■:¥-
D
'WMhtl4f«(ik.|niy' tA^o-
caster)—te «Miat Seaatm .'and
BepreecBtatim are reportlns the
receipt ot noeda of letters from
the folks l»ek ItoiasL,'eimresslnf
the tsar tlarfhe 17ajtsd StstM-ls
heading toward war, or asking
what the real foreign policy of the
Adminlsltratien to. that it U eTl>
• dent that a "war scare" of con
siderable dimensions is spreading
orer the nation.
The fear that the United States
to being headed toward participa
tion in another European war has
not been allayed by the utterances
ot men in high positions Those
)A>tide the President, whose re
cent public expressions have
caneeil. alarm, and Senator Taft
of OWo, who openly charged the
President with exaggerating the
war situation for the parpose of
promoting his own poHtlcal for-
•^^tunea. "Ballyhoo" Is the word
Senator T^ used.
It is ndi easy to discover and
set down all the facts in a situa
tion so complicated by personali-
"tles o.nd ambitions, but the com
bined judgment of the best-in-
formed observer? In Washington
may be summarlied'Somewhat as
follows;
First, there is more war talk
-■^-and fear of war in the United
''^^^tates than there is in England,
^and less justification lor it. Vewg-
paper headlines and loose talk in
Washington are to blamt.
Second, the President does not
want to drag the United States
Into war but is sincerely trying
to prevent or postpone a war be
tween the great European powers.
The best judgment here is that
his pirbiic statements so far have
had a deterrent effect upon the
dictatorships.
Third, the President believe.';
that he is reflecting overwhelming
American public opinion in lining
up this country by "measures
shor tof war’’ on the side of Eng
land and Prance and against Ger
many. Italy and Japan.
^ Hopes, for Pauw
11 such an overwhelming public
■ opinion is demonstrated clearly to
the Dictator nations, backed up
by the demonstration now under
way if necessary, and the adoption
of economic measures which '
would help the democracies, the
hore which actuates the .\dmin-
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Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes county
health officer, today announced
that an adult tuberculo.^is clinic
will begin for Wilkes county peo
ple on Monday,' May 15.
Dr. Skeen, a specialist from the
state sanUorlum, v/ill give the'
I examinations, which will be with-
! out cost to the patients. I
I Dr. Eller is asking all who have
been in contact with tuberc lar
[patients or who for any reason |
[f.itspect that they may have con-I
tracted the disea.se to be examin-1
i ed during the clinic.
As B protest agklMt whatV terns ! Those wishing examination are'
a "misuse" of science by the totall- asked to call at the health office |
tarisn states, mfltoHi Percy in the courthouse on Thursday. I
Bridgman, Harvard nnlTersity phys-! Friday or Saturday during the;
iotst, has shut hto HHehrch tabera- ; next two weeks and make ap-'
tory to visitors from those cosm- pointments. The test will be giv-;
tries and refuses to dtoMbs his ex- en at the time of making the ap- ;
periments with them. j pointment, he said. i
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RUMANIA
PUGOSLAVIAJ
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Women to Discuss Forester Rites
Curb Market Plan| HeU^ Friday
In Meeting Soon
.Hap Bbowo huge eaalera Enrepesa area Inhabited by Ukrahriaac, whem Germany’s Rekshafoehrer BHIot
1 ooanae
1 ebeervers to believe the Fuehr
er is paving the way for his “drive to the east" la which a new state would he carved, principally from
Bosstaa territory.
wonid^^ Into ibe nation under demlnntion .of the TlUrd Eei^. R*p^ Nasi congnesta in the former re-
pahUC 'bf C««Oh*»tovakIn and bis trade overtoreo to Bn mania lead intemanonal
er is paving the way for his “drive to the east" in
Home Demonstration Club
Council To Hear Mrs.
