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Nr lkM> tk* «MM» t«x
kroad aathoritr
Ewjit di» fiNM^ to &nnm»h tXr.
fi>r^8a$«ad«nts. * ‘ vc”
H« lateo woa^ b« Mni>over«4
to MtaAUah ail tiwaianco'ajvtein
Snr tlM m«a nd make aioditlca>
dioto to.ttonrMeat wclsl imw*
llir*WtotidiOQ» tor their benefU.
- A; tot«)d^ %hhh the War Detort-
■>to>, vaidnc tor Preeident
WkttmntXt to aten ekecnttre oi^
tothbU^af the inachlnerp,
nilto' tod recnlatloDs for con-
todpUoD, reported that numer-
dto atatee were anaoundag pro-
sraea oa preparatioos tor their
•art ia the draft.
Many goyeraora, it was , said,
towo beea selecting mea fMr the
local draft boards and arranging
tor regala? election offlelala. to
totadlfi th > gigantic task of regip-
tortag 14,600,000 eligible young
on Octoiier 16.
HAPPENINGS ON STONY
FORK ON AUGUST 13th
(Continued from page one)
^ _ ^ndetouB
aoiee aa,
needa trf'i ,
"Weni neyer see fir
, 'Utopias da^lJ sho’ft dlad^ce
I Itrom whore a trei(iWMdho I^I^O
went dbita the- weal 'side of
l)toipklto Khoh, hightot tohit to
the Bhe Bldge iorth of the
QrandfathMT, and seyered the
Btne Ridge Parkway. The glide
however, Opent its futV In Deep
Gap Talley;.'without striking, •
resideitce>> J . “
Grim tragedy struck most
fltreely on the home of ■'
Green and family* Tbo realdOTce, j«
was several yards from the small
stream which swelled to gigantic
proportionB when the slides cacue
down. Only three of the family
of seven lived to tell the story
and they had little to tell because
they didn’t have time to realise
what happened. Tie first big
slide going down the little valley
literally smashed the house to
bits. They felt the house shake
and then it went to pieces in the
avalanche.
Of the three survivors perhaps
B. L. Green, age seven, had the
most terrible eiperlMica He
caught to a sapling down stream '' ' ~r~
and dinged to the tree for dear and a vlsRlng girt, Nina Todd,
life. Just as he got a firm hold with Worth Green stepi)ed out on
on the tree he heard a scream the porch. A tree In the stream
Just below. The next morning the made an abrupt turn and awept
UIAUO i»Il caws.taps*’ »»•••» w—— - -
dead body of Velma Lee, his sis- him and the ^rl off the porch.' pointing out that the
ter, was found at the base of Their ibodies were found near people in the midst of
the tree. He stayed in the tree Ferguson on the Yadkin river 16
all night and at daylight when miles from his home.
tuv sKwvBi. tiaeCTij 111 me iii^ Water In the stream had sub- worth Green said some pecul-
tle'c^mnnUy oMtWe hi>mM''of I*® crawled out and began j„rce first pressed him a
gjeoens, all kinsmen, was the ‘I*® lonesome trek back upstreda the wall of the house and a
the alone. He couldn’t even recognI» seconds later he too was
tooir points of origin.
The greatest tragedy in the lit-
tooth of four members of
ally. of Andrew Green. A
few
UHiuy oi Anarew vjreen. a low ” .... ji
handred yards above where his stood the night before ai^.a^d
^ not have known it was the, saino
snven-room
wtands the
'residence stood still
home of Lawrence 1^“® it not been for part
Oreen. It escaped the waters and
the avalanche because the stream
amar his house was made Into a
toep canyon which held an- thef house,
water and Its masses of earth
axid stone. The next house above
Lawrence Green’s was that of
Millard Green and a few yards
sibove his was the home of No
land Green Just under the main
tormation of the Blue Ridge. A
Uttle slide hit his house on one
side and all that was left was
the floor and wall of the kltchin.
Being so close to the origin of
the slides, he and his family and
Millard Green and his family
■omebow experienced a feeling of
what was coming and escaped.
Noland Green was the last to
leave his bouse and as he stepped
from the door the house went
down the torrent. They made
their way to Deep Gap directly
on top of the Blue Ridge and
with several other refugees spent
the remainder of the night with a
relative.
