^ Itms Of We^
“Get the Wea
The pastor. Rot. B. V. Bum-
•, oMWyloreTlHe, wilt proaclr
Jih(^ Baptist church here on
Wj^dae^ay night the 23rd. There
will also be a Christmas tree and
speolal music. The public has a
cordial tUTlbation to attend.
Rer. 8. 1. Watts, pastor, will
preach at Ooehen Baptist church
Christmas day at 11 a. m. The
theme will be ‘‘The Blessings ot
the Angelic Message.” Special
music suited to the occasion will
•be rendered. A cordial Invitation
is extended to all to attend.
Miss Cleo Earp end Mrs. War
ren Earp were visitors to North
Wllkeeboro last Friday. They
were doing some Christmas
shopping.
Mrs. Charles Earp visited the
Wllkesboros this week.
Mrs. W. H. Hamby and gnand-
son, Casey McNeil, have moved to
Taylorsville where they will spend
the winter with Mrs. Hamby’s
jdgughter, Mrs. Roy Deal. Mr.
il Is In the army. ,
Mr. Atwell German Is a pati-
mt at the Wilkes Hospital where
he has undergone an operation.
His many friends wish lor him a
speedy recovery.
in this tar. «d rc^^^.l S”ph«es It “fpJ
At left. Moon Tonng, Chinese stnden^ arhas aVco“c to settle wltt the Japs. Center: Type of eqnlp-
= rel^^t«4“rk^pT^c^-hoSe^J ptr Planes during “dog «ghts.” Right: Skilled
dngers beat ont mc^ages on seml-antomatlc telegraph keys.
Mr. William H. Gross died at
** his home here last Wednesday af-
. ter an illness of several months.
Funeral service was held Friday
with Rev. S. I. Wi'Us in charge.
^ assisted by Rev. Mr. Hopkins of
1° Tennes.see. Burial was in the
' church cemetery. He is survived
" by his wife and seven children.
•V-
Home economists of the IT. S.
Department of Agriculture advises
taking a tip from the gas station
boy who cleans your windshield,
or from the man who cleans hotel
windows. They have to know
quick, easy methods of getting
clear glass. 'They never use soap
because they know that it streaks
the glass and Is hard to rub dry.
.4nd they never use rags that shed
lint either.
jtpproximrtely one million
pounds of lespedeza seed will be
harvested in Forsyth county this
year the largest crop on record,
reports S. R. Mitchiner. ossistant
farm agent.
Former Vichy
Chief Denies
Any Ambition
Tire Thieves
Are Choosey
British Strike At
Axis Rear Guard
-The thieves are gettin.g
Allied HoQdqarters in North
Africa, Dec. 16.—Admiral Jean
Darlan declared in a formal state
ment today that “French Africa,
with the Allies, must make the
ma.vimum military effort for the
defeiiit of Germany and Italy."
The former commander of all
Vichy's armed forces disclaimed
personal ambition as his motive
for joining the Allies and said
that once free of ihe -\xis yoke,
"the French people themselves
will decide freely, ihe form of
government and national policy
they de.sire "
"1 have st>.ited emphatically and
repeatedly to Commander in
Chief General Eisenhower that in
CoTHErREADY CHRISTMAS
SANIT.ARY AND ODORLESS CLEANING AND PRESSING
Suits, cleaned and pressed 49c
Pants, cleaned and pressed 24c
Plain Dresses, cleaned-pressed 49c
» Overcoats, cleaned-pressed 49c
T C.VSH AND CARRY
Towne Cleaners
REAR OF HOTEL WILKES
Closed Fri.-Sat., December 25th-26th
Elkin
choosey.
They took four tires, including
the spare, from the automobile
of .1. Mark McAdams, superin
tendent of Elkin schools, hut did
uot bother one which had .seen
more wear than the others.
The car was recovered in the
Austin community of Wilkes
conntv Thursday afternoon, ap
proximately 12 hours after it was
stolen from near the McAdams
home on Church street. Ixicked,
the machine apparently had been
towed away.
leading North and West Africa
against Germany and Italy and
into the ixi.nks of the United Na
tions. I seek no assistance or sup
port for my personal ambition.”
he told American and British cor
respondents.
Reuters quoted him as telling
this press couleieuce thi.t the
Germans "had me hy the throao.,’
and that co operation with the
Nozis in the days before the Alli
ed occupation of French' Africa
Ixmdon.—British advance col
umns have fought an imporhant
action with Marshal Rommel’s
Axis rear guard in desert wastes
"somewhere west of El Agheila’’
and taken a number of prisoners.,
reports from Cairo said while c
rising Allied air attack beat at
the Axis in both Libya and Tuni
sia.
Berlin Imre out the report that
an engrgeraent had taken place
when the official German news
agency, D.N.B.. broadcast, obvi
ously for foreign con.siimption.
that the Briti.sh Eighth army lost
2 0 tanks in a fight lasting several
hours.
■Neither the Berlin nor the Cai
ro report gave any hint of Rom
mel’s position except that the
British indicated he was continu
ing his flight.
British reports said the Allied
air forces ceaselessly supporting
the ground troops of Gen. Sir Rer-
nard L. Montgomery was con
stantly attacking the retreating
Axis soldiers.
, had been forced upon him.
I "Every move I made.” he con-
i tinned, according to. Reuters’
; everything I said or wrote, and
everyone with whom I talked
!camc under the closest German
scrutiny. There were spies ahoiU
me all the time.”
' Standing beside Darlan os he
. read his statement to correspond-
l(Mls at his Itixuriou.s villa was
' Robert Murphy. President Roose
velt’s special representi-tive.
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
lAbor oa farms is Ittelj:
Un» io -heoome  aoareqr.i^
dfftrflih war, says R.
