t J ^
p?phM« of .tt* ,. op«mions today.
bi doTotod largely to eonth-
.•Tn *»d BOitlieasteni Induatrial
states where the gorernment has
toQBd the hoik ol low wage eam-
to'he ^tuated. This was Indl-
OBted by a borean of labor statla-
tlcs sOTTey which reported that i
aipprortaiatoly 500,000 persons \
were SBiployed In these states at
less thsB SO cents an hour. Lt.
Ool. PhlHp Fleming Is expected
to work -out 6 definite enforce-j
meat policy as soon as he famil
iarises himself with the work
ings of the wage-hour law.
It
HOGS ATTACK CHILD
^5elma, Oct. 24.—The four-
sMl^r-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
V. .Wallace, who live in Cleveland
towBahlp, this county, was attack
ed by two large hogs at their
hoone Saturday afternoon. Mr.
■Whllace turned the hogs out of a
S^n In order to put a floor in It
d drove them into an adjoin-1
g field to range. When the hogu
came back into the yard the fath
er told the child to put his dog
after the hogs and run them
from the yard, but the hogs at
tacked the child. The fhtber ran
to the rescue, and with the aid
of a hammer and the do-g, beat
the hogs off hls boy, who was
badly lacerated about the right
eye, the nose, rioht ear and
cheek.
90 SHIPS BEEN SUNK
Four more British merchant
men and a Greek vessel heavily
laden with scrap metal were sunk I
and another British sinking more
than a week ago was reported
^ Tuesday as intense diplomatic ex-
^ changes arose over the seizure of
he American freighter City of
Flint Loss of the five British
[w^lps sent England’s toll to 45
A Wd the losses of all nations to
90 ships. Tonnage losses of all
nations rose to 399,319, exclusive
of millions of dollars worth of
cargoes, the total known loss of
, life wea 1,774. As far as it could
learned from . iw^aH^ re
.-iJW^nt BrltiA' ’9^ tSe'l'fjgBfyawlT Xv*y leftTamp#% ye»
worst day they had suffered since agrg, uid when picked up by an
the war began.
Public assistance checks total
ing almost $7,000 were mailed out
to needy persons in Wilkes from
the county welfare office this
week, it was learned today from
Charles McNeill, welfare super
intendent.
Persons receiving old age as
sistance nuonbered 572 and the
total amount was $5,047.50.
Aid to dependent children pay
ments in the amount of $1,435
went to 16 families containing
304 dependent and needy chil
dren. Thirty-five blind received
$450. !
The welfare office said that 1
checks were late this month but 1
that they were mailed from the
welfare office on the same day
they were received.
In addition to the public assist- !
ance funds the welfare depart- ^
tuent during the past month aid
ed 550 families by distribution'
of surplus food commodities and
219 families received clothing.
Twenty - five were aided j
through emergency orders. j
Soviet Russia is busy whipping its fleet hito the best possible shape. PWP««;^
Here hooded RossiaB sailors are pictured spreading anti-gas cheml^ OB the
taminate the vessel. Wearing gas-resistant nnlforms, the men spread powdered neBtralliers on tiie deck whfl«
others spray objects overhead with liquid neutralisers. «
Rev. Howard Fordj
Resigns As Pastori
WilkesboroChurch
No Death Ray?
tit
State Councilor^
Speaks At Junior
Jubilee Tuesday
Near vlcjlm of the , sea was Guy
C. Avery, (inset) Ijoe.navlggtor
who attempted a seiy.crBise from
J wnu
TO PUBLISH NAMES
Washington, Oct. 24.—The
house committee on unAmerican
activities voted today to make
public the names of 900-odd gov
ernment employes who are mem
bers of the American League for
Peace and Democracy, an organi
sation which Chairman Dies,
mocrat, Texas, said was doml-
Mted by Communists. Dies had
accused the league of attempting
to “penetrate” the federal gov
ernment and said flatly the or-
I tali an freighter was lost 550 miles
west of Gibraltar.
Wilkes Man Killed
By Tram Sunday
Man Killed On Tracks Near
Elkin Was Taft Norman
Of Wilkes County
Elkin.—A man who was struck
and l.illed by an eastbound South
ern passenger train seven miles
ganlzatlon was “under the Com-j^^^ Sunday afternoon.
