Fmond^
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a
^4fri Qafcw:# Jurria, ot Cycle.
I itui In Tliltlnr Tbandny.
'Mr. Dean Oolegnaa.- of Cycle,
:m In tenn thoiorins Thursday.
Mr. James Masttn, of R^rin«
IRtrer, sv>ent thorsday 1^, the city.
^Mrs. John Wood ires in toirn
I Saturday.
Mrs. Zeb Leaton, ot ^Moorefr-
■y^le, la Tlaiting her mother, Mrs.
I J. L. Webster, in Wllkesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Fa'w, Jr.,
Of Hickory, ■were visitors to the
'city the past week-end.
Misses Ruby and Louise Wood,
of Roaring Rlvor, spent Thursday
, *n town.
Mr. R. C. p'ardue, of Cycle, was
In town looking after business
matters Thursday afternoon.
Mr. 6. D. Mathis and daughter,
Alma, of Roaring River Route 2,
spent Thursday In town.
Mr. G. B. Carlton, of Boomer,
is having a new barn built on his
farm.
Mf;.L. O. Caldwell and RuhllTi,
ot this city, recently vtaited Mr^
Caldwell’s parente, Mr. and Mrs.'
MatT Lane haore htoved into their
attjaetlve . new home stri|Bt.
.Tbe new home was eonstruc|^
^ the location of the former u.
Lane home. During the
strubtloh^ of the'r new'bniratfc
they.resided in Wilkeeboro.
Mr. J. B. Winiams, well known
v^>aiawejrs parenu, ear. anp jurs. , , .j
W. W. Caldweil,. near , Moores- f
Jourhal-Patrlot ,to state that all
•’ (Who wish to do so are invited"to
Miss Dot'Abernethy, of Hick-’ drive ont to his new home on
ory. is spendipg, scctt^lme hChe' the-Brushy Monntaiiis and help
in the home of Mr.' and. Mrs. Ed themselves to aii ofthe drinking
,Long. Ml^ Aiiern.ethy is a niece water they desire. The o|)lcket Is
s ww w 1 .1 •
Mr. J. O. Brewer, of the Dock
ery community, spent several
hour? in the city today.
mA L. W. Smithey, of Roaring
River, was a business visitor to
the cjty Friday.
' l^r. N. T. Jarvis, of Roaring
River Route 2. is improving again
after a decline a fe-w days ago.
of Mrs. Long^ ^
Mr. and Mrs. Harrj' Pearson
had as their guests -last week,
Mrs. Lanky High, of Wendell,
and Mrs. Dexter Chadwick, of
Westfield, Va.
•
Miss Irene Parsons has return
ed to beg home after attending
summer school In GrecnslDoro for
nine weeks at the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of North
Carolina.
My. and Mrs. Robert Brame
spent several days last week on a
trip fnrough 'Virginia, which in
cluded points at Williamsburg,
Charlottesville, and other places
of Interest.
Mr. J. H. Williams and daugh
ter, Betty, from Georgetown, S.
C., who have been visiting his
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Yates, in Wllkesboro, have re
turned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ward and
sons, Tom, Jr., and Sam, of Hick
ory, spent the week-end in the
city with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. D.
Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are Mr.
Ward's father and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Prince E. For-
A successful revival is in pro- ^ir. ana ;nrs. rviuvc ^
gress at Cranberry Baptist church j pster, of 'Washington, D. C., are
I this week, despite the bad weath- ' —
er.
[ Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul J.
I Bumgarner, August 12th, a son.
I Kenneth Paul. .Mother and son
[are getting along nicely.
-Miss Hare Bumearner returned
to this city Sunday night after a
week’s visit at the New York
World's Fair.
I Mr. Thomas Blackmon, raan-
[ager of the local Miller-Jones
Istore, visited friends in Wlnston-
ISalem several days ago.
spending two weeks with rela
tives in the Wilkesboros. Mr. For
ester is a brother to Mrs. Warner
Miller, ot 'Wjlkesboro.
Mrs. Charity Waddell, Mr
Howard Phillips and Miss Helen
lodatM' nhar thA'' high-why, and
comes from an iron mineral well.
Mrs. J. M. Bumgarner and
daughter. Miss Helen Bumgarner,
have returned from a two weeks
trip through the eastern part of
the state and Virginia. They at
tended the showing of “The Lost
Colony’’ at Manteo and vlslthd at
Elisabeth City, and in Virginia
went to Wllllamebarg, Norfolk,
Richmond, and other places of
interest.
One of the largest crowds of
people ever to assemble in Boon-
vllle attended the funeral _ and
burial services of Dr. T. W.
