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1lb*tsnn^t-otttc4 ftiM' til. doelBlons
h »» d « d dowa. I t 1 a- «-
'P«eit«d that a dedstoa will l»
A«Dd«d dawn in'ithe caae early In,
Pebrnary,
= A teet oaee on tl»o dueatioa of
~Mether sheriffs were elected for
two or tour-year terms In 19S8
*■ tHrlflnated in Alantatice county,
,,'Where the >i«eaidiiiff,)odge ruled
, that the amendnteht passed by
Tote of the people in. the lai>t elec
tion changing the term of offhjy
of sheriff from two to tour years,
did not affect the term of sheriffs
elected on the same 4sir.
The sheriff appealed the case,
which was argued before the high
court several days age.
FOR
Quick AtfioN
Rates: Ic A Word
(Bach lassa'Uaa)
(Mmncux CHASGB Me)
FOR RENT
CHRBE-ROOM spartaMnt dose
in, steam heat,' Absher Real
Bstate Company, Call 252 after
six p. m. It
FOR RENT: iwo Purnish apart
ments with bath for each, close
In Kensington Ihive. also one
bedroom for girls. Urs. M. E.
Sebastian. It-pd
FOR SALE ^
FOR SAliE OR RENT: New flve-
room frame house near Wel
come Home church. See Ralph
li. Beshears, Cricket. It-pd
^ocket SubinSiii&Mly Be" PowerfeiJai^Sea ThitSt
According to reports reaching London from Tokyo, the Japanese navy iliially has pat an oft^rl^ three-
nun submarine into mass production. Dtopatches say the boats are being tumei out in mass prodncKon st a
cost of $5,500 each. The craft, depicted here by an artist, measures 18 feet sveralL The average modem
submarine is 300 feet in length. Its displacement is 100 tons, compared to the usual 8,500 tons. B is reported
that the new boat can submerge to an almost unbelievable depth of 1,800 feet. It carries only one torpedo.
But one torpedo has a potential nnisance value of mUlions of dollars.
REVIEW OF 1939’S
NEWS IN WILKES
(Continued from page one)
HVNTINO LICEN8HS for sole at
Jenkins Hardware Company’s
Store. l-4-2t
FIVS-ROOH HODHB, Imcge lot on
Cherry street in WRkealioro.
Low price, can emaage terms.
See B. J. Kennedy, Wiii'keeboro.
I-ll-4t-pd
For SALB: Sluger Sewing Ma
chine, good oondltioa, $35.00.
Mrs. Jake Clwrtk, Hayflower
Beauty Shoppe, Fheae 188.
1-4-St-pd
DHUSUAL BAiymUW In good
need cars and trucks, aoveral
makes and models. Wilkes Mo
tor company, two miles west
on Boone Trail. 10-8-tf
Stoves, Heaters, sad Heatroias
t-Rliodea-Day is die place to buy
keen. Prices to suili yoor pocket-
kok. Rhodes-Day PnmMare Oo.
10-»-tf
BOR SALE: I have two used
typewriters, both standard ma-
eitlnes, in good oondfUon, that
r will eell at a bargain. Come
in and look them over, find me
up stairs over Dr. Tsylors Of
fice, 9th Street. W. G. Harri
son. 1-1-tf
If It is snythtas yoo need in
the stove or heater line, be sure
to sec ns. We have a wide seleo
ttoB.—Rhodes-Day Fnniitare Co.
10-»-tf
WANTED
BANTED: To do yaar radio r^
pair work on all makea and
models. Expert repairmen. Sst-
tofsctlof tusrsnteed. .— Day
Slectric oo.. Phone 828. 8-10-tf
BAHTED: Bring year typewrit
ers, cash registors. Adding Ma
chines, computing scales, check
writers, clocks, and sewing ma
chines that need repairing and
cleaning to me up etalrs over
Taylor’s Dental Office, 9th
Street. Satisfactory service
guaranteed on all work, leave
orders at Cari W. Steele Jewel-
ory store. Phone 384. W. G.
HarrIsoiL i-i-vi
miscellaneous
WILL HAVE for deUvery
Friday, January 19th. premium
Quality Barred Rack and New
Hampshire Ohidm from state
blood-tested flooks. See us for
chicks that you can depend on.
Amco Feed A Hatchery Store.
James Pennell. Hanager. 1-4-tf
ma ABB PBBPARBD to furnish
yon keroseiu vtoA ^
t wholesale price at any time and
any quantity. We deliver. Re^
dies River flarvto^Statton.^ J.
