k
[mFiniisIsRepubed
starving to death near Aittojokl.
Snared while trying to outflank
the Mannerhelm line, the Russian
troops were .-eported eating horse
to overwhehB »*^^3nnn8
rtioer weight of in
order to rescue two tnaVpod rod
Jfwy divisions northeaA\of Lake t meat to keep alive.
b^ga was repulsed tl^y, the* * ™
npns announced, wRh "very
Russian losses, o
Planish sources scUd the attack
was ordered by soviet leaders In
an effort to save the soviet dl-
wlslons trapped and In danger of
Rates: Ic A Word
(Each InsertioB)
(MINIMUH (7HABGB Me)
FOR RENT
POR RE\T: Flv^rown Iionse.—
See J. S. Caudill at Jenkins
Hardware Co. l-29-2t
FOR SALE
fOR SALK RIGHT: El^t Model
A cars. Yadkin Valley Motor
Co- 1-2 9-21
SALE OF HOOKED RUGS: One
table o f handmade hooked
rugs—exquisite colors,, size 24
X 36, to close out at $2j,tl()'.each.
Jean's Dress Shop. . 1-25-tf
before you BUk' .your TI\
ROOFING, see the new .‘'MAST
ER CRIMP." Won’t •' leak.
Wilkes Tie & Feed Co.‘,\yl‘'25-tf
FOR SALE—One Plymouth
ooach; known as Pete Elledge
car; extra clean for model. See
or write Gilbert G. Foster,
North Wllkesboro, N. C.
f-25-2t
HURRY AND COME to the SII-K
SHOP. Truck load of new
spring prints delivered every
week. Don’t mlsr seeing them.
Location—Old Turner Funeral
home—"B” Street l-23-4t
UNUSUAL B.YRGAINS in good
used cars and trucks, several
makes and models. Wilkes Mo
tor company, two miles west
on Boone Trail. 10-2-tf
Otetee, Heaters, and Heatrolas
w-Rhode»-Day is the place to buy
hem. Prices to suit your pocket-
took. Rhodes-Day Furniture Co.
tO-9-tf
FOR SALE: I have two used
typewriters, both standard ma
chines, In good condition, that
I will sell at a bargain. Come
in and look them over, find me
up stairs over Dr. Taylors Of
fice, 9 th Street. W. Ot Harri
son. 1-1-tf
If It Is anything yon need in
the stove or heater line, be sure
to see ns. We have a wide selec-
Hon.—Rhodes-Day Fumitore Co.
i 10-9-tf
WANTED
WANTED—Man For Rawlel^
route In Wilkes county. Per
manent If you are a hustler.
For particulars write Raw-
leigh’s. Dept. NCA-164-103H,
Richmond, Va., or gee L. G.
Harrold, North Wllkesboro, N.
C., R-1. J.18-25-fl-8 p
WAirTED—To see all my friends
at the CO.MMERCIAL BAR
BER SHOP, across the street
from the Liberty Theatre.—
FRED PALMER. 2-1-61
tfAMTED: To do your radio re
pair work ;n all makes and
models. Expert repairmen. Sat-
Istactiol guaranteed. — Day
Electric GO., Phone 328. 8-10-tf
A Finnish communique said;
“Northeast of Lake Ladoga
fierce fighting continued through
out the day. The enemy attacked
• • • in the greatest strength at
Kollaanjoki and Aittojoki. All
attacks were repulsed. The en
emy’s losses In this fighting were
very heavy."
Russian attacks on the Karel
ian Isthmus before the Manner-
helm line also were repulsed, the
communique said.
Some observers predicted the
flank defeats being suffered by
the Russians northeast of Lake
I.Adoga might have a disastrous
effect on the whole soviet winter
campaign.
‘‘Two hospitals were subjected
to bombing” at Nurmes In north
ern Finland yesterday by the Rus
sian airforce, the Finns reported.
“According to reports received so
far 21 civilians were killed and
21 wounded in this bombing. In
cluding members of the medical
staff.’’
The Finns themselves carried
out several reconnaissance and
bombing flights.
». G.
