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VOL. XLVIII
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1940
No. 48
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
NATIONAL
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 26 —
Hundreds of families were
driven from their homes, three
persons were missing:, and
scores awaited rescue today as
flood-gorged Texas rivers
surged upward despite cessa
tion of torrential rains. Ice
coated power and communica
tion lines dripped cold water,
thawing slowly in the debris
littered Panhandle cities of
Amarillo, Borger and Pam pa.
Mrs. Mary Chamberlain, 20,
was believed drowned in Bear
Bayou near Goose creek. Her
husband, I. M. Chamberlain,
left her in a tree to seek help.
When he returned she was
gone.
DOWNEY, Calif., Nov. 26—A
12-day strike at Vultee Air
craft corporation—which tied
up work on military contracts
totaling $84,000,000—ended to
day with ratification by strik
ing C. I. O. workers of a new
contract which will increase
wages of 5,200 employees by
$1,400,000 annually. Employees
will begin returning to work at
7 a.m. tomorrow—under the
watchful eyes of federal bu
reau of investigation agents
determined to see that no spies
obtain entrance in the guise of
workers. Company officials
said there could be no “mass
re-employment.” One com
mented: “It will be a slow pro
cess. The men will be sub
jected to almost as close scru
tiny as when they were orig
inally employed.”
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa.,
Nov. 26—The Aluminum com
iMtuy of America tonight flat
ly rejected demands of its
striking C. I. O. workers to dis
charge or transfer a $27-a
week sheet mill helper the
union charges* threatened one
of its officers and caused their
walkout last Friday. Superin
tendent R. M. Ferry of the big
works here which was busy on
more than $1,000,000 in na
tional deefnse orders asserted
the issue involving the worker
was an “after-thought which
the union has brought forth”
and that it was “the collection
of union dues which caused
the men to quit work.”
BOSTON, Nov. 26 — The
Greek steamer Eugena Cam
banis, believed afire in a gale
off Cape Race, Newfoundland,
flashed a second distress call
at 4:17 p.m. today declaring
she was “in need of immediate
assistance.” Tropical Radio
reported that the steamer had
appealed to other ships in the
vicinity to “please indicate”
their positions and that the
British steamer Urla immed
iately replied that she was in
the vicinity and was proceed
ing to the assistance of the
Cambanis.
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INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Nov. 26 — There
will be no Christmas truce in
Europe’s war this year as far
as Britain is concerned. With
a curt “No sir!” Prime Minis
ter Churchill today rejected a
suggestion that he invoke the
good offices of the pope or a
neutral state to seek a 48-hour
armistice to enable all coun
tries to commemorate peace
fully the holiday. The pro
posal was made in commons
by T. E. Naylor, laborite.
Churchill said any proposal for
a truce would be rejected by
the British government.
ROME, Nov. 26 — Well-in
formed sources in Rome said
today nazi Germany was leav
ing the fight against Greece
entirely up to Mussolini’s Ital
ian legions, with no intention
of intervening there to help
her southern axis partner. The
same sources also scouted
rumors here that the nazis
were preparing to take mili
tary action against turkey.
The reich is only attempting
through diplomatic activity to
keep Turkey from entering the
war on the side of her neigh
bor, Greece, an informant said.
Pisac women of Peru, S. A.,
wear substantial millinery—Tlieir
hats weigh four pounds.
High Point’s Power Case
Before High Court Again
Fourth Appeal to State Supreme Court Will
Be Made This Week—Two Cases, One
from Guilford, One from Yadkin
High Point, Nov. 24.—For the
fourth time, High Point attor
neys this week will ask the state
Supreme court for permission to
proceed with a $6,500,000 munici
pal hydroelectric development in
Yadkin county.
This time, the litigation comes
before the high tribunal on an
appeal by the plaintiffs from Su
perior court decisions modifying
previously upheld injunctions
which had barred High Point
from proceeding with the project.
Two cases will be heard—one
from Guilford county and one
from Yadkin.
In the Guilford case, the Duke
Power company and other plain
tiffs appealed when Judge Zeb V.
Nettles cleared the way for the
development by modifying an in
junction issued by Judge Hoyle
Sink and affirmed by the Su
preme court, High Point repre
sentatives told Judge Nettles that
the city had adopted a resolution
repudiating a federal power com
mission license to erect a dam on
the Yadkin river, and would pro
ceed under a 1935 bond act, rath
er than a 1938 act which required
a certificate of convenience and
necessity from the state utilities
commission.
