H. Y. Belk
i AND HIS NEWS OF NCBO VALLEY
Let's Review ? The other
morning I called at our bank
* with my little check. Looked like j
all the people for and near had j
gathered with checks In hand.
The money was being handed out
by those good people who serve
us well. Ross Roberts and others
wehe depositing sacks of money.
While all was busy 1 took time
off to greet my friend Lawrence
iMauney. We talked the war and
the weather. We agreed both war
and the weather have a great in
fluence over man. Let mfc add,
women too. As he and I have no I
compelling power over either of
those, we left the subject in the
rough.
George Belk and family called
Sunday afternoon to see Pappy
Belk.
Tom Hull is spending two
weeks in New York City with his
brother. Bob Hull.
Mr. Gault has been on his sum
mer vacation, spending sometime
with his daughter and husband
at Florence, S. C., and the beach
as usual.
v Young Mr. C. J. Gault is mov
ing over on the Shelby road to
his new home near the new hos
pital. I Just wonder who will be
the tirst patient to enter those
doors and get a bed.
Who started
this third new
war? Was it
Hitler?. Oh, no
we can't give '
him credit for
starting this|
new ? born fight. ;
Well, who die?
start It. I doubt
if Harry knows.
If he did he
wouldn"t tell.
I will agree with Harry, too
many Birds in Congress feeding
on the people's money.
The only difference between a ;
hobby horse and the New Deal |
horse, the hobby horse don't bray
and have fits. ?
I see where in the comics where
Little Orphan Annie has found a
subterranean cavern full of mo
ney. Wonder if she drilled " into
; Fort Knox by mistake and rolled I
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KLEER KLEEN
72,000 BTTJ
Nomol Installation
$275 with 250-gal tank
Vlu? State Tax
Cheshire & Patterson
PATTERSON OIL CO.
City St Phone 22
THE HERALD ? $2.00 PER YEAR
out some gold.
Uncle Bob says he's old enough
AUTOMATIC
HEAT
to remember way back when!
?l2U*n? 8Mtts covered a mului
^rSJSSS^ legs- B<* you tell
?^U?;XwiS i
either Kiii j egs' surely is
.. ^iccordin8 to news dispatches
there are ' three million people in
our great nation paddlin/ a
round hunting Jobs Better sL
reM of the big shots up^ti
Washington. They can fix you up
and send you over. I can't say
SyZ" 8<" ""*? S"?" ' ?5Kj
Lord, you remembers so much
^ do. When you per- 1
mitted World Wa; No. II to cov
the earth. Like the waters .that
0?VlthlMas' When death came
to our boys on land, in the sky,
We the high ?*as
and Si P e turned our faces
and lifted our eyes heavenward,
f yed toT Peace to you. You
JnH a?U5 mighty SuPPHcations,
a"f. : sav*d our nation, and gave
lionseoV1Ct?ry' Y?U Permitted mil
JShLf ?Ur sons' husbands and
vml^ t0 pay the Penalty. But
>ou answered our prayers. Not a
town was bombed to the ground
But soon we took over again and
forgot you. We went jo making
?*y built fine homes!
a?d fi S' lx>u?ht fine clothes'
and fine cars (death (raps) so
Lord we ab?Ut. rv?rgot >'ou- Now
?f n ' A5 are right on the verge
of another World War. Why / ts
Piain to see, with all this nros
penty lavished on us from vour
Mighty Hand, we ce-.ed to i,ray
fke?U u! snidance. Now wc ar I
Hop w at soa without a rud
turn t?H? aW n0t Which way to
turn. The Army dont, the Con
gressmen don't. The President
either. Now yOU say.V^X
People that are called by My
^?wiu humble yourselves be
v^fr^i ? pray' 1 will forgive
sta^nj^ nS' .^nd heal your blood
stained nation; but we are not
ready Just yet Lord. We .are so
busy with this other worldly bus
iness. We wilt wait 'til our Land
? ?[r<3n with the blood of our
?\hers' then Lord, if yoUf
will pardon our sins and save our
nation and stop this terrible car
s Yir"1 rv? you >?' "?
