1
^Sta&-NaHon
Told Briefly
r-
LET SWEDEN ALONE
Liondon.—Raiwla and Germany
hare agreed on their matual "in
terest” In the proseryatlon of
Sweden's neutrality as result of
negotiations conducted last week
In Moscow, the Moscow radio an
nounced last night. The Moscow ;
aniMMUtceBtent coincided with dls-
closwre' hy well-informed Swedish
quarters in London that Sweden,
Isolated from the Western World
by Oennany’s Norwegian con
quests, has opened important
trade negotiations with the Sov
iets,
Of&ers Course
Closes Friday;
Very Suceessful
THREE BODIES FOUND
• Pittsburgh. — Headless bodies
of three men, with the word
"Nasi” carved on the chest of
one in five-inch letters, were
found yesterday in hox cars as
signed to the scrap heap at the
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Rail
road yards in nearby Stowe town
ship. Authorities advanced one
theory the three were victims of
■^^the “mad butcher of Kingsbury
blamed for 12 torso slay-
- tngs in Cleveland, because of the
similarity to the "butcher’s”
work. Two of the bodies had been
-^dissected with the dexterity of a
^ surgeon or a butcher.
GERMANS VICTORS
London.—Great Britain last
night announced the abandon
ment of Namsos and Central Nor
way to the Germans—an ac
knowledgement that added new
force to unrest surging within the
very foundation of P 'Ime Minister
Neville Chamberlain’s govern
ment. A communique telling of
the end of the campaign to wrest
Southern Norway from the Ger
mans said Allied troops still in
the Far Northern Narvik area re
pulsed Garman Counter-attacks
Wednesday and Thursday. It men
tioned no operations there yester
day.
G-Men Instruct City, County
and State Officers On
Proper Methods
A ten-days’ officers course far
law enforcement offlcoia o f
Horthwestem North Carolina end
ed here Friday afternpon.
Following the last session
Wilkes officers served dinncT to
officers from several other coun
ties attending.
The courses during the last
week of the course were conduct
ed by D. S. Hostetler, a special
agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Previous lessons
were given by G. W. Carlson, also
of the FBI.
The course was arranged by J.
E. Walker, North Wllkesboro po
lice chief, and C. T. Doughton,
Wilkes sheriff, through the co
operation of the FBI. The school
was opened with a lecture by Ed
ward Scheldt, who has charge of
the Charlotte branch of the FBI.
The subject in the closing ses
sion was “Testifying In Court.”
Special Agent Hoetetter gave a
most interesting lesson on the
subject and his work was the
subject of much praise from the
officers attending.
III
Ipi^HoU
Wilkes Signed
Up For Year
A house-to-house census, ordered by the ministry of borne security,
is under wsy in England. Wardens have been instructed to visit every
borne to and if residents sHD have their gas masks, and wbette or not
they are In good condlUon. A lost or damaged gas mask is replaced
without charge. Here a checkup Is being made In a typical London home.
District Meet
Of Home Clubs
Here May 30th
Wilkes Farmers Can Get
$122,886 In Payments
Increase of $30,000 Over Last Year; $20 Is
Minimum Allowed Any Farmer If Prac
tices Are Carried Out.
CHALLENGES CRITICS
Washington.—President Roose
velt yesterday challenged his Re
publican and antl-new deal Dem-
ocmtlc foes to "quit condemning
' C^lt every act of the admln-
o^h and trtl as Just kosr ion
Home Agent Outlines the Re
sponsibilities of Clubs
In Wilkes County
Annual meeting of the third
federation district of Home Dem-
clubs .wtU ti* list*, in
a"ng fmm'
^-thc 'soutb portico of the White
V House to 4,000 Democratic wom-
-cn attending an analytical forum
on government. Mr. Roosevelt
warned them that during the
coming campaign they again will
be deluged with “glittering gen-
-erallties’’ and ‘specious promises’.
SIGN ARMISTICE
Stockholm, — The Norwegian
army on the Tiondhelm battle-
front. bitterly accusing their Brit
ish and French Allies oi leaving
them in the lurch, last night con
cluded an armistice with the
Germans to avoid "total destruc
tion,’’ it was announced. The Nor
wegian legation here asserted de
fiantly that any armistice would
apply only to the Trondheim zone
where the British and French ex
peditionary forces abandoned
bomb-levelled Namsos and sur
rendered their last foothold on
central Norway. Resistance will
continue to the north, up to the
vital iron ore port of Narvik
where a German garrison is un
der heavy .siege, and there can
be no question of peace talks with
the Nazis by King Haakon VII
and his government,
home demonstration
co-hostesses.
