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CUMMINGS IX) QUIT
WAaliinfton, Xov. 15.—Presi
dent Roosevelt announced today
that Homer Still© Cummings, at-
tomey-gereral during the five
years of the n°w deal, will leave
the cabinet in .Tanuary to fulfill
a long-standing desire to resume
the private practice of law. Cum
mings thus becoff'es the first
member of the cabinet to leave
of his own voli'^on. Only previous
changes were occasioned by the
deaths of Secre'arv of the Treas
ury William H Woodin and Sec
retary of War Georee H. Dern.
BinLDING DEFENSES
Washington. Nov. 15.—Presi
dent Roosevelt declared today
that United States security de
pends upon adequate defense for
the whole Western Hemisphere
and called upon Canada and the
20 Ijiitin American republics to
join this countiy in a common
military stand designed t o
strengthen and preserve democ
racy. Mr. Roo'^cvelt said at his
press conference t'lst his rapidly
expanding defense program,
which is expected to reach a rec-
ord-sinas'’ing peace-time high at
the next se.ssion of Congress, is
being approaciv'd from the stand
point of ccntinenta' solidarity a-
gainst attack f"om abroad.
PANTS ARE BARRED
Hollywood, Nov. 15. — .Miss
Helen Hulick, a kindergarten
teacher who wears evening
clothes i-i the evening and pants
in the daytime, marched into
Judge .Arthur Guerin’s court to
day. 'ooki-d .he judge squarely in
the eye and dared him to make
her take rff her nams. Tt was a
show down he'weee Judge Oucr-
in's campaign to keep ladies from
wearing pants in c'crt rooms and
Miss Hulick’s e-iually determined
I.
crusade to defend a lady’s right the larg-st docket the history
^ to wear what she likes where she of fejoral court at M'dliesboro.
likes. Hulick l(>st. 1 oung
lady," sa'd the judge. "You are ^
In contempt of covt. Five days.” I
Coils Festival To Open
Beginning 21st
Federal Court to Convene In
County Building; County
In Federal Room
When federal court convenes in
Wilkeshoro on Monday, Novem
ber 21, liiere will he a conflict
between it and the term of su
perior court now in progress and
an exchange of buildings has
been arianged in order that the
business of both courts may pro
ceed.
The term of superior court
which beg.an Monday of this week
with Judge J. .A,. Rousseau, of
this city, presiding is scheduled
to last for three weeks and there
will be about two weeks of fed
eral cou”!. over which Judge
Johnson J. Hav“s, of Wilkesboro.
will preside.
There aie no cas"» of major in
terest on the civil docket now
being tried in superior court and
naturally the attendance is small
and ean he easilv accomodated
in the f-'iieral hui'ding.
On the other ha"d. the federal
court has a heavy docket of
about 2'‘'0 case^ and *he federal
courtroom is not 'urge enough to
seat the defendants, to say noth
ing of court officials, otficers,
jurors, witnesses aud interested
speeiatOT's
Regular acl'vity of federal al
cohol tax investigators lias placed
many cases on tae federal docket
and mass raids whirh developed
from work o* ;i special secret
agent, have swelled the lotul niiin-
lier of cases to v.liat is considered
GOVERNOR VANDKIBILT
Elias Tambviritza Serenaders November J25
i Weekly Events
Are Sponsored
By Civk Club.'
November 25, December 2,
9, and 16 are Dates; at
School Building
OFFER SEASON TICKETS
Music, Magic, Fun, Lectures
and Drama Included
In Four Events
EUAS TAMBURITZA SEKENADERS—A gay and fast-moving en-
cntertainnient of Balkan music, presented ^ a company of five
Charles, Anna and Martha Elias, and Mary Fiiipovitch all Jugo-Sh-
vians, artists on the tamlmritza, native instrument of .lugo-Slavia.
TIui assisting artist on this proprrarn is John Ilika, tenor, I'tuiio
church singer of Chi*a^o Krom polished boots^ to scarlet tunics, theii
picturesQue peasant cost.unies set olT the uniQue, tuneful ^usic of
their native country. They also feature familiar, popular American
selections Piano and violin augment the various tambuntz»as, ami
Martha and Charles present a very alluring folk dance (when sta^c
requirements permit). The quaint, hauntinjr strains or the tambunt-
zas hi^Mijrht Mr. Tlika’s tenor solos.