Today’s War News
Will Elnter Seminary; Suc-
cesafuil Revival Closed
Tuesday Night
Tvondon, Oct. 25.—British nav- p^gy Howard J. Ford, on Tues-
al forces, cast for a leading role. night announced his resigna-
in the near-at-hand winter cam
paign, hunted the seas tonight for
elusive German submarines and
surface raiders combining in new
attacks on hte nation’s vital
shipping.
In a heavy blow off Spain,
German raiders were credited
tion as pastor of the Wilkesboro
Baptist church in erder to enter
*he Southern Baptist Theological
seminary at Louisville, Ky.
His announcement was made at
the closing service of the revival
held at the church, which was
described as very 4aicces8ful. Thlr-
with sinking four merchant craft fggj, ^ew members were received
yesterday, strengthening the be-1 mto the church during the series
lief that naal subomrlnes raldlag-l meeting, -til
sea lapes had | sev*» by W
* land, of Tpylorsvllle, assisted
Deutschland tni the la pgy, ^r. Ford in the revival.
Enjoyable Meeting Is Held
With North Wilkesboro
Council Tuesday Night
SS#5|
N. Sankey Gaither, of Har
mony, state councilor of Jr. O. U.
M., delivered a strong attack
on foreign “isms’’ as he address
ed the Juniors’ Golden Jubilee
Reunion held Tuesday night with
the North Wilkesboro council.
The subject of his address was
“Americanism.”
The meeting was one of the
most enthusiastic gatherings of-
uaiors ever held
Sunday. November 19, has bees
Set as the date for "Bundle
in North WlUieebero, it'Wa«
learned today fr«n a member of
one of the commtttMi.. of tba
sponsoring organliatlonp. -
Ihe eyent will bt linder .J??
sponsorship of thq North wniha-
boro tCiwanls, Lions and Dokiea
clubs and is to include bofli
North Wilkesboro and Wllkef^
boro.
' According to plans for ttv*
event, both towns will be canvaaS'
ed for donations of bundles for
underprivileged and needy faml-
lies.
The Kiwanis committee oa
bundle day is composed of Dr. A.
d. Chamberlain, P. M. WUllama
and J. R. Finley. For the Lioas
are L. S. Spalnbour, B. G. Qe»>
try and John K. Blackburn. The
Dokies committee is composed ot
A. S. Cassel, Bryan Gilreath and
Ivey Moore.
People of the Wilkesboros will
be asked to give whatever ar
ticles they wish, including out-
^own and discarded clothing,
shoes, house furnishings, bed lin
en, blankets, kitchen utensils,
discarded and broken toys, dolls
and any and all other things
which have passed their stage of
usefulness.
Regardless of condition the ma>-
terials contained in the bundles
collected will be repaired and
placed in a state of usefnlness.
It is expected that the various
committees will meet soon to lay
detailed plans for the occasion.
Hardie Case In
namesake of the famed world
war “phantom cruiser.”
These sinkings. In which Brit
ain lost n,671 tons of ships in
a single day, bringing her losses
thus far to 45 ships, also gave
Church leaders today said that ■
the congregation regrets very
■much to lose the services of Rev.
Mr. Ford, who has been -pastor
over two years, having taken up
the work when Rev. Avery
rise to pseculation that an entire ; ch’^irch resigned to continue stu-
convoy had been attacked.
munists.’’ Harry F. Ward, the
league’s national president, de
nied a similar assertion yester
day. Representative Mason, Re
publican, Illinois, who proposed
that the names be made public. |
said that 136 persons on the list)
were receiving salaries of $3,500 ;
to 110,000 annually. I
^ RIBBENTROP SPEAKS
Danzig, Oct. 24.—Germany
determined to fight Britain to the
bitter end and Is supremely con
fident of victory. Foreign Minis
ter Joachim von Rlbbentrop told
the world tonight. Tn a 90-minute (
■sddrMS von Rlbbentrop warned i
Britain that by continuing the'
’ war she was “playing dangerous- ’
ly with the fate of her empire.”
