Thursday, March 9, 1939
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Dan E. Barbour spent Thurs
day and Friday of last week in
Charlotte, attending to business
matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cothren
spent the week-end in Danville,
Va., the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jo* Savage.
Mrs. D. G. Smith returned
Sunday from a visit to her
mother, Mrs. J. E. Jettys. in
York, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Coke Marion
and little son, Newton Coke, vis
liefi Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Marion
in Siloam Sunday.
Mrs. Melvin Sullivan, of North
Wilkesboro, is spending this week
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Evans.
Mrs. W. B. Lankford is spend
ing several weeks in Detroit,
Mich., with her mother, Mrs.
Mae Miller, who is ill.
Miss Dorothy Colhard left
Tuesday for High Point, where
she will spend several days with
Miss Mary Alma Teague.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rash, of
Lenoir, were the Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Brown, at
their home on Church street.
D. C. Detter, of Greensboro,
was the overnight guest Monday
of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Walker, at
their home on Church street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves
spent the week-end in Crumpler,
West Jefferson and Mouth of
Wilson, Va., the guests of rela
tives.
A. L. Brown and Ted Brown
left Monday for Charlottsville,
Va., where they will spend sev
eral days attending to business
matters. )
Mrs. Wilson L. Stratton, of
Charlotte, is spending this
here with her mother, Mrs. R. L.
Kirkman, at her home on West
Main street.
Mrs. Bernard Hall returned
Saturday from Dothan, Ala.,
where she has been for a month
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Smith Hall.
Mrs. R. M. Hudgins and little
daughter, Julie, of Mount Airy,
were the guests Thursday of Mrs.
James Booher, at her home on
Gwyn avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James had
as their week-end guests at their
home on West Main street, Mrs.
James' sister, Mrs. Scott Ellis, of
Wilson, and Mrs. W. S. Ellis, also
of Wilson. Mrs. W. W. McCon
nell, of Statesville, was also a
guest in the James home on Sun
day.
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Mtw Willie Guyer returned
Wednesday from Petersburg, Va.,
where she was the guest for sev
eral days of her sister, Mrs. A. M.
Chambers.
' Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Ashby had
as their week-end guests Mrs.
Ashby's brother, Bruce Strowd.
and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johns, all
of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. W. E. Bivins and children,
Peggy and Mary Lucy, of Bryson
City, spent the week-end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. W. Evans.
Misses Lucy and Agness Gray
and Willie Guyer and J. S. Bum
garner spent Sunday in Mount
Airy, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Strickland. ,
Friends of H. D. Transou will
be glad to know that he is able
to be out again after being con
fined to his home by illness for
the past two months.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poindexter,
Mrs. R. L. Poindexter and Mrs.
M. Q. Snow spent Wednesday in
Charlotte, where they attended
the Holy Land exhibit.
Friends of Mrs. R. L. Hubbard,
of this city, will regret to hear of
her serious illness at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Raymond
Harris, in Winston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Carl Boyles
and little daughter. Jane, spent
Sunday at Pilot Mountain, the
guests of Mrs. Boyles* parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Simmons.
Billy Jones and Dick fihiig&rt
will arrive today from Tennessee
Military Institute, Sweetwater,
Tenn., to spend the week-end
with their respective families.
W. A. Neaves and P. M. Greene
will return today from Philadel
phia, where they spent several
days attending to business mat
ters for Chatham Manufacturing
company.
Rev. and Mrs. Grady Burgiss,
of Greensboro, spent the week
end here the guests of Mr. Bur
giss' parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Burgiss, at their home on Elk
Spur street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Spainhour
left Sunday for New York City
where they will spend this week
buying spring merchandise for
the Sydnor-Spainhour company
of this city.
Mrs. J. W. Abernethy returned
to her home at Granite Falls
Sunday, following a visit to Dr.
and Mrs. J. G. Abernethy, the
former her son, at their home on
West Main street.
Miss Helen Finney, a student at
Greensboro Woman's College,
Greensboro, spent the week-end
here with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Finney, at their home
on West Main street.
