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CW>^. MBlPr APRIL 17
]k«rtiltt». r*A>. to.—The eUti.
OuMleaa coarenUon will be
Iheld here April 17. The call for
^the ooBTentloa was leened Mon
day. Repreeentatire Dewey Short,
Repablic&n, M^eouri, will be the
kenbte epeaMf. 'Kewell annonno-
ed.^p RepQhtloaa 'coaunlttee of
eeren or eight Republican con-
Sreeamen would be here March
1-8 to study southern farm prob-
,NEW SECRET PLANE
Sa* Diego, calif., Feb. 20.—
secretly dereloped “flying motor-
eyele’* plane which can take off
in a cramped apace with lightning
speed and then nover-aim'*mo
tionless in the air was tested to
day for the United States army.
Robert Keriinger, Ayan test pi
lot, took the company’s YO-51 on
a runway, gunned the 420-horse
power engine and the craft left
the field like a frightened chick
en. It charged almost straight up
in the air and. at a respectable
« ^ight, hovered virtually motion-
38.
TOO GOOD TO LIVE
Montebello, Calif.. Feb. 20 —
Wye-year-old Geraldine Hardaker
.^was too good to live,’’ her moth
er was quoted by Police Chief
Harry Blapham, of Palm Springs,
today after the woman’s arrest
climaxed a search spurred by re
ports the child's death may have
been a “human sacrifice’’. Mrs.
Betty Hardaker. 26. - as being re
turned for further questioning in
the s'^ylng of her daughter,
fo»ud yesterday in a city park
rest room. The child's head was
crushed and her body scratched
and bleeding. Mrs. Ella Karnes
had 'old police her daughter, Mrs.
Hardaker. was a member of a re
ligious cult which “believes in
human sacrifice."
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TA . 1 tili. State
VOL. xxxm. No. 48
Gordon Hill Is
Scene Bkd Fire
On Wednesday
Thre* Six-Room Houses De
stroyed In Early Mom-
inf Fire Near City
An early momfng tire yester
day completely destroyed two res
idences and practically demolish
ed a third on Gordon Hill one half
mile west of this city on highway
421.
The buildings, each containing
six rooms and all owned by A. R.
Miller, of Vannoy, were occupied
by Robert Cardwell, Mrs. Frankie
Osborne and Otis Brewer.
The fire, of undetermined orig
in, was first discovered in the
lower part of the house occupied
by Mr. Cardwell and family.
Flames spread quickly to the
house occupied by Mrs. Osborne
and later to the one occupied by
Mr. Brewer close by.
The North WilKesboro fire de
partment went out to combat the
flames and after it was discover
ed that an old water tank nearby
contained water the fire was
fought very effectively in the
third house.
A great part of the turnishings
of all three homes w-ere saved.
Some insurance was carried on
the buildings.
The fire was first discovered
about 5:30 a. m.
^ptistlPastors’
‘School’ Is Held
by (jay
TURKEY TALKS WAR
Ankara. Feb. 20.—In the midst
of new military preparations
the government, the Turkish press
declared flatly tonight that any
xttMk sgs’iist the Baikana would
bring 'Turkey into the European state Convention, was on the pro-
Baptist pastors living within
or serving churches in Wilkes
county spent about five hours a
attending a school of their
own making last week. General
today shtiwed.
Tine, reprt*€«tfBf» the Baptist-st
Dutch Soldiers Test Value of ‘Blitzkrieg’ Barrier
Of State
r, Gnt^e-To Visit
County On Friday
(
Harry B. Caldwell, of Greens
boro, Master of the State Grange,
will dellTOT an address before the
North WUkeeboro Klwanls Club
Friday, March 1, and at 3 o’clock
p. m. on the same day will hold
a Grange Workers' conference at
the eouEthottse. Friday evening at
7:30, he will meist with the
Wilkes-Pomona Chmage, whm« he
wlU also deltrer aa mddrees. The
public b cordially invited to hear
him.
Because of the prolonged cold spell la The Nether Iliads, H was feared that the great area which was
flooded as an obstacle to possible Invatioa, was sufficiently frosen is permit passage of mechanised anlts.
Pictured here are the results of a test made by the Dutch army. The amphibian tank, attempting to nego
tiate a crossing over the flooded area, crashed through the ice and was forced to “swim” for safety.
