t. S. GOLD
" Wartif««ton. Oct. 13.—Presi
dent RooMTelt revealed today
that he misht employ part ot this
country’s* unprecedented |17.-
000,000,000 gold hoard to build
up trade with Latin. America. In
the case of a few unnamed coun
tries—reported to include Brazil
and Puerto Rico—the President
said the matter was near the ac
tual negotiation stage.
Polish Native
Tells Gub About
life In Poland
Leon Lemer Is Speaker Be
fore Kiwanis Club Lunch
eon Friday Noon
TOO MUCH MEANNESS
Kenansville, Oct. 13.—Henry
Howard, Rosehill section farmer,
was found guilty in Recorder A.
J. Blanton's court today of refus
ing to send his three children,
ages 7 to 14, to school. The re
corder sentenced Howard to pay
^^/ine of $25 and the cost ot the
action or serve 30 days on the
roads. Howard chose the latter.
Howard testified he kept his chil
dren out of school because “they
learn too much meanness there.”
fHAD BREAKFAST
Goldsboro. Oct. 13.—Two men,
operating a still in the Kelly j
Springs section ot Wayne county,
Wednesday morning escaped
Leon Lerner, native of Poland
who has been in America only
one year, delivered an Interesting
address Friday noon before the
North Wllkesboro Kiwanis club.
Although he had never spoken
or studied the English language
until he came to America in Oc
tober, 1938, Lerner handled it
very well in his address Friday
before the club and after his talk
he answered many questions re
lative to Poland and customs of
the Polish people.
Poland, he said, had been the
object of oppression from many
people in the past. It was entirely
obliterated in 1895 but was re
established b y the Versailles
treaty of 1918 and restored to
some of its former glory. The
people are Polish, German, White
when officers approached, bat Ru.s.sian and Jewish. Ho said that
they went off without their,in some isolated sections of the
breakfast. A tempting hot break- country the different peoples do I
I,
Here are shown .\rchie Mathis and Dempsy MorrLson, two Wilkes
4 H club boys, with Granada, the jersey cow exhibited by Morrison
at the state fair last week, where she won her sixth grandchampion-
fast of squirrel, fried meat, rice, i not have a very friendly regard
biscuit, and coffee was spread out j for each otht .
on a makeshift table, but Depu- He said that in his
ties H. B. Gardner. R. W. Percise, Rus.sians entered Poland
Bob Mathews, and John Thomas, ;«>*>• 'ove of Germany but in order
to Gold.^-.io get the biggest
opinion
not for
declared on returning
boro that however appetizing the
breakfast appeared to them they
did not partake.
SCORN SUPERSTITION
Chicago, Oct. 13.—Members of
the Anti-Superstition society, who
' ^ined at 5:13 o’clock tonight in
** toom 1313 of a loop hotel, think
!^)ts silly to tear the corner from a
.*^$2 bill to torfend ill fortune.
' '"Some people,’’ said General A.
P. Lorenzen, one of the 13 vice
presidents, “probably would re
fuse to carry o-ld two-bit pieces
if they looked at the back of
them. They would find 13 stars,
an eagle with 13 feathers and 13
letters in the words “quarter dol
lar.’’ His colleagues meet every
Friday, the 13th. and shatter
mirrors, light three cigarettes on
a match and spill pounds of salt.
share of Po
land and that Stalin will not
fight with Hitler against the Al
lies. The people ot Poland are al
most all Catholics and for that
rea.son Italy will not fight them
or fight against France.
In Poland, Lerner said, chil
dren go to free school for tour
years and to high school for
eight. They must pay to attend
high school, he said, and many
cannot attend because they can
not pay. After high school they
may go to the gymnasium or the
university if they are financially
able.
ship, winning top honors in the club and open classes. Young Mor
rison is a son of Cj K. Morrison, manager of Houghton’s .Dairy \
Farm. The cow won a four-y^ar scholarship and a two-year scholar
ship at State College for two of Mr. Morrison’s sons. (Photo
Through Courtesy Winston-Salem Journad.)