Friends of Paul Price will be
glad to know that he is recover
ing nicely from the first of a
series of operations at a Char
lotte hospital, where he has been
a patient for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves had
as their guests Thursday at their
home on Bridge street, George
Marshall, of San Francisco, Calif.,
J. H. Caldwell, of Philadelphia,
and Jolm Eller, of Winston-Sa
lem.
Dr. and Mrs. W. R Wellborn
had as their guests Sunday at
their home on Bridge street, Mr.
and Mrs. C. N. Gillette, of Char
lotte, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dun
can and little daughter and R. A.
Doughton, of Sparta, and Dicky
Isley, of Lancaster, S. C.
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Claude McNeill, Jr., and Prank
Walker, students at Wake Forest
College, Wake Forest, spent the
week-end here with their respec
tive parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
McNeill and Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Walker.
Miss Olivia Abernethy, a stud
ent at Virginia College of Medi
cine, Richmond, Va., spent the
week-end here the guest of her
parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Ab
ernethy, at their home on West
Main street.
Rev. and Mrs. P. W. Tucker
are attending the Woman's Mis
sionary Council of all of the
Southern Methodist churches in
Asheville this week. They will
also visit in Waynesville, while
they are away.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Edward Wells
and children and Mrs. Horace
Wells, of Shelby, and Richard
Wells, of Statesville, , were the
Sunday guests dT Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Young, at their home on
Elk Spur street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jce , Cockerham
and children, Michael and Shelia
Ruth, of Winston-Salem, were
tne Sunday guests of Mr. Cock
erham's sister, Mrs. Dan E. Bar
bour, and Mr. Barbour, at their
home on Elk Spur street.
Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt, Edith
Adair Whisenhunt, Mrs. Glenn
Lewis, Mrs. G. L Hill, Mrs. T. L.
Parnell, Mrs. C. N. Myers and
Mrs. T. W. Church attended the
State Baptist W. M. U. meeting
in High Point this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. McGlothern,
of Wacamaw, Wash., arrived
Wednesday for a visit of a month
to Mrs. McGlothern's brother,
Jack Freeman, and Mrs. Free
man. at their home on Elk Spur
street. This is Mrs. McGlothern's
first visit to her native state in
SI years.
Mrs. Odell Church and chil
dren, Nancy and Johnny, spent
last week in Winston-Salem, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gil
bert, the latter a sister of Mrs.
Church. They were accompanied
home on Saturday by Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert who were their
guests for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James left
Wednesday for High Point, Ra
leigh and Apex. Mrs. James will
attend the State Baptist W. M.
U. Convention in High Point, and
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sexton Lawrence, in Apex, and
Mr. James will attend to profes
sional business in Raleigh.
Mrs. W. R Wellborn and Mrs.
E. W. McDaniel, of this city, and
Mrs. Edwin Duncan, of Sparta,
are attending the 39th annual
conference of the state D. A. R.
in StatesvU'e. Mrs. Duncan is a
page to the convention and Mrs.
Wellborn is on the hostess com
mittee for the convention. Mrs.
McDaniel is a delegate from the
Jonathan Hunt chapter.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Foster, of
this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Foster, and a student at
Mereditli College, Raleigh, is a
charter member of the Gavel
Club at the college. The club,
membership in which is limited
to 50, is to train the young wom
en in public speaking. Miss Fos
ter is also on the membership
committee of the club.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Lawton,
who have been attending the
Baptist Bible Institute in New
Orleans during the winter, will
arrive here for a visit next week
with Mr. Lawton's sister, Mrs.
Eph Whisenhunt, before sailing
on April 28 for China from Van
couver, B. C. Mr. and Mrs.
Lawton have been mission
aries to China for a number of
years.
Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt received
an air mail letter Tuesday from
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. W.
Lawton, Sr., from Kuling, China,
written on January 26, stating
that the enemy dropped 30 bombs
the previous day on the hilltop
where they had taken refuge, but
that no one was killed. Rev.
and Mrs. Lawton have the privi
lege of being escorted gut of the
war zone to safety, but do not
take advantage of the offer, since
so many Chinese, who have serv
ed with them for years during
their long missionary service, sure
dependent on them for their own
safety.
Among those from here who at
tended the play "Tobacco Road"
In Statesville the early part of the
week were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank
lin Folger, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Ho
del, Mr. and Mrs. Richard O.
