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CharlQtte.—Tmste«8 of the en
dowment at their meeting in. N9K
York yesterday appropriatM
1961/250 for 120 hospitals and
12 orphans homes in the Caro-
Inas.
I The action was announced by
the Charlotte office of the endow-
nent.
Appropriations to hospitals' and
irphan homes sino'> the establish-
neni of the Duke endowment in
924 to da.a total 815.616,779,
oi which $12,932,432 went to
n'pitiilr and $1,733,437 to
arphan homes. Of the hospital
allotment $10,412,341 has been
or the care of free ratients and
53.421.001 tor construction,
?quipinent. and purchase.
The ■ announcement said that
he 120 hospiUls receiving appro-
yiations today reported 40 per
cent of their work as charity in
1939 as compared with 43 per
•enf in 193S. The 42 orphans
homes repc ted that S6 per cent
of the total days of care were for
orphan and half orphan children.
Bighty-three North Carolina
ho.spitals shared in the appropria
tion. 3 7 South Carolina hospitals.
26 North Carolina orphan homes
lud 16 in South Carolina.
■High Point—The friendly and
-iperatlre nelghiwrHnew o f
two Randolph county ■brothers-in-
}%w for more than 25 years ended
ye^erday' afternoon as one shot
jutd killed the other, then a short
time later turned a shotgun on-
himself.
Sheriff Carl King, of Asheboro, in Winston-Salem,
said last night that John William
Union Grove
News of Week
(lev. W. T. Comer, of Jitony
I’lHiit. preached at .\lt. IMsgah
;!a;iti.-t church la.st Sunday at 11
o'clock.
Marie Calloway, of North
Wllhesboro. spetii Easter here.
Misses Elmer and Hersie Luns-
•''■r.!". of sialesville. spent Easter
I with -heir I'an-nts. Mr. amt .Mrs.
Iw I. hiuistorde.
I \||.,f;t‘s I.oreiie and Viola Euns-
, .'or'lt', 01 Hiah Poinl. spent Easter
iw'tli ii;eir parents. Mr. and Mrs.
.1. Ii. l/ausf(!t'd'.‘.
Mr. .1. K. Wright i.s sick at
Mi-itini;.
.Miss Dina I’revetle. of Greeiis-
I horo. spent Easier here.
«MWe4 i^iriT/'
A serrlce of worship
/
Rer. Perrto Perks fUled his wilkeeboro Presbyter-
regular appointment at lan church on Bundar, March
, uuu.iiiu on Snnday, March
Creek Aid»r end Mt.-Zion Sst^ jigj 2:30 p. m. Dr. John'R.
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Payne Clothing
Company
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of
the estate of John Wood, late of
wnkes County, N. C., this is to no
tify all persons having claims
against said estate to pre^nt
them to the undersigned, -whose
address is Route 3, Winston-Salem,
N. C., duly verified, on or before
the 28th day of March, 1941, or
this notice will be plead in bar of
their right to recover. .All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
Thi.s 28th day of March, 1940.
M. M. WOOD, Executor
of the estate of John
Wood, dec’d. 5-2-6t (t)
‘PERCE STRINGS’
by
THOMPSON
I VOO LL BE soonv IF voo don't
1' investigate the BePLITATION
j' Foa FINE SERVICE AT
THOMPSON
RETtEADINECa
THOMPSON RETREADING CO.
Pf^JNSLYVANIA TIRES AND TUBES
Phone 413
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Special Big
Livestock Sale
Starting At 12:00 M,
Monday, April 1st
Special Prizes, Speeches and
Amusement.
—COME AND BRING THE FAMILY—
. We hope to have for auction a number of
purebred registered animals for breeding
purpdnei.
If vou hove nirytbtn" to sell, bring it
along. The buyers will be present.
Wilkesboro Live
• w
Stock Market
R.> RILEY, Proprietor
Between The Wilkesboros
. .ws-v — Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lakey
Elder, 51, farmer of Trliilty, and children, of Soonville, were
Route 2, eight miles south of visitors in the Cycle community
High Point,' had been shot twice Saturday afternoon.
