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Canrent Topic Chib
I^Id 'Initial meetinf
—^ . . Tke Initial meeting ot the cluh
■ year for the Current Topic Club
vas held Wedneadar afternoon
with the retiring president, Mrs.
V. C. Foreater. An Im'portant
hatinaas seaalon filled the after-*0* * ® sweet course
noon, after which the guests were
Invited into the dining room
room where summer flowers
made ® pretty settlat'Hltll score
for the North Wllltaaboro play
ers was won by BUas Lina For
ester and for the ont-of-town
guests, Mrs. Bill SAoOae was the
winner. Refreshments consisting
were served at the conclusion of
play. Guests from Taylorsville
where delicious refreshments in ^^te Mesdames Bill Moose,
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by Richard John-
stoh at tfce‘home- of his parents,
Mr; hnd Mrs. A. B. Johnston, oa
B street Friday evening. Thji af
fair f*a given chiefly as a tour-
te«y*tp the boys and girls who p
will -be gphtg away aoon to col- ^
leg*. Rook and other games were
enjoyed at five tables after, which
the host’s mother and Mrs. Ral^h
Duncan served a tempting salad
and ke course. Among the out-
of-town guests were Miss Nancy
Rose Bverhardt, of Newton: Mr.
Billie Crews, of Gainesville, Fla.,
a former resident of the city who
Is here on a visit with friends,
and Mr. Harold Patterson, of
Chicago, a brother of IMrs. H. *V.
Wagoner, of this city. For deco
rations a profusion of garden
flowers were used throughout
the home.
pTOrwni^m
W
m
ioi:
two courses were served. New ®f-
fl^rs for the coming year were
elected as follows: President,
Mrs. W. J. Allen; vice-president, | Lindsey.
Mrs. C. C. Faw; secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. A. B. Johnston;
reporter, Mrs. Chal McNeil. The
programs for the year will be
based on the study of flowers.
Mrs. W. R. Absher will be hos
tess for the next meeting.
Barnes Campbell and Dick Watt,
Misses Eunice Payne, Carolyn
Burke, Mary Simpson and Mary
Mrs. A. H. Taylor
Entertains Clubs
Two delightful club parties | different members
. AM f Iv a {o o wt An i vr
W. C. T. U. Met
Thursday Afternoon
The August meeting of the W.
C. T. U. was held on Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Lula Hubbard in Wilkesboro
with a good attendance. Items of
interest on the work of the W.
C. T. TJ. were presented by the
Missionary Society
In Splendid Meet
“The Return of the Word to
Europe and Palestine” as a
theme made up an Interesting
program for the monthly meet
ing of the Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Wilkesboro Bap
tist church that was held on
Thursday afternoon at the
church. Program leaders for the i
afternoon were Mrs. J. M. Bum- J
garner and Mrs. O. K. Whitting
1 WO UeUSlllLUl CIUU iictitico; - - , , J
were given by Mrs. A. H. Taylor enthusiasm. An impressive devo-
at her home in Wilkesboro this
week. On Tuesday evening Mrs.! Taylor. The president, Mrs. R.
Taylor had as her guests the I E. Faw. was in the chair for the
members of the Wilkesboro Con- i business session and a number
■w'ith much ^nd with the assistance of
the members the topic was ably
discussed. Special prayers were
offered, for the meeting that is in
progress this week and for the
sick. For the business part of the
members of the Wllkesooro i;on- — r-.- —
tract Bridge Club and a few ad- i important matters came up tor meeting. Mrs. F. G. Holma.-i pre-
... « uffcmti.'wv nnri t Vi A iiciial miittno Af
diUcmal friends. Two tables ot, attention,
bridge were in play with high Albert Vestal
honors going to Miss Lacie Fre-, p. . Hostess
vette, her award being a lovely |
linen luncheon set. After the re
moval of cards the hostess aided
by Mrs. C. P. Morrison and Miss
Marjorie Dula served a delectable ,
salad course. Guests of the club
were Mrs. P. E. Brown and her
sister, Mrs. R. D. Walding. from |
Letohatchee, Ala., Mrs. Morrison |
and Miss Dula. |
i Tbe members of the Wilkes-1
boro Book Club with four addi-1
tional guests were entertained by I
With Mrs. Albert Vestal as
hostess the members of the Wil
kesboro bridge club were delight
fully entertained at her home on i
Thursday afternoon. Clematis
and other summer flowers made
effective decorations for the
room where two tables were
placed for the game. The top
score award for the afternoon
went to Miss Elizabeth Winkler.
