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- THE JOtmifAI>-gATRi0T.-!
P Mr. •&& Mn. W. Colrardi
:tor MTvntl hours Sunday.-
Mr, Sam Ogilvie, son of Mr.
•nd Mm. ,A4%hio OgUrle, is quite i
III with Infantile paralysis.
Mr. Marshall Holcomh and
: family,' of Bilkin, visited Mr. and
:Mm. 0>C. Holeomb, Sunday.
Mm. 8. C. Eggers, of Boohe,
■was In^tihh' Wilkesboros Friday
•ttendhig^ tO' business matters.
Miss' Bertie Rose, member of
the FBRA office force, spent the
week-end at her home at Ben-
ham. ' ..j ,
N. C. Snyder, well known
ient of Route 1, Wllkesboro,
a visitor to the WRlwsboros
today. '■
Messrs. Clifton Avery, of Mor-
ganton, and Carl Avery, of
Springfield, Mass., were visitors
here Friday.
■ Mrs. A. D. Edwards and son.
David, of Waikertown, spent sev
eral days last week with rela
tives in Wllkesboro. .
Misses Ella Joyner and Lula
Hester Brame went to Winston-
Salem Sunday to spend sometime
ther4lMt‘v4k relatives.
Ml^' J^fSrs. E. L, Hollady, of
Washife^Vn, D. C., are spending
a few days here with Mrs. Hol-
sdy’s sister, Mrs. C. E. Hadley.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
L. Hollady, of Greensboro, who
is Mr. Hollady's mother.
LIBERTY
THEATRE
Pride of North Wllkesboro
Monday-T uesday
W. C. FIELDS
BABY LeROY
In
‘The Old
FashionedWay’
Tood-Kelly Comedy, “I’ll Be
Suing You.” '
WEDNESDAY-
RALPH FORBES
"SHOCK”
Strangest Drama to
le Out of the World War
bob steel in gth Chapter
“Mystery Squadron”
and Cartoon
Thursday-Friday
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WATCH THE PARADE
OF AUGUST HITS
Miss Pansy Smithey, student-
nurse at Davis hospital in States
ville, spent the past week at her
home near Oak woods.
Miss Gene Benson, well known
aviatrlx of Greensboro, was a
week-end visitor in the home of
ifr. and Mrs. C. E. Hadley.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hodges
have as their guest Miss Doro
thy DeLaney, of Charlotte. Miss
DeLaney is a sister of Mrs.
Hodges.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Barnett,
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whit
tington were visitors to Boone,
Blowing Rock and I.enoir sever
al days ago.
Mrs. Clifford Hines, of Hidde-
nlte, Mrs. Roy Teague and Mrs.
Pink Matheson, of Taylorsville,
spent Friday as guests of Mrs.
J. H. Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Barnett and
Mr. Frank Whittington, of this
city, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Whit
tington, of Halls Mills, motored
to Sparta Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meadows,
of Martinsville, Va., spent the
week-end at Pores Knob with
Mr. Meadows’ parents, Mr. and
■Mrs. R. C. Meadows.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hadley
(nee Miss Mary Nell Pardue.l
visited Mr. Hadley’s mother.
Mrs. J. P. Hadley, at Ellerbe, N.
C., several days ago.
Mr. N. B. Smithey. accompan
ied by Mr. and Mrs. Presley My
ers. left Thursday on a buying
trip to New York, Baltimore,
and other northern cities.
Mr. N. J. Haynes, of Hays, at
tended to business matters here
Thursday. Mr. Haynes is a rep
resentative of the Davis Paint
Company, of Kansas City, Mo.
James Hemphill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Hemphill, has re-
'urued home after spending a
few days with his great aunt.
'.Irs. R. L. Hubbard, at Roaring
Can.
Mrs. (trace Scales, of Nash-
-llle, T nn., is a .guest of .Mrs.
