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By Stete HeeSth Officials
Mental Patients Lead All
Jggjn « Friday dUrlt0 Joanary
IMO, with nine".^^eikbers
a. the arsgruns 'are most
^**>***1 afxl Iptflresyinjt' this year
4w we trust'that' rtt jBemhew
sin be present at tkfipihfr remlar
Beeanr which wiu In the
Mrs. Aifcs«S|f^ rones on
IffiUy night, March 8th.
Mrs. W. S. Hensbejr^ ir^orth
Wllkesboro route 3, her
•neband and friends at Oteen, N,
•. last week. *•-.
Quick Ahvion
Rates: Ic A Word
(Baeh laaertioa)
(MINIMUM CHABGB 28e)
FOR RENT
FOB KKXT—Pive-rootp house
Z 1-2 miles from Wllkesboro
on Oakwoods hariisutfaced
foad; good garden, good well,
and lights. See IJveratt Lowe
or Mrs. Everett Lowd’Vf Wis
teria Beauty Parlor. i’.'Vlt-pd.
FOR SALE
'■V
XKFORE YOU BUY yoiir TIX
HOOFING, see the new “MAST
ER CRIMP.” Won’t leak.
Snaes Tie & Feed Co. 1-25-tf
JjrUSUAli BARGAINS in good
used cars and trucks, several
makes and models. Wilkes Mo
tor company, two miles west
on Beone Trail. 10-2-tf
Stores, Heaters, and Heatrolas
.-Ittiodes-Day Is the place to hay
hOB. Prices to suit yoor pocket-
lak. Rhodes-Day FnmMiire Go.
10-0>tf
FOR SALE: I have two used
typewriters, both standard ma-
ehlnes, in good condition, that
1 will sell at a bargain. Come
and look them aver, find me
'OB ^ond floor Carter (MilMlng,
Ninth Street. W-' G- Harrison.
' 1-1-tf
If It is anythlM jow need in
the stove'or faeate line, be sore
lo see ns. We hare a wide selec-
dsa—Rhodes-Day Pumltnre Co.
10-»-tf
WANTED
WANTED: To buy a sool .secoud-
'jand 2-horse wagon. See or
write R. C. Miller, Route 2.
Wllkesboro, N. C. 2-15-2t-pd
WANTED; Men to cut four-foot
wood on Major Foote farm near
Roaring River. See or write
Pettles Wellborn, Roaring Riv
er, N. C., or R. C. Miller, Wil-
keeboro, N. C. 2-’5-2t-pd
WANTED: To do your radio re-
yte work on all makes and
models, ixpert repairmen. Sat-
MfBCtto> xuaranteed. — Day
Uectrlc uo.. Phone 328. 8-10-tf
WlANTEDff Bring yonr typewrlt-
MB, cash registers, Adding Ma-
Birines, computing scales, check
TCttBrs, clocks, and sowing ma-
ehfnes that need r^alrtng and
cleaning to me up stairs over
Carter - Hubbard Publishing
(Jompany, Ninth street. W. O.
Harrison. l-l*tf.
Raleigh, Feb. 8.—^Alcoholism
and syphilis are outstanding fac
tors in the problem of mental dis
orders, Dr. James Watson, direc
tor of the mental hygiene division
of the state board of charities
and public welfare, told the 15th
annual public welfare institute
for negro social workers today.
Dr. M^atson spoke at the first
session of a two-day meeting at
St. Augustine’s college here to ap
proximately 65 negro youth
health, educational, recreation
and social workers.
“More people occupy beds In
Insane hospitals ill the United
States than in all other kinds of
hospitals combined and it is nec
essary to build six new mental
institutions each year somewhere
In the country to take care of the
increasing number of mental cas
es,’’ Dr. M'atson said.
Record Is Cited
He pointed out that, iu view
of existing records, a million boys
and girls now in the public
schools would later in life find
Ihemselves inmates of institutions
for mental care.