First Frost Of | lishop Gribbin
Season Sunday! Banquet Speaker
Temperature Early Today Addresses Joint Meeting Of
Below Freezing; Frost Is j Men’s Bible Classes Held
Heavy Here Today
Weather changed rapidly dur
ing the week-end and the first
frost of the season—a big one—
occnred on Sunday morning.
Temperature here on Sunday
morning was unofficially reported
at the freezing point w'hile in
considerable ice
In Poland, he said, a, skilled i higher places
laborer gets $30 per month and | was reported,
ordinary labor about 50 cents per 1 This morning the temperature
day. A poor person there means | dropped a few more notches with
Thursday Evening
I
AGREED ON SITE
Raleigh, Oct. 13.—It’s not ex
actly a federal project, but 20
beavers are building a dam at a
site surveyed by federal engineers
the Hoffman submarginal area
wiSear Rockingham. The state de
partment of conservation and de
velopment gave out the story to
day. Last year, it seems, engl-
I neers of the soil conservation j
service surveyed several dam i
sites for creating small lakes in
the area. The dams never were
built, but the conservation de
partment recently liberated 20
beavers on the land. Agreeing
with the engineers, the animals
started building a dam on the ex-
j(Ct location of one of the sites
surveyed. The site is two miles
om the point where the beavers I
were freed.
one who has nothing to eat and
very little to wear, while here a
person considered poor may have
a home, cow, automobile, horse
and many other small possessions
considered wealth in other coun
tries.
He has an uncle. Dave Lerner,
prominent merchant ot Lincoln-
ton, who made it possible for him
to come to this country and he
said he greatly appreciates the
liberty he finds here.
In Poland, he said, one had to
be careful to whom be talked and
how he talked, but here he finds
i it much different with every per
son having the liberty to say
whatever he wants to.
The talk was received with
much interest and has been the
subject of much favorable com
ment. The program was in charge
of J. B. Carter and the speaker
was introduced by J. B. Williams.
I am
unofficial readings being from 28
to 32, and many people on the
streets were clad in overcoats for
the first time this fall.
Mountain Lions
Beat Cleveland
Take Visitors From Rowan
County By 14 to 0 Score
Here Friday Evening
SKIPPER RESCUED
New York. Oct. 13.—Guy Ave
ry, the man reluctant to be res
cued, came back to America to
day, but his tiny, 18-foot craft
probably ilea somewhere in Da^y
Jones’ locker. Avery’s argosy of
adventure across the Atlantic to
Genoa. Italy, from Tampa, Fla.,
ended October 2. when the Italian
llne» freighter Belvedere sighted
his crippled, sinking yawl about
300 miles west of Gibraltar. For
two weeks he had drifted in cir
cles. A heavy gale was bloiwlng.
One of two masts on Avery’s ves
sel was broken. Water, three feet
deep, sloshed in the bottom of the
boat. He hadn’t eaten for more
than two days. His water supply
was gone. Barnacles fouled the
boat’s bottom.
List Teachers
Wilkes County
Schools Given
Following is the complete list
of teachers in Wilkes county
schools for the 1939-40 term as
released today by C. B. Eller,
county superintendent of schools: the’last one on the elght-
North Wilkesboro bombarded
Cleveland from the air here Fri
day to defeat the Rowan county
vi.sitors 14 to 0 in the first home
game of the football season.
Before the game was two min
utes old the aerial combination
of Harrison to Roblnett had click
ed successfully for a touchdown
and extra point. The same com
bination. aided by razzle-dazzle,
worked throughout the remainder
of the game.
In addition to the successful
air attack, Cleveland was out-
rushed and outcharged, although
they made two scoring threats,
the last one ending in a pass In-
terceiptlon on the 20-yard stripe.
