,v BiiAZfiD m' irfe ot^ KCTyjygy*r^yvjBHWTCOTBLrotiyar ^TJVry^ip*TS^F^~ ' ’^7^^*^'%*.'j^nmg^fjgmy[:^-r^^'W9KBKg^B^^ r ^-■ ‘ • -^SHI M^OTjuFiroF WILDES’? ^jiiioMs.^Sir rantj^ « *> ^s"'-” ■' > »tt* »;:’J2r.i}..' »«*- Nem'^ •Nati(m Told .Briefly ■V . aa«^; ; -'r ;v U. For doyotri Wilke center of , . North Caroflc^): SetBCT YADKIN SITE -• *nifrT>olnt, Dec. 16—The itlgh PeiOt elty eomicll In special ses- ston tonishl selected a site near IieiwlsTlNe on the Yadkin river lor Its J6,500,000 hydroe.lectric development, approved P W A i wage scale which calls for a min imum of 35 cents an hour for common labor and authorized the 4^ letting of contracts for first work on the project. VOL. XXXU, NO. 17 Published Mondays aod Thursdays. ' -/■ - — north;; 3BORO. N Contractor Here To Begin Work On City Hall Building BIG TOBACCO CROP Washington, Dec. 16.—Agri cultural adjustment officials pre dicted today one of the largest Jne-cured tobacco crops in his- •wonld be produced next year Abee Asks EmpIo3mient Service Office For Lab orers Begin Tuesday Kilb Record Porker M. C. -Ahoe, meml^er of the firm of Abee-Bckerd, of Icard. arrived here today to begin con struction on North Wilkesboro’s city hall. He reported at the North Car- result of refusal of growers! olina State Employment Service td'approve quotas for the 1939 crop. Flue-cured growers reject ed the quota program in a ref erendum held December 10. Al-1 though 56.9 per cent of those office and asked that a small number of laborers be assigned to the job Tuesday liiomlng. when work will begin on tbe excavation for the building. Today workmen who voted favored the quota i were clearing the lot in prcpar- plan, approval of twcvthirds was | alirn for construction work, required before the plan could be Aboe-Eckerd were the low bid- put into effect. The vote tliat put ders on the building In the .sum the quota on the 1938 crop was , of .?2,8.212 and W'ere awarded 86 per cent. ! contract by the commissioners in ! meeting Thursday afternoon. COSTER SrinDE ! ■Tcnkiiis Hardware company, of New York. Dec. 16. F. rion- '^»^ '^'‘s awarded contract for plumbing and heating, the low bid being $2,87.2.77. who wiped out his earlier iden-j According to term.s of Mic • ;.n- tlty as Convict Philip Mnsicn (^n I tract, the building must iio c.i.uj- become bead of an $27.noo,OiK' ’’’''''■‘I within 150 calendar days. ' The city hall will contain three floors and will be located on Sid Coster, an incredible dual per- ""’^vronality of evil financial genius. drug firm, killed himself today, at his Fairfield (Conn.) country t‘°ors anci will ue located on a estate. He fired a bullet into his i Porlion of Eighth street fronting head at the very moment a snuad i street. A portion of Eighth of federal authorities was knock-1 was condemn ing on his ornate door to re-ar-' by act of the Special session rest him in the investigation of Pf the legislature in order a great financial scandal involv- j P'p* niight be used b\ ing his firm—McKos.son and Rob-jp'‘y for gilding purposes, bins, incorporated. Poindexw Gets Account^’s Job; Setdemift^ Made . C.. MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1938 ?1.60 If THE STATB-42,00 OU^ ^^ ^ S. M. Shumate Succeeds Clinard Jones As Keep er cf County Home SHERIFF HAS TAX BOOKS Same Charge As Last Year Is Made On Lsuid Sale CertiHcates I'or 1937 Northwestern Bank ansion Greetu^j Cai^c ToTheMotcH^ New Accountant that the PREDICTS CONFLICT Washington. Dec. 16.—Joseph ijf Kennedy, United States ambas- oldor to London, paid a flying Tfsit her© today to report to Pres ident Roosevelt that he thinks the poBsdbility of war In Europe within a few months is very great. He brought a pessimistic view of^ political developments ta thie, .Y^ita House and to 'state tedartment officials whom -,1»» saw during a hesy dght-hour here. Swift-moving develop- centerlng around Germany jjpermost in his mind. mei ^ LOWER BARRIERS Uma, Peru. Dec. 16—The Pan- Asnerlcan conference tonight adopted unanimously a United States resolution for reduction of international trade barriers. Speedy formal acceptance came after the United States delegation obtained unanimous consent a- mong the delegates of the 20 oth er nations represented. Another d jVlljposed declaration — for the ^^lidarity of the Aineric^is a- gainst any foreign war threat— appeared a.