> in nlmoM « moUltt veoanii^
I todar that the Ddm-
iMBaUe eoarenthMi he held eerlihr
, ftan !■—el,.. m> ,thai Khrtb Cuo-
^Xaa aktsht have ‘’aaOM' Ihflnen-
tlal w^ -ln the -aomlaatlea
^iflMillNitial and elee preatdhntlal
■aaadtdatee.
In th» peat, the aute Demwrat-'
da aomrankm naoniiy‘has ‘been
keld oatp a. tew days MoA the
Mtleaal eonTentlon. he iUtt’, and
IM “merely mhher-etamped' na-
tlonel polleiea and candldatea-’’
It"'the state conrentlon lineets
vaA^ore the national session,
Mortt Carolina delegates will
•We to ca««us with delegates
from- other states and help to
draft poUclee and select candi
dates, the goTemor asserted,
e Mrvy Is Sneseeted
Hoey suggested that the state
meeting he held some time in
May>« before the North Carolina
flnh^mary, May 25.
“By holding the convention in
May, ■We can promote harmony by
pret^nting national Issues from
cetdng mixed up in our state pri
maries,” he said.
The executdve committee of the j
atatp Democratic party ■will con-1
Tend here Friday night to fix the ]
date of the convention. The gov-
or»9jr, who Is reooTerlng from an
opention for hernia, said he
wottld not be able to attend, since
heyjrlll be confined to the man
sion tor about a week.
Asked whether he thought the
nnlt.>ule should ibe Invoked by
the state convention, Hoey re
plied: “At the present time, my
feeUitg is that it should not.” If
the mle were Invoked, the state’s
delegates all would vote for the
same man.
He declined to comment when
asked whether the delegates
should be instructed to cast their
first vote “for Clyde R. Hoey.”
The 1939 general assembly broke
precedent by indorsing the gov
ernor as a favorite son candidate
for President.
The governor said he had been
following the North Carolina gub
ernatorial campaign carefully,
from newspaper accounts which
he read while he was a patient
in Duke hospatal.
He still i£tW^ he
said, to
no,^ part in the campaign
“pnleM my administration or the
record ol the party is attack^.’*
“It has not ibsen and is not my
hUention to exert the pressure of
my office to attempt to select my
Mccessor,” the govemor said.
He declined to comment on a
suggestion by Mayor Thomas E.
■.Cooper, of Wilmington, a gnber-
satortal candidate, that all asplr^
ants apeak in public debatee^from
the same platforms, and that all
sign an agreement eliminating a
second primary race.
“I have not discussed publicly
the suggestions of any candidate,”
he stated.
Hoey said he intended to ap
point, within a week, a successor
to Robert L. Thompson, his sec
retary, who is resigning to be
come head of the state news bu
reau, and to the late George Mc
Neill, of Fayetteville, members of
the state board of election.s;.
The governor, who returned to
Raleigh from the hospital yester
day, said he felt well, and had
lost only five pounds.
Special U.S. Court
Session Is Callec
Information to Be Presented
By F.B.I. to Grand Jury
For Indictments
Winston-Salem, Jan. 29.—^At
torneys of the anti-trust division
of the department of justice
moved into Winston-Salem today
in what appeared to be the last
lap of an extensive investigation
into alleged monopollsbie practic
es of the fertilizer industry.
The main work facing the F.
B. I. operatives here is believed
to be the preparing of evidence
to be placed before the grand
jury.
A special trem of U. S. district
court has been called by Judge
Johnson J. Hayes at the request
of District .■Utorney Carlisle Hig
gins. to convene February 12. A
grand jury is to be chosen and
is expected to stay In session six
months or longer.
fUaott man,
'somcartaure
WObiOD, Jan. If
Fanner, ?7-yea(s>ld
mxirted to be wort:
b^m |1M,000
was found dead In b:
early tbig morning
or-Uka enrronndlngx
of bank atatoments '^etrewn "^
round the room^ 41^' on^ eet»
dence of hla weukh. j^'.
He waa aaid to lUMi^:
who’ runa a ftl^ig .^idton next
door, found ■the bw wly today
bide roomurttow aatt tourlilft.
Be' B»gd;.i|toi>e.
'▲n extMOlre ■’Igi&urBaiv'. Mr.
;q9W or iif “biipW* of -toe jeellMt
^ dt)Mr:»i«idsy'jir.iiiiMigh)i.
fashloa. recent yeagi hk
Fiiwiaen Are-' Hmtaiii^iPfa
By Zero WeUliWyTro*
'doijMi. wen;,^eet .atangn to
to^n'daqjite hla r^ted wealth.
i fifteen cento In caah ^wae found
VV
^ the sofa where he died.