In the Yadkin county case, cer
tain tax payers appeared after
Judge Allen H. Gwyn voided an
injunction obtained by the coun
ty to obstruct the project. High
Point attorneys asked that the
judgment be set aside en the
ground the city would purchase
the county home site, and the
city and county had agreed on a
settlement for the relocation of
county roads—two points of dis
pute between the city and coun -
ty.
The state of North Carolina, at
the direction of Governor Hoey,
intervened in the case to protest
the right of the federal power
commission to require a license
for the project. The state with
drew when the Supreme court
ruled that the license was not
necessary.
Arguments for and against the
project were first heard in the
Supreme court on the point
whether the city might serve
other communities. The tribunal
ruled that it could not and up
held an injunction.
Then the municipality amended
its project to include only the
city, and the Superior court void
ed the previous injunctions. Prom
this action, the plaintiffs appeal
ed and this time the Supreme
court decided in favor of the
project.
Then, last spring, the Supreme
court returned its decision hold
ing the city had no right to ac
cept the federal license; High
Point amended its plan again;
and it is on the voiding of the
injunctions that the appeal will
be heard this week.
Joe McCollem, 68,
Claimed by Death;
Funeral Yesterday
N. E. (Joe) McCollem, 68, died
at his home here early Tuesday
morning following an illness of
several weeks, during which time
he underwent an operation for the
removal of a chicken bone from
his intestines. He was returned to
his home here two weeks ago, but
a relapse followed and his condi
tion steadily grew worse. .
Mr. McCollem was a former
merchant and produce dealer
here, but retired some time ago.
He was a member of Union Cross
Friends church and the Yadkin
ville council of the Junior order.
He was bom in Yadkin county, a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
McCollem, and had spent his life
in the county. He was twice mar
ried, first to Mrs. Sarah Margaret
Hobson Sprinkle, who died several
years ago. He was later married
to Mrs. Ida Cope Cheek, who sur
vives him.
To the first marriage was born
three children, Mrs. Howard Lo
gan, Miss Ada McCollem and Clay
McCollem, all of Yadkinville. One
stepson, Curtis Sprinkle, Los
Angeles, Calif.; one step daughter,
Mrs. Will North of Enon; two
brothers, A. G. (Sandy) McCol
lem of Hamptonville; Houston
McCollem of Yadkinville; one
half brother, W. A. Hinshaw,
Yadkinville. route 1; and two
grandchildren also survive.
The funeral was held at Union
Cross yesterday afternoon at 2
o’clock, in charge of Rev. Mrs. M.
A. Cox, assisted by Rev. J. H.
Green, Rev. Chas. H. Hutchens,
Rev. R. L. West. Interment was
in the church graveyard. Mem
bers of the Junior Order were
pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were; John
D. Holcomb, W. E. Rutledge, J. L.
Crater, Dr. L. S. Hall, Dr. H. A.
Brandon, C. K. Todd, A. L. Inscore,
C. H. Todd, Albert Hudson, Carl
Johnson, Roy Johnson, G. G. Ves
tal, Paul Holden, C. W. Driver,
Lon H. West, Raymond Cleary, J.
H. Dobbins, E. H. Barnard, Clin
ton W. Hall, LaFayette Williams,
Homer Wagoner, S. T. Cheek, R.
B. Long, Loyd Dixon, Murk Nichol
son, Tom Driver, Luther and Loyd
Mason, B. H. Dinkins, Henry H.
McKnight, A. H. Logan, F. C.
Bolin, R. M. Wells and T. S. Col
lins.
REDUCED
Present indications are that
hog slaughter will be reduced
materially in the first quarter of
1941, according to the U. S. Bu
reau of Agricultural Economics.
Brownswood, Texas, has chang
ed the name of its Lindbergh
street to Corrigan street.
Woman’s Club to
Sponsor Bundle Day
Bundle Day will be observed in
Yadkinville again this year, as
has been the custom in the past
between Thanksgiving and
Christmas, it was announced by
Mrs. Jewel Banks this week. The
Yadkinville Woman’s club will
sponsor the drive, and turn all
articles collected over to Mrs.
Banks for distribution to the
needy in the county.
The date has been set for Fri
day, Dec. 6, at which time the
Yadkinville Troops of Boy and
Girl Scouts will assist in gather
ing any article of clothing or any
discarded toys placed on the
front porch of all homes within
the city limits.
