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fcilJhi
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“JK
bi A£rui4
. araored sp««r
, 9t BiiUkla's armr ot tl»4
i,yP* fiOTied tts •taanrotlw oi.
)^n|U« Mfon naatitm LU^’b
Ftraatt«r into
»w*iieit a third o* the
'dMakto troBB captared Beaghasi
to the great yaaetet base ot Tri
m’s?
^b^ttgWaia sOt aU aenkM* Italian
HliMMKmlt, taMttdtog the ooar fh-
S; gRMM ^Oeo. Annibale (electric
^ Whlakm). Berganioli vbo nar-
raWg aacaped capture at Bardia,
gnd "many thoosands ot prison-
waa announced in reeterday’s
eoHA'onloae ot the Brltiab Jdld-
kdle Whet command.
AdTance units ot British tanks,
i*aa announced, have selted El
^Vtheila, last town of Cyrenalca
atem Libya) end 170 miles
aputh of Bengbasi on the Gult of
, Blrte
| *t-, Prom El Aghella the British
^^acroBS the Trlpolltanlan frontier
M armored forces struck 10 mllee
*. into western Libya to maintain
h tfco pounding pace of 0«n. Sir
Archibald Wavell’s drive toward
Tripoli, 400 miles westward.
The capture of the six senior
Fascist generals. Including Ber-
gaaBoll who was Marshal Rodolfo
Onasiani’s second In command
and commanding officer at Beng-
hasi, brought to 18 the number
of Benito Wussolini's generals
who have tullen Into the hands of
the British since the start of
WaveU’s offensive on December
9.
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VOL. XXXin, No. to
=5=
Published Moedaya end
NOITO WB
. WlLWBBORO^N. 0.
Genoa U Blasted
By The British
London.—The British fleet.
Bweeidng boldly up tljrough the
Llgarlan Sea at dewn Sunday,
anunbed the great Italian port of
It ^noa with more than 300 tons
^ shells and perhaps saved Gen.
iVjSaxime Weygand’s French army
l^’^n Africa from an Imminent Ger
Local Finiii^
LowJKdHenOn
Proj^ Matdials
Low Bids Approved In Feb
ruary Meetiilf' Of City
Commisslotiert
Baptist Pastor
Local firms have been award
ed contracts to supply materials
for the water and sewer ezten-!
slon project to (begin here within ,
the next few days. |
Bids were received by the city .
commissioners In their , February j
meeting for the mateniiils and in {
ei'ch instance North Wllke.sboro ,
firms had submitted the low bids,,
which were approved by the city
council.
The city clerk, I. H. McNeill,
Jr., was authorized to make ap
plication to the Local Government
commission to sell $22,000 in
city bonds to finance the project,
which will be carried out by the
WPA. It was pointed out that ac
tual expenditure of that amount
may not be necessary and hond.s
will be issued only In the neces
sary amount.
The bonds may be Issued with
out an election, in view of the
fact that the amount is le-ss than
two-thirds of the total ibonded in
debtedness retired during the
past year. The city retired $35,-
000 in bonds last year and under
the law is allowed to issue up to
two thirds of that amount for
necessary expenditures for im
provements.
Jenkin.s Hardware company
submitted the low (bids for pipe
in the amount of approximately
$3,000; S. V. Tomlinson’s low
bid for cement was about $1,000
and brick about $1,485; Lineber-
Foundry secured the contract
ry
in Airica iiuiu ““ w . ' j o r>
man attack. It was stated officiul- for manhole frames and C. i-.
Caudill was low bidder for neces
sary supplies of sand and gravel
ly last night.
Led by the huge battle cruiser
Renown with its blazing 15-inch
«n«. BrlUin’s Mediterranean
out lU most daring
:«kw w*A
i#»rmlBg bombing planes from
. Aircraft carrier Ark Royal
heaped vast destruction upon
.Italy’s fourth largest oUy and na-
^val base, according to the admi-
”tous of bombs crashed from
the British planes on oil refin-
aries at nearby Leghorn and .be
vital railroad junction at n. a
while the British warships, hov-
rX, 1« or .r. o».«or.,
“ *ed Genoa's plctiiresiiue port
»Winston Churchill s; id that
.'rte «ival attack, wiihout chab
' lenge from Italy’s fleet w
have been nearby, was oai-
Tied out •■in shatterins niannei
against a brse '‘from which per
haps a Nazi expedition might soon
have f iled to attack Gen. ey-
gand in Algeria or Tunis.
