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USonUaofld troiQj^e
MHMd Irat Tuportai
10^ Out Stiiny StNrik community
t®d«Sr^^ tTMl^ . ^ J-i
ZmOrita, who l|Te4 hlono
9»fit Ihit-iJa
1U« am) iioioe wfw
91a ^9^ iroa fo^i^ hy vL V/t'
I aw^i down
'u« •. ivc!-' .;■’
the
laBMr the dlmter, hue-
ami here today were re-
to' make hoUmatea' of’)a-
dai^eal due to the fact
I haa been no opfMrtan-
encept, mltmin-
dbjrSehe^iOp of maas Ipaangi
V ^ Tie water rose with amaalnK
vmpMltr Taeeday ulcht and'many
jaaldenta had to be warned*out
at thtolr ale^ to flee tor their
Vree. Fenr of the flood refugees
ware atite to sere anything from
Che huUdince!'
All the residences along Wll-
kahhoro Arenne by the falr-
Sronnds were destroyed, also ser-
aral on Cherry street. An entire
row of residences facing Home
Chair company were destroyed by
fire in the midst ef the flood.
The attractiTe home of J. D.
Schafer near the tannery plant
washed down the river.
■^th their homes flooded Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Johnson, Mr. end
Ifn. J. D. Schafer and Mr. and
Hys. J. N. Shockey took refuge
In the tannery power plant build
ing Tuesday night and watched
flood waters rise higher and
higher each hour. They were res-
cdod by boat Wednesday morning
about the time fire began to
rage in the tannery’s main plant.
One unusual sight Wednesday
morning was a hog which had
4^1mbed to safety on a roof near
,the deool.
i Power lines leading into this
city went out early Wednesday
hut by earnest effort on
the part of Duke Power company
officials and employes, service
was restored here on Wednesday
sight, 9:57. The trouble arose
frewn a pole going out west of
Winston-Salem and flooding of
transformers at Loowut dam.
North Wllkeeboro'j water plant
was flooded. Including the gene
rators and electric motors. City
^ficials and employes are work
ing continuously to put the plant
In operation but it was indicated
today that two or more days of
labor will he necessary and that
equipment must be purchased.
Wllkesboro had water last night
from its newly constructed system
of piping springs from the Brush-
1m.
nifk'La.ia horo holA aa
iSy.' Hbwevei
the warning has been given by
the health department to boil
AT.T. drinking water for the
first few days, due to danger of
pollution of water by flood wat
ers and condition of water mains.
Long distance telephone lines
were down because of the flood
and one circuit was placed in
operation late Wednesday. Tele
phone lines leading out of North
Wllkesboro were pat out of com
mission for an indefinite time.
The refugee and flood relief
problems have been handled very
effectively here by the Red Cross,
police department and a contin
gent of 35 men from the Laurel
Springs C. C. Camp under com
mand of Captain William Baker.
As soon as news of the disaster
'here reached W;nston-5alem
Wednesday the Winston-Salem
phavter of the Red Cross imme
diately contacted national Red
Cross headquarters and assuranc
es were given the Red Cross
would aid in providing relief for
flood streiken here.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey in
Baleigh also gave assurance that
the state would aid and that he
personally might visit the .scenes
of disaster to direct relief activi
ties.
Mrs. Winifred Black, of
Winston-Salem chapter of
Red Cross arrived here at five p.
m. W^nesday to assist in relief
and Charles Mix, field represen
tative of the Red Cross, also ar
rived on the scene Wednesday.
Refugee housing has been
handled here principally by rela^
tlves of the homeless but tempor
ary quarters were
any who were unable to find
homes in which they could stay
temporarily. The Red Cross relief
etation, which has been operating
at the city hall, has been Issuing
meal tickets’ to refugees,
ances were given that
Cross would render aid to the
atricken and many local people
have been assisting admirably in
the efforts.
The flood played havoc
highways and bridges In north
western North Carolina (See
story elsewhere In this newapap-
er). -
one horse and a number
cows in Tomlinson’s stables near
the railroad were drowned.
