North Carolina Newspapers

u4 Tlwtsds^ )RQi ‘fis-'- p 1 ilkes Is Considered For C. C,Xamp y ii^Vral jjLoca/ Schools Face Possi6/e'R^way^ht Cofl/ Shortage Coming Year Over Camp Site' Boys In Cqmp WooM Be Pot To Work In Forests And (hi Roads, Trails Lidnfe Club Will Meet -r Hotel Wilke*. Tonight DECISIOK THIS WEEK Frank Eller and Henry Moore 4wih have cfiarge ol the program at |the semi-monthly meeting of the Lions Club at Hotel Wilkes ;i::(hily Hinge Anticipated Is Over Availibility Of i Suitable Site 'this (Thursday) evening. A large attendance of members is expect- AllQtment of $451 Made By State Is Seen As Very Inadequate $712.64 IS NECESSARY Proposed Levy of Sixteen Cents Includes Amount For This Item ‘^yC.E. Jenldns ..For Local-Rrm Is Possibility That Trains May Again Run To Dar- / by And Orandih Two Gl~eat Ain^^^yHelp-I*few Y^ t Ice St # TO HAVE SBY^ Ah^t Highway NO DEFINITE STATEMENT led'. WUkes county has an excellent chance of landing one ol the Civilian Conservation camps, it was 'learned last night from T. A. Pinley, county forest warden. Major S. M. Corbett and Major A. R. Ives, of the United States Army, and W. R. Beichler, of Asheville, F. H. Clarldge. of Ra yleigh, and E. P. Simmons, of the • , .1 state department ol conservation ' and development, were here this ireek looking over the situation and inspecting sites. '' Definite decision in the matter will not be made until the latter pert of the week, it was stated. Whether a desirable site is made available for the camp is apparently the only question. The OTarsBient does not pay for the use o( jiropevty lor a site. How Hope To Appoiot School District Committees Soon Notice was received from Ra leigh op Saturday to the effect that North Wilkesboro schools had been Workmen Now Engaged In Repairing Track To' Run Cars To City Dr. Bt B. Dougherty Here For Short While Tues day Afternoon The Watauga and Yadkin Riv er Railway, which ceased oper- allotted the sum of $451. to pur-iations in 1918, has been purchas- chase coal for next session of I ed by C. E. Jenkins, of the Jen- eight months. For the past two|fe>"8 Hardware company, and may years of partial sUte operation of ^'^n be placed in operation, it , , „ was learned yeatercay in an schcols, the amount allotted f6«i ,terview with Mr. Jenkins. state funds has not t>een suffi- ( Asked if there .'was any pos- cient to heat the building for the gjbjjjty of rebuilding' the track EN ROUTE TO RALEIGH state six months’ term. During the 1931-32 session this allotment amounted to $589.79 for the six erei${ obtain advantaes suph as j noon following a visit by Dr. B. wovlr tfh4>roperty nearby and j 3 Dougherty, of Boone, who Is a the- hmidlngB accrue to the own-1 er oLfhe property. I .Tvrjji..hjindred men would bet™*®®*®"- . auiUoaed. the camp should it j Dr. Dougherty was en route to ..be li>eitted'4n Wilkes. They would ■ Raleigh on business, be pat th^ "work in the lorests i possible mat the districts and in buying fire trails, roads are being set up by .the and making other ifaprovenients. department will be approv- Mr. Finley said he was confi-1 ^ commission ■ at Hs c J T-. dLio+j™ nn-] months of partial state support. Secured Facts Relative To, School Districts Now In ^ schools received only. $470 with This County | which tu buy fiienfprr ^the six School authorities are hopeful | months. For thesg^^^gj^^ years . ,1 the average co.st bfJH|lxor each over prospects for the comple- been $7lf tlon of the redistricting of Wilkes | difficult matter to county this week. Prof. C. B. j past two years it Eller, county superintendent of i sary to supplement state funds , to j heat the buildings properly, local schools, stated . Tuesday and starting operations in the near future, Mr. Jenkins replied in the affirmative. He said he was not prepared to say who would pjit it In opeyaUon,,^ InH- . ittatlng«..thAt. jcltber.k.l»is.!,|p»iapaiw- 'or some other- company would- probably do so. The present equlpment~ ot~!t11fe Watauga and YaAkln River Raii" way consists of 32 miles of rails,- [ 26 passenger, flat and box cars, three enginbs, one wrecking crane and other small supplies. Ceasing operations in 1918 when the second disastrous flood’ struck tlje Yadkin Valley, the - left standing on IS no ^ the EUhu Root (speakingl, grand old man o|i«the Ba^blie^ party and an internationally known statesman, and Alfre'd E.' Smith ■ (sitting), famous in Democratic ranks, were united in a common cause as New York state ratified the