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BOY FATALLY HURT
Mt. Atry, Sept. 1.—Roy Ard-
ner, 12, w*a killed and two other
persons were hurt in a head-on
truck-automobile collision hero
tonight. U. G. Belton. 74. former
Surry county sheriff, who was
driving the car, and Chester Ard-
ner, 14, were seriously injured in
the crash. The Ardner boys were
riding with Belton.
AMERICANS ARE SAFE
Washington, Sept. 1.—North
Winship, counselor of the Ameri
can embassy in Warsaw, reported
by telephone to Secretary Hull
late today that as far as he knew
all Americans in Warsaw were
safe. State department officials
said Winship advised Hull that
■^omen members of the embassy
J&ff had been evacuated to a
point about 12 miles from War
saw.
McKKYOE APPOL^TEl)
Washington, Sept. 1.—Wage
and hour law Administrator El
mer F. Andrews announced to-
ly appointment for r>. Lacy Mc-
iryde, of Fayetteville. X. C.. as
regional attorney for North Car
olina and South Carolina. Head
quarters for the two states have
been assigned to Charlotte, N C.,
a director is yet to be named.
VOL. X.XX1II, No. 3 Published Monday! and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY. SEPT. 4, 1939 . A>^2.00 OOT OF TBB
Britain and France
North Wilkesboro
Schools Open With
Enrollment of 1050
Classrooms Filled As 1939-
1940 Term Is Begun In
This City Today
ARMS EMBARGO T'RGED
Poland Springs, Me.. Sept. 1.—
Senator William E. Borah, of
Idaho, rankfng minority member
of the senate foreivn relaUons
committee, tonight foresaw Fnit-
ed States entry into the European
conflict it the arms embargo pro
visions of the neutrality act
should hi repealed. Declaring
“We canrot enter the struggle in
part and stay out in part,’’ the
74-year-oll elder statesman said
In a statement released at his va
cation hotel; “Our boys would
follow our guns Into the trench-
TIOOKED’ IN EYELID
Morganton, Sept. 1—Seth Mull,
young Morganton groceryman,
had a narrow escape from a seri
ous Injury when a fishhook, being
cast bv a friend on an ontitig at
Lake James, caught In his eyelid.
The friend, unaware of Mulls
presence behind him. cast a die-
jack into the lake with such force
that when the hook caught in his
eyelid the line broke under the
pressure, witnesses reported. Aft
er receiving emergency treatment
In Grace hospital. Mull’s injury
wa.s found to be minor and he was
able to return to his work the
next day.
^irst Court Held
In New City Hall
New Building Being Occupi
ed By All DepartmenU
Of City Government
Mayor R. T. McNiel presided
over the first se.’sinn of city court
held in North Wilkesboro's new
city hall today.
The building was practically
completed with the exceptinn of
^installation of a few fixtures a
*week ago and the city offiees oc
cupied the building for the first
time Thursday afternoon.
Today’s session of court was
attended by more than 100 spec
tators and an average Monday
morning docket was disposed of.
Visitors to the building have
made frequent comments on the
structure and comment has been
very favorable.
The clerk’s office Is located on
the street floor, along with the
fire department and public libr
ary. The lower floor houses the
water and street departments,
storage space and jail.
The top floor contains the as
sembly room and police office.
Conference rooms adjoin the as
sembly hall on the southern end.
The city councH'3 first regular
monthly meeting in the new
building will be held Tuesday
, night.
Negro Given Three
Years Here Today
Sam Jones. Wilkesboro negro,
was given a total of three years
on the roads in city court today
after being convicted on three
' charges of Indecent exposure.
Police Chief J. E- Walker said
that the negro had terrified a
number of people, Including some
white women, and that since he
« r arrested that he had heard
orts of several other Instances
bad bphavlor on the part of
the negro.
Mayor R. T. McNiel gave him a
year each on three counts and
the' aentencea do not run concur-
rautlr*
North Wilkesboro city schools
opened the 19S9-40 term today
with an enrollment of about 1,-
050.
Students assembled in their
cla.ssrooms at S:30 and the task
of registrations for the various
courses was completed smoothly.
Classroom work will be taken up
Tuesday morning.
