BAT^\NCE
.Toy. ?8.—Th» Demo-
_ comartttee
,’^%OTtrif)ntioii8 of $31,-
lOnd spAnt $23,633.23 dur-
.'tillcampaign,
j^Cmiman H. Or^gg Cherry re-
iVOTtod today t;i ThBd Eure, sec-
■fatary'of state. A balance of $9,-
U$.tS war on hand November
$5, Cherry said.
AUTO DEATHS DROP
Raleigh, Not. 27—Eatalltlee In
automobile accidents In North
Carolina this yerir are tanning
■well behind last year, it was In
dicated today in a report by the
jjifth-way safety division. The dt-
slon said there were 756 deaths
In wrecks during the first 10
months of this year, compared
with a total of 1 173 fatalities for
all of 19?7.
POPE RECX)VERING
Vatican City. Nov. 27.—Pope
Pins XI astonished 400 Hungar
ian pilgrims today by talking to
them for 10 minutes after he had
seated himself unaided on the
papal throne. One of the happy
pilgrims deecril)ed the S 1-year-
old pontiff who collapsed Friday
morning with a heart attack, as
’ery pa'e but he appeared the
aster of his strength and un
hesitating in his motions.’’
G.O.P. STRATEGY TAI.K
Washington. Vov. 26.—Repub
lican parrv leaders, flushed and
happy over the events of last No
vember 3. will gather in a hotel
ballroom Tuesdav to talk strategy
for their ponies in the race that
never stops—the White House
3-we-?pstakes. And new younger
heads will mingle with the hald-
pates and gray hairs of the elder
state.smen. Fru.klyn Waltraan,
the Party's stou* press agent, says i
-ghat’s the trend a”, through the
' ^|srty leaderahiu
Declaring that the success of any
business man is due chiefly to the
work of his employees, John F. Web-
endorfer of Mount Vernon, N. Y.,
distributed S350,C00 of (he $1,000,000
Home Clubs Plan
Work For Coming
Year In Wilkes
Kitchen Improvement Wil*
Be a Princ’pal Objective
Of the Program
FOOD ALSO STRESSED
Home Demonstration Agent
Emphasizes Importance
Of Adequate Supply
Great Britain Hastens Rearmwent Program
At the fall meeting of the
County Council of home demon
stration clubs, plans were made
for the county, which will he car
ried out during the,coming year.
These plans include a major pro
ject of H-mie Improvement with
empbasi.s on tho imnrovement of
the kitchen. As e part of this pro-
hc received from the sale of his j jcci vogiJar mnntl.lv demonstra
machinery manufacturin.g business
among his 115 employees. The
money was divided among the
workers aecoruing to the number
of years each had ^corked for the
concern.
Winter Strikes
Thanksgiving
Day In Wilkes
f.
I
t
WANT CANAL DEFENSE
Washington Nov. 27.—Secre
tary of War Whiodring told Pres
ident. Roosevelt in a report made
■puhilp today that the Panama Ca
nal’s defenses should be made
.shle” without delay.
Imminent for the'army ®nd
. Ufttlonal guard, expansion of the
general headquarters air force,
hind augmented war stores are
other Immediate defense needs.
Woodring said in his annual ac-
4COunting. The President will
transmit the rerori to the new
Congress lueet’ng .Tanuary 3.
Low Temperature On Fri
day Morning Coldest of
Season; Autos Freeze
r
Dealers in fuel, winter cloth
ing, automobil*' anti-freeze and
many ot.her articles very neces
sary for winter receiving encour
agement :n Thursday evening
and'Friday morntng When the
mercury went to a new low for
the season.
Following a month of mild
weat .er when frost was an ex
ception, the cold wave struck
with suddenness which caught
man\ unp'"epared. All day Thurs
day the rain fell steadily, the
gradually
P
- temperature .growing
CHILD SHOOT«5 CHILD colder all the time
Madison, Nov. 26—Marie Gate- Thursday cold
wood. 12, was shot and instantly, northwest
killed by a playmate, Laura | ^ gpction, driving
Ooolshy. 10, heve tonight at 6:301 _ .. , ,
o’clock while the children were
playing in the Gatewood home.
;cordin.g to police, the two chil
li
^001
before it snow flurries which in
some places momentarily covered
the ground. It was really freez
ing weather Friday morning.
Ahoiit three o’clock in the af
ternoon Thursday it ceased rain
ing 'n Wataugc. Ashe and Alle-
tion.s will be given by specialists
and the Home Agent on: Kitchen
linpr'svement. Homc'-huiU Kitch
en Gnuipraent, Color and Finish-
6.S in trie Kitchen. Protective
Floor Finishes st minimum cost, 1
Storage i-.-r the Home and Kitch- ]
ell. Kitchen Sauitstion.
