/
vltk commontjr
wapmsfid that "Hitter 1$ an to
■ »o cood," poB^bl]r a snind slam
attack.-
T%«re i»B8 Tirtually no aerial^
acUvlty oVer Britain during day-
ll*ot. A alngle nasi |>lane droppad
a tipBib on tha SMnrtheaat coast
vltlHMt cantlBA^ damage or casn-
altlaa. The crew ot the trawler
Oalr^^l sJiot down a Junkers-SS
■When the plane attacked It In the
North sea oft the Norfolk coest.
The admiralty communique,
relating this latter occurrence,
said the Gatrani suffered no dam-
‘*age or oaeualtlee.
Many Londoners appeared wor-
rylag oror the meaning of the
ahaence of raids in the past week
attd most hare their own private
"explanations’' for the lull—"the
phloney peace" as some news
papers call it.
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Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 26.—British
soldiers pushing deeper into Ital
ian Eritrea are within 10 miles of
the mil center of Agordat while,
far to the north, British forces
are fighting the Italians at Derna,
Libya, It was reported tonight.
Military sources here said the
British captured 100 prisoners in
the latest thrust toward Agordat.
making 700 prisoners reported
taken in the 10-day campaign
which has seen the Italians fall
heck over 100 miles In front of
the British.
Agordat itself has little stra
tegic importance but. as one of
the chief cities of Italy’s oldest
colony. Its fall would have con
siderable effect on the natives of
Erltree and Ethiopia who are
growing bolder every mile the
British advance.
The British were said to be |
moving rapidly. Military .sources
declared that with the Italians
slill retreating there were no
obstacles to taking Agordat.
The British high command of
ficially reported its forces have
captured and pushed beyond Bis-
cia, 20 miles west of Agordat.
Its communique briefly said a
"further 100 prisoners" were
taken in the East African offen-
sive, waged under * Intensive
support” from the R. A. F.
Ready Call
For Men of County
Questionnaires Mailed To
Arother Hundred By Two
Boards In The County
Athens, Jan. 28.—Greek troops
of
to-
launched at dawn today by plane-
ferried troops, ot Premier Musso
lini's new generalissimo in Alban
ia to "strengthen the morale
his troops." it was reported
night.
Dispatches from the front swid
the Greeks were pu.shing method:-
cally onward into Albania north
of Klisura.
Some of the troops used in the
assault—one of the strongest yet
launched by the Italian.^ since the
began almost three months
e.rrived from It-
war
ago—have just
aly, ferried across the Adriatic
aea by plane.
John K. Blackburn
Enters Business In
Waynesboro, Va.
who
husi-
John Kermit Blackburn
has been in the clothing
ness here with his father. E. M.
Blackburn, has purchased an in
terest in the Crutchfield Furni
ture company in Waynesboro.
Va and will devote his time to
that business there, it was learn
ed here today.
Mr. Blackburn is now in High
Point at the furniture show with
his new business partner. Douglas
C. Crutchfield, and will proceed
to Wavnesboro. Va.. after buying
for a 'few dfys at the furniture
exposition.
Wilkes county’s two dnift
hoards, who filled a call for 18
men on January 20. are making
ready to fill the next call, which
has not yet been received.
Wilkes board number one sent
six men to Fort Bragg Monday,
one of whom was a replacement
for one turned down at Fort
Bragg in December. However,
two of the six were rejected at
Fort Bragg and two replacements
will be with the next quota.
One of the two turned down
was Owdls Lloyd Johnson, of
Oakwoods. who had order num
ber 18 and the distinction of be
ing the first conscript from
board number one. The other man j
rejected was .Arnold Bumgarner,
ot Wilkesiboro route one. one ot
the four volunteers.
Of the 11 who went from
Board area number two one was
turned down, thot being Edward
Oid Shumate. Twelve were sup
posed to go from this area but
one of the conscripts, James Har
vey Holler, of Joynes, failed to
show up. He has been mailed a
notice by the board to report
here on Monday. January 27, and
show cause why he did not re
port as ordered.
Board number one will send
its first colored mian January 30.