while. Lest we forget/lest we for ?
n-j*. ' 1.ts costing our nation more
than we are getting out of it its
Probably Socialism ' itS
believe Vhf piSiL^Ul thInkers who
oeiieve the Russian Red Jackets
have repented and have a rea?
change of heart and are formula
ting an entire new policy you
are doomed to disappointing
we don t see any hope yet of
"s *ust
saaastrr'
*r?>ng war, is the most danger"
vitaM.^1 ? fr/edorn- The most
vital issue confronts ?he Ameri
can people today. The bS?L"
noffn? " ^fore us ls> w heThS^S
nati?n With its tradition
freedom, its personal liberties
and individual initiative . do we
really want peace. We ne^ri
?>aoe. we want peace. So S
^_PeaceUse our influence for
amhcy
LONGINES
WITTNAUER
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D?LUnC?RX^
" vjokl snot
Kn^7IUrXi~. KC
Kings Mountain's
Leading Jewelers
peace. Let,s not taik war. Let's
talk ?ueace. Arming our enemies
will never bring peace. We fixed
Russia up so they could fight
back with ail kinds of imple
ments ? guns, tanks, bombs. We
didn't outright give them our
bombs, but where else could, they
have gotten this recipe to make
bombs? Their spies got it in the
City of Washington, from some
money sharks.
The people as a whole in the
Iron countries hate our way of
?life, tout they tove our way of
handing it out. One word in our
language they know well ? its
GIVE.
Now we draft a vast army.
Maybe several millions before we
get all those Russians Red Dev
ils stopped. Plato back in the
fourth century drafted his Re
public. We are still drafting and
| this Is nigh to the close of the
nineteenth century. And what
better off are we than Plato was
in the fourth century. Please ans
wer that. You might make hist
ory worth reading. I wish you .
[would help me solve these prob
| lems.
What has been your biggest
mistake in life? If we asked this
question I'm sure the answers
from most everyone would be ?
not getting enough education.
When you and I were growing up
50 years ago our opportunities
were few. A college education
could be obtained only by a few.
So few ^schools with teachers that
knew how to teach. The pay was
very meager too. $30 ot $40 per j
month was good pay. The schools
ran three and four months in a)
year. Books were few and hard to
get. They had no grades. You
just went to school. The school
houses were built of logs, just a
one-room hut, with a stick and
mud daubed chimney. One open
fire place. No wood, only as the
teacher sent us out to the woods,
two at a time to pick up and cut
up fallen trees, often in the fall
ing snow. The lurniture consist
ed of one chair, one table for the'
school master to keep his roll
call book on, and his big switch.
The desks were a slab from some
near-by sawmill with peg legs.
Oh, my back aches when I think
of those awful benches we had
t to sit on. And the many times he
or she rapped on the.-floor and
marched me up tto the table by
his chair and used his stick of a
whip on my bare legs. Then stood
me out on the floor on one"foot
for as long as he pleased. My
best little girl sitting over there
making fun of me. That's the
way we got an education.
Now, today any worthy boy or
girl can obtain a finished educa
tion. Colleges abound everywhere
you wish to enter and the price
can be so arranged that one can
pay it on terms. Knowledge is
power. Concentrated knowledge
is power for good and only good.
If our youths grow us in ignor
annce its a crime on society. Ig
norance is the cause of all wars
overseas. Not a gun has been fir
ed in war over America since the
Civil War. We practice our reli
gion and our education. But no
use trying to teach them damn
fools over the pond our way of
life. They are hell -bound to keep
up a fight.
You never thought I'd turn out
to be a poet :
If we live for those
Who we really love,
And those who love us.
For those who know,
are true to them,
And for the heavens,
That smiles above us,
And awaits our Spirits,
In the future distance,
If we livefor the cause of right,
And work for the cause,
That needs assistance,
And fight the wrongs,
That needs susrtinanoe,
We can reach the City,
Where the good have gone,
In all past ages,
The City God made Divine.
