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While Hitler was declaring in Berlin that “no power on earth will again bring Germany to Its knees," Air Minister Sir Kings ley Wood told the house of com mons that the empire was mar shaling planes and fliers in a mighty, plan to “beat the enemy and to ensure once and lor all that aggression and tyranny are ended.” TOBACCO FORECAST Washington, Oct. 10.—Septem- ^^^r forecasts of tobacco produc tion this year remained virtually unchanged in the October esti mate published today. The latest crop reporting board, estimate based on the October 1 > ondition, was 1,654,174,too pounds for all types, with flue-cured tobacco ac- ^ types, wun nue-cureu looacco ac- counting for 1,012,240,000 of the County Commissioners Rescind Order Establishing Court For Wilkes Coun^ Charged Governor With “PoKtics” In Namii^ Of Ju^e Estonia Fires Her Army; Russia Takes Charge Vi^e$ EiUntm Wm First Ham With Catde, Apples, Com, Podhy^^ At State Fair hi Raleq[h Tins W^ ^^ m Court Order Rescinded Be fore Governor Named At torney McElwee Judge The Wilkes county board of commissioners in special session Monday abolished the county court which they set up by resolu tion passed in their regular meet ing held oil July 3. In abolishing the court the commissioners said in their reso- lutiou that the “governor of North Carolina has refused to total and hurley tobacco for 354,- 217,000 pounds. October esti mates for other types were: Fire- cured, 94,726,000 pounds: Mary land type, 29,562,00; dark air- ■cured, 36,385,000, and cigar types, 127,0l4,000. Estimates for principal growing states includ ed: Virginia, 126,563,000: North Carolina, 692.120,000; South Carolina, 118.750,000; Georgia, 96.900,000; Kentucky, 315,114,- 000; Tennes-^ee, 98,069,000: Con necticut, 25-.272.000; Pennsylvan ia 35.270.000; Wisconsin, 32,- 675.000. cooperate in the establishment of HITLER DETERMINED Berlin, Oct. 10.—-4dolt Hitler declared today that "Germany Is determined to take up the battle and fight it through’’ if the west- ^ ern allies rebuff "our readiness for peace.'’ If the war goe.s on * the western allies will be to blame, he said in a speech open ing the nazi winter relief cam- pulgn, but they never will "see any sort of German capitulation.” “We do not know what the fu ture will bring." he said, “but we are clear about one thing—no power on earth will again bring Germany to its knees. They will not defeat us militarily, nor de stroy us economically, nor break our spirit. I'nder no circumstac- es will they live to see any sort of German capitulation.” REJECT “PEACE’’ BID Paris. Oct. 10.—Premier Daia- ^ ^er tonight gave the signal for ^^e European war to go on, with a refusal of .\dolf Hitler’s peace formula based on Russian-Ger man partition of Poland. In a nationwide broadcast the French premier made the first formal reply to the Friday relchstag speech of Hitler by spurning the “German peace" as one which would not prevent preparation for new conquests. As the premier spoke the French general staff announced that French troops on the western front were repulsing ^ surprise German attacks b y »j|^“qutte large numbers of men,’’ along a 35-mile stretch from the Moselle river, on the extreme northern flank, to Saarbrucken, center key to the nazi advance lines. the court free of politics The resolution establishing the court in July was made poaslble through a state-wide act ot the 1939 legislature empowering the commissioners of the various counties t o establish county courts in their discretion and giv ing the governor -power to ap point county court judges. local measure introduced in the. senate by C. H. Cowles, of VVilkesboro, to .set up a county court for Wilkes had previously been defeated in the senate. The commissioners in their resolution setting up the county court appointed T. R. Bryan, a Republican attorney, as solicitor and recommended that the gov ernor appoint C. G. Gilreath, a Democratic attorney, as judge. It is understood that fifteen mem bers of the Wilkes bar petitioned for the appointment of Attorney Gilreath as judge. According to information ob tained from reliable source, It is understood that Governor Hoey a few days ago Informed the presi Rev. Robert E. Grlbbin, of Asheville, Bishop of