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N |pi^ */ r n Contract For Construction Of Water Tanks Bids On Other Sections of North Wilkesboro Water Woii» Project Rejected RUN OVER ESTIMATES Oiaunissioners Authorize Ap- jplication For $11,000 More From PWA IS A CANDIDATE Board of city commissioners In session Thursday let condi- tlottal contract to R. D. Cole Manufacturing Company, of Newman, Ga., for the erection of -^fhe three water tanks and towers to be Included In the city’s new water works system. Bids on all other sections of the project were rejected. The contracts call for three tanks and towers as follows: 200,000-gallon tank and tower, $7,495; 100.000-gallon tank and tower, $6,890; 50,000 - gallon tank and tower $.8,020. Con tracts tor this work are award ed on condition that the city se cure an additional allotment from the Public Works .Adminis tration. All bids on all other sections of the project were rejected on account of Irregularity of bid, lack of competition, seeming misunderstanding of the specifi cations and exceeding of esti mates. The mayor and town clerk were directed by the board to advertise for new bids to be re ceived at twelve o'clock noon on June 28. , Commissioners .gave the mayor jSEND OUT and town clerk authority to sub mit an amendatory application to the Public Works Administra tion for additional funds of $11,- 000, which is judged necessary to complete the water works pro ject based on bids which have been received. The amended authorized bond .issue will be in the amount of i54,000. to be supplemented by a grant from the federal govern ment of 30 per cent of the cost of labor and materials. However, bonds will be issued only in such amot^jf as are necessary to com-1 plete the project and the total | authorized issue of $54,000 may , not be necessary. I The board in its resolution in regard to the water works pro ject eliminated the sections call ing for repainting and other work on the present standpipe. The full hoard of commission ers. R. T. McNeill, S. V. Tomlin son. I. E. Pearson, Ralph Dun can and Hoyle Hutchens, were present for the meeting. ~| Pomona Grange ~ Plans a Picmc For July 6th State Master W. Kerr Scott and Clarence Poe Invited To Attend OFFICERS INSTALLED Much Interest Shown In Po mona Meeting Held On Friday Night Mrs. Merline H. Shumway, who is one of the first to an nounce her candidacy for state president of the American Le gion Auxiliary, has served on the state board for the past three years and is a member of the Jim Leonard Unit of Lexing ton. N. C. She is well known and is serving this year as chair man of the fourth area, which includes this city. Baptists Plan Sunday School Campaign Here Week of July 28 to August 5 Set Aside For Churches of Wilkes INSTRUCTORS Every Church Participating Will Be Furnished Work er For Week A Baptist Sunday school en largement campaign will be con ducted in churches of the Brushy Mountain and parts of Stone Mountain Associations during the week of August 28 to Au gust 5, it was tcaTBiwi-Jmre to day. James Morgan, worker of the State Baptist Convention, has been in the county during the past week and has visited a number of the churches in an Master of Arts Degree Is Conferred On Lieut Ernest Eller, This City Lieutenant Ernest McNeill Eller,! desiring this campaign. The Sunday school enlarge ment and enlistment week is sponsored jointly by the South ern Baptist Sunday school board and the North Carolina state miision board. During the week set aside for the campaign each church tak ing part will be given a full time worker, whose duty It will be to give courses of instruction along Sunday school lines and to arrange for a census of the community in which the church j is located. In this manner the a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eller, | entire church will be organized Pomona Grange of Wilkes County has Invited State Master W. Kerr Scott and Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Parm er, to attend the Pomona Grange picnic to be held at Hollywood Lake on July 6. The decision to hold the pic J. R. Hendersm A Second Primary tn Clerk^ Demoo’ab Meetii^[ WAJonesNamedl Ignores Kidnapers Deputy Marshal He Is Assigned To Duty In the Wilkes District By Marshal W. T. Dowd Walter A. -Jones, well known resident of Elk township, was sworn in as deputy marshal of the middle federal district in Greens boro this morning at 10 o’clock, according to information conveyed in a telephone message received from