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Koiib Cerolhia.
for vtr-
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: «>t mot* tluA |}60
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a."-lapMioaaU
■Daeiftac raids
m
tfamdi OOwTntaK resflwMV
Ntfltat or wosiadlnf It* iwnoas
nii'fiMir Msstod'a BortMtoand pss-
■HW train sa alias Inslds Ghl-
Bsaatanttory. Tsn of thosa Ulled
or hut In tits ratil, which wtoclr-
^ 0 OirMae, dastrored ^a train.
aaO Otarantad traftle on tha line,
war* woortad to >a occidentals.
Muy Ttanehaan are employed
- OB the lUlway.
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1^
Of
[ BWBONE JM>BBERY
' * nprineOald. ifo.. Fob. 2.—Rob-
han,:iisad talepIUH^ instead of
•BBS In Spitnsfield’s slickest
haak raid nad walked away with
1^,eoa hetors Union. National
»Pkak employes eren became su-
aplelons. TeUer Arthur Sanders
waa at Innch. Six telephone calls
with take msaeages took tellers
away from adjoining cages. Su-
apSetons of a clerk who saw two
atrangers loiter near Sanders’
cage, then stroll away, led to dls-
' coeery that $4,000 was missing.
Orticials deduced that the loit
ers had used a stick to drag cur
rency within reach.
lhs„flS|S,iKO^ o« eJ*a^ f«*
Wilkes ta^mWa aa fpafaawu for
at tha'^ten^ mn« ‘IMi'‘^"auk
*S^4WijtoMed to tha tm-
ers, Dan H&ller, Wilkes county
agent, s^d' today.
He explained, hoiwerer. that
only SC checks hare arrired, rep-
reeenttng the ''tlret aippUcattone
for peyment sent in some tinie
ago, and that others will he ar-
rtrlng at different interrals. He
said it would be unnecessary for
any farmer to call for a check un
til he has been notified that it
h«s arrired at the office.
The 96 checks which hare ar-
rlred totaled $1,296.50, areraglng
only $13.50 each. The low aver
age la explained by the fact that
deductiona were made for the
payment of lime and phoephate
purchased at government price
and used In compliance with the
program. Had the value of lime
and phosphate purchased been
Aattslroraft gimaers aheaid »
SwettSk maa e' war le As grif ef
BeOala ^aetiee wMh ihclr weataa
—one ef the asset daedy gene made
te coanteraot the warplane threat.
Althengh Sweden remains neutral,
she oontinnn to intensify defense
added, the average payment j
represented a greati
would have
sum.
SAYS U. S. MUST HELP
New York, Feb. 2.—Former
President Herbert Hoover declar
ed tonight that If the war were
long drawn-out the United States
would ‘‘need to meet the question
of femlno and pestilence over the
whole of Europe.’’ He said that
but for American food and Amer
ican relief in 1918 “famine, pesti
lence, and communism would
have engulfed Europe.’’ In a
jipeeeh .prepared -for the -Oversea*
Press Cluib of America, Mr. Hoov
er urged that this country re-
g main at peace because “the
chance for civilization in Europe
to come back again may depend
akbn America.”
FARM FUNDS SLASHED
Washington, Feb. 2. — The
House tonight passed and sent to
the Senate the $722,001,084
Ai>m.*api>roprlation bill, slashed
'''^h'^,928,434 below “bed-rock”
budget eetlmates despite warn
ings from President Roosevelt
and other administration leaders
that the cuts threaten to Impair
_ [eultural economy. Leaders
eld members In overtime session
to dispose of the bill so that a
week-end adjournment can be
va.knn They had given op hope
privately of restoring any of the
major cnjp made -by the appro-
piiattKis committee.
Each Farmer Must
To Begin Work OniOutline Plan Of
Community House Year s Activities
Materials Being Placed On
Grounds For Erection Of
Morawian Falls Building
All To Be Interviewed Rela
tive To Plans As They
Receive 1939 Payments
b Earuest'Plea Of
fTheHealthCBM
V and Blood loat Laws
Most Be Enforced
( ‘ "Save ths Babies," , was the
«tea of i)r4%’ J. !ihlBr,-y Wllkea
hsalOi. officer^ a* he
jjljniwnnit NorOk^v^Qimtint
and wmed thhfb (wopl*
itttottld obey them.' . -
He pointed out that there
have been several oases diph-
i theria in Wilkes county and some
'deaths from the disease,' despite
the fact that a law making It
, mandatory for parents to have
babies six months of age and old
er immunized went into effect
ceverst months ago. H,. the law
had been observed. Dr. nler said,
much suffering and even death
could have been prevented.
