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tlM of JIm Pn^Mt or back hto
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IJmbarti wpreeeed belief Mr.
BoosereH -would decline a third
t«iB[i and br Interenee desUniate
Aaaoclst* Justice W. O. Doug
ina ot the UaKed Stat^XSupreme
Ooart M the new deal’s presiden
tial choice.
SERMON BACKFIRES
KlastoiC Jan. 16.—Rev. Jack
L. Ronntree, clergyman who used
to be a reporter on a New York
dally, today admitted hb most
recent sermon had backfired.
The congregation was “smaller
than usual,’* he said, “In fact, I
hart only one hearer.’’
The cook In the . pretentious
Roundtree home in the Kinston
ont^Eirte had been "cutting up.’’
She had broken minor command
ments. 'nie clergyman addressed
her at length. In conclusion he
■Warner her, “If you continue to
do such things yon will go to hell.
Then what will you do?”
Her reply, Rer. Rountree said,
swept him off his feet.
“Ouess I’ll go right on cook
ing for preachers,” she said.
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Chrutmas Seu
Campaign Drive
Nets Sam Of $330
Mrs. McNiel, Ch«niina,'E»-
preaaea Thanks For Co-
Operation
CANNETT CANDIDATE
Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 16—
Frank Gannett, Rochester pub
lisher and long-time critic of
President Roosevelt and the now
deal, announced tonight hIs can
didacy for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
The 6S-year-old publisher told
a ci-vlc reception In his honor and
a fadio audience (NBC-blue net-
- wbrk):
“I realize what It means to be
a candidate for the Republican
nominatlMi for president—what
It means ia responsibility, in hard
work, in sacrifice. Yet it is a call
to duty that no citizen can Ignore.
My answer Is yea.”
At tte same time, Garnett said
if hlsTask Is “to follow, to fight
In the ranks, as I have fought,
there you -will find me—fight
ing.”
Total receipts of the Chiistmaa
seal campaign In Wllkee eoanty
were $330.15, Mra R. T. McNlel,
general chairman for 'Wilkes,
said today.
The campaign is carried out
annually for the purpose of rais
ing funds -with which to finance
tuberculosis prevention measures
and a great part of the funds thug
collected are used In the county.
In making a final report of the
receipts for the drive, Mrs. Mc-
Nie? expressed appreciation to all
who had helped in the sale And to
all persons who purchased genlB.
The ."oumal-Patrlot appreciates
very much the letter of ’hanks
from Mrs. McNiel to the editor.
The text of the lette* follows:
“The Journal-Patriot has per
formed an important public funo-
Uon In lending Its valuable co
operation for the success of the
1939 Ohiigtmas Seal sale. As the
camp^gD. (Inws to a close, U> tb^
name of thore who have worked'
so faithfully tor its successful
conclusion, I extend heartfelt
thanks.
“One of the important objec
tives of this campaign was to di
rect public attention to the ever
present problem of tuberculosis,
the nature of the disease and the
vital necessity of prevention, as
well as cure. Without the gener
ous assistance of your paper, this
objective could not have been at
tained.
“The whole-hearted response of
the community to our appeal Is
evidence enough, but we feel we
would be derelict in our duty if
we did not call attention to the
helpfulness of the Journal-Pa
triot. You have, indeed, been
most cooperative, and we are
grateful beyond expression.’’
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tioa. widi kar um m^,m
ln«a«t Ikm^ that te wto .
th« tan'thllkiiur waac ko-lnM
bar aemm 1 toC to t '
f oaad that bw eMttog «i»
saw her twl oa tka floor, aad twt
out the Are irttb two baeketo oT
water.
He said she did not die anttt
S:30 that aftamooa jaat tMtore
he went to home of nMgbbor and
told what had happeaed.
