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Prediict Stdbmarinc
Drive By Nazis
London, y©b. 19.—rA ^rreat Oer-
mnn undoraea ottensive tht?
*Prtn wlvh 609 snlbmarlnes let
against British shipping
wan predicted totkay by a neutral i
naral soarce.
Such a campaign would be for
one to two purposes—either to
praiMre the way for Invasion of
theee islands or to provide a mo.
aontary nuhsutute for Adolf Hlt-
lor*n promised assault, this ob
server said.
’ 'The deciding battle of the w>ar
more likely will be fought in the
northwestern approaches to Brit
ain than on her beaches,” this
soarce said, as a result of what
he pictured as a “vast” nazl^ub-
marlne bnllding program.
In the event Hitler elects to
substitute such an offensive for
a spring Invasion attempt, the
results he would seek to achieve
were predicted as twofold: To
choke the flow of American sup
plies and empire reinforcements
and to exhaust the royal navy’s
already overworked anti-sub
marine forces.
The Germans are reported
equipped to throw 300 subma
rines at a time against Britain's
shipping lanes. This is three times
the number of U-boats attacking
British shipping at any one time
during the undersea campaign of
1940, the naval expert declared.
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VOL. XXXin, No. 96
Published Mondays ind fhtitkays' NORTrt iW^KISSBORQ, N. C„ tHtJR^Am 1941' f 1.50 ftt iaia. State
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.9^X10 Qut of State
Union Service To
WelcomePastorOf
First Baptist Here
Methodist And Presbyterian
Congregations To Join In
Sunday Evening Service
BRIDGE DESTROYED BY FLOOD IS
SStM i ■
k
Japan Offering To
Be Mediator
London. Feh. 19.—Britain an
nounced today receipt of a Japa
nese offer to mediate in the war
—an offer couched in "courteous
terms,” but aUo accusing Britain
and the United States of "warlike
prepamtions’’ in the Pacific.
The announcement was made
to the house of commons by
Richard Austen Butler, undersec
retary for foreign affairs, who
said “the terms of this convmiini
cation are at present
ue attention."
■fe diplomatic correspondent
British Press'association,
has close foreign office
Congregations of the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches here
will join the First Baptist con-
gregati in in a union Service Sun-'
day night In welcoming Dr. John
W. Kincheloe, Jr., new pastor of
the First Baptist, to this city.
Members of all churches are
invited to the service, which will
be held ct the First Baptist rt
7:30 o’clock Sunday evening.
Rev. A. L. Aycock. Methodist
pastor, and Rev. Watt M. Coop-;
er, Presbyterian pastor, will take
part In the service. [
Dr. Kincheloe began his duties
as pasto« fOt the First Baptist
Sunday, February 18, and wrs
greeted by large congregutions at
both morning and evening ser
vices. His messages have been
the subject of much favorable
comment. '
He came to North Wilkesboro
from Emporia, Va., where he had
been pcstor of two churches for
six years. Prior to that time he
was pastor at Owensboro, Ky.. for
four years.
He is a son of Dr. John W.
Kincheloe. Sr., pastor of the First
Baptist church at Rocky Mount.
He is a graduate of the University
of Virginia and received Th. D.
rnd Ph. D. degrees at the South
ern Baptist Seraintjry at Louis
ville. Ky. He was married in Au
gust last year to Miss Barbara
F’Ermer, daughter of a Baptist
minister at Bliiefield, \V. Va. He
and Mrs. Kincheloe have estab-
receiving {lished residence in the parsonage
here.
As pastor of the First Baptist
church here he succeeds Rev. Eui
gene Olive, who resigned tost
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Junior Rally On
Tuesday Nis^t Heriii
* North wilkesboro council of
Jr. 0. U. A. M. will hold a rally
and district class Initiation on
'ftiesday night. Plans will also be
made for the annual banquet and
a large attendance of members
is urgently requested.
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Shown here is the Curtis Bridge,
which has jnat been completed
across the Yadkin River near
Wilkesboro, replacing a struc
ture destroyed in the August
flood. Construction of this bridge
has reduced to two the number
of bridges across the Yadkin
which have not yet been replac
ed. The two are the Adley
’ridge at the Brown’s Ford site
and the bridge at Goshen. Un
til the Cnrtis bridge was rebuilt,
traffic from the yicinity of Wil
kesboro and west of that town,
incinding the WllKeaSoro rural
mail route numbw one, had been,
forced to detour throngh North
Wilkesboro. (Photo by Dwight
Nichols).