The other law which he dis
cussed was the statute which
makes it compulsory for every
expectant mother to hare a blood
test made In the early stages of
pregnacy. The main iKiFpose of
this law. Dr. Eller said, is to
save babies from being born deed,
deformed or diseased because of
syphilis. By way of explanation
he pointed out that in case an ex
pectant mother has syphilis, the
baby can 'be saved from death,
deformities or other disastrous
results by treating the mother
early. Expectant mothers treated
over a sufflctent thne before
childbirth may give birth to a
healthy child even If the mother
has the disease, he said.
Hd warned that the law must
be enforced In order to “save the
baMes.”
SAVING
Fur D^PMoratk
StnlfCuweidHiii
SHERIFF
CLAUDE T. DOUOH’TON
I. M. MYERS
^eld
GAiOfER TS PRIMARY
WBfthlngton, Feb. 2. — ^ ice
President John N. Gamer tonight
announced his willingness to
enter his name In a Georgia Dem
ocratic presidential preference
prittaryi^ if >“« Is held, in what
wan Interpreted as a bid for
soBthem conservative support as
well aa a maneuver to force the
bolding of a primary. 'The 71-
Texan who announced he
-«ronld seek thee Democratic pres-
Identtat nomination regardless
Prwldent Roosevelt
ninp^r a third term, made
knoira hie Intention In an ex-
AfmM ot letters with conserva.-
^^^Mtor WaUer P. George
(D), Qh-« vrhoan Mr. Roosevelt
aonght to displace in his 1938 po-
UtA||a perge.
‘rClinic
f^Or^edSth
B* Cooihicteii At The
-HoeoiUl; Asked
Attendance Cr^pled
another clink! tor trm examl-
of crippled children will
bgl^d *t the Wilkes hospital on
E iUbdgy, Pebpuary 8 Dr- A- ^
lor, Wilkes county health ofn-
oer, ;enld today-
clinic, which is sponsored
Hm NortJi WUksnboro Kiwanls
►efaTIi a part of its work for
ehfldren, will be
j>P O. U Miller, an
0iifgeon from Char^
, jionltb dsfpaitment Is ssk-
«11 crippled and de-
ehildren, lie pranent £«
>Minfe and asks the cRlsen-
of the eonsty to cooperate
mich ceeae to t»e piee-
People of the Moravian Palls
community, whose NYA project
failed to gain approval because of
technicalities, are going ahead
with plans for erection of their
buildings -
Today workmen were engaged
in hauling stone for construition
of the foundation and chimney J
for the structure, which will be
24 by 40 feet in size. Some of
the lumber has already been
placed on the lot, which was do
nated by R. Don Laws, a promi
nent citizen of the community.
The stone for the foundation and
chimney is comiug from the old
Moravian Falls mill site and was
donated by Duke Power com
pany.
Tihe project will be a coopera
tive affair with the people of the
community participating and
many have already subscribed
substantial gifts in materials and
cash. Those who have not paid
their cash subscriptions are asked
by the building committee to pay
them as early as possible to Mrs.
W. C. Hendren or Mrs. Cecil
Howell.
Actual construction of the
building will get under way as
soon as weather conditions per
mit.
Sixteen Football
Boys Get Letters
PresentatiMi Here Friday;
Squad Will Lose Nine
Through Graduation
I
Coach Jack Massey presented
letters Friday to sixteen members
of the Mountain Lions football
squad for the -past season.
’The presentations were made
by Mr. Massey, who served his
first year as coach and enjoyed a
reasonably successful season, at
the school chapel assembly per
iod.
'Those receiving letter* were
George Roblnett, Ward Kenerly,
Bucky Fnw, Bob Johnson, Royal
Johnson, Don Craven, Paul Halg-
wood, Zane Foster, Raymond
Minton, Walter Call, John I. Hy-
ere, Houston Steelman, Bob Mc
Coy, l,pmax Crook, Charles Shat-
ley and George Campbell.
Oraduation this year will take
a toll of nine letter men. 'IlLoee
to be lost to the sQuad by gradu
ation will be Bob and Royal
Johnson, Don Craven, P:.ul Halg-
wooid, Raymond Mloton, Walter
Call, Hooeton Steelman, Charles
Shatley and George Campbell.
