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.JJ The Ripple serves twenty seven states, the District of Colombia, and the Dominion of Canada t Uabkut 5RtjtpU' Yadkirt's Oldest and Best Newspaper—Devoted to the Upbuilding and the Best Interests of Yadkin County The Ripple Covers a County of 18,000 of the Best People in the World VOL, XLV YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940 No. 1 From the State and Nation STATE MEMBERS of the petroleum industry of Surry and nine other counties will hear Capus M. Waynick, High Point editor and Cromer chairman of the state highway and public works commission, in an ad dress before the district meet ing of the North Carolina Pe troleum Industries Committee at Winston-Salem Thursday, January 11. Mr. Waynick, long an advocate of the principle of spending highway taxes for highways only, took a promi nent part in opposing diversion of highway funds during his administration as head of the highway commission and at a legislative hearing at Raleigh last winter. PAUL V. McNUTT, Federal Security administrator, will de liver the principal address at the Jackson Day Dinner to be held in Raleigh on January 8. Mr. McNutt, former governor of Indiana and high commis sioner of the Philliplnes, is a candidate for the Democratic 'nomination for president. STATE COMMISSIONER of 'Revenue Allen J. Maxwell last Monday morning announced 'his candidacy for the Demo ' cratic nomination for governor in the May primary with a “program of progress for North ‘'Carolina.’* Mr. Maxwell’s an nouncement brings the number of announced candidates up to three, with at least four others expected. NATIONAL WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 — Secretary Edison announced today that the 35,000-ton bat tleship North Carolina, first - new American battleship in nearly two decades, would be ' launched at New York navy yard in June. Edison desIgnat > ed Miss Isabel Hoey. daughter of Gov. Clyde R. Hoey. of North Carolina, as sponsor. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 — * Secretary of State Hull vowed today that he had no presi dential ambitions, and denied ' knowledge of reports that President Roosevelt had tap ped him as the White House choice for the Democratic nomination. The 68-year-old cabinet member, who is about to start the fight of his life for his reciprocal trade program, took this stand on the presi dential question at a press conference, and a short time later an aide reinforced the stand by declaring that Hull was out of politics and wanted n o politics intermingled in state department affairs. : INTERNATIONAL LONDON, Jan. 2—Outnum bered four-to-one, British air men in three bombers fought a furious battle today with a swarm of 12 speedy German planes over Helgoland bight— the second encounter of the war between the big bombers and the naxi’s vaunted war craft. When the fight was over, the British air ministry said, one bomber was down, another was missing and the third was safe. Of the dozen German planes, the air min istry said one was "shot down in flames’* and two others were "likely to have'been lost.” HELSINKI. Jan. 3 — (Wed nesday)—The disclosure that Finnish planes dropped bombs to smash the ice at Lake Kl anta and trap a whole red Russian division in what prob ably was the greatest battle of the war was made by reliable sources early today as the Finns mopped up in that sec tor and converted Other soviet attacks into Finnic'i victories. The battle, fought on Decem ber 29 and 30 at the eastern edge of Finland’s narrow “wahtHne” resulted 'fen the vir tual annihilation of the Rus sian 103rd division—-at least 1M0 strong. MEETS AUTHOR Vivien Leigh, right, playing the role of Scarlett O’Hara in the film version of “Gone With the Wind,” and Clark Gable, in the role of Rhett Butler, are shown talking with Margaret Mitchell, author of the book, following the first showing of the photoplay at Atlanta, Ga., recently. SHAFT HONORS YADKINMLE BOY IN TEXAS Granite Shaft on Public Plaza in Texas Town Tells the Story KILLED IN FLANDERS On the public square in the little town of Lampass, Texas, stands a monument to a Yadkinville boy— a monument erected by the 