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Iniftn, 27, both ot Winston-Salem,
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Hendren Planiiing
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Achievement Day
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4-H Coni Club members Been
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■| I .lUleiSh, Oct. 5.—There have
1{1MB only aeven cases ol Infan-
paralysis reported in North
^QiimUaa thus far in October after
, v'aA all-time record of 609 cases
joccurred between May 1 and this
ViMith.
ter This Year^ Than In Past
Doing Very Fine Work,
Fiv« Yean
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Conirty Agent Says
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Mrs.HobettCiBb9r
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SHERIFF TO GET BOOKS
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WILL HAVE EXHIBITS
KIWANIS PRESIDENT
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One Per Cent Discount Allow-
And Miss
To Vie For Prizes On Yield,
ed On All Taxes Paid Dur-
Profit and Best Exhibits
ing This Mmth
In the Show
Are Fatally
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Tax collections by C. H. Per-
P Robbery At Dobson
'Dobson, Oct. 6.
An Achievement Day for 4-H
guson, Wilkes county accountant.
Yeggmen
■wrecked the vault in the office of
;F. T. Llewellyn, Surry county
clerk of Superior court, with a
charge of| nitroglycerine early to
day and escaped with $8,000 in
non-negotiable time deposits.
Wilkes
in
corn club members
for the current fiscal year had
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Automobile and Greyhound
Bus Collide 15 Mes West
county is being planned by A. G.
$23,500 Saturday at
reached
Hendren, county agent, it
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was
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noon.
learned today.
of City
This sum at the present time
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Wilkes county corn club mem-
represents a great improvement
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bers have an enviable reputation |
Mrs. Edith Elledga Canter, aaa
In paying taxes over last yearns
for producing corn of the nutri- i
23, wife of Hubert Canter.* .aad
i record and is the best since the
tious variety and the list of blue ■
Miss Wilheimina Triplett, age 29.
Accidentally Shot
. Burlington, Oct. 5.—Hal Mer
ritt Winn, nine-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Winn, of Elon
College, route one, died tonight
the ef-
beginning of the depression* Mr.
ribbons they collect each year at.
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both of Purlear, were fatailyr In*
Ferguson stated. This Is taken as
the county, state and internation-
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Jured Sunday afternoon when the
an improvement in business con-
al fairs and shows is adding to *
car in which they were fidisg col*
ditions and is an indication of
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the fame of this good corn.
lided with a Greyhound bus 15
better times ahead.
Mr. Hendren stated that
44
iles west of this city on the
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at a local hospital fro
fects of an accidental gunshot
Sheriff W. B. Somers, who Is
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ambitious boys are enrolled in
Boone Trail highway.
settlement
this month to make
ay while the corn clubs this year and they
Another lady occupant of the
wound received Wed
N^Mr^ticing shooting a young | are helping materially to produce
panion.
for the 1934 taxes, will be given
car and Mrs. Canter’s two chil-
charge of the books and hereaft-
of the best corn crops in the
idren, Jimmie and Patty, were not
er payment of county taxes will
one
brance of the present gen-
^rbadly hurt.
be to him instead of Mr. Fergu-
reme
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GedM Long Se4|m
®lkin,'Oct. 5.—Pleaifng gtiilty
to-second degree mui4ler. Hurley
Holder, 18, of the Mount Airy
section, today was sentenced by
Judge Rousseau to serve 25 to
4e
The exact cause of the tragedy
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eration.
son.
Valuable prizes will be offered
could not be learned. According
to reports of patrolmen who in^
vestigated the wreck, the car had
rounded a curve going west,
struck the shoulder of the road,
swerved across the road into the
left front wheel of the bus, which
was traveling toward North Wil-
kesboro. The accident occured
near the home of G. M. Poster,
Mrs. Canter died within a short
time after reaching this city. Her
skull was fractured and there
were severe lacerations, bruises
Through advertisement and
other means the attention of tax
payers has been consistently call
ed ihis year to Ihe discounts al
lowed by law for early payment
and many taxpayers have taken
advantage of the savings afford
ed through this means. The dis
count during the month of Oc
tober will be oneir per cent and
one^balf of one
Above are the master minds who direct
ed the world series baseball champion
ship which went to Detroit today when
the Tigers won over the Chicago Cubs
4 to 3 in the sixth game.