There will be held, in addition
to the i-ngular monthly meetings,
leaders’ rchnolr for the purpose
of iruini'ig loc.ul leaders in each
of 'be e’ght c'ubs in carrying on
the .ork in f'eir club in the
major project of home improve
ment.
Ill addition to the work plann
ed for the Major Project there
will r>e monthly reports given at
the regular monthly meetings on
tho “Adfeiuate Food Supply for
the Farn. Family and the P.udget-
ing of the Farm Food Resources.”
The .•neiiihers of the council feel j
that the family food supply is of
vital interest to every fainlly and
calls for n thorough and practical
Btudv by every homemaker. This
stud"/ wi'! include reports on:
Planning the v-ar round garden.
Small fni-'ts in the home garden.
Holiday Opei^.
InN.WilQie$l^o
On Decendm*
_ . — 1 ' tm, ■ . rf’
ligiits On Street ^
Hons Will Be Turned Om,
Wednesday Night
BUSINESS EXPANDINC
This City Is Shopping Cen
ter For Big Area in Tliis
Part of the State
Obtained by special permission of the war office, this remarkable photograph shows
shell iiSecLn shop in an armaments factory. BriUU. is now embarked on a vast program of
"rthc“Ly. army and royal air force. Sir Kingsley Wood, air minister, outlining the
lenie prSr;m. told the house of commons that next year’s air estimates will be mcreosed to abont $1,006,.
000,'HW, compared to about $600,000,000 in the present year.
Holiday Season
Observed Quietly
The fam’’y poultry and egg sup-
ply. The family milk supply—re
sources end needs. Tho family
meat supply. .A canning budget
for the family tising the farm
garden.
Other meetingh' during the
year are nlanned to include dem
onstrations and programs on
canning, recreation for the homo
and 'he cemmunitv, home crafts,
recreation for 'be home and the
.n were plaving in the bed- communi'v. and foods, gifts and
foom of the dead child’s parents. About three o clock in the af- recreation for the Cbristma.s sea-
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gatewood, and Thursday it cea.sed in-
a pistol wa.s iving on a sewing , i"? 'n Watanga. Ashe and Alle- women in each clnh will be
maebine Chief of Police George ' Rhany cc-nties ard snow fell ln|a8ke(l to head up the work In
T Martin sad the Ooolsb/ girl j >ts stead covering the ground In ^ their clulw in the projects to be
apparently thoaght the gun was' som” f carried. These women will also
a toy pistol and aimed it at her ^ inch
playmato and “I’ni jcoinR to .
shoot yon" ard pnllpd thp trie-,
Rer.. I
QUINTS AT FAIR?
Callander. Ont. Nov 26,—-I
illva Dionne, father of the quin- \
iiuplots, today tn.'Pcd 'humbs
dow'ii on a plan to evhibit his lit
tle daughters at the New York
world’s fair nex' vear. He said it
looked like “a clear case of ex-
plollation.’’ I Wecld fair officials
said that desr.Uo Dionne’s atti-
Surplus Products
Are Help During
Month of October
There were ? 72 3 persons rep
resenting 512 families certified
by county welfare officials In
- Wilkes county as eligible for re-
tude they still hoped to have thelcelpt of surplus commodities dur-
quinluplets at the fair. A spokes- I jng October, Arthur E. Langston,
man expressed surprise at the state director of commodity dis
father’s comment and said he
had been informed Dionne prev
iously had beer, willing). Dr. Al
lan Roy Dafoe, mcd’cal guardian
tribution with t’le State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare, an
nounced this week
lu. i.w — - Number of persons certif’/d in
of the quintuplets, w'ho was said j cour'ies was as fol-
by a fair spokesman to have been ■
the first to agree'—on the promise |
that the rest of the guardians al-' ' ' '
80 consent—said the board
neve’.’ considered the offer.
h.ad
serve wi’h th'^ club officers on
the county con’ici' of the Wilkes
county federation for the coming
year. It is hoped that in this way,
the nrogrem in tho county will
be more closely knit together and
will thus make mer^ rapid pro
gress, Mis.o Harriet McGoogan,
hom.‘> demonstration agent, said
in announcing the outline of work
for the year as laiven above.
Courts Work On
Large Dockets
BOV CHRISTMAS SEALS
The Thanksgiving holiday sea
son in Wilkea county was ob
served qu’ptly with a minimum of
mishaps to mar the joy of the
occasion.
