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irMT STINE TO WUK "UST MILF’ I
:hool Bells Call Thousands of
Wilkes Children Back To Class
Room; List of Teachers Is Given
Large Enrollment
In Every School,
It Is Understood
In Davey Jod« LodoCT^ 'Vacation At End,
Army of Teachers
Go Back To Work
Doors Opened Yesterday At
8:45 To Admit Throng of
Young Children
7 HIGH SCHOOLS OPEN
Estimated That First Day
Enrollment Will Approxi
mate 11,000
School
ells rang out through the
morning yesterday and called
than 10,000 children back to
their books-
Wilkesboro, Roaring River, Mil
lers Creek, Mount Pleasant, Trap-
rjirill, Moutnain View and Ronda
high schools opened with capacity
enrollments, according to reports.
All schools in the eighth district
.-comprising the county system op
ened to admit a throng of young
sters.
Reports were, of course, incom
plete, but it is believed that more
than 10,000 children met with their
teachers yesterday.
Splendid openings, attended by
many interested patrons, were re
ported from a number of schools.
Regular class work begins today.
251 Teachers Find Places In
School System of Wilkes
County
226 WHITE TEACHERS
the
List of Instructors and
Schools in Which They
Teach Obtained
Wilkes county’s army of school
teachers, vacation ended, return
ed to work yesterday.
The complete list for the
! schools in all the eight districts
j of the county contains the names
I of 226 teachers in the white
schools. There are 25 teachers
in the schools for the colored.
The list of teachers and the
schools in which they are teach
ers was obtained yesterday from
the records at the office of
County Superintendent Chelsie B.
Eller. The list follows:
\Vilke.sboro District
Wilkesboro—T. E. Story, Miss
Bostic, Mrs. Jessie S.
Pharr, Miss Grace Gilreath, Miss
Book stores were visited by large ideated the Merida, divers visit
Fifty miles off Cape Charles,
Va., in 200 feet of water lies the
hull of the S. S. Merida, sunk in |
collision in 1811. Within is a ^
great fortune of gold, silver and I Stafford, Miss Ghita Tut
jewel.s. The salvage ship Salvor. .j, ^ perry, J. L. A. Bum-
Inumbers yesterds^v afternoon as
the children made ready for the
school term.
Indications are that in some
schools, rooms will be ovxcrowded
and hope is expressed that some re
lief may be obtained from the
state school commission in the mat
ter of teacher allotment. However,
there has been no indication that
any further increase in the number
will be allowed.
her daily and soon
make ship and sea
treasure.
expect to
garner, B. M, ’T'routman,
Edith Prevette (music),
Mrs.
Miss
yield the Harris, Mrs. Zola G. Bar-
j ber, Mrs. Grace P. Edwards, Mrs.
I « ; Gertrude Steelman, Miss Lucille
IMpW KOAfl rrom scroggs, miss Grace Blevins, Mrs.
lit TV awwia a a ^ Hemphill, Mrs. Pearl S.
Hartley, Miss Louise Melville.
Wilkes To Iredell
Is Endorsed Here
f^^Cbunty Board In
Session Monday delegation to raleigh
Iredell Citizens Join Local
People In Mass Meeting
At City Hall Here
Oakwoods—Miss Nora Laws,
Mrs. Willard Cole.
Edgewood—-Miss Della Bum
garner.
Arbor—Charles R. Byrd, Mrs.
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An active campaign in behalf
I
Commissioners Draw Jury, Al-i » hard-surfaced highway di-
' reel from the end of the improv-
I ed highway in north Ircdcl'
I county to Wilkesboro was out-
The board of county commis- lined at a meeting at the city hall
sioners in session .Monday and Tuesday evening when a delega-
Tuesday, drew a jury for the Oc-' tion of Iredell county citizens
City Schools To
Open Monday
low Releases and Pass
Upon ClainAs
Everything Is In Readiness
For Opening; Faculty
Meeting Saturday
Everything is in readiness for
tobe7“courL allowed claims” a7d i met with citizens of Wilkes for the opening of the schools ^in the
releases and transacted other', the purpose of discussing ways, North Wilkesboro city
adminis-
r
matters of a routine nature. ' and means of
Dean Ordaway was ordered re-1 state highway
interesting the 1 tralive unit Monday morning at
commission in
moved from the county home on; this project.
the grounds that he is a non-res- , A resolution was passed plac-
ident of the county. j ing the mass meeting on record
demon Fletcher was ordered ' as favoring the project and a
turned over to the state highway | committee was named to circu-
commlssion.
