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News Of
State •Nation
Told Bnefly
GOV. NEWLAND DIES
William CaIlowa> Newland. of
I^noir, a former lieutenant gov
ernor ar.d a promirent attorney
of Caldwell conntv, died in a
hospital at Banner Elk Friday.
He was SO years of a.ge.
TREBLE AIR FORCES
Boston Nov. 18.—The predic
tion that the I'nited States must
treble and perhaps quadruple its
* air force beca’ise of the threat to
our air supremacy by Europe’s
advances was voiced today by
Louis Johnson, as.sistant secre
tary of war. Johnson said he be
lieved President Roosevelt would
ask Congress for an army air
force of upwards qf 9,280 fight
ing planes and termed the army’s
present ,eoal of 2.320 first line
plan-.E by mid 19^0 “far below
OUT immediate needs '
Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C. MONDAY, NOV. 21, 1938 tl.50 IN THE STATE—$2.00 OUT OF THE STATlfc
Fanners to Know
Tobacco Quotas
In Time For Vote
Each One Will Know How
Much He Can Grow and
Sell Without Penalty
LAT)Y 103 PICK^ PEAS
Laurlnhurg. Nov. 18. — It
should be po.ssiule to insert some
kind of '’ouble indemnity clause
in the old age insurance arrange
ment for Mrs. i'arniet Strickland, j
who at 102 has jn=t applied to
the Scotland county welfare de-
part.nent for nssistance. E. F,
Murray, coiiniy superintendent of
welfare, went m the borne of Mrs.
Strickland to see what the facts,
roally were and he had to go out
into the field to reach the ap
plicant. She was busy picking
peas, indifferent to the fact that
all the rest of the United States
■was supnosed to be ce’ebrating
Armistice day.
DIP1.0>T\Tir BREAK
Berlin. Nov. 19.—The nazi gov-
ernT^ii'nt siidd^'rly called home its
anihnsi^ador in Wa'^’^ineton today
for a personal 'eport on what is
regarded her- unfavorable
Ara^’**can reactions to anti-.lewi.«5h
outburst*. The 'itn'in'ions to Dr.
Han= DlecVhoff f(d»owed ?o close-
Washi^cton'-i similar request
'^o Hu£:h R. WM.-oti. Tnited States
anibarsiidor to ('ie''many. that
even the average (lerman who or
dinarily disreiiavds such moves
lyeEcan to realize all wa?^ not \\oll
between the two capitals.
GANDER GROOM
Farmers who vote on crop con
trol this year will not be “buying
a pig in a poke’’ and will know
for what they are voting.
Acreage and noundage quotas
for next year’s tobacco crop will
be assigi'ed before the growers
■will be ^‘'ked to vote on Decem
ber 10 on whether nr not they
want crop restrictions in 1939.
In that way eve''v farmer will
know before votins .ii'st bow
many acres of tobacco he may
plant and how many poumis lie
may sell next yeai 'vitlionf pen
alty.
Work of mrtkinc the quotas is
nndei wav and everv grower will ,
be notifi'd of his qnota before'
the voting is done on December
10. I
Prior to that time a number of
educational meetings will ite held
to tell' the growers wlial 'bo|
farm prt cram for Hie next year]
calls for !
Every person who grew tobacco
last vear will be allowed to vote.
regar.dlP'— of a'/o. ptovided be or
she had an in'erest in the crop.
All owners of tobacco land, ten
ants and sbareeropners may vote
provided a sli.nne of the crop be
longed to them and their name
was carried on the records as a
participant diiruig 1938.
II is cnpecied that tobacco con
trol will again be approved.
Nort'i C.'folim now has more
than two-thirds of 'h.e entire flue
cured quota. Without re.stricfions
otliC'- southern states with ear
lier market (>egaings would ex-
paii'l ih'Uo* cvio^'^, it is pointed
out.
