pnotiMiiy ‘evAry A.merlMii
. *■■• hkskory t^l haadle Is
P' »4.Uy use in some form, and it
a> to be found in thousands of
AsMrlcan homes as essential
»*»ts of equipment. It has dls-
native woods in manyifor-
conntrlee where skilled
^"orkmen demand handles of
•nwed value. The American
•rtoolsts made their «txe handles
troen various woods of the forest,
•«t they early found that the In-
■4Jans preferred hickory for their
«rale axes and tomahawks. For!
tkeae Implements they needed' a I
^wod that was hard, tough, ‘
■trong, stiff, shock-resistant, ,-.nd
llent and they found it in the
ory. No other wood has been
4esuud to surpass the hickory in
'ttOM combined properties, ac
cording to the Forest Products
Xcboratory, Madison. Wls., of the
J'oreet Service, U. S. Department
«C Agriculture.
The first tool handies were
probably made from small,
Okraight branches and used in
their rough shape. But fnodern
Iwiidles for thousands of tools
kmve come a long way since that
thme. On the farm the hammer, j
**e, sledge, fork, pick, and shovel !
Otfe indispensable. Buildings must |
he built and repaired, fences'
erected, land cleared, fuel cut. | Mrs. Mary Ann 'Billings, 83,
much of it is done with tools j (jjgj Thursday at her home near
dth hickory handles. Zephyr, north of Elkin, from an
Hickory grows in every state | jujjgsj. lesulting from infirmities
east of and in several states west | gj,g been a member
■ of Rachel Baptist Church since
I girlhood.
I Surviving are eight children.
I Harrison Billings, Mrs. Walter
! Sparks, of Traphill; Jesse Bil-
j lings, of Thurmond; Dallas Bll-
i liii.gs, of Roaring River; Guy Bil
lings, Wilkes county; Mrs. Thom
as Childress, of Elkin; King Bil
lings. of Benham; Mrs. M. S. Ow
ens, of Klkin; .3 5 grandchildren
and several great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was con
ducted Friday afternoon by Rev.
Lewis Everett Sparks and burial
wa.s in the family cemetery.
All QMai|; from one kln4'^'%|jflk
«et^y frmn «bo3t
ent kinds of bdokory trees'^oi*^'^
four supply most of the bleli^
for handiest Formerly handles
were made from the. white sap-
wood, the red heartwood being
discarded, hut the Forest Pro
ducts Laboratory after tests on
more than 7,000 samples of rod
and white hickory showed con
cluslvely that weight for weight,
sonnd hickory has the same
strength, toughness, and resist'
ance to shook regardless of whe
ther It is red, white, or mixed
red and white.
A reliable indJcation of the
strength of hickory is its density,
that is, of two pieces of the same
size and dryness, the heavier will
have the better strength proper
ties. As. a further guide in. choos
ing a good tool handle, the best
hickory shows an oily or glossy
side-grain surface when smoothly
finished and has a clear, ringing
tone when dropped on a hard sur
face in comparison with the dull
sound produced by an inferior
quality.
The Laboratory also points out
that the practice of requiring all
white wood in handles is both
■wasteful of our valuable hickory
timber and unscientific, since col
or alone is not a factor of quality
in a hickory handle.
■ppctittw'A'
ReUef
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■chcolk in North CuoHna tee ell-
gibie to contpete in the Supervised
Practice Gonteet, ^ aponsored by
the Dlvi^on of Vocational Educa
tion, .North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction, in coopera
tion with the Chilean Nitrate
Educational Burean, . announced
Bqy Ef. Ihomae, ^ttate Snsiervisor
of Vooatio^. Agrionlture.
.A trip to th^ convention
of l^tnre Fame# Amtelca,
which will be held In Kansan City
thiis fall, will be awarded-, to the
Trips to Kansae CUT be giv
en to%ach of the' live district win
ners, and a cash award of $2.50
will be presented to the Federa
tion winners.
The rating of each contestant
w|ll be based upon scope, owner
ship, improved, practices, cultural
and marketing piWices, amount
and variety of purebred seed or
animals, home improvement,
earnings, savings and cost ' ac
counting.
'Mr. Thomas pointed out that
regular books and forms may be
used for keeping records in this
contest, but the summary report
should be made on foras furnish
ed for this purpose.
Record books must be submit
ted to the teacher of agriculture
by March 1st 19-40 and summary
reports are required to be sub
mitted to the district supervisors
by April 1st 1940.
