^ -baailfcilWg tlMl(J^NVauhODO^
j»M tHiaat ’ ^nn- mK>rM
iKf-tlkV'tir^ttiBlAtiT toiligr, atonv
?v)tii VmaMng mW on th«
«4Gv^0im of Bra*t. L» Harre aaS
’^‘l^ortent and tarK«te In Italy and
Ograany.
and bom^ bursts’ wera
'^fK^fald to bare been'sighted at the
three Nui-occopled ^rts. 'Oer-.
ihaB airdromes at Vanhee, Char-
tMB, Eirrenx and' Merlaix also
Jiljbe reported attacked last night,
were set and some planes
tbajground hit, a communi-
" and ground defenses
iHire asaaalted in the daylight
taii yesterday, the fourth in suc-
Minion by British bombers and
fighters, and informed sources
•they were designed to hamp-
i’-nr preparations for the nightly
' Hast assaults on Britain.
' The British Press Association
commented that “it is sigrtificant
that, since the first daylight raids
upon the airdromes nearest our
shores, the enemy’s night attacks
have been briefer duration.”
i'
The entrenched troops were
understo)d to be stationed in de
fense lines around emplacements
of large guns used to bombard
the Dover coast and ship convoys
in the channel.
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Cairo.—Big British field guns
which helped crack Italian resist
ance at Bardia joined the ting of
eunon pounding the defenses of
„the beleaguered Libyan seaport
of Tobruk today.
Other British forces reported
cutting off the important Fascist
outpost at Giarabub Oasis.
The guns were pulled 70
miles across the sand from cap
tured Bardia to Increase the fire
power being brought to bear on
Tobruk's outer fortifications, in
cluding the,garrison’.s vital wells.
Here is a nicture of what was left of an automab !e in which three met instant shortly
ia~-*i.»%atiirday morning when the car collided with a coal truck 14 mites WMt rf ^s
The dead were James T. Allen and two c'lorcd men, Roy Tugman and Nelson Witherspoon,
midnight Saturday morning when the car
way 421. The dead were James T. Allen l.._ - - - , , .
all of Ferguson. (Winston-Salem Journal photo by Paul Harvel. Jr.)
Rome. — Gen. I'baldo Soddii,
made commander-in-chief of the
Italian forces in Albania only
ifine weeks ago, has re.signed “for
reasons of health, and will be
succeeded by Gen Ugo Cavallero,
chief of the general staff, it was
announced 'today.
Oavallero. who succeeded Mar
ti Pietro Badoglio a« chief of
in thw ahalbo-up .of, Deeom-
fer 8, win retain that post^
Three Killed Instantly In Collhion
One White And 2
Colored Killed
On Highway 421
Penalty On 1940
' Taxes After 1st
C, T, Doughton, sheriff and tax
collector of Wilkes county, has
called attention 'to* the fact that
a penalty of one per cent will be
added to all county taxes for
1940 not paid on or before Feb
ruary 1,
The law provides that the pen
alty be added and taxpayers are
urged to pay during the remain
der of this month or on February
1 and save the amount of the
penalty.
Presbytery Will
Meet On Tuesday
T'
Representative.s of the North
Wilkesboro Presbyterian church
are planning to attend the meet-
t-dng of the Winston-Salem Pres
bytery to be held at Mocksvllle
On Tuesday, January 14, 10 a, m.
Rev. P. J- Garrison, Jr., retir
ing moderator, will open the ses
sion and preach the sermon. At
the meeting Dr. J. R. Cunning
ham will ask that pastoral rela
tions between him and the First
Preabyterian church of Win-
gton-Salem be dissolved io order
that he might accept the presi
dency of Davidson college.
Automobile And Coal Truck
Crash 14 Miles West Of
North Willresboro
Three young men. one white
and two colored, met instant
been the property of the Wither-
I spoon negro. The truck In the po-
'sition it stopped when hit occu
pied only six feet of the highway
pavement and the distance from
the track bed as it rested on tho
pavement to the othfM' side of the
pavement was 15 feet. Coroner
Myers said. The car was badly
demolished.
I Funeral services for the wreck
victims were held today.