;^ay;
%
Atttods Biff Banquet
W. H. Cooper, of Cooper's Radio
Service, In Ctiariotte for Phil-
co Dealer Meeting
J$i|,Eqiedied TuftlmoiiGrofelleiin
Be BSt
Year In Tbrto^
Barium Springs
Is Left $25,000
In Kelly Will
Goldsboro. Jan. 24.—The will
of J. E. Kelly, field today for
probate, bequeathed $25,000 to
nariiim Springs orphanage, $5,-
000' to the home niistsion commit
tee of the Wilmington pre.sbytery,
and the hulk of the estate, unof
ficially valued at about $500,000
to seven nephews and nieces.
Kelly, one of Mt. Olive’s w-eal-
tblest citizens, died last Sunday.
After directing cash bequests
totaling $48,000 and specifying a
distribution of stocks, the will
named the nieces and nephews
equal sharers in the remainder of
ttie estate after a 10-year trust
period. The Wachovia Bank and
Trust company was named execu
tor.
WIFE DRAMATIZES SUI-
CIDE; A HUGE SUCCESS
(Continued from page one)
North Wllkesboro was repre
sented at the big banquet given
Monday by A. K. Sutton, Inc.,
Philco distributor, for North and
South Carolina by W. H. Cooper,
proprietor o f Cooper’s Radio
Service, local Philco dealers.
“More than 500 dealers from
over the two states were present
for the banquet,” Mr. Cooper
stated, and while in Charlotte the
Philco dealers were not only
shown the various new 1940
Philco radio models, but were
given a premiere showing on the
new 1940 Philfeo refrigerators
which will soon be On the mar
ket. York Air-Conditioning units
were also shown.
Factory experts were present
to explain In detail the new Im
provements in the Philco radios
and refrigerators.
The banquet, which took place
at Hotel Charlotte, was an en
joyable event, and Philco dealers
from over the territory were en-
thusia.stic over the prospects for
good business during 1940.
Shartage Of Home* Bim Of
Pred’ctlaii For Continu
ed Upward Trmd
Mr. Wright, who hag,
been alck .fcr the paet week, Is,
not as well at this writing.
Mr. Luther Camiri9en,‘ of Rwlf'
ingham county, is a visitor in
this community.
Increased Travel
Shown By Gasoline
Consumption in N.C.
PANTED: Bring yonr typewrit
ers, cash registers. Adding Ma
chines, computing scalos, check
writers, clocks, and sewing ma-
ohlnee that need r^alrlng and
cleaning to me up stairs over
Dr. Taylor’s Dental Office, 9th
Street. Satisfactory service
guaranteed on all work, leave
orders at Carl W. Steele Jewel
er/ store. Phone 384. W. 0.
Harrison. 1-1-tf
MISCELLANEOl^
apple and peach
See ns before you buy.]; B^h-
Best quality, low prlcee^' heet
new and old varletlee. (’> Also
other fruits. Howard-fflpkory
Nurseries, Hickory, N.
2-8-4t (t)
tfUBT BE MUUAUD. 'juere aie
millions of circulating heaters,
but only one Genuine Betate
NMtrola. Look for the name
Heatrola. It appears on no oth
er cabinet except an Estate.—
Bbodee - Day Fnmltnre Co.,
North WUkesboro. N. O
OoM weather Is Just ^eaL Be
-martirT iottbm m tauten »«
' r beaters fw eosd
ting behavior around the dead.
They opened the door and there
stood Mrs. James Church, buxom
woman of 49 years but in an ex
cellent state of health. The offi
cers were at a toss to know how
to proceed. One asked her her
name and she said she was James
Church’s wife.
“You are supposed to be dead,”
one deputy said. “Take a good
look,’’ she replied, “do I look like
I’m dead?’’
After questioning Mrs. Church
and conferring with each other
the officers reached the conclus
ion that Church and his wife had
a family quarrel and that she
carried out a practical joke on
her husband. They found a stain
on the floor which appeared to
have been made by juice from
canned blackberries and probably
was the explanation of the stains
on the floor, which threw so
much fear into her husband. Re
constructing the incident in the
ory, the officers said the woman
must have fired the gun, put the
juice on the floor and lay the gun
down to make it look like she
had become tired of It all and
sought death as the way out.
But today Church and his wife
both denied that they had had
any trouble and that everything
was lovely when he left to get a
bucket of water. Church did ad
mit that they had had a few
quarrels in their 23 years of mar
ried life but “nothing more than
any couple has,” he said.
She said today that she fired
the gun but admitted nothing
more concerning the fake suicide
act.