Coroner I. M. Myers said that
when he examined the -body About
four o’clock Sunday atVC^eon
that rigor mortis had tej^.aat In
and apparently she mK. been
dead for several hours. |Sto. aaid
that although her son^id she
fell on her right side, her nose
was broken and there was a
bruise on her bead. The part of
her body, lying flat on the flotilr
was not so 'badly burned.
Her son was ordered held and
today officers said that his> un
derclothing was bloody on the
back and there was blood on one
arm. There was a sploch of blood
about the size of a man’s hand on
the floor of Mrs. Gregory’s home
near where her body was lylatT*
Gregory has not filled bon^ ipjie ,
in the sum of $2,000 set by thb
coroner’s Jury and remains in jail'll
at WUkesboro. He hM made lit
tle comment concerning the death
of hist mother except to deny any
guilt.
At
B. Xfc Doogh-
fesNS ameoaiMed hie to-
to fiitikB at the end of
hie pretoat term of congreee on
Decendter 81.
AH Are Warned
To list Property
For 19^ Taxation
PracticaVy All List Takers
Have Completed Rounds
In Their Townships
^8 for Wilkes conn-
lly completed their
preliminary checkups
that many indlvl-
so far fulled to list
taxation la the
rions tewnshipe, C. G. Po&dex-
The coroner quoted reeldents of Wilkes county accountant,
A.evwwi'VMnn-lVw oa aDv^ncr ^nlb-T « , «
said tod%y.
Mr. Poindexter called atten
tion to the fact that all who fall
to list in the time prescribed by
law are subject to substantial
penalty and urged that those
who have failed to list see their
respective list takers at once.
that community as saylzig that
Gregory had a reputation, of abus
ing his mother when drinking and
that he was drunk when he went
to their homes Sunday afternoon
and told them that his mother
had burned to death.
r— _ MASONS INSTALL
Leave Sunday For officers in city
teErible warfare
Bulsinki. Jan. 16.—Russian
warplanes again struck at Fin
land today as 51-degree below ze
ro (Fahrenheit) cold brought
suffering to civilians in
■bomb-twn towns and the Finns
reported dispersing two soviet
companies in fighting pear Salla.
The worst cold wave in 25
years caused Intense suffering,
particularly in smaPAr villages
where bombs demolished and
- burned homes, leaving inhabi-
without shelter,
' Soviet bombing planes were re
port^ to have blown most of the
„pwH village of Ekenas, on the
southweirt Up of Finland, to
pieces yesterday. More than half
ot the 700 homes were said to
. h^ve been destroyed.
y 'GERMANS warned
’ Paris, Jan- —"^*1® French
government warned tonight in an
official statemenl^ that any Ger
man attempt to Invade Belgium
would find 1,000,000 Belgian and
• Dutch troops fighting alongside
the Allies to “hermetically seal”
the blockade of Germany on the
west. The foreign office said
that a German Invaslor of the
low countries would react dlsas-
^usly npoa Germany because
Britain would be able to dl^se
. of a “formidable
^mental bridgehead” thero and
•kptorike at Germany’s naval bases
to the Norto Sea. .
MA80NIO NOTICB
flnMiial Communication North
S-SJro Lodge No. 407 A F,
tl Friday evening, Jan. 19th
work in First
All meiAmrs urged to at-
Visiton welcome,
fleo. P. Johnson. Master
Grange Has Good
Meeting Tuesday
Dan Holler Makes Talk On
“History Of Cattle
Breeding”
WMlkeshoro Grange held a most
interesting meeting Tuesday night
and the feature of the program,
which was in charge of Miss Har
riet McGoogan, home demonstra
tion agent, was a talk by County
Agent Dan Holler on the subject
of “History of Cattle Breeding.”
Mr. Holler reviewed briefly the
history of the breeding of all the
best known breeds of cattle.
Lawrence Miller, master, pre
sided over the meeting, which
was held In the home agents’ of
fice. Attendance was good and
much Interest was evidenced In
activiiies of the Grange.