‘The present British government
mey go down in history as the
gravedigger of the empire,” he
told a group of veteran nazl flghtr
era which formed his ionmediate
audience in this one-time free
city, now Incorporated In the
reich.
’The naxl foreign minister let
tall not a single bint of a possible
eompromlse to end the war be
fore the conflict at arms goes to
Its bitter conclusion.
was identified Monday as Taft
Norman, 27, son of Mrs. W. M.
Norris of Lomax, Wilkes county,
and the late Joseph Norman of
Boonville.
Surry county Sheriff Harvey
Boyd and Coroner Robert Smith
saw no indication of foul play,
i Monday the body was identified
' by hls mother. Other survivors
is are the step-father, W. M. Norris
of Lomax; two brothers, Porter
Norman of Roaring River, and
Blaine Norman of High Point;
two sisters, Mrs. Dan Laster of
Cordovla, and Miss Maggie Nor
man of Roaring River.
Washington, Oct. 25.—Ambas
sador Laurence L. SteinUardt re
ported to the state department to
night that the foreign office at
Moscow had assured him the A-
merican officers and crew of the
City of Flint were safe aboard
the vessel at Murmansk.
The state department made
dy in the seminary at Louisville.
Rev. Mr. Ford, who makes his
home in Sparta, is also pastor of
the Sparta Baptist church a I the
Baptist church at Laurel Springs.
Only if the United States were at
tacked wonld Dr. Antonio Longoria
of Cleveland, Ohio, recreate hit
“death ray” machine which he in
vented in 1934 and which he de
stroyed for humanitarian reasons.
He claims the ray killed by changing
red blood corpuscles to white.
Plans For Water
System Under Way
Mrs. 0. F. Eller
Taken By Death
public Steinhardt’s report thel
the crew was safe immediately i Engineers Work On. Towm of
upon its receipt here and indicat-
Hi-y Club In
Sdiool Is Formed
Judge Hayes Speaks
At B. & L. Meeting
i-
Jndge Johnson J. Hayes, of
WlIkMboro, was the principal
■jtwjT" at the district Building
meeting held in States-
riUe Tneeday night.
Aasoctotions of the Wilkes-
boroa 1^**1 represented at
tWf^metiog. Thoee from North
were: /. B. Williams,
D, X’^'Cartar# R. O. Finley, J. C.
j'. B. Sayder, 6. V. Tom-
KSB.-H. M. Hutchens. A. H.
i. a Rector and W. H. H.
.■h'Wtom 'mikeaboro those
Judge Hayes,
T. Story, J. H.
The Hi-Y club in the North
Wilkesboro high school had
charge of the program at a stu
dent assembly meeting Wednes
day.
’The feature of the program
was an address by Rev. A. L. Ay-
cock, pastor of the North Wilkes
boro Methodist church, on the
subject of “Clean Speech.”
Don Craven, president of the
club, presided at the meeting.
Other officers are M. W. Orean,
vice president; Wayne Caudill,
secretary; Paul Haigwood, treas
urer. ’The remjinlng members of
the club are Waiter Jones, Wal
ter Call, Sucky Faw, Billy W.
Estes, Bob McCoy, Joe Clemeiit*.
Carl Coffey and Wayne Gentry.
The local club is affiliated with
the state and national Hl-T or
ganizations, which la the high
school oigaml2*tlOll“’corre«)ond-
ing to the Y. M. C. A. for men.
The main purpoee of the club
is to promote Christiaa character
through the school and commun
ity. It is a service club which will
endeavor to develiv character.
ed further details were expected
within a short time.
The status of the crew had
been the principal concern of au
thorities since the City of Flint
was seized by a German raider.
’The announcement by ’Tass, so
viet news agency, added that ma
rine authorities at Murmansk, the
Russian port in the Arctic to
which the City of Flint was tak
en Monday, had decided that the
need of repairs to the Flint’s ma
chinery had necessitated bringing
the steamer to port.
“For the time being,” Tass
said, the steamer will remain tied
up at Murmansk for “precise ver
ification of the composition of its
cargo.’’