Schools were closed from Wed
nesday afternoon until this morn
ing, allowing the children two
days off 'n addition to the week
end days. Practically all business
hou8‘'8 were closed here Thurs
day.
Auto Owners Are
Urged to Procure
Application Card
Local Residents Are Urged
to Ask For Cards at the
Local License Bureau
n .uI'TakenbyDeatli
Tftkcn by Death Evening at Her
Mrs. L.Bnn^arner
Prominent Farmer and Bus‘
iness Man Stricken Sud
denly Saturday Eve
Federal and Superior Courts
Continue Reducing Cal
endars of Cases
GRANGE PLATFORM
> Francisco Nov. 2i.— i ho
executive committee of the Na-
’ tlonal Orange made public here
tonlgct its “platform for ngricul-
tarei” ca’ling for olevation of
f^rm prices to the “reasonable
^ profit’’ level, and revision of fed-
qral farro policies. In a 15-polnt
program evolved as the result of
action taken at the recent Nation
al Orango convention in Portland,
committee advocated
•‘amendment and simplification
of the federal 'arm act, adoption
of a monetary policy that will as-
-ra an honeat measure of value
enable permanency and
anlsatlon o f government
''aeenclcB “where efficiency or
tfoBO^ may be achieved.’’ It re-
aved to .“permit no l^slatlon
‘adopted which will result
Immediate or eventual
_41on of the farmer” and
of ntrthorttv or infringe-
Today Wilkes superior court
entered '.be third week of a term
for 11 ial of civ!' cases and feder
al court began the second week
of work un a docket crowded with , came principal owner and
eases cha.ging violation of the' ager of CardwHl Lumber
federal lienor laws. i Pany here and was assisted ui the
Judge J A. Rousseau is presld-, management of the business by
... . V!,. — a T. Golvard.
Charle>* Hampton Colvard,
prominent farmer, lumberman
and manufacturer, died Sunday
mor'ilng, three o’clock, at his
home at Wilbar
He had been enjoying appar
ently good health hut early Sat-
urdav nig'’t was stricken critical
ly ill.
Mr. Colvard wa's 66 years of
age and was a 'uember of one of
Wilkqs ci.'.’nty'c best known fami
lies, being a son of the late T. .1.
and Maiv A. Whittington Col
vard.
He took an aoHve part in
church work and civic affairs of
his community and county. He
assisted in the organization of
Union Baptist church near his
l oine and was one of the charter
membei'.s. At the time of his
death he was "'erv of the Stone
our,lair Bap’ist association.
Several vear^ ago he served
two terms as a member of the
Wilkes county board of commis
sioners and through one of the
terms wa.s chairman of the board.
For "leveral years ovior to that
time he was county surveyor.
In addition to his farming in-
tere.ats, Mr. Coivnrd bad for many
years been eoyged in the busi
ness of manufacture and sale of
lumber, locally and to outside
markets. A ferv years ago he be-
man-
com-
■Alexander. 1.982; Allegh-
749- Asb”, 1,119; Caldwell,
1,6 tC; Iredell. 1.R19: Watauga.
1.13-;.
A sta'ewide total of 166,854
per '.'s uompr'sing 36,632 fami
lies were listed lu'-'ng the month
as l■.;glb)e to •■eceive the food | over superior court, which Is his son,
stuff- through ten warehouses in j ' He is survived uy his wife,
the four aurpU- commodity dis-, jjrs. Lizz'e Vannoy Colvard, five
tricts in North Carolina. Three the countv courthouse, I sons and two daughters: Q. E.
hundred ->nd eleven school lunch | ^ court- Colvard, Charlo’te; B. L. Colvard,
room. Many cases on the civil | Wilbar; S. T. Colvard, North
docket hnve been d'Bposed of dur-! Wilke&boro; C. F. Oolvard, west
ing the rast two weeks, account' Jefferson* H. 0 Colvard, Indian
of which v;ill bo carried In a lat-|Trail; M'‘s
er Issue of this newspaper. i and Miss Clara Colvard, Wilbar.
Judge .Tohnson J- Hayes is pre- | Also surviving are one brother,
siding over federal court and it,W. P. Colvard. of Classy Creek,
is expected that all this week will, and one -ister, Mrs. York Hutchl-
be taken 'ip with trial of crlmin-! son, of North W31keaboro. ^
al cases. An account of cases in Funeral service held this 0“®*’"
which judgment was rendered noon, two o’clock, at Union
since the Thursday issue of this, church. The setwlce was largely
newspaper will be carried In the | attended,
next issue.
room.i representiug 20,124 per-1
sons were on the certified list, i
Lions Dance Held
On Thursday Night
Many 'ocal oeople and several
from adjoining counties attended
the 1 ions Club dance at the arm
ory on Thursday night.