3000 citizens of that town in memory of a Yadkinville boy who gave his life in the world war in the place of a young man called to the colors from that town. The tall public shaft is in honor of Wiley Spurgeon Warden, a son of the late Rev. C M.. Warden and Mrs. Warden and a brother of Paul Warden, who enlisted in the army under the name of Donald Warden and died of a schrapnel wound in Flanders fields. The story runs this way. War den .had wandered to the Texas town when the war broke out and had made some friends there. One of there friends was called to the colors while his mother lay very ill and Warden, who was way down on the list, asked that he be allowed to take his friend’s place in order for him to remain with his sick mother. The request was granted and Warden was on his way to the front. When the facts were made pub lic after Warden was killed and the war over, citizens went to work to erect the granite shaft in his memory and it stands there today, carrying its message of thanks to the boy who braved the German bullets that his friend and his mother might remain together. Spurgeon Warden, as known in Yadkinville, was a romance seek er and left his job in the Yadkin Ripple office to seek adventure in the wild west. After his death government agents traced him to Yadkinwille and found that the adventurous Donald Warden was Wiley Spurgeon Warden and his parents received the insurance .he carried. Yadkinville Woodmen Camp Elects Officers For Coming Year The Yadkinville camp, No. 845 of the Woodmen of the World, in meeting here, elected their officers for the coming year. The new officers will be installed in a special meeting at the Wniston Salem Camp Jan. 9, at which time the members and their families of the Yadkinville camp are in vited to attend. The officers elected were as follows: Past Consul Commander Frank Mackie; Present Consul Commander Ernest Long,' Finan cial secretary Bickett Holcomb; Banker Melvin Swaim; Advisor Lieutenant Simon Shermer; Escort Charlie Driver; Watchman Willie Watkins; Sentry Watt Wishon; Auditors O. J. Fleming, J. H. P. Shore and I. V. Weatherman. Last Court El weed—-Daddy, what’s a court of last resort? Daddy—Courting an old maid1, my boy. Woodhouse Named Enumerator For Yadkin County Mr. S. E. Raper, Census Super visor of the 8th District with head quarters at Wadesboro, announces the appointment of Frank M. Woodhouse of Boonville as enu merator for Yadkin county and he .has entered on his duties in gath ering the decennial census of bus iness and manufacturing. Mr. Woodhouse will immediate ly begin gathering statistics in Yadkin county on wholesale and retail trade, service establishments, amusements and manufacturing enterprises. This is the first time in many years that a commercial census and a population census has been taken the same year. The com mercial census begins Jan. 2, and the population census will start April 1. Mr. Raper asks that all business men cooperate with the enumerator in gathering the bus iness statistics. Mr. Woodhouse is the present representative of Yadkin county in the legislature. Bookmobile Schedule For Yadkin County The Bookmobile schedule for Yadkin county, for the months of January and February, is given below: Route No. 1, January 15, 29; February 12, 26: Martin Store. 8:25; Courtney, 9:05; Courtney high school 9:35; Huntsville 10:30; Shacktown 11:00; Mackie’s Store 11:30: Forbush school 12:00; Enon 12:45; Flint Hill 1:30; Pilot View 2:30. Route No. 2, January 16 and 30; February 13 and 27: Quaker Forbush 9:25; Henry Davis’ Store 10:00; East Bend school 10:30; Smithtown 11:30; Fall Creek 12:00; Richmond Hill 1:10; Boon ville school 2:00; Boonville (bank) 2:30. Route No. 3, January 17 and 31; February 14 and 28: Center, 8:20; Oak Ridge 8:50; Bryant’s Store 9:30; Jonesville 10:00; Ar lington 11:35; Longtown 12:00; Brooks Cross Roads 12:30; Yad kin ville school 1:30; Yadkinville (courthouse) 2:30. Route No. 4, January 18, Feb ruary 1, 15 and 29: Footville, 9:00; Lone Hickory 9:30; Hamp ton ville 10:00; West Yadkin school 10:25; Windsor’s Cross Roads 11:35; Cycle postoffice 12:15; Swan Creek 1:10; Marler 2:40. Annie Lee