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_ Ifcla.—^Richard Martin Cbat-
almoiit 74, died early Sun-
jyr arenlng In Hugh Chatham
M—iorlal Hosiiital, 'imeumonla
after an extended serl-
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Tniirsday - Friday
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Mr. Chatham vaa the' second
son of the late Alexander Chat
ham, associate founder of the
blanket mlllf. of Chatham Manu
facturing Company, and Mrs.
Elisabeth Owyn Chatham, one of
Elkin’s pioneer and distinguished
families. He was a brother of the
late Hugh Gwyn Chatham and
an uncle of Thurmond Catham,
president of the Chatham Manu
facturing Company.
In young manhood, Mr. Chat
ham was associated with his
father and brothers in the opera
tion of Chatham Manufacturing
Company blanket mills, and at
one time operated a large farm in
the valley of Virginia. Later, he
I operated the Elkin Roller Mills
in addition to other Interests.
Mr. Chatham had been long
retired from active business be
cause of failing health and one
of his greatest delights was daily
mingling with his friends on the
streets. He was perhaps the most
widely-known man in the town
and his friends, who were num
berless, were not limited to sta
tion in life. He was a member of
Elkin Methodist church.
immediate survivors are his
widow, Mrs. Mary Arm field Chat
ham: three sons, Hugh Chatham,
of Stanleytown, Va.; Richard
Chatham Jr., and Bobby; two
daughters, Betty and Margaret;
one brother, Paul Chatham, Char
lotte: two half brothers, Alex
Chatham, of Elkin, and T. Dan
Chatham, of Winston-Salem; and
one half sister, Mrs. M. E. Mot-
singer, Winston-Salem.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday morning at 11
o’clock from the Methodist church
by Rev. Herman F. Duncan, pas
tor, and Rev. L. B. Abernethy,
former pastor. Burial will follow
in Hollywood cemetery.
ONE SEDUCTIVE WOMAN!
[SEVEN DESPERATE MEN!
Amid untold
terrors of the
jungle!
33 MAMIE SOCMWEIii, Editor
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Eiglii Nimiibert By
ftd
Wtlkesboro School Band
Delight Kiwaniana'
—lEcsday—
—Februa^ 27—
ONE DAY ONLY
Mrs. Dan Carter
Entertains Her Oobs
Mrs. Dan Carter entertained at
her home on Kensington Avenue
Thursday and Friday afternoons,
having as guests members of her
two social clubs. On Thursday
afternoon the group was com
posed of the members of the Wed
nesday Sewing club, who enjoyed
an informal hour together. In
keeping with the day some pa
triotic songs were sung, being led
by Mrs. Gordon Finley with Mrs.
L. M. Nelson at the piano. During
the hour Mrs. W. C. Grier poured
tea, and the tea accessories were
in the George Washington motif.
For Friday afternoon the
guests were of her bridge club,
with two tables being made up
for play. Tables prizes in the
game were awarded to Mrs. L. M.
Nelson and Mrs. Hill Carlton.
Tempting refreshments were serv
ed at the conclusion of play.
Social Calendar
The Woman’s Bible class of
the North Wllkesboro Meho-
dlst church wllj meet ’Tuesday
afternoon at 8:80 o’clock at
the home of Mrs. C. P. Walter.
All the members are urged to
be present.
Hill Top (JMb Met With
Mrs. Ed Haney
The members of the Hill Top
club were delightfully entertain
ed by Mrs. Ed Dancy at her home
north of the city Friday evening.
Following a game of rook, which
was played at two tables, the hos-
tessi .served a delicious salad
course.
Girl Scouts Will
Sell Cookies Here
Girl Scouts of the Intermediate
troop.s .started a cookie sale to
day to earn money to finance
their summer camping trip.
During the next four days the
Scouts will visit each home in
North Wllkesboro and Wilkes-
boro asking tor orders for cook
ies.
The cookies will then be order
ed and will be delivered on Friday
and Saturday. March 8 and 9.
