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HAinB 80CKV«U« EDItOK PHOKS ni • It' Mix la To U. D. C. vt ,Tka-alwtlon of otflcers to .Daufkten, of l^o . 'CoalederaBy ■ in another work wa* an Important tpatf^ of. the meetlnt held Jion- '4^ afternoon at the home of R. at*. The retiring pretMent. Ura. B. R. Bsder- woo'^ presided for the business •eaafcn at which time tie fol lowing .officers were elected: Prcs^entj Mrs. Floyd Jennings; firat-TJee president, Mrs. C. F. ^^orris'a;_ s'cond vice, president, Mrs. Mlnnfe Hunt; recording eecTctsry. jars. W. C. _Grter; tftusurer. Miss Nell Rousseau, and corresponding secretary, Mrs. Clarence Qall. Mrs. Grier reported that eigh teen* headstones, furnished by the government, had been deliv ered and erected to the graves M Confederate veterans and oth- em "Were soon to be put up. All aaetinbers of the U. D. C. are re- ttnested- to send in at once to Mrs. Grier the history of the veteran under whom they join ed. An interesting program was also given at the meeting those taking part were Mrs. Grier, Miss Lucy Finley and Miss Ellen Robinson, Mrs. Grier read an article written by Mrs. C. D. Coffey. Sr,, and Miss Finley presented a paper that she had written on ■•Force." .Miss Finley | gave the ideals for which the r. i D. C. stands and the .strength of the organization as a whole. The concluding number on the pro gram was a tribute to the depart ed daughters given by Miss Rob inson, who sang "Crossing the Bar” accompanied at the piano by Mrs. L. M. Xelson. Mrs. T. B. Finley was in charge of the program. Another number given by Mrs. Grier was a paper she read written by the late Miss Annie Finley on the organization of the chapter and gave the charter members. form-ally in: sewing and couversa,- tion dahtiaa ^nd other fall flow ers were used tn profusion. At the close of the'^ehlng the hostete'-two danthters, . Misses raaa and Wilma Rose Cali, as sisted by Iillss Zenith Sraithey, of Wlnston-^em,«serred ^u sal ad and, sweet courpe.^ Mrs. Ralph Duncan-was an oi^'^visitor of the club. Deliglitful Party Given‘At Grandija Miss Jones Homers, Miss Carl ton and Miss Ema Jones delight fully entertained at- her home near Grandin 25 or more guests on Saturday etSning honoring Mias Laura Louiea Carlton, a nurse at Davis Hospital, States ville. Miss Carlton has been vis- Iti.ug relatives for several days. -Many games were played dur ing the evening, after which de licious refreshments were served f^lkwhoro. Iftfs- Hp^ H. “-More- hohse) the pfeeideht,. occupied the chhlf for routine buslimss. , |, At tko meeting onoh, meniker ftMnml in a dollar that they had eanied for Auxiliary purposes. Mn; Morebouto opened the meet ing by. leading la an-Impressive devotloiiiJ period. At the close of the afternoon a pleasant eoblal hour was enjiOxed-S' while Mrs. Morrison served delicious re freshments . Mrs. Morehouse gave a splen did. account of the Valle Crncls school, which fa maintained by the Bptoioppll Diocese, an4 fa np longer ■ run -Just lor ,'’ mountain girls as formerly. This school Is now the same typo of school as the Kent school for boys, and the girls are taught the arts and crafts of the mountains, athlet ics, music, dramatics, and the art of home making. The school, which fa situated In a beautiful surrounding of over four hun dred acres of land, has for its new head, Mrs. Emily ' Toll' Hop kins, and under her training and experience a great future is pre dicted for the school. i’Sej In^OTUAt SoaMiern OD»i ference Game Mrs. C. G. Poindexter Is Hostess To Idlewise Club An enjoyable meeting was held by the members of the Idlewise club on Monday evening when Mrs. C. G. Poindexter was Hostess to the club at her home Presbyterian Circles Held Splendid Meetings Tuesday Meetings of much interest were held by the four circles of the North Wiikesboro Presbyter ian church on Tuesday with Cir cles No. 1 and N.o. 2 meeting in the evening and the other two in the afternoon. Circle No. 1 was .“ntertained by Mrs. W. J. Bason with an attendance of twelve members and three visitors. Mrs. D. J. Carter presided lor the business period and the Bible study was t.aught by Mrs. J. R. Finley. Mrs. Watson Brame and Miss Clara’ Gentry combined hospital ity to Circle No. 2 at the home of .Mrs. Brame. Nine members were present, in the absence of the chairman, Mrs. Gordon For Bennett-AIexander Miss Elizabeth Bennett, daugh ter of Mrs. L. H. 