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^T' IswWmig, Jan. 28.—^W. L. Ltunp
Un, ef Louisburg, who managed
®t. Ralph W. UcI>oiialp8 guber
natorial campaign in 1939, said to
day he would decide within the
next two weeks whether he would
run for Congress in the fourth
district. Harold D. Cooley, of
Naaliville, incumbent, is expected
to saek re-election. Both men are
Dmnocrats. Lumpkin, a veteran
legislator, said he had made sur
veys of Wake, Johnston, Vance,
Randolph and Chatham counties,
and had received many promises
A ^ support.
Heeds Pleas Of
Constitiioite To
Stay In Office
Highway Forces
Wo^
To (3ew Roads
Is A Candidate
ctporatioiui
aantly In Snow TonMako
Travel Possible '
Vetersui Solon Issues State
ment In Nation’s Capi
tal Saturday
CAPITOL GUESSING
Washington. Jan. 26—President
Roosevelt started a fresh wave of
' . political guessing today by holding
, conference with two men whom
' ^^ohn L. Lewis denounced last fall
on the grrounds that they enter
tained “sceret plans to launch a
third term boom.’’ The two are
Norman M. Littell, assistant at
torney general; and Marshall E.
Dimock, second assistant secretary
■ of labor. They visited the White
House in company with Oscar L.
Chapman, assistant secretary of
the interior. Upon emerging,
they would say nothing to repor
ters.
CONVICTION AFFIRMED
New York, Jan. 26—The convic
tion of Jame.s J. Hines, a fallen
Tammany district leader under
four to eight-year sentence for
acting as the political "iront” for
the Dutch Schultz policy racket,
was affirmed unanimously today
by the appellant division of the
State Supreme court. At the same
tiaM IfagiStmta Hulon Capshaw,
■ W U**yinay gfe
prosecution to have been “filled”
or improperly influenced by the
oH boss, was removed from the
bench.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Yield
ing to the “spontaneous mandate’’
of the people of his district. Rep
resentative Robert L. Doughton
of the Ninth North Carolina dis
trict today announced chat he will
again allow his name to go before
the people for renomination and
re-election.
Doughton, 77-year-old chair
man of the House ways and
means committee, issued the fol
lowing statement:
“Upon the publication of my
decision to retire from Congress
at the end of the present term, a
stream of letters, telegrams, tele
phone calls, and petitions came
to me from every part of our dis
trict strongly urging a reconsid
eration. These messages, while
touching me deeply, did not sway
me from the position talcen in
my original announcement. To
them I replied that I felt my de
termination to be proper and ful
ly justified and that I hoped and
trusted that the people of the dis
trict would understand my situa
tion and therefore concur in my
decision.
‘Thousands’ of .Appeals
“To my surprise and embar
rassment, the appeals, instead of
diminishing, have progressively
increased in both force and vol
ume until literally thousands of
them have ibeen receive^. This
to reeoBaldai,
C. Wayland SpruUl, of Bertie
county, a prominent farmer
and state senator for the third
district, has announced his can
didacy for the Democratic nom
ination for Commissioner of
.Ygrlculture.
Highway workmen of the
Eighth division worked valiantly
during the recent snow to make
travel possible.
Peffsons visUiing this ftart of
the state have been liberal In
their praise of highway commis
sion employes who did such a
good job of keeping the highways
practically clear of snow and In
passable condition.
Trucks and snow drags began
Tuesday morning as soon as the
snow started Its blanket of white
and continued until the Job was
completed.
They worked all day Tuesday
and all that night and kept the
snow dragged off the highways
as it fell. When motorists got out
Wednesday morning they found
the snow had been, cleared away
and traffic on the highways con
tinued without serious handicap.
On some of the mountain
highways snow would have en
tirely blocked them had it not
been for the vigilance of the
(Continued on page 4)
Jan. 31
Is Cundidate
^Unless Weather
Condhioiu Are
Worse h County
Paul Grady, of Smlthfield,
whose annoanceinent as a can
didate for the Democratic nom
ination for Goveronr will ap
pear in Tuesday morning’s
papers.