After an enjoyable period of
sided and the usual routine of
business was transacted. Mrs. W.
J. Johnson will be hostess for
the September meeting.
ASHE PEOPLE ARE
ANXIOUS FOR SOME
ACTION ON NO.
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.ST .
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^ PtAN TO 6AR
^ALL FRENCH
LIQUORS.
I r YOU CAM RKAP
THIS, YOU OO HOT
Mceo vtHiR.eve*
DI!
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on 1933 County
paid 00 or
SepL 1, II
if .
C. H. Fers^uion,
County Accountant,
WiIke»boro, N. C *
16
(Continued from page one)
THE BALL LEAGUE
' play the hostess, assisted by Miss-
Mrs. Taylor on W ednesday after-1 Bumgarner and Beatrice
noon. Bridge was enjoyed at ‘wo;
an ice course.
tables followed by tempting re-'
freshments. Those assisting Forester and
hostess with the serving were . Qrame Bridge Hostesses
Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. L. B. j ot outstanding interest among
Dula. Mrs. Morrison and Mrs. ; the social events of the week was ^ ^eus uvei me
Dula with Mrs. C. H. Cowles and | the two lovely bridige parties giv-1 the road and
Mrs. B. iS. Call made up the en by Misses Ruth Brame and m-*
guests list who came in for re-; Grace Dean Forester at the le-
freshments at the close of the gion clubhouse on Friday. Zin-
game. Early fall flowers attrac- nias, marigolds and other cut
lively arranged throughout the flowers were artistically combin-
rooms made a festive scene for ; gd in the decorations giving a
Ihe visitors on ♦both occasions, j colorful .background for the
Quests. In the morning six tables
I were in play followed by a dellc-
no money in Wilkes for anything
they can obtain elsewhere or If
they should resolve to travel by
some other route rather than
through Wilkes county on every
Journey that It is possible to do
so, if it is indeed true that the j
attitude of Wilkes county citt-1 miners
sens should stand in the way of j
the early construction of this
road?
"I know that a number of citi
zens over there are Interested in
we greatly appre-
Saturday’s Games
Millers Creek at North Wilkes
boro.
Grier Mills at Purlear.
Wilkesboro at Moravian Falls.
September 0
The following shift has been
made in the schedule for Sep
tember 9:
Creek at Moravian
Mr». J. M. Crawford
Is Club Hostess
A pleasant and profitable eve- scores were tallied Mrs
ning was spent by the members „ ^ , j was found t(
ions luncheon at one o'clock.
club on
M. Craw-
cf the Tea and Topic
Thursday when Mrs. J
ford was
a few other friends at her home
on E street. Sewing and chatting
niled the evening and at
Frank Blair, Jr., was found to
hold the grand total and was
when Mrs. J. .vi. ^raw- attractive prize
hostess to the club and tahioa were in nlav aeaii
elate that interest and it is not
easy to understand why interest
should not be more universal. It
the road is not built Ashe coun
ty people will know exactly
■where the blame lies.”
Rousseau Mentioned As
Candidate For Judgship
(Continued from page one)
court with distinction and honor,
his friends declare. He has shown
that he has the judicial temper-
Wllkesboro at Grier Mills.
North Wilkesboro at Purlear.
