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r. and Mrs. J. Frank Click
' r and Mrs. Hein Brinegar,
Mocksville, were week-end
of Dr. and Mrs. J. L.
._. John Click, daughter,
ibeth, and son, John, Jr.,
Sunday guests of Dr. and
J. L. Doughton.
Walter Doughton, Washington,
I' C., is spending a few days
isiting relatives here.
Miss Evon Eldredge spent last
with Miss Mabel Todd at
Creek, Va.
Mrs. D. C. Bledsoe went to the
forth Wilkesboro hospital Tues
ly for treatment for sinus
rouble.
I George, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Roe, underwent an
iperation this week for the re
loval of his tonsils.
1 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Halsey
entertained at dinner Monday
iight on the occasion of their
;eventh wedding anniversary. In
cited guests were: Mr. and Mrs.
D. C. Bledsoe, Mr. and Mrs.
Sdwin Duncan, Mr. and Mrs.
tobert M. Gambill, Mr. and Mrs.
Peer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark, Mr.
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“DARKEST AFRICA”
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_A Tuea, June 8 4 9
Jeanette McDonald
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"Rose Marie”
Selected Short Subject
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Ross Alexander and
Patricia Ellis
in
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Selected Short Subject
Thursday Only—June 11
ranchot Tone and
Madge Evans
if in
elusive Story”
Selected Short Subject
and Mrs. R. E. Black and Miss
Betty Halsey. The lovely, modem
home was beautifully decorated
with peonies and mixed pastel
colored bouquets.
Mr. and Mrs. Brite Burgiss, of
Elkin, were visitors in Sparta
Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs.
Burgiss were married in Wash
ington, D. C., on Sunday, May
24.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landreth,
of Washington, D. C., are visiting
relatives in this county this week.
Attorney and Mrs. Tom King,
of Washington, D. C., are visiting
here.
Mrs. C. W. Higgins and Miss
Pearl Fields went to Elk Creek,
Va., Sunday for the commence
ment sermon by Dr. Shuler.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Gambill
passed through Sparta Tuesday
enroute to Chapel Hill where Mr.
Gambill expects to attend sum
mer school.
Mary Sue Norman, Dobson, is
visiting Virginia Gentry.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howell, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Caudill, Miss Louise
Caudill and Carl Rector spent
Sunday at Blowing Rock and
Grandfather mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Richardson
and daughter, Virginia, of Roa
noke, Va., spent the week-end
here.
Mrs. J. D. Whitener and son,
Jackie, of Boone, visited relatives
here last week.
Mrs. Edwin Duncan was in
Charlotte during the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thompson,
of Winston-Salem, are spending
a week visiting relatives in the
county.
Edwin Duncan spent Monday
in Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Baucom and
daughter, Elizabeth Ann, Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. Tucker, and Carl
Tucker, of Concord, were Sunday
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of power
vested in nte ns Commissioner for
the Federal Land Bank in the
matter of the Federal Land Bank
of Columbia vs. W. G. Morrison
and wife, Pearl Morrison, and I.
P. Pipes and wife, Mn. 1. P.
Pipes, in the Superior Court of
Alleghany County, I will offer
for side at public auction to the
hi (Hast bidder at the Court House
door in Sparta on the 18th day
of June, 1936, at 11:00 a. m., the
following described land:
All that certain lot, tract or
parcel of land containing 165
acres, more or less, located, lying
and being in Cherrylane Town
ship, County of Alleghany, State
of North Carolina, being bound
ed on the north by lands of Re
becca Wood, Fannie Royal and
die Company lands; east by lands
of Wm. Vannoy and Felix Finch
er; south by lands of Marshall
Higgins; and west by lands of
Harrison Royal; and hairing such
shape, metes, courses and dis
tances as will more fully appear
by reference to a plat thereof
made by L. E. Edwards, Surveyor,
12th day of December, 1925,
which plat is on file with the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia.
Foregoing land was conveyed
to I. P. Pipes and wife, Pearl
Pipes by R. N. Holloway and
wife, Bettie Holloway by deed
dated 5-7-1921 and recorded
5-12-1921 in book 32, page 13,
in the Registry of Alleghany
County.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash
on day of sale, and balance in
two equal annual installments.
This May 18th, 1936.
R. F. CROUSE
4tcp-ll AT Commissioner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Left
Joines.
