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Published Tuesdays and Fridays.
North Wilkesboro, N. G, APRIL 8, 1919.
Established July 1896
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LOCAL NEWS IN TOWN AND COUNTY
Rev. W. F. Staley will preach at
the First Raptist church next Sun
day night on the Subject of the "ilil
lerium." The county commissioners saw fit
not to appropriate any funds for do
mestic science work in the county
this year.
All members of the Betterment
Association are requested to meet at
school building on Wednesday
.fternoon at 3 o'clock.
The county road force that has
been working in Edwards on the
road between Ronda and Lomax be
gan top soiling on the Wilkes-Iredell
road Tuesday of last week. The two
other county forces are at work, one
near Hays and ene near foot of the
mountain beyond Stanton.
It is a pleasure to learn that the
two Wilkes men who went overseas
with the Caldwell county company,
have returned to their homes.
Tbey are Guy Hall of Wilkesboro, and
Theodore R. Ferguson of Goshen, son
of Wheeler W. Ferguson, deceased.
The Lenoir paper prints a com
plete roster of the battery. "
Mr. W. G. Jones, of Nathans Creek,
Ashe, has been in the county since
Sunday visiting his brother, Mr. C.
J. Jones, in this town, and his two
sisters a few miles north on the Mul
berry road. Mr. Jones is one of Ashe's
country merchants and moved
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iron muioerry lownsmp aDoui id
years ago. His father came to this
county from Virginia, his mother
however being of Wilkes.
Pvt. C II. Howell, son of Mr. Will
Howell of Wilkesboro, and who was
reported as killed in action during
the war arrived here yesterday on
the noon train from Camp Jackson
honorably discharged from further
service. Aside from stffering frum
gas he was not wounded. He landed
March 28ih at Charleston, having
been gone about three years from
the time he volunteered August 30lh
having served in the infantry.
The peach crop was damaged last
week by two cold nights. In
some orchards where the petals had
fallen there was no honey to protect
it, which wiis entirely killed. Mr. W.
J. Palmer owns one of the largest
orchards in Wilkes and .while in
North Wilkesboro Saturday said that
his was not injured The mercury one
morning was 2G and 27. It
will be good news to Wilkes folks to
know they will have some of this lus
cious fruit and perhaps more than
an average yield.
More than forty people have sub
scribed for stock in the new Athletic
Underwear factory being organized
by Absher & Blackburn, W F. Trog
den and others. The subscription
books will be closed on April 19th so
if you want any stock in this prospec
tively paying business it would be well
for you to send in your application.
Shares are one hundred dollars each.
A man from High Point Monday
said the Standard Underwear Com
pany m ade $39.00 a share profit on its
stock last year..
Proceedings of Wilkes County Farmers'
Union Meeting.
, The Wilkes county Farmer's Union
mntr in regular session at the court
"" house in Wilkesboro yesterday at 2
f o'clock.
f A report read by R. L. Prcffiit,
county organizer, showed that he
had enrolled one hundred and two
members in the past two months and
had only worked a few days. It
readily Bhows that the farmers are
beginning to think for themselves
ard that they intend to co-operate
and try to do bigger and better farm
ing than before.
The next ccuDty meeting will be
held on the first Monday in May.
We are r quested to announce that
all Local UnionB are requested to
send delegates.
TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS NAM
ED BY RQAO COMMISSION
The Good Roads Commission held
their regular first Monday conference
in the court house at Wilkesboro, to
day. There was but little done with
the exception of receiving petitions
from parties interested in project
seven, and a few other projects. The
parties interested in project seven
showing a great deal more interested
in very large numbers. Their petitions
were filed v. iih the Commission, and
we set apart uext Thursday, the 10th,
to go over the different proposed
surveys for our own information in the
location of a road for this section of
the county, and our chairman called
a meeting to be held at the courthouse
at Wilkesboro Tuesday, the 15th, to
hear the contentions and arguments
from the different parlies interested
in these surveys.
The following township supervisors
were elected:
Antioch, J M. Staley.
Beaver Creek, Tom W. Ferguson.
Boomer, J E. Phillips, Sr.
Brushy Mountain, J. J. Hendren.
Edwards, W. E Sale.
Elk, J. C .Bradley.
Jobs Cabin, W. S. Chnrch.
Lewis Fork. J. R. Foster.
Lovelace, J. A. Southers.
Moravian Falls, Charles P. Brock.
Mulberry, none.
New Castle, C. M. Wellborn.
Reddies River, J. M. Gaither.
Rock Creek, A. Brewer.
Somers, J, W. Robins.
Stanton, Alorzi Welch.
Traphill, C. C. McCann.
Union, C. II. Colvard.
Walnut Grove, Will lilevins.
Wilkesboro, W. E. Colvard.