Lawrence Green’s home stands
■everal hundred yards further
down the valley, a considerable
distance from the foot of the
Kteop slope of the main Blue
Ridge formation and about 100
yards from the stream.
The first slide went down the
creek past his house about 8:30,
he said. The night was dark as
pitch, he couldn’t see but he
heard sounds so terrifying that
\9 never vants to hear them a-
«aln. It was like continuous
thunder, only more harsh,’’ he
said. The first slide, which
cleared the creek channel for
Others to follow, went at about
the rate of ten miles per hour
past his house. The next was
faster and each succeeding one
picked up speed. “The last big
one was traveling at least forty
miles per hou,r as it passed here.
like, more like pulling a
cleaning rod through a shotgun the barn was away upstream in
barrel, only a million times loud
er,” Is the way he described it. —
He didn't know for some time the terrifying roar but for an in-
what had happened* on his moun- stant couldn’t fathom what had
tain farm or on those of his
neighbors because a short while
after the turmoil he was stricken
vrlth a heart attack and was car
ried up the mountain to Deep
Gap and to Boone for medical at
tention.
the place where the home had
•Irter got hack to the house. The
a potato patch, which he. iwog-
nlzed as having been dltectly.'gr ^^„datlon. It was badly battered
cross the stream In front «rf the
the
canyon made by the flood and
slides on the trunk of a fallen
tree and walked Into the home
of Lawrence Green, tho ■, only
home left. He told the family
there that he did not know what
had become of his dad, mother,
brothers or sisters.
His mother badly Injured,, h^
been rescued from a drift farther
1own stream. Hooper Green, hi*
17-year-old brother, also escaped.
The bodies of his father and
three sisters. Velma Lee. Venetie
and Cleola were taken from the
debris down stream.
The next house below that of
Andrew Green did not meet such
a disastrous fhte, although it
was In the middle of the little
valley. It was occupied by Mrs.
Bessie Green and five children.
The house, a seven room resi
dence, had been biiilt by the peo
ple of Stony Fork Baptist church
for Mrs. Green and children fol
lowing the death of her husband
some time ago.
The entire family was asleep in
the house when the slides reach
ed that point in the valley. The
house was picked up, carried
about two hundred yards and
lodged behind the trunk of a
sugar maple which the stream
had uprooted a half mile above
that point. The tree trunk, fully
six feet In dameter, had been
broken in the torrent but had
locfged against some huge bould
ers. The house did not collapse
and the family was awakened
when it stopped. They remained
the
shied about an hour later.
The oldest boy, age 17, was
the first to awaken. He looked
4
of ioo ’ ■
this y«a)r^
on cwiflttlon*
Stoi^bw- .
ij III I' i' T" jf
DO balM
we4^
prevailing
Lew around evfi
c^t|^d a UtiB
f 5Hi|er: "Yto _
ftn Jto* tioo 1
ght;
rork
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WORLD ftSin ft i
not on «10.808!20
Jb^|IUBlVeU IM AAUOV WMaytooaavav ,,Z t
Age^*>> balance*, repreaenUag busine** irrittcn anoee-
tj^ntto October 1, 1989 —■
Agenta’ ialaijce*, representing bn«ines* - wntten prior
to October 1. 19“’’ ■ ? •
iaft: un. FtaiAUn D. BotieveM la tAMneM U> the IM Girl Seeto ato W ^
^ M..ih *■ »«■ mnd Central Anaerleai reoMilhr aaoentMed at Oalnii toikee Clarilt Ip Maaeanlvflle, N. lee
S3e MahB wH» •» e« tola aMe a( the weg«.« Wghl;
,1^ My talka wJlh Laant lAto OW *«•■* *"« RM—P ia «!•* I» M«**f IP«a«aalap aailva ^eaa
the primal.
Deduct Ceded Reinsurance BialaBcea StiyaUe '
Bill* receivable, taken for,D« riak*-'
Intetost^-and Rmts due and aeomed
432,646.43
10,947*11
71,880^
All other':A*aetfl, a* detafled in statement —.—
Total
Less Asseta not admitted
6,478AtoJ0 
76A9gaO
I"*
He refuted the Democratic ad
monition not tq change homes In
the middle of the stream by
English
a war
swept into the rtream (but he
caught to a tree In the yard and
^hers in the house were not hurt
and the house remained on Its
. in places by trees, logs and
'gtlrties. Although two miles t>e-
Oe up stream he crossed
low the nearest of the five big
slides on the headwaters of the
little stream, it was the glides
which caused ■the damage there
because of the imimense force of
the dirt, stones and logs forced
along at a high rate of speed in
the valley by the water.
