Adams^mith
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Adams an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter. Ethel Irene, to Mr.
W!ray Smith, of Wichita, Kansas.
The wedding was solemnized
May 29, 1937, at the home of
the bride by her pastor, Her. D.
M. Dillard. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
left early Saturday, May 30th, for
Kansas where they will make
their home.
rBfrs. Roby Woods Hostess
At Luncheon Tuesday
\ Mrs. Roiby Woods was hostess
a InntAeon shower Tuesday
hmoiing Mrs Ebb Jones, who
before her recent marriage was
MJes Pearl Holder, of Yadkin
't^tley.
The hostess, assisted by her
Bister, Miss Nina Jones, serred
luncheon with Iced tea.
Mrs. Jonee was presented with
a number ot gifts for her kitch
en by those pi'esent.
Harris-Childers
Mr. W. E. Harris, of Wilkes-
boro, announces the marriage of
his daughter, Loline Jeau, to Mr.
Edd Childers, of Lenoir. The
wedding took place November
26. 19S6.
Mr. Childers Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Childers and
holds a position with Smlthey’s
Department Store, of Lenoir. Mr.
and Mrs. Childers will mke their
home In Lenoir.
Kilby-McMillan
Announcements reading as fol
lows have been received here:
“Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kilby an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Belva, to Gale B. Mc
Millan on Saturda:. the fifth of
June, 1937, North Wilkesboro, N.
C. At home at West Jefferson.
N. C.'*
Hatchet Slayers
Given Sentences
29 To 30 Years
Jersey City, N. J., June 3.—
Seventeen-year-old Gladys Mac-
Knight and her former sweet
heart, Donald Wightman. 19,
made no show of emotion today
as Judge Thoma.s K. Meaney sen
tenced them to from :19 to 30
years at hard labor in state pris
on for the hatchet murler of the
girl's mother.
Thirty years was the maximum
the law allowed under their con
viction of second degree murder.
Commutation for good be
havior couid cut 10 years, off the
sentence, ami after one-third of
the term is seiwed tl-ey may ap
ply for parole.
If Gladys serves the 30 years,
she will he 17 when she emerges
from pri.son—the age of her mo
ther. Mrs. Helen MacKnight,
when she was slain in the kitchen
of her Bayonne home last July
31.
A s sentence w a s imposed
Gladys preserved the calm she
tha« shown since her arrest on
the night of ih^ niiirde.- and ut
tered no word.
.A.l«o ealm, the youth half smil
ed at his saddened parents.
Defense attorneys indicated
they would not appeal.
Reading the ads. get you mor*
—for less money. Try it.
Krth'Rate in State
Drops to New Low
Raleigh. — North Carolina’s
birth-rate dropped from 83.6 In
1916, when It stood at the top
of the list, to 22.2 In 1936, the
records of the Vital Statistics Di
vision of the State Board of
Health show.
From first, this State dropped
to a tie for fourth with West
Virginia, while three other States
topped it off In 1935, the last
year for which complete com
parative figures are available.
Mississippi formerly was North
Carolina’s chief rival for birth
rate honors, but that State Is
now' definitely ahead of this. At
the last comparative count. New
Mexico, bordering on old Mexico,
led the entire country with a
rate of 31.3. Dtah was second
with 24.7, while Mississippi came
third with 24.1.
Dr. R. T. Stimpson, director of
the Division of Vital Statistics,
ventured no conjectures as to the
whys and wherefores of these fi
gures.
He did point out, however,
some significant facts, among the
chief of these being that North
Carolina’s birth rate peak came
just three years prior to the
year in which Its highest death
rate w’as recorded. That was in
1918, the year of the first and
most deadly Influenza epidemic,
when the mortality rate reached
17.6. was previously pointed
out, this State’s banner birth
year was in 1915, when the rate
was 33.5.
.\ study of the State’s birth
rate by years showed that it Is
an up and down proposition, like
this: 1931, 23.2; 1932. 24.0;
1933, 23.0; 1934, 24.1; 1935,
23.3; 1936, 22.2.
