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«■ iIgM’. Sheriff D. V. Meekina said,
W body oBlKht he that of J. W. |
' . .. N>ib®r» prp®litent Bllxabeth City |
• 'fiisvrance man who "diw^peared ;
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, Btleigh.-^Tbe death sentence
^ JUobacd llayea, Moohlenhurs {
eonnty lenclmr, has been com- {
BMtted to Ufe Imprisonment and I
‘ ' Jim hfoOre, Pender county mur-
derer. has been granted a re-'
priori, It was announced today. \
The men were sentenced to die |
in the gas cbamiber at Central,
prison Friday morning.
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Statement Of Candidacy
On Wednesday
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ONLY TWO, NOT FIVE
Cairo, Eigypt.—A father’s at-
.%unpt to ward off the "eyll eye”
from his new-horn twins caused
a fidse story of the birth of quin
tuplets to be spread here. A Unit
ed Press oorreepondent, accom
panied by a policennan, went to
a bouse on a dingy back street to
Investigate the story and found
twin babies. The father explained
that according to local supersti
tion the figure five offsets the
“evil eye” so he told his neigh
bors that his wife had had five
babies.
STUDY FARM PROBLEM
Atlanta, Ga.—Republican con
gressmen today were reported
planning a study of the Southern
farm problem motivated by “a
sense of responsibility toward A-
meiica.” Wilson Williams, at
tache of the Republican National
!k>mmittee, said 46 Republican
lawmakers would meet some
where in the South within 40
days to “learn the facts’’ of the
farm problem “without any third
degree methods or efforts to stir
up anti-new deal sentiment.’’
Sam Houston Jones, left, who ran second fo Gov. Earl Long hi the
Louisiana Democratic primaries, embraces James A. Noe, third place
candidate. The vote given Jones entitles him to a run-off election against
Long in February. Noe announced he will swing his support to Jones in an
attempt to beat Long, a brother of the late “Klngfirh” Huey Long. *
N.C.S.E.S. Office Public Assistance
Asked To Furniskjb Wilkes County
Skilled Workmen $7,184 For Month
Several Openings Listed This Funds Paid Out To N^dy
BORAH ESTATE $200,000
Washington.—The late Senator
.ifeUlIam Ip. Borah of Idaho left to
his widow an estate of approil- ^
mately $200,000, almost all of it
In government bonds. This was
disclosed today by Mrs. Borah
who said the bequest was discov
ered in the senator’s safe deposit
box when it was opened by Miss
Grace Heilman, his personal sec
retary for many years, to obtain
his wdll. The will was written by
hand on paper from a Senate tab
le^ It left "everything I have to
I my beloved Mary.”
18,000 POLES KILLED
. Paris.—A white paper Issueo
In Paris by the Polish govern
ment in exile reports the Germans
Imve executed 18,000 Poles of all
rlinf-^ glnce the occupation of
Poland. The white paper charged
the Germans with mass execu
tions In the market places, de
struction of Polish monuments
and churches, and enforcing the
migration of thousands of persons
frotn western Poland to the in
terior In cattle cars during sub-
sero weather. It said 30 children
ware frozen to death in a cattle
car at Sandomlerz.
Week For Well Expert
enced People
The North Wilkesboro office
of the North Carolina State Em
ployment Service, along with oth
er offices of the job ilnding agen
cy. has calls for skilled workers
in various trades, B. G. Gentry,
manager said today.
He explained that the openings |
are in various parts of this and
other states but any persons in
terested may secure additional in
formation by calling at the em
ployment service office on the
second floor of the Bank
North Wilkesboro building.
Openings were reported this
week for workers of the following
types: shop foreman, barber,
watch repairer, aircraft and en
gine service mechanics, block and
asphalt layers, archaeologists,
circular loopers (hosiery), social
workers, cost accountants, pastry
cook, wood mill detailer, librar-'
Ian, medical detailer (solicitor-
salesman), Cooks, designers and
stylists, mechanical engineers, X-
ray technician, spindle carvers
(furniture).
