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liM Ttal^gr Itad m ber
l|^%Mk>9nd iMUsa
^S|j|cb, from Mt. UVa.
Hf. ^ Ok Brvwer, ot tbe Dock*
i:^Met!o* 9t Um cofaty, -was a
Tllor lO'ttte city today.
J. iu. Wood, ot Ronda,
I, aad lllaa Clnda JUy, ctf
Rtrar roote 8, were In
^ city skopoina Saturday.
Mr. L, W. SmlUiey, rf Roaring
Ter, waa among those e.oend-
wreral hours in the city Sat-
day.
Mr. R. R. Crater, o Ronda,
la a buslnelM vlaltor to this city
turday. While hjre he made a
jasant call to this oftlce.
' Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Carr
jjcy, of this city, at the Davis
tspital on Thursday, twins—a
9y and a gdrl.
BMr. and Mrs. Everett Jarvis, of
Ikeaboro, are expected to oc-
fy their new home on the Mo-
Falls hiehway within the
j,-Mr. aad l#r9- J- S'- Sebastian, of
S|iy8, announce ^he birth of a
ffari, Curtis Reid, on Saturday,
cwnber 9.
Hr. and Mrs. Harry Absher and
\larvln Daniels, of Ellzabeth-
Jjwn, were guests of Mr. and
|ts. E. R. Wright in Wilkeaboro
tinday.
I Mr. Irvin Andrews and son,
enneth, of Oklahoma, are here
a visit to Mr. Andrews’ aunts,
|rs. Lorena Jones and Miss Net-
Qs Andrews.
Mr. W. S. Brewer, of North
I’llkesboro route 2, a reader of
lie Journal-Patriot for more
i an 20 years, was in this city
iiturday and ordered this news-
^iper for another year.
Mr. Dan Holler, Wilkes coun-
farm agent, and Mr. C. F.
}.*etholl, of Moravian Falls, at-
Jtided the annual meeting of the
l^glnia Ilortiicultural Society
l»d In Roanoke, Va., last week.
>1r. and Mrs. John L. Downs
’eon. Jack Downs, and Mr.
jihn Moore, ot Douglas, Wyom-
J !g, spent from Thursday to Sun-
I ly in Wilkesboro with Mr. and
ifW T. E. Story. Mr. Downs is
'brother of Mrs. Story.
Mr, R. A. Wooten was a' Irasl-
Beea vtaltoi^ in this city' Baturday.
Coonty»Wide Medtiiif To Be
HdM At Codrthovao On
Tueaday Ni^t
Millers Creek Glee
Club To Render
Christmas Recital
The Millers Creek Glee Club,
under the direction of Elisaibeth
Parker, will give Its annual
Christmas recital Friday night,
December 15, at 7:30 p. m„ in
the Millers Creek school audi
torium. •
The cluib waa organized last
year and has made splendid pro
gress since that time. It gave two
l>ubllc performances last year and
made a commendable rating at
the annual district music con
test last spring.
The program Friday night will
consist mainly of familiar Christ
mas Carols. The songs are ar
ranged so that they tell the
Christmas story—beginning with
the angels appearing to the shep
herds and ending with the wise
men bringing gifts to the Christ
child. Characters illustrating the
songs are; Joseph. A. G. Foster;
Mary, Violet Nichols; angels, Bet
ty Jo McNeil, Hazel Hayes, Beth
Bumgarner; Shepherds, Henry
Craven, Grover McGlamery, Paul
Snyder; wise men, Clate Snyder.
Rowe Deal, Bracket Parsons.
A Junior choir composed of
students from the second, third
and fourth grades "will sing five
songs at the beginning of the pro
gram. Peggy Bumgarner, first
grade student, will he the soloist
for this part of the program.
