7 CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS
i4-Year‘0ir Twm
R^ers Missing
>m Wiikesboro
PMmore and Elnore EDer
i DtanM)ear After Starting
To School
SEARCH IS CONTINUED
With Nickel as Sole Capital,
Beys Are BeKeved To Have
Ckme Traveling
Seueh for the 14-year-old twin j
brothers who disappeared from I
WHkoeboro Monday morning was
being continued last night, but
InQulry and investigation had
failed to disclose any clue as to
their whereabouts.
The two boys, Philmore and
IHANKSGIVING DA Y
(By Arthur W. Newcomb)
i Blmore Eller, sons of Mr. and I
Eleven year old Dorothy Tay-
A man’s Thanksgiving: God of conunonsense, I
give Thee thanks for the hearty blows of pain that
drive me back from perilous ways into harmony
with the laws of my being; for stinging whips of
hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings and
glorious achievement; for steepness and roughness
of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing
over Jagged r,>ck8 of hardship and stumbling through
dark and pathless sloughs of discouragement: for
the acid blight of failure that has burned out of me
all thought of easy victory and toughened my sin
ews for fiercer battles and greater triumphs; for
mistakes I have made, and the priceless lessons I
have learned from them; for disillusion and disap
pointment that have cleared my vision and spurred
my desire: for strong appetites and'passions and
the power they give wlien under pressure and con
trol; for my imperfections that give'"me the keen
delight of striving toward perfection. ^
God of common good and human br^jlherhood, I
give Thee thanks for siren songs of temptation that
ilrs. J. C. Eller, who reside on \ j^j. jg school in Oklahoma i lure and entangle and the understanding of other
M^outokirts^ of Wiikesboro, left j happy. Last year she ! men they reveal; for the weaknesses and failings
was the bride ot T. L. ifolsel. 57 j of my neiglibors and the joy of lending a helping
«« for school at the usual
tiOM Monday morning, but did
Show up at school. Their
tflsappearance was discovered
[year old farmer, lu\t the law
(Stepped in to annul the mariage
and put Dorothy under State j
Movement on Foot
To Have Yuletide!
Decorations Here
4
that afternoon when they i charities care,
to return home. .
A report ot the missing boys
was made to Sheriff \V. B. Som
ers Tuesday morning. The sher
iff stated late yesterday that in-
Julry had revealed no one w'ho
saw the boys after they left Wil- [
kesboro. |
The twins had exactly one:
alekel between them as capital.
Kidnaping is not feared in the
ease. Parents of the boys believe
that the boys merely had a desire
to go travelling.
> Brery effort is being made to
^d the boys and return them to j North Wilkcsboro’s Appcar-
tbeir grief-stricken parents. They ance In Recent Years Is
are described as being almost | Highly Praised
identical in appearance except 1
the time ^ ^ movement is on foot to again
hand; for my own shortcomings, sorrows and lone-
I'ress, that giv^ me a deeper sympathy for others;
for ingratitude and misunderstanding and the glad-
ne.ss of service without other reward than self-ex
pression.
Let Us Give Thanks
(AN EDITORIAL)
If one man can find in the harsh blows of life,
in the cold and hunger of poverty, in the dis-
appointmsnts and disillusions of failures and
in the sorrows and loneliness of solitude and
tears, reasons for thankfulness to Almighty
God, surely all of us can find, out of the abund
ance of His blessings, a reason to pause and*
speak with Him of the gratefulness of our
hearts.
Speaking for ourselves, we are grateful most
of all for our faith in a Supreme Being. In the
materialistic world of today, there is dang^
of forgetting Him.
Several years ago we heard an eminent min
ister, in discussing the subject of science and
religion, make this statement: “Science may be
all right for an after-dinner talk, but when I
stood by the bedside of my dead baby with the
eyes of the one woman I love looking up into
mine for courage, I wanted something more
than science; I wanted an abiding faith that
God is behind it all.”
We have not lost that faith. That is some
thing for which to be thankful. And to the
Great Giver of all things good we give thanks
on this Thanksgiving Day.
Total Cost of These Proi^
To% $43,168.65; Nailer of
Friendship School Joins
Red Cross 100 Per Cent
Friendship school In X’nlon
township is the banner Bed
Cross school the county, ac
cording to » report received
Tuesday by
Whicker, chairman of the
Wilkes Red Cross Chapter.