Churchill, in an empire-wide
radio address, suggested th t a
German army moved across Bren-
ner Pass to Genoa might have
moved across the Mediterv nean
and attacked Weygaud’s formid
able army of 450.000 troops in
order to seize Bizerie and other
Aev bases from which to aid the
Ottered Italian forces fleeing
‘from Britain's North .African
conquest.
Uwding the dawn attack, the
admiralty said, were the 37,400-
ton Renown with iLn 44 guns
ranging up to l\ inches, the 35.-
000-ton battleship Malaya, also
with 15-inch guns, the cruiser
with 15-lnch guns, the cruiser
ShBffleld and the 27-000-ton air-
-j. ciAft carrier Ark
V ’Th® Germans on sever ii
dblons have claimed to
I' "The Ark Royal a t^eaWlot
Pc tag airdrome carrying 60 planes
and 1,575 men.
^Italian Bombers
Hits Greek Towns
- . Athens.-Uallan bombers raid-
tag at least six cities »"1 localt-
: V tS In Greece yesterday h^vlly
^-rSSmged the historic ehurch of
^ S^Bophla in SalonlkM and killed
women and children In loan-
I'Laa. the ministry of home securl-
rtr reported late last night.
-tJT bombers spread over
Greece wife the coming of better
raather which Intensified
and Beri.'l activities
.KianlaD front.
cbtiWh of St. Sophte, one
ot examples of Bysantlne
4>t ^as hit squarely by
gnd deitroyed the left aisle
laoroen’s section.
Oomb fell Itt the church
SIX fallta* a ^rt
rWorn the ehareh dam-
^^^ggx'rhT hoepltal 11“-
reporta Irom
Mrs. Mary Tobcy,
To Address Chapter
Eastern Star Here
Mrs. Mary V. TdV^, of Lln-
colnton. district deputy grand
matron of the Tenth dl-trlct of
Order of the Eastern Star, will
make her official visit to the O.
E. S. chapter here on Thiirsdiiy
night, February 13, 7:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Tobey Is a very entertaining
speaker and will have an Interest
ing message. A large attendance
of members Is especieUy desired.
Dr. John \V. Kiiicheloc, Jr.,
newly elected pn-stor of the
First Baptist church In this
city, will arrive this week and
will begin his pa.sti>rate on Sun
day, February 16.
New Pastor First
Baptist Church To
Arrive This Week
Fruit Growers In
Successful Meet:
Officers Elected
Over Seventy-Five Fruit
Growers Attend Meeting
And Orchard School
Dr. John W. Kincheloe
Assume Duties At Church
Here Next Sunday
Work on the project, which
will extend water and sewer
lines to several p rts of the city
.Mul'wUt tnchide aass^iiijUfta et
a sewage disposal plant, will be
gin as. soon as all de.tails neces
sary as to right of way. etc., are
cleared.
oc-
heve
Moose Order Of
Legion Planning
Joint Frolic Here
Will Be Held On Saturday
And Sunday, Ferbuary IS
16; Program Outlined
A joint Frolic of Enoca Tar
heel and Weiioca I^cgions, divis
ions of I.oyal Order of Moose
I.odge, will be held in North Wil-
kesboro on Saturday and Sunday.
February 15 iind 16. according
to announcements made here to
day.
.A. Jack -Mount, membership di
rector. .-aid here today that the
.gathering will lie one of the
largest fraternal event.s ever held
here and that menubers of the
order are expected from many
cities iind towns of North Caro
lina. Tennes.see and Virginia.
Registration will be at Hotel
Wilkes on Saturday afternoon
and a .street parade of Legion
and .Moose will take place at sev
en p. ni. From eight until mid
night II dance will te held at the
Woman's Clubhouse on Trogdon
street.
-A fellowship
the feature for nine o’clock on
Sunday morning and member.-
will attend Sundry school at 9:45.