N.C.S.E.S. Office,
Sent 185 To Jobs
During Past Week
Office Here Has Busy-Week ^
As Workmen Seek Jobs |
On Defense Projects
I^and Mine!
will not be ready for some time. ’
Ku Authoritative London quarters
reiterated that tlie British gov
eroment would entertain n 0
peace propos;Ts "until a complete
victory has been gained.
Greeks Say Italians
Shoot Own Men
Athens. Greece. Ket>. 19.
Greek governmen’ .spokesman as-
serled tonight that meinlier.s o’
an Italian company -et coaling on
ibe Albanian fvont were fired or
by their own- comrades and forced
to return to their line.
This Ciiiiin w. .s made witliout
amplification, along with .! state,
ment that during the day’-; fi.g.it-
ing Greek troops ousted the fat-
cists from the - fortified villages
and took 300 prisoners, iucltidmc
a lieutenant-colonel and six
alterns, along with
quantities of materlils.
lain of Wuke
tfcKThd Chap-
Forest College.
North Wilkesboro office of the
North Carolina State Employment
Service referred 185 to Jobs dur
ing the past week, according to
figures released today by B. G.
Gentry, manager.
Practically all of that number
.Mr. Gentry said, were referred to
defense projects at Fort Bragg
and Holly Ridge.
The week was a busy one in
other respects for the office.
There were 173 new registrations
for worl^ and 100 renewals of
formar ragl?t!#*Iion8.
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‘Lme’ Republican
Solicitor May Lose
Out In Yadkin Step
Bill Would Move Yadkin
County From 17th To
21st Judicial District
Raleigh, Feh. 19. — Yadkin
county, which slightly over two
years ago seceded from the Re-
'puiblican party long enough to
name its first Democratic repre
sentative in 40 years, h?.s now
taken its first action toward get
ting from under the only Repub
lican solicitor in North Carolina.
This is provided in a bill intro
duced in the senate today by Sen.
ator Marshall of Stokes, which
proposes to remove Yadkin from
the 17th to the 31st jadicial dis.
E^fhteen Wilkes
Men Enter Ariny
AtFtBn^gToday
13 Volunteei-s And Five Con
scripts Make Up Wilkes
Quota For Month
Man Chufed WiA
MurderBreaksIkl^
Wilkes County Jal^
Ed Shew Escaped Monday
Night; Faced Charge Of
Killing Colored Man
¥j
Repeal Trustee
Act 1$ Ratified
Senate Bill Repealing Local
Act Of 1937 Passes In
House At Raleigh
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British Prepare For
Wars With Japs
-British.
act introdi'cpd in tiu' -cn-
ate s'Vi-ral (iiiys ago l>y Miles
Shore. 2 lilt di ui iel senator, waf
passed by the house yesterday
and ordered ratified.
The act repeals an ■ ct passed
-It 1937 which v; lidatrd appoint
ment by fornter clerk of eoiirl.
Win. A. Stroud, of trustees for
ttie North Wilke.sltoro .Academical
and Industrial Institute for Col
ored I’eoi lo, and involves title to
some valaa-hle real estate in the
northern part ot this city.
lyoutl attorneys appeared in
committee hearing in both house
and senate for and against the
measure.
Indian
Singapore. Feb. 19.-
Australian. Malayan and
regiments stood in strength in
Malaya tonight, manning th
mighty bastion of Singapore to
meet eny spread of the war in
the Pacific, and by bringing m
heavy reinforcements of war
planes the British appeared also
to have seized the balance of air
power in southeastern Asia.
The irrepressible Atistralktn.'
who arrived yesterday in singing
tlKyuwnds after a 3,000-mile trip
under convoy, took up their sta
tions along with fellow .mperlal
troops at every vital position in
Malaya and the already mobilised
civil defense units—including thr
Chinese—prepared to do then
***Maj. Gen. Gordon Bennett
Australian commander
,brought a wholly-equipped forc»
Sl^Sent upon Malaya only for
fuel, told the peoph
his men were trained
shock troops, and edded:
••Your war L our war. bhoulo
any enemy come this way, Aus
tralia will be there!’’
