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of WomasTllle are giving Friday
wwlng to honor J. Walter Lam-
Mh. United States congressman,
who went out of office Tuesday
»t 12 o’clock. The various civic
cltths of the city are in charge of
the banquet which will beght at
7 o’clock in the Woman’s Club
building.
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VOL. XXXII, NO. 42 ^ Published Mondays and Thuradsysr
j BR-R-R, IT’S coi^ I President Stresses
Country’s Defense
RAPS LIQUOR ADS
Washington. .Tan. 4.--Wilford
S. Alexander, federal alcohol ad
ministrator. nraed Congress to-
advertising of liquor
on the radio, in his annual re
port for the year end n.g Decem
ber IS, Alexander alsa proposed
that Congress forbid publication
of liquor adverti.sements in Sun
day editions of newspapers; of
advertisement.; portraying wom
en. children or religious subjects:
or referring to alcohol'c beverag
es as having tonic, food or me
dicinal qualities.
biAnnual Message
Raps Dictator Countries In
Message at Opening of
Congress Wednesday
CAPONE PAYING OF^’
Chicago. Jan. 4.-—A1 Capone
three-fifths of his financial
to society today. The govern-
^nf had a hill for 2.t7.?‘*?29
ontetanding against the dethron
ed gangster king until this after
noon when his Chicago lawyer.
Abraham Teitelbaum. handed
$37,692.29 to Edward E. Douglas,
acting clerk of the federal dis
trict court. The sum represented
all outstanding court costs. $7.-
692.29. and $30,000 in fines.
There remained $20.0n0 in fines
to he paid.
A sudden midwest cold wave
didn’t catch this newsboy unpre
pared. He foiled the wtnUy blasts
with a makeshift stove and a couple
of gunny sacks. He also added a
couple of sweaters to his ensemble.
Washington, .la i. 4. -- Witii-
.\do1t Hitler’s chief envoy an im-
pres.sive listener. President
Iloosevelt warned the dictator
nations today that America would
resist “strident ambition and
brute force’’ in world affairs.
.Addressing a dramatic joint
, session of Congress in the House
; of Representatives, the Chief Ex
ecutive, with slow and deiil)eiate
emphasis, asked that that resist
ance be bulwarked by increased
militan’ preparedness.
And equally necessary, lie said,
was the elimination of class pre
judices and internal dissensions
through the abolition of social
abuses so that a nation united in
spirit might combat all threats of
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Stars Ask Severance of Nazi Relations
Cjvfl- Sesnon ■ -Of
Federal
Convene'}an.9ilr
'Saw
Judge Hayes Will Preside
Over Special Term For t
Trial of Civil Cases "
I3sv
JURORS WILL RETURN
Postoffice Business Is Gaining
Postal Revenue! ™om chi.na
4/V
Same Jurors Who Served Ii
November; No Criminal
Cases to Be Tried
tf:
Hollywood’s committee of 56 recently signed their own Declaration of Independence which yrill be signed
by 20 000,000 American citizens and then presented to President Roosevelt and congress, seeking a
ance Of economic relations with Nazi Germany until such time as that country comes into the fold of natioiis
in accordance with the humane principles of international law.' Left to right, seated: Melvyn Douglas, JsmM
Cagney, Edward Robinson. Standing: Gale Sondergaard, Helen Gahagan, Henry Fonda and Gloria Stuart.
EUROPE INTERESTED
London. Jan. ) -Croat Rritain
..and France toiivght officially wel-
omed what tlivy ooiisidored Pres-
'ident Roosevelt’s veiled threat of'
economic sanctions a.gain.st ag
gressors. Britain quickly rebroad
cast in Carman and Italian point
ed passages of his address to Con
gress. The speech was heard
clearly in England from semi-of
ficial British Broadcasting cor
poration facilities. ’Thousands
jjtopped in the rain to listen at
^Apen shop doors. NewspAPsts dis-
'fhe lilSi’Ses'pnrttrinently.
Shows Substantial:
Gain During Year'
Annual Meeting
Stockholders Of
Bank On Jan. 1?
Legion To Meet j
On Friday Night!
