North Carolina Newspapers

Of ffAS BLAZED^fii OS’ Pppijf VOL. XXm, Noi M PiibUriied Moadayt and Hwwdi^fc NHGRO ,^T. 14.—Rajwond WnBuM,' t9•:)n»^old wgro, v«id ^iikb bis 111* tods7 for t madder emmtttod tnetir one yssr ago. T b • SampscHi coiustr - ronth, iriMM alfogdd eobfoosion ' Bared tb» life ol blsdiMther, entered the letbal cns_^cbam1>er rs 10:03 o’ clock tbie'momln«. He was pro- nonaeed dead alter he had inhal ed the fnmee {or 10 minutes. \A CAPTURE 3 SH^ Buenos Alrea^N'oT. 24.—Sonrc- «s with wide ahlpplnK conations reported today that three German frelghteri had been captured In the Atlantic by British and French patrol ressels and another nasi frelobter had been scuttled to arold capture. The three res- ^^^h^ported seized were the 3,- Borkum, the 2,186-ton EHtbeic knd the 989-ton Luander. Tbs Tenerife was said to have been sent down by her own crew when the patrol approached. ’MORE FOR DEFENSE Warm Springs, Ga., Nov. 24.— A half billion dollar addition to the bill for national defense, pos sibly financed by a special new tax, was forecast at a presidential press conference today. Presi dent Roosevelt asserted such a tax, coupled wiAiT a reduction of the government’s budget for the year starting next July 1 and con- tiiraation of an upward trend in federal revenue, might be instru mental in halving the deficit. Citys Str(ifD^a^ T| Be L^hted Tuesday 4 SHOPPING WEEKS LEFT et f ae o«T4 ^ . . BUY CHRISTMAS SEATS Sale Chnstmas Seals To Open On December 1 Hdida;^ T;r a de Sea«m Op^ bi North Wfflfesbovoi' Merchants But Early li Adrisahle Cooperation Of Public Ask ed In Drive To Raise Funds This Year SAYS PEACE PIX^IBLE Washington, Nov. 24.—Senator King, Democrat, Utah, expressed the opinion today that if Benito Mussolini would assume the lead ership of a peace movement he Formal opening of the thirty- third annual Christmas Seal Cam paign will be marked in Wilkes county on December 1. Trying to calculate in advance how many seals various homes and individuals will want Is one of the chief tasks of the Christ mas Seal Committee. “Some persons may want more c;aouai' \-a S* ”;:)Onie ptsrsuua uiaj vs***a.w ***x,*w probably could end the European | jjjg nuirtber we send out to war. King, a world traveler and j gaid Mrs. R. T. McNeil, ardent student of international gjjairman of the Wilkes County affairs, added in an interview j rjiy,jjerculosls Association. “Others that the Italian premier, as the | jggg and in that case ■“most powerful European leader, asked to return the un- ontside the belligerents, is prob-, wanted number to headquarters, ably the only man who could lead p^j. mose w'ho desire to have a successful peace move.’’ The Rtlli ■nnit*'— said the war would be halted If a powerful peace bloc of European nations demanded an end to hostilities. more thanj^e mall out, I can say .that the 'committee -.cheerfully will send out additional sheets on notification. i “Distribution and purchase are greatly simplified by this method CHARGES COMMUNISM ,,,,, The ad- Nerw York, Nov. 24.—A debate, ^ ^ . ^ by mail between Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and a youth move ment leader over whether the American Youth congress is Com munist-controlled was climaxed today with the latter’s expressed desire to appear before the Dies committee and his “hope” that ^.the President's wife “would ap- Tpear in opposition to me.” Alfred M. Llllenthal, vice chairman of ^ the Provisional Committee for | American Youth, made public the correspondence between him and Mrs. Roosevelt, in which he con tended the Congress was influ enced by Communism—a conten tion denied by Mrs. Roosevelt. dressed return envelope is a con venience to the purchaser. The public has never faileti’ to co operate in this annual campaign against tuberculosis and the com mittee is confident that there will be no letdown this year. "Buy your seats now and use them early. Be among the first to put these decorative stacnps on your regular mail.” Noith WflkMboro’s streets 1b the bBstaess section will