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'Wldslir'teovii agricnltural
*4Ror, atmoTed titiuMlt t, cm
Rortk C»roMji*’» i»40 *uben»a-
t»rlsl rac« today. Doctor Poe said
'W dedieatlas tUmself to tke
Soatb-iride tet^year ttroyram for
**1>alaBced {noeverlty in the South
as evolved hy the
: Vdathem OorerBors Conference
^ tnvtead oC saaking the Demorratlc
? noiaihatian. -
5,536 L06£ LICEK6E
Ral^^, Jaa. 2.—Driving 11-
ceaaee of 5.S38 persons were re
voked In 1SS9, bringing to 2S.693
the total taken since November
1, 19SS, when tbe licensing pro-
Kraon began. Ronald Hooutt, di
nner of the high-way safety di-
feaEirMTE or w^aisJjpRt:
•- .v.-'tr
'1^ mdtuif
do va^bnyipgfa Nc
t*»T fimi^boro, tbe tri"*
center or'Norfihvestent
Worth Caroling ‘
VOL. XXXin, No. 84 Published
Soil Paymenb To
Be M ade In 1940
For Home Garden
Each Vegetable Garden
Meeting Specifications
To Count As Unit
vnp»g^j^.l?Wg»ORO. fTHt^AY. JAN. 4. 1940 |1.50 IN THE STAT^2 00 OPT OF THE 8TATO
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F&nish Mr Raid ‘fcrs’ Wam ;^.Gu^en Sale Of Ucente
Plat» In'Excess
Of Sales In l939
That unite will be allowed for
vegetable gardens should be good
news for Wilkes tenners, Law
rence Millet, clerk of the WHkea
County Agricultural Conservation
Association, said today.
Mr. Miller explained that eve
ry farm owner and tenant will be
allowed a unit each for a garden
vision, said 90 per cent of the if the garden meets certain apeci-
tevooatlons
driving,
were for drunken
r7**'SfalP COMES HOME
Bergen, Norwav, Jan, 2.—The
United States freighter City of
Flint, central figure in a drama of
the sea last fall, is expected to
resume her adventures tonight or
tomorroiw, when she leaves the
^rwegian^ port of Narvik for the
United States. The same Ameri
can crew which was aboard dur
ing her wanderings in northern
waters In October will be in
charge when she leaves for home.
The Flint left in Norway a cargo
of apples originally intended for
Bngland and is loaded with iron
ore for the return trip.
BIG AIR BATTLE
London, Jan. 2.—Outnumbered
four-to-one, British airmen in
three bombers fought a furious
battle wit\ a swam of 12 speedy
zermai\Pianee orer Helgoland
Bight—vhe second encounter of
the war between the big bombers
and the Nazi’s vainted warcraft.
When the fight was over, the
British air ministry said, one
bomber was down, another was
.wifitif and the third was safe.
Of the dozen tjerman planes, the
air ministry said one was "shot
4owa in flames’’ and two others
wore "likely to have been lost.”
LABOR BOARD UPHELD
Washington, Jan. 2.—The Su
preme Court today in effect told
critics of the national labor rela
tions board that Congress has
vested unnsiually broad dlscre-
' ■'denary powers in the board and
that any restrictions on these
powers must come from Congress,
not the court. In three decisions,
the court unanimously upheld the
board's claim to discretion to
make its own rulings in questions
artecting elections among em
ployees and designation of ex
clusive bargaining agencies, and
held that federal courts have no
authority to Interfere in repre
sentative ele?tions.
fications as to furnishing home
food supply.
Under the 1940 soil program
esch unit will represent a pay
ment of $1.50 from the govern
ment and the fact that units will
be allowed for gardens should be
an incentive for farmers to pro
duce ttelr own food supply as
nearly as possible.