VlLL BUILD DAM
Raleigh, Jan. 4.—The city of
High Point received tacit pe-mis-
elon from the state supreme court
today to proceed with its “modi
fied plan’’ for the construclion of
.Mg^uge hydroelectric plant at the
’’Rfcfers’ Dam site on the Yadkin
^’^ver. The court's opinion hinged
on a single issue, however, and
IKissibly left the way open for
new legal moves by the Duke
Power Company to block con
struction of the project, which
will cost between $.t,OOU.P0O and
$6,000,000 in P'W-'^ and High
Point funds. The issue was whe
ther the “modified itlan’’ was
snbstantiaJly the same as the
original plan, which had been re
strained by the Duke Company
and by J. P. WilUamsnn.
A Fifteen Per Cent Increase
During 1938 Sets New
High Record Here
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11938 Was a Very Successful
I Year For the Bank of j
North Wilkesboro |
The regular meeting of the
Wilkes County Post of The Amer- '
lean Legion will he held in the j
Legion-Auxiliary Club Room.s [
north of the city Friday night, |
Jones Is a Private
CitizenAfter Many
Years as Solicitor
January 6th, at 7:30 p. m.
Postal receipts at the North i
Wilkesboro po.stofiice set a new
high reconi during 1938, repre-1
seiiting an increase of about 15!
per cent over 1937 figures, Post-j
master J. Reins said today.
Postal recejpts—postage reven- -
ue—for the yetir'TOSS totaled $33,-
•178.‘23, an increase over 1937 re
ceipts of 31,329.52 by $2,148.71.
These figures do not include
money order fees, in which there
was a much larger peicentagc of
increase, and they io not inclu1e
sale of bonds, in which there w.as
also an increase for the yeai.
Postal receipts during 1938 rep-
resentei a continuation of the up
ward trend here. During the past
four 'years. Postmaster Reins
said, postal receipts had increased
yearly by about $2,000, but the in
crease for 1938 was slightly larg
er th;jn the increase in business in
1937 over 1936.
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Methodist Episcopal Bishop Ar
thur J. Moore, returning from
Shanghai to his headquarters in San
Antonio, Texas, declared that more
than 100 missions, hospitals and
schools have been destroyed in the
war between China and Japan. “A
century’s work has been dissipat
ed,” he said.
Stockholders of the Bank of
.Vorth Wilkesboro, one of the
largest financial institutions in
this part of the state, will gather
in annual meeting at the hank on
Thursday, January 12, ten oolock
a. m.
The year 1937 was a very siic-
cessf\il one for the hank, assets
of which show a very substantial
gain over January a year ago.
J. R. Hix, president of the
hank, said today that the past
year has been a very satisfactory
year for the bank and Hint hidi-
calions point to an even better
year during 19.39.
Due to the fact that this is the
first meeting of the year a full
attendance is desired in order
that the activities of the year may
be planned.
After the busines-s session is
completed a horse-shoe nitching
contest is scheduled.
Solicitor For Three Consecu
tive Terms Thanks People
For Their Cooperatoin
Federal court will convene !■
Wllkeaboro on Monday, Januaxy
9, but will be for trial of dvM
cases only, it was learned fsAa
morning from court official*.
Judge Hayes announced wkea
the ‘November term of court a4-
Joumed that it was probable that
court would convene again m
January 9 and instructed the Jnr-.
ors at that time to return for far
ther duty on January 9 unleaa
otherwise notified.
At that time it was expected
that in the court beginning «■
January 9th that the crimiaal
cases which were neceesarily coa-
tinued from the November tern
be tried.
However, it was learned today
that the court has a number et
civil cases docketed and that ne
criminal cases will l>e trie.d In the
court to convene Monday.
The criminal c.a8os not tried ia
the November term were con
tinued hecaiisf at that time both
county and federal courts were in
progress and several attorneya
which had been employed by de
fendants in federal court were
tied up in a lengthy trial in coun
tv court during the last week.
Rousseau Named
GiairmanJackson
Day Dinner Drive
Notice To The North
Wilkesboro Firemen
All firemen are requested
to
Bank President
Predicts Better
Business in 193
Absentee Ballot
Is First issue Of
Assembly Work
bring in all eQuiPruf"! and wear
ing apparel belonging to the
North 'Wilkesboro Fire Depart-
mont. at the regular meeting.