'Bennett, of Rocky Mount, Va., was married Wednesday afternoon, August 26th„ to William A. Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Alex ander, of North Wilkesboro. The wedding took place at 6:30 o’clock at the home of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Chitwood, on Walnut Hill, with the Rev. Rey nolds, pastor of the Methodist church of Rocky Mount, offici ating. Only the families and a few intimate friends were pres ent at the ceremony and the buf fet supper which followed. Dahlias and roses were used in decoration with myriads of white candles, and the ceremony took place before an improvised altan of ferns, white roses and cathed ral candles. The wedding music was played by Miss Riftli Hunt, of Rocky Mount, who rendered, "I Love CLEVELAND . . . Poultryraen are acclaiming the research work of the U. S. Department of Agriciittore which now enables'students to determine the sex o# baby chicks on the day of hatching, thus revolutionizing chicken raising for the market.... Ehoto shows H. L. Shrader of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, instructing three students on how to grade the chicks. i-i War Experiences of Late Ctnifederate Are Recounted In Letter to Family ester. .Mrs. E. A. Shook took i you Truly,” "Oh Promise Me,’’ charge of meeting. Miss Janie McDiarmid gave the Bible study and Mrs. L. M. Nelson was vis iting secretary. Mrs. Gordon Finley was hos- tes.s to Circle No. 3 with the chairman, Mrs. C. C. Faw, pre siding. Mrs. McDiarmid gave the Bible lesson. The meeting was attended by thirteen. Circle No. 4 met with Mrs. M. J. Beardslee and was attended by nine members. Mrs. A. A. Cashion was in the chair for the business part of the meeting. Mrs. J, R. Finlsy conducted the with eleven members being Wesent. The president, ^^rs. F. Bryan Hig- CT- ii J 4..- tins ffflve E i*GOoiTt" iroin the C. Tumlinson, pfbstded and dur ing the evening books were giv en out for the year. Mrs. Ray Karnes was appointed as librar ian, In the living room where the guests spent the hours in gins gave a report ■ from the Survey. To close each one of the meetings the hostesses served delicious refreshments during the social hour. LIBERTY THEATRE Pride of North Wilkesboro Thursday-F riday JOAN CRAWFORD CLARK GABLE In ‘CHAINED’ Also Comedy, News SATURDAY- BIG DOUBLE-HEADER JOHN WAYNE in “The Star Packer” BOB STEEL in Galloping Hero Also Betty Boop Cartoon and Clyde Beatty in “LOST JUNGLE” Fourth Chapter Monday-T uesday Lee Tracy, David Holt, Helen Mtiffc, Helen Morgan in ‘You Beloi^ To Me’ also Pete Smith in “NIP UPS” Leon Belasco Orchestra e-**]nteniattoiial Cafe” “ " and ffewB NEXT WEEK Shvley Tem|de .t-G«y Carol LoalMird in ‘NOWAND FOREVER’ N. W. Methodist Auxiliary Met Tuesday Afternoon T!ie Octobpr meeting of the North Wilkesboro Methodist .\uxiliary was held Tuesday aft ernoon in the I.adies Parlor of the church with the vice presi dent. Mrs. W. P. Horton, in charge. The regular routine of business was transacted and en couraging reports were sulimit- ted from each circle. The attend ance award for the afternoon went to the Franklin Circle. .Mrs. \V. A. Jenkins was named as new superintendent for the mis sion study. Mrs. P. 'VV. Esheluan was pro gram leader and in presenting the needs of the rural circuit she was assisted by Mcs. Weav er Starr and Mrs. J. M. Craw ford. The devotional per'od was led by Mrs. C. B. Lomax. Mrs. Horton gave several ite’iis from the Missionary bulletin. and “To a Wild Rose,” during the ceremony. The bride and groo.m were un attended. The bride •.vas gowned in a gray wool traveling dress with a gray chincilla fur cape and a small black hat and ac cessories. Her flowers were a corsage of orchids. The bride 'was educated at WtJllam and Mary College and the University of West Virginia and received her A. B. degree fron. ‘he University In 1932. She is a member of Alpha Mu Chap ter of Delta Delta .Oelta Nation al fraternity, Mr. Alexander attended the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State Col lege, receiving his B. S. degree from the latter. At present he Is agricultural agent for Franklin county. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander left by motor for a stay at .Myrtle Beach, S. C.. and on their re turn will make their home in Rocky Mount. (Editor’s Note—Articles on the part Wilkes county men played in the War Between the States are furnished by members of Wilkes Vally Guards chapter of the Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy. If you have a desire to see an ac count of the experiences of some of your ancestors, who fought tor the Confederacy, in print, you should get in touch ■with the auth or of the article below or some oth er member of the local U. D. C. chapter.) chance. I knew once I was on his hack “Calhoun" would do the rest”—and so that particu lar cavalo'man was again mount ed. This most interesting and ac curate history of Mr. McEwen’s part in the war between the Dnrhkm, Oct. 4.-r-Ciemson’* 'Tlkers, who Itiaf week fell jnat one yard abort- ot . mvettlilf Georgia Tech’s finest team, in re cent years, invade North Car«*=' Una this vreek-ehd to help Dtikofa Blue Devils open their ASH' home schedule. The «ame will Ifa played te Duke stadiinu Satnf- day, starting at 2: 20 o'eiock- The Tigers showed plenty of powet last Saturday in their game against the strong Georgia Tech team. After the Engineers had scored two s^ouchdowns In first half by taking to the afa, the Tigers swung into action themselves and after Randy Hin son had, scored one marker by an 8S-yard run they, almost ruin-' ed Tech’s opener by advancing far Into .Tech territory only to lose ball. In the first quarter Clemson lost the ball on Tech’s one yard-line by a fumble. Duke scouts who saw the game returned with reports that the Tigers had a big and husky line —averaging 190—and a set of heavy, speedy backs. It appears that i^he Clemson game will be the hardest Duke will have this season in defense of its Southern conference championship. ”rMI •lAHOWPl WANT ADS I ",-ia FOB REKT—One weH fomisM . roomt 'steam heat; close in,. Phone 113. 10-4-tf.(B) DBMAND PAR-T-PAK Ginger Ale. The Nehi labels means quality' Quirts (not 28 os,I ' l«c deposit 5c. Don't accept , a substitute. - ; 9-24-tf t •r I WILL HAVE several nice freali * ^ Jerseys for sale at Tomlf^-‘'-.i^ son’s barn Saturday,» OctoWt " ’ 6. Leonard Templeton. 10-4-Xb‘f’It^ gas CASH BUTS good rsautng Whippet Coach; with license. W. O. Absher, 229 D Street, North Wilkesboro, N. C. 10-4-2t-pd BRING YOUR PRODUCE and Crossties here and buy Rings Laying Ma.sh, Morris Fertilis er, feeds, flour, groceries and also those good Gillette Tires. Wilkes Tie and Feed Co. k^J-tl Jeffress Holds Gains Edwin B. Jeffress yesterday was still bolding the gains made ^ in his condition during the past I week, according to a message States, as written by himself is in the possession of his daughter. Miss Maude McEwen, and it is through her kindness that we have this account. BESS GORDON F. GRIER. In writing down for his family some of his experiences in the war between the States, Mr. John Elam McEwen says, “I volun teered my services to the state of North Carolina on March 17, 1862, and was assigned to Com pany B, 2nd N. C. Cavalry. The regiment was ordered to the army of Northern Virginia in the fall of 1862 and remained there ^ until the surrender on April 9,i 1865. I was not with the regi- Attics Easily Converted To Useful Rooms last night from Memorial hospit al at Richmond, Va., where he has been a patient nearly five weeks’. He appeared more nearly awake yesterday morning than at any time during his critical illness. He was said to have had a very good night. Dr. C. C. Coleman, surgeon who performed an operation on I The often overlooked space in, yj. jeffress, said his patient is the attic gives the home owner untold opportunities for enhanc ing the value of his house as part of a modernization program in line with the Federal Housing Administration’s Better Housing movement. The space in an unfinished at tic has a number of distinctions. The finished rooms of a house usually are essential and have a ment the day it surrendered. I. , .... was on detail service to guard set function to perform. bridge on the Petersburg and, « the dining room, living Weldon railroad. It was probably ^ath room bedrooms and 36 hours after the surrender be- ‘he E^^h must be fur- fore I heard of It. I then made “‘ehed In a more or less standard my way home the best I could, i ‘he use made of * ' If *T>»£x rfov >*v rtpw IrPTMonta Harmony G. A. Met With The Misses Brokshire Young Ladies Bible Class Entertained By Mrs. Brown The ■young Ladies Bible class of the Wilkesboro Methodist church held their business and social meeting for the month on Tuesday evening with Mrs. P. B. Brown as hostess at her home In Wilkesboro. Miss Helen Bos tic, class president, held the chair for routine business and also led an impressive devotion al period. During the business session plans were laid for the year’s work. Mrs. Coley Parker, a guest of the class, and the twelve members attending were served tempting refreshments dbring a pleasant social hour. Miss Iva Faw Entertained Her Sunday School Class Miss Iva Faw entertained the members of her Sunday school class, the Intermediate boys and girls, of the Wilkesboro Metho dist church at a delightful party at the Smithey Hotel in Wilkes boro Friday evening. A number of games were enjoyed through out the evening after which the hostess, assisted by her mother, Mrs. D. BerryT served delightful refreshments to thg. large num ber of boys and girls attending Mrs. C. F. MorriMn Is ^: Hostess To Auxiliary A good attendance and a re port from the Valle Cruefa school marked tbe monthly meeting of the Bpiscopal Auxiliary that was held Tuesday alt«moo& at the home ot Mrs. C. f, Morrison In Misses Thelma and Frances Brookshire joined as hostesses to the members of the Harmony G. .A. in their August meeting at their home on Saturday evening and had in attendance ten mem bers. Occupying the chair for the business session was Miss Mildred Gant, with a number of business matters coming up for discussion. The topic for the evening was Africa and was presented under the direction of Circle No. 2. To close the evening the girls enjoyed a marshmellow roast out on the lawn and interesting games were played. begging my ralions and horses’ feed. Everybody was kind to me and I fared well. I was four or five days later getting home than the other men in the neigh borhood, and the opinion ■was that I was either killed or cap tured, and there was rejoicing when I got home. It seemed that my comrades were as glad to see me as my own folks and I surely did appreciate such devotion from my comrades. I will now mention a few of the engagements with the en-j It. The day by day requirements of a family usually are fully met by these rooms. But the attic is different. It may be finished, if need be, to provide additional bedrooms, or to serve as storage space. If the space it offers, though, is not needed for these purposes, it can be used for some kind of room to please the- fancy of some mem making very good progress. STRAYED — Rel Irtqh fe male setter; last seen near Ed Parks farm, five miles east of Wilkesboro; tail has been sheared; black leather collar; answers to name of Nellie. Reward. Notify R. R. Crater. Ronda, N. C. 10-4-2t-pd GIFT .4PPLES—Send a package of Fancy Starks Deliclons or Staymans or Winesaps to your friends. Bushels at $2.25, half bushels at ^1.25, cartons of 2 4 at 80c, plus express charg es or postage. Mountain Crest Orchards, H. H. Morehouse & Son, Oakwoods, N. C., Phone 4SOO-M. 10-4-lt-pd her of the household or to meet i a special need. Or it may be partitioned off to serve several emy that I saw, or was engaged | Edmund A. Johnston in. Up until June 9, 1863 we had j Baltimore, Md. only had what we called lots of ( scurmishes. On June 8th all the | Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McDiarmid available cavalry forces that i and daughter. Miss Janie Mc- could be spared from the front J Diarmid, left here today for Fay- Summit News SUMMIT, Oct. 1.—Mrs. Rach el Dowell, of Roanoke, Va., is spending Some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keys, of this section. Mr. Ralph Beshears, who has been at Boone some time attend ing college, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bine Beshears. Misses Nina and Hcien Church and little brother, Johnson, spent Saturday night with their aunt. Mrs. Liza Fleenor. Mr. and Mrs. Coy Church, Of Pattons Ridge, spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. Church’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs., J. A. Kees. Mi>;% Berlle. Cornett spent Sun day,-.eyening'with Miss Ruth Be- sbears. Mrs. Liza Fleenor and chil dren were visitors in the home of Mrs. Harry Kight, Sunday. Misses Lula and Helen Adkins spent Sunday night with Miss Deasie Chnrch of this section. I4BOR HEAD SAYS V’ PLEA SUBTERFUGE San Francisco, Oct. 1.