S:40 o’clock. Several hundred
children are expected on the
opening day, every student be
ing requested to be present on
the first day.
The faculty of the schools will
The majority of the business
taken care of was of a routine
nature.
Concrete Poured
I^ On Bridge Ramp
f
that the road be constructed in
the immediate future. The gath
ering voted to leave the selection
of the route entirely in the
hands of the highway engineers
j and the delegations from both
I the Hunting Creek section and
i the Brushy Mountain section de-
I dared themselves against any
.ec -kT T» • T» * J controversy over the routing.
The meeting was called to or-
By Way of Cherry Street juHug Rousseau, mayor
and Wilkesboro Ave. i the city, who called J. G.
Hackett to the chair to serve as
late a petition in Wilkes, asking ®eet Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock for the first meeting of
■ Traffic over Highways 60, 16, i
18 and 268 between North Wil-, officer.
'.•Itesboro and Wilkesboro is now | Hugh G. Mitchell, of States-
routed over a detour by vRle, made the first talk of the
■way of Cherry Street and Wit-1 evening and explained the pro-
keaboro Avenue as the result of ; gress that has been made to date
the progress that is being made
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toward the completion of the
new bridge across the Yadkin
and the bridge fill across the
^J^^bottom.
A concrete ramp, extending
from a point on the fill, near the
North Wilkesboro end of the , . - ,
bridge, to Wilkesboro Avenue is “Ab I b®® >t, we can prevent
being poured. Traffic from the the repeal of the Eighteenth
SrgroLds headed toward wil- Amendment, but we can let the
Lboro will take this road when | worm
the present road under the new
4tridge and over the old bridge is
dtacostinuei.
The concrete apprt^ch to the
fridge, commonly referred to as
Uj. fill, will be poured within a
ver^f'short time. It Is stated.
;
the year.
General instructions for chil
dren who plan to enter the local
schools were published in Mon
day’s issue of The Journal-Pa
triot and all students are asked
to comply with these requests.
Lions Directors To Meet
Directors of the North Wilkes
boro Lions Club will meet at 7
o’clock tonight with E. A. Shook
lor their regular monthly meet
ing.
Mr. Alfred Dula, who is now
employed’ at Dunham, Ky., spent
the week-end in Wilkesboro with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Dula.
Fight Against Repeal Launched By
Judge Hayes In Speech Last Night
Ev"er since ^Marlene Dietrich
Bwept through Paris wearing
dark glasses a la Hollywood, cer
tain women in New York have
falao started to wear dark glass-
M. It Is said to be the latest fad.
The meeting at the courthouse
was attended by a large number
of people from various sections
of the county. Rev. Seymour Tay
lor presided and called upon Mrs.
W. R. Absher, of this city, who is
V, president of the North Carolina
bouse last night in launching the , American Le-
fight against repeal in Wilkes Auxiliary, to present Judge
county. ! Hayes.
“Repeal of the amendment
state prohibition," Judge John
son J. Hayes, of Greensltoro, de
clared in an address at the court-
appears inevitable and our vote
will be relatively unimportant in
deciding the national movement
for repeal, but It is tremendous-
^ important to state prohibiti
on,” the federal
stated.
jurist further
loon will not return if the
Amendment is re,pealed. Judge
Hayes reminded his. audience.
