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Patriot
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1.60
Six Months .76
Pour Months 60
Out of the State $2.00 per Year
Eat«red at tlw po«t offlc* at North WQkea-
borOL N, C., aa aeeimd daaa matter ooder Act
of A ISTt.
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940
sat^i^oh iSY;?K»Chy|apitai |na ^
In addition ti, that!lCorty?aro|liapeod»
Major Fletcher hew at hwh^r had «nne
day we hope W see him occupy the-posi
tion as chief executive of the state 1
The Population Count
According to our way of looking at it.
North Wilkesboro made a very creditable
^ain in population during the past decade,
growing from 3,668 to 4,501.
Some few overly enthusiastic boosters
expected the count to reach 5,000 but they
failed to consider that the corporate lim
its of the city have not been enlarged
since 1930. In 1930 the town was reason
ably well filled. However, we do not
mean to say that there are no suitable
places for building within the city.
The 1940 census will show that the pop
ulation of “Greater North Wilkesboro,’’
jrhich would include hoth \^kesboros
and immediate environs, will be between
8,000 and 10,000 people, which represents
a very large gain over the population of
the community as a whole ten years ago.
Cities and towns throughout the coun
try are not going to show large gains in
population this year. Two major reasons
account for this: the declining birth rate
in cities and higher standards of living in
rural areas w^hich have lured| many city j
dwellers back to the more or less open )
spaces.
The War News
Events are happening so fast and furi
ously in Europe that it is difficult to keep
up with the progress of the war, now en
tering its first phase of desperate hostili
ties.
By now the world knows that Adolph
Hitler’s word is positively no good; that he
is a desperate ruler and will stop at noth
ing to gain his ends; that it does not mat
ter to him how many innocent perish be
cause he has started something he cannot
stop.
His excuse for invading Norw'ay was be
cause the British were going to do the
same thing and he beat them to it by 24 ,
hours. The world knew that the British
could not possibly have done such a thing
because they did not have an army on the
way or in readiness to go at the time.
The same excuse was given for the hor
rible invasion during the past few days of
Holland and Belgium, two little nation-;
which we»‘e neutral in the war and had
even gone out of their way to try to pla
cate Hitler. But Hitler made a desperate
move to trj' to gain a big advantage in the
war and even now the big battle is on.
The war is of course the most terrible
conflict which has visited civilir-^ation and
to preserve civilization America must stay
out. But in the meantime we must re
member that our own civilization may be
threatened and that we must be prepared
for any eventualities.
OUR SCH-DIERS or FORTUNE
(Collier’*) / .
Young Americans are slipping into Can
ada in considerable numbers at this writ
ing to join up for war rervice of various
kinds , . . and we cant rev ourselves up to
shudder about it the way some people can
War is hell, true. We’d hate to see the
United States get into this one. Neverthe
less, the soldier of fortune is as old an in
gtitution as war itself and we’re for him,
and we hereby wish all our American sol
diers in this war all the luck in the world.
Not all of them will have luck, of course.
Some of them will get themselves killed,
others will be wounded, still others will
land in posts that will make the whole
show the Second Bore War for them.
But they know in advance that they are
taking chances on all these misfortunec.
Stil, they go, just as they’ve gone to all the
wars.
There was Lafayette, fighting for hu
man liberty as he saw it in our Revolution.
There were Steuben and DeKalb doing the
same thdng. Our Continental troops, in
deed, were soldiers of fortune in that war
when it looked as if they couldn’t win.
We had a large contingent of American
adventurers on the Western Front in the
World War before the United States
jumped in—the Lafayette Escadrille be
ing the best-known unit.
To us, the flow of American volunteers
across the border up Canada way is main
ly a sign that Americans by and large are
still a pretty good breed—which wouldn’t
seem to be anything to worry about.
So let’s drop the sudder-shudder stuff on
this topic. Let’s keep is as easy for the
boys to scram out and enlist as it is novr;
let’s even make it easier for them by re
moving all doubts about recovery of Unit
ed States citizenship when they come
back, if they do come back. And let’s keep
it as clearly understood as it is now that
our government is in no way responsible
for anything that may happen to them
under other flags.
