i
. PMiB. 8«pt. »7.—Adolf HHlor
wma TOpoHod tonight to be speed-
l&C oontootatntlott of hie troppe os
the wesUra tcost ;k» be shed eefi
s clsb to Isdilito. iHltee sad Brt-
tola Uy dleesaa neuie tvms.
Adrteee reachtag Parle from
Oermeny throagh neutral coun
tries indicated the nasi fuehrer
was preparing to make a formal
otter of peace based on the s'atus
qno"resulting from' the partition
of Poland between Germany and
soviet Russia.
Both France and Britain are
officially and repeatedly on rec-
ord^wlth the declaration that
there will be no peace until the
Itttler regime has been destroyed
and Poland’s Independence ' re
stored.
Moet military as well as diplo
matic signs, however, pointed to
possibility of a German peace
^^^er—perhaps before the end of
this week.
(^dab Of Towi
WiDcesboro Plan
For Water Sytten^
London, Sept. 27.—Britain to
night hailed the admiralty’s
claim of victory against tLe first
mass attack of German aircraft
On British warships—a claim dls-
I'^puted In Berlin—as a satisfactory
'' reply to the question of whether
British seapower could withstand
war from the air.
(The Berlin conjmuniQue as
serted the lJzI air force 'Success
fully att^hked" British capital
ships In e North sea, "destroy
ing" an aircraft carrier and scor
ing severe hits on a battleship.)
Berlin, Sept. 27. ,— besieged
Warsaw, reported laid waste by
bomb, shell and fire, surrendered
unconditionally tonight, the nazl
high command announced.
The German communique re
porting capltulati?m of the Polish
capital after .20 days of modern
siege shared attention tonight
with the expectation in Informed
quarters that a far-reaching Ger-
man-Russian accord would result
from the flying visit of Foreign
Minister Joachim von Rlbbentrop
to Moscow.
Warsaw probably will be hand
ed over to the besieging nazl
army September 29, the high
command said, and Gen. Johan
nes von Blaskowitz has been or
dered to arrange the terms - ‘ of
surrender.
i Late Sport News
The ClncJanatti Reds today
defeated the St. Louis Cardin
als and won the first baseball
pennant for Cincinnattl in 20
years. As National league
champions they have the hon
or of trying to beat the New
York Yankees in the World Se
ries early next month. Score
today’s game 5 to 3.
LOCAL SPOR'TS
Lincoln Heights colored
football team, made up of in
experienced players defeated
tory colored school team
he^ today 6 to 0. -
(ome Comii^ At
Arbor Grove 1st
411*Day Program Planned
With Number of In
teresting Features ,
Annual home coming at Arbor
Grove Methodist church near Mil
lers Creek will he held on Sun-
dag, October 1. It was announced
today.
The day’s program as announc
ed contaiaa several Interesting
features and it Is expected that
the owaslon will be largely at
tended.
’The program will open at ten
a Si. with Sunday school and at
10:40 there will be a brief Inter
mission. At 11 o’clock there will
be congregational song follow
ed by devotional by Rev. S. N.
Bumgarner, a former pastor. Ad
dress of welcome will be by Rev.
John Kilby and response by At
torney F. J. McDuffie, of Wll-
kesboro. Attorney A. H. Casey,
of this city, will speak at 11:30.
Picnic style dinner from well
filled baskets will be spread at
noon. At 1:15 song service will
be by visiting quartets and at tw o
o’clock there will be recognition
of former pastors and visitors.
ksThe closing number on the day’s
ram will be a sermon by Rev.
A.'W. Eller at 2:30. Everybody
{•^ttrited to attend.
SratVICES SUNDAY
AT ROARING RIVER
AND UNION CHURCHES
WPA Projoct Approved;
Will Hold Electioo On
$32,000 Bond luue
Officials of the town Of Wll-
kesboro have submlited- and gain
ed approval on a WPA project'
calling for the installation of a
water system In the town.
The town for many years has
been purchasing water from
North Wllkesboro.
Officials of the town of Wil-
kesboro said today that the esti
mated cost of the project Is be
tween $55,000 and $60,000, of
which the town would be requir
ed to pay from $30,000 to $32,-
000.
Two plans are under considera
tion: one. to install a gravity sys
tem from springs on the Brushy
Mountains; and the other to use
some deep wells which have been
in the towritor some time.
An election on the question of
whether or not the town shall
issue $32,000 in bonds to raise
its share of the cost of a water
■R'orks project has been called to
.be held on Thursday, ,Qctober 19.
