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a annAw *o( praetleo gameo
j^lamftd (dr the next too
laelndias a gacae with the
Wllkaifeavo Uou Clnb
t>a Fridnr fqtglit of this
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l^ermen ont are Htig-
«sh^ KMOrtej', Steelman, Crav-
•n^add Crook. Inelnded In the
. hehr;nt^Mer!al at the achool will be
^Bfllirakt. ■who gained valuable
FkUpttrlence prl^ to this year at
L^ltoiin'tidn View and who was a
InMjiiational plagrer on the football
Camvbell, Williams, Cof-
tVf Dancy, Hnnt, Blakewood, Z.
Vlosler, 1, FV>ster, Call and
J Chi^h.
like adnad will be somewhat
ke^rtor and taller than teams at
i the' tiobocl dniing the past few
'jpiearB and is rai>ected to develop
'fato a eo«nc>aratively good high
ihehool basketball team when the
‘iogalar schedule with teams of
4ther northwestern North Caro-
cnuh Friday Ni|^t
:^;' A commanlty and school pro*
Wmm on the theme of “ttaklng
'% 'y t-
V. i , J ■ ‘ .'v
tSliA higll schooi be^os early in
tJteuaiT.
Program F riday
At Mulberry School
“Christmas at Puniin Holler”
land “Today’s Christmas Gift,’’
I Will be presented by sixth grade
pnpilg of Mulberry school on Fri-
l-^y evening, December 15, 7:30
1 p. m. The public is invited to at-
[tend.
BIG CHRISTMAS
WAGON SALE
Lowest Prices In Town
$3.25 Wagon .. $2.89
$1.00 Wagon 89c
CARLTON’S
iiiiiiiiiii
G. 0. P. To Contact Farmers
Before Drawing Up Platform
Dapper Rep. Clifford Hope,
Of Kansas, Expects To
Gather Information
Washington, Dec. 9.—The man
who might now be secretary of
agricu.ture had the Repuibllcans
won the 1936 election peered
searchingly out of his office win
dow toward the farm country.
He wondered whether, out
there in the more open spaces, a
committee of Repuibllcan con-
grressmen which he heads would
be able to develop a solution to
the perennial farm problem from
heart-to-heart talks with farm
ers.
Dapper Representative Clifford
Ho®*, of Garden City, Kans., 46-
year-old intimate of former Gov.
Alf M. Landon, spoke enthnslaa-
tlcally of regional group meet
ings which the 46 house mem
bers will start shortly.
“I’m not under any illusion
that this committee can find the
answer, but we ought to pick up
a lot of practical information a-
hout the operation of the present
program,’’ Hope said.
“If our party wins in 1940, we
will have very definite ideas for
legislation. If we don't win, we
will still have an advantage over
the Democrats because of gen
eral. brass-tacks studies.”
Hope said the Republicans
were goiii.g to seek out farmers
from “up the creeks” as well as
large operators. He seemed anx
ious to lock up his Capitol office
and get on w:!h his surveys.
The quiet Kansan seeks the an
swer to big crops and low prices
—the “what to do alK>ut it?”
“We intend to make a grass
rwits study of the whole prob
lem,’’ he said with a wave of his
arm. “We want to hold meetings
in just about every section of the
country.
“And we don't want the well-
organized farm groups to monop
olize the hearings, either. The
lobbyists can and do come to
Washington. The farmers we
want to talk to can't do that."
To Start Farm
Demonstration
Along Parkway
The National Park Service and
the Soil Conservation. Service are
co-oipe'.atlng In a farm demon
stration program along the Blue
Ridge Parkway and applications
from farmers In Ashe, Alleghany
and 'Watauga counties who have
fann.s on or near the Parkway
and are Interested in applying,
are now being accepted by the
county farm ageit in the respec
tive counties, it was learned here
yesterday.
“There will he a few of these
demonstration farms selected in
our county that are on or are in
sight of the Parkway,” an official
said.
The demonstration p’k'ognum
does not cost a farmer an:rthing
to participate and Includes gul-
ley Improvement work, reforesta
tion and so on. The plan -,enta-
tlvely provides that CCC hovj will
he used to help carry out the
work.
