Matiifl iMd
pnviQiiaty, alto
'''wMift ab* CMM to the
ta^ Ulced to> see her for-
K^^T^Wfiafs- bis name?” said St.
Sf?^a*er.
&nHh,” replied the widow,
have to give some bet
ter identification that that,” said
St. Peter kindly. “How about his
last words? We classify new ar-
>• rivals by their last words on
earth.”
“Well,” she replied, “just before
Inhe died Joe turned to me and said,
} 'Mary, if you ever kiss another
_man I’ll turn over in my grave.’ ”
“Oh, sure, I know him,” said St.
Peter, “we call him ‘Whirling Joe’
up here!”
CHAMPION S. C.
LEGHORNS
K»d you
w. It ii
trieity. It is economy and safe
to use. We can fnmlA
Brooders and Water Heaters.
Write for prices on
cUekfl.
CHAMPION POULTRY
FARM
Champioa, N. C.
Roar^Rhrer
Route 2'
ROARING RIVER, Route 2,
Feb. 13.—Saturday and Sunday
marked the regular date for serv
ices at Oak Forest, Cranberry,
and a’.KO at the colored peoples’
church, Union Grove.
No improvement was reported
Friday in the condition of Rev.
N. T. Jarvis, critically ill since
December 28. He seemed no
worse, however.
Mrs. VictL-ria Segraves w'as sadd
to be 111 last week, and it was
thought she might have had a
stroke.
Mrs. George R. Johnson wa.?
confined to her bed by illness a
few days the latter part of last
week. Her mother-in-law thought
she had appendicitis.
Mrs. Cornelia Johnson hasi juft
spent about ten days visiting her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. B. L. John
son.
Dickie Johnson’s new mule he
had bought with his black dog
and $2 boot was dead last Mon
day morning, and he had to pay
another dollar to have someone
drag him off. As, until he quit
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by
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ON YDUR
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THOMPSON
RETCEADIN6CQ.
ITS the mOHT WAY
TO BE CERTAIN
YOU'LL Be.
SAnsneD.'
THOMPSON RETREADING CO.
PENNSLYVANIA TIRES AND TUBES
Phone 413 North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Libek*ty
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SCARL
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A ’ove story so
thjit only
^ithese two sUrs
could bring it to
the screen!
‘GONE WITH THE WIND”
Fresh From Her Triumph In “Gone
With The Wind”—Now With
CHARLES
lAUGHTON
in
Hear Laughton de
liver Kipling's Immortal ‘‘IF”
I Detroit. — Chevron deelers-’
faalee of new can and trneke In
'the morrth ot Janoary totalled
73,338 untta, y a f^re -wihieh ly a few members present due to
Wallace Beery, Dolores Del Rio, John Howard in “The Man
from Dakota”
The thrills of “Thunder Afloat,” “The Adventure and Romaiu^f
“The Bad Man of Brimstone,” combined in Beery s greatest, 'TYie
Man From Dakota”!
smashes all January recoil, wMh
the ezceiption of a single year. The
announcement was made at t.ie
company’s headquarters here to
day.
Sales for the month showed a
gain of 21,326 units, or 41 per
cent, over those for January
1939. Sales for the final 10 days
totalled 25,915 units, as com
pared -with 18,843 In the same
period last year.
The records show that in only
one other January—January 1933
—has the record of. the past
month been equalled, and the
sales n January of that Mllllon-
Chevrblet eyar were only 2,2'80
units ahead of the month just
closed.
Sales of trucks totalled 14,113,
a gain of 1,170 units- over Jan
uary 1939.
Used car sales in January were
118,272 units,'a gain of approxi
mately 3,800 over those in Jan
uary 1939. Used car sales In the
final 10 days were especially
heavy, exceeding those for the
second 10 days by 7,923 units.
The i-H County OMindl met
BitnrdAy morning In the eonrt-
hoitse Wilkesbom, havings, on-
the weathw conditions. The pres
ident, Ray Stroud, presided dur
ing the meeting. The main object
of the meeting was to diseuw
recommendalions made to the
various clubs ot the county. Dan
F. Holler discussed some subjects
in Geology and Included a very
interesting demonstration o n
Rook Formation.