The accident occnred less than
50 yards from the spot where
Miss Wilhelmina Triplett and
Mrs. Hubert Canter were killed p
death at 12:15 Saturday morning an automobile-bus collision a few
whan their car ' " cnsi jnic’r years ago.
Commissioners
To Aid In Bang’s
Disease Control
Sign Contract With State
For Eradication Cattle
Di.sease In Wilke#
15
highway 42T:
The vietims wove: .lame.- T. .41-
len. 20, a son ' ' 'll'"
Ferguson: Roy ami a
Witherspoon yi'. -*'’ n "Pic'-” ,
Witherspoon, a! ” d' «'>’>• 1
Tugman and W'iti’ci'p-mui vo-’j
colored. i
Ralpli A. Mil’cr. driver of Ihej
truck, was shaken n;.- bi" not |
badly hurt. Tho truck. wbic'> v.-ss |
loaded with coal on its way from :
Sworge Creek. V;i., to fh s ("'V, ]
was the property of M. C. Woodie,
of North Wilkesboro.
Coronet' T. M. Myers investigat
ed the accident and viewed the
-cene of the wreck, after which
he deemed a formal inquest un
necessary and absolved the truck
driver of any blame in the acci
dent.
Miller told the coronei- that the
ear came upon hi.s truck around
the curve at great rate of speed,
hit the truck’s left front fender
and knocked the left rear wheel
from under the truck. The coro
ner said the position of the trtick
corroborated Miller’s statemeui
that he was on his right side of
the highway coming ^oward
W'tkes county board of com
missioners in adjourned meeting
last week signed a contract with
'he state tor eradlca,.lon of
Pang’s disease amo'. cattle in
At:- -
'tJ. 8. ”Army ^officer#
hare yrltey an| MUet-
etTjiiz' Wilke# vm^ icir three j^n
b) the kmad
The recniite, %|i6 |rjtre taieo-N
to Charlotts
were: 'Arthur H, Bohert' H."
Pardue aiid Loiie, of
'North Wilkesboroc^ ahdr Ch&rlee
. Elarp, of Bootnar, ‘who .will -be la
' the 8th division, field artillery!'
jat Port Jackson, Sr.C.j John Fred
' Myers, of North ■ Wllkaabdro. to
j 22nd Infisntry at I^'ort McClellan,
jAla.; and Don Holland, to Port
; Moultrie, S. C.
I Sergeant Wm. D. Montgomery
land Sergeant Ernest A. Rohr, of
Charlotte branch Of the recruit
ing service, spent the entire week
in northwestern North -Carolina
counties taking applications of
recruits and showing two spec-
I tacular army films, “Service With
the Colors”’ and “The Army on
I Wheels.’*
The recruiting station was set
up at the city hall here Friday
and Saturday and niany young
men of Wilkes and adjoining
counties were interviewed. The
movies were shown to a large
crowd at the city hall on Friday
night.
'His'^Excellency
Called As P^inr*
r-V'S’"'
(ere
Tonng Minie^ %||U]r Rcc-
omniradadi 1o
Duties In February
Insurance Agency
Building & Loan
Offices Are Moved
Offices of the North Wilkes
boro Insurance Agency and the
North Wilkeisboro Building and
Loan assoclaklon moved today
from the Bank of Nft^k Wilkes-
borftJ)T^lng on to
iinerly l>y
Gain During Year
Stockholders Meeting Bsuik
Of North Wilkesboro To
Be Held On Thursday
The Bank of North Wilkesboro.
which has experienced continued
! growth and good business during
the past vear. will have its an-
^pecifieiT thftt’ the work wllHn'ot
be at any cost to the county ex
cept,one helper.
The coramUsioners also agreed
to raise rent for NYA quarters
from 110 to $1.5 per month in
! order that 20 additional, workers
may he employed.
Mrs. Lawrence Miller. NYA
supervisor, said a larzer house
will be rented for the .4YA home
making project and at least 20
additional girls- can be employed.
Wllkeit bnlld!hjf;i^1i|lii!:r^«^.
