The Journal - Patriot
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS
Published Mondays and Thursdays at
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
JULIUS C. HUBBARD?MRS. D. J. CARTER
Publishers
1832?DANIEL J. CARTER?1946
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Entered at the pestoffiee at North Wilkes
boro, North Carolina, as Second-Class matter
under Act of March 4, 1897.
Monday, December 19, 1949
Bank Modernizes
To Better Serve
The Bank of North Wilkesboro Friday
afternoon and evening held an "Open
House" to the public in observance of the
completion of remodeling, renovating and
modernization of the bank's various de
partments.
When the Bank of North Wilkesboro
building was constructed the quarters for
the bank were then considered spacious
and more than adequate for many years.
But the bank has grown with the com
munity and this growth necessitated
changes to improve facilities and allow
more space for the business of the bank.
During the past few years the lobby of
the bank, which had been considered
large, has often been crowded with cus
tomers.
The modernization program called for
complete remodeling, which has been ac
complished very effectively. The book
keeping department was moved from the
street floor to a newly constructed mez
zanine, which increased the total floor
space by one-third.
The Bank of North Wilkesboro's re
modeling program is a step forward by
an institution which serves well in its ca
pacity in this community. The officers and
directors of the bank deserve commenda
tion for this progressive development and
splendid accomplishment.
LIFE'S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUP
Hifh Point, N. C., Route 4
WHO AM I?
I am owned by every person who jour
neys across the years of life. I dwell in
homes of poverty and homes of wealth.
The poorest people own me and the rich
est own me. I am owned by the best edu
cated people on earth, and I am owned
by the most ignorant. I belong to them
all. People in all kinds of business, re
gardless of what kind it is, own me. I
live with the farmer who cultivates the
soil; I dwell with the people who work
in the factories, shops and mills. I am
found in every office and every store,
every hospital and every clinic. I am
found in all kinds of schools, colleges and
universities. I am found in every church
and denomination on the face of the
earth, and at every place where the
heathen worship. I'm there. I belong to
all the religions and cults of the entire
world.
All parents own me, school teachers
own me, ministers of the Gospel own me,
Sunday school teachers own me, atheists
and infidels own me, lawyers, doctors
and nurses own me. Young people every
where own me, without an exception.
Merchants of all kinds own me. Writers,'
typesetters, printers and publishers own
me. Every actor and movie star on earth
owns me. I am owned by every ball room,
every theatre, every road house, every
liquor store, and every pool room in the
world. Every gambler who sits around the
card table owns me. I belong to them all.
I am owned by the gay and the giddy,
the thoughtless and the frivolous, also by
the most sincere and solemn. Drunkards
and liars own me; dishonest people eve
rywhere own me; adulterers and adul
own me; criminals of all kinds
I go with them to prison and to
execution. I likewise follow everybody to
judgment.
I am owned by all who deal in strong
drink, or use it in any form. I am owned
by people in business that is a curse all
over the world, as well as by peQple
whose business is a blessing all over the
world. I am owned by people who dress
in the finest clothes and keep up with all
the fashions of the world. I am owned by
people who dress in the poorest raiment,
or even in rage and tatters. I am owned
by those who dress almost nude and
shamefully expose their bodies to the eyes
of mankind. I am owned by the best peo
ple on earth as well as the most wicked
and vile. I curse and blight the lives of
mankind, and I bless and uplift the lives
of mankind. I am owned by people in the
best of health, and I am owned by peo
ple in the worst of health. I am with men,
and owned by them, while living and
when dying. In fact I live and last on and
on to represent my owners when they
have passed from time to long eternity.
Furthermore I stay with my owner in
eternity. I am with him forever.
I travel in the finest and most costly
automobiles on earth; I ride in the finest
and fastest trains on earth; I fly in the
most beautiful and speedy, magnificent
and grand airplanes that cleave the
clouds and mount up toward the skies. I
ride with men in the poorest cars, the
poorest trains, and the cheapest and sor
riest airplanes. I go with men on horse
back, in wagons, and even walk with men
along life's easiest or most difficult path
ways. I travel wherever man travels; I
dwell wherever man dwells.
