John A. Moxley,
Mail Carrier and
Flood Victim
(continued from front page)
house beside the New River again.
But the tricky old river just
wouldn’t keep on its side of the
pasture fence, for on August 13,
1940, New River went calling on
farmer John again.
This time the river rose even
higher than before so that about
two o'clock in the morning the
aged couple- had to be carried
from their home. They were re
moved to the home of their son,
O. E. Moxley, who lives nearby.
And it is likely that River John
and his wife will enjoy the rest
of their eventful lives at the
home of their son.
John A. Moxley is now 85
years old, while his good wife is
86. The old homestead, tho now
unoccupied, still stands by the
Tiver, showing comparatively little
damage considering the volume of
water that inundauted it and the
entire farm.
Six of Mr. and Mrs. Moxley’s
children are still living. They are:
Mrs. Ennice Landreth of Laurel
Springs, Mrs. Delia Ward of
Crumpler, Mrs. Myrtle Tolliver,
Mrs. Delia Pugh, and O. E. Mox
ley of Topia, and W. H. Moxley
•of Congo, N. C.
Few people these dayS can
truthfully say, as can Mr. and
Mrs. John Moxley that they have
seen twenty of their grandchild
ren, nineteen great grandchildren,
and, rarest of all, seven great
great grandchildren.
Benny and Allen
Talk on Paramount’s “Love Thy
Neighbor” set drifted around to
hobbies.
Producer-Director Mark San
rich said he has a bound volume
of every script he ever directed,
including short comedies.
“I,” said Jack Benny, “like to
collect old joke books.”
“Collect ’em?” snorted Fred
Allen. “You use them!”
Went Back Up
The Highlander saw a puff of
anti-aircraft smoke in the dis
tance and thought it was a para
chutist. He gave the alarm—and
men turned out to search.
They found nothing, so his offi
cer asked if he was sure of what
he’d seen. “Have you no doubt at
all in your mind?” he demanded.
“Aweel, sir,” he replied, “I had
nane till I saw him gaun’ up
again.”
DAINTY LADY
BEAUTY SHOP
Mrs. B. E, Davis, Mgr.
Visit us at our New Location
next to the Elkin Dry Cleaners
on Bridge Street.
Elkin, N C.
Recent Bride . . .
MISS GERTRUDE WAGONER
Gertrude Wagoner
Is Wedded to
J. Forest Jamison
Miss Gertrude Wagoner, a bride
in blue, marched down the aisle
to the sweet strains of a wedding
march Friday evening, October
11, to become the wife of John
Forest Jamison.
The bride was trimly dressed
in a beautiful soldier blue suit of
I needle-point wool trimmed with
Norwegian blue fox, and is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Wagoner of 1526 Maple Ave.,
Ronanoke. The groom is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest Jami
son of Roanoke.
The ceremony was performed
by Dr. Walter P. Binns at 8
o’clock in the First Baptist church
parlor. Music was furnished by
soloist Mrs. Earl Ruble, who was
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
John W. Robertson.
Following a northern honey
moon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Jami
son plan to take up their resi
dence at 813 Jefferson St. in
Roanoke.
Self-Explanatory
“How do you spend your in
come?’’
“About 30 per cent for shelter;
30 per cent for clothing; 40 per
I cent for food and 20 per cent for
amusement.”
“But that adds up to 120 per
cent.”
“That’s right. So what?”
C. T. Burke, Jeweler
Waltham and Other
Popular Watches
All Kinds of Watch
And Clock Repairing
Give Us A Trial
Over Pearsons Bros. — Tenth St
NORTH WILKESBORO
WANT ADS I
Rates: One cent a word. Minimum charge, 25c.
FOR SALE—Nice firm cab
bage for Kraut or Winter use at
75 cents per hundred weight. J. K.
Andrews, Glade Valley, N. C.
ltp-7s
FURNITURE REPAIRS — All
kinds. We specialize in renewing
cane seats and backs. Expert
workmanship. Gome in and see
us.—Gate City Upholstering Co.,
907 Cherry St,, next to Hustler
Office, North Wilkesboro.
4tc—21s
SALESMAN WANTED—Good
nearby Rawleigh Route open. In
dustrious man can earn better
than average income. Complete
line household necessities estab
lished 50 years. Permanent. No
experience needed to start Write
Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCKr212-Q,
Richmond, Va. ltp-7s
SALESMAN WANTED—Good
nearby Rawleigh Route open. In
dustrious man can earn better
than average income. Complete
line household necessities estab
lished 50 years. Permanent. No
experience needed to start. Write
Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCK-212-Q,
Richmond, Va. ltp-7s
I CAN MAKE Cabinets, Desks,
Bookcases, Tables, and Repair
chairs, Shelves, Doors, Roofs, as
well as doing any kind of Gen
eral Carpenter work. See me any
time, next to the Post Office, be
hind the tall Hemlocks. J. A.