These will be the same type
cookies as sold in North Wilkes-
boro last year and are identical
with the cookies sold by all Girl
Scouts in America.
A CHILD IS
BORN”
GLADYS GEORGE
JEFFREY LYNN
GALE PAGE
SPRING BYINGTON
NOTICE—This picture is strictly
adult entertainment— Children un-
16 will not be admitted unless
accompanied by parents.
“Tour Entertainment Center”
ORPHEUM
Johnson Wax Prices
Reduced At Carlton’s
Carlton’s Hardware, one of
the city's oidest hardware firm«.
is announciiig a reduction in I’le
prices of Jobusnn’s waxes in this
;s.siie 0 f The Journal-Patriot.
These wa.xes. according *o a
statement made by the manager
of the store, D. H. Carlton, give
l-.l more wax for less money than
ever before The store also an
nounces that the newest type elec
tric wax polisher is now avail
able for the use of customers.
The Young Ladies Bible
class of the Niwth Wilkee^ro
Methodist church will ine«t
Tuesday evening at 7:80 o’
clock at the home of Mrs, Jack
Brame, with Mrs. Watson
Brame, Miss Lois Scroggs, and
Mr. P. J. Brame, teacher of the
clas.s, as co-hostessee. .
Tlte Rendezvous Mountain
chapter of the Daughters of
the American ReveduUon will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 4
oclock at the home of Miss
Janie McDlarmid with .Miss
Ruby Blackburn as assc.ciato
hostess.
Mrs. Marlow Rites
Conducted Sunday
Mrs. W. A. Stvoud Is
Missionary Society Hostess
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety and the Business Woman’s
circle, of the Wllke-sboro Baptist
church, held a joint meeting at
the home of Mrs. W. A. Stroud
Tluirsday evening, having a splen
did attendance of members from
both groups. Mrs. George Ken
nedy, program chairman of the
Business Woman’s circle, was in
charge of the program, which was
presented in . most interesting
way. using as a theme "The Com
mission to Carry On.” The Bible
study was taught by .Miss Bea
Godfrey. '
Mrs. Stroud, the president, was
in charge of routine business, and
at the close of meeting a social
hour was enjoyed during which
time refreshments were served.
F.VUMKRS, ly .sure to .see us
for your seeds. We have a eoiii-
plete stock—seed |K>latoc«, oats,
beans, lespedeza, etc. PE.4RSOX
BROTHERS. 2-2«-tf
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Trunk
Wilkesboro Woman's Club
Holds Interesting Meeting
"The American Home” made
an unusually interesting tbeme
for the program given at the
monthly meeting of the Wilkes-
horo Senior Woman’s club which
wa.s held at the home of Mrs. F.
C. Hubbard Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Joe Barber and Mrs. Wil
liam Barber as associate hostess
es. Mrs. E. N. Phillips, .American
Home chairman, was in charge
of the program, which consisted
of a symposium on the American
Home given by Mrs. A. R. Gray,
Mrs. B. .S. Call, Mrs. O. K. Whit
tington, and Mrs. William Barber.
Mrs. L. B. Dula spoke on democ
racy in the home, and at the close
of program, with Mrs. Phillips at
the piano, the gro'up joined in
singing “Home Sweet Home.’’
Mrs. J. B. Henderson, the pres
ident, pre.sided for the usual busi
ness session, during which time
officers for the new club year
were elected as follows: Mrs.
Phillips, president: Mrs: Hender
son, vice president; Mrs. Hub
bard, recording secretary; Mrs.
Claude Doughton. corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. B. S. Call,
treasurer. One new member, Mrs.
I. \V. Day. was welcomed into the
club.
At the close of the meeting the
gue.sts were invited into the din
ing room where refreshments
were served buffet style, with
coffee being poured by Mrs. Wil
liam Banber. A large number of
the members were present.