Plans for the event have been
under way for some time among
Wilkes clubs and are now near
ing completion with the follow
ing community groups a-ssuming
their respective responsibilities:
Moravian Falls and Boomer (all
clubs contributing) lunch; Moun
tain View and Ferguson, decora
tions: Roaring River, flowers:
Roa,ring Gap and Pores Knob,
corsages: Gilreath and Purlear,
arrangements; Ronda. programs.
4-H club girls will act as pages
at the meeting and assist in
many other ways.
The meeting, which will be
held in North Wllkesboro school
auditorium, Will begin at ten a.
m. Lunch will be served at noon
in the school gymnasium.
Farmers in Wilkes county
may earn a maximum of $133,-
886.94 for compliance with the
farm program this year, Law
rence MUleb, chief clerk of the
Triple A for Hie county, .said
today.
Thia means that If every
farmer earned the maximum
amount alloweil for his farm
the county total would be that
figure, he said.
The maximum earnings for
this year represents an Increase
of approximately $80,000 over
the maximum amount whldi
could have been earned under
the farm program for la^ year.
One attractive feature of the
farm program this year Is the
minimum of $30 allowed for
any farm. This means that any
farmer, regardless of how small
his farm may be, can earn at
least $30.
$ - ,. Rig a {Hiatt k Speaker
Meet ^ • — • •
~ >y Night, At
A total of 4,098 growers
IVilkea county will cooperate
1th the 1940 Agricultural Con-
aervatlon Program, B. Y, Floyd,:
. executive officer of N. O.
State College, announced follow-
tg receipt of signed Farm Plans
Unifying suoh intention. The
'rtple-A Itote 4,769 farms in this
county.
The “sign-up’’ for the 1940 pr>
gram is an Increase over the 1,-
400 farmers who earned pay
ments under the 1939 Agricultur
al Conservation program. Floyd
erpreesed himself ae highly pleas
ed over the participation Indicat
ed in this county.
BJvery farmer In the county
was given an opportunity to sign
a Farm Plan, on which ho listed
the soil bnlldlng pracUcee he in
tends to carry out. He received a
copy of the Farm Plan which
showed the type of practices in
the program, and how much he
could earn from each. The Plan
also listed the individual grower’s
allotments for soil d.jpletlng
crops, which he must plant with
in to earn payments.
Floyd said that in the State as
a whole, F^rm Plana were signed
by 223,104 out of the 236,646
eligible farmers. This is an ap
proximate 94 per cent ||slgn-up”
and is a decided contrast with the
113,698 farms on which payments
were earned in 1939.
'A preliminary check of the
Farm Plans shows that more
farms will be operated under
conservation methods than ever
before,” Floyd declared. "The ap
proved practices, such as the ap
plication of lime and phosphate,
seeding legumes and grasses, the
use of cover and green-manure
crops, and tree planting will have
their greatest use in the State
this year.”
Robert H. McNeill, Wilke*
njitlTe and widely known attor
ney who is seeking the Repub
lican nomination for governor
in the primary to be held May
35. He is a son of the late Rev.
Milton McNeill, of Wllkesboro.
Residents Must -
Register to Vote
In Primary 25th
Saturday, May 11, Last Op
portunity to Register
For May Primary
6t
feunc
the Junior Order has planned a
most Interesting meeting for
Tuesday night as a part of the
council’s attendance campaign.
Those who fall to attend will
miss a most interesting program
and delicious refreshment. Vis
iting Juniors will receive a cor
dial welcome.
To cast a vote in the primary
May 2'6 every resident of Wilkes
county must register. Previous
registrations do not count as this
is a new reglsrtratlon.
Books will he open at the poll
ing places Saturday, May 11,
which will be the last registration
date before the primary May 26.
Registration has been to pro
weeks and booke have
Lions oDbserve
Anniverssuryt
Banquet
Ladies and
85 Attend Meet
Of Masons Here
Third Degree Conferred By
Team From Winston-
Salem Friday Night
Curb Market Will
Re-open Saturday
In N. Wllkesboro
Court Session Is
In Second Week
Four Divorces Were Granted
Last Week; Land Case
Ends In a Mistrial
I " '
r
Wilkes superior court term for
trial of civil eases began the sec
ond week this moi-ing with
Judge W. H. Bobbitt, of Char
lotte, presiding.
Dnring the first week a num
ber of cases of minor interest
were tried. Including the follow
ing divorce actions: Blane Whit
ley versns Lura Whitley; C. L.