The school this year is again
headed by Siipt. Paul S. Cragan.
who until he came here a year
ago was head of Ruffin schools,
one of the largest of the rural
school units. The school.s onerat
ed smoothly and effioientlv In^t
year and another successful year
is anticipated.
North Wilkesboro school is a
member of the Southern Associ
ation of .Accredited Schools and
Colleges and maintains a full
nine-months term.
The enrollment today in the
white schools at opening was
S65 with the likelihood that 29
others would register during the
day,
A total of 585 were in the ele
mentary department and 280 in
the high school. Classrooms in
both buildings were filled.
The faculty and enrollment by
grades follows; first, 88, Miss
Sallie Outlaw, Miss Sam Johnson
and Mrs. Lucille Farmer: second,
90. Mrs. Susie H. Williams, Miss
Erma Eller and Miss Beatrice
Pearson; third, 88, Miss Eliza
beth Finley, Miss Etta Turner
and Miss Lucille Ivey; fourth, 93.
Miss Rebecca Moseley, Miss Ruby
Blackburn; fifth. 72. Miss Ma-
hlc Hendren. Miss n'athryn Trout
man; sixth. 70, Miss Nonie Gor
don. Miss Marguerite Harris;
seventh, 84. Miss Lucille Young,
Miss Margaret Gourley.
Enrollment in the high school
i>y grades was as follows; eighth,
92ninth, 72; tenth, B2: elev
enth, 54, The high school teach
ers are W. P. Grier. Jr., Miss
Estelle Ardrey, Jack Mas.=ey. Miss
Ruth Wehh, Miss Lilyan Miller.
Miss Evelyn Sharpe, Miss Annabel
Lee. Miss Anne Jones. Miss Es
ther Lee Cox, Robert Taylor.
Enrollment in the North Wil
kesboro colored schools at open
ing this morning was 15 5.
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Millers Creek Has
Enrollment Of 840
Water Line Being Construct
ed; School Lunch Room
To Open Wednesday
Millers Creek school had a very
successful opening with an en
rollment of 840 students during
the first week.
The elementary department en
rolled 5fiS students and the high
school 272. making a grand total
of 840.
Patrons of the Millers Creek
district have shown great interest
through visiting the school and
by starting their children during
the first week.
Work is now In progress on
the water line from Lin Bum-
irarner’.s spring to the Millers
Creek school and it is hoped that
the school will have an abundant
supply of water within a few
more days.
The school lunch room will be
open at Millers Creek Wednesday
September 6. ITndernonrnished
children will be given free lunch
and others may buy lunch as has
been the practice during the past
two years.
51st Anniversary
Wedding Observed
The relatives and friends of
Mr. and Mrs. John McGlammery
met at their lovely country home
to celebrate their fifty-first wed
ding anniversary, Sunday, Aug.
27. ’There was a large crowd
present to show their love and
appreciation of this fine old cou
ple who have battled together for
61 years.
There was dinner enough for
as many more and every one
preMSt did ample lustlce to It.
Music Soothes Tiny German Refugees
Jones Is Elected ALLIES
President of North
Wilkesboro Club
IN..
The spirits of these tiny waifs from Germany were buoyed tempo
rarily when one of their numbers struck up a tune on her violin as 150
refugee chlidrcn arrived at the Liverpool, London, station. Homes had
been found for the children previous to their arrival, and excitement kept
them from becoming completely despondent.
Employment Service Office Ranks
7th b State In Number Placements
Dokies Will Meet
Thursday Night Cti.e.; Loc.1 Offi~ 8ih
North Wilkesboro Dokies club
will meet on Thursday night,
7:00 o’clock, at the Woman’s
Club house in this city.
Dinner will be served by the
Woman’s club. Announcement of
the meeting today said that a
good dinner and a good program
Is guaranteed and a full attend
ance of members is asked. The
program Is being arranged by T.
A. Finley. Dr. H. B. Smith and
Homer Brookshire.
Previous Year
North Wilkesboro office of the
North Carolina State Employ
ment Service ranked seventh in
the state in total number cf
placements for the last fiscal
year, according to reports receiv
ed here.
The North Wilkesboro office
placod a total of 3,675 on jobs
during the year and raised its
rank from eighth the previous
year to seventh.