In his youth Jie was-an employe
-ot'tbe onee.ftuned Brwuh Tlme,,.^
Merchants here and lator went
Bnbsero weather" In Chicago proved a dangerous handicap io Windy City lire flgbters recently* Heavy
snow and freezing temperatures called for drastio measures. Plremen John Donovan, left, equipped wWi skis
and carrying a ladder, hastens to a Are Just outside the city’s Loop. Bight: A parked antomobfle sealed with
a heavy coating of me from water sprayed by firehose. After each blase firemen were forced to chop their
hoses free from ice-covered streets. *
The federal probe which
has statement.
, . I “It appears that the prices of
just centered here was caused ferUllsere have
“continuous complaints of nto-'ijeen maintained with such unl-
nopolistic practices In commercial formlty as to constitute corrobor-
fertilizer” from (1) farmers’ co- ation of these complaints and to
“rrr.- 'l?
ers and farm groups, (3) unor- „ anrles
gamlzed farm groups, (4) deal- P''*':®®
ers and (5) mixers, according to coincidences.
a department of justice state
ment issued today.
Production and distribution of
fertilizer Is of paramount import'
ance to the entire eastern half j
Censorship Unable
To Delude Russians
Increasing uneasiness in Mos-
of the United States and to the over home repercussions of
Pacific coast, said the statement, army reverse.? in Finland is
which spoke of proper fertilizer ^ggp^e the close Russian
as a matter comparable in im- geng^^rship.
portanee to soil erosion in the | serious the internal
arid sections of the west.
It has been necessary to send
become is a matter of speculation,
situation in Russia is or might
federal agents over a wide terri- ] another major victory for the
tory to investigate present trade
practices in the $200,000,000-a-
year fertilizer industry, the de
partment of justice said.
“These complaints come from
sources so reliable that they can
not ;be Ignored,” continued the
Appreciation
Of The Splendid Response To Our
Call For
Renewal Subscriptions
We greatly appreciate the many renewal
subscriptions (and new ones, too), that have
been received during our drive to get every
subscriber A PAID-IN-ADVANCE SUBSCRIB
ER as required by the postal laws.
There are yet a few >riio have aDowed
their subscription to get in arrears. May we
Imve your renewal, too, while onr big big sul^
Motion drive is on? Look at the label m the
bout page of your paper. If it shows your sub-
larqitkm has expired, your renewal w31 be
-J.
^*Wflka« County's Only Somi-Weekly Newspaper”
Pnblished Mondays and Thuradaya
’
mo41. It is the frequently repeated
report that British, French and
perhaps American oil interests in
Rumania have long been prepar
ed to destroy the wells if either
Russia or Germany attempts to
seize them.
That would be a terrible blow
to Germany. The threat of such
action may be King Carol’s main
hope of reaching a solution of
his difficulties and averting dis
aster for his rich but almost de-, smoke and water,
fenseless country.
Elkin’s first major lira of the
year late Saturday nJgCit raced
unchecked to completely destroy
the home of the J. S. Russell fam
ily on G^wyn Avenue. Zero weatht
er and frozen fire hydrants com
bined to haorper firemen in their
efforts to control the blaze, forc
ing them to confine their efforts
to protecting adjoining residences
which were in Imminent danger
of burning. •
The large, two story, 10-room
frame structure burst into flame
between 10:30 and 11:00 p. m.,
and had gained a strong foothold
when firemen arrived, and a few
minutes later was a seething mass
of flame. So rapidly ddd the
blaze spread that only a few ar
ticles of furniture could be saved.
The home of Mrs. Anna Gra
ham, located nearby, caught fire
and was damaged by the flames.
Into the mnploye .of the United.-^-
States poatofftee here and at one
time waa aasletaat poetmarter.
In a aate in the home that was
wide* open a namher of paper*
and cardboard envelopes were
found and placed In the custody
of the clerk of the court. It was
thought that there might be some
bonds In these envelopes but they
were not opened today.
Friends said today he. was one.^
of the "best Informed” men of'
the section.
&
•»
r
George W. Kizer
Dies Suddenly At
Lincolnton Home
Clearance Sale At
Finns north of Lake Ladoga, fur
ther aggravating Russia’s proh-
lems, seems Impending.
Finnish reports of wholesale
, Russion bombardment of Manner-
heim line positions on the Kareli
an Isthmus attract attention be
cause they might imply another
desperate Red army attempt to
break through there at any cost.
General Stern, shifted from the
Far East by command of Stalin
to take over direction of the cam
paign in Finland, has had a
month or more to prepare^. If his
attack is now to bog down as
badly as did that of his predeces
sor, not only his reputation but
that of Stalin, who hand-picked
him for the task, will suffer. One
escape from that dilemma for
, both would be a break-through on
the main sector of the Manner-
helm line, whatever the cost in
blood.
Press Changes Tone
That could explain the sudden
change in tone of the expressions
in the controlled Moscow press
as to the objective of Russia.
Heretofore, the Moscow papers
and periodicals have explained
for Russian consumption that
Russia was springing to the aid
of downtrodden workers in Fin-
lard, bleeding under the heal of
capltalisitic oppression.