Seed Lespedeza At
Rate 30 lbs. To Acre
food and
here that
the
who
Wilkes farm a
m
J. B. Snipes
»nt has recommended that les
; h^esults. It Is false economy
^ "HNakd, to use a smaller amoujw
■Fwis also pointed out that
limentn under the soil program
be nnowed-nnleue leepe
M mooted «rti« «te of ai
. #0 po«3»a?
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"Tell me, sir. Who was braver
than I-ancelot. wiser than Socra
tes. more honest than Lincoln,
wittier than -M; rk Twain, and
more handsome than Apollo?’’
"My wife’s first husband."
Trouble in Paradise
pfT'*?'
workruen at Holly Ridge now
elude the following: 1,000 labor,
ers at 40 cents per hour; 20 line
men at $1.25 (hot- work); 50
plumber.s lat $1.30; 15 steam fit
ters at $1.30; one civil engineer
at $1,800 yearly.
Fort Bragg opsnings include:
25 sheet metal workers at $1.00
per lioiir; 4 hack hoe operators
end 4 shovel operators at $1.00;
4 dragline operators at $1.25;
one male stenographer at $U0
month: 4 first cooks. white
males. 2 while male lakers and
two colored male -bakers at $1.-
320 per year.
The office also has :■ call fo’
a tool clerk at Sinfoid at $25
weekly, must have sufficient ma
chine .shop p.xperience to know
terminology and names of tools,
and a call for a graduate dietici-
i n. female, at Washingloi., D, 0..
stnlary $1,620 yearly.
Sappers of Fifteenth Royhl Aus
tralian engineers explode a land
mine by fuse, during maHenvers
near Sydney, Australia. Tactics
such as this were responsible for de
stroying Italian land mines, opening
the road for British tanks on the
way to Bardia, Tobruk and Derna.
Over $19,000 Farm
Checks Are Paid
Three Groups Of Checks Ar
rived During Past Week
Increases Total
Eighteen Wilkes men boarded
the bus here today for Fort Bragg
to begin a year of training as
draftees.
Wllkee board number one fur-
nisihed seven, including three re
placements, a.nd hoard numiber
two 11, two of whom were re
placements. One man. Albert
Bentley Parsons, who was In
the number selected by -board
number tiwo, was unable to go on
account of illness.
The seven from board area
number one were Commie Guy
Roberts, Raymond Earl Greene.
Felix Lunsford, Ben Parrish, Wil
liam Earl Estep, Garvey Huffman
and Boonle Lane. All were volun
teers.
The 11 from Wilkes board
number two were Ronald B. Stur-
ill, Edward Lee Gregory, Robert
Winfield Church, Clinton Ray
Smoot, James Harvey ' Holler.
Charlie Howard Owens. Joseph
Owens. Uiwrence Alonzo Handy,
Howard Cothren, Howard Fra
zier. and Rufus Hall. Six were
volunteers and five were selected
by conscription.
Seven from Alexander county
draft board also boarded the but-
Loan Application
Blanks Arrived
Three groups of government
vouchers which arrived during
the psf-t week swelled the total
cash payments for 1941 comnP
ance with the Agricultural Con-
.. servatinii program in Wilke.s to
'armers May Make Appn- over $l9.ono to di le. It was
cation For Loans At Of
fice Of Clerk Of Court
Mr.= . Wayne Yates, appointed
Wilkes representative to receive
applications for emergency crop
loans, said today that, she has ap
plication blanks and asked thrt
farmers interested in that ty.pe
of loan make application with
out delay.
The loans are being made to
farmers who cannot obtrln credit
elsewhere tor purcht.se ot seed
fertilizer and feed tor livestock
in financing the 1941 crop. Tenn.-
have been liberalized in order to
provide greater assistance tt
flood stricken farmers in this
part of the state, who lost crops
and were otherwise damaged in
the August, 1940, flood.
Mrs. Yrtes may be found in the
office ot clerk of court.
Adolphus J. Taylor
Claimed By Death;
Funeral Monday
With plenty ot snow and alee cold
(br-r-r-r) water, tSi. and J In, Polar
Bear at the Prospect Park soo, in
New York city, indulge In a fanaily
■qaabble. Mrs. Bear is sore becanae
the «M saaa need np aD tbe ice ww-
WruaiA |te1M i chanoe te take
bar beta.