C,-ac„ House at the latter's snm-
■(.er hon^e (U) the Itriishy Moun-
ti'.i'i-:. .Mrs. House is a resident
oi iJailivan. Tenn.
.Vir.s. Pitillin Bobbins and
daughter, Miss Mary Emma
Kolibiiis, Mrs. \V. E. Blair and
Miss Adeline .tones were guests
Krlil.ay at the Green I’ark Hotel
in Blowing Rock.
Miss Catherine Shepherd, of
Reddies River, underwent an ap-
nendicitis oper.ition at The
Wilkes Hospital Wednesday
night. Her condition is reported
as much improved today.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hadley
and Mrs. R. B. Hendren motor
ed to Greensboro last Wednes
day to attend the formal garden
wedding of Miss Mary Hollady
and Mr. Ravis Emerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pearson
returned home Saturday from
their wedding trip to the West
ern part of the state. Mrs. Pear
son was the former Miss Mar
garet Vannoy of this city.
Mr. R. F. Greene, of Boone,
was in the city Friday shaking
hands with old friends and ac
quaintances. Mr. Greene resided
here for a number of years be
fore moving to Watauga county.
Mrs. Guy Lyon, of Wllkesboro,
underwent a serious operation at
the Wilkes Hospital last Wed
nesday. Reports today were to
the effect that she is recovering
as rapidly as might be expected.
“yliss Violet Greene, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Asa Greene,
who reside on Wllkesboro Route
2. has returned from a visit in
the home of her uncle, Attorney
Archie Elledge, in Winston-Sal
em.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hall
and children, Nell and Blanche,
visited Mr. W. F. Hall, at De
hart. Sunday afternoon. Neli
and Blanche will spend the week
with their grandmother, Mrs.
Hall.
Hr*. ir>. D.
Ttlle Mary Sue.
returned. .tB| th^r-yhoma In. Wart
Jefferson today after a abort
visit h«e with 3MrB.j,„Jolvard’s
parents, M^i- and Mrs. vr W. B.
Colvard. ca ■
Mr.'and Mrs. W. D. Halfacro
and two children, Betty and Bil
ly, ..went to Burlington Thurs
day to attend the wedding 'of
Miss Haxellne Howell and Mr
Ernest Whitley. The ceremony
took place at the Macedonia
Lutheran church.
Messrs. Jones Holqpmb and
John Tevepaugh, who are con
nected with the Wilkes Plumbing
Company, were In Winston-Sal
em Friday to attend a meeting
of Sto-Kol dealers. The local
company Is the authorized deal
er for this section.
Mrs. J. W. Hester and grand
daughter, Miss Ruth Hester, re
turned to their homes in Win
ston-Salem Sunday after a three
weeks visit here with Mrs. Hes
ter’s daughter, Mrs. R. M.
Brame. Mr. C. C. Hester and two
sons came up to accompany them
home.
Mr. and Mrs.' R. J. Corbitt,
Jr., of Henderson, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Spaln-
hower during the week-end.
They came up especially for the
wedding of Mrs. Corbitt’s sister.
Miss Treva Spalnhower to Mr.
Melvin Kenerly on Sunday aft
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Sockwell,
Mr. and Mrs. John Tull went to
Stony Point Sunday afternoon
to see Mrs. S. D. Myers, who
suffered a stroke of paralysis a
few weeks ago. Mrs. Myers is
the mother of Mrs. Mary L.
Maynard, a former resident of
this city.
TODAY AND^
TOMORROW-
IMPROVEMENT MADE
RIGHT WAY SHOE SHOP
Installation of a complete as
sortment of new machinery, the
construction of an attractive
waiting room and all-round re
modeling of the entire shop, are
the major improvements recent
ly made at the Right Way Shoe
Shop, owned and operated by C.
G. Plexico who has been engag
ed in the shoe business in the
city for several years.
Listed as new equipment in
stalled only a short time ago is
an American stitcher, the very
latest model on the market, and
also an American finisher which
has all the most up-to-date fea-
lui'cs. The shop is also equipped
with Hie latest method used in
cementing soles on ladies shoes.
