'wmi
f o’elofit tU> morale
•port Model coupe ifol-
• '^th a Center Motor lienee
^Mlt, iparked near, the Deep river
^■Wcn :b3T the elty lako park near
JatneatovOr He was an employe
of Bly-Dloodworth iMotors, Incor
porated. Bodanhelmer received a
epuhed stall, broken legs
Ota other tajurtea. He was dead
. before ambulance attenduta re-
V mored his body from the wreck-
! Hto body, was thrown to the
htshway through the door by the
tapaot, but hla feet were tangled
amo^ the ean of^^e badly
damaged car. *
IS RETREAT
jlMMhfci. Jan. *1.—The Fin-
hmh army aanounoa^today the
^ aoTlet RuaSla
lEireUa
rapiloe ^ aovlet
bn thb'lEireUan
iian attacks
isthmus with
“heavy Maualtiee” suffered by
Inradera. It also reported the
,ptnre of “a few enemy strong
rpolnts” in the lower part of the
•astern^jjlkwi while prlTate advic-
•es from^pbove the Arctic circle
, BBld tho^^ttaalan forces which
been retreating after cutting
rly halfway acroee Finland
had braced 50 miles from the
border against the pursuing
Finns.
NINE SHIPS SUNK
London, Jan. 21. — Britain’s
81st acknowledged fleet loss of
the war with Germany was dis
closed today with an admiralty
announcement that the destroyer
Grenville had been sunk in the
North sea by a mine or torpedo
with the probable loss of 81 lives.
Elsewhere, ten merchant vessels
were reported Sunk or damaged
by mines, esploelons, collision and
fire In one of the worst Sunday’s
for shipping In weeks. Eight of
the oWfW of the 1,485-ton de
stroyer were known to have been
killed, 71 were given up for dead,
and 118 were saved.
. 4IANY DIB IN SHIP
Genoa. Italy-—Officials report
ed today 107 pereons, including
48 paseengers, were missing from
the burning Italian liner Orazio.
Italian seaplanes searched In a
storm for the missing, many In
life boat* wblch left the 11,669-
jail on charge of transporting 40
Italian,
ahlpe reached the Orario in an- j„.. „„ „—
ewer to her SOS. Authorities gallons of liquor and on two oth-
sald some possibly had been sav- er charges, Wilkes officeis said
L q^’hy ships which had not yet re-
Iported picking np survivors. Sev-
Are Ii^sred
ki Auto Accident
On Highway 268
Charles G. Day, Jr., In Criti
cal Condition FoMow-
ing Accident
Three were critically hurt and
three sustained minor injuries
Sunday night when a car left
highway 268 about seven miles
east of this city and crashed into
a tree at the botto-m of a fill a-
bout 30 feet high.
The injured are:
Charles G. Day, Jr., well known
young business man of this city,
broken left leg, kidney injury,
severe shock; condition critical.
Trent Parks, area employment
supervisor of WPA, broken left
ankle, severe bruises.
Miss Mary Scarborough, of this
city, broken ibone In right leg
Just below knee, bruises on face.
C. G. Loudermllk, of Winston-
Salem, fracture of cervical verte
brae in neck.
Miss Madeline Scarborough, of
Greensboro, sister of Miss Mary
Scarborough, and Miss Dorothy
Davidson, of this city, sustained
minor injuries and were released
after treatment. The others are
patients at the Wilkes hospital.
According to information ob
tained here today. Mr. Parks’ car
w ^ being driven at the time of
the accident by Miss Mary Scar
borough. After leaving the high
way surface it plunged to the
bottom of the fill and struck a
large tree. Help did not arrive
to call an ambulance for some
time after the accident.
The car was practically de
molished.
He KiUe
Candidate Again
FAMOUS statesman DEAD
C. B. Deane, of Rockingham,'
who has annoonoeSr bis caniR-
dacy tor the Democratic nomi
nation for congress in the
Eighth district.
Deane Announces
As Candidate For
Coi^ess h 8th
Again Candidate For Seat
Won By W. O. Burgin
In 1938 Election
In Wilkee Jail On
Three Charges
M. E. Brookshire, Charlotte
* ton-motorahlp yesterday before M. E. Brookshire, Charlotte 3g
' ItaUan, French and American citizen, is being held in Wilk^ j. ^ ^ candidate.
eral Italian diplomats were a-
today.
Brookshire was caught Friday
by Highway Patrolmen Carlyle
iBg.
fsrak AWMttaiX ~ -uy TT t\J a c»l,* v/azaa^aa ay
mong the paaeengers. It had not jugie and Carlyle Jordan on high-
been determined this morning >jqje fficers recognized
how many were among the miss- Brookshire as the man wanted for
a motor vehicle law violation and
stopped him on the highway.
