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Important &out Scrap Itou Campaign
Meeting WiD Be --
Tuesday Night
To Be All Next Week
Reorganization of Scouting
Will Be Principal Bu»i- j
ness At The Meeting
Honor Student
Reorganization of Scouting in
Wilkes county will (begin in a
meeting to be held on Tuesday
night, January 27. eight o’clock,
according to an announcenipnt
issued here.
In the business to be before
the meeting will be nomination
and election of officers and selec
tion of representatives to the
council meeting to be held in
Winston-Salerm on January 29.
The announcement stated that
the meeting will be brief but of
great importance to the Scout
expansion program and all who
are Interested in Scouting are
urged to attend.
The meeting follows comple
tion of the successful drive made
here for funds to finance Scout
Elxpani’ion. during which more
than $1,500 was raised in the
Wllkesboros as the local part of
the council budget.
COLLECTING TAX—
Postoffices Now
Selling the Federal
Auto Tax Stickers
$2.09 Buys Sticker Good Un
til July 1; Sales At Post-
offices Increasing
Sales of new federal tax stick
ers for automobiles have been
picking up at postofflces after a
'Tlow^tart^VarlieV this week.
More than half of the original
number sent North Wilkesboro
pos’office had beer sold today,
.-ales being more than 2 50 of the
$3.09 stickers.
But there wili be more and ev
ery motorist must purchase a
sticker and have it on his or her
vehicle by February 1 or be
liable for .stiff penal'ies for vio
lation of a federal law.
The stickers are ; -muted on
the wrong >-ide for placing on the
inside of the wind.shield but it is
permissible to place them on the
back side of the rear view mirror
Jolm K. t liuicli. Of .\oi1li
Wilkesboro, i.s the newly-elec-
ted president of the Slate Col
lege .Xgricultiiriil Club for tlie
winter trriii. Tlie eliib, one of
the largest and most active on
the caiii|>it.-, is composed of
sliideui.s ill the Scliool of .\gri-
eullure. .John K- Chureli is .i
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Church.
Many-Merchants
Will Buy Scrap
All Over County
Farmer* Will Be Paid Pre
vailing Prices For All
Kinds Scrap Metal
The week hegimiiiig Monday
January 26, has been designated
as “Scrap Iron Week’’ in Wilkes
county, when a campaign for the
collec'ion of scrap metals vrill be
conducted throughout the coun
ty.
By arrangement with C. A.
Lowe and Sons, local buyers of
.scrap metals. 27 merchants in
every part of Wilkes county will
buy scrap metals all nex* week
and prices set by the government
will be paid for the various
grades.
J. B. Snipes, county farm ag
ent, has urged every farmer to
gather up the scrap metal abou*
his premiseti and sell at the most
convenient point. In connection j
with the drive, he has asked 'hat |
farmers make Immediate invento-
FOR FEBRUARY-
l^es Allowed
78 Tires In Next
Month Allotment
18 Auto Tires, 60 Truck 4
Tires, 15 Auto Tube* smd
104 Truck Tube*
ry of repair parts needed for
IN THIS CITY—
Moose Lodge Is
Planning Defense
Rally Feb. 10th
farm machinery and to place or.
ders with their dealers now in
order that the parts will be on
hand when needed. In this man
iier farmers will be able to find
out what implements are be.v.ond
repair and the metals can be sold
for scrap,
1 It is believed 'hat many tons
of scrap iron and substantial
quantities of other needed mate
rials can be collected in the conn-
Wilkes Tobacco
Growers To Get
More Allotment
MALAYAN
ADVANCE
HALTED
All Wilkes County Tobacco
Growers Receive 10% In
crease In Allotment*
Will Lead Panel On
Hickory of Wilkes
_ , I J. . .. ■ ty during the week
Everybooy Invit^CtT TXaicKUav county agent has made It
clear that the farmers and others
with scrap metals are not being
asked to donate them but to sell
them at prevailing pricey. Many
are using money obtained from
Loyal Order of Moose in North
Wilkesboro has completed plans,
for a big defense rally to be held | that -ource to buy defense bonds
at -he town ball here on Tue--: and stamps. However, the county
dav night. Februrav lo. 7:2(1 agent emphasized m announce-
‘jjj ment of the event that they may
A.'v. Nolan, member of the use he money for any purpose
Miller.s Creek high school fr ciiliy , thev wish. , , .