The interior has been made
much more attractive by enclos
ing the shop with a partition
separating it from a pleasing
waiting room made comfortable
by easy chairs and settees. The
interior of the shop has been re
painted, and everything that has
been done tends to improve its
appearance.
The Right Way has long used
as its slogan ‘‘a little
little better,” when appealing to
the people for patronage, but
with all the added improvements
it seems that this slogan will
mean much more than it has in
the past.
NATURE . . Md . .
, Within a rauge of tweaLyj
miles from my..'g New Englgndi-
farm I know of nine or ten berdgi
of dairy cattle and two or three
herds of beef stock that have
been sjiipped east from the
drought-stricken _ West within,
the past two or three months.
Their owners and their families
have come with them. ,
Nature is more powerful than
man-made laws and rules In in
fluencing the distribution of
population and the regulation of
agriculture. It would not sur
prise me if future historians
were able to trace more far-
reaching and fundamental chang
es in human affairs to the world
wide drought of 1930-34 than to
all the human efforts to change
the scheme of things.
Snake* AHre
^autlo^. ^
unclaimed
imoddr
Lost hfAd ’”l*w&dj^|3epa^in
clerks !|t th|||i unior
St. loutlf^^ned
bag and otfticooi
.hack rattl^, wateig
.ton«mouth_';jpoccasin8,
wat^ ifSUtiB, h a b
saatiBS, a couple ot'
and ^I>ree turtles, 31 head in aH^
4 The St. Lpnto zoo gotaibag and
^lerkf 'wm
Ur.-aai^'If
an(l .chitdceni aceo
o^a
frlAd «f hS daui^le)
fordi spdpt the
ravwn Falls. Wil|i 'Mr.
Mr«&.^- C- Crl
nfed
itefn
Dailies
Ckeaia. the Bad
their last round-up..!^
BBACR KELLEB. Men
ILEAN - MODOtN • Si
DROUGHT . . almost world wide
There is hardly a region In
the world that Is not suffering
from a shortage of water. What
rain has fallen seems to have
dropped chiefly Into the ocean.
In England there has not been
a rain of consequence for elev
en months. A friend of mine who
lately returned from abroad told
me that the great River Thames
had dwindled to little more than
a brook. Continental Europe is
suffering for lack of rain. I hear
reports from South America that
the snowfall in the Andes this
winter—it’s mid-winter there
now—is so light that they fear a
drought next December or so,
when their growing season will
be at its height. They have had
an exceptionally drought two or
Jhree years in China and other
parts ot Asia.
All of that polpts to great
economic shifts, movements of
population, distress and suffer
ing, shortage of money and de
crease in actual wealth, and gen
eral disruption of trade. That
sort of disturbances can’t be
cured by politics.
WAS uiwee- MfRCfseb
Ef -me woiibEBS or
^scteucc until. Htno’nceD
PHOTO SPECIAL
Wr THE siSTiufW HIV,
■ Casweir County/uhasureirW
Are finding .that. 85 percent of
the tobacco growers hare ex
ceeded'their ,70 percent , has*
acreage by small'gmounta and
'10 percent of the others have exr .
eeedbd the' 80 percent base acre- At BLUE RIDGE STUIHP
age. Both groups are quick to
remedy the situation.
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5 FOR 25 CENTS
AUGUST - SEPTEaiBBR/
. '£-Z-
RUTH TO SOON QUIT ,,
BASEBALL
J. B. Whittington
Answers Summons
.AgeI And Well Known Resident
Of Reldies River Commun
ity Passes
THE
PR(X>F
of the pudding ia in the eat
ing. CHIROPRACTIC, by
iidjusting the cause of dis
ease, accomplishes results.