prohibition repeal amendment, the convention unanimonsly voting repeal. Through popular choice Alfred E. Smith was made president of the convention. Mr. Root was received with wild acclainii , * CompanyTo EMrainFor Camp JacEim On Safari^ Local Company of NaHbnrf Guard Will S^nd'15 Days-Near '* Columbia, S. C.; Ralirff R. Reins Is CkptaiB of This Ckimpony; FuB Roster Composed of 65 Men 'trains dent Wilkeif would get the camp If a site is made available. Belk’s Sale To Begin Friday meeting this week. It this Is done, the county board of edu- catiq/' will then proceed to name district committees. Dr. Dougherty while in school authorities state. Assuming that next winter will be on an average in Wsnpfrature with the past two and assuming that coal will not advance in price.'- trackaJJear the Grier Mills it will be necessary to supplement f trackM»«ar. “e Grmr Mius the $451 state allotment with! $261.64 from local funds to ke#)V the. children warm. •/ ' Included in the propoS( levy of 16 cents for m there is a sufficient local supplement the item pf fuel. The 16. cents tax id(-proposed in have already been -puT;' to anjounv- to ’ , *•. . . , ComDanv j county Tuesday afternoon looked Big July Sale To Feature! over the map of the county and Merchandise Purchased j studied existing districts, it is At Low Cost ” ' probable that there will be I few changes in the setup as to Belk’s annual July sale will 1 schools, begin Friday morning, July 14. It was learned from Dr. Dough- place of the 60 cents levy now be- i ing paid for operating purposes the by town taxpayers, an actual re duction of 44 cbnts in addition to 25 per cent reduction in assessed .valuation for next year. at 8-o’clock, W. G. Gabriel, man ager of the store, announced yes terday. Is big event is a clearance Wit F ^^v*4rcl erty that one important change will be the creation of a . few large districts which will be di vided into sub-districts. For in- dds and ends only as regular ’ stance the Millers Creek district Ircbandlse is being sold at least j will include all the schools now K per cent under the present feeding Millers Creek school and market price. Mr. Gabriel said. ’’Anticipating an a d- rance in the price of merchan- diae, some of our buyers have been kept on the markets, pur chasing this merchandise which We are offering the buyin.g pub lic during thii July event. We each elementary school .in that territory will be a sub-district. The teachers will be afloted, not on the basis of the individual school, but upon the number of pupils in the large district. The district must allot those teach ers in the most satisfactory way Grandln and it is entirely with the realms of possibility that trains may again be started with in the near future. Cem/pany “A", 105th Engi neers 61 the North Carolina Na tional Guard, will epl^in here Saturday afternoon for Camp Jackson, located near Columfila, S. C-, where they will spend 15 days. The full roster of the local company, including officers and privates, la composed of 65 men, most of whom are expected to at- Eight More Wilkes Men to Go To C. C. Camps Next Friday They Will l.ieavc Here Tomor row Morning; Have Xot Been Selected Yet kave been preparing for the sale ! possible. for the past six months. These goods were purchased at the low est figure at which thf-y have been sold in thlfty years and it will coat not less than 25 per cent more to replace every staple Item la our store and in some in stances as much as forty or fif ty per oent.” ■ ‘ .“As long as our stock lasts, th^e g-oods will be sold at our V present low prices which we hre advertising. But after the stock te-exhansted. our prices must ad Vance in accordance with The plan of appointing- com mittees has not been designated by the state commission. Brushy Mountain Citizens Organize Towtiidilp -Unit Of Citizens As sociation Completed At Meeting 'Tuesday Wilkes county has been allot ted eight more places in Presi dent Roosevelt’s Civilian Conser vation Corps and that number of Willies boys will leave here to- biorrow (FYlday) morning for two weeks of training at Camp Bragg. Selection of the boys had not been made yesterday and" it is understood that they will not be until early In the morning when those notified meet at the court house in Wilkesboro. From the number who come, eight will be chosen. ^ The applicants will meet at the courthouse ^between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning. work repairing the tracks over a mile stvetch