Officers held Church at the
jail pending inveetigation of his
story and he was a surprised man
when they returned with his wife
shortly after midnight. He didn’t
know what to say or do but he
sal'' he felt very happy about it
and was as glad as he could be
that she was not dead. He had
been crying Intermittently be
tween the time he arrived at the
jai' and the time the officers re
turned several hours later.
Church and his wife were held
in jail from Tuesday night until
late yesterday, when they were
charged with an affray and re
leased under bond for appearance
at a hearing to be held before
Magistrate R. C. Jennings on Feb
ruary 3.
Officers said that Mrs. Church
bad some scratches on her hands
and that there were Indications
that she and her husband had
engaged In an affray on Tuesday
preceding the suicide hoax.
Raleigh, Jan. 22.—Increased
travel In North Carolina during
1939 Is shown by the large In
crease in gasoline used, the total
amounting to 419,188,971 gal
lons, It was pointed out today by
officials of the .state advertising
division of the Department of
Conservation and Development.
This is an increase of 23.563,299
gallons over the amount used In
1938 and an increase of more
than 37,000,000 gallons over the
amount used In 1937. .■\ccording
to figures obtained from the gas
oline tax division of the Depart
ment of Revenue motorists paid
$83,837,794 for this gasoline at
an average of 20 cents a gallon.
On the basis of figures worked
out by the American Automobile
Association, 65 per cent of this
gasoline was used by passenger
cars and 35 per cent by trucks.
TPhe AAA also has worked out
figures showing that passenger
ca.rs now average 14 miles to the
gallon and trucks 10 miles to the
gallon.
This means that passenger cars
in North Carolina last year used
272,472,831 gallons of gasoline
and trucks 146,716,140 gallons.
In terms of miles, passenger
cars traveled almost fo’ur billion
miles in the state last year, or
3,814,619,634 miles, while trucks
traveled almost a billion and a
half miles, or 1,467,161,400
miles.
One passenger car would have
to travel around the world 152,-
584 times in order to equal the
number of miles traveled by pas
senger cars in North Carolina
during 1939, without considering
the 1,467, 161,400 miles traveled
by trucks.
It is estimated that at least 3,-
ono.OOO people in 1.000,000 pas-
■senger cars from other states vis
ited North Carolina during 1939.
"1939 was our best year and
we are looking forward to 1940
as one which will be even bet
ter,” J. B. Williams, Secretary
of North Wllkesboro Building
and Loan Association, said this
week in reviewing the activities
of his organization and com
menting upon the prospects for
1940. His optimistic prediction
for 1940 was based upon the fact
that general business conditions
are so good and the interest of
the public in purchasing or con
structing better homes has nev
er been any greater. “Of course,’’
he added, "the European War
and the trend of repair costs and
material prices may adversely af
fect many of the favorable factors
which now prevail.”
More people are building and
loan minded today as never be
fore and the building and loan
association is the primary meth
od for financing the home con
struction, because these commun
ity institutions specialize entirely
on long-time real estate loans.
He stated that It was most en
couraging to note that people are
not borrowing to the limit and
want to pay off their loan In as
short a time as possible to enjoy
a debt-free home.
Today a large volume of funds
is available for new construction
and for financing homes already
constructed. There Is a shortage
of homes In this section, which
is th-? basis tor continuance of
the great construction activity
that has taken place in 1939,
most of which was financed hy
the building and loan associa
tions.
Mrs. Jas. A. Caudle
Dies At Ronda Home
Mrs. iMartba Jane Byrd Can
dle, age 71, wife of James A.
Caudle, died last night at her
home on Ronda route 2 following
a brief ll'res^ of pneumonia.
Mrs. Cai’d'r' w s a highly re
spected resident of her commun
ity and was a daughter of the
late William H. and Amanda
Byrd. Surviving are her husband
and three children: Mrs. Frances
Gray, of Winston-Salem; J. Weav
er Caudle, of Ronda; Mrs-. Charles
E. Burchette, of Ronda; and one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Everette Dob
bins, of Rondo. Also surviving arc
six grandchildren, one brother,
Doris Byrd, of Ronda; and three
sisters, Mrs. Emmaline Redding,
Misses Clemmie and 'Viola Byrd,
of Ronda.
She was a member of Pleasant
Grove Baptist church, where the
funeral service will be held on
Friday, one o’clock.