be st- tractirely lighted Tiies day nl^t. cooperBMve effort 'ffie funds for the beantifnl decem- Godls, which briUhuitly inform all comers that the holiday sea son 1» here, were contrlbufed by the mer«*ant8 of the dty and workmen have been bns- lly engaged In placing the deco rations oa the streets today. North Wllkesbtwo raei'chants are prepared as never before to supply the holiday shopping needs of the people of Wilkes and adjoining counties and large stocks of holiday merch andise were purchased before the recent price rise. For this and other reasons It is pointed out that holiday sitopping diould be done early because it It becomes necessary to replenish present stocks prices will be definitely hl^er, ITedictions all over the coun try point to an unprecedented volume of trade during the next four weeks. Work On a water woritk jar«tM|k for Wllkesboro has - hegan, Ik was learned today from C. ip. ^ CmtchGeld, area 'WPA. engiaper here. ‘ > ' ’ , ^ The project, to he earrled-ooT by the WPA with the tirrn.\ mL sponsor, calls for jripiag esattlrt f.rom hprlngs on the Braables » distance of approximately 2k),00k feet and erection of a stmrag* tank within the town. The water will flow by gravity. Engineers have made a com prehensive survey of tJie ipAan^ and. the springs from which the towa will derive Us water supply are oa and near what is knowii as tha’ --iT-'T'’'■ ■ ' ■ ■ |old Hackett estate on the Bitishy Twistii«. leopiag sad BMedh»iak, Maid bwmhing plaae Mai desperafady to escape BrMsh eatl^fa^ i Mountains, craft guns aad plalies In Scotiaad. H«#e«ef, the big skip orashed^ smashing threngh a ^e waB. i xotol cost of the project Is e»- niore than a haif-mfie in a last ■nsnccessfol effort to take off. The pilot was captured attCTpUBg to I jj^n^ted at i«)proxlmately |0,00B Two others in the ship were killed, and a tUrd injnred. Many Places To Be Closed Here On Tbiiiksgivii$ $800 Raised By Rd 9;®“ Can ■' 'Ia''The€oi»ty’'°rN:;rwu,«har„ u Reports Not Yet Received Expected To Add Sub stantial Amount With several reports yet to be received, the Red Cross Roll Call Wilkes has already reached CLAIM SEA MASTERY Berlin, Nov. 24.—The German high command proclaimed today a new success in submarine war fare against the British navy, heavy damage to the new Cruiser, Belfast in the Firth of Forth in ' State Executive Officer, Spread Lime Now For AAA Credits All limestone purchased through the AAA program must be spread on the fields within 15 days of Novenuber 22nd. This in formation has been received In the county agent’s office. This is a recent ruling by the E. Y. the second serious raid on that i Floyd, and is based on Informa- base. Authoritative nazis at the i tlon that was received from the eame time threatened sharp re taliation against Britain’s cam paign to destroy Germany’s com merce. The British decision to seize German exports drew the warning from one official that “our principle of conducting ' the Sgar, namely firing 10 shots back Mor every shot against us, will be used in the economic sphere slso.” Nazis asserted they had -maatsry of the air over F/ance and Britain, following four days of connected aerial activity, and control of waters close to the British east coast. Washington office. At first, it was thought that if the limestone was hauled to the farm that credit could be given, but it seems that the law specifies that the limestone must be ap plied. Due to the fact that Wilkes county has been subjected to ex treme drought, an extension of 15 days ha? been allowed. In case this limestone is not spread or. the ground by Decem ber 7th. a double deduction for the cost of limestone will be made from the farm payment. $800, Rev. Eugene Olive, roll call chairman, said today. This amount has already ex ceeded last year’s total by a sub stantial amount and is expected to be larger when, all reports are in. It is expected that a new high record for Red Cross member- shii,ps may be obtained for the chapter. Roll call officials are asking that any persons who have