-isured. On the solidar ity measure. Secretary of State Hull, head of the Washington Over 60 Stills Raided In Week Revenue Agents Take To Air to Locate Moonshine Plants In The County A total of between 60 and 70 iStUls have been -d^Poyisff in Wilkes county during the post week as the result of airplane scouting trips by alcohol tax unit investigators, it was learned to day from unofficial, but reliable, sources. But while the airplane has been of much help to the officers in locating the illicit plants, it acts as a warning to the operators, who make haste in leaving the scene after a plane swoops down near the tree top.s jnst overhead. I..ess than a half dozen arrests have been made to date as the result of the raids, it was leariu'd here unofficially. Even brush arlror.s erected over the stills in the ravines have fail ed to thwart tiie efforts of the raiders, who chart suspicious looking places and make a note to visit them on foot at the ear- farl S. I?mii.giirncr, local minister and hlaclisinith, prob ably set a new rcconl for pi rk- ers here. The hog shown aiiove wttich .Mr. IJuingarner liad kill ed last week. netted 7!).”> |Minnds of pork and weighed 9tt) pounds iK'tore it was dresstxl but after it liail hli-d. It measuri*l inotv tl(^n eight feet from the tip of it.s’ nose to its hind feet lianging up as t^own bore. It wtis of IJcrk- sliirv treed and was 28 intmths old. (Photo courtesy Win.slon- Salem Journal). Special Meeting Of Junior On Tuesday Night A .special meeting of the North Wilkesboro co.uncil of the junior orde..r will be held on Tues day night, at w'hioh time a full attendance of members is much desired. A moving picture will be shown and there will be .side degree work. Attention is also called to the fact that a Chri.stmas offering will be taken for the children at the Lexington home. .\ny who are unable to attend the meeting are asked to hand donaliiuis for the children in the home Jo ('. G. Day or C. A, Canter, si'cretarles of the council. group, was said to be convinced ijest possible moment. that all could agree on a “dynam ic draft of a declaration." a r Mountain Lions Given a Banquet Stores Are Open Until Nine P. M. Here This Week Prizes For Best Lighted Grounds C. G. Poindexter, local business man who was defeated by Sheriff C. T. Doughton, Democrat, by a margin of 85 votes in the Novem ber election, has been appointed Wilke.s county accountant and has assumed his duties, succeed ing W. P. Kelly, Democrat, who las served in that capacHy during the past two years. The order of the hoard stipu lated (hat bis salary is to he $2.- 400 per year I)Ut that he is to make th" (ax books without ad ditional pay. Heretofore, the making of he tax book.s has l)cen done by the register of deeds for $160 ytvarly. Mr. Kelly’s salary was $2,400 yearly. !=!, M. Shumate, well known citi zen of the Hays community, was anpointed keeper of tliie county | home for the aged and infirm. He succeeds Clinard Jones, Demo crat, who has been superinten dent of the institution during the past two years. The salary will remain at $1,200 yearly. Sheriff C. T. Doughton has made settlement with the county !)oard of commissioners for the 1937 taxes and now^ I’M the 1938 hooks for collection. Taxpayers are urged to pay now before pen alties are added. Sheriff Dougihton charged 55 cents as costs on; each la|id sale certificate, the same B« l||i| year The law allows a feie [Taylorsville Bank Added To System , Organized In 1937 1,000 Cards Drf{^ Cotqs*- ration by