Public AssUtanc'
Funds $7,199 For
Month In Wilker
144 Needy Aged Remain On
Waiting List and Re
ceive No Grants
Active At Age 88
Public assistance funds paid
out to needy aged, depedent chil
dren and blind in Wilkes county
this month totaled $7,199.50, fig
ures released from the office of
Charles McNeill, Wilkes welfare
rar, “Turk'Oy will enter the war
ifte day a foreign power marches
/ tp'the Balkans,’’ the newspaj)er
fjii Sabah of Istanbul warned.
^ aie supreme war council opened
•Ja week’s emergency session to
study plans for co-ordinating Tur
key's; armed forces with the huge
reservoir of manpower being as
sembled In the near east by her
nch and British allies.
CKED FROM HOME
Somerset, Pa., Feb. 20.—A 22-
jear-old. 75-pound crippled girl,
whose ears, feet and right hand
frozen, was found locked
F^orit of her home in the nearby
Hamlet of Quec-eek, Probation
Officer A. D. Shaffer reported to
day. The officer, called by a
neighbor, said tl,e black-haired,
dark-eyed girl, Ada Paugh, was
ibarefoot and wore only a i'Umsy
black dress—still wet from being
washed—at the time he and a
constable reached the home of her
cousin with whom she lived. He
reported the girl, whose left hand
has been paralyzed and useless
since childhood, told him she had
soiled the dress while she was ill
and had been sent to an outbuild
ing to wash it. Locked out, she
stood in the foot-deep snow or
crouched in the outbuilding until
the officers came. She displayed
black and -blue bruises on her
hack anfl claimed she had been
beaten. District Attorney A. M.
Matthews said aggravated assault
and battery charges would be
placed against the cousin or his
wife, or both, as soon as an in
vestigation was gpmpleted.
J^tments Have
Not Yet Arrivei!
New .Tobacco Allotments
For Wilkes Farmers Ex
pected To Arrive Soon
No new tobacco grower allot
ments have been released^g(|
Wilkes county so far, Lau^Prce
Miller, clerk of the Wilkes Coun-
w Agrlonltural Conservation as-
^foclation, said today.
He said be was giving out the
BfpnnaUon in answer to many
_lfdes made' at the office -w-
county agent relative to new
' grower altotmeats and explained
that th'j new allotments are ex
isted soon.
ffM, diowever, that at least
»e acres have been aeked by new
j-o^rs tout there Is lUtle possl-
'iy that new growers of the
'WlU receive n>ore than a
part of the atxeage request-
gram for an hour each day. Other
“faculty’’ members included vari
ous pastors in the county.
Sessions continued from Mon
day morning Uirough F.iday aft
ernoon. Including eir. or nine
vj.sitors from other counties, the
average daily attendance was
seventeen out of a total enroll
ment of twenty-six. Both local
and visiting pastors expressed
themselves as being greatly
pleased with the school. They
look forward to holding a similar
one some time within the not
distant future. ^
Monthly meetings of the Wilkes
County Baiptlst Pastor’s Confer
ence are planned for Thursday
after each first Sunday. March 7
is the date fixed for the next one,
and the place will be the Reins-
Sturdivaut chapel in North Wll-
kesboro. A program committee
has been named to plan for a ses
sion of about four hours. The or
ganization welcomes not only all
the pastors to its meetings, but is
glad always to have church offi
cers and other laymen to visit
with the ministers.
Of this amount 561 aged per
sons received $4,981.50, while
$1,746 went to 144 families w-ith
338 dependent children. Thirty-
seven blind persons received aid
in the amount of $472.
While the number receiving
the aid granted by county, state
and national governments is larg
er in Wilkes than a few months
ago, there are yet many who
•have been certifisd as eligible -but
who are not receiving aid because
of lack of funds. The number of
aged people who have been ap
proved by the welfare board to
receive aid but remain on the
waiting lists was 144 today.
Murder Cases On
Court Calendar
For Second Week
Set F'or Monday, March 11;
Complete Calendar Will
Be Made Out Soon
Murder cases on the docket
for trial during the March term
of Wilkes court will be called dur
ing the second week beginning
March 11, according to the tenta
tive calendar of cases made up * ,
Finals Ton^ht
In Cage Tourney
Millers Creek and Mount
Pleasant Boys; Mountain
View and Ronda Girls ,.