Smoot versus Betty Smoot; Grace
PbilUps versus Fred Phillips; Ina
May Collins versus James Col-
Una
^ In the case of Barney Teague
versus W. E. Johnson the verdict
was in favor of the defendant and
the plaintiff recovered nothing.
A closely conteoted action was
the trial'Of a land case between
Brewer, plaintiff, a. d Dewey
Combs, defendant. Much time
was spent on the case, which end
ed in a mistrial.
Curb market to be operated by
members of the Home Demon
stration clubs in Wilkes will re
open on Saturday. May 11, Miss
Harriet McGoogan, home demon
stration agent, said today.
Miss McGoogan said that the
market will be located on a lot
on B street next to R. & O. Groc
ery store, where the club women,
with cooperation of their hus
bands, are erecting k temporary
building.
Miss McGoogan said that the
club women are very appreciative
of the donation of the use of the
lot by S. '"^omllnson and also
wish to expi'fess their thanks for
the offers of lots from J. B. Mc
Coy and W. K. Sturdivant. The
cooperation of the home makers
and business men of North Wll-
kesboro in 'behalf of the market
is deeply appreciated, she said.
The maj^et will be open on
Saturday, eight a. m. to 12. All
sellers must have health certifi
cates. Miss McGoogan said that
the products for sale on opening
day will Include fresh eggs, dress
ed chickens, lettuCvj radishes,
rhubarb, onions and baked goods.
With third degree work being
conferred by a degree team from
Winston-Salem, what was freely
described as one of the finest
meetings of Masons ever held
here took place Friday night with
the North Wllkesboro lodge.
Eighty-five Masons from the
following lodges were present:
North Wllkesboro, Wllkesboro,
Sulphur Springs, West Jefferson,
Grassy Knob, Ronda, Winston-
Salem, Harmony and Sparta.
Other Interesting meeting are
planned for the near future.
Certificates for 25 years’ mem
bership will be presented to 35
Masons In the meeting on Friday
night of this week, 7:30 p. m„
and a very Interesting meeting Is
anticipated.
Rev. J. S. Hiatt, of Elkin, who
In addition to being auperinten-
dent of the Elkin district of the
Methodist church Is one of the
most entertaining after-dinner
speakers in the state, addressed
the North Wllkesboro Lions clubj
and a large number of guests In
a banquet meeting held Friday
evening at the Woman’s club
house on Trogdon street.
The occasion was celebrated
jointly ?s Ladles and Anniversary
night and the entire program was
very entertaining and of a high
type.
Rev. Mr. Hiatt kept the crowd
in a virtual uproar of laughter
during hts address, which receiv
ed high praise from those at
tending the 'banquet. Several oth
er interesting features were on
the evening’s program.
The club wan celebrating its
second anniversary.
During its two years in North
Wllkesboro the club has rapidly
taken Us
WUkes are as WlKwa: Alex
ander, 1,968; Alleghany, 1,38^;
Ashe, 3,290; Caldwell, 1,677; Ire
dell, 4,024; Surry, |,300; Wa
tauga, 2,120; Yadkin, 2,934.
Wilkes county ranks fifth In
the state In namber participating
and nearer the top In percentage
of farms signed up. Sampson^
Johnston, Robeson and Union
counties are the only ones in the
state with a higher number par
ticipating and each of them has
a greater number of farms with
in their respective boundaries.
For the year 1938 Wilkes was
ninth In the state in number of
farms participating In the pro
gram. Union was highest with 4,-
493.
and^l&tarday. May
lons'piiAtSk places.
In spite of the fact that regis
trars were busy on the two days
for registration, the registration
so far In Wilkes is very light in
comparison with the nnmiber who
voted two years ago, reports from
many precincts Indicate.
Remember—you must register
to vote and previous registrations
do not count because a new regis
tration was called this year.
nioMltCoitD^
Dqdq||Kt«a Elected ter
Coimiitioa to Be Held
Setnrdejr, May It
Oamoi|rats.of Wilkes qbantr
gathered at the polling plaeee in
the varlooe preetnets Sabuteor te
lierfeet precinct qrganisat
to elhct delegates to the
"convoitlon to be held ,at .the
conrthonse in Wllkesboro on Sat*
urday, May 11, 1:80 p. m.
R^orts froim many precinct*
indicate that the meetings werr
largely attended and that ameh
Interest was shown.
At the county convention oer
May 11 the county orgaalaatioa
will he 'perfected and delegate*
and alternates to the state eo*-
ventlon to be held in Raleigh oa
May 17 will be elected.