the western North Carolina Diocese of the Elplscopal church, will speak In this city Tbnraday night at a joint banquet ot the men’s Bible classes of the First Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian (hurcbes. The banquet, which will be held at the new woman’s club house, will begin at seven o’ clock. Dinner will be served by the North Wllkeshoro Woman’s Club. Tinv Estonia'nacked away her vest-pocket army when her foreign minister Karl Seller was forced to sign a treaty making the nation a virtual protectorate of Soviet Russia. Photo rtows fe^e force watching a tank being taken to storage. Map shows Estonia’s position. The telands off her Baltic sea coast are being made into Soviet air and naval bases. Later the Soviet derated and won mutual assistance treaties with Latvia and Lithuania, to the south, placing them In snbstantiany the tame poslHon as Estonia. Observers believed Russia was strengthening her position against any possi>le action by Ger- many, her new “ally." ^ D *A • > Mary Frances Pegg Bntam s T r o o p p„i„, Now With French On Western Front Russia Continues Efforts To Dominate Eastern Euro pean Territory London, Oct. 11.—Britain a- greed today to trade rubber and tin to soviet Russia for timber, , and disclosed in the house of dent of the Wilkes bar that he'commons that 158,000 British had so far taken no action on soldiers and 25,000 vehicles of the appointment of a judge for the Wilkes county court because he had been informed that senti ment of the people of the county was against establishment of a county court and that the com missioners might rescind their order setting up the court. It was also learned that Governor Hoey said that should the commission ers insi.st on going ahead with the court that he would appoint .Attorney W. H. McElwee as judge. Yesterday Governor Hoey an nounced the appointment of At torney McElwee as judge. The resolution of the commis sioners abolishing the court fol lows: “Resolution of the county com missioners of Wilkes county re garding the establishment of a county court as provided in chap- (Contlnued on page eight) Tells Legionnaires About Canal Zone Rangers Saturday At Mountain View iaUA.»f uo Mim Blanche Ferguson Tells: them of enormous of Government Work In Panama Territory war already were In France to fight Russia’s friend, nazi Ger many. The barter agreement, an nounced l)v the ministry of sup ply, is expected to have “import ant political as well as trade Im pacts,” said the authoritative press association. The amounts, not disclosed, were said to be a- bcut the same as In normal peace-time transactions. In the house of commons War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha drew repeated cheers as he dis closed Britain’s vast movement of men and machines across the English channel in the first five weeks of hostilities “without single casualty.’’ Movement Completed All have been placed “under French command,” he said, their number exceeding pledges to France. "The major operation is over," said Hore-Belisha in bis first war report. “There is no need for further silence.’’ Many of the war vehicles were tanks, he reported, “some of dimensions,’’ Little Miss Mary Frances Pegg, age six, and a grandchild of J. L. Pegg, Sr., of Wilkesboro, was killed almost instantly Saturday when struck by an automobile. The child’s mother, Mrs. J. L. Pegg, Jr., was critically Injured at the time her little daughter was fatally Injured. Mr. Pegg attended the funeral of his little granddaughter at High Point. WinstoU'^alein Tobacco Mart Averages $15.75 S'alea on the Winston-Salem leaf tobacco market yesterday, the second ulling day of the sea son, totaled approximately 1,- 200,000 pounds and brought farmers an average of approxl- 1940 Census Of Manufacturers Is 1.2 Ronda Girl Also Takes Ftril Price With Room Im provement Exhibit Announcement Of Manufac turers Census Through Commerce Bureaus Oakwoods Road Being Surfaced mately $15.76 a hundred. James T. Booth, supervisor of places of — sales, had'Complete figures from construction contractors: only six of the eight warehouses gales finance companies, and ap- whlch had sales yeste day, but proximately 170,000 manufactur ing concerns. This will be the first complete predicted the additional tw houses