Shore Sunday. Among those go
ing from the Wilkesboros were
Dr. E. M. Hutchens, H. M. Hutch
ens, Judge J. A. Rousseau, Mrs.
Lula C. Hubbard, Julius C. Hub-
hard and children, Nell, Buddy
and John.
Messrs. G. E. Kinney and L. E.
Pope, of Charlotte, representa
tives of the G. E. I. C., were In
the city the latter part of the
week. They stated that any new
or used car or truck purchased
from the Gaddy Motor Co., and
irom lutj ortuujf .viwtvs vw.* . V. T 4 ^1-
covered by their insurance policy, rigation. At th:s job I took In-
would be repaired without cost flamatory rheumatism and s.pent
to owner if damaged by
■waters.
Uia Service Station Waahed
Away But He Puled Nine ■
Out Of Debris ' ■
Charlotte, Aug.- 18.—^PYoih the
storm-swept region around Deep
Gap, N. C., Odns Watson came to
Charlotte today with a Story of
how he' barely escaped tfie ^14--*;
astrons landslide which killed 12'
and injured 14 , last Ttee^y
night. , V ‘ '
Odua, operator of one of the
two filling stations on the Bpo^
to North Wilkesboro highway, 'is
accredited with having pnlled
nine of the viettma from the tons
of debris and water which literal
ly fell from the mountainside to
cover two residences and two
filling stations on the read, not
to mention the 13 homes deetroy-
ed ih the valley hWo#.7!'
Yet he couples this calamity
with many which have come his
way, and jjas already made prom
ise to hls'nelghboTS thurt he’li get
along without relief. But at that,
he 'does have a hard luck story
which reads like tales manufac
tured for pure amusement, but
real, nevertheless.
When I first started logging
on New river, my boss went
broke, so 1 went to threshing
with a new machine I bought. I
geared my tractor so high that it
blew up and I lost all I had in
It. Then I went to Montana, where
a horse threw me and I strained
my back; so I began work In Ir-
.... ,. WitW.,.-
. Frtlifk fl^
— 'i.— «lv«r (Saturday mOrtiliMf.; docord-
lice. foi^pe Jhasjb^ bni^ly fhfdi:''
ed day. Khd in haiidliB^r
probleois'di^Qy.i^tad to tbt
disaster hi^ ,^edne^ayi;
.th|^fflce&kwiijtl|£tp(>fi’9nt^.
with* an whyefy,!
, 0n Saturdky nigb^i p. Ah-
sfcyr’a .^pnd
li'War TiHxmS
Carolina today.
; A'dtr beHiittj^g Wy.'ilt Moors,
president of"Home'Gfaajir com-,
hany, vriw’stolen last night hat.
was rM'jvered before it left toWh.’
Officers were notified when the
car was driven off and^ C. C. men.
handling trafUc on. the* south end
of Fifth street, stopped the car.
The occupants ran and escaped.
An A model Ford, Which be
longed to W. E. Adams, of Stony
Point, was stolen from on Tenth
street Sunday afternoon in tbe
midst ot tbe big traffic'jam of
flood disaster sightseers. ,
Police Chief J. E. Walker also
reported a number of thefts (Irom
homes in this city. At homee en
tered money was taken but noth
ing else was disturbed. Some of
the homes included those of Cody
Moore, W. K. Sturdivant, Eugene
Dockery and Henry Landon.
Coca-Cola Being Bottled
From Pure WefJ Water
W. A. McNiel, president and
manager of the North Wilkes
boro Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
announced this afternoon that
all Coca Cola sold locally Is bot-
■ . I aamage uj ms** =-
Hayes, of North Wilkesboro, county, and especially in
.spent Sunday at the home of ^Ir. .Crumpler section where the
I home of Shube Alexander was
1 washed away, and the home of
Cleve Alexander was badly dam
aged. Shube and Cleve are broth
ers to John Alexander, of Abshers
postoffice, Wilkes county.
flood all my money in the hospital, so
went to California to get a job
in the redwood forest, but I
Mr. C. H. smitney, wno is uu- couldn’t pass the health examina-i —•• —— --
ing construction work here, spent t^„e. Then I came back to years, from pure well water secur
the week-end at his home in
Ashe county. He reports much
damage by high waters through- njto the filling station
afterwards
Mr. Lester Bowers, of North
IWilkeslwro Route 3. was in town j eral
Thursday attending to business !