Morris on Friday
Mrs. ('ornelia C. Morris, mar
keting specialist*of the extension
service of State College, will
speak to the federation of home
j Funeral Service For Acci>
j dent Victim Held At
Reins-Sturdivant
Rangers Quartet
Coming To City
Funeral service was hold in
Rrins-Suirdivant chapel Friday
afternoon for Henry A. (Red)
Forester, age 30. one of two mem
bers of the Duke Power company
office personnel who was killed
in an automobile accident on
highway li5 15 miles north of
M'omwn To Be Given At High
I .School BuUdinK; Spon.sored
t Ry Juniors
Wilkes King and Queen of Healdi
Make Good Showii^[ in The Dbtrict
Odell Whittington, Jr., Gets
Improvement In
Condition Two
Hurt In Wreck
News today.; ^om Statesville
hospitals Indtealed that H. V.
Overcash and Gordon Forester,
who were badly Injured in an au
to accident Wednesday night in
which -M. G. Butner and. H. A.
Forester were killed, are getting
along as well as could be expect
ed.
However, it is expected that
Mr. Overcash may be confined to
his "room for several weeks due
to back injuries, including two
fractured vertebrae. Mr. Forester
received many lacerations on his
head and face but may be releas
ed from the hospital in about a
week.
Important Change
Is M a d e In AAA
E. y. Floyd, AAA executive of
ficer of State College, has an
nounced an important revision in
the 1939 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program enabling farmers
to earn full payment offered for
compliance vfjth jJieir acreage
allotments even though they fail
to plant 80 percent of their allot-
neen'ts.
^ In the past it has been neces
sary for farmers to plant at least
*■ 80 per cent of the allotments giv
en them, otherwise the payment
was made on the basis of 125 per
cent of the acreage actually plant
ed.
Floyd said that the change is
the result of a recent amendment
to the Agricultural Adj'jstment
Act, and that Secretary’ of Agri
culture Henry A. Wallace put the
change into effect for this season.
* In this connection ,the AAA of
ficer said that tKe idle farm land
provision of the Agricultural Ad
justment Act is not affected by
the ruling. The revision applies
to cotton, corn, wheat, potatoes
and commercial vegetables, and
. Floyd said that farmers may earn
full payment offered for compli
ance even though they plant no
acreage to these crops, provided
the farm is operated in 1939. No
conservation payment, except in
connection with the restoration of
land and soil-building practices,
will be made with respect to a
farm which-is not operated in
- 1939.
“ITie purpose of this change is
to simplify the Agricultural Con-
servatkm Program and to J^e
equitable to all farmers, wh^i
AAA is constantly striving to
' jployd stated. '
May 27 Will Be
Poppy Dsy Horc^ivirs. James Handy
The Rangers Male Quartet,
stars of the radio and stage, wll!
appear at the North Wllkesboro
high school auditorium on Fri
day, May 5th, at 8:15 p. m., un
der the auspices of the Junior
Order.
The Rangers are Known far
and wide for their comedy ^ and
Duke Power company branch here I jiarnjony, and they h^o ' ^witti
for several years and was a valued I them the south’* lo;>y. basso^
member of the office and service ^ They will render"'* "bpratilid Pro-
departments. ' gram, and as ttfe concert Is bo^
the late .Artliuiu:giveii to beifl^ch a worthy
Forester and Mrs. Nettie Staley ^ the local Junior Order, it is
F’orestor, who survives. Also stir-; hoped that a large number of
yirlng ar© his wife, two children.! people wlU.Ijritend.
Edwh'rd Arthur 'and Rachel, and ; ‘Admission cliarges will beijnost
the following brothers and sis- reasonable—15 and 23 cents,
ters: Burette Forester. States-j
ville; Gwyn Forester, Sparta;Mrs.
Leonard Wbiker, North Wilkes-
horo: Mrs. Ernest Pierce, Millers
Creek: Mrs, Ken Lankford and
Mrs. Foy Raymer, North Wilkes-
boro; Mrs. Gilbert Royal, Elkin.
Uev, Eugene Olive, pastor of
the F'irst Baptist church here,
conducted the funeral service.
Burial was in Greenwood ceme
tery. The last rites were largely
attended.
Bowman On Honor j
Roll At University!