The banquet will he at one o’
clock Sunday afternoon at Hotel
Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr,,
who was recently called as pastor
of the First Baptist church in
North Wilkesboro. will arrive
here this week to essume his du
ties and will fill the pulpit on
Sundiay, February 16.
He and Mrs, Kincheloe are ex
pected here some time this week
to establish residence in the par
sonage.
Dr.v
Wllkestooro THif
and with a background
training and wide experience. He
received his B. A. degree from
the Unlve-'slty of Virginia, and
his Th. M. and Ph. D. degrees
from the Southern B; ptist The
ological Seminary. Louisville, Ky.
He will come to North Wilkes
boro from Emporici. Va., where
he has been pastor for six years.
Prior to that time he was pastor
for five years at Owensboro, Ky.
Dr. Kincheloe has a reputation
of being an cble speaker and has
pre.'Ched in many revival and
evangelistic services; and has ad
dressed many civic and religious
grot ps.
He is a son of Dr. John W.
Kincheloe. Sr., pastor of the First
Baptist church at Rocky Mount.
List -August he married Mia-
Bari ara Fiinner, daughter of
Rev. J. \V. Farmer, of Bluefield.
\V. Va. Mrs. Kincheloe is a gradu
ate of Bessie Tift Pollege at
Forsyth, Georgia,
Dr. Kincheloe succeeds Rev.
Eugene Olive as pastor of the
First Baptist church here. Me re
signed Irsl slimmer to accept the
pistorate of Wake Fore-l Bap
tist church and is chaplain of
Wake Forest College.
On Friday morniti.g. Febninry
7. anple growers in the north
western part of North Carolina
met at the Apple Research Lab
oratory at Kilby’s Gap on the
TO| Wilkesboro-Taylorsvllle rord to
attend the annual .meeting of the
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers
and an all day^-Jr-it school. Ar-
rangements.Ior the day had been
made by Carl B. VanDeman, re
search horticulturist In change of
the Laboratory, H. R. Nttironger,
extension horticulturist from Ra
leigh. Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, sec-
rebary of the Brushy Mountain
Fruit’ Growers, J. B. Snlpea,
Wilkes county agent, and O. B.
Hobson. Alexander county agent.
The program for the .morning
Special Service Held Sunday
Night; Window Display
On Scouting Intereating
Many activities are ibeing car.
ried oji by local troops In observ-
nnee of National Boy Scout Week
February 7-13.
'The week’s observance will be
climaxed Friday night by a Fath
er and Son banquet, 7 o'clock,
at the Woman’s Club houAe on
Trogdon street. Att ndance of
more then 70, including Boy
Scouts and their fathers, is ex
pected for the banquet.
Bnnks Newman, .a prominent
Scout leader In Winston-Salem,
will (tie the principal speaker.
Others will be W. E. Vaughn-
Lloyd, Scout Executive, and Tonr
Holder, also of Winston-Salem.
Mr. Vaughn-Lloyd was here on
Friday, when he addressed the
Klwanls pnd Lions clubs and met
with the Scout council.
On Sunday evening u special
Scout service was held at the
North Wilkeriboro Methodist
church. The service was conduct
ed by the pastor. Rev. A. L. Ay-
co«k, and 30 Scouts from the two
troops In this city were seated
In a body. The pastor delivered
an inspiring meesage.
Window Decorated
A very interesting window dis
play hre been pieced in a win
dow of Rexnll drug store here,
showing the history of Scouting
and acquainting the public ■with
the yartous stagea ot Scout pi^
'aMUoa-aatf developsMUt ta’iln u^
work. Also Included In the m .n
dow are samples of Scout work
and a complete roll of Boy Scout
troop 35. Scout leaders invite
public inspection ot the display.
C. B. Bnrmwood, pilot (e Gen. Chi-
ang Kai-sbek, says the T7. 8. can
lick Japan in 90 days. Burmwoed
will return to China after vlsltUig
bis mother In Chicago.