In North WUkedboro townshig
the meeting was held Satnrdar
at the city hall and the auditor
ium Was filled.
The township committee was
elected as follows; J. E. Walker,
R. O. Finley, Mrs. Carlyle Ingle,
Monroe Eller and U. L. Sebastlaa.
Delegates and alternatea to th*
county convention from North
Wllkesboro township were as fol
lows:
Delegates
J. C. Reins, James M. Ander
son, W. S. (Bill) Tomlinson, L.
0. Caldwell, J. G. Hackett, R. O.
Finley, Cyrus McNeill, Fred Bur
gess, Gll'blert Bare, E. B. Eller. T.
S. Kenerly, Q. A. McfleUi, H. 8.
Canter, S. V. Tomlinson, D. J.
Cartir, J. R. Rousseau, J. H.
Whicker, Jr„ J. B. McCoy, Floyd
C. Forester, R. M. Brame, W. J.
Bason, Mrs. T. G. Perry, Mrs. R.
Q. Finley, A. A. Casblon, Glena
Cox, Mrs. T. A. Finley, Mrs. J.
Rousseau, Mm- Ratos Choi
Mrs. 0. B. EUler, ^rarW.
Ik Kelly, Weaver Starr, J. R. J?
4, at the var- ^ Walker, J. 0. B«-'
Good Program at
Kiwanis Meeting
Siirfacii^ Under
Way on Route 421
Ronda Student Speaker Fri
day; Admiral Foote Will
Address Club May 15
Bituminous Surface Is Being
Applied on Widenmg
Strips Along Road
Highway 421 between this city
) the club has rapiuiy and Millers Creek will soon he In
place high among the condition to carry Its heavy traf- on that date will be In charge of
In the Kiwanis club meeting
held here Friday noon It was
decided to move up the May 17
meeting to May 15 In order that
Admiral Percy Foote might ad
dress the clu'b. Admiral Foote is
native Wilkes citizen and the
club looks forward to his visit
with anticipation. The program
a
civic groups through Its many flc.
successful projects as a service
organization. Its memibershlp has
grown steadily and with the In
crease in membership has
a growth In the service It has
rendered the city and conununlty.
. R. Finley.
Friday’s program was in charge
of W. D. Halfacre. He opened his
program by calling attention to
Pens Going Fast-Get Yours!
By means of a WPA project
sponsored by the state highway
e 111- commission the road surface is
been being widened an average of aev- the account of an article In the
en feet by addition of bltuanln- North Carolina Public School Bul-
OU8 surface strips oa each side of
the concrete pavement.
The shoulders were widened,
graded and stone -.urfaced during
the winter months and the task of
Singing School
At Boomer School
banks to be closed
ON FRIDAY, MAY lOTH
Both banks here will be closed
on Friday. May 10, Southern me-
iprtrtal day and usually observed
u a holiday. ‘
Paul B. Collins, of Llncolnton,
will conduct a singing school at
Boomer school, beginning on
Monday night. May 13, 7:30 p.
m. and continuing with a session
each night for a week or more. It
Is a community undertaking and
all are invited to attend and take
part.
The offer by The Journal-Pa
triot to give a genuine high qua'-
ity Morrison fountain pen with
each new or renewal subscrlptlou
has met with such favorable re
sponse that It has become necee-
sary to order additional fMp-
ments every few days.
With six shipments of these
pens already given away there
has not been one dissatisfied user
and without exception each and
every one who has received one
of the pens have found them to
be satisfactory In every way and
equal to every claim made for
them.
The pens carry a lifetime serv
ice guarantee and will give high
ly satisfactory service. Both gen
tlemen and ladies styles are avail
able.
The 'pens are sturdily but very
attractively constructed and will
give many years of service.
The Journal-Patriot was for
tunate In being able to secure
these pens direct from the manu-
vlclnlty and while we are still
able to secure them at a cost
which will enable us to give one
with each subscription we want
to urge that the peo^ple take ad
vantage of the opportunity to
get a Morrison pen absolutely
free. Nothing Is added to the
subscription price of $1.60 in the
state and 82.00 outside of the
state.
facturers for IntroducUon In this surfacing Is now well under way
ill
The offer is open to new. snb-
scribers as well as those who- are
already receiving the paper.
If It Is not convenient to pay
a personal visit to ’The Journal-
Patriot office to subscribe or re
new a subscription the remittance
may be forwarded by mall and
the pens will he mailed out
promptly.