The next regular meeting -will
be held on the second Tuesday
night in February.
Nazi Freighter Is
Scuttled By Crew
Paris, Jan. 17.—^The French
admiralty announced today that
a German freighter had been
scuttled by her crew when halt
ed by a French warship in the
Atlantic.
Officials said another French
patrol ship had attacked a Ger
man submarine “with > great
chances of snccess’’ just after the
submarine submerged. Definite
evidence of destruction of the
submarine was not yet available.
Naval officials said the scuttled
freighter was believed to be nam
ed the Janus.
Company A Will
Leave Sunday For
Week Of Training
Will Join Two Other Com
panies At Salisbury For
Week’s Encampment
'Members of Company A 105th
Engineers of the North Carolina
National Guard, will go to Salis
bury January 21 for special
training for a period of one week,
it was learned today from Cap
tain R. R. Reins, of Company A.
The training as ordered by of
ficials of the United States Army
Is being conducted by all nati
onal guard units throughout the
country.
The 105th Engineers will be di
vided into three sections for the
encampment. The three combat
companies to be encamped at
Salisbury are North WUkesiboro,
Salisbury and Statesville and
will be under command of Major
P. P. Phillips, of Durham.
Captain Wiley Pickens will
command the second batallion,
which will be encamped at Mor-
’ ganton and will include the com
panies from Morganton, Llncolu-
ton and Asheville.
At Charlotte will be the regi
mental headquarters and service
company under command of Cap
tain Pars H. Lemmond, the regi
mental band and the medical de
tachment headed by Major
Thomas Craven, of HuntersvUle.
Officers and the full quota of
men of Company A are expected
to go to Salisbury for the week of
training. Company A Is headed
by Captain R. R. Reins, First
Lieutenant E. P. Robinson, Sec
ond Lieutenant W. G. Staley,
First Seargeont Fred M. Wyatt.
At a regular communication of
North Wilkealboro Lodge No. 407,
A. F. & A. M. FMday evening,
January 12, officers which had
been elected at a previous meet
ing for the ensuing year were In
stalled. J. F. Marquette, of
Statesville, assistant Grand Lec
turer of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina, who had been
conducting a lecture course
throughout the week, was In
charge of the Installation cere
monies.
Officers and committees are as
follows: George P. Johnson,
Master;, W. W. Starr, Senior War
den; . McNelli; -Jr„ Junior
Wardenl E. M. Blackburn, TVeas-
urer; Ita D."- Payije, Seototary;
Olin Souther,' Senior Deacon: T.
Richard Deans, Junior . Deacon;
Crystal WiWams.'v Ijienior Stew
ard; W, M.'’ Morr^m ^Junior'
Sterwarfi; , L;> B. Pl^fce, ' ’Pyler:
Rev.. Ge(i{f^J|f,,,aeba|taiJ»,. Chap
lain; Gom^ttoi: AndttIng, R.
E. Sebastaln, chSfrn^, J. B Wil
liams; Orphan Asrium.f G. G.
Foster, ' R-
Waugh, I. H. Jr; Edu
cational: H. T. Clark, Chairman:
W. W. Stair, D. B. Elledge, T. C.
Caudill and E. C. Johnsoi.
Cooaty: Note Sold
For New Low Rate
la Interest Rate Of
$10,000 Note
What is believed to be a new
low interest rate on Wilkes conn-
pinji ». ,w-‘- ty obligations developed In the
The staff seargeantg are Cls/ude sale of a $10,000 revenue antlcl-
vWaahiintto6|, ac-««ra-
■entotfra Kdbiite U. pailthion an-
bottoead todar w*»l4 Vstire
f!faBi"^OoflCf«n «t tfe* eloaa of his
prssaat term.