Manager Charlie Grimm of the Cubs and
the one swinging the mean stick is
Manager Cochrane, of Detroit. Upper
right is the fan who got in line for the
first ticket on September 30.
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on Achievement Day in two con
tests. One contest will be based
yield and profit from the club
acre of corn and the other con-
30 years in state prison for his on an exhibit of corn,
part in the death of William Phil- members have shown
Ups. Mount Airy night watch- considerable interest during the
past year and have really accomp
lished something with their club
projects, the county agent said.
In the spring of this year
Arcadian Nitrate works donated
2,500 pounds of nitrogen ferti-
to the club members.
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W; It. Sturdivant, who was
elected president of the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club for the
ensuing year.
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League Condemns Italy
Geneva, Oct. 6.—Charged with
fixing the blame for the roar of
cannon in east Africa, a league
ittee to-
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will decrease
cent for November. During
December the tax^WlH be at par
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and penalties will he added each
month in 1936. Those who can
pay during October are urged to | T. E. Story Re-elected Secre-
do so and save the discount.
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the
per
Proclamation On Fire Prevention
Week Issed By Mayor R. T. McNiel
of nations council co
night completed a report which,
usually reliable sources said, con
demns Italy implicitly—if not di-
lllli
and internal injuries.
She Ibe only child of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Elledge, of Pur
lear, and was w’ell and favorably
known by a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances. Her husband,
father and mother and two chil
dren are the surviving members
was elect-immediate family.
Funeral and burial services
will be held at New Hope Bap
tist church on Tuesday after-
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Wilkes Man Is
Facing Charge
Of Kidnaping
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tary; Other Officers
Named Friday
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Marcus Nitore Is
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Hit And Run Victim
Oct. 6.—No clues
had been found tonight in the
death of Howard Spoon, 23, son
^ of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Spoon, of
’^'“Pranklinvllle, who was
dead about 3 o’clock this morn-
inj5 on a highway near Franklin-
Ak- He is believed to have been :
the victim of a hit and run driv-,
Whereas, the destruction of life and property by fire is a mat
ter of concern to everyone, and
Whereas, the reduction of fire waste can be effect^ in direct
pr^ortion to the amount of care exercimd by all people, and.
Whereas, the President of the United SUtes and the Governor
of North Carolina for the benefit of the American people a.s a
whole and with the view of arousing the people of the United States
to the importance of eliminating our enormous fire waste, have
proclaimed the week of October 7-11 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK,
Therefore, I. R. T. McNiel, Mayor of the city of North Wilkes
boro. do hereby proclaim the week of October 7-11 to be Fire Pre
vention Week in order that the people of this city shall individu
ally and through our various organizations, discover and correct
isting fire hazards, promote measures of public and private protec
tion. extend instruction in fire prevention among adults, as w-ell as
school children, and arouse the people generally.to the need ior,the
habits of greater care, and to this end I appeal to our citizens to
thoroughly co-operate with the fire department;- f earnestly solicit
the co-operation of our civic organizations and-^cK individual.
R. T. a^cNIEL. Mayor.
Ramseur.
W. K. Sturdivant, president ot
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ed to head the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis Clob in the regular
meeting held at Hotel Wilkes Fri
day at noon. He succeeds J. B.
McCoy, Hotel Wilkes
who successfully led
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Hot^ce Hayes Held Under
Bond Pending Oatmtoe of
Local Man’s
locaT taxi
1 Lee Hawkins Held In Raleigh
For Abducting 16-Year-
Old Girl
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noon, 2:30.
Miss Triplett was a member of
the Millers Creek central school
faculty and is a very popular and
other officers elected Friday | ,.pspected voung lady among her
W. E. Jones, vice president;
manager,
the club
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Marcus Moore,
er, was reported to be Improving
at The Wilkes Hospital today
Injuries sustained Thursday
Lee Hawkins, a resident of the
during the past year.