W. T. Dowd, marshal, this nic was reached at the meeting afternoon. of the Wilkes Grange held in 1 Mr. Jones has been assigned to Wilkesboro Friday night, atlduty in the Wilkes district, Mr. which time members from all Dowd stated, and has already en tered upon his new duties. the ed .subordinate granges attend- Officers of the Pomona Grange installed Friday night are as fol lows: J. M. German, master; County Agent A. G. Hendren, overseer; Mrs. J. M. German, chaplain; Mrs. T. W. Ferguson, secretary; Odell Cockerham. gate keeper; Assistant County Agent C. N. Wood, steward; Charlie German, assistant steward; Miss Bonnie Barker, lady assistant steward; T. W. Ferguson, lectur er; M. A. Cockerham, treasurer For sometim^Mr- Jones had been prominently mentioned for the position of deputy, marshal and had the support of friends of Senator-Robert R. Reynolds in this county, and in other parts of the district. His appointment had been expected momentarily for the past several weeks. The appointment of Mr. Jones as deputy marshal is well deserv ed, his friends state, as he has long been an active party worker without any reward to speak of. er; M. A. Cockernam, treasurer, , C. P. M,„ -J Flora Cockerham, flora; Mrs. A. G. Hendren, pomona. Interest In Grange work is de- friends of Me. Jones as well cidedly on the increase. Is the report of leaders of the organ! zation. Two new members. Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Alexander, were taken into the Pomona Grange in the meeting Friday night. Officers Catch 2 Men At Distillery Tilden Byrd aad Chris Came ron Bound Oyer To Court Under BWds of $500 Each Prohibition officers swooped down on Tilden Byrd and Chris H. Cameron while they were en gaged in making blockade liquor -- at a distillery in Newcastle effort to ascertain the number township Sunday morning about o'clock. Byrd and Cameron were brought to Wilkesboro where they were given a prelim inary hearing before Commis sioner J. W. Dula and bound over to court under bonds in the sum of $500 each. The bonds were given and the two men were released from custody. Dr. F. C. Hubbard In Kiwanis Meeting Checks from the state for the last month payment of all teach ers not included in the number sent out from relief funds have been received by County Superintendent C- B. Eller, and have been mailed to the teachers of the county- Checks to all teachers who were eligible to be classed as wholly de pendent upon their salaries for ex istence were mailed out early last week from relief furds granted th’ state by the federal emergency relief administration- School principals, all other teach°rs receiving as much as $100 per month and any who were not wholly dependent on their salaries were included in the number mail ed out Friday. A sum of approxi mately $5,500 was included in the state checks. Is Attending International Con vention Of Kiwanis In Toronto of this city, was given the degree of master of arts from Columbian college in the 113th commence ment of the George Washington university in Washington, D. C-, on June 6. for larger and more regular at tendance in Sunday schools. The ingtructors who will be sent to all of the churches desir ing the course will be well train- (Continued on page eight) Trial of Men Charged With Throwing M. S. Phillips Into Mash Postponed Preliminarj' Hearing Will Be ^fore Commissioner Dula June 23rd Trial of three men charged with throwing M. S. Phillips In to a vat of boiling masti at a still In Lewis Fork township on May 27 has been postponed until June 23, at one o’clock, according to Information given out Saturday. The preliminary hearing was scheduled to have been heard be fore United States Commission er J W. Dula in Wilkesboro Saturday at one o’clock but was postponed because the govern ment representatives expressed themselves as not being ready for trial. The three men are Morris Matherley, Turner Laws and Ctsude Teague. Matherley and Laws who were captured at the eeene of the still, are out under -bond of $5,000 for appearance at the preliminary hearing. TttWfne’s bond has been set at SS.