Mr. Miller said that exact
specifications for the gardens on
which units will be allowed have
not been received In his office but
that it is expected that practical
ly all farmers will be able to plant
and cultivate home gardens which
will meet requirements
Stockholders 0 f
The Northwestern
Bank To Meet9lh
Directors For The Coming
Year Will Be Elected—
Hm Successful Year
The annual meeting of the
fttockhtdders of The Northwea-
tem Bank will bo held in the
bank’s officee in the city bn
Tueeday, January 9th at eleven
o’clock a. m. Directors for the
coming year will be elected, and
other business matters will be
transacted by the stockholders.
The Northwestern Bank has en
joyed a most successful year. A
stock dividend of 14 per cent and
a cash dividend ot 8 per cent were
declared during the year 1939.
The bank’s resources have in
creased considerably. The state
ment as of Octojber 2, 1939, show
ed the bank’s resources $3,982,-
079.92, while the statement as of
December 30, 1939, shows the
resources of the bank to be $4,-
361,820.32.
Legion Launching
B^ Safety Drive
Vetersms To Join In Concert
ed Effort To Lower
Traffic Toll
Members of the Wilkes County
Post Number 125 of the American
L,eglon will launch a drive against
motor accidents.
Safety literature—and public
ity vKll be distributed, and all
Teterans will join in the concert
ed effort to halt traffic fatalities
which took 35,000 lives last year.
Ijliey are stired to action by the
anto accident toll which contin-
aea at an alarming rate.
Purpose of the campaign is to
pjnyfta citizens In the importance
■ of careful driving, and to make
conditions safer, especially for
children who walk to and from
echool.
The plan Includes distribution
of safety rules to the school chil
dren, pole posters, publicity
througii newspapers, schools and
other poeeftlo means of carrying
safety messages to the public.
XiSgiMihalres also will sell saf-
oty stampa for one penny each.
(jommander Louis Nelson and
Adjutant W. C. Grier have called
opoh everyone In North WUkos-
boro to accept the American Le
gion slogan—“Keep Fit to Drive.”
SauATe Dance
On Friday Night
Qa aocouat of severe weather
^^oondltionB and sickness
i* 'muare d»nce ahaounced for Fii-
' night of this week »t the
on and Anxiliafi’ «lttbh(^ has
poatpoDod until a later date,
nanoum^
tha advexUaing
Wooten Rites
Held Wednesday
Prominent Citizen Hendrix
Community Died Mon
day Afternoon
Funeral service was held at Mt.
Zion church Wednesday after
noon for Richard L. Wooten,
widely prominent citizen of the
Hondrix community who died
suddenly at his home Monday
afternoon.
Mr. Wooten had been sawing
some wood near his home when
apparently he was stricken with
a heart attack. A neighbor pass
ing by saw him lying on the
ground' and carried him into the
house, where he died in a few
minutes.
News of his sudden death was
re; eived with sadness by many
friends throughout northwestern
North Carolina, where he had
held a number of positions' of
public trust. At the time of his
death he was senior interviewer
at the Lenoir branch of the state
employment service. Formerly
he was connected with the em
ployment service here and was its
first manager.
The funeral service was large
ly attended and was conducted
by the pastor. Rev. E. C. Hodges,
assisted by Rev. R. L. Isbell and
Rev. W. P. Preslar, of Lenoir.
Nephews were pall bearers and
beautiful floral tributes were car
ried by nieces.
He was 48 years of age, and is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie
Triplett Wooten, and five chil
dren; Ralph, Leslie, James, Marie
and Joan Wooten. There is one
brother, Dave Wooten, and five'
sixers, Mrs. Lunda Hartley, Mrs.
Nellie Green, Mrs. Nan Combs,
Mrs. Dora Walsh and Miss Mattie
Wooten.
Sky Beauty
Advance Indtotlon rf raiding Rnssten
s«md detedw. I» the KovMielinl ««Uon
wthalreraft guuer* flat yUaea are apprwchliig befwe th$r,MM »•
sight.