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Hays community, was placed un
der arrest by Wilkes officers Sun
day on a charge of kidnaping a
16-year-old girl wj Raleigh
bout two weeks ago.
Hawkin.s was wanted by the
er.
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afternoon when he was hit on the
head by Horace Hayes in an al
tercation at Jim Williams* estab
lishment one mile west of this
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many friends and acquaintances.
She died at the hospital here this
afternoon at 4:05 o’clock.
Miss Triplett was a daughter of
Dr. W. R. Triplett, widely known
physician of the Purlear commu
nity.
she leaves one brother and two
sisters. Carson. Inez and Velma
were
T. E. Story, secretary-treasurer:
C. B. Eller, P. W. Eshelman, B.
R. Underwood, E. G- Finley and
A. L. Griffing. directors.
The newly elected
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Roosevelt Aboard Escort Cruiser
Portland, Oct. 5. —in the blazing
^^unshine of lower California bay. iij^^vvay patrol, who had inslruo-
President Roosevelt spent
morning today acting on Wash
ington work and approved $26,-jj
000.000 of works progress pro
jects in Pennsylvania.
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ex-
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president
named dele-
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tious to affect his arrest on the |
charge of buying an automobile j
in Maryland on the installment!
plan and leaving for North Caro
lina. where he is alleged to have
purchased a tag for another car
and placed it on the one brought
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Moore suffered a severe injury
to his head when it struck
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and secretary were
gates to the Carolinas*
convention to be h^ld in Chai lea-
ton. S. C.. on October 16, 17 and
IS, Friday. November 1, was se- f.-uueral services for Miss'Trip-
ilected as the date for the next Mouiu Pleas-
Ladies’ Night meeting. Baptist church Wednesday
The program Friday was ^ at
charge of .1. D. Moore and not- contained four pas-
withstanding that the [ sengers and the -driver, John
an inform- occupant receiv
ed slight injuries. The driver was
placed under bond pending a
r hearing and further investiga
tion.
In addition to her father.
the
district
had been
^ pavement after he
; knocked down by Hayes, it was
reported, and for some lime his j
condition was regarded as
a
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Spu
r.cneva. Oct. 5.—The council
l::igue of nations appoint
ed a “strategy” board of six to
handle the Ualo-Ethiopian
fare tonight but failed to take
Immediate action upon a solemn | ‘
Ethiopian appeal to
assacre of
tions.
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Dr. Eller Emphasizes Vaccination
As Preventative For Diphtheria
tremely critical.
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rom Maryland.
When his arrest was made here
instruc-
resident of Purlear,
placed under bond of $2,000
Hayes, a
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was
pending further investigation and
the outcome of the
Sunday police received
tions from Raleigh to hold him
the serious charge of kidnap
ing Lncile Tevepaugh.
is alleged to have picked her up
on the wav to school in Raleigh
war-
injury to
speaker did not arrive
on
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direction to the delight
Moore.
ii program was
Moore’%
of all present. A number of hum-
and informal talks
embers.
received into
membership and Rev.
welcomed
Hawkins
There is no excuse for a child . six months and be assured of im-
A.' J. I niunization for a lifetime. There
is no reasonabte excuse, he inti
mated, for the disease not being
stop the
innocent popula-
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Local Youth Is
Transferred To
New York City
Dr.
having diphtheria.
Eller, county health officer, said
Saturday in an interview with a
representative of this newspaper.
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were
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ago and has since
orous
made hy several
A. T. Lott was
several days
been carrying her over the state.
The car w*as almost complete-
was
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completely eradicated if parents
will show the proper interest and
having the chil-
New Department
At Belk’s Store
ly demolished and the bus
badly damaged.
Miss Triplett wae driver
the car.
connty
afternoon
and carried him to Raleigh to
face charges in
the girl’s abduction.
Wake
Deputies from
were here Sunday
At that time the health officer
the club’s
C. W. Robinson was
the club after an ab-
during
cooperation in
dren vaccinated at an early age.
president
an-
r. W. Eshelman,
Wilkes Ho.dery Mills Co
that Charles
was discussing the vital import
ance of vaccination against diph
theria as a preventative and urg
ed that all parents of the county
sec to the immunization of their
!::ldren against the disease at
an early age.