Bobbie Loescher of Los Angeles,
Calif., is only two years old, but
he was man enough to take on the
job of grooming this gander, a 38-
pound champion for competition in
the Great Western Live Stock show
at which stock from a number of
western states was shown.
Sale of License
Plates Exceeds
Last Year Total
’ ‘‘Calling All Americans...” -
New Aluminum On Maroon
Tags Will Go On Sale
Here December 1
Five Aged
People Die
93-Year-Old, Woman
Dies At Dockery
.TAP MONOPTA .
Tokio, Nov. 18.—Japan denied
today point by point every charge
in an .American no*e demanding
maintenawe of the “open door
‘in China -ind asserted that “ideas
and prirciples if tite past no
longer apnly t'bina’s “nevv
♦situation.’’ Tliis 'pew situation
resulis from .'apan - aim of an
“.Asia for A.siat'cs’’ in which she
■would forge China into a solid
bloc with Manchoi’ktio and the
Japanese empire for the political
and economic domination of east
Ob-'ervers interpreted the
yn op“n declaration of
intention to dictate the
tindi-T which foreign
Rabbit Season To
Start Thursday
Asia,
note as
Japan’s
conditioii.s
klta.siness may
Signers may
China.
•ontimie and
ivp hencefnrtli
foi-
Quail Season Does Not
Open Until December 1;
Warning Is Issued
H.iutc’-; wilt) have lieen impa
tiently aw-iitipg tic lime when
they can lawfiilh go into the
field may open on Thursday,
Thaultsgr'uig Dnv. but on noth
ing i'tit ’’''bhils Ilonief Brook
shire. iH'urty game piotectof.
said lodav
TP,, season will open on ralibits
WALLACE SPE VKS
Durham. Nov. 18 Delivering
the final addno- in the two-day
Duke univer.si'v synipostum
the jhau.ging economic
the south Secretary of
ture Henry A Wallace
told a group o'" southern leaders
and the nation
> to solve the
on
base of
.Xgricul-
tonight
that the region
must co-operat
south’s ertnoinic problems, uitn
pchnological methods producing
/iynthetle fibeiv that may offer
increasing competition to cotton,
and with the world cotton market
on a steady dpclinp, the secretary
declai-ed that the south must
toward expansion in new
of industry, to diversified
crops, to the development of the
forest products industries.
look
lines
on Novemlter 24Hi but those who
wtsli to bent qnail and ruffled
grou.se must wait until December
1, Mr. H'ooksbi'-e said, and any
one who hunts birds before that
dat“ will be p'oscc'.’led.
He also calleti attention to the
fact hat all b,inters must tie
equipped with lioepse or lay
themrelves liabi- to prosecution.
License d“aler- have lieen ap
pointed ill conveniently
spots throughout
th«
located
county.
Federal Court
Convened Today
T obacco Group
Completes Review
Of Quota Figures
Two Weeks Will Be Neces
sary to Try Large Docket
Of Criminal Cases
One of the aged residents of
Wilkes v.-i'o di°d during Hte past
weeek was Mrs. I■•l'zabeth Lyon,
of Dockerv. who h-'d reached her
33rd >car. She died Friday at her
homo and last rites were held
Sunday at Mt Pisgah chnrclt.
Riifial followed at the cemelery
of Old Roaring River chnrch.
She is survived by two chil
dren. Mrs. Bruce Billings and
Edith Lyen, lioth of Dockery.
Aged Citizen Of
Traphill Succumbs
Ffiiioral service was held today
at Traphili for one iif the-coun-.-
ly’s olde.'t citizens, R. C. Hol
brook, age 92 who died at hi.s
home in Hie Trapbill community
Saturda.v. Rev. r. M. Caudill was
in charge of the last rites.
Survivifi.g are five ciiildreiii W’
R. and .1. K. Holbrook. Mrs. J.
C. Briiiegar, Mrs. H. G. Pruitt
and Miss Dascia Holbrook.
Aged Resident Of
Gilreatb Stricken
lield today
Funeral service wa
at Anderson cemetery tor W. C.