Chatham, Mr. and Mrs. Bam
Neaves, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Qavin Dortch,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chatham,
Mr. and Mrs. La than Mills, Miss
Anna Atkinson, Miss Dorothy
Halsey, Miss Lucille Cox, Miss
Mary Virginia Barker, Miss Bet
ty Harris, Miss Lucille Young,
Miss Mary Hendren, Miss Lucy
Gray, Bliss Willie Ouyer, Miss
Mattle Brendle, Miss Virginia
Price, Robert Lank ford, Rich
Chatham, Jr., H. P. Graham, Jr.,
Bill Harris and Raymond Chat
ham.
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Presbyterian Notes
Th» church was well filled last
Sunday to welcftne Mr. Man son.
His message was enjoyed by every
one present.
The pastor of the Elkln church
Rev. O. V. Caudill preached at
the Yadkin ville Presbyterian
church last Sunday to a well at
tended service.
Every one seems to be enjoying
SALE OF
REGISTERED
JERSEY COWS
Yie have produced a surplus of
County Farm. In order to give the farmers of Surry County an
opportunity to purchase a registered pure-bred animal, we are
offering only to the farmers and 4-ti Club Members of Surry
County the following animals at cost from March 15 to April 15.
All of these animals are registered Jerseys:
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1. Fox's Gay Mary - 866093, dropped October 20,1928,
Oakwood D's Fox breeding.
2. Fox Bell - 1001872, dropped May 7,1932, Oakwood
D's Fox breeding.
3. Maiden Buttercup of M. B. - 929977, dropped March
31, 1930, double granddaughter of Oakwood D's
Fox.
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4. Silverine Lady Diamond - 999155, dropped Decem
ber 15, 1932, Eminent Tiddledywink's Raleigh
# breeding.
5. Fox Pet Fanny - 1110907, dropped January 24,1936,
Oakwood D's Fox breeding.
6. Dreaming Carolina Sybil - 1136564, dropped Jan
uary 23, 1936, Dreaming Sam, Sybil and Oakwood
D's Fox breeding.
7. Fairy Gold Fox Bell - 1155627, dropped May 22,
1937, Oakwood D's Fox breeding.
8. Fairy Gold Buttercup - 1200134, dropped January
15,1938, Oakwood D's Fox breeding.
9. Sovereign Son's Mary - 1200137, dropped July 22,
1938, Jersey Sovereign and Oakwood D's Fox
breeding.
10. Sovereign Son's Bell -1200138, dropped October 18,
1938, Jersey Sovereign and Oakwood D's Fox
breeding.
11. Sovereign Son's Ruby - 1200139, dropped Novem
ber 16,1938, Jersey Sovereign and Forward breed
ing.
The first seven animals in this group are all bred, part of them
to ArroWoodSovereign 50n5,373112, Jersey Sovereign, Glim
mers You U Do's Volunteer Bull, and part of them to Fairy
Gold Waif em Boy, 384862, an Oakwood D s Fox Raleigh
Brampton Waif em Bull.
Signed: M. Q. SNOW,
CHAIRMAN BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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IF INTERESTED SEE
B. F. FOLGER
DOBSON, N. C.
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the Sunday School as the atten
dance Is on the Increase.
llie young people have been
leading their own programs on
Sunday evenings and they like it.
Jim Hanks led February 26, and
Hulda Money led March 5.
We invite everyone to attend
two services Sunday March 12.
The morning service by the pastor
on the subject, "What domes to
the gifts we make to the church."
The evening service will be con
ducted by laymen of the church.
Mr. Jack Wells and Arch B Tay
lor, of Winston-Salem, will con
duct this service. Come and hear
what these plain spoken business
men have to say for the church.
It might help members of any
church to hear them.
We cordially welcome everyone
to our services.
An initialed rubber ball thrown
into the ocean on .the New Jersey
coast in July 1888 was found 43
years later on an ibland in Japan.
TM Steady
"BOBS, I'm leaving," the hired
man said to the Scotch farmer.
"You promised me a steady Job."
"Well, aint it?" asked his em
ployer.
"No," replied the hired, man,
"there's at least three hours in
, the middle of the night when I've
got nothing to do."
Women talk faster than men.
using five or six coords to a man's
four.