“Who can speak for the people
of any state as to what they will
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Action On Rbad
Farmers MtUioos
Surveyii^
To^ Placed On
Highway 16 Soon
HE MUST DIE
rocntidn>f
WflhesSI^refTo
Take Place 10*JL
Chairman Jeffress Says Pre
liminary Survey Will Be
Made Immediately
HE IS VISITOR IN CITY
It Is Understood That Differ
ent Routes For Road May
Be Studied
oecieuaiy oi -‘igricuuure, nen-
ry A. Wallace, under whom the
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration is functioning, has the
wheels actually turning ip his
part of the great recovery pro-
“There will be a surveying
party on the section of Highway
No. 16 between Millers Creek
and Glendale Springs withlp the
next few days, possibly next
week,” E. B. Jeffress, chairman
of the state highway commission,
stated while in the city Monday
afternoon.
Mr. Jeffress said routes would
be surveyed and the report made
to the highway commission as
gram, millions of dollars now be-.soon as possible.
ing paid to farnlars fulfilling i Tke highway commission chair-
crop reduction agreements. | man was en route to Raleigh aft-
—-ier a drive through this northwest
I? f\ A *'*'® Btate. He came
£iSSO UcalClS AlC here from West Jefferson over
j the highway which he is being
; urged to improve.
It Is understood that two or
i . U . I j more routes will be surveyed for
Al li 0 K 6 1 ffUKCSjthe purpose of ascertaining the
I shortest route, cost of construe-
Feted At Banquet!
Four-Reel Picture Shown other important infor-
Meetrng Tuesday Night; L. preliminary to letting
M. Nelson besides
Bryant Stone will march to
the death chair tomorrow morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock to pay the
death penalty for the murder of
his son-in-law. Wayne Norman
Governor Ehringhaus will not in
tervene.
Greer To Speak
Stone Mountain
Baptist Meetk^
41 DEALERS PRESENT
contract for construction of this
highway section.
I During his brief stay here, Mr.
I Jeffress was interviewed by sev-
Forty-one Esso station dealers gral Wilkes citizens who urged
from all over Wilkes county were ' upon hl»-4lie“4«(iFi!knce of .Home, Baptist orphanage
at Thomasvllle, will deliver an
address at the annual session of
guests of the Standard Oil com-|viding an improved road between
• XT t' » » Millers Creek and Glendale
puny of New Jersey at a delight-i .
1 Springs.
ful banquet at Hotel Wilkes here (,een the subject
Tuesday evening. | of considerable discussion for the
The meeting was presided over i past four years. No othnr county
seat-to-county seat highway in
by L. M. Nelson, sales represen
tative for this territory.
Speaking to the assembled
dealers, Mr. Nelson stated that
the purpose of the meeting was
to Increase their knowledge of
their products as an aid to more
intelligent merchandising. The
high quality of Essolene, the
company’s new motor fuel sell
ing at the reguisfr gasoline price,
was covered from an education
al standpoint and data was sup
plied regarding the fuel’s anti
knock quality, freedom from va
por-lock, special solvent property
which keeps the inside of the
the state has been permitted to
become so difficult of travel, it
is declared, and both Wilkes and
Ashe citizens have constantly
urged action.
Union Men Go To
Labor Day Parade
Will Be Heard Sunday, Sep
tember 24, At Bethel
Church At Hayes
HE IS MILLS HOME HEAD
I. G. Greer, superintendent of
W. H. Lovett, President,
Heads Local Delegation
Going To Lenoir
A delegation of members of the
motor clean, and increased mile- North Wilkesboro Union of the
age.
! United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Mr. Nelson stated that a se-'g„j Joiners of America attended
ries of special meetings for all g Labor Day parade at Lenoir
Esso station dealers has 'been Monday. The. delegation was
planned for the immediate future headed by W. H. Lovett, president
and that the company is making ^^e local union,
an intensive effort to give its j More than 1,000 union workmen
dealers all helpful product infor- participated in the parade which
matlon and improved methods of j^^g followed by addresses, picnic
rendering service to the custom-, holiday features.
er. j ———
The feature of the meeting | Boxing Toilight
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Advisory Committee
Of NRA Club To
Meet Friday Night
hibltion At 8 P. M.