Miss Helen Blevins Is
Hostess To Circle
Miss Helen Blevins was hos
tess vO the Business Woman’s Cir
cle, of the Wilkestoro Baptist
church, at her home in Wllkes
boro Tuesday evening. The pres‘-
Ident, Mrs. Mack Proffit, presided
for the business period, at which
time the following committee
chairmen were appointed: Miss
Helen Bumgarner, Social and En
listment; Miss Bea Godfrey, Pro
gram; and Miss Sue Bumgarner,
Personal Service.
With “The Commission to Car
ry On” as topic for the month an
inspiring program was presented
with several of the members tak-
ing part. At the close of the meet
ing tempting refreshiments were
served and a social hour enjoyed.
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Shady Grove church for
Mrs. Adeline Moore Marlow, age
90, who died Friday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Martin
Moore, near this city. Rev. B. K.
Wooten conducted the last rites,
assisted by Rev. J. P. Robinson.
Surviving are one daughter.
.Ml’S. Moore, two brothers and
two sisters: H. T. Moore, of Gil-
reath; Woodie Moore, Mrs. Rena
Johnston and Mrs. Jamima My
ers, all of Statesville.
The North Wllkesboro high
school band deUghted the .North
Wilkesboro Klwanls club Friday
noon with a program of eight
numbers.
X. B. Williams was program
chairman for the day and he in
troduced Prof, and Mrs. W. P.
Grier, of the North Wilkesboro
high school, and the 20 boys in
the school band. They played the
following numbers; "March, Sky
Ride,’’ comet duet by Mike Wll-
Ilsms and Andrew Johnson,
"March, Our Joyous Band,” clari
net number of Mack Miller and
Joe Clements, "Band, Choral,’’
“First Parade,” trumpeter solo,
"Polka Militia,” by W. P. Grier,
two school songs. Mrs. Grier ac
companied on the piano. The pro
gram received much favorable
comment.
Also featuring Friday’s pro
gram were short talks by Lieut.
Governor Charlie Barber, o f
Copenhagen, Feb. 25.—Tbo
foreign, ministers of Norw^,
Sweden and Denmark to^bt ex
pressed hopes for a peaMfnl
Intlon of the Flnnlsh-Rsi^ah'
conflict which would
■’the full Independence
ptanted this spMiig, aoeerlBlNC
Crouse, farm agent of the
State College ESxtenslon Serrloe.
Cbisae on boys and get ’esn*-
got pleoty of all kinds of seeds
fur yon. Save money by baying
lani” and T^Tdr PEAB80N BROU^
countries would continue i^lheiir
policy of neutrality in Bnrope^
wara.
A communique Issued after the
foreign ministers had conferred
here on mutual problems said
they hay "ascertained their'una
nimity in respect of the pollcyL of
neutrality’’ and rejected ’’all as
sertions to the effect that this is
exercised under pressure from
one side or the other.”
Their nations heavy sufferers
in the war at sea, the men agreed,
according to the commundque, to
“raise serious objections to, and
endeavor to avert violation of,
principles of international law in
the conduct of naval warfare.”
The conferees, fearing long
fighting would lead to such era-
bitterment that an “enduring rec-
onclliation” would be highly dif-
Greensboro, w.ho complimented ^hey would “gladly
the club here on its activities,
and remarks by J. C. Reins, who
showed a copy of a recent adver
tising booklet published by Grit,
In which North Wilkesboro was
used as one of the five outstand
ing small towns in the country in
a recent survey
J. B. Williams made a brief re
port to the clnb relative to crip
ple clinics which the club is spon
soring. He said there were 10 new
cases examined in January and 14
in this month. Members were
asked for contributions to meet
current bills of the clinic.
welcome any endeavor to initiate
negotiations between the belliger
ents with a view to a just and per
manent peace.”
Ninety Yancey County farmers
have placed applications for 264,-
750 forest tree seedlings to be
Our New Improved ELECTRIC
WAX POUSHER is at your dis
posal. Our polisher is brand
new. It works fine. Rents byk.
the hour or day. 7
Carlton’s Hardware
—’PHONE 109-
Court Calendar
Is Published Today
New Marriage Law
Enacted In Virginia
■Calendar of cases for the March
term of Wilkes court, which will
begin on Monday, March 4, with
Judge W. H. Bobbitt, of Char
lotte, presiding, is published to
day on page three of this news
paper.