-OOO but he Is still in Jail. In the meantime Mr. Phillips remains In a critical condition at The Wilkes Hospital, where he has been treated since the night of the near-tragedy. Phillips was thrown into the hot mash by one of the five men seen at the still as he was help ing federal agents destroy the still and apprehend the men. Two are., still at large. Dynamites Fish And Now Rests In Jail of Green Watson, citizen Buffalo Cove, Oaldwfll coun ty, journeyed over Into Wilkes county several days ajio, and with others not yet Identified, dynamited fish In Elk creek. HJs act was reported to H. G. yi inton, county game warden, who issued a warrant for hts arrjst. On June 8th he was given a bearing before W. E. Horton, magistrate of Elk township, and convicted. Bond in the sum of $100 was re quired of Watson, and he was unable to give it. Officers hronght him to the coahty jail where he remains an in mate in default of bond. Dr. P. C. Hubbard left Sun day by automobile for Toronto, Canada, where he will attend the 18th annual convention of Ki wanis International. He is the official representative of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club. The convention will be in ses sion four days, Monday, Tues day. 'Wednesday and Thursday. The sessions today were devot ed to business of the organization and an address by Joshua J. Johns, of Appleton, Wisconsin, international president. Tonight is being observed as AH Kiwanis Night, at which time clubs over the continent will meet for a fellowship meeting and an ex pression of gratitude for the ac complishments. of all the clubs during the past year. Dr. Hubbard is accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Hubbard and two children, Fred and Gwen dolyn. Spanish-American Vets And Auxiliary In Meet The regular monthly meeting ans and members of the auxll- here during iary was held at the courthouse J .„«rtha in Wilkesboro Satuiiday after- ^®cation moirths. Remodeling Front Prevette’s Close-Out Store In This City During the past week work- have been busy remodtellng tine nature was disposed of both the war veterans and the auxiliary. men the front of the building In which Prevette’s Close-Out Store is located, between Relk’s and Harris Brothers. An attractive front is being placed in the store and when, this work is completed the in terior of the building will be renovated. The work will add greatly to the appearance of the establishment. HONORED IN COLLEGE will result in much satisfaction among Reynolds supporters of this section of the state, and the All Teachers Are Paid Up In Full Checks From State For Last Month Sent Out By Sup erintendent Eller J. iRnff Henderqon, who was second high In the race for the Republican nomination for clerk of the superior court- In the pri mary held on June , 2, today withdrew from a second pri mary race, stating that, in his be lief that In withdrawing he is saving the county the expense of a second primary and Is doing the best thing for the Republican party. The contest for the nomina tion for clerk of court on the Re publican ticket was a three-cor nered affair.; Charlie C. Hayes polled the largest vote of 3,418, Henderson 2,987 and T. E. Story 620, leaving Hayes lacking 289 votes of having the necessary majority for nomination. Mr. Henderson states that he has received numerous offers of continued support should he ent er a second primary but tl\,at he has placed the good of the coun- ty and the Republican party up- Farm Credit Administration permost in consideration of a , ^ ^ second contest. Los Angeles . . . Despite threats of kidnapers against her life, Loretta Turnbull (above), beautiful speedboat racing cham pion is again entering regattas and driving winning races. Federal Loans To Refinance Farm Debts In Wilkes Loans In County For Year Total $66,200 It is understood that no Re- — ~ publicans will call for a second MANY ARE BENEFITTED primary in any of the other rac- Loans Used To Clear Mort gages, Taxes and Many Other Obligations Furniture Men Attending Show l40oaJ Manufacturers Represent ed At Show In Progress In New York Representatives of the furni ture manufacturing establish ments of this city left the latter part of last week to attend the furniture show in New York City. The four furniture manufac turing companies are represent ed In the show by the following: Forest Furniture Company, J. R. Finley: American Furniture Company, J. R. Hix and A. B. Johnston: Oak Furniture Com pany, John E. Justice; Home Chair Company, Jack Quinn and Henry Moore. They are expected to return the latter part of this week. Rev.RufasMorrow Kiwaiiis Speaker A total of $66,200 of Federal land bank and Land Bank Com missioner’s farm mortgage loans was made in Wilkes county from June I, 19J3, to May 1, 1934, according to • the Farm Credit Administration. Of this total, farmers in Wilkes county used approximate ly $56,700, or 85.7 per cent to