Review Of 193^8
News In Wilkes
three revlewiag the highlights af May 15
650 Increase In Sale of 1940
Tags Over Gorrespmid-
ing Date In 1939
I Sale of automoiiUe and track'
license'ctetes foril»40 h«re are
-ter ahead of ths nSimber of 1939
telte apid up to the corresponding
date in 193», J; C. McDlarmld,
manager of fae North Wtlkertoro
branch of the Carolina Motor
Club and In Charge of tag sales
here,' said today. —
Throngh today the number of
plates sold in excess of last year’s
figures passed the 650 mark,
i There was a big rush of late
• tag shoppen on December 29 and
39., whidi carried over to some
extent through January. Failure
of many motorists to have their
cards and the necessity of mak
ing out tomiporary cards resulted
In a groat handicap In accomodat
ing tag purchasers, Mr. McDlar-
mid said.
He also reported a substantial
increase in the number of North
Wllkesboro city tags sold over
the number for the corresponding
date a year ago.
pointed member 'Wilkes welfare
board.
May 18—City has throe-day
trade event.
May 16—Grady Prevette, age
10, killed by "unloaded gun” at
home of father, C. G. Prevette, In
Somers township.
May 19—North Wllkesboro
band makes first public appear
ance before Lions Club, its epon-
r—..
who was killed in an automoblli May 19—Conspiracy cases In-
accident. volvlng 70 Wllkee men set for
May 1—Odell Whittington, J- |„^rlal in federal court.’
rad Chariotto Huffman, 4-H O’ '-^ay tO^'Ubrary membership-
and queen of health in J nets eum of $378.
make good record in dtetr|#P b c \ 23 — WllkeOboro school
test, 'Whittington wlnnlngCc U c- V re-elect Supt. T. E.
place. "\ .Id six teachers; S. G.
jjay 1 — Organization Coi_ , ixawneid elected superintendent,
merce Bureaus proposed in meet- May 24—Duke Power company
ing of local business men. I announces reduction In rates.
May 5—W. V. Caudill robbed I (Continued on page eight)
news happenings in 'Wilkes in
1939 as gleaned from files of The
Journal-Patriot for the year. The
concluding installment, covering
September, October, November
and December will appear In
Monday’s issue.)
May 1—Robert S. Gibbs, Jr.,
made manager North WUkeoboro
branch of the Duke Power com
pany, succeeding M. G. Butnei
Brushy Mountain Citizen Meets
Violent Death Monday Afternoon
Tax listing Task
Begun Tuesday
In Wilkes County
All Adced To List For Taxa
tion On Dates Set By
list Takers
Tax listers in all the townships
began their tasks Tuesday and all
persons required by law to list
pntpeity or poll lor taxation sre
urged to attend to the matter' on
the dates posted by the list tak
ers lor their reapecUve townships,
C. G. Poindexter, Wilkes county
accountant, said today.
He again called attention to the
fact that because of a change in
the tax listing laws of the state,
property this year is being listed
as of January 1 Instead of April
1 as in former years.
Suibstantlal penalties are pro
vided by law for those falling to
(list property for taxes, Mr. Poin
dexter said.
Mima Friedlander, besntUiil 26-
yeu^ld London gkl, was sdeoted
ameiig the eiibt Britlah womca pi
lots who will ferry mw army planes
from factories to airdromes.
'it.
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Postal Receipts At
North Wilkesboro
Sets A H^h Mark
Substantial Increase During
1939; Postal Business
Growing
Receipts at the North Wllkes-
boro postoffice set a new high
record for a year, Postmaster J.
C. Reins said today.
Postal receipts for the year
ending December 31 totaled
$826.22 over receipts of 1938.
Tbe 1939 total was $34,286.17.