Bxtansion farm
Bpaclallht of N. Ca SUto
TWs will be especially
said, an amall farms wkiM are
no|L affaofa^ by the Ooverattent
order freezing labor on “essen-
tlok^veetock lanns.’” s %-
A'S^ret are ways that ' farm
fam^W can help improve 4fae la-
boaoaitaation on their faraub!Mu
deolar^ “and first and for^nost
Is eareftti planning. The family
should plan together how Its fam
ily life should be carried on go ss
to release time for farm work. Di
vide the work and cut out less
necessary tasks.”
Shoffner also said that old
men, women and children will
have to do more of the farm work.
Children will have to be taught
to share in farm work, home
making skills and care of the
younger children.
Other suggestions Include:
Neighbors swap work, tools and
equipment. A community work
shop where farm and home equip
ment may be repaired. Keep
tools .and equipment In good con
dition so that they will operate
easily and efficiently at all times.
Adjust livestock and crop enter
prises to the labor supply.
Shoffner said that production
of “enugh to eat, then something
to sell.” is the first duty of the
farm family. Home-grown vete-
tables, fruits, meats, and poultry
products will free transportation
facilities and containers badly
needed in meeting the demands ot
the armed forces, war industrial
workers In cities, and others of
the United Nations.
"The cost of things you buy
will be higher.’ Shoffner warned
farm people, "and labor costs will
be higher, too—if you can get
labor.”
S;
“Wiuu, SM/t MONEY IF you
. bo YOUR
CHtlSTBAS
SHOPPING
SMiniEnbmTMEHr
• STORE •
Wilkesboro
MANY USEFUL GIFTS FOR ALL
—TOYS, CANDIES, FRUITS, AND
NUTS FOR GROWNUPS . . . AND
CHILDREN.
Fertilizer Changes
May Help Farmer
Farmer.^ of North Carolina
should not be inconvenienced—in
fact, they .should be benefitted—
hy the restriction in the number
of fertilizer grades, says E. R.
CoIling.s. Extension agronomy lea
der of N. C. State College. The
War Production Board will allow
only IS fertilizer grades to be
.sold in the state in 19-13.
"In the fertilizer yextr, 1940
41,' .said Collins, "there were 187
different grades of fertilizer reg
ibiored and sold in North Caro
line. Many ot the grades were so
similar in analysis that it would
be practically impossible to show
differences where they were ap
plied side-by-side in the siime
field.
“Tlie last Legislature restricted
to a maximum of 50 and a mini
mum of 35 the number of fertili
zer grades that could be sold in
the state in 1941-42. Actually,
only 36 grades were registered
and sold last yei,ir. Therefore,”
“he added, “It is not anticipated
that any one will suffer a hard
ship by furtlicr reducing the num
ber of grades to a well selected
group of 18."
lie pointed out that South Car
olina and Georgia have only 13
grades approved, and Alabama
has only 4 grades.
The 18 approved grades were
selected with the idea of exclud
ing filler from the fertilizer, Col
lins explained. This wili save
trijnsportation facilities rnd bags.
"The farmer must realize,” said
the Extension agronomist, ‘‘that
he will be buying, in most cases,
a higher analysis fertilizer. If he
applies it at the same rate os in
1941-42, it wil cost him more to
fertilizer his crop. But if he de
creases the application he will
get the same result at about the
Aline cost. For Instance, a man
who used 400 pounds of 3-8-3 last
year will get the same amount ot
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash by applying 300 pounds of
a 4-12-4 this year.”
BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS MEATS
IN OUR MARKET
Smithey s Dept Store
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
BUY MORE WAR BONDS
CIGARETTES
Figures just released show that
the September output of ciga
rettes reached s total of 21,789
717,220; as compared with 18,-
760,766,617 during the same
month in 1941.
RUMORS
Coffee and tea production In
this country, or satisfactory sub
stitutes, Is not in the offing de
spite persistent rosy rumors bom
of 'war shortkges, according te
scientists.
let us make this
A GOOD CHRISTMAS
Oor ehoin
Christmases .,}*
Christmas will be
hut we can still make it a _QOOi
but we can
AT that Christmas means to w
is in peril today and
to us unless we dedicofe our
selves wholly to the task of w.n-
We®murt pmUrve our Christmos
Vpirit, so d will shine
the world to see. This Christmas.
. of oil we hove ever known, must
be o flood Christmas.
JracticaJ
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CHRISTMAS
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$/|.98
This new material in one
or two-ipiece styles is ju.st
what you will want for
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$1.29
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MISSES’ SKIRTS
$3.98
Budget Priced
Glen Row
Bright plaids in smart new
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‘"nilness.
DRESSES
$2-98
For Warmth and Beauty!
Well cut
Pretty
SLIPS
*1.29
Cater to Her Love
Of Luxury!
MISSES’
Robes and
Housecoats
A gift she’ll
welcome! I n
rayon cre^ie
or satin. With
lace or em
broidery trim.
She’ll Live In Them!
SLIPPERS
S j keep or give!
rii
ripe with cotton
c..eiiille
Rayon
97
GOWNS
With fitted wai.st and
long sleeves. Dainty!
Warm as can be-
SJ.98
Chenille
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Quilted Cotton
Give her a robe that
is bright, pretty and
practical ! Select a
smart wrap-around or
zipper front style —
with snugly fitted
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a smart solid color or
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the lovely fabrics. In
sizes 32 to 44.
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• Excellent Quality
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MEN’S
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49c
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SI.98
Real
C(>mfort
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$1.29
Relax in Everetu! Kid leather, and
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. ON CHRISTMAS DAY IT S GOOD TO KNOW "IT S PAID Fi
M