Placements of 433 during the
month of June enabled North
Wilkesboro to nose out Kinston
for seventh place by about 100.
at *11 • I Offices which exceeded the of-
RaIIIIIAFI Oce here in placements for the
IrICilCill IVCUUlUil, number placed by each
follow: Raleigh. 8.834; Greens
boro, 8,807; Charlotte, 7,150;
Winston-Salem, 6.432; Asheville,
Good Profiram At
Fifth Annual Reunion Held
At Millers Creek School
On Sunday
Kiwanians Name Officers;
Judge Rousseau Speaker
At Friday Meeting
W. E. Jones, agent for the
Southern Railway company here
and for many years an active
member of the club, was elected
president of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club In its weekly
luncheon meeting Friday.
The nominating committee
composed of J. B. McCoy, J. C.
Reins and Genlo Cardwell was
called on to renort and they sub
mitted the following nomina
tions; W. E. Jones, president; E.
O. Finley, vice president; T. E.
Story, secretary-treasurer; D. J.
Carter, past president: W. J.
Caroon, A. F. Kilby. W. H. Me-
Elwee, Henry Landon and Wm.
A. Stroud, directors.
The report was accepted and
those nominated were elected be
cause reasons were given why It
would be inconvenient at the next
two meetings for election of offi
cers.
W. E. Jones, T. E. Story and
A. H. Casey were named dele
gates to the district convention to
be held In Raleigh September 24-
26. Alternates are E. O. Finley,
W. J. Caroon and J. B. Carter.
For the program Friday Pro
gram Chairman S. V. Tomlinson
presented Judge J. A. Rousseau,
of this city, who made a splendid
talk on the subject of "Law and
Order.’’
He stated he had had to sen
tence 14 defendants to death
since he had bee" on the bench
and that 12 of th°m had been
executed. This has been a matter
for some thought and meditation
on his part, he said. But of more
concern to him than this has
been the great host of young peo
ple who have been brought Into
his court. He stated that all are
more or less law violators hut
the majority escape the penalty
of the law by one reason or an
other. The Judge said that per-
hans the chief offender who
comes into his courts is the per
son who is there because of li-
nuor. and that 40 per cent of the
BEGIN FIRST BIG
DRIVE IN EUROPEAN WAR;
BRITISH UNER TORPEDOED
Oversees Maneuvers
gilis
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Maji Aathony Eden, former for
eign minister of England, gives in-
stinctlons to a dispatch rider with
his battalion of rangers (King’s roy
al rifles) in the forest near Bean-
Ken. where British army maneuvers
were held.
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6.093; Durham, 4,900, all of pgQple drink liquor and that 10
By KIN McNEII.L
A crowd estimated at between
250 and 300 gathered at the
Millers Creek school building six
miles northeast of here S'unday
for the fifth annual reunion of
the Southern Appalachian divis
ion of the Clan MacNeil Associ
ation of America. The program
opened at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing and closed shortly before
four o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Lunch was served picnic style on
the school grounds at noon.
The program was opened with
a song, followed by a prayer of
invocation by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes. Remarks concerning the
reunion were made by Chal O.
McNeil of North Wilkesboro, pres
ident of th. association, who pre
sented C. B. Eller, Wilkes coun
ty superintendent of schools. Mr.
Eller made a brief addres.s of
welcome to the group in which ‘
he touched upon the success of
the Millers Creek school.
Mrs. A. F. Kilby and Mrs. C.
B. Eller, North Wilkesboro, were
in charge of the special music
rendered prior to the introduction
by Judge Johnson J. Hayes of the
Honorable Robert H. McNeil,
Washington, D. C., chief speaker
of the morning program. Mr. Mc
Neil, one of the nation’s outstand
ing attorneys, and a native of
Wilkes county, made a rousing
plea for the McNeil Clan to con
tinue their service in the upbulld-
which are located in the state s
largest cities.
B. G. Gentry is manager of the y^ivers m --
North Wilkesboro office, whiclv drinker is the greater peril
serves Wilkes, Alexander, Alle
ghany, Ashe and Watauga coun
ties. The office is locate,d on the
second floor of the Bank of
in
North Wilkesboro
this city.
building
per cent sell it. He dwelt at
iength on the effect it has on
drivers of automobiles. “’The light
on
(he highways. It slows down his
muscular activity and thus the
drinker falls to act in time to
avoid accidents.’’ He says liquor
first dims then darkens and fin
ally deadens one to activity.