As each Wilkes farmer on the
soil program calls at the office
of the county agent to receive his
check in payment for compliance
with the government’s farm pro
gram In 1939, he Is interviewed
by Lawrence Miller, chief clerk
ot the Triple A In Wilkes, and
he outlines plans for hie farm for
1940, Dan Holler, county agent,
said today.
In a letter being gent out to
each farmer notified to call for
■his check Mr. Holler said: “Un
less yoiu make this farm plan you
will not be on the program and
cannot receive any of its benefits.
This was what was known as the
‘old sign up’ and everyone who
participates in the 1940 pro
gram must make out one of these
plans.”
Further discussing the program
and urging farmers to partici
pate, the county agent said: “To
take advantage of this offer will
mean that you should make every
effort to Improve your farm with
this federal aid. To reject the
program you will sit' idly by and
let your farm continue to waste
away and became less productive.
“With wars in progress
throughout the world, America
may be called upon to produce to.
Wilkes Schook
Re-Opened Today
An School* Except Traphill
In Operation; Water
Shortage There
All Wilkes county schools with
the exception of Traphill were In
operation today, C. B. Eller, coun
ty schools superintendent, said
this afternoon.
Traphill school remains closed
for a few days on account of wat
er shortage.
Six of the larger schools were
closed all last week on account
of weather condition^ but re
opened today In much milder
weather than prevailed a week
ago when for the fourth consecu
tive day the mercury sank below
zero.
The schools which re-opened
today after being closed last week
included Wllkesboro, Millers
Creek, Mount Pleasant, Ferguson,
Mbravian Falls, Cricket and oth
er smaller schools with interlock
ing transportation fwllitle*.
Mountain View, Ronda and
Roaring River re-opened last
the fullest extent within the next* >*ek and Mulberry school has
operated without Itttertnlsslon.
Alaskan Roses Bloom
Juneau, Alaska, Feb. 1.—Ro»-
es are in bloom as the warmest
January in weather bureau rec
ords draws to a close. Yesterday’s
61 degrees was a record for the
date. Coldest this mouith was 29.
few years. In case such a demand
should be made the best defensa-
we could have would be a pro
ductive soil and a well managed
agriculture. I aim calling on you,
as a farmer and as a citizen of
this state and nation, to do your
part in carrying out the purposes
of this program.’’
List Of Eligibles For Wilkesboro
Postoffice Position Is Released
Along with other sheriff* and coroners in North Carolina’s 100
eonntie*, WOkee Sheriff Clande T. Donghton and Coroner L M.
Myera are Berring four-year terms and there will be no election for
sheriff or looroner untfl 1942. The decision on two or four-year terms
for sheriffs and ceroaers because of a constitutional amendment
voted in 1938 maa handed down Friday by the North Carolina su
preme court.
LONG TERMS FOR SHERIFFS
AND CORONERS IS UPHELD
ABSOlilCraLT
Ward Not To Enter
Gubernatorial Race
Raleigh, Fob. 4.—D. L. Ward,
of New Bern, speaker of the.
1939 house ot representatives
and frequently mmitioned as a
possible candidate fdr the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination,
removed himself brom oonkldera-
tton tonight.
Ward said; “I am not a can
didate this time."
A teacher was giving his das* a
lednre on charity.
“Willie,” he said, "if I saw a
boji beating a donkey, and I stop
ped him front doing so, whnt vir-l $2,624
tne should I be showing?” Ithose recelvjto* refunds for pay
•Brotimriy Love," Willie i«bort.|meiVt8 of the Inralldaled p-
ed promptly.
Local Firm (^ts
Big Tax Refund
The North Carolina Auction
company, a Nocth WUkeeboro
boslMSB firm, mm Amo°a fbe list'
released by the tt^nry depart
ment at Wasblngt^, D. C:, Fri-
daiy as reeetv9lk wAstantlal tax
refunds.
‘The amount'of-the refund tor
the local company was g;lTen as
and was ' listed 'among
David Wright, M. F. Bum-
gamer and Mra«' N- 0.>
Smoak For Poabnii^er
Applicants who took the civil
service examination for the Wll-
keeboro postofHce job* have
been advised of their grades and
ratings. Jt. .wan, learned here, to
day.
In the examination for the
.postmaster position the three
highest in order of grades receiv
ed were David Wright, M. P.
Bumgarner and Mrs. N. O. 6moak.
Mr. Wright te principal of Mo
ravian Palls school, Mr. Bum
garner is a menvber of Millers
Creek high school faculty and
Mrs. N. O.- Smoak is tha incum
bent postmaster., Mr. Wright and
Mrs, Smoak are Demomnts and
Mr. Bumgarner is a Repoblican.