Burchette, Sparta. 13o—31s
NOTHING—There is nothing
for which you can spend so little
and improve your looks so much
as a good haircut at Robert
Joines’ Barber Shop under Belk’s
Store, Sparta. 2tp-14s
BEECH’S PLACE. For the
beat meals and sandwiches in
North Wilkesboro go to Beech’s
on 10th Street. 4tc—7s
WANTED—RADIOS to repair,
all makes. We have a complete
stock of parts to fit any make or
model. We will do your work
while you wait.—W. L. Porter
& Co., Furniture, Galax, Va.
5tc-31s
WANTED—EGGS, HAMS, but
ter, chickens, all kinds of coun
try produce. For best cash prices
see Earlie Combs, South Bridge
[street, Elkin, N. C., Phone 308.
2tc—14s
__
IN TROUBLE?—Call on us
[for electrical contracting, house
I wiring, plumbing, heating, elec
j trical repairing, motor rewinding,
; lathe work, expert radio repairs
|and welding.-—Pless Electric &
Furniture Co., Phone 234, Galax.
4tc—14s
WE BUY SCRAP IRON and
metals.-—Bryan Foundry, Elkin,
N. C. 8tc—12s
LEARN BEAUTY CULTURE
.—Enroll now. Write for our
rates.—Hinshaw School of Beauty
Culture, North Wilkesboro, N C.
4tc-7s
FOR SALE—Beauty Shop lo
cated in Independence, Va. At
tractive proposition. New equip
ment. Price reasonable. Call or
write Star-Times, Sparta. 4tc-21s
JOB PRINTING—Special dur
ing October; 500 business cards,
white, only $1. Swanson Printing
Co., opposite P. O. Sparta, N. C.
tf—S
BARGAINS—Engines, Tract
ors, Boilers, Saw Mills, Wood
Working and Road Building
Machinery, Well Drilling Mach
ines, Gasoline Engines, etc.—R. P.
Johnson, Wytheville, Va. tf-T
FOUND—3 Keys in holder. Re
cover from Alleghany Watch Co.
by paying for this ad. 2tc-31s.
ByRichardLee
nF.TF.CTl VF RII.F.Y
THE OPERATIONS
OF THE SPHINX
AND HIS CULT
ARE APPARENTLY
AT AN END,DUE
TO THE TIMELY
APPEARANCE OF
THE CONSUL
AND HIS MEN
.. RILEY,
HOWEVER,DOES
NOT FEEL THAT
THE CASE IS
QUITE
closed.
LISTEN TO THIS v \f WHAT'S
fSKEPTIC,WILL YOU, BART?) THE
SUCCESS HAS GONE TO f( ANGiE,<
HIS head!
DAN?
Simply this! the sphinx wore
A MASK TO CONCEAL HIS IDENTITY.
THEREFORE,HE MUST HAVE ASSUMED
ANOTHER PERSONALITY, UNMASKED!
FOLLOW ?
I KETCH'
SO WHAT ?
DON'T MOVE !
either of &
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Q/ght
[so this .... shortly after
X came to this office to report
MY ACTIVITIES, AN ATTEMPT
, WAS MADE ON MV LIFE ...
SOMEONE STARTED AN
I AVALANCHE. REMEMBER ?
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7AMERAGRAPE
THEY’RE OFFERING a new kind
: of accommodation on American Air.
I lines, called Ronson Service. Cigarette
I lighters having been found the safest
and most effective means of lighting
I up, and stewardesses have been
equipped with Ronson lighters, Mary
I Alvey, shown above, recently set a
record with her lighter — 12,744 air
! miles, without refueling.
THE CROCHET FAD sweepino the
country has hit Backstage as well as
the movie lot, the campus, and the
social gathering. Crochet-enthusiasts
Donna Dae and Jane Wilscn, featured
vocalists with Fred Waring's Penn,
j sylvanians, pursue their hobby ip their
dressing room between shows. They're
making a luncheon set.
MININ IVIMrvto I I M t-MIVlIUY ftrr AIK!
|| Ann Rutherford stopped off in Wash,
if ington, D. C. recently Just long enough
§| tc meet her mother and her sister,
I| Judith, a New York actress. During
the reunion, Ann enrolled the whole
family in the Red Cross and posed
for this picture with the Red Cross
poster.