Brushy Mountain Association
Is In Favor Of Prohibition
(Continued from page one)
■Six tables were in play again ^ ment that is so important on the
during the afternoon with Mrs.; court bench and that he
j " OUyUliUI UUUIl OllU
■ Hill Carlton winning out in the jjg ability to get at he heart
Tw,, iiriitAs ^ situation and pronounce
sentences accordingly, they fur
ther assert. His thorough know!
thiQ tiTYTO Thp hrirtfts. Mrs. RU8-
ice
, , ,, bridge competition. Two brides
close of the sewing period ^*''*-'and two visitors received remem-
Crawford had the assistance o t},e hostesses at
Mrs. J. D. Schaefer and Mrs. A. j^„g.
B. Johnston in serving an ice Hodges, formerly iMiss Bill
course. Visitors of the club were | pg^aney, ot Charlotte, and Mrs.
Mesdames P. J. Brame and Joe ^ ^ Blackman, who before mar-
Whlte and Miss Mary Lizzie Hix. Hodges, of
Cut flowers made effective deco-; Hingstree, S. C. The visitors
rations tor the home. I were. Mrs. J. F. Whlttemore, of
\X7 1 „ R:kirrll.« I Valhalla. N. Y., house guest of
Wesley Bible Class ^
^F^rteen member and two Mrs. W. T. Alspaugh. of Wins-
visitors attended the monthly ton-Salem, an aunt of Miss
meeting of the Woman’s Bible ■ Brame. who was a guest in the
class of the local Methodist i Brame home. When cards were
church that was held on Tuesday j laid aside the hostesses served
afternoon at the home of tMrs. tempting refreshments in two
Minnie Hunt. The president, Mrs, courses carrying out an effective
W. P. Horton, presided for the, color scheme ot yellow and
business session a number of im- green,
portant matters coming up ^ pi *. Cf^rr
discu^ion. EntertainJ^Book Club
tional- w'as led by Mrs. r. j. Wednesday afternoon Miss
edge of the law is reflected in
the small number of cases car
ried to the higher court on ap
peal from his court, it is declar
ed, and it is further reflected by
the fact that few judgments he
has rendered in his court have
been recersed.
Interviewed at his office yes
terday with respect to the rumor
that he would seek the judgship, ment in the Federal Constitution.
NRA CONSUMER’S DRIVE IS NOW ON
(Continued from front page)
gether, we are starting out on this natiofi-wide attack on unemploy
ment It will succeed if our people understand it—in the big industries,;
in the little shops, in the great cities and in the small villages. There'
is nothing complicated about it and there is nothing particularly new
in the principle.
It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the nation itself that
people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual
acting alone could even hope to bring about.”
North Wilkesboro must do its part in this great p’.in. It has never
failed when the nation called and it will not fail now.
want our eew-
ice ' to be just
iwhat your needs re
quire, and we feel
that we are doing
our best to make it
u such by keeping the
best in materials,
equipment and Mn-
ployees who under
stand and desire to
help you.
ReinS’Sturdivi
Inc.
“THE FUNERAL UOItW*
Phones—
Day - 85
Night - 85-nS
all -who attended.
Rev. J. A. McMillan, of Thom-
asville, represented and spoke ef
fectively about the work ot the
Mills Home. The other causes
supported by the Baptists were
discussed by various members of
the local Association. T. E. Story
and Rev. Eugene Olive were I
elected to fill vacancies on the
Executive Committee. The next
annual session of the Association
will be held Friday and Saturday
before the fourth Sunday in Au
gust with the Moravian Falls
Baptist church. Rev.
Johnson Estimates
That 2 Million Jobs
Have Been Supplied
New Gospel of Hope Is Abroad In 1 auditorium by the concert class!
Excellent Program la
Given By Concert Class
An excellent program was giv
en Friday evening at the school 1
The Land, He Says; Work
Is Just Started
Olive was named as the preach
er of the introductory sermon.