D. W. Levandonsky, of the Na
tional Park Service, was in the
county last week discussing the
proposed program.
It was pointed out that there
are many advantages to having a
demonstration program of this
kind along the Parkway.
Eight Moore Beer
License Revoked
Demonstrations In
Electric Warmers
Being Conducted
R. P. Lewey, of Mountain View,
i and Mrs. Earl Anderson, of Wil-
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
kesboro, are carrying out demon
strations with electric water
warmers In their poultry houses,
it was reported today by Jesse
Giles, assistant county ag-nt.
L. L. Ray, agricultural engineer
for the Duke Power company, is
assisting in the demonstrations.
Doth Mrs. Anderson and Mrs.
Lewey have two poultry houses
each. In one house the water will
be electrically and automatically
i warmed while in the other the
j water will remain cold.
I The demonstrations ■will In-
I elude a check on 'water oonsumip-
Ition, egg .production, weight of
birds and other factors, Mr.
Giles said.
JANE WITHERS
(VACK UP YOU/?
"(ROUBLES
HE RITZ BROTHERS
Legion-Auxiliary
Dance Announced
TODAY
TUESDAY
m
A comiblnation square and
round dance 'will he held at the
American Legion and Auxiliary
clubhouse Friday night, Decem
ber 15, ibeglnning at eight o’clocb
The public has a cordial Invita
tion to attend and all Legion
naires and Auxiliary members are
eepeeially asked to be present.
Gentlemen ■will be charged 50
cents each attmlseion and ladles
will be adiiitted free.
Raleigh, Dec. 8.—The 'beer in
dustry’s “clean up or close up”
campaign in North Carolina re
sulted in the revocation of eight
retailers’ licenses last week and
action against eight other deal
ers this week.
Edgar H. Bain of Goidahoro,
State Director of the Brewers
and North Carolina Beer Distrib
utors Committee, announced to
day that petitions were filed with
the Alamance, Burke, and Row
an county boards of commission
ers this week requesting the rev
ocation of the retail beer licenses
of eight dealers. The petitions
were based on alleged liquor law
violations by the retailers.
Last week, the committee was
instrumental in securing the revo-
' cation of eight retailers’ licenses
in Lenoir, Guilford, Buncombe,
and Craven counties. Colonel Bain
announced.
Petitions seeking revocation of
the beer licenses of 15 retailers
•who are operating contrary to the
Industry’s “clean up” program
are now pending before the
hoards of commissioners of sev
en counties—Beaufort, Clay, Ca-
barniB, Rowan, Haywood, Ala
mance and Burke.'
The Beaufort Board will act
upon three petitions at Us Jan
uary meeting, officials announc
ed. The Clay County BoaJ^ has
scheduled a public hearing for
December 16th on one petltlon.
Since September 1st, the Brew
ers and North Carolina Beer Dis^-
trtbutors Committee has extend
ed its “clean up or close up”
campaign to more than a third of
the state’s 100 counties with the
result that 34 dealers have lost
their licenses to sell beer. One
dealer has been placed on proba
tion and many others have been
warned to correct certain, unsatis
factory conditions.
At
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Swriorh and L—illitg CideMH> '
; S|T0 TaIm Part In Pro- ^
a snee^ at any work”' will he
carried'wit'at Mount' Pleasant
Itls^ Khb^ fltteen mllas west^of
this e^ 4>n Fl^diqrrhight,
eeadier 16, bSgttIdBr at 7:80 o'
clock. ^
The meeting, on the line of vo
cational': ■ guidance, haa been
•^lannad by the'seiiior class and
Miss Blanche Blledge, senior class
president, will preside. The first
numiber on the program wil! be
singing of Christmas carols by
seniors sind other students under
the leadership of A. M. McGee.
Rev. A. B. Watts, pastor of Mount
Pleasant Baptist church, will con
duct the devotional and A. y.
Nolan, district school principal,
will Introduce the theme and pur
pose of the gatherlTig.