is chairman of the program com-The following merchants in le
mittee. He has planned the pro-. county have been designated a.-
gram in the form of a panel, with j buyers of scrap iron during t e
J. O. Hackett leading, about week:
Wilkes county and the part its | R. C- Jarvis, Cycle; Liis Myers
or other r-iaces on the vehicle. ’people played in obtaining and. Cycle: L. E. Woodie. Sniiimii.
The stickers may be purcliased maintaining freedom. i G. C. Parsons. Pavsoiivil e. ir
at any post office. j The committee emphasized ^ gil Church, Feed and Grocery
It was learned 'oday from the
office of Lawrence Miller, secre
tary of the Wilkes County Agri
cultural Conservation Associa
tion Association, that an increase
of 10 per cent had been allowed
on
totacco producers in the county,
that had been officially approved
by the State AAA Committee.
New allotmen's showing the in
crease due each producer are be
ing placed ini the mall this week
and any old tobacco grower who
lias not received his revised al-
The Japanese invader appar
ently had been shelled to a halt
last night in the most critical
Malayan sector before Singapore,
but he was developing a danger
ous offensive upon the Island ap
proaches to anxious Australia.
Here, along the eastern end of
a 4,000-mile ocean battle line,
.Japanese warplanes In waves
-- r— - numbering as high as 60 bomb-
heallotmtoBts^tjf ^nd telite#n)ttt*lc'^th Snot
tremendous power as to snggeet
that* they were attempting to
clear the way for invasion at
tempts. Prime Minister Curtin
told the Australians that the
menace to that far sou'hem Al
lied position was now “nearer,
lotment by
\he first of the weekjCle^ref ^"1 deadlier than ever"
When'going to purcha.se the fed-'that -he meeting is open with j Store, Purlear; Taft Foster,
eral auto tax .sticker be sure to invitation extended to all to at Champion: T. W^ kerguson, er
We as mU as $2.10 because a ’ tend. K«son: Scroggs ft Company. Mo-
maVuK- ,.:h sWdng pur"L to |CONTRARY TO RUMORS- jo. union Grove: Pres. In.score
should notify 'he county office to
this effect. It was learned further
that all growers receiving an al
lotment of under 1.5 acres would
receive an increase of 0.1 acre.
Prom 1.6 acres to 2.5 acres
would receive 0.2 acre increase.
This same scale applio- all the
way up o the maximum growers
illotnieiit in the county.
■ The countv committee was
nleased to make this announce- cost,
ment to ’he Wilkes county to
bacco growers.
Attacked were Kavleng In the
Northern Bismarck Archipelago;
Madang, Salamaua, Bulolo and
Lae in British New Guinea.
Oeenpy Celebes Island
And, further *o the west btit
still in the Australian zone, the
Dutch acknowledged that the
enemy had wholly occupied Mina
haasa Peninsula in Northern
Celebes h'land. although at heavy
the colU'Ctor
Greensboro.
revenue
at
FOR THE COUNTY—
Valuable Load
Of Liquor Held
No Word From
Dr. Bumgarner
' Present Location of Captain
In Medical Corps Is Not
Known By Relatives
Tim Yates and Otho Johnson Last message received by par-
Taken With Capture Of Dr. John R. Bumgarner,
, . £ , ■ captain in the medical corps with
$5,000 Load of Liquor
One of the me-i arrested with
the capture of a cargo of about
$5,000 wor h of tax paid liquor
has waived evidence to court and
hearing has not been held for
the other. It wa, learned today
from Sheriff C. T. Doughton
who made the arrests.
Tim Yates and O'ho (Taterl
Johnson were arrested when
Sheriff Doughton captured the
valuable cargo of liquor on high- ,
way 16 January 1. Yates filed I
bond and waived hearing and
hearing has not been held tor
Johnson. j
Sheriff Doughton has the 'iq-
uor. about 260 cases, stored and
p will he turned over to the
county for sale to liq ,;or s'ores
!n wet counties of the state when
the case is finally deposed of.