Slides which wiped out two
homes and a service station, klU-
ing Johnny Miller, 9, and Mrs.
Jonah Bumgarner, whose body
has never been found, occured on
the slope of Tompkins Knob on
highway 4 21.
The little valleys along the
small streams which are the
headwaters of Stony Fork were
verdant and beautiful on August
13. Now even the land :a totally
wrecked and strewn with boul
ders, some with a weight of many
tons. That land is of no use to
the people anywhere. Someone
suggested that the government
might buy the lands laid waste by
the water and slides and help the
present owners to locate else
where. Sadly surveying the scene
this patriotic owner said; “The
government could have no use for
a pile of rocks.’’
The residents of the upper
Stony Fork valley, who have
made their living by cultivating
the little bottom lands and graz
ing the slopes, will never forget
that terrible night. Lawrence
Green’s memory of how his home
shook and trembled like a giant
locomotive was crossing the lawn
will never grow dim. For genera
tions to come there will be plen
ty of evidence in the valley of
changed from the ' inefficiency
Cham'beriain -to the dynamic
Winston Churchill to head their
government and that the Ameri
can people would dare to do what
they know is necessary for na
tional security T>y putting Wen
dell Willkie In charge. He spoke
ironically of Roosevelt as the
“indespensible man who claimed
to know what wa* going on in
Europe’’ but who ' nevertheless
had done little toward national
defense in seven years and had
encouraged strife among classes
in this nation in the meantime.
He said that under present po
licies of the national administra
tion that the man “who won’t
work is being supported by the
man who*will work’’ and advocat
ed a doctrine of plenty as against
one cf scarcity. He spoke favor
ing greater production of farm
products and sale abroad at what
ever price the surplus will bring,
the government 'pajdng farmers
the difference instead of paying
for non-production.
Turning to Wilkes county Is
sues, he said that the law passed
4>y tlM last legislature districting
the connty for vote on commis
sioners 'was a distinct form of
disfranchisement and that the
people of Wilkes would not even
he allowed to elect a representa/-
tlve were It not for the constitu
tion. He also called "the infam
ous injection, of the dirty hand
system of Wilkes county’’ a dls-
of politics into the putollc school
grace and said he would be sorely
dlsa/pipolnted If the ’ people of
Wilkes did not elect T., E- Story,
who, was • outsted as principal of
‘total adndtted Assets
UABILITIE8
6,403^63.80
Net. amount of unpaid losses and claims t
Unearned premiunj* —
Salaries, rents, expen^, bills, accounts, fees., etc., due
or accrued
ur aucrucu —
ESstimated amornit payable for Fetfewd# county
and municipal taxes dde or acerttod ' ■
oiiu luuuivif/dii itoAoe Vi Hi- I—-
Contingreni commissions, or other diarges due or accrued
All other liabilities, as detailed in stktoip^t
, io.oqpJK>
" «L0W^
'lOJ
Total amount of all liabilities except CapiUl- :„$jj,67i6,tfttl^
Capital actually paid up in cash .$1^00,090.00 A,
Surplus over all liabilities : —. 8,727,783,99. ' ' tok ■
Surplus as regards Policyholders
Total Liabilities _
$ 4 727,723.1
Business In North Carolina During-1939
:'__f 6,408A68.30
7 , J , . IRre, Risks written 84,276,096.; Premiuras received, $29,464.w
WlU^eshoro schools for what he written $4,666,409; Premiums received,
said :was purely political reasons, ] ^ogg^g incurred—Fire $ “ '
as representative by at least 2,- j^gsgs incurred!—^All other $
600 majority.
McNeill rapped the state ad
ministration for Increased tax
ation, saying that Governor Mc
Lean ran the state oh' a budget
Of 17 millions yearly while the
administration of Governor Hoey
is spending 80 millions annually.
He said that Broughton’s failure
to meet him In Joint debate was
because Broughton could not an-
ewer the challengeat on state is
sues. He predicted that 100,000
Democrats w.ll Join Republicans
In helping to carry the state this
year and that Willkie, by vote
of people who want to save A-
merica, the last refuge of lib
erty, will sweep the country.