'Heredity has a place in caus
ing mental disorder but not so
important a place as other caus
es found in Uie home, school or
community, since insanity devel
ops mostly from frustration of the
main drives of a .lorsonality of
whicli sex is the most mishandl
ed,’ he said.
Citing be.st methods of combat
ing the increase of mental disease
iu the country, Dr. Watson told
the social workers to aid in mar
shaling all of a prospective pa
tient’s resources to meet his lia
bilities of personality, to attempt
to reduce alcoholism, and to
work for adequate treatment of
syphilis.
He ascribed much brain deter
ioration to alcoholism and syphil
is. and said 10 per cent of raent-
1 disease would be prevented by
venereal disease control.
W. Curtis Ezell, director of in
stitutions and corrections, dis-
cussed the state’s training
schools.
New Disease Attacks
Irish Potato Tubers
MISCELLANEOUS
BOST: Bed and white ^Mtted cow
Monday mornlnig from Hlnahaw
Street in North Wllkesboro.
Finder call Communtty Store.
392-R. Will pay for troable.
It-pd.
tOR VETERNABY SERVICE, see
Wesley O. Watkins. Specializ
ing in operating, teeth floating,
hoof repairing and dog vaecl-
Btion.
Xt-pd
jjTrENTION EARMEBSl ^ Lea™
how to increase your' home
(batter production by MH) per
cent. Make two pounte ,where
you formerly made
drugs for adulteratlo*’,’ Guar-
nrtced. Instructions sj^t. post-
OTld for 25c in coin. .Address,
The Merit Printers, Local Dls-
ttllmtors of Merit Formulas,
N. C. It-pd
Boomer,
Here’s a warning to North Car
olina Irish potato growers from
Howard R. Garri.ss, assistant Ex
tension plant pathologist of State
College:
A uew bacterial wilt disease,
called “Bacterial Ring Rot.’’ has
attacked Irish potatoes in 26
States, and disastrous losses have
•been suffered in several areas.
The disease is spread through
seed potatoes: therefore. Tar
Heel growers should be careful
where they buy seed potatoes,
and should take definite steps to
control the disease when it is
found.
The disease attacks the tubers,
causing a grayish to brownish
discoloration of the vascular
ring, which is quite often follow
ed liy -soft rot with a final loss
of the whole tuber. Symptoms in
the field are best detected SO to
90 days after planting, or just
before the tops begii. to die. A
rather sudden wilting of the
tops take.s place with final
browning and drying.
To (prevent spread of the di
sease, Garris.s recommends that
the knife being used to cut the
potatoes be sterilized frequently
by dipping for a few seconds in
a germicide disinfectant solution,
or be dropped into boiling water
for a short time. Expe.-iments
have shown that if you cut
through a potato with ring rot,
the- next ten and sometimes more
healthy potatoes cut with the
same knife will become infected.
“It possible, get seed from a
locality that is tree from the rot.’’
the Extension specialist advised.
“We. here at State College, will
be glad to furnish the latest
available information on disease-
tree sources. It is wise to buy
fron. a State with a good certifi
cation system, and to buy with a
flat money-back guarantee that
the seed potatoes are not infected
with ring rot. .It you think the
disease is present, treat the seed
pieces by dipping them Into a so
lution of Semesan-Bel or Mercur
al (prepared according to manu
facturer’s directions), and dry be
fore planting.’’ ,
^ The very heart of America to
embodied in the fkmiUar melo-
diee of Stephen Oollins Foster, In-
splratlonatly expressed In such
songs as “The Old Folks at
Home’’ (Swanee .River), “Old
Black Joe,” “My Old Kentucky
Horae,” “Oh! Susanna!’’,. “De
Camptown Races,” “Jeanie with
the Light Brown. Hair” and
“Rings, Ring de Banjo,” to men
tion .but a few.
Stephen Foster was born In
Pittsburgh, Pa., on the Fourth
of July, 1826. Thirty-eight years
later, alohe and all hut forgotten,
he died In a shabby Bowery lodg
ing house to which he had drlf. •
ed. Yet today the name of Steph
en Foster, the great American
troubadour. Is written Imperish-
ably in the nation’s culture.