Hayes. S5-year-oltl citizen of
Brusliy Mountain township who
died Sunday. Rev. Barks Rober
son conducted the la.st rites.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Frances Hayes, and the following
tirothers and si.sters: E. P. Hayes,
Gilroalh; D. R. Hayes, Moravian
Falls; Eddie ftayes, Los Angeles,
Californm: T. O. and R. R-
Hay'S, Gilreath; -Mrs. Minnie
Ronie, Valdose; Mrs. Ida Mar
low, KannapoHs: and Miss Mary
Hayes, Gilreatb.
Aged Resident Of
Boomer Succumbs
the .'ffice
that the quota
for Wilkes toirn’co
completed its work
filed complaif’^ x’-ith tn
mltteo will he notified at onct
the committee’s decision
committee for Wilkes
United State® court of the mid
dle district for trial of eases on
the Wilkesboro circuit composed
of Wilkes, Wataugb, -Ashe and
counties convened in
with Judge
Funeral service was held Fri
day at Boomer for Mrs. .Annets
Crews. 77-year-old resident of
! that com'vunitv xvho died at her
homo Wednesday. Rev. Isaac
Watts conducted the last rites.
Surviving are five children:
Elijah Crews, of Wilkesboro;
York and Walter Crews, of
Boomer; Mrs. Ouh I’earson and
John Odell Crews.
It was ann'>iinced today trom | Alleghany
of the county agent j ■wilkesboro lo lav
review committee I rol-rson J. Haves on the bench,
qtota' has
and all who
com-
Mrs. Richard Cothren
Claimed By Death
.Mr.;. Martha Jane Lyon Coth
ren, 73, wife of Richard Cothren.
of
The
was coni-
posed of nrominent farmers
nearby coentie®
Red Cross News Item
A. *ew dav.s ago :i news Hem
appeared in The
in which H wa® stated ‘^^t Al’^j
and Mrs. H. H Morehouse of the i
Brushy Mountains, were the first
^ join the Red Cross this year,
n was found that this was in er
ror Mr. and Mrs. Morehouse ap-
A docket of about 200 cases,
mriniy f:'r violation of the alco-,
hoi I-M laws, i- facing the court'
r.n ! it IS expected that the court! (jied Sat'i“day night at her home
v. iil be in session fo-- two weeks ' near Tranhill tollnwing a long
in oeder to cleat the calendar. | illness. She had been a member
For this wwk the courts ex- of Ronndhill Baptist chnrclt half
chanced buildings. The federal, a century.
court is in session at the county j Surviving besides her husband
buildin.g r.nd H'" term of superior ] are .'vo sons, two daughters, one
court, in which civil cases are j brother, cjite sister and 14 grand-
being tried, is in session at the childien. Funeral was
Sale of North Carolina state ^
automobde license plates has al-;
ready exceeded the total of the
entire year of 1937 J. C. Me-'
Diartnid manager of the North
Wilkesboro off’ce of the Carolina
.Mote’ club announced today.
Through November 10 the total
was aSS.'lG compared with 582,-1
3fit: for ‘lie same dale last year I
and 5X11.r,23 fer tlip entire year
1937. j
i;*i9 3 iiiates imve lieen sold at
the local office, compared with
0750 for the entire year last
year. |
lyiccnse plates have he'-n han
dled iiy Hie Carolina Motor clubs
stneo Ik”! and the total issued
has nassi'd tlia 5,000,000 mark.
These plates have been valued at
more thau .$65,000,000. The
Nor'h Wilkesboro office has been
in oi'eration 7 veacs. ^
Plates for 1939 have been re
ceived and Hit first passenger
plat'' will bo number 340-001.
The "olor is Ai.'miimm letters on
Maroon. The new plates will go
on sale December 1 and may be
placed if operatic- immediately.
Tile 'ates are the same as 1938.