North Wilkesbi.ro, J. D. Muore.
It will be necessary fur the above
supervisors to qualify by taking the
proper oath.
J. E. Caimum-,
Secretary ot Wilkes County Good
Road Commission.
April 7th, 1919.
Board of Education Yesterday Citizens of
Somers and New Castle Make Effort
for a School Center.
The board of education met yester
day with all members present. "
Tho first matter up was from Som
ers snd New Castle with quite a dele
gation present. Members of the
Board, Proflit and Kilby are to go and
and make a survey of the territory
and report what found. Establish
ment of state high and a farm life
schools is contemplated.
The board established Beveral sup
plementary libraries one in Lovelace
No. 3, and Traphill No. 4, Reddies
River No. 3, New Castle No. 6, Elk
No. 1, Jobs Cabin No, 2; and second
original libraries in Beaver Creek No.
I, colored, and Boomer No. 1, white.
Local tax elections were ordered
in Edwards township district Nos. 2
and 13, and Traphill No. l;and a
loan of $400 from the state asked
for distict No. 1, colored, Rock Creek.
The usual routine such as granting
tax releases was done. This morning
the board will make quarterly settle
ment with the county treasures.
Soldiers Arriving From Overseas.
Pvt. Johnnie Canter, who was in
the St. Mihiel, Verdun and Bryon
battles, and is from Pores Knob, ar
rived on the train Friday night. He
came out without a scratch. He
was in the 37th Division,
PvtNoah Brown, North Wilkes
boro. R. F. D. No. 2. of the 37th
Division, arrived Friday night from
overseas.
Pvt. Gwyn Forester, of Traphill of
30th Division, son of Mr. Arthur For
ester, arrived home Friday.
Mr. J. A. Barlow, of Reddies River,
Union township, buys the farm of Geo
Elledge and the widow Burke place
near Mr. H. II. Jennings' on North
Wilkesboro Rcute one. He will not
move until next fall.
MASS MEETING CALLED FOR NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
At a recent mass meeting of representative citi
zens and voters of North Wilkesboro, interested
in the progress and welfare of -our town, instruc
tions were given the chairman to call another
meeting sometime before the town election.
This meeting, the sole purpose of which is to
nominate a ticket for town officers, is hereby
called for next Friday night, April 11th, at 8:30
new time, in the graded school auditorium
L. E. Stacy, Chairman.
How Lenoir Welcomed Her Returning Sol
diers. Big "carryin' on" took place here
Saturday when Caldwell, estimated
at nearly 10,000 in number, gave the
war-scarred veterans of Battery E,
113th Field Artillery, a welcome
home. The train bringing these vet
erans of St. Mihiel, the Argonne and
other notable fights did not arrive
until 3 p. m., but long before that
time the thousands of people who
had gathered here to see the boys
crowded around the station, every
one eager to be the first to see the
boys when the train rolled into the
yard.
Company 49, North Carolina re
serve militia, was out to do honor to
the returning members of the battery.
Returned soldiers from other units
and divisions joined in the program.
A squad of colored doughboys, mem
bers of the famous Buffalo division
which recently returned to the States
and has been demobilized, helped to
swell the representative crowd in the
receiving line.
The welcome that took place when
the train rolled in was not the noisy
kind. As the khaki clad boys came
off the train a few enthusiastic spir
its endeavored to start a stampede
of noise. This soon quieted down.
The crowd was not the noisy kind,
at least this crowd at this particular
time was not of that kind. The emo
tions were took deep for this. It
had come to welcome men who had
gone through the fires for them, who
had left their own in France in tes
timony of the fire. The welcome was
too sober for shouts, The backbone
of the crowd was made up of fathers,
mothers, sisters, brothers, kindred
and friend, of these or other soldiers,
many of whom will never come back
Emotions ran in deep currents and
were not to be expressed with a
cheer, it was interpreted in the rigid,
searching attention, flushed cheeks
and sparkling eyes that spoke Cald
well, county feeling. Lenoir News
Topic.
White House Etiquete.
Now York Trlbuno.
Since there has been a White House
it has been unwritten law that no in
vitation therefrorn is declined. It is
a bit of Royal etiquette 1776 did not
expel. An invitation to dine with the
President has been a polite fiction,
the invitation being more strictly a
command, The custom made for
peace of mind of the first lady, for
she was relieved of the worry, com
mon to less distinguished hostesses,
of considering how many declinations
might come and who might be invi
ted at the last minute to fill the table,
In these days of crushing precedent
this one of the White House is smash
ed, like many others, by Senator Borah
and Senator Fall. Henceforth must
"R. S. V. P." be attached to Presi
dential invitations?
Dates of County Commencements.
The Wilkes county commencements
this year are to be held in this month
and in May :
Millers Creek, Saturday, April igtb.