Mr. Gentry also stated that his
office has files of many appli
cants for work. Including a large
list of qualified sales clerks and
that the office would appreciate
mercantile establishments calling
the employment service office
when in need of such workers.
There continues a shortage of
experienced and well recommend-
Aged, Children and Blind
Set New High
Public assistance funds paid
out to needy aged, depjndent
children and blind in Wilkes
county for this month totaled
$7,184.50, Charles McNeill,
Wilkes county superintendent of
welfare, said today. ,,.
This represents a new record
high in total of public assistance
funds paid to needy in the coun
ty-
A total of 566 old people in
the county received $5,000.50,
: making the average monthly
grant approximately $8.99.
Families numbering 142 and
with 337 dependent children re
ceived $1,722.00, the average be
ing about $12.12 per famlly.
Blind persons receiving aid
numbered 36. The vouchers, aver
aging about $13 each, totaled
$462.00.
Mr. L. L. Wyles, of Boomer, ed women for general house
was a pleasant caller at The' work, with calls bedng received
Journal-Patriot office today. ! for either white or colored.
Over 43,000 Lunches Served School
diil^en In 9 Schotds h Six Weeks
Daring the past six weeks of
ahools in Wilkes a total of 43,-
rtP AaiMfeM wore served to chll-
irea In nine school lunch rooms,
icoordlng to Infonmatlon obtained
oday from the office of Charles
ill, Wilkes county welfare
reo and exchange lunches
Bd during the six-weeks per-
Humtoerod 30.411 while 12,-
vore paid for in cash by the
Irra-
Boordlng to the plan now In
hinchee are served free to
Iren from underprlvUeged
ea who »r« ^
or to turnlsb groceriee in
we for >unch. Many of the
Iren to rural homes are able
omlsh Togetoblee or other
M, irhJcli are accepted at
ket prioee in payment for
have the taek of d^
whether or not chil
anthorlUea re^ th^
Sen who M’e
H make better progrew in
and contented
the afternoon houra A
lunch la aerved for only a
uud pie, aalad and other
nay he «*taln«d for a
Many supplies for the school
lunch rooms are furnished by the
S'urplus Commodities Corpora
tion.
Wilkesboro Church
To Have Services
Repairs to the heating plant
will be completed In time for
services to be held Sunday at the
Wilkesboro Baptist church, it
was announced today.
'The heating plant was damaged
by freezing last Sunday and no
services were held. Should the
-furnace not be repaired before
Sunday other heating facilities
will be provided and Sunday
school will be held at 9:45 and
preaching service at 11 a. m.,
church loaders today said.
Plan To Attend
Lincoln Day Meet
Wilkes To Be Well Repre
sented At Annual G. O.
P. Meeting Feb. 12
Many Wilkes county Republi
cans are planning to attend the
Lincoln Da? dinner to be held at
King Cotton Hotel in Greenaboro
Monday evening, February 12,
party leaders said here today.
A record breaking attendance
at the annual party gathering is
expected this year to hear Sena
tor Robert A. ’Taft, of Ohio, one
of the leading contenders for the
Republican nomination for presi
dent next year.
A Wilkes committee on ar
rangements has been appointed
in connection with the dinner
and those from this county who
plan to attend are asked to get
in touch with a member of the
committee not later than Feb
ruary 10 in order that reserva
tions may be made. The commit
tee members are Paul Osborne,
Max Foster, Claude Kennedy, S.
R. Laws and Jim Somers.
Today The Journal-Patriot re
ceived from Ropresentattve W. O.
Burgln his candidacy for renom-
Ination In the primary next year.
The eighth North Carolina dis
trict representative. In a short
four-paragraph statement, said
he would ask renomination on his
record and if the Democratic vot
ers “renew my commission for
an additional two years I shall be
personally most grateful and ap
preciative, and will continue to
serve their every interest with
singleness of purpose.”
C. B. Deane of Rockingham
has already announced he would
oppose Burgln and John Lang,
North Carolina NYA director, is
understood to be contemplating
entering the contest.
The 1938 congressional race In
the eighth district after an
nouncement by Representative
Walter Lambeth of Thomasvllle
that he would retire from Con
gress was most bitterly fought
and resulted In the unique pro-
ceedure of a comittee being ap
pointed to declare whether Deane
or Burgin was nominated.