been overlooked by the canvassers and who wish to have a part in fi nancing the work of the world’s greatest humanitarian organiza tion, send or mall their contribu tion to Blair Gwyn, chapter treasurer, at the Bank of North Wilkesboro. r Thanksgirinc To B« Observ ed In North Carolina On Traditional Date Thursday, November 30, the last ’Thursday in November, will be observed as Thanksgiving Day in North Carolina as proclaimed by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. On last Thursday about half of the states observed-the date set by President Roosevelt but many governors followed the old tradl- pected that business houses gen erally will be closed Thursday and that the day will be observed as a holiday. The postoffice will be closed on that date, although the rural car riers had their holiday on No vember 23. The banks, state highway office and the office of the Unemployment Compensation office will also be closed that day. Following the usual custom it is expected that the stores will be closed all day Thursday. Schools will end their work for this week on Wednesday after noon and resume work on Mon day morning, December 4. The WPA offices and projects will observe Thursday as a holi day because sponsors will not be working that date. The WPA also observed the national Thanksgiv ing date on November 23. Mrs. C.G. Gilreatli Dies In Wilkesboro Funeral Sez’vices ^Vlll Be Held Tuesday, 10:30 at Methodist Church Commerce Bureaus Accepted Into Membership Of National Groups The North Wilkesboro Com- Mr. Kelly also stated th?t merclBureaus have recently been North Wilkesboro’s Commerce Copied into membership in the Bureaus have become ssai. _ _ _M Matir\nol BCttOr AiKKSlated Credit .Bureaus of ikinerica. W. P- Kelly, executive iiifrritrT said today. national asMclatlon has ksadquarters in St. Louis, Mls- sssrl and has members in prac- ^ily every city in the country. : 'llembersblp in tbe national or- j|-j»Uon will mean much tf> the iiKia bureaus, iMr. Kelly sale, be- It will mean that prompt aecarata service can be pro- with National Bureaus, Inc. affiliated Business Urge Attendance At Juniofs* Meet Every member of the North Wilkesboro council of the Junior!tain Mrs. Ola M. Gllreath, age 58, wife of C. G. Gllreath, prominent Wilkesboro attorney, died last night. She had been in ill health for several months and critically ill during the past few days. Mrs. Gllreath, who was well snd favorably known and whose f’^nth was an occasion of sadness I tcj many friends and acquaintanc- |f horn on Christmas day in 1.8SI, a daughter of the late E. C and Mrs. Aelsle Hendren Moore. survived by her hus- • ■ --1,’ ‘hree children: Fred G i 1 r e a t h. Wllkesboro: Mrs. Charles El edge, Rutherfordton; and Edwin Gllreath, Wllkesboro. Also surviving is one brother, J. Frank Moore, of Pilot Mountain. She had long been a member of Wilkesboro Methodist church, where the funeral service will be held Tuesday morning, 10:30 o’ clock, and burial will be in Moun- Park cemetery. Ministers, Bazaar And Food Sale December 4 Woman’s Clubhouse Thanksgiving Day •Service At St. Paul’s Thanksgiving service will be held at St. Paul’s Episcopal church on Thanksgiving Day, No vember 30, at ten o’clock a. m. The offering at this service will go to the support of the Thomp son Orphanage. There will be a celebration of the Holy Commun ion and sermon. The public Is cordially Invited to attend. Prop^ To Be Lbted In 1940 As (H Jan. 1st Number Of Cases Tried During Tw Days Of Sessiem Federal Court Cimtinues Thu Week With Trial Of Criminal and Civil Cases In federal court In Wllkeslboro Friday and Saturday eight more cases were removed from the docket by process of trial. The longest term of the two days wept to Carl Mayberry for violation of terms of probation. He was sentenced to three years in the federal reformatory at ChlUicothe, ■ , ' Lester Prevette Wai convleted New State Law Changes The of violation of the liquor laws but Listing Time For Prop erty and PoTl Tautes baa not been sentenced. Also