Howl
LSaiU
^*^Inturdleo Agi
* 'YiBaf
Wilkes Motor Co.
In New Location
E. W. Swaim Dies
Of Stroke Monday
Enos Winfield Swaim, 68,
bachelor and farmer of near Cy
cle, died late Monday at his home
following a stroke of paralysis
suffered on Saturday morning at
his home. Apparently In usual
health, Mr. Swaim had just
brought In some wood for roplen-
ishlng a fire In the grate when he
suddenly sank to the floor. He
never rallied nor recovered con
sciousness.
Mr. Swaim was a son of the
late Jack Swaim and Mrs. Sarah
Collins Swaim and resided with
his brother, Thomas Swaim of
Cycle. He was a member of Oak
Grove Baptist church. His only
immediate survivor save nieces
and nephews is the one brother
with whom he resided.
The funeral service was con
ducted Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock from Swan Creek Baptist
church by the Rev. E. K. Woot
en. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
Heroic Dog Saves
Family, Then Dies
New Bern, Jan. 24.—After
barking so incessantly that J. F.
Hill and his family of 10 were
awakened and enabled to flee in
safety from their burning resi
dence at Bridgeton, Susie, A Spitz
dog, died a heroine’s death In the
charred ruins of the home.
Whether the dog was overcome
by smoke or whether she returned
to the burning structure after
saving the lives of the occupants
is not known.
Mrs. Hardin Royall
Claimed By Death
Man Runs Amok,
Kills 2, Wounds 2
Corpus Christ!, Tex., Jan. 22.
—An oil field worker, armed with
two high power rifles, ran amok
today, killed two men and wound
ed two others.
Six policemen finally subdued
the man.
Arthur Crutchman, ambulance
driver, and Eddie Drenning, a
produce dealer, were killed.
Wounded In the volley of shots
were John Marshalls, a police
man, and W. L. Denson, a poul
tryman.
Use the advertising columns of
this paper as your shopping guide.
Don't COUGH .Ifj'Srr
Funeral .services for Mrs. Haz
el Warren Royall, 18, wife of
Hardin Royall of Roaring Gap,
who died of pneumonia at her
home, were conducted Monday
morning at 11 o’clock from Roar
ing Gap Baptist church, of which
she was a member, by Rev. Grant
Cothren and Rev. 'Morgan Lyons.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Royall, who had been
married only a year, was a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Warren of Thurmond. Surviving
e her husband, her parents,
four sisters. Misses Opal, Helen,
Velda and Louise Warren; two
brothers, Holland and Harrison
Warren, Jr.; her maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
Shaver of Greensboro, and her
parterual grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Warren of Thurmond.
Wilkes Motor company, dealer
for Hudson and Pontiac automo
biles, announced today removal to
new and more spacious quarters
in the new brick building recent
ly erected by Lin Bumgarner next
to Wilkes Oil company three
miles west of this city on high
way 421.
The company, which has been
operating In temporary quarters
two miles west of this city, will
be able to more adequately dis
play the new automobiles in the
new location and your visit will
be appreciated.
fcWiylto Howard, of WUlMWwro, *^'
fWBt tor th« MetropoUln
'insurance oompany In tldt ilvH*
tory, led all agents In the m»>
stonTSalem district In amouat of ’’
life and he^th and aecidea^ In
surance business during tb# 9ngr .
1939." - .
M r. Howard soored
points and bis nearest rival bid -
966 for the year. ‘ - j
Usc^the advertiaing cotanM of i
this papar aa yonr ahoppbur tmida. |
Ruth Terry and Fat O’Brien
in “Slightly Honorable.”
Singing Talent
Won Ruth Terry
Starring Start
IT
ABE ABOUT
THE RED STAR
HORTON'S CUT-RATE
DRUG STORE
UBERH
Steele Keeps ^Mum’
On Race In Eighth
Rockingham, Jan. 24.—Belief
that Robert L. Steele. 3rd, bet
ter known us Bob Steele, would
run for the congressional nomi
nation in the eighth district was
strengthened today when Mr.
Steele would not say “yea, yea or
nay, nay.’’
Local political dopesters, who
claim to be able to tell you ex
actly what somebody else Is go
ing to do, claim that If Mr.
Steele had definitely decided not
to run he would be glad to say
Already. C. B. Deane, of Rock
ingham, W. 0. Burgin, of Lexing
ton, and Giles Newton, of Gib
son, have announced their inten
tion of seeking the nomination.