Wilkesboro’s Project For
A Water System
Died Tuesday MtH’ning; Last
Rites Held On Wednes
day afternoon
ngmah,
Plans are going forward as
rapidly as possible for the con-
Mrs. Amey McNeill Eller, age
I 65, wife of 0. P. Eller, prominent
I North Wilkesboro merchant, died
at 12:15 Tuesday morning at her
Paris, Oct. 25. — Reinforced
German .patrols were reported
testing French main lines at the
extreme northern tip of the west
ern front tonight in a series of
feeler attacks. Heavy concentra
tions of troops were noted else
where.
A French communique said a
nazi thrust against French posi
tions near Apach bad been re
pulsed.
German and French patrols
were active along the entire
northern flank from the Luxem
bourg border to the Rhine where
the French are guarding against
a sudden German offensive.^
French a'dvices received by the
high command said the Germans
had massed at least 90 divisions
on this flank along a 100-mile
front. This places approximately
a million and a half men in the
area.
structlon of Wllkesiboro’s water
system. It was learned today from
town officials.
An election was held last week
resulting in a vote of, 273 to 2 In
favor of issuing $32,000 in bonds
to finance the town’s part of a
WPA project for the construction
of a water system for the town.
For many years the town has
been buying water from North
Wilkesboro.
Engineers are now on the job
home in Wilkesboro. Mrs. Eller
had been in ill health for. some
time and critically ill for several
days.
She was a member of one of
northwest North Carolina’s most
widely known families and was
a daughter of the late ’Thomas
and Jane Nichols McNeill.
Surviving are her husband and
three children: Zollia O. Biller
and Isaac M. Eller, who are in
business in North Wilkesboro,
mony and Elkin councils.
D. E. Elledge, of the North
Wilkesboro council, presided dur
ing the program, which opened
with singing of “America,” fol
lowed by words of welcome by C.
B. Eller. The Wilkesboro quar
tet, composed of R. R. Church,
D. L. Minton, Zeb Dickson and J.
B. Henderson, rendered two num
bers.
D. B. Elledge presented a prize
to H. L. Mechem for being the
oldest member present and B. F.
Bentley presented a prize to N.
Sankey Gaither. Jr., for being
the youngest. A. A, Cashlon pre
sented a prize to J. C. Wallace
for being a member of the order
longer than anyoco else present.
A. A. Cashion introduced the
state councilor.
Plans were discussed for the
Junior Order orphans’ home rally
to be held on November 27.
At the close of the meeting a
barbecue supper and refresh
ments were served. The meeting
was described as being very en
joyable.
In an appeal to the North Caz-
olina supreme court A. W. Har
die, who was convicted in Wilkes
court on a charge of barbering
without license, won his point
and the case was reversed by the
high tribunal.
The high court said In effect
that Hardie was indicted for prac
ticing without license while the
evidence showed only that he was
barbering without being register
ed as a barber.
Hardie was first convicted in
the city court here and appeal to
the Wilkes superior court, where
he was also convicted.
Hardie was represented in the
case by the law firm of Trivecte
and Holshouser.
Sv^erior Court Is
To Begin Monday
surveying water lines and the site and Mrs. Frank B. Steele, of An-
for a storage tank and tower. | derson, 8. C. -
Plans call for piping springs on j Mrs. Eller was well and favor-
the Brushies by gravity to a cen-! ably known and her death was an
First Three Days; Civfl
Cases Wni FoUow
trally located storage tank In the
town.
Bids are to be received Novem
ber 27 on Materials to be used In
the project. A WPA project has
already been approved in the
Washington office.
Can Place Girls In
Sales Girl Positions
Information obtained from the
North Wilkesboro office of the
employment service this week
was to the effect that the service
may be able to find jobs for a
nnmber of girls who are high
achool graduates. There will be
some openings for sales girls in _
stores, members of the office Per-1 charTeT “McNeil and
solinel said.
occasion of nanch aadBon among
a wide cirele 'ot friends 'and ao-'
quaintancee.
FubNal.aeryieo was hoj^ Wed
nesday afternoon in thO presence
of a,large crowd at Arbor Grove
Methodist eburish nodr Millers
Creek, her native community. The
■body lay in state from one o’clock
Until the funeral service at two.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
I Ministers taking part in the fu
neral service were Revs, J. L. A.