Driving, Walk- ' ing Safely Given Here i Northwestern Bank Opened Branch In Taylorsville; Personnel Retained RESOURCES INCREASED ; Now Well Over $3,500,00^^ Total Capital Structure Is Now $300,000 ■_r, 1. Poi!i(I'xt‘r, who was ai)po:ii(cl I»y (’be county eoin- mi.ssioni’is as county accoiiiil- ant, succcetling W. V. Kelly. One Wounded In Fight On Sunday of the bank branch of the already been Sam Segraves In Hospital W’th Punctured Lung; Ernest Yates Sought Sam Segraves, young man of the Roaring River route 2 com- munity, was seriously wounded in an altercation, which oconred Sunday night near old Call poet- offfee. Officers searched last night a|id t Northwestern Bank, with offices her© and branches 3ral northwe.stern North la towns, today took over tlj^'Ierchants and Farmers Bank in Taylorsville. The purchase of the Taylors ville hank was announced today by bank officials simultaneously wtUh the opening there as another Northwestern. The move had approved by stockholders of the Northwestern Bank and the Merchants and Farmers bank had Merchants and Farmers bank and had been given approval by the state commissioner of banks, bank officials said. In the transaction the North western Bank took over all assets of the Taylorsville institution and assumed all liabilities. The deal increased the assets of the Northweatem Bank to well over three and one-halt million dollars and the capital stock is 6180,000, which with surplus of 0,0(10,, On highways leading into this city state highway patrolmOft stopped a thousand cars Sunday.,. Drivers, some of then| nofTOW because they thought the officers saw something wrong with their cars, stopped gingerly ’but in such a manner that they would display the smooth effectiveness of their brakes. But they did not get a "bawling out”. Instead the officers handed the driver a card, not a ticket. The card wa.s Christmas greet ings from the state highway pa trol and cnntninm! the following message: “Your cooperation in driving and walking, safely so that you .and others may have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy new year for 1939 is hereby re quested in the interest of human ity.—Highway Safety Divlsiom, Revenue Department. Raleigh. N. C.“ The motorists thus greeted elicited pleasant surprise and In sisted on pausing long enough oV the highway to thank the offi cers and express their delight ov er the printed message of good will from the highways’ law ©•- forcing body. Corporal Carl.vl© Ingle, regular ly stationed here, was assisted in handing out the 1,000 cards het« Sunday by Patrolman W. C. Thomas, who is stationed la Aahe county. They worked. tntor- nUtt&htly at the Yadkis' brli^ boCween the Wilkesboros and oa highway 421 at Reddjpa, Rtwr hridse west of this eU^.t Seki iin .\tteulion of everybody ■within traveling distance of North Wll- j kesboro is called to (he fact that Under sponsorship of the Worn- ' stores in North Wilkesboro will an’s club, a lighting contest will; remain open until nine o’clock at Sixteen letters have been a- warded members of the North Wilkesboro high school football team for outstanding perform ance at their various positions. The awards were announced by Coach Bernard Lillen at a ban quet given the team by a group of citisens interested in encour aging athletics in the city schools. The banquet took place On Thurs day night at Hotel Wilkes. The lettermen are: Hudson. McCoy. Pearson. Slhatley, Harri son, Steelman, M. Steelman, Crook, Kiser. Martin, Craven. Johnson, Haigwood, Call. Kenerly and Campbell. Other members of the squad present at the banquet. were Horton, Hunt, Day. B. Mc Coy, Foster, Johnson, Coffey, Clark. Clement, Caudill, Faw. Kerhaugh, VV. Caudill and Estes. Present with the football olay- ors at the banquet were Paul Cragan, school superintendent, Coach Lilien. Assistant Coach Robert Taylor, and officials who served this year at the games: H. V./Overcash, John K. Black- bum, Frank .McNeill, Dwight Hor ton and J. D. Moore, Jr. 9|)©ak©re for the banquet were Coach Pat Shores and Assistant Cor^'h Strasavich, o f Lenoir- |{hriE^^traaavlch told the group thwJ^ft saw North Wilkesboro’s LlOT^Iflay two games this year «nd was particularly impressed by the smart and clean play put op against stronger rivals. Shores held the atten- the grpap as he told of ilMipt » go«4 fc^ .sod. be held here this year and cash | night al! this week for the hene- prizes of $7.50. $5.00 and $2.50 j fit and convenience of holiday will 1)0 aw’arued for the most ef-1 shoppers, fectively lighted homes andi This move on the part of ti.e grounds during the holiday sea-j stores will >nahl_e the people to son. have more time 'in which to se- The homes will be judged on j lect merchandise during tlio lioH- Thitirsday evening and all who day rush and will result hi wish to enter should notify Mrs.' great convenience for those, who A. H. Casey not later than Tburs-1 would not find time to shop dur- day noon. ' ing the regular store hours. New Fishing Sloop for President Captain Bill McCoy, a Palm Beach bnsiness man, atates that he has been aafced te anpervise the builcUng ot a mabegany i«»iiny to be presented to President Boosevett by tl^ fipii^toicum Abw'fls Ugh regard” for the President. Captain McCsj has ^to^rfa|to which hava been approved by PMsldest BoosevsU, ht «ffl. lu appreciation of the support given the school by patrons and friends. North 'Willkesboi’o city sohools will give a program of Christmas entertainment free to all who will attend on Tuesday night, December 20, 7:30 o’clock in the .school auditorium, Paul S. Cragan. superintendent, said to day. There will be no admission charge and everybody is asked to attend, Mr. Cragan said. The program will include a pageant by the sixth grade, play and songs by the third grade, and a cantata entitled “The Music of Bethlehem,’’ by the girls’ glee club. Tile program of entertainment will represent the school’s Christ mas gift to parents and friends ot the school as a token of ap preciation on the part of the fac ulty and student body. Mtn. View Girls Win Cage Trophy The Mountain View midget gills won first honors last v/eek ill tihe Mountain Park Basketball Tournament, in which the follow ing schools from the three neigh boring counties participated: Sparta, Traphill, Roaring River, Uonda, Mountain View. Elkin, Franklin, Copeland, Mountain Park, Dobeon and White Plains. In the first round Mountain View eliminated Ronda in a keen ly conteeted game with a score of 27-28. 2'he semi-finals between Moun tain View and Roaring River were played las^ Tuesday night. Roaring River lost to Mountain View withi a score of 14-29. Last Wednesday night the fin als were played off between Mountain View and Franklin. The Midgets fought a hard battle with Franklin and won with a score of 22-23, winning a seventeen- inch trophy. Billings, guard from Mountain View received high honors as a member of the All Tournament team. as the man TrfiO Sogrtveft. Segraves is a patient at the Wilkes hospital, where examlna- tlon disclosed that a knife had is being retained at the Northwestern ibrancdi in Taylorsville. S.'E. Little Is cas'h- ler and D. V. Deal is assistant . J „ , Til cashier. It is the only bank In punctured one of his lung^ His county. J 'The Northwestern bank was formed on July 1, 1937. as a con- condition Is described as serious. Officers were unable to learn any details about the affair or the cause of the tight. Glee Club Sings At Kiwanis Meet Under direction of Miss Hazel Sherill, public school music teacher, the North WUlkesboro high school glee club delighted members of the North Wilkes boro Kiwanis club Friday noon with a program of Christmas music. The club rendered in an excel lent way “The Mtisic of Be’hlc- hem’’ in nine numbers. Member? of the cast of the play given Friday aighl l>y Col lins Festival entertainers were presented