With dramatis aaddenneas^ the
chairman of the poirerfnl wsya
and means eotatotttto revealed his
plana to end hte iMf ud excep
tionally dtotlncolpkod eareer as
rsprsaentatlvs ot $ho idnth North
Caroltoa dlatrlot
‘Visibly moved, )ie told a small
gr^p of friends that he -wished
to be relieved Ot the arduous du
ties attendant nfoni hte Lnpor^
tant position and five some at
tention to his loBf-negleotel pri
vate affsira.
A sfnse ot profound and Irre-
paiwble loss pervaded the North
Carolina delegation as Houghton’s
decision became known.
Roosev^t Hatee to lx>se Him
This feeling prevailed also at
the other end ot Pennsylvania
avenue -wnhen President Roosevelt
was told of the announcement.
The President declared that he
would 'be sorry to see Mr. Dough-
ton carry out his decision to re
tire. He said that he would hate
very much to lose him, and added
that as member of the House,
Doughton has been of great value
to the nation. /
Two years ago, the President
wrote Don^ton a letter urging
him to remain In Congress and
continue his serriee as chairman
of th«,wairs MAmtoto 'fjtomittaa.
As chairman of the -ways and
means committee, Doughton haa
played the major role in the pas
sage of hlfltory-maklng legisla
tion. Capital Hill observers agreed
today that perhaps no other mem
ber of the House has bad a hand
of Congress. His record over 30
crowded years in the House as-
in the hall of congreseional great.
Especially is this true of the past
eight years during which he has
piloted through committee and
through the House such vital
pieces of legislation as the social
security act, the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, the pas
sage of the national industrial re
covery act, and the reciprocal
trade agreement act, revenue
measures, and other important
acta.
uniy One BUI Amended
Outstanding In Doughton’s rec
ord—a tribute equaled probably
by no other member of the House
(Continued on page eight)
One - Day Poultry
Short Course Soon
Wilkes Poultrymen Asked to
Attend Coarse and Egg
Show In Lenoir
Growers To
leet On Saturday
Fratt ginwws are expecting a
g0o& meeting when the Bnuby
Moaatoto 'Fruit Growen Aeeoel-
itloh gnbere Satorday attemoon
ft tbe'&pple reesereh laboratory
00 U^kway 16 near the Wttkea-
AJeaandar eoanty line.
All fruit groven, regardleee of
whether or not they are menSben
association, are Invited to
(to the pirqgiant
Demei^ wftto will tell
work; , Pnofc JlL B.
toed of the horttedtti|re
department at State College: end
Ij, P, 'Wateon, extenkton hortlcnl-
tnriat in eestem Carolina.
The meeting -wlU open at two
o’clock.
Jofaf
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1
of
^or TIm JotISM
^ Best Year In
Hktory Of Bank
North Wflkeshoro
Dhrectore and Offieera Ra*
Elected In Meetinc Held
At Bank Today
“In the history of our institu
tion the year 1939 will be record
ed as having been the beet dur
ing its forty-eeven years service
to the people of this county
and surrounding community,” J.
R. Hlx, president of the Bank of
North Wllkealboro, told the stock
holders in annual meeting this
morning.
The meeting -was well attended
and harmonious throughout. Op
timism relative to the bank’s bus
iness diiylug the ensuing year was
freely expressed among those at
tending.
J. H. Johnson presided over the
meeting of stockholders and call
ed on President J. R. Hlx and
Cashier R. W. Gwyn for their re
ports, which were received with
much Interest.
The stockholders re-elected dl-
ctats as follows:. B. M. Blask-
bum, Ralph Duncan, R. O. Fin
ley, W. D. Half acre, John E. Jus
tice, Jr., S. V. Tomlinson, J. R.
Hlx and R. W. Gwyn.