Blood Project Is
SprauwedHereBy
Local lions Club
Blood Of Score Or More Lo'
cal People Will Be Classi
fied For Future Use
ment. Mr. VanDeman gave a re
port of the research work being
conducted at the Apple Research
Laboratory, which is a part of the
North Carolina Strte Agricultur
al Experimeiit Station. The grow
ers inspected the experimental
controlled atmosphere cold stor-
Mge room from the outside. Due
to the nature of the experiment
being conducted, the room will
not he opened until March or ear
ly April at which time the public
will be invited *-o inspect the
J room and the apples .stored In it.
Mr. Hobson and Mr. Snipes ex
plained how the soil conservation
progr: jii can be of help to the
fruit growers in improving their
orchards, A moving picture in
natural color brought out the nd-
vantages of growing and market
ing only apples of the highest
grade and quality.
The nominating committee pre- ^ quarterly
seined the following slate of of- ugunlly held at each
church, and th© charges repre-
Methodisb Hold
District Meeting
Here Saturday
Eleven charges and fifty-two
churches fo the Elkin district of
the Methodist Conference were
represented her© at a meeting
held Saturday afternoon at the
First Methodist church.
Rev. A. 0. Gibbs, of Elkin, dis
trict superintendent. presided
and Rev. D. B. Mnllls. pastor of
th© Jone-ville charge, served as
secretary. The meeting will Irke
ticers for re-e!oction: Clrrence
Fletcher, president: Roscoe Lowe,
vice president; Mrs. C. F. Breth
oll. .‘•ecretary: and S. C. Stewart,
meinlter of tlie bourd of directors.
The members voted, to elect thi.s
(Continued on page five)
Poultry School For Wilkes And All
Adjoining Counties To Be Monday
artlll-
on the
Regional poultry school for
breakfast will be 1 Wilkes and i’ll adjoining counties
will be held at the county court
house in Wilkesboro on Monday.
Jrnnary 17. J. B. Snipes. Wilkes
county agent, announced today.
~ I Considering the prominent part
Wilkes, at which a lurge number |t(,p poultry industry has In rural
will be in attendance. Iijfp of these countie.s, a large aU
The I.rf!gion meeting, and an ! tendance at the school is iintici-
open meeting of Women of the , pj,ted. Mr. Snipes said, and urged
Moose, will beheld at 2:15. lattendance of all poultry produc-
Commentfug on the frolic. the|gpg gpd others inetrested in that
announcement said: “It is quite, jj^poytant branch of agriculture,
fitting thrt this frolic should be|q.jjg program has been planned to
held in the town that will be i pg interesting os well as educa-
hosts to the next Carolina Moose rj,»nai.
Association conclave on Labor
Dny, 1941, and the progressive
spirit shown by the North Wil-
kestooro lodge merits the support
of every Legionnaire in the asso
Livestock Club
To Be Organizet
County Agent Calls Meeting
Of All Livestock Pro
ducers Wednesday
Recognizing the need for great
er livestock production in Wilkes
county. J. B. Snipes, county a.
gent, has called a meeting of live
stock producers tor the purpose
of forming tin organization of
livestock producers in Wilkes.
The meeting will be held in
Mr. Snipes' office in the county
courthouse on Wednesday. Feb
ruary 12, two p. m.
Wilkes being a leader in poul-jti»"1 Fa™ham. extension dai-
try production. It is expected that 1 of ‘he Elkin Methodist church. pg the county on
much interest will he shown I0-I .’"T
cally in the school and attendance I pLjlJ K ITillAf] livestock producer. address
of poultrvmen is expected from) Lllllu 18 IVlllCll the group concerning problems In
Alexander. IredeU. Yadkin. Surry.' /V OS L 401 iTems
Alleghany. Ashe, Watauga and Qh HighwaY
Oildwell counties, where poultry j ^ » |of orgunization.
is also produced and sold in large .. I .Mr. Snipes In
quantities.
' nrovement in I’er formance
Through Breeding’’; Dr. Roy
Dearstyne—“Research Program
. t State College”: T. T. Brown—
“Eggs and Markets.’’
sented were Ararat. Brown Me
morial. Dobson, Elkin, Jonesville.
Millers Creek Moravian Falls,
North Wilkesboro, St. Paul, Trap-
hill, .-nd M'ilkesboro.
Reports were received from
the pastors of the varyus charg
es. and talk..' were nsW by Rev.