James Francis, a F. F. A.
member of Waynesville, was State
winner in the Supervised Practice
contest last year.
Mrs. Mary Billings
Claimed By Death
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North Wilkesboro Drug com
pany, local Rexall store is an
nouncing 1*’«- 37th February
Birthday Sale, which is now in
full .swing.
Durin.sr this sale big reductions
have been made in prices of Rex
all products and in many In
stances these well known drugs
and other dru„ store niej'charrdi.se
n he purc'ha-t'd at less than
half price. The store’s manage
ment cordially invites everybody
to share in the savings.
Raymond Sawtelle, treasurer of
the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc., an
oitgauizatlon h^ed by Fmvner
President H>3rbert Hoover for the
purpose of raising funds in A-
merica to allevlaite sntfering in
war torn Finland, has acknowl
edged by letter receipt. of the
first local contributions through
the medium of The Journal-Ps/-
trlot. ■
The first local contribution
was by M. J. Beardslee, of this
city, and was for $2.00. This
newspaper will gladly serve as a
medium to forward donations of
any people in this vicinity to na
tional headquarters and each con
tribution will be acknowledged in
The Journal-Patriot.
The letter of Mr. Sawtelle ac
knowledging the receipt of Mr.
Beardslee’s contribution follows:
February 13, 1940.
Mr. Dwight Nichols,
.Journal-Patriot,
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Dear Mr. Nichols:
This •will gratefully acknowl
edge the receipt of your letter of
February 6 enclosing a cheek for
$2.00 representing a contribution
to the Finnish Relief Fund, Inc.
received through the medium of
your paper. Our official receipt
will be sent you separately.
Mr. Hoover has asked me to
express his appreciation for your
cooperation in the appeal for
funds for the relief of the civilian
population of Finland.
He requests that you remit
each week the contributions re
ceived by you, to the Finnish Re
lief Fund, Inc. at 420 Lexington
Avenue, New York City. In the
event that funds you have collect
ed have been deposited in one of
your local banks, kindly ask your
bank to remit.
We ask that you acknowledge
contributions in your columns to
avoid the expense of issuing re
ceipts from this office to the indi
vidual donors. If. however, this
is impossible, it will be necessary
for us to receive the names and
addresses of all contributors,
will! amounts, so that we can do
so.
We p.e sure you will be inter
ested ill knowing that our con
tributions have now passed the
$1,600,000 mark.
The cooperation of the press
has made it possible to secure the
multitude of contributions with
out the usual expense of offices
and accounting staffs in every
town, and in furtherance of this
spirit .Mr. Hoover has; arranged,
from private sources, that the
small expanse of the head office
will be paid. Thus one hundred
cents out of every dollar you send
us is going to Finland.
It’s Time, Or Almost
Time to Plant Garden
Club In MMtfaig
r iMiatera o the Mountain
Home '’^mouatmtloa clnb
»'et at the home of Mni'‘QradT'
R. Miller, February 14th, twlth
nine membeiB present. The presi
dent, Mrs. Glenn Dancy,' presided
for a short btisinese se^on. The
club collect was gliyen and a poem
‘‘Patch Work” was read -by Mrs.
Chas. Wood. ‘The members pres
ent reaponded to the roll call with
the name of a friend which they
would like to enroll in the club.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. A report
of Achievement Day was given by
Mrs. Grady Miller and the county
council meeting oa. January 20th
was made by Miss Harriet Mc-
Googan.
An interesting discussion on
the care of poultry was conduct
ed by different members of the
club. Miss McGoogan talked on
the topic “Interior Wails and
Finishes.” The club also was giv
en some helpful suggestions on
picture selection. “The Gleaners,”
a !beautiful rural scene, was stu
died.
For jrecreatlon a valentine po
em contest was conducted. Mrs.
Chas Wood was the winner. At
the close of the social hour, Mrs.
Miller, assisted by her daughters,
Lillian and Doris, served refresh
ments.
iltw
WM Ib ito Blur
Is nrslTed by nine ckftdfen. Oar- Little
teim.'Wbrley, of 1 grmS.
boro route 3; Jethro 'Worley, of
North 'WUlkesboro, route 3; Ban-
yon Worley, of Spurgeon; Abe
WtMTley, of Moravian Falls;
Worley, of High fihoals;
Daisy Hooks, of Harding; Mrs.