Gabriel, Cleveland’s backfield
sparkplug, did some good line
running but throughout most of
the game w'as bottled up and hard
rushed. Two of his punts were
It
NOT TO INTERVENE
Washington, Oct. 13—Any pos
sibility of the United States in
tervening in the European war
with a peace plea, on its own In-
Aitlatlve, appeared definitely rul
ed out tonight, despite the re
newed hints from Berlin that the
German government would wel
come such action. When reporters
brought up the subject at his
press conference. President
:velt observed that he had
yet received any word direct
fi-ODi Berlin as to the peace move
C-Jfeestlons that have been made
[’^Kncially. Further, he safd he
A had nothing to say about the
poMibUUy'ot peace moves from
hM>e.
Wllkesboro: Williaim T. Long,
Wren Duncan, Mrs. Jessie Pharr,
Vaughn Jennings, Helen Bum
garner. Gbita Tuttle. Margaret
Faw, Zeb Dickson, R. E. Caldwell,
Ruth Wright, Vernie O. Jones,
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, Eloise
.Starr, Mrs. Edith Hemphill, Mrs.
Gertrude Steelman, Cynthia Pre-
vette, Mrs. Willie Felts, Lucille
Scroggs, Ruby Martin, Mrs. Wil
liam Prevette, Mrs. Grace P. Ed
wards. Mrs. Zola Gage Barber,
Selma G. Robinette, Mrs. R. V.
Day.
Arbor: S. C. Hutchinson, Edith
Church.
Boomer: D. C. Whittington.
Lucille German, Eunice Walsh.
Cherry Grove: Mrs. Ha Pender
grass Ball.
Ferguson: G. E. Tester, Mrs. G.
E. Tester, Mrs. Bernice Greer,
Bessie Brock, Beatrice Sebastian,
Mary V/alker, Helen Stanberry,
Addie Casey.
Gilreath: Mrs. Bertha Hodges.
Goshen: Mrs. Frankie Wil
liams.
High Rock: Annie Howell.
Lewis: Mrs. Nelle Rash Day.
Lovelace: Mrs. Lillian Hafer.
Moravian Falls: D. R. Wright,
(Continued on page eight)
yard line giving North Wilkes-
boro’s opportunity for their sec
ond touchdown.
The Lions played confidently
and on several plays had the vis
itors completely baffled On a com
bination of lateral and forward
passing. Robinett was outstand
ing on offense and defense and
Harrson’s passing phenominal for
local high school play. The lines
played uniformly well.
North Wllkesboro will play
Mocksville here on Friday.
Hallowe’en Party
And Dance 31st
The dance ot the Wllkesboro
Junior Woman’s Club formerly
scheduled tor Thursday, October
19, has been postponed.
The club will give a Hollowe’en
party and dance on October 31, at
the Community House, in Wllkes
boro, to which the public is cor
dially invited to attend.
dressed
Market receipts of
poultry and eggs are expected to
continue larger this tall and win
ter than last, according to the U.
Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, of
Asheville, bishop of the Episcopal
church, western diocese ot North
Carolina, addressed a joint ban
quet meeting of the Baptist,
Presbyterian and Methodist men's
Bible classes here Thursday eve
ning.
The banquet, which was held at
the Woman’s Club house, had a
total attendance of 125 and din
ner was served by the North
Wllkesboro Woman’s Club.
The banquet was presided over
by R. G. Finley and Rev. Eugene
Olive, Baptist pastor, introduced
,he speaker.
“The Bible’’ was the subject of
Bishop Gribbin’s address, which
was received with rapt interest by
the assembly.
Wilkes Hospital
On Approved List
'■ ■ 1
Mrs. S. J. Prevette
Burned To Death
In Home 01 Sister
Smiles at Tragedy,
Neighbors Found Home Of
Mrs. Holbrook Burning
In Hays Community
MRS. PREVETTE NEAR
Had Apparently Attempted
To Escape From Burning
House Thru Window
The Wilkes hospital in North
Wllkesboro was among the num
ber on the approved list of the
American College of Surgeons as
announced in the Hospital Stand
ardization Conference in Phila
delphia today.