Tile law requi-es that all vehicles
in onoratien a^ler midnight, Do-
ceniier 31, most display 1939
tags.
The 1938 llcenae sale sets a
new peak in North Carolina. It is
the fifth time the sale has ex
ceeded 500.000 and officials be
lieve the year’s total will fall
just shy of the 000,000 mark. Of
the '>88,116 plates sold 182,847
oj. 85 per cent have been dis
tributed through club offices.
Manager McDiarmid said.
Offices of School
BoHdings Estered
A Strange Coincidence That
Buildings In Both Toxins
Entered Same Night
T/a«t night some person or per
sons entered the .sehool building
in North Wilkesboro and the
scho-il Itiiilding in Wilkesboro.
-At North Wi!ke.':horo entrance
to 'he building was .gained
through a lower floor window
and 'he lock en the door to the
superintendent’s office was brok
en. Nolliing was taken from the
office, although it was evident
that the desk drawers had been
pulled open.
At Wtlkesliero entrance was
gaiiud throngji a basement win
dow and ®ome damage was done
in the boiler room. No clues have
been found wlrch promise to lead
to tlie id.Mititv of the giiilly par
ties
American Red Cross Roll Call Poster for 1938.
In Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
President Says America Has Ample
Cause to Give Thanks For Blessings
I, Fnanklin D. Roo.sevelt. President of the United States of Ameri
ca, do herehiy designate Thursday, the 24th of November, 1938, as a
day of general thanksgiving.
Our fathers set aside such a day as they hewed a nation from the
primeval forest. The observance was consecrated when George Wash
ington issued la Thanksgiving proclamation in the first year of his
presidency. Abraham Lincoln set apart a 'day of thanksgiving and
praise to our beneficient father who dwclleth in the heavens.
Thus from our earliest recorded history, Americans have thanked
God for their ble.ssings. In our deepest natures, in our very .souls,
w« like all mankind since the earliest origin of mankind, turn to Ood
i in time of trouble and in time of happiness. “In God we trust.
For the blessings which have been ours during the present year we
have ample cause to be thankful.
Our lands have yielded a goodl-y harvest, and the toiler in shop and
mill receives a more just return for his labor.
;We have cherished and preserved our democracy.
We have lived in peace and understanding with our neighbors and
have seen the world escape the impending disaster of a general war.
In the time of our fortune it is fitting that we offer prayers for un
fortunate people in other lands who are in dire distress at this our
Thanksgiving season.
Let Us remember them in our families and our churches when, on
the day appointed, we offer our .thanks to Almighty God. May we
by our wiay of living merit the continuance of His goodness.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused tlic
seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this nineteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirtv-eignt,
(SEAL) and of our independence of the United States of America
the one hundred and sixty-third.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Box Supper At
Moravian Falls
Bv the President:
COHDELL HULL, Secretary of State.
littlies of the Mrraviaii Falls]
.Melliodist chtirc'' are sponsors of,
a liox Slipper to be held at Mo-,
Falls se'’ool Iniildinn on j
Thur,day nighl. November 24,
7:31) o’etoek. The nroeeeds will |
lie used tor the licnefil of the;
Methodis' parsonage at Moravian j
Falls and everybody 's invited to]
attend.
Wilkesboros’ Annual Football Classic
Will Be Played Wednesday Afternoon
Appeal Made For
Buying 0 f Seals
Need For Funds to Treat
Needy Tubercular Patients
In the County Is Great
federal h-.ildiii.g with Judge ,1.
Rons'eau. presiding.
A.
ler of Wilkesboro
first to Join and has
first for several j^ars. and
xTe Joumal-P-xtriot fait- thU
er has proven to be one of
„Tlite» County’s most loya
Cross .members aM be
meana
Wflke
Red
on being first
Grows Host With
Only Three Feet
Among the many interestln.g
frea’,£s brought to this' office re
cently wa® a deformed leg of a
porker killed by G. 0. Anderson,
of North Wilkorboro route 3.
