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DGE BIARTIN WRITES
£dltor, Journal-Patriot;
■When the annual time arriTOs
’or the renewal of my subscrlp-
k>n to the paper yon pu-blish, I
eel a kind of an urge to ,=end a-
gaitt greetings through Its col-
mns to my many, friends and
relatives there, most of whom
'/|are regular readers of your pap
er. I was born' there in Antldch
township, on Oct. 1st 1852. a-
way back In the time when the
whole world was rerJly quite dif
ferent from what it is now.
I came from a family who in
the Brushy Mountain vernacular
of those days "ownded nigger.^
befo de war”. My earliest recol
lection is when as a 7 yerr old j
y I went with my father to i
harleston, S. C., at the time of : ojjegt boy in the school, ?nd long
he Democratic Convention there ' connected with
in April. 1860. I forget whether (be Bank of North Wilke=horo.
or not my father was a delegate. . Finley, Arthur Finley,
recollec-'
timo to trtt of. much my early
dry achpol et^rlencM there. Aik
of that wa»':,amfd"^ cohdUions
which the present generation,
could -scarcely comprehend. Moet
of the school education I received
was' under the ministrations of
the Rev. R. W. Barber, who made
a school room out of one of hP
old time negro cabins and taught
a small,, select school, about r
mile or so from where the City
of North Wilkeshoro now Is. The
ground where the city stands wa*-
then .owned by the Finley family
and the farmland near the mouth
of the Reddids River wrs called
the “Buzzards Roo.?t.”
1 frequently studied lessons at
night by the light of pine knots
as even a taliow candle was often
an unattrlnahle luxury. 1 attended
Mr. Barber’s school three five
months terms during the ye-rs
1867-68 and ’69. Of ray school
mates of the year 1869. 1 believe
that 1 am the only .survivor. I
will try to give a list of some of
them: the most prominent fami
lies of that day and time were
represented in Mr. Banber’s
school: Edward Finley was the
Gov. R. A. Harley of Connecticnt
(left) receiving the National Safety
Connell’s 1940 grand award for
states from Col. John Stilwell, presi
dent of the Council, whose tralflc
Ute^Rew tHbctirti Its*
tbiwilgb tiM epinpRSlty. it'going
fcHTvard ■rapld1»i ’|-*'-'^*;. :-:|^5;^ ,
Mf, and Mra 'i'^iyd Ven-ble
and daughters, Jean and Fttriela,
of Galax,’ Va., vtaitod homefolka
Sunday.
Miss Pauline Sale U spending a
few deys with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jolnes on her
way from Boone to her home in
Dover, Delaware.”,
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Spicer
have a new bab/.boy, Carl, weight
8 pounds
Mr. and Mis. J. W. Joines had
as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs.
Grrfleld 'fnillt and little son.
Page and Mrs. Gwyn. Truitt, of
Sparta, Mr. and Mrs. - Raymond
DeJournette of Thurmond, Mrs.
Mary 'Woodruff and .brother, Mr.
Wesley Jolnes of Traphlll, Miss
contest is conducted In 1,281 ciUes Pauline Srlfe of Dover, Delaware.
In the 48 states.
M. Joiner
Johnson,
and
o f
1 have really vivid
tions of the Civil War d:'vs and
especially its closing days. when,
about a week before the surrend
er of General Lee at Appomalo.x.
a raid through that country was
being made_ by feder- 1 cavalry
under the command of General
Stoneman ana al-o General Pal
mer. By the way, both of these
generals were Ifing afterwards
prominent in localities in which I
resided. Gen. Stonenr n as Gov
ernor of California and Gen. Pal
mer in the first founding ami de-
veloj)metit of the ci*y of ('oiorado
.tarings. During the closing days
£ the Civil War, the sjjring of
he year 1865, there was in old
Wilkes scenes and condition
■which are simiily tmp.ii.ssilde "■
describe whicli deeply itupres e.i
my youlhfitl mind v.i’h all ih.'
horrors of wrr. Howevei' we must
leave to the hisioriis the deiail.-
of all this. With me it !.- as spok
Julius Roii.sseau, James P. Rous-
seati. whose sotts are now prom
inent citizens there. William W.