Examination of his car revealed a
cargo of eight five-gallon cans of
illicit whiskey. It developed later
that Brookshire was also wanted
by Wilkes officers on a capias for
a charge in superior court.
Bond was set at $300 in each
case and he had not posted bond
today.
Auto Accide nts
Feature In News
Virginia Man Gets Tongfue
Cut In Collision Near
City Saturday Night
GIRL KIL15 FATHER
Wilmington, Jan. 21.—William
H. Morrison, 64, member of a
prominent Toronto, Ont., family,
was shot to death at the home of
his wife here early today. Sher
iff C. David Jones quoted Morri
son's 13-yoar-old daughter, Zelda
Dolores, as saying she shot her
father with a .22 caliber rifle be-
canse he had attacked her moth-
e/ Jones quoted the girl as tell-
this story: ‘‘Father had been
jfdrinklng. Mother was sitting in
f the dining room and father called
- to mother to come into the room
-where he was and they started
igulng about some government
2fairs. “Mother said she was go-
fcg to tell that father was in this
Jr^untry wUhout a passport, and
^ they 4i>eg»“ HgHtlng. I grabbed
my rifle and shot him.”
- oette Mary McElroy killed herself
today after seven tragic years of
brooding trver what she termed
■tfcr^unjust puplehment of the
who kidnaped her In 1933.
Pollce'sald she had taken her own
Ufa, They found a note penned
Jnlin^ te the handwriting of the
gjander 88-year-old daughtw of
n^Tlate H. F. McElroy, stormy
’ ^er. who was ousted m city
L-^nager last spring. The note
I ,ijjy four kidnapers are
S^>J)ly the only people on
fSS ifho don’t consider me an
fool. Tou have yonr death
•lil^ty now-ev-please—give
a chance." « was signed
•!5JSy McElroy." While no offl-
*^mment was forthcoming,
note wa» Interpreted In some
' ^rnMrtmn as referring to her
>2^I^nttltnde of sympathy to-
^ISTthe fate of the four men
. who abducted her.
Caudill,
A series of auto accidents oc-
cured in Wilkes during the week
end, officers said today.
Highway Patrolman Carlyle
Jordan Investigated an accident
at Fairplains near this city Sun
day night and arrested Hillary
Patterson, Hays resident, on a
charge of driving while drunk.
Patterson’s car is alleged to
have sideswiped a car driven by
Charles Stone. Stone’s car left
the road and overturned hut no
one was badly hnrt.
W. H. Logan, of Quantico, Va.,
was painfully hurt in a collision
near this city on Gordon Hill Sat
urday night when his car wreck
ed with a car belonging to Bee
Sebastian, of near this city. Of
ficers said they had not learned
who was driving Sebastian’s car.
Logan, who suffered a painful
cut on his tongue, and other min
or injuries was cited to appear
for a hearing.
Mus Cassel Pastes
.It^n A. wwa* VUe ttlUVUK bUV OWWVWMCU my- asvvT va wvaa
^ of North Wilkes- plkanta in the state nones exam- church in the state Is asked to
Am. V.ikU x.8.^ AmVm fiA -maw aaivS Its vnavwKaw.
hown
** i WM in this city to- ination held recently.
SuK business mat- - —
C. B. Deane, of Rockingham,
one of the principals in the me
morable fight for the Democratic
nomination for congress In the
Eighth district In 1938, has an
nounced hts candidacy for the
nomination in the primary next
year. ^
He is the third candidate to
or
I' - ■■■■■■.■
:AAm SdSdtor Not To Proao-
ciite Anyoae Elae But
Doiiea Crime
SAYS HE WAS DRUNK
Cannot RecaB Exactly What
Happaned On Day His
Moiber Burned
Avalon B. Hall, solicitor of the
17th district, said last night that
Andrew Gregory, Wilkes man ho-
Ing held for the death of his mo
ther Sunday, JanuaiTu 14, had
asked ihlm not to proaecnte any
one else in connection with bis
, mother’s death hat has not made
a direct confession of the crime.
Gregory’s mother, Canzada
Gregory, was either Jjurned to
death or killed in her hnm^ble
home In Somers township and he
was ordered held by a coroner’s
jury.
He went to the home of neigh
bors on Sunday afternoon and
told that his mother’s clothing
had caught Gre and she had
burned to deatfar But he told them
that she burned on Sunday morn
ing about nine o’clook and did not
die nntll that afternoon and that
he remained with her without
notifying anyone of what had
happened until she died.