The Glee Club members are;
Doris Tulhert, president and ac
companist; Dewie Langford, sec
retary; Frances Brookshire, Iris
Bumgarner, Ella Mae Cannon,
Lois Church, Katheryn Dancy,
Elyna Eller, Eloise Eller, Mable
Eller, Nell Gant, Ruth Holman,
Dare Johnson, Frances Keys, Eve
lyn Kilby, Lorene Martin, Pauline
Maxwell, Aline McNeil, Ella Mae
McGlamery, Faye Nichols, Virgin
ia Reeves, Doris Tulhert, Marie
Turner, Thelma Wagnor, Dare
Watts, Thelma Waddell, Edna
Whittington, Leigh Williams, Ma
rie Yates.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the recital.
A silver offering will be re
ceived.
MIm Harriot McGoogan, Wilkes
iboone demonstration agent, today
announced the program for the
county-wide meeting of home
demonstration 61ub women to ’be
held at the courthouse on Tuee-
day night, Decmnber 12.
The meeting wlU he called to
order at 7:30 o’clock by Mrs. C.
F. Bretholl, president of the coun
ty council of home demonstra
tion cluibs. Mrs. T. W., Ferguson
win deliver an address of wel
come, which will he followed by
scripture reading by Miss Sallie
Woodruff and prayer led by Miw.
J. M. German.
I Next on the program will be,^a
poem by Mrs. Maude Dobbins, and
singing of a Christmas carol, "Joy
To The World." Mrs. Bretholl
will make a report of the year’s
i work and awards of merit for the
[ year will be presented by Miss
McGoogan.
Mrs. Bretholl will install offi
cers of the council for the coming
year and Mrs. F. T. Moore, of
1 Ronda, president-elect, will speak
I on “Looking Ahead to 1940.”
j A recreational program will
I follow the meeting and refresh-
! ments will be served.
Youths To Compete
At Seed Exposition
Mrs. William D. Wright, of
^harlotle, has been spending a
[iw days with her parents, Mr.
Mrs. J. A. Wood, of Ronda
>ute 2. She left Thursday for
lorida to join her husband and
l^ey will spend the winter there.
Mr. Grant Lyon, a member of
well known Wilkes family, has
I'ccepted a position a.s a member
i f the sales personnel of the
|>addy Motor Company. Mr. Ly-
a.home is in the Traphill see-
L^et the county.
State Colleee Answers
Timely Farm Question
and Mrs. Russel G. Hodges
|pent ti - veek-end in Charlotte
/1th Mr.-*, -lodges’ parents, Mr.
ind Mrs. J. W. DeLaney. While
|n Charlotte they attended the
Je.sslah given by the Charlotte
Symphony orchestra and the Duke
Jnlversity choir.
Question; What is the best
green feed for poultry in winter?
Answer; Cured alfalfa hay.
lespedeza, or clover hay make
good greens for winter use pro
vided the green color is retained.
Alfalfa leaf meal, if green in
color, also makes a satisfactory
feed, but should not constitute
more than ten per cent of the
mash. This feed is much preferred
to alfalfa meal which has a high
fiber content, but neither is as
satisfactory as green alfalfa hay.
•All the hay.s should ’.'c f°d i:i
racks as the birds will eat only
the leavo.s and the stems can then
be thrown in the litter.
Let the advertising columns of
this paper be your shopping guide.
Crops Judging contests for 4-H
Cluib members and Voca.tional
Agriculture students will be one
of the features of the annual
meeting and seed exposition of
the North Carolina Crop Improve
ment Association at Greenville,
N. C., on February 1 aud 2, It Is
announced by A. D. Stuart, Slate
College seed specialist and secre
tary-treasurer of the association.
In announcing the program and
premium list for the exposition,
he reminded farm agents and vo
cational teachers to 'begin train
ing their teams for the contests.
L. R. Harrlll, state 4-H Club
leader, and R. J. Peeler, district
supervisor of vocational agricul
ture education, will direct the
contests.
Stuart al.so said that nearly
1250 in cash awards, In addition
to medals and silverware, will be
offered for exhibits at the seed
show. The premiums will 'be pre
sented at the annual banquet of
the Crop Improvement Associ
ation on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 1. A banquet for the win
ning crops judging teams will he
held Friday evening.
Featured speakers during the
two-day event will he Dr. T. B.