The drive for Red Cross mem
berships went over 100 per
cent hi the school, the teach
er and every student becom-
in{^ members.
8. C. Hutchison is priacipal
of the school. It Is the only
school to approach the p«^ect
record in the Bed Cross drive.
Two Important Road Projedi.
Approved By Civil Woita
Administratioii-
GYMNASIUM IS ON-LlEf
Wiikesboro' School To Get;
Worts On FootboD FWd;
Other Projects
Term of Federal
Court Adjourned
SHELL SERVICE
STATION TO BE
OPENED DEC. 10
Merchants Interested I n
Again Making This a Real
Christmas City
Front Of C. & C. Chevrolet Co.
Ttuilding Ls Being Remodel
ed For Business
Advertising Campaign Launched
By Coca-Cola Bottling Company
HAS PAID HERETOFORE
for their clothe.s. At
they disappeared, both boys ^ bring the Yuletide spirit to North
wore wearing blue overalls. One | Wiikesboro through the medium. P'aced inside the building 20
Workmen are now engaged iii
remodeling the front of the C.
& C. Chevrolet company building
on D Street near Tenth Street in
I preparation for the opening of a
! Shell service station early in De-
j comber.
I The plate glass front is to be
Progre-ssive Local Firm Begins Series of Ads To Increase
Sales During December, January and Febm-
ary; Sets Precedent
wa.s I'
wore a red sweater, while the |
other wore a brown sweater. One
was wearing a dark striped and i
the other a blue cap. They are!
about five feet tall, have brown i
eyes, brown hair and look so'
much alike that one not know
ing them cannot tell them apart, 1
Itlwas stated. j
Anyone having any informa- gj^ vears become known as
Uon regarding them are request-, ••Christmas City” and shop-
ed to get in touch with Sheriff, pgj.g from neighboring counties
I have commented very favorably
Yuletide
Plan To Rebuild
Schoolhouse Soon
feet and three gasoline tanks
will be installed. The city com
missioners have already author
ized the necessary changes in
the grade at the front of the
building.
The service station will he
operated under the firm name of
the C. & C. Service Station. Mr.
R. W. Colvard, distributor of
Shell gasoline in this territory,
under whose direction the sta
tion will be operated, stated
upon the Yuletide appearance j
which street decorations have
helped to create.
The general opinion is that
past investments in Christmas
i of street decorations, it
learned in interviews with a num
ber of merchants yesterday. I
A big majority ot the merch-1
ants are highly in favor of the j
plan and stand ready to do their ;
part, the survey indicated. !
North Wiikesboro has (or the I
service
1 com-
.station
Giminissioners Pledge
port Of County'; To Be
A eWA Project
I plete one-stop
1 when opened.
j Mr. Colvard announced that
they have made an arrangement
with the Goodyear Tire and Rub-
Sup- returns. And with the country on distribu-
the road to complete economic, Goodyear products In
recovery, many merchants believe counties. This
it would be a mistake to
.Setting a precedent not only
for their own company, bat for
every other Coca-Cola bottlers
In North Carolina, the North
Wiikesboro Coca-Cola Bottling
Company la lannchlug an ad
vertising campaign today that
will extend through the months
of DecembCT, ^aanary _and
February. 11118’ is the first
winter advertising campaign to
be placed in a newspaper by
any bottler In the state, it is
believed.
.Showing an increase of 20
per cent in business over last
year since May 1st, 10.13, the
management of the local bot
tling plant is continning the
drive for more business on
tlirough the winter and frank
ly .states that the nse of news
paper space is being depended
upon to bring about the desir
ed results.
Coca-Cola, through a period
of a number of years, has be
come more popular as a re
freshing drink in winter-time
as w^ as during the hot
months of sammer. Every day
more people are tnmlng to
Coca-Cola as an all-year-ronnd
drjnfc that is dellcions to-the
very last drop.
The North Wiikesboro Coca-
Cola Bottling Company is own
ed by Messrs. W. A., O. A., C.
O., amt B. T. McNeill. Mr. W.
A. McNeill is the president and
manager of the firm. The com
pany's plant is equipped with
the latest machinery and at
modem delivery service super
vised by salesmen of year's ex-
pfMicnce keeps in constant
touch with the company’s many
patrons thronghont this sec
tion of the state.