The town registration hooks
will be used for the election.,)
which will be held at the town
hall. J. R. Henderson Is the tSJfa
Istrar and registration books will
be open for registration of new
voters on each Saturday through
October 7. L. ^umgamer and
Frank C. Hendren_ have been
named judges for the election.
In discussing the project, town
officials said that it will be self-
liquidating in that revlsnue from
the sale of water will be suffici
ent to pay principal and Interest
on the bonds and- no tax money
will be used In retiring the bond
ed Indebtedness incurred by the
project.
J* 7
Coimfy
InqirovedByjWPA
State k ^nsor
Money 1$ Sp^
County-Wide Project To Be
Continued As Result Of
Recent Allocation
Representative W. O. Bur-
gin, of I>exlngton, now serving
his first term in congress, has
announced hJs candidacy for
the Democratic nomination to
succeed himself next year.
Donkey Baseball
Hilariously Funny
Burgin Seekii^
Re-Election To
Congress In 1940
Eight District Representive
Will Again Be Candidate
For Nomination
Allocation for the county wide
road project In the-'amount of
$233,907 has been made. It was
I learned today from C. M. Crutch
field, area engineer.
Of this amount $176,420 Is
federal funds and $58,487 Is by
the sponsor, the state highway
commission.
Although the entire program
has not been mapped, it is under
stood that the county wide road j
project will be carried out in a'
manner similar to WPA road
work during the past few years.
Since Its beginning the WPA_
constructed. Improved and stone
surfaced almost 300 miles of
roads in Wilkes county.
The program has been devoted
mainly to Improvement of coun
ty roads over which school buses
operate and the efforts to make
them suitable for all weather
travel has been reasonably suc
cessful in that school buses have
been able to operate on schedule.
One of the most recent major
road Improvement jobs 'by the
WPA has been regrading and
surfacing the Oakwoods road
from Wilkesboro to a point near
the foot of the Brushy mountains.
Here is shown WPA workers spreading crushed stone on a Wilkes
county road being impiroved throagh the WPA county-vride road pro
ject, (or which the sitnl of $233,907 lias been allocated to continne the
work.
Representative W. O. Burgin,
of Lexington, who Is serving his
first term In the United States
congress, will seek the Democrat
ic nomination and re-election In
1940. ^
Announcement of his candi
dacy to succeed himself was made
in a brief statement last week.
Representative Burgin was the
final winner in a five-man race
for the Democratic nomination of
this district last year after Rep-
Lions and Kiwanians to Play j resentative Walter Lambeth de-
On Friday Night For
Benefit Milk Fund
r resentative waiter uo-
clined to run for another term.
! In the eeneral election he de-
nlght
Friday night is Donkey
In North Wilkesboro.
Those unpredictable burros,
the snooty cousins of the lowly
donkey, will occupy the center of
the stage at the fairgrounds at
8:00 p. m. as they do their darnd-
In the general election he de
feated John R. Jones, of this city.
Republican candidate.
Alligator Is Found
In Yadkin River
Cobblestones On
Ninth Street Are
Being Surfaced
Asphalt Surface Being Ap
plied This Week On Hill
Section Of N’nth
Three Local Boys Find Small
Ailigator In River Near
North Wilkeriioro
Superior Court
To Begm Monday
Judge Armstrong Will Pre
side Over Two Weeks
Court for C’vil Cases
Wilkes superior court for trial
of civil cases will convene in
Wilkesboro on Monday, October
2, with Judge Frank Armstrong,
of Troy, presiding.
A calendar containing all civil
cases pending and numbering a-
bout 300 was made up some time
ago by the bar association.
The term will be for two
weeks.
Last Opportunity
For Tax Discount
A. W. Lynch, pastor of
(lie Wilkesboro charge, announc-
that he will preach at Roaring
Sunday at 11 a. m., and at
Uidon Sunday evening at 7:30
o’okKk. Members o( the congre-
gatloju a« urged to aUan# toe
!y attend’^™ ' j
est to show the most prominent
citizens In the community just
how baseball shouldn’t be played.
Each and every burro In the
game is thoroughly trained in the
same manner of a polo pony and
their training Is the humane
equivalent ot drilling a bole in
the top ot their skulls and stuf
fing In Spalding’s latest rule
book.
Those In attendance tomorrow
night are urged to take particu
lar notice ot Dynamite, the leader
ot the burros. Dynamite has been
called more names than the Japs
at a Chinese picnic but he is the
leader of the herd 'and unless he
Is on the field kicking up bis
usual rumpus, the other burros
refuse to go through their paces.