7 627.; Paid
40,906; Paid
. $ 8,483JK)
$40517.00
Secretary, Frank J. Bush
President. W. Ross McCain
Treasurer, Geo. L. Bamham.
■ Home Office, Hartford; Cornu
Attorney for service: DAN' C. BONHY, Insurance Commissioner,
Raleigh, N. C.
Managrer for North Carolina, Home Office.
State of North Carolina, Insurance Department
Raleigh, Jan. 21, 1940
I, DAN C. 'BONEY, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that
the above is • tme and correct abstract of the statement of the World
Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn;, filed with
this Department, showing the condition of said Company, on the 31st
day of December, 1939.
■Witness my hand and official seal, the day and year above written.
DAN' C. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner
SLUinitru* I 1 -
house until waters sub- what happened when the torrents
can’t tell you what the noise out the upstairs window and saw
descended on the black night of
August 13, 1940.
th® dim outline of the barn. But
stead of being only a few steps
from the house. He could hear
happened.
A mile below that point is
Stony Fork church, which was
literally packed with refugees the
night of the disaster. Many of
the group were injured.
Just below the church is the
Through it all a lady service home of Zeb Green, where a dou-
Btation operator on top of thejble tragedy occured. He heard
mountain in the gap listened to [the noise of the stream and he
FREE!
ONE QUART BANKERS’ INK
This Coupon, brought to Carter-Hubbard Publishing
Co., North Wilkesboro, -will entitle any school prin
cipal in Wilkes county to
One Quart Bankers’ Ink Free
Offer limited for short time only, and to school prin
cipals in Wilkes county.
McNEILL SPEAKS
AT MEETING OF
YOUNG G. O. P.
(Continued from page one)
R. Bryan. The duty of the com
mittee, he said, will he to organ
ize clubs in every precinct.
Following the organization
part of the meeting N. B. Smlth-
ey, chairman of the Republican
executive committee in Wilkes,
was presented and received a big
round of applause when he said
that “our government is gradual
ly moving from Wilkesboro to
Raleigh and Washington. We got
the wrong end of the cow. We
keep feeding her hut somebody
else gets the milk. We get only a
little whey.” He said that Roose
velt hasn’t done anything be
cause the people owe for every
thing that has been done and
much that has not* been accomp
lished. He Introduced McNeill as
the man who “is going to take
the lid off a very black political
corruption pot at Raleigh and let
the people know what has been
going on.”
Before speaking M^eill pre
sented John Kermit ^Blackburn,
of North* Wilkesboro, who
brought a long round of applause
when he sang “God Bless Amer
ica,”
Discussing national politics
first, McNeill said that he was
noL dratted for the Job of run-
nthg for governor any more than
Roosevelt was for president. He
said he went after the Job, the
difference being that Roosevelt
was after a third term as presi
dent and he was after a first
term as governor. He express^
appreciation for 99 ppr cent oL
the WUkM[„.^Wttl>j|leii& Yoto bi
- .. . ...V. ....-Y
■ 'X ■
STATEMENT,
ALAMANCE FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Graham, N. C.
Condition December 31, 1939. as Showi by SUt^ent Filed
Amoent Ledgep Assets, Dec. 31st prevmjis $23,437.91.
iJ^^rom ■ Polkyhoid^,'$10;62rM; Mlsscellaneous,
$641.00; Total, 11,268.60
Disbursements—To Policyholders, $3,657.50: Miscellaneous,
2 327.54; Total, t*. o,y8o.U4
Fire Premiums—Written or renewed during year, $277,140;
In Force 2,149,405.00
'' ASSETS
Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on interest $ 6,844 52
All other Assets, as detailed in statement —
TOTAL, A.
28,721.47
28,721.47
Total admitted Assets ?
Home Office, Graham, N. C.
Attorney for service: DAN C.. BONEJY, Insurance Commissioner,
Raleigh, N. C.
Manager for North Carolina, Home Office. , „ ^ ,
President, F. D. Homaday Secretary, J. S. Cook
State of North Carolina, Insurance Departp^ent
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 7, 1940
I, DAN C. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certify that
the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the
Alamance Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Graham, N. C.,
filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Company,
on the 31st day of December, 1939. .
Witness my hand and official seal, the day and year above written.
DAN C. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner
TRADE US
STATEMENT
WASHINGTON NATIONAL (Acej. Dept.) INSURANCE COMPANY
Chicago, 111.