H. Jolnes, Phm«*«W. ii-»*lt
hub’T w»ef«~a**
i ’ millions of drouWtoK
>■ but only one Oaaulne BsUte
HeatroU. Look for the n^
- Beatrols. It appears on no oth
er cabinet exoept «n KsUt^
Bhod«*Day Fumiti^ Co..
Moith WnkealKivto W- »»
~ CMB. wua«har **
Mniinnd by Bi InstoD onp
apr i»ov» *
for coal
I'W
May 25 — Greyhound buys
Woodie bus lines at price of
$100,000.
May 29—^C. A. Lowe resigns as
member Wilkesboro school board.
May 30—Gity schooLs end suc
cessful year.
May 30—Thirty-four convicted
in liquor conspiracy case.
June 1—N. O. Smoak resigns
as menvher Wilkesboro school
board.
June 2 — Richard Johnston
elected president Lions Club.
June 5—J. L. Chambers and
Paul Wells, of Netw Castle town
ship. killed In automobile-truck
collision on highway 421 east of
Wilkesboro.
Juno 2—Purlear citizens en
gage in auccessful bear hunt and
face charges of violation game
laws.
June 5—Charles McNeill re
elected Wilkes welfare officer.
June 9 — Council Shepherd,
Reddies River youth, kills self
with shotgun.
June 12—^Wm. T. Long elected
superintendent Wilkesboro dis
trict schools to succeed S. 0.
HawOeld, who declined to serve.
June 12-^orth Wilkeeboro’s
Commerce Bureaus organized.
June 17—A. F. Phillips, root
and herb dealer, dies.
June 19—Highway officials an
nounce ajtproval of project to
widen highway 421 to Millers
Creek.
June 18—Ned Brookshire kill
ed in automobile accident near
Boomer.
June 22—North Wilkesboro’s
Commerce Bureaus begin func
tioning.
June 22 — Special term of
Wilkes court under way; many
cases removed from docket.
June 23—Mass meeting Wil-
kesboro citizens asks resignation
three school board members.
June 23—Bradley Porter, age
one year, drowns in slop bucket
at home of parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Porter, of Dehart.
June 29—Premium catalogue
Great Northwestern Fair being
distributed.
July 1—Mrs. Sarah E. Lomax,
member of prominent local fam
ily, dies.
July 3—Wilkes tax rate set for
year at $1.05.
July 1—Postal receipts set new . j
record for six months.
July 6—Wilkes commlBsloners
pass resolution to set up county
court under provisions state-wide
act.
July 6—Jack Massey elected
coach for North Wilkesboro
MboolA ;
July 6—Company A goes to
auznmer camp at Jacksonville^
Fla
July 8—Felix Davis, Mrs. Ollie
Jones and Ronald Chandler, of
Ashe county, killed in auto-truck
crash at Millers Creek.
July 10—City tax rate fixed at
$1.25.
I July 13—^August 28 set as ten-
'tative date for opening schools.
July 17—Bluff Park on Blue
Ridge Parkway ready for tourist
travel.
July 17 — Public assistance
funds paid out in Wilkes for July
total $7,000.
July 20—Sheriff C. T. Dough-
ton and deputies pour out 979
gallons liquor.
July 20—Over $10,600 In fines
and 303 months In prison meted
oat to liquor law offenders In
federal court.
July 20—Albert Garwood win
ner tennis title In Uons tourna
ment.
July 21—^Woman’s Club house
on Trogdon street opened.
jaly 22—Mrs. A- A. Finley
dies.
jQ]y 24—Charlie Dancy killed
to MulbflrTy conunnnlty when hit
■4:
July 29—David H. Agans, ov
erseer National Grange, address
es Wilkes Pomona Grange in pic
nic.
July 30—Joe Vance and James
C. Catlett, arrested by Highway
Patrolman Carlyle Ingle, wanted
for highway robberies In Tennesi-
see.
August 1—Baxter \nderson,
local youth, accidentally killed by
rifle In his own hands.
August , 5 — Cloudburst hits
western Wilkes, doing much dam
age to crops and roads.
August 7—August term of
court begins with 120 cases pend
ing.
August 7—Forty-five 4-H club
boys and girls leave for week In
summer camp near Hoffman.
August 8—City commissioners
appropriate $500 for publicizing
advantages of city.
A r gust 9—Swift Hooper, vet
eran engineer, completes 49 years
service at throttle on Southern.
August 9—^Adventure of Al
bert Minton, trying to reach At
lantic by 'boat down Yadkin,
cracks up on rooks near Shoals.
August 14—Enraged bull kills
Jesse Nichols and badly hurts Joe
Nichols near MUlers Creek.
August 15—W. C. Winkler dies
at home In Wilkesboro.