WORLD FAMOUS for his scathing de
nunciations of the Hitler Government,
ithe exiled German writer, Lion Feucht.
i wanger, has tea in his New York
hotel suite on arrival recently from
.France. Noted chiefly for his novel,
'"The Family Oppenheim”, a story of
,a German refugee family, Mr. Feucht.
wanger plans soon to go to California
where he will start a lecture tour.
NEW PLYMOUTH FOR 1941—Here’s the new Plymouth tor 1941
—a “glamour car” from stem to stern, with scores of new
engineering advancements for snappier performance. Greater
luxury and driving ease. Increased nimbleness in traffic is
achieved through a new “high-torque” Plymouth engine step
ped up in power, with new “get-away” gear and Pcwermatic
shifting. “Fashion-Tone” is Plymouth’s name for new u!tr.<
luxurious* interior styling, and smart new 2-tone body colors
are available on Special Deluxe. Big safety advancement is a
new Safety Rim wheel design, standard on all .Plymouth*, that
reduces hazard of blowout or puncture by holding a flat tire
securely on the rim. even at high speeds. This is the 1941
Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-Door Sedan.
BEAUTY AIDS A WORTHY CAUSE—The John
Power’s models Join tho campaion of the
British-American Ambulance Corps for funds
to purchase ambulances urgently needed in the
present crisis abroad.
A very particular housekeeper
was having her bedroom painted.
Wishing to learn what progress
the painter was making, she cre.pt
j to the bottom of the stairs and
| listened. Not a sound reached
j her ear's.
She: "Painter, are you work
ing?’’
Painter: “Yes, ma’am.”
She: “I can’t hear you making
, a sound.”
Painter; “Perhaps not, ma’am,
I ain’t putting the paint on with
a hammer.”—Typo Graphic.
Individuality is the keynote of
Catherine McCune’s wardrobe.
The lovely star of CBS network’s
“Scattergood Baines” can always
be sure of originality in her
clothes because they are self
styled. Here she is in her cossack
version of the ever-popular two
piece wool dress. Its simple strai
ght-lined skirt is topped by a
long-flared jacket with frogs as
its only trimming. She’ll wear it
with a sweater during the first
Although monkeys have tear
glands in their eyes, they do not
shed tears when they grieve. This
leads some scientists to believe,
says the Better Vision Institute,
that apes do not have very deep
emotions.
Vox
Vox, Nov. 5.—Billie Nichols of
i Mt. Airy is dead. A son of Elder
H. C. and Mrs. Nichols, he lived
i in this community until a few
; years ago.
j Rev. Arthur Shaw kept his ap
! pointment at Mt. Olive, Saturday.
Mrs. Bobby Crouse is visiting
^ her sister Mrs. Mack Fender.
Mrs. Sarah Fender visited at
the home of Mrs. S. M. Duncan
last Sunday.
C. L. Nichols and John Nichols
spent Sunday with relatives in
Mt. Airy.
Miss Clyde Burrs spent a few
days with relatives near Galax
last week.
Gladys and Hazel McLean were
guests of Violet Caudill last Sat
urday night.
I Answers to "IT’S TIME YOU KNEW” by Lawrence
I . '■ V. -\ ' >
The world-famous playwright, Sidney Howard, wrote the origi
nal play, "They Knew What They Wanted."
| The Horned Toad is a lizard!
j The hardly-audible "ticking" sound in a Bulova Watch is caused
t by the pallet action in the escapement, that is, when the pallet
is struck by the teeth of the escape wheel. These impulses cause
the pallet to transfer intermittent controlled motivating power
| to the balance wheel.
| Only 40 to 50 of all the mustangs captured each year are wild
1 enough for use at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo!
i TURKEYS WANTED
i FOR THANKSGIVING
We need 50,000 pounds of Turkeys for the week of
November 12-16 to fill orders we have. Our trucks
can pick up your turkeys anywhere and we guar
antee that our prices are in line with others.
PRODUCE EXCHANGE CORP.
GALAX, VA. - . - - by A. C. DOBYNS, Mgr.
Still Lacking
“Pass me the ’lasses, Mammy.”
“You must say molasses, son.”
“Ah can’t say mo’ when Ah
ain’t had none.”
HAYES
j HARDWARE CO.
Phone 72
NORTH W1LKESBORO
Farm Implements
Complete Line of Harness
Automatic Wiaodburning
Heaters
Home of Purina Chows
“Is that new medicine doing
you any good?”