To be on the approved list a
hospital must meet certain stand
ards which are outlined as fol
lows: ..
1. Modern physical plant, as
suring the patient safety, com
fort, and efficient can.
2. Clearly defined organization,
duties, responsibilities, and rela-
Mrs. Sarah Jane fSallie) Mc
Neill Prevette, age 73, a member
of one of northwest North Caro
lina’s most widely known fami
lies, died at 12:30 at the Wilkes
hospital Saturday afternoon from
burns received about four o’clock
that morning when the home of
her sister, Mrs. Mattie Holbrook,
burned near Hays eight miles
northwest of here.
Mrs. Prevette was alone when
the fire, of unknown origin,
broke out. Neighbors saw the
blaze and rushed to the scene,
finding M r s. Prevette, badly
burned, about 30 yards from the
house where apparently she had
collapsed after getting out of the
burning building through a win
dow. The manner in which the
building was burning indicated
that the tire started in the part
ot the frame building where she
had been sleeping.
The house and all its contents
were destroyed.
Funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon, two o’clock, at
Wllkesboro Baptist church, where
she had been a member since
childhood. Burial was in Moun
tain Park cemetery.
She was born in Wllkesboro
May 5, 1866, a daughter of the
late Rev. Milton McNeill, one of
western North Carolina’s best
known Baptist ministers, and the
late Mrs. Martha Barlow McNeill.
She was married to John G. Pre
vette, who died several years lat
er. There were three children:
Mary Jane, who died in infancy;
Attorney Joseph Milton Prevette,
of Jefferson; and Attorney John
G. Prevette, of Ashelioro. Also
surviving are five grandchil
dren, Mrs. James EHum, of Salis
bury. Joseph M. Prevette, Jr., of
Pittsboro, Miss Betty Davis Pre-
, vette, of Asheboro, Vera Alice
! and James Robert Prevette. There
is one great-grandson, Jimmie
Elium, III.
She was a sister of Attorney
Robert H. McNeill, of Washing
ton, D. C.; Jesse M. McNeill, of
Winston-Salem; Mrs. Harvey
West, of Banner Elk; Mrs. Julia
Council, of Jefferson; Mrs. Mat-
tie Holbrook, of Hays; and Mrs.
C. C. Dlmmette, of Washington.
D. C. She was preceded in death
by one brother, James H. McNeill,
of Washington, D. €. and one
sister, Mrs. John R. Jones, of this
city.
Mrs. Prevette made her home
practically all of her life in Wll
kesboro but had been staying
with her sister at Hays for the
tions. ..
3. Carefully selected govern- months
Ing board with complete and fin
al authority in the management
of the institution.
4. Competent, well trained sup
erintendent responsible to the
governing board for carrying out
all the policies of the hospital.
5. Adequate and efficient per
sonnel, properly organized and
competentlv supervised.
6. Organized medical staff of
ethical, competent physicians and
surgeons.
7. Adequate diagnostic and
therapeutic facilities under com
petent medical supervision.
8. Accurate and complete medi
cal records, readily accessible,
for research and follow-up.
9. Regular group conferences
of the administrative staff and of
the medical staff for reviewing
activities and results so as to
maintain a high plane of scien
tific efficiency.
10. A humanitarian spirit—
the primary consideration being
the best care of the patient.’’
Grange Meeting
On Tuesday Night
Rev. H. J. Ford conducted thv.
funeral service, which was large
ly aittended. Pall bearers were J.
T. Prevette, J. W. Dula, Ralph
Duncan, E. M. Blackburn, J. H.
R.
Whicker, N. O. Smoak, J.
Rousseau and C. C. Hayes.'
Flowers were carried by Mes-
dames R. S. Shoaf, B. M. Black
burn, J. J. Hayes, C. Y. Miller, J.