Loring Campbell Company December 2
IN
TAKE .TEWS WEALTH '
BeMin, Nov. 1 r».—Economics
Minister Walth- r F*uiik tonight
announced thai $s00.000,000 of
Jewish wealth, of nearly dne-
third of the hnldinys of all Ger
man Jews. ha^‘ been taken from
them in the N r/.i drive to olitni-,
nate Jews fro-i Ih- Reich's cco-I
nomic life. Tli • nution's TiUdOOu
Jews, he said. w.U i'e completely
obliterated fro-u the ht'sine.ss
world. Metinwivie Adolf Hitler’s
elite ‘3. 3” stermtroop organiza
tion, angered !'v .\mericnti indig
nation o.'er the Reich s anti-
Semitic drive, .vanned that Ger
man Tews will suffer further pen
alties if anti-Nazi agitation coii-
tlnue.s in the I'nited States.
110 Examined In
Orthopedic Clinic
Held On Saturday
Many Cripples Examined In
Clinic Here; May Be
Made Permanent
li'ie to the iufi Uiat there is tip-
Itar-.o'l need for an ortliopedic
cliittc he"e as shown by the one
held Saturday it tlic Wilkes hos
pital, the activity may be con
tinued w’tii clinics on regularly
appointed dates i)v .V. J. Eller,
health oficer. said today.
A total of IIU cases were e.\-
amin-d in the clinic, which was
held by I'r. (). R. .Miller, of Gt.ar-
lotte. and. Dr. W. M. Roberts,
head surgeon it the state ortho-
1 pedic hovniial in (.nstcmia
annoniiced proof d- . *
I ' Of this iiiiinher tr> were new
VOTE AFTER QI OTAS
Washington. Nov I-d.- J. D-
Hutson, assistant ,\.\A adminis
trator, today
ur© for fstahiishinent of 1939 . , , ,
flue-curen tobacco m.itndage quo-jca.ses. persons wnth bone mal-
tas and acreage aUo'ments. Hut- formations or other physical de-
son said "the method adopted is feds who had never been tn a
with re-mmendations clinic. The others were those^wbo
in K ep .I I nrovieiisiv treated for
mads by committeemen and oth- | have been previously
er represent at'\'es from the flue-
cured states at a 'wo-day confer
ence on October 2i and 25. The
quota and allotment figures
should be furnished to farmers
prior to the referendum on De
cember 10.” The procedure pro
vides that upon the recommenda
tion of the eoinmuntf’ and coun
ty committee 'he 19'.S quota for
any farm, may be- aijusted up
ward or downward not more than
20 per cent.
Officer Recovers
Car After Chase
Lofing rampbell is more than
a magician and vontrilnqiiisl; he
is a .great entertainer. His magic
and ventriloquism are li a c k-
.ground for a grand evening of
fun of all kinds. Assisting Mr.
Campbell ag tisiial. is Katiiryne
fAIrs.) Campbell and with her
help a more elaborate and enter
taining rterformanee is possible.
Is there an accomplishment more
tnarvelotts than for two iieople to
entertain an audience .so eoiii-
'Tlietely as to make them forget
their troubles end feel young
again—at least in spirit'' This re
quires an liiiHSttal nei-sonaiity and
hotli Coring aiifl Kh'iiryne Camp-
1)1 11 have it. When yon ace the
Uoriiig Cumpbe!! rotnpaiiy you
wit ness a iierfoi miniee that is dif-
feretii. as .Mr. Cumphel! lia.s origi-
iialed .some of the tiiiest effects
in magic For twelve years liis
work has been acclaimed from
coast to coast. .A io.v iii.ght for
all!
Hon. Geoffrey F. Morgan December 9
physical defec's and who attend
ed the clinic for a check up.
The c'inic was sponsored by
the .North Wilkesboro Kiwhanis
club, which heretofore had been
fiin.ishine transportation for
cripnles to clin'os held in Gaston
ia and a' Lenoir. The clinic Sat-,
iirday was the first one held here
during the past several years.
Cowles Majority
For Senate 161
In The District
Hmi. Geoffrev E. .Morgan, lec-
tnr^'f. educator li'gi-httor. lias
had ample opnortiiiiity to gallier
and develop niateriiil for ids vivid
platform discussions. Dorn in
England Dfty vears ago. he was
Itrought 'o Galil'ornia at an early
age: secured his .A. H. degree at
Stanford and his Al. A. degree at
Colu-nhia- wa-- in Itirn teaeher.
princ'pal. city sttperinteiident and
profeisor in Ohio lUiiver.sily. He
finaliy left tlie school room for
civic and political life, and is at
present a memiier of the Gal,-
forithi L“gislal'ire. Kor :i dozen
year- "Who’s Who in America"
has listed him. M'' .Morgan is a
brilliant -neaker. with ra’-e wit
and I'lil ai’siasm. IHs talks af'
prac'ical. interesting, sthiitilaling
and well seasoned wiiii liitmnv.
