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HEFLIN PAST CRISIS
Lafayette, Ala., Dec. 28.—^For
mer Senator J. Thomas Heflin,
stricken with pneumonia in the
midst of a “comeback” campaign,
"probably past the crisis” of
his illness today, his physician
said in announcing Heflin was
‘‘much better."
Rdt^^ termed
SuccM^;Many
In Jimior Groups
427 Wllkea County Citizens
Are Members of Red
Cross For Yeer
Volume Of
Bere Exceeds
t -A^ B»WLe
/
eWIien Is A~ Mistake Not A Mistake?
160 TEACHERS JOINED
FILIPINO GOES MAD
Oakland, Calif., Dec. 28.—A
Filipino dlshwa-sher, quoted by
police as saying he ‘‘went craiy"
when bis wife left him, killed at
>A^aat three countrymen
p!^*^nded 10 others today
! outburst of shooting and
"jub^g la the Filipino district.
Many Schools Enroll Chil*
dren in Junior Division
Of the Red Cross
ICKES WILL SPEAK
Washington, Dev. 28i—Signs
that the administration would
make an aggressive fight against
its business critics Increased to
day when it was announced that
Secretary Ickes would speak
The enroUmdnt of the Junior Di
vision of the American Red Cross
surpassed any record of former!
and- years for Wilkes county. A total j
in a of $67.36 has been collected by the j
pupils in the various schools. Thisj
coatributioo eomes from 136 j
rooms representing 4,789 pupils, j
The teaehen of the city and
county schools are to be commend
ed on the eflfort they have put forth
to solicit the Interest of the pupils
to join the ked Gross. Without a
doubt this organkation represents
liteal Mercbmts;
OverLastSciAiHiit
Thursday night on the
‘‘It Is ftappenlhg Here.”
subject.
ii^
This is one of the last pictures taken of the U. S. Gunlxmt
Pa-nigh) before she disappeared beneath the watere of urn Yangite
bombed and machine-gunn^ by Japanese planes and laM for^. to
protesting directly to Nipponese Emperor Uirohito, 1^ Stew oepart-
one of the best possible opportuni- stressed the fact that he Panay was flying Unied States ewM
(see arrow above) thus disprovteg earlier Japanese excuses that the
attack was a case of ‘‘mistaken identity,”
♦v
REASSURING NEWS
Washington, Dec. 28. —The
Commerce department announc
ed today United States merchan
dise exports showed a J151,670,-
000 excess of exports over Im-jgood will organization,
ports in the first 11 months of mum of fifty per room is necessary
the year. Although imports ran | for the rbom’s receiving a subscrip-
ahead of exports during most of tion to the monthly magazine pub-
the year, tbe last few months Jished by the National Junior Red
changed tho trend, and Novem- Cross.
tie* for'Hw'leading of good citi
zenship.. While "small contribu
tions are asked from the pupils, it
is not isecewaiy that a monetary
contribution be made for their be
coming members. Any pupil who
reports a deed of altrastic service
is entitled to a membership ir this
A mini-
Wilkes Man Assaulted and Uft For
Dead On Road Near Elkitt Monday
her alone accounted for $91,456,
000 of the export balance.
Subscriptions tor the magazine
have been placed and the teachers
of these IM rooms should receive
the faiitlal copy at an early date.
General If any echool which joined finds
army striking swiftly
SBantung province.
MORE WAR NEWS
Shanghai, Dec. 29.-
Iwane Matsui. the Japanese com-[from the list below that it is not
mander, threatened todaj to i included, please call or see J. B.
press Japan’s attack 1,000 miles, Williams and correction will cheer-
Into China’s interior. Americans I fully be made.
teo..oa the North cainat North Wtlhwhoro City Sclioola,
at the same time, 'were | elementary department, W. D.
Bg from a threatened attack Halfacre; Wilkesboro School, T. E.
by another arm of the Japanese gtory; Arbor School, S. C. Hutch-
across I jt)son: CheiTy Grove School, Miss
I Myrtle Smithey; Mt. Sinai School,
M. T. Mastin; Piney Grove School,
MAY PROBE TVA M. F. Bumgarner; Shady Grove
Washington, Dec. 28.—Talk of j School, Miss Nola Howard; Som-
a congressional investigation of ers School, Miss Nell Rash; Mul-
the Tennessee t'aHey authority berry School, Grady F. Miller;
developed today as a result of Flint Hill School, U. M. Myers,
differences among the agency’-s Clingman School, Everett Elledge;
three directors. Senator McN'ary i DeHart School, J. H. Wood; Pleas-
of Oregon, the Republican leader, j ant Hill School, E. R. Settle; Mo-
Aid he favored a iroad inquiry j ravian Falls School,
..Into T'VA activities, and added, son; Roaring River School, W.