With Burgin and Deane both
announced candidates the eighth
district apparently is in for some
more hot politics between now
and the primary.
Giles Y. Nerwton, of Gibson, is
also a candidate, being the first
to enter the race. He was one of
the five candidates two years
ago.
Representative Burgin’s state
ment in full follows:
“I am a candidate for re-elec
tion to Congress from the eighth
^district and will seek the Demo
cratic nominaation, to succeed my
self. in the May primary.
"In the time it has been my
prlvdlege to serve as congressman,
I have sought to represent the
district in a manner in keeping
with its Importance. Two years is
but a short time in so great a
body as the Congress of the Unit
ed States, but I am happy to feel
that even in this short time I
have been able to uphold, reason
ably well, the traditions of the
district, always so ably repre
sented.
"I have the honor at tMs time
of being a member of the for
eign affairs committee which,
under existing world conditions,
is regarded as a place of much
responsibility and an opportunity
for public service.
“I shall submit my record glad
ly and without hesitation to the
Democratic voters of the district,
and should they renew my com
mission for an additional two
years, I shall be personally most
grateful and appreciative, and
will continue to serve their every
interest with singleness of pur
pose.”
Now Haife Has*s^ iReason to Bi Sick 1 RdkxFfOni
TI)»^ereiV%iter
Wt^er Arrhres
Temperature ^ncc Monday
Has Been About Normal
For Wintn* Season
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Hans von Appen, IMI, Germsn sailor who tricked the British by
feigning illness 'when the 8. 8. Dosseldorfl was captured by an English
warship, talks to s reporter at Balboa, In the Canal Zone. Von Appm
was pnt ashore at Panama, where authorities found his illness an "act.
He was placed under custody of United States army officials, and In dus,
course, will be turned over to the British as a prisoner of war*
Baptist Pastors Lemer Family
Planning Week For
Study, Fellowship
Program Outlined For Ses- Leon Lemer Ctmvlnced Rus-
Mrs. Presley Myere and son,
Dudley, returned Monday from
Miami, Florida, where they spent
two weeks as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Shoemaker, Mra. Shoe
maker is an aunt of Mrs. Myers.
Mrs. N. S. Forester, Sr., who ac
companied them on the trip, re
mained in Miami to spend the re
mainder of the winter.
Mrs. Lorena Jones
Dies Here Today;
Funeral Friday
Mrs. Lorena Jones, well and
favorably known resident of this
city, dl^ at 5:45 this morning
at her home here. She bad been
111 for several days.
She was a daughter of the late
Irwin and Frances Barbee An
drews, of Orange county, and the
widow of the late James Jones.
She leaves one sister. Miss Net
tie Andrews, of this city, and one
brother, Atlas Andrews, of Okla
homa.
Funeral service will be held at
the home Friday afternoon, two
o’clock with Rev. Eugene Oliva in
charge. Barlal will be in the Bap-'
tlst cemetery.
Wilkes Schools to
Re-open Monday
Because of weather condttlons
a number of Wilkes schools
which closed last week will not
re-open until Monday, February
5, C. B. Eller, Wilkes superinten
dent of sehools, 'said today.
Among the larger schools re
maining closed for the remainder
of this week Instead of re-open
ing yesterday as previously an
nounced are Wilkeebovo, Millers
Creek, Mount Pleasant, Fergnson,
Moravian Falls and schools with
interlocking transportation facil
ities.
Mountain View school re-open
ed Wednesday.
Traphlll re-opened today after
being closed on account of a wat-.
er shortage.
Roaring River school re-opened
■Wednesday.
Honda and Lincoln Heights re
opened Monday.
Mulberry school, which has
transportation facilities Interlock
ing •with North Wilkesboro
school, has not closed and re-
malna in operation.
Closing of a number of the
schools during the severe weath
er was decided upbn by ’ school
authortUee and patrons in the
interest of health and. safety of
the childjren. A prevailing mild
sions To Be Heild In Th?s
City February 12-16
A week of study and fellow
ship is planned by the Wilkes
County Baptist Pastors’ confer
ence to be held February 12-16,
Rev. Eugene Olive, secretary of
the conference, announced today.