Much damage was done to City
Rlackamlth Shop,
caiviBg station
9psUer,
■altm
»tody, Which shpwpdv!^.
aeop!i,.«f t^T.eUng pTer. rocks hi«{
fipod defti^ for; a dist
ance ,ot a^ut one nUle to the
nearest point where it eo^ b»
prougfat into this city btr, track.
Ralph Wooten, who to eaoploy-
ed here, today toid>;rCf being
stranded in the Stony Fork sec
tion Tuesday night. He said that
Andy Greene was drowned in
Stony Fork Creek and bis wife
was found in a dying condition in
a drift. Their three children were
reiported miwfng yestorday.
It was alst> reported to Mr.
Wooten yesterday that at least
ten persons were missing on
Stony Fork and that at least some
of them were probably drowned.
The torrents lashed with full fury
along Stony Fork and Elk creeks.
Mr. Wooten returned to North
Wllkesboro by walking to high
way 421 at the Wilkes-Watauga
county line and down highway
421 along Lewis Fork to the
home of Dr. W. R. Triplett, from
which point he came by automo
bile.
According to reports given him,
at least 20 homes on Stony Fork
were wiped out and several on
Elk Creek. Along highway 431
in the Mapls Springs and Lewis
Fork community le said he saw
where homes had been destroyed
and much damage had been done
by the flooded stream to the
highway, washing out a num'ber
of places.
Three stores and a number of
homes at Ferguson and vicinity
were destroyed. The Ferguson
stores swept away were Matt
Minton's, Charlie McNiel’s and
Fairchilds'. Charlie Minton’s
store, truck and automobile on
Elk were washed away and homes
of Ab Marley, Jim Hall and oth
ers were destroyed.
The 12-room home of Lewis
Triplett on Stony Fork Creek
floated down the swollen stream.
Every bridge in that part of the
county was either ^washed away
o.r damaged to such an extent that
travel was Imposaible. , ‘
Homes were also repoMisA
stroyed along ReddiM lU*«r.
Roaring River, IMbcrry itod
other streams.. The flood MI of
homes may exceed 160 In Wilkes
county.
Trg)og kinrg .kBUt. unable to
boro since
nd'-whito a
■toiregyntfli'^been Impos
sible, ft is known that the track
and equipment have been very
badly damaged at many points
between this city and Winston-
Salem, probably exceeding the
damage in the 19IG flood. At
present it is impossible to esti
mate the railroad damage with
any degree of accuracy or predict
time of resumption of train serv
ice.
Water flooded the state high
way machine shop on the south
■ side of the Yadkin and caused
much damag: to equipment. The
prison camps were flooded for a
brief time, necessitating removal
of prisoners in the interest of
their safety but the waters did
not reach any great deiUh in the
camp.
Claude Pearson’s wholesale
store. Carl A. Lowe and Sons,
Wilkes Auto Sales company and
tv
m
The aa
As the flood waters of the Yadkin here Wednesday
afternoon receded, the Home Chair company plant
continued to bum to the ground. This scene taken from
Find Source Of
Mountain Noise
Lake Lure, N. C.—
is there any imystery alaat 'WlMrc
the noises come troBi laatdc
Rumbling Bald MOBB^Ua. '
Members of t!» Nattonal Spel
eological ioetety eaiB« here from
WashlB«tM Ud explored the fis-
aam that kMeycomb the huge
PMk feet afclove Lake Lure.
n«y tftscovered that boulders
aratsklng thousands of toms break
tooee from
Weeks Advises On
Curing Tobacco
The following information, fnr-
alshed by L. T. Weeks, Exten-
aton Tobacco Speclalt.st, will le
p? interest to the tobacco farm
ers who are having difficulty in
getting their tobacco to yellow
before the leaf begins to dry.
“Reports have been made that
flue-cured tobacco producers are
having difficulty in getting their
tobacco to yellow before the leaf
begins to dry. This can be over
come to some extent by putting
the
the
Assur-
the Red
of
Coble milk re-
North Wllkeeboro
the aurplus commodities
room ami other estahllsh-
on Oherry rtreet.
i V knr death toll along the
■ ,Jfc^i^.,waa #oa*M«ed remark-
the tops of snhter-I moifltufe the barn wh. le yel-
crevioes and thunder lowing the tobacco. Tltere are n
Tanean
down to the bottom of a cave, -muinber of ways to add the nec-
The society is a grouip of araa- ossary moisture during the yel-
teur cave exp-lorers and mappers. I lowing period of curing tobacco.