A. L. Aycoc'k, pastor oT the North
Wilkesboro Methodist church;
Rev. L. B. Aihernethy. superinten
dent of the Chatham Hosipltal at
Elkin: Rev. M. B. Stokes, retern-
ed mls.sionary from Korea; Miss
Elizabeth Olive, Salisbury, direct
or of the children’s division of
the .conference board of educe-
The North Wilkesboro Lions
Club is sponsoring a project
which mey save lives In periods
of emergency.
The clu-b Is seeking the regis
tration of a number of young
men of the city whose blood
would be available when neceA-
sary for eimergenc;/ transfusions
at the Wilkes hospital.
The volunteers will have their
blood tORied and classified and
will be subject to Immediate call
when their specific types of blood
are needed in emergency. PblHip
^rajne and Rleherd Deans 4tre
"i/AotT' commltlee handllnc thV
project, which was discussed in
the club meeting Friday night.
The meeting Friday night was
e’l'PecIally interesting. In addition
to a large attendance of members
of the local club, 13 Lions from
the Avery county club and 21
from the Lenoir club were vfsl
tors. The North Wilkesboro club
received four new members--W
M. Carrington. Chiirles Day, Jr.
C. H. Moore rnd Don E- Wadsley
Fr.snk Allen was in charge o’
the program. He presented W. E
Vaughn Lloyd, of Winston-Salem
Scout executiive. w'no made an in
spiring discourse on the subject
of "Anniversary of Scouting.’’ He
emphasized the value of Scout
Training for boy.s and urged the
club to give its support to lb*
Scout progiiim in tlie Wilkes
boros.
$300 F(M’ Injury
Slarj’. BSt WooM P.r OM.
c*r For Injtny fai Porfor-
mance Of HU Duty*
A bill introduced In the legls-
latuta Friday by Wilkes’ repre-
■entatlve T, E. Story would pay
U> R. C. Jennings, deputy sheriff
and jailor, the sum of $300 for
injuries sustained in the perform
ance of hig duty as an officer.
Deputy Jennings was seriously
injured September 22, 1939,
when he was shot by Silas Hi*,
gins, a man who was ollege'l to
have attempted to hold up Misa
Toby Turner on the Brushy
Mountain road early one morning
as she was on her way ,to this
city.
When Mr. Jennings accosted
Higgins and ordered him to halt
he fired on the officer with a
shotgun and o greater p.'irt of the
load took effect in the officer’s
chest and shoulder. As a result
he was badly injured and was a
pAtlent in the Wilkes hospital
here for several days.
Higgins was known to be an
eccentric and at times feeble
minded. He was later adjudged
insane.
The bill as introduced by Rep
resentative Story is bouse bill
num,ber 213 and is expected to
be enacted into law without op-
poelMon.
According to provsiions of the
bill, payment of the $300 to Mr.
Jennings by the county is manda
tory. The bill was referred to
the Counties. Cities and Towns
committee In the house.
It was the first bill introduced
in the 1941 legislature by the
Wilkea representative.
Four Are Hurt
- Ill Auto Crash
West Of Elkin
elation.’’ W. H. Duhling, of North
Wilkesboro, is president of the
Carolina Moose association.
VALENTINE DANCE
ON FEBRUARY 14TH
A Vrlentine dance will take
place on Friday night. Februiiry
14. at the Community House In
Wilkesboro under sponsorship of
the Wllkesfcbro Woman’s club.
The dance will, be from eight to
twelve and admission will be 25
cents each.
In connection with the ponltn
school an egg show will he held
with valuable prizes offered for
the best dozen white eggs and
best dozen brown eggs. Mr. Sniper
said 100 baty chicks will be the
first prize for a dozen eggs in
each class; second prize will hr
75 chicks and other prizes will
be feed and other poultry sup
plies. Mr. Snipes epiphrslzed that
men and women ere invited.
J./endlng poultry experts of
State College and the extension
service will discuss important
poultry gubjecte as follaws: C.
F. Parrish—“Mistakes Made Last
Year and How to Avoid Them 1
This Yeer”; C. J. Maupin—'Tm.'