Mr. Burgin Is the Incumbent.
Buyers Get First
Hand Bed Tests
High Point, Jan. 24.—Some 20
or 30 furniture buyers attending
the mid-winter exhibition here
this week had a real opportunity
last night to test first hand the
resttulness and comfort qualities
of bedroom furniture on display
■here.
Pacing the danger of driving
back to their homes over hazard
ous highways, made so by the
heavy snowfall, without reserva
tions in the crowded hotels and
unable to get taxis handily to
ride out in search for a place to
put up for the night, the buyers
turned In” In different display
rooms. No complaint was voiced
this morning by the snow-bound
men and market officials were
wondering today whether the ex
perience of the buyers would re
flect in Increased sales in bed
room furniture.
“Keep your eye on Ruth Ter
ry!’’
That’s the advice that is whip
ping through Hollywood’s Inner
circles as studio executives press
their eternal search for young
talent that is potential star mate- |
rial.
Most people have never heal'd
of the girl. In the large order of
things, Ruth Terry Is unknown,
but already In Hollywood the
word has gone around that there
Is a girl who bears watching.
Two of the master showmen of
Hollywood, Producer IV a 11 e r
Wanger and Director Tay Gar
nett, consider Ruth one of the
best possibilities for stardom in
motion pictures. They had enough
faith to cast her opposite Pat O’
Brien In “Slightly Honorable,”
which opens Monday at the Lib
erty Theatre with a cast that also
includes Edward Arnold, Broder
ick Crawford and Claire Dodd.
It Is significant that Ruth has
never been grouped with that
everchanging flock of promising
young starlets who are always
knocking at the door of a bril
liant career but never seem to
cross the threshold.
This Irish colleen who has
flashed into prominence in the
past few weeks, gets an excep
tional chance for fame in “Slight
ly Honorable’’ and from then on
her future Is in the hands of Mr.
and Mrs. John Public.
Wanger thinks she will make
the grade. So does Garnett, who
coached her carefully while di
recting the picture, and Pat O’
Brien, who calls her his “little
cupcake” and tipped her off on
many angles of the profession as
they worked together — angles
that too often come only with
experience or heartbreak.
Indications throughout the
country are that Ruth is begin
ning to catch on with the star-
making public.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
IF
Bell Child Dies
Ina Mae Bell, infant daughter
of Spurgeon and Velma Church
Bell, of near this city, died Tues
day and funeral service was held
Wednesday, ten o’clock, at Bap
tist Home church with Rev. Ed
Hayes in charge.
it "
OWBi'"***-,
NOW
SHOWING
Preaching Service
The small girl had been gravely
regarding her father’s head for
some time.
“Daddy,” she said at last, "isn’t
it funny? Mummy’s hair is i®
waves, and yours is all beach.”
Reading the ads. get von mort
-■*or less money. Try It
WE’LL MAKE THEM
LOOK LIKE
NEW!
Suede shoes
look mbbed
Hedhunr "Ah, I hear the spirit
of yonr lata wife knocking.’*
Beveaved Spouse: ’flKlio’s she
knoddng sowT*
ask for MENTHO-HULSION
IF IT FAILS TO STOP YOUR
COUGK DOE TO COLDS ASK FOR
YOUR MONEY BACK only 75^
and shabby?
'We refinUdi
them like nelw
for a fraction,
of what new
shoes coat.
—Shoe Repairing A Specialty-
Gilreath Shoe
Rev. R. L. Isbell, of Lenoir,
will preach at the Advent Church
at Boomer on Sunday, January
28, 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The
Public is cordially invited to the
service.
“John!”
“Yes, my dear.”
"Tlierc’s a comer tom off from
yonr pay check. What did ypu
spend it for?”
Eller’s Flowers
POTTED PLANTS
CUT FLOWERS
funeral designs
For Sale By
HORTON’S CUT-RATE
AN IMPOIITANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
We wish to announce the removal of
our show room and garage to the new
brick building on Highway 421 next
to the Wilkes Oil Company—larger
•
and better quarters fm* the conveni
ence of our customers. Come to see
us at our new locatimi, where the
1940 Hudson and Pontiac cars are on
display.
r::
Wilkes Mdtiu: Co.
HUDSON—PONTIAC
DRUG STORE
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