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[derekipmenta and accepted ^rac-
In aatety. Harry Tucker of
aaor of^hlfh-
[■way eBglaearlBf and naUonally
known authority on”htKkway uf*r
I ety, will preside over the dlscus-
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I Joanna Jones» danshter of
|«nd^Mra. Norris Jonee, la Ul
k an atUck of flu.
ote are glad to loam^ that
B. MoOoy baa rooorered
an atteak of flu and is able
jto be out again.
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^ ^ ProfOt, j^rominent
• etoaen of the Qoshen community,
a tinslneas risitor in, this city
Tuesday.
1
***“• T* Alexander, wen
known Hays community eitlsen,
^ka la this city Tuesday looking
after boslneta matters.
Mr. H. P. mier, proprietor of
the Central Serrlce Station, was
a business rlsitor to Charlotte
• Yesterday.
Mr. A. M. Holbrook. prominent
cttiseu of the Absbera- commnnl*
ity, was in this city Wednesday
looking after business matters.
I J^^r. W.M. Church, a well known
Tfceldent of Jobs Cabin township,
Was a business visitor to this city
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brame and
, little daughter, Virginia, have
iK'&bred Into their attractive new
brick home on **F" street.
Mr. L D. Anderson has re-
tnyned to the city after a few
days’ visit in Baltimore with his
parents, Mr. and JMrs. Daniel An
derson. iMlss Vanie Andersou, his
daughter, went with him to Bal
timore but remained fur a two
weeks’, visit.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Mrs. W. V.
Williams, late of Wilkes county,
N. C., this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate
to present them to the undersign
ed, whose address is North Wilkes-
^ro, N. C., duly verified, on or bo-
fire the 11th day of January, 1941,
- or this notice will be plead in bar
of their right to recover. All per
sons indebted to e^id estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This nth dsy of January, 1940.
J. B. WILLIAMS,
Administrator of the estate of
Mrs. W. V. Williams, dcc’d.
2-15-(t)
iMr. j. T. imn, well known lo
cal Ureetook dealer,, left yester
day morning tor Colnmbta, S. C..
to purchase livestock for his bus-
iaeae here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Talt return-
ed several days ago from a rislt
wlHi relatives of Mr. Talt at Wil
mington, D e leware, Baltimore,
Md., and Norfolk, Va.
iMr. and Mrs. Lake Messick and
Children have returned to their
home at Purlear, after spending
the Christmas holidays in Bel Air,
Md., with Mrs. Messlck’s father,
Mr. A. L. Barnette.
Mr. S. Q. Myers, of Lenoir, was
here the latter part of the week
on a brief visit with his brother,
Mr. J. I. Myers, and nephew, Mr.
I. M. Myers. Mr. Myers recently
recovered from a serious illness.
Mr. N. O. Smoak, .of the Forest
Furniture Company, Messrs. Jack
Quinn,, Ivey and Henry Moore, of
the Home Chair company, Messrs.
J. R. Hix and A. B. Johnston, of
the American Furniture company,
Mr. John E. Justice, of the Oak
Furniture company, are sttending
the furniture exposition in Chica
go this week.
STORK BRINGS lO-POUND
BOY TO WILKES SHERIFF
WamphrrT BOGAITT- Ftora ROBSON
PMII. KCU.T . NCMirT O-IKIU • LIE PATEICK
Diiwctwl by UOYD BACON
AWIiniER BROS.-FIrit Natloaal Pklara
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
BrteBlil—wrt enter”
Sheriff Claude T. Doughton of
this county became the father of
a 10-ipound boy Monday and Con
gressman R. L. (Farmer Bob)
Doughton, chairman of the Ways
and Means committee, has
grandson. Mrs. Doughton and son
are patients of a Winston-Salem
hospital and are reported tonight
as getting along fine. Sheriff and
Mrs. Doughton are the parents of
three girls, and the arrival of a
son into their home today natur
ally was the occasion of many
congratulations from their many
friends.
Plan Safety Course
For Truck Drivers
Raleigh.—Methods for increas
ing safety on the highways will
be emphasized at N. C. State Col
lege Jan. 17-18 when truck ope
rators from every section of the
State gather for a short course in
safety.
Details of the program were
announced today by Director Ed
ward W. Ruggles of the College
Extension Dh i^ ion. The course is
open to operators, drivers, safety
suipervisors, dispatchers and any
one elcj Interested in highway
transportation.
