y-. ■'>t ’■^wt har« 'i^'J ^ * >«^MW tui. y«i|; MeUncrMa keld wRli'i 'o« V^Il o ’jliiiiSiiy 4%wy % Disease Negro SocUl Workers ToM 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