Mrs. Banks requests all persons
to assist in this worthwhile drive
for old and discarded clothing
and asks everyone to take time
off to gather these articles for
collection on this date.
Yadkin Girl Wins
In Canning Contest
Raleigh, Nov. 25 — Miss Ethel
Shermer, Yadkinville, Route 2,
won second prize in the 1940
Canning Contest for farm women
in North Carolina, at the annual
contest held here last week. She
will receive a cash award of
$15.00.
First prize went to Mrs. H. B.
Bowman, of Sanford, Route 1,
who received $20.00 in cash.
The contest is an interesting
event among North Carolina
farm women and is for the pur
pose of promoting better can
ning. Each exhibit consists of
one jar of fruits, one jar of vege
tables and one jar of meats.
FOUR GENERATIONS
The picture below was made at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bryant, near Boonville, when Mr.
Bryant’s mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Bryant, paid them a visit. At the same time Mr.
Bryant’s daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Stinson, and her daughter, little Miss Linda Mae
Stinson, paid them a visit, making four generations present for the family dinner. The
elder Mrs. Bryant, shown seated holding Linda Mae, is the widow *of the late Milas H:
Bryant, of near Yadkinville, and a daughter of the late Jesse Dobbins, one of the pio
neer citizens of this county.
Red Cross Drioe
In Yadkin County
Seen As Success
As the annual membership Red
Cross Roll Call enters the final
hours, incomplete reports indicate
the campaign in Yadkin county
will be a successful one, the local
office reports.
Complete reports have been re
ceived from two sctions, Fall
Creek and Boonville. The Fall
Creek report was given last week.
The Boonville report shows they
exceeded their 1939 mark by 18
members. In 1939, 33 joined as
members and this year’s report
shows 51 members and 60cents in
donations.
Miss Grace Hayes and Mrs.
Ralph Coram had charge of the
Boonville district, and they state
they have been ably assisted by
Mrs. J. R. Walker, Mrs. J. W.
Shore, Mrs. J. F. Amburn and Mrs.
Arlie Steelman.
Reports from other sections of
the county will be in and more
details given in the next issue.
The Boonville list is as follows:
Miss Betty Hendricks, Mrs. T.
W. Shore, The Woodhouses, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Amburn, the Wil
liams family, Mrs. John A. Speas,
Mrs. Alonzo Dezem, Mrs. Hobert
Hall, Miss Annie Hogue, T. L.
Hayes, A. S. Speer, Mrs. A. S.
Speer, Miss Grace Hayes, Mrs.
Ralph Coram, Miss Ruby Hin
shaw, Mrs. Nora Reece, Mrs. Watt
Deal, Watt Deal, Miss Ruby
Winkler, Miss Sadie Fleming, J.
R. Walker, C. D. Poindexter, H.
B. Gentry, E. D. Mock, L. F. Am
bum, Roy W. Reece, Joe Henry
Davis, J. W. Shore, Boonville
Grocery Co., Albert Martin, G. N.
Dobbins, Robert Woodward,
Phebe Day, M. V. Fleming, Mrs.
Paul Speer, Mrs. N. C. Dobbins,
W. S. Church, Craver Bros., Mrs.
D. H. Craver, Miss Ruth Bryant,
Miss Amanda Hallman, Miss
Frances Thomas, Miss Bertha
Hine, Miss Catherine Jones, Mrs.
Anita Reece, Miss Martha L.
Speas, Albert Martin, Mrs. Rob
ert Gaither, Mrs. Allen Jessup,
F. R. Matthews, Carl Martin, C.
W. Riden and Mrs. C. W. Riden.
Coffee gathered last year in
Brazil and still unsold, is estimat
ed at 792,000,000 pounds.
Thanksgiving!
“Let us come before His presence with Thanksgiving.”
—Psalm 95:2
On this day of Thanksgiving all Americans should
humble themselves by offering a prayer, such a prayer as they
have never offered on this occasion before.
We should be thankful, first, that the Prince of Peace
still reigns in our land; that God is in His Heaven and all is
well.
We should be thankful for a nation of people who are
mostly members of churches and worshipers of Him in whom
we have faith.
We should be thankful for the great schools and colleges
of our nation that are teaching the young the ways of life,
health and the pursuit of happiness.
We should be thankful for the institutions that care for
the unfortunate, the aged, the widows and children; and for the
homes that care for the orphans of the land.
We should be thankful for the free air we breathe, the
free speech we maintain and the free press of the land.