He will be Edward Lee Cocker-
ham. volunteer
Board number one has
volunteers who have
examined. They are
ford, Raymond
’ “ . ’ ■ C->‘'
This apiary of 88 colonies of bees made sufficient honey for M. E. Woodruff to realise a cash profit
pf $960 in 1940. Sale of honey provides the princi al incproe f.jr M. E. Woodruff and his large fami
ly. who live at Par.somville. (Photo by Dwight Nicfa Is).
James
Openings For Pupils
In Typing Classes
three
not been
Felix Luns-
Berl Green and
Bonnie Madison Lane. Last week
questionnaires were sent to the
following with order numbers
192 to 240: ’
Berlie Marlow. James IMnfleld
flckola. Hubert, M.'^^his.
'"‘‘nT
Colvard, Vance Hodge, Malcolm
Julius Barber. .lames Monroe
Dowell. Royvl .lohnson Yates
William Turner Church. Carl
William Clanton. Samuel Reid
Ogilvie, William Altirien Greene,
Woodrow Huffman. Roy B; rber.
Carl John.son Vannoy. Albert H.
Carlton, Troy Cicero Foster, Ow
en Stephens. James Walter
Sparks, Arlie 01 to BuHis. Chester
Triplett. Henry Timothy Ander
son John James Craig. Arthur
Charles Steele. Clarence Andrew
Redmon, Dwight L. Williams,
Worth Edgar Houck. Elbert Ed
ward lajve. James Tt.rner Ed-
minston. William Clegg
Jam*s Elijah Howell. Crobie Dol
man l^ws. Fred Millus
James Garvey Huffman. Roy
Oakley. Greely William
Woodrow Johnson. Clarence Dan
iel Pendergnias. Heg
Phillips. Ernest Lee
Dexter l.a>we Nichols,
Eugene Kelley. James
Fruit Growers To Small Apiary Yields $960 Profit
Meet February 7th- For Mountain Family Last Year
Will Meet At Research Lab
oratory and At Moravian
Falls On That Date
By ,F B. SNIPES
(County Agent)
I To a modest family living Jn
the foothills of the Blue Ridge
mountains $960 income in one
year is a lot of money.
That is the amount M. E.
Woodruff, who lives near Par-
sonvllle, received from the sale
Mrs. C. F. Bretholi. secretury I of 4.300 pounds of sourwoodhon-
Nichols,
Lee
Church,
and treasurer of the Brushy
Mountain Fruit Growers. Carl E.
VanDeman, apple tcserach spec
ialist. H. R. Niswonger, extension
horticulturist, and the county a-
genLs of Alexander and Wilkes
counties have planned to have an
all day meeting ot the Brushy
Mountain Fruit Growers on Fri
day. February 7th.
.At 10:00 o’clock 11. m. the
orchardists will assemile at 'ir
VanDeman’s Laboratory, looited
on the Taylorsville highway on
-umwwbh tuwiwg
ties. At that time they will have
a general lecture liy an out-of-
the -state horticulturist. After
this lecture Mr. VanDeman will
discuss the work that he Is doing
at the laboratory in regard to
cold .storage for a.pples.
At noon the fruit growers are
Invited to Moravian Falla, at
which time Mrs. C. F. Bretholi
will serve hot coffee and sand
wiches in the community house.
Immediately after lunch, tliey
will assemble at Mr. Holder s
garage, in Momvian Falla, Mr.
Blackwell, from the John Bean
Manufacturing company, will con
duct a demonstratif” on tearing
down and assembling a sprayer.
Spray maieriols will also he dis-
cii.-sed tiy a specialist.
This meeting should prove both
interesting and educational to ail
ey from 88 colonies of bees in
1940.
That income, together with
food and feedstuffs produced on
his mountain farm, is providing
a decent livelihood for his large
family, which consists of Mrs.
Woodruff and nine children.
.And in addition to $960 in
many low income homes.
Woodruff went Into the tee
business 13 years ago with three
colonies. He has 88 now and the
splendid luck he had during the
past season has made him deter
mined to expand to 160 next sea.
son.