District Meet
Of Democrats
On February 27
Carthage, Feb. 21. — Final
plans and arrangements have
been completed for a meeting of
the ifoung Democratic Clubs of
the Eighth District to be held
Tuet-day night. February 27th, at
the Dunes Club, situated mld-'way
betw ten Pinehurst and Southern
Pines, it was announced today toy
I. N. Clegg, Jr., of Carthage, who
is chairman of the social commit
tee in charge of arrangements for
the conclave. Mr. Clegg was made
chairman of the Social Committee
by James Amburn, County Audi
tor of Yadkin county, who is the
Chairman of the Young Demo-
icratlc Clubs of the shoestring dis
trict.
All Young Democrats from
each of the twelve counties of the
district have been invited to at
tend. This is the Initial quarterly
meeting of the Young Democratic
-^nbs of the district and It prom
ises to be a most successful event
in every way.
The meeting wUl open Tues
day night at 8 o’clock with a ban
quet at which a general discus
sion of the political affairs of the
day will take place. Among the
notables Invited are Forrest Pol
lard, prominent young Durham
attorney. President of the Young
(Continued on page eight)
Millers Creek and Mount Pleas
ant boys emerged from the second
round of the Goodwill basketball
tournament here last night ■W'ith
flying colors and are ready tor
the championship .battle tonight
on the school gymnasium court.
Ronda girls likewise came
throug'.i victorious over Traphill
27 to nine and earned the oppor
tunity to p4ay Mountain View for
the county trophy tonight. Moun
tain View had previously won in
the first round by beating Mount
Pleasant girls.
R. Tharpe, one of the five
Tharpes to see action on the Ron
da girls team, was the sensation
of Wednesday night’s play, scor
ing 21 points.
Mount Pleasant exhibited a
well rounded attack and amazing
defensive play in completely out
classing Traphill last night 60 to
ten.
Millers Creek had little trouble
in eliminating Ronda boys 31 to
13. keeping the situation well in
hand throughout play.
As an extra attraction Otis
Vanhoy, of Ronda, excelled in a
foul shooting contest by hitting
the basket 18 out of 26 tries. His
nearest rivals were Junior Liv
ingston, of Millers Creek, and
Dwight Blackburn, of Traphill,
with 14 each. Ernest Walsh, of
Mount Pleasaid, shot ten.
Lineups \Indivldual scores
of Wednesday' ^ht games ' ’
low:
Millers Creek^
B. Parsons 8
Faw 7
Livingston 1
R. Parsons 10
McGlamery
fol-
1? Ronda
4 Byrd.
Key
4 Vanhoy
4 Gilley
1 Walls
(Contiiraed on p«ce 4)
L. R. Miller, of the Edge-
wood oonininnlty celebrated his
R8th birthday on la.st Friday,
Febmar>' 16tli. He Is shown
here with his great-grand-
daugiiter, Faitli Raymona Mill
er, of Charlotte, N. C. He is
still active and alert as most
jteople at the age of seventy-
five and is in .-xcellent health.
Little Faith Raymona is seem
ingly waving her hands and
saying: “Many Happy Returns,
Grandi'ddy .Miller!”
Red Cross Ladies
Aidii^ Refugees
In War Countries
Of outstanding interest among
the cases will be the first degree
murder charge against George
Byrd. Ferguson man charged
with the fatal shooting of S. M.
Burchette In that village on the
night of November 11, 1939. The
state will ask the death penalty
for Byrd, who Is alleged to have
gone to Burchette’s home after
dark and fired a shotgun load of
iron slugs in Burchette’s body as
he was retiring for the night.
Other homicide cases are pend
ing, including a charge against
Andrew Gregory for the myster
ious death of his aged mother in
Somers to^wnship a few weeks ago.
Judge W. H. Boibbitt, of Char
lotte, will preside over the two-
weeks term.
Farm Fencing Is
Very Important
Large Number Of Garments
and Surgical Supplies
Have Been Shipped
Local Red Cross leaders an
nounced today that Mrs. J. B. Mc
Coy, production chairman for the
Wilkes chapter, is ready to begin
production of garments for refu-
! The old adage that “a farmer
does not own his farm until it Is
fenced” has merit in a soil con
servation program, according to
Assistant County Agent Jessie
Giles and P. W. Edwards, Work
Unit Technician, of the Soil Con
servation Service in the Wilkes
)work Unit of the Trl-Creek Dis
trict, Wllkesboro, N. C.