Hutcheson, professor of farm
crops at V. P. I.; Dr. I. O. Schaub,
dean of agriculture and acting
director of the Experiment Sta
tion of State College; W. Kerr
Scott, state comimissioncr of agri
culture; and Dr. Gordon K. Mid
dleton, State College agronomist
and acting director ot the expo
sition.
Mayor Jack Spain will welcome
the meeting to Greenville, and
President Leon R. Meadows will
extend a welcome for Eastern
Carolina Teachers College. The
response will be made by S. T.
Henry, dairy farmer of Spruce
Pine and president of the Crop
Improvement Association B. B.
Everett of Palmyra is vice presi
dent of the association.
Room in Youi
KIWANIANS TALX
ON CITY HISTORY
'^AERO-VANE'’
STATIC-SHIELDED
LOOP AERIAL
Eliminates noise. Interfer
ence and unsi^tly wires
and permits you to carry
the radio from one room
to another without hook
ing up ground or aerial.
Thu beautiful jewel-box Motor*-ia comes
in four onyx-effect plastic caolnets in
unusuMly attractive color combinations.
5-tube superheterodyne with 7-tube per
formance. Approved by Underwriters' Lab
oratories. Brings in police calls. Plays on
any lit volt current. A remarkable value.
The Ideal
Christmas Gift
(Continued from page one)
w’hich was the first to he estab
lished in the town, stating the
prices of many commodities of
local use at that time.
The following members made
short talks stating their approval
and offering cooperation to the
idea of working out a big pro
gram for the celebration; Robert
Finley, J. C. Reins, Dr. A. C.
Ohaimberlain, J. B. McCoy, and
Edward Finley. It was a con
sensus of opinion that a compre
hensive comimdttee representing
all the organizations of the town
should be selected and begin work
at an early date on plans. Mr.
Prevette offered as a suggestion
that the club Invite to the meet
ings of the near future reprasen-
tative groups from all the sur
rounding towns to be gmests at
a luncheon and in that way un
dertake to create a finer undor-
standing. It was suggested furth
er that a train load of guests
from Winston-Salem he invited
since that town did so much In
sponsoring the founding of this
town.
Paul Osborne, who was recent
ly elected Into mem'bershlp in the
riu'b, was present and was given
the membership instructions and
membership button by Rev. Eu-
iene Olive.
tottes-uay
Ittire CO.
UP
: N. C.
Cumulative rural sales of gen
eral merchandise in the first ten
imonths of this year were about
11.5 per cent greater than Cor
the same period last year and-two
• 9»r cent abore die 1937 letel.
Ne(^ school children receiving tuberooUn test to detect possllds'prejt'
ence of tubercnloni infectloiL, Taberealesle aasocidthMUrAre eanFi*l^m’
such year-round aotlvltlea tbrongb income received trota Obristmad Be^ds.
Plant Disease Work
Effective In Winter
Contrary to popular opinion, a
large amount of highly effective
work can he done during the win
ter months to control plant di
seases, says Dr. Luther Shaw,
Extension plant pathologist of
State College. This Is particularly
true of fruit trees which are
normally pruned during the win
ter period, he stated.
The winter carry-over of many
diseases of apples. Including scab,
bitter rot, blotch, and fire blight
can be greatly reduced by system
atic pruning of the trees, using
the latest improved methods and
taking special precautions to
prune out as much dead wood as
possible. Dr. Shaw continued.
An apple tree pruned so as to
permit good light and ventilation
is rendered less vulnerable to
attack by disease-producing or
ganisms, and can be more thor
oughly sprayed and consequently
'better protected from the organ
isms than a tree with thick
growth. Destruction of diseased
leaves and fruit on the ground
by discing, plowing, or other
means. Is also highly desirable.
The plant pathologist pointed
out that the same practices are
equally effective when applied to
peaches, pears, grapes, and small
fruits such as raspberries, black
berries, and dewberries.
It is especially Important to
destroy the dried or mummified
peaches which were infected with
brown rot the previous season
and left hanglag on the treh" or on
the ground uhder the tree.' Ahs
said. The 'brown > rot panudte
spends the winter in these drl^
fruits. ' »
Dr. Shaw offered to send In
terested orchaxdists the latest
available bulletins on plant di
sease control npon request to the
Agricultural Editor at State Col
lege, Raleigh.