I Store, Rt. 3. North Wilkesboro;
! Perry Lowe, Pores Knob; C. A.
'Lowe and Sons, North Wilkesbo-
'ro: Tom Grier Store, Boomer;
! Morris Hendren, Gllreath; W. W.
! Harris Hardware Store, Roaring
River; Leet Poplin Store. Ronda:
J. Z. Adams Store. Aus'in; Char
lie Miles, Traphill; Imnnie Hol-
, brook Store, Abshers; W. W.
'Gamhill Store, Dockery; Jesse
Templeton. Haye; M. F. Atsher.
RFD, Hays: W, M. Osborne
I Store, McGrady; A. R. Miller,
‘Vannoy: A. T. Nichols. Route 1,
Wilkesboro; R. H. Green, Ronda;
' Mont Jones, Oakwoods; Robert
' Spencer, State Road.
ON JANUARY 26—
North Wilkesboro
B. & L. To Meet
Annual Stockholders Meet
ing To Be Held At City
Hall Monday Night
•he U. S. forces in the Philip
pine.!, was at Christmas, his
father. Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner,
of Millers Creek, said today.
Dr. Bumgarner entered service '
as a first lieutenant in the medi- ■
vial corps in December, 1940, and
was sent to S'ernberg General |
Hospital in Manila, capital of the'
Philippines, He was there when
he sent Christma.! greetings and
news of his promotion to rank of
Cap'ain at Christmas.
Since that time a hospital ship,
loaded wih American wounded.
sailed from Manila to Darwin, j Annual statement of the Reins-
Australia, and the Japanese inva- Sturdivant Burial association re-
ders captured Manila. General leased here shows that its mem-
Regular annual meeting of the
etockholders of the North Wilkes
boro Building and Loan associa
tion will he held at the city hall
'on Monday nigh*. January 26,
I (Continued on Page Five)
GET FREE TRAINING—
11 From Wilkes
Taken By NY A
Eight To Asheville for Sheet
Metal Course; Three
Welding At Durham
1 NEAR HATTERAS—
Two More Ships
Sunk By Nazis Off
the Atlantic Coast
Washington.—Striking with in
creasing fury along the Atlantic
Seaboard, enemy submarines
have sunk the American steamer
City of Atlanta and probably the
Latvian freighter Ciltvaira. with
an apparent loss of 45 lives, the
Navy department revealed yes
terday.
The Tes8eT8~were the fifth and
sixth victims of marauding r
'l5oaU which sank their first vic
tim in eastern seaboard waters a
week ago yesterday. The apparent
death toll brought to 75 'he to
tal of seamen who have died in
the undersea warfare.
Only Tlirw Saved
Only three of the City of At
lanta's es'imaled crew of 4 6 were
rescued after she was sent to tin*
bottom off Cape Hatteras. N. C.
Monday morning. The other 12
apparently perished.
The CiPvaira. attacked the
same morning off the Atlantic
coast, lo.!t two of her 22-man
crew. Twenty one of those res
cued were taken to Charleston.
S. C.. while nine others were
taken to New York City.
Two of the three known City
of Atlanta survivors, Poiiert
Fennell. Jr., and George Tavelle.
both of Savannah. Ga... said last
nigh* in Hoboken. N. J.. where
they were landed, that the Ger
man marauder whicli torpedoed
their ship rose to the surface af
ter firing i's deadly missle. and
played a searchlight on the helo-
less sailors struggling in the icy
waters. The shivering seamen,
they said, clung to hits of wreck
age. shook their fists a’ the U-
boat and shouted;
“I’d like to wring your
necks, you Hein ies
Tire rationing hoard* for
Wilkes county have received fig
ures for the February allotment.
For the month the entlra
county, which includes botk
boards, received an allotment of
18 passenger car and light truck
tires, 60 truck tires and 104
truck tubes. This allotment will
be divided between the two
boards on badis of population of
their respective areas.