Funeivl service was held Mon-
i a y at Lewis Fork Advent
church for Adolphus J. Taylor
82. well known qjtjzen of that
community who died Sundav
evening at his home. Interment
was in Thompson family ceme-
terv.
Surviving are three sons and
two df-ughters: Bob Taylor, of
Mount Airy; .T. H. Taylor, of Co
rinth; W. C. Taylor, of Salisbury;
Mrs. G. H. Profflt, of Fori
Bridges, Wyo,: Mrs. J. D. Stokea,
Purl ear route «ne.
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learned tod; y from Mrs. Rosa B
Church, treasurer of the Wilkes
unit.
ThU represents cash payment
to about 1,500 farmers after all
deductions were made for lime,
phosphate, seed and other mater
ials purchased at government
price under the program.
The 1.-st three group of checks
received were as follows: 50
checks for a total of $4 65, 86
checks for $1,346.22 and 50
checks for $419.77.
The farmers to whom the
checks were made payable were
notified by mail when they arriv
ed and distribution has been
made of practically all checks re.
ceived at the office.
the ebunty in' (ha HeW district.
And. to avoid complications,
the bill provides that the solicitoi
ot the 17th judicial district, nou
a resident of Yadkinville. may
continue to reside outside the
17th district until his term ex-
pi re.s.
Background for this measure
Ties in the past election, in whicl
Die Yadkin Democrats, lost In
ni rrow margins in certi in coun
ty offices, and in the previous
election, in which the Democrat'
won but after which .some of the
leading Democrats were prose
ciited for election law iufraciions
Yadkin Democrats cfiarge tha'
during the past election numer
Otis party workers were “intimi-
d; ted’’ by Solicitor Avalon K
Hull, who threatened to apply tht
Hatch act. Party leaders pointed
out that while the act was not ap
plicable, they could not go t>
each party worker and explrln tr
him individually that he could
not oe touched by the act in pure
ly state and county contests.
So the Yadkin Democrats want
to get under a more sympathetic
solicitor ere another election
coimes around. And mryhe they
will.—Greensboro Daily News.
iEr*kine Freshmen
To Play Lions Here
Basketbi II fans in this section
will be given a special treat at
the North Wilkesboro high schi^ol
gymnasium on "tuesday night.
February 25, when the hiab
school team here will play the
freshmen team from Erskiiie col
lege.
The game, which should dl-
-play some of the best ibaskelball
of the season, will begin nt 7:3f'
and there will he a cake walk -be
tween halves. Admission charges
will be 10 and 25 cents and all
are (nvited.
JSta^r JMHf® yiaBt®*-CnnigUn- - An--egg show with ten prizes
Roland '^Kufty, Burette Payne
Walter Cnvltt, Donald Deal, Er
nest Matheson and Dock Kerley
All were volunteers,
O. K. Whitington, draft board
member, and Wm. A. Stroud
draft board clerk, of area num
her one in Wilkes, and W. P
Kelly, draft board clerk o‘
Wilkes area nu-mher two, wert
present to see the new army re
cruits off. All the young niei
were cheerful and eager to gel
on DiPir way.
Ten From Wilkes
Will Enter C.C.C.
\I1 14 Applicants To Be
Taken For Examination
At Camp On Monday
Ed Shew, young white man
jailed on January 13 In connae-
tion vrith the slaying of Sinclair
Adams, local colored man, escap
ed from Wilkes jail some time
Monday night.
Officers said that Shew, who
was being held in default of $2,-
600 required bond, used a pieeo
of pipe to pry loose a window bar
and jumped a distance of several
feet to the ground.
None of the other prisoners
had escaped. Officers partially at
tributed their failure to escape
to the size of the opening. Shew,
age about 18, was small, his
weight about 120 and his height
five feet and eleven inches.
Ed Shew, with “Mutt” Shew
and Ira Williams, was placed in
jail last mes hs after a coroner’s
jury charged them wlth_ fatally
beating Adams, Inflicting a brain
concussion which caused bis
death.
The jail break was carried out
without raising any alarm and
the jailor did not discover it un
til Tuesday morning.
Shew’s case was calendared for
trial In Wilkes term of court to
begin on March 3.
Winners Egg Show
Monday Are Given
W. K. Sturdivant And Guy
Hutchison Take Twq First
Prizes At The Show
Charles McNeill. Wilkes count'
welfare officer, said today tha'
his office ha.- received notice that
ten from Wilkes may be indiictod
into the C. C. Camp at Daiihiir.'
next Monday, February 24.