LESS RESTRICTIONS
London, Dec. 10. — Reliable
sources tonight said Britain has
agreed to allow Finland to pur
chase British war supplies de
spite a previous rule against ex
port of war goods. Relaxation of
the ruling, which refused manu
facturers permission to sell muni
tions which the allies need in
their own war, took on a special
significance in view of the league
of nations meeting tomorrow to
hear Finland’s demand that Rus
sia 'be declared an aggressor. The
most pressing need of Finland,
observers said, is pursuit planes
to fight off Russian 'bombing at
tacks.
SANDBAGS
A billion sandbags, to protect
England's civilians and buildings
from enemy 'bombs, have brought
boom conditions to United States
manufacturers of cotton textiles.
>;> HOil.
loit
building .p»y«n«i&: •1^m bMD
qjiade tbr the following '^ratlcee^
Vl^h in 1940 will be: ^^tmOSsa^
fl.SO -per jicreiJseedlBg
timothy and—or redto'^;‘;3,7- m
cents per a^; ^|oed^«- setter
specified types or legumes and
grasses, 76 cents pertecre; and
turning nnder, Interplaait^ som-
mer legununii .Unch. as* A07 beans,
co^pei^ crptalaria,. and velvet
beans,'37 1*2 Mots peor acre.
Floyd ids4'':iumon|iced that the
rate ot: credit ■ forapplicatiion. of
ground agricnltural. lime^n^ has
been made uniform throughout
the State, at |1.50 for each, 1,-
600 pounds applied.
The new rates of payments for
conservation, or performance,
payments are: Flue-cured and
Burley tobacco, 1 cent per pound;
cotton, 1.6 cents per iponind; pea
nuts, 33.50 per ton; and wheat
on commercial farms, 9 cents per
bushel.
There was no change from the
1939 program in payments for
seeding lespedeza, seeding winter
legumes, turning under green
manure and cover crops, applica
tion o f phosphate, terracing,
thinning and weeding timber
stauds, and planting forest trees.
The rates of performance pay
ments for 'Potatoes and vegetables
in designated commercial coun
ties likewise were unchanged.
Floyd urged farmers to con
sult with their county farm agent,
or their AAA committeemen and
determine exactly how the 1940
program can he applied to their
farms. ,
PROFITABLE
One acre of aflalfa has paid
more than twice as much as any
other acre on the farm of W. S.
Phillips, unit demonstration
farmer in the Wing community
of Mitchell county.
CARLTON’S
BIG CHRISTMAS SALE
Will Save You Money On
GIFTS and TOYS
Appreciation
ttfgeni Sine.
Uu-ge nis* wheels,
hcMy rubber tb"et cmM
pieeei beewy bed—
price in tofwn.
Of The Splendid Response To Our
Call For
Renewal Subscriptions
We greatly appreciate 'he many renewal
subscriptions (and new ones, too), that have
been received during our drive to get every
subscriber A PAID-IN-ADVANCE SUBSCRIB
ER as required by the postal laws.
There are yet a few who have allowed
their subscription to get in arrears. May we
have your renewal, too, while our big sub
scription drive is on? Look at the label on the
kontpi^e of your paper. If it shows your sub
scription has expired, your renewal will be
greatly apfU’cciated.
The Journal-Patriot
‘‘Wilkes County’s Only Semi-Weekly Newspaper”
Published Mondays and Thursdays
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Casserole and Holder
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Wristwatch $2.25
Standard Make
BETTER GRADE .$6.75
Books Ic, 10c, 25c
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Nearly Every Boy Likes a
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Basket Balls $1.00 up
Brass Andirons
$6.75 Pair
TREE UGHTS 29c
EXTRA BULBS, 2 for ..5c
DUTDOOR LIGHTS 69c
Largest Doll
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Fancy Pottery 19c, 25c
Sugar and Cream Set 39c
Fancy Pitchers 25c
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