“Essential Elements of Charac
ter Necessary For Success” will
be dlscusse-J by Lennie Michael,
a senior. Under the subject of
“Relation of Social Behavior to
Success,’' two students ’wlU dis
cuss phases dealing with life In
the home as follows: “The Fam
ily and Living Room,” by Fred
Blevins: “The Dining Room,” by
Geneva Church. Under “school,”
the discussions will be by the
following: “The Classroom,” by
Ruth Barnette; “In the Halls and
On Buses,” by Rex Eller; “Gym
nasium and Playground,” by Wil
lard Michael. Wrenn Minton will
discuss social behavior in the the
atre, church and on the streets.
J. Gordon Hackett, of North
Wllkeaboro, Eighth Division high
way commissioner, will speak on
Possi/bllltles for Boys and Girls
in the Mount Pleasant District.’’
His address will be followed by
a fifteen-minute panel by leading
citizens and students, among the
citizens to'take part being T .0.
Minton, Dr. W. W. Miles. Super
intendent of Schools C. B. Eller,
Dr. W. R. Triplett, J. C. McNeill,
D. F. Shepherd, Mr. Davis, Tom
Walsh, Virgil Church, W. O. Bar
nett, Archie Fairchilds, Lee J.
Church, W. A. Payne, Roby Mc
Neill and others.
An evaluation of the program
will be given by Mr. Justice, of
the state department of educa
tion.
Wetk ^Jefferson, Doc. 8.—Dr.
Manty^Blo'vlns, one of the oldest
and most widely known phynid-
aiia 4n this section of North Car-
ollha^ied today of ulcer of the
atom^. a disease with which be
taa^r^ibeeea suffering for some
t|me. He was 80 years oldi
Fnneral will be conducted Snn-
I£ei|iiblle la dSQGUly invited
to attend the Christmaa recital to
be WWnt^ the
Plnley etudlo of Dimw at C the
hi^ school audltoMoa on De-
etaiilMit 16, at 7:30 eiciodt. The
reetfai will he in the form of a
plof; “The To^ Thalf Had
Walt!” Novelty songs aSid
numhers have been eepertslly ar
ranged for each Toy by Mrs.
Richard Finley.' Beatttltal classi
cal dances will he given as well
:
with egipfoyinent at Ita 
in yean.
Q
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Ads get attenthlon' elkl
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at, ^ , . . . _
Shelter Baptist church hy Rev. BdInterpretations. About 20
MiUer and Rev. W. H. Caldwell.
and a Masonic hartal service wilt
be held at Scott cemetery.
Dr. Blevins was .bom and rear
ed in Ashe county and had been
practicing medicine in^his monn-
taln section for nearly 5 years.
Before the advent of good roads
he rode horseback all over the
county and It is stated' that he
never refused to go to see a pa
tient regardless of weather con-
iitions or financial standing.
He was a son of Dr. and Mrs.
Daniel Blevins, and as a yonng
hoy practiced with his father and
later with Dr. J. 0. WSlcox. He
was first married to Miss Ludima
Eller and they had five children,
four of whom survive. Later he
married Miss Mary Elizabeth
Jones, ^nd to them four chil
dren were born, all of whom sur
vive, as well as Mrs. Blevins.
The children are Arthur Blev
ins, Kannapolis; D. O. Blevins,
Spruce Pines; Riley A. Blevins,
Lansing; Lester Blevins, Smith-
port; Mrs. W. A. Fallstown, Md.;
Walter Blevins, Warrensvllle;
Fred Blevins, Beng; Jones and
Price Blevins, Warrensvllle. He
also leaves one brother, Daniel A.
Blevins, of Sweetwater, Okla.
dance studenUr of Mrs. Finlay's
will take part In the play.