—Wil liam Green,*-president of the American Federation of Labor, charged “that is a subterfuge” when, told today., -the National Association of ' MsBoTseturers' bad challeased the A.. F, of L. to enter an ^ lines were ordered to Brandy Station for review, . prepariWory to the invasion of Pensylvania. On June 9th the first cali that was blown by the regimental bu gles was “Boots and Sadies,” second was “head out,” next was “mount,” the next “gallop march.” the next "draw sword,” the next “charge”—all this in less than 8 minutes. All were soon engaged and there was fought the greatest cavalry bat tle ever fought on this conti nent.” When Mr. McEwen celebrated his 20th birthday he was with the 2nd N. C. Cavalry regiment which was under command of Gen. J. B. Gordon, In Virginia. Mr. McEwen said “when we were ordered to the front and became a part of a corps of cavalry commanded 'by Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, that Stuart wore a white plume, like the Virginians tell etteville to attend the funeral of Mr. Edmund A. Johnston, who died in Baltimore Tuesday night. Mrs. Johnston, who survives, is a sister of Mr. McDiarmid. The Carolina Motor Club of fice here will be closed Thurs day afternoon and Friday on ac count of Mr. McDiarmld’s ab- S'jKce. The Colosseum o f ancient Rome seated more people than the Yankee Stadium in New York. BRAME^ BHEUMA-LAl FOR RHEUMATISM Quick IdM R. BL BRAME ft SON North WOkenboTik M. C RICHLAND FARM Must go at great sacrifice! Owing to old age I will dispose of my you that jhe did—and that he stock, fruit and grain farm of was always happy and singing.” On one occasion Mr. McEwen talked with the great command er of the Southern Forces, Gen. Robert B. Lee. ^ 131 acres rich black , soil, suit able for corn, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, Irish potatoes, cab bage, beans and garden vege tables. Hay 2 tons per acre. 66 acres cleared, 3 orchards, two Mr. McEwen relates an Inter-, (j^-gujugg, g barns, 2 cribs, hog esting experience he had with his ! pgjj^ good garden. Has 10 bold, favorite horse. "I had my horse free-stone springs, creek, all un- Calhoun’ tied to the back of the wagon I was driving and he got away. When I delivered the wa gon I found myself a cavalry man, on foot.” He finally found Calhoun tied up at quartermast er headquarters with an army guard on duty. The guard could n’t give a satisfactory answer to how he came Into possession of that particular horse but refus ed to let Mr. McEwen have him. Finally the guard was called to the other side of the tent and Mr. McEwen took hfa pocket knife and cut “Calhoun's** halter loose from the fence aift jump ed on hfa hack. "I had nothing but a halter to gttid«^.Jilm with hat that horse h^d enough devil in him tp go when he had a der fence, wire and rails. One mile to state graded school, post- office, railway station, state high way, high school, four churches, and three stores. School bus comes to farm. Gristmill at the farm. Abundance of firewood, good cold spring. Most healthful climate, good neighbors. Harvest ed 800 bushels corn?" and 400 bushels apples In.,; 1923. |300' worth shrubbery In the yard. One crop and the merchantable tim ber will almost pay for the farm. I have been offered 1125 per acre (815,000) Just before the depres sion. Clear of mortgages, farm loans, back taxes, etc. Can make clear bona fide deed. If taken In the next 60 days 126.77 Per Wiwl gets ' crops, stock, posfleaslomMt J all for 83,600. * A. 8. meats, T4. & -V rhe lAMP MAN” IS coming! 1 This Genial Good Fellow is Just as Regular as the Frost of Fall. Every October finds him out reminding housewives that many of their lamp sockets are empty aneJ in need of new lamps for the long winter nights . . . he’s been doing it for years, and al ways finds a warm welcome for his thoughtful service. Mr. Lamp-man's first name is MAZDA, and he is descended from a long string of peers. His historic family founded its success upon the'motto of "Better Light and Long Lamp Life." 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