In an examination , titwrionsly
taken by many ap^dkOia tmr the
Job of rural lettef,l^;carri*r . m
Wilkesboro route i the three
ellgililes ware B. R. Spralll.
I^vld Wright and, Lee Hemphill,
It was hot learned here v41ch of
the those.received bluest grades
All thrad are I^mocrsts, ' ;
Churches Of City
To Observe World
Day Of Prayer
The World Day of Prayer will
be observed at the Presbyterian
church Friday, February 9. On
this day the doors of the church
will he open from 8:30 a. m. to
8:30 p. m. Anyone desiring to
have a part in the observance of
this day 1s cordially Invited to
come to the church for prayer
and meditation at anytime during
these hours. The Woman’s Auxil
iaries of the churches will put on
a specisil program at 2:00 p. m.
The Young Adults of the church
will follow with a short program
at five-thirty.
Warning Against
Transfer Tobacco
Allotments Made
Allotments Good Only For
Farms For Which They
Were Signed
According to the set up of the
1940 AAA program it will be
necessary for the tobacco that te
alloted for a certain farm to be
grown on that particular farm.
In other words in case a farmer
owns two farms and has a tobac
co allotment on one, but does not
have one on the other he cannot
grow tobacco on the one that doee
not have the allotment unless
these two farms are combined to
gether as one farm. ^
All changes Including combina
tions of farms must be approved
by tbs time that the farmer
“signs np” on the 1940 program,
and aH fanners who receive pay
ment through the AAA must sign
for 1940 in order to receive p«^-
menL In. the imajorlty of, easee
this sign up will occur at the
time the check is delivered to, the
farmer for practlceg' earned
the 1939 prograon. ■
The above information
en oat by Lawrence
of the Wilke* Couut^^AK^A^^
al Cohsenration assoclat^^^^
The Supreme Court Ruling
Places Current Officers
In Office Until 1942
Raleigh, Feb. 2.—Sheriffs and
coroners in North Carolina’s 100
counties are serving four-year
terms which will continue until
December, 1942, the State Su-
prenne court held In an unani
mous decision today.
The ruling, which had- been
anxiously awaited by political
leaders, relieved sheriffs and cor
oners from the necessity of run
ning for re-election this year.
In other opinions, the court:
1. Declared unconstitutional a
state act creating a regulatory
commission for dry cleaners.
2. Upheld the validity of a
state tax on goods displayed in
North Carolina by out-of-state
retailers, for the purpore of tak
ing orders from purchasers in
this state.
3. Instructed the Pitt Superior
court to decide whether certain
pin board machines distributed
by the McCormick Vending Ma
chine company are legal or illeg
al, under a 1939 law authorizing
for - amusement - only slot ma
chine*.
4. Held that Edna Bruton, of
Anson county, could not collect
tor alleged damages to her prop
erty, caused by ‘‘negligent” ope
ration by the Carolina Power and
Light -company of a dam on the
Yadkin (Pee Dee) river.
5. Granted a new trial to W.
T. Wilson, former mayor of Win
ston-Salem and public guardian,
who was sentenced to 6 to 8
years In prison on charges of em
bezzlement.
invalid a Winston-Sal
em zoning ordinance which statee
that.obtain residential districts
shali'jiii isxclusively for white per
sons and that other residential
dlatri^ shall be exclusively for
negwi^''^
‘The 'court decided 27 cases.
Tirtualiy clearing its fall term
docla^ Only. four cases—Barnes
ven^;t*Wile«, ,Wilson county;
_ ^ Parker, Johnston
BlMlngame versus as-
odSifrany, Mecklenburg
itingad on page eight)
Ranked 11th
In Period
Exceeded Only
In Ten' Of SUte^kXitrKeet
Citiee,
Only ten branehee df the North
OaroUna Btate |hajlHw9non^ Serv
ice exceeded the
boro office * In- -^aceo^te
during the slx-*npnt^;per4od end
ing December jwbort hwre
today showed. . -
North WUkeaiibi^d^e ranked
11th IX tie sWte with a total of
1 696. '
Ilaleigb led all offieea
-with 4,46$ and other offioee to
the fliet ten were .AnhevHle,
Dnrham. Oreensboro.
(ton. Rocky Moant and Wteon.