For all Thy sunshine and Thy rain; for the valleys that
ring with the song of the bird instead of the roar of cannon;
but most of all that Thou hast kept Thy state in peace, in hope,
in full content.
WE GIVE THEE THANKS, MOST GRACIOUS LORD,
ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY!
British Raiders Strike
At Both Ends Of Axis;
German Attack Lagging
Targets in Northern Italy, in Berlin and Other Parts of Ger
many Were Said to Have Been Objectives of British
Airmen; Nazi Authorities Discount Damage
Done By Raiders
London, Nov. 27—British night
raiders struck at both ends of the
Rome-Berlin axis while the air
attack on Britain lagged for the
second successive night, it was
disclosed authoritatively today.
Although Nazi bombers laid off
completely after midnight, they
were back early this morning and
put London under a one-hour
daylight alarm at about 7 o’clock.
The raiders came up the Thames
Estuary and bombed two places
on the capital’s outskirts.
A short time later, London had
a second alarm which lasted only
a few minutes. No sounds of
bombs or gunfire were heard.
Axis planes were reported near
two unnamed Welsh towns.
Just before dawn, a few bombs
fell in the London area and at
two points in eastern England,
with no casualties and little dam
age, a joint communique of the
air and home security ministries
said.
Targets in northern Italy, in
Berlin and other parts of Ger
many were said to have been the
British airmen’s objectives.
(German officials said some
British planes reached Berlin’s
environs last night, causing
“slight house and terrain dam
age,” but declared they failed to
reach the center of the Nazi cap
ital.
(Air raid alarms sounded dur
ing the night in Switzerland, us
ually a sign that British planes
are on their way to or from tar
gets in Italy’s industrial north.)
Authorities now permit the
identification of three cities which
have borne the brunt of recent
Nazi raids on provincial England
as Birmingham, great industrial
December Term
Of Yadkin Court
Advanced a Week
The December term of Yadkin
county criminal court due to be
gin December 10, has been step
up one week to Dec. 3, owing to
a conflict with the December
term of civil court which con
venes December 9, for a two week’s
term, Judge S. C. Williams an
nounced here yesterday.
The statutes provide that
where there is a conflict between
such courts, that the county court
convene one week earlier.
All defendants, witnesses,
jurors and others connected with
the court are required to attend
on the new date without any offi
cial notice.
Jurors selected for the county
criminal court are: Fred Winters,
W. T. Fletcher, Bill Moxley, J. A.
Oought, Marshall Shore, Eugene
Casstevens, W. A. Williams, Evan
M. Rutledge, C. W. Shore, Noah
Myers, Charles H. Hutchens, R. P.
Madison, Gray Norman, J. H.
Speas, Dan Vestal, wyle C. Sher
mer, Glenn Hoots, Lum Shore.
center of the Midlands; Bristol,
west coast port and gateway for
supplies from the United States,
and Southampton, on the English
| Channel.
Although Bristol’s streets are
piled high with crumbled walls
of buildings and bare girders rise
j like skeletons over the debris of
buildings bombed by waves of
German raiders last Sunday, Bri
tish reports belittle their effect on
Bristol’s usefulness as a war port.
BOONVILLE
Miss Sadie Fleming spent the
past week-end at Pinnacle where
she was the guest of Misses Sue
White and Eulalia Brandon,
teachers in the Pinnacle school.
Saturday night Miss Fleming at
tended the play, “No Bride For
The Groom,” presented by the
Pinnacle faculty.
Mr. Henry Craver of Boonville
is a patient at Baptist hospital in
Winston-Salem, where he under
went an operation recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Foy Hemric of
Cycle were the Sunday guests of
Mrs. Craver and Charles.
The following teachers will
spend the Thanksgiving holidays
at their homes: Miss Ruby Win
kler of Boone; Miss Ruby Hinshaw
of Union Cross; Miss Frances
Thomas of Summerfield; Misses
Bertha Hine, Amanda Hallman,
and Martha Speas of Winston
Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Todd of Yadkinville.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobson, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hobson, Mrs. A. B.
Hobson and Wade were the Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hobson of Taylorsville.
Mr. and Mrs. James Transou,
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Transou, and
son, Hal, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Transou and daughter, Kay
Frances, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Reece were the guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Transou. Mrs.
Transou set a joint birthday din
ner for Robert and Mrs. Henry
Reece, both her children.