Friday, January 6, 1939. This
j^nlpinent and wearing apparel
being called in for re-distrihn-
tlon’.’
C. u. DAY.
Fire rhief.
R. A. Doughton Is Pleased j Vogler of Mecklenburg Of-
With Progress of the fers Measure to Amend
Northwestern Bank I State Vote Laws
“In my opinion, 1939 will be a:
better year for business than |
1938”, R. -A. Doughton, of Spart:'., I
Wilkesboro B & L
Elects Its Officers
$175 Is Wilkes Democrats’
Quota In Fund to Wipe
Out Campaign Deficit
Raleigh, December 31.—The
Association Is Anticipating
Another Good Year and
Assets Show Increase
U. Grant Foster Is
Taken By Death
pit'siilent of the Northwe.stern
Rank, said here yesterday.
Welt Known Merchant and
Fanner Passes Following
Stroke of Apoplexy
Grant Foster, prominent |
hant and favinei. died Tues-|
at his home at Champion. He |
stricken with apoplexy several
ago and never rallied. i
I was a member of one of
^ county’s best known fami!-'
I son of the late Edmond and!
EHer Foster. For many years
atd operated a general store
Ittampion and bad taken an
a part in church, school, com
ity and fraternal affairs, be-
a member and leader iii the
at Pleasant Baptist church
the Masonic lodge at that
giving are eight children,
i, Garvey and Taft Foster,
t’ C. Church, Mrs. Kex West
pick Wellborn, of North
Mrs. Attic Fairchild
Va., and Mrs. Velta
Congo.
will lie'in ctate at
•Irtteaaftt church near h'S
MAhV'afternoon for one
['it p.
The bunk executive, for several I
decades a prominent attorney in ,
northwestern North Carolina and j
who was once Lieutenant Govern-1
or of North Carolina, expressed!
delight over progress of the North-1
we.stern Bank, which was formed;
on July 1. 1937, by cimsolidation'
of the Deposit & Savings Bank.
here, the Bank of Sparta, Watau-!
ga County Bank at Boone wdth a |
branch at Blowing Rock, and the
Merehanis and Farmers Bank at
Bakersville with a branch bank a;
Bakcrsville. Since that time the
Bank of -\sbe at Jefferson and the
Merchants and Farmers Bank at
Taylorsville have been added to
the system, with home office here.
“The progress of the bank has
been very satisfactory indeed’’.
Gov. Doughton said, and went on
ro explain tHat the semi-annual
dividend of three per cent has
been paid to the stockholders,
who have show'n an apparent un
willingness to part with slock in
the bank.
The bank’s resources as shown
by the statement as of December
31. show an increase. The in
stitution has grown steadily during
its 18 months of existence since
consolidation.
'The annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors will be
held at the bank’s home office
here Tuesday, January XO.
Raleigh, Jan. 4.—The 1939 ses-
sioi. of tlie Oeiieral Assembly be-
piin shortly after noon today and
a few minutes latei received a.s
its first bill a measure touching i
on a subject certain to arouse
heated debate — amendment of
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Job Placements
Same 2 Months
Employment Service Office
Here Finds Jobs For
209 In December
.It la said tauU tkne hekls all
ntA-wWiiqr
During the month of Decombai _
the North 'Wilkesboro office of the]
employment service placed a total
of 209 people on public and private
jobs, which, incidentally, is the ck-
act total of placements during the
preceding month.
In December the service found
jobs for 78 with private employ
ers and 131 were placpd on public
works jobs, which includes pubhc
work projects, road building con
struction in which PWA funds
were used.
Thus the North Wilkesboro of
fice continued its good record of
placements.
B. G. Genti'y, manager of the
office, Mid today that the employ
ment outlook remains about the
same as a month ago. During the
month of December there was a
total of 294 new applications for
jo^'. 'The tioniber of persons re-
poi;ting for uneUiployinent cotj-
dakuB deq^’34.,to *
Wilke-sboro Building T'Oan
association enjoyed a good year
during 1937. report of Win. A.
Stroud, secretary-treasurer, to the
stockholders in annual meeting
revealed.
