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VOL. XXXm, No. 19 Published Monui:F8 and Thursdays. NORTH W1I^KOTGRO, Nj C,
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utopia defeated
CI«T*I*||1, Not. 7.—Ohio gare
an emphatic *'no” today to the
far-reaching Bigelow pension
plan. Sponsor Herbert S. Bigelow
conceded defeat. With returns In
dicating a rejection of at least 3
to 1, the white-haired sponsor of
the proposal to make Ohio’s con
stitution guarantee $40 or $50 a
month to every retired citizen
over «0 observed; “It looks as if
we are snowed under.’’
AIR BATTLE REP(«TED
London, Nov. 7.—British war
ships, aided by two Polisb de
stroyers, were reported to have
teught off an attack by German
aircraft today, while the British
planes engaged nazis in a “num
ber of air actions” over fne North
sea. ’The admiralty, describing the
air-naval battle, also in the North
sea, said the warships all escaped
damage, and the air ministry said
all British planes returned safely
from the encounter. It vas not
known whether there were any
enemy casualties.
POLITICAL TRUCE
Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 7.—It
looks as it President Roosevelt
might declare a truce on politics
for the duration of the war. Since
he had suggested to Congress,
when he summoned it into special
seeslon to act on neutrality legis
lation, that partisan politics be
adjourned, he was asked at a
press conference today whether
there might not be some politics
now that the legislation has been
enacted. No, the President said,
not so far as he was concerned.
NO TAX CHANGES
Washington, Nov. 7.—Follow
ing a meeting of the tax subcom
mittee, of which Representative
Cooper, of Tennessee, is chair
man, it was revealed today that
no material changes in the feder
al tax structure need be expected
for some time, pro>bably not dur
ing the next regular session of
Congress. MeanwhOe, the Cooper
committee, which today heard
Undersocretary John W. Hanes
tell about the progress the treas
ury is making in its study of tax
matters, will meet from time to
time to consider the findings and
conclusions, not alone of the
treasury experts, but of its own
staff that is devoting constant at
tention to all matters pertaining
to internal revenue taxation.
BOTH ONE-LEGGED
Reldsvllle, Nov. 7.—When Su-
para Ruseell, local negro woman,
chided her husband, Lindsey Rus
sell, for having only one leg, he
seized a shotgun and shot one of
her legs off, according to the
story told to the police by the
husband. The negro woman was
carried to Memorial hospital ear
ly this morning with a shotgun
wound in her right leg about the
knee, requiring amputation of the
leg. Russell was picked up by po
lice near the local bus station
shortly thereafter. He admitted
he shot his wife and said he did
it because she kept nagging him
about having one leg, police said.
One of his legs was amputated at
Memorial hospital last July after
an unknown assailant had shot
him in the leg while he sat in his
home.
Onis Killed, One Hart
In Motorcycle Mishap
Annual Red CrosH Roll
At 1 he LcmitiioQse
J. R. P 0 r t e r Is
Accident Victim
On Highway 18
Just in Case—
Said To Havo Stepped Into
Path Of Motorcycle; J.
W. Brooks Hurt
James Robert Porter, 68, for
many years a well known charac
ter in Wilkes, was killed Wednes
day when he was hit by a motor
cycle on highway 18 a few miles
north of this city.
J. W. Brooks, young man of
the Fairplalns community, who
was riding the motorcycle, was
;>adly hurt.
According to information gain
ed by officers who investigated
the accident. Porter had just
alighted froim a car and started
across the highway when he ^
hit. He died about two hours
later in the Wilkes hospital.
The impact wrecked the motor
cycle and Brooks was thrown a-.
bout fifty feet along the concrete
.pavement. He suffered severe in-1
juries but may recover. j
Porter was a native of Wilkes, I
a son of the late W. F. and Eliz- |
abeth Felts Porter. He left Wilkes j
when a young man and spent sev- ,
eral years in western states, |
where he was employed as a |
telegraph operator. He later re
turned to Wilkes and was active
in public life, teaching school ,
for a number of years and was
once a candidate for clerk of
court.