^ I (1) One of the most coonmon
ways is to stretch wdro just a-
atrip-uropping Aids
In highting Lrosion sacks on this wire. A tub of wat-
I er Just outside the I'arn w.ll make
Strip-oropning. virtually un- it easy to change the sacks when
known in North Carolina until
within the past decade, ha? now-
become a common sight in areas
subject to soil erosion, according
to W. D. Lee, soil ton.servationist
of the State College Extension
Service.
He explained that the Soil Con
servation Service has developed
the ones on the wire becomes dry.
If the sacks are kept thorough’-
wet. the necessary moisture will
be evaporated In the barn to ye!
low the tobacco before the leaf
begins-to dry which will elimi
nate undesirable colors to some
extent.
(2) If ttie above process doe
two types of strip cropping, one, not r revent the tobacco from dry
known as annual and the other as
perennial. Each of these types
plays a definite rol in a sound
conservation program.
In this section, kudzu and les-
pedeza sericea generally are
grown in perennial strips. Hay
produced in the.se strips enables
farmers to turn under for soil im
provement a larger proportion at
the vegetation grown in annua'
strips instead of harvesting these
number of other firms on For-'Annual crops for hay.
a
ester Avenue, suffered heavy
losses in the flood. .\ ccwiiiplete
estimate of damages was ,prac-
t.cally impossible today.
The Greyhound bus terminal
here this afternoon announced
that (bus service to Winston-Sal-
Slatesville and Charlotte, Le-
em.
uolr and Sparta has been resum
ed and that it will Ke resumed
on other routes as soon as road
conditions permit.
Questions
Answered B>
State College
Question: What is. the most
monomical and satisfactory ra
tion for swine?
Answer: There is no one best
ration for it is possibtor;||gf
erea.se the net returns 1|||t
:ng carefully each seasoAJlM
licular combination of q^|j||;.
wiil make a well balanced,- effi
cient ration at the rrinlmum
cost. A more or less standard ra
tion that produces *x>d results
consists of corn, tariage or fish
meal, and a mineral mixture. This
ration can often bt made more
economical b y sub^ltuting a
cheaper source of prstein supple
ment for part of the tankage.
Barley or wheat, when cheap
enough, can alw, replace corn
and 10 per cenPpf finely ground,
bright green' leafy le|tume hay
added to th6 protein suppleunent
will Improve the ration if there
is a Vitaifili!. “A*^ deficiency.
Lee pointed out that the turn
ing under of these crops makes
It possible to produce clean-tilled
crops more economically and on
less land. This in turn permits
the growing of perennial strips on
steeper portions of the land.
Another reason for growing
both annual and perennial strips
is that sometimes heavy rains oc
cur when the vegetation in the
annual strips is not large enough
to provide ample protection for
the land. This makes perennial
strips necessary as a second line
of defense.
Lee pointed out that perennial
strips and annhal strips are im-
ing before tbe desired color is ob
tained, a barrel of water should
be sprinkled on the floor of the
barn.’’
CHICKS
More,thanl 782,000,000 baby
chicks are produced annually by
the cemaerciaJ batcheriee ope-
uting in the United SU.tM, re
ports the U. S. Department of
Hive,
portant a.u' desiya'
Sees 2,500,0p0
In Defense Jobs
Washington—A prediction that
the defense program vVould cause
within a year the empiloyment of
2.500.000 persons no^v out of
work came today from', the Amer
ican dcgderation of Laljior.
The Federal Reserve Board
said that the ranks offjthe unem
ployed had been redujeed about
500.000 in the last y(.nr. About
1,000,000 Jobless persons found
work, it reported, but |i new cro®
of youth arriving at
Itartially offset the
ment.
The board said;
“The number of pei
work is still large.’’