Tbe directors In meeting fol-
annual
Ntoth Wllkesboto
‘ ir iTfeiri Jkl
‘lUff, AtoBikt
of tbls nomber'
plM«d la private Mi^pioyaMHHtMU
l.SlB m'pnblio woefea
Htoiag the mbalk o8 -Oe(|8i
bef tbdre were 96 private Fijpa
meata and SI pribUs. BaMH
ttoto totoled 280 lor tMa^:
Tto yearly fte*ves as I
to 1988 toow a drop
plaesments bat Mr. Gen’
plaiaed that the pteptma
ing the past year wore i
conaldered better Joto ud
aeariy of the permanent type ttod
the large number ia 1988, whew
8,064 were placed in' prl-vate eaP-
ployment and IJiti on pttMto
jolM ;
Many of tbe 1888 prlv^ plnap-
mente were on temptwary a^rf-
onltural jobs while in the 1988
total were many who were retell
red for industrial jobs and aiw
now working.
Anguat -with 441 and Septem
ber with 345 were the hi|to
months for placements duiiag
1989. Jannayy was the loweet
month in placements with only
36 Jobs found for applicants tot
private employment.
lowing the stockholders’
»,o» V,, VU.7 ...w—~ meeting re-elected the present of-
in so many vltnlly Important acts jj^ers and added two officers, W.
. TTJ.. AVAW 9A . . ww.aT.iii
B. Gwyn and J. G. 'McNeill being
elected assistant cashiers. The
J — eieuieu
snres him of a permanent niche officers re-elected were J. R. Hlx,
On January 23, banning at
9:00 o’clock a. m., there will be
a one-day poultry short course
held in Caldwell county. The
place of meeting is at the Agri
cultural building in Lenoir. These
schools are held annually by Ex
tension poultrymen from Raleigh,
and other poultry authorities;
Poultrymen from 'Wilkes county
are Invited to attend this one day
school along with poultrymen
from Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga,
Avery, Mitchell, Burke, Catawba,
and Alexander counties. Lectures
_ _ on timely poultry problems, open
One and One-Halt rer Cent flfgc^8Blon8, and demonstrations
Reading the ads. get you moiw
*«r leM money. Tty to
C. Caudill and Malcomb Wyatt.
Other seargents are James T.
pation note only a few days ago.
C. G. Poindexter, Wilkes coun-
Hall, James E. Hayes, Alvin Kll- ty accountant, said today that the
by. Tyre C. McNeill, John
Wallace, Lunnie H. 'White
Barney E. Harrcrid.
V. notes were purchased by Cabar-
and rus National Bank at an interest
rate ot one and one-half per
Corporals are Roby D, Bum- cent,
garner, Lawrence A. Craven, The note was issued to - pay
Tyre L. Hall, Ira B. Tyndall, Has- bonds falling due sootL Tto
gel Jarvis, Paul J. Bumg.vner bonds to be retired are Hve and
and Darner J. Huffman.
pne-half per cent interest bonds.
and other features which should
be of special Interest to all poul
trymen, will make up the pro
gram. The county and ' home
agent of Caldwell county have of
fered a special invitation to all
Wilke# poultrymen. Another item
of special interest wUl he the egg
show. Prizes -will ibe offered for
both brown and white shelled
eggs. These jF{ll!bS ♦111 be do
nated by >to;;^|)nrise8B men
of Lenoir., On* Men con
stitute an entiy, .iad all poultry-
men in WUkea county are Invited
to show their egg*.
The entries 1MII be Judged by
extension po^trymen and wln-
— ■' - awarded immediately follow-
Use the adveriisii^ oolnniBs/o||. Use the advertisiHg edhunBM.^rf
use the advertising oonunns ot Use the adverusmg eonisns « --- ^
tfaie paper as yonr ahoppiag goideil ihie paper as yovr alu^iiiwkalda, the noo
'■fe' ' - ■; -if
president; W. D. Halfacre, vice-
president; S. V. Tomlinson, vice
president; R. W. Gwyn, cashier;
and W. W. Starr, assistant cash
ier.