Many cases of minor interest
are calendared for the first week
and homicide cases will be tried
during the second week.
It Is explained that witnesses |
in a case not reached on the day
calendared are required to remain
In court until dismissed by the
solicitor.
Richmond, Va.—The much-de
bated house bill requiring a pre
marital test for syphilis passed
the senate Thursday and wasi sent
to the governor.
The senate x'otea 3i to 6 for
the measure which wlil require
applicants for a .marriage license
fo furnish certificates that they
have been examined for syphilis.
If found infected they would not
be* prohibited from marrying, but
would be required to take treat
ment under regnilations of the
state board of health. Sponsors
believe it will discourage mar
riage between infected and non-
infeoted persons, help to stamp
out the disease and also decrease
the number of hasty marriages.
Cotton Parity Rate
Announced By Floyd
North Carolina cotton growers
will receive a parity payment of
1.55 cents a pound this' year for
planting within their 1940 AAA
acreage allotment, anno^nnees E.
Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer
at State College.
These price adjustments or par
ity payments, which supplement
the regular agricultural conser
vation payments, will .he made
under the provisions of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Act of 193S
and the 1940 Department of Agri
culture Appropriation Act which
set aside $96,000,000 for cotton
growers of the nation.
The 1940 Act provided that
payment 'be made on cotton this
year if the 19.39 average farm
ORDERS
A soldier was on sentry d.u
for the first time. A dark for
approached him.
“Halt!” he cried in a threaten-(
ing tone. “Who are you?”
“The officer of the day,’’ was
the reply.
“.■Advance.”
The officer advanced, but be
fore he proceeded half a dozen
.steps the sentry cried again,
“Halt!”
“This is the second time you
have halted me,” observed the of
ficer. “What are you going to
do next?”
"Never you mind. My orders
are to call ’Halt’ three times and
then shoot.”
State College Answers
Timely Farm Question
Question: Is it important to
have grazing crops for poultry?
Answer: Yes. But one of the
most important points in growing
grazing crops is to maintain a
price was les.s than 75 per cent | constant supply of tender succu-
of parity. Since tlie estimated
1:>39 season average price for to
bacco was above 75 per cent of
parity, no price adjustment pay-
lent growth. To secure this, the
crop must make a rapid growth,
and continue to grow over a long
period. Aids in securing this are
meets will be made on the leaf a fertile moist soil, commercial
crop this year. j fertilizer, a well-preoared seed
Three other basic crops will i bed, plenty of rainfall and the
share in the $225,000,000 set a-; choice of the right crop. Grazing
side for parity payments on this crops planted on poor land should
year’s production. In addition to
cotton, payments will be made on
rice, wheat and corn. Since cot
ton prices' improved relatively
less than those for the other
crops, the proportion of the par
ity fund going to cotton producers
in 1940 will 'he larger tha" it
was in 1939.
SECOND
Claybom Hanward, Chapel Hill,
Route 3, Is the second Durham
County 4-H Club boy to secure a
loan through the FSA with which
to buy a brood sow and begin the
production of purebred pigs.
be well-fertilized the first year or
two, after that fertilization may
be lighter or less frequent, as
very little fertility is removed
hv grazing.
The Polk County Agricultural
Conservation Association commit
tee has started a movement to
every farmer possible to sow at
least 100 pounds of lespedeza
seed this spring.
PEARSON BR0THT;R;-;—H^ad
quarters for Seeds of all kinds—*
Potatoes, oats, onion sets, lespe-
deza, beans, etc, I>o\vest prices.
N VAUIY MOTOR CO.
SALES FORD SERVICE
Ninth Street North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Returns From MaHcet
Lee Edward Harris, manager of
Harris Bros. Department store of
this city, returned Friday from
flew Yerk Where he purchased
much new spring merchandise for
hte store. New arrivals In reody-
to-weiu-, mllT&efy fthd shoes
‘ntrir being received byi^trribfe: >