A meeting ! of the advisory
committee of the North Wilkes
boro NRA club will be held in
the city hall tomorrow evening
at 7:30 o’clock, J- C.f Rems,
chairman, announced yesterday.
Every member of the commit
tee jis reipiested to attepld so
that matters pertaining to the
NRA movement may be attend
ed to.
Following is a list of the mem
bers of the committee:
Dr. F. C. Hubbard, president
of the Kiwanis club; Mrs. E. G.
Finley, president of the Parent-
Teacher association; Dr. H. B-
Smith, president of Lions club:
Mrs. J. C. Reins, president of
Woman’s club; Jack Quinn, com
mander of American Legion
post; Mrs. A. W. Horton, presi
dent of American Legion Aux
iliary: W. H. Lovette, president
of the North Wilkesboro Union
of United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America;
J. T. Prevette, J. B. Williams,
J. E. Spainhoor, W. H. Clark, I*
E- Pearson, D. isi. Carlteo, S. V.
Tomlinson, W. G* Gabriel, J. R.
Fi^ey, N. B. Smithey, A. F. Kil
by, Miaa Nell Ronsseoa and Mrs.
W. C. Grier. . • , .
I A boxing exhibition, featuring
members of the James Civilian
Conservation camp, will be stag
ed at the camp near Purlear to
night at 8 o’clock.
There will be eight bouts on
the program. Some splendid box-
• ers have been developed at the
‘ camp and they will be seen in ac
tion this evening.
The public Is invited to wit
ness the bouts.
the Stone Mountain Baptist As
sociation a t Bethel Baptist
church near Hays, according to
an announcement made yester
day by J. A. Gilliam, moderator.
The Mills Home head will speak
Sunday morning, September 24,
at 10:30 o’clock.
Mr. Greer, who was formerly
a member of the faculty of Appa
lachian State Teachers College,
Boone, is one of the ablest speak
ers in the state and a host of
friends will welcome the oppor
tunity to hear him.
The Stone Mountain Baptist
Association will convene at Beth
el church on September 22 and
continue through September 24.
The following program was an
nounced by Mr. Gilliam:
10 A. M. Devotional Exercise
by pastor, Rev. S. L. Blevins.
10:30 A. M. — Introduction
Sermon by Rev. L. E. Sparks.
11 A. M.—Organization and
Appointment of Committee.
12 M.—Dinner.
1 p. m.—Periodicals, by Rev.
J. E. Hayes.
1:30 p. m.—Temperance, by
O. H. Colvard.
2 p. m.—Christian Education,
Rev. A. B. Hayes.
The arrangement committee
will arrange program for Satur
day.
Saturday night, September 23,
at 8 a. m.—^B. Y. P. U., by Miss
Beatrice Holbrook.
Sunday Momlngf, Sept. 24
9:30 a. m. Sunday School, Eld
er Grant Cothren.
10:30 a. m.—Orphanage, by
Prof. I. G. Greer, Supt. of Mlfls
Home.
11:30—Sermon.
Adjourn.
12:30—Dinner.
Jurors For October Term of Civil
Court Drawn By Commissioners
Jurors for the October term of
Superior court, which convenes
October 2, were drawn by the
board of county commissioners
at their regular September meet
ing Monday.
The October term of court will
be In session two weeks and Is
for the trial of civil cases only.
Judge T. B. Finley, veteran
Wilkes jurist, will preside.
Following Is the list of jurors:
First Week
Clifford Moore, N. C. Lewis,
A. F. Gregory, Parte Turner,
John P. Pearson, A. A. Cashion,
R. Shepherd. R. Don Laws, C- C.
Tharpe. B. E. Douglass, Todd
Darnell, N. T. Jarvis, B. F,
Woods. S. A. Mitchell, J. •. teve-
paugh, F. L. Hayes, Millard B.