con victed and awaiting judgment are Walter Harris, Ransom Harris, In tax notices which have been [ william Dunn and 'Walter Marvin mailed out to Wilkes citizens and Joines. The Woman’s Club will hold a bazaar and food sale at the club house on Monday, December 4, beginning at 3:30 in the after noon and continuing through the evening. Attractive booths are being planned—one featuring dolls, at which one will find foreign and character doHs posed in natural Bettings. At another booth there will be aprons—attractive enough for Christmas gifts—still another booth win sell all kinds of miscel laneous articles from kltchln property owners there were oth er notices which called attention to the fact that listing for 1940 will be as on January 1 and that tax listing will start about that date instead of April 1, as for merly. The change In date of tax list ing was made by the legislature of this year and Is supposed to have several advantages over the former date. C. G. Poindexter, county tax supervisor and accountant, said today that tax listing will begin on January 2 and be completed as soon as possible in the county, j Tax listers will place notices of appointments at public places In all the townships. Moving up ta^L* listing three months will enable the tax offi cials to prepare all the abstracts and blanks In ample time for col lection of the taxes wbea they are due, officials pointed out In dis cussing the change. Roosevelt Love, who was shown to have a court record, received wdth the sponsor’s contrllratloa about $32,000, which will be pro vided, by a ibond Issue already ap proved In a special election. Ton officials have stated that watar revenue will be used to retire the bonds and pay Interest. WPA workmen have begun the task of clearing right of way and digging the ditch for the six-inch water main. Wllkesboro’8 present water supply ils purchased from North Wllkesboro. Dr. Miller Tdls Kiwams Chib 01 Orthope^ Wori$ Has F'V"*"**’** 266 Caaa , 41 Renin Tm»- ment In Hospitals Dr. 0. L. Miller, of Charlotte, orthopedic surgeon who has been conducting orthopedic clinics here under sponsorship of the Klwanle Oluib and Hic county health de partment, said Friday in an ad- lG D8.V© £t CGUiL i cLiCj * x * • one year each In two cases. He dres«J.efore the club that a was sentenced to Lewlsburg, Pa. Those receiving probation, eith er for a given term or temporary until next term of court, were Vaughan Maylberry, Albert Mar tin, Green Brown, Tyre Caudill, Roy Burchette and John Henry Anderson. Court will continue this week with the remainder of the crim inal docket and several civil cases which are awaiting trial. HoHand Accepts Wilkesboro Call To Benin In January; Sup ply Appmnimenta Are Announced Court Crier Gets Fifty-Dollar Bil’ Present By Federal Court Officials On Jenkins' Golden Anniversary Rev. C. C. Holland, widely known Baptist minister of Tay- m iLiujuiii • . It * ... randv and 'lowme, has accepted the caU to spoons to pastor of Wilkesboro Baptist delicious cakes will also be his duties on the first Sunday In January, sale. Mothers are especially Invited to bring their children in the afternoon to see the dolls. with doughnuts fc# the small sum of 10c will round out the occasion. A. C. Jenkins, of Asheboro, who has served the middle federal district court as. crier for many years, was accorded a- pleasant surprise Friday when Just before court adjourned In Wllkesboro he was presented with a $50 bill. The present was made up by federal court officials and pre sented on the occasion of the of ficer’s fiftieth wedding annivers ary. Assl^ant District Attorney R H. iMcNelll made a short talk in which he lauded the court crier as being held In high esteem and the gift wSiCSheii presented by lilar- ahal W.