The present noticeable drop
started with t h e depression,
11-ere having been a gradual de
cline since 1929, the year the
economic situation reached Us
most acute stage.
“Statistics show that more
males are born in times of war
and depression.’’ Dr. Stimpson
.said. "It is also noted.’’ he con
tinued, "that while there are
more male children born than fe
male, the ratio being 52 to 48 in
the rmted States as a whole,
more boy babies die before they
are five years old. This has a ten
dency to equalize the sexes and
maintain a com'parative balance.’*
roaring river, June ' 7.—
Rev. A. W. Lynch filled 'Js
regular appointment at the Meth-
otUpt church Sunday morning.
Mrs. iDlA Dudley and dauglbt-
er; irom Sh^Msy, are visiting Mre.
DntUeylB parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. L. Parks.
Mrs. B. R. Pelts, of this place.
Is seriously ill.
Mrs. Sylvia Michael, of Relds-
vllle. Is visiting her motiher, Mrs.
Hassle Warren.
Mlse Inez McNeill left last
week with her sister, Mrs. For
rest Grimes, of Thomasville, on a
sight seeing trip In Washington,
D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Johnson,
of Greensboro, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Johnson’s parento, Mr. and
Mrs. McCager Alexander.
Mr. David Parks, who holds a
position with Duke Power com
pany at Elkin, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Parks.
Mr. Lawrence Staley, of Win
ston-Salem, spent a few days last
week with his mother. Mrs. Row
an Staley.
Mrs. Joe Sears, of Greensboro,
Is spending this week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mc
Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Leet Poplin, of
Honda. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mc
Gee, of Dehart, Miss Manle
Brewer and Lunda Hendren and
Mr. Claude Canter, from North
Wilkesboro, visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Harris and family, Sun
day.
Mr. Alton Pardue, who repre
sents the Puller Brush company
In Salisbury, spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Pardue.
Mss Zelle Harris will leave
Tuesday for Boone to attend sum
mer school at Appalachian State
Teacihers College.
Miss Helen Parks went to
Louisville Kentucky, Saturday to
visit her brother, Mr. Eugene
Parks.
Several members ot Roaring
River B. T. U. gave a program at
Arbor Grove Baptist church Sun
day night.
The Wo'man’s Missionary Soci
ety will meet Thursday afternoon,
June 10th, in the home of Mrs.
G. W. Scroggs.
Pedestrians Like
Loose Livestock!
(Random thoughts by J. J. |
Lynch. Safety Cru.sader) :
The jay-walking pedestrian. |
who cuts corners diagonally, or
crosses the street between cross-1
walks, is in close comparison to ^
the cow. horse or pig, that strolls j
up onto the highway just about i
the time an automobile approach-1
es. •
Diamonds Wore Ones
Used to Make Steel
Cortv rwiiircfc «orinn pmad Ihal
tiMt w« Iron plw «orbM by k«at>
■no dlcnoadi, Hw pom* fem
tahem, onS ben in ■ cncMn.
Plano Wire Strongw
Than Structural Steel
A pvll olSSOXn ponndj U ntetuary
•s binok a bnndtn of plono wb»
Inch Kiwno, whU# • iqooro Inch of
■tool modlo bvHd o ihyKrapor eon
vMuWnd o poll oohr oon-«Sh «
100,000 Varieties of
Steel Products
Stool h nsod for so many (tiWio,
thot stool miia oSor about 500
products in lOOJXlO dtftufoiit sixos,
shopos ond Pnishos. Who for
bobby pins, for inslonco, cemot
in two shopos, oioht Ihicbiossos,
sovun widths and foor finishos.
Amoricon Iron »nd Stool Inffihito
MOVIE STAB’S (’RI SADK A-
GAINST BRINGS. How a iteaiitlful
addict, after many disheartening
failures, was euretl, and wants
other vietmis to sfiare her good
fortune. A feature page of The
Ameiiran Weekly with Sunday’s
WASHINGTON HERALD.