Following an animated discus
sion on the subject of “Temper
ance” at the Brushy Mountain
'Baptist Association Saturday, Au
gust 26th, a motion was passed
by unanimous vote of the mes
sengers representing the twenty-
seven churches of the Association
vigorously contending- for the re
tention of the Eighteenth Amend-
Washington, Aug. 29.—The
statement that 2,000,000 people
had been given Jobs und'er the
NRA employment drive was made
tonight by Hugh S. Johnson, na
tional recovery administrator.
In his speecn, Johnson said
though 2,000,000 persons al
ready had received Jobs In the
re-employment campaign and
Eugene fbat the drive had only begun.
of Oxford Orphanage. The con
cert was attended by a large |
number of people and a neat sum |
was realized for the benefit of j
the orphanage. I
Brame. Visitors of the class were, 1
Mrs. W’. H. Crews, of Gainesville,
Fla. a former member of the
elhss and who is now on a visit
here with friends, and Mrs. Mur
phy Hunt. During a r'-easant so
cial hour an ice course was serv
ed by the hostess and Mrs. Mur
phy Hunt. ]
Eloise Starr charmingly enter
tained the members of the Wil
kesboro Book club and a few
other guests at her home in Wil
kesboro. A variety of garden
flowers made a pretty back
ground for the rooms where four
tables were arranged for bridge.
At the conclusion of the game 1
the hostess had the assistance of
Mrs. Weaver Starr in serving a
dainty salad course.
Mr. Rousseau stated that he had
taken the matter under consider
ation, but could not furnish a
definite answer at this time.
The enthusiastic reception ac
corded the idea of his candidacy
leads his friends to believe that
Mr. Rousseau will offer himself
when the proper time arrives
and that the district will give
him wholehearted indorsement.
Huey Long Attacks President, ,
New^apers and Wall Street I membershfp
Milwaukee, Wls., Aug. 29.—
Fresh talcum powder bru.sherl
over a two inch cut above his left
A committee consistifig of T,
E. Sory and Rev. Eugene Olive
was requested to prepare suitable
resolutions for the press. These
resolutions follow:
“Resolved, that it is the sense
of the messengers from the
churches of the Brushy Mountain
Baptist Association, assembled in
their sixtieth annual session at
Mount Zion Baptist church, Au
gust 26th, 1933, that an appeal
should be made to the entire
I membershfp of our churches,
about five thousand in number,
urging them to use their voices
and their votes to defeat the ef-
"As the autumn rolls on,” he
said, “you -will see that the old
gospel of despair, the theory of
human helplessness and of our
inability to do anything to pre
vent these ghastly economic de
pressions was a false gospel after
all.
“The doctrine of the new deal
is a doctrine of action. The plan
is simple. It Is based on the pro
position that American people
can do anything If we only pro-
■vlde them with the means to
fight back.
Praises Roosevelt
"Franklin Roosevelt has done
a simple but a very great thing
Mrs. Mattie Walsh Dies
Funeral services for Mrs. Mat-
tie Walsh. 94-year-old lady of
the Lewis Pork section, who died
Saturday, were conducted from
Mt. Pleasant Baptist church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev.
G. W. Sebastian was in charge of
the service which was attended
by a host of friends of the de
ceased.
FOR SALE
I have a number of
used “recoaditioned Dd-
co Light Plants,” alsgj^j
duced prices 
plants. Can fur
Deko Ezide 1
Delco Water ,
Delco 32-Volt Radiof
New Perfection Super-
fix” Oil Burning
Refrigerators
SEE OR WRTrE
Hunter B. Keck.
North Wilkesb^ N.