Holding Youth For
Misrepresentation
Mercury Sets New
Record Low Here
Har Been Selling High Pric
ed Magazines For Only
One Dollar Per Year
SLASH FARM RELIEF
y Washington, Jan. 26.—A cut of
* 9100,000,000 below budget esti
mates for agricultural relief in the
1940 year beginning July 1, next,
was forecast tonight as an econo-
^m&Bilnded house appropriations
'-Afiuh-committee “tore into” the
pending farm supply bill determin
ed to outdo the President in ef
forts to curb expenditures. (Com
pletely ignoring the protests of or-
gcnixed agriculture against the ef-
: ^1^ feeting of savings in federal reve^
nues at the expense of the farming
indnstries, and a demand for $607,-
OOOJWO for parity payments, the
Mlh^mmittee has proceeded with
h’tareful analysis of each appro
priation item and has used the
er my decision culminated yester
day In the coming to Washington
of a large delegation, which I be
lieve was truly representative of
the pco'ple throughout the dis
trict. This delegation urged, in
the .strongest terms, that 1 again
permit my name to go before the
people for renomination and re-
election. They insisted that this
was not only their sentiment but
was the almost universal desire
of the people in the communities
from which the members of the
delegation came.
“The argument advanced by
them and many others, to which
I am unable to give a satisfac
tory answer, was to the effect
that I should not voluntary re
linquish a position of extraordi
nary Influence which is of par
ticular value, especially at this
time, to the people of this district
and of the state. It was further
(iHdest Resident
w Of County P asses
pencil to mark down those fori pointed out that I should sub-
wUch the sponsors could not pro-• ordinate my personal eonsidera-
vide both an economic and a poll- tions in deference to the desires
tieml defense. of those who by their continued
support and loyalty have enabled
me to gain the responsible posi-
ti6n I now occupy.
■ No person possessing a proper
degree of gratitude and sense of
duty could long withstand press
ure of such cogent nature.
"Even since the delegation re
turned to North Carolina last
night.” he said “messages have
been pouring in insisting that 1
permit the people of our district
to return me to Congress.
“Bowing to the weight of these
requests, which I feel have reach
ed the proportions of a spo^ntane-
ous mandate, I am reluctantly a-
Mary Parka, Ex-Slave, Die#
Of Cold and Exposure
At Age Of 112
Mineral service was held Sun
day at Poplar Springs church for
MH7 Parks, Wilkes county’s old-
eat resident, an ex-slave who Is
to have rea-^hed the age
ot 112 before her death Friday
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today that his department Is
holding a Florida youth on a
charge of obtaining funds for
;^rii>e pubscriptlohs by mtarep-
r^ntation.
According to information ob
tained by Chief Walker, he had
been representing himself as a
subscription agent for Life and
other high priced magazines and
was charging only one dollar per
year.
He told the chief his real name
was Vonagenbaugh. although
Jack King and J. C. Duncan are
two ot his aliases. Police contact
ed magazine offices for which he
had told customers he was work
ing and found that he had no
connection, instead, they asked
that he be held.
The youth, who said his age
wa.s 22, that he was a college
graduate and had worked hi#
racket in over half the 4 8 states,
told Chief Walker that he “sold
a thousand in Georgia.”
Today the young man was
hailed into city court here and
given 30 days on the roads.
Commenting on the case, W. P.
Kelly, executive secretary o f
North Wilkesboro’s Commerce
Bureaus, called attention to the
fact that there is a city ordinance
which makes it unlawful to so
licit business in the city without
first obtaining a permit.
The ordinance was passed at
the request of the Better Busi
ness Bureau and Is for the pro
tection of the public, Mr. Kelly
said. Persons apiproached by so
licitors should ascertain whether
or not the solicitors have obtain
ed such permit and should care
fully examine any propositions of
fered.
Sub-Zero Weather Four Consecutive Days
Sets New Record For Prolonged Frigid
Temperature In Wilkes ,
The temperature tumbled here
Friday' morning sere^
sent
timers claim Is a new Tow re^rd
for Wilkes.
Thermometers at the state
highway machine shop and at the
North Wilkesboro wate." works,
usually recognized as reliable, re
corded eight below while many
individuals reported their ther
mometers registering all the way
from four below to 14 below.