Dozens of memorials dot the
land from Florida to Maine to
keep his name alive. Shrines have
been dedicated to him, schools
(bear his name and volumes have
been written about him. Now the
screen has added another monu
ment to his memory.
At 20th Century-Fox, “S'’ tnee
River” has recently been fumed
in Technicolor, a dramatization
of Foster’s life from the lime he
i reached manhood and knev a
I -great love to his tragic end.
I Few liberties have been taken
with the essential details, for the
facts of the great songwriter’s life
comprise the best elements of
screen drama—a struggle, suc
cess and happiness, then disillus
ion, suffering and poverty.
The screen play for “Swanee
River” was written by John Tain-
tor Foote and Philip Dim tie, two
of Hollywood’s most talented
writers. Don Ameche portrays
Foster, and Andrea Leeds, a
young emotional actress of rare
ability, portrays Jane McDowell,
his sweetheart and wife for whom
Foster wfote “Jeanie with the
Light Brown Hair.” The third
leading member of the cast se
lected by Darryl P. Zanuck, pro
duction head of 20th Century-
Fox, Is AI Jolson for the role of
E. P. Christy, American minstrel
king who introduced the famous
'Mr. Interlocutor - Mr. Bones’’
blackface entertainment to the
audiences of Europe. It was
Christy who first sang Foster’s
songs for the American public.
It is for Foster’s songs that he
is remembered and honored to-
I
1
-IM
/Mitf/ljttTftMltll* ....
-veK ott-by an undetkfMilM
cause.
Three penoiu' were>‘
,’I%e Rev, Nettle Denman,
’ fered a tnetnred leg when
{roof-of her home collapsed.
Ing her and her son, 20.
scratched and. bruised an(d ifM .
able te help his mother froaft fbA*
house, 200 yards from the plaltt.
S. P. Bragg, who lived neail>y,,.\
also was hurt. ' ’i?)
Two watchmen, reported mls»« ’"r
Ing earlier, were accounted for.
They escaped from the burning
-plant. ’
Five homes near the plant -were
damaged, and windows tbrougb-
out a large area'-were shattered.
The company manufactures
pyrotechnics for a world market.
The plant contained hundreds of
cases of “sets” such as those used
at expositions and celebrations.
'The plant was about 20 miles
southwest of the heart of Los An
geles,. at., suburban.. Redondo
Beach.
ONE MANIFESTATION
Faithruiiy capturing the dominant mood of the three principals in Rndyard Kipling’s ‘The Light That
Failed,” which Paramount will present on Thursday and Friday at the Liberty Theatre, this oil paint
ing by a distinguished New York artist reveals the star, Ronald Colman, as Dick Heldar, artist-ad
venturer; Ida Lupino, as Bessie, the vengeful and vicious guttersnipe; and Walter Huston, as the un
derstanding newspaperman friend of young Heldir. A huge cast takes part in the romantic ad
venture that embraces the battlefields of the Sudan and the fashionable galleries of London. Col-
man’s role is in the tradition that has earned him motion picture fame.
— fl'®«> ^ing
day. He wrote hiindreds'of them 'botrtj
and the best have become genuine
classics. As one of his biographers
has written, “No other composer
has produced so many simple, un
assuming songs that have surviv
ed their first popularity. His
songs are more alive today than
ever. Syncopated versions o f
them are record companies’ best
sellers and they are heard often
on the radio. Musicians as well as
laymen have come to realize that
they are a genuine folk expres
sion: simple, unaffected and
spontaneous.”
The colorful, romantic days of
minstrels and river boats, when
a stormy love wrote the songs
that are .^.merica’.s own, are
brought stirringly to the screen
in “Swanee River,” which opens
Thursday at the New Orpheum
Theatre. Sidney Lanfield directed
and the cast features Felix Bres-
Hicks, George Reed and the Hall
sart. Chick Chandler, Russell
Johnson Choir.