He will discuss here "Yoitr Mon-
ey or Year Life.” Don't miss Mor
gan.
Under sponsorship of three
leading civic organizations the
Collins Festival, four weekly
events of high type entertain-
meu'.. wt'l be presented in the
North Wilkesboro 'school auditor
ium on Friday night, November
2.5, December 2. December 9, and
December 15-
The 01 ganizaiioti.o sponsoring
the Calling Festival in North Wil
kesboro are Dte Kiwanis club,
Ike Lions cluh. Ji'ii'or and Sen
ior Women’s clubs. The Boy
Sco'its, although not sponsors,
will shaie equally with the three
above named civic organizations
in the pr.ifits from the entertain
ment series.
Collins Festival has been pro
moted in several leading North
Carolina cities and at each place
has been a pli"nominal success
and has been widely acclaimed.
Descriptions of the four week
ly events is given with illustra
tions alongside on this page. Each
event is a headliner in the enter
tainment world and the sponsors
can unhesitatingly recommend
every one of the four programs
to the fieoplc of this section of
North Caroline.
The first event will be oti Fri
day night of next week, 7:30 o’
clock, by Elias Tamhiiritza Sere-
nad-“*s, and will be u most varied
and fcntcrtainir.g program.
The second will he l.oring
Campbell company with a galaxy
of magic. venf>iloqtvsm and fun.
tlie third a leettire hv Hon Geof
frey F. Morg;':i. “Yei'r Money Or
Your Life” wiD be tils subject.
The final even' on neceniher 1C
will he 0 broadwgv comedy en
title 1 "Mary’s Other Husband”.
Season ticke's will .go on sale
for the very low p*'ieo of ?1.00
and season tickets for school chil
dren will be 50 cents. These pric
es are much lowc than offered
for any similai se.ies of enter-
He may be Gov. William H. Van
derbilt to the social register, but
he is just plain "Bill” to a host of
friends. This socially prominent
young resident of Newport was
elected gtpivernor of Rhode Island,
carrying A^th him a slate of state
officers, •. He is a son of Alfred
Gwyniie' Vanderbilt, who went down
with the Lusitania.
North Wilkesboro
Offers Refunding
Bonds of $48,000.00
New Bonds Will Be Sold to
Replace Five P®r Cent
Bonds Due Jan. 1st
North Wilkesboro will sell re
funding bonds in the sum of $4 8,-
000 to retire water, sewer and
street lioiids of that amount fall
ing due rn January 1. 1939, it
was learned today from city offi
cials.
The bonds to h.> refunded are
five per cent bonds.
The new serial bonds to he
dated December 1 will mature in
the sum of 2,000 for each of
the years from 1945 to 194 8. in
clusive, and will he sold in De
cember in lime to take up the' old
hoiid,-! to mature on January 1.
The local government commission
has already apnroved the move on
the part of the citv’s governing
body.
North Wilkesboro has never de
faulted on its bonded indetited-
ness, which lies been reduced ai
e.xcel-
lent credit in financial circles
with its bonds ilwavs in demand.
According *o the plan as ap
proved by the local government
commission the citv will continue
tainment even's of a high type, rfdurUou of nz
ever scheduled here. that af'rr 1948 the aver-
I afe yearly biideet for debt serv-
I ice will lie less than $6,009 unles.s
I additional ob'igatiens are incur-
I red.
In view of tne city’s splendid
credi' it is expee'ed that the
new seriil bonds to be offered
next month will be taken at a
rate of intere«: miieh lower than
the original five per cent and
will effect a 'iibst'intial saving
Cooking School li;
Attended by Over
600 Home Midiers
Three-Day Program Which
Closed Today Was Out
standing Success
Tha thvee-day coking school of
fered th.3 home-mal.ers of this
section by The Journal-Patriot
closed today.
The school wa.v a success from
every standpoint and The Journ
al-Patriot is Fincer^ly grateful
for the way in whi'h it was re
ceived.
Total attendance at the school
was over 600 and the picture,
“Sta- In My K'tchen” proved to
be more interestine, entertaining
and helpful than advance notices
had predicted.
By means of the ialking screen
every pe.-son in the audience was
trearsd to a close up view of how
to prepare many delicious foods
which should please husbands
and be I'le means of greater do
mestic happiness and trinqulllty.