. Barber anri his sister. Miss ^lam-
ie, Ed Hackett. Tom Powers,
Mitch V rinoy. who afterwards
became sheriff; Jame.; and ike
' Welborn and two brother.s, and
also three more girls of the Rous
seau families whose first names
I citnnot now recall.
However, all of them have long
since p; ssed away and another
I .generation has grown itp ther’
which prohahly know.s not th"
"Jacob of old.”
‘ t left that conntiy first in
.April. 1,670, when, as a green
(•oiiniry loy td' 17. I introduced
myself to the stern realities of
. lit' in the far west. 1 worked and
stiuccled through hardships
■which t Ii e present generation
;C(n:l(l scarcely comprehend ev,>n
I h; d I the .space and the ai.nlitv
by .Aeneas, onlv the niemoi y j to narrate them. I have . inc'
•of things nio.st miser.iMe I have
Dr. Chas. W. Mo'eley
Di.scases of the titonui-h and
Internal Medicine
In Wilkosboro on .Mondays Be
ginning May 19th. Hours 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Fergus.m Ruck Build-
ng.
those days of early yo\uh lived
years in Coloiadn iliree years ’n
.Arizona: then, three years bat k
in old Wilkes and then came t-
Id: ho ill ihe year 1.6S:i, With iii
most .'..s years residence here. I
Iiave indeed i'ei'ome a kind of a
Iirofe.ssional "old timer.’’
I visited old Wilkes during the
monlli of .\piil. 19:i7, and was
indeed heavily impreated with
the changed conditions which the
lapse of time has brought a.houi
1 read the nfmes of about all o
my old time school mates and as
sociates of early youth on th-
tombstones of the old time cemc
terles of Wilkesboro, Roarin..
River, White Plaiji.=s Ron la.
Pleasant Grove, Cranberry. Ork
Forest, and, especially, dear old
Brier Creek where repose the re
mains of so many of my ances
tors.
Now, at the age of nearly 8’i
ye: rs. I am still in what seems to:
be excellent health. I st.ll eat!
with good natural teeth and ..-rill
do some work in the notary and
conveyancing line and am able to
walk seven! miles about every
day for exercise. I have never ac- j
cumulated much of this worlds
goods. Perhaps the greaio.-.t
achievement of my life is niimher
of years to which I have atlrined.
ilowever, I am in independent
circumstances: not yet “on the
relief,’’ and am seriously medi
tating mother visit to the,scent.s:
of boyhoods sunny years.' Bwiy
back in the good old "Slate of
Wilkes.”
JAS. D. MARTIN.
-Arco, Idaho.
Mav 1st, 1911. !
■Mr. and Mrs. H.
Mrs. Josephine
ioynes.
Mr. and Mrs. A. v.. Bidden at
tended the graduating exercises
it A. S. T. C., Boone, Friday.
Their grandd.-ughter, Miss Rosa
Lee Pendry, of Hays, was in the
•lass.
Mr. John S. McGrady v’.tlted
Mtvtw. ^
■Mm;
thrt p7« tii matUMMea ’^irere:
nMide’bara durlnf'*the■ month pf
April. ” -J; -.
Miss'CleineAt*
Choir Committee
Greensboro.—-Mlse Nancy King,
of Greensboro, -will head the Col-,
lege Choir of 'Woman’s college as
president next year.
Assisting officers Include:
Misses Jean Booth, Durham, vice
president; Helen Trentham, Mare
Hill, secretary-treasurer; Anna
Bell, Greensboro, librarian; and
Elrnestine Smith, Maxton, vest
ment chairman.
Also on the vestment commit
tee are; Misses Mary Louise
Clements, North Wilkesboro;
Daphne Lewis,' Greensboro; and
Susannah Matthews, Thomasville.