"that the Senate agriculture com
mittee might want to make it.
Banks Will Be
Closed Saturday
Both banks here will be closed
on Saturday, January 1. it being
New Year’s Day and go-neraily
observed as a holiday.
Advance no'dce is given in or
der that no inconvenience may
result.
Morris Myers Is In Critical
Replacement Orders Expeci*
ed-to Man-
ufactorinf liidiiftries
VOLUME ^TtSFACTORT,
Business,Men Lodk to
WiUi Optimism uid Hope
For a Soccessful Year
With Christmas^ in the back
ground and ns^wyear Just
ahead, Nor^'r^iikeaborO merch-
ante and bnsifie^ houses' were
engaged this week in inventorli»
rand preparations for the nerr
year. ■r*" ■
A survey of many busihesa
firms in the city-reyealed the'
aarprlsing tect.that'holiday trade
'exceeded 'expectations and in
many instencM made new high
records. The opinion has been
freely bzjpressed that the large
tolume of holiday business has
broken the back of the current
business recession and that
1938 should be a prosperous
l3rdrBe
Claims Are-to
-4- -
Tokyo . , . “Never a dull mo
ment," comments American Am
bassador Joseph C. Grew on
diplomatic activities here since
start of the Slno-Japanese ‘‘war'
last August. Ambassador Grew
transmitted the recent exchange
of notes of American protest and
Japanese atwiogy touched off by
the sinking of the gunboat Panay,
three privately owned ships and
killing and wounding of Ameri-
»n sailors and citizens, latest in
a aeries of "incidents” in the Far
Ekst.
B« #
Condition at Elkin Hos*
pital;; Men Hunted
Lighting Contest
Spmisored by Garden De
partment of Womsun’s
Club; Prizes Given
BOYCOTT JAP GOODS
New York, Dec. 28.—Two of
the nation’s largest five and ten
cent store chains—the F. W.
Woolworth company and the S.
B. Kreege company—disclosed to
day their withdrawal from the
market for Japanese-made goods.
Our policy is to buy only mer
chandise that is acceptable to the
nblic.” R. R. Williams, vice
'president in charge of merchan
dising for the Kreege company,
said in Detroit.
MAY INCREASE NAVY
■Washington, Dec. 28.—Presi
dent Roosevelt announced a pos-
slhla tnerease in the naval build
ing program today because, he
■Sid. the facts of the troubled
situation "are facts and
V. Dick-
, H.
Davis; Millers Creek School, Clin
ton Eller; Mt. 'View School, L. VT.
Teague; Mt. Pleasant School, S. E.
(Continued on page 1, Sec. 2)
Cupid’s Business
Has Holiday Boost
Twenty-Two Couples Get
License for Venture Into
Realm of Matrimony
0-
Twenty-two license to wed
were issued by Oid Wiles. Wilkes
register of deeds, during the hol-
1iday season.
The coupies were: Bradford
Hendren, North Wilkesboro. and
Helen Parks. Roaring River;
Dwight Payne and Arpha Sipe;
both of Taylorsville; Winfre4
—i ^ I McPherson, Raleigh, and Sallie
thaJUnJted States murt recognize Wilkesboro; G. S.
them.** Without referring o e Clairmont, and Edna
Wiles, North Wilkesboro; P. J.
Mitchell and Myrtle Steele, both
of Wilkesboro; Dallie Harring
ton, Taylorsville, and Dorothy
Giireathi Hiddenite; Pettie Well
born, North Wilkesboro, and Jes
sie Smith, Jonesvllle; Carl Reav-
is, Millets Creek, and 'Tate Lank
ford. Wilkesboro: Marshal Harp,
Hamptonvllle, and Era Shepherd,
Roaring River; Charles Craig
Rhyne, Morganton. and Jessie
Parsons, Purlear; Horace Russel,
Boom^, and Parlie Bentley,
Nbrtb Wilkesboro; Vance Handy
and Hassle Absher, both of Mc-
Grady; Ford Baker, Pores Knob,
and Ruth Hayce, Gllreath; Al
bert Martin and Prances John
son, both of Roaring River; Rob
ert Maher and Ella Bee Wll«,
both of North T/Ukesbore; Olia
Greene, Stony Fork, and Zora
Baker, Purlear; Linville Conch
and Faye Cookerfaam, both of El
kin; Wtnt Snyder and Sadie Stal
ey, both of Reddles River; Wal
do BjlUngs and Mabel Wiles,
boUt 6t Lomax; tiharles Clanton
and Ddvotfay Laws, both of Pores
Tile outdoor lighting contest
sponsored by the Garden Depart
ment of the North Wilkesboro
Woman’s Club was a signal suc
cess from every standpoint.
