JUfinn Will Ra Election win Be Tuesday, Dec. 9 Inhere vu a meeting at «U AAA Community Committeemen held in the Cottrutonse on Monday, November 24. Representatives from the entire 39 precincts in the oonnty were present. At thiB meeting information was given on holding the AAA coanty election, which oomes on December 9. The polls will open at 9 a. m. when the community committeemen will be nominated EXCAVATING And Dirt Removing We Do Any Kind of Job By the Hour Or By Contract Estimates Free Alexanders & Johnson Excavating Co. Box 771 xrrkDTTT WTT.KFSRORO. N. C. in this meeting that the polling places for Wilkes county will be the following: Antioch, Tom Mathis' store. Beaver Creek, Vf. O. Walsh's Store. Boomer, Tom Greer* B Store. Brushy Mountain, Morris Hendren's store. Edwards No. 1, Shepherd's Gross Roads. Edwards No. 2, 1. K. J^arpe's mill and store. Edwards No. S, Benham school. Edwardg No. 4, Pleasant Ridge school. Blk, Ira Triplett's store. Jabs Cabin, L. E. Woodie's , store. , I Lewis Pork, Mt. Pleasant Mar J sonic Hall. | Lovelace, IX P. Inseore's store. Moravian Falls No. 1, ComI munity House. ' Moravian Falls No. 2, Pores ! Knob Post Office. Mulberry No. 1, Hardin Owen's garage. Mulbetry No. 2, Odd Fellows' Hall. Mulberry No. 8, Odd Fellows' Hall. _ Castle No. 1, Harry •y No. 4, A, R. Myers' Green's store. . New Castle No. 2, Sherman Chamber's store. North Wilkesboro, Tyra Billings' store. Reddles River No. 1, Millers Greek Post Office. Reddles River No. 2, Lin Bumgarner's store. Reddleg River No. 3, Cross Roads Grocery etore. Rock Creek No. 1, Mountain View school. v Rock Creek No. 2, Oak Ridge Church. Rock Creek No. 3, Rock Creek Church. Somers, R. C- Jarvis' store. Stanton, Parsonville Post Office. Traphlll No. 1, J&ynes Post Office. Traphlll No. 2, C. D. Holbrook's store. Traphlll No. 3, Durham's store. Union No. 1, Oscar Palmer's store. Union No. 2, A. R. Miller's store, Union No. 3, W. H. Whittington'a home. "Walnut Grove No. 1, Dennis Walker's home. Walnut Grove No. 2, W. C. Gambill's store. Wilkesboro No. 1, AAA Office. Wilkesboro No. 2, Harvey Johnson's store. Mountain View And Traphill Split Games The basketball teams of Mountain View and' Traphill met Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock Cor. a hard fought battle which ended with the Mountain View girls taking the Traphill girls 22-14, and the Traphill Wildcats taking the Mountain View Red Devils 39-36. Both teams played smooth games, neither of the girls teams had been defeated this season which made the game all the more Interesting. Leading In score for Traphill was J. Billings with eight points and Sloop for Mountain View with thirteen points. Billings was high scorer for the Traphill boys with sixteen points, while Yale lead Mountain View with twelve points. Girls Game Mtn. View 22 Traphill 14 F—-^loop 13 - P. Wheeler 2 P—Key . Billings 8 P—Rhodes 5 .... Holbrook 4 P—Woodruff 4 G—Harrold — Brown G—Woodruff .... Warren G—Rhodes — Billings Substitutes: Mountain View— Woodruff 4. Traphill—Holcomb, A. Billings. Boys Game Mtn. View 39 Traphill 36 P—Mayberry 11 —.— Warren 7 P—Bauguess 7 Pruitt —Johnson 4 Smith 10 j G—Tale 12 Wood G—Blevins 2 .. Billings 16 Substitutes: Traplhill — Bryan 4, Warren H., and Billings J., 2. Dixon Sees Humorous Side of Washington. George Dixon's amuslng page of anecdotes about the Capital and its famous personalities is just one of many treats in the Pictorial Review, One of 3 Great Magazlnes in the Baltimore Sunday American. Order from Your Local Newsdealer.! SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina, Wilkes County. In the Superior Court T. J. Prazier vs. Robert L. Huffman and The Northwestern Bank To the defendant, Robert L. Huffman, a non-resident: The defendant, Robert L. Huffman, in the above-entitled action, will take notice that the plaintiff in said action did, on the 31st day of October, 1947, commence an action against the said defendant in the Superior Court of Wilkes county, North Carolina, by the issuing of summons, complaint and warrant of attachment against the property of the said defendant in Wilkes county, North Carolina; that the said warrant of attachment was served by the Sheriff of Wilkes county, North Carolina, by, levying upon certain property of the said defendant in the North* western Bank, Inc., North Wilkesboro, N. C. And that summon* in said action was returned unserved as shown by the said summons. ' That said action is brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, Robert