refinance their Indebtedness. By refinancing, farmers obtained new mortgage loans which they used to repay their old debts. They generally reduced their an nual Interest charges in doing so. In a number of cases, scale- downs of Indebtedness occured in connection with the new loans. These and other advant ages benefited farmers primar ily. Secondarily, creditors bene fited from the receipt of cash or bonds in exchange for obliga tions they held. Of the loan money used by farmers in Wilkes county for re financing their debts, about $36,- 500, it was estimated, repaid their debts to banks; $800. their taxes: $19',400, their debts to “others,” or creditors not sep arately classified, Including priv ate mortgage lenders, mortgage loan companies, retired farmers and many others to whom farm ers were in debt. A total of about $9,500 of loans in the county was used for purposes other than the refi nancing of borrowers’ debts. Of this sum, $7,500 was used for the purchase of land and equip ment, the construction or im provement of buildings, and for general agricultural uses. In cluding the provision of capital, while $2,000, the balance, was used for the purchase of stock In national farm loan associ ations, for loan fees, etc. Throughout the United States approximately $675,000,000 of land bank and Commissioner’s loans were mad© from June 1, Presbyterian Miiuster Dis cusses Fulfillment of Biblical PnH>becies 1933, to May 1, 1934. these loans were made to ref in- ^ ance debts resulting from the Baptist long period of low farm Income. Generally farmers pay consld- Rev. Rufus Morrow, graduate of of Wilkesboro Camp No. 13 of Davidson college, who is assisting the Spanish-American war veter- p ytf Robinson in the Pres- APPLICATION BLANKS CONFEDERATE GRAVE HEADSTONES READY the All who desire to'‘obtain headr atte®d«nce. addressed thojitones for graves of (federate pBRA Supply To ... >-4: Op^n ‘EiiMe Days iuBBouru cw,;u«icj ffinh ttt vstersns Hwiy got thc Deccssary sp* noon. There was a good attend- North Wilkorijoto Kiwanis ance and much business of rmi- the r^tilar "weekly luneheon meet ing Friday. A. A. Finley was program chair- plication blanks from Mrs. W. C. ^jt^nnounoement Is made today Grier, Mrs. J. G. Hackett and Hies jjjg ©apply room of the Fed- A A nnwram chair-IncII Rousseau, committee of the e«ii Emergency Relief Admlnis- A. A. Finley was progr^ Wilkes Valley Guards chapter of traUon, located In the Brame man for the .day. Rev. Jftr. mor-United Daughters of the Ckm- building near the dwot, will be row made a very fine talk, Kiwan-^bo are asking that each open only three days each week, 71 J A V ians state, and his address was' grave get one of the headstones. Monday. Wednesday and Satur- Hi. 11—« t^e governinent and there is on the three dajn*. Wilkesboro high school in , dais of 1930. made a splendid 1 discourse was along Bibhi^ lin^ record during the past scholaidic j dealing mainly With t^ ft year in Weaver college^ She was 1 of the prophecies of Eze e. chosen as chief marshal for the- Judge W.'.so.. War.tck, ” ° commencement, which dosedtWed-[presiding over the ^esen nesday. The chief marshal is deter-• Wilkes supenor tou^wm mined by the junior who makes the. Jf Attorney J- H. Whldcer a highest scholastic average. . ^meeting. . ^ of To Let High Man Have Nommatiim J. G. Hackett Ni man; Delegates Bkw ^te Convi HAI^ONIOUS^ArfAffi Says He B^ves He to Do- D. J. Brtokahire Re-ejeetcd ing ]^t Thing For Coun ty and Party es. It being the general belief that the second highest will give way to the candidate with the leading vote in all the contests where the high man did not re ceive a aiajprlty over all candi dates. The statement issued by Mr Henderson this morning follows: “Pursuant to the insistant de mands of my friends all over Wilkes county, after the result (Continued on nnex page) Honorary Degree For R. H. McNeiU Native of Wilkes Given High Honor In Wake Forest Commencement A native of Wilkes county receiv ed a high honor at the Wake Foi^ est college commencement last Chairman Exeoi^e CommitCfto „ A large number of from every one of th© seven voting precincts In WllShh county gathered at court house In Wilkesboro 1:30 p. m., and held one^W^ most harmonious eonventlons isi several years. D. J. Brookshire, chalrniah’■ of the county executive committee, called the convention to order, and named J. G. Hackett, .one of the veteran Democrats Of 4he county, as temporary chstriian. Mr. Hackett then asked for a roll call of townships