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WINS RACE? Bob Flock, veteran
Atlanta speedster, finally crash
ed through the victory ranks in
the championship modified races
at the Southern States fair*
grounds in Charlotte last Friday
night and will be back to defend
his honors in the sensational e
vents slated for Friday night over
the fast half-mile track.
Navy Announces
Recruit Figures
NAVAL BASE, Charleston, S. C.
? The Department of the Navy
recently announced the follow
ing recruit and active duty vol
unteer figures for the perjod July
10, 11, 12, and 13, inclusive: first
enlistments, estimated 2100; en
listed reserves (less naval air re
serve) accepted for active duty,
estimated 140; enlisted members
of naval air reserve requesting
active duty, 57; officers request
ing active duty, 1472.
First enlistment figures for a
similar period of June 12, 13, 14,
and 15 were 1423.
New Small Grains
Prove Their Worth
Atlas wheat, Arlington ' oats,
and Colonial barley have all pro
ved their worth on North Caro
lina far by producing much
heavier yields than older varieti
es gr6wn in the State, 8ays Dr. F.
J. Bell, seed and small grain
specialist for the State College
Extension Service ?
According to Bell, growers of eer j
tilied Arlington oats seed made'
an average yield of 58 bushels J
per acre this year, compared with
an average oat yield on only 30
bushels per acre throughout the I
State during 19-19. The average on '
other oats (Victorgrain and Ful
grain) grown by the seed produ
cers was 51 bushels per acre.
Atlas 50 and Atlas 66 wheat pro I
dueed yields of 26 bushels per j
acre ? exactly double the State's 1
1949 average wheat yield of 13
bushels per acre The average J
$50,000 an hour ?
? ' that's iho wage de
manded by lire over/
year Insure against
that profiteerl It costs
no more to get the
best in agency serv
ice so? SEE US TO
DAY]
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inSURftnCE AGENCY
PHONE $8 & 27 /
ornci at mom t & ioan aswoafjon
yield of other varieitie.s .< Roilhart
and Hurtlired ) grown by certifi
ed seed producers was 17 bushels j
per acre.
The average yield of Colonial
barley was 40 bushels per acre, 5
compared With a 1919 State aver
age of only 25 bushels.
Bell says the supply of Atlas -
wheat seed will be largo enough j
to plant about one-third of the
1950-51 crop in North Carolina. !
The supply of Arlington oats Is
very limited, but some seed are
still available. It is not known at
this time whether the supply of
Colonial barley will be large e
nough to fill the demand.
The small grain specllaist urg
es farmers interested in purchas
ing seixl of the new varieties to
place their orders immediately, j
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A Pledge to the American People
by
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
We will resist all unwarranted price rises with sill our might.
We will make every effort to hold our inventories at the lowest point con
sistent with good service to our customers, because hoarding, whether by whole
salers, retailers or consumers, will cause higher prices.
We will continue to maintain the lowest profit rate generally prevailing in
the entire retail industry. Our net profit now is less than one cent on each dollar
of sales.
We will continue to strive for more efficient distribution.
We will fight waste of food, or time, or money all along the line so as to
narrow the spread between wholesale and retail prices.
We will devote all our energies to giving you the most good food for your
money every day of the week.
We, will strive always to do what is honest, fair, sincere and in the best
interest of our country and our customers.
As most of you know, this company and the low cost, low profit policies
that built it are under attack.
We are defending ourselves against a suit brought by the anti-trust
lawyers to put A&P out of business.
But the greater conflict in which our country is now engaged takes prece
dence over all else.
Today, with our boys fighting in Korea, we believe that all citizens and
all businesses, big and little, should devote themselves wholeheartedly to
the public interest.
We promise the American people that we will cooperate unhesitatingly
with our national government in the present crisis.
We promise you that we will continue to do everything in our power to
put more buying power in your food dollar and more good food on your
dinner table.
Joha A. Hartford, Chairman
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