Mr. Anderson said that the
pigs ieet froze n.nd as a result one
of them partlaPy came oft. How
ever, It did not retard the pig’s
to growth and it developed into a
2B0 pound porker in due time.
conducted
Monday .it 11 o’clock at Round-
hill Baptist church by Rev. S.
Grant Cothren and Rev. L.
Sparks.
E.
Resident Of New
Castle Township
Taken By Death
I>ast ri'es w're held Saturday
at Bethel church for Yancey Lee
Harris, age 49. resident of New
Castle township who died at his
home Thursday. I
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lula Vestal Harris, and
eight children.
Mrs. V,T R. Ahsher, who holds
a position in the oounty welfare
offic' and who has always taken
an interest in civic activities, to
day appealed to the poople of
Wilkes ccuntv to hoy Christmas
seals and help f'ght tuberculosis
amo.tg fee needy and underprivi
leged people of the county.
The need for funds is great.
Mrs. Absher said, and pointed out
that a father and two children
from one home are now being
treated in the state sanitorlum.
The welfare department is aiding
the remainder of the family but
there is an item of about $50 per
month for saniiorium treatment.
This she pointed out as only one
instance of the need for funds
and went on to say that 06 chil
dren in Wilkes county are known
to have tuberculosis. These chil
dren need treatment and the es
sentials of diet which must be
had if they arc to bo successfully
treated.
Wilkes coil 111 v’s O'vn football
classic, the annual rivali^' scrap
between .Norlli Wilkeslioro and
Wilke.sboiTi, wi'l he idayed on the
fairgroiitv's field here Wednes
day t.fter'ioon. beginning at three
o’clock.
Records of the two teams this
year wo’Hd show that they will
enter the game about evenly
matci ed. Their records are any-
thin.g bui, impressive, with each
team beirg able to chalk up only
one victory during the season.
But records speak for naught
when the two teams meet and
some of the fastest and most
spirited football in the history
of the sport heep mav be expected
from opening 'intil closing sec- ^
onds of the annual .game in
which intense rivalrv and a grim
determination to win always
Shatley. 24, 137.
H. Steelman. 20. e. 135,
I'eirson, 39, h. 155.
Crook. 27. g. 150.
Woodie 30. i>. no.
.M. Stes'm.in 36, e. 160.
Haigwood, 35, h. 165.
Martin. 38, .g, 160.
Harri.®«n, 34 e, 145.
Kenerlv, 2 9, e. 135.
Faw, 28. it. 135.
Kiser. 22, g 155.
Johnsen. 25. ,g. 1.50.
Craven. 41. *. 160.
Campbell. 27 g. 135.
B. McCoy. 21. e. 125.
Caudill. 31, c, 110.
(Continued on page five)
Marshal Wingler
Passes Suddenly
Marshal Wingler, 21-year-old
play an important part.
North Wilkesboro has played ] resident of Day'o. was found dead
the toughest schedule, being a i in bed Sunday morning by mem-
member of the .-/estern conference ] hers of his family,
and facing such outstanding | Coroner I. M. Myers was asked
teams as Lenoir, Morganton, j to investigate
Cherryvilie and Newton.
HoW'
ever, Wilkesboro has played
some strong teams, including
the big team from Lansing high
schorl In Ashe county. Wilkes-
boro’s victory this vear was over
Maiden 32 to 0. North Wilkesboro
defeated Taylorsville 20 to 6.
Names of players, numbers,
positions and weight are given
as follows:
North WllkeebOTW
Hudson 33, b, 1«0.
' J. McCoy, 20, h. 14».
Broughton Speaks
At Ladies’ N^ht
KiwanisMeeting
‘Some Tests of Good Citi
zenship” Is Subject of
His Address
J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh,
one (if the state's foremost citi
zens, wa® the guest speaker at
the ladies’ night meeting of the
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis dab
held Friday evening at Hotel
Wilkes.