The two tire rationing board*
held a joint seesion this morning
to consider various regulation*.
The meeting was held at the of
fice of board number one In th*
federal hnildlng in Wilkesboro.
Board number two has office tz
the Bank of North Wilkesboro
building in this city.
To date board number one ha*
issued tire certificates to the
following; G. B. CarltOn, mall
carrier; D. R. Parker for Parker-
Trlplett Electric company, elec
trician : Robert Cleveland Par-
due, mall carrier; Dr. W. W.
Miles, physician; Samuel Malcolm
Fox, hauler of scrap metal; Wil
liam Talmage Austin, farm trac
tor (not counted against quota);
James Culby Walsh, transporta
tion of raw materlalc; R. G. Van-
noy. mail carrier.
Since last publication board
number two has issued tire cer
tificates to the following; Joncla |
W. Absher, transportation of raw
materials; S. W. Queen, commoa
carrier; Lin Bumgarner, commoa.’
carrier; Jenkins Hardware,
plumbing and heating; Hilary
York Hutchinson, mail carrier;
T-!j:v,Vat0L ,tr!H»w»t*tioa riw£-j
materials.
According to regulations
■board caiinot fcsue more than
one-fourth of its quqota during
any one week.
Red Cross Home
Nursing Classes
Rolls Announced
Reins-Sturdivant Mutual Burial
Association Is Large Organization
The following boys have been
accepted at the NY.A cen'er in
Asheville to take a three months
course in Sheetmetal.
Grover Dillard, Hays: James
F. Church, Hendrix: Es le C.
Woodie, Wilbar; Carl Miller.
Wiltar; Clinard Ray Johnson,
Hendrix; William Ross Hudvou, ' RESPONSE GOOD—
North Wilkesboro; Shelley Hol
brook. Abshers; Reggie H. Bar-
low, North Wilkesboro. Rt. 1.
Three others went to Durham
Statement Shows
Financial Condition; Mem
bership I* 52,370
Manila. General
Douglas MacArthur’s forces are
still holding out on Batan pen
bership had Increased'*o 52,370
a.5 of December 31, a total ex
avill liVJXUlllg .. ; «ll> Vfl. ww.
insula near the fortress of Cor-: ceeding the entire population of
Snlendid of the preceding year despite
the fact that one of the regular
quarterly assessments was omit
ted during the year.
Death benefits during the year
to 279 members who died, to
taled $26,850.
Over $46,000 of the cash as
sets were Invested in U. S. gov
ernment bonds and 'building and
crea'ing
I wish we could get our hands
you—."
lMe,u-;e load iho following li.sts
for your i-amo:
Morning olass, Mondays and
T'bursd.ivs 9:00 to 11:"0 Mes-j
damos Tom Finloy. J B McCoy,
Ilolmrt Gililis. E G Flinloy,
Hadley Hayes, ,1. D Sehaefer. F.
D. Forester. Jr.. Briee Caudle,
Bill .Al-lier. Clyde S Litlard, j
Jim Crawford. Weaver Starr, W.
P. Gaddy. W. H. nnhliiig. Dick I
Cashion. N. O Sinoak. Paul Gil-I
rea'h, and Misses Mary Hulitt,|
Ella McNeil, and Eiila Warren.
Night class, Mondays and!
Thursdays 7:n0 to 9:iHI Mes-l
dames Zella Culpepper. Murphy]
Hunt, Jake Church. W. Har.j
de.sty, Allie .Anden-on. .Sara Hath-]
cock. A. C. Chamberlain. TlpI
-McNeil. ..\iidrew Casi^v. Ottal
Keeling, and Misses Valley Pen-1
dry. ,r*ansv Green, latis Soroggaj
Carroll Moll. Kathleen Hayes,;
Elizabetli Heath. Mary Nicholaj
Maiile Hendren, Pansy Fergueon
and .Mrs. Jim Hauser.
Wilkes Hosiery
Employes Buying
Defense Bonds
I Lincoln Heigh's School -Tue^l
j days. Wednesdays and Friday*]
11:30 to 2:40.