[matters. I,,'’*''*'
I . I Henry
J Mr. Millard Mathis, of Antioch
*fowhshtp," ■wait'^n^ong those here
looking after business matters to-
,r
I Miss Marie Yates has returned
^ to Greensboro to resume her
i studies at King’.s Business Col
lege.
and Mrs. William Knight,
North Wilkesboro, Route 1.
Mr. J. H. Williams and daugh
ter, Betty, who have been visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. C. G.
Yates, in Wilkesboro, have re
turned to their home in George
town, S. C., after spendin,? sev-
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Blackburn
and two children, Sharon and
.luanita, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Truitt, of Greensboro, visited rel-
Mr. D. C. i=!ehastian. of thejatives and friends in the Roaring
Hays section of the county, was j River community the past week-
Walter Spivey and son,
have returned to their
home at Rich Square, N. C., after
a visit with Mrs.'Spivey’s father,'
Mr. F. G. Holman. Mf. Spivey
came here the past week-end to
accompany them home.
business, but soon
took pneumonia fever.
“One day, a man came in and
tried to swap me a gun, and it
went oft and shot me in the leg,
which laid me up tor two months.
To cap it all, Tuesday’s slide took
my filling station and farm crop.
But I ain’t going on relief. I'll go
back to farming, filling station,
or cow trading. The Lord knows,
I’d rather have heeen washed a-
way than be on the relief.’’
I company’s Tenth Street plant.
Mr. McNiel made this state- .
ment in order that the public parlier, of Kings Creek,
might know that there is no dan
ger in drinking Coca-Cola since
BBi 111 uiiun.,..6 The cotton acreage in cultiva
the purest water obtainable is ns- tion in the United States as of
ed in bottling the popular drink. July j
fli^ita'lafomatton.wcMTW'frjiMB' WUtaa «wut
'Coronor I. M. Myers, vrlitt
aeoth. >
Myers said that %e w«S
iiaitiraied that Pieree ItH* Alone
Ad4 that'early Saturday he hod
word by a oeisMbor to his
tjrother that-he wanted to see
him. 'When bis brother arrived at
!«»«" home the doors were locked
and ‘he broke In, finding the body
on the floor and a shotgun neor-
djy.' The load from the gun hod
penetrated hla body Just below
the heart.
'Sur'vivors are two brothers and
two sisters: J. B. Pierce, Mrs. D.
J. Faw and R. M. Pierce, of Red-
dlee River, and Mrs. J. A. Rob
erts, of Elkin.
Funeral service was held at
Reddies River church Sunday,
two p. m.
the igoa ohaalier' 0*1 OetolMr
for erliaistal ossontt io« Lura ^
Tia middle aged eelered. wo^mb-'-
who U'we oeer WiUiaebora.
Accordtog to tbe etvldea^ the
assault took place on Aagdig M ’
thb year. The trial began
day momlog and the Jory
ed tbe first degree verdict
short deliberation.
R. James Ritchie
Claimed By Death
Ruhlin James Ritchie. 30, of
La'Vale. Maryland, died Auguet 7,
at his home. Surviving are his
wife. Mrs. Grace German Ritchie,
and his father, John W. Ritchie.
He was superintendent of Park
Place Methodist church Sunday
school and was treasurer of the
La'Vale Fire company. He was as
sociated with his father in the
contracting business.
He was buried near Macksviile,
West Virginia, in the Ritchie
cemetery.
Relatives attending the funeral
from North Carolina were Irving
t^erman, Mr. and Mrs. Fin Ger
man, Mr. and -Mrs. Knox Bollew,
of Lenoir, and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
totaled 25,077,000, ac
cording to the preliminary esti- rate from
itr For CMtaiiaii iMi
saidt Ant.' 6
i^tne Vaaaof, jpoiloirM m*>
dent' of sear Wlttsobbro, wm mmr
fenced ‘iTrlday "Dif /ladga- Jittm
ComnuMiem To Hear
Franchue Requests
Tuesday, August 27, has baoa
set as the date for the heailag fep
the state utilities commlssiioB al
Raleigh of requests from seran
freight carriers for franchises la
the Northwestern section of tfca
state. The requests are:
U. and S. Motor express to op
erate from North Wllkeaboro la
Elkin, via Roaring River aol
Ronda.
North Wilkesboro and High
Point Motor express to operala
from North Wilkeeboro to
Polni, via Roaring River, Rondo.
Elkin, Boonville and Winstoo-
Salem.
Textile Truckers to operala
from Mt. Airy to Elkin to Statco-
ville to Charlotte.
Yount Transfer to operate from
North Wilkeeboro to Elkin ta
Winston-Salem to High Point.