Why stay sick ? It is so easy
to get well through Chiro
practic, if you suffer with
high or low blood pressure,
appendicitis, dizziness, con
stipation, headache, stomach,
heart, liver, kidney, or female
trouble, asthma, anemia, ar
thritis, nervous diseases, dia
betes, lumbago, rheumatism,
paralysis, neuritis, St. Vitus
dance, hay fever, skin erup
tion, sciatica, Catarrh or
DR. E. S. COOPER
CHIROPRACTOR—NERVE SPECIALIST
OFFICE HOURS—10-12; 2-5; 6:30-7:30
Telephone 205-R Office Second Floor Gilreath’s Shoe Shop
John B. Whittington, member
of a widely known family of the
Reddies River community, suc
cumbed at his home Friday aft
ernoon at three o'clock.
He was 82 years of age, a son
of the late Jessie Whittington
and Shrilda James Whittington.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Vina
Whittington and five children as
follows: Mrs. R. V. Faw, Mrs. A.
F. Vt^hittingtoii, Mrs. R. M.
Pierce and Elisha Whittington,
of Reddies River, and Gordon
Whittington, of North Wilkes-
boro.
Funeral services were held at
Reddies River church yesterday
afternoon at three o’clock be
fore a large concourse of people.
FAR RF,ArHlNG as war
Folks with good memories rea
lize that the present drought
situation is not something new
or sudden. It has been coming
on for four years, at least. Back
in 1930 the drought which af
fected the regions bordering on
tlie lower Qhio river and the
mid-Mississippi states sowed the
seed from which much of our
later economic distress sprang.
It was the direct cause of the
failures of many small hanks in
several states, the reduction of
great numbers of farm folk to
poverty, and the consequent be-
neater, a ginning of mortgage foreclosures
on a wide scale.
It takes more than a Jew hea
vy rains to restore the fertility
of land after a prolonged
drought. The water-table—that
is, the depth of ground-water be
low the surface—dropped nearly
100 feet in some parts of Ken
tucky and Tennessee as far back
as 1930-31, and It hasn’t got
back to normal yet.
To my way of thinking, the
drought is the most important
world event that has occurred
since the nations were at war.
Perhaps even more important in
its future effects on civilization.
r PLAYING ^
Boston, Aug. 13—George Her
man (Babe) Ruth, the Yankees’
aging “Sultan of Swat,” an
nounced today he would com
plete his. active major league
career at' the end of the present
season.
■‘Tm definitely through as a
regular player at the end of this
season,” the Babe declared In an
interview here.
Ruth, who was troubled with
his ankles last year and with bis
knees this season, now seems
fully satisfied that his physical
condition demands his retire
ment as a regular. He played
with the Yankees today against
the Red Sox but retired from the
game in the eighth after bitting
safely.
“I rtally don’t know what the}
future holds for me—time alone i
will tell,” he said. “I would like |
to remain In the game as a
manager and perhaps do a little
pinch hitting on Saturdays and
Sundays or days when I figured,
it would help the gate.”
Ruth eaid he planned to join
John Shibe and Earl Mack in a
trip to Japan following the world
series. “After that trip I’ll be
listening to the best offers—ifi
any,” he continued
a
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HUSTLING FOR BUSINESS ukes energy, so smoke m
Camel when “low.” Soon fatigue and irriubility go., because
Camels restore your flow of energy. Steady smoking? That’s
O.K.! Camel’s costlier tobaccos do not upset the nerves
if- r
.. rl
"Get a LllX with a CamelF
Spouse Dead, Savs Wife,
But He Had Cast “Vote”
QFKSTION AND ANSWER
Question; What is the value of
alfalfa meal In a poultry mash?
Answer: The practical purpose
of alfalfa meal Is to furnish Vit
amin A. The meal is not essential
when tender, succulent green
feed is available or when cod
liver oil that has been biologi
cally tested for vitamin A is
mixed fresh with the green feed
each day. When these two essen
tials are not available, however,
the alfalfa meal should be used.
A woman, entering a polling 1
place to cast her ballot in the,
primary election, protested vig
orously when she learned a vote
had been cast in her husband’s;
name.