Registration will occur between
8:30 and 11 a. m. Wednesday,
Jan. 17, and the safety school
will begin immediately after a
short welcoming address by Col.
J. W. Harrelson, State College
dean of administration.
Experts in various phases of
highway transportation will lead
discussions designed to acquain'
truck operators with the latest
NOTICE OF SALE OP LAND
Sk^KiUed
Acdde^ h N.C
Traffic Wrack#' Respon«ibla
For Daatli# In Nortfi
Carolina
Charlotte, Jan. 8.—-Highway
accidents were responsible for at
least six deaths In North Caro
lina over the week-end.
Joseph Moore, 32, of Balti
more, Md., was fatally Injured
near Greensboro “when his auto
mobile overturned.’
An automobile-truck collision
near Iexlngton took the life of
Wade D. Beck, 26-year-old tex
tile worker.
At Winston-Salem an automo
bile hit Miss Margaret Carter
Hobbs, 49, and killed her. It was
Winston-Salem’s first 1940 traf
fic fatality.
Job Holland, an employe of the
Conetone creek project, was kill
ed when his automobile was
wrecked On the Tarboro-Bethel
highway.
C. L. Winiams of Matthews wss
killed In a coUison of automobiles
about six miles from ChaHotte.
Two other men were Injured ser
iously.
Near Albemarle, Jonah Al
mond, 35, of Mt Pleasant was
killed instantly when struck by a
car.
Use the advertUing columns of
this paper as your shopping guide.
Prttj^eu h
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Sta^enC^^# financial con-
ditlhQ of Reln»*iird!vaBt Buri
al one of the
oatgUadlkt Uml -lAninnce ai-
soclatlonB in the ’ nalion, Jb pub
lished in this hewBtni$er t^y ou
page six.
The BtApMMnt 1h)WI Bthe as
sociation'; to'ihe In edceeedlngly
strong finance O0l|tdi^oii, .not
withstanding the .fad v^at 226
claimB were-!Nitea(*qi,rS(t :te» I***
year.' Th» Baabetetira^ Aorpltts
Increased ^during the^^year by
about Add
as of DeSnii&Sf—Si Showed a,
cash balance 128,941.18. .
The net '^d tnemibership in
the association was 45,444, rep
resenting a big Increase during
the year. Dttth benefits' paid by
the association totaled 121,2 00 in
1939.
The statement as published
lists all persons for whom bene
fits were paid daring the year,
contains detailed financial in
formation and carries explanatory
paragraphs by the association’s
secretary, W. K. Sturdivant.
Blind since birth, Uss f.iniaii iHU-
lan e( New York saw a Itfetime
amidtion realised recently when she
was given a specially written part
in a new Guild Theater play. ^Xfes
World We Make.”
standing 84>eclal8 listed for Fri
day and Saturday of this week.
Merchant Of City
Staging Big Sales
j Belk’s Department Store start
ed their big January Clearance
sale today with large numbers of
customers visiting the store for
the opening day. The store has
hundreds and hundreds of bar
gains in every department for the
thrifty shopper, with many out-
Spainhour-Sydnor Department
Store started their big January
Sale last week and the firm re
ports good business, nunareds of
people throughout this Bectlon
visited the store over the week
end and continue to take advan
tage of the many values offered
both On the main floor and In the
basement department.
The Goodwill Store’s annual
January
momlng^The
store b9%j,many wortlrwhite
des waiting for the thrifty buy-,'
er» of this norUiwest j&ecUon of
the state. The sale wlU eontlnse Jannaty 19, Paul B. Cra-
for 16 days, the management an-
nonheae, and many people are es-
peeted to buy their winter mop-
’’'diandlM while it to In progress.
Tlito to the last weak of the
BieBttal 'White Goods Sale at the
J, C. Penney company store^be
w^tte: goods event started laat
Wedc^Mid many people have taken
adrantage of the many fine vat-
nea offered by the store.- The
white goods ereht wU^ ctMne to .
an end Saturday. Manager Jim'
McCartney states, and those who
have pot as yet visited the store
are cordially Invited to buy their |
needs in white goods before the
event end Saturday evening.
Nortli WHkMboro flky
will resile the half term
gan. aaperintendent, sadd today,
MM-tem exams -will beglir. eit
Wednetdhy. January 17; and cob^,
through .Friday lot that
weeit^ .9
The schools hare operated
smoothly'%iiI offtdently this year
and average attendance has been
high for the first four months.