At the Inquest conducted by
Coroner I. M. Mfejs a physician
found that ,the woman’s nose had
been brok in and that there was
a bruise on her heed. Blood wu
found on her son’s clothing nd
’flier chai^ body'lay.
Because of the mystery ele-
Lexlngton, the incumbent, an- ™'
nounced several weeks ago that directed that an autopsy be per-
he would be a candidate for re-
election and Giles Y. Newton, of ^he grave ^d again exam
ined by a physician yesterday.
Solicitor HaU said that the pur
pose of the autopsy was to defl-
nitely establish cause of death
and to ascertain whether the
woman died of bums or had been
killed and then burned. A defi
nite report on the autopsy will
not be available nntll after lab
oratory tests have been complet
ed, Coroner Myera said.
A representative of the state
bureau of investigation has been
assisting Sheriff C. T. Doughton
and deputies in further invest!-
Charlotte Man
Is Caught With
40Gall^Fndt^
M. E. Held 'Z "S, M
by
race, is again a candidate.
The announcement sslued
Mr. Deane follows:
“1 respectfully announce to the
voters of Wilkes county my can
didacy for the Democratic par
ty’s nomination to represent the
people of the 8th North Carolina
Congressional District Id the
United States Congress. My per
sonal contact with the people of
the district in all walks of life
has been such that I know and
fully appreciate their problems,
and my sole desire Is to be of
service to them.
“First I want to express my
deep appreciation again for the
loyalty of my friends during my
campaign two years ago and to
acknowledge with gratitude num
erous assurances of their contin
ued support. To those who could
not join with us I hold nothing
but the kindliest feelings and
trust that as the campaign pro
gresses and as we become better
acquainted they too will join my
nomination.
“The voters of the District, I
feel, know my position on pub
lic matters. I have the confidence
that they appreciate the fight
made by my friends and myself
two years ago resulting in elec
tion reforms which now assures
to every Democrat that he has an
equal chance to appeal fbr and
obtain the votes of his fellow
Democrats. During the campaign
I will more fully state my posi
tion on all the Issues in which
the people of onr District are
vitally concerned.
"I shall condnet my campaign
in the Primary, as before. In a
truly democratic spirit and I
earnestly ..ollcit the support of
my fellow Democrats throughout
the District.”
ston-Balem Friday. They were court
Rev. Eugene Olive, T. E. Story.
.VM w.wvwM* uia^iSLX»i.o iwyuivo staw .
Miss Msriatina Cassd, dsugb- the Biblical Re«djrier, Baptist and docketed, Mr. Hayes said,
ter of Hr. and Mrs. A. S. Cassel publication with a clrculatioD ~
well was one among the snccsssfnl iqf- now of 13,396. Ssch Baptist
Vi e“Sfter business mat- Miss Cassel is a graduate ol tite snip as a oasis on wnicn to wots oe held on rnnrsuay nignt, imw, at auvi
^^c2uiin h®* J®®* recover- | school of nursing ak Bryn Mawr and get six per cent of that num- the lodge hall. AD members eare In ;
0* I Hospital at Bym Mnrr, Pi. I her as subscribers. urged to be pweent
11,60 IN THE STATE-g|2.00 OUT OF THE STAT»
Cdunty Giondl OF
iriie Clubs Pim
For Year
Smiator Wnilam B. Borah, *°I1ie Lion Of Idaho", who died Friday
night in Washington, D. C, frens>* cerebcnl hemorrhage caused by
a fsH on the flow of his epertment.
S. L Matdiews
Fatally Stricken
At Miles’ Home
FtHvner Mt. Plaasant Princi-
psJ Suffer* Stroke On
Sunday Afternoon
S. R Matthews, for 18 years
principal of Mount Pleasant high
school 15 mllen weot of this city,
EUiidny 'nighi; nine- o’Mock,
at the home of Dr. W, W. Miles
near Champion, where he ta*
visiting.
Mr. Matthews went to the
Champion community Sstorday
night to visit friends and on Sun
day afternoon suffered a stroke
of apoplexy while aX Dr. Miles’
home. He never rallied from the
stroke.
For the first year In many
years Mr. Matthews was not en
gaged in school work and had
retired to his farm near East
Bend in Yadkin county
North WIkesboro
Buflding and Loan
Has A GoodYear
Report Of Secretsuy-Treas-
urur Fcm* Meeting To>
night Shows Growth
Stockholders of the North Wll-
kesboro Building and Loan asso
ciation were scheduled to meet
tonlidit So hear a report of the
post year’s business and to elect
.dlrectom for the coming year.