would not change substan _ — (tially the average on the six business census taken since 1935 o 1* wii 11 HI ^ I bouses from which reports were and the Information, as required Sealmg Coat Will Be rlaced (.ppipiete. bv law. will include the volume On Hard Surface Withm The Next Two Weeks All houses have now had a sale of business for the year 1939; The Rangers, of radio station W”BT, Charlotte, will give a pro gram Saturday night, eight o’ clock, at Mountain View school, Prof. L. W. Teague, principal, announced today. The Rangers are widely known as one of the best radio and stage male quartets-ou the air and their perso'nal appearances are always largely attended. ..^Profits from the admission ^■krge will be used for the bene- jmj^ot the school and a large at- Vendance will be greatly appreci ated. I The Wilkes county post of the Ami rican Legion met in Legion- Auxiliary club rooms on Friday night. In addition to the regular bus-' we may decide to send them," he iness session of the post, the I declared. weighing 15 tons or more. “We have created our base and lines of communication organlr - tion so as to assure a regular flow of supplies and ammunition of every kind and to receive fur ther contingents as. If and when The Oakwoods road, first sec tion of a county road in Wilkes to be hardsurfaced, will be com pleted and open tor travel within two weeks, it was learned today from the highway division office here. Black top surfacing has already been applied and the sealing coat to be put on In about ten days ’ will complete the job. The road, extending from In tersection with the highways be tween the Wllkesboros to a point near the foot of Brushy Moun tain beyond Oakwoods, was re constructed as a WPA project. The route was relocated to elim inate a number of curves and WPA forces, did the grading. Oth er work has been carried out with WPA labor and with high way equipment and supervision. Traffic checks on the road re vealed that it was the most traveled section on the county road system, highway officials said. members had the pleasure of j The house still awaited Mr. Robert E. Eller has return ed to Los Angeles, California, aft- ^er visiting relatives and friends In the Purlear community. Mr. Eller, who still has many friends in Wilkesboro, has been quite Successful since going west about 20 yeaik ago. ^ . the hearing a most Interesting ad-■ government’s reply to the Ger- dress on Panama by Miss Blanche 1 man peace proposal made by Ferguson. | Adolf Hitler last Friday. Prime Miss Ferguson, who has re-1 Minister Chamberlain, who post- turned to her home in Wilkes, j ponad his sixth way report until spent a number of years in the, tomorrow, was expected to state Canal Zone as a trained nurse in | the British posit’on then. IT. S. government service. She i gave a vivid description of the j Berlin, Oct. 12.—Exipert Ger- •* - I » work the United States has done i man naval observers asserted to- in Panama since work began on day that Germany controls the the Canal in 1904. She exiplained. North sea, both on the surface the advantages of the locks over. and in the air, and that the a water level canal in a moun- j relch’s mastery over waters where tainous section like Panama. The 1 British sea power previously had total lift by the locks from sea' been unchallenged had been ef- level to Gatum Lake is 85 feet.! fectively demonstrated. Miss Ferguson paid tribute to the 1 The comment of naval authorl- noble work of the public health I ties, was published by DNB, of- Messrs. Harley Ellis and James ^returned to the city Sunday New York City where they nded the World Series base- ^ games played between New Yankees and the Cincinnati Rada, and the Alabama-Fordbam football game- service of the government in practically eradicating all traces of malaria and yellow fever in the Canal Zone, and that where as the French failed because of disease in this tropical area, the United States government has cleaned up the Zone and now the health of the Inhabitants com pares favorably with any section of the United States. flclal German news agency, as squadrons of German warplanes stood ready to carry out new or ders for continuation of extensive operations against blockading British warships. Navel authorities declared sev eral British