W. White, J. E. Spainhour. E. E.
Eller, Ralph Duncan, R. E. Pre
vette, O. F. Blevins, J. H. Whick
er and Mrs. Kunkle.
Roaring River Man
On Grange Group
M. F. Barker, ot noanng Riv
er, is a member of a committee
named by Harry B. Caldwell,
master of the North Carolina
grange, to report at the Ashe
ville convention, October 26-27,
on what attitude the Grange
should take in dealing with the
question of crop control in the
future.
The other members of this
committee are as follows: G. F.
Loftln, of Kinston; V. B. Her
ring. of Goldsboro; James F. Bul-
of
R«d Crocs Needs'
cause Of Warf
Local Chapter Renewed
Eight-year-old Dorothy Lewis |
smiles from her wheel chair st a
New York hospital where her right
leg was amputated to stem the rav
ages of bone cancer. Amputation
was made at the hip. •
Ingle Is Promoted
To Sergeant Rank
One of Twelve Patrol Cor
porals Promoted By Ma
jor Armstrong Friday
corporal stationed here am* who
makes his home in North Wllkes
boro, was promoted to the rank
of sergeant Friday by Major John
Armstrong, commanding officer
of the state highway patrol.
Mr. Ingle has been a member
of the patrol for many years and
is recognized as a very able and
efficient officer.
The new sergeants are:
G. I. Dail, Edenton; L. L. Jack-
son, Greenville: J. A. Merritt,
Kinston; A. C. Brown, Raleigh;
J. R. Progden, Whiteville; V. R.
Mallard, Smlthfleld; S. L. Wil
lard, Burlington: H. R. Prymyer,
Salisbury; W. B. Kelly, Carthage;
T. A. Sandlin, Bryon City; W. L.
Hatcher, Shelby, and Carlyle In
gle, North Wilkesboro.
The new corporals are:
W. S. Hunt, Wilson; T. B.
Brown, Plymouth; C. R. Wil
liams, Greenville; H. C. Johnson,
Snow Hill; J. K. Clay, Roanoke
Rapids; J. C. Long, Weldon: W.
C. Carter, Oxford; T. E. Cook,
Henderson; W. F. Bailey, Lum-
berton; W. W. Carraway, Laurln-
burg; H. J. Sloan. Wilmington;
L. W. Tappen, Clinton; J. B.
Boyd, Morganton; I. E. Hunt,
Lexington: A. H. Clark, Greens
boro; Lee Phillips, Elkin; T. R.
Burdette, Salisbury; F. B. Flea-
gle, Reidsville; R. G. McNeill,
Asheville; W. C. Thomas, West
Jefferson: E. W. Jones, Canton;
R. L. Wallace, Gastonia; M. H.
Dunn, Charlotte; C. A. Speed.
Rutherfordton.
Bev. Eugene Olive, pastor, rf*
the First Baptist church, ,wOt^ »T „
gain be Roll Call ohainiws'*tte
tha Wilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross, It was leameA
here today. ''
In a meeting held Friday nlgM'
.preliminary plans for the annual
! roll call were made apd the. roH
call chairman will have the or--
. ganization for the annual drive'
completed within a few days,
i In the meeting Friday night
Mrs. George Dyke, field represen
tative, told interestingly of what
the Red Cross is doing, national
ly and Internationally.
She said that because of the
(war Red Cross needs ara
great and that In Poland there Is
urgent need for hospital supplies
and hospital garments, as well as
refugee garments, which are bad
ly needed in neutri.1 countries. In
France there is need for first aid
and hospital supplies.
Mrs. Dyke said that all chap
ters are being requested to maks
hospital and refugee garments
and that knitting is the predomi-
nent activity.
The need for a special war
drive for Red Cross funds, she
said, will depend greatly on the
response to the annual roll call.