Nineteen homes participated
and the judges, Mrs. 13. S. Call,
Mrs. L. B. Dula and Mrs. A. R.
Gray, had a difficult task. Cash
prizes amounting to $15 were do
nated by Duke Power company
and were presented in this order
from decisions by the judges:
first. Marvin Warren at the home
of Mrs. C. B. Gentry, Sr.; second,
Linda Brame at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Forester; third, Mrs. IV. E.
Jones.
Others entering included Mrs.
C, G. Poindexter, Mrs. A. H. Cas
ey, Mrs. D. G, Wiles, Mrs. Jim
Brewer, Mrs. C. E. Jenkins, Gene
Moore, Mrs. Russel Hodges. Mrs.
II. B. Sgiith, Betty Tuttle, Mrs.
Robert Parker, Dickey Chamber-
lain, Henry Landon, Jr.,' Mrs. Ed'
F. Gardner, Mrs. Walter Newton,
Mrs. E. E. Ellei*, Jimmie Blair.
In behalf of the sponsor Mrs.
McNiel expressed thunks to those
who entered the contest, to Duke
Power company for the prizes,
to the judges for their services
and to The Journal-Patriot for
publicity given the project.
recant sinking of the American
gunboat Panay, or any other
specific incident, and disclaiming
any unfriendly gesture toward
any particular nation, he said
merly that recent events had
caused him "growing concern."
U^orm Hours In
CHy Barber Slops
the
n
1^,^ By iny^imona agreement
bather shops In 'North Wllkes-
hogo-Jiave^ ©atabllshed uniform
openlBS; aadj closing hours, be-
glnsiiig Monday, January 3.
For each week day except Sat-
the shops will open not
jhs» seven e'olock a. n»-
at 6:30 p. m. On Satur-
Sy the shope ■will remain open
tX nli^t until o’clock.
-'^nt were WUkoe Barber
Dixie
John Q. Blackburn
Dies In Virginia
Former Iteisident of Wilke.s Was
Brother of E. M. Blackburn,
Local Merchant
John Q. Blackburn, age 65,
brother of E. M. Blackburn, of
this city, died Friday in Amelia,
Va., where he bad lived during
the past 15 years.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Spencer Blackburn, of
Wilkes, and leaves his wife, five
children, three sisters and one
brother; Mrs. Sarah Wood and
Mrs. J. A. Burcham, of Roaring
River; Mrs. J. A. Sebastian, of
North Wilkesboro Route 1; and
E.. M. Blackburn, of this city. ^
He lived at > Roaring River,
Morris Myers, 51, of the Au|e
tin community of Wilkes cotthty;
found unconscious beside Ms au
tomobile on the highway near
Klondike farm, north of Elkin
Monday, and later removed to the
Elkin hospital by ambulance, re-,
covered consciousness Tuesi^i^.
He told officers that^hp^w^!
on his way to .^un ""
h« a
and com mljir-w^
side the road tp fix a nat tire.
He said 'two nfen, well-dreMed,
one of foreign appearance, travel
ing in a green automobile, ap
proached and asked for directions
to Dick Reynolds’ estate, Long
Creek lodge, Mitchel’s river, of
fering Myers $10, then $15 and
finally $20 if be would accomp
any them to the estate. Myers
declined the offers, explaining
that he was already late in ar
riving to open his plant. One of
the men, Myers said, then struck
him a blow on the head with a
heavy tool.
E.xamination of Myers clothing
revealed that a purse of cash, a
watch and other contents of his
pockets had not been molested.
A completed hospital examina
tion indicated no extreme seri
ousness of his condition 'Tuesday.
He is well-known in Elkin hav
ing been employed there by fur
niture firms before engaging in
business at Thurmond. Officers
have failed to gain any clues of
value in their investigation.
but very few exceptions
local merebantsy reported an in
crease in holiday business over a
year ago and said that the vol-
nme'vas "very sattsfactory."
General business indexes
throughout the country indicated
l^t orders to'retiace merchan-
dtee sold throughout the holiday
•^on would cause an upward
airtDg in the business barometer
tl^ Bbonlfi continue for some
tipe. an4'^ that idle factories
ho busily engaiefi In.