Inenue aeentum sad Aid m
soothe tad heel raw.tender.l
ed braiMdilal mneons mem.
Ho matter how many laedlcMMli
have tried, tell your droa^ to i
you a bottle of OnoaralsloBWtBij
understandlog that you are to^
the way it ijdcUy auays the 6
cr you are to have your money l„
CREOMULSIONi
for OmikIis, Cluwt CoMs, >
^ -
■^WMiiiei.
'^^CRICh
Bcw idM En ndio Mrtsrtftinnitiit. Vlnd
out bow much you know About AmoricA'i AtrAnfA
And untuotl pltcAA. ICAsy TAluAblt prliAAt LUttato:
WLW—FRIDAY 10:00 P.M. EST
GREYHOUND EINES
recently, Dickie made good prt-
gress In his studies in the ninth
grade and is unusually talented
as a cartoonist, it is the neighbor
hood verdict he had better swear
off from hoi-se trading and gc
back to school.
Mansfield Parks, colored, has
secured a steer from Ida J. Foust
to cultivate a crop at his house
and tlie old Tilley place. Ida 's
very ill 'with cancer.
Lilly Parks, colored, was called
to Pittsburg about ten days ago
on account of the critical iilne.ss
of her daughter, Katie, who was
taken to Pittst)urgh last summer
ter treatment.
Miss Tna Sparas recently staid
a few days with her sister. .Mrs.
.\nna I..ee Jo.hnson, who was ill.
.Mr.-!. \V. G. Benton had some
hogs killed Friday.
Gertie Sale, colored, has been
recovering nicely from a broken
arm.
Mrs. B. L. Jo^huson was not able
to sit tup part the time Thursday
and Friday because of a severe
headache, and siie thought, an
abscess in her head.
One of the children of Mr. and
.Mrs. Jarvis Johnson, at Roaring
River, recently had an attack of
pneumonia. 7 he child’s grand
mother. Mrs. Lula Davis, and her
little nephew spent a week or two
with them.
Mr, Bill T.ytton, at Roaring
iver. was recently confined to
his home with burns and unable
to work in bis lilacksmilh’s shop.
.Mrs. B L. .lohn.son and son.
Robert, expected to visit Rev. N.
T. Jarvis in the rraiibeny vicin
ity the past Sunday.
.\um riarinda Walker, colored,
is .said to liave been placed in
the eounty home a few weeks ago.
.Mrs. Delia Crater, of Cycle,
mother of Rev. R. R. Crater, is
said to have suffered a slight
stroke a week or two ago.
.Mr. Worth Sale, of the Brier
Creek 'section, with his childrci.
and tlieir families, and his sisters,
.Misses .Mattie and Misa, present,
celebrated his 52nd birthday Sun
day before last.
.After the severely cold weath
er. Mr. B. L. Johnson returned
to .■Ashevilie, where he has a
ra.her important position with
the Blue Ridge Parkway division
of the National Park .Service.
When transferred to Asheville
last summer. Mr. Johnson receiv
ed a promotion and substantial
increase in salary.
A Mr. Myers and family have
been living in Mr. M. M. Mathis'
house for some time. He is con
nected with the .sawmills.
The three sawmills in this im
mediate vicinity were operated
last week for the first time in
many weeks.
Mr. Greene Brown spent a few
days in Mount .^iry some lime
ago on a combined business and
pleasure trip.
Mrs. B. L. Johnson recently
spent one day in Elkin and one
in North iVllkesboro on business.
During the recent cold spell I
cows weighing 700 or 800 pounds |
could walk for rods on the ice in '
the branches without .being able:
to lireak a place to drink. Jim ‘
McGee’s team ot mules and a
two-horse wagon drove across
the creek below the old Tilley [
mill without breaking the ice, i
even when one mule fell.
'^'hough the cold weather a I
fev/ weeks ago may have been the;
most severe on record, people
show as much disposition to for
get about the weather as about
history or their old love affairs.
There was similar weather the
winter of 1917-1918, when, be
ginning December 7, there were
17 snows that staid on from then
until spring. The river was frozen
over six •weeks or two months—
people could walk across It,
though perhaps horses could not.