The instructions relative to the
culinary art were cleverly inter
woven into a eomedy-drama plot,
minimizing the dullness of rou
tine .0 ef’en exnerienced in hard
boib^d in"tnietlon.
Included in the crowds which
saw the picture during its three-
day showing were domestic sci
ence clasres of the 'Chools of the
Wilke.shoros ard some of the
large’- schools of the county, in
cluding Millers Creek ;uid Moun
tain view
The Jeiirnal-rali’ot wishes to
express appreeiatlon to the New
Orpheum Thea're for the use of
the thea're. its splendid facilities
and 'vliolehearted cooperation on
the part of the management.
This newspaner also wishes to
thank each and every one for
their attendance at the school.
tVe 'rust that voii thoroughly en-
joye-1 “Star In My Kitchen” aad
that in addition to the entertaiu-
ment it afforded, that
prove beneficial.
it may
Christmas Seal
Group Named
cording to the original schedule. Sale of Seals Sponsored By
and the city has a most e.xcel- ,,, . • ..r... ^
Woman’s Club Will Open
On Thanksgiving Day
Two-Day Holiday
For Big Schools
All thf. larger schools in the
county system and practically all
of the smaller units will be
closed on Thu>-“day and Friday,
November 24 and 2.5, for Thanks
giving holidays. C. R. Eller, coun
ty superintendent, said today.
■Noah WilkeRooro city schools! for the taxpayers,
will also have two days off fori The $^8,000 in linnds to be re-
Thanksgiving. 1 funded were issued in 1909.
League of City Officials Favoring
Number Changes In Tax Statutes
The oKicial conn' of county re
turns by the slate beard of elee-
, , tions Tiiesda.v revealed that C.
- ' H. Cowl-’F, Repiihlieaii, was elect-
ingle Successful In Chase led to ills state senate over Dr. W.
With Car Stolen In j t. Shore. Yadkin Democrat, by a
ii.ajorily of 161 votes. The total
vote was 13.175 ''or Cowles and
i:i,i*1 1 for Shore, Mor,, than two-
ith.ii i-s of the total vote was in
; \Vil!;e« county.
' Dr Shore caii'ied A’adkiii by j
11 cU'.l Davie by 59. Gowle.s led i
Play, “Mary’s Other Husband,” Dec. 16
Statesville
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5:,
Carlyle Ing'-. ='ate l:igliv.ay
patrol corpor.tl, ’•.■(■■'vered i stol
en car Tuesda- on bighwey 11 a
and .arrested H-rman Lowe, of
near State-vi" - who was charged
with the theft
A 1938 mo(.e! Ford tiidor se-1
dan beloT-ginc Pf'i Lackey,
of Taylorsville, wa.s stolen ^ Sun
day from the streets in States
ville 'While patmUng hi.ahway
115 tetwoon this ci'v and States
ville the officer .saw the car and
a ch.vse hegar. ending after a-
bout two mile- run. The dnver of
the car jumped and ran but was
talf^n lat-r In ♦he day.
Ho was identified as Herman
,Lowe. age 19. who recently com
pleted a term for stealing a sum
money He was lodged In Ire
dell connty ja'l.
P f V^'
in Wilke‘S by All three emm-
-UKl Iierctnrnr^ polled sub-
\t! :;i:uorit.Ies ffi’* Iho Repiib-
liFUD noniMiee lor senate.
yi 'S'' i
Last Bights
“And ’ow is your ’usband get-
tin’ on?"
can't coinplaiu*
•*lly Is 'e tk«t bad?"
Amateur Program
At Roaring River
\)i Ci ■*
"T ; •T- . " ^
.An ai’iateiir prog'-.sm will bo
presented at Roaring River school
on Saturday night. November 19,
eight o’clock.
The contest is open to any per
son or group who wishes to sing.
"MARY’S OTHER HUSBAND”—The problems and bewilderment of
a wife and her efforts to impress liar wealthy uncle, form the basis of
son or group wno wisnes to sing, plot. Uncle Elmer ami Husband Hervey clashed by mail after
dance, pltiV any kind of musical Mary’s elopement, and Haxwey is resolved that they shall never meet
instr iment or P'lt on any. When Uncle wires he is cominff to dinner, Harvey refuses to reniain
act home, though Mary must produce a husband to meet her uncle, .^d
Xct or ^rimLsinn will be on- indiscreetly boastful, Mary has to produce many other things, inclu^
^ 1C f H fii h expensive furnishings, silver, a town dar, (jrand pia^, and a but-
ly 10 and 15 cents and the school j^ighbors help bungingly; the baby is apparently kidnapped,
will benefit by the proceeds. Harvey sleeps on the dining-room table, and gasps of amazen^t fol-
fow hard on howls of laug^hter. "niis succesrful Broadway Pl^y
written by L^rry Johnson, author of the Belasco production, It s )a
Wise Child’’, and has a cast of five.