^. Dowd. of 26G persons had been examin ed by him here and that of that number 41 have been, admitted to orthopedic hospitals for treat ment. He gave a brief history of tba progress that has been made with crippled Indigent in the state, say ing that North Carolina was one of the first states to begin the work. In recent years the federal government has made large ap propriations to states to assist them In the work. In addition to the clinic her®, which is held at regular Intervals, 15 others are conducted In tha state, he said. His talk was In terestingly Illustrated with slide* showing children before and after correctional surgery. Dr. E. N. Phillips was In charge of the program Friday. In the business session the clnls voted to give $5 to the Hl-Y or ganization In the North WUkea- boro schools and a like amount for the Negro Boy Scouts to help get their activities under way. Guests at the meeting were as follows: Dr. John W. Morris wltlz Dr. F. C. Hubbard: C. F. Adams with P. W. Eshelman; Bryce Holt with W. H. McElwee; Dr. W. K. Newton with J. B. Carter; John H. Sykes with John R. Prevatta. J. B. McCoy’s guests were Mrs. G. T. Mitchell, Mrs. E. N. PhllUpa, Mrs. Bertha Bell, Dr. A. J. Eller, J. D. Holcomb and Dr. Charlie Armstrong. Penney Store At Elkin Damaged. By Fire Today anjL a«c ranorts from any six months will ha elected and a Order Is asked to attend the meet ing to be held on Tuesday night, 7:30, when officers for the next who will conduct the service will be the pastor, Rev. W. J. Pllnl* Rev. A. W. Lynch, former pastor, and Rev. A. E. Watts, of Taj!- lorsvllle. CCC workers have planted M' billion trees and have construct^ here will also have JffWo'r Orner Orphans’ home In dlspo^ ^ annual — — xwderod Thaidtsglvlng offering ter nha j over 82,00(). jaUes, of truck trB*. weoclaUon. Junior Order orphanage. {and minor roa^. .^1’ Fire, thought to have . been smouldering since Saturday night, j>adly damaged the sfocK of mer chandise of the J. C. Penney Com pany store in Elkin this morning. TTie merchandise, according to in formation brought to this city this morfaing, was damped by fire, smoke and water,,and tto building the store occupied WM giao damaged lby the blaze. ^ It was reported that the Blkib fire department had the- fire uip jfer control this morhOig, ^d h^ kept it fitom spreadlhg^ to near^ iiaildlB|a. it was learned today from church leaders. He was called following the resignation of Rev. Howard J. Ford, Who is going to study at be Southern Baptist seminary at. Louisville, Ky.‘~- ' , It was also announced ...today that Dr. Henry Clay Rlsnett- of Wnlston-Salein, a' retired minis ter,, will 'preach at’ Wllkesboro Baptis*; church at 11 a. m. on Sunday, Dwember 3. At the eleven o’clock service on December 17^Rev. Harold .Schaly, a young map from Brazil yho. re cently paduiied from the ^ iemi- nary at Louteville, 'Ky., and Is now a graduate student'at'Wake Forest College, will fill the pul- pit-1-:. North l^esboro Takes Wilkesl^t) E in Anniial FootbaQ'Clasric I Jnma^ Oatply Ruttblors^ Thrillkif Encounter Fri day Afternoon lUmblera. In ,^^er It was definitely North Wilkes- boro’s day as the Mountain Lions rolled over Wilke*oro’s Ramb lers here Friday nftenmon 18 to 6 In Wllkeb comity’s-annual fOot- baU eUwde. ' Playing the beet game ot,lhe seoaoD on both ^offense and da- fonse,the Llonf Itrtiok fast , to score twice In the ooce la the tbiri pariod. iWlkcir, boro put on a- spcceefuLdrir® ^ tile' fqnr^ quai dbwn. ’’ ■ On the grounds 'Mont^ller,’ in'Virginia, is thk .historic bulldT ttfot 4cir cream,,’ Bhei ■ - The .bojr? Mi the wifo pf Prei^eni ^aiiaa tttla ' coat^JE^, -avefi, u ^ memb» bf b64 leaps played-test wAs about even until tha final minutee zriian a pass interception gave Njorth ’Wilkaaboro an opportonitY' to score. On the first play of the sec ond period a pass from Halgvood ; to Steelman in the eti4 topc^ hrao perfectly -execi' ted an^ the ^fcorc was e to.O. Halgwood’i, l^i^ ton extra point bit ,the pviin$Bi:,an4 was no gimd. The. second .tousbaoWp prorlil- the tAgg^t (brill tori Nprtk iyuBu^ro. when. KenerHar jt^ajini^ed^ s Jss; on hU own 4i, »r foiflSi* tonclf-^ the Air nip.jaoed .AAl. .an wl^'g0|j^ latartereSce '•0 yardi to acoro. The Ijick to Wb*c^f > (Cantlnna*'4is p*f extra paiak. ’J" 'jTT