L. Huffman, to recover money on contract in the amount of $2,160.00. The defendant, Robert L. Hoffman, is further notified thai he is required to be and appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes county, North Carolina, on or before the SOth day of December, 1947, to answer or otherwise plead to said complaint, a copy of which is deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes eeunty for the use of said defendant. And he will further take notice that if he fails to answer or otherwise plead to said complaint on or before the day hereinbefore set forth, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief asked for therein. This 9th day of November, 1047. C. C. HAYES, 12-4-4tT Clerk Superior Court Support!'. M. G. ft. CT ■ B— mm ■ " A anil R lifivftfc M wllU D III IVvIv Must Get License To Drive By 31st Drivers whose last names begin with A or B are reminded that they have only until December 31 to Obtain new operators' license. Motorists caught driving after that time without new license will be subject to a fine of $2$, even though they may have old license, since the offense will be equivalent to driving without license. *r • > Automobile operators who take the test and fail are not disqualified from obtaining driving permits. A second or third test will be given applicants If necessary. A national goal of 50,000,000 pigs for the spring of 1948 was suggested to farmers recently by USDIA, which at the same time re-emphasized its request for feeding hogs to lighter weights. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A North Carolina, Wilkes County. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of WuW* county, made in the special proceeding entitled Mary Royal, Helen Royal Harry, Dewey R. Harry vs. Lee Royal, Jr., hetrs-at-law, the same being 8145, P. 5, upon the special proceeding docket of said Court, the undersigned commissioner will, on the 19th day of December, 1847, at 12 o'clock Noon, at the courthouse door in Wilkesboro, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that certain tract of land lying and being in Reddies River township, Wilkes county, North Carolina, and more particularly described a* follows, to-wit: Beginning on a post oak, S. I. Caudill corner, and running south 2V% deg. west with his line and Jake Faw'g line crossing a small branch 73 poles to a Spanish oak in Faw*s line; thence south 76% deg. east with agreed line between G W. Bumgarner and J. W. Martin 58 poles to a poplar in the hollow; thence 8.70 deg. east with same 28 3-4 poles to forks of the branch at the mouth of the spring branch; thenec north 62 deg. east Support the Y. M. C. A. IHBfMBM 1- |f thence south 66 deg. east with the same 25 poles to a smaH red oak in Alex Bumgarner's line; thence north 4 deg. east with his line 61 poles to a stone, J. M. Brown's corner; thence north 89 deg. west, his line, 88 poles to his codner, also W. A. Porter's corner, a chestnut; thence north 79% deg. west with Porter's line 88% poles to his corner, a sourwood: thence south 14 dpg. west with his line 87 poles to his corner, a dogwood; thence north 76 deg. west crossing the the 48 poles and 19 comer, a stake; thence deg. west with hi# line road 10 poles; thence north de£. west with same 12 poles; thence north 1 deg. west with the same 4 $dles to Porter's corner, a pine, in S. J. Caudill's line; thence north 88% deg. west with Caudill's line 32% poles to the becoming, containing 60 acres, mora or less. This 14th day of Nov., iM7. LARKY & MOORE, 12-8-4tM Commissioner 'A STATEMENT — NORFOLK & DEDHAM MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO Needham, Mass. Condition December 31, 1946, as Shown By Statement Filed o■* _ t -» _ _ Amount Ledger Assets, Dec. 31st previous year Income—From Policyholders, $1,248,823.97; Miscellaneous, $75,275.59^ Total Tl1 Mis neous, iu.w, . lursements—To Policyholders, $417,957.45; laneous, $682,707.58; Total Premiums—Written or renewed daring year, *i,281,588.76; In Force . ....