Greatest Volume
Holiday Mail In
History of City
Approximately 53,000 Let-
tem jmd Cards Mailed
Heva During Week
RECEIPTS INCREASE
1937 Will Sow Sizeable In
crease Over Postal Re
ceipts During 1936
Deputy Destroys
IlUcit-Distillery
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Watson
destro^d an average sized still
Thursday afternoon in Union
township. In addition to the. still
were 200 gallons of mash, quan
tity of sugar and other supplies
for manufacture of liquor. No
arrests were made.
Preachins: Services
Rev. A. W. Lynch, pastor of
Wilkesboro Methodist charge,
will preach at Roaring River
Sunday, 11 a. m., and at Union
at seven o’clock in the evening.
The pubilc has a cordial invita
tion to both services.
lany Purcliasmg
1938 license Tags
No Extension of Time For
Driving With Old Plates;
Arrests Are Ordered
With only one more day of
1937, motorists of this section of
the state are rapidly buying their
1938 automobile license tags in
North Wilkesboro at the bureau
located at Landon’s on Ninth
street.
State authorities have warned
that there will be no extension
of time for using 1937 plates,
which expire at midnight Decem
ber 31, and that it will be un
lawful .to drive in 1938 without
displaying the proper 1938 lic
ense tags.
Automobile license plates are
somewhat lower in price this
year.
North Wilkesboro
Schools Sell Seals
In Amount of $106
Mrs. Tip McNiel, chairman of
the Christmas Seal committee for
the North Wilkesboro Woman’s
Club, said today that the North
Wilkesboro schoiMs made a splen
did record In sale of seals. A to
tal of $106.03 was raised by the
school through sale of seals.
She said that complete reports
of the sale of seals this year in
the county had not been tabulat
ed but it was indicated that the
seal sale was generally success
ful.
4(^h Wilkesboro postof-
the largest volume
Ukt^JtnattlBjte hlsto^. It
,-v
A total of 53,000 cards and
letters of normal size were mail
ed in the North Wilkesboro posf-
offlce last week, he said. This
number did not include packages
and letters bearing more than
three cents postage. The volume
of Incoming mail was similarly
large.
Commenting on the year fast
drawing to a close. Postmaster
Reins said that receipts have al
ready passed the $30,000 dollar!
mark with every indication that
the year closing Friday will show
an increase of approximately $2,-
500 over the receipts of $28.-
286 for 1936. An increase of a-
bout $2,000 average has been
the general trend during the past
three years, be said.
Carolina Ahunni
Banquet Tuesday
Maryon Saunders and Dean
House Are Speakers;
Johnston Heads Group
Eat^ynicnt Servie^^f
ficet la dw ^
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EQUAL HALE WAGES _ .
JobleM Must' Report
Week on Saine Day to- ^
' Renew T&ek ClainM
' ' A..- .ya .. W
A number, of peiwie are -
ed to file their inittel ‘
Monday, January SfHt MdrtX -
Carolina State.. BhnpIoiyiaeBt 9tro>-'
ice here for benefits under tlio
unemployment InsuzaBce etlMpo .
of the state social security act,..CL '
B. Gentry, ofU^ manager,' iWA
today. ' ■ 'vi
.Several have already regtetot-
Cd at the office, thereby cogi^
iilg with the first reqniremiwt
toward filing claims and Maor
day will be the firpt day thaL o
claim can be filed under the law,
Mr. Gentry said.
However, all persons who tOo
claims during the week beglnnitc
January 3, will have their claima
dated as of January 1, when tko
law becomes effective. TTiere 'Win
be a waiting j)erlod of two -weAa
before payments, which are_ to
equal one-half the wage earned
when employed, begin.
Mr. Gentry called attention to
the fact ;that each person who
files a claim must return to tho
employment service office week
ly and on the same day of the
week when the application is fil
ed in order to have the claim ap
proved. The employment servioo
will endeavor to locate sulteblo
employment for the claimaBte
and if suitable employment can
not be found payments will he
made. Claimants will be penaU^
ed if teey 'refuse employmofk
-H Those -wfib*
eight weeks in 1937 on any^lqki
covered by provisions of the n»-
employment compensation act
will be eligible to file claims fo»
unemployment insurance bene
fits. .
Schools To Open
Monday Morninir
With the few exceptions of
smaller schools which have al
ready begun the second half of
the term Wilkes county schoola
and North Wilkesboro city-
schools •will re-open following
the holiday vacation Monday
morning, January 3.
Officers Determine to Locate Check
Flasher — "Diamond Bob” Vannoy
hop; Oty Barhaf .Shop,
fher ffltop. StroOt.Bar-
fJlhop,.*M>ltitfy Barber Bhop,
r KUb; Xtea; jolsiison, North Wll-
i, and Lois An-
route 3.