Success with bees Is not all at.
trihuted to luck, he said in dis
cussing his thriving little busi
ness. Bees must be cared for and
given a certain amount of atten
tion in best of years. In years
when the honey flow is poor and
climatic conditions are unfavor-
Automobile In Wikesboro On
Leo Pollard Apprehended
By Attorney At He Waa
Tryinfli To Start Auto
able the bees require more care,
leash, the bees provided sufficient Woodruff likes bees, stingers
honey for all the family can eat. neverthelas-s, and why shouldn’t
Honey is on the table three times he. They have pi'ovlded him and
each day and 365 days in the his family with a table delicacy
yejHf. .^.Hf^ey la a splendid food, for every meal In 13 years and
isiriiif iisytiiy nbtirisbing. have earned (pr him a sustantial
R» 9Hc9 makek it prohibitive in cash income.
Le
noir Minister Five Schook Close
AddressesKiwanis
‘What Is God Doing In A
Troubled World” Is
Subject Of Address
Pierce. Herman f,,- up in the sky when the pilot
who attend.
Second semester of commercial
classes in North Wilkesboro high
achool beg..n todey. Paul S. Cra-
gan, superintendent, said here.
There is room in the afternoon
class for out-of-school people for
several more who wish to study
typing. Only a nominal monthly
tJe Is charged and the remainder
of the cost is paid by state and
federal governments. Miss Lilyan
Miller is teecher of the commer-
ctel classes for studenU and for
out-of-school pupils. The after
noon class begins at three o’clock.
Snow Blankets Part
Of Wilkes County
The fivst snow of the serson
fell in Wilkes Sunday afternoon.
The we.stern ana northern parts
of the county received about one
Inch of snow Sunday .afternoon
which remained on the ground
'’"lie^^iDOuntaln counties west
Borth ot wilkee recelv^ a
hi depth-
Hamilton
Johnson,
Clarence
Rayford
Wellace.
Colman Trediway.
Bter Henderson. Thomas
Davis. Walter Watt Connolly.
Wilkes draft bbard number ;
has two new volunteers. Andrew!
j C. Bowers, of Moxley. ond
Vaughn Clinton Burchette, of Ab-
shers.
Questionnaires were mailed
Friday to the two new volunteers
rnd to registrants with order
numbers 351 to 400 as follows:
Henry Lee Moore. Eck Geno
Shumate, Frank Howard I^nk-
ford William Allen Bynum. Os-
car ' J. Felts. Charlie Blaine
Brooks. Everett Perry. Richard
Walter Gwyn. Jr.. Boyd William
Daniels, Tony Clifford White,
Thomas Andrew Whittington,
Granville Jones Kilby, Lester
Gray Long, C?d Sleets. Jessie
Lee -Adams. Presley Elmore Ad
ams. Hillary Earl Blevin.^ Hom
er Pearson Swaim, Claude Allen
Brooks, Vernon Talmadge Ma-
haffey. Edmund McGrady. Jnme«
Guy Kilby. Glenn George Byrd,
date Washington Tucker. Romu
lus Cal Crrlton, Bonnie McCoy
Minton, James Rell Parsons.
Hdward Brown. Laurie Lee Pow
ell, Jack Verlin Smoot, Travis
Calvin Wyatt. Commie Lee Sales,
Press Wlngler. Ivery Edward
Shumate. Clifton Wnrd Dillard.
Ransome Glenn Johnson. Leander
David Cothren, Brrck William
Bumgarner, Roland Harry Reav
is. Thomas Hubert Becknell, Ro
by Lee Minton, Henry Carmon
Carter. Simon Paul Hemric, Jos
eph Taylor Staley, -Howard Taft
Pruitt, Josse Ambrose Dancy, Udy
Clay Wood, Gaither Ford Howell,
Franklin Bruce Combs, Revoy
Reece Jordan.
.lOKE
.A passenger in an airplane was
Rev. Claude Moser, ot Lenoir,
delivered a most inspiring pd.
dress Friday noon before the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club.
R. W. Gwyii was program
chairman for the day and he pre
sented Rev. A. L. .Aycock, who
introduced the speaker. The sub
ject of Rev. Mr. Moser’s address
wa,- "What Is God Doing In A
Troubled World?’’