ships had been exten sively damaged in a plane-war ship battle In the North sea Mon day. and three of the houses have had their second sale. This has great ly reduced the congestion on the market. Final official fibres for the opening date for Winston-Salem topped all markets reporting. October Session Of Court Closes Street Markers Being Erected Long Needed Public Im provement Now Being Carried Out In City Term Adjourned On Tues day Afternoon; Judge Sink On Bench street markers, a public Im provement frequently requested by civic organizations and by the local press, are being erected in North Wilkesboro this week. Pursuant to an order passed by the city board of commission ers several weeks ago. markers for the principal .siree.ta of the city were ordered,' have arrived and are now being erected. The markers, which will be erected on substantial Iron posts, have white letters on a blue back ground and should be read eas ily. Markers were ordered for all streets north of A street to F street In a northerly direction and streets running north and south between and Including Forester Avenue and Fourth streets. October term of Wilkes super ior court, whldi conveked on Oc tober 2 for a two weeks session for trial of civil cases, adjourned on Tuesday afternoon. Judge Frank Armstrong, of Troy, presided over the first week and Judge Hoyle Sink, who cs- changed courts with Judge Arm strong, presided over court this week. Although several cases were tried and some ended by compro mise, many cases yet remain on the docket. Included In the cases tried during the last days of the term were the following: Anns Martin versus Jack Mar tin, divorce. Blanch Cothren versus Jarvey Cothren, divorce. Maude Myers Whittington ver sus D. W. WTiIttlngton, divorce. W. P. Kelly versus Wilkes county commissioners. Writ of mandamus was denied and plain tiff denied judgment on the pro ceedings. Notice of appeal to the supreme court was glren. Walter Love versus B. C. Jor dan and Ovid Jordan. Plaintiff through consent Judgment to re cover $126. J. 0. Breurer versus B. L. Spi cer. Plaintiff to recover $100 by consent jhdgment. Mrs. Pearl Casa versus L. V. Mayberry and R- B. Lonsford. Plaintiff recovers $106.16 consent judgment. Attorney J. Hubert Whicker and Mr. W. A. McNeil were busi ness vtsitors to Raleigh thU week. C. T. Doughton, Rich Mountain ^unlty Hiwse bwUding fnnd. Lumber ooaipany. Plaintiff recov era nothing.' W. - P.'Kelly, executive secre tary of the North Wilkesboro’s Commerce Bureaus, Inc., has re ceived an announcement from the Bureau of the Census at Wash ington regarding the census of business and the census of manu facturers which will be taken in North Wilkesboro. beginning Jan uary 2, 1940. The survey of business con cerns and manufacturing con cerns of North Wilkesboro will be part of the most complete na tion-wide survey of American business that has ever been made. This national survey will embrace approximately 1,700,000 retail ers; 180,000 wholesalers; 750,- 000 service businesses; 60,000 hotels and tourist camps; 50,000 amusement; 200,000 2,500 how much was done on credit; stocks on hand at the beginning and end of the year; accounts re ceivable; number of employee.s; total payroll: extent of self-em ployment (proprietor-owners and family members), and other in formation essential to measure the extent and volume of Ameri can business. Executive Secretary Kelly was informed by the Census Bureau that he would receive shortly samples of the schedules or forms to be used In the Census of Bus iness. The sample schedules to be employed In the manufacturers census will be available a little later. Word from the Bureau of the Census Indicates that the United States Is being divided into 100 acreas, for purposes of taking the census, and that branch offices Wilkes county exhibitors »- massed a big total of blue ribbons and prizes at the North Caroling State Fair this week, keeping tha “State of Wilkes” well in ths front ranks In production of «x> cellent cattle, poultry, farm and orchard products. ' In the cattle department 1$ purebred jerseys exhibited by Denrpsey and Faye Morrison, Archie Mathis and Paul Eld Church did about all that could be expected of that number in the 4-H show and open class. Granada, a cow shown