Second High Rating In
20 Counties
-R. I. Bowman, of
North” Wllkesboro. made
at the Uni- | 'll®* River, and Charlotte Huff-
of Champion, recent win-
last
demonstration cliibs to l>e held in j g,j,tegviUe Wednesday night,
the office of the home demonstra- j Forester had been with the
tlon agent in the Wilkes court
house on F'riday, >May 3, two o’
clock. ; •
Mrs. Morris will talk principal
ly on .fttfy’JJylteting"
and will meet with the directors
named to establish a local curb
market.
Miss Harriet McGoogen. home
demonstration agent who made
announcement of the meeting,
asked that all club officers and
project leaders be present.
'The .scheduled demonstration
on preparation of poultry p'o-
ducts for market, originally set
for Friday, has been postponed
until a later date. Miss McGoogan
said.
To FiB Vacancy
Wilkesboro P. 0.
I Examination Announced To
I Fill Vacancy on Job As
Fireman-Laborer
Eleven Million Memorial
Flowers Made For Sale
To Help Veterans
Poppy Day will be observed
throtigliom llie I nilcd .States on
Saturday. May 27, with the wear
ing of memorial poppies in hon
or of the World War dead. Mr.. j
J. B. .McCoy, President of the i
Wilkes No, 123 Fnit of the -\mer-1
lean Legion .\uxiPary, announced i
today. The observance will be led i
by the Auxiliary women who will |
distribute poppies on the streets
during the day.
-More than eleven million of the
little red memorial flowers have
been made by disabled World
War veterans working in govern
ment hospitals and in poppy
workrooms maintained by the
Auxiliary. These flowers are crepe
paper relicas of the popples which
grew oil the World War battle
fields and among which the dead
and wounded fell. They are recog
nized throughout the English-
speaking world as the memorial
flower for those who fell in de
fense of democracy.
Plans for the local observance
of Poppy Day are being complet
ed by the Wilkes No. 125 Auxil
iary Unit under the leadership of
Mrs. A. F. Kilby. Unit Poppy
chairman, aided by a large com
mittee. Volunteer workers from
the Unit will offer poppies on the
streets all day and will receive
contributions for the Legion and
Auxiliary welfare and relief work
among the disabled veterans.
Poppies for distribution here
have been ordered from Indian
apolis. Indiana, where disabled
veterans have been given employ
ment through the winter and
spring making the little flowers.
They are expected to be worn
more generally than ever before
on Poppy Day this year.
Is Taken By Death
( Funeral service was held today
at Cane Creek church for Mrs.
Loretta Handy, age 70. of this |
Icily. She died Sat'.iriay
Monroe Dillard and Kev.
j The United States Civil Service
I Commission announces an open
i competitive examination for the
' position of Fireman-LaTiorer for
filling vacancies Jn the Custodial
Service, Post Office. Wllkesboro,
North Carolina, the usual en
trance salary being $1260 a year.
Mrs. I Appl.cation.s for this position
i must 'e on file with the Manager,
Fourth U. S. Civil Service Dis-
Wirt
the
I Walker were in cliarge of me i
|la-t rites She was tlic wife of the ' trict, Washington. D. C., not later
I late .lame.s C. Hamby, | than May 18.1939.
! She leaves the following chil- i Competitors will not be re-
dren: H. F. Handy, Hays: Ru-j qnired to report for written exam-
dolph Handy, McGrady: Mrs.! ination. but will be rated on their
Wrenn .Myers, Elkhorn. W. Va.:
If time keeps goin’ and it will:
if folks keep natural, and :hey
wUi—rllie only man who will win
a gcti^'Dame will be a dead one.
w.
Mrs. W. C. H.ggins. Radical: -Mrs,
Cora Billingi. McGrady: Mrs. C.
M. Dancy. Halls Mills: .Mrs. Stel
la Key, North Wilkesboro.
training and experience.
Full information and applica
tion blanks may be obtained from
t h e Postmaster, Wilkesboro.
North Carolina.
scholastic honor roll
versity of North Carolina
quarter.