Some who own me while they live be
come bright, burning and shining lights
to the world. Some become great, good
and wonderful. Some who own me are
very godly, righteous, prayerful, noble
and holy. They are a wonderful blessing
to the world. They make their mark that
is sublime. Some of them rise to fame and
great glory. Some live marvelous lives in
a quiet and peaceable way, though they
never rise to great renown. Such owners
bless and enrich the lives of others all
about them, and help many live for God
and reach heaven. On the other hand,
multitudes who own me lead many to
hell. /
I belong to kings and queens, princes
and princesses, rulers and leaders of all
kinds and all classes. I represent them in
all positions of life, regardless of who
they are, where they are, and where they
are going. Some who own me and fill
high positions greatly curse the earth;
others wonderfully bless the earth. Some
who own me are very proud of me, and
would not sell mg if they could, nor part
with me, for any price that might be of
fered. They would not sell me for rubies,
diamonds, pearls, gold and all kinds of
precious gems. I make them great, hap
py and sublime, and commend them to
God.
However, on the other hand, other*
who own me hate me. They wish they
could get rid of me, but they can't. I stay
with them, and will continue to do so, for
the worst unless they turn to God. I can't
be rejected, fought away, disowned or
killed. I stay with my owner. I represent
him in life, and I shall represent him in
death. I cause him to shout God's prais
es, or I cause him to curse God and hu
manity. I make my owners happy, or I
make them miserable. I don't die. I live
on forever.
Who am I? Do you own me and don't
know me? Do I follow you every step of
life's journey and yet you don't know
me? Why, you hear my name called very
often, and in fact you call my name often
yourself. Who am I? Well, lest you don't
understand who I am, or have forgotten.
I declare unto you here and now, once
and forever, and please don't forget?my
familiar name is just INFLUENCE.
Nearly 13 per cent of the present popu
lation will die of cancer if present death
rates continue, but less than one per cent
of the people in the U. S. have joined the
American Cancer Society.
o
Persistent indigestion is one of the
'seven danger signs" of cancer. Write
your nearest American Cancer Society of
fice or ACS, 47 Beaver Street, New York
City, for booklet on how to guard against
cancer.
o
Cancer will claim the lives of 18,000,
000 of the present population of the
United States if present death rates con
tinue, according to the American Cancer
Society.
*
Naval Reservists
Have Opportunity
Academy Training
Naval Base, Charleston, S. C.
-The annual competitive exam
ination to select 160 applicants
from the Naval and Marine Corps
Reserve for appointment to the
Naval Academy has been extend
ed to Volunteer Reservists. The
examination will be held the
third Wednesday of April, 1950.
Application forms now avail- j
able at Naval Reserve Training
Cerfters must be submitted prior
to January 1, 1950. Examina
tion centers will be located
throughout the southeast.
All unmarried men not more;
than 21 years of age on April
1, 1950, or 23 years of age for
those who served honorably dur
ing World War II, are eligible
provided they are citisens of the
United States. They must have
been in the Naval or Marine
Corps, Organized or Volunteer
Reserve at least one year prior
to July 1, 1950.
In addition to the above, Re
serve candidates must have at
tended at least 27 drills or per
iods of equivalent instruction
for the period July 1, 1949, to
April, 1950, and must be recom
mended by individual command
ing officers. They must meet the
same moral and physical require
ments as required of other can
didates for appointment as mid
shipmen.
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Christinas candies, nuts, and
oranges. Oar prices are always
in line and on many things low
er.?The Goodwill Store. A fam
ily store all under one roof.
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Yes, Teacher . . . there's a battle on. Not a schoolground
skirmish this time, but a battle between two ways of
thinking.
One way built America. It lifts chins. Squares shoulders.
Puts the gleam of confidence in a youngster's eye. ,
The other way offers neither challenge nor freedom.
In England even now it asks little beyond submission to
the regulations and "benefits" of the compulsory state.
One way teaches reliance on the State, the other, self
reliance.
Power to you, Teocher! For In this battle of ideologies
your interpretation is shaping the future of the last re
maining nation of free men on earth.
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