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.r.- _ . . ; A. 1. ®f Beaver I I^fend^ of Mrs. W. L. Joines, township, 11^ a business of WlUtesboro, will be glad to Wilkesboros today, [know sheila »-ble to be out again 'W«wv o„i i after an attack of flu. ‘Worth Sale, of Newcastle i tip, was a tmalness visitor [ Mr. Reece, manager of the local city today. iMiller-Jones store, spent several ! hours in Statesville today loo'k- Chat*T '‘rd ate \V. E. Horton, of i ^ ]^ttwnshlp, was a North Wil-1 I^O^u business visitor Saturday. •Mr. Alonso Anderson, o f Mnnhy Mountain township, was here on business Friday. lag after business matters. Mr. iSA 'vy. Robinson, well known fanner and orchardist of Brushy Mountain township, was aniong those paying the city a visit Friday. Mrs. A. S. Eller, of Purlear | contraaore have started work community, was a pleasant cklier | five-room home being I at this office Friday. I erected for Mr. and Mrs. Tyre Mr. Bunker Eller, of Winston- ■ western. part Salem, spent tho -week-end in Wiikeeboro with Mrs, Eller. Mr. and ^TS. Paul Weeks and family, of Lenoir, were visitors in North Wllkesboro, Sunday. Mr. T. O. Minton, proprietor of the Champion Poultry Farm, was among those here Saturday iook- r lug after business matters. of Wllkesboro. Mr. C. E. Burchette, well known resident o f Newcastle township, spent several hours in the city Saturday looking after business matters. Mrs. r-J. .oI , Boomer section, vdS' a iSsI hoars Friday. “ ■.« . ’ f Mrs. B. M. Pardne. of Moravi an Falls, -visited her daughter Mrs. David Klmbrell, in lotte, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Critch- er, of Moravian Falls, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hubbard in Lenoir yesterday. Mr. H. B. Dodso^ who resides near the city on the Falrplalns highway, is reported today as be ing very ill with pneumonia. Messrs. Dwight Miller and Max- ie Shumate, of this city, spent several days in Richmond, Va., last week on business. Mr. H. H. Beshears and Misses Mildred Blackburn and Winnie M'alsh, of Walsh postoffice, were pleasant callers to The Journal- Patriot office today. ! Mr. A. C.*Gibbs, Jr., manager! of the local office of the Duke i Power Company, is in Charlotte I company \ m jlibay Bald senrico, and ova- IRA W. DAY The Security Life and Trust today looking after business matters. Company, of Winston-Salem, an ' Mr. and Mrs. Ritz R. Hardin. I of Wilkesboro, were visitoi-s to 1 Salisbury and Mt. .■\lry, Monday. Mrs. Hardin is pleasantly remeni- Mr. W. O. Barnett, prominent ' hered as Mrs. Lucy Lyon. M resident of Elk township, was a-1 . ,, , mong those in Wilkesboro look- ! and Lois Hard in, of M^st Jefferson, spent a tew days la.st week in Wilke.sboro known | visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ritz H sident of Antioch township, was | Hardin, a business visitor to the city Fri- i nounced today the appointment of ; Ira W. Day as apeefal representa- Mr. I. J. Broyhill, well known j tive of the Company for Wilkes resident of the Boomer section, ^ county, was a plea-sant caller at this of-, Mr. Day moved his family here lice Friday. Mr. Broyhill, a sub- last week from Reading, Pa. scriber to The Journal-Patriot, renewed his subscription. ing after business matters today. Arthur Sale, well resi day. Mrs. Nell Headren returned I yesterday from New York City .^^Mr. G. C. Walsh and daughter, • where .she has been buying spring '-;B6s Matelois Walsh, were a-] niei’chandise for Belk's ready-to- mong those spending several , wear department. hours here Friday. ^ ^ , Mr. J. B. Williams, manager of Mr. T. Y. Inscore, one of the, the North Wilkesboro Insurance best known citizens of Somer.s ■ .Agency, returned to his office to- townshlp, was in the city Friday looking after business matters. Born to .Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Call, who reside on North Wii keeboro Route 1, on February 6th, a daughter. Barbara. The Wilkesboro fire depart ment was called out Thursday night about 7 o’clock on account of a chimney at the Irvin home day after an illness weeks’ duration. ol several ' Mrs. Clayton Woodie, wlio lias been ill at her home near this city for a month, is now much improved, and' will soon be able to be out again, we are glad to state. Mr. and .Mrs. Ralpii Hulibard and two children. HMlie and I being on fire. The residence is Judith, of Lenoir, spent Saturday occupied by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. afternoon at .Moravian Falls with Winkler. The fire resulted in no Mr. Hubbard's parents, -Mr. and damage to the building. ' Mrs. W. R. Hubbard. / n» IIEUOI ASTAIREPOWELL NOW SHOWING “WILXES FINEST” Liberty You Can’t See All The Movies That are Made . . . BUT YOU CAN SEE THE best: We’re Proud To Present The Greatest Stars and Stories Ever Presented In One Solid Week Of Grand "’icture Entertainment! THl mOVIl THKILl SCOOP OF THl YlAft! Mr. Earl Caudill and family have moved from their home at Springfield iiostoffice in Walnut Grove township to Wilkesboro.! They are occupying the A. R. Sherman residence. Mr. Caudill i.s county surveyor. Mr. W. S. Hensley, who is a patient of the government hos pital at Oteen, N. C., is improving, we are pleased to state. Mr. Hensley is a resident of North Wilkesboro Route 3. Messrs. D. C. and tevens, well known residents of Traphill, were North Wilkesboro visitors today. Mr. D. C. Castev- ens renewed his subscription to The Journal-Patriot while here. Mrs. Lee James, who has been here on a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McCartney, will return to her home in Opelika, .Maihama. Wednesday. Mrs. McCartney is Mr.s. James’ daughter. Miss Elizaheth Barber, who fell on the ice two weeks ago and suffered painful injuries, return ed to hhr duties with the North Wilkesboro Insurance Agency to day. Ex-Sheriff Presley E. Brown and Mr. C. E. Jenkins, who have been spending three weeks at Sealey Springs, Alabama, are ex- where he had served for fifteen years as District Manager for R. J. Reynolds” ’fobacco Company. He is a native of the Deep Gap section of Watauga County. Last week W. Grady Southern, vice president of the Security Life, was in North Wilkesboro and pointeo out that the addition of Mr. Day to the agency force here would enable the Company to widen its scope of service to the people of Wilkes County. Mr. Southern stated that his Com pany was highly pleased to add to the Company’s agency force a man of Mr. Day’s outstanding G. D. Cas-■ sjiccpfH in the business world, “We believe that the people of Wilkes county will heartily wel come Mr. Day as a valuable addi tion to the citizenship of the county,’’ he said. Mr. Day expressed himself as being highly pleased that he is able to locate back in this sec tion of the country after being engaged for many years in busi ness that carried him to other ■state.s. “I feel sure,’’ he said, “that my family and 1 will be ilon of funds from'State ^trolmen for the gabemiudrlal campaignJCohd of A. J. Uaamin was "iniipropw and Ul-advised.’’ He added, howewer, that an in- vestlgaitlon had convinced him the ao|Mtation was made without ili^ell’s knowledge, and that there was “no presaure applied.” Maj. John Armatrong, head of the highway patrol, disclosed re cently he bad told patrolmen at informal meellngs that conti^u- tlons 10 Maxwell’s campaign “would be appreciated.*' The pa trol is a unit of the state depart ment of revenue, which Maxwell heads Practice Halted The -govemor. In a formal statement issued after a confOr- ence with Maxwell, said all state employes had a “perfect right’’ to support “within proper bounds the candidate of their choice.’’ He added, however, that there would be “no further solicitation among the patrol or any other employ es.” His statement follows: "I had a conference with Com- j •missioner of Revenue Maxwell j Saturday night and discussed the ! matter in detail. I have inquired ; rather fully into the whole ques- j tion and have no hesitancy in saying that I am satisfied Mr. j iMaxwell had no knowledge of ] funds being solicited from mem bers of the highway patrol. Finds No “Prt.s.sure” “I find that while funds were solicited there was no .pressure applied or suggested to secure i contributions. Of course the so-1 licitatlon was improper and ill-1 advised, and there will -be no fur ther solicitation among the pa trol or any other employes. In this connection I think it' might he well to say at this time 1 that it must be understood that [ all heads of departments in the j state government have a perfect! right to support within proper | bounds the candidate of their I choice for govemor or any other i office in the primary, but it must' likewise be recognized that this; same right applies equally to eve- i ry employe of each departanent,; ry other Jtete agency or d^art- hient government.” Maxwell aaid no disciplinary action would he taken against Anmatrong or any other member of the patrol. ’dMj ' ■=- ^ Tlie onii£^tlon of fluid mOk and ^ee^la-'lirereaalng, follow ing the i^^dtement in buainesa empIOymeBt and payrolla, reporli the H. AT. Bureau of Agiicattaral I Economics. . •“s CHANGE Bulges. INTO BEAUTY I Hare 70a pennitted your flgnre to bulge and aagT Do aoraething about it. Follow the example eonntlefls tboosands of women an|( :. let Spencer designers find the wi^ | to aoWe 7onr figure problem. MRS. A. C. DENNIS 'Telephone 35-M Wilkeehoro, N. C. most happy in living among such . „ and no pressure should be exert- fiiie people as the citizens of the .... , . . . . , cd by heads of departments or town have already proven to be I , .v .. 1 . , .u ■ , . those In ^authority to control the in extending to us such « cordial V _ 1 ' J 1 _ -nr action of en^ployes. t and warm welcome.’ 'We already, , A Trier fCTcnue department, but to the' The Security Life and Tni.st Company operates over a wide territory in the Southern States and in 1938 ranked first among pectpfi to return home today or seventy-eight companies operat- toniorrow. Xorth Carolina in both new Miss Mary Jo Pearson, who is a senior at Salem College in Win ston-Salem, was listed among the number a,si making- the A-Grade honor roll tor the first semester of the college. She Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I, E. Pearson, of this city. ■Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cranor, of Winston-Salem, visited .Mr. Cranor’.s parents, Attorney and Mrs. H. A. Cranor, in Wilkes boro Sunday. Mr. Cranor holds a position with the internal revenue department, (ireensboro. .Mr, and Mrs. James Isaacs and daughter, Mary Jo. of Winston- Salem. visited in the home of Mrs. G. Brookshire, Mrs. Isaac’s mother, over the week end. .Mrs. Brookshire resides near Moravian I'aHs. Mr. Kobert Kelley will leave tomorrow for Fort Moultrie, S. C., after spending a few days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kelley. Robert joined the army in December, and ex pects to sail for service in Pana ma next month. ordinary insurance paid-for and net increase in insurance in force in the State. iMr. Southern ^stated that even though 1939 was tlio best year in the Company’s hlstoty,- business conditions over the entire terri tory were such as to warrant a prediction that 1940 will -be even 'better. rm dIe in crAsh Raleigh, Feb.11.—Two Penn- EWlvapla men were fatally injured here, this aftemdon when'- their airplane crashed SOO yards south of the RaJeigh airport, on U. S. highway 15-A. They were Identi- fied'ffom their pilots’ licenses as Joseph Ne-uberger and James L. Sitnek. The licenses gave Phila delphia addresses, but sources in that city said Neu-berger was a resident of Freeland, Pa. The importation of purebred animals into the United States for 'breeding purpose.s increased during the calendar year 1939 as shown by records of certificates issued by the U. S. 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