In discussing means of pre
venting the disease he explains
that medical science now offers
a vaccine that immunizes for life | administering it. It
out, however, that 25 cents is a
small consideration in view’ of the
results—positive immunity from
a dreaded disease that yearly
takes its toll among those who
building on Thursday afternoon.. However, he also brought out are not educated to the fact that
The meeting will begin at 3:45 that for vaccine to make a child vaccination is a sure preventa-
and it is earnestly hoped that immune requires from two to tive or who deliberately fail to
-ho possibly three months time and for this take advantage of the opportun-
T'his week has, reason he is asking that parents ities medical science has offered.
children vaccinated Reports of Dr. Eller shows the
health situation in the county to
be in very good shape with only
a scattering of communicable di-
of
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back into
connection with
Free vaccine is no longer ob- nounced
today
Crutchfield was leaving for New
York City about October 12tli to
accept a position in the
of Hanes Associated Mills,
liandle.s the sales
of three months,
SPHC6
which time he occupied his cot-
the Brushies.
tainable by county health de-
Thr ee T aken In
J. H. Pennell Is Distillery Raid
Seriously Injured
Opening New Ready-to-Wear
m^epartment To Take Place
' Tuesday Night
Dr. McNeill Will
Address P.-T. A. ‘
partment, which must charge the
small sum of 25-cents per child
for diphtheria. This charge is
made for the vaccine, the actual
cost, and no charge is made by
Dr. Eller or Mrs. Bell, nurse, for
la pointed
tage On
office
Inc.
This company
of the Wilkes Mills. Mr. Crutch
field will continue to have rath-
local
The formal opening of the Has ('ordial linRation To
Attcmi Meeting^ On Thurs
day .\ftoruoon
liandsome new ready-to-wear de
partment of Belk’s Department
North Wilkcsboro’s Shop-
is announced for to- Dr. .1. H. McNeill.
■30 o’clock, and local physician, will be the speak- There Is little reaction
of the North vaccine, which may be given safe
ly to children six months of age
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Rich Shew, Ray and Betsy
Wyatt Face Liquor Charge
In Federal Court
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A raid by federal officers of
the alcohol tax unit in the ^‘Shew
ridge*' section of Wilkes Sunday
netted the arrest of two men, one
woman, and the destruction ot a
large distillery used for the man
ufacture of illicit liquor.
Rich Shew, Ray W'yatt and
Betsy Wyatt were the three who
are in toils of law and facing
court as a result of the Sunday
raid. Bond for Shew^ was set by*
Commissioner J. W. Dula in a
hearing yesterday at $1,000,
which had not been filled t’bday
and he is still in jail. The Wyatts
were released under bonds of
$500 each for appearance- In' the
November term of federal couft!'
C. S. Felts, revenue officer* •
A. Jones, deputy marshal. Bob
and Will Jones made the raid.
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close contact with the
mill and it is expected that he
will spend a few days out of each
month at the plant.
Charles Crutchfield was
ed in North Wilkesboro and after
finishing high school here he at
tended Clemson College where he
graduated In civil engineering.
About three years ago he accept
ed a position with
Hosiery Mills and by close ap- j afternoon as
to his work has made jes received Saturday afternoon
His busi- when he was struck by a
while walking along the 1
Trail highway three miles west of
this city near his home.
According to witnesses of the
accident Mr. Pennell was walk-
the dirt shoulder of the
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prominent and is given in only one dose.
to the
Hit By Car Whilel Walking
Along Highway Saturday;
Condition Is Critical
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ping Center,
morrow night at 7
of the store, Mr. W. er at the meeting
rear-
tha manager . ^ ^ i. *
G. Gabriel, has issued a cordial • Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation to be held at the school and over.
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James H. Pennell, age 76. a
former member of the
board of education, was
invitation for the public to at-
Wilkes
tend.