The increase was nearly as
great as that during 1938 despite
the fact that some parcel poet
business usually handled by thf
postoftioe was lost to express
during th? year, , ,
js-uslness at the North Wllkes
boro iKMtofflce has shown a sub
stantial Increase each quarter for
the post several years, Mr. Reins
said.
finniamtors For
Bnmen Censn;
:|Begiui GaHioring .Confidfl**-.^^
tial Informiatian On
Janns^ Second
L S. B. Raper, district supoivlai-'
or, the Wadesboro Bureau of Ceo--,
Office, has announced l
appointment of Robert L. IBstt-'’
man, Jr., and A. S. Oossel as #►
umerators, for 'Wllkee county te.
the 1940 decennial census of bnar
’ loess and manutactnilng.
They have begun gathering tko
statistics from this section oU
wholesale and retail trade, erarle
establishments, amosements, an
manufacturing enterprises. .
This is the first time for mragT^
years that all of the censasos
biLsiness, manufacturing,
tton, agriculture, housing,
and quarries and drainage . a
irrlgi^tlon—will bo taken lit ■
single year. They will not alb
taken at the same time. The
BUB of Business, Man-ufactni
Mines and Quarries, and Drain
and Irrigation began on Jant
2nd some three months ahead
the counts of population,
tare, and housing, which will
gin on April ISt according to tewvj
Mr. Raper, in announcing
appointment of the enume
said, “Our first Job Is to
certain that every business mamij
understand that thfs eommunit
hopes for new industries, lon
meats, payrolls and resldeats,-
In fact, all its plans—are Ued
directly with getting fnll
reports from every bs
firm.*’ He also added, “We
want a better record than we
by reporting truthfully, but
want everything to ■which ws
entitled so that we will bras
proper ranking when comi
SrltA-Dther. similar cit
afea£”
Eld gar V. Hendren Killed
Whra Bolt In Mill
Catches Clothing
Funeral service for Edgar V.
Hendren, well known citizen ot
Brushy Mountain township who
met violent death at his mill
Monday afternoon, was held at
Bethany church Wednesday,
10:30 a. m.
Hendren was killed while
working with the machinery of
his corn mill and no one was
present at the time, although
there was ample evidence to in
dicate vhat had happened.
Apparently he was oiling a line
shaft in the basement ot the mill,
which is run by an overshot wat
er wheel, when a set screw in
the shaft caught his clothing. His
wife heard his screams but before
he could be reached and the ma
chinery stopped he had been
pounded to death against the
ground and a pillar of the build
ing.
His clothes were pulled from
his body and there were Indica
tions! that the revolutions of the
shaft had thrown him with con
siderable force against the
ground and parts of the building.
He died within a few minutes aft
er his wife reached him.
Neighbors freely described Mr.
Hendren as one of the best men
in their community. He was 61
years of age and Is surylyed by
his wife, Mrs. Gradie Williams
Hendren, and three children:
Mrs. Hugh Reavisi, Wllkesboro;
E. V. Hendren, Jr., and Hilda
Hendren, of Pores Knob route 1.
Furniture Makers
Will Attend Show
Representatives of four furni
ture manufacturers in North
Wilkeaboro will attend the furni
ture exposition in Chicago next
week.
The companies and their rep
resentatives at the exposition will
be as follows: Forest Furniture
company, N. O. Smoak; Home
Chair company. Jack Quinn, Hen
ry and Ivey Moore; American
Furniture companyy, J. R. Hli
and A. B. Johnston; Oak Bhirnl-
ture company, John B. Justice.
The furniture industry is look
ing forward to another good year
and a successful market is antici
pated.
Whiskered Wizards To Play Here Friday Night
Miss Irene Parsons has rsturn-
i: I^to W. C. U. N.' O., Greensboro,
^
^ tether. Hr. Jfc T. Penwrs.
Campaign Fund
Quota Raised
Wilkes Democrats Esmily
Raise Campaign Fund
Quota For Connty
J. R. Rousseau, Jackson Day
chairman for Wilkes county, said
today that the county’s quota of
the Democratic campaign fund
has been raised without any dif
ficulty. The quota set for the
Democratic party in Wilkes to be
raised, prior to the Jackson Day
dinner in Raleigh January 8 was
$176.
iMr. Rousseau, who Is also
chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee In Wilkes, said
that several Wilkes Demowats
are planning to attend the Jack-
son Day Dinner, at which Paul 'V
McNutt, a leading candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
president, will be the feature
speaker.