.Tha scene of the play 18 laid
in Santa’s Toy shop where Santa
has completed preparations (or
his dash from the North Pole to
the houses all good children
on this Christmas eve. Mrs. San
ta cautions him to be carefuR
and after bidding hhn goodbye,
seta about to devise some plan to,
make all the little toys happy
who were left behind in his toy
shop; so she uses her wishing cap
to call the Qneen of the Fairies,
NEW
who In turn wakes the toys to
life, as the querting little fairies
find them; all frolic until the
Queen returns, takes the Wishing
Cap in payment and makes them
once more little tops, back on the
shelves in Santa’s Topshop.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Question
Curing hay through the use of
an electric blower has proved
highly successful in tests conduct
ed during the past four years at
the Tennessee Experiment Sta
tion.
GRAINS
The quality of tne 1939 wheat,
barley, and grain sorghums Is
somewhat higher than in 1938,
although the quality of the oat
and rye crop Is lower, reports the
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Question: What is the best fer
tilizer mixture for use on tobacco
plant beds and what amount
should be used?
Answer: Two hundred pounds
of a 4-8-3 mixture for each 100
square yards of bed has proven
most satisfactory. However, If a
lower grade fertilizer is used it
can be supplemented with from
50 to 100 pounds' of cottonseed
meal, provided the meal is thor
oughly mixed with the soil. All
fertilizers should be broadcast on
the 'bed and thoroughly mixed
with the upper three or four inch
es of the soil. In preparing the
•bed, 'he sure that all roots and
small stumps are removed and
the soil broken up finely by us
ing a disc harrow, coulter, or
some other suitable instrament.
Quality papers in smooth
white vellnm or plate stock .. .
superb craftsmanship ... smart
styling . . . and priced so mod
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the complete line of RYTEX-
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Use the advertising columns oi
* this paper as your shopping guide I
Phone 70
North Wilkesboro, N. C. ■
The senior class roll at Mount
Pleasant is as follows': Ruth Bar
nette, Mildred Blackburn, Freda
Blevins, Geneva Church, SaJlie
Church, Ella Mae Dyer, Eula Mae
Eller, Louise Johnson, Blanche
Elledge, Marie Goforth, Esther
Huffman, Rachel Huffman, Jua
nita Love, Lennie Michael, Helen
Minton, Alene Nichols, James
Wooten, Ella Parsons, Otus Phil
lips. Novella Scott, Sue Shoe
maker, Veva Triplett, Louella
Welch, Pansy Woodie, Duane
Church, Rex Eller, Blaine Greene,
Nulin Greene, Marvin Huffman,
Willard Michael, Wrenn Minton,
Claude Triplett, Earnest Walsh,
Elarnest Watson.
Improvements Being
Made Boone Hotel
Boone, Dec. 7.—The Daniel
Boone hotel property here is be
ing thoroughly renovated and
modernized under the direction
of Owner Joseph McCoy and Man
ager Clarence Price.
, Lobby and guest rooms of the
popular hostelry have been re
decorated within recent weeks,
and servant quarters have been
added in the basement. The lO'h-
by and hallways are done in
soft green and ivory, while the
walls of all guest rooms have
'been newly papered. Electric out
lets are being Installed through
out, and new fixtures placed.
The dining room has been
equipped with new fumliture, and
the large kitchen is being fitted
with modem appliances. A com-
■pletely new refrigeration unit has
also been added.
Mr. McCoy states that early
next spring the lots back of the
hotel will 'be landscaped and
shrubbery planted.
the oda. cat ytu
MHW AfiFiL-f'i.
Spreads Cheer Because Her
Name Is Mary Christmas. She
lives is Racine, Wis., and has be
come a sort of feminine Santa
Claus for shut-insi all Lecanae abe
happened to say a few kind words
on a radio program. Read this
woman’s unusual story in The
American Weekly Magazine with
next Sunday’s Washington Tlmes-
Herald, now on sale hwe.
TERMS TO
SUIT YOUR
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LAY-AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS
ENROLLED
A total of 660 farm boys have
enrolled in 20 newly organised
4-H Clntw in Caldwell county, re
ports Max A. 4>nlp. saatotant farm
agent of the State College Bxten-
.aloa Sarrioe. . .'
BIG CHRISTMAS
WAGON SALE
$3.26 Wagon .. $2.89
$3.00 Wmgoa .. $2^
$2.80 Wagon .. $IJB8
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