Following the stockholders’ meet
ing the directors will elect ofH-
cers.
The association has experienced
much growth and has made con^
alderahle progress during the
past year, as shown iby the fol
lowing report of J. B. Williams,
secretary-treasurer, i>repared for
the meeting tonight:
Another year, our 37th, has
come to a close and brings me
the privilege of reporting, in be-
First Meeting Held Saturda]^
Afternoon In Office
Of Home Agent
Wilkes county connoU of homa
demonstration clnbs met ia l||
first meeting efytbe new year mir
urday afternoni. Mm. ,F. 9,
Moore, of Ronda, new presldeaA
presided and Mm iF. H. Tev»-
pangfa, of GllrMtli, wak Mtiog
secretary. *■;
The principal business oentend
around discussion of plans foB
activities of clubs during the ytmt.
It was decided that a program.of
improvement for the home a>
gent’s office be begnn in Febra>
ary and it was also voted that tka
yearbook for the county be mad#
up by the home agent’s offlee In
stead of using one from the stake
office. ^
The council voted that att
clubs during the year condnet |l*«
turn Btndy at their meetlnpu
Plans for the district ledemMfl*
meeting in May were also disensp-
ed. The council approved a plan
for se.*vlng simple refreshments
at each quarterly meeting, the
cost at each meeting to be paid
by three clubs In the county.
Group chairmen were named an
follows: group 1—Mrs. Maude
Do’bblns, of Ronda; group 8—
Mrs. W. H. Tevepaugh, of OU-
reath; group 3—Mrs. Nora Eller,
of Purlear.
City Schoid Has
Good Half Year
Attoidance For First Half
Of. Term At High Perceii»
tage Mark In City
Pleasant and other 'oommunitiea
In Wilkes to whom news of hl»
sudden death Is an occasion of
sorrow.
ttu-u — jj0 jg g.urvived by one daugh-
gatlon of the case during the past Matthews, East
few days. - ’ -
Solicitor Hall said that Gregory
sent for him Saturday night and
wanted to talk to him. He told
the solicitor that he did not want
anyone else to get In trouble over
his mother’s death, that if any
crime was committed that he did
it, although he said that he was
drunk on the day of his mother’s
death and could not remember
anything that happened. Neigh
bors testified that Gregory was
drunk when he went to their
homes and told of her death.
Coroner Myers said that Greg
ory objected to an autopsy over
his mother’s body and said that
he would take all the Wame for
anything that had 'been done, al
though he yet denied that he
killed his mother.
Suspicion centered on her son
because of the reputation he had
In the neighborhood of abusing
his mother when he was drunk,
the coroner said. \
His mother was over 70 years
of age and was both deaf and
mute. Gregory, about 40, had
been working on WPA projects
and helping his mother on their
small farm.
Attend Regional
Baptist Meeting
Four from Wilkes attended the v,,oi b. w,
western North Carolina regional working on the calendar for the
Baptist conference held In Win- March term of Wilkes superior
on.— —.
Indications point to a docket of
Court Calendar
Being Made Up
Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes is
Bend.
Funeral service will be
Tuesday, 11 a. m., at Prospect
church In Yadkin county.
Girl Scouts Put
On Lions Program
Group Entertauns Civic Club
With Stunts And Songs
At Regular Meeting
The North Wilkeaboro Lions
Club held a good meeting Friday
evening and was entertained by a
program put on by the Girl
Scouts.
A group of girls to * most in
teresting way performed a num
ber of skits and delighted the
club with songs.
C. A Walker, of Winston-Salem,
a member of the lions Internati
onal board of directors, was pres
ent and brought greetings freon
md in Yadkin county. your board of directors,
He had many friends In Mount association’s performance
and the policies which motivated
it. The financial statement as of
December 31, 1939, which Is
made a l«irt of this report, shows
that the North Wllkeshoro Build
ing and Loan Association now has
., I resources of $817,663.89. From.
! the standpoints of soundness of j
condition, the increase in new
business and in new relationships
with individuals, and tangible
service to the community the year
has been most successful.
Our resources at the beginning
of 1939 were $756,437.47 and at
the end of the year $817,564.89,
as stated herein, which means
that we have had an increase of
$61,126.42, which is a larger in
crease than we experienced in
1938. Our ratio of earnings for
the installment stockholders is a-
gain in excess of 6 per cent, or
to be exact, the earnings that
(Continued on page five)
City schools here have
pleted a most snceeseful half year.
