Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 1

THE LANDMARK VOL 66 STATESVILLE THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 1939 No 46 DUTCH SHIP SUNK AMERICANS JOIN COUNTY BOARD TO THE INNISH ARMY BY SUBMARINE IN SPONSOR BUILDING ENGLISH CHANNEL TO ISHT ROSSIA 2 NEGRO SCHOOLS CLINIC SATURDAY ROAD CHAIRMAN LOCAL HUNTERS OR YOUNG PEOPLE EJECTED BODILY chil I chair be sent to early IREMEN ANSWER the Russian 22 IRE ALARMS OICERS SOLVE 2 RECENT ROBBERIES IREDELL ADDED TO SOIL DISTRICT the ST PLANS Intercept Nazis BIG AMIL PARTY as for sen dog the entire A Statesville bowling club' ILigh School building on West ront Tax Listers or Iredell Appointed South River Baptist Congregation Listing To Begin irst of January Gives Visiting Minister a models at ne the in Sweden they offer every min: MARKED ACTIVITY ON WESTERN RONT Mr 1 1 The city school board will meet next Monday night December 11 in the office of Supt Gray at the SPEAKERS TELL THE TERRIIC TOLL A of for the OPENS NEW BARBER SHOP Mr Guss Travis has opened a new barber shop in the room over Court street cafe the former location of Beauty parlor his commit ing and John A Price Among Successful GERMAN LYING BOATS DAMAGED CHILDREN AMONG 14 PASSENGERS OERED MONEY OR EXTRA SPEED Mr Glferi Barkley has been ap pointed temporary carrier on Route 5 Statesville taking the place of Holland who was suspended some time ago Postmaster John Milholland announces that Mr Barkley has been authorized to carry the mail on Route 5 until the Postoffice de partment takes steps to fill the vacancy with a permanent carrier Patrolman Hunnicutt Saw Three Wrecks On Way To uneral Highway Patrolman A Hunni cutt while on his way to Youngsville Sunday to attend the funeral of Pa trolman Timberlake who was killed in a road crash ran into three wrecks on the trip resulting in two additional deaths probably three At Greensboro a negro pedestrian was thought to have been fatally in jured a city patrolman in Durham was killed and a child was killed in the same crash which occurred while the patrolman was trying to control the reckless drivers LONG WILL PREACH AT RONT STREET Rev MeK Long will preach at the morning and evening services at MRS KIMBALL VERY ILL Mrs Kimball 503 South Race street is seriously ill at the II Long Hospital Deal Is Closed or Cavalry Barn or The Packing Plant COUNTY TO RAISE AROUND $48000 The county wide Association of the of the county will school in Bethany Saturday mornim? The public cordially invited London Dec 7 British pursuit planes sped up to intercept German fliers over vital irth of orth in Scotland today and were reported to have engaged a number of the enemy craft over the North Sea None of Nazi planes reached land and there was no bombing on the strategic area where lie Edinburgh and Rosyth naval bases It was authoritatively said in two North Sea encounters yesterday two German frontier flying boats were badly damaged Air ministry said air raid sound ed in irth of orth region after All clear came after 35 minutes Heavy gunfire was heard all along the coast and planes were seen div ing from great height No bombings were reported Cripples Will Receive Examination Look ing to Treatment WEATHER Generally fair tonieht and riday Warmer tonight Cold er in north and west riday afternoon and night Mr Glenn Barkley Named Temporary Carrier On Route 5 Arn Nether The Date on the Label is the Date Your Paper will be stopped! Organization At Safety Meeting Monday Night NAMES THOSE 80 AND OVER DESIRED The Landmark would like to have the names of those men and womenwho have passed or are in their eightieth year Send them by card dr phone or come in and give them per sonally at The Landmark office with in the next week Statesville Bowling Club Has Been Organized street The board has decided to hold regu lar monthly meetings on the second Monday night in each month during the time school is in session Mr Gray stated Mrs Santa Claus who has an an nual job of dressing dolls for pack had some efficient helpers this year in the girls of the A sewing room These girls have been dressing dolls 'the last few davs and a visitor to the sewing room Monday found them with several dozen com pletely outfitted and ready to be re turned to the firehouse where the firemen are helping Santa get his toys redy for Christmas Eve Big dolls medium sized and small were on the tables in the sewing room and they were of every descrip tion There were infants in organdy caps and white dresses with attrac tive faces and eyes that will open and close and rag dolls as well In fact one of the was a rag baby with a mop of rust colored hair But for that matter any one of these dolls will be an addition to pack that will make some little heart happy Three Negro Boys and Two Negro Men Rounded Up Sunk After Calling At British Blockade Control Port Building At Scotts Accepted By Board The Iredell county board of edu cation as a part of the business meet ing Monday made a trip to the Scotts school for the purpose of in specting the new agricultural addi tion which was recently completed The board accepted the building Mr Kitcliitigs owner of 1h Statenville Packing Company Ims closed a deni through the Keich Realty Company for the cavalry barn on the Mocksville highoav and he plans to move his packing plant from tin pres ent location on the Hickory road to the new location by the first of ebruary Carolina Motor Company Making Many Deliveries Watch label on your paper and let your subscription expire! 