J, B. Williams;,#i9crWhry-trea*-
iirer of both ■ firms, ■ said today
that Important announcement
relative to future policy of the
Insurance business will be made
next week.
North W’ilkesboro when hit by
the car, which "was said to have
ntial .“tobkholders meeting at the
l)ank on Thursday. January 16.
Report of the condition of the
hank at the close of hnslness on
December 31 showed a very
healthful financial condition with
ueposifs of $1.8.56.051,43 and
total lesources of $2.123,449.6.5.
These figures represent a sub
stantial increase over a year ago.
J. R. D':: i- president of tti£
bank and the other officers are:
W. D. Halfacre, vice president:
S. V. Tomlinson, vice presiident;
R. W. Gwyn, cashier: W. W.
Starr. J. G. McNeill and W. B.
Gwyn, assistant cashiers.
The Bank of North Wilkesboro
is the largest single unit bank in
this section of the state.
Alleghany Man
Burned To Death
0. F. EDer Is
Taken By Death
Wsdlly Known Wholesale
Merchant Succumb# Fri
day; Funeral Sunday
I
Funeral service for O. F, Eller,
rimr'ip Edwards, middleaced prominent wholesale merchant
citizen of Alleghanv coOnty. died who dropped dead here Friday
at eight o’clock this morning in was held Sunday afternoon,
the Wilkes hospital here from two o’clock, at Arbor Grove . e
burn- received last night at ' his odist church near Mljlers 4:'reek.
ho:..e near Sparta. | Prior to the service at the
church, a brief service was held
at one o’clock at the home of a
Governor J. M. Broughton,
who was Inaugurated governor
of North Carolina in Kalcigli
Friday in the presence of the
largest crow'd ever gathered In
the state capital. .Several
Wilkes people were In tlu,
Uirong who welcomed the gov
ernor into the state's highest
office.
Dr. John W. Klncheloe, Jr., of
Emporia, Va., ha# been called
paator of the First Baptist church
of North Wilkesboro, the pulpit
committee announced today.
Dr. Klncheloe is a «On of Rev.
John K. Klncheloe, pastor of the
First Baptist church at Rocky
Mount.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Virginia and the South
ern Baptist Theological 55eminary
at Louisville, Ky., where he re
ceived Ph. D. and Th. D. degree#.
He has 12 years experience in
pastoral work and for the past
.six years has been pastor of two
Baptist churches at Emporia, Va.
He is 34 years of age. His wif#
was formerly Miss Barbara Farm
er, a daughter of a Baptist min
ister in Bluefield, W. Va. They ]
Conservadoii Of
Soil To Be Talked
AtFourMeetiiuis
County Agent And SoB Con
servationist Edwnrds To
^^Honduct
''ConserTatlonMt, P. "W. Ed
wards, have arranged four meet-
nlgs which should prove helpful
to farmers.
Slides on crop rotation, terrac-
1 n g, meadow strips, Foresiry
thinning, and other practices will
be shown and discussed. E. H.
Meacham, Extension Soil Conser
vationist of State College, will be
along to help out in the meetings.
All fanners are given a special
i ivltation to attend one or all
meetlng.s. The time and place of
the meetings are as follows:
Monday. January 20, at 2:00
p. m.. W. W. Gamhill’s stove at
Dockery; Monday. January 20, at
7:00 p. m., at Benhain .school;
Tuesday, January 21, 2:00 p. ni..
Morris Hendren store at Gllreath;
Tuesday, January 21. 7:00 p. m..
Roaring River high school.
have no children.
The pulpit committee said that
Dr. Klncheloe is highly recom
mended and has a splendid record
in the ministry.
He will begin his duties as p#»-
tor here on Sunday, Febniary U.
Dr. Klncheloe will succeed Rev.
Eugene Olive, who reeigned Ia#t
summer after seven years her* t*
accept pastorate of the Baptist
church at Wake Forest and to
do special work for Wake Poreat
College. Slaim Rev. Mr. Olive l#(i
been
supply
Oldest Resident
In This City Dies
Mrs. Mary Ward Succumbs
Sunday At Home Of Her
Daughter, Mrs. Lippard
Relatives said that Edwards
was ymoking in bed when his
bed caught fire and he was fa
tally liiii'iied before any aid could
be rendered. Hl.s body was severe
ly burned and no hope was held
for his recovery.