The substitute carrier on this
route. Mr. M. M. Mathis, walked
across the Yadkin on Ice for
about two months and distributed
the mail. In 1935-36 there were
also 9 snows that staid on most
r>f two or three months; streams
:r(7»: nine people (mostly'
drunk) froze to death in North]
Carolina day after Christmas: ,
and the last day of the year was
even colder.
Though it is always impossible
to tell anything about how Mrs. !
I.aura Linney is, it has seemed
as if she might have been sll.ght- ,
ly better since Christmas. She ;
sits up, usually cooks dinner and
-jupp'er, and performs many oth
er household tasks. ^
Weasels have l)een killing Mrs. i
I.aura Liiuiey’s chickens. The
CPIS ate raw chicken until the;.'
were sick.
Friends here are glad to learn ,
Judge James D. Martin, .Arco, |
Idaho, is in his usual good health, j
though 87. He cannot come to |
Wilkes, however, as he noped,
this spring.
Mrs, Betty Oinnings Warren
was moved sometime ago in an
ambulance from her home to that
ot her daughter, Mrs. j Ii.
Church, at Roarin.g River.
Lonnie Sale, colored, is better;
his leg is said to be healijig con
siderably.
Miss Ella Mae Staley snent
Sunday night with Miiss Ethel
Mastin.
In a telephone conservation
with Mrs. Julius Martin II. in
.-Vsheville. .Mr. B. L. John.son
learned Mrs. .Martin’s mofher-i'i-
law, Mrs. Julius C. Martin Sr.,
in Washington, had been ill with
bronchitis since Christmas. Sn
is a sister-in-law of Mrs. D S.
La no.
Because of good results secured
last year with the planting of 5110
Iilack waiiinl trees, 4-H Cl;ii)
members of Rutlierford county
liave placed orders for 700 addi
tional trees this year.
After changing his cows from
grass hay to lespedeza hay, F. L.
Corriher of the .Natlians Creek
community in Ashe county notic
ed an almost iinmed'iate increase
in milk production.
I WORK FAST_6ur
I LIKE S-L-O-W-BURNING
CAMELS, THEY'RE MILDER'
AND COOLER-BETTER
FOR STEADY SMOKING
I * A > ^
BILL COKVM-famed
sports writer and columnist
In 'recent laboratory tests,
CAMELS burned 29% slower
than the average of the IS other
of the largest-selling brands
tested —slower than any of
them. That means, on the av
erage, a smoking equal to
C^>lC I
WCTKA
SMOtces
TSR
T^CK/
FOR EXTRA MILDNESS,
GCTRA COOLNESS,
EXTRA FLAVOR.
Camels
Slew-Bviiiig CostSerTebaccAs
Friday, Saturday and Monday
0^^
jm
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
Towel Values
IN THE USA
February Highlight!
MEN’S SHIRTS
22x441)01bLE
TERRY BATH
TOWELS
Combed, High Count Shirtings!
Sanforized Shrunk!
t’s A Good 25c Quality Towel
The richest, most up-to-the-
minute patterns you’ve seen in
many a day—all in fast color.s!
Stock Up Now
23x46 Tripple
M
TERRY BATH
TOWELS
Deep Tones and High Colors—
Sec Them.
Grand Value! Fine Quality
81x99 WIZARD
SHEETS
PriscillaCurtains
Extra wide—^72” each pair, with
cascading self ruffles and tie-
backs.
Limited Quantity!
A Good 4 Year Sheet
Colonial Cotton
Bed Spreads
Colors 7
Big T'lue! Chenille
Ba^ Mat Set
MEN!
“BIG MAC”
WORK SHIRTS
Fast Colors
Bath mat and matching lid cov
er in very attractive designs.
YOU KNOW THEM!
New! Smart! Big Value!
COTTON
HOUSECOATS
Fine broadcloth poplins and
broadcloths in wrap-around and
zipper styles.
LADIES’
High Price
SILK
DRESSES
Reduced
to
$1
I,.\DIES'
New Spring
HATS
$1
NEW
SKIRTS
$i
CLOSE OUTS
Ladies' Fall and
■ Winter
DRESS
SHOES
$1
Values!
FACIAL
TISSUES
Box of 500
Soft Yet
firm. Box
15c
Lace TaSTe 4
CLOTHS d
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THEM— V1 1
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