Mt. View, Saturday, April 26th.
Wilkesboro, Saturday, May 3rd.
The dates for the colored com
mencement, the Ronda commence
ment and the final commencement
will be announced later.
Washington Fattier of Liberty Bonds.
George Washington father of
his country, could have been the
first Liberty bond holder.
In the Revolutionary War when
the young government had no funds
whatever to meet current expenses,
Washington supplied a part of the
necessary money from his private
fortune. In order to get this ready
cash he was compelled to sell proper
ty in Virginia. He lent in all about
$72,000 to the government.
These sacrifices on Washington's
part were cheerfully made to a gov
ernment in the making, to one
in fact that be was striving to es
tablish. Had he failed in his pur
pose no payment would have been
forthcoming, aud as it was the loan
was made without interest.
Americans of today are not asked
to make such sacrifices. The gov
ernment to which Washington gave
of himself and his property to make
stable is today stronger established
financially than any other in the
world. Its bonds are backed by bet
ter security than any others on the
world market.
The father of his country did not
doubt or hesitate, but gave. He had
faith against all odds and his faith
was justified. Today the government
has all the odds on its side, It asks
the loan of its people's money. It
will be returned with interest. There
is no uncertainty.
Dogs in Caldwell Kill Nearly all of i
of 35 Sheep.
Flock
The Lenoir News Topic lust week
printed the following: Sunday after
noon dogs entered the pasture of Mr.
Author 11. Cowles of Yadkin Valhy
and killed practically his entire flock
of 35 sheep. Mr. Covs was away
from home at the time, having driven
across the mountain to Lenoir. When
he returned home late the dngs were
in the pasture still at their depreda
tions. Mr. Cowles shot one dog, but
the other succeeded in making a get
away. It is said that Mr, Cowles re
cognized the dogs as belongiug to a
neighbor.
The sheep killed by the two dogs
during the afternoon were valued
at about $600, it is said.
Threw Burning Child in Well.
The experience of being thrown in
to a well of water probably saved the
life of Clifton, six-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Townsend of the
Raft Swamp section. Seme men were
changing some gasoline from one au
tomobilo to another Sunday, night,
One man struck a match to see how
much gasoline they had in the can,
when the gasoline became ignited.
The can exploded and threw burning
gosoliue upon the child. Mr. Bunnie
Townsend, who was nearby, took the
child and threw him into a well. The
child's father then jumped into the
well and rescued the child.
The burning gasoline had ignited
the child's clothing and he would have
burned to death had he not been
thrown into the well. While he was
badly burned about the face and arms
it is thought he will recover.
Mr'. Bunnie Townsend's hands were
painfully burned when he took up the
child to throw him into the well, Ex
Mr. Harvy Laffoon, now the hust
ling advertising manager of the Dur
ham Sutund until recently of Wilkes
boro, arrived yesterday.
Purlear Items.
The Union singing held with New
Hope church on the fifth Sunday in
March was largely attended. This was
somewhat an informal meeting as no
special program had been prepared,
and no choirs were present except
New Hope choir. The Union was or
ganized by electing Rev. J as. T. Nich
ols chairman, and H. 0. Parsons
secretary. An address of welcome
was delivered by Rev. Jas. T. Nichols
with response by W. H. Foster. After
a few songs by the Sr. and Jr. choirs
stirring addresses were made by P. E.
Brown and W. F. Hall.
We were much disappointed in oth
er choirs failing to be present, how
ever the large crowd present seemed
to enjoy the occasion very much. We
are anticipating a good time at the
next Union singing to be held with
Mount Pleasant church, in the after
noon on the fifth Sunday in June. The
meeting of the Ashe and Wilkes coun
ty singing association may be held
with this meeting. We hope the
various choirs will make preparations
and be present on the occasion.
Our school at Bell View taught by
Mr. J. C. Pearson principal and Miss
Ella Stout assistant closed April
with appropriate exercises. The day
exercises consisted in songs and reci'
tations rendered by the pupils. Stir
ring addresses were made by Prof. C.
C. Wright and county demonstrator
A. G. Ilendren. We were glad indeed
to have those gentlemen present and
feel that their co operation at
time will do much to arouse our people
to a sense of duty in the building up
of our school,
The night exercise consisted
in
songs, comical sermons and plays
which seemed to be enjoyed by the
large crowd present.
The pupils acquainted themselves in
all their exercises with due honor
themselves and their teachers. We
appreciate the service of Mr. Parsons
as an experienced teacher and Chris
tian gentleman. While this was Miss
Ella's first experience in teaching she
has made good and leaves without
criticism which you must remember is
lucky for any teacher at this day.
R. E, P,
Letter from Pvt. Bruce Dula.