Cockerham Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at Fall Creek church for little Miss Annie Lee Cockerham, 4, who died from pneumonia at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs, J. Harding Cockerham, near Boonville, Thursday morning. Rev. Cleat Simmons conducted the services. Survivors include the father and stepmother; two brothers, J C. and Dennis Cockerham, and a sister, Bettie Jane, of the home; four half brothers, John and; James at home; Deck, of Wilkes county, and Joe of Jonesville; four half-sisters, Mrs. Lula Men denhall and Mrs. Mary Baity of Jonesville; Mrs. Lois CranfiU of Boonville and Mrs. Kate Wagon er of Wilkes county. CONGRESS BACK AT WORK; FACES MANY CLASHES Is Primed for Expected Con troversies Over Tariff MESSAGE IS COMPLETED President Roosevelt’s Budget Message Is to Be Sub mitted Today PRECAUTIONS TAKEN Washington, Jan. 3—A Con gress primed for clashes over tariff, spending and labor issues and alert for signs of presidential politics returned to historic Cap ital Hill today for an indefinite stay. President Roosevelt, with foreign affairs uppermost i n mind, completed his annual leg islative message only a few hours before the time to deliver it at a joint Senate-House session short ly after the formalities of the noon opening. The same extraordinary pre cautions taken to protect the President when the special ses sion began in September were in order. A force of 150 city policemen was detailed to assist the secret service, Capitol guards and G men in patrolling Mr. Roosevelt’s route from the executive mansion to the House chamber. A few went on duty last midnight when the doors to the big-domed Capi tol were locked, and special cards of admission were required for entrance today. The House rostrum had been slicked up for the occasion. An American flag, hung beneath a gold clock, formed a backdrop for Mr. Roosevelt. The blue-figured carpet had been cleaned, and extra chairs were installed for the Senate and cabinet. The President’s budget message, revising earlier estimates of re ceipts and expenditures for the current fiscal year and recom mending new outlays of between $8,000,000,000 and $9,000,000, 000 for 1940-41, will be submitted tomorrow. Sanford M. Legans Sanford M. Legans, 79, died died suddenly at the home of his son, E. R. Legans, near Winston Salem, late Saturday afternoon. Mr. Legans had spent most of his life in Yadkin county. His wife. Lydia Money Legans, died six years ago. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Holiness church in Forsyth county. Survivors in clude two daughters, Mrs. Alice Marion of Winston-Salem and Mrs. Octavia Hoots, Yadkinville, route 2; three sons, Simon Le gans, Yadkinville, route 2; Evan Legans of Thomasville; and E. R. Legans, Winston-Salem, route 1, and a half-brother. Bob Brown, of Mebane. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Union Cross Friends church, this county, with Bishop Paul Alspaugh in charge. Burial was in the church grave yard. MAY LET CONTRACT FOR YADKIN BRIDGE Highway officials hope to in clude the contract for construc tion of the highway bridge over the Yadkin river at Crutchfield in the January letting, it was learned from Division Engineer Z. V. Stewart. The river and the railroad running along the Surry shore will be bridged in one sweep by a concrete and steel span several hundred feet long, Stewart stated. The bridge will make a new river crossing, supplanting the narrow, old-fashioned bridge, and will form an overpass above the railroad at the same time to eliminate grade crossing hft.