Miss Jennie Joines. Elkin, vis
ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.
V. Joines, Whitehead, Sunday
afternoon. She had as her guests
Misses Alva and Edith Gentry,
Jake Osborne, Wilson Boles and
Ted Long.
Miss Mary Gambill, who has
been attending a business college
in Winston-Salem, has completed
her course and accepted a posi
tion with the R. D. Barringer
Distributing Company in that
city.
R. E. Black spent two days
last week at Lake Lure attend
ing a meeting of the county
agents from western North Car
olina.
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Richard
son, Lenoir, spent the week-end
here.
Mrs. Isom Wagoner, Ennice,
who has been quite ill for the
past two weeks, was taken to
Martin Memorial hospital, in
Mount Airy, Sunday, where she
is expected to undergo an opera
tion as soon as her condition
permits.
Miss Iva Grace Doughton spent
Monday in Sparta.
Mary Lucy Gunter is spending
a few days visiting Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Waddell in Jefferson.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Gambill
spent last Thursday night as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Gunter.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Wagoner
and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Wag
oner visited relatives in West
Jefferson Sunday.
Bryan Wagoner is attending a
convention of radio dealers in
Chicago this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cheek and
son, Ralph, attended the com
mencement sermon at Elk Creek,
(Va.) high school, which was
preached by Dr. R. P. Shuler, of
Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Doughton
and daughters, Alice and Jose
phyne, of Baltimore, spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Doughton.
Miss Josephine Inskeep is vis
iting relatives in Clarksville, Va.
Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Douglass
and daughter, Clyde Virginia, and
Miss Virginia Taylor, of Newton,
and Mrs. J. K. Taylor, of Fur
ches, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Taylor at Glade Valley re
cently.
Judge and Mrs. J. C. Padgett
and Mrs. Leona Koontz, of In
dependence, visited in Sparta re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Carson went
to Jonesville recently to attend a
Methodist conference.
Mrs. Worth Smith and Mrs.
Rosooe Smith, of Roaring Gap,
were in town Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Joines and
children, Faye and Harrell, have
returned home for the summer
from East Bend. Miss Faye
Joines graduated from high school
this year and was salutatorian of
her class of twenty-eight.
Miss Evelyn Cheek, eighth
grade pupil in Summit school,
Winston-Salem, was awarded the
prize for making the highest grade
for the year in the school. She
will be remembered as the daugh
ter of Foster Cheek, Whitehead.
Eugene Fender is spending the
summer in Havana, Cuba, where
he has a position.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom King, of
Washington, D. C., are visiting at
the home of Mrs. King’s parents.
Mrs. Caroline Taylor, widow
of the late Cas J. Taylor, is ser
iously ill at Mooresville hospital.
Mrs. Robert Fender has just
returned home from visiting her
mother, Mrs. C. J. Taylor.
Ira T. Johnson, of Jefferson,
delivered a splendid address at
the Baptist church, Sunday.
The county meeting of the W.
M. U. will be held Thursday at
Laurel Springs Baptist church.
A large number of persons were
in Sparta Monday attending Com
missioner’s court.
Or On The Radio
“In three years,” says Herr
Hitler in his Rhine speech. “I
have done as much as any human
being could do.” That sounds as
though it ought to have a Wash
ington date line.—The Chicago
Tribune.
See' Caatevena Motor Co. for
radio batteries and tubes. tfc
Valuable Farm
For Sale
I am offering for sale, my
farm on Little River, 1% miles
Hast of Edwards Cross Roads.
Will sell all or part of farm
to suit purchaser, with small
down payment and plenty of
time on balance. This fann is
in a high stage of cultivation
and can be bought at a bar
gain.
W. B. COLLINS,
BOONE, N. C.
If interested, see D. C. Dun
can, Sparta, N. C.
JOHN WADDELL IS GIVEN
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
On Sunday, May 31, a surprise
birthday dinner Was given in
honor of John W. Waddell, whose
75th birthday fell on June 2. A
large group of relatives and
friends gathered on Sunday
morning at the home of Mr.
Waddell, who lives alone on his
farm near Nathan’s Creek, and
found he had gone away from
home for the day. A car was
tent to bring him back and on
his arrival he found -the crowd
waiting to greet him.