which wa* made by C. O. McNeill, secretary of the executive oommMtee. Every precinct in the county^had delegates present and handed In their credentials. As there was no contest In any township, It was not necess.iry to appoint any credential committee. After members of fne local press were called to assist the secretary In making a record of the convention proceedings, J. h. Rousseau moved that the temporary organization be made permanent, the motion carrying unanimously. The first business to be trans acted after the convention was properly organized was the elec tion of delegates to the state convention. On motion by J. R. Rousseau, duly seconded, the convention named any Democrat in good and regular standing as a delegate to the state conven tion which will be held in Ra leigh on Thursday, June 21st, the unit rule to prevail. D. F. Sheppard then introduc ed a resolution pledging the support of the' Democrats in the convention to Julius A. Rousseau, candidate for judge of the seventeenth judicial district, In the event a second prmary is called. This resolution was adopted by the convention. While the county e.xccatlve committee was in session for the purpose of naming its chairman and secretary for the next two years, Chairman Hackett called on a number of Democrats at- 61 week when Attorney R. H. McNeill, tending the convention _.^f o r now of Washington, D. C., was the recipient of the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Attorney McNeill is a son of the late Rev. Milton McNeill, of Wilkesboro, and is a brother of Mrs. John R. Jones. He is recog nized as one of the outstanding lawyers in the nation at this time. Two other Tar H’els were given the honor by the college in the commencement just closed. They were Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt, of Oxford, and Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of Meredith collegre, Raleigh. speeches. The first speaker, nat urally, was L. W. Lunsford, vet eran Democrat of the county, who Is now 86 years of age. He spoke of the alleged cross voting in Alexander county, and stated that he would either be a Re publican or a Democrat, and not try to carry water on both shoulders. Others making short, but Interesting talks, were J. C. Reins, immediate past chairman of th© party, C. B. Eller, county superintendent of schools, P. E. (Continued on page eight) Public Welfare Survey Shows Large Number of Handicapped ChUA’mi Bill Crews Is C»toin University Track Tesmn Bill Crews, a former resident of this city, was made captain of the University of Florida track team this year, Mr. Crews is tak ing an active part in athletic activities and Is very popular on Most of the university campus. More Than 100 Have Been L^ted In Wfflies Sur vey So Far ig > Public Welfare .CMU'^^’^tlllwey muusuitB Au Meeting Here Today The June meeting of the ,Wilkes erably less Interest each year on Baptist Minsters’ association is (Continued on p&ge eight) . , . -a au. no bring held at the First Baptist church in this city today. The meeting convened at 10 o’clock with ministers of the denomina tion from all parts of the county in cOTt attached except erection tfe marker on the grave. The'^ application blanks when I^perly CUed J® tearn'lefeated Moravian Falk name of the Saturday at Moravian Fklls by company, regiment and the date of hk death. Grier Team Wma Grier Cotton Mills baseball the score of 8 to 4. bring conducted by the Amij^can Legion and AuxUlas^ /ia; Wjlkes® county ha.! already Ibcated more than one hundred-* orphane of veterans and physically hahdt- capped children who should be included In the list in' need of - aid, states Miss Ulliaa Statford, worker for the project in VWIkes. Under the direction of * Mrs. W. R. Absher, of this city, depart ment president of the Auxiliary, the' public child welfare Survey is being conducted In every boun ty in North Carolina through Miss *Rachel Payne Sugg, snper- visor who maintains an office of state headquarters here. Miss Stafford states thtt title; work has just hegnn in'MMWpri and - that she ezpecta to J several hundred chiidrMi^ta ed in the snrrey within a shof . time. In an interview this morn ing she issued the toliowing statement: “It is the duty and; privilege of the local civic or ganizations and public splritedj individuals all over the county| to-give ^y Information that wi assist in this survey. The mem bers of the committee and active workers widh to thank local churches, t b Klwa* (Continued on page eight)