to the club. C. H. Havely and H. G. Roland were guests of J. U. Tait at Fri day’s meeting of the club. solIdatioD of the Deposit & Rav ings bank here. Bank of Soarta, Watauga County Bank at Boone with, branch at Blowing Rock. Merchants and Farmers Bank at RakersvlIIe with branch at Burns ville. The bank of Ashe was tak en over as a part of the consoli dated bank in June. 1938. With home offices here the Northwestern Bank now has branches at Sparta, Jefferson. Boone. Blowing Rock, Bakers- ville, Burnsville and Taylorsville. The expansion to include the bank at Taylor.sville is a contin uation of carrying out the origin al purpose of the consolidation— a more complete banking service for the territory .served, liank of ficials explained. The transaction to take over the hank in Alexander county has been fully approved by the Fed eral Deposit Ineurance Corpor ation, of which the Northwestern Bank is a member. Ifeui Officers Of 'Coonty. .Grasito Elected In Meeting HeM On Wednesday Niglit I Cert.’ips He Shdied Away ' Helpmate “How “hall 1 account for the j Mr. Nntleigh -lt’» going to he $10,000 that onr Conner cashier one grand ha’!!" of wits. I tell skipped out with? .you. “Charge it to running expen-’ Mr.s. .N’utlelgb—How brave of geo >’ you, dear, to go unarmed. Camouflaged Ferry Protects Loyalists Will Sell House On Right Of Way The city of Nortm Wilkesboro serwal days ago advertised for bids on a dwelling house located on the right of way of the south; entrance of hl^h’way 268 .te ,,;be constructed Into, may be obtain^; eiw Two Spanish Loyslist tajtrMs the Serge river la h liilii KNIte vlsIiHr hihl te— t tolA^Arepare a rovised t«^rj rigged BP slfiiMil the brii r«7ed byttoe ejie^.^y|ei9>H”*teged ^(riliet.lireyenlltthsaB detectetl By T. F>. STORY The Wilkes Pomona GrSnga held its last meeting of this cal endar year in the Wllkesbors school library on Wednesttoy evening, December 14, with good attendance. 'The meeting wo# presided over by worthy Pomona Master T. W. Ferguson. Follow ing the opening State Master Harry B. Caldwell, of Greensboro, was introduced and- he addressed the body on the programs of the recent state and national Grange conventions he has attended. He reviewed the program of the State Convention held at Oxford, two months a^o. siayias that It- was the best in our Grange his tory, A large attendance and s I'iue :-jpirit of fellows^hip and co operation was shown throughoat the convention.- It i.s Mr. Cald well’s opinion that all our legis lative program will ■be given moot serious consideration at the meeting of the next Ge«neral As sembly. Mr. Caldwell’s resume of his trip to and from the National Convention at Portland Oregoa and of the eight days conventioa there wa.s a most thrilling theme. In this convention Mr. Caldwell was the chairman of thie Agricul tural committee and he foned himself in constant committee meeting hearing groups and indi viduals on proposed plans for bet tering agriculture. All in all it was a great convention and he believe.s it will bp a telling force in solving our great agricultural ] problem. ' Mr. Caldwell urged the mem bers to attend the meetings of the Orange and to keep posted oa its program.s legislative and oth erwise. He .statee the next state convention will be held In Ashe ville, and he expects this entire section to make a good showing when the annual meeting is held. Election of Officers The' following officers were elected for next year: Pomona Master, T. W. Ferguson; Over seer, Dan Holler; Secretary, T. E. Story; Lecturer, Mm. C. F. Bretholl; Steward, Jesse OUee; Assistant Steward, Paul, YeetaL' Lady Assistant Sterwan^- Rosa B. Church; Treasurer, Mrs. ,.T. W. Ferguson; Gate K«ep«r, Carl Voa- Deman; Ceres, Mr#. ’’Oe#- _ man; Pbmon^ LncUe ' Qornu; ' Flora, Mrs. B. ft. Oallii A. J. Foster; - ' tee for Three' ’Yesnsr .1.- 'Tho . .otfiM ^tr fttete’Hilt# -r

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