' ^ie end ot ‘CSo first balf a§
the term was on Friday aftemooa
upon completton of midtm
examinations,
SSchool enrollment for the first
half totaled 976 with 667 In tUa
elementary division and 308 la
the blob school. Average da^r
membership was 621 elementaiT
and 299 high school students.
The attendance percentage
at a high record mark with eta-
mentary at 94 and high school at
96. This high attendance prevail
ed in spite of severe winter wea
ther and much sickness during
the past month.
eni aau urvugu. North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
the international organisation and enjoyed a good program Friday
Good Program At
Kiwanis Meeting
Furniture Makers
Attendii^ Shows
Representatives of local furni
ture manufacturing industries ara
showing their wares this week at
furniture expositions in New
York City and High Point.
At New York are J. D. Moore
and Jack Quinn for Home Chair
company; John B. Jusitce, Jr.,
from Oak Furniture company; J.
R. Finley for Forest Furniture
company, and a represeutativa
from American Furniture com
pany.
In High Point are Henry and
Ivey Moore for Home Chair com
pany; N. O. Smoak for Forest
Furniture company; R. W. Gwyn,
Jr., for American Furniture com
pany; J. B. and Bryce Caudill
for Key City Furniture company.
Good business is forecast for
the furniture Industry at exposi
tions this year.
from his home dub.
•The meeting was featured
Mrs. Laura Hester
Is Taken By Death
Mrs. Laura Greer a
daughter of tba UU jnOItti
without a guest speaker. -- —— ..
The meeting was xeasureu by C. B. E81er was program diair- Martha Gibbs Greer, oi ijvuuior,
good attendance and much inter-'man for the day and J. B. MefJoy gjni widow of the late W. J. Ho»*
- - - directed the proceedings. First on ter, died Friday night at tha
the program was J. C. Reins, whoijjenje her rieter-In-law, Mre.
told two jokes very interestingly. Q^ta Greer, at Moravian Falls.
He was followed by Paul S. Cia-'gjje was 86 years of age.
gan, who talked on “Vocational
Guidance." Hie last speaker was
est in work of the dob.
W; M. R. Chinxh Is
Ciabned By Death
Prominent CH**an Of Adley
Conummity PaaoM Fri
day Funeral Sunday
•Rev. W. M. R. (Jhuroh, one of
Wilkes county’s oldod and best
w* m mmmm aaw IVOT. rJU^t^UO WllVff, A. J!#. qtUlJ* llialC&U(
Hursea F.wnminnfinn Joff McNeill and Millard Caudill, about 160 cases by the time all
Much attention was devoted to magistrate reports are received i known cltiaena, died Friday after-
A T>4.U1a«1 va V - - . n HOOH, 4^16 'ftt- hlfl ui tlld
Eaatern Star Meeting
Begular meeting at diaptar, —. —
number 42 of the Eaetem Star wifl of age but notwltbstan^ng hla
Adley community. He had been
critically 11! for a few days.'
Rev. Mr. Church was 86 years
ation held recently. take 80 per cent of Its member- number 42 of the Eastern Star will oi age uni noiwiuwwM»^“s
Miss Caasd is a grradnate of the ship as a basis on which to work be hdd on Thursday nifldit, 7:30, at advanced age he remained ®®tlve
UaaI a-# wtrtwwmiv a# Kvtm Wawf* onsf Braf utw naw nf thftt' nnm-. IrwIeM Kn11_' 'All tnAmhfim ATB In pommnnlty and cta*®h actin-
V Jpariouedjjj#; pag»'’f*Te*if
In early life she Joined Zlo*
. Hill Baptist church and lived an
Robert 8. Glhhfl, Jr., who spoke of exemplar Christian life. Her hwH
Manual IVaining. He suggest^ ,hand died several years igo and
manual training as an opportuni- leaves three step-chlldr^
ty for boys and girls to ^d their
most smtable vocations.
In the Imstoesa seeshm John
SikeO became a member of die
club and the membership bnttoi
was presented by A H. Casey.
President W. E. Jones announced
that die January directoTe’ meet
ing will be hdd ^mrsday evening,
6:30, at ?otd Wilkes.
H, R. Niswonger, _ .
was n guest of Dan Hdler. nnd P-
MTi Simmering, of Chicago, waa *
guest of G, O. McNisL
two nieces end nine nepheWB.
Funeral service wae hdd 8b*-
day at Moravian 8*II*‘-BMWR
church and hnrial was In tk*
Baptist cemetery at Boomer.
Calvin Brooks Doad
CaMn Brooks, 7*ye*rkold *a*»
inuu wim. towit of the CsU Community,
Niswonger, of Keldfh, ^
vice was hdd at Plaaiant;
church.