Thermometers at the, C. C.
Camp near Laurel Springs on the
Blue Ridge recorded 20 below
Friday morning.
Amateur weather observers
here frequently argued about
whether the temperature was low
er Friday morning than the low
est recorded in 1918.
'The low temperature f’rlday
morning was only a beginning of
f the most prolonged period of
sub-zero temperatures ever re
corded here.
On Saturday morning the mer
cury again sang below zero, read
ings of from one to eight de
grees beiow being recorded In
different sections of the county.
On Sunday the most reliable
thermometers here said eight be
low and the frigid weather con
tinued this morning with a four
degree below reading.
Similar reports come from
many North Carolina cities, Win
ston-Salem setting a new low Sun
day morning with teh ibelow,
The cold wave has covered the
entire nation with parts of Flor
ida having sub-freeziing weather
with resultant heavy damage to
citrus and vegetable cropsi
The only part of Wilkes to es-
eai^'sab-sbro taquMBBriHree vax
Ronda and Mnlberry Only
Central School# In Oper
ation Today
Unless there Is more snow or
weather conditions become oth
erwise worse, Wilkes county
schools which have been closed
on account of the weather will
Xeri>pen on Wednesday, January
81, C. B. Eller, Wilkes superin
tendent of schools, said today.
A survey of the county schools
this morning revealed that Ron
da school re-opened today after
being tlosed since last Tue^ay
and will remain open if conditions
do not become more unfavorable.
iMulberry school has not closed
and will remain in operation.
Roaring River, Mountain 'View
and Mount Pleasant schools
closed on Tuesday. The other
larger schools closed Friday.
No serious damage was report
ed to plumbing and heating plants
at the schools, although one pipe
was bursted at Wilkesboro school.
Schools did not close because
of road conditions but on ac
count of the extreme cold and be
cause parents and school authori
ties did not want to endanger
health of children by exposure
necessary in going to and from
school. A mild epidemic of flu
and colds made it all the more
important that county schools
close for a few days.
Lo^Fimnen-
Engaged
BIam At Home Chair Cooi-
paay Sunday Does Con-
sldwable Damage
la the coldest weath« in ys-
tory ot tihe dty, NozUi v W^hw-
boro’s firs ilsMsrtspil taassiaBi^
iy fought Gje iino duriaig the
week-end. ' .
The most serious of the hkiaes
from the standpoint of property
damage ocenred about two o’dock
Sunday afternoon when the de
partment was called to the Home
Chair company plant to put out a
fire In a carload of excelsior
stored in the upholstery divlsIoB
of the plant.
Firemen threw water on the con-
flagaration for some time bat
were unable to completely eRtia-
gulsh the blaze and then worked
fast in carrying out the burning
material. Damage from the blase,
of undetermined origin, was esti
mated at more than $1,500. T%e
damage wag mainly to materials
and the plant was not badly dam
aged.
Sunday about noon firemen ans
wered a call to the home of George
Moore In Woodla'wn, •where die
house had caught from a flue. Hie
blaze was put out but some dam
age was done to the building.
' Sunday about. one o’clock the
residence occupied by W. G. Ga
briel and family' on D street
caught.fire between the ceiling and
firemen put out the fire by use of
chemicals. Little damage waa
done.
On Saturday morning the A. E.
Spainhour residence on Kensington
one-way drive caught from a flue
aibove the kitchen and the fire was
put out with little damage.
On Saturday just before aoom
the fire department wag called Is
hove was the lowest tempMStnra
recorded. With the mercury fall
ing to four below here this morn
ing, 21 above wts as low as It
reached at the home of H. H.
Morehouse on the Brushies.
In the Blue Ridge sections of
the county several thermometers
were not constructed to record as
low as it reached, being from 16
to 20 below each morning since
Friday. The 20 below at the C.
C. Camp at Laurel Springs was
the lowest in the eastern part of
the • country Friday below the
Mason-Dixon line. Mount Mitchell
had a low of ou.y 12 below Fri
day.
Local plumbers have been be-
seiged with numerous calls to
thaw frozen water pipes and pipes
have been reported as frozen in
many homes where that trouble
had never before been experienc
ed.