«trds, The plans for this double barreled bridge have been ap proved by federal agencies which would not endorse a new bridge opening directly upon the rail road like the present span. Love Triangles Teacher—Tell me what it is when I say “I low, you love, he loves*” Modem Pupil—Must be one of those love triangles. A building restriction In Wash ington, D. CL, limits the height of buildings to 130 feet. Wooten’s Have Christmas Party It was quite a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wooten in Yadkinville during the Christmas holidays when they had all the children, grandchildren and inlaws in for a day and a big dinner. They had 35 for dinner, who were from many sections. In the above picture are Mr. and Mrs. Wooten, shown seated. The children are standing, left to right: Kenneth Wooten, of Union, Iowa; Mrs. Roger Couch, Greensboro; Jesse Wade (Dock) Wooten, Yadkinville; Mrs. John Reece and Mrs. Thomas Crutchfield, Greensboro; Bill Wooten, Yadkinville; Miss Edna Wooten, Washington; Miss Lorene Wooten, Atlanta; Mrs. Walser Hudspeth and Dick Wooten, Yadkin ville. Many othe^ visitors dropped in at the Wooten home during the day to see the folks and wish Mr. and Mrs. Wooten and all a Merry Christmas. This is the first time in 22 years that all the children in the family have been together. (Yadkin Ripple Photo, by Bill Rutledge.) Patrolman Cites Several Motoring Rules of New Year Patrolman J. P. Rhyne today called to the attention of county motorists several regulations and restrictions concerning the opera tion of motor vehicles in 1940. Must Dim Lights Yadkin motorists have shown increased cooperation with state law requiring them to dim their lights when meeting approaching motor vehicles, Patrolman Rhyne stated. He asked that motorists begin rigid observation of the law, warning that arrests will be made in the future when motor ists fail to do so. The highway patrol has been instructed to enforce strictly the law requiring any person driving a motor vehicle to have the reg istration card for that vehicle in his possession. Failure of the op erator to have the registration card in his possession at all times will make him liable for arrest, with the penalty the same as for failure to possess a driving li cense. Appreciation Expressing appreciation for the cooperation shown him since he has been located in Yadkin coun ty, Patrolman Rhyne asked the cooperation of motorists in pre venting accidents and injuries— hoping to make 1940 an even bet ter and safer year than 1939. MRS. AMANDA PRUITT IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Amanda Jane Pruitt, 74, passed away at her home near Jonesville Tuesday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Macemore. Fpr the past sixty years she had been a member of Swaim’s Baptist church. She is survived by five children, Richard Pruitt, State Road; Mrs. Richard Draughn, Jkmesville; Mrs. Richard Moxley, Boonville; Mrs. Noah Marshall and Johnny Pruitt, of Jonesville; and three brothers, John and Eli Macemore, of Cycle, and David Macemore, of Winston-Salem. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Swaim’s Baptist church. The rites were in charge of the pastor, Rev. Clete Simmons, assisted by Rev. R. L. Speer. Interment was in the family plot in the church cemetery. Seal Resemblance Prof. <— Didn’t you have a brother in this class last year? Student—No, sir, it was I. I’m taking it over. Prof. — Extraordinary resem blance. Bobby—“What's the matter?” Tommy: “Aw, it’s the eternal triangle again. Me, my studies and my ma.” m Following are a few impor tant events for 1940: To start with, it’s Leap Year, with 366 days. Three of the holidays, New Year’s, Lincoln’s birthday and Armistice day are on Monday, with all others on Thursdays— Washington’s birthday, Declar ation day, July 4, Labor day and Thanksgiving. Christmas is on Wednesday. Easter is the earliest of a long time, March 24. Better business predicted for 1940. The presidential election in November will be the out standing political event of the year. The map of Europe may be changed by the warring na tions. Thousands more will receive old age benefits. And Yadkinville will have a modern water system. John Speaks Dies Suddenly Here John B. Speaks, 61, died sudden ly at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon just after he had walked into the store of John D. Holcomb & Son. He walked up to the stove to warm and toppled over on the floor, dying before medical aid could be secured. Mr. Speaks lived two miles north of Yadkin ville, and was a farmer. He was bom in Wilkes county and came to Yadkinville about 20 years ago, living in this section since. He was a son of the late Richmond Speaks, a confederate veteran who died five years ago. He was married to Miss Mary Mc Coy, who survives