* ~ Sunday school at Union church
is progressing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Roberts
and daughters, EMith and Helen,
were visitors in the home of Rev.
in the neck and shoulder with
shotgun -by his brother-in-law
John Reuben Gray, 60. about
5:30 o’clock. He died a few min
utes later before aid could be
summoned. Pervis Parks, Sunday
The sheriff said Gray returned Mozelle Short
to his house and fired a shotgun
load Into his mouth. He died' on
the way to a High Point hospitnl
about 7:15 o’clock.
Miss Mozelle Shore, who has
a position with the Chatham
Manufacturing company, wa» 111
at her home during the week-end.
«ui i.iv Tjig snow tailing so rapidly
Elder’s body was found beside g^n,Jgy niade It look more like
„„ Ma farm which ci„.igtn,asi in this community than
a tobacco barn on his farm which
is only 300 yards from Gray’s
home.
A son, Norman Elder, told
Sheriff King that he heard two
shots, then saw Gray coming to
ward the house from the direction
of the tobacco barn, re-loading
a shotgun. He said he became
alarmed for the safety of his
mother and aunt, Gray’s sisters,
so he put them in his car. drove
a short way down the road and
parked.
He thet; returned to the house,
he .said, found Gray gone, and
discovered his father’s body be-
.side the tobacco barn.
According to information gain
ed by the sheriff. Gray used a
ihot.gitn belonging to a son to
shoot Elder. The son told Sheriff
King he saw his father returning
to the house with Hie gun and
went out and took it away from
him. However, (Jray Iheu went
into the house, got his own gun,
went out to the packing house be
hind the house and shot himself
ill the month.
Sheriff King said the families
of the two men could give no hint
of a reason for Gray’s act.
was told the two men had appar
ently been the nest of nei.ghhors
since Elder l.-id married Gray’s
.-ister. and that often they had
farmed co-operatively.
The Randolph eounty coroner.
Dr. C. R. Wharton of Ruffin, in
vestigated the shootings with
Sheriff King and listed them as
murder and suicide.
Dies Group Holds
Dolsen In Contempt
Washington, March 2.5.—Be
cause he refused to tell what
Communist party meiuher assum
ed the name "Franklin D. Roose
velt." Cor his party alias, .lames
liulse Dolsen, Pittsburgh Com
munist, wa.s cited tor contemirl
by the Dies Committee today.
Dolsen was ordered to remain
under committee subpoena until
formal proceedings are instigated.
Hp tiu’Hs 11 possil)lF* miiiiniiini
.■41’ntenco of ciio yp;ir in jnii
convicted.
The action marked the first
time that a commiUee of Con
gress has cited witness for con-
tempi since Dr. Francis E.
Townsend was cited five yeais
igo by a House commiUee inves
tigating his old age pension plan.
I’ackground Note: Dr. Town
send was sill seqnently convicted,
but was granted a Presidential
pardon.
DISEASE
warning of the danger that
farmers may cunlract undulant
fever by handling swine at far
rowing time w'heu the farmer has
cuts or abrasions On his hands
has been issued by the American
Foundation for Animal Health.
Crossing the street between in
tersections is five times as likely
to result In death as crossing at
.intersections, records of the High
way Safety Division show.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Wilkes County.-
A. S. CASSEL
day and Sunday.
Mrs. Elsie Shore, who has been
confined to her home on account
of Illness Lor some time. Is now
a patient in the Baptist Hospital
Cunningham, of Winston-Salem,
will preach and Mrs. Sharp Shoe
maker, of West Jefferson, 'wUl
sing.
This service is being sponsored
by the Presbytery's Commission
on the minister and His Work.
The public is cordially invited.
All of the members are urged to
be present for a conference with
the commission with regard to
the future of the church.
The offices of the congregation
are: EUders R. B. Pharr and L.
B. Dula, Deacons J. W. Dula and
W. E. Pharr, 'nils church has
been without a pastor since Rev.
J. P. Taylor, Jr., resigned several
years ago. The Wilkesboro church
is the oldest Presbyterian church
in this part of the state and Is
one of the oldest in the Presby
tery.
IlKof MUr;,5ltr was alauwt
Inaiaatly kiUed early this mn-n-
IfiS^vhen the automoMle in which
she was riding overturned on
Highway 421, four milae
north of SantOrd.