Assets of the association in
creased about $20,000 during the
year and the stockholders were
well plea.sed with the progress of
the institution and are looking
forward with optimism to busi
ness in the new year.
Judge Johnson .1. Hayes pre
sided over tile stockholders nieet-
iiig. at wbicli time the following
directors were elected; J. H.
Johnson, Wm. A. Stroud, O. T.
tVl ittingtoii, ,T. T. I’revette. J. W.
Duia. T. E. Story. R. R. I’barr.
Linville Bumgarner, B. J. Ken
nedy. George Johnson. J. H.
Leckie and W. E. Smithey,
The directors in meeting fol
lowing the stockholders’ meeting
elected the following officers: J.
H. Johnson, president: T. E.
Stoiw. vice president: Wm. A.
Stroud, secretary-treasurer; Kyle
Hayes, attorney; J. H. Johnson.
W. E. Smithey, J. W. Dula. J. T.
Provette and Linville Bumgarner,
appraisal committee.
The seventeenth series of the
association is now open.
4-H Club Council
To Meet Saturday
The county council of 4-H
clubs, which is composed of all
the officers of the eight individu
al clubs ir the county, will meet
on Saturday, January 7, ten a. m.,
at the courthouse in Wilkesboro,
Miss Harriet McGoogan. home
demonstration agent, said today.
She said that the meeting will
be of special importance because
officers of the council will be
elected for tue year and plans will
be presented for the programs to
be «iVen by the clubs daring the
coming month. BvWy'officer of
each of the 'eight clubs it asked
to be pi^nt. « -Vi I
,: ,T7ie coBi^ 'Win fonped last
year In order tft carry out a ntoril
appointment of J. R. Rousseau
as Chairman of the annual Jack-
son Day Dinner Committee in
Wilkes county was announced
here hy State Senator John D.
Larkin. Jr., of Jones County,
State Chairman of the Jackson
Day Committee planning tor the
annual Jackson Day Dinner to be
held in Raleigh on the night of
January 7th. at eight o’clock at
the Sir Walter Hotel.
"As the Democratic Chairman
ill Wilkes county. Mr. Rousseau i
has been very helpful in the past j
and we are counting on him and j
other good Democrats in the j
county to help us raise our part .
to help wipe out tile deficit incur
red by the National Democratic
Executive Committee in the re
cent campaign,” said (’liairman
t.arkins. )
tVilkes county has been asked ;
to raise $17.5.00 as its nart in ■,
the State-wide campaign that will j
culminate witli the annual Jack-';
son Day Dinner in Raieigli. where |
a Democratic speaker of National !
reputation will deliver an address
that will leave no doubt in the |
minds of those who hear him ,
that there is a Democratic Admin
istration in Washington as well
as one in Raleigh,’’ Chairman
Larkins said.
Persons contributing $25.00 or
more will/be invited to attend
the StaW^ide dinner in Raleigh
and Chairman Larkins announced
a three-way plan for those plan
ning to attend the event. Plan
One calls for the payment of
$25.00 at the time of reserva
tion: Plan Two calls for the pay
ment of $12.50 at the time of
reservation and the balance on
March 1st; and Plan Three calls
for the payment of $15.00 at the
time of reservation, with $5.00
on March 15th and $5.00 on
April 15th.
One-fourth of the money raised
in North Carolina, Chairman
Larkins pointed out, wlli be re
tained for use of the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee.
Names of those securing reserva
tions at the dinner will be sent
to_ James A. Parley, National
Democratic Chairman, and each
will 'receive a card of thanks from
the National Chairman. '.>•
John R. Jones returned to pri
vate practice of law here this week
and to the status of u privute cit
izen after twelve consecutive years
as solicitor of the 17th judicial
district.
Jones succeeded Johnson J.
Hi ves when HaVes was appointed
judge of the middle North Caro
lina district of federal court in
1926 by President Coolidge. He
served three four-year terms and
choose not to run for a fourth
term, Announcing early in 1938
that he would retire at the end of
his term December 31. Jones, on
ly Republican solicitor in the
state, was succeeded by a Repub-
licTu, .Avalon E. Hall, of Yadkin-
ville.