IP
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EU«rV HowotH
Man b Killed
In Road Crash
Taylorsville, Jan. 9.—Jamea
Harold Willet, Jr., 21, Hlddenlte,
was instantly killed at 4 o’clock
this afternoon at Stony Point
while driving home from his
work In Statesville.
His car failed to make a curve
and nm* Into a truck owned and
driven by Bill MUstead of Tay
lorsville. The truck was crowded
off the highway and turned over.
The car was demolished.
Reeding the ads, gets you more
for less money. Try it.
POTTED PLANTS
CUT FLOWERS
FUNERAL DESIGNS
—FINLEY PARK—
Telephone 398
North Wnkesboro, N. C
Start The NEW YEAR Right
by MODERNIZING
Your Electrical Equipment!
Replace your old model electric range with a
new modem electric range. We are now of
fering our annual liberal trade-in allowance
for old electric ranges.
If you do not care to trade in your old range,
we also have an exchange plan for replacing
your old inefficient surface units with the new
type high-speed calrod units which will add
years to the life of your range and save you
money each month! on your cooking bill.
January
RECONDITIONED
r
NORTH CAROLINA,
WILKES COUNTY
By viirtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain Deed of
iSiist executed to me on the 27th
day of April, 1936, by Ida Lue and
S. F. Mastin, and the same being
unpaid and past due and demand
having been made on me by the
holders of said note and Deed of
Trust, I shall, therefore, on the
13th day of February, 1940, at 12
o’clock noon, sell to the highest
bidder for cash at public atution
at the Court House door in Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, the follow
ing described land:
Lying and being in Wilkes
County, State aforesaid, in Ed
wards Township, and described
and defined as follows:
Being lots Nos. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
36, 36, 87, and 38, in Sec. A map of
the R. L. Hickerson Development,
as surveyed and plotted by H. C..
Landon, Surveyor, and recorded in
the Register of Deeds office in
Wilkes County, State of North
Carolina, in Book 123 at page 331.
Said land is being sold to satis
fy a note and Deed of Trust exe
cuted by the above-named parties.
This the 11th day of January,
1940. I
F. J. McDUFFIE, Trustee. ,
2-1-4 (t),|
DIRECTIONAL HEAT OVEN
Big, roomy oven with top and bottom
heat controlled by one switch. Im
proves baking and roasting resalts.
Duo-Speejl Broiler gives a great new
flexibility and better flavor to broiled
steaks, chops and fowL
We have a few GOOD BARGAINS in used
appliances including irons, percolators, hot
plates, portable lamps, ranges and Kelvinalors.
SMALL CASH PAYMENT
BALANCE MONTHLY
POWER COMPANY
“Electricity Is Cheap—^Use It Adequately”
Phone 420 North WilkeshM-o, N. C.
Hours 9 A. M. to S P.t M.
Used Cars and Trucks
Buy At Low January Clearance Sale Prices
1936 Chevrolet 'Truck, Heavy Duty ttOftC
SALE PRICE
1937 Chevrolet Truck, Heavy Duty RtOOC
SALE PRICE
1937 Ford Stake Pickup V4-Ton
BALE PRICE
$295
1935 Ford Coach, Smooth V-8 QCk
SALE PRICE «PXi7U
1936 Chevrolet Standard Coach,
Hard To Beat—SALE PRICE
1936 Dodge Pickup, %-Ton, Eactra 0OA CJ
Clean—SALE PRICE
1938 Chevrolet Pic^p,_%-Ton, $435
Like New-^ALE PRICE
1939 Dodge Pickup, %-Ton, Only
3,000 Mfles—SALE PRICE.
1938 Chevrolet Pickup, 3-4-Ton
SALE PRICE
1934 Plymouth Sedan—Clean as pin d*0 A r
SALE PRICE
1936 Ford Coupe, Spick and Span, ^OQC
SALE PRICE
1930 Ford Coupe, Famous A Model OC
SALE PRICE V1 OU
1930 Ford Cabriolet, Famous A Model C
SALE PRICE —
EXIIfA_apttS
1936
Chevrolet Sport Sedan
$2^.00
1937 Ford V-8 Sedan
$295-00 _
Fjisy, Convenient G.M. A. C. Payment Terms
Gaddy Motor CoDipaoy
—USED CAR DEPARTMENT—
TENTH STREET — NORTH WIUCESBORO, N, C
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