August 17—^August 4 set as
date for opening city schools.
August 15—Citizens In county-
wide mass meeting lambast poli
cies of school authorities.
August 17—Square and Hansel
Pruitt and Ray Wyatt convicted
for manslaughter In death of Carl
Shepherd In Union township.
August 18—J. W. Shook, well
known local merchant, dies.
August 19—Eugene Trivette
re-elected president of 17th dis
trict bar association.
August 19—L. F. Brumfield
elected county agent by commis
sioners; election failed to gain
approval of state authorities.
August 21—Duke Power com
pany approved construction 12
1-2 miles line in Union township.
August 22— Representative R.
L. Doughton visits NYA projects
In Wilkes; lauds work being ac
complished.
August 22—A. H. Tesky, Vir
ginia horticulturist, addresses
fruit growers in annual picnic.
gin term.
August 28—Citizens In mass
meeting at openliig Wllkeaboro
school ask resignation Wm. T.
Long as superintendent.
August 31—Otly offices move
into new city hall.
“Earl Of Chicago”
At Liberty Theatre
Robert Montgomery, so often
seen on the screen as the wise
cracking inan-about-town, has a-
gain proven himself one of Holly
wood’s most versatile actors with
his dramatic portrayal of a Chi
cago gangster In “The Earl of
Chicago," which opens at the Lib
erty Theatre Monday.
It was no ordinary role select
ed for Montgomery. The story Is
as unusual and original as any
yet brought to the screen, with
Montgomery playing Silky Kll-
mount, liquor racketeer, who be
comes an English Earl by inherit
ance. Not as heavy a characteri
zation as the psychopathic mur
derer Montgomery played 1 n
“Night Must Fall,” which brought
him nomination for the Academy
Award, It Is an equally fascinat
ing characterization and the Met-
ro-Goldwyn“Mayer star plays It
to the hilt.
The situation In which Silky
becomes a member of England’s
d^rnified House of Lords Is fun
damentally amusing, but there is
deeper significance to his trial
(before hls peers on a murder
charge. Silky, king of the Chicago
underworld, discovers that he
can’t beat the rap in England.
Outstanding perfOTmanees are
given iby Montgomery, Edward
Arnold, who plays Silky’s lawyer
and pal, and Edmund Gwenn as
Silky’s English butler. Victor Sa^
vllle, M-G-M British producer of
“Goodbye Mr. Chips,” and “The
“Citadel,” brought the picture to
the screen, his first American
film. Richard Thorpe’s direction
is dramatically realistic through
out.
Girl Scout Troop
To Meet Monday
Brownie troop of Girl Scouts
will meet on Monday afternoon,
3:30, at the home of Mrs. R. S.
, Gibbs. All members are asked to
August 28—Wilkes schools be- be present
SEMI-ANNUAL
Shirt Sale
All $2.00 Shirts—Now
$1.65
All $2.00 Pajamas—Now
$1.65
HUNDREDS OF NECKTIES
SILK OF WOOL—Botany Included—
Formerly $1.00—Now ....
,'ifV^s r.
ITU..,.’,, wm
■'’W .
OOMEHBGT
HiMiMOfOai
Team )$ Coouig
Whisker^ ^WUmviU
Play Li^ ^ub At
School G3rm
The Whiskered Wizards, heart
ed basketball team which hails
from the land the longhorns
and rugged manhood, wU^ come
to North Wilkesboro to engage
the Lloii'i Club In basket-
iball Frlde-’ o’ctoc’-.
The H'rr"' '^f J'nv’rt team has
been frequoniiy called the na
tion’s most colorful aggregation
of cage players. They exhibit a
beautifully rounded attack which
has conquered many of the na
tion’s best teams and present in
addition to fast basketball a daz
zling and colorful basketball cir
cus with all the stunts and trim
mings which go to make up a
coonplete show.
This year the Whiskered Wiz
ards will play 67 collie teams
and about 100 other quints rank
ing high In the nation. They have
the nation’s hardest schedule but
stand up under the strain won
derfully well.
As an introduction to these
famous players let ns review
their lineup:
Pecos FTnloy, a forward, is only
six feet and two inches and tips
the scales at 180. He has been
described by New York sports
writers as the best all round play
er to appear in Madison Square
Garden,
Captain Jim Neely is a bit tall
er, being six feet three. He plays
the game with unparalleled fin
esse.
Coach Bob Rich Is Only six
feet, weight 200 and is as fast as
he Is heavy.
Bob McCollam, forward and
former all Texas Conference
Star, is Just as good as any of
them and is a trick shot artist of
wonderful ability.