so that the. cars and engines may be moved to the North-Wllkeg.bo^ side of the river. y Pending negotiations, Mr. Jen kins said no definite statement could be made regarding the I probable disposition of the rails and equipment. The -Watauga and Yadkin Riv er.Railway was operated'success fully for a numter of years. It was built by norraern capitalists and was abandon^' after the flood. Until recently It had been involved ^ a series of litigation which prevented Its sale. . Only Two Court ^ Criers ,In Past 75 Or 80 Years Citizens of Brushy Mountain township perfected the township unit of the Wilkes County Cltl- the' sens Association at a meeting at ir prices of commodities.” 'Mountain Crest schoolhouse 'Mltr. ■ Gabriel stated that this , Tuesday. Is not a clearance in the I The meeting, which was at- iaal meaning of the word. In | tended by a large number of sense that prices are from 25 [people, was perlslded over by 4. to 60 per cent lower than they G. Hendren, township chairman. ^iMll lie after the present stock Is! Rev. J. H. Armbrust, - county ^ usted. ft Is the greatest I dmitman, and R. C. Qwaltney, srsnce sale ever staged, ^s^el said. Mr. were among the speakers. MR. HOUCK IMPROVED Friends here of Mr. R. ^M. Houck will be gratified to learn that he is much improved follow ing • an operation performed at the hospital in Lenoir last week. If Mr. Houck’s condition con tinues to improve, he will be able to leave the hospital In about ten days, it is stated. Mr. Houck is well known here where he resided for a number of years before going to Lenoir to make bis home. T. M. Oysel Served For 45 Years; Alec 'Whittington Was Before Him Company “A” wni_ arrive at (2iteip Jackson early Sunday morning. The address of the guardsmen while In camp will be Companjti “A”, 105th Engl' ?ers National Guard, Camp Jacason, S. C. The roster of the company Is as follows: Captain—R. R. Reins. First Lieutenant—Edmund P. Robinson. Second Lieutenant — ^Ullam Staley. First Sergeant—Robert Goodf. Staff Sergeant—Jasper Bil lings. Sergeants—'Alvls Hadley, Tyre McNeill, Woodruff Wallace, Fred Wyatt, and James Hall. Corporato^Edgar Hayes. Tyre Hall, -Dewey Stone and Lunie ■White. First Class-,Privates—Earl', An derson, elate' Brown, Turner Baugness, Jay' Jones, H6Ward Johnson, - ! A n d r e w Johnston Thomas Morrison, Commie Queen George Shew« Garmel Steelm^i Claude Wallace, CJlaude Warren; John Wells, -Wade Blackburn,-.. Wiley Bro^s; Paul grower, Mar- ven Bauguess,' Percy Baldwin,' James Bumgarner, Edward Bum garner. Cecil Byrd, Claude Cau dill, Lawrence Craven,: Raymond Davis, George Dillard, George Dancy, Charlie Elledge, Woodrow Guthrie, Paul Haynes, Roy Hen derson, James H61brook, Barney Harrold, James Hayes, Tam Hutchison, Russell Jarvis, Ernest Marlow, James Martin, Ralph Miller, Elmore Myer8,y..Numia Porter, Fred' Rhoades,. Joe Rhoades, James Re|B^’:‘’Uody Shatley, Clyde Shephei'd, ^ Shew, William Swanson,' Wallace, Thurman Wiles, Jo1 Wllltamg;. Malcolm Wyatt. “Call out" a miles from Wilkesboro. In some thing like an hour, the man came riding In and the judge, who had great respect for Mr. Whitting ton’s voice, warned^ the man against being tardy'^ain and struck ont the fine tor his failure to respond Immediately to ir the ■court’s call. lour-Syil^r’a Mark »wn 5ale Mgins Friday slnhonr-Sydhor’s Jdly Mark Sale will begin Friday! ng, July 14. and a big ar il^ real values are being of- AtClng this special event. Aw*hot only selling the erehandise nt the old to marked down ItO lowest^figure Local Union Of Brodierfaood Of Carpenters and Joiners Organized A local union of the United Brotherhood "of Carpenters and Joiners was organised last alght with approximately llS charter members. Fnnds Joj a charter were rala- ed at a hood. The charter membership Is. composed largely of furniture factory employees here with a few carpenters of the county. A number of members from WUkes county has' had only two court criers in the past 76 or 80 years, it was recalled Mon day by J. G. Hackett, who Is per haps as familiar with the history of the county as any man in Wilkes. T. M. Grysel, who served for 45 years as court crier, was pre ceded by Alec Whittington, who served between Urtrty and forty yehrs. Mr. Hackett recalled ^that oni one occasion the' presiding judge fthe teams. The c*8ey called upon Mr. Whittington to Mack will be seen flashing that man who lived six inevitable score-card, while Baptists and Methodists to Clash In Baseball Game This Afternoon Contest W;n Be Staged At Fairgrounds Beginning About 3-30; Jhn Reins To Send Strong Team On Field To Oppose Sam Cassel’s Fighting Methodists Jim Reins, ball-headed mentor about 40 scores. The of the baseball team of the Men’s Bible Class of the First Baptist church of , North Wilkesboro, will send *.8t».onF team against Sam Oawl’B lilethodists this this (Thursday) afternoon at the fairgrounds. The game will start about 3:30 o’clock. Two master minds will direct Ttfe cagey Connie Lyon Electric Company Joined By R. L. Creasman .