Because of the large nunibi'. of
difficult cases handled for the
state. Solicitor Jones built up ah
enviable reputation as ;i prosecu
tor, numbering among them sev
eral convictions for first degree
minder.
Mucli attention was centered up
on Solicitor Jones because of his
investigation of the mysterious
death of Leoda Childress in Wilkes
four years ago and because of sev
eral other investigation.;; in wh:;);
he led or took an active part.
Mr. Jones said today th;it he
particularly wanted to exprc.ss ap
preciation to all the people of
the district, especially judges, at
torneys, law enforcement officers,
and court officers, for their whole
hearted cooperation with him dur
iiig the twelve years he served as
solicitor of the district.
At the time Mr. Jones began his
first term as solicitor the 17th dis
trict was composed of Wilkes, Da
vie, Yadkin, Watauga, Alexander,
Avery and Mitchell counties. But
since that time Alexander and
Watauga counties were removed
from the 17th and placed in other
districts.
Lions Milk Fund
Nets Sum of $159
For Needy Here
Lions President Gives Report
and Statement of Club’s
Appreciation
^ R. C. Howell, of Yancey'couity,
iepoKts Alias triple
hes doBo a .tot to t S>
Red Cross Sets
Budget for Year
Will Spend $700 In Wilkes
County During the Year;
Blair G'vvyn Treasurer
T,. Ii. Carpenter, president •(
the North ■VYlikeshoro Lions Club,
today ri leased the final report on
the rliih's milk fund drive to se
cure funds to finance niirchaae
of milk for undernrivileged and
undernourished ■; ildren in the
nutrilion ela.sse.s of North Wil-
ke.sboro schools.
His report .stated that a total
of $159.91 had l>eeii raised in
the campaign. Almost 100 under
privileged children will lienefit
from the. contributions
Mr. Carpenter’s final report
and statement of appreciation
follows:
■"The people of North Wilke.s-
horo are to lie commended for
their loyalty iii tlii. very worthy
cause. Your couiributinns are not
only apprec'uti-d !)>' the I,inns
dull 1ml also by the almost 109
■; ildren who iiavo been lienefitt-
cd liy the fund.
"Tlie IJons Clill) • "islies to
thank everyone for tlieir fine sup
port and we feel sure that you
appreciated an opportunity to
help in this work.
“Here is our final report. .All
jars have heeri iiicked up from
husiiiess houses. .Amounts in
tiiesp jars were very gmtifying.
.A fine donation was made
through the jars left with ttio
City Rarlier Shop, the amount
being $4.20 and topped tlie list,
thanks to thwe fine lioys for
their fine spirit of looperation.
Received from all jars $ 23,38
From All Other Sources 33,65
Previously Reported 102.81
“Our chairman of this fund,
t.ion Harry Pearson, has done a
good job and the club wishe*
the piililio to know that tiiey are
real proud of sucli a loyal i.ion.
"Again we say thank you, and
wish yon all a very prosperous
1939.”
Wilkes county chapter of the
Red Cross tn meeting Tuesday
night adopted a $700 budget for
work of the chapter within the
county.
Man Found Dead
Tuesday Night
The budget will be financed by.
one-half of the $791.30 raised
during the annual roll call and
by a balance of chapter funds on
hand preceding the roll call. At
torney J. H. 'Whicker, chapter
chairman, said.
'The budget for 1939 is set up
as follows: tubercular children
$200; well-baby clinic $150; pel-
legra $25; first aid and life sav
ing $100; disabled ex-service
men’s famlliee $75: emergenclee
$100; Incidentals 150. . y,
Blair Gwyn was elected
arar of thef^chafftw, auedse^^ J-
who
>nk Ate too ’'>^rio« to
Coroner Says John Stanley
Died From Natural Causes
and No Inquest Is Held
Coroner I. M. Myers was called
Tuesday night to investigate the
death of John Stanley, S citjiisa
of Union townshdif whose dsad.jf
body was found on the road-esak
the home of JConro© 'WhttttngtoB j _
shout ten o’clock. - ,.■• • +
He had been to the hosae of
nelgbbor - on a b.i^sina^j, '''
involving a livestock-ft
-1^ (d his ftnui^ saMt
'Hm- sAid
attaok, and no
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