Other famous Foster songs
heard In the film,are “Beautiful
Dreamer’’ and “Soiree Polka.’’
Man Is Arrested
After Making Trip
WithAYoui^Girl
■Statesville, Feb. 9.—John Hen
ry Smith, 46, and Ella Lambert,
11-year-old daughter of George
Lambert, textile mill employe,
who disappeared from the Lam-
His work had been in mills and charge of abduction in Iredell su-
on farm.s. He married a Kings perior court, criminal assault In
I Mountain girl, Bessie Phillips, Mecklenburg court, and white
j and lived with her 14 years. She, slavery in the United States court.
; died 12 years ago. Since then he*
had been living at various places j GOOD JOKE
with relatives. A passenger in an airplane was
Ella Lambert told police that, up in the sky when the pilot
“Shorty,’’ as she called the d{-| began to laugh hysterically,
mlnutive man who abducted her,
Love and electricity have never
been satisfactorily defined. But
we can name at least one manifMR
tation they have in common. Wh^I
a high voltage of either permeates
a human bein^ the victim is ren-
leded senseless.
had asked her several times to
leave with him. Finally she con
sented to leave January 27. She
bert home In West Stetesvllle i said they went te Cornelius on a
January 27, were brought back
bus and from there to Charlotte
h7re“"thi8'momi'ng from”spartan-; They ^pent a night
burg, S. C., where they were ap
prehended last night.
Smith, who had been living at
the Lambert home for four I S,nith passed the girl as his
Passenger: “What’s the joke?”
Pilot: “I’m thinking of what
they’ll say at the asylum when
they find out I have escaped.”
Or two near Pineville before going
to Blacksburg and Spartanburg,
to visit Smlth’.s relatives.
’The marble tournament was on
on full fury. One little boy had
massed an easy shot, and let slip a
man-sized oath.
“Edwards;” called a preacher
from the spectator’s bench. “What
do little boys who swear when they
months, chopping wood, building , wife and she admitted that she playing marbles turn into?”
. .-i ... K,. 19 ..f Goifeis”:^
Chojr^, ■i^pr clalmthg te be 13 years of age.
■ ' imfwpftatea In - the I deceptlOir •- hy j
came here from Shiith Carolina. Smith Is scheduled to face the
Ads. get attention—and results
NOTICE OF LAND SALE A .
Under and by virtue of an orde^
of the Superior Court of \TOkes
County, entitled “Wilkes^ County
vs. Virginia-Carolina Mica Cor
poration,” the undersigned Com
missioner will, on the 16th day of
March, 1940, at 12 o’clock noon at
the Courthouse door in Wilkes-
boro, North Carolina, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
that certain tract or lot of land
lying and being in Elk TownsUp,
Wilkes County, North Carolina,
and bounded as follows:
Being situated in the county
above-named, containing 100 acres,
more or less, lying on the waters
of Elk Creek;
Beginning at a _ pine, Dula’s
South corner, running North 20
poles to a pine: thence Elast 130
poles to a locust; thence South
100 poles to a stake; thence West
120 poles to a stake; thence North
80 poles to a stake in Dula’s line;
thence East to the beginning.
-rhis the 12th day of February,
1940.
F. J. McDUFFlE,
' Commissioner. *
3-4-4t.
ME MUUmJ. Xben are
mlUfonB of clrcuUttog Renters,
feat only one Gennlne BeUte
WfefetroU. Look **”■ name
flefetrola. It appear* on m oth-
•r oaMnet except an Bstat^—
BkodearDey Fnr^tnre
IfWfe Wllkesboro. N. O.
Co..
rf»«ad. Be
fe, Uftttng m
stoves or berntm for eoal
aU-lmrmimg heat-
kUkt FinHwe Oa.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Question
Question: When, should broil
ers be started on a fattening
feed?
Answer: Broilers are usually
started on the fattening ration a-
bout seven to ten days before
they are to be sold. The birds
should be approximately one and
one-half to one and three-quart
ers pounds each when fattening
begins. All other feed should be
discontinued and a special ration
given for the feeding i period.