Power Will Be Off
Three Times Sunday
Workmen at the sub-station of
tbe Duke Power company here
said today that the power will be
cut off three times Sunday, Jan
uary 7.
However, the interruptions will
be short, not more than 15 min
utes each time, and will all occur
between nine and 10:30 a. m.
The power will be cut off for
the purpose of installing large
transformers and company offici
als said that the Improvements
will Insure less interruptlona in
the future.
Soudiside Sii
In Splendid M«
The Southslde Singing
atlon convened at the Methc
chivch In Wilkesboro Sundays^
December 31, at 1:30 o'clock
the preeident, F. J. McDuf
presiding'. He dpened the dev
tlonals by reading the Fir
Psalm. Leader Alirtionsus Ells
offered a prayer.
It was learned by the offic
that many singers and others
terested In the association wer*l
lU with flu and a large gatherincj
was not expected. However, the
was a splendid aittendance,
eluding singers from other
ciations. Each individual or grou
presented Itself with honor to
appreciative audience, enrollli
as follows: The Everready Qua
tet, composed of leader T.
Eller, Hobert Reeves, Balms
Hayes and Rex West; The
Grove Quartet presenting Mrmll
Anna Lee Howard and Misses Rn-jl
by Nicks, Mattie Cheek and 01
Pennix, alUof Cycle, Yadkin couisi^
ty; the Welcome Home quarto^.’
including Sherman Shumatabj
Mrs. Shumate, W. W. Vannor.,
H. R. Kendall, with Wadle
shears assuming Mrs. Shumat
position in the last round; a dna
composed of Zeb Dickson and.-]
Roby Church; and a children’i
quartet from Welcome Ho*
Zeb Dickson and Rex West ab
rendered solos. Occasional
gregational singing gave everyoB
-present a part on the program.
The association adjourned t»
meet the next fifth Sunday, March
31, at Kings Creek Baptist
church in Caldwell county, whWh,
Is about half way between Wtt-i|
kesboro and Lenoir near hJghwxFj
18.
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W'-’
kesboro Uona tMM teu ongat9«i«at at if hi?h
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Robin Hood Joins
Northwestern Bank
Mr. Robin Hood, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gurney P. Hood, of Raleigh,
has accepted a position with 'Rie
^Northwestern Bank, having en
tered upon his dntlee'at the lo
cal branch January 1st. Mr.
Hood ■will remain here for several
weeks in. tratni^ prioAto going
to Tayloiwrille iFhefe he. will be
cfebier'ot the Taylorsville hrajndl
|ir. D. V. Deal, Uw present cash.-!^
$«r of the Tnylozsville boi^ win
: come to KorGi Wilkettoro as a»-
‘ idetast cadder to tafco th4 pjttee
lintdd vdarni swhen CSiwJaFiW. idiw«
wtHd t» fad new VatdM
bnaeh bankraa cadiitf. A
: afttentho—Shi
‘Red’ Kenerly
His Radio
"Red” (A. G.) Keneriy,^
of the most experienced radio i
pairmen In this section of NMlh
Carolina, has moved his radio
pair shop from the Western AntO';
Associate Store ^to his fonnaf Jlhli
eaUon in the CaU Hotel Ba^dtejUJl
on Nintl;,.&reet. S
Mr. Kenedy has been wortdtes
with radios ter. the past elghteei^^
to twenty years, rad he to. tk
lio repi^rmsidj',-in
fo mattei^to^ moke;
'■’yon.'may ,
?Bed’* d*l»vo yo*;
gwn6«iped'job.“
Mr. kensMy vcfil asipipifitikt
'note ot hto;
eatlon^h