Two Important Cases Are
Tried; Mrs. L. L Howell
Wins Big Suit
Mountain Lions
Lose Game 30-0
Plans are already under way to
bnild a handsome school building
at inerguson where the school-
honse was destroyed by fire
Monday, it was learned late yes
terday.
The matter was taken up with
tho county commissioners yester
day and county’s support was
pledged. It was learned that a
plan has been worked out where
by a splendid building can be
erected at little cost to the coun
ty,. If eWA funds can be secured.
^ OntU another building is fln-
classes will be conducted
)y a residence and at one of the
arches in the community,
were resumed yesterday
morning.
To Hold Union
Service Sunday
that
discontinue the custom ot the
past six years.
The hope is generally express
ed that even more elaborate deco
rations may be placed on the
principal business streets this
year. Merchants also declared
that they have purchased the
largest and most complete stocks
of Christmas merchandise that
they have had on hand in several
years and with such a variety of j”"
excellent Yuletide merchandise,
they believed that street decora
tions will aid materially in bring
ing increased numbers of cus
tomers to the city this season.
will enable the present Goodyear
dealers in these counties to give
their customers quicker service
on all sizes and types of tires by
having a large stock located I
here. Besides Shell gasoline and
Goodyear tires, the C. & C. Serv
ice Station will handle a full line
of automobile accessories. Wash
ing, greasing, repair work and
storage are among the conven
iences which the station will of-
Children's Home Eleven Out
classes Local Team To Win
Easy Victory
Armbrusts Leave
Methodist Minister To Be
Welcomed Sunday Night
At t:30 O’ctock
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Arjnbrust
and son, Joe, Jr., who have re
sided here during the four-year
pastorate of Rev. Mr. Armbrust,
left yesterday morning for Hick
ory where they will make their
home for the coming year. Rev.
Mr. Armbrust was appointed pas
tor of the First Methodist church
Mr. Colvard said he hoped to
complete the remodeling and in
stall the tanks in time to open
the station by December 10.
Mr. Carl Colvard, who has
been connected with the W. J.
Chevrolet company at West Jef
ferson for the past three years,
will be in charge ot the service
station.
Sales-J ohnson
Mr. J. M. Sales, of Roaring
River, announces the marriage
of his daughter, Eunice, to Mr.
Stewart Johnson, of Honda, at
there at the annual conference at I Independence, Va.. on August 26,
Charlotte. |l933.
A union service welcoming Dr.
W. A. Jenkins, new pastor of I
JTo r t h Wiikesboro Methodist |
. efburch. to the city will be held ,
'at the Methodist church Sunday.
•Toning at 7:30 o’clock. i
, Pastors of other churches an-1
anced yesterday that services j citizens residing in the com-1 ing highway will be found to be
their churches will be omitted ' tjjj-Qugh which the conn- in good condition, winter
Road Connection Between Highways
16 and 181$ Now Being Improved
d the congregations are asked. jy connecting State High- summer.
or
Methodist church
Ito attend the
ice.
lie welcome service will he in
barge of Prof. W. D. Halfacre,
iialrman of the board of stew-
fr'ds. The public is cordially In-
Ited to attend.
ways Nos. 16 and IS are delight
ed over the fine work that is now
being done by the state road
forces.
-This road runs through the
western part of Mulberry town
ship and the eastern part of Red-
jD^tails of the program had not Riyer township, and serves a
cdinpieted last night.
and Mrs. C. L. Comer and
''J^a Mitchell, of Union
i.'’ttlted Mrs. Mitchell’s sOn,
|0, -t Mitchell, of Wilkes-
Salday. ‘
i section of the county that has
not enjoyed as dependable roads
in the past. The state force is
now engaged in placing sand and
gravel on the road and when' the
, work is completed the connect-
No. 16 is the highway between
this city and Jefferson, and No.
18 is the highway leading to
Laurel Springs and Sparta. The
connection road will save the
people much distance as it will
not be necessary for those trav
eling No. 16 to come all the way
to this city in order to get on
the Laurel Springs road.
The state is pushing the grav
eling on the road and work is
expected to be completed within
the next few weeks.