Grancey France, March 20, 1919,
Dear Editor: I've been thinking of
writing a letting to The Hustler ever
since l ve been in i ranee but as you
may know one hadn't much time un
til Armistice was signed so it's all
over now, and we the units of the
81th Division are having a very good
time, We only drill about 3 hours in
the forenoon and we have all the
afternoon to our selves to play basket
or base ball and anything the boy
suggest, but never-the-lesB there
nothing like the good old U. S. A. for
me, though France is a fine country
ner'fectlv all O.K. for those that like
it. When I first landed in France
felt like I had such luck as the old
darkey thought her boy had when he
came over; in writing his mother
headed his letter Some Where
France. She said "I knowed dat fool
would go over ther and get lost." But
when we arrived upon the front and
B.och began shelling us I Boon saw we
wasn't lost by a long shot.
Well, I can't tell when we will sail
for the states; don't yet know whether
we are going to be put in the army of
occupation or not, hope not any way,
for I had rather be in the States say
ing "wo haw gee" than to be in France
saying no compree.
So 1 will close with best wishes to
the Wilkes people, the Hustler and its
many readers.
Pvt. Bruce Dula,
Co, L 328 Infantry, A. P. 0, 791,
France.
Teachers Examination.
A regular examination by County
Superintendent Wright for state,
county and high school certificates
is in progress at the court bouse to
day, Wednesday and Thursday. It is
the last examination for this schol
astic year ending July 1st. The next
will be in July,
ERSONS LEAVING AND RETURNING
Miss Candace Harrold left Friday
to accept a position in a five and ten
cent store in Winston-Salem.
Mfs. C. Call left Saturday to visit
relatives in Greensboro and her daugh
ters, who are in school at Henderson
ville. Pvt. Frank Colvard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. R. Colvard, returned last
Friday from overseas. He was one
of the country's volunteers who join
ed the Statesville company and first
went to Mexico.
Mrs. Minnie Kyle, of North Wilkes
boro, R. F. D. No. 1, left Friday for
Washington, D. C, to accept a posi
tion with the government as clerk in
the Quartermaster Department. She
was an assistant teacher in the Bap
tist Home School this year.
Mus. Earl M. Davis, of the 113th
Field Artillery, 30 Division, arrived
yesterday at noon from Winston and
from overseas where he had been
ten months. Private Davis says tho
the prices of such products as apples
and candy is much higher in France
than America and that obtainable
over here is a much better quality.
A sick soldier craving fruit after ar
riving over here-bought two nice ap
ples paying 25 cents wlien asked if
he desired more bought $5 worth at
once for himself.
Don'l
Neglect the Second Peach Spray
ing!
Raleigh, April 6. With many peach
trees in full bloom at present, fruit
growers need to be cautioned about
putting on the second peach spray,
which controls tho curculio and brown
rot, states Mr. R. W. Leiby, assistant
entomologist of the agricultural ex
periment station.
When scale is not present in an or
chard, this second peach spray, which
is applied about a week after the pe
tals fall is the most important spray
of the season, for when carefully pro
pared and applied, it reduces the in
jury by the white worm, or curculio,
commonly found in unsprayed peaches.
It also prevents rot. Tho spray to be
used is known as the self-boiled lime-
sulphur wash. It consists of eight
pounds of lime, eight pounds of sul
phur, 50 gallons of water, and about
a pound and a half of powdered arse
nate of lead or three pounds of paste
arsenate of lead, and must be prepar
ed by the fruit grower. The diluted
concentrated lime-sulphur cannot be
used with safety, as experiments
have repeatedly shown that the foli
age and fruit are burned and blistered
by the commercial lime-sulphur, even
when used at summer strength.
Use the Self-ltolled Lime Sulphur Husli
Play safe and use the self-boiled
lime-sulphur wash. A grower who last
year refused to take this suggestion
and used commercial lime-sulphur hut
his peach crop and injured the wood
growth for this year. His experience
cost him more than a thousand dol
lars. Place the eight pounds of lime (un
slaked must be used) in a tub or bar
rel and pour enough water over it to
cover it. Put in the eight pounds of
sulphur with the lumps first crushed
and add another bucket of water.
When the mass boils from the slaking
of the lime, stir it and add more warm
water to form a paste. A sack or
blanket over the barrel helps to keep
in the heat. When the boiling is over
add water to make 50 gallons; stir
thoroughly, and strain. Now dissolve
the arsenate of lead in a small quan
tity of the solution and stir it thor
oughly into the mixture. Apply
the solution with a good pump which
maintains a uniform pressure. When
the shucks are dropping from the new
ly formed peaches, about one week
after the petals have fallen, is the
proper time for application.
This spray should be repeated in
two weeks for the best results. Late
varieties, such as Elberta and those
ripening later, should be sprayed a,
third time, about one month before
they are due to ripen.