AppalacKian Will
Play Tuesday Night
The Appalachian high school, cldent near the Wllkes-Watauga
basketball teajp will play North [county line on highway
W!lke»boro hf^h here on Tuesday I hout two o^clock Sunday a er.
night. There will he two gnmes. (noon.
the midgets will play at .seven i The child, according to reports
his annouiice-
Hubert Watson, eight-year-old Ithe meeting urged at
son of iMr and Mr». Ralph Wat- tendance of all who are interest-
son. of Stony Fork, died at the ^ promoting the livestock
Wilkes hospital last night from branch of agriculture in Wilkes,
injuries received in a highway nc-
and the varsity game follows.
The Boone high school has one
of the strongest high school bas
ketball teams In western North
Carolina and it Is expected that
many fans will lattend. ^ North
Wilkesboro was beaten decisively
by Boone at Boone recently.
lilrs. E. M. Matthews
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Justtna Matthews, 42, wife
of E. M. Matthews, of this city
‘ rendered here, was hit by an au-
^ tomoblle driven by 0:iri Kehou, i died Sunday morning,
of Beaufort. S. C. Further de-{service was held this afternoon,
tails concerning the accident wetrekw® o’clock, at Forbush Friends
not immediately available here. Ichurch In Yadkin county with
In addition to hi* father andCharles H. Hutchens in
mother^ the cWld ia furvjv.ed charge
Elkin.—An automobile wreck
Irte Wednesday night on the Hon
da road just west of Elkin city
limits broogbt a family of four
to the hos^tal here, one critical
ly Injured, demolished the new
mr in which the victims were
traveling and damaged the sedan
of anotlier party w'hich w'a,-i side-
swiped in the crash.
The injured ere: Arvil John
son. 29. operator of a service sta
tion in the Call community of
Wilkes county who suffered skull
fracture, brain concussion; Mrs.
Johnson ond their three children,
only one of whom was injured
sufficiently to le detained in the
hospital.
Billy Ceeil Johnson, six. .-uffer-
ed brain coneuss.ion. many bruis-
->s and flesh lacerations and .Mrs.
lohnson. her sm. 11 daughter and
the two-vear old which she held
in her arms during the trip, es
caped with minor injuries.
The new machine wi s com
pletely crushed into wreckage. It
.somersaulted over a steep em
bankment making lialf a dozen
revolutions and clipping a limb
from a tree 15 feet above ground
before 1: iiding on the side in a
ditch. .Mrs, Johnson and the child
in her iirms were thrown from
the car in the first somersault,
spectators said and the six-year-
old son was su.-.pended head
downward in the crashed door of
the car when it stopped.
The machine sideswiped by the
Johnson e: r was occupied by Mr.
and .Mrs. George Key. his A ligh
ter, .Miss .Marjdrie Key, driver of
the ear: three grandchildren of
the Keys, and another young
woman, the party being en route
to their home west of Elkin aft
er a vWt to another member of
the family ill In a Statesville hos
pital. None of the Keys p; rty
suffered muterial injory.
Cragfan Calls On
School Authorities
Paul S. Cragan. superintendent
of North Wilkesboro schools, was
In Raleigh Friday and Saturday
conferring with staU' school au-
thoriUee relative to b number of
Judge: “Mrs. Jtfnitpb/,. yhy did
yon «88BU^
Mr*. Murphy: hon
or, he called me an ocenpant/’
one brother, add five listora.
Funeral service 'wlU be/* held
Tuesday mornlnf , tan o'clock, at
Stony Fork ,*nd
■ Surviving .are the husband,
{htae children. Coy Arnold, BeUy
Irene end Hoke Darnell Mat-
.(hears, ‘.her mother, Mrs,. W. Y.
wUl he, in
cemetery.
chnrphb of
Its rnunuuo ician^tvw a
Funeral [ school matters. -(
Among the places visited were
the officee of the Sleta School
commisBion, the Department of
Public InstltuUon, N a tl o n a I
Youth adminlstretlon and state
headquarters of Defense Train-?
ing Classea
'3^,
Mr. and Mrs, Italph' Dnnosa
left Friday to smi-thrM.jirMka
at Hot Springs, 4flpkpSiSt!#