'Wih.hliiston,
— Wat
TOBACCO
.■\rrangements have been coin-
ji'le.ied for the resumption of to
bacco exports to England under
provi.sions of the Lease-Lend Bill
to holster the d'Aindl’iig supply
of flue-cured leaf.
Special 6-passe7iger Sedamt,
$1006. Jf^hite sidewall tires extra.^
J eST consider these plain f-acts about
the engines in tliis 19-41 Buick
Special;
The engine that regularly powers this
Series develops 115 horsepower and
turns up 20.1 miles per gallon at a
steady 30 miles an hour in Proving
Ground eeonomy tests.
But add Compound Garburetion,fand
the same engine in the same model
develops 125 horsepower and goes 21.5
miles per gallon by exactly the same
tests!
There’s more from less gasoline —and
it comes, literally, out of thin air.
Because the two carburetors in this
exclusive Buick feature handle a larger
air volume than can be provided effi
ciently by a single mixer.
■W’e’Il let you figure out what extra
power and extra mileage mean in
extra fun, extra thrills, extra satisfac
tion.
We’ll let you si2fe up, too, how nice
it is to travel farther more pleasantly
— on as much as 10% to 15% less gaso
line than former Buicks used.
But for the whole picture, just go get
actual, local, delivered prices on a
Buick.
You’ll find that nowhere else can you
buy the same size,
the same style, the
same power, the
same comfort at
the same low bar
gain Buickfigures.
fAvailahlc at sHjjht rxtra rort on sonic Buick Special models,
standard, on all other Series.
EXEMPLAR OF GENERAL MOTORS VALUE
'^delivered at Flint, Mich.
State tax, optional equipment
and accessories — extra.
Prices and specifications sub
ject to change without notice.
BLUE RIDGE MOTOR COMPANY
Tenth Street North Wilkesboro, N. C.
VfHfN KTTER AUTOMOIIUS ARI BUILT BUKK WKi. BUILD THBM
KGu-S.-WER
Poitl’v" specialist? of Iowa
State College have developed an
"egg-saver” m.-'chlne that makes
possible the removal of infertile
eggs after 16 to 20 hours of in
cubation.
g&me% iivolviitg.» record total of.
inore^^tlian 650,000 troops wore
wdered today, by the war depert-
pieat, which diaeloaed also that
atady Oraa being- given to reten
tion ’ of national guardsman in
service beyonid a siagle year.^., .
At the'' seine time, there were
reports in Informed quarters that
men who have become 21 years
old since'the first selective service
enrollment Would be directed to
register for the draft on July 1.
Officials estltnated that 1,000,-
000 men have come of age since
last fall when 16,500,000 men, ?1
to 35, were signed up for possible
military training. Pra? 1 d e n t
Roosevelt could order the regis
tration of the 1.000,000 youths
without further legislation.
The war games, designed to
test the training and fighting a-
bllity of the expanded land force?,
will begin May 24 with exercises
jin California and work up to ?
1 climactic completion in Septem-
! her between the 2nd and 3rd field
[armies in Louisiana.
to pre^t them to the andersicned
■ I. North Wiikes-
Ads get atwnthion—and result*
RISE
A*: Slight rise la the national
«T«flErb-4rf~larm real estate yalues
daring: the past year has bees
revealed by the IT. 6. Dwsrtmeat
of Agriculture.
' EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor'of
the estate of Mindav Almedia Aa-
ay
deno^ iatd of Wijkes county,’ N.
C., this is to notify all
having claims against sa
irsons
ite
whose adJreso is.
boro, N. C., duly verified, on or be
fore the 6th day of May, 1942, or
this notice will be "plead in bar of
their right to recover. All persons
indebted to said estate ■will please
make immediate settlement.
This: day of May, 1941.
Andrew Gwaltney Anderson,
Executor of the estate of Min-
day Almedia Anderson, dec’d.
6-12-6t. (t)
BLESSED REUEF from
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pttjA gf tbousancU ox woima
»re hspplly CoUw.^n- j
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druf* nor narcotic*.^. .
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