The occasion ■»»» very much
enjoyed by those attending, not
withstanding the inclement wea
ther which no doubt kept many
from a distance from attending.
Stub’jy Taylor and his 14-piece
orchestra furnished music for the
event.
Died Sunday Evening at Her
Home In Wilkesboro;
Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Bessie Bumgarner, wife
of Llnvllle Bnm«'arner, of Wilkes
boro. died at lier home Sunday
eveuing, six o’clock, following a
week’s c-Uical illness. She had
been In ill health for the past
year.
Funeral service will be held at
the Wilkesboro Baptist church
Tuesday morning, 10:30 o’clock,
with the pastor. Rev. Howard J.
Ford, in charge
A member of o.ie of the best
knov/n fafnilies in this part of
the state. Mr.s Bumgarner was a
daughter of tlm late Mr. .and Mrs.
Motor vehicle owners who re
side in Wilkes county or who re
ceive their mail through the
North Wilkesboro postoffice,
should contact the local office of
the Carolina Motor club If they
have not received the white 1939
license application card from Ra
leigh covering their automobile,
trucks or trailers, according to J.
C. McDiermid mana.aer of the
club.
II, R. McLaughlin, director of
motor vehicles has authorized
the postoffice to turn over to the
Carofina Motor club all license
application car>l8 that could' not
he delivered here. These cards are
filed alphabetlc'.lly at the Caro
lina .Motor club office S24 B
(Main) Street, where those who
have not .-eceived cards for their
vehicles are invited to call and
see 'f their nam.e appears among
thesp car
North Wilke«boro, m a k 1 ■ c
ready for the annual ylsitatie*
of Santa Clanr will have tta
formal Christmas shopping sear-
son opeii’ng on Thursday, Deee*-
ber 1.
The dste of the Christsiaa
opening was set in a recent meet
ing of r,he Merchants’ Assoela-
tlon.
Workmen liegan today the task
of placing att''3ctlvp Chrlstnuw
decorations on the streets ani
the lights will he turned on tk*
decorations on Wednesday ntgkt
of this week,
Tnc decoraUons will be siasi-
lar to those of Inrt year aad
should create a holiday atmos
phere which will he a Mleat
Yuletide welcome to the thoss-
andfi who are expected to riait
North Wilkesboro during ths
holiday season.
The opening of the holidair
shopping season In North Wllks*-
boro will find the business boas-
es of the city nrepared as never
before to serv” the people sC
Northwestern North Carolina.
Christmas stocks will be com
plete with a w*de variety of mer
chandise offered hy the merrt-
ant& of the cltv In all lines of
merchandising.
Employees of business bonnoa
will he busily engaged during tke
next few days in decorating the*-
respective places of buslnees a»i
in making attractive displays of
mercianc'iae for th« holiday sea
son.
With h isine'-- on the upward
trend payrolls at high levels and
follo’-'ing a good vear for agri
cultural interests, it is predlctod
that holid.ay buying will reach a
new high
And in nticipati.au of the largo
volume of holiday trade, .North
■Wilkesboro merchants will ho
prepared to serve a rapidly grow
ing and ('xpanding patronage.
Being 'he largest trading ce«-
ter in a big area in the North
western part of the slate, this
city is sTategically located to
sgfyo innuy people and the mer
chants will be abl'' to fill do-
Thorcas Mc.Neill and wa.s a life- houi-s are from 9:00 a. m until
I’Ui&lilA « lli Mxr **•» A ww »... —-
The 1939 pla'es vl’l go on pf j„ost discriminatlo*
December 1. Ms-mager McDiarmid i pm.(.||8.ser Iti ary line of busineos,
said and arranr-'ments have been
completed for handling tho rush |
quickly and efficiently. Office I
5:00 p. IT untit further notice.
Enforcement of the statute pro
viding a $2 penalty on purchas
ers of vehicles that failed to re
cord tho transfer within 15 days
will result in more owners being
and now clerk of the > posses eon of the white appli-
eourt :>t Wilkesboro. I oation catds. Manager McDiarmid
long resident of Wilkes county.
For -nanv yea'-s .she had been a
member of WMke.sboro Baptist
church.