However, this period should nev
er extend more than 12 days.
There are two recommended ra
tions for the fattening period.
The first contains six pounds of
corn meal and four pounds of
flour, standard middlings, or
ground oats. The second ration Is
made by mixing six pounds of
corn meal, two pounds of wheat
shorts, and tw’o pounds of ground
oats. Skim milk or buttermilk
should be used in either of these
rations to mix a sloppy feed that
will pour readily from a bucket.
Pushing forward their part in
the fight to conquer disease, in
dustrial laboratories are now pro
ducing a serum for every type of
pneumonia known to medical
science.
A preacher at the close of his
sermon discovered one of his dea
cons asleep. He said, “We will
now have a few minutes of prayer.
Deacon Brown, you lead!”
“Lead?” said Deacon Brown
suddenly awakening. “I just
dealt.”
FRUIT SUPPLIES
The U. S. Bureau of Agricultur
al Economics has predicted that
reduced export demand would
make domeetlc fresh fruit sup
plies as large in the first half of
1940 as in the same iierlod In
1939.
the attainment 4>y the Ameri
can jtepple. of thO ,
ard of living known
Is largely due to the'"'tSfelihoIb^
cal developments growing out of
the American patent system.
We Take Pleasure In Announcing The
Appointment Of
Ira W. Day
As Special Representative Serving
North Wilkeshoro, Wilkesboro and
Wilkes County
IRA W. DAY
and associated with
Frank M. Payne, General Agent, Boone, N. C.
Security Life and Trust Company
Life Education—Retirement Insurance
HOME OFFICE: WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
-DIRECTORS-
ROBBRT M. HANES Winston-Salem
President Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
President, American Bankers’ Asso,
3. CLAY WILLIAMS —-,Winston-Salem
Chairman Board of Directors, R. J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co.
DR. FRED M. HANES Ihirham
Chairman of the Board, Security L^e and
Trust (Company; Dean of Medi
cine, Duke University
EGBERT L. DAVIS ..— Winston-Salem
President and Treasurer, Secun^ l^e
and Trust Co.; Chairman of the Board
Atlas Supply Company
P. R. HANHS __ Wii^on-Salem
President, P. H. Hanes Knitting CO.
THURMOND CHATHAM Winston-Salem.
President, Chatham Manufacturing Co.
J . .-J ! 1- .. ■*’ • o • • 1 ^
MILLARD F. JONES --—Rocky Mount
Executive Vice-President, The Planters
National Bank and Trust Company
T D. BLAIR - Winsten-Salem
Vice-President and Agency Manager,
Security Life and Trust Company
C. T. LBINBACH WiM^-Salem
Vice-Pres., Wachovia Bank and Trust Co.
E. L. EFIRD Wins^ton-Salem
Secty-Treas., Efird Dept. Stores
J RAYMOND SMITH Mount Airy
Presidertt, Na«onal Furniture Co.
B S. WOMBLE WinstOT-Salem
Manly, Hendren and Wombl^ Genei^
Counsel for, Security Life and Trust Co.
HON. A, WAYLAND COOMI Greens^ro
'Clerk of Court for'Guilford County ■- i
D. HIDEN RAMSEY Asheville
Gen. Mgr., Asheville Citizen-Times Co.
S. L. B(X)KE Winston-Salem
Secretary and Actuary, Security Life
and Trust Co.j Fellow Actuarial Society
of America; Fellow American Institute
of Artuaries.
W. GRADY SOUTHEI^ Winston-Salem
Vice-Pres., Security Life and_ Trust Co.
LEO H. HARVEY Kinston
President, L. Harvey and Sons Co.
W. FRANK DQWD, Jr. Charlotte
President and Tr»a|arei^ Charlotte
Pipe and Foufeflry-OApany
T. AUSTIN FINCH Thomasville
President, Thomairville Chair Co.
ROBERT W. GORRabL Winston-Salem
Manager, iWinston-Salem Agency