Dynhmite kicks and bucks and,
like a true showman, looks up
to the crowd and laughs heartily
as only burros can, whenever he
dislodges a rider.
Dynamite’s mate, who is called
Lupe Velez, has all the fire and
dash of the Mexican spitfire for
whom she was named, and Is
quick to join In the fun as soon
as Dynamite leads the way.
With men trying to play base
ball and donkeys doing every
thing to dlaconrage their efforts,
is ouiy one thing that can
result, and that is an evening of
the most hilarious fun that the
othecwifia' jwwtol cojnmuplty ot
Kerth WUkMbqio has toei^j
Officials of North Wilkesboro
and Wllkesboro are today calling
attention to the fact that after
[October 2 no discount can be il-
lowed on 1939 taxes.
The discount this month Is one-
half of one per cent and repre
sents a worthwhile saving to
those who can pay their taxes.
Three North Wilkesboto boys
were somewhat excited this
week over the capture of a ba
by alligator In the Yadkin river
here.
In fact the sight of an alliga
tor In local waters is not by any
means an everyday occurence
and is so rare that it has made
all local people with knowl
edge of the phenomenon sit op
and take notice.
Roscoe Porter, Ralph Shu
mate and Claude Reavls were
riding down the river in a boat
between this city and the state
prison camp when one of them
saw the animal lying on some'
driftwood on the bank.
One of them immediately got
out of the boat and snatched
at tlic alligator (this was re
versing the usual proceedure
of alligator snatching at man).
The alligator dodg'eii and fell
into the water but was taken
out by the boys a few feet
dowmstream.
The alligator measured 28
Fewer Applicants
For CCC Result
Of A False Rumor
CCC Members Not Given
Military Training, State
Headquarters Assert
inches in length and its weight
was about', two pounds. They
plan to keep it and make a pet
of it.
Sister Of Mrs.
Hulcher Killed
Mrs. Grier, a sister of Mrs. C.
H. Hulcher, of Wllkesboro, was
killed Saturday when tiie fell oa
the steps at her home at Merlon,
Va. She never regained conscious
ness after the accident and died
within a short time.
A major Imiprovement was be
gun In North Wllkesboro this
week when workmen started the
task of placing an asphalt surf
ace over the cobblestones on the
hill section of Ninth street.
A two-inch surface of asphalt,
crushed stone and sand is being
applies on top of the old blocks of
granite, which were laid many
years ago to Insure sure footing
on the hills. The stones had worn
slick and uneven from many i
years of use but still provide an
excellent base for asphalt pav
ing.
The surface materials were
mixed on Wllkesboro avenue and
carried by trucks to the scene of
operations. Dean Bentley, in
charge of the work, said today
that if weather conditions remain
favorable the job can be complet
ed this week but that the new
pavement will not be open for
travel imtil the first of next
week. Meanwhile I traffic Is being
detoured over other city streets.
The matter of .paving the cob
blestones on Ninth street had
been under advisement since a
surface was applied on the cob
blestones on Sixth street a year
ago with such satisfactory re
sults.
The work Is being done by the
city and under supervision, of
state highway engineers and
with highway equipment.
A rumor, persistent but with
out foundation, that members of
C. C. Camps are subjected to
military training and war service
is perhaps responsible for the
decline In C. C. C. applications,
Charles McNeill, Wilkes superin
tendent of welfare, aaid today.
The welfare office now has a-
bout 75 applications on hand but
usually.there are about 200 ap
plications Immediately before en
listment time, Mr. McNeill said
iteHasBeoiSeto
For October JFitt
Majority of Tohmeeo Pl
«s Attendod |
Sentiment For CootriM
Cbnnty Agent Dan HdlUr
poAed today that ger
cent of the tobacco faiiua(a”«$e^
voted in the referendnm last year^
attended the eihteattonal njert ^
tup 'irhich have been held j^a-
tlve to the referendnm which, haa
been set for Thursday, (October
5. ' ^
He said that the tobacco fafa-"
era are showing - ranch Interaet
in the coming vote. Sentiment' aa:
expressed by individual tannorm
indicated that quotas for next
yera’s crop will carry by a big
majority In this section.
The voting places will be aa
formerly announced with the ex
ception ot the one' in Somem
township, which will be at Goa
Myers’ store instead ot Somers
Bchoolhouse.
Juniors Fourth
District Coming
Here For Meet
Fraternity Members Of Fnr*
Cotmties Plan Meeting
Here October 5th
Representatives of the Junior
Order councils of the Fourth Dis
trict will gather hero Tuesday
evening, October 3 at eight o’
clock for the purpose of electing
new district officers, according
to George W. Wrenn, of Ashe
ville, field Secretary for the Weat-
ern North Carolina Section.