230 Make Hurried Trip rom New York to Helsinki their former pastor as Wednesday ront Street Presbyterian church gave evidence (Sunday MORTON BUYS HOME nir is inorton nas purchased the home of Mr Lloyd Gilleland 304 New Bern avenue and he plans MOORE TRANSERRED Mr Clarence Moore Jr who has a position with the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company and has been located in Raleigh has been transferred to Wilmington has been organized through the WPA Recreation Office The first meeting was held at the Bowling Alley Tues day evening with seven members present Through the of Mr Escar Gilbert and Mr Robert Holland the Bowling Alley has been donated to the club free of charge on Tuesday evening of each week Officers of John Allison Camp No 16 United Spanish War Veter will MRS A PARIS ILL Mrs A Paris continues ill the home of her son Mr Hal Paris in Cleveland Attempt to Bomb Naval Bases In Scotland Is oiled Shinn A Watts Howard Rufty A AdkinsI A Goodman lake Turbyfill Mrs Ruby Hayes Miss Pauline Troutman Lunsford A Pittman service in UNDERGOES OPERATION Mr Goforth Stony Point Route 1 was operated on at the Da vis hospital Wednesday Condition reported favorable The people of the South River Bap tist congregation have a very fine annual custom of their nastor just about this time of year It happens that the congregation does not have a pastor at present but nevertheless they abandon the and Rev II letcher Lambert of Statesville a former pas tor of the church was chosen as the fortunate recipient Rev Mr Lambert who is pastor of the ront Street Baptist church of this city was invited to conduct the midweek prayer service at South River and he and his family drove out there Wednesday evening When they went back to the car after the ser vice there was literally no place for the two small boys of the Lambert family for the entire back end of the car was crammed to capacity with all those good things that are to be found in the country at this season things from the pantry gran ary and smokehouse The was a happy surprise for the pastor and his family and was very much appreciated When Rev Mr Lambert first came to Statesville several years ago he was pastor of the South River Bap tist church this church being included ins the field with the ront Street church However the beginning of the building program at ront Street church made increasing demands up on the time and necessitated his giving his entire time to the lo cal church or this reason a change was made in the field but the people of South River have not forgotten Miller Is Atfain Thrown Out of Office in Atlanta Supper Will Be Served Entire Congregation Tonight Plans have been completed for the gathering of the congregation of St Lutheran church at 6:45 to night This is a big family get to gether of the entire membership men andwomen hoys and girls Supper will be served to all by the the men of the congregation A pro gram which has variety tun and serious thought has been prepared and will be presented by the folks themselves It is sincerely hoped that every member of the congrega tion will plan to bring family Mr 1 Brown and tee will be in charge of the serv Mr Raymer will preside A large number of local citizens attended the safety highway meeting which was held in the ball room of the Vance Hotel Monday night at 7:30 It was called for the purpose of organizing an Iredell County Highway safety council The guest speakers of the occasion were Mr Ronald Hocutt director and Mrs William lythe and Dr William Cutter field representatives of the State Highway safety division Mr Hocutt addressed the assembl age on the importance of highway safety He pointed out the great toll of lives claimed each year by careless and reckless driving and walking upon the highways of this state He cited the need' of state wide education as to the proper oper ation of vehicles on the highways and of a more intelligent use of the highway by the pedestrians He re viewed the splendid program of work of his department in combating acci dents and increasing safety upon highways throughout the state His address was well received Mrs lythe reviewed briefly plans for the safety float which will ap pear in the Christmas parade here this afternoon and which is being sponsored by the Lions Club in con junction with the highway safety campaign in Iredell county Dr Cutter presented the plan of organization of the county safety council He outlined the duties of the steering committee in addition to the functions of the chairmen of the major committees He portrayed the value to the people of efficient and effective