“How do you know he hasn’t j.
vote^?’’ she was asked, “Where '
is he?” j
‘Well.’ replied the fair voter, 11
“I don’t know where he is, but'I
he’s been dead four years.” '
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Taking a Trip?
DoqJt leave without taking a,
bottle of R149 with you. The best
remedy for car sickness, indiges
tion, headache, nausea, dizziness,
gas, or ovel^eating and drinking.
Try one bottle and be convinced.
25c and 50c sizes. Sold at Hor
ton Drug Company, Reiall Drug
Store, Wilkes Drug Co., and
Brame Drug Co.
“A LITTLE NEATER—A
LITTLE BETTER”
A slogan that means eygivniore to our customers
due to the installation of
New Machinery
AND REMODELING OF OUR SHOP.
INCLUDING NEW WAITING ROOM.
Your Patronage Is Solicited
Right-Way Shoe Shop
C. G. PLEXICO, Prop.
NORTH WILKESBORO, N C.
JULY STORE SALES
BETTER THAN
1933
10.—De-
Washington, Aug.
partment store sales showed
more than a seasonal decline
during July compared with June
but they were three per cent'
ahead ot July, 1933, the Feder
al Reserve Board reported to
night.
The board’s yidex based on
the 1923-25 average of 100 was
74 compared with 72 in June
and 77 in May. Nearly all Fed
eral Reserve districts reported
increases over a year ago, the
largest being Atlanta, Richmond
and Dallas.
Boston and San Francisco re-
porte.d decreases. Aggregate
^ales for the first seven months
of the current year were 16 per
cent higher than for the corres
ponding period in 1933 the
board-'said.'"-’'*""’'
HISTORY’ Back in ISft,*!
This isn’t the first time a
drought has had profound eco
nomic, social and political effects
in the United States. Back in
1893 we had a “panic” which,
for its time and the size and
wealth of the nation then, was
quite as severe as that which we
had in 1929. And the underly
ing cause of the economic dis
tress which resulted in the de
mand by the people of the Mid
dle West for more money—in
flation by the silver route—and
the failure of President Cleve
land to obtain a renomination,
was a drought almost as wide
spread as the present one.
Then as now, the stricken
farmers and those dependent up
on their trade turned to the
Federal Government for help
The Idea that the Government
could or should dish out tax
money in direct benefit pay
ments to farmers or anyone else
had not been born. It is only a
year and a half old, or there-
abouts. But the demand for laws
which would, it -was believed,
make it easier for debtors to pay
their debts and harder for credi
tors to collect, was as keen then
as now.
It may fairly be said that Wil
liam J. Bryan owed his nomi
nation for the Presidency in
1896 to the drought of 1893 and
its influence upon popular eco
nomic thinking.
• • «
ICE recedes to North
If drought conditions continue
as they are now, or grow worse,
we may see history repeating It
self. Twenty thousand years
ago or ho, several successive
years of severe cold resulted In
covering most of the northern,
quarter of the world with an Ice
cap a mile thick, The glaciers
extended as far south as the
Ohio” river.
Mothers
and brought
them playtime hours—
40 .. ■ and worn out. What a tragedy! Moth
ers and grandmothers Of yesterday slaved in
their homes. They were gallant women . ..
but “worn out” at 40.
and then came
CHEAP ELECTRICTTY
Now, playtime hours are mother’s. She has
time to do the many things she has always
longed to do- Cheap electricity has made her
a full-time mother for her children’s sake.
Are you a fuU-fime mother? For better liv
ing electrify now . . . make your housekeep
ing pleasanter and more efficient . . . save
time and labor . ■. avoid fatigue .. be mod
em and economical.
Electric Rates
are LOW
Lucky mothers can use
electricity for many
their tiresome home du
ties. Cleaning, washing,
ironing, cooking, refrige
rating ... all these things
can be done at a surpris
ingly low cost.
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