Representative For ' WIBQfek
Ashe, Alleghany, Watancs,
Alexander, OaldweH
Sheriff’s Sale of Land For 1932 Taxi
(Continued from page seven) ' Osborne, W. M.^ 10 lots
lots 60.43
Keys, D. Clarence, 7 14.26
Kni^ves, Judson, 3 1.66
Lankford, Sam, 34 7-81
Long, Martin, 1 lot 7.53
Long, Noah, 1 lot 1.63
Long, E. M., 2 lots 2U7
Lovette, S. H„ Est., 1 lot .74
Lovette. Sam A., 6 lots 34.30
Lovette, Will R., 1 lot 16 63
Love, Albert L., 3 lots __ 39.16
a simple but a very great tnmg ^ ^ ^ ^ .
he has given back to the Amerl- .^^j^ g lots .84
36.90
— — o - ^ ■ Mathis, Mrs. Dicie, 2 lots
ran people the conduct of their jj^g 2 lots..
home affairs and the right to 1 Meadows. F. D., EsL, 9 lots 1-41.45
help themselves.” | Milam, Cliarlie, 2 l-its 4 03
Johnson spoke after reviewing Milam, Della, 6 hits
a parade that sent United States j JJtller, Walter W.,
recovery
army troops and
floats past is a local
procession.
Figuring on 2.000,000 already
reemployed, Johnson said this
number "represents, at the low-
of
forts being made to destroy the | est estimate, $30,000,000 more —• -1 vf ^r
eye. Senator Huey P. Long of Eighteenth Amendment as a part; in the pay rolls every week, a | M^“. Lla^d, d loM
Louisiana today lambasted Ml!-1 j jj^^^j,gHtutlon of the United | billion and a half dollars more P”-
waukee newspapers. Wall street, -. _ . . . 1 ^ McLean, L. u, 0
and certain policies of the Roose
velt administration.
jniiea oiaies
msnv civic Mmton, E. G., 19 lots
many civic juj^ton, S. S., 2 lots
Mitchell, Banner, 1 lot
Mitchell, Gordon. 1 lot
Mitchell, Mrs. Chas. A., 3
lots :
Moore, Geo. S, 2 lots
Myers, M. I., 100
Bridge Club Was
Entertained Thursday
Mrs. George Forester ^
charming hostess at her home on' and polecats,” Wall street
Misses Forester and
Brame Entertain
As a courtesy to several of
their friends in Taylorsville.
Misses Ruth Brame and Grace
Dean Forester entertained at a
delightful bridge party at the
home of Miss Forester Monday
afternoon. Three tables were ar
ranged for play in the living
A Laxative ^at costs
only or less a dose
NEXT TIME yon need medicine
to act on the bowels, try Thed-
fard’s Black-Draught It brings
«oick relief and Is priced within
nacb of alt Black-Draught is
eiM of the least expensive laxa- ,
tlves that you can find. A 25-cent spirited progressions resulted in
contains 25 or more doses, the high score award, a deck of
Black-Draught is made of ap- cards, going to Mrs. Bill Somers,
ptovud laxative plants, finely Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Anderson as-
ground so yon take the medicine sisted the hostess In serving a
Into your system Just as naturally delectable salad course followed
n you got nourishment trmu the hy sweets at tbe conclusion of
food yon eat v play.
Befresblng relief from constlpar
, I McLean, u. u., 0
States. Resolved further, recog-jin a year and this money goes 3.^ Heirs, 1 lot—
nlzlng the untold evils arising, right back into the harbor of j jicNeill, jW. D., 4 lote
Newspapers which had
k****,^*^* W...S- — —
from the u.se of alcoholic bever- ^ tradb and is spent over and over
- - com-. gggg_ tijat we heartily commend
mented concerning the source of teaching In the homes, the
wasjhis injury were termed “skunks gghooig and the churches
'and polecats,” Wall street ^®®|the evils of Intemperance,« and
Thursday afternoon to the mem-, charged with- attempting ^®.that we call upon all our citizens
“make the world safe for pluto- .■ rally to those forces which
cracy,” and the administration! gobrlety, law observ-
was told to “go to hell with Its | better citizenship.”