Hall Hudgins Truck line to op
erate from North Wilkesboro ir
High Point, via Elkin and Wia-
ston-Salem.
S. and E. Transfer conipaDj Ic
operate from Elkin to North
Wilkesbco, via Ronda and Roar
ing River.
North Wilkesboro and Gahxs:
Motor express to operate from
North Wilkesboro to Sparta tc
Virginia state line.... and to opt^
North Wllke^iboro Id
among those in the city Saturday
looUk-' after busines.s matters
locM-'
iKt‘
re vis:
Ir^ M
feters Dicky and Roger Sloop
I are visiting with their mother.
I Mr^ Mary Sloop, in tVashington.
T
end.
Little Nell Owyn Brame was in
I Elkin last week for several days
[with Mr. and -Mrs. Eugene Spain-
I hour.
Mr, E. F. Holman and two
sons, Edwin and Penn., returned
Sunday to their home in .Atlanta,
where Mr. Holman holds a re
sponsible position with the As
sociated Press. While here they
visited Mr. Holman’s father, Mr.
E. C. Holman.
I Week-end guests in the home
Mrs. T. A. Mobley has returned
[to the city after a brief visit with
Irelati.'e.s and friends in States-
I vilie.
Mr. \V. A. Porter, of Wilkes-
I boro, route 1. spent Tuesday and
1 V.'ednesday night with Mr. and
[Mrs. S. D. Mathis on Roaring
I River Route 2.
.Mr. E. B. Walker, well known
I resident of North Wilkescoro
Route 3, ■was among those here
' for several hours today looking
[ after various business matters.
were Mrs. L, .M. Knight, of Win
ston-Salem, Mrs. Charity Wad
dell, and daughter, Helen, Mr.
Howard Phillips, Mrs. Ira Shu
mate and daughter. Lorenc, all
of North Wilkesboro.
For Sale
Genuine Frigidaire Elec
tric Refrigerator.
Rebuilt. Porcelain Inside and
Out. Size 5.8 Cubic Feet.—
Priced for Quick Sale.
ILXES ARMATURE
COMPANY
’Phone 166
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Forester
and son. Gordon, have returned
•o their home in Wilkesboro aft
er a visit to Ne'R’ York City where
they attended the World's Fair,
also a visit with relatives at Pen
Argyle, Pa. Before returning
home Mr. Forester attended a
i'rfi-lviLator meeting at Virginia
' Beach for a week.
I Mrs. Cletus Powell and little
daughter, Bettie J o, Warner
1 Benton, B. D. Yates, of Purlear,
jand Marie Yates, of Greensboro,
j returned Thursday from Pennsyl-
I vania. where they have been vis
iting relatives and friends. While
j there they visited noints of in-
I terest in Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Virginia. They were ac-
|companied home by Mrs. Taft
I Benton and children, of New
' Chester, Pa.
BAXTER JLII^NEY
KILLS *HIMS£LF
Proper Use Of
Wood In Basements
Basements of homes built today
are not what they used to be
when they were used mostly as a
place for the heating -plant and
the storing of the winter’s supply
of fuel and vegetables and many _ ,
odds and ends. The modern base- J^ttorncy FireS Shoteun Load i
ment often contains a recreation Heart At Relative’s \
. . ir_i-z. r.i'wwxr Vlilf W_L_ T—. I
room and is light and airy, hut
still must contain essential sup
ports for the building above it.
Wood has given good service
in the past in such parts, and
will continue to do so if con
struction faults are avoided and
provision made to keep the wood
dry, thus preventing decay, says
the U. S. Forest Products Labora
tory, Madison, Wisconsin. Allow
ing a wood post to rest directly
on a concrete basement floor in
vites decay and embedding the
po.st in the concrete is still worse.
A concrete base block resting on
a cement footing and extending
above the basement floor level
Ho'me In Boone
Boone, Aug. 17.—Baxter M. j
Linney, 36, prominent attorney ,
of Boone and Lenoir, killed him- ^
self tonight about 7 o’clock at^
the home here of his mother-in-;
law, Mrs. E. S. Coffey, firing a
shotgun load into his heart.
He had returned from a hos
pital today and worry over ill
health was given as the cause of
the suicide. Coroner R. E. Kelley
said that an inquest was not nec
essary.
Mr. Linney attended App-alach-
ian college and Duke university.
aoove uie un.-.ri.i.i.. .He was admitted to the bar in
provides necessary drainage and j 1929, becoming a member of the
a suKstanlial bearing surface for I firm of Bingham, Linney & Bing-
wood posts.