Bumgarner, A. W, Eller, A. W.
Lynch, J. Bf. Walla and Nelson
Bumgarner.
t Pall bearer* were Tyre Bum
garner, Charles Bumgarner, 'lom
: Bumgarner, Ed B u m g a r n e ri
Mo-
during the first three days of the
November term of Wilkes super
ior court which will convene on
Monday, October 30.
Judge Frank Armstrong, pt
Troy, will preside over the ^o-
weeks term, which will be for
trial of both criminal and cirll
cases. Solicitor Avalon B. Hall, of
Yadkinville, will prosecute tne
criminal docket. ■
- Trial of civil cases will begin
on Thursday of the first week
and. coptlnue through the re
mainder of the term.
Mr*. Harry Summer*
Painfully Cut In Fall
R. Lunsford, of Columbia, 9. €.;
[Mrs. W. G. Myers, Cycle; Mrs. D.
Rural Hall; R. a
Criminal cases will be tried Mathis,
Lunsford, Cycle; Henry C. Luns
ford, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Ads
Mayberry, Cycle.
Whi*nant Coming
. For Week’* Service*
! Neill. Honorary pall bearers were
Girls who are able to meet re-l^ ^ '5. jQ.
NEW DATING SCHEME
“Lost: a lead pehcll by Jennie
Weems, blonde, blue eyes, five
feet, four inches, good dancer,
please call H-1722 be-
qulrements and are Interested are
asked to call at the employment
service office, which ts located on
the second floor of the. Bank of
North Wilkesboro tmilding.
Man is bot'iiniMim. He eosnes
wiggling along.'EMn a bldcken’
seven and Mght p. m.'
g«U
. .
4y
.Poindexter, P, J. McDuffie, P.' B.
Brown, C. G. Nichols, R. D.
Hayes, R, T. Lovette, H. A. Cra-
nor, B. J.' Kennedy, I. B, Poan-
Bon, B. B. Bller, Jesse Church
Flowers, b^muLfid'li :
Mrs. Harry Summers was very
painfully cut in a fall at her home
on “P” Street, Tuesday after:,
noon.- Mn. Summers started 4nra
tho stcfpn.caJTylng a glass Jar In
hand and suddenly fsU,
breaking the jar and inflietbm
cuts on her right armTtha.t took
thirteen stitches to olose, alih) 4ut-
f^H^ from brulMS and
— ‘^ — |itt»nd later removed
Hospttal tor tnrthW
Lonnie Lunsford
Claimed By Death
Lonnie Lunsford, age 64, a
well known citizen of the Love
lace section of Wilkes, died Tues
day in a Statesville hospital.
Funeral sen'Ice was held Wed
nesday at Shady Grove church.
He was a son of the late L. W.
Lunsford and Mrs. Sarah A. Jar
vis Lunsford, who survives. Also
BurviV'lng is one daughter, who
lives in California, and the fol-
_ . . , „ — B -r • J lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Cnmmal Casea To Ba Twd.j g Henderson, Greemiboro: K.
Bvsngelistlc services will ba
held every night next week, ha-
ginning Sunday night, October
29th, in the Woodmen’s Hall oa
C Street over Landis Tire Com
pany—across from the Poet Of
fice. The liervlcea will be held
Rev. Everett Whisnant, of OhaiN-
iotte, assisted by Rev. and Iba
Gaorge Pittman, of KnozvUlfl^
Tenn. All Christians are asked to
oooperate in these servloes. Tha
.song service will ‘begin each ni|d>t
at 7:16 o’clock. Everyone la cor
dially invited to attend. Come ah*
bring >onr friends.- -
Utrr. Whisnant and hls party
riosed a successful etaagaUatla
a^mpaign ]ast Sunday .jn Stony
Point, wheta the ebaxehea - .pnd
HQiM.'Of.the ministers coopenita*^
servleas held over a pegM ‘
woikk^ This wask .tha
la holding.
V tCOnttaned an page sightly
in HUdebraad, ,N. .0,