Haiters Start
Too Maay Fires
Wananish. ? "The several
thousand hunters who will take
to the field Saturday on the open
ing day of the 1949 hunting
season will create a tremendous
hasard to the forests of North
Carolina unless each one exercis
es extreme care to prevent for
est fires."
This was the urgent message
Issued today by Rep. J. V. Whit
field of Pender county, general
chairman of the North Carolina
Forestry Association's "Keep
North Carolina Green" commit
tee.
"Because sportsmen realise the
disastrous effect forest fires have
on wildlife the majority are ex
tremely cautious, however the
minority were, according to rec
ords of the N. C. Forest service,
responsible for 157 fires in North
Carolina last year which burned
10,000 acres and caused damages
amounting to thousands of dol
lars."
"This was a needless waste of
North Carolina's forest resourc
e?, and a reoccurence can b?
avoided this year it each hunter
will pledge to help "Keep North
. Carolina Green," Whitfield said.
1 The Keep North Carolina
Green Committee is a citizen*
organisation formed by the North
Carolina Forestry Association,
with a group in each county
working in cooperation with the
N. C. Division of Forestry to pre
vent forest fires through an edu
cational program.
2863 New Churches
Formed By Baptists
Nashville, Tenn.?A total of
2863 Southern Baptist churches
have been organized since 1940,
according to Porter Routh, sec
retary of the Department of Sur
vey. Statistics, and Information
of the Baptist Sunday School
Board. Of these, 933 are located
in the city, 295 in the towns,
462 in villages, and 1173 in the
open country.
In the city, nearly two-thirds
of the 933 new churches have
fewer than 200 members, but
several have more than 1000
members. On the total 933, all
have Sunday school organiza
tions, 78.3 per cent have Train
ing Unions, 78.2 per cent have
W.M.U. work, and 52.6 per cent
have Brotherhoods.
In the towns (501-2500 popu
lation), 72.5 per cent of new
churches have Training Unions,
63.1 per cent have W.M.U. work,
and 20 per cent have Brother
hoods.
In the villages (populated
centers with fewer than 500
population), 49. 6 per cent of
the new churches have Training
Unions, 42.9 pel* cent have W.
M. U. organizations, and only
9.9 per cent have Brotherhoods.
Only 6.5 per cent of the open
country churches organized since
1940 have Brotherhood organi
zations; 25.7 per cent have W.
M. U. work, and 37.7 per cent
have Training Unions. Of the
young open country churches,
507 have full-time services, 425
half-time, 229 quarter-time, and
20 have services three times a
month.
MASONIC NOTICE
Stated Communication North
Wilkesboro Lodge No. 407 A. F.
and A, M. Friday, October 14,
at 7:30 p. m. Work in third de
gree. All members requested to
be present. Visitors welcome.
TAM L. SHUMAKER, Master,
TROY L. PERRY, Secretary.
Support the Y. M. C. A
AUTO
Purchase Loans
Figure with us be
fore you buy your
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'nsurance Service
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North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Thursday and Friday, October 13-14?
"DEEP VALLEY"
Starring Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Mor
ris, Fay Bainter, Henry Hull.
Also Selected Short Subjects
Saturday, October 15th?
Steven Geray in
> "SO DARK THE NIGHT"
Also Selected Short Subjects
Sunday, October 16th?
"FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT"
With Joel McCrea - Loraine Day
Also Selected Short Subjects
Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18?
"CORVETTE K-225"
With Randolph Scott
James Brown - Barry Fitzgeral
News and Cartoon
SHOWS: Start 7:00 P. M. and 9:00 P. M.
_ mokr about ?
Highways
STARTS ON TAGE 1
Raleigh, October 10.?A $1,
900,000 expenditure on stabiliza
tion and some 501.9 miles of
hard-surfacing constitute the
opening phase of the Eighth
Highway Division's bond road
program, Highway Commissioner
Mark Goforth of Lenoir announc
ed today.