The president called attention
to the directors meeting held on
Thursday evening with A. H.
Casev as host and at his request
the secretary read parts of some
of the splendid reports which
were submitted by committee
chairmen and adopted.
One of the outstanding reports
was by Dan Holler, county agent,
,in which he told of wildlife con-
The North Wilkesboro Lions 1 servation projects of 4-H club
club in regular meeting Friday members and another was by
Lions In Good
Meeting Friday
Club Enioys Motion Picture;
Attendance Of Member*
Good At Meeting
Wilkesboro High
Enrollment Is Up
Passes 850 Mark Today;
Supt. Says Work Pro
gressing Smoothly
Enrollment at Wilkesboro cen
tral school today passed the 850
mark, according to Information
obtained from Supt. William T.
Long.
Supt. Long said this afternoon
that a complete check of today’s
enrollment had not been made
but that about 75 new students
were regioiered. The enrollment
Friday was 780.
Wilkesboro school opened on
Monday, August 28, along with
the other schools on the Wilkes
county system.
The work of the school is pro
gressing smoothly, Supt. Long
said.
President Roosevelt Say*
There Will Be No Black-
out Of Peace In U. S.
POLAND BEING INVADED
Long Conflict In Prospect;
Americans Among Pas
sengers On Athenia
Europe’s great war spread
.swiftly today.
Prance began military hostili
ties against Germany on the
Rhineland front and the British
home fleet clamped down a block
ade on Germany, which already
had mined the Baltic Sea and
other approaches to her coast.
Japan will remain neutral in
the European war, the govern
ment announced today at Tokyo,
thus ending for the time heing
at least any danger that the Brit
ish and French fleets might have
to fight in two hemispheres.
An aerial bombing fleet soared
at a terrific speed over Holland
and there were repeated aid raid
alarms in England, hut whether
the bombers were British going
to Germany or Nazi craft return
ing from bombardment of Eng
lish soil was uncertain. The Dutch
government protested to both
London and Paris.
With Italy giving further indi
cations that she Intends to remain
neutral, the German army was re
ported opening a great offensive
on all fronts against Poland.
Adolf Hitler, blaming Great Bri
tain for the general war, was at
the Polish front in command of
the Nazi armies.
tiennaii.s Make Two llrlves
The Germans were making two
drives in the general direction of
Warsaw, and Poles charged that
the Nazis were using poison gas,
bombing and machine-gunning
civilians. In return, the Germans
charged that they were being
forced to fight Polish “guerillas’*
and that Poles had ordered exe
cution of disabled aviators.
The Poles reported at Warsaw
that the German attack was be
ing powerfully resisted and that
a counter-attack by Polish caval
ry bad thrust into East Prussia.
But on most fronts the mecha
nized German war machine seem-
gd to be moving ahead.
enjoyed a program put on by H.
F. Bouknight and Clyde Pearson,
who were in charge of the pro
gram for the evening.
V. Tomlinson, chairman of the
Public Affairs committee, who
called attention to progress being
made on highway 268, and men-
am lor me evenuig. **»**x*v. ---o - -
, IV v ♦•tloned that the city officials are
The movie was on the subiect, resurface part of
Of “Building of the World’s
Fair’’ and was the subject of . Ninth street ana
’ atT*eeLS
much favorable comment. j gnb-
A large per centage of mem- by .1. B. McCoy, chairman
hers was present for the meeting' Business Standards com
mittee; W. K. Sturdivant, of the
i Church Attendance committee;
! Genlo Cardwell, head of the Ki-
Brother Of C. C. ' wanls Education committee; and
_ 1 .11 e L by Mr. Story, the treasurer.
Gambill Succumb*'
Friday and much interest In the
work of the club was shown.
Urfiies Safety For
School Children
Stoo Signs Erected At Two
Siireet Intersections; Co
operation Is Asked
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today that the police department
has taken measures to promote
safety of the school children go
ing to and from school.
He said that stop signs have
been erected on fourth and fifth
streets at the intersections with
D street, along which many of
the children go to and from
school.
Chief Walker stated further
that a policeman will be station
ed In that section of the city as
much as possible and strongly
urged that the people cooperate
in safety measures for the protec
tion of the children.