On Friday morning practically
all cars in use were troubled
with frozen radiators, although
they had been filled with anti
freeze materials for zero-temper
ature protection.
With the snow remaining on
the ground so steadfastly, many
motorists hastened to equip their
cars with chains and several deal
ers sold out quickly and had to
go to wholesale supply houses for
more. Car antl-freeze prepara
tions have also been much in
demand.
Today the weather forecasters
predicted slowly rising tempera^
tures and cloudiness Tuesday.
The
JiUIe trouble.
” wio $u1: out "
morning.
aged nev;ro for many years
Itred alone In the Roaring
community and she was
dead by a neighbor, An-
Petty, colored, at her home
Coroner I. M. Myers, who
l^yeatlgated the death and deem
ed an Inquo-t unnecessary, said
apparently she died from old
age end expoeure. Her body was
• on the floor and there were burn
ed matches indicating that she
tried to start a fire.
Her nearest relatives are two
-jajfea and two nephews. Atten-
-was first centered on her age
'M tew years ago when she applied
for old age aaelstance but could
-dt kmlsh documentary proof
gke was 65. Finally, some
nSraa.vboee age wm »Mut 70
ggftjfled that Mary
middle age
noall ehUdren.
greeing to the use of my name in
the coming primary. It shall be
my purpose to conduct no cam
paign for the nomination, either
offensively or defensively, as the
people of the district know my
record. My duties in WasWngton
are extremely heavy at this time
and will continue to require ray
undivided attention until the Con
gress adjourns, which will doubt
less be some time after the May
primary. Therefore, I shall attend
to them with the whole of my
physical and mental ability, leav
ing the primary to take its course,
and shall awal't patiently and ac
cept the result complacently.”
Alton Pardue Still Missing; F. B. 1.
Agents Called In To Assist On Case
Parks
when
had
they
School Attendance
Near Normal Here
130
> forests
problems of the
on acre# of commercial for-
owned by
farmers " is
the utmo^ attention of
•Bd State agencies.
Attendance in North Wilkes-
boro schools was 93 per cent in
the high school and 86 In the
elementary grades, Paul S. Cra-
gan, superintendent, said today.
Unless conditions become more
unfavorable it is expected that
the city schools will continue in
operation.
No word has yet been received
relative to the whereabouts of
Alton Pardue, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Pardue, of Roaring
River, who disappeared on De
cember 19.
Father and' mother of the
young man, age 26, were in this
city Saturday and reported that
there have been no new (fivelop-
ments in the investigation of his
disappearance. They did say,
however, that agents ot the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation are
now assisting in the investigation
of the mystery.
A body found at Palm Beach,
Florida, several days ago was
considered a possible clue, al
though it has not been definitely
identified. Alton's parents have
sent pictures to aid in' i»o8slble
identification.
Hie body, found in a pool,
waa bound hand and foot and was
swollen to such an extent that
identification was diftloalt.
Mr. Pardue had been teaching
at Laurel Hill near Hamlet and
had been getting along excellent
ly with his school dutlea He left
on December 19 with the an
nounced intention of spending the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents at Roaring River and has
not been heard from since that
date.
Local Man Wins
Five Dollar Prize
William O. Johnson, of 607 C
street. North Wilkesboro, sub
mitted a cartoon beading which
won over several hundred others
In the Charlotte Observer’s week
ly title line cartoon contest. An
nouncement of the judges’ decis
ion was contained in the Observer
Sunday. "Getting a PnMlc Her
ring” was the winning title sub
mitted
Two New City Buses
Put Into Operation
The Wilkes Transportation
company, •which operates buses in
the Wilkesboro# and on leading
highways to neanby communities,
added two new modem buses
Saturday.
The buses, wlthi modem bodies,
constmeted on Cheyrolet chassis
purchased through Gaddy Motor
company, have eyery, modem
convenience and .Tldt (tdd greatly
to comfort of'passengers.
At the close of the first term
on January 19 two hundred and
ninety-two pupils in North Wil
kesboro high school completed
their examinations. Of these, 43
were placed on the scholarship
honors list. Eighteen were listed |
for Highest Honors and 25 forj
Honor Rating. By grades they
are distributed 11 in grade eight,
12 in grade nine, 13 in grade ten,
and seven in the senior class.