Louisiana patronage.”
bers of her bridge club and a
trio of visitors. An abundance of
summer flowers made a pretty
background for the players at
‘ three tables. Those playing be-
! sidtes the club memibers were
, Mrs. Dudley Hill, Mrs. Jimmie
I Anderson and Mrs. Russell Hodg
es. To Mrs. Hodges, a recent
! bride. Mrs. Forester presented a
■ lovely gift. Mrs. Hodges prior to
her marriage was Miss Bill De-
Laney. ot Charlotte. A series of
Long spoke before the conven- j When you think of your needs
tion of the Veterans of Foreign | for Fall and Winter remeanfier,
Wars. After his speech, the con- j us. Lot's of goods tP *®11 at Bar-!
ventlon adopted unanimously a
resolution commending the Mil-
waaltee newspapers for “whole
hearted and earnest co-opera
tion.”
To Hold Meeting Near
Arbor Grove M. E. Churcb
Rev. Lee Miller will conduct a
meeting in a brush arbor near
Arbor Grove Methodist church,
beginning Sunday, September 3,
at 3 o’clock. The meeting will be
in progress for a week or ten
days. i.
This will b«. a union meeting
gain Prices always on htmd.—
The (JoodwiU Dept. Store.
SPECIAL; Boys’ longies school
Pants, 31.29 pr. Dresses for
school children, 89c and 48c.
Boys’ black Oxfords for sdfiool
wear, at $1.19 pr. Young men’s
size at 31.1^ pr. Boy’s aad girl’s
Ribbed Stockings, 8 pairs for
25c.—The Goodwill Dept. Store.
tlon troubles for mly a »■* of Richard Johnston
liM. « dose—that’s why thousands Host At Party ' , ■. — . -
TMwfar Thed- In tbe younger social set an and all denominations are asked
-e men and woman the week was^to Join In the serrlree.J^-^
^ For Hot Summer
Days Try Our
COLD DUTCH LUNCH
With Choice of Drinks ”
tord’s Black'Draagbt ^ '
GREEN LANTERN CAPE
“aes»—Sanitary—Modera**
again.”
No Group Can Stop It
Johnson asserted that there is
no corporation rich enough nor
any group strong enough to
block the recovery campaign.
He warned that there would
be provisions In the execution of
the recovery laW that would j
“take care of the man, who chls- ]
elB and shovels and tries to pass!
his burdens on to somebody 1
eUe.’” :
Nichols, Winfield, 4 lots —
11.49
6.91
4.33
6.90
690
6.36
3.10
36.10
20.86
4.22
8.93
1230
18 36
6.21
_22.(
Parker, Minnie B-, 2 lota —
Parsons, Maggie, 6 lots —
Parsons, Mattie, 1 lot
Parsons, J. E-, 1 lot
Payne, Ira D., and Poindex
ter, C. G., 1 lot
Phillips, T. J.. 3 lots
Piperis, Jimmie, 7 lots —
Pruitt, Furches, 54
Pruitt, Howard, 3-
Rash, America, 7 acres, 8
lots
Rash, W. A., 3
Reeves, Richard, 3 lots
Reeves, Dr. R. E., Welbom
Estate, 160 18.«|
Rhodes, J- I., 3 lots
Robinson, B. J., 2 lots
Rogers, Mrs. Susan .B., 2
lots
She^erd, L. C., 21 acres
and 5 lota
Shumate, Sherman, 2 lots—
Smith, Lester, 6
Smoot, J. C- Sl C. C., 1 lot
Snyder, H. C., 1 lot
Spainhour, Mrs. V. J., 1 lot
Spainhonr, W. M., 2 lota _ -
Stafford. E. F. Est, 9 lota l«L7l
Staley, Mrs. M. E-, 1 lot — 4-1
This August 5, 1931.
W. B. SOMDRS,
Sheriff of Wilkes County.
School days are almost here.
The Goodwill Store, as usual, of
fers a variety ot the things yon
need and must have, for the
snuOlest tote to Ihe grown ups.
You are always assured the low
est prices. Our snpidy of chil
drens school shoes,desses your
attention. They are hauled frmn
the faetorlee In solid truck loads.
Sdiool tablets are bou^t In
utlxed cars. Yon reap the bencMt
ot mass buying and viAume dis
tribution whOT you buy at head
quarters.—The Goodwill Dept.
Store.
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