- Ad*, ftt atteatioD—«Bd'
MUST BE HEAD
.Alford—I think that new girl
in the office has a soft spot in
her heart for me. Say.s she’s al
ways thimking of me.
Baitsky—Why, man. a girl
does not think with her heart.
The soft spot must be in her
head.
-en'AUibetoiiiMti’
kefboiy>,*!Itoyidrai'flto
'to m'tiMmiimt toiaed.
enoba by J. B. tai]XM,
tmrm aemt. Date for
. ,(lM|:9cale wfll be.-
later, Mpee ititBA Po«b*
pnaeiiMBt was dae to the dtode*J!t^
trons flood which strnck. this
cewtgr early jeatarday mon^
to*.
ADMOnSTgACOE’S NOTICB
K.
Petty, de«e«aad''d|rWilIcee _
No^ 'Oj^roUna, b ta. aetijy
all-persons baf^ otidnis aEBiiist
the estate of id
failrit tbem te'tbd
North Wilkesbcro,
on or before the 18th day of .
1941, or flue Notice will be plead
ed in bar «f their recovery.
persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pdf>
ment
This tbe 18tb day of July, 1940.
WADE HOUCK, *
Admr. of Sadie Martin Petty,
deceased 6-224IH
a plane shows some of the desolation of the disaster.
(Winston-Salem Journal photo).
Can’t Win, Men, Bv
Getting Married
To Avoid Draft
Washington.— Young men who
rush out to -become a husband be
fore Uncle Sam can draft them
for military duty, have no assur
ance that they won’t be called for Jaw.
a year’s active training under
terras of the Burke-Wadsworth
;o:iscr.’pticn bill now before the
3er?te.
The measure contains no rye-
'-ific exemption for married men.
T'hey will be required to register
for service, juct as t ny other male
citizen from twenty-one through
thirty years of age, if it becomes
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND '
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain Deed of
Trust executed to us on the 3rd
day of August, 1939, by C. M.
Petty and wife, Mae Petty and de
fault having been made in the
payment of said Deed of Trust
and Note and demand having been
made for payment of said Deed of
Trust and Note and payment re-
We' will therefore on the 30th
day of August, 1940, at 12 o’clock,
noon, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash at public auction
at the courthouse door in Wilkes-
boro. North Carolina, the follow
ing described lands, to-wit:
Said lands being Iwated in Ed
wards Township, Wilkes County,
North Carolina and bounded as
follows:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on
a red oak, Martin’s northeast cor
ner running West with bis line 18
poles: thence North 52 poles to a
red oak;l thence East 18 poles to
Henderson Dowell’s corner a
Spanish oak near the Stoneoak
road; thence a South course,with
his line 68 pqles to the beginning,
containing 6% acres and being the
lands deeded to me by David
"niarpe.
SECOND TRACT: Adjoining
first tract, beginning on a Span
ish oak on ,West side of Stoneoak
road my corner running South
poles to a small black oak the Col-
vard oW corner; thence East 83.
poles to a small sowrwood on West'
side of ridge road; thence North
84 poles to a small white oak in
A SENSATION!
beautiful; INDIRECT
FLOOR
LAMPS
(Sale Starts Friday)
Limited Quantity!
These are beautiful in design, and have five light
sockets, giving a pleasing variety of light. White
glass reflector shade gives indirect lighting, with
large parchment shade over a cluster of three extra
lights at top of ivory color stand, gold trimmed. Ex
tra light at bottom of stand when neede-J, making
rive in all. Several intensities of light, for any de
sired use. One of our biggest values (in recent
months!
Special, Each.
ANOTHER GREAT VALUE!
To Go On Sale Friday
Large Size Earthen Ware
ijfA ^
Picked out, all one kind, these
Tea Pots cost more than in mix
ed lots. Values up to 48c each,
but "Bought in a quantity that
enables us to offer them at,
EACH
These are the .same Tea Pots as offered in our recent sale of smsorted pieces,
which sold so rapidly. We were unable to supply the demand for this p|tr>
ticular item in the mixed assortment of smalla* pieflhs, hot have succeeded
in obtaining a limited quantity of these Tea Pots to go on side Friday at
this low price ..15c each. Hurry in for yours!
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