To make the honor roll a stu-
-3^t at the University must av-
^e a grade of B (90 to 95) on
l^ourses.
H. Rector
Claimed bf Death
Funeral Service For Local
Resident Held Sunday;
Died Saturday
.Mrs. Eva Rector, wife of J. H.
Rector, lu’ominent citizen of this
city, tlied Saturday morning at
their home on E street.
She had been ill for a few
weeks and critically ill for sever
al days prior to her death.
She was the last member of
her family, there being no aurviv
ing brothers or sisters and no
children, nieces and nephews be
ing the nearest surviving rela
tives.
Mrs. Rector was very favorably
known by her friends and neigh
bors and her passing was an oc
casion of sorrow to all her ac-
tiiiaintaiices.
Rev. A. L. Aycock, assi.sicd by
Rev. Watt .M. Cooper, conducted
the last rite.? at the home Sunday
afternoon and burial was in
Mountain Park cemetery in WH-
kesboro.
Pall Itearera were E. P. Robin
son. Harry Summers. W. H. Ah-
sher, J. C. Reins, C. P. Wulter
'and H. M. Hutchens.
man,
ners in the county 4-H club con
test to select the “King and
Queen" of health, well represent
ed Wilkes In the contest held at
Greensboro last week for the
northwestern district composed of
20 counties.
Opel Kington, of Stokes coun
ty, and Warren Price, of Wake
Opuntyr were crowned district
king and Queen and received ex-
actly the same .health grade, 98.5.
The next highest grade was
scored by Odell Whittington. Jr.,
of Reddies River and a member
of the Millers Creek club. His
grad© was 97.5. Wilkes’ girl rep
resentative, Miss Huffman, re
ceived a rating of 96.5.
to I
jtoUrt & Gii^,
;CftyfKfhly
As.Branch
i - ■ ' ■ - •
Mr. Robert S. Gibbs, Sr./ IgT
thp ^Bt nine years^a
Duke Power organfsiBoii at
JiWdersonville, has been appoint
ed manager of the North HWkes-
1»ro district of the company to-
succeed the late X- G^ Butner,
cording to an annovne^Mft' 1^'
Vice President ^B.-C. 'XaraiU^***;
day. ‘'i.y - . s.-"'.
The new managar .of tb* bUBb
Wilkesboro diatrtot Is a'-.fMitW’pt'
Mars Hill, MsdisM
was educated at Mars IttH GeltiKa ‘
and Georgia School .of
from which he was an ^eeimHi'
engineer graduate in 19tt. ' FM-
lowing his graduation (rpas; .Gapr-
gla Tech he took ,tfsaOtoJ
Electric test course at!'^jc^lapiEt-^
ady, N. Y. and '.ater apm'.^liMt«
a while in the New York ofUaa.oC -
the General Electric ‘ComiMrDy'!' R»
Ipft the position of.^a^depi’^iiitoat
of the General'Metric Cambay
at Asbevnio in September IPid tp
go with the Duke Power , Com
pany. ,
During bis connection with tb»
Hendersonville branch of the
Duke Power Company he has
served as engineer, as salesman,
88 bookkeeper and in other ca
pacities. By native ability, train
ing and a well rounded exper
ience he is extremely well quali
fied for the promotion which has
come to him.
During his residence at Hen-_
dersonville Mr. Gibbs has been
very active in civic affairs in that
city. He is a member ot the Pres
byterian church and of the -Ki-
wanls club and ba^.been partic
ularly active in the Work "of the
boy scouts organisatti^-'" '' *■=: ■
Mr. Gibbs was mllifpiT** 1>»
to Miss Isabella ..Ath
ens, Ga. They have
Mr! Gibbs will more hto itHUtSf to
North ‘Wilkesboro in the Immedi
ate future.
Investigation Of
Accident Is Made
Patrolman Says Truck Did
Not Have Clearance Lights
As Required By Law
World Aggressors Headache to Map Makers
Although Coroner Tomlin, of
Iredell county, and a jury em-
panneled by him held that J. Lee
Weisner, driver of the truck
which collided with M. G. Bitt
ner’s car on highway 115 Wednes
day night, was blameless in the
accident, action may yet be taken
against the truck driver, it was
learned here today.