by the Morrisons, took first prize in both shows and annexed another grandchampioniiihip. A yearling shown by Archie Mathis also took first,^ place.. Many other In dividual fl^esr were awarded the cattle from Wilkes, making a splendid showing for Wilkes cat tle in the first year shown. In the apple show orchardista of Wilkes and Alexander counliea really took the cream of the crop in premiums. Nathan Davis won 20 awards and Mrs. D. E. Davla 16; D. S. Broyhlll, 17; and H. M. Broyhlll, 13. The apple show was highly praised but, according to visitors from Wilkes, was far short of the apple show last month at the Great Northwestern Fair held here. John W. Nichols, of Wilkes boro route 1, exhibited six coops of barred rock poultry and took five first places. In the corn show Wilkes had a good record, taking three of the four first prizes for county exhibits. The first were on singls ear white, prolific and single ear yellow. Many individual prixas were taken by the club members in several classes. Girl club members of Wilkes also won enviable awards. Miss Aileen Green, of Ronda, won first prize with her room Improvement exhibit and Miss Etta Gray May berry, of Mountain View, won honorable mention with her cos tume, which was selected as one of the best ten in a dress rerus held on Friday night. Local Grid Teams Play Friday Cleveland Meets Lions Here; Wilkesboro-Taylortville At Wilkesboro Duke-Pitt may be the nation’s big game Saturday but on Fh-lday local gridiron fans have two boms games to hold their attention— North Wilkesboro will play Cleve land at North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro will play Taylorsville at Wilkesboro. The North Wilkesboro-Cleve- land game here Friday afternoon, 3:30, will be the first home gams w,— for Coach Jack Massey’s Monn- wlH be set up In con/venlent cities, tain Lions, who are expected to The business and manufacturers censuses will require about five months and enumerators with schedules will call on all North Wilkesboro business beginning January 2. It is announced that the basic facts, as shown by the census, will be available by areas—states, counties, cities Md towns—dur ing 1940. The final statistics will include breakdowns for the 48 States; 3,072 counties and ap proximately 3,160 cities and towns of more than 2,600 popu lation. The Census of Population, the Farm Census, and the Housing Census will not start until April 1, 1940. As In all Census undertakings, the law protects those enumerat ed by keeping all answers confi dential. They are available only to sworn Census eukployees and are not available egeept In broad statistical form to any other a- gency In or out ot the govern ment. Rangers Friday The Rangers, Mie of the south’s outstanding radio and stage male quartets, will render a program of song and comedy at Wilkes- boro school amHUxtam on Friday . _ night, eight o’clock, for the ben- J. N. Felts versus P. E. Brown, efit of tiie Horivlan Palls Com- rehound from a 27-6 defeat last PVlday by Taylorsville In the sea son’s opener. Cleveland is also expected to have better form than when they were beaten 14 to 0 by Wilkes boro Friday, and should give tho Lions a hard fight for this week’s contest. The two Wilkes games thin week give local fans an opportuu- Ity to study the comparattva strength of the North Wllkesboro- and Wilkesboro teams, who play in their annual “Wilkes county classic” late next month. Coach Caldwell and Assistant Coach Jones have been drilling the undefeated Wilkeab o r o Ramblers hard for the Taylors ville test on Friday afternoon, be ginning at 2:30. Wilkesboro has beaten Mocksvllie and Cleveland but Taylorsville is rated stronger than either. It has been Intimat ed that the lineup may be changed slightly to give more, backfleld power. Both North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro teams are expected to be in good condition for the home games this week and will be at ' top strength. gpod^progriiuB Ja aaaured ^)id a b Mi»e a«teaid«^' |k 'ekseetoil Mrs. Rosa Reeves, who hiiu' been on a several weeks’ viait ' with Mr. and Mrs. Harold RUey-y In Baint Louis, Mo., retnroed'to her hHue here >, Friday, aecoao^ j panted by Mn. RUey, who la her,^ daughter. XHjj • r r-'* -' ■ ‘ - ’•ip* -' * ^ litMiiiimn I 'niirriiiimiM'i