He leaves the following chil-
Announeement' OT Courty*.
Wide ThaidMl^viaf Dtiy
S nginy iMued
Mayor’s Red Cross Proclamatioii
Regular semi-annual meeting
of the Wilkes county singers’ as-
' sociatlon will he held at the
'’courthouse In Wllkeeboro on I
Thanksgiving Day, November; 30
J." A. Gilliam, chairman, and
Win. A. Stroud, secretary. In an
nouncement of the singing said:
1‘Thls is a day set apart to give
j hanks for the many blessings of
I Mfe and there Is no better way
! o observe It than singing pralsf
' ’o God- the giver of all good
, gifts.”
They pointed out that all sing
ers are cordially Invited to attend
' and have a part In the day's pro-
I gram. 1
! The association has meetings |
^ twice vearly—on the Fourth of
July and on Thanksgiving Day.
The United Stales coast guard at
Miami, Fla., takes no chances.
When foreign submarines were re- ,
ported to have been sighted In '
Florida waters, coast guard officials ,
painted a large American flag on the ,
underside of the wing for idcntifica- ,
tion purposes. !
Argument About
Time To Kill Hog
Ends In Murder
Myers To Manage
Bank At Valdese
87-Year-Old Negro Killod |
Following Agument Near
Wilkesboro Monday
With Europe at war, the American Red Cross is i
confronted with tremendous increMed responsibili
ties, and is therefore re-doubling its appeal to the
American people for support in the battle against
suffering.
Already ^1,000,000 from the general fund has-
been allotted to finance the most urgent of the relief
needs in the war-stricken countries, according to an
nouncement made by National chairman Norman H.
Davis. The American Red Cross has already sent to
Geneva three (tf Its most trusted workers to report
first hand on civilian relief problems in war zones.
The trip was made on the flying boat “American
Clipper.”
The Red Cross is one agency in America to bring
relief to thousands of people in our own country in
times of disastier. The Wilkes County Chapter has
filled a most important place in ministering to the
needs of people in North Wilkesboro and throughout
the County. The demands will continue to be great
and it is h'ghly important that our citizens respond
to the annual Roll Gall.
This year’s appeal of the Red Cross for the sup
port of its program will be made November 13-30. As
mayor of North Wilkesboro I designate this period as
a time when all our citizens of good will are urged to
join the great organization which is doing so much to
help relieve suffering and disaster at home, through
out our nation, and across the seas.
Charge.Varioiu
Phase$N»iM
Red Croee Nee^S.CbMMk
cause of War; Genet
Response Asked
snirasill
Respectfully,
New Branch Northwestern
Bank To Open Latter
Part Next Week
Aanouncement was made yes-
nt? leiivca LUC iv/iiuvv*izei ^ t. ^
dren: Mrs. Pearl Wagoner, Gur- terday that C. W. Myers, who has
ney. 111.; Arthur Porter and Per-j been assistant cashier of The
cy Porter, Chicago; Lejroy Porter, Northwestern Bank .Hranch locat-
North Wir*f?bCro route 2; Nor- i
man Porter. Jonesville; George
Porter, North Wilkesboro route
2; Mrs. Roscoe Wood, Mountain
Park.
ed here for sometime, will have
charge of the bank’s new branch
bank at Valdese which will be
opened to the public the latter
P
■part of next week.
Funeral service for Mr. Porter ^ave
was held this afternoon at Rock friends in the city
Creek Baptist church I wh'ile they resided here. They
New Rural Line
Is Being Built
moved to Valdese Wednesday,
j Mr. Myers will be temporarily
’relieved by Gurney Brinkley,
cashier of the Blowing Rock of
fice of q'he Northwe.stern Bank.
Mr. Brinikley is nO'W working in
the local office of the bank.