The Mountain Lions were out
classed by the Methodist Chil
dren’s Home Eleven at 'Winston-
Salem Friday afternoon and lost
a 30 to 0 decision to the Orphans.
TTie local boys were unable to
get started against the more ex
perienced orphanage team which
had easy sailing in chalking up
the one-sided victory.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Foster, of North Wiikesboro,
Route 1, a daughter, on Novem
ber 21.
22 Years Meted
Out By Federal
Jud^e At Court
Judge Hayes Is Not As Lenlott
On Prohibition Xaw 'Vio
lators As Expected
Those who came into court
expecting Judge Johnson J.
Hayes to be less severe on
violators of the national pro
hibition laws because the
Eighteenth Amendment had
been repudiated were doubt
less disappointed.
A check of the report com
piled by Charles E. Ader and
B. Frank Millikan, deputy
marshals, reveals that a total
of 22 years^ nine months and
10 days were meted out to de
fendants during the three and
one-half days of criminal court
in Wiikesboro last week.
Five years of tht total went
to John Thomas Lanier, of
Wlnston-Balevn, who jdeaded
guilty to a charge of attempt
ing to extort money by threat
ening to kidnap the wife of
Richard J. Reynolds.
Twenty-fonr defendants were
placed under probation . for a
total of 40 years and six
months. Fines totaled $1,560. .
J. 0. Emerson Is
Injured In Fall
The November term of federal
court for the Wiikesboro division
adjourned sine die shortly after
noon yesterday after having been
in session seven days. The court
was not In session Saturday or
Monday.
Civil cases and the motion
docket consumed the latter half
of the term. Judge Johnson J.
Hayes presided.
Leila Isadora Howell, adminis
tratrix of the estate of the late
Charlie Howell, *as given a
judgment against the United
States government in the suit
brought on a |10,000 war rlsk.in-|;
surance policy.
A directed verdict in favor of
the government was returned in
the case of Haywood Barker who
brought suit on a similar war
risk insurance policy. After hear
ing the evidence, Judge Hayes
directed a verdict of ''no” on the
issue as to whether the plaintiff
is entitled to recover from the
government.
Outgoing Mornii^
Mail Is Announced
Seventeen civil works projects
costing approximately |43,168.6i
had been aptproved up to yester
day at noon, it was learned from
the office of Mrs. Q. G. Foster,
civil works administrator for
Wilkes county.
A number of other projects
have been sent to the state ad
ministrator, Mrs. Thomas O’-Ber-
ry, but have not been approved
jand returned.
I The civil works administratioa
failed to approve the use of eivU
works labor in the construction
of the proposed community honse
In Wiikesboro. This was one of
the major projects rejected.
With the approval of the pro
jects, a number of Wilkes coun
ty's unemployed who are on the
relief list were put to work ye^
terday morning at pay ranging
from 45 cents per hour up. The
first men given jobs are to be
those on the relief list, while
other workmen will be recmlted
through the local office of the
National Re-employment Burean..
Two Important road projeotn
have been approved, these being
from Fairplains to Dougbton and
from Elkin to Traphill.
Wiikesboro tops the list in pro
jects, chief among those apprar-
ed 'being the construction of ten
nis courts, grandstand, and track
around football field at an esti
mated cost of 16,337.
Following Is a list of the ai>-
proved projects:
Well and installation ot new
pump at Roaring River school,
estimated cost |549.
Grade grounds, level play
ground and build road from high
way to school at Cricket, cost
$598.20.
Well and curb at Crossroad*
school, cost $420.
Ground improvements at Rock
Sprlnks school, cost $525.
Excavating dirt for and con
struction of four rooms under
Mount Pleasant school building,
cost $9,365.30.
Tail-gate Board on Truck
Breaks and Throws Him
Off On Concrete
Completion of gymnasium for
Pouch Of First Class Mail To North wiikesboro high school.
Be Taken Winston-Salem
By Motor Express
cost $1,880.
Repairs to Temple Hill, Boom
er. Edwards, I.«wi8, Mountain
Effective tomorrow a new out- crest, Windy Gap, Flint Hill,
J. O. Emerson, ot this city,
was painfully, if not seriously, in
jured Tuesday morning abo-ut 10
o’clock in a fall from bis truck.
Mr. Emerson was standing on
the tail-gate board when it broke,
throwing him to the concrete be
low. His head and left shoulder
struck the concrete.