Condition December 31, 1939, as Shown by Statement FiM
Amount of Capital paid up in cash — $ l,250,000.uo
Amount of Ledger Assets December 31st of previous n.o ico on
YQ^Y — — ——— 4 I ,«4o,oOo.oU
Income—From Policyholders, $6,677772.99; *.oon/!o>7,i
Miscellaneous, $ 8,302,914.42; Total, 14,880,687.41
Disbursements—To Policyholders, $2,941,29^4'^ *, /sea -jn
Miscellaneous $11,744,373,231 Total, 14,685,669.70
ASSETS
Premiums in course of Collection $ 135,363.01
Bills Receivable
Life Dept. (Ledger Assets) —^ 48 011,560.17
Life Dept. (Non-Ledger Assets) —
All other Assets, as detailed in statement 4,82 i./i
KNOX “MEALMASIER”
BUILT TO MEET THE MOST
EXACTING REQUIREMENTS
Total - - $49,326,574.68
Less Assets not admitted — * 4,610,061.28
Total admitted Assets i $44,716,523.40
LIABUJTIES
Unpaid Claims ■.—\ •: ^ 91
Expenses. Investigation, and Adjustmimt of Claims o,3»i.2i
Unearned Premiums —^— 822,461.33
Commission, Brokerage, and other charghs due — 166,245.43
Salaries, Rents, Expenses, Bills, Accoun^, Fees, etc.,
due or accrued , • 29.401.12
Estimated amount of Federal, State, county* and mum-
i.iie v®Pti — r—.16,766.00
HERE IS A RANGE WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER—
and one that you will be proud to own, because of the m^y
features built into it that guarantees satisfaction. Construction
(one of the partly hidden cjualities) is -where the long life of this
Range makes it a kitchen asset that will perform faithfully
for many, many years. It Is a Range builtj as YOU would de
sign one for YOUR OWN use; built upon scientific principles
resulting from laboratory tests to discover any weak points—
and then eliminating them! And the Mealmaster is finished to
harmonize beautifully in your kitchen.
Perhaps you don’t think you need to trade your old Range, but
we urge you to come in and see the Mealmaster and study it
from every angle as compared to the baking and cooking results
■you are now obtaining. Since good food costs money, why,
waste eitiier food or money by being unable to cook it properly I’
You’ll enjoy your meals so much better when prepared on the
new Mealmaster, because it is built to handle all classes of cook
ing and baking at correct temperatures and with heat projierly
confined to give maximum heat from minimum fuel—either coal
or wood. »'
AjUC •.
AJl other Liabilities, as detailed in statement —
Total amount of all Liabilities except Capitorv_.^^.$41,462,690.80
Capital paid up
Surplus over all liabilities 2.(113.83L60
Surplus as regrards Policyholders —3563,832.60
Total Liabilities — -^44,716,623.40
Bu.siness In North Carolina During .,,-
Accident and Health, Premiums Rtc’d. $58,140.; Losses P^ $28,020
President, G. N. KendaU SeefeUry Jas. F. RA^ey
Treasurer, Claucle P. Kendall \
Home Office, *1737 Ho^irard St.', Chicago, Dl.
Attorney for service: Dan C. Boney, Insurance Commissioner,
Ralei^, N- C. •
Manager for North Carolina: Home Office.
SUte.of North CaroUna, Insnia^ Dmartemt
■ . Raleigh, Vky 23rd, 1940 1
1,'DAiN C. BONEY. Insurance Commissioner, do her^ cef^^that
the above is a true and correct abstract of the atatemMit (rf w jVato-
ington National (Accident I^pt) Insurance Company, a ^leago, Ht,
with thitf iDepttrtBMntp abowinir the condition of said Compaq on
(SEAL)
DAN C.,BONBT, tomutae* CbmnjajtoBer
WE WON’T ATTEMPT to describe or price any particular sise_
Range here, for they are built in several sizes and styles, with
er without reservoirs, warming closets, etc., and of materials to;_
meet the demands of each particular user. They are the last'
word in cooking economy and cooking perfection, yet sell at a
very reasonable price.
LIBERAL TRADE-INS
We WiM Make Libentl Allowance "or Your Old
Stove or Range, and Arratage Easy Terms
jOn New Range Balance ‘
Rbodes-Day Farniture C#
V **Coaiplftte Fnnu^ers O# The Hoom”
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