)BO, N. Cr
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Spritaid*, Ip,
I0 iMicIi
Late Wedneada;;
The badly decomposed t>ody of
James Arthur Sprinkle, S9, miss-'
ing from hto North Elkin home
since last Sunday, was found in
a ditch late Wednesday afternoon
by DeWltt Hudson, of North El
kin, and E. W. West, a son-in-
law, who had t>een searching for
him.
The ditch in which the body
was found was about 106 yards
from the road leading to Big
Springs Dairy.
Deputy Sheriff W. J. Snow, of
Elkin, was summoned to the
scene at once. Mr. Snow stated
that Insofar as he was able to
tell there was no sign of foul
play, and It Is ibeliered the man
died of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. Snow notified Sheriff H.
S. Boyd and Dr, R. B. Smith,
Surry coroner, who Instructed
that the body be taken to
Hayes & Speas, local funeral di
rectors, and held for an inquest.
When found, the body was said
to be resting on its side as if the
man had pitched forward iau>
the ditch.
He was a brother of Percy
Sprinkle, of this city.
OflAft «ttd' Wiale Ntehol*.
h«W«e apest m«eh UnOAI8l
" for
Ccnv^Bjajhnd’oo»>'
Mineir bdll naM. Now «|h:tain»
aM drapea hare been puiehaaed
by the theatre and will be uaed
for the first time that night, Urut
making a beantitni stage settlnk'
for the lorely coetumes., The re-j
Tue embracee four_ scenes and
there will be special stage setttmfs
ud light effects for each.
Amirozlmately 26 students will
take part being featured in jh'any
types of dancing.
The cloalng scene Is a patriotic
one featuring the two senior pu-
'4
'ff^ ihia- dance
oniibar. Md
|y who wUl do a
Anne,*' "War,*
Tt
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for ten moo5f-’''
"^WttEN YOU NEfeD YOUR HANKUNDEiffi^
m
5th Annual Dance
Revue On Tuesday
Night At Liberty
The Finley Studio of Dance
and Drama will present Its 5th
Annual Dance revue at the Lib
erty Theatre on Tuesday night,
May 21st, at 7:30 p. m.
The revue this year promises
to be the most pretentious one
ever staged by this studio. Mrs.
Finley, teacher and Mrs. Robert
Oome On boys and get ’em. We
It plenty of all kinds of seeds
ir you. Save money by buying
.■om us. PEARSON BROTHERS.
2-26-tf
YOUTH
(Baltimore News-Post)
The recent misnamed “American”
Youth Congress in Washington, with its
Communistic and pink tendencies, has giv
en, fortunately, a great spurt to move
ments all over the country of youths who
are first, last and all the time AMERICAN
and who stand for the AMERICAN WAY
OF LIFE.
A Jewish youth organization of Amer
ica has just been formed' with the vigorous
statement of real American principles:
“1.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as- administra
tor of the estate of Mary C. Wood
ruff, deceased, late of Wilkes
county. North Carolina, this w to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said decedent
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at Parsonville, N. C., on or before
the 8th day of April, 1941, or this
notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate -will please
make immediate payment.
T^is 8th day of April, AD. 1940
WAYNE RICHARDSON.
Administrator of Mary C. Wood
ruff, deceased. 6-16-61
4.. H. Casey, Attorney.
"notice of sale of BEAL
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the (pow
er of sale contained in a certain
Deed of Trust, dated March 14,
1931, recorded in office of Register
of Deeds for Wilkes County, in
Book 165, page 23, to the under
signed trustee, to secure the pay
ment of a note therein mentioned
from E. J. Blackburn and -wife,'
To unite the Jewish youth of Am- i'JlS'ent theS
erica for the purpose of inculcating the
ideals and maintaining the principles as
established by the Constitution of the
United States of America.
“2. To aid and co-operate in defending
our country against all who seek to under
mine our American form of government,
we pledge our support to join with other
American groups in the defense of our
country against Communism, Nazism, Fasc-' the lands of Arvil Green; boimd^
. i 1. on the south by the lands of I. M.
— and any other movement which may
and demand having been made on
me;
1 will, Therefore, on Saturday,
June 1, 1940, at the hour of ten
(10:00) o’clock A. M., at the court
house door in Wilkesboro, offer
for sale for cash to the highest
bidder the following described
tracts of land:
First Tract: Lying and being in
Jobs Cabin To-wnsnip; Bounded
on the north by the lands of I. M.