him, together with the following children: Mrs. Reona Myers, Mrs. Joe Brooks, Mrs. Luther Wooten, of Yadkin ville, route 1; Howard Speaks and Mrs. Eula Wilkerson of Winston Salem; Mrs. Flora Hutchens of Center; Miss Genevieve Speaks, Marshall, Ralph, Irene and Mae Speaks of the home. Funeral services were held at Harmony Grove Friends church Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Milner A. Cox in charge. Burial was in the church cemetary. What, No Santa Yvonne—No, I don’t believe in Santa Claus any more. Mother—But why, dear? Yvonne—Because most of the Santas I saw in the store before Christmas last year didn’t look as though they believed in them selves. Driving a yellow car in China means that the owner is in mourning. ANNOUNCE 1940 ALLOTMENT FOR TOBACCO CROP Govern Flue-Cured Tobacco Under Control Program ARE TO INVOKE QUOTAS North Carolina’s Quota Is Announced As Totalling 446,861,000 Pounds 1939 CROP IS RECORD Washington, Dec. 29—The ag ricultural adjustment administra tion anounced 1940 state acreage allotments today for flue-cured tobacco totaling about 750,000 acres under a crop control pro gram approved by growers at a referendum held on October 5. The allotment compared with 884.000 acres for 1939. Under the control program, marketing quotas will be invoked to keep surpluses off the market. Each grower’s quota will be the production on his acreage allot ment. The marketing quotas, and the acreage allotments, respectively, for 1940 by states follow: Virginia, 57,318,000 pounds and 72,924 acres; North Carolina, 446.861.000 pounds and 509,534 acres; South Carolina, 81,060,000 pounds and 85,326 acres; Georgia, 65.790.000 pounds and 67,825 acres; Alabama, 427,000 pounds and 500 acres. The AAA also set aside a mar keting quota of 1,236,000 pounds and 1,397 acres to be divided among farms entering flue-cured tobacco production for the first time. Officials said allotments for North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama were equal to the minimum prescribed in the farm act and would take care of in creases in allotments for small farms. In Virginia, Georgia and Florida increases for independ ently operated small farms will be in addition to the allotments an nounced. J. B. Hutson, assistant AAA administrator, said: “The 1939 crop is now esti mated to be more than 1,100,000, 000 pounds, which is more than 100,000,000 pounds larger than the estimated size of the crop when the national marketing quota of 663,558,000 pounds was proclaimed in September. With world consumption between 750, 000,000 and 800,000,000 pounds, the surplus from the 1939 crop is more than 300,000,000 pounds. If normal conditions prevail it is expected that between one-third and one-half of this surplus will be eliminated in 1940. “In view of the large surplus of flue-cured tobacco it will be to the advantage of growers gen erally if their plantings in 1940 are kept well within or even a little below their acreage allot ments,’’ Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Bell Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Bell, 82, were held Monday morning at Asbury Meth odist church. Mrs. Bell died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J, W. Harp, near Brooks Cross Roads, late Saturday afternoon, after a lingering illness with a heart ailment. She was the wid ow of the late Robert L. Bell, who died in 1932. Rev. Sam Jones conducted the services. Survivors include eight child ren, Mary, Bob, Ellis, Charlie, Frank Bell and Mrs. J. W. Harp, of the Brooks Cross Roads sec tion; William Bell of Jonesville, and Mrs. C. M. Guy of Winston Salem; two brothers, Prof. W. D. Martin of Yadkinville and War ren Martin of Eastern Carolina; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Evans and Mrs. Mary Jane Gentry, Yadkin ville, route 1. Mrs. Bell was a member of Flat Rock Baptist church. Rose Bowl Bottle Haul Is Only One Truckload Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 2 — The Rose Bowl, scene of the Tennes see-Southern California game, was cleaned up today. Trash removed—12 tons. Empty liquor bottles — one truckload uess than 1939).
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