If the “solar” is taken out of a
system, we will have no system.
Daylo Resident | Want Ten Per Cent of Autc
Is Taken By Death' Tax Money and All On
Miss Dickie Winvler. age 35, | Intangibles
The North Caro'ina Loaguc of.
Municipalities has r broad and
■esidciit of the Dat’ln community,
died Monday and funeral service
was held at Pophar Grove.
She is xiirvived fv her niother, reaching program to present
Mrs. Ma^**ba Wingler. and the .
follo-ving brothers and sisters: | >o if gtsia'it’e t wa.-
Effm Ann Marv Jane, Willie and | brought out here Tuesday in a
Ambrose Wingier. . Hi^inn ...ncMn,. nc
Careless Hunters
Start Forest Fires
district inneting o'” the Le.iBne.
Representatives of the League
present 'at the nieevimr, attended
by city Officials here and .several
from other cities and towns in
I this part of the state, -ivere Pat-
I rick Healy, of Raleigh, executive
— ' secretary, and W. II. Newell,
Blazes This Year Result Of 1 field consiilter.
Camp Fires Left Bum- in the legisiati'-'-- program the
ing, Warden Says ^ state for a
] refund of ten per cent of the
There have been several forest i gasoline and automobile license
fires in rhis sccDon during the:'.axes, to be used in construction
dry fall season and all the fires and maintenance of streets.
resulted from hunters leaving
fires iiT ihe forests, Homer Brook
shire, county forest warden, said
today.
He called attention to the fact
that it Is a violation of the state
law to leave a fire in or near the
forest without taffiing due precou-
tions and without extingulshinf
it thoroughly.
Mr. Brookshire urged that
hunters he careful with fire and
warned that the law provides
fines or imprisonment as punish
ment for neglect reeultlng In fire
spreading into the forests.
It is' understood that the
League Will ask return of the to
tal amount of the tax on Intangi
bles, legs the actual cost of col
lection. "Jf. wan pointed out that
municijA&ties and counties have
suffereirhoas of revenue by the
law wh^b took intangihles off
local taif books.
The League also f.avors making
the tax listing date as of Jan
uary 1 each year instead of April
1. Tills change, if brought about, seals generously.
would make North Carolina’s 11st-
Appoiptment of tnemhors of
llic> local Ghristmac Seal commit
tee for 'he 19.18 cempaign was
announci d today by Mrs. R. T.
McNeil, general chairman. They
are: Mr.s. Lewis Vickery, Mrs. W.
M. Gooper, Mrs. George Forester,
Miss Louise Vyne.
The Christmas Seel sale which
is sponsored tiv the Woman’s
club, will open Thanksgiving
Day an 1 will continue tintll
Gliristmas. It has a two-fold par-
po.se: Ihe raising ef funds to fi
nance the orga-’ized rampaien a-
gainst I ebei culosis and llie dis-
■seminalit It of information on tu-
lierc'ilosis to the public.
"Cenirr'ttee members and oth
er w".rker« in the Christmas Seal
sale rive generously of their time,
em l ev ai'd ability,” said Mrs. Mc
Neil, ciiairman. 'This spirit of
volu’ifarv assistance is one of the
chorished tradi'ion- of llie antl-
No Holiday for TB
Every 7% minutes, one person
dies of tuberculosis in the United
.States. In
1908 this dis-
■.'use took a
life every 31^
11 i n u I e s.
, J r i sIma s
deals enable
tuberculosis
associations
to help the
medical pro
fession to wipe out thi disease
from this nation.
tuberculosis campaign. Willing
workers in every community give
voluntary service !n this busy
season in order that tuberculosis
may be conquered.”
^ It is time now to revitalize our
efforts and for all to unite in re
newed determination to conquer
this enemy. What could be a bet
ter rallying call to arms than the
slogan for the 1938 campaign—
“Protect Your Home From Tu
berculosis” and the warning—
"No Home Is Safe Until All
Homes'Are Safe!”
Christmas Seals will soon be oa
sale everywhere. Become a part
ner in this great campaign—Buy
The committee suggeeU tke
,
ing date the same nr that of ad- following ways of using tk*
joining states (Continued on nack fktio)']';
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