Robert Lofland Is six feet four
and the youngest of the bearded
lot. He Is an expert Joggler and
trick shot as well as a polished
player.
Bob Hale, center, is only six
feet, four, a clever passer and an
accurate shot with one hand or
both, either close or from the
center of the court.
Bob Sims with his six feet,
four frame rounds out the squad.
He is a former star of the New
Mexico Aggies and plenty go^d.
Tt
eentrtw adults i1|A^
for students and ohttjMm. f .
will be used by tbs ct^ns ilh
furthering its atItWfth for
derprtvileged and if^uge attend
ance Is desired.
FiijBill4
Claimed ^ Dmtb
Funeral service tow held
nesday at Oolh Cre^ chntoh for
J. F. BilUnga, wdT jknowh restr
dent of Mulberry ’Who
died at hls home tttity Tueeday
morning, December 26.' Rer. Mon-'*
roe Dillard conducted^ the'i lost “
rites. * ^ |,
Surviving are hls widow, Mrsit
Pdy Shumate Billings, and seiven ’’
children: Mrs. Noah Long, Page-'^
ton, W, Va.; J. F. Billings, Jr./
Patterson; (^ncy Billings,
WllkMboro; Ediward BlUlngs,|
Hays; EHmore BlUlngs, McOrady;
Oaitoer BilUngs. McGrady; Han
dle Billings, McOrady; three sis-;
ters and two brothers, Mni.>4Hh'
brite Myers, of McOrady; Mrs.
Daniel Absher, of McGrady; Mrs.
S. iM. Shumate, of Hays; John
Billings, of Hays, and Birch Bil
lings, of McGrady. Also surviving
are 32 grandchildren and 11
great-grandchildren.
J. Y. Williams^
Dies In Richmond
News has 'been received here of
the death of J. Y. Williams Sun
day In Richmond, Va. He died at
the home of hls daughter, Mrs.
O. F. Winks, and funeral service
was held In Richmond Tnesday.
.Mr. Williams was a former
sheriff of Alexander county and
had made hls home In Richmond
tor several years. He was the
father of Mrs. Oradle Williams
Hendren, wife of Edgar V. Hen-
dren, of Pores Knob, 'who was
tragically killed in an accident at
hls water-iK>wer mill In Brushy
Mountain township Monday.
gtstt Bm> James A. Noe sf
eloss friend aad aids is flwl
late Busy Long, and bow a saadLj
date for goverasr, baa ptsmlsed toj
break up Ibe psIWoal maddad
fssBded by the “KAngHsh.” NsA
broks with Ibe ether •‘heirs'* fsBow.]
tag Long's deatii and Is
eredtt fsr Instlgattng and
Ibe present graft ioresllgation in 1
state.
Plan To Attend
Furniture Show
Charles G. Day, Sr., and
Charles O. Day, Jr., of Rhodes-
Day Furniture company, wU^
leave here Saturday to spend sev
eral days at the Furniture Ex-
poktion In Chicago, where they
will make purchases for the
RhMes-Day stores. They will re
turn about January 14.
Quartet Singing
At Fairplains Church
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, an
nounced today that the next
Stone Mountain Quartet Singing
Convention will bo held at Fair-
plains Baptist church 2 1-2 milesi
north of this city on highway 18
on Sunday, January 21.
All quartets are Invited to at
tend and take part In the conven
tion, which will begin at one p.
m.
315 ESCAPE, 345 CAUGHT
Raleigh, Jan..2.—Oscar PItto,
penal superintendent, reported to
day 316 prisoners escaped In
1939, but that there were 345
recaptures.
Let the advertising cohnmw of
this pto>w: be yonr shopping gaide.
MARLOW’S
ANNUAL
January Sale
MEN’S
Suits and Topcoats
Special Groups Priced For
Quick Sellii^
$19.75 and $24.75 Values
—NOW—
$14.95
. $22.50 to $24.75 Values
—NOW—
$19.45
$27.50 to $29.75 Values
—NOW—
$24.65
We do not have every color in every size
but a large selection to pick fjrom in every
size. Come early while selection is still cnn-
plete.
We Do Not Have Space To Cany
Over Topcoats So Out They Go At
2S% off
N«w$9.75,^65/$19i45™
Clearance
—ALL $5.0a -
Portage Shoes
—now—
$4.69
$6.00 Value on Today’,s
Market
“SHIRT-CRAFT”
S-H-I-R-T-S
(with the life insured
collar)
Complete Stock $1.65
Shirts
(none reserved)
Reduced To
$1.45
UNDERWEAR
50c Manhattsm and Wilson
Shirts and Shorts
—now—
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