I Roaring River School- - Mon-I
1 days and Thursdays 1:00-3:00.
i The classes will he held
town at the Woman’s Club houa
and every member Is asked to b»j
I on time for all classes, as tb«}|
will he started on time. If thea
Monday January 19, to enroll in
a welding class:
James D. Barker. Roaring
River, Rt. 2; Worth R. Miller.
Millers Creek; Millard Lee Cur
ry, Wilkesboro, Rt. 1. . vvhkcs , .
Mrs. Maude S. Miller. Youth announces today the inaugu-1 please call Mrs W. D. alfacre V
Personnel Interviewer, said va- j.j^tion of the Voluntary Pay Roll home. No. 66. between ftve-thlrU
cancies occur daily due to the i pjan for the purchase of, and six-thirty in the evening
I There is a mistaken idea that to
The Wilkes Hosiery Mills Com-, is fur'her information you desll
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die to
fact that placements on Defense Bonds.
. . _ —-3... MA v.ar>«/11v { *
jobs are made
so
“(Youths may apply at the NYA
'■ ■ in the court house each
^ y e * 11 4* t 111 ,
rapidly.! p ^ Eshelman, president of i members of the above elas.
SAYS DUrKS SWIM
THROUGH THE AIR
Wilkes county by approximately
10.000.
The association, which has
home office here and branches at
Spar* a, Jefferson, Boone and Le-, —
noir, is the largest in the state, here in 1933 and Its rapid grow'h
Coffewille, Kan.-One of the MacArthui's forces to Corregidor and as tar as could be learned 's '’eaUly seen Ity “ ^
jokts floating around in the wake was left at the hospital to care here. Is the w7h
of recent heavy Kansas rains is for those wounded after depar- of its kind In the nation ,It opera i„anranee laws I
told^ Wa^^Brooks of Coffey- ture of the hoepl'al ship. The association which oper- North Carolina Insurance laws. I
X. who savs a flock of ducks Utes mutually, ended the year
regidor and close to the entrance
of Manila bay.
It has not been learned here
whether Dr. Bumgarner accom
panied the wounded on the hos-
pi*al ship, went with General
MacArthui’s forces to Corregidor
loan stocks, thus crea'ing a
serve which not only protects the I f^om 9 till 5. j Tie emnloyee authorizes
finances of the organization hut | Wilkes Hosiery Mills Com-
whlch adds to earnings by Early Today to deduct from weekly pay
terest received . . .i • »» ?n i check whatever amount they want
The association was organized j Hoinphlll Home
the eomnanv, advises that the em-'will be subject to draft. This
ip^ees re-!nonse to the plan is ex-; for community service and not
part of the United States Army.
t Fire at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Hemphill In Wilkesboro
was
dfacovered near a
,rth Carolina Insurance j^wa. « - - wilkesboro fire
Report for the year was Issued J ^
ates mutually, ended the year Report for the year was issuea . called. The resi-
^I^”over his"heai in the murky! Many coaples continue to mar- - with a cash balance of M^468 61 by W. K. dence Is occupied by Mr. and
S with their W folded, "They ry tor love, not. as do others, to which repreeented a sutatantial treasurer, who ^ h^ of the ^
ww swimming,” explains Brooks, obtain sparring partners. 'increase over the amount at the (Continued on Page Five)
in bDTid saving.
This amount is regularly credit
ed to emplovee’s individual De
fense Savings Bond account and
each time a total of $18.76 is ac
cumulated the company will pro
cure from the government a $26.00
Defense Savings Bond and deUter
to the employM.
Laziness grows on people; it bej
gins in cob-ftebs, and ends in ir«J
chains. The more business a ma
has to do, the more he is able
accomplish; for he learn* to.,
omize his time.
“Many men and wd||)^ tto
their dogs at night;**
Ice Holderby, “but let tbahr
dren run around pr
were swimming,” explains Brooks, oh'-am sparnng partners. increase over me .-a- ^ — ^ ~
President’s Ball On Friday fRght At Ugm Qabhme for In/antile Paralysis
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