The opening of the new branch
bank at Valdese is looked forward
to with much interest by the citi
zens of that community, and the
outlook is bright for the rapid
A rural power line extension
of almost three miles is being
constructed into the Union church
community in New Castle town
ship, Robert S. Gibbs, manager
of the North Wilkesboro branch
of the Duke Power company, said 'growth of the new branch office
toiav. I there.
The line, which will be com-] The Valdese branch is the
pleted soon, will serve between J ninth unit of The Northwestern
12 and 15 customers, Mr. Gibbs 13ank operating in the northwest
gaid. * -ection of the State.
As the result of an argument
about when a hog owned jointly
between them should be killed,
one colored man is dead, another
is in jail charged with murder
and the hog still lives.
Dock Gaither, a native of Har
mony, died late Monday night
from gunshot wounds said to
lave been inflicted by Ralph Wll-
iajns. ■’
Gaither'had made hie -^ome
with Williams, his brother-in-law,
on what is known as'“Huckleber
ry Ridge” since the death of Gai
ther’s wife about five years ago.
Two bullets from Williams’ .45-
callbre revolver hit the aged man,
one In the chest and the other in
Ins abdomen.
Deputies Bret Cothren and E.
M. Eller arrested Williams and
reported that he had been drink
ing. Williams is said to have con
fessed to the shooting but stated
that Gaither was in the act of
getting his gun when he fired.
Some trouble had been reported
prevlouriy between the two men,
\ccording to information given
the officers.
Funeral service for the aged
man will be held Friday after
noon, two o’clock, at Plney Grove
church near Harmony.
November 7, 1939
R. T. McNEIL,
Mayor of North Wilkesboro
Doctors Discuss
Diphtheria Law
Mrs. Moore Named
Vice President At
Adult Teacher Meet
Mrs. Ethel V. .Moore, sopervls-
or of adult education in Wilkes,
was elected vice president of the
adult teacher organization at iU
meeting in High Point Friday
which was held In connection
with the annual meeting of the
Northwestern District of the
North Carolina Education associ
ation.
Mrs. Laura McCargo, of Greens
boro, was named president. Six
ty-five adult teachers f r o n
northwestern North Carolina
counties were present.
Pores Knob Home
Club Is Organized
To Inform People Provisions
Of Compulsory Diph
theria Vaccine Law
Wilkes county medical society
in meeting Monday night appoint
ed a committee to discuss ways
and means of educating the pub
lic relative to provisions of a state
’aw which makes diphtheria im
munization for babies age six
months and over compnlaory.
In the discussion of the subject
It was pointed out that there
have been several cases of dlph
there have been deaths caused by
he disease. The physicians a-
’.reed that diphtheria is over 90
ler cent preventable by immuni
zation and that 'practically
-ases of diphtheria as
’zatlon
The committee appointed to
handle the subject was composed Rev. H. J. Ford, who has resign-
af Dr. - —- i.i-. - - c .V
afticer,
County Pays $125
For Advertising
B^rd Orders That Amount
PU’d To North WRkesboro
Commerce Bureaus
Woric Under Way
On Highway Job
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in November session
ordered the payment of $125
to the North Wilkesboro Com
merce Bureaus for the purpose of
advertising Wilkes county.
Expenditures by the county and
by North Wiilkeshoro for adver
tising were authorized by a spec
ial act of the general assembly
this year, which said that each
government unit might appro
priate $500 each for the next two
years for advertising purposes.
North Wilkesboro’s $500 was set
up in budget estimates for the
year.
First expenditures are expected
to be for a comprehensive and in
formative booklet setting out the
many advantages of the county
from several standpoints. ’The
commerce bureaus have gathered
the material for the booklet,
which will soon be ready for
publication.
Except for the order to pay the
Commerce Bureaus $125, the
county hoard did little of interest
in its November meeting. All
members of the board, composed
of M. F. Absher, chairman. Dr.
W. R. Triplett and C. C. Sidden,
were present for the meeting.
Holland Pastor Of
WilkesboroChurch
mve been several cases oi aipn- .
huria in Wilkes county and that Taylorsville Minister Cal ed
To Succeed Rev. H.