The body was taken to Sparta
son. Z. O. Eller in this city,
where he had made his home dur
ing the past few. months.
Mr. Eller had been _in failing
health for several years but on
(Continued on page eight)
Brotherhood Will
Meet Tuesday Night
The Methodi.st Brothershood
will hold its January meeting at
the,church Tuesday evening, 6:30
o’clock. A splendid program has
been arranged and a large attend
ance is desired.
Funeval service was held today
al Mount Pleasant church near
Tobaccoville for North Wilkes-
boi'o’s oldest resident. Mrs. Mary
R. Ward, who died Sunday morn
ing at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. A. I,. Lippard. in this clly.
■Mrs. Ward, who reached the
age of 97 on October 27, 1940,
retained her good health until
recently, when she was taken ill.
She was the, widow of the late
Samuel Ward, of Donnaha, who
died 19 years ago. Since that time
she had made her home here.
The survivors are: Mrs. Lip
pard and S. -M. I). Ward, of this
city: Rev. R. F. Ward, of Old
Fort; John A. Ward, of Washing
ton. D. C.: Luther A. Ward, of
Spartanburg. S. C.
DUKE POWER COMPANY’S NEW OFFICE IN THIS CITY
’)fine Moose In
Bristol Sunday
ir
C1a«s From Lodge Here
Takes Second Legion De
gree In Tennessee
Nine members of the North
■Wllkoflboro Lodge of Loyal Order
t of Moose went to Bristol. Tennes-
' #**, Sunday to receive the second
degree of the order “Legion” of
’’ the Mooee.
Headed by Membership Direc
tor A Jack Mount, the members
who took the degree were C. Jack
' Swofford. Frank Crow. Charles
&*|S. Brown, E. B. Dearman, R.
Olenn Cox, Tam Shoemaker,
Maurice Walsh, S. T. Anderson,
Carr Dancy and O^de Key. They
reported that the:' meeting . was
yery Infercetlng and wa« well en-
tThe lodge here held a meeting
ght, at which time Charles A.
Irby, rcgtonal dlrsctor, was a
Bpeefat gnaat. Important plans for
fotpi* aetlvltiea war* diseoased.,
11 Duke Power Company Expands; Over
74 MiIes Lines Added During Last Year
Number Of Rural Customer'
Increased By 22 Per Cent
* In Wilke# Last Year
Local Manager |
Formal opening of Duke Power cdjapahy’s new street wiH be bold dr
three to 9:30 P. M.' t^ie public in oordlally invitod-lo tIidilonnRi
showroom, demonstration room and pother dep.aitip^Ofta;aJ. i
opening ,io)f
to ittcrei^ 4
Ut^gr.-Jp^ary
tne MW cineee,
The Duke Power Company
whose North Wilkesboro offic
will observe its formal openin'
Thursday afternoon and night if
new quarters on Ninth Street
continued its expansion program
In Wilkes during the past yeai
at aji accelerated pace.
In 1927 the Duke Power Com
pany ''purchased the munlclpa
power-plant in North Wilkesboro
aftd since that time the syrtetr
has been continually expanded
There were only 778 customer
when the Duke Power Company-
jthen the Southern Public Utllltlef
■ Company, entered Into business
I Ihere; now there' are approximate-
1' hy 8,300 residential customers,
j not Juciudlng any type of business
I establishments. It is Interesting
i to note that a large perc^tage
pfitoese customers,are th*
rural lines of the NorthJW
horo systom. - ’
vAS'e«rly a# 1827 the Duke
Company began eonatrae-
tkm jH UdM In commanitlee adjd-
Mbt'tfe'NonthJc Wl),lt*sboto 4M
GiMW, 9r.,
RobeH . 8.
of the NmUi Wilke She#,
bgaacii of tbe'v'Diilto
oompo^'. has aiuumnced tbfA
the fpfwal o^e«ia«'iif fi>e ■ear'*
Duke VowWweCnoaa Mrh. wfll
bC os. WartM hMhinbp.