Ruby Parller, of Pores Knob;
Mrs. Lou Ella Durham, of Union,
S. C., and Mrs. Vortee Hutcher
son, also of Union, S. C. Many
grandohildren also survive, also
the
XirmH, C»n~
iT’iMd of
Pytmlw, joma^’flSy'^.^tebf'l
that lived in a cloeed-in
of the Big One, declared true
^|9k>rBr Jack Tooker. Read liiq
story and see the picture* of the
little animals in ‘Ilie Amerleaiw J
Weekly Magaslne, with n e z
Sunday's Washington Timee-Hor-|\
aid, DOW on sale.
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Nancy Lunsford
Rites Held Sunday
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Shady Grove church for
.Miss Nancy Lunsford, age 66,
resident of that coinmuiiity who
died Friday afternoon. Rev. W. 3.
Myers conducted the last rites.
She leave.-; the following broth
ers and sisters; Francis Lunsford,
of I'nion Grove; Henry Lunsford,
of ' vole; and .Mrs. Moodie Combs,
of Valdese.
Millions, Murder, Misery —
Will they haunt the motion pic
ture beauty forever? Adela Rog
ers St. Johns, famous motion pic
ture commentator, tells why the
former star may never escape the
ceaseless feuds and tragedies
which shattered the career she
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Dean I. O. Schaub, director of
the State College Extension Serv
ice, illustrates the value of a
garden by telling this story: ‘iA
man decided to a.ttend the horse
races, but before starting out he
bought a round-trip ticket so
that he could get home no mat
ter how much he lost gambling.’’
The same philosophy should
appiy to North Carolina farmin.g.
Dr. Schaub declared. “If we are
.going to gamble with tobacco and
other so-called ‘cash crops,’ we
should buy a round-trip ticket by
planting a garden so that we will
have something to eat if we lose
our tobacco bet.”
It is time now to start plant
ing home gardens in all parts of
the State except the moi ntain
Region. By March 1, it is usually
safe to set buf' lettuce, cabbage,
onion sets, and the hardier greens
in the mountains.
Elsewhere in the State it is safe
now to plant cabbage, lettuce,
•spinach, garden peas, beets, car
rots, and mustard.
Dean Schaub recommends that
for a family of 7 to 10 persons,
a one-acre garden be planted. It
should be laid off in 70-yard
rows. For a family of five or less,
a one-half acre garden will suf
fice, or 35-yard rows.
The number of plants or a-
mount of seed needed for a 70-
yard row follows; Cabbage, 200
plants; lettuce, 200 plants; s,pin-
ach, 2 ounces; of seed; wrinkled
garden peas, 1 pound; beets, 2
ounces; carrots. 1 ounce; must
ard, 1 ounce; Irish potatoes, two
bushels for 10 rows; turnips,
ounce; snap beans, 1 pound; corn,
one pound for fonr rows; toma
toes, 100 plants; sweet potatoes,
200 plants for 10 rows.
Mrs. M. J. Davis
Is Taken By Death
'Mrs. Matilda Jane Davis, wife
of the late Rev. "W. N. Worley,
passed away at 8:10 o’clock,
February 14, Wednesday night at
the home of her son, Ezra Wor
ley, of High Shoals, North Car
olina. She had been seriously ill
for some time, with a complica
tion of diseases. Her husband
died October 24, 1937. Since his
death she had been living with
her children. She was 64 years
old and a life long member of the
Baptist church. The funeral serv
ice was conducted by the Rev.
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Joel Simmons, 80, passed away
at his home at Thurmond Tues
day following an illness of sever
al days. The deceased was a high
ly esteemed man and was
member of the Roaring Gap Bap
tist church.
He was married 63 years ago
to Miss Ellen Sparks;, who sur
vives him, together with the fol
lowing children: Mrs. John Cox.
Mrs. Charles Brown, Mrs. Wal
ter Spicer, Traphill; Mrs. J. A.
J. Royall, Thurmond: Mrs. Wint
Holcomb and Jodie Simmons, of
Thurmond; R. A. Simmons, of
Elkin; UTrs. James W. Brown,
Miles; Clarence Simmons, Moun
tain Park, and Mrs. Josie Berrier,
of Winston-Salem. Sixty - one
grandchildren, 80 great-grand
children survive, a total of 152
de=cendaiits.
Funeral services were held
Thursday from Roaring Gap Bap
tist church. The rites were in
charge of Rev. Grant Cothren
and Rev. George W. Miles. Inter
ment was In the family plot in
the church cemeter.v.
Pallbearers were grandsons of
the deceased and the flower girls
were granddaughters.
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