Foster, ,E. C. Foster, D. A. Hol
loman. C. A. Dyer, Monroe Faw,
I. J. Broyhin, J. M. Yates, Troy
C. Cockerham.
Second Week
E. P. Lowe, D. C. Miller, L. S.
Lowe, E. M. Eller, Arland ’Trip
lett, Conrad Jones, R. D. Hayes,
A. M. Absher, ,N. C. Craven,
Clarence Fletcher^ W. H. Sebas
tian, Romie Ashley, R. B. Faw,
Sr., A. M. Wateh. M. L. Hayes.
C. G. Glass, M. D. Prevette. O.
F. Blevins, H. D. Eller, N. M.
Felts, J. H. Johnson, Perry R-
Lowe, J. B. Rose, Sidney Trlp-
Jdtt: ,
Four Tickets Given Skeritt
Somers; He Will Not See
Slayer Go To Chair
ALL HOPE IS BLASTED ^ ^
Last Minute Efforts To Save
WUkes Mhn’s Life Have
Been Unsuccessful
Bryant Stone, confessed slay
er of his son-in-law, Wayne Nor
man, will walk the “last mile”
tomorrow morning and pay for
his crime with his life.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
announced yesterday that he
would not Interfere In the sche
duled electrocution, thus blastisE
the last hope the Wilkes slayer
had of having his sentence com
muted to life imprisonment.
The Wilkes slayer, who a week.
ago yesterday confessed^to th#
killing after having extended
during the trial and throughout
the year which followed that he
was Innocent, will die in the elec
tric chair at 10:30 o’clock to-,
morrow morning.
Tickets for admission to the
death room tor the electricutlon
have already been given out.
Sheriff W. B. Somers, while in
Raleigh Supaay, was given four
tickets for distribution in Wilkes.,
The sheriff; however, does not
expect to attend himself.
Pleas of Mrs. Stone and hte
daughter, Mrs. Norman, widow
of the slain man, for commuta
tion of the sentence Impfeseed
Governor Ehringhaus, but did
not convince that the Wilkes man
was entitled to escape the death
penalty.
WRITES GOVERNOR IN
APPEAL FOR HIS LIFE
Raleigh, Sept. 5.—Asserting
he killed his son-in-law to pro
tect hte home, Bryant Stone, 45-
year-old Wilkes county farmer,
in a letter addressed to Governor
Ehringhaus today made a dra
matic plea for clemency.
“My only request to you, sir,
is that before making your final
decision, that you, as well as my
self, will ask God to guide you in
your final decision,” the letter
said.
“I have only one life, and 11
you think I should give It, I can
die knowing that it was God’s
right hand guiding you In your
decision.”
Stone is under sentence to be
electrocuted Friday for killing
Wayne Norman, who married
Stone’s 16-year-old daughter. In
a farewell letter to hte wife yes
terday, Stone said “perhaps I did
wrong to kill Norman but only
God knows how much I suffered
from that man.”
The Wilkes county farmer de
nied he killed his son-in-law un
til a few days ago when he broke
down and made a confession to
Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill.
"Before I die I want you to
know in order that my past false
statements won’t hurt other In
nocent men, that I was not all
black,” Stone wrote the gover
nor.
“I killed Wayne Norman, air,
not because I was in a tit of pas
sion, and not that I would or
could gain anything by doing It,
but because that after 19 years of
struggling and slaving to build
up a home for a family, this man
came Into my life and home and
started slowly to wreck it,” the
letter said.
“I stood by for a long time,
and saw my life’s work beln^
shattered • *’ * and when he took ^
my little girl against my pl^
• • * at last In one of my drunk
en sprees I killed him. -j
“I should have told the truth;
wonder If God will hold It
against me for this lie I told yon
when he knows that I have only
one life to give to the s&te of
North Carolina. ^
“When they lead' me to the -
electric chair, I can look b»ok^»
oyer ,my shoulder towarda
mountains I lived In _ and the
home I am dying lor"' and *f«^
that 1 was driven to thtel 'hr my—,
love for my famfly, and It waa^-
urged on by the Tery thing tha^^.
the -world te clamoring fWf MF'
whteky.” . —
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