chatham in order to manufac
ture the Bunny Esmond crib,
blanket. The lease, with Textron,;
Inc., also gave Chatham the op
tion to buy after the year had
ended. I
Mr. Chatham said the firm had
studied the situation and thought
it would be more efficient to put
the operations together at Elkin
He said plans are now proceed
ing on the expansion of the com
pany's plant at Elkin in order
to take care of the mew activi
ties. Machinery used at Waynes
boro is not available at the pres
ent Elkin plant and must be or
dered.
The Chatham official said that
if the move is carried through,
enough personnel will be added
at Elkin to take care of the new
blanket operations. But he said
that 300 persons will not be
needed at Elkin, since some pres
ent personnel will be able to take
care of some of the work.
Chappell Funeral
Conducted Sunday
Elkin, Sept. 22.?Funeral serv
ice for James Clinton Chappel,
50, of Jone8ville, who died unex
pectedly Thursday afternoon of
a heart attack, was held at 2 p
m. Sunday at the First Baptist
Church in Jonesville.
Mr. Chappell was a member of
.he First Baptist chureh of
rones ville.
He was married to Mrs. Pear)
Nicholson Chappelt who died
hree years ago.
Surviving are one daughter,
drs. Walter Rose of Jones ville;
>ne grandson; the mother, Mrs.
rrank Chappell; four brothers,
T W. and Clarence Chappell,
>oth of Jonesville, and John and
dode Chappell of Cycle; three
listers, Mrs. Dick Teague of
Winston-Salem; Mrs. F. M. Kim
ner of Boonville and Mrs. Tom
Swaim of Cycle.
How Are Your F
loorsj
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PIEDMONT POWER PRIMER
MAKING ELECTRICITY FROM STEAM
Rivers rushing from the mountains across the Piedmont were this region's first source
of electricity. To assure constant service, even in times of drought and flood, steam
stations were added to the Duke Power system early In the 1920's. Today, such sta
tions are doubly necessary because of tlje demand for power In the busy Piedmont has
passed far beyond the limited potential of our rivers.
1. By means of a Conveyor, coal is brought to the pul
verizer. After being *finely pulverized, it is blown
into the firebox.
2. Under high temperature water is changed to
steam and expanded until the pressure created
inside the boiler must be released.
3. Released, the steam rushes toward the Tur
bine, striking its blades at an angle. The
force of the steam whirls the blades much as
moving ah whirls a windmill.
4. The Turbine la connected by o shaft
to the generator. Inside the genera
tor a magnotic fiold Is mad* by wir
ing together giant magnets similar
to smaller ones most o! us bars play
ed with as children. Ths Armature,
or contor of this Hold, is composed of
metal through which electricity will
pass. As the Armature spins, it picks
up electricity from the magnetic
k Held and passes it through the com
I mutator.
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6. After the steam has passed
through the Turbine and pro
vided the force to generate
electricity, it is piped through
the Condenser. Here cool
water flows around the steam
filled pipes, lowering the tem
perature until the steam Is
changed back into **?ater,
ready for a new circuit
throug Boiler and Turbine.
This condensed water is used
over and over again.
5. Two wires connect with the
commutator. One on which
electricity begins its trip to
your home, factory, farm, or office; an
other on wh'ch it returns. In the same way
every electric appliance has two wires com
bined into a cord: On one Reddy speeds to
answer your summons ... on the other he
hurries back to his starting point to come
again when you need him.
Stecm plants are located on rivers in crder to have a con
tinuous flow of water to the Condenser. The cooling water
returns to the river unharmed.
DUKE} POWER COMPANY
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