The sessions wUThe held in
the Reins-Sturdivant chapel in
this city, beginning each morning
at 9:30 and continuing until
3:30 each afternoon.
Each day will includ^ two per
iods of twenty minutes' each for
the following program:
Devotional—Led by J. G. Huff
man, Ed Hayes, A. E. Watts, S.
L. Blevins, Isaac Watts, C. M.
Caudill, J. M. Wright, Noah
Hayes. B. L. Minton and E. V.
Hicks.
Bible study for one hour, led
by C. C. Holland.
A sermon each day by G. W.
Sebastian, A. W. Eller, E. V.
Bumgarner, A. B. Hayes and
Pervis C. Parka.
A discussion for one hour dally
of “The Mission of Baptilsta To
day,” led by J. C. Pipes, general
missionary.
A study and discussion for one
hour each day of Arthur Went
worth Hewitt’s book, “Highland
Shepherds,” led by Eugene Olive.
Taylorsville Man
IsHeldForThef
Wilkes Officers Arrest Dock
Kerley For.^eft Of
Drug Clera’s Car
Dock Kerley, resident of Tay-
lorsvUle, was arrested yesterday
morning at the home of his broth
er, Ed Kerley, near this city on
a charge of stealing a car in Tay
lorsville Tuesday nl^t.
He is alleged to have stolen a
car belonging to Orayden Bur
gess, which ■was parked on the
street in front of the drag store
where Bargees .. 'was emidoyed.
The car , wa» found wrecked be
tween Pores Knob and Maravlan
Fslle early yeotorday.
■Ihe arrest -waa made by Car
lyle Ingle, state highway patrol
seargent, accompanied 'by Homer
Brookshire
Loses Property
In Polish Town
sia Has Confiscated His
Grandfather’s Property
I*eon Lemer, local merchant
who came to America in the fall
of 1938 from Poland, said today
that he had received word from
his grandfather and a sister, who
are still living in Borislaw, which
until the German-Russlan InvM-
lon wf'.s in southern Poland.
Mr. Lerner said that he had
received little linformatlon about
his relatives since the war except
that they continue to reside In
the oil town.
His grandfather owned an oil
well but Mr. Lerner hae little
hopes that he retained any of
his property, which also included
a mercantile establishment.
Borislaw is in that part of Po
land taken by Russia in the fam
ous split of the country following
the German Invasion. Mr. Lemer
said here today that although he
has no definite information on
the matter, he is convinced that
the Russian government has tak
en all property of any conse
quence in eastern Poland and that
his grandfather has lost all he
possessed.
Leon Lerner is a nephew of
Dave Lerner, prominent Lincoln-
ton merchant who established a
store here last year. Although
the Polish native has been in this
country just a little more than
one year, he speaks English well
and on several occasions has ad
dressed civic groups here relative
to conditions in central Europe.
■He said he feels very fortunate
In being able to come to America
and have the opportunities and
freedom of an American citizen.
Former Minister
In This City Dies
Funeral services for Rev. C. W.
Ma^n, 70, who died early yes-
j«j^v morning at his home in
Iwten, will be conducted Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
hemie of his son, 'VYilllam B. Mar
tin, 2332 Elizabeth avenue, Wln-
ston-iSalem.
Rev. Mr. Martin had been in
good health and active in his
wwk until bds sudden death of a
Jieart attack. He was prominently
Kertey, who recent-[identified with the.Western North
ly completed a road term tori Carolina Conference of the Peiv-
breaking Into the Taylorsville de- tecostal Holiness Church for
pot, made no statement to the
Wilkes offlce« concerning his
guilt or li'p-ooence and was tak
en to Tayloravllle to face chargee.