-Roy L. Creasman, of Thomas- vlll*^ a graduate of the Coyne Elert>ic School, of the Chicago 'School of Electrical Engineering and ot* the National Radio Insti tute, is now mwde$ated -wkb the Our W. Lyoii BlectriC lomrtei In 'WllkeSl Ed die CoUlns wlll^ probably be seen at third base or even on the mound. It has j»ot yet been ascertain ed when S. V. Tomlinson, R. W. Owyn and J. R..Eix will enter the game. ■Whatever one has to say about Roosevelt’s prosperity replacing Hoovet’s. depression, there Is likely to be no depression In er rors. Basehlts are expected to be as few as the dollsA in a man’s pay envelope jdurliig the past few years. The pitchers are like ly to he wB .wIld as was the gamb ling on the stock mnrtet In 19^9- .Sweat to e^s^^ to flow, as freely as thp. now- 3.2 bb^ and 'to: about 40 scores. The country went Democratic last fall and the Baptists can’t see why this game shouldn’t go Baptist. Sam Cassell’s Methodists have confessed that they don’t Intend to whitewash the Baptists but declare that there’ll be more Methodist .hits than there were Hoover Democrats in 1923. It’S',,for charity anyway.-so all the entbnsiasm of the Methodists may be merely a contlnnation of, the full dinner pail .optimism grffj they may be soundly thrashe The proceeds of- the game be donated to charity, Everybody is urged t^see' tbto' delightful entertaiBmenti-,«gfe,. . AMociational W. M. U. Meeting At Gordon 28th ® Annual convention of the Women's Missionary Union of the Brushy Mountain Baptist- Association will be held‘at Gor don church, one mile west of this city, on Friday, July 28, Delega- ttons from all churches in the. a»- soetation are expected to at^ndr in^ tbe;ig!^a^-tjiiit . to being Proapecta the-early constnict^i S: new bridge acroi River here, it unofficiairy yesbiirii^' nboQ.' ■ - It , was reported t! State Highway Comrhigfeid; has this project under tonj sideratK)]^ and that de^t steps have been' token ward immediate constru' tion of the bridge. Contract for the" bi may be let .at the Au _ meeftlng of the commia^S] it was stotdd, The'rep' however, could not firmed yesterday; It was said niat the coi mission plans to lyiild a.se^ en-,*pan bridge .similar to^ the'Yadkin bridge betyeen.f the Wilkesboros whicl) la now nearing complerion. It; would take a direct course' from the end of “D” ^eet| at the Standard Service- Sta-i tion and ciinnect with ^ thi highway near the road lead ing to-.th'e Grier C0ttpi|'^ Mills. ■ ‘ If, c6nsttifeted|y^ inod^^, bridgfe 'wd|Pt^e^lai' prestoit covw^ bridge^ 'ps&e of the fe^w in the doim- try ^-this type. Thh present to'd'ge was washed aVay ia the “flood.” pf 1916,. but wi^ebuUt, .niiich o'lHhe old lumer beihg used> It has jieeh’’^equently. V pointed out"that the present’ bridge is inadequate foT'the traffic on the . B^ppe Trail bSghway, It 'jpenuits^^ 'only*- one-way traffic and pro-, vides no safeguards for pe destrians. If unofficial reports are : correct, the Eedd|es, JUver i bridge will be atirted' soon 'after the Yadkfii bridge ^' completed. Penney Comp«my Stages Oe^riUice Lowest Prices In flistbiy Modem Mprchfuidiafag Now In Effect Thft:^^uly clearance f6r the J. f!. Penney company store here' was announced today by W. . H. Clark, manager. In announcing the clearance sale, .attention was called Ip the fact that many It^s have been marked down and that the entire's stock of merchandise -to sellfng beldw the- cost of .j^Iactng the The J. C. Penney stdfW hsw an , unusually large;- stock .'of- -drelTr ' able ^merchandise for tbla ance. 4The .atotk pf-’iner was purchased- before prices and durtj _ ajfmj customer oL' 'fthe atsbre wiH have an opportunity to .buy without a price increase, "'We-t>urchase4 the goods at a: low!price and ^e are to profiteer on lt,",’MT.T^ said.'“We have decided-to our prices down until to exhansted.’-’ Mr. Clark -pointed-- ever, that Vjna ed now to coa and tb^ the la be exitodled S : the ^uraUnn oty:i sale. ' * this. Set