The accident took place near
the Key City Furniture factory.
Mr. Emerson was carried to the
Wilkes Hospital and Is expected
to be a patient there for several
days. Unless there are undeter
mined internal Injuries, M r.
Emerson is expected to he out in
a week or ten days.
going morning mail service will
be Inaugurated between this city
and Winston-Salem.
A pouch carrying first class
mail win be taken to the For
syth metropolis by the C. & S.
Motor Express. In order to go
off on the morning mail, letters
must he in the post office by
10:30 a. m.
fThe mall makes connection
Mountain Valley. Oakwoods, Lit
tle Elkin, New Hope and Dehart
school buildings, cost $725.50.
Grading at Wiikesboro school
building, cost $83.05.
Improvements o f grounds,
making wall for spring and con
structing school desks at Harmon
school, cost $257.10.
Crushed stone surfacing, quar- -
rying, and hauling field stone
Raleigh Visitors
Prof. C. B. Eller, county snp-
terintendent of schools, Mrs. G.
O. Foster, county civil works ad
ministrator, and Charles McNeill,
county welfare officer, were visi
tors to Raleigh Tuesday.
with trains leaving for New^g^d crushing with portable
York, Chicago and other points crusher on county road leading
and gives in many instances as
much as 12 hours quicker serv
ice.
Announcement of the new
service was made by Acting
Postmaster J. M. Anderson yes
terday afternoon.
Service At St. Paul’s
Services will be conducted
St. Paul’s Episcopal church
from Fairplains to Donghton via
Hays and Traphill, $7,307.26.
Surfacing with gravel, soil amt
ernshed stone, road from ElUa
to Traphill, cost $6,52'1.25.
Drainage line down Main street
in Wiikesboro, cost $380:20.
Well and enrb at Pleasaht Rill
school, cost $561.
Regrading, opening and
pairing street and constmctliic
Wiikesboro Sunday afternoon by blocks of sidewalk In Wll
Rev. B. M. Lackey, rector. The'
public is cordially Invited.
Attorney J. A. Rousseau, of this
Vity, was a professional business
V'sitor to Independence, Va., Tues
day and Wednesday.
Two Distilleries Are Destroyed
By Officers of County In Raids
Two large distilleries, one of
them In operation, were destroy
ed by county officers the first of
the week.
The largest of the two was cu^
by Sheriff W. B. Somers, Depu “
H. C. Kilby and Jailer J.
Sheets Monday. It was located
one mile west of Lovelace and
was in full blast when the offi
cers arrived on the scene. Signal
shots fired when the officers
were less than two hundred
yards away warned the oporatow
who estatpod through the ■woodis.
It was a steam outfit and sev-'
en gallons of hot liquor -was
found. Two thousand gallons of
beer, ready tor distillation, was
poured out. The officers also con
fiscated 660 pounds ot sugar and
about 200 pounds of wheat chop.
Sheriff Somers, Dbputy Kilby
,nd Chief Deputy Old Wiles cut
a distillery Tuesday afternoon
about 2 miles north of Roaring
River and dMtroyed a large
quantity of beer,‘^ Thg plant was
not In operation. ’ Iwe ..operators
were waiting for the be^ to get
ready for dlstlHathm, oHlcers be
lieved, and had not been at flia^
plaee for a day or so prextonS'
kesboro, cost $4,761.50.
Sewerage work in Wiikesboro,
cost $2,303.
Two tennis courts, grade and
build grandstands, make track
aronnd football field, constwet
two toilets and build two sheds
at Wiikesboro, cost $6,337.
Clean, repair and paint coun
ty Jail, cost $704.30.
Souther-Staley
Miss Pantha Souther and Mr.
O. W. Staley were united In mar
riage at the offices of Justice of
the Peace C. M. Tevepaugh yes
terday afternoon at $ o’clock.
The bride Is the daughter Of Mr.
and’^Mrs. J. M. Souther, of Cycle.
Mr. SUley ft'the son otltex
Staley, also of' Cycle. f4e^!^Ww*g
couple have' many friendt- *ho
wish them ndM> hawftodw,
m.
, To Pl«r _ .
The North Wtlkeeboro . Mgh
s^ool Dramatle Club' fW Pi**
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