Mr. McNeill said that only 14
applici tions are now on file and
that it is proliable that all the 14
will be taken in order to have a
sufficient number should any f.9il
to pass the required physical
tests.
To Speak
County Ba^etball Championships To
Be Decided In Tourney Finals Tonight.
Millers Crock t-nd Honda hove
Mountain. View and Honda girls
have eliminated all other compe
tition rnd will play in the finals
of North Wilkesboro high school’.^
goodwill basketball tournament
here tonight for the county cham
pionshlp title*. ■
The first game tonight will be
gin at 7:30.
The tournament, which Is
sponsored onnually by the stu
dent body of North Wilkesboro
high school as a goodwill and
sportsmanship ondenTor, -began
on Monday night rsd evaty game
tu* '31^ cleanly
pfayisia., ■'
North vWflkiMhM^l
obtained -beautiful trophies fo’-
boys and girls champions and
runners up
The semifinals played last
night wefe very fast games. Prob
ably the most exciting was Hon
da boys’ 13 to 12 victory over
Mountain View, which was slight
ly flavored. Cecil Key and Gilley
were outstanding for Ronda while
Taylor, rangy center .who fouled
out, led Mountain Vleiit's fierce
but unsuccessful attACk. | Ueocotary ot Labor, Frances Perk-
Millers Creek hoys, easily de- (obeve) is schednled to address
feated Roaring-.Rtver 48 to 19 ■ njinfr' I—T **—1~**
but tbe namber TWlnte ecoted Ffnratltit wM.*
hj the M0«t4ieaflad *roa j ^ |, 4tiuita Ctty, K. I4
given for the best white and
brown eggs was a feature of the
regional poultry school held Mon
day in Wilkesboro under auspic
es of the North Carolina exten
sion service and State College.
T. T. Brown, extension special-
i.st. judged the many entries of
eggs and announced the winner.'.
The eg.g show was highly comiili-
mented.
The prize winners in tlie order
of the awards and the prizi's do
nated by spvenil firms were as
follows:
Mesl dozen brown eggs W. K.
Stiirdiv: nt. 100 chicks donated
by Blue Ridge Hatchery: Hazel
l-lierman. 75 chicks donated by
W.lkes Hatehery: Aileeii Gieene,
100 pounds .-tarting nir.sh. donat
ed by E. E. Eller: G. G. .Mitchell,
egg liasket donated by Haves
Hardware company: Q. O. Kilby,
feeder donated by Carlton Hard
ware company.
Best dozen white eggs—Guy
Hutcliison, 100 chicks by Cham-
nioii I'eed and Hatchery; Ernest
W- Ish. 75 chicks donated by
rhamiiion Poultry farm: A. B.
Fairchilds. 100 pounds starting
nmsh donated by Bine Ridge
Hatchery: E. M. Huffman.  gg
basket donated fcy Haye.-; Hard
ware comnanv: Mrs. Carl Hen
drix. feeder donated by Church
Hardware company.
In addition lo Wilkes poultry-
men, extension workers and poul
try producers were present at the
short course and egg show from
Ashe. Alleghany. Alexander.
, Caldwell. Surry, Yadkin. Wa
tauga and Iredell counties.
Wilkes County Youth
! Badly Injured In Fall
I Elkin, Feb. 19.—Robert Bur-
'cham, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Burcham of the Benham commu
nity and a senior at Traphill hi^
school, is in a .serious condition in
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital
here as the result of injuries suf
fered when he fell from the second
floor of a barn at the home, a dis
tance of 10 feet. His injuries in
cluded a fracture of the skull, a
broken collarbone and numetroua
bruises.
He has never fully recovered
consciousness since the accident
Tuesday evening and no improve
ment in his condition is apparent
yet.
N. r « F. OFFICE
pfrsONNET. to ATTEVT)
TRAINING COURSE FEB.20
nenniy wx wm-
iSbarifi# JUvar, 'anrptta^lSTv
The entire office staff of the*
Employment Seiwlce office hate .4.
will attend a trrlnlng course ' la
Hickory tonight. The coum will
he condneted 4>y Mre. A.,
Lott, mtmlewer »t . tbe ' oliBte .