Following are listed the stu
dents making* highest honops and
those receiving honor ratings by
grades:
Highest Honors
Eighth Grade: Samuel Black,
Kern Church, Clarice Snelson,
Bill Halfacre.
Ninth Grade: Wade Palmer,
Hill CaAton, Ward Eshelman,
Carl Coffey, Margaret Rhodes,
Josephine Martin.
Tenth Grade: Henry Landon,
Betty Halfacre, Helen Phillips,
Lucille Rhodes, Betty Rhodes.
Eleventh Grade: Cora Pruitt,
Alice Wells, Dorothy Jennings.
Honor Rating
Eighth Grade: Ruth Wyatt,
Peggy Nichols, Miriam Phillips,
Gladys Templeton, Donald Gold
en, Mary Moore Hix, Henry
Waugh.
Ninth Grade: Grant Stewart,
Mildred Stafford, Lucille Coving
ton, Mildred Elledge, Grace Mill
er, Christine Byrd.
Tenth Grade: Sherwin Turner,
D. T. Bush, Edna Absher, Betty
Hunter, Wanda Kerley, Pauline
Btungamer, Pearl Dancy, Kath
erine Finley.
Furnace Bursts
At Chuch Sunday
Wilkesboro Baptist Calls Off
Service When Heating
Plant Burst.#
Services were called off at tha
Wilkesboro Baptist church Sun
day because the heating plant had
frozen and bursted.
A fire was placed in the fur
nace early Sunday morning and
apparently everything was going
good but when the water had
completed its circuit it was found
that pieces of piping, were brok
en and all the steam blew out. No
more services can be held at the
church until repairs on the plant
are made, church officials said
today.
Local Youth Is
Critically Hurt
Mack Kerley Receives Lun|j
Puncture In Sleigh Rid
ing Accident
Eleventh Graae: Heloise Bil
lings, Paul Haigwood, Ray Jen-ldltion today was
nlngs, Lwene Jones, Wayne Hall.' slightly improved.
Mack Kerley, 13-year-old son
of Mrs. Nellie Kerley, was report
ed today as being in a critical
condition from ‘an Injury receiv
ed Friday evening while sleigh
riding.
His sleigh collided with a truck
on F street about five o’clock. He
suffered a puncture of his right
lung.
He was carried immediately to
the Wilkes Hospital and his eoa-
reported-^' an
Club Directors In
Meeting Thursday
Bo€ird of directors of the
North Wilkesboro Klwanls clnb
met on Thursday evening at Ho
tel Wilkes with W. E. Jones as
host.
Committee chairmen' had ^00^
reports- for the litssting, set^na
out actlvlUw and *1^
year. ' v'..-
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She* “Oh fBi, t lom ♦o.’?
Hei ‘XJreiit’' •Thalia
ed by Mr. Johnson. .wp
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Local People Receive Invitation To
Openii^; Halifax Constitutional House
Invitations have beep received
by some of the North Wilkesboro
people to attend the opening of
the constitutional house at Hali
fax, N. C. on February 2nd. This
occasion is sponsored by the
North Carolina Daughters of the
Aaierican Revolution.
.This historic shrine wherein
was written the first Conatitntion
of the state of North Carolina
12. 1776. has been, restored
to It’s original' exterior and fur
nished with furniture ot the co-
krniai.p^bd: .
oi^kkin is ot special inter-
people of this conn-
Which ait that time was a part
of Surry county. A member of
the convention was Charles Gor
don, who with his brother, Georga
Gordon, were the first settlMs
here. Charles Gordon built the
first frame house in thds ^hty.
It was built on the hill-top where
Rogan RotiBseau and hts mother
DOW live. This building several
years ago 'was moved to anotlNr
location, and is In fine conditloa.
It is now occupied ^y Mr. Ahd
Mrs. D. J. Carter. Of furthw to-,
terest is the fact thak -Ghayiaa
Gordon was the great-glwabijMi^
grandfather of Rogan, Jnttok*
Archie and J- Pr Hhqs«M uM
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