Her head was fbadly crushed
when the machine tnmed over
several times, and she died while
being taken to the Lee county
liospital in Sanford.
Her brother-in-law, Paul Siler,
who was driving the car, and Mrs
Bear PraiM' Service aai
Wheel
General Auto RepaMac
Wrecker Service—HeetHe ahS
Acetflana WeMmff
USED PARTS—Tor all mata
and aieiele oC can and tnai
Easter.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shore, of
North Wilkesboro, were visitors
in the Cycle community Sunday.
Mr. J. H. Shore, Mr. Paul Shore
and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Somers
visited .Mrs. Elsie Shore In the
Bapti.'t Hospital at Winston-Sal
em Sunday. They reported that
she Is improving nicely.
Rev. L. C. Parks, Rev. R. R.
Crater, B'.ev. Guss Myers, Rev. E.
.4. Well.s and Mr. Tom Redding
are meeiing one night In each
week for the purpose of studying
the Bible. The next meeting will
he at Mr. Janies Howard’s next
Tliiir.sday' night.
Southern Bloc
To Filibuster
Lynchhig Bill
Washington.—^No sooner had
the Senate Judiciary committee
sent anti-lynching legislation to
the Senate floor yesterday than
southern senators served notice
they would do their best to talk
the measure to death.
"If my wind holds out, there
are two bills that are not going
to pass this session—anti-lynch
ing and suffrage for the District
of Columbia," Senator Bilbo (D),
Miss., told reporters.
Another, Senator Connally (D),
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I ARM KQriFMENT
Karniners ot farm equipment Tex., who led the forces which
• TW TlUdC Of VAU»«
B«cauM GMC« kav* so much more pulifaw
power, it may b# hard to boBovo thiv
oporato on Uast gas. But onginoors’ tooiu
hove prooed this boyond quostion. Invaoli'
goto CMC bofore you buy anothor tmdhf
TEm snomVirtrMit Mr «ni YMAC Hm
at lawmt araUaUa ratm
.,'ompantes declined sharply In prevented Senate passage of an
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compared with those ot the anti-lytich bill in 1938, declared
two preceding years, as a reflec- Finland’s famed ATannerhelm
MOTOR SERVICE SALES CO., Inc.
NORTH WI^KBORO. N. C.
Mop of lower farm buying power. ! li’’e would be nothing compared ^
I to the resistance the pending leg-j
Elevem- pedestrians were killed 1 islation would encounter.
ill thi.-i state last year when they j
stepped from liehind parked cars. Ads get attenthion—and resultr
GMC TRUCKS
GASOLINE
-DIESEL
North Wilkesboro
Motorists!
Come In! Let Us Demonstrate Why
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FOR YOUR MONEY!
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS'
vs.
WILKES DRUG COMPANY,
INCORPORATED
Under, by virtue of and pursu-
int to the po'wer, authority and di-
rection contained m a certain or
der of hi& Honor J. A. Rousseau,
comfnanding the undersigned Re
ceiver in the above-entitled action
to adver'.ise and sell all the prop
erty and assets of tite Wilkes
Drug Company, Incorporated, act-
'ng pursuant to said Order, the
undersigned will, therefore, offer
for sale for cash, subject to the
approval of the Court, at public
auction, at the building where the
Wilkes Drug Company, Incorpora
ted, is located, on the corner of
“B" and Ninth Street, at the hour
of 10:00 o’clock, A. M., Thursday,
April 25, 1940, the following de
scribed property, to-'wit:
All the stock, fixtures (including
soda fountain, all accounts re
ceivable, all merchandise and_ all
other assets of .the said Wilkes
Drug Company, Incorporated, of
every nature whatsoever, includ
ing the goodwill of said corpora-
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NEW FULL’FLOATINa KIDEI Wheal-
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Beats forward so that now all passengers
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the axles I
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And consider this: 4,061 engineers bought
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You’ll like the windstream lines, wider
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Come in today! We’ll put this Lux
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GOOD NEWS FOR USED-CAR BUYERS!
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tion.
©one this the 22nd dav of March
1940. I
P. J. BRAME, {
Receiver. 4-lS-4t (t)
DONE ENOINERiNO CmMHmmBm
WILKES AUTO SAMIS, Inc.
FORESTER AVE. and B STREET'