Without sufficient fencing, it
is pointed out, annual and peren
nial vegetation for er»8lon con-
' trol cannot be protected properly.
This Is the time of year that fenc
ing and some of the necessary
jobs on the farm can be taken
gees in war torn countries. The
statement relative to the work Is- jeare of without Interfering with
sued today was as follows:
“You good people of Wilkes
county will be glad to know that
many garments made by Red
Cross chapters are now actually
in use by refugees and war suf
ferers abroad.
“The National Red Cross has
shipped from New York 93.333
sweaters, dresses, mufflers, socks
and other garments. Of these 40,-
000 have gone to Finland and 15.-
000 more will he shipped in a few
days. Surgical dressings totaling
258,128 have also ibeen shipped.
Woolen and other heavy weight
materials are so scarce abroad
that war refugees couldn’t buy
the clothes if they had the mon
ey. Chapters are urged to send
finished garments.
“Mrs. J. B. McCoy, producilon
chairman for the Wilkes chapter.
Is ready to start work_ at once
and many ladies are to
do their small part for Poland
and Finland by knitting and sew
ing.”
Bullets of stone were in use in
1514. Iron ones were used In
1660. ' ‘
crop planting. Trees and kudzu
can 'be planted now and It will
soon :be time for preparing and
seeding pastures. Adequate fenc
ing of the^ plantings will pre
vent stock from damaging them.
If at all possible, fences should
be lomted across tbe elope, since
this will facilitate development of
erosion-control practices. This
will make It possible to build a
better and more complete system
of terraces, will permit more field
crops to be cultivated in rows a-
round the hill, and will enable
field roads to follow the fence
line where grades will not bo so
steep and where the road wlU not
wash so badly.
Many farmers desire to use
electric fences, because they are
not much troutole to toulld and
can be moved easily. Uprights for
such fencing can too mouiRed on
steady bases now, It is pointed
out, and Insulators put on so that
these will be ready when % the
fence is needed.
Mohandas K. > Gandhi, famed
Bindn nationalist, was married
when he was 18.
Juniors To Name
Children’s Home
Trustee Feb. 27th
L^al Council Asks Election
Of C. B. Eller In' Meeting
To Be Held Here
A special meeting of the Fourth
district of Jr.( O. U. A. M. has
been called to be held here, offi
cers of the North Wllkesboro
council said today.
The meeting, for the purpose
of electing a trustee of the Lex
ington children’s home recently
taken over by the state council,
will be held in the lodge hall on
February 27, 7:30 p. m.
Gountles In the fourth district
are Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany.
Surry and Yadkin. N. Sankey
Gaither, of Harmony, state coun
cilor, will be present at the meet
ing.
The North Wllkesboro council,
it is understood, Is backing C. B.
Eller, of this city, tor the posi
tion and is asking support for
him from the other councils in
the district.
All Juniors are invited and all
members of the North Wllkes
boro council are especially urged
Rank Pl Page Is
Conferred On Four
Pythians Monday
North Wllkesboro Knlghte of
Pythias lodge numiber 67 confer-
thp rank of Page on four can
didates QjB Monday. February 19.
Th^ were Kyle Hayes, Paul
Cvagan, W. J. Caroon and John
Sikes. ■
It was decided that for the next
meeting the rank of Page will toe
conferred on candidates who were
unable to toe present Monday.
These will make a large class to
be initiated into the various
ranks and all members are urged
to attend the next meeting,
which will be highly entertaining
as well as worthwhile.
OFTBBSTATI*
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IrTa|e f
h TUs City Sonm
MIm Helm Appenlandcr T»
B« In The Chp On- -
Febrnary 29^
Hston' Apv*»im9pri'-’..W
\t>aA Clty^.memker ^
atotf, will
wfakeUbttrfr on pstoeai^
oorflliiC to an anhi ^
made yesterday by aGn.
A. Finley, who is chairman
Girl Scout council. ' *'
'While she is here Hiss Appse -
lander, who Is executive direetar
of Girl Scouting in the JnUstte
Low Region comprising North mG
Sooth Carolina, Georgia ax 4
Florida, will organise a loesil
Soont Council.
