Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Town and Country News from the Hustler, July 30, 1924

Town and County News. . . Local Items of Interest

Rev. W.R. Ware was here yesterday.

A truck express runs now from Statesville via here and Elkin daily.

Mr. A.J. Proffit of Maple Springs is installing water works in his residence.

Mr. Tom Perry, principal of the school at Lilesville, arrived Saturday to spend a week or so. Mrs. Perry will come next week.

Mrs. Ritchie of New York state arrived Saturday and was met here by her son, Mr. J.H. Ritchie of Pores Knob, with whom she will spend several weeks.

Miss Fay Wiles of Winston-Salem is visiting at Mr. C.M. Caudill’s this week. Miss Gladys Wiles, who was here last week, left Saturday returning home.

Mrs. Texie Gardner of Shelby and sister, Miss Allie Nooe of Charlotte, have been visiting at Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Hendren’s near Straw and friends at Ronda this week.

Mr. I.G. Sisk of Winston was in North Wilkesboro last Thursday having come to spend the day, over from Ashe in which county he and Mrs. Sisk are spending the summer till October.

Gilbert Foster, 20-year-old son of Mr. A.G. Foster of Congo, gained the fortune last Saturday at a land estate sale near the edge of Winston-Salem by drawing a new Star automobile and in which he visited his parents the past week-end, returning to Winston where he is studying in a business course at night and earning money in day time. He graduated at a Wilkes high school in 1923.

The Alleghany, Sparta Star, says that a jitney line has been started up between Sparta and Elkin, rather it is a truck line, leaving Elkin at 8 a.m., arriving at Sparta at 10. Then it returns to Elkin at 1 p.m., making connection with the train and Winston truck express. Points of departure: Hackler’s store in Sparta and Mosely & Reese store at Elkin.

In the account of the death of Miss Mamie Barber printed last week the Hustler was in error as to the first name of Rev. Richard Wainright Barber, deceased, her father. Instead of Rev. “William” Wainright Barber it is Richard W. Barber. Another error, which came to us through the daily paper’s account, is also a mistake and that is as to the late R.W. Barber‘s father being the first pastor of the Wilkesboro Episcopal church which “for more than a century” etc. Rev. R.W. Barber was the next to the first pastor preceding him. The church building is near-about 80 years old and not 100. The old Methodist building, the Presbyterian and Episcopalian each must have been built within 10 years of each other.

From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, July 30, 1924

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