BoonviUe Women Attend Meet
At Jonesville
Twenty-two women from Boon
ville attended the Mission Study
course at Jonesville Baptist
church Monday night. The course
was held jointly by the Jonesville
and BoonviUe WM.S. and Y.WA.
organizations. Rev. Raymond
ConneU taught the course, which
was taken from the book, “Publish.
Glad Tidings,’’ written by Nkrs.
J. S. Farmer.
Those attending from BoonviUe
were Mesdames W. E. Brooks, J.
M. Speas, E. D. Mock, J. W. Shore,
J. J. Coram, D. H. Craver, O. C.
Motsinger, Olive Smith, A. S.
Speer, Arlie Steelman, T. M.
Reece, Allan Jessup, Ralph Coram,
R. E. ConneU, and Misses Mar
garet Pardue, Annie Hogue, Marie
Perkins, Katherine Jones, Erma
Hicks, Lucy Dobbins, Marie Jin
ney, and Dorothy Coram.
64 ARE KILLED
BY IRON GUARD
Take Revenge on Former As
sociates of King Carol in
Bloody Purge
OTHER OFFICIALS SLAIN
Berlin, Nov. 27 — The official
German news agency reported
from Bucharest that Iron Guard
members shot 64 political prison
ers at the fortress of Jihlava to
day, among them George Arge
seanu, former premier, and other
leading supporters of abdicated
King Carol’s regime.
(At Budapest, the semiofficial
Hungarian news agency circulat
ed the same report.)
Those shot were said to have
been responsible for the slaying
two years ago next Saturday of
Comeliu Zelea Codreanu, the Ru
manian “fuehrer,” at the same
Jihlava prison, and of other Iron
Guard leaders during that pro
Nazi organization’s long and
bloody feud with Carol.
Others shot included Moruzow,
chief of Carol’s secret police, and
Gen. Gabriel Marinescu, former
police president of Bucharest and
former interior minister under
Argeseanu, the news agency said.
During their regime, Iron Guard
ists were executed all over Ru
mania for the assassination of
Premier Armand Calinescu, Sept.
21, 1939. Areseanu succeeded
Calinescu.
The agency said the shooting
took place at 1:30 a.m. at the
prison. Later, it said, Iron Guard
ists and policemen appeared at
the homes of numerous support
ers of the Carol regime and ar
rested them. Among these was
said to have been Ion Gigurtu,
who was premier until Carol call
ed in Gen. Ion Antonescu last
Sept. 4 and turned the govern
ment over to him, preparatory to
abdication.
UNION CROSS
Our section has had a series of
successful revival meetings re
cently. One closed a week ago at
Union Cross. This was conducted
by the pastors, Rev. E. G. Key
and wife. At Union Grove Bap
tist church the meeting closed
Sunday night. It was conducted
by the pastor, Rev. Ellis Norman,
assisted by Rev. Mr. Crouse, of
Winston-Salem.
These meetings mean much to
this community, as both churches
are so situated that the member
ship of both can attend each
church, so it is not surprising
that much good was done mem
bers of both churches. The writer
does not remember when as much
interest was manifested as this
year, and we feel that the defense
of our section has been greatly
strengthened. The membership
of each church was increased
about 15 each.
So while the national govern
ment is conducting a gigantic de
fense program and training our
boys to kill, it is refreshing to
realize that our good preachers
and Christians are bringing peace
and happiness to troubled hearts,
and we join with all others in a
fervent prayer that, in the lang
uage of the poet we say—
“Dear dying Lamb, thy precious
blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed church of
God
Be saved to sin no more.”
B. C. MONEY
CENTER
Mr. and Mrs. Bickett Holcomb
spent Sunday in Winston-Salem
with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Weatherman.
Misses Lydia Underwood and
Mary Jane Sizemore spent Sat
urday in Jonesville with the lat
ter’s sister.
Miss Freda Rose Hinshaw of
Yadkinville, spent the week-end
with Miss Virginia Haire at her
home near Center.
Miss Versie Whitaker had as her
supper guest Friday evening, hon
oring her on her birthday, Miss
Ruth and Lytele Mae Whitaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Efird Hudspeth
and Mrs. J. W. Hudspeth spent
Friday in Winston-Salem shop
ping.
Miss Rilla Whitaker spent Sun
day with Miss Ruth Haire.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Childress
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Childress.
Mrs. I. L. Hudspeth and daugh
ter, Miss Ola, were the Sunday
dinner guests*of Mr. and Mrs. D.
E. Whitaker.
Mr. Arthur Lee Pendry is in
Eastern Carolina deer hunting.