Attendance Hifirh In ^
SekooU Of The City fMartin, of Hadden, Mrs
There.'was a #7,4 #ar at
tendance In the Worth iWlkea-
■boro high Bchool 4oday while at-
tendance In tha elementary
grades was above 90 per cent,
Paul S. Cragan. aoperintendent,
at noon today.^The high per
centage is coneidared exceedingly
pOo^/coneldertiig weather' condi-
tr* ^■■ ••• a«e« ...
epidemic of colde’^and fln made flons. Very few atndentawere
tt more important tlmjt .chUdren [ported absent on aeconnt of Ul-
be saved all expoanta possible. aAaaa today.
many years, and had held the
pastorate at Malden for some
time.
For several years he made his
home in North Wllkes.boro.
He la survived by his ■widow;
Panllne
C. D.
Bttrchelle of Greenaborm nthi
MiW. G. C. Morris of Charlotte;
two sons, William B. Martin^ of
Wlnaton-Salem and C. J. Martin
of Martlnaburg^ W. Va.
Following the fnneral tomor
row, bnrial will be made in Green
Hfll Cemetery In Greenaboro.
Ur. and iHn. Palmer Horton, of
tbta eHy, were Charlotte vliitora
iA
today. .
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Although the weather alnoa
Monday has been as cold as aver
age wintM^ days ..here, it has been
a reli^ from the sub-zero temper
atures which prevailed e a c ll
morning from Friday until Mon
day .
The mercury rose slowly Mon
day but sufficiently to melt some
of the snow which fell on Jan
uary 23.
On Tuesday morning the. skies
were overcast and snow feU light
ly until noon, the new sB^
reaching a depth of less than ene
inch. Since that time the temper
ature has been about normal tor
winter weather.
Meanwhile plumbers have been
working frantically trying to
catch up with the many calls to
thaw out and repair frozen water
pipes, which have been most num
erous.
Greater difficulty has been ex
perienced because the intense
cold in many places froze the
water in the pipes leading from
mains to residences and business
houses.
Today the weather man promis
ed continued relief from cold with
fair weather and slowly rising
temperatures.
Only One Marriage
License In Month
Setting a new low record for
Wilkes county, only one license
to wed was issued iby Oid Wllee,
Wilkes register of deeds, since
January 1.
The only couple since that data
obtaining a marriage llcensa iBr ■
Wilkes was Raleigh Moore and
Topsy Estep, residents of tha
Gllreath community, on January
13.
Mountain Lions
Beat Statesville
High School Team Wins In
Thrilling Contest Here
32 to 30 Tuesday Night
Mountain Lions of the North
Wilkesboro high schools scored a
32-30 victory over Statesville
high here Tuesday night in the
season’s most exciting game In
the local high school gymnasium.
Going into the last quarter the
Mountain Lions were trailing
20-24 and before the game ended
the score was knotted four times.
Crook sank the deciding shot in
the last minute of play.
Lineups and individual scores
follow:
N. W^ilkesboro 32 30 Statesville
Crook 4 Brown
Steelman 8 14 Harris
Dancy 4 1 Hoffman
Kenerly 2 7 'Walters
Roblnett 8 4 Hooper
Campbell 2 Keller
Williams 4 Johnson
Craven Mayhew
North Wilkesboro thus far hu
enjoyed a successful season with
seven victories against only three
defeats.
The next game here will be
with Elkin on Friday night, Feb
ruary 9.
Wrist Fractured In
Fair On Sidewalk
J. H. Whicker, Sr., prtHnlnent
local attorney, suffered a com-,
pound fracture of his .right ■wrist
Tuesday ■when he slipped and fell
on the ice on the sidewalk near
his home Tuesday afternoon. The
injury was treated at the Wllk^
hospital and he continues work
ing at his office, although he may
not be able to use his arm for
several weeks.
'lr
Hip Brdcen While
Ridmg On Sleigh
Harold Sturdivant, 13-year-oW
son Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
divant, of 'Wllkeshoro, was baiiy
Injured Monday afternoon
sleigh riding on what is knomr.jl#
Ronssean Hill near WOkeeboit*.
The SBOW Bled failed la maka
a curve on the oonrae which ha^ .'
become very popular tflth
riding enthnstaata aad hla '
was thrown agalaat a faaaai
He Sa now a patlant at tha'Will
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