Commodore Gamhlll. age
Escapee Taken
In This County
clan to America he listed as loy-^the past 25 years. ' Deoutv A^tT Roy Hd-
alty to their families, loyalty to He was a native of Wilkes, a^ brook* Returned To Com-
50,1
at his •
Indiana, I
iiiuiti; mail Lnu v«u«>ui m •
chief contributions of the McNeil where he had made his home for j
clan to America he listed as loy- the past 25 years
Ing of the country in which they
had been standard hearers for died Saturday evening
more than two centur'es. The four home in Newcastle,
their country, loyalty to their
church, whatever the denomina
tion, and loyalty to the education
al system of the country.
Immediately after the picnic
lunch, /hich was served at 12:30,
the crowd retired again to the
auditorium where a group of
Scottish Airs was sung by Mrs.
R. T. McNeil. Mrs. Prank John
son, E. C. Johnson, and Bryan
Higgins.
Recognition of distant visitors
included members of the clan
from Iowa, Tennessee, Maryland,
(Continued on page five)
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John j
Gamhlll. of the NewHfe commun
ity, and was a brother of C. C.
Gambill, of this city, and Mrs. W.
H. Shepherd, of Princeton, W.
Va. There is one son, Ralph
Gambill, of Mullen, S. C., and one
daughter, Mrs. Joe Tatum of
Winston-Salem.
The body will arrive here to
night and funeral service will be
held some time Tuesday at Hay-
meadow church.
Reeding the ads, gets yon more
for less money. Try '
brook; Returned To Com
plete 5-Year Term
Roy Holbrook, Wilkes county
man who escaped in March while
serving a five-year term for high
way robbery, has been captured
and returned to the prison camp
at Durham to complete his sen
tence, it was learned today from
Wilkes officers.
Holbrook was captured Friday
near Stone Mountain by Deputy
Bret Cothren, of the Traphlll
community. '• . .
He was sent^np frtim- trakn*
superior conri tbras ya*n
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E. V. Bumgarner
Called To Moravian
Rev. E. V. Bumgarner, well
known minister of Taylorsvi"e,
has been called as pastor of the
Moravian Falls Baptist church
and will preach there Sunday
night, September 10, 7:30 o’
clock, at which time the regular,
time of services will be arranged.
Everybody la Invited to attend.
good and bad
While continuous rains dam
aged Johnston County’s cotton
crop by cresting better conditions
for boll weevils, they benefited
both the corn and tho hay crop,
reports Assistant Farm Agent R.'
W. Holder.
In an effort to control tobacco
insects, large numbers of Gran
ville county grower? have agreed
to plow under tb* tobacco stalk*
OB ^eir:t«rm> iajjnsdlatclT »ft«r
liiiftmtflig tbelr crop.'
GET POl/ISH CITY’
War.'aw.—A communique from
the Polish general staff today an
nounced withdrawal of Polish
forces from Czestochowa, a town
of 120.000 in Southwest Poland,
after a strong offensive by great-
iy-snperior German forces using
tanks and heavy artillery.
During the struggle for the
town, 20 miles from the border,
there wa.s a sharp conflict be
tween Polish planes and a Ger
man armored unit, official ronorts
said. 'The planes bombed and ma
chine-gunned the troops, dispers
ing two columns and inflicting
heavy casualties. The Poles ad
mitted loss of four planes.
Warsaw, for the first time
since the war’s beginning, slept
through the early morning with
out an air alarm. About break
fast time a lone German raider
flew overhead, causing a few
anti-aircraft gun outbursts which
were reported to have brought
the German down in flames.
SHIP’.S PA.SSENGER.S SAVED
London. — A rescue fleet,
guarded by guns of British dds-
trovers, was officially reported
today to have saved all but th®
few persons killed by the explos
ion which sank the Donaldson
liner Athenia, whlsh British of
ficials said was torpedoed by &
German submarine In the open
North Atlantic.
There were 1,347 passengers
and crew aboard, which Included
United States citizens listed ten-
tatlrely at 311.
Bulletins from British govern
ment agencies failed to give th®
number dead. The main basis for
hope was the announcement
which the Athenla’s master. Cap
tain Jr sues Cook, wirelessed:
Rescued
“Passengers and crew except
those killed by explosion took to
boats and were picked up by tSi-;
rious ahlps.’’
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