President Hlx in his report to
the stockholders cited figures
showing the growth of the bank
since 1933. During the six-year
period deposits have increased
125.6 per cent and resources have
more than doubled. He also point
ed out that during 1939 deposits
gained $265,724.21 and resourc
es Increased $230,702.76. The
last statement showed loans and
discounts In the amount of $988,-
320.49. “It may be Inferred from
the increase in this department
that the bank is doing its share
toward meeting the credit needs
of worthy customers,” Mr. Hix
said.
Other parts of his report fol
low:
“The bond investment at the
close of the year was $541,-
785.59. This is aproximalely the
same amount of Investment
shown at the close of the prev
ious year. Mention must be made
here of the low interest rates now
prevailing on bonds and similar
Investments suitable for a 'bank s
portfolio. High grade bonds are
today selling at rates, highest In Secretary-Treasurer of
the history of our country. This association.
> _ 1 A V_ A
Stete H^iway
Patrolman Gets
Car Load liqixM’
gtorf—t lnsl«,.G«te
Trudk and 324 Gsdlooa
Moonshine Wednesday
After a thrilling chase State
Highway Patrol Seargent Carlyle
Ingle yesterday made one of tto
biggest liquor hauls In several
months.
Accompanied ihy Homer Brook
shire, Wilkes game protector, tto
patrolman sighted a new plckap
truck on highway 116 leading to
ward Statesville and when ths
truck was finally overtaken It wae
found to contain 324 gallons of
moonshine liquor In fruit Jars.
Two occupants were In tkw
truck. The officers Immediately
arrested Robert Helms, of Mon
roe. but his negro helper, Joeopk
Corton, also of Monroe, made hJa
escape on foot. He was taken a
short time later after being trail
ed by bloodhounds.
The truck was a 1940 model
and had been driven little. It wa*
confiscated.
Helms and the negro were
placed In the Wilkes jail bnt
Helms was released after posting-
bond of $700 while the negro
filled a $300 bond.
P. C. Association
Meets January 27
—‘ ■ ' V
Indications point to a vwry-lar
ge attendance at the' annual
stockholders’ meeting of the Win
ston-Salem Production Credit An*
Boclation, which will be held ®H
January 27 at the Court Honan
in Winston-Salem at 10:0#
o'clock, according to L. B. Fra^
tto
.'-rSij
condition Is brought about by the
unusually large amount of funds
available for investing. The re
sult of the increased demand for
good bonds has lowered the yield
to an almost unprofitable amount
We are fortunate In having an
Investment account that not only
produces a profitable income but
has a high marketable value.
“To the permanent surplus
fund iwaa added the amount of
$20,360.00 during the year. Our
surplus Is now $96,350.00 and It
is our hope that the Directors
will at their first meeting for the
new year increase this amount tc
$100,000.00. ’The undivided prof
its account as shown on the state
ment is $13,866.63.’’This figure
is exclusive of all reeenres with
the exception of tbe declared De
cember dividend amounting to
$2,600.00. It will be' noted that
onr capital hoconnt was eonalder-
ibly strengthened. It is now
|222,169.88;'re»M«»t«*
mon .etoek $60,000.00; preferred
(CoBtiBued on. 9*4)
A very Interesting and instrue-
tive program has been arranged,
for the association, Mr.. Frandi
said, and much intereet. Is being
manifested by the members. Some
new features will be introduce4.j
In the meeting this year, be aai4>
By special invitation'of the as
sociation, a representative of tbe
Production Credit Cooperation, ot
Colunzhla will make-'* brid ad-
drees at tbe conclusion of tto
business seesion.
The Winston-Salem ProduetiT*
Credit Aasociation serves Alle-
gbaney, Ashe, Cald-wdl, DaTl4».
eon, Forsyth, Stokee,-i8unry. Wa
tauga, WUkee, and Yadkin coun^
ties and :• furnishes short-term
credit tor general agiimUtiual
livestock purposes to its memMM,
Another Baby On
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