"Diamond Bob’’ Vannoy, al
leged perpetrator of a number
of swindling schemes and who
gained much notoriety lately as
brtng the ‘‘brains’’ of a trio of
.poopto prinUng and caahteC-over
1 $t,999 worth of cheeiz
wh^ he wai postmaster tor g| go»W eompwy, to
nnmber of years, before going to thj^ c^^ject of a dete^tefauU .man
Amelia, Va. There he also serTedjhanVW-^Wllkoe
as postmaster and was engaged
in the mercantII^(t|khMneeB.
Wllkee i^pto' ' attending thO.
funeral. In Amelia Saturday -wereitoatert of Radies
B. M. Blackburn, Miss Ruby hunt.
Blackburn, of this city; Mica wholr f oftte^f^
Bertha Pardne, of Honda; and. Key,' dne of, txy
Un. J. A(. Sebastian, of North cashers in. ^tol:
Wltopbflrt route 1. _ 'Caeadisy/al
Wilkesboro and Kannapelto of-
ftoers tn.Ah« Blue Bl^^aoun-
telae near hialiom^da theiieadi-
" -
,y night
odau
and Wednesday night and todaj
the boat has continued .and on
one occasion Policeman Lloyd, of
this city, found “Diamond Bob’*
with two young men who -were
acting as his guards and who
drew. riBps .on Uoyd.ae. Jw,.niirf;
proached. The
ground and tired one ahot itf 'X
wamtag. ’The two ^ya droiTed
thplr rifles and Vannoy fled-
boyr, whose names the otttOert
did hot Immediately disclose,
w^e. umd tq^
la the hunt aad-^ i^ace 'Nnm
!foind where It was pnsumed
jPqrtwnv .bad eaten hte hree'btMt,
’the -dMBge tor^ Hto espture'
;eApw|isd moae|te^.
Maryon Saunders, secretary of
the University of North Carolina
Alnmni association, and R. B.
House,'dean of the University at
I Chapel 'Hill, addressed the
Wilkes branch of the aasociatlon
in a banquet 'Tuesday idght at
Hotel Wilkes.
Rev. Watt M. Cooper, presi
dent, presided at the banquet and
introduced the speakers to the
crowd of 38 alumni and friends
present. M r. Saunders spoke
briefly and Dean House deliver
ed the principal address, sketch
ing the history of the institution
and tellihg briefly of its expand
ed services in recent years.
Officers for the coming year
were elected as follows: Richard
johnston, president; John Henry
Jpfanson, vice president; T. B.
f^ry, secretary.
Mr. Saunders and Dean Honse
will address a banquet of Cald
well county University alnmni at
Lenoir tonight.
Bmwan class of the FM Bite*
it, church'in a recrat 'meetlsg
^ected the foUowioc (^cen: J.
Jfi, Bpainhonr, prealdeot;' b. O.
rice ' preeideot; 0. 'CL
‘Sorton, aecretery-tr«tottrerf ?*Av
H. Casey,^teacber; f. H. Whtofcai
and Dr. C. W. MoMley, asstotaat
toaehMi.
u
Officers Find Still
In Somers Township
Sheriff C. T. Doughton, Depu
ty Odell Whittington and two
federal officers raided a small
still Tuesday in Somers township.
No arrests were made and con
siderable quantities of materials
for liquor making were destroy
ed.
Last week Sheriff Doughton _
and Deputy 'Whittington raided
the premises of Jim Williams ona
mile west of this city and confis
cated about 300 pints of tax paid
liquor. He filled bond for ap
pearance in the next term of su
perior court.
Rose Store Wdl ' :
Increase
A-A P Store Movea to Higi^
»y Pending Alnlity
Find Good Itecetkw
. ..
A business deal of considerable'-
magnitude was mad*/^'
when Rose 5 and 10 cen't-.'-afonr '
leased the bnildlng'occupied'^bp*
A. & P. company on mzin iltoead;.. .
Rose’s store will'ocenpy botb -ltx
present building and the one nn-
til this week oeenpied by A. B K .
Tea company, thru donbiing thalr
floor space. * : -
The A. A P. 8ton>„.w»
this week and ^combined --wtG|^
gbdflMr at»e ■« the aamo’oeqi^/'
at "
lack of a snitrMa loeatioa
North WiBcssbowK:'- jt bi- mu
stood tha| %e cempuy win
gain plaee a aton btora
aa a, aaim^ .loqatfam can
akwd.. ■ ^ / .. . ■ ‘
N. ic.' Pranea% manager,^
Btored $6; Onet'oida, wf
tihnea bto conneotioa
ooateaay. J. O. Caaaon,
stotont, baa a
with the A. * P, rtoi*
D