service by the organization lie outlined the need of reducing the rising number of highway fatalities and voiced the universal approval of the citizens of North Carolina to wards safety campaigns which are organized for the purpose of reduc ing highway hazards At the conclusion of his address Dr Cutter acting as temporary chairman of the meeting received nominations for chairman of the Ire dell county highway safety council Mr Hugh Mitchell was nomiated and elected as chairman Mr Bunch was chosen as chairman of the enforcement com mittee Acting Chief of Police Char les Rumple State Patrolman Honeycutt and Chief Deputy Bailey were selected as members his committee Mr Harold Wilson was named chairman of the engineering commit tee and Mr Ward Guy was named chairman of the accident control committee Mrs Ada Byford was named as chairman of the education committee and Mr John Lewis was named as chairman of the spec ial events 'committee A large number of interested citi zens agreed to serve on the county wide steering committee of the coun cil and a selection of that committee will be made within the immediate future Mr Hocutt and the members of his staff will meet with the new of ficials of the county highway safety council at the Vance Hotel this after noon to complete plans for the safe ty campaign which will be launched in Iredell county immediately JOIN BIG GAME HUNT Among the 250 persons scheduled to take part in the three day big game hunt in Pisgah National orest are a number from this section Among those from Statesville and vicinity in Piso ah forest for the hunt are Messrs Shaw Morrison Glenn Warren A Gibbs and Dr Herman The Hunt opened Monday and will continue through Wednesday ans elected at the last meeting ibc installed early in the year The officers chosen to serve the coming year are as follows Commander Julius Deitz: idr vice commander Warren junior vice commander Hol ton The officers appointed by Com mander Deitz were: adjutant and Clarence Brown Turner and Woodward patriotic instructor James Dore historian red Hor ton chaplain Williams of ficer of the dav Washington: officer of the Rufty senior color James Hall junior color sergeant David Isen 1 hour chief musician James liar 1 bin The next meeting of the camp will be held January 6 1940 weighing something pounds Dr Graves weretors in the hunt at week who brought HOLL A TA ES I SSI i The Hague Dec 7 High officials ox Netneriancts took issue today with German attacks on neutrals for lack i of strong measures to combat Great sea blockade 1 These nations the official declared I are under no obligation to resort to I i If German wishes were followed to the letter the official said Italy Japan Norway and Holland would have to reply to British blockade wi violence and that would mean war this would please Ger many is a question not to tie answered he added SAETY CAMPAIGN TH BE LAUNCHED IN IREDELL COUNTY Several local hunters were in Pis gah National orest for the big game hunt on the first three days of this week Among them were Messrs Wesley Jones John A Price Shaw" A Gibbs Morrison Dr Herman Dr Gibson and Dr 1 Schafer Mr Price shot a ninety pound doe Wednesday afternoon at 1 in Pisgah forest about 15 miles from Hendersonville Dr Herman who was shooting in the same vicinity was also lucky bringing5 down a seventy five pound buck about four Wednesday afternoon Dr Gibson who was in the forest Mon day returned home Monday evening bringing a buck over a hundred Current and among local Pisgah home deer Calls During November Most of Any Month During Year The fire loss in Statesville for the month of November was approxi mately $1300 which was covered by insurance In making his report today Chief Gaither of the Statesville fire department stated that the firemen answered 22 calls during the past month fifteen calls inside the city and seven in the county Mr Gaith er stated that this was the greatest number of alarms of any month dur ing the year Most of the loss was confined to two homes the Seroggs resid ence on Park street and the Overcash house in the Bloomfield community Helsinki Dec Two hundred and thirty innish Americans some of whom never before have been in in land arrived today to enlist in in nish army to fight Russia A spokes man said they left New York as soon as they learned innish independence was threatened They sailed for Norway' went by train across Sweden to Helsinki News of Russian invasion reached them as they waited in station When they boarded train ed conductor money for ute off regular schedule The group expects to north west sector of the front Afnrn Vinntcb Amorinana will fnL I i l()V blHHl dn pUbblUlL LLlVy ntlLtl Rumors in the capital that Russian forces had broken through the Man 1 nerheim line system of defense oil Karelian isthmus were discounted I Helsinki itself was quiet The early dark ended another day without air I raid Officers Named by Spanish War Vets Paris Dec rench forces were reported by the high command today to have repulsed a savage German thrust at Wissembrough during