Mlse Appenlander will spexk.«t
3:30 on February 29th, at the
Preebyterian Hut to parents iiS
Girl Scouts. Sponsors will toe jpdtt'
to have parents of girls of f|M
scout age who would like te
know more about Scouting acUvi-
ties. On February 29tfa, at 7:M,
all troop leaders and troop cose*
mlttee members will have dinner
with Miss Appenlander at the
home of Mrs. W. E. Jones.
On Friday Miss Appenlander
will talk about Scouting to the
Kiwanlans. At 9 a. m. and at
3:30 p. m. she will have a study
class with leaders of troops aad
troop committee members at the
home of Mrs. Robert S. Glbba
Miss Appenlander has served
as a community organizer for the
Girl Scout National organization
in many parts of the country. A
graduate of Mt. Holyoke Collie,
she also holds an M.' A., from
Columibia University. Prior to her
association with the Girl Scoutoi
Miss Appenlander spent severpj,'
years as a teacher in the
Poi^aNan (H
County Increases
66 Births and 25 ' OtohiddP-'.
During Month; Few
Cases Of Diseases
Three Recommended
For Election Board
N. B. Smlthey, chairman of the
Wilkes county Republican execu
tive committee, has made recom
mendations to the state election
board relative to the appoint
ment of a Republican member of
the Wilkes county board of elec
tions.
The Republicans recommended
were J. C. Grayson, Max Foster
and E. R. Eller. One will be ap
pointed from the three. Mr. Gray
son Is the present Republican
member.
The Democratic chairman, J.
R. Rousseau, has recommended E.
P. Inscore and C. C. Staley as the
two Democratic members of the
board of three. His recommenda
tion was endorsed by the Demo
cratic executive committee.
C. W. Hendren Gives
For Finland Relief
The most recent contribution
to the Finnish* Relief Fund
came to The Joumai-Patriot to
day from O. W. Hendren, of
WUkesboro route two, who con
tributed two dollars. In mak
ing the contribution he express
ed deep sympartly for Finland
and said he hoped that many
other WUkes people would give
something to aid the people of
the country being Invaded by
Ru.ssian armies.
The Journal-Patriot is glad
to acknowledge any local con-
frthntioM for Finnish Relief
and to forward all contribu
tions to national beadquart^^
of Finnish Relief, Inc., New
York City, a hnmanitarian or
ganization headed by Ex-presl-
dent' Bferbmt Hoover.
Mr. A. J. Bluings, of Moxley,
is :rpehding this wa^ in this city
wifY4^ daugtttois, 'Mrs. A. M.
If to. J. !• Myers.
Births outnumbered deaths Si-
most three to one in Wilks®
county last month, accordiug to
vital statistics figures released
by the WUkes county health of
fice today.
Tbere were 66 births, 64 white
and two colored, while there wore
only 25 deaths, 23 white and two
colored.
The monthly report of th*
health department also disclosed
that there were five new cases if
scarlet fever, three of dlphtliirtHU
and one of tuberculosis reported
during January.
Activities of the health depart
ment, including the venereal di
sease clinic, continued at a norm
al rate during the month.
Farmers Notffied
As Checks Arrive
No Need To Ask For Fam
Benefit Checks Until
Card Is Received
Farmers are notified by mail
as their checks for compliane®
with the 1939 soil program ar*
received and It is merely a waste-
of time to call for the checks a®
the office of the coupty farm g-
gent until they have received no
tice that their checks have
rived, Jesse Giles, assistant la
charge of the county agent’s of
fice for WUkes, said today.
He said that 54 7 ^ecks total
ing $7,012.56 have arrived to
date and that each farmer whoe®
check has arrived has been noti
fied. Other checks are expected
at frequent intervals.
He also called attention to the
fact that as each farmer receives
a check he Is asked to fill out a
farm plan form for this year.
Unless such blank is executed a
farmer cannot receive a govena-
ment payment this year,
Dr. Hiatt To Hold
Conferences Sunday
Dr. J. S. Hiatt will prtoch aa«"
conduct the quarterly conferaaea ,
at the North Wllkesboro Metho
dist chnioh Sunday, 11 a. m.
He will also prpacb and holS'
quarterly eonference for the 'WS-
kesboro charge Snnday afteruopS*!;'/
l:80, at Union