Tables had been placed on the
lawn under a large cherry tree
and covered with food from the
well-filled baskets and boxes
brought by the visitors. After a
few preliminary remarks by Sid
ney Gambill, the delicious dinner
was fully enjoyed by those pres
ent.
The list of those attending fol
lows : Mrs. Eliza Plummer, Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Tucker and
sons, of Furches; Mr. and Mrs.
J. Lester Waddell and Pauline
Richardson, Whitehead; Mr and
Mrs E. A. Waddell, Jefferson;
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waddell, Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Waddell, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Waddell and Janie
Wood, Laurel Springs; Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Waddell. Miss Elma
Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Vince
Waddell, S. C. Richardson and J.
D. Williams, Scottville; Guy
Waddell, Nora Waddell and Wil
lard Waddell, Piney Creek; E. F.
Gambill, Mr. and Mrs. Brice
Gambill, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Fen
der and Phleat Fender, Crump
ler; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Little
and son, John Clifford, Nathans
Creek, and Mrs. Ollie Edwards,'
M.ary Lucy Gunter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Gambill and Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Gambill. Sparta.
To Hold Memorial
(continued from front page)
buried at Cox’s Chapel should also
send a request to Mr. Cox, giv
ing the name of the person in
whose memory they desire the
song to be sung.
The choir does not promise bo
sing any song requested, but an
effort will be made, it has been
said, in the limited time and from
the limited supply of' song books,
to sing the songs requested.
Requests should be forwarded
to Mr. Cox not later than Satur
day, June 30.
You can have greater am
bitions, finer ideals and increased
powers of self-expression by want
ing to, willing to and keeping at
it.
Want Ads
Rate: One cent a word.
Minimum charge per insertion,
25 cents.
To Let: Pasture boundary of
about 50 acres.—Mrs. E. V. Rich
ardson, Furches, N .C. ltp-4
New Shipment: Talking machine
Records. Famous Blue Bird make.
Double face. 35c each.—Alle
ghany Watch Co. We repair
watches, clocks, sewing machines,
and talking machines, ltc-4
Used Electric Ranges: Three
good ones. Excellent condition.
Priced low.—Pless Electric &
Furniture Co., Galax, Va. tfc
$50.00
Reward—
for information or evi
dence leading to conviction
of parties stealing wool
from farmers in vicinity of
Laurel Springs, N. C., with
in the past few days. ,
All buyers should watch for
suspicious parties offering
wool for sale.
See o r communicate a t
once with Glen Taylor or
W. M. Transou, Laurel
Springs, N. C.
Sparta P. 0., June 1.—In last
week’s issue there was an error.
Misses Ruby and Pearl Woodruff
were visiting someone else instead
of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Bledsoe.
Miss Josephine Wagoner is
staying with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Maines.
The Sunday school here is pro
gressing nicely. Thomas Johnson
has been appointed superintend
ent and Miss Stella Billings, sec
retary.
Piney Cheek H. S.
(continued from front page)
State Organization of Young Tar
Heel Farmers. This is an organi
zation of all boys studying Agri
culture in high schools of the
State. This organization is North
Carolina’s branch of the National
Organization of the Future Farm
ers of America. Hash is the only
State Y. T. H. F. officer that
Alleghany county has ever pro
duced.
Control Of White
(continued from front page)
conditions are generally favorable
for the spread of the disease be
cause wild Ribes and white pines
usually occur on the same areas.
Ribes species vary in size and
habit of growth, but workmen are
able to effectively distinguish
them from other plants after a
few days of
In white pine
dangerous weec
stroyed, severe damage to the
pines may result before the pres
ence of the disease is discovered.
Since the rust strikes without
warning, pine owners should
promptly destroy the Ribes on
their lands, even though the
disease has not been found in
their locality.
CARD OF THANKS
The children and grandchildren
of Mrs. John F. Watson wish to
express their sincere thanks and
appreciation to their many friends
who so willingly assisted them
during the illness, following the
death and at the funeral of their
beloved mother and grandmother.
NOTICE !
During the season of 1936, I
will stand the Famous Ten
nessee Jack, at my barn. This
is a purebred Black Spanish
Jack. His colts are his best
advertising, bringing prices
from $75 to $100 at weaning
time. Fee $8.
L. S. Richardson
TORCHES, N. C.
VOTE
FOR
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To Honorable Clyde R. Hoey,
Democratic Candidate for Nomination for Governor
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