“RESERVED FX)B THE CAP-
T.AI.N'.’' An entertaining short
fiction story' of a lioneymoon
scheme that went wrong, in Tlie
.\iiierictin Weekly with Sunday’s
MASIll.N’GTON HERALD.
Reading the ads. get you more
—for less money. Try it.
We are now furnishing to the farmers our fine
ground LIME that tests 98 per cent at a reduced
price until July 1st. in order to avoid the rush
this fall.
GROUND LIMESTONE $1.00 PER TON
UNGROUND LIMESTONE 60 CENTS PER TON
To help you find our lime plant turn left at
Shouns, Tenn. and go three miles until you come
to a large round steel lime bin almost in the
road.
See your County Agent and make arrangemento ■
to get your refund from the Government. Ton are Mi
allowed $2.00 per ton for liming yonr farm, bnt
your County Agent will have to tell yon the num
ber of acres you are allowed to lime under the
Government Soil Conservation Program.
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Finds Few Diseased
Apples and Peaches
Apple and peach diseases are
fairly well under control in pied
mont and mountain orchards of
the State, said Dr. Luther Shaw,
extension plant pathologist at
State College.
He found “an excellent set of
fruit’’ ip all orchards visited on
a recent trip through the middle
and western parts of the State.
To make more sure of getting
a good harvest, however, grow
ers should continue a systematic
spray program.
Two extension circulars, “Spray
Calendar for Apples” and “Spray
Calendar for Peaches,’’ sihould be
in the hands of every grower, Dr.
Shaw stall'd.
Free cople.s may be obtained
from the agricultural editor at
State College.
In twenty-six states girb may
marry at the age of sixteen with
the consent of their parent*..”''
TOO Ql’ICK FOR HTfMAN
EVK.S. Curious revelations’ ' by
stop-motion photographs ' of a
fulling drop of milk and hum
ming-birds’ invisible wings. A
oage of remarkable photo^’apbs
n The .American tVeekly with
Suntlay’s W.AKHINGTON HER-
•tLI).
The cow and pig are known to
have only, a one track mind, j
wherea.s the horse. Is consider
ably more diversified in his
thoughts, but nevertiheless, often
times tries to outrun an automo-
ibile, rather than just to step off
to one side. These animals usual
ly have their mind on somebody’s
hayfield or corn patch, whereas
the careless and hurried pedes
trian usually has his mind on
somebody's pocketbook. If that
person he a man, or ihe migiht be
thinking of the golf course or
some good fishing spot. If the
pedesitrian be a woman, the
chances are, that she is trying to
hurry to some store to get a par
ticular dress before some other
woman gets it, or it might he a
hait. Or she might have her mind
on a bridge game. So regardless
of whether it be man or beast,
they have their mind on some
thing else besides the chances
they are taking. But; if the ani
mals knew only half as much as
hiumans about the danger of get
ting hit by an automoibile, you
couldn’t drive them onto a high
way if a car was in .sigiht; but the
pedestrians who all know the full
dangers of siuch chances, dashes
across the street and seldom look
to. see if a car is coming. So who
Is more to blame? "fhe human be
ing or the animal.
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—for less money. Tcf it.
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' MOTHER, I'M A LIHLE SHORT ON MONEY. COULD
YOU LOAN ME A DOLLAR FOR MY LUNCH?
^YEAH.'THERE’S^
IN THE ORAWER!
Wilkes Furniture
Exchange
- C - N«t Door *• Goodwill Store
NOZTH ^
DO YOU MEAN
IN THE BUFFET
DRAWER?
ho! in
[the bedroom
1
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/there's no money
IN this room
OH, I DON'T mean
DOWN HERE-—
UPSTAIRS/
UPSTAIRS/
\
00 YOU MEAN
UP HERE IN
JUNIOR'S ROOM?
OTHER room/
AW-
-‘5'^ •
MAYBE AFTER ML,60IM6^.,^ .
WITHOUT LUNCH TRl BLY- MY' j
WOULDNTT HURT
ME •“ MUCH/
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