: la January this year the North
Wlikeahou) office plaeed only 54
itklit Democmtic j^Becxtiw
Cdlllfluttee In ImetfaiB
Al Raleigh Friday
Aklelgh, Feb. 2.—‘The North
DH&oeiftie.j
hi B|^i^']l«y
the state eaeMthea-
epounltfee dfctdeftoi a Ikeiiaidh ^
eNetlng here- tonight.
Dlatrlot conventions will coa-
‘reat here tounedlately before
the stale convention. Oonnty oon-
ventlons adll be held at thO varl-
ons county seats May 11 uid
preoinct meetings will be held
May >4.
Members of the ezecatlve
cOttimUtee, many of whom had
traveled several hundred mile* to
attend the session, voted on only
two motions. 'The first was that-
the fonuality of reading the mia-
utee ot the last meeting be poat-
poned Indefinitely, 'the second
we* a resoIuUdn, intpoduced hy
Walter D. Siler, of Plttsbore,
flxliig the dates for the convea*
tlon*
'Fhere was no cUscuseion on
either motion. All but half a
minute of the meeting was utilla-
ed to call the roll. Ninety-two
members were present either in
person or by proxy.
Governor Absent
Governor Hoey, who te recuper
ating at the executive mansion
from an operation for hernia, was
not present at the session, ,but tho
committee followed a suggestion
by him that the 1940 convention
be held earlier than usual.
The Governor, In a press con
ference (Monday, said he believed
the convention should meet be
fore May 25—the date of tha
state’s first-primary election.
In the past, the state seesioB
uanaUy. has been held in Jana,
after the first iprlmary and only
a few days before the national
convention. An earlier state con
vention, the governor said, would
keep national iseues from becons-
ing confused with state tesuea,
and would give North Carolina
delegates to the national conven
tion an opportunity to attend na
tional caucuses.
Bid For Influence
By attending these caucuses,
Hoey added. Tar Heel delegate*
would have an “Influential say”
In choosing the Democratic preet-
dential nominee and in drafting
national policies.
Delegates named at many pre
vious North Carolina conventions, -
held almost on the eve of natlon-
al sessions, have had no oppor
tunity to caucus, and frequently
have merely “rubber-stamped"
national policies and candidates,
he asserted.
Revenue Commissioner A J.
Maxwell and J. M. Broughton,
both gubernatorial candidates of
Raleigh, attended the meeting. D.
L. Ward, of New Bern, W. B.
Fenner, of Rocky Mount, and
Willis Smith, of Raleigh, who-
have said they may run for the
post, also were on hand.
R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonis
party chairman, presided. Ward,
the secretary, called the roll.
Offices placements were
divided equally, 27' private and
27 pnbliG. Unusually severe wea
ther which made outside work
virtually Tmposslble te attributed
*8 one cause ot the decrease in
placMuents.
Birt registrations rose to 6 new
high since November, 193$, with
243 applying for work; A larger
number of the applicants were
seeking to secure WPA emjdoy-
ment registration at tJie em-
ploymeijt t^fice'' is one requisite
to certified for worit. ; '
Jaxnnty ended with the follow
ing numlwrB on the active file of
appkcanto for the countie* served
1^ the North WUkeaboco office;
Wilkes 655, Watauga 232,'Ashe
472, Alleghany MS, Alexander
86: ti
Astronomy Talk
At Kiwanis Meet
Dr. Henry Lewis Smith Dc-
liYers Interesting Addneas
On “Starry Heavens”
Dr. Henry Lewis Smith, ot
Greensboro, delivered jui InlereK-
Ing address Friday noon before
the North Wilkesboro Klwsj^ls
Club on tho subject pi “The Blur
ry Heaton*.” ’ ‘ ‘ ■ *’ '
Dr. Smith, who wa* proeenWd s
by Rev, Watt M. Cooper,'d1»c^aa»_
ed hte subject under the' folloWi-
ing heads: sun, planet*, mbjto,
radiation, telescope, light year,
solar family, miUcyway ttnirerae,
and outer universe. ^ -iv,-.
He Bhoiwed plenty ot knowtodgo
ot hte snbjeet and told maafy
facts in a moet Ihtereeting ma^
ii|r. .-%4'
*The secretary read a conunanl-
cation trom the Raleigh dob- stag-'
lag that Intetnatiooal PfOdlMlM:
BoDOett O. Knadson-would bo Uta
gaeet of that club on Saturday ^
,night, Fehrnary 17, and thht^
members ot this olnh are tovMiid
to be preeeat for the peeaMoa.
Attention waa also*'catied to tlMt
to High Buipt
FMtruary 16, whM ;/
KandMu wcMId be the
that Chih.-- ,'. o