The time when these pens may
he obtained must, of course, be
limited. That is why w« urge that,
those who would like to secure
one of ti.e pens fl-ee take advant
age of the offer now while we
know the pens are avatol^le.
The priming coat of bitumin
ous surface has been applied on
the north side of the highway all
the way to Millers Creek and with
weather conditions favorable It
is expected that the other side
'srlll be completed In a few days.
The strips are three feet on
each side except on the inside of
curves, where the width was in
creased to from six to ten feet In
order to further Improve the
thoroughfare.
WAGE LAW STANDS
letln concerning the recent em
ployment survey conducted In this
city by a class of the North Wll
kesboro high school.
He then presented E. R. Spru-
prlnclpal of Ronda school,
who Introduced Miss Ina Lee
White, a Ronda school student.
She rendered very effectively her
oration on “The Constitution.”
which she gave In the county,
district and division contests
sponsored by the American Le
gion.
In her oration she pointed out
how the United States constitu
tion had been a help to the world
well as America and how It
stood as a safeguard for the
rlghU of every citizen. It was an
excellent presentation and drew
erson, L. M., Nelson, Wktsoa.
Brame, R. H. Brame, Jr., Z. V.
Stewart, Ben Bates, S. B. Mooiw^
C. O. McNlel, T. J. Halgwood,
Ernest Beshears, W. D. HalfaCrw,
J. V. Baugess, George Forester,
W. A. McNIel, F. C. Tomllnsou,
Miss Lois Scroggs, Miss Wlnnl*
McLean, E. C. Johnson. John
Sykes.
Alternates
J. M. Beshears, T. G. Perrr,
Mrs. J. B. iMcCoy, J. H. Rector,
J. A. Rousseau, John W. Hall, W.
W. Adams, Thomas A. Finley, R.
T. Pardue, J. R. Finley, C. B.
Eller, W. F. Gaddy. Charles E.
Brown, E. G. Finley, J. M. Quinn,
Qenio Cardwell, J. B, Gilreath,
Mrs. P. W. Eshelman, Miss Lucy
Finley, Mrs. F. P. Eller, Mrs. U
G. Caldwell, Mrs. J. 0. Hackett,
A. M. Church, Hoyle Hutchens,
Bill Duhling, L. L. Carpenter, W.
0. Absher, J. Crawford, Jone*
Bowles, J. Bryan Hig
gins, A. M. Hadley. O. K. Pope,
W. J. Caroon, C. A. Forester, W.
J. Allen, D. S Hill, Paul Cragan,
(Continaed on page 4)
Graduation A t
TraphiOMayZ
Eighteen Receive H i g k
School Diplomas; Abram*
Delivers Fine Address
Washington.—President Roose- favorable
veltwonln impressive victory In members of the club.
'eSBlve vicwr/ m
night when the The program was conclitoed by
class of 24 students from the
l21,ton*“*'^MfC”cS‘'affe^ North WllkeSboro color^
seven days of turnltnous debate under dlrwHon of Prof. Frank
when members voted, 206 to 176,
recommJt & bill by Chainn&n
Mary T. Norton (D), New Jersey, W
of the labor committee, which a
proposed comparatively moderate N
At the meeting Friday Judge
H. Bobt^tt, of Chartotte. was
guest of Judge T. B. Finley, C.
Myers, of BlWn. vras a guest
changes to the law.
. |of- C. Qv Qay.
Eighteen graduates received
their diplomas at Traphill high,
school Thursday night at 8 o’
clock. The commencement addree*
was delivered by Dr. Amos Ab
rams, of Boone.
Pour of the seniors. Billy Cas-
tevens, Dwight Blackburn, Ava
Holbrook and Rosa Hutchinson,
are *c. receive 11-year perfect at
tendance medals. The medal*
were not on hand to be given out
on graduation night, but will be
delivered to these boys and glria
ilater. Dwight Blackburn waa a-
warded the American Legion
medal along with a Citizenship
and Athletic medal. Nina Yale re
ceived the Balfour medal for
scholarship, achlevemtnt and loy
alty; and Sally Bauguaso, th*
Citizenship medal for the girls.
The list of graduates was a*
follows: Nina Yale, Ava Hol
brook, Dwight Blackburn,“ BUiy
Castevens, Tally Baugueaa, Nora
Adama, Maynard Harris, Warroa
Cox, Mae Sparks, Maxine Sparks.';
Rosa Hutchinson, Anna Col
lins, Everet Lowe, Stella OoMiy. ^
Oleno Cooper,- SalUo OlUtM,
Mary Belle Motoady, (Jertnii
Gamblll. • ^