The sneaker said thrt men oft
en wonder why God does not in.
tervene in a troubled world. He
cannot intervene because he de
pends II ion man and God stands
Foote began to laugh hysterically.
Passenger
What’s t h e
Because Of Illness
Wilkesboro, Boomer, Mora
vian Falls, Lincoln Heights
To Re-Open On 3rd
Three more Wilkes coiintv
schools closed Friday afternoon
on account of the flu epidemic,
which is paying Wilkes a belated
visit.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent, said that Wilk'esbom, Boom
er and Lincoln Heights closed
Friday until Mondry, February
3. Moravian Falls closed Thurs
day and will not open until the
.3rd. Mulberry closed Thursday
hut plans to re-open on Wednes-
Leo Pollard, of Durhsan, a
long term prisoner who escaped
from a prison camp at Kenans-
vllle two weeks ago and who was
captured in Wilkesboro Friday
evening as be was attempting to
m(ske away with Attorney W. H.
McBIwee’s car, has been given
another 18 months, Wilkes offi
cers grid today.
The young attorney was cross
ing the street In front of Smith-
ey hotel in Wilkesboro Friday
evening when he noticed that
s.-'meone was in his car nearby
and was trying to start the mo
tor. He hastened to the oar and
a man crawled out from under
the wheel. When rsked by Mr.
McElwee to explain why he was
trying to start the car, he said
that he thought it was a taxi and
that he intended starting It In
order to attract the attention of
the driver if he was near.
He went on to say that he was
from Washington, D. C., on his
way to Fort Bragg to work. He
had a suitcase in his hand.
Mr. McElwee told the mian to
wait a moment and left him in
the street momentarily while he
stepped inside ot Newton’s Drug
store for Arlie Foster. Wilkes
boro policeman who had stepped
Inside a few minutes before.
When they walked out the man
who was left in the street had
proceeded up the street and was
actually getting into a taxicab.
They accompaniel him to the
jail for a little investigation and
there the suitcase he wa.s carry
ing was opened. It contained la
dles’ clothing and a picture iden
tified as being that of Miss Addle
Casey, of Cycle, who teaches at
Ferguson. Her brothers. Attor
ney A. H. Casey, and Dr. R. P
Casey-..-i»t this city. _were called,
and they recognized the suitcase
as belonging to their sister. They
proceeded to her home, fearing
that she had been robbed, and
found her all right. She did not
know that her suitcase had been
taken and it was believed that it
had been stolen from her car
when she stopped in Wilkesboro.
A tweed coat, which the man
was wearing, mis identified as
being .Miss Casey’s and had been
taken from the suitcase.
Faced with these frets. Pol
lard, who previously had saie
that he had purchased the siiil-
erse from a nerson of unknown
identity and did not know what
was in it. confessed that he was
an esc: ped convict. He said hi
was sentenced five years ago in
Durham to fifteen years for high
way robbery and that he had
served about five of the 15.
Officers checked his story and
found it to be substantially cor-
Nazi Spy Radio
..%s.
A girl examines the portable ttb-
41o transmitter which was nsed by
two German spies who slipped Mw
England as refugees. They aaafe
back military movements to QenHr
ay. The spies were executed In Fa»
tonviUe prison.
Rebuilding Lines
On Highway 421
Connecting Power Line Co»
structed In Order To Pro
vide Better Service
day, January 29.
Absences Friday were reported! He was tried here S: Inrday
far more numerous than on prev- afternoon for stealing the suit-
ioH.s days, which school authori- oase and was given an udditional
‘‘I’m thinking of what
tney’ll sty at the asylum when
they find out I have escaped.”
today .11 the same relationship .
with the world as when Christ'ties considered an Indicrtloii that ig months, to take effect on the
was crucified he said |fln was spreading rapidly. Many expiration of the remainder of
The speaker ex.ph.ined that God'“ of mumps and a few of the long term [h’e years
using sin to bring about His chickenpox also contributed to ago for highway robbery.
IS
holy ena and that such men a.«
Hitler, Mussolini and the rulers
ot Japan are marked for eventual
and certain ruin. His address wrs
delivered very forcefully and was
well received by the club.