The Commissioner warned that
emphasis during the next six
months will be strictly on stabi
lization with paving following
next Spring. A large-scale stock
piling of crushed stone is already
underway in the Division's 10
Northwest Carolina counties.
"Our first objective is to keep'
up all school bus routes and oth- |
er heavily traveled rural roads;
open this winter,'' Mr. Goforth
said. "Npxt we want to make sure '
that all roads eligible for paving
under the bond program get!
proper consideration! before fin
al selections are made. We do
not expect to make final decisions ,
too far in advance since condi
tions in our division are constant -
ly changing. A typical example
is the recent announcement of
the removal of one of the Chat
h a m Manufacturing Company
plants from Virginia to North
Carolina. This may very well af
fect our road situation in the
Surry County region."
The Commissioner announced
the following allotments, of mon
sy for stabilization and mileage
)f projects in his 10 counties:
Alleghany ? $150,000, 17.1
miles; Ashe ? $200,000, 14.0
miles; Caldwell?$225,000, 22.7
nile8; Davie ? $125,000, 32.4
miles; Forsyth?$200,000, 91.6]
miles; Stokes?'$200,000, 52.8 '
miles; Surry ? $250,000, 80.2
miles; Watauga?$150,000, 20.8 !
miles; Wilkes?$250,000, 107 5
miles; and Yadkin, $160,000,
?$.8 miles.
The break-down of bond mon
ey in each county will vary con
siderably, the Commissioner said.
In non-mountainous Forsyth
County about 80 per cent of the
county's share of the first allot
ment will be spent on stabiliza
tion and 70 per cent on paying.
At* the other extreme mountain
ous Alleghany county will get as
much as 86 per cent of her roadi
stabilized and only about 15 per
cent hard-surfaced.
"Some of our mountainous
districts prefer crushed stone
roads over hard-surfacing since
they provide better traction for
vehicles under bad weather con
ditions on the steep grades and
curves of the mountain country,"
Mr. Goforth said.
Selection of the first paving
projects and plans for the stabi
lization program were made by
Commissioner Goforth and Divis
ion Engineer John C. Walker
after numerous public meetings
in each county and after detailed
surveys of all eligible roads in
the division. They considered
such factors as traffic, popula
tion along the roads, school bus
and mail routes and roads which
have a relationship to the entire
county road system.
The program announced makes
up roughly one-fourth of the
Eighth Division's portion of the
$200,000,000 road bond pro
gram.
The stabilization and hard
surfacing summary for the divis
ion follows:
Construction Stabilisation
County Mileage Amount
Alleghany a 17.1 $160,000
Ashe , 14.0 200,000
Caldwell 22.7 225,000
Davie 82.4 125,000
Forsyth 81.6
Stokes ?J... 52.8
Surry 80.2
Watauga 20.8
Wilkes 107.5
Yadkin . 62.8 150, <
TOTALS 501.8 11,800,?
WEEK-END
SPECIAL
CHILDREN'S FLANNEL PAJAMAS
2 Prs. $1.00
This is last year's stock and sold at $1.00
pair. We have a limited time to get this
carried over stock out of our store.
CREST STORES
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
HE'S EARNING
HtAN
?"HOUR
Earning only 4c aa hour while ocber vital
fan* jobs wait! Job# that would pay him far
:! For pumping, carrying or hauling
is especially aaprofitable mom that
labor is scarce sod costly Let a Fairhanlrs
Horse Water System do these time-tteaHng,
lour pay jobs far you?at only a few i
a day!
UtADYr TO-M.UO-Hi
yea ready to use. No wirfag?ao extra
to boy. Jsat pis* iato a light socket?
yoor fines?and yon're all set?for ysart to
Time aeed ao longer be wasted yawping
water by band. And fa addition, dte ewatr of a
Fairbanks-Morse Water System has die comfort,
sanitation, sad oo wnisnce of i
fa Us home.
rout
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LOWE'S
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'C' Street ? Opposit Postoffice ? Phone 389
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
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