the night inflicting heavy losses with I automatic and artillery fire A company of German artillery at tacked near Wissembrough which lies west of the Rhine where the riv er flows into Germany Other units were active west of Wissembrough the night there' was mark ed activity of cither side with conse quent the communique said Military forces in Paris said the important theater of opera tions however still is the sea The police department this after noon reported the round up of three colored boys and two colored men for alleged connection with two recent housebreakings in Statesville Argalia Scott 19 who lives at 146 Garfield street Andrew King 18 of the Belmont community on the Sal isbury road and Jones Edward Mills 16 who lives on the Mocksville road are held for breaking in the States ville hot dog stand after midnight on the night of November 29 The ar ticles stolen included two pistols $3 or $4 in cash 82 worth of pennies some bent coins cigarettes wine and 1 a watch Several pies were eaten The Chappell curb market on Shel ton avenue was robbed on the night I of November 18 the missing goods including seven chickens ten toons of cigarettes a radio sausage livermush etc the total value of the stolen property being estimated at approximately $50 Argalia Scott is held for this robbery also and Lester Coy Robertson colored 21 who lives' on Walker street is charged with I taking part in the housebreaking and I theft Scott confessed and involved Robertson but the latter denied hav ing anything to do with it All of the above young negroes are held in jail in default of justified bonds in the sum oi each their preliminary hearing in court In connection with the hot robbery Norman Connor colored is charged with receiving stolen goods He is reported to have purchased a stolen pistol from one of the boys Connor filed a $300 bond and was re leased The Iredell county commissioners in session Monday afternoon cd definitely io siwjsn construction of school buildings for the colored children of Statesville and Moores ville the two buildings to be erected as WPA projects The approximate cost of the build ings is estimated at $80000 of which the county is to raise around $48000 The sites for the school building in Statesville and the one in Mooresville tile still under consideration options have been secured amt the Ideation of each school building is to be deter mined later It is expected that contracts for the buildings will be let soon after loca tions have been selected The board approved petitions for three road projects in the county The first one in New Hope township leading from the ox trail road by way of Tilley I Jolly Jolly was approved by the board and the state highway commission asked to build the road in accordance with the petition The taxpayers of Sharpesburg township asked that the highway de partment maintain the road leading from the Mountain View church road into the main road at A store a distance of one mile The road in Chambersburg town ship beginning at the foot of the hill south of farm on Les ter farm thence cast by way of Click farm con necting the Clendenin road near Click Clendenin's home a distance of about one mile was approved Houser of Statesville was allowed to peddle without license on account of his physical disability Mrs Bradshaw A director for Iredell county was allowed the sum if $15 for repairs at the old pri son camp 1 The crippled clinic spon sored by the Statesville Kiwanis club will be held in the welfare offices here Saturday morning Qr () Miller orthopaedic surgeon Ijof Charlottewil be in charge the clinic Th Iredell eountv welfare department is cooperating with the Kiwanis club Every effort is being made to make the ibcncfits of this clinic as wide I spread as possible Mrs Christine I Rickert eountv welfare sunerin 1 tondent is particularly anxious that persons ine county up to me age of twenty one years who are suf fering from any crippled condition whatever take advantage of this op portunity and come to the clinic Sat urday morning Those eligible'or examination in the clinic are not simply young per sons suffering from crippled condi i tion of the lower limbs but sufferers! from such other defects as cleft pal ate harelip malformation of the bones in the arms legs or other parts of the body bone infect ion vie Sears in heed of skin grafting such as scars of severe burns are also in cluded among' these defects Bar ents friends or teachers are asked to make an effort to see that young person suffering from these defects and not now receiving treat ment comes to this clinic for examina tion There is no expense conneced with the treatment of indigent cases Through a provision of the Social Security bill funds are provided through the State board of public health for their The only expense connected with such treat ment is that of the transportation of the patient The Iredell department of public welfare has made art angements for th is clinic in the hope that it will meet the needs of a large group of people who otherwise would not have