Embedding the ends of the
heavy liinihers to which the house
floor is attached in wiasonry or
concrefe walls is bad practice un-
less the point of contact is well
ham at Boone. In 1931, he moved
to Lenoir where he had been
pjracticing law.
He was president of the Young
Republican Club when It was first
less me poiiii oi cuin-ain .a organized. He is survived by his
above the outside ground so that l-widow, Mrs. Nell Coffey Linney;
the concrete does not become
damp and transmit moisture to
the ■ft’ood.
Good design for basement win
dows provides protec'.ion against
damp joints and co'^ners in the
framing memaers. It also avoids
the accumulation of leaves and
dirt which may gather dampness
adjacent to the wood sill. Even
so, .most basement windows re
quire all-heart stock of decay-
resistant wood or wood treated
with a preservative.
No outward pitch to the win
dow sill and two single frames
side by side instead ot a double
one may result in moisture-hold
ing pockets and air leakages that
good construction avoids. Joints
bet'v.'een frames should be pro
tected with a covering strip,
his mother, Mrs. F. A. Linney;
two sisters, Mrs. Paul A. Coffey
ot Boone, Mrs. P. O. Brewer of
Chapel Hill; a brother, Kenneth
of Boone. Funeral arrangements j
were incomplete toni^t.
Home Burns
The former Hunt Eudally
place, located east of this city
near the Yadkin and occupied by
Bob Pardue and family, was de
stroyed by tire Thursday. Frank
Pardue, a member of the family,
was reported today to have pneu
monia as a result of exposure.
FOB RENT—Five-room House
—inside just refinished—with
garage in 'Wilkesboro. Apply to
J. E. Spainhour. 8-22-21
25c Jergen’.s
.11! Pun>ose
CREAM
HORTON’S
25c LLsterine
Tooth Paste
. 13c
Cut-Rate Drug Store
17c
Extra Special V.Unes During the Emergency to Make Shopping Easier^iSavIngs Greater, t^reck
* rwn. A* KT.j\Mtt-y\n*a %fa\liaav*»WA17iniF
5c (Woodbury’s) Jergen’s
Soap, 10 for —
29c
10c Paper Napkins
Horton’s price
7c
600 Cleansing Tissues
for only..,-
16c
One-Gallon Thermos Jugs
priced only
97 c
26c
Phillips Magnesia
TOOTH PASTE
14c
Ladies’ $2.00 Rain
Capei
97c
Hinds’ 11.00 Almond Cream AQf%
Horton’s price ^—
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of
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ARDEN
Preparations
Flill Pint
>nNER-4L on.
17c
30c Jergen’s Lotion
a value at
29c
lOc Flostex Toilet Paper
Three rolls for —
13c
6c P & G Soap—
7c
lOc Life Buoy Soap—
Two for
11c
5c
High Grade
lOc Lux Soap—
Two for
Full Pint M
Magnesia
k
EPSOM SALTS—
Full pound
5c
50c PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA,
31c
lOc Powder Puffs
Horton’s price
3c
lOc Wax Paper
Priced only
4c
lOc Metal Pot
2c
lOc Wash Cloths.
Special at
3c
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.It the first sign of illness, call
your doctor. For prompt ser
vice on highest quality pre
scription work call us. We fill
them EXACTLY right- At
Horton’s Money-Saving Prlcjs.
$1.00 Cardui,
Real Value at
69c
50c Carbon Di-Sul-
phide, full pound
(Or 3 for Sl OO)
35c
$1..'. 5 Peruna—
Save now at....
87c
60c Pablum
Another special
43c
100 ASPIRIN TABLETS—
For - T
12c
BIG 5c COMPOSmON BOOKS,
Two for — —
$1.25 COD LIVER OIL TABLETS—
They’ll Safeguard Your Health-
89c
6c^
$1.50 BREWER YBAST-
Full two pounds-
10c RUBBING ALCOHOL,
Special at ;;— -
Oc PEPSODBNT ANTiSBPTIU—
12 for
AMAGEO USED GARS
'•Vn
1936,1937,1938,1939'IMODEIS
We were caught with a number of late cars of various makes from 1936 to
1939 models, whidi were damaged by water during the fl^ ^t i^k-
We have decided to take our loss, clean up every car in stock, and start aU
over again. We are open for an offer on anything we havei and rf you are
at all fair-minded we can trade. We a*so have a quantity of parto and ac
cessories that MUST be disposed oL Better come TODAY and take a look,
before the car you want is sold to someone else. Buy these
them up yourself—you E save plenty of money by domg so. We’D stiU
make trades, and offer terms if desired.
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