Had she lived until J.inuary.
she pud Itei- htishand, former state
senator
federal
would have observed their fiftieth ' said and this w'll speed up issu-
wodding ;.'uuvovsary, ance of dates. Any persons who
Sn.-vivi"g are her husband and receive c.-rds for vehicles which
12 fhlldreu. all of whom are well they have sold or otherwise dis
and favor.alily known:Mrs. R. O.
Poplin. E'kin: Plato .«?. Bumgar
ner, Rahway. J.; Miss
Bumgarner, member of High
Point school faculty; Edd E.
Bumgarrer, assistant to the snp-
erintendobt of manufacturing at
Reynods Tobacco company, Win
ston-Salem; R. L. Bumgarner,
Good Springs.. Tenn.; Mrs. C. M.
Hart, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. J.
■V. Jennings, Petersburg, Va.;
Mrs. Bryan Gl'reath. North Wil-
keshoro; Tyre and Charlie Bum
garner, Wilkesboro- Mrs. W. H.
Riley. Raleigh- and Tom Bum
garner, .Wilkesboro. There is one
surviving sister, Mrs. O. F. El
ler, of Wilkeeboro.
posed of should mark the card
“sold,” "Jonked” or whatever the
Pearl disposition was and return the
card to R.aleigh or turn it in at
the Carolina Motor club. If there
are changes in address the own
er’s correct address should be
written in ink on all sections of
the card.
Standard First
Aid Course Ends
31 WPA Foremen Take the
Course Given by Isaac
Duncan for Red Cross
NewlandCampbeR
Is Head of Juniors
Council Elects Officers Fer
Term; Full Slate Named
For Local Order
N.):-th Wilkesboro council «f
Junior Order 'n recent meeting
elected o‘'ficers for the next six
months -i s follows: New)a»4
Campbeli. councilor; Richard
Beaman, vice councilor; C. A.
Canter, recording secretary; 1.
A. Shook assistant recording set-
retarv; C. G. Pnv. financial sex-
retarv; O K. Pope, conductor: A.
O. Anderson, warden; T. H.
Thompson, ins'de sentinel; Roby
Jennings outside sentinel: I). E.
Elledgc, .Junior P”st councilor;
B. F. Bentley. Paul Hutchens and
0. B. Eller, tr-’stees.
The North Wilkesboro counclf
has a larce iremhership and is
one "f the most active fraternal
organizations in this .section.
Local People See
Duke Defeat Pitt
,. ^ Troop 35^EnjfOyS A Thirty-me foremen and super-
Dorn Belle Norman, | Thanksgiinng Outing visor3 eipployed by the Works
P/bltroed Wilhflr. ® 1 r
All ghosts are not holy.
any-
! No Waste Products
A man has run away from his j “Who is Thomas Edison
wife eleven times. It Is thought | way?” ‘ * j
that he 'a under the impression "He’s the man who InventM
that if he completes the twelfth the phonograph to 'keeD( us awake
time he automatically becomes so we would stay
his own property. and use his electric llitfiU.
. V-.''4f.‘c.’•-V A ■ ■ ■ , ■ ■
... .V-- - ‘ r-Ki' '
Boy Scout troop number 35 en
joyed a Ihanksglvlng day outing
to the Brushy Vonntalns, al
though the rain drove them in
early.
A chicken dinner, which was
prepared hurriedly on the top of
the mouutaina, was very much
enjoyed. Ten boys made the hike
by compass direction, led by'
Scoutmaster Isaac Duncan and
Assistant Soout!na.ster Effner El
ler.
experience is a great teacher.
Progress administration success
fully completed the prescribed
standard first aid course given
by Isaac Duncan, first aid In-
itmctor.
Mr. Duncan said that he was
much lirnreseed by the Interest
shown In first aid work. He also
expressed the opinion that many
.mqWiWill take advantage of the
ilrtrt 'aid courses to be offered by
the Xlfilkes chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Several Wilkes county peiv
ple sat with .'$3,000 otheew ia
sjiiiw covwed Duke starfiiim
at Du'-ham Saturday to see
Onke’s Blue Devil* beat Pltte-
burg 7-0 and end the seWMMi
nnbeateot, imHed aed.une«»«8i
on.
Am » result at 41m,4
aj snceees of tbc
year, Duke Unlwwlty, DutIuhu
and all NoHti’’Oamitaa is
oeiviug much ''ntteBttdn"hk^
puMicity throughout the
tiou. Duke is
"a band-'WBgon is a popular ■way
of transportation.
as a favomMe ehotoe So
Meat the ., .
game *n OsWWhih,
o» New Tev’li'Wy.. >!.-■'-t-.i ;