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Tke opening of the new’ ready-
which w’ill
county
reported to be in a serious con-
Wllkes dition at the Wilkes Hospital this
the result of injur-
to-wear department
ladles’ and
all school patrons
can wMll attend,
been set aside for a membership have their
drive and the membership and
cooperation of all people of the
city interested in the welfare and
progress ot the school is solicit-
the
children’s
w
feature
coats, dresses, and millinery, in-
the floor space of the big
approximately
plication
considerable progress.
associates predict continued
uccess in his new field.
creases
early as possible this fall in or
der to forestall any oncoming
epidemics of the winter and
car
one-
Belk store
third as the entire third story of
the building has been remodeled,
and filled with beautiful new fix
tures, and the latest in ready-to-
wear from northern
With the use of the third floor,
Belk’s is now in position to carry
of the largest stocks of i
oonc
ness
seases. The summer season pass
ed with only a few cases of ty
phoid, all of them being people
who had not been vaccinated. As
spring.
There are al the present time
some ffiw isolated cases of diph
theria in the county and the ten
dency upon the part of parents is
to try to have their children
vaccinated only after they have
had a chance to contract the 11- dren immunized, Dr. Eller stat-
Prize Fish Story
Spenrer
ard Eller, Quicy Adams and
Sydney Hunt returned Sunday
from a fishing trip to Morehead
City with about 100 pounds of
fish and the prize f^®*' story
of the year.
Mr. Eller brought along an
18-ponnd fish and one weigih-
ing :10 pounds to vouch for the
.^Ize of fish they caught but
Spencer Richardson hooked a
Searo that Captain Sam Curtis
said would liave weighed 40 to
50 pounds. The hook tore out
a portion of th® large fl«h’*
head. The large fish
cMigbt in the open aea while
trout and Wnea wete taik*
en tn ttie aound.
ed.
arkets.
r.iclumtsou* Pritch-
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Benefit Card Party
ing on
highway on th© left side coming
east when a car going in the
direction passed another
few
stated before, there are a
isolated cases of diphtheria, all
the more reason for having chil-
The members of the North
Wilkesboro Woman’s club
planning a benefit card party to
be held Friday evening, October
18, at the Legion clubhouse,
the large building, as well as Bridge, rook and other card
the balcony, being filled to capaci- ^ames will be played, with twen-
tr with ty-flve cents being charged for is requir-1 in visiting schools,
lor the entire each player vaccination to make children and
J? °afflclent service, a The forward march of the na- an individual immune. The best for diphtheria. If a child is found
- installed, tion’s business last week continu- that can be done for a child who by this test to be
r^hto operating throughout i .^mluister antitoxiu, which is at notified that vaccination, should
of Rfilk’s will! drums. Both retail and whole- best a temporary measure. -be administered.
Ze “markets were universally Therefore it Is best. Dr. Eller The most, convenient tluae ^
■ **a visit to- higher as a result of cool fall emphasised, to administer the giving vaccinations at the health
public pw. weather and the introduction of j vaccine to a child fit or soon after office at the courthouae u- on
, wUl he served. winter merchandise. • the time It reaches the age of Saturday morniBg,.
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are
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one
chandise to be found in any store
In this part of the state, the base-
jnentf first floor, and third floor
same
vehicle, swerved oft the pavement
and_ struck the aged
^car Owens, reported to bej
the' intoxicated f Revival To Begin
was arrested and is being held In a . n i /’tL L.
jail at Wilkesboro pending the At rUrleaT
outcome of ^r. PennelRs injuries. a series of revival seftlcea
The impact of the knocked win start at Purlear Baptiat
Mr. Pennell a distance of several church on Sunday, October- IS.
feet and examination showed that The pastor* Rev. A- W, Biler.
one leg was badly crushed and ^\\\ he assisted by Rev.
that to suffered other injuries, ler and B. L. MintoflU The jmUie
some improTemest wm Us inrited to attend
[noted today his condition i» which will continue for a week or
lEar^ted as extremely critical. {joager. ' ' \
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sease from some
person
has the disease. The futility of
such practice can be understood health officer and Mrs. Bell at
when it js learned that a period this season of the year is spent
inspecting
aklng Schick tests
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