The accident caused the .death
of Mr. Butner and H. A. Forester.
Gordon Forester and H. V. Over
cash. other occupants of the car
were badly injured. Hobert Weis-
ner, father of the driver of the
truck and the truck's owner, was
badly hurt.
The coroner’s jury held that
the accident occured on the
truck’s right side of the road near
the top of a hill.
Patrolman Carlyle Ingle, of
this city, investigated the accident
and expressed the same opinion
but he said that the truck did
not have proper lights.
The bed of the truck, the of
ficer said, measured seven feet,
four inches and positively did not
have clearance lights as required
by law for truck beds in excess ot
six feet.
He also stated that the two
surviving occupants of Mr. But-
ner’s car had said that the truck
had only one headlight.
John M. Dula, 75,
Died On Saturday
Funeral Saturday
For M._C Butner
Service Conducted xt Home
By Baptist Pastor; Bur
ial at East Bend
Funeral service was held Sat
urday morning at his residence
on Fifth street for M. G. Butner,
42, who was tragically killed in
an automobile accident Wednes
day night on the new highway
number 115 about 15 miles, north
of Statesville. .t,'-
Rev. Eugene Olive, ^sttor of
the Fir.st Baptist church, condnet-
ed the funeral service at the home
and burial service was at East
Bend, his native community.
The services were htrgjply at
tended and the flowers were a tri
bute to the respect in which, he
was held.
Pall bearers were selected from
the personnel of the Duke Power
company branch here.
Officer Making
Equipment Diive
Patrolman Warns Motorist*
To Have Required Car
Equipment
With s sew Europe, s new AsU and the possibHMy of * new Africa la the msklnf, aisiHoakerf of Ai^tea
as well as the rest of the world are finding it a gigsnll® task to keep abreast wlOi the conatanOy «feai[M|DC fW
IHieal frontier. One man—Adolf Hltlw-;Tl‘k* canoed thecsrtographers'aatoldhead*cheo.'nqrapwdtllsnf^
correcting aU their charU, diaaging names, revising colori and ardertag aew print^ ’Itoe* :j^.
days the maps are wertblesa except tor reforence - works. Bonattorles have'again bbea chaayad, GIgy jn^'
pictnred a^tbe left, are more dHBcidt to.oorwt than flat maps, and present prehinw
^ :
John M. Dula, age 75, a promi
nent resident ot the Ferguson
community, died Saturday and
funeral service was held today at
Elk Baptist church with Rev. Al-
tr^ Foster in charge. Sf y ;
Surviving are on* brother, R.
L. Lula, and two sisters, Mrs. L.
M. Bnmgamer'and Mrs. Jknto
Dula.;
Patrolman Carlyle Inglq,^ef the
State highway patrol, sald^oday
that a drive on motorists witt Im
proper car equipment is , jua^er
way and warned that arreSM
being made daily. ‘
The drive is particularly greas
ing improper lights, b^d;,|^akefl,
and absence of the otheif^^uip-
ment which the law saj^l 'm^t be
in good working order,
Speaking of the Importance of
proper equipmeirt, the - x^flcer
said that in his 'oplSlon improper
lights on the truck Idvolvei; wi^ «j
greatly responsible foe the^aCcl-
dent on highway 115 Wednesday
night which claimed the Ifvee ot
M. G. Butner and H. A. Forester.
Several arrests were made da.r-^
Ing the week-end. includSdif;
for drunken driving, and
her for "improper lights. Iwpropek^
license and for driving wltho^?
driving license..
■ jbtports of Ameriewi' "jlMiitot-
agO^nour slBoe last Jujy.
d lOl.SOfi.oeO
i MASONIC NOnOB
Regular , cnsmusttcatioB o tj
North WllkMboro lodgp 78^
Ri A. M. Thursday. May-31,;
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