She pointed out that In the World
War the Red Cross had 20 mil
lion members as compared with
about 5,700,000 la.it year.
Speaking of the local organi
zation, Mrs. Dyke highly compli
mented the Wilkes chapter for
some of its activities, especially
the first aid ocurses which havs
been handled by Isaac Duncan.
She said that she had been In
formed that there would be ad
ditional first aid courses soon to
reach more people In the coun
ty.
The work within the county
was reviewed briefly and prelim
inary plans were made for great
er activity.
Dokies Plan For
Ceremonial 20th
In
Winston - Salem; Local
Club Enjoys Banquet
Here Friday Night
Announcement has been made lock, of Oxford: G. T. Tyson,
by Lawrence Miller, master, that i Greenville; Robert Zimmerman,
the Wllkesboro Grange will meet jot Lexington: R. H. Lankford, of
Asheville; J. L. Humphrey, of
on Tuesday night at the WUkes-
ler man lasi, accoraing lo tuc u. ivu —o-- — — _ •_
S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco- boro Masonic balj. All members Lumberton, and D. T. Staddleer,
nomicB.
are asked to attend.
of Reidavills.'
The North Wllkesboro Dokies
club in monthly banquet meeting
Friday night at the Woman’s club
house was entertained with a
good program and laid plans lor
participation in the state-widf
ceremonial to be held in Winston-
Salem on Friday. October 20.
The program at the banquet,
which was much enjoyed, was In
charge of George Kennedy, Dan
Holler and Jim Hauser.
In announcement of the state
wide ceremonial, local Dokies
said'that Bagdad, Birjand. Sue-
and Zlza Temples will participate
and that registration of candi
dates and street work will beglr
at one p. m. at the armory in
Winston-Salem on October 20.
The pai'ade starting at the arm
ory will begin at five p. m. and
supper will be served at the arm
ory *at six o’clock. At 6:45 will be
ritualistic work and eighth order
work at eight. A dance beginning
at 10:30 will conclude the pro
gram for the ceremonial. Nort^
Wilkesboro club hopes to .^have a
large detection .present
wives and lady friends are invit
ed.
Demonstrations In
Tobacco Gradin^f
Dan Holler, Wilkes county a-
gent. announced today that two
tobacco demonstrations will be
held In Wilkes Wednesday, Oc
tober 18. The first will be held at
9:30 a. m. at the home of J. L.
Jordan, 4 miles north ot Ronda.
on the Tharpe and Hoots road.
The second will be held at two
o’clock at J. R. Mays’ home three
miles east of Cllngman on the old
Boone Trail.
W. R. Bradsher, ot the state'
department of agriculture, will
conduct the demonstrations. Mr.
Holler explained that they ar*'
being held for the purpose' of
showing farmers how to grade
their tobacco for the best possiMe'
prices and that all tobacco farm
ers are invited to attend.
On some markets, he said,
there are people who buy tobae-
co, regrade It and sell it on the
same floors, making a good prof
it by correct grading. Farmers
who grade their tobacco properly
can get better prices, he said.
NCSES Placement
108 In Septembor
136 Placed In Private Em-
ployment; Number Job
less Claims Declines
North Wilkesboro branch of
the North Carolina State Employ
ment Service placed a total of 208
people on jobs dnrlng the month
of September, a report released,
here today by B. G. Gentry, of
fice manager, showed.
Of this number 13 6 were,
placed In jobs of prlvs’e employ
ment and the remaining 72 were
public, the report showed.
During the month there were
238 new registrations.
A decline was perceptible In.:
the number of claims handled fmr
unemployment compensation,, toJ
dlcatlng that employment Is hold
ing up well In the territory sor*-
ed by the office here, which li-
chidee Wilkes, Alexander, Alle-
gbany, Ashe and Watauga consr -.
ties. ' ’
Income from fiuta, matketlags^
the South Atlantic states vutK-
per cent smaller "in the flnd %
moatha of this year ’
game months last ymri :