“Good, my eye. I’m getting so
anaemic I have to have two hours
notice to blush.”
Dine and Dance
at the
Carolina Moon
14 Miles South of Sparta
On Rt. 18 near Scenic Highway
Crossing
John Myers, Prop.
LAUREL SPRINGS, N. C.
Ice Cream, Cold Drinks,
Cigarettes, Modern Cabins.
THREE BIG
Auction Sales
FREE LUNCH PRIZES MUSIC
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M.
Mrs. Lelia B, Jones’ Farm and Personal Property at Cran
berry, in Carroll County, Va.
DESCRIPTION: We will sell for Mrs. Lelia B. Jones, her
farm; at auction, on the above date. This farm is known as
the Sid Jones farm and contains 98% acres and will be sub
divided, and is located ® Cranberry in Carroll County, Vir
ginia, 5 miles East of G. !; , 1% miles from Gladeville, and
5 miles from Woodlawn. Adjoins the lands of J. R. Boaz,
Roby Mannings, John Lineberry and others. A seven-room
house, barn and other out-buildings, about 25 acres of saw
timber. Good school and church within *4 -mile of this farm
and school bus to Woodlawn runs by this farm. The, house has
electric lights, and the farm is in a good state of cultivation.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: 0 Cows, 1 Calf, 12 Stacks of Hay,
6 acres of Corn and Fodder, Drill, Mowing Machine, one-hialf
interest in Rake, one-half interest in Corn Planter, Harness,
Plows and other Farming Tools. Western Saddle. The Terms
will be easy and announced on day of day. Mrs. Jones has
decided to sell all of this property and has employed us to
sell it for the High Dollar- on the above date.
For further information see. Mrs. Lelia B. Jones or the
undersigned.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15
AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M.
Don A. Young’s Real and Personal Property at Auction
DESCRIPTION: We will sell for Mr. Don A. Young his
farm, containing about 95 acres, at auction on the above
date. This farm will be subdivided into building lots and
small farms and is located in the village of Baywood, Virginia,
six miles Southwest of Galax, Virginia, adjoining the property
of Baywood High School and others. 30 acres of good level
land, suitable for any kind of cultivation, 4 acres of alfalfa,
36 acres of good grazing land, 24 acres of good young oak
timber, 5 acres in young poplar timber, good apple and pear
orchard and several good springs on this farm. This is one
of the best farms in Grayson County, well located in a
good community, near Stores, Schools and Churches and near
hard-surfaced road. Electric line and telephone line through
this property. Bam and house wired. Brick silo. The Bay
wood High School is located within 300 yards of the house.
Daily Mail Service.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: 3 two-year old Guernsey Heifers
with calves, 5 Guernsey Heifers, 6 Guernsey Heifer Calves,
1 three-year old Guernsey Cow and Calf, 1 pure-bred Guernsey
Bull. 16 months old. Fordson Tractor, Tractor Disc, Johnson
Binder with Tractor Hitch, Spring Tooth Harrow, Vanbrunt
8-hoe Drill, Com Planter, Section Harrow, 6 cultivators, Potato
Digger, Plows and other Farming Tools, 100 Bushels Yellow
Com.
For further information, see Don 'A. Young, Baywood, Va.,
or the undersigned.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M.
Charles Cooley’s Real and Personal Property at Auction
DESCRIPTION: We, will sell for Mr. Chas. Cooley his farm,
at auction, on the above date. This farm contains 140 acres
and is on Chestnut Creek, known as the Charlie Higgins Farm,
five miles South of Galax, 1% miles East of A. J. Edwards’
Store, and 1 mile South of the Odd Fellows Hall at Coal
Creek. 35 acres of good bottom land, farm well watered and
fenced. 7-room house, new bam, granary, tenant house.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: 2 Roan Belgian Horses, 4 years old,
weight about 1,500 pounds each; 1 pair three-year old Mules,
well broken; 2 Cows; 60 bushels Wheat; 360 bushels Com;
Fodder, Hay, Mowing Machine, Rake, Harrows, Plows, Harness
and other farming equipment; 1 New Oliver steel-wheeled
Wagon; one-half interest in Grain Drill; Hogs, and other
personal property. The TERMS on this property will be
reasonable and announced on day of sale. Mr. Cooley is
engaged in the sawmill business and has instructed us to
sell all of this property for the High Dollar.
For further information, see Mr. Chas. Cooley, Galax, Va.,
or the undersigned.
SALES CONDUCTED BY
PARSONS AUCTION CO.
‘‘Sellers of the Earth”
INDEPENDENCE, VA.. GALAX, VA.