North Wllkesboro Connell No,
_B1 will' be host to the group at
which all of the Councils in Ashe,
Alleghany, Wilkes, Surry and
The next enlistment will be on Yadkin counties are to be repre-
■October 2 and Wilkes is allowed sented.
men, 28
a quota ot 30 young
white and 10 colored.
Mr. McNeill said that his office
had been authorized to say that
camp members are not given mil-
' itary training and are no more
subject to military
other civilians.
service than
Markets Groups
To Hold Meeting
Miss Harriet McGoogan, Wilkes
home demonstration agent, has
announced that the curb market
committee will meet in her of
fice on Friday night, 7:30 qV
clock. Principal bnsineM Will iA
discussion of plans for a new lo
cation foe toe inarket
AH womm who are'tolling on
the market or have been selling
are asked to meet at the curb
market building Saturday morn
ing, 11 o’clock.
A health clinic will be held at
North Wllkesboro city schools on
Monday, October 2, Paul S. Cra-
gan, superintendent, said today.
'The clinic, which Is sponsored
by the Parent-Teacher associa
tion, will be conducted by Dr. A.
J. Eller, county health officer,
assisted by a county nurse.
Diphtheria Schick tests will be
given all children In grades one
and two and to all ether children
who desire it. Smallpox vaccina
tions will also be given.
Parents who wish may take
.(^Idren under six years of age to
the school for diphtheria immun
ization. No charge will be made
for any tests. Immunizations or
vaccinations and the cooperation
of all patrons and parents will
be appreciated.
Oops! Don’t Stop Now—It Might Be Dangerous
Health Clinic At
School Monday
Schick Tests and Immuniza
tion To Be Given At
'The City Schools
Local Kiwanians
At District Meet
North Wllkesboro Klwanls club
was well represented In the an
nual convention of hte Carolinas
d'strict which was held Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday at Raleigh.
Attending from here were A. H.
(asey, Lieutenant Governor of
Division Three, T. E. Story, W. B.
Jones and J. B. Carter. Tbey re
ported that a very successful con
vention was held.
D r. Charlie Armstrong, o f
Salisbury, was elected district
governor apd Charlie Barber, of
Greensboro, was elected Lleuten-
?tnt Governor of the third dl'vls-
ien. ' J
state Councilor N. Sankey Gai
ther, of Harmony, State Warden
E. P. Weddlngton, of Salisbury,
and National Representatlven
Monroe Adams, of Statesville, and
J. C. Kesler of Salisbury, are ex
pected to attend the meetings
and make short addresses follow
ing the Viompletlon of the ,teOP-
ganizatioA business.
Other State Officers Who ex
pect to attend include C. W.
Snyder of Winston-Salem, region
al manager of the beneficiary de
gree, B. C. Slske, of Pleasant
Garden, chairman, and Archla
EUedge, ot Winston-Salem, mem
ber of board of trustees of toe
State Enrollment Fund.
Mr. Wrenn was In Wilkes this
week completing arrangements
for the assembly at which a new
district council will be set up aiiA
officers elected to till the posts
created. He stated that this WM
a part of the reorganization plan
approved at the state convontiMS
held a few weeks ago in Salis
bury.
In setting up the new distrled
council, states Mr. Wrenn, It Is
the Intention ot the state codncU
to place the District Councilor iu
position to supervise the exton-
sion program and the regular szK
tlvlties ot the local organizations.
He will be an officer of the SUte
Council and will be responsihto
for the Fraternltys progrsis to
his territory.
Eight other District Officers t»
be elected at the meeting tnclsde;
vice Councilor, Chaplain, Reeord-
ing Secretary, Financial Secr^
Wry, Treasurer, Warden and 8e»-
tinels.
^untkln yi«w
Ho^e Conimg To
Be Meld ‘
Later
The annuel home cossliig At
Monntoin ^l*w sA«ol, drtimtotod
Quarter License
To Go On Sale
Quarter Price For Auto Li»
cense Plates Goes Into
Effect Saturday, ■
Sale of automobile and truck
license by toe North Wllkeeboio
branch office of the Carolina Mo
tor club to date this year ^ceed
by 1,058 the number sold in
corresponding'period. J.
•C. McPjarmld, office’ managMV
said today.” ' ■>.;
He also announced Ihat^ tka
^(O-quarter rate for antoniobOV^^
and truck license- will become ef^’'
lei^d on Saturday, September^
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Tko'loffiea, which Is- lodatot’ki