Ford At Baptist
Rev. C C. Holland, widely
known Baptist minister, of Tay-
.... — reported lorsville, has been called as pastor
ve-e traceable to lack of Immun- wilkesboro Baptist church.
It was learned today.
Rev. Mr. Holland will succeed
Lar^e Force WPA Workers
Encased In V^enlng 6
MOes Highway 421
Work is progressing satisfac
torily on the new WPA project
calling for widening of highway
421 an average of about seven
feet between North Wilkesboro
and (Millers Creek.
The project was started Tues
day morning with a large crew of
men engaged In grading and in
the rock quarry where crushed
stone is being obtained for the
surface base on the widening
strips of pavement.
A strip of black top surface
three feet In width will be placed
on each side of the concrete pave
ment except on curves, where six
feet will be added to the inside
and two feet on the outside.
It is estimated that it will take
all winter to complete the job
and that final surface cannot be
applied until spring. Meanwhile,
priming coats will be applied to
the crushed stone in order to hold
the materials in place.
Work was begun on this end of
the six and a fraction miles of
highway to be widened and will
proceed toward Millers Creek.
The project is being sponsored
by the state highway commission.
Because it is narrow, with
many curves and with heavy traf
fic, the section of highway has
long been considered inadequate
and dangerous and the widening
project will greatly improve traf
fic conditions.
Organization for the
Red Cross Roll Call here
been completed, it was leameii|
today from J. H. Whicker, ch*
ter chairman.
Rev. Eugene Olive pastor ofl
the First Baptist church, is roll -
call chairman and he will be
sisted by the followliig organia»«|
tion: Rev. Watt M. Cooper, Praa-j
'byterian pastor, assistant roll call'
chairman; iMrs. E. C. Johnsoi^
residential chairman; ESdd F,
Gardner, group enrollment; L. I*
Carpenter, business district; R.
G. Finley, special gifts; Mrs. W.
D. Half acre; supplies; Paul 8.
Cragan and Dwight Nichols, pub
licity.
>Mr. Whicker announced that
the roll call nationally will
opened with an address over a
nation-wide hookup Saturday
night, 10:30 p. m., by Presldml
Roosevelt. Also on the two-hour
program will be many of the na
tion’s leading radio stars.
Red Cross needs this year ara
greater than in many years dna
to the war In Europe and local
chapter leaders are making aa
earnest plea for widespread and
liberal support of the roll call this
year.
It is expected that every phagj^
of the roll call will be carried
through to completion aa early Ml
I i^ssible but it is earaeetly argaC'
that those who may not he coa-'
tacted send or mail their eontrW
buttons to any chapter official or
member of the roll call organlia-- •
tion.
Get Judgments In
Collision Cases
R. C. Davis Awarded $10
and Arnold Chandler Geta
Verdict For $200
Officials Served
Dinner By Home
Economics Class
R. C. Davis was awarded $10
for personal injuries and Arnold
Chandler, administrator of Ron
ald Chandler, was awarded $200
in court yesterday for damagee
received in collision of a car and
express truck at Millers Creek
two months ago.
The cases were against Fred
M. Staley, who was driving the
truck, and C. B. Yates, ownem
of the express truck line between
this city, Boone and the Jeffen-
sons. The jury returned the ver
dict after three hours dellberM-
tion. Davis had asked for $1,200
and Chandler for $4,000 tor thM
death of Ronald Chandler.
Damage suits for two other
deaths in the collision are calen
dared for trial in federal court
In Wilkesboro later this month.
The suits ask damages for the
death of Felix Davis, of Ashe
county, and Mrs. Ollie Jonee^
Arkansas resident who was stay
ing at the Davis home and waa
driving the car which collided
with the truck at the intersectiM
of state highway 16 and highway
421.
Other cases have been tried In
the Superior court term this weeki
including a divorce for Eddie
Banguess versus J. L. Baugueas.