Carlton; bounded on the east by
Cone To Oar Coormiieiit Store
For Hanos Undofwear
TOMLINSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE
Borrowed Comment
WELCOME HOME, MAJOR!
(Skyland Post)
We congratulate Major A. L. Fletcher
upon the excellent job he did in Washing
ton as assistant wage-hour administrator
in establishing an inspectional system
throughout the United States and we wel
come Ashe county’s outstanding native
son back to North Carolina.
He went to Washington to do a specific
piece of pioneering work and he did it so
well that he has been acclaimed all over
the natiom Now he returns to Charlotte
to serve as regional administrator in the
same branch of federal activity.
Because of their confidence in him, in
dustrial employers and employees in the
Carolinas will be deeply gratified to have
the wage-hour enforcement regulations
placed in the hands of Major Fletcher. As
irtate commissioner of labor, his many re-
ism
have a similar un-American purpose.
“3. To join with Protestant and Cath-
oliC) youth organizations in the promotion
of the above-mentioned principles and to
foster and develop the good-neighbor pol
icy as the foundation of our country..
“4. To conduct an educational cam
paign among the Jewish youth of America
against the dangers of Communism, Fasc
ism, Nazism, or any other movement or
cause which is incompatible with our Am
erican form of government”.
The sponsors of this movement are Aa
ron J. Levy, Justice of the Supreme Court
of New York; William Weiss, president of
the Union of Orthodox Congregations of
America; Hon. Benjamin E. Greenspan,
president of the Wall Street S3magogue;
the Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Goldstein, of the
West Side Institutional Sjmagogue, and the
Rev. Dr. Jacob Katz, Jewish chaplain in
Sing Sing prison.
The invitation of this organization to
Catholic and Protestant youth organiza
tions to join with it in combating all sub
versive groups means that we are at last
awakening to the danger that confronts
our civil and religious liberties from Tro
jan-horse “youth” movements falsely la
beled “American”.
This interdenominational youth move
ment should become countiy-wide, for, the
tomorrow of America belongs—^must be
long!—to AMERICAN-MINDED youth of
all creeds.
Carlton; bounded on the west by
the lands of I. M. Carlton; con
taining 6.2 acres, more or less and
being the lands purchased from L
M. Triton.
Second Tract: Lying and tejng
in Jobs Cabin Township; AdjoiniM
the lands of Rebecca Jane Church
on the north; adjoining the lands
of Elk Creek Lumber Ck)., on the
east; adjoining the lands of Elk
Creek Lumber Co., on the south;
adjoining the lands of G. W. Black-
bum on the west; containing 50
acres, more or less and bei^ the
lands purchased from De'vid E.
(Torbitt. (One-half (l-2l undivided
interest in this tract oi land).
The 1st day of May, A. D. 1940.
A. H. CASEY,
6-23-4t(T) Trustee.
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Headquarters For
HANES
HARRIS BROS.
DEPARTMENT STORE
IF ITS HANES—WE
HAVE rr.
HACKNEY
DEPARTMENT STORE
(SueeasoM^Hadme^^^arris)
Shop Here For
HANES UNDERWEAR
LERNER’S
Department Store
For Friendly Service and
Hanes Underwear Come to
PAYNE
CLO’THING CO.
You wouldn’t play gdf in a tuxedo. You
want comfortable dotbet... and underwear.
Hanss Crotch-Quard Sports give free play
to leg musdes. An all-round Lastex band
pves more “play” at the waist. The Hames-
ENIT Crotch-(juard protects you with gende,
athletic support. The crotch is comfortably
wide ... to avoid binding. Buttonless fly-
front.
Score in sports and fed spruce at work
with Hanes Crotch-Guard Sports. They
team up best with a Hanes Undershirt. See
your Hanes Dealer today.
SHISTS AND
UOAOaOTH SHORTS
35J 3 J1
Extra quality, 50c each.
HANCS Blue^bd Shirt*
and broadcloth Shorts aa
low a» 27a.
HdTNES-
CIOTCH-SniD
SPtfRTS
351.50'
P. H. HANES KNiniNG COMPANY
WINSTON-SALIM, NORTH CAROIINA
—^Hanes Underwear—
BARE’S FAIR STORE
Tenth Street North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Speed lip Production
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