Most of the Russian units defi
nitely identified in the. Finnish
campaigns have been from the
Moscow area. Advices reaching
Washington have indicated that
the w-ar in Finland, an exception
ally hard winter in all Europe,
I and the disruption of Russian
transportation as a result of both
the war and attempts to fill Ger
man orders, has caused suffering
in the Moscow regie n particular
ly.
Whatever the aggregate of
Russian losses in Finland, it
seems prefbable _that there are
more stricken families in the
Moscow vicinity than elsewhere.
Add to that the food shortages,
high prices, and other unhappy
circumstances due to the war,
and the cumulative effect politic
ally for the Moscow regime cO’uld
become serious.
Berlin Troubled
It is also increasingly obvious
that the Russian fiasco in Fin
land has seriously trouibled Berlin
its awn battle with the Franco-
Britlsh allies. The tense situation
in Rumania as a result of diplo
matic pressure battle- over oil, is
an evidence of that. It indicates
that the confusion in Russia hw
41minished German hopes of an
'%ssared flow of Russian oil and
other commodities,.
■The Berttti resiibiise was to
turn the diplomatic heat on Ru-1
mania to step up''Rumanian nil
deliveries. An allied coonterrmoTej
in the form of a warning' against
any requisitioning of oU tor Ger~-
many from Brltljli'' or Frendi.
owned wells in Runaaia .kas pat:
King Carol and. Ids govgciDB*^
in a grave i»8lWoi>..t
There Is- a factor abont
(dl sitoattoet at
to
George W. Kizer, father of
Vernon Kizer, of this city, waa
found dead in bed at his home in
Lincolnton Tuesday morning.
Death was attributed to an apo
plectic stroke.
He was 80 years of age and !
Belle’s Continues
Belk’s department store in this
city today announces the continu
ation of its big January Clearance
Sale into Febniary.
■Much desirable winter merch
andise remained on band at the
end of January and the store
management decided to continue
the big sales event with a greater
TAXI SERVICE
Low Rates — Careful Drive«
—PHONE 431—
Call Us For A 15c Cab
Saturday and Sunday 25c
WILKES CABS
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
I reduction in prices on many
throughout his. entire life he had .^ypgg-of merchandise throughout
never tieen seriously ill. He was I store.
engaged in the plunrblng trade j .gome of the many values are
and had worked constantly even ugted in an advertisement which
in his advanced age. He worked appears elsewhere In this news-
all day Monday and retired for paper.
the night apparently in good , — rg
Woodrow Guthrie
LIGHT, PLUMBING,
WATER PIPE
REPAIRING
—’PHONE 244-J—
health.
Surviving are five sons: T. L.
Kizer, of Granite Falls; Alex H.
Kizer, of Brevard; Vernon Kizer,
[a linotype operator at The Journ
al-Patriot office in this city;
Fred Kizer and George Wl Kizgr,'
Jr., both of Lincolnton. i
He was a member of St. Luke’s .
Episcopal church in Lincolnton, |
where funeral service was held:
Wednesday afternoon, two o’-j
clock. Rev. B. M. Lackey, of Le
noir, a life-long friend of the
family, conducted the service and .
burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Yearbooks For Home,
Clubs Are Available
At the February meeting of •
the Home Demonstration Clubs
th,e^yearbooks for 1940 will be'
available. The yearbooks have
been edited by the Home Agent
and approved by the County
Council. Each book will conta n
an outline of the programs anJ
demonstrations for each month,
calender of club meetings, offi
cers of County Council and local.
clubs, recipes and other special
information. I
This book is based upon the
I program of work In Wilkes
county and will b( of special in-1
j terest to every club woman. The |
I books win sell for 4c each or ,
j three books for 10c. Every club
woman Is urged to have one of,
these yearbooks so that she will
Ibe able to follow the program of
work for the year. |
NOTICE
—JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF—
FOR LADIES AND
CHILDREN
FOR MEN AND
BOYS
GALOSHES
OVERSHOES
Gaiters and Rubber Boots
98'
98'l^
C. PENNEY COM.” ANY, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Christy Tedder,
of Brushy Mountain township,
were North Willkesboro visitors
yesterday. Mrs. Tedden is the
new postmaster at Gllreath and
the office is now centrally locat
ed at the site of the old Brushy
Mountain postoffice:
it’s the MEN
BEHIND the SCENES
The pharmacists who fill your pres-
scriptions here are skillfully trained
and use the freshest of drugs at Hor
ton’s Money Saving Prices.
You can rely on us to fill your physician’s
specifications.
Two registered druggist* mi duty at all
times—C. C. (Charlie) Reins and Pal
mer Horttm—“Graduate Pharmacists.”
4- LOOK FOR THE RED STAR
ASK ABOUT THE RED STAR ^
Horton’s Cut Rate Drug Store
—Phone 300—
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