The North we.stern bank was
Members of the second ye^r
home economics class In North
Wilkesboro schools, under direc
tion of Miss Evelyne Shsroe, .
home economics teacher, prepar- warded judgment of $1,475 a-
ed and served dinner Wednesday sa*nst R. G. Moore and others,
evening to North Wilkesboro city ^nd G. E. Robinett won a $964.14
officials. j verdict against T. G. and W. D.
The guests included Mayor R.! Henderson.
} tn.e SUUjeci, Wtto K6T. fl. J. r Ora» wuu uoc» looifea*-
A. J. Eller, county health j begin studies in the South-
•, Dr. J. H. McNeill and Dr. I Baptist Seminary at Louls-
W. K. Newton.
Dr. C. S. Sink, president, pre-
■ided over the medical society
meeting, which was held in the
ville, Ky. His last service will be
on the third Sunday and Sunday
night In this month.
Rev. Mr. Holland has served a
T. McNIel, I. H. McNeill, Jr., city
clerk, Gordon Finley, H. M.
Hutchens, W. K. Sturdivant, J.
B. Carter and Ralph Duncan,
commissioners, and Paul S. Cra
gan, school superintendent.
A home demonstration cl"’
has been organized In the Pores
Knob community. Miss Harriet
McGoogan, home demonstratlo’
jMtent, Mild today.
Officers of the newly forme'’
ilttb are: Mrs. Burton Broyhlll
president; Mrs. Enla Bentley, vlr-
presldent: Mre. Rnby Lowe, sec
retary.
The first meeting was held f
tlli* home of Mrs. P- V. Lowe.
Families like this—and ones who don’t possess even as many con
veniences and necessities—are typical of the groaps te which Bnndle
Day gifts will go. Sunday, November 19, the citizens can share in
making such a family happier. The comfort and happiness of hnn-
^ede of people in Wilkes county will depend upon the success of
Bniidle Day. There! will be boys and girls whose only ^ristmap
gift will be a toy that some person thought to include in his handle.
No other coUection of toys will be made this year. Therefore, each
boy and girl in this vidmty is asked to think of thoee leas fortunate
and to include some of their last year’s toys ,in their bundle. %n-
die Day is a conununity project in which the more foitnnate citizens
participate. Residents are urged to have their bundle weU-tied and
eadr on their porch by 1:00 p. m., SundaVi November 19th.
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city hall. The principal feature _ number of churches In Alexander
af the program was a paper by
Dr. E. N. Phillips on the subject
Of “Causes of Abortion.”
The society meets regularly on
the first Monday night of each
month.
Textile milla in South Carolina
now consume approodmately 1,600-
and Wilkes county and Is well
and favorably known in north
western North Carolina.
BANKS ARE TO ?E
CLOSED SATURDAY
The Bank of North Wilkesboro
and the Northwestern Bank will
now consume - xr—
000 bales of cotton annually, com-1 be closed on Saturday, November
pared with 860,000 bales in thelu. which Is generally observed
year of 1920. , ' national hollday.^v ‘ .
Dokies Will Meet^
On Friday Nij^l
The Dokies duo will mert'Fif-
99, o^99,9„9 .Osy eveuing, seven o’elo^,' £t thu
’The girls who planned the din- ] Community House In Wilkesboro,
ner, bought the groceries and I The program cevnmittee com- ,
Billings, ^ posed of Bryan Gtlreath, St^ea
served were Heloise
Jeanne Moore, Frances Crawford,
Grace Marlowe, Mildred Blledge,
Mary Anderson, Rose Zell Caudill
and Eldlth Hoover.
Hunt and Pressley - Myers fW
have an interesting program fov-
tbe meeting and plans will ba pap-
tected for tha dab’s partieipatlOM
in sponsoring “Bundle Day!'.,^
’>• Some of the species of flora hi Kovember 19. . , .
the southern Appalachian' moQO-j — — r-
cannot be found eleewhere: The wind of a tornado
excoptlntheeakterninountainaof.tfanea readiea, a velo^ of
Aai^ r mflee an hour. . r.’.l - , .
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