— All Other Premiums—Written or renewed during year, $285,974.20; In Force ASSETS Value of Real Estate i— Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Value of Bonds ®nd Stocks — Cash in Company's Office Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on inAgents' balances, representing business written prior to October 1, 1946 : — Agents' balances, representing business written subsequent to October 1, 1946 Deduct Ceded Reinsurance Balances Payable Interest and Rents due and accrued All other Assets, as detailed in statement $2,568,865.77 1,324,099.56 1,100,665.03 2,549,250.24 428,087.44 $ 22,660.00 1,500.001 2,420,435.68 15,985.34 I 153,911.58 176,977.36 1,683.51 - 14,683.14 • 8,240.82 148,326.64 TOTAL Less Assets not admitted — — TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS LIABILITIES Net amount of unpaid losses and claims Unearned premiums Salaries, rents, expenses, bills, accounts, fees, due or accrued Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, county and municipal taxes due or accrued All other liabilities, as detailed in statement Total amount of all liabilities except Capital Surplus over all liabilities $1,412,146.62 $2,935,037.79 62,581.46 $2,872,456.33 $ 103,044.67 1,285,622.73 5,000.00 33,000.00 33,642.31 TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,460,309.71 $1,412,146.62 $2,872,466.33 Paid $8,458.00 Paid 6,087.00 BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1946 Fire Premiums received $87,279.00 All Other Premiums received 13,311.00 Losses incurred—Fire 13,840.00 Losses incurred—AH other $ 6,604.00 President, Harold A. Knapp; Secretary, Geo. S. Goldthwail. Treasurer, Harold A. Knapp. Home Office 4 Pearl St., Dedham, Mass. Attorney for service: WM. P. HODGES, Commissioner of Insurance, Raleigh, N. C. State of North Carolina, Insurance Department Raleigh, May 6th, 1947 I, WM. P. HODGES, Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Dedham, Mass., filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Company, on the 31st day of December, 1946. Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written. WM. P. HODGES, Commissioner of Insurance STATEMENT" NATIONAL GRANGE MUTUAL LIABILITY COMPANY Keene, N. H. Condition December 31, 1946, as Shown By Statement Filed Amount Ledger Assets, Dec. 31st previous year $4,866,641.83 Income—From Policyholders, $3,035,327.56; Miscellaneous $95,755.98; Total disbursements—To Policyholders, $1,038,788.65; MisW cellaneous, $1,500,708.07; Total ASSETS/ Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Value of Bonds and Stocks Cash in Company's Office Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on interest Premiums In Course of Collection Interest and Rents due and accrued — TOTAL Less Assets not admitted TOTAL ADMITTED ASSETS LIABILITIES Unpaid Claims ; Expense, Investigation, and Adjustment of Claims— Unearned premiums Commission, Brokerage, and other charges due Salaries, rents, expenses, bills, accounts, fees, due or accrued Estimated amount of Federal, State, county, and municipal taxes All other liabilities, as detailed in statement Total amount of all liabilities except Capital Reserve $248,817.06 .... 750,000.00 „ 750,000.00 $4,866,641.83 3,131,083.54 2,539,496.72 112,846.39' 3,977,017.82 1,589.34 1,104,909.80' 261,865.30 9,416.11 $5,467,644.70 21,128.63 $5,446,516.18 $ 348,000.00 104.4QP.00 1,366,692.10 33,000.00 26,000.00 86,000.00 1.739.606.98 $3,702,099.061 Capital paid up Surplus over all Liabilities Surplus as regards Policyholders f1,748.817.051 TOTAL LIABILITIES BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING lf4f $6,446,516.181 Auto Liability—] Anto $2,159 liability premiums received. $12,114: losses paid, $656.00. . | property damage—premiums received, $6,138; losses paid,] Anto Collision—premiums received, $4,265; losses paid, $1,064. Total premiums received, $21,517; Total losses paid, $8,880. i f^tone; Secretary, R. C. Carrich. f F^de™1 Street, Keene, N. H. T anc^Sdg?N*CV1Ce? R H0DGES, Commissioner of ImutState of North Carolina, Insurance Department Raleigh, April 29, 1047. Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby certify rwLlf ®orrect *bsb*et of the statement of the Company, of Keene, N. HL, Wad Witness my hand and official seal, the day and year above written. WM. P. HODGES, Commissioner of SliK PRP .... . "* 7 Wilkes County Superior Court HON. J. H. CLEMENT, - - JUDGE PRESIDING DECEMBER TERM. 1947 FIRST WEEK— MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 No. 44—.State vs. Edmond Anderson, O. C. L No. 52—State vs. Wk. Jones Miller, O. C. I. No. 71—State vs. Fred Reeves, O. C. I. & C. C. W. No. 74—Nathan Nick Darnell, Public Drunkenness. No. 75—State vs. Mack Huffman, Public Drunkenness. No. 79—State vs. James Lewis Holcomb, 0. C. I. No. 81—State vs. Julius Jackson Johnson, Speeding. No. 82—State vs. Wint Chambers, O. C. I. & Reckless Driving. «No. 83—State vs. John Harold Lowman, O. C. I. & Reckless Driving. No. 84—State vs. Roscoe Miles, O.