The Ladies’ Ni.glit meeting was
one, of tt’c best in the history of
the club, was the consensus of
opinion expressed among thoee
who attended.
There was a total of 120 pres
ent, including 31 Kiwanians, 71
ladies, five honorary guest and
11 ocher guest® President A. H.
Casey presided and spoke words
of w''lcome.
Rev. Eugene Ol've led in .sing
ing “T/et Me Call You Sweet
heart’’ and "Bella of St. Marys’’.
Mrs. Lucille Parmer rendered a
solo number, “The Glow ’Worm.”
A turkey dinner was served.
Program Chairman J, C. Reins
asked Rev. Eugene Olive to intro
duce the speaker, J. M. Brough-
foon. He met al’ the expectations
of the audience with a most in
teresting address, tolling humor
ous stories about many famous
people.
Tin suliject of his address was
“Some Te.®ts of Hood Citizenship.”
He lister! five lut.standing quali
fications as follows:
1. A man n® woman who has
respect for the law.
2. One who particinates in the
affairs of government.
3. Make® ready response to the
communi'v’s need®.
4. Has eriHu’S!a®m for lietter
thines.
5. Has great faith in hi.® people
ar.d comn.iinity.
North Wilkesboro
Beats Taylorsville
Mountain Lions Win Game
From Visitors Here On
Friday By 20 to 6
the death and
learned that Wingler had been
ill for about two years, having
suffered a stroke of paralysis
some time ago. Since there was
no eyidert of foul play the coro
ner without an inquest said that
death was due to a second stroke
of paralysis.
Wingler is survived by hlh par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wingler,
two brothers and two sisters. Fu
neral service was held today at
Poplar Cove church ■with Rev
Harrison Miller in charge.
Playiiii.' wiH’out :>n inferiority
complex for tin* first time this
season. N o r t li WilkHsboro’s
Mou'itaii. Lions rolled over Tay
lorsville here Friday afternoon
20 to 6.
The Lions found themselves
pitted against a team of equal
strength for the first time and
realiv went to town.
North Wilkesboro received and
the first two plays failed to dick.
They again took the hall after an
even exchange of mints and by
decenlive pla.vs wliieh a Taylors
ville player d''®erihed as belong
ing powhfie except mi the ®ereen,
marched 70 yards for it touch
down I’-arson carried the ball
Hiroi'.gii the Bne and McCoy
plnii ;ed throu"'! a hole near cen
ter for H'c exira point after Tay
lorsville had fallen for the fako
placement ruse.
The first score came in the
second quarter and Taylorsville
cami hack with an equal display
of ii.iwor to score after North
MHlkeshoro had tailed to get off
a pu:it on their own 35. With the
ball lying an inch from Hie goal
line a Taylorsville liack went over
the |iile to score. Taylorsville
lined up for the trv for an extra
point which al Hia' lime would
have tied, the «core and North
Wilkesboro w»® penalized half
the distance, to tite one-vard line,
for off sides. ’'leC'ov. who played
well on the d“fen®:ve for North
VVilk'sboro. went Hi rough the
line to nail the hall carrier in
liis tracks as l*e tried to buck
the line for the extra point.
N.a"th Wilkesboro’® second
touchdown camei after Hudson
had made a splendid broken field
run from near the midfield stripe
to the ten. Three plays put the
ball over North Wilkesboro again
used a deceptive play to score the
extra point. Faking a placement,
a pass to the “nd zone was com
pleted, taking the Taylorsville
hacks completely by surprise.
The lart and final score was in
the last minute of the game when
it was too dark to play except
under lights. It was so dark that
spectators had left because they
could not see the ball.
Both teams were penalized
many yards, the outstanding
breach of rules being a rough
type of slugging. For this of
fense North Wilkesboro was pen-
aliped flr®t for 25 yards, and lat
er for half distance to the goal,
at that time at about 36 yarda.
In the trailing minutes of the
game Taylorarille was penalla^
25 yards for the wms ollWHt
# '%■ ' .