the 'opportunity for examination and it is hoped that all in' need of this assistance will take advantage opportunity At an adjourned meeting of the I county commissioners Wednesday afternoon tax listers for Iredell coun ty were appointed Tax listing will begin the first of January 1940 three months earlier than formerly The tax listers appointed formext vear are as follows: Barringer Bethany Chambersburg Concord Cool Spring Coddle Creek Davidson Eagle Mills allstown New Hope Olin Sharpsburg A 'Godfrey Shiloh Gilbert Statesville (in and out) Poston Turners burg Horn Union Grove Gales Walker Sheld Will Have Charge of Service In County a Iredell county is now included Atlanta Gn Dee 7 Miller was ejected bodily scat first from the office of Georgia highway department5 today for sec ond time since Governor Rivers or de red him dismissed as road man After eviction last Saturday Miller inauptirntcd a surprise move today and walked into his office un opposed after temporary iujunetion was served on his successor rat ion Similarly to Saturday scuffles en sued before the slender chairman was dragged from office with guberna torial aide Griffin gripping both ankles The ousted chairman demanded before he would ave the office One guard left to get the order and Griffin entered go Griffin said ad dressing the guards In a few mo ments lYnT whole struggling mass was dragged through the door of the office into a reception room and the connecting door was slammed Governor Rivers and Miller long friends became estranged over di version of highway funds by execu tive order of Rivers to meet other state needs I City School Board to Hold Regular Meetings County Wide PTA Of Colored Schools Will Meet at Unity Parent Teachercolored schools meet at Unity community next at 10:30 Colored Man May Lose His orearm Parker colored a pove his family into the property severe injury to the left forearm in the near future lhe transfer was in a fall from a tractor on Wednes Iliade through the Retch Realty Com day Parker was logging in the Ply woods at a sawmill operated Ly Mr Hedrick near Statesville when the i accident occurred The arm was bad ly torn from the elbow to the wrist and the injury is so severe that an operation for amputation may ne cessary Parker is a patient in colored ward of Davis hospital With the best fall business in many vears the Carolina Motor Company old established ord dealer is still running slightly behind deliveries in spite of the fact that shipments from the assembly plants are coming in quite rapidly act is that orders have piled up faster than expected soon after showing the new 1940 ord 8 Index inger of His Left Hand Is Torn Off Mr Collins Statesville Route 3 lost the index linger of his left hand sis the result of bn accident Wed nesday Mr Collins caught his hand in a holt oirthe wheel of a gasoline engine and the finger was torn off lie is recehing treatment at Davis hospital Mrs Santa Claus And Helpers Busy Dressing Dolls to canvass aiding in Amsterdam Dec 7 The 8159 Uiili tU ilUiiilL LJLLil Netherlands motorship Tajandoen with 68 aboard was torpedoed and sunk in the English channel today IJArnitn T)r Gihsnil It wps not at pnqe known whether I xierrndrl 1 vjlIJbU there were any casualties fourteen of those aboard were passengers all Hollanders including several chil dren The crew numbered 54 Tfie Tajandoen from sterdam November tor lands East Indies and had stopped al Antwerp Belgium and a British blockade control port on the east coast of England A life boat with 28 crew members and six passengers was picked up Ixmdon advices said I A Belgian ship picked up survivors I in two lifeboats It was the eighth Netherlands ship sunk during war and thesecond sub marine victim I Statesville And Moores ville Projects To Cost $80000 Iredell county is now included in the soil conservation district with Rowan Cabarrus Davie and David son counties known as the Middle Yadkin Soil Conservation district and lhe service has been inaugurated in this county Mr Scheid who is in charge of the soil conservation service in this county has opened his office in Room 312 third floor of the new postoffice building on West Broad street zMr Scheid will carry on his soil conservation activities in co op eration with Mr A Morrow coun ty farm agent Two or three other mon will be added to the staff for this county in the near future it is understood Mr Scheid will move his wife and little son to Statesville from Gastonia at an early date Mr Scheid a native of New Jersey has been living in Gastonia for the past throe years POSITION TO AID (By The Associated Press) Oslo Norway Dec 7 The foreign ministers of Sweden Denmark and Norway met in the Norwegian for eign office today to discuss Scandi navian attitude toward innish war They were expected non military means of land as well as safeguard for their own countries The paper Aftontesten suggested editorially that the should help inland with airplanes munitions and fliers enlisting as volunteers Under conditions in Europe European nation can effectively help.