President J. B. Carter an
nounced that the board of direc
tors will meet at Hotel Wilkes on
Thursday evening, January 30,
seven o’clock, and asked that
committee reports and attend
ance be one hundred per cent.
the number of school absences.
RE.AL MAID
M.istress (to new maid):
“When you wait on the giia-its at
dinner, please don’t spill any
thing.”
Nora: "No, ma’am, I won’t say
a word.”
Pollard, a man of middle age.
was turned over to the state
highway prison camp here to a-
wait transfer by prison authori
ties.
Teacher: Why is our language
called the Mother Tongue?
Pupil: Because father never
gets a chance to use it.
Work of relAilldlng Duke P«nr--
er company lines from North WII-
kesboro to a point two miles be
yond Millers Creek is now In pr«>-
gress, Robert S. Gibbs. Jr., man
ager of the North Wllkeeboro
branch of the company, said to.
day.
Before the rebuilding work wag
begun, a connecting line warn
built froin the Ferguson line to
a point near Congo at a cost ot
iboht $2,000 in order to make m
circuit and feed the lines along
highways 421 and 16 from the
other end while rebnilding is in
progress. Mr. Gibbs si id. This
connection will make it possible
for luindreds of homes to have
service without interruptions.
He explained, however, that
the line being rebuilt carries
6900 volts and that men are not
allowed to handle the wire.- while
they lire "hot ’ and it L necessary
to have the ennent off at short
disti'iices where the work is in
progress. Homes along the line
being relAiilt may expect the cur
rent to be off from 8 to 11 a. m.
and 1 to .5 p. m. from one to
three days.
New and heavier poles are be
ing used and the line is being re
built to insure a maximum of
electric service with a mlnimora
of Interruptions In the future.
The lines will be rebuilt along
highway 421 to Millers Creek and^
from Millers Creek along high
way 16 to Virgil Church’s orch
ard.
Desert Fort Now in British Hands
Schools Here Are
Re-Opened Today
Honeymooning in front of their
one-room brush shanty Is Pleat
Hickman, 82, of Roan County, Tenn.,
and hit bride, the former Geneva
Powell, 17, of Bock Cattle, Ky. Tbo
firl ran away from home a year
ago in search of romance. She saya
the It “completely happy."
North Wilkesboro schools re
opened this morning after being
closed since Tuesday because of
a flu epidemic.
Paul S. Cragan, superinten
dent. said attendance in the
school in grades six through elev.
en was 93 per cent this morning,
representing a big increrse over
last Tuesday when 208 were ab
sent In the school. Absences were
more numerous today In the pri
mary grades'than in the high
school b>ut bad weather conditions
was considered a factor as well
rs illness.
The opinion was expressed that
the flu epidemic has' passed Its
peak and that the school attend
ance may be near normal within
a few dayk.
Income Tax Man
Coming Feb. 20-21
R. L. Clay, deputy collector of
Internal revenue from the office
of C. H. Robertson, of Greens-
tmro, wes In North Wilkesboro
Friday making arrangements for
an appointment here next month
I to assist taxpayers in filing in-
'come tax returns.
Mr. Clay announced that he
will be at the city hall here on
February 20 and 21 for thrt
purpose. He also explained that
changes have been made in the
Income tax laws. A single person
with an income of $800 during
the year must |ile a return and
any couple who receive a total of
$2,000 must file a return.
gomewher^ln Africa . . .'These British soldiers sre shown occnpylng
the mined Itallsn fort which was captured by the western forces ^
Great Britain while figbtinr MossoHni’s army in Africa. A fierce sheUlng
reduced thg fert (o much rabble. This official photograph was af-
proved by British' censors.
NKXT
A comely colored girl had just
been ILptized in the river. As
she came to the surface she c-Ied.
“Bless de Lawd, Ise saved! Las’
night £ was In de ahms of Satan,
